Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Rhizobia Symbionts of Legume Forages Native to South Brazil as Promoters of Cultivated Grass Growing

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of previously selected rhizobia on the yield of sudan grass, millet, aries grass and sorghum forage. The rhizobia studied: UFRGS Om57; UFRGS Om59 and UFRGS Om148, obtained from the collection of cultures of UFRGS Soil Microbiology Laboratory, the isolated adesmia EEL46210, donated by Epagri, and SEMIA929 and SEMIA6437 strains, released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) for the production of inoculants for Ornithopus micrantus and Adesmia latifolia. In the experiments with each species of plant, in addition to the inoculated treatments, two control treatments without inoculation were conducted, one with the adding of nitrogen N dose equivalent to 100 kg N.ha and the other with a dose equivalent to 50 kg N.ha. The study was arranged in a completely randomized design and lasted 45 days. The isolated UFGRS Os57, UFRGS Om148, EEL46.210, SEMIA929 and SEMIA6437 stimulate root dry mass of sudan grass. Isolated UFRGS Om57 induces higher plant height compared to Control N at 15 and 30 days after emergence. In millet, the SEMIA 929 strain increased the shoot and root dry mass, height at 15 days, and the Relative Efficiency Ratio (RER%) is more than 150%. The inoculation with UFRGS Om57 isolate stimulates sorghum shoot and root dry mass. For this treatment the RER% is 179%. There were genotypic differences among isolates of this study and the strains currently recommended for composition of commercial inoculants of Ornithopus micrantus and Adesmia latifolia. © 2016 Friends Science Publishers
Mapping the sound world of the flute: towards a new classification of standard and extended techniques

In the last decades, some literature has been published about extended techniques, and composers have made them part of the contemporary music language. However, the classification of extended techniques in these writings is often arbitrary, based on the way they have been discovered and used. In this contribution, a new way of classifying flute playing techniques is proposed, with the aim of grouping them according to their role in sound production and to the gestural parameters that are involved for each of them. First, a definition of the concept of extended technique is given. An overview of publications since the 1960s will show the existing classifications; then types of musical gesture according to Cadoz and Wanderley (2000) and a classification of extended techniques based on the musical instrument classification system by Hornbostel and Sachs (1914) will be applied to the flute, with a description of the articulators involved in the flute sound production.
ROLE OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN THE R&D-TFP GROWTH NEXUS: PANEL DYNAMIC ORDINARY LEAST SQUARE (OLS) EVIDENCE

This paper addresses the role of economic freedom in mediating domestic and international Research and Development (R&D) on productivity growth by using Panel Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (P-DOLS) proposed by Stock and Watson (1993) in estimating 37 selected developing countries. In view of the fact that the domestic (international) R&D may enter the international (domestic) R&D and both have causality between each other. To encourage domestic and international R&D activities, host and home countries must have a ‘good’ institution like economic freedom, political freedom or civil freedom that applies to economy. Main focus of this study is on economic freedom that we examine the role of economic freedom as a mediating factor of domestic and international R&D on productivity growth in developing countries. The finding indicate that economic freedom are positively mediating both domestic and international R&D on productivity growth but the result indicate higher elasticity value of domestic R&D compare to international R&D.
Social care workforce profile: age, gender and ethnicity

In this issue we provide detailed analysis of the social care workforce in relation to social care workers' age, gender and ethnicity to enhance understanding of how workers' profiles vary according to sector of employment and different job roles. We aim to provide policy makers and employers with information which may enable them to employ specific strategies in recruiting and retaining workers to particular job roles within the social care sector. The findings are based on the analysis of NMDS-SC May 2009 workers' files that contain detailed anonymised information on 362,885 employees.
Use of tritium and helium to define groundwater flow conditions in Everglades National Park

The concentrations of tritium (3H) and helium isotopes (3He and 4He) were used as tracers of groundwater flow in the surficial aquifer system (SAS) beneath Everglades National Park (ENP), south Florida. From ages determined by 3H/3He dating techniques, groundwater within the upper 28 m originated within the last 30 years. Below 28 m, waters originated prior to 30 years before present with evidence of mixing at the interface. Interannual variation of the 3H/3He ages within the upper 28 m was significant throughout the 3 year investigation, corresponding with varying hydrologic conditions. In the region of Taylor Slough Bridge, younger groundwater was consistently detected below older groundwater in the Biscayne Aquifer, suggesting preferential flow to the lower part of the aquifer. An increase in 4He with depth in the SAS indicated that radiogenic 4He produced in the underlying Hawthorn Group migrates into the SAS by diffusion. Higher Δ4He values in brackish groundwaters compared to fresh waters from similar depths suggested a possible enhanced vertical transport of 4He in the seawater mixing zone. Groundwater salinity measurements indicated the presence of a wide (6–28 km) seawater mixing zone. Comparison of groundwater levels with surface water levels in this zone indicated the potential for brackish groundwater discharge to the overlying Everglades surface water.
Effects of Feelings of Inadequacy on Life Events, Social Avoidance and Distress Among Impoverished Undergraduates

The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between life events, social avoidance and distress as well as the feelings of inadequacy among impoverished undergraduates. 766 impoverished undergraduate participants undertook Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Scale (ASLEC), Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SADS) and Feeling of Inadequacy Scale (FIS) in this study. Findings revealed that (1) Life events, social avoidance and distress as well as the feelings of inadequacy were significantly correlated, (2) feelings of inadequacy has a complete mediating effect on life events as well as social avoidance and distress. Life events show no direct causation of social avoidance and distress. Rather, it is through the feelings of inadequacy that can significantly predict the effects of life events on social avoidance and distress among impoverished undergraduates.
People’s views on preserving thinking skills in old age

ABSTRACT Changes in thinking skills are commonly experienced by older adults, though large variation exists. Such changes are one of the top concerns of people as they get older. Public perceptions of those changes could be used to effectively communicate with them about ways to improve their thinking skills. This study explored people’s views about maintaining and improving thinking skills with age in a UK-wide survey completed by respondents aged 40 and over. Respondents answered an open-ended question “What would be one piece of advice you would give to someone to maintain or improve their thinking skills with age? ”. Responses from 3,165 individuals (95% of the survey sample) were analyzed using content analysis. Three main themes emerged: keeping fit and healthy in mind and body; staying engaged with the world around you; and attitudes to prevent decline. Respondents thought that keeping physically and mentally active, being sociable, having a purpose in life and positive attitude, and preventative strategies could help maintain thinking skills. Adults aged 40 and over in the UK thought there are things that can help preserve thinking skills with age. The survey findings support previous research, extending the findings to adults in the UK. Understanding people’s beliefs can inform better communication with them about what can benefit thinking skills. Effective communication should provide resources and advice in the same way other public health messaging is carried out (such as that regarding heart health).
News Video Semantic Topic Mining Based on Multi-wing Harmoniums Model

Two-layer undirected graphical model, Harmoniums, is a new approach to mine latent semantic topics from observed data. For the multi-modal heterogeneous features of news video, this paper proposes multi-wing Harmoniums (MWH) model that represents news video stories as latent semantic topics derived by jointly modeling the transcript text, color histogram and edge histogram of the video. This model includes a multivariate Poisson distribution and two multivariate Gaussian distributions. It extends and improves earlier models based on two-layer random fields, which capture bidirectional dependencies between hidden topic aspects and observed inputs. The model especially facilitates efficient inference and robust topic mixing, and provides high flexibilities in modeling the latent topic spaces. The variational algorithm efficiently reduces the difficulty of model learning. The experiments results on the CCTV news video collections and an extensive comparison with various extant models show the efficiency of MWH on news video semantic mining. Keywords-news video multi-wing Harmoniums; video mining; semantic mining; news video
Collaboration: Critical Success Factors for Student Learning

Several studies identify collaboration between classroom teachers and teacher-librarians as a key factor that affects student achievement. Studies in teacher-librarianship have established procedures and processes for effective collaboration. This study examines collaboration from a broader theoretical and research perspective, beginning with 20 factors that specifically influence successful collaborations. These are clustered in six areas: factors related to the environment, to membership characteristics, to process and structure, to communication, to purpose, and to resources. Research from teacher-librarianship is then applied to substantiate and reinforce the factors and provide context for successful collaboration and thus effect on students' learning in schools.
Implementing an Evidence-Based Education Program for Labor and Delivery Nurses in a Community Hospital Setting

Many factors contribute to the success of an organization. The nursing workforce is the guiding strength behind the delivery of safe patient care resulting in quality outcomes. Preparing the nursing staff to deliver safe care begins with the introduction of evidence based practice as a viable partner to clinical expertise and knowledge. Implementing an evidence based education program is a critical step in the process of integrating evidence into clinical practice. This paper focuses on the implementation of an evidence based education program for Labor and Delivery nurses in a community hospital setting. Evidence based education can promote competency development, professional growth, and improve patient outcomes. Women seeking obstetrics care, and their infants, will benefit from evidence based, nursing education, aimed at the management of preeclampsia and the patient receiving Magnesium Sulfate, assessment of newborn transitional vital signs, maternal hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, and the management of acute bedside emergencies.
Analysis of fuzzy controller application efficiency in two-mass systems with variable moment of inertia of second mass

A two-mass system with variable moment of inertia of the second mass has been considered. Common approaches to controller synthesis of such system were considered. A fuzzy robust controller was introduced. Comparison of the proposed approach with the classic one has been conducted. Corresponding conclusions about the feasibility of the proposed approach were done. The cases of a system with dynamic reference and without it were considered. Besides, a linear and nonlinear behavior of the second mass of the system was taken into account. Obtained results testify that implementation of the proposed controlled can provide a significant gain in the transients of the investigated system. Розглянуто двомасову систему зі змінним моментом інерції другої маси. Досліджено загальні підходи до синтезу регулятора такої системи. Для такої системи запропоновано використання робастного нечіткого регулятора. Проведено порівняння пропонованого підходу з класичними. Зроблено відповідні висновки про доцільність використання пропонованого підходу. Розглянуто випадки динамічної системи з еталонною моделлю і без неї. Крім того, досліджено випадки лінійної та нелінійної зміни другої маси. Отримані результати свідчать про те, що застосування запропонованого регулятора може забезпечити значну перевагу в функціонуванні досліджуваної системи.
Ethnic Differences in Intramyocellular Lipid Levels and Insulin Resistance in Obese Children and Adolescents

The prevalence of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in obese children and adolescents is growing at an alarming rate, especially in ethnic minorities. It is not clear whether young people of different ethnic backgrounds vary in their metabolic response to excessive adiposity. Differences in lipid partitioning in the abdominal fat compartments have been observed among different ethnic groups. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether there are ethnic differences in intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) levels that are related to differences in insulin sensitivity. Eighty-two obese children and adolescents underwent 1) 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to non-invasively quantify IMCL levels in their soleus muscle, 2) an oral glucose tolerance test and (in a subset of subjects) a euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp to assess insulin sensitivity, 3) a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan to measure total percent body fat, and 4) magnetic resonance imaging to measure abdominal fat distribution. IMCL levels in Hispanic children and adolescents (1.50 ± 0.64%) were significantly greater than in their Caucasian (1.19 ± 0.40%) and African-American (1.09 ± 0.49%) peers. Visceral fat was significantly lower in African Americans (42.7 ± 18.8cm 2 ) and were similar in Caucasians (70.9 ± 27.5cm 2 ) and Hispanics (77.3 ± 41.9cm 2 ). The three groups were not different with respect to insulin sensitivity. For the entire cohort, IMCL levels were inversely related to insulin sensitivity. There was a significant correlation
A Long-Lasting Disciplinary Morning Ritual: The “Wild Walk” at Sendak Middle School

Abstract:For decades, adults at Sendak Middle School (pseudonym) have relied on an institutional morning routine I call the Wild Walk to feel in control of the social environment in the hallways before the start of instruction. Students are expected to slowly walk in loops through their building, monitored by teachers who try to ensure that the teenagers do not stop or move against the prescribed walking direction. This field report is an ethnographic case study that illuminates students’ perspectives on the effects this disciplinary practice has had on their school social life. While the Wild Walk promotes social interactions between and with adults, it provides obstacles to social interactions between adolescent friends.
Petrology of the White River diamondiferous Paleoproterozoic intrusive rocks

Richard Curtis Brett, Samuel Metteer, Warren Riemer, Samuel Russell, Andrew Faragher, Shannon Zurevinski Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc., Vancouver, Canada, curtis.brett@riotinto.com Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada, sam.metteer@gmail.com Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc., Thunder Bay, Canada, warren.riemer@riotinto.com Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc., Thunder Bay, Canada, sam.russell1@riotinto.com Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc., Vancouver, Canada, andrew.faragher@riotinto.com Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, shay@lakeheadu.ca
Leaf and nodule senescence in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and the role of plant growth regulators

The present investigation was aimed to study the effect of Kinetin and Abscisic acid (ABA) on leaf and nodule senescence in chickpea (Cicer arietinum (L.)) cv. CM88, in relation to the changes in the endogenous level of abscisic acid (ABA) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Studies was carried out for study the 1 involvement of hormonal and non-hormonal signal factors involved in nodule senescence, 2 The critical period in the development stages for the initiation of nodule senescence. 3 The correlation of leaf senescence with nodule senescence. The effects of the hormones were studied at four developmental stages; vegetative stage, flowering stage, early pod filling stage and late pod filling stage. The seeds of chickpea (Cicer arietinum (L.) cv. CM88 were soaked for 6h prior to sowing in aqueous solution of Kinetin and Abscisic acid each at 10 M. Both the hormones (at 10 M) were also applied as foliar spray during the vegetative phase of pant (4 weeks after sowing). The plants were allowed to grow under natural conditions. Increase in protein and sugar content of plant leaves was related with the increase in nodule activity at the flowering and early pod filling stages, thereafter, degradation of chlorophyll and protein content became more pronounced in old leaves as compared to young leaves. Kinetin at 10M was more effective than kinetin at 10M to delay leaf and nodule senescence. ABA (10M) was effective in enhancing leaf and nodule senescence resulting in significant decrease in plant growth and yield as compared to the control. The effect of ABA in enhancement of leaf and nodule senescence is mediated possibly via the increased proline content of leaves and decrease in IAA and kinetin level. The exogenous application of kinetin decreased the endogenous level of ABA in the treated plants but elevated the IAA content of the root significantly at the early pod filling stage. Nodule senescence coincided with leaf senescence and appears to be correlated with the degradation of chlorophyll and protein content as well as the sugar assimilation in the host plant which in turn delay the degeneration of pink bacteroids tissue of nodules and the nitrogenase activity.
Stormwater Runoff Education and Environmental Stewardship

In collaboration with the Fitchburg Department of Public Works and Fitchburg Public Schools, our team developed a fifth grade Stormwater Education Program consisting of a Student Workbook and Educator Resource Guide. Through interviews, analysis of stormwater materials, collaboration with municipal officials, and pilots of our materials, we aimed to help the City of Fitchburg comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Public Education and Outreach minimum control measure. The Student Workbook and Educator Resource Guide combine interdisciplinary learning with handson, outdoor activities to instill environmental stewardship among younger generations. We hope that our program will promote growth of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math programs within the diverse cities.
A Face Recognition System using Convolutional Neural Network and Generalized with Facial Expression

Facial expression recognition systems have attracted much research interest within the field of artificial intel-ligence. Face Recognition can be applied for many security issues as a prompt solution. Old facial expression recognition (FER) systems apply standard machine learning to extracted image features like geometric features and these methods generalize poorly to previously recorded database. This work introduces some recent research to classify images of human faces into dis-crete emotion categories using convolutional neural net-works (CNNs). We experimented with different architec-tures and methods such as fractional max-pooling and fine-tuning, ultimately achieving an accuracy of 0.48 in a seven-class classification task. The objective of this project is to classify images of hu-man faces into discrete emotion categories. Most of the established facial expression recognition (FER) systems use standard machine learning and extracted features, which do not have significant performance when applied to previously recorded database [1]. Within the past few months a few papers have been published that use deep learning for FER [2] [13] which have been successful at achieving about . 60 accuracy on the EmotiW and other publicly available data sets. Noting the success of CNNs in this domain, our objective is to experiment with both new and existing network architec-tures to achieve similar results on a new data set.
Polarization-Dependent Microlens Array Using Reactive Mesogen Aligned by Top-Down Nanogrooves for Switchable Three-Dimensional Applications

(Received April 20, 2015 : revised May 6, 2015 : accepted May 6, 2015)We propose a reactive mesogen (RM) lens array to obtain good focusing behavior along with a short focal plane, where the focusing behavior is switchable according to the polarization state of incident light. Polarization-dependent focusing behavior is obtained using a planoconvex RM microlens array on a planoconcave isotropic lens template. Even though the sagitta of our RM lens is high, to obtain the short focal length, the RM layer can be aligned well by introducing a top-down alignment effect, using a nanogrooved template. The optical noise due to the moire effect generated by the nanogrooves on the surface of the planoconvex RM layer can be removed simply by overcoating a thin RM layer, which is self-aligned by the geometric surface effect, without an additional alignment process. We demonstrate a hexagonal-packed RM lens array that has a very high fill factor and symmetric phase profile, for an ideal lens.
A two-step procedure to get animal model solutions in Weibull survival models used for genetic evaluations on length of productive life

Using results from sire-maternal grand sire survival models, a strategy was developed and tested to compute accurate approximations of animal model solutions for length of productive life of dairy cows. The procedure was incorporated into the “Survival Kit” software. Applications to simulated and real data sets indicate that the formal inconsistency of the Weibull sire-maternal grand sire model currently used in national evaluations has no real impact on sire EBVs. The main restriction of such sire-maternal grand-sire models comes from the ignorance of relationships between females. The article also presents the computation of individual “pre-adjusted records” and weights for length of productive life that could be used for BLUP multiple trait animal model evaluations naturally combining direct and indirect information on longevity.
Psychological Biases and Economic Expectations: Some Further Evidence *

This paper investigates possible psychological biases using a confidence survey of 30 industrial sectors in Brazil during the 1999Q3-2009Q4 period. The econometric approach builds on the work of Bovi (2009) by considering the significance of discrepancies between ex-post evaluations and ex-ante expectations but extends the analysis by considering sectoral evidence from industry experts instead of aggregate evidence from lay people The evidence, even in the case of perceptions of general economic conditions, indicates that the presence of important psychological biases cannot be discarded.