Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Investigating the Relationship between Human Visual Brain Activity and Emotions

Encoding models predict brain activity elicited by stimuli and are used to investigate how information is processed in the brain. Whereas decoding models predict information about the stimuli using brain activity and aim to identify whether such information is present. Both models are often used in conjunction. The brains visual system has shown to decode stimuli related emotional information [15, 20]. However brain activity in the visual system induced by the same visual stimuli but scrambled, has also been able to decode the same emotional information [20]. Considering these results, we raise the question to what extent encoded visual information also encodes emotional information. We use encoding models to select brain regions related to low-, midand highlevel visual features and use these brain regions to decode related emotional information. We found that these features are encoded not only in the occipital lobe, but also in later regions extending to the orbito-frontal cortex. Said brain regions were not able to decode emotion information, whereas other brain regions and plain CNN features were. These results show that brain regions encoding low-, midand highlevel visual features are not related to the previously found emotional decoding performance and thus, the decoding performance related to the occipital lobe should be contributed to non-vision related processing. Amelie Schmidt-Colberg Department of Computer Science and Engineering College of Engineering Seoul National University
agronomy Agroforestry in the Czech Republic: What Hampers the Comeback of a Once Traditional Land Use System? í k 8

: The interest in re-implementing agroforestry (AF) in European agriculture due to its environmental beneﬁts has been growing exponentially. We reviewed the historical background and the current state (extent, farmers’ perception, legislative support, and barriers) to evaluate the future perspectives of AF in Czechia by identifying the key factors hampering further extension. Our results conﬁrmed that AF almost disappeared after the middle of the 19th century due to agricultural intensiﬁcation and collectivization. Currently, AF is not deﬁned in the Czech legislation and no modern AF has been encountered by this study. Areas falling into AF deﬁnition recently comprise only traditional AF (less than 1% of agricultural area remaining) represented only by silvopastoral AF. The results of a farmers’ survey indicated that despite relatively high interest in AF, excessive bureaucratization, high costs of establishment and uncertain proﬁtability are severe concerns among farmers. We therefore conclude that there is a lack of legal recognition and marginalization of AF as the key obstacles of low adoption rates. We suggest that systematic support beyond subsidies should include raising awareness, research, policy, legislation changes, training, and advisory service, as a cornerstone for progressive development of AF and thus conservation and creation of economically and environmentally sound landscapes throughout Czechia.
death in the ACTC mouse model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

, Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), particularly young adults, can die from arrhythmia but the mechanism underlying abnormal rhythm formation remains unknown. C57Bl6 x 37 CBA/Ca mice carrying a cardiac actin ( ACTC ) E99K (Glu99Lys) mutation reproduce many aspects 38 of human HCM including increased myofilament Ca 2+ sensitivity and sudden death in a proportion 39 (up to 40%) of young (28-40 day old) animals. We studied the hearts of transgenic (TG – ACTC 40 E99K) mice and their non-transgenic (NTG) littermates when they were in their vulnerable period 41 (28-40 days old) and when they were adult (8-12 weeks old). Ventricular myocytes were isolated 42 from the hearts of TG and NTG mice at these two time points. We also examined the hearts of 43 mice that died suddenly (SCD). SCD animals had approximately four times more collagen 44 compared with age-matched NTG mice yet myocyte cell size was normal. Young TG mice had 45 double the collagen content of NTG mice. Contraction and Ca 2+ transients were greater in cells 46 from young TG mice compared with their NTG littermates but not in cells from adult mice (TG or 47 NTG). Cells from young TG mice had greater propensity for Ca 2+ waves than NTG littermates and, 48 despite similar SR Ca 2+ content, a proportion of these cells had larger Ca 2+ spark mass. We found 49 that the probability of SCD in young TG mice is increased when the mutation is expressed in 50 animals with a CBA/Ca background and almost eliminated in mice bred on a C57Bl6 background. 51 The latter TG mice had normal cellular Ca 2+ homeostasis. 52 53 54 55
A Compendium to S-Phase Entry and Exit

1 ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia 2 The University of Sydney Concord Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia 3 Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia 4 Data61, CSIRO, Eveleigh NSW 2015, Australia 5 School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington NSW 2052, Australia 6 Novo Nordisk Foundation, Tuborg Havnevej 19, Hellerup 2900, Denmark 7 NNF Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen N. , Denmark 8 These authors contributed equally *Corresponding authors: andrew.burgess@sydney.edu. au and lars.juhl. jensen@cpr.ku. dk
An Aeromonas salmonicida Gene Which Influences A-Protein Expression in Escherichia coli Encodes a Protein Containing an ATP-Binding Cassette and Maps beside the Surface Array Protein Gene

A conservedAeromonas salmonicida gene (abcA) affecting expression ofthe surface array protein gene (vapA) in Escherichia coli was identified. The 924-bp gene starts 205 bp after vapA and codes for a protein with a deduced molecular weight (Mr) of 34,015 containing an N-terminal P-loop and significant homology to the ATP-binding cassette transport protein superfamily. AbcA was identified by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) by using T7 polymerase expression and DNA-directed translation and was copurified with the sarkosyl-soluble cytoplasmic membrane fraction. The protein displayed aberrant migration during SDS-PAGE. A lacZ fusion containing 128 bp of upstream sequence and 387 bases in the 5' end of abcA was constructed, and the 1-galactosidase activity of the abcA-kacZ fusion gene was shown to be similar in E. coli and A. salnonicida. The 130,000-Mr AbcA-LacZ fusion protein was purified, and by using an ATP affinity column, the 129 AbcA N-terminal P-loop-containing residues were shown to bind ATP. proteins
MYELOID NEOPLASIA Suppression of SOX7 by DNA methylation and its tumor suppressor function in acute myeloid leukemia

AML cells, abrogated leukemia engraftment in xenogeneic transplantation. SOX7 expression inhibited the Wnt/ b -catenin pathway through direct protein binding to b -catenin, and the antileukemia effects of SOX7 in THP-1 cells were significantly reduced by deletion of its b -catenin binding site. The results provided unequivocal evidence for a novel tumor suppressor role of SOX7 in AML via a negative modulatory effect on the Wnt/ b -catenin pathway. ( Blood . 2015;125(25):3928-3936)
Conserving Energy by Migrating to Cloud Data Center

- Energy consumption from data centers doubled between 2000 and 2005 from 0.5 percent to 1 percent of world total electricity consumption. That figure, which currently stands at around 1.5 percent, is expected to rise further. The issue of surging worldwide IT-related energy consumption is both a bottom-line concern to the companies involved and, increasingly, an environmental worry. Cloud-computing companies hope to offer a solution by focusing on energy efficiency within massive data centers.In this paper, an attempt is made to study the costs associated with traditional data centers and how cloud data centers provide ways for decreasing the costs while providing areas of opportunity for increasing the energy efficiency.
NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE Observed Inﬂuences of Autumn–Early Winter Eurasian Snow Cover Anomalies on the Hemispheric PNA-like Variability in Winter

Theimpactof theEurasiansnowcoverextenton theNorthernHemisphere (NH)circulationisinvestigated by applying a lagged maximum covariance analysis (MCA) to monthly satellite-derived snow cover and NCEP reanalysis data. Wintertime atmospheric signals signiﬁcantly correlated with persistently autumn– early winter snow cover anomalies are found in the leading two MCA modes. The ﬁrst MCA mode indicates the effectof Eurasian snowcover anomalieson theArctic Oscillation/North AtlanticOscillation(AO/NAO). The second MCA mode corresponds with the forcing of Eurasian snow cover anomalies on the hemispheric Paciﬁc–North America (PNA)-like atmospheric variations. This snow–atmosphere relationship may present a signiﬁcant potential for wintertime predictability.
EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAY TREATMENTS WITH SOME NATURAL EXTRACTS ON PRODUCTIVITY AND FRUIT QUALITY OF STRAWBERRY UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS

This experiment was carried out during the two seasons of 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 at a Private Vegetable Farm in El-Kassasein distract, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, to investigate the effect of foliar spray with some natural material extracts (cinnamon, chili pepper, henna and turmeric at 1 or 2g/ liter of each) beside control treatment (foliar spray with water only) on some physiological, chemical measurements, yield and its components and fruit quality of strawberry plants cv. Festival grown in sandy soil and using drip irrigation system. The obtained results can be summarized as follows : Spraying plants with henna or turmeric extracts 2 g/l of each had significant effect on plant height, number of leaves/ plant, shoot dry weight, total chlorophyll in leaves, N, P and K contents and their uptake by shoots, early and total yield/fed. , average fruit weight as compared to the other foliar treatments or control in both seasons. Moreover, spraying strawberry plants with turmeric extract at 2 g/l recorded the highest values of all abovementioned traits, total sugars and anthocyanin content in fruit in both seasons. In addition, spraying plant with henna extracts at 2 g/ l recorded the highest fruit firmness in both seasons, nevertheless the maximum vitamin C was obtained with plants received 2 g/l chili pepper extract in both seasons. Conclusively , from the foregoing results of this study, it could be concluded that spraying strawberry plants with henna or turmeric extracts 2 g/l of each four times transplanting and 15 days intervals were the best treatments for increased plant growth , total yield and fruit quality of strawberry under sandy soil conditions.
rapid communication Skeletal muscle calcineurin: inﬂuence of phenotype adaptation and atrophy

Skeletal muscle calcineurin: inﬂuence of phenotype adaptation and atrophy. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 280: R1256–R1260, 2001. —Calcineurin (CaN) has been impli-cated as a signaling molecule that can transduce physiological stimuli (e.g., contractile activity) into molecular signals that initiate slow-ﬁber phenotypic gene expression and muscle growth. To determine the inﬂuence of muscle phenotype and atrophy on CaN levels in muscle, the levels of soluble CaN in rat muscles of varying phenotype, as assessed by myosin heavy chain (MHC)-isoform proportions, were determined by Western blotting. CaN levels were signiﬁcantly greater in the plantaris muscle containing predominantly fast (IIx and IIb) MHC isoforms, compared with the soleus (predominantly type I MHC) or vastus intermedius (VI, con-tains all 4 adult MHC isoforms). Three months after a complete spinal cord transection (ST), the CaN levels in the VI muscle were signiﬁcantly reduced, despite a signiﬁcant increase in fast MHC isoforms. Surprisingly, the levels of CaN in the VI were highly correlated with muscle mass but not MHC isoform proportions in ST and control rats. These data demonstrate that CaN levels in skeletal muscle are highly correlated to muscle mass and that the normal relationship with phenotype is lost after ST.
Image Segmentation using Kernel Metric and Modified Weighted Fuzzy Factor

In this paper, a modified Kernel Weighted Fuzzy Local Information C-means clustering (MKWFLICM) algorithm for image segmentation is proposed. The proposed method is a modification of Kernel Weighted Fuzzy Local Information Cmeans clustering (KWFLICM) algorithm. In the proposed method the trade-off weighted fuzzy factor in KWFLICM algorithm is modified by replacing the local coefficient of variation with a distance measure. The proposed algorithm is tested by applying on a synthetic image corrupted by salt & pepper noise, speckle noise and additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN). Performance of MKWFLICM algorithm is evaluated using the parameters, Segmentation Matching Factor (SMF), Segmentation Accuracy (SA) and Normalized Mean Square Error (NMSE). Results shows that the proposed algorithm is fast and efficient compared to KWFLICM. Keywords—Fuzzy clustering; gray-level constraint; spatial constraint; image segmentation; kernel metric; modified weighted fuzzy factor.
XP-Trees: External Priority Search Trees

XP-trees (external priority search trees) are simple, practical and versatile structures supporting searches on points, intervals and higher dimensional spatial objects in secondary memory. Our approach to developing external structures is to consider worst-case efficient (internal) data structures from computational geometry, here the priority search tree. With the XP-tree we succeeded in transferring the underlying principle in an appropriate way to organize secondary storage, arriving at a practically useful structure. Together with external counterparts of other structures from computational geometry, such as segment tree, interval tree, and range tree, XP-trees can be used as building blocks to construct nested tree structures directly representing sets of spatial objects in higher dimensions. Like the internal counterpart, the XP-tree supports "halfrange" queries on points in two dimensions. Although XP-trees are not fully dynamic we believe them to be useful in many applications. Regarding balanced XP-trees, O(logdn + t) external accesses in halfrange queries are guaranteed, where n is the number of points, d the degree of the XP-tree, and t the number of points within a halfrange. Mapping intervals, as one-dimensional spatial objects, into two-dimensional points in the standard way, the structure supports all interesting kinds of queries on intervals. An XP-tree also supports queries on spatial objects in more dimensions by projecting them to an interval in one dimension. Hence the XP-tree can be used as an index structure in temporal or geometric databese systems. Experimentalperformance evaluations show that halfrange queries on two-dimensional point sets as well as all types of interval and point queries on sets of intervals are supported efficiently by the structure. Searching is quite fast, when no or few objects are retrieved. Although the shape of an XP-tree degenerates when a point set representation of a set of intervals is stored, the searching behaviour is practically the same as for a corresponding balanced structure. Searching is either very fast or has a large "retrieval ratio".
Determinants of Current Account Deficit: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia

The main objective of this study is to empirically investigate the determinants of current account deficits in Ethiopia using annual time series data ranging from 1975 to 2016. To investigate the long run and short run relationship between current account deficit and its determinants, Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model or bounds testing approach to co-integration and Error Correction Model (ECM) are applied respectively. The results of the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test indicate that the variables under consideration are a mixture of integrated of order zero and order one, that is, I(0) and I(1). Moreover, the result of bounds testing confirms the existence of stable long run relationship between current account balance and its determinants. The empirical result reveals that net foreign asset, real effective exchange rate, terms of trade and real GDP are found to have a negative impact on current account deficit, while government budget balance positively affected current account deficit in the long run. However, inflation is found to be insignificant both in the short run and in the long run. The ECM also shows that, real effective exchange rate, terms of trade and inflation have no significant effect on current account deficit in the short run. As a policy implication, it is recommended that employing appropriate policy mix along with devaluation, diversification and improving the quality of exports and implementation of efficient tax administration system are among the policy options that are supposed to alleviate the existing current account deficit.
RECENT BEAM-BEAM EXPERIMENTS AT HERA-II AFTER THE LUMINOSITY UPGRADE

This report describes recent observations of the interactions between proton and positron beams in collision with the newly upgraded [1,2] HERA accelerators. While thorough experiments were performed prior to the upgrade under special conditions created to simulate the expected conditions of the interactions [3-5], unambiguous confirmation of certain features of the beam-beam interaction (BBI) could take place only following the upgrade of the accelerator optics and interaction regions. In the experiments presented here, we investigate observed processes which may result in a smaller than expected luminosity and on ways to avoid them in the future.
Nonlinear Unemployment Eﬀects of the Inﬂation Tax

We argue that long-run inflation has nonlinear and state-dependent effects on unemployment, output, and welfare. Using panel data from the OECD, we document three correlations. First, there is a positive long-run relationship between anticipated inflation and unemployment. Second, there is also a positive correlation between anticipated inflation and unemployment volatility. Third, the long-run inflation-unemployment relationship is not only positive, but also stronger when unemployment is higher. We show that these correlations arise in a standard monetary search model with two shocks – productivity and monetary – and frictions in labor and goods markets. Inflation lowers the surplus from a worker-firm match, in turn making it sensitive to productivity shocks or to further increases in inflation. We calibrate the model to match the U.S. postwar labor market and monetary data, and show that it is consistent with observed cross-country correlations. The model implies that the welfare cost of inflation is nonlinear in the level of inflation and is amplified by the presence of aggregate shocks.
IMPACT OF ACTIVITY MONITORS ON QUANTIFICATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW & META-ANALYSIS

, Abstract: The aim of analysis was to determine the impact of different activity monitors for quantifying Physical Activity (PA) among the sedentary population for accurate measurement of Energy Expenditure (EE), Metabolic Equivalent (MET), 6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT) and Temporospatial parameters (TSPs) of Gait. The systemic review was performed in MEDLINE, PEDro, AMED, CINAHL, Scopus, Cochrane Central Trials of Register, PsychINFO, Embase databases. Nine qualitative and seven quantitative studies investigating regarding accelerometers with sedentary lifestyle population were selected with TSPs, EE, MET, 6MWT as outcome measures. Quality was assessed using Cochrane Collaboration Tool for assessing the risk of bias. Accelerometers were categorized into four groups; ActiGraph, activPAL mixed accelerometers and new generation accelerometers. Out of 105 studies, only 16 studies (2542 participants) met the inclusion criteria. The result obtained from the quantitative analysis shows that activPAL had more validity than any of the other accelerometers for the quantification of Physical Activity in free-living environment for sedentary behavior with pooled effect of 0.96 under random effect model followed by new generation accelerometers 0.771, mixed accelerometers 0.71 and ActiGraph older generation 0.682. Evidence presented in the paper reveals that a paradigm shift has been seen from subjective measurement approach to objective measurement due to the availability of several types of accelerometers. ActivPAL has found to be effective in the quantification of PA during lifestyle behaviors. the quantitative analysis of the study activPAL more validity than any of other accelerometers for the quantification of the Physical Activity in free-living environment for sedentary behavior with the pooled effect of 0.96 under fixed effect model followed by new generation ActiGraph accelerometers 0.77, mixed accelerometers 0.71 and ActiGraph older generation 0.68.
Eﬃciency of Market Behaviour of NTFPs for Households under JFMP: A Case Study in West Bengal

: This paper attempts to examine the extent of marketing efficiency and economic efficiency of NTFPs in different markets based on the empirical study on some households under JFMP and on some market middlemen related to the business of NTFPs under Bankura district in the state of West Bengal. This study suggests that there exists the highest price discrimination for the collectors’ households of NTFPs by the agents of LAMPS, who appropriate the highest percentage of collectors’ price per unit (in R s.) of products (kendu leaves and sal seeds) the collectors are obliged to offer for sale at the LAMPS’ selected centres other than local market places and at a price selected by the latter without the practice of bargaining. The market study shows that village wholesaler serves as the most important marketing agent of non-timber collectors’ households and pay the highest price to its collectors. As regards the price variation is concerned, uniformity of prices is observed in almost all markets for sal-leaves for the same period. Sal-leaves also attains the highest level of marketing efficiency and the lowest level of profit margin for market middlemen influencing more efficient and more competitive price structure of sal-leaves in the area we surveyed. Moreover, the test of market integration for sal-leaves indicates a long run relationship between two markets (Bishnupur and Pirorgari markets) and causality runs interactively from Bishnupur market to Pirorgari market. __________________________________________________________________ The authors Forest
Differential gene expression analysis implicates wild Magallana bilineata (Röding, 1798) to be in an enhanced immunological status than laboratory-maintained oysters

Oysters are filter-feeding bivalves thriving in estuaries and inter-tidal zones. As sessile invertebrates, oysters have evolved a well-developed stress tolerance mechanism to tolerate various environmental stressors such as altered hydrological parameters, microbial pathogens, and anthropogenic influences. The focus of this study was to identify the key genes which enable the Indian oyster ( Magallana bilineata ) to overcome the turbulent conditions in their environment. Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) technique was used to generate the differentially expressed genes in wild Magallana bilineata in comparison to laboratory-maintained ones. The method revealed twenty functionally relevant genes with roles in immunity, stress, cellular processes, cytoskeleton, and lipid metabolism. The diverse set of genes obtained from the SSH library are known to have direct and indirect roles in oyster immunity, suggesting that the wild oysters are more immune stimulated and active than laboratory-maintained ones. The expression of ten potentially upregulated genes was analysed using quantitative real-time PCR.