Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Champignons Mycotoxinogènes et Ochratoxine A (OTA) et Aflatoxine B1 (AFB1) dans les vignobles libanais : Occurrence et Origine

L'etude de la dynamique des populations fongiques totales et mycotoxinogenes (OTA et AFB1) et du contenu de ces deux mycotoxines dans de raisins des vignobles libanais nous a permis de determiner en premier lieu l'agent causal responsable de cette contamination. Il s'agit de l'espece Aspergillus carbonarius responsable de la production de l'OTA et de l'espece Aspergillus flavus responsable de la production de l'AFB1. Et, puisque la contamination en AFB1 semble etre plus serieuse, une etude portant sur l'influence de la temperature et de l'activite de l'eau (Aw) sur la croissance des champignons aflatoxinogenes et sur leur toxigenese a ete realisee dans le but de mieux comprendre l'impact de ces deux facteurs importants. Une caracterisation moleculaire des champignons aflatoxinogenes grâce a la PCRRFLP ciblant l'espaceur inter genique (IGS) en utilisant l'enzyme de restriction Bgl II, nous a permis de differencier entre les especes productrices de cette mycotoxine (Aspergillus flavus et Aspergillus parasiticus) sans toutefois passe par les techniques morphologiques longues et fastidieuses. Ceci rentre dans le cadre d'economiser le temps et le cout d'analyse et ouvre la porte sur la possibilite d'analyse par voie moleculaire qui s'avere une technique tres precise, tres rapide et beaucoup moins couteuse. ABSTRACT : The study of the dynamics of the total and mycotoxigenic (OTA and AFB1) fungal populations and of the contents of these two mycotoxins in grapes of the Lebanese vineyards allowed us to determine the causal agent responsible for this contamination. The species Aspergillus carbonarius shows to be responsible for the production for the OTA and the species Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus were responsible for the production for the AFB1. And, since the contamination in AFB1 seems to be more serious, a study relating to the influence of the temperature and the water activity (Aw) on the growth of the aflatoxinogenic fungi and their toxigenesis was carried in order of better understanding of the impact of these two important factors. A molecular characterization of the aflatoxinogenic fungi through the PCR-RFLP targeting the intergenic spacer (IGS) using the restriction enzyme Bgl II, make possible the differentiation between the two major producing species of this mycotoxin (Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus) without using long and fastidious morphological techniques. This returns within the framework to save the time and the cost of analysis and opens the door on the possibility of the molecular analysis which proves to be a very precise, very fast technique and much less expensive.
Apport des méthodes de planification automatique dans les simulations interactives d'industrialisation et de maintenance en réalité virtuelle

Ce document explore l'utilisation de methodes de planification automatique dans des simulations interactives. Lors de simulations de montage et de demontage de composants industriels en environnement virtuel, l'utilisateur peut necessiter une assistance. Cette assistance est realisee par l'utilisation d'une solution de planification de trajectoire en temps reel. Cette solution permet la construction interactive d'une chemin par la combinaison de l'avis de l'utilisateur avec la performance de planificateurs automatiques.
Review:Wavelet transform based electroencephalogram methods

In this paper, EEG signals are the signatures of neural activities. There have been many algorithms developed so far for processing EEG signals. The analysis of brain waves plays an important role in diagnosis of different brain disorders. Brain is made up of billions of brain cells called neurons, which use electricity to communicate with each other. Th combination of millions of neurons sending signals at once produces an enormous amount of electrical activity in the brain, which can be detected using sensitive medical equipment such as an EEG which measures electrical levels over areas of the scalp. T electroencephalogram (EEG) recording is a useful tool for studying the functional state of the brain and for diagnosing certain disorders. The combination of electrical activity of the brain is commonly called a Brainwave pattern because of its wave-lik EEG signals are low voltage signals that are contaminated by various types of noises that are also called as artifacts. Statistical method for removing artifacts from EEG recordings through wavelet transform without considering SNR calculation is proposed.
Wound Curing Prospective of Copper (II) Bis[NÃ‚Â´- ((5-Chloro-1H-Indol-3-ylMethylene Nicotinohydrazide] on Experimentation Provoke Cutting OutInjury in Rats

Copper (II) Schiff base derived regularly utilized for healing of various disarray. The aspire of existing learn was to look into the consequence of Schiff base imitative on injury curative in rodents. Injure therapeutic activity of Cl-indole-nicotinic was check via stipulate the proportion of cut closing following contemporary appliance of the composite. Four collections of mammal were luxury correspondingly with CMC 2%, Intrasite gel, 20 and 40 mg/ml compound for 10 days appraise gross necropsy, histology and endogenous enzymes parameters of wound’s sites. The outcome designates the emotional capability of Cl-indole-nicotinic in tissue renewal and remedial the wounded skin. Gross appearance on day 5 and day 10 affirmed that the complex extensively hasten the velocity of injure repairing. Histological studies indicated the small blood capillaries expansion and increase deposition of collagen configuration in addition to decline in provocative cells in compound extravagance cluster contrast to control set. Masson Trichrome showed well organized collagen fibers in treated wounds. Furthermore, the multipart characterized dosage needy raise action of superoxide dismutase (SOD) along with lipid peroxidation enzyme-malondialdehyde (MDA) lessening in granulation tissue homogenate. In finale, lesion curative capacity of composite may perhaps point to improve collagen evidence in granulation tissue as well as increased SOD antioxidant and reduced MDA level in wound homogenate.
Estimating aquifer hydraulic properties from the inversion of surface Streaming Potential (SP) anomalies

Electrokinetic effects of water flow during pumping tests have been shown to generate surface Streaming Potential (SP) anomalies of several tens of mV that are well correlated with the geometry of the water table. It follows that SP measurements can be used to estimate aquifer hydraulic properties. We have developed an inversion scheme for surface SP data generated by flow pumping and found that we are able to estimate the hydraulic conductivity and the depth and the thickness of the aquifer. We applied our inversion scheme to the data from Bogoslovsky and Ogilvy [1973] and found a hydraulic conductivity of 10−5 m.s−1, an aquifer thickness of roughly 28 m and an electrokinetic coupling coefficient of −1 mV.m−1. These values are in the range of what is expected for this kind of environment.
Elaboration d’une nouvelle approche de tatouage fragile des images médicales

Resume: Avec l’evolution des technologies et des connaissances ; l’utilisation accrue des applications multimedia pose de plus en plus des problemes concernant la preservation de la confidentialite et de l’authenticite de la transmission des donnees numeriques en general et des images et des videos en particulier. Ceci est du au fait que les communications via les reseaux publiques peuvent etre facilement interceptees ce qui accentue les risques de fraude et de piratage informatique. La solution la plus adaptee pour proteger ces donnees de toute falsification est l'utilisation du tatouage fragile. Dans cet article, nous elaborons une nouvelle approche de tatouage fragile basee sur la methode de Wong et nous mettrons en relief l’interet de notre approche qui exploite le domaine multiresolution comme domaine d’insertion.
Economic benefits of genetically-modified herbicide-tolerant canola for producers.

Innovation is pervasive in agriculture, but few single innovations have generated the impacts or controversy of genetic modification. Advocates and critics alike have argued and debated the economic impacts from producer adoption of genetically modified (GM) crop varieties, with a disturbing lack of empirical data. The paucity of direct producer data has had a knock-on effect on diffusion of the technology, as other nations have been unconvinced of the costs and benefits of approving and adopting the technology to their markets. Herbicide-tolerant (HT) canola has been produced in Western Canada since 1995, which provides the opportunity to undertake an extensive analysis of adoption practices and impacts. HT canola was initially introduced in 1995 through an identity-preserved production and marketing system (Smyth & Phillips, 2001), with unrestricted commercial production beginning in 1997. The subsequent adoption was relatively rapid, reaching 25% in the initial year, 84% by 2002, and 98% by 2007. There are currently three HT systems available to producers—two developed through genetic modification (GMHT) and one through mutagenic breeding. AgrEvo’s (now Bayer CropScience) Liberty LinkTM and Monsanto’s Roundup ReadyTM varieties are commonly referred to as GMHT varieties. Pioneer Hybrid’s imidazolinone-tolerant Clearfield® system was developed by mutagenesis. These technologies all allow for in-crop spraying of broad-spectrum herbicides, with little or no damage to the HT crop. This article examines the economic benefits of GMHT canola adoption reported by Western Canadian producers in a survey undertaken in 2007. The next section reviews the previous efforts to document the economic benefits of GMHT canola. Then, we describe the methodological framework for the survey and present the results and analysis of the survey. The article closes with a discussion of the impacts from GMHT canola and some concluding thoughts.
Utilização do método do papel-filtro para determinação de curvas de retenção de água em argamassas e concretos

Este trabalho trata do uso da tecnica do papel-filtro para a obtencao, em laboratorio, de curvas de retencao de agua em corpos de prova de argamassa e concreto. A curva de retencao correlaciona o conteudo de agua de meios porosos com o estado de energia da agua intersticial, que em condicoes nao saturadas (vazios nao totalmente preenchidos por agua) e normalmente negativo em relacao as condicoes normais de temperatura e pressao, sendo denominado de succao. Embora possa ser descrita como uma ferramenta basica de caracterizacao de solos nao saturados, o uso da curva de retencao em concretos e argamassas ainda nao foi introduzido na pratica da engenharia para a maioria dos materiais de construcao. Pode-se dizer, contudo, que nao somente a permeabilidade, mas tambem a curva de retencao desempenha um papel fundamental no fluxo de agua e substâncias soluveis pelos poros do material, sendo imprescindivel o seu conhecimento, para, por exemplo, estimar a vida util das estruturas de concreto armado. Sao apresentados resultados de ensaios de succao total pelo metodo do papel-filtro, os quais permitiram determinar curvas de retencao para corpos de prova de concreto e argamassa. Estas curvas foram ajustadas segundo o modelo de Van Genutchen [1], o qual apresentou boa aderencia aos valores experimentais. Nao foi possivel observar influencia significativa da relacao agua-cimento nas curvas de retencao obtidas.
THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL PROJECTED SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. I. METHOD AND APPLICATION TO NGC 4261

We present a new method for the determination of the two-dimensional (2D) projected spatial distribution of globular clusters (GCs) in external galaxies. This method is based on the K-Nearest Neighbor density estimator of Dressler, complemented by Monte-Carlo simulations to establish the statistical significance of the results. We apply this method to NGC 4261, a “test galaxy” where significant 2D anisotropy in the GC distribution has been reported. We confirm that the 2D distribution of GC is not azimuthally isotropic. Moreover, we demonstrate that the 2D distribution departures from the average GC radial distribution results in highly significant spiral-like or broken shell features. Overall, the same perturbations are found in “red” and “blue” GCs, but with some differences. In particular, we observe a central feature, roughly aligned with the minor axis of NGC 4261, composed of red and most luminous GCs. Blue and fainter GCs are more frequent at large radial distances and follow the spiral-like features of the overall density structure. These results suggest a complex merging history for NGC 4261.
Servitization and Co-opetition in pharmaceutical industry

Purpose: The present paper aims at providing an outlook of the portfolio of services developed by the pharmaceutical distribution in Spain and Portugal by looking at the different types and levels of implementation. This paper also provides the research framework that is currently the base for the ongoing data collection, exploring the rationale behind the implementation of different types of services and co-opetitive relationships in relation to the pursuit of profit, the creation of barriers with competitors and the reinforcement of customer loyalty. The impact of these factors on the intention to increase the delivery of services in the future will also be analysed. Design/methodology/approach: In order to address the research framework presented, a quantitative research methodology is suggested through the use of web-based questionnaires. After the identification and categorization of services in this industry, a questionnaire was developed in order to measure the presence of the identified services and their impact on the pursuit of profit, the creation of competitive advantages the improvement of customer loyalty, willingness to further develop these services and co-opetitive relationships. The sample includes Portuguese and Spanish pharmaceutical cooperatives and private companies, operating as wholesalers. Findings: The empirical data is currently being collected therefore the present paper provides solely the analysis of the pharmaceutical industry in both countries and the classification of the services offered in this industry which was used as the basis to develop the questionnaire. The paper discusses how the pharmaceutical distribution sector has evolved in the past decades and how the concentration process has changed the rules of the market owned by big players who are taking the lead. Additionally, the portfolio of new services that have recently been developed throughout the industry are identified. Some differences between both countries have been found mainly in IT services. The recent establishment of second degree cooperatives generates new perspectives to the suggested influence of co-opetitive relationships. Originality/value: The present paper is part of an ongoing research project which aims at providing both theoretical and practical implications: 1) The analysis of pharmaceutical wholesalers from a servitization perspective; 2) Application of Baines et al. (2013) classification to the pharmaceutical sector; 3) The adaptation and measurement of co-opetitive relationships within the servitization delivery; 4) Development of instruments to measure the level of implementation and the type of services which can be used in the future to make compared studies in other countries;
Biological activities of some marine sponge extracts from Aqaba Gulf, Red Sea, Egypt

Two marine sponge species (Grayella cyathophora and Negombata magnifica) were collected during winter 2016 from Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt. The sponge samples were investigated as a promising source of natural products which can be used as antitumor, antiviral, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antiinflammatory agents. The present results revealed that the crude extract of G. cyathophora showed the high cytotoxic effect to Vero cell with hepatitis A virus which exhibits that Minimum inhibitor concentration was 2. 929μg/ml. Also, it showed positive antibacterial activity against P. aeruginosa and the antioxidant activity compared to standard ascorbic acid was very weak with a value of 748μg / mL as IC50 and the activity of this anti-inflammatory extract was also (89.91%). At the same time, the crude extract of N. magnifica showed high antitumor activity with value of 1. 09μg/ml and 0.37 μg/ml as IC50 against colon cancer (caco-2) and breast cancer (Mcf-7) on cell line, respectively, it does not possess any effect as an antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. Generally, the present results confirmed that the ethanolic crude extract of N. magnifica conducted to promising antitumor agent and that of G. cyathophora conducted to promising anti-inflammatory and antiviral agents.
RENORMALIZED POWERS OF QUANTUM WHITE NOISE

We prove some no-go theorems on the existence of a Fock representation of the *-Lie algebra generated by , where , bs are the Hida white noise densities. In particular we prove the nonexistence of such a representation for any *-Lie algebra containing . This drastic difference with the quadratic case proves the necessity of investigating different renormalization rules for the case of higher powers of white noise.
Occurrence of cis-6-hexadecenoic acid and other unusual monounsaturated fatty acids in the lipids of oceanic particulate matter

Distributions of monounsaturated fatty acids in oceanic particulate matter were determined after capillary GC-MS of their dimethyldisulphide (DMDS) adducts. The technique has permitted the wide range (typically 20-30 monounsaturated fatty acids per sample) of monounsaturated fatty acids present in seawater to be characterised. The unusual fatty acid 16:1w10c was detected in several samples as the major C 16 monounsaturated fatty acid, and was present in samples from the six water masses analysed. The limited data currently available suggest that marine invertebrates and bacteria may be sources of 16:1w10c. Other Δ6 monounsaturated fatty acids were also detected in marine particulate matter. Long-chain C 22 to C 28 monounsaturated (w9 and w7) fatty acids found in particulate matter from several environments are probably from invertebrate sources; these components may be used as markers for these organisms
EVS 24 Stavanger , Norway , May 13-16 , 2009 Fuel cell hybrid drive train test facility

Fuel cells are expected to play an important role in the near future as prime energy source on board of roadgoing vehicles. In order to be able to test all important functional aspects of a fuel cell hybrid drive train, the Automotive Institute of the HAN University has decided to realize a stationary test facility, comprising an 8 kW PEM stack and a 185 [Ah] 48 [V] NiCd battery, which is connected to an asynchronous motor, which is loaded by an eddy current brake. The objective of the test facility is to provide an efficient and accessible test platform for the development of fuel cell hybrid drive trains and subsystems. This paper describes the HAN fuel cell hybrid drive train test facility and some of the experimental results that have been obtained during the process that was needed to make the facility operational.
Myr of eccentricity paced lacustrine cycles in the 1 Cenozoic Ebro Basin

Astronomically-tuned oceanic records show that certain rare orbital configurations 4 were favorable to polar ice-sheet expansions, thus controlling global climate trends 5 (Lourens and Hilgen, 1997). Internally drained basins may be particularly sensitive to 6 climate change because lake-level oscillations readily account for the balance between 7 precipitation and evaporation. Unfortunately, closed drainage conditions rarely persist 8 for long because erosion and fluvial capture operate at shorter, million-year time9 scales (García-Castellanos et al., 2003). Outstanding exceptions are found in Neogene 10 to recent sediments of Lake Baikal (Kashiwaya et al., 2001) and the Triassic-Jurassic Rift 11 System of Newark (Olsen et al. 1986; Olsen and Kent, 1999), where lacustrine 12 sequences record long-period orbital forcing. 13
Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Hydrometeors Observed within Mature Convective Storms

This study examines the polarimetric radar signatures of differing hydrometeor types. In situ measurements gathered by a suite of probes on an armored T-28 aircraft and radar data from both the prototype dual-polarimetric WSR-88D in Norman, Oklahoma (KOUN) as well as the CSU-CHILL dual-polarimetric radar were obtained from within thunderstorms. Radar volumes co-located with the positions of the aircraft were found and the polarimetric variables from these volumes extracted and compared with hydrometeor images from the T-28 imaging probes. It was found that Zh, Zdr, and ρhv show the most promise in distinguishing between hydrometeor classes. These ideas are then further explored in the context of modifications that may be required to a current, computer-based hydrometeor classification algorithm designed to automatically classify hydrometeor types from polarimetric radar data.
V/sub TH/-hopping scheme for 82% power saving in low-voltage processors

A threshold voltage hopping (V/sub TH/-hopping) scheme is proposed where V/sub TH/ is dynamically controlled through software depending on a workload. V/sub TH/-hopping is shown to reduce the power to 18% of the fixed low-V/sub TH/ circuits in 0.5 V supply voltage regime for multimedia applications. A positive back-gate bias scheme within V/sub TH/-hopping is presented for the high-performance and low-voltage processors. The measurement result shows about 90% leakage power reduction is possible by using V/sub TH/-hopping.
Velocity field path-planning for single and multiple unmanned aerial vehicles

Abstract Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have seen a rapid growth in utilisation for reconnaissance, mostly using single UAVs. However, future utilisation of UAVs for applications such as bistatic synthetic aperture radar and stereoscopic imaging, will require the use of multiple UAVs acting cooperatively to achieve mission goals. In addition, to de-skill the operation of UAVs for certain applications will require the migration of path-planning functions from the ground to the UAV. This paper details a computationally efficient algorithm to enable path-planning for single UAVs and to form and re-form UAV formations with active collision avoidance. The algorithm presented extends classical potential field methods used in other domains for the UAV path-planning problem. It is demonstrated that a range of tasks can be executed autonomously, allowing high level tasking of single and multiple UAVs in formation, with the formation commanded as a single entity.
Allocations and manipulation in Kyoto type protocols

We study an incomplete information, non-cooperative model of the determination of national emission endowments under a Kyoto type protocol with heterogeneous nations. The model generates a link between national types and equilibrium na-tional emission caps. We analyze this link to (a) derive the type-contingent ordering of emission allocations, (b) study the effects of growth on emission al-locations, and (c) study the strategies that nations can use to manipulate the emission allocation process. Synthesizing these results allows us to derive the implications of national heterogeneity and asymmetry of economic power in the capping process.