Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Microbial Functional Group‐Based CH4 Model Integrated Into a Terrestrial Ecosystem Model: Model Structure, Site‐Level Evaluation, and Sensitivity Analysis

Wetlands are one of the most important terrestrial ecosystems for land‐atmosphere CH4 exchange. A new process‐based, biophysical model to quantify CH4 emissions from natural wetlands was developed and integrated into a terrestrial ecosystem model (Integrated Biosphere Simulator). The new model represents a multisubstance system (CH4, O2, CO2, and H2) and describes CH4 production, oxidation, and three transport processes (diffusion, plant‐mediated transport, and ebullition). The new model uses several critical microbial mechanisms to represent the interaction of anaerobic fermenters and homoacetogens, hydrogenotrophic, and acetoclastic methanogens, and methanotrophs in CH4 production and oxidation. We applied the model to 24 different wetlands globally to compare the simulated CH4 emissions to observations and conducted a sensitivity analysis. The results indicated that (1) for most sites, the model was able to capture the magnitude and variation of observed CH4 emissions under varying environmental conditions; (2) the parameters that regulate dissolved organic carbon and acetate production, and acetoclastic methanogenesis had the significant impact on simulated CH4 emissions; (3) the representation of the process components of CH4 cycling showed that CH4 oxidation was about half or more of CH4 production, and plant‐mediated transport was the dominant pathway at most sites; and (4) the seasonality of simulated CH4 emissions can be controlled by soil temperature, water table position, or combinations thereof.
ON BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION VALUE

Biodiversity conservation is one of the important aspects of the multi-functionality of agriculture. Therefore, some consumers might be willing to pay a higher price for agricultural commodities that are produced in a way that conserves biodiversity. If so, an important question would be whether market-oriented policies to promote adding the value of biodiversity to agricultural products can be used to conserve biodiversity. Our study focuses on consumer reactions to ―life brand‖ products that improve biodiversity. We also analyze how the biodiversity impact of agricultural products affects market price. We present a case study of the Japanese brand of rice labelled ―Stork-raising rice‖ (Stork rice). Farmers in Toyooka use special, environmentally friendly agricultural practices with fewer chemicals. These practices have improved the food supply and the habitat of storks, and have restored stork populations in the city. Using a choice experiment, we analyzed whether agricultural products that improve biodiversity can achieve higher market prices. We expected a priori Stork rice consumers to show more environmental awareness than general consumers. However, the results showed that many respondents placed a greater importance on their health than on stork conservation. They were also more aware of agricultural practices than any environmental conservation measures in Toyooka. We also found that willingness to pay increased as awareness of biodiversity conservation increased. However, our experiment also showed that consumers who bought Stork rice because of a preference for reduced-pesticide or organic food, without the knowledge that stork populations had been revived because of changes in agricultural practice, may not be willing to buy expensive agricultural No part of this digital document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted commercially in any form or by any means. The publisher has taken reasonable care in the preparation of this digital document, but makes no expressed or implied warranty of any kind and assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of information contained herein. This digital document is sold with the clear understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, medical or any other professional services. Mitsuyasu Yabe, Takashi Hayashi and Bunei Nishimura 22 products that improve biodiversity conservation. The majority of agricultural product consumers in Japan are this type of consumer. This study showed that the promotion of biodiversity conservation by the production and sales of ―life brand‖ agricultural products is difficult because of the non-excludability characteristic of their public goods. Therefore, government support and public activities are indispensable for biodiversity conservation.
Influence of the role of local government, school environment, learning environment and parent participation on the development of talents and student competence

*Corresponding Author Email: luciahw@yahoo.com This study aimed to assess the impact of local government, school environment, learning environment, and parental participation on student talent development and competence. This paper is part of a study in three cities with respondents of students in class of X, XI, and XII high school. The main instrument used in the data collection is the questionnaire. The items in the questionnaire were previously validated and verified using Pearson and Cronbach Alpha product moment criteria with the help of the SPSS version 24.0 program. Data were processed and analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach with the help of the Lisrel 8.70 program. The results show that the above variables have a positive effect on student talent development, and talent development has a positive effect on student competence. On that basis, implementing education requires attention to the talents of the students, developing them to build students who are independent, competent, qualified, competitive, and adaptable to global change.
New Approach for In-House Treatment of Colored Wastewater Using Olive-Waste Cake as an Alternative Adsorbent

Nowadays, one of the major problems in the world is water pollution. The textile dyeing industry is considered one of the largest water consuming industries and produces large volumes of colored wastewater in its dyeing and finishing processes. The effluents of such industries, wastes from households and other manufacturing activities pose a serious environmental problem as they cause harm to the biota of receptor water (i.e. sea water, rivers, etc). This research is intended to conduct an experimental study of laboratory colored wastewater at universities, colleges, and research centers using three methods of sorption process and the dynamic system including packed bed column and batch experiments. Another method used in this study is static adsorption system. Olive mill waste, namely olive cake (OC), was selected at low cost; good properties and biodegradable materials were also used for the removal of crystal violet (CV) and methylene blue (MB) from the dye-water system. A number of factors affecting the rate of adsorption by both dynamic and static were investigated. The adsorbent mass used in this study was fixed at 0.3 g for the batch process, while room temperature was used in both systems of adsorption. The results obtained from the experiment showed that the rate of adsorption was affected by conditions in the adsorption process such as the initial influent concentration of dye, contact time and pH for the batch process, and flow rate and bed height for the continuous process. The following results were obtained: i) the contact time of 120 min, initial concentration of both dye of 30 mg/l, and solution pH 6.5, were selected as the optimum conditions by the batch process; ii) the equilibrium of both dyes sorption was reached within 4 days and the maximum adsorption capacity and removal percentage of CV and MB was found to be 89% and 86.86%, and 9.2 mg/g and 8.9 mg/g respectively by static sorption system, iii) the maximum breakthrough time of 200 min and 190 min for CV and MB respectively was achieved at the operating condition of 7 ml/min influent flow rate, and initial dye concentration of 30 mg/l by packed bed column; and iv) the adsorption capacity of the adsorbent was found to be 16.7 mg/g and 16.1mg/g for CV for MB respectively. This study indicates that olive-waste cake presents great potential as an inexpensive, easily available alternative and biodegradable adsorbent for the removal of basic day in wastewater treatment. A design set up of a sorption column system is proposed for construction for on-the-spot utilization where these University laboratories are considered locations of SD involvement in research and scientific studies, yet in small scales.
Asthma patient education, the overlooked aspect of disease management

The big gap between all the evidence and recommendations for patient education and the actual practice that is happening demonstrates the importance of reviewing the current situation and evaluating the barriers to the effective delivery of asthma education in Canada. In this perspective, we briefly review the evidence for the efficacy of asthma education and highlight the current system’s barriers to make asthma education more accessible in Canada. As the prevalence of chronic diseases is increasing worldwide, the importance of proper management and the implications for health policy become more important. Among chronic diseases, asthma is one of the most common, affecting more than 2 million patients in Canada. Its burden goes further by affecting not only the patients but also their formal and informal caregivers and their communities. Although the long-term goal of asthma management is to improve control and to reduce asthma exacerbations, less than 50% of asthma patients in Canada have achieved control. One of the strategies to better control asthma is improving self-management, which is a complex process. Patient education, by providing knowledge and skills for patients, plays an important role in the overall management of asthma. Almost 25 years ago we suggested that asthma education should become a priority in Canada, and since that time the body of evidence supporting its efficacy has increased. It has been shown that patient education has significant effects at different levels: individuals, providers, payers and health system. Hospitalizations, emergency department (ED) visits, unscheduled doctor appointments, productivity loss, episodes of nocturnal asthma are all significantly reduced by self-management. Even limited patient education reduces symptoms, ED and hospital admissions and improves adherence. In addition, health-related quality of life for patients and their families also improves. In the primary care setting the application of educational intervention significantly improves the outcomes and reduces unscheduled visits. Educational interventions in the ED increase the chance of having follow-up visits with a primary care physician.
Construction of a metagenomic DNA library for a novel lipase from the bakery soil of Assam, India

Lipases (triacylglycerol acylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.3) are part of the family hydrolase that act on carboxylic ester bonds with potential applications in a variety of industries such as food, dairy, detergent, pharmaceutical, agrochemical and oleochemical industries. Total DNA was extracted from bakery soil for unlocking a novel lipase by the indirect cell lysis method that did not involve pre-treatment with either CTAB or PVPP. Total soil DNA of high molecular weight (>23 kb) was used to construct metagenomic DNA library in Escherichia coli DH10B. Recombinant clones were screened for functional lipase activity on tributyrin agar plates. The functional screening of 87,000 clones revealed a clone carrying recombinant plasmid KBS-plip1 exhibiting lipolytic activity. IndexTerms Lipase, metagenome, bakery soil, tributyrin.
Management Redundancy of Multipath Routing for Intrusion Tolerance in HWSNs

: In this paper we propose redundancy management of heterogeneous wireless sensor networks (HWSNs), utilizing multipath routing to answer user queries in the presence of unreliable and malicious nodes. The key concept of our redundancy management is to exploit the tradeoff between energy consumption vs. the gain in reliability, timeliness, and security to maximize the system useful lifetime. We formulate the tradeoff as an optimization problem for dynamically determining the best redundancy level to apply to multipath routing for intrusion tolerance so that the query response success probability is maximized while prolonging the useful lifetime. Furthermore, we consider this optimization problem for the case in which a voting-based distributed intrusion detection algorithm is applied to detect and evict malicious nodes in a HWSN. We develop a novel probability model to analyze the best redundancy level in terms of path redundancy and source redundancy, as well as the best intrusion detection settings in terms of the number of voters and the intrusion invocation interval under which the lifetime of a HWSN is maximized. We then apply the analysis results obtained to the design of a dynamic redundancy management algorithm to identify and apply the best design parameter settings at runtime in response to environment changes, to maximize the HWSN lifetime .
GCC vs. ICC comparison using PARSEC Benchmarks

--Our goal is to compare the impact of various compiler optimizations on program performance using two widely used state-of-the-art compiler suites: GNU C Compiler and Intel’s C/C++ Compiler using PARSEC benchmarks. Compiler optimization is the process of tuning the output of a compiler to minimize or maximize some of the attributes of an executable computer program. Optimization of a compiler can be done by turning on optimization flags. In this paper, we investigate the chances of enhancing the program performance by better utilization of the existing architectural features such as compiler optimization. Proper utilization of such architectural features would not only enhance the program performance, but also reduce the need for costly upgrades as well as the system cost under development.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Customer Retention in Nigeria Banking Industry: A Strategic Standpoint

The study investigates CRM and Customer retention in the Nigerian banking industry. Five (5) research objectives and hypotheses were developed for the study. Quantitative research method was adopted and sample size of 420 relationship management personnel and marketers were surveyed using stratified random sampling technique. The result establishes a positive significant relationship between CRM and customer retention. Also, CRM in the banking industry is imperative for capital adequacy, earnings, profitability and liquidity. The ‘know your customer’ (KYC) and the ‘bank verification number’ (BVN) programmes should be fully integrated in the customer data base for effective relationship management and customer retention.
Mint Street Memo No. 18 What Drives Automobile Sales? It’s not Credit

In this study, we document the important factors that affect automobile sales growth in India. We find that fuel price movements matter for aggregate growth in automobile sales while credit appears to have no significant impact. The impact of crude prices is also reflected in the market valuation of automobile firms. In addition, we use disaggregated data on vehicle registrations and provide evidence that exogenous policy changes such as vehicle insurance and the maturing of the ridehailing services segment have generated short-term fluctuations in automobile sales. Overall, we find that the recent slowdown in automobile sales can broadly be explained by high fuel prices and exogenous policy changes.
The Effects of Sa-Am Acupuncture on the Radial Pulse in Healthy Human Subjects: A Comparative Study of Pericardium jung-gyuck and Triple Energizer jung-gyuck

⋅Received:6 December 2017 ⋅Revised:21 December 2017 ⋅Accepted:21 December 2017 ⋅Correspondence to:Yun-Kyoung Yim Department of Meridian and Acupoint, College of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University 62, Daehak-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon 300-716, Korea Tel:+82-42-280-2610, Fax:+82-42-280-2641, E-mail:docwindy@dju.kr Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Sa-am acupuncture with Pericardium jung-gyuck (SA-acu-PC) and Triple Energizer jung-gyuck (SA-acu-TE) on the radial pulse in healthy human subjects. Methods: Sixty healthy subjects participated in this study and divided into three groups randomly: Control group(C), Pericardium jung-gyuck group(PC), Triple Energizer jung-gyuck group(TE). Radial pulse was measured by 3 dimensional pulse imaging system (DMP-3000) before, right after, 30 minutes after, and 60 minutes after acupuncture. Results: 1. The changes observed in periodic parameters are considered as the common effects of both SA-acu-TE and SA-acu-PC. SA-acu-TE was more effective than SA-acu-PC in these effects. 2. The effects of SA-acu-PC appeared in the pulse amplitude, pulse area, and pulse power volume mainly at the left chon position, and 3. The effects of SA-acu-TE appeared in the radial augmentation index and main peak angle mainly at the right gwan position. Conclusions: The effects of SA-acu-PC and SA-acu-TE can be observed in the radial pulse. The increases in pulse amplitude, pulse area, and pulse power volume at the left chon may imply the effects of SA-acu-PC. And the decrease in the pulse power volume, the increases in radial augmentation index and main peak angle may imply the effects of SA-acu-TE.
Effects of Prenatally Exposed Phenytoin Varying Doses on Fetal Growth of Albino Rats

Phenytoin is an antiepileptic drug with no sedative effects widely used in treatment of convulsive disorders. However, its use in pregnancy has been associated with various fetal malformations and impairment of fetal growth.Many factors have been attributed to these effects including phenytoin capacity to cause hypoxia in embryonic tissue, interference with maternal folate metabolism, maternal hemodynamic alterations, its inhibition on potassium channels among others,these consequently affect various developing fetus structures and organs that be associated with currently common postnatally problems of unknown cause such as growth retardation, congenital rickets ,congenital heart diseases, hypertension among others. This study aims toinvestigate the effects of prenatally used varying doses of phenytoin(low, medium, high)during different gestational periods (trimester1, 2, 3) on albino rat fetal growth. Pregnant albino rats were divided into four groups; group 1(control) and group 2,3,4 (experimental). The control group receive normal standard diet while the Experimental(group 2,3,4 which are low, medium and high phenytoin group respectively. These three groups of 9 albino rats each received daily phenytoin drug. Group 2-low phenytoin group received 30 mg/kg of phenytoin, group 3-medium phenytoingroup received 60mg/kg of phenytoin and group 4 -high phenytoin group received 120mg/kg of phenytoin. Animals in each group 2,3,4 were randomly assigned to trimesters of 3 animals each( trimester 1,2 and 3). Trimester 1 animals received phenytoin from day 1-20 of gestation, trimester 2 animals received phenytoin from day 7-20 of gestation and trimester 3 animals received phenytoin from day 1420 of gestation . All the pregnant rats were humanly sacrificed on the 20 th day of gestation and the fetuses removed and the following measurements taken and recorded before they were euthanized; fetal weights, crown rump length, head circumference, head length and bi-parietal diameter . The fetal e was remarkably reduced in the high dose group particularly the first trimester compared to the control group reflected by reduced fetal weights, crown rump length, head circumference, head length and bi-parietal diameter. Phenytoin use during pregnancy affect fetal growth parameters ( fetal weights, crown rump length, head circumference, head length and bi-parietal diameter differently depending and the dose and time of exposure as seen by remarkably reduced fetal growth parameters in the high dose group fetuses as well as trimester 1 group compared to low dose group fetuses and trimester 3 respectively, more clinical trials need to be conducted for proper and more accurate dose adjustment of phenytoin during pregnancy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 29-06-2019 Date of acceptance: 15-07-2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Effects of Ischemic Preconditioning on Hemodynamic and Neural Responses to Static Handgrip and Muscle Metaboreflex Activation

THE EFFECTS OF ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING ON HEMODYNAMIC AND NEURAL RESPONSES TO STATIC HANDGRIP AND MUSCLE METABOREFLEX ACTIVATION Anthony Vincent Incognito Advisor: University of Guelph, 2016 Dr. Philip J. Millar This thesis investigated the effects of ischemic preconditioning (IPC), a blood flow restriction procedure demonstrated to exert cytoprotection and reduce metabolic demand during ischemia-reperfusion injury, on hemodynamic and neural (muscle sympathetic nerve activity; MSNA) responses to static handgrip and muscle metaboreflex activation (post-exercise circulatory occlusion; PECO). Thirty-seven men were randomized to a sham (n=16) or IPC (n=21) group. Participants completed a 2 min static handgrip followed by 3 min of PECO, and a static handgrip time-to-failure to elicit peak responses. IPC had no effect on hemodynamics during static handgrip or PECO, but significantly increased peak systolic blood pressure. IPC had no effect on MSNA during PECO, but significantly increased total MSNA during the first minute of static handgrip and peak MSNA burst frequency and incidence. These findings suggest that IPC does not attenuate the muscle metaboreflex, however, may facilitate sympathetic activation at exercise onset and
Lycopersiconesculentum L.) infected byfusarium wilt disease caused by Fusariumoxysporum with biological control by Pseudomonas fluorescence and Bacillus subtilis bacteria

Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis bacteria were isolated from different agricultural soil samples and Fusariumoxysporum fungus was isolated from the infected roots of tomato plant.The isolated fungus pathogenicity was tested, with the presence of the biological control, affecting the growth of fungal pathogen in the laboratory and greenhouse. The results of fungus isolation and microscopic tests showed presence of F. oxysporum fungus in most of plant samples, and fungus pathogenicity, using millet seeds (Panicummiliaceum), had reducedgermination ratio of 5%compared with the control treatment (without fungus of 90%). Also, the antagonistic capability of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis bacteria against the fungal pathogen, grown on Kings B Agar medium, showed an inhibition ratio of 76% and 55.05%, respectively, compared with the control treatment of 0%. The results showed significant differences between the activities of enzymatic antioxidants SOD, POD, CAT, and GPX (absorbing unit.ml -1 ) where it has taken the same behavior to increase this effectiveness with the presence of bacteria (B. sub. and P. flu.) compared with the absence of bacteria after 30 days of planting, and the activity of SOD enzyme decreased at 30 days compared with the activity of other enzymes. Inoculation by P. flu.led to increasing the activity of studied enzymes compared with inoculation by B. sub.