Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Forest patch size predicts seed bank composition in urban areas

Co-ordinating Editor: Vigdis Vandvik Abstract Questions: As urban areas expand around the world, understanding how to restore and maintain forests within the urban environment becomes increasingly important. Given that a comprehensive understanding of regeneration dynamics is critical to designating appropriate management interventions we ask the following: how does regeneration, vis-à-vis the buried seed bank, vary in heterogenous urban forests? And, can forest patch size be used to predict regeneration and consequent management interventions? Location: Vacant lots and public parks throughout New Haven, CT, USA. Methods: We sampled buried seed banks in 131 plots distributed across three forest patch sizes ranging from large intact parks (95–126 ha), to small parks (1–19 ha), and vacant lots (0.05–0.65 ha). We collected soil samples from the surface mineral soil and stratified them over sand in a greenhouse over a period of five months to record germination. Results: By examining seed bank floristics in a range of forest patch sizes we found that species composition, nativity, and dominance of specific functional groups shifted with patch size representing a spectrum of urbanization within just one city. Seed bank floristics in large parks more closely resembled results from seed bank studies in rural forests with over 85% native germinants on average. In contrast, vacant lots were dominated by non-native germinants and more ruderal species indicative of earlier successional stages. Seed banks in small parks were variable and in some cases were more similar to large parks or vacant lots. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that large parks in urban areas may be largely selfsustaining whereas smaller parks may require more intensive management for site rehabilitation, especially in early states of succession. Furthermore, our results confirm the highly heterogenous nature of urban forest patches and call for more systematic sampling of urban areas to capture this variation and improve management prescriptions and outcomes.
Translation as Co-creation with the Author

When Ruth DyckFehderau—my colleague in the Department of English and Film Studies who was also my mentor for the Borderlines Writers Circle Program in 2017-2018—told me that she had just published a collection of short nonfiction stories about (and commissioned by) the James Bay Cree, I couldn’t wait to read the book. I came to Canada in 2004 and later became a citizen, yet the country’s First Nations always remained a mystery to me. The limited number of poems and stories I taught here and there in junior English literature courses, and the museums I visited where the indigenous peoples were mostly portrayed as “prehistoric,” urged me to learn more about Canada’s colonial past. The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee: Stories of Diabetes and the James Bay Cree contains real-life narratives told to the writer by people living on that territory. This “Talking Circle in print” (n.p.) as DyckFehderau calls it in her translation permission letter, was bound to satisfy my intellectual curiosity. And it did.
Spider Webs and Lichens as Bioindicators of Heavy Metals: A Comparison Study in the Vicinity of a Copper Smelter (Poland)

This paper presents the comparison of heavy metals accumulation in spider webs from Agelenidae family (Eratigena atrica and Agelena labyrinthica) and lichens Hypogymnia physodes, exposed to pollution for two months. Webs were obtained from the laboratory-reared spiders and stretched on Petri dish while lichens were transplanted from Stobrawa Landscape Park into the study area. Concentrations of Cu, Zn, Ni, Pb and As were determined in both biomonitors and the elevated values indicated the impact of the copper smelter and surrounding roads. Our study revealed that webs were more sensitive than lichens to emissions of pollutants, and for all of the studied elements, the determined concentrations were much higher for spider webs. The results of similarity tests showed a clear difference among the concentrations of Cu, Zn, Ni and As in lichens and spider webs, with the exception of Pb, suggesting that this element could be accumulated in a similar way by both bioindicators. These differences are probably due to their morphological and ecological dissimilarities suggesting that spider webs should be favorably applied where the use of lichens is improper due to the drought, which is an unfavorable condition for accumulation of elements in lichens, or their limited uptake of elements.
A Simplified Measure of Investor Risk Aversion

This article introduces a simplified measure of investor risk aversion. The singleitem question combines elements from revealed preference and propensity measurement techniques in a way that matches traditional constant relative risk-aversion estimation procedures. Based on survey data from 500 investors living in the United States, scores from the proposed measure were found to correlate with other measures of risk aversion, as well as with indicators of risk-taking. A validity test showed that answers to the proposed measure were statistically associated with equity and cash ownership holdings in respondent portfolios. The simplicity and intuitive nature of the proposed measure and the alignment of question response categories to estimates of constant relative risk aversion make this a potentially valuable addition to the toolkit of researchers, financial educators, investors and those who provide advice to investors. JEL: C83, D10, D11, D14, D19, D81
Co-crystallized Honey with Sucrose: Storage Evaluation and Sensory Acceptance

ABSTRACT Honey is widely consumed due to its flavor and health characteristics. It is viscous and can crystallize inside the package, making it difficult to handle. This work aimed to obtain co-crystallized honey with sucrose, study its physico-chemical properties during 100 days of storage, evaluate its microbiological stability and sensory acceptance. The standard and co-crystallized honey with 5% maltodextrin was stored in glass and polypropylene flasks and multilayer polyethylene film in vacuum. During storage, samples water activity ranged from 0.396 to 0.491, repose angle from 23.36 to 40.47°, density from 0.42 to 0.55 g cm−3 and hygroscopicity from 5.330 to 7.952%, showing no interference regarding to packaging material used. Microbiological analyzes of salmonella, molds and yeasts attended the legislation. Pineaple juice sweetened with honey co-crystallized with sucrose showed good sensory acceptance and purchase intention, indicating possibilibty for use in food formulations.
Measuring Response to Clinical Care in Children and Young People with Anxiety, Depression, OCD or PTSD: An International Standard Set of Outcome Measures

Recent Self-Report Screener (115) is a shorter self-report version of the clinician-administered semi-structured C-SSRS interview protocol. The C-SSRS Recent Self-Report Screener consists of five items assessing the severity of suicidal ideation in the previous month (i.e., suicidal thoughts, intent, and plans), and a sixth item that assesses suicidal behaviour. Items are scored on a binary response scale response scale ( yes / no ). While the self-report screener has not yet been validated in CYP, the severity of ideation subscale of the clinician-rated C-SSRS (from which most of the Self-Report Screener is derived) has demonstrated good internal consistency (ordinal α = .97) and interrater reliability( IRR = .92), as well as sensitivity to change in clinical adolescent samples (115). The C-SSRS is available in at least 100 languages.
Histology Study in Undergraduate Medical Education

Corresponding Author: Pakpoom Thintharua Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, 111 Moo 14 Suwannabhumi Canal Road, Bang Pla, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan 10540, Thailand. Telephone: +66 2839 5161 E-mail: pakpoom.thi@mahidol.ac. th Rama Med J I Review Article Histology Study in Undergraduate Medical Education Pakpoom Thintharua, Permphan Dharmasaroja 1 Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Samut Prakan, Thailand
Motivating Students for Ear-Training with a Rhythmic Dictation Application

We present the development and evaluation of a gamified rhythmic dictation application for music theory learning. The application was developed as a web application in the existing Troubadour platform for music ear training. The focus of the developed application was on user experience and engagement. With regards to the former, we developed a responsive and intuitive user interface; for the latter, we included several gamification elements and assessed the impact on the students’ engagement. We report on students’ experience analysis done through questionnaires and background data collected through the platform. We evaluated the rhythmic dictation application with the conservatory-level music theory students through A/B testing in order to independently evaluate the application’s impact. The results show a significant impact of the application on the students’ exam scores.
Symmetric or not? A holistic approach to the measurement of fluctuating asymmetry from facial photographs

Previous studies investigated the relationship between facial asymmetry, perceived attractiveness and peoples' traits. The diversity of results might be due to methodological issues and poor standardization between asymmetry scoring methods. We evaluate two traditional scoring methods, the Horizontal Angular Asymmetry (HAA) and the Horizontal Fluctuating Asymmetry (HFA), and propose a geometric morphometrics-based Holistic Facial Asymmetry Score (HFAS). In Study 1, 1000 photographs with different types of asymmetry were simulated and then correlated with the estimated facial asymmetry scores. Results indicate that HFA was highly affected by extrinsic factors, while HAA and HFAS were less affected and rather capture intrinsic asymmetry. In Study 2, HFAS and HAA were compared for 160 facial images (45% Female, M = 27.6 years) by estimating their correlations with ratings of attractiveness and targets' traits provided by 81 adults (51% Female, M = 27.7 years). Results suggest that attractiveness was only related with extrinsic factors. HAA was related with higher fairness, femininity, modesty, and sincerity, but less greediness and masculinity. HFAS was related with low femininity, high masculinity, and greediness, as well as low negativity, higher fairness, and sincerity. We discuss the benefits of HFAS as a scoring method for the assessment of facial asymmetry.
Short-Selling, Margin-Trading, and Stock liquidity: Evidence From the Chinese Stock Markets

Abstract This paper examines the impacts of two forms of leveraged trading—margin trading and short selling—on the trading liquidity of individual stocks in China. We find that trading liquidity for relevant stocks generally improves after restrictions on leveraged trading are removed. However, margin trading and short selling have opposite impacts on liquidity. During ordinary periods, margin trading benefits liquidity, whereas short selling damages liquidity; however, during market downturns, their roles are reversed. We also provide evidence suggesting that short sellers are informed traders in China and that short selling reduces stock liquidity because of the increased risk of adverse selection faced by uninformed traders.
Screening of Pear Germplasm against Entomosporium Leaf and Fruit Spot Disease

Fourteen pear varieties were screened under polyhouse conditions for their tolerance/susceptibility against entomosporium leaf and fruit spot disease. One year old healthy grafted plants of fourteen pear varieties were planted in 50 cm diameter plastic pots containing sterilized soil and were kept under polyhouse conditions equipped with sprinkler irrigation facility. The results revealed that only one cultivar i.e. Starkrimson exhibited immune reaction and six other cultivars viz., Fertility, Beurré hardy, Beurré Clairgeau, Clapp’s favorite, Citron-Des-Carmes, and Max Red Bartlett were rated as moderately susceptible. The remaining cultivars viz., Chinese sandy pear, Conference, Cosia C, Cosia F, Bartlett, Red Anjou and Beurré-DeAmanalis exhibited highly susceptible reaction.
Recognition of Cross-Language Acoustic Emotional Valence Using Stacked Ensemble Learning

Most of the studies on speech emotion recognition have used single-language corpora, but little research has been done in cross-language valence speech emotion recognition. Research has shown that the models developed for single-language speech recognition systems perform poorly when used in different environments. Cross-language speech recognition is a craving alternative, but it is highly challenging because the corpora used will have been recorded in different environments and under varying conditions. The differences in the quality of recording devices, elicitation techniques, languages, and accents of speakers make the recognition task even more arduous. In this paper, we propose a stacked ensemble learning algorithm to recognize valence emotion in a cross-language speech environment. The proposed ensemble algorithm was developed from random decision forest, AdaBoost, logistic regression, and gradient boosting machine and is therefore called RALOG. In addition, we propose feature scaling using random forest recursive feature elimination and a feature selection algorithm to boost the performance of RALOG. The algorithm has been evaluated against four widely used ensemble algorithms to appraise its performance. The amalgam of five benchmarked corpora has resulted in a cross-language corpus to validate the performance of RALOG trained with the selected acoustic features. The comparative analysis results have shown that RALOG gave better performance than the other ensemble learning algorithms investigated in this study.
Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorder: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often presents with comorbid substance use disorder (SUD). The extant literature on the comorbidity of adult ADHD and SUD was summarized on the etiology, prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment. ADHD is diagnosed in 15–20% of SUD patients, mostly as ADHD with a combined presentation. ADHD and SUD are believed to have shared pathophysiology. ADHD is associated with the majority of dependence diagnoses. A most used screening questionnaire for screening ADHD patients presenting with SUD is the Adult ADHD Self-report Scale (ARSR). Evidence on pharmacological treatment is limited, but new trials support the use of long-acting stimulants as also recommended with a combination of psychotherapy by expert opinion. Given the prevalence of both ADHD and SUD, more research is needed to understand the theoretical and clinical implications of this comorbidity.
Improving the photoresponsivity and reducing the persistent photocurrent effect of visible-light ZnO/quantum-dot phototransistors via a TiO2 layer

Conventional visible-light phototransistors based on the heterostructure of wide band gap zinc oxide (ZnO) and colloidal quantum dots (CdSe/ZnS QDs) have been studied. However, it is found that there are various deteriorated characteristics for their photoelectric behavior. Here, the phototransistors of an additional thin layer of TiO2 deposited onto the ZnO/QDs film using atomic layer deposition are developed for improving the performance of phototransistors. Small band gap QDs can absorb low-energy visible light and generate photoexcited charge carriers, which can be injected into the conduction band of wide band gap ZnO. Subsequently, the photoexcited charge carriers can be injected into the conduction band of TiO2 owing to the low injection barrier. Therefore, the ZnO/QDs phototransistor with the TiO2 layer can generate a larger photocurrent from visible light compared to a device without the TiO2 top layer. Moreover, the inorganic TiO2 layer improved the stability of the device. Under illumination with light at a wavelength of 520 nm, the maximum photosensitivity of the device was 4.2 × 106 and the transition rate was 0.728 ns−1, which is high enough to reduce the persistent photocurrent effect. This work offers a useful method to enhance the performance of visible-light phototransistors based on a heterostructure of oxide semiconductors and QDs.
The expression patterns of plasma membrane aquaporins in leaves of sugar beet and its halophyte relative, Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima, in response to salt stress

Abstract Salt tolerance is largely dependent on a plant’s ability to maintain optimal water status in leaves. The adjustment of water relations under salinity involves changes in the transcriptional activity of genes encoding plasma membrane aquaporins (PIPs). Here, we report the effects of long-term or short-term treatments with moderate or strong salt stress on the expression of BvPIP1;1, BvPIP2;1 and BvPIP2;2 in the leaves of sugar beet, Beta vulgaris cv. Huzar, and its halophyte relative, Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. Plants subjected to long-term treatment were watered with salt-supplemented media during a 32 day long culture period. Short-term salt treatments were executed either by immersing the petioles of excised leaves into salt solutions for 48h, or incubating excised leaf blades in salt-supplemented media for 20h. B. vulgaris ssp. maritima reacted to long-term salt treatment with a decrease in BvPIP1;1, BvPIP2;1 and BvPIP2;2 expression. Contrastingly, only BvPIP2;2 transcript was down-regulated by salinity in leaves of B. vulgaris cv. Huzar, whereas BvPIP1;1 and BvPIP2;1 did not vary in response to salt-treatments. On the other hand, the expression of BvPIP1;1, BvPIP2;1 and BvPIP2;2 was enhanced by salinity if salt solutions was supplied through leaf petioles, irrespective of genotype. PIP expression in excised leaf blades revealed a complex pattern of changes. BvPIP1;1 and BvPIP2;1 expression underwent a period of transient increase in both the control and salt-treated leaves. Furthermore, BvPIP1;1 expression was enhanced by strong salinity. BvPIP2;2 expression was up-regulated by strong salinity or up- or down-regulated by moderate salinity during the treatment period.
AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH FUNCTIONS ON THE BANKING AND DAILY NEED BILLBOARD TEXTS

This research aims at describing speech functions in banking and daily need billboard texts. The objectives are to describe the category and to derive dominantly used and explain the factors of the phenomenon of speech functions. The research method used descriptive qualitative. The data collecting procedures include applying documentary techniques from banking and daily need billboard texts (headline, subhead, slogan, and images) in public places around the city center of Medan. The findings describe the three speech functions available used banking and daily need billboard texts, the statement constitutes 15, offer 10, and command 8 from 33 billboard texts. The statement genre is used as the dominant one as it is suitable with the pattern of commercial billboard texts, where the viewer assumed only briefly saw the display of text and images of the billboard with a duration of 5-7 seconds when they were driving. There is a phenomenon, especially in the banking domain, which offers the most dominant is one used. Thus, authoritative and straightforward information in the speech function of functional grammar and the language used must be efficient, effective, and able to hypnotize readers, so that results in decisive action on the item advertised.
Development of a Comprehensive NGS Workflow for the Analysis of Tumor BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations and Large Rearrangements

Patients with germline or somatic BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations are sensitive to PARP inhibitor treatment. However, current clinical testing of BRCA1/2 is limited to germline mutations in blood samples. In the present study, we have developed and validated a workflow for BRCA1/2 mutation test in patient tumor samples, which can identify both germline and somatic mutations. Our approach combined targeted capturing with the BRCA MASTR assay and consequent sequencing using Miseq, a benchtop next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform. The cut-offs for calling substitution mutations and large rearrangements were defined using 45 normal human samples, and then evaluated using 9 human cell lines harboring known BRCA1/2 mutations, as well as 100 patient tumor tissue samples. At a sensitive mutant allele frequency threshold of 5%, all somatic mutation calls were confirmed using an independent technology. Using amplicon-specific cut-offs for large deletion calls, one out of two large deletion candidates was confirmed by the longrange PCR. In summary, our workflow offers a useful tool for testing tumor BRCA1/2 mutations including substitutions, small insertions or deletions (indels) and large deletions.
An Autoencoder Gated Recurrent Unit for Remaining Useful Life Prediction

With the development of smart manufacturing, in order to detect abnormal conditions of the equipment, a large number of sensors have been used to record the variables associated with production equipment. This study focuses on the prediction of Remaining Useful Life (RUL). RUL prediction is part of predictive maintenance, which uses the development trend of the machine to predict when the machine will malfunction. High accuracy of RUL prediction not only reduces the consumption of manpower and materials, but also reduces the need for future maintenance. This study focuses on detecting faults as early as possible, before the machine needs to be replaced or repaired, to ensure the reliability of the system. It is difficult to extract meaningful features from sensor data directly. This study proposes a model based on an Autoencoder Gated Recurrent Unit (AE-GRU), in which the Autoencoder (AE) extracts the important features from the raw data and the Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) selects the information from the sequences to forecast RUL. To evaluate the performance of the proposed AE-GRU model, an aircraft turbofan engine degradation simulation dataset provided by NASA was used and a comparison made of different recurrent neural networks. The results demonstrate that the AE-GRU is better than other recurrent neural networks, such as Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and GRU.
Modeling Ozone Source Apportionment and Performing Sensitivity Analysis in Summer on the North China Plain

In recent years, air quality issues due to fine particulate matter have been sufficiently treated. However, ozone (O3) has now become the primary pollutant in summer on the North China Plain (NCP). In this study, a three-dimensional chemical transport model (the Nested Air Quality Prediction Model System, NAQPMS) coupled with an online source apportionment module was applied to investigate the sources of O3 pollution over the NCP. Generally, the NAQPMS adequately captured the observed spatiotemporal features of O3 during the period of July 1st to August 31st in 2017 on the NCP. The results of the source apportionment indicated that the contributions of local emissions and transport from the NCP accounted for the largest proportion of O3, with magnitudes of 25% and 39%, respectively. Compared with those in the average monthly results, the local contribution and regional transport during O3 episodes on the NCP increased by 7% and 10%, respectively. Based on sensitivity tests, two thresholds of the sensitivity indicator P(H2O2)/P(HNO3) were detected, at 0.08 and 0.2. Ozone formation in the urban sites of Beijing, Tianjin, and the southern part of Hebei Province was controlled by VOCs, while the other sites were mainly controlled by NOX. Biogenic emissions contributed approximately 18% to O3 formation in July in the southwestern part of Hebei Province.