Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Whole-Genome DNA Methylation Associated With Differentially Expressed Genes Regulated Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Within Flower Color Chimera of Ornamental Tree Prunus mume

DNA methylation is one of the best-studied epigenetic modifications involved in many biological processes. However, little is known about the epigenetic mechanism for flower color chimera of Prunus mume (Japanese apricot, mei). Using bisulfate sequencing and RNA sequencing, we analyzed the white (FBW) and red (FBR) petals collected from an individual tree of Japanese apricot cv. ‘Fuban Tiaozhi’ mei to reveal the different changes in methylation patterns associated with gene expression leading to significant difference in anthocyanins accumulation of FBW (0.012 ± 0.005 mg/g) and FBR (0.078 ± 0.013 mg/g). It was found that gene expression levels were positively correlated with DNA methylation levels within gene-bodies of FBW and FBR genomes; however, negative correlations between gene expression and DNA methylation levels were detected within promoter domains. In general, the methylation level within methylome of FBW was higher; and in total, 4,618 differentially methylated regions (DMRs) and 1,212 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected from FBW vs. FBR. We also identified 82 DMR-associated DEGs, and 13 of them, including PmBAHD, PmCYP450, and PmABC, were playing critical roles in phenylalanine metabolism pathway, glycosyltransferase activity, and ABC transporter. The evidence exhibited DNA methylation may regulate gene expression resulting in flower color chimera of Japanese apricot.
Assessment of the nursery species pool for restoring landscapes in southeastern Brazil

Brazil has committed to fulfilling international restoration goals and to enforcing environmental legislation that will require private landowners to undertake ecological restoration of 21 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes. To support a broad range of restoration practices, a well‐established supply chain capable of representing regional plant diversity is essential. This study investigated the restoration species pool in native plant nurseries in São Paulo state, located in southeastern Brazil, and evaluated their geographic distribution, similarity of their plant stocks, and the proportion of species represented from regional floras. Despite a lack of technical assistance and a significant presence of nonnative species (126 species, average 7.5 species/nursery), we found an impressive native species richness in plant nurseries (561 species, average 86.4 species/nursery) from both the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains, representing 38–44% of regional floras. There was a huge bias toward tree and shrub species (96.6%) and an absence or underrepresentation of other growth forms, as well as of savanna specialists, animal‐dispersed, and threatened species. The dissimilarity of species observed among the different nurseries surveyed highlights their role in representing regional diversity, which reflects their regional seed collection practices. Effective assistance and training are essential to address issues related to misidentification of species, underrepresentation of most functional plant groups, and the presence of nonnative species, as well as to support the supply chain, which is currently undergoing a market downturn.
Secure and Performant Handling CIM-Based Data Streams in Control Room Software Interaction for Multi Vendor Solutions

Due to the increasing share of renewable energy, new requirements are placed on control room software. Such software is often exclusive to the supplier, but other suppliers could offer new and better methods. For security reasons, external applications often have no direct data access to control room software. Such software can provide information about the power grid via a periodic file transfer in CIM (Common Information Model) format. These files are often very large, containing complete records, delivering information not always relevant to the external applications. Extracting the relevant information required by external applications can be time-consuming, thus presenting a problem for time-critical applications. This paper presents a method allowing different applications to efficiently access the relevant data from the massive data stream contained in the CIM files. This method has been tested with a distribution system operator and clearly increases performance, allowing different applications to access the relevant data.
Causal Attributions among Higher Education Students of Punjab

The present study aimed at identifying the causal attribution of higher education students of different programs with respect to successfulness. The study was conducted on 1424 undergraduate and post graduate students of different colleges and universities of Punjab. The Revised Causal Dimension Scale (CDSII) developed by McAuley et al. (1992) was used to take causal attributions of the higher education students for their success or failure. It has been found that majority of the UG and PG level students who perceived themselves as unsuccessful attributed efforts for their failure and the who perceived themselves as successful attributed study habits for their success.
A Rare Case of Surviving Aortic Dissection With Dominant Left Coronary in a Patient With Newly Diagnosed Marfan Syndrome

Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease with high penetrance and marked phenotypic variation caused by a mutation in the fibrillin-1 gene (FBN1) on chromosome 15. There is known multisystem involvement of Marfan syndrome; however, cardiovascular manifestations are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in affected patients. Although the most common cardiovascular manifestation is mitral valve prolapse, it is aortic involvement that has the greatest impact on prognosis. Within the aortic pathologies, aortic dilation is quite common, occurring in 60-80% of all adults with Marfan syndrome. Aortic dilation typically occurs in the aortic root due to its higher elastic fiber content, composed of fibrillin, and the wall stress and cyclic torsion that this segment experiences during ventricular systole. Aortic regurgitation, a late manifestation, is generally secondary to aortic dilation. In the general population, right coronary dominance is seen in 70%, whereas left dominance is found in approximately 18% with the remaining population demonstrating a balanced pattern. We present a patient with no prior medical history who presented with a 3-month history of cough and worsening shortness of breath, was admitted for pneumonia, was subsequently found to have an 83 mm (8.3 cm) dilation of the ascending aorta and aortic root, and survived in part due to left dominant coronary circulation. J Med Cases. 2017;8(9):283-286 doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc2890w
Knowledge Sharing and Affective Commitment:Mediating Role of Trust Between Knowledge Sender and Receiver

The main determination of the current study is to explore the antecedents of knowledge sharing. Hence; affective commitment is an antecedent that shows how knowledge can be shared among the knowledge participants by using an employee’s emotional attachment and recognition with the organization. Similarly, the mediating role of trust was checked between employee’s knowledge sharing attitude and affective commitment. Data was collected from the hi-tech information technology (IT) industry from Pakistan with a sample of 143 as valid responses. Regression, correlation, factor loading, and path coefficients were used to check the reliability, validity, and model fit of the research framework. The findings suggested that employees’ recognition and emotional attachment with the organization are positively related to knowledge sharing. In addition, the mediating role of trust between affective commitment and knowledge sharing is significant and positive.
Climatic factors and their robust evidences controlling phytoplankton biomass in the Bransfield Strait

The long-term variability of chlorophyll a (Chl-a) was analyzed during a 12year period (2002 2014) in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica, to assess the interannual variability of the Chl-a and its main regulating environmental variables. We found that Chl-a was significantly correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phase (r = -0.65), sea surface temperature (SST) (r = 0.70), and wind speed (r = 0.72), and changes in these factors preceded the Chl-a change by 0 4 months. High phytoplankton blooms (indicated by Chl-a levels) tended to coincide with higher SSTs, and lagged with wind speed variation during La Niña periods. This suggests that atmospheric teleconnections with ENSO-related processes, SST, and wind speed could have a direct impact on phytoplankton biomass in the Bransfield Strait in short-term (< 4 months) scales. Furthermore, our simple multivariable regression analysis showed the prominent possibility of using the three variables to predict Chla in the Bransfield Strait region. Overall, this study will help us to understand how atmospheric and oceanic fluctuations could affect phytoplankton dynamics in the Southern Ocean. Article history: Received 1 November 2018 Revised 25 March 2019 Accepted 30 April 2019
Peristaltic flow of a Jeffery fluid over a porous conduit in the presence of variable liquid properties and convective boundary conditions

The present article addresses the peristaltic flow of a Jeffery fluid over an inclined axisymmetric porous tube with varying viscosity and thermal conductivity. Velocity slip and convective boundary conditions are considered. Resulting governing equations are solved using long wavelength and small Reynolds number approximations. The closed-form solutions are obtained for velocity, streamline, pressure gradient, temperature, pressure rise, and frictional force. The MATLAB numerical simulations are utilized to compute pressure rise and frictional force. The impacts of various physical parameters in the interims for time-averaged flow rate Q with pressure rise 0 P   and 0 P   is examined. The consequences of sinusoidal, multisinusoidal, triangular, trapezoidal, and square waveforms on physiological parameters are analyzed and discussed through graphs. The analysis reveals that the presence of variable viscosity helps in controlling the pumping performance of the fluid.
Experimental Performance of a Domestic Refrigerator with TiO2-Nanoparticles Operating Within Selected Ambient Temperature

This study presents a 40g R600a charge enhanced with various TiO2 nano-lubricant concentrations (0 g/L and 0.2 g/L nano-lubricants) infused into an R12 domestic refrigerator tested within selected ambient temperature conditions (19, 22 and 25 °C). The performance test parameters including: energy consumption, discharge pressure, power per tonne of refrigeration (PPTR) and coefficient of performance (COP) were evaluated for the system. The results showed that infusing the nano-lubricant into the system improved the energetic performance of the system. Overall, the use of 40g at 25°C gave the best performance within the system. In conclusion, application of nanoparticles in refrigeration systems was found to improve the performances of the system even with the effect of ambient temperature. R600a-TiO2 nano-lubricant mixture works safely and efficiently in the domestic refrigerators but requires adequate optimization.
Aspects of pain in measurement, management and health care utilization

Patienten die tijdens een kijkonderzoek van de dikke darm naar muziek luisteren, ervaren niet minder pijn dan mensen die geen muziek beluisteren. Dat is een van de conclusies van het onderzoek van Jan Meeuse naar uiteenlopende aspecten van het meten en het behandelen van pijn. Meeuse komt tot een aantal opzienbarende conclusies. Meeuse’s onderzoek bij 75 gezonde vrijwilligers liet zien dat, anders dan vaak gedacht, veranderingen in de hartfrequentie niet bruikbaar zijn om pijnintensiteit te meten. Ook ontdekte de promovendus dat radiotherapie ook in de terminale fase helpt in de bestrijding van pijn, veroorzaakt door naar botten uitgezaaide kanker. In 45% van de 274 onderzochte patienten verminderde de pijn. Omdat het effect van bestralen op pijn nog wel eens op zich laat wachten, is dit een belangrijke bevinding voor mensen met een beperkte levensverwachting. Meeuse vond daarentegen geen bewijs voor de hypothese dat muziek pijn verlaagt. Dat bleek op basis van onderzoek onder 307 patienten die een kijkonderzoek van het laatste deel van de dikke darm ondergingen. De helft luisterde daarbij naar muziek van eigen keuze. Tot slot concludeert Meeuse dat patienten in de laatste weken van hun leven wel steeds meer contact hebben met hun huisarts, maar dat dit niet samen gaat met een afname van de ziekenhuiszorg. Hij stelt dat een multidisciplinair palliatief team wellicht onnodige ziekenhuisbezoeken kan voorkomen.
The emergence of agroecology as a political tool in the Brazilian Landless Movement

ABSTRACT This study examines how and why socially excluded peasant farmers in the Brazilian Landless Movement (MST) transitioned to ecological agriculture, or agroecology. Utilising the photo-elicitation method, I investigate the Cooperativa Agropecuária Vista Alegre (COOPAVA), one of the first cooperatives of the MST to make this transition, which has become a point of reference for the Movement. I analyse the formation of COOPAVA through the lens of transition theory, their early years and experiments, transition to agroecological practices, and establishment of an alternative form of rural peasant life. Drawing from this analysis, I identify the major socio-technical factors shaping how COOPAVA has constructed an ecological development alternative in the context of the industrialisation and commodification of agriculture in Brazil and globally. And finally, I argue that through engaging the natural world degraded by the dominant agricultural model, the families of COOPAVA have developed agroecology as a political tool with which to construct autonomy, agency and livelihood – transforming themselves, and their relationships with nature, each other and society.
Educating Students about Sex Trafficking and Responding to Students’ Needs: Principals’ Perceptions and Practices

ABSTRACT There is growing interest in educating youth about sex trafficking, coupled with a recognition that both traditional and alternative schools are promising venues for addressing sex trafficking and reaching students with such content. As principals play a key role in determining the programming and protocols in their schools, the current investigation surveyed principals in traditional and alternative public schools in one southeastern state regarding: (a) their perceptions on sex trafficking and the role of schools in teaching about and responding to sex trafficking; (b) their school’s current efforts to teach about and respond to sex trafficking; (c) the preparedness of their school personnel for handling sex trafficking concerns, identifications, or disclosures; (d) their perceived challenges to educating youth about sex trafficking in schools; and (e) their recommendations for educating youth about sex trafficking in schools. Responses from 76 principals illuminate schools’ limited efforts to teach about and respond to sex trafficking, as well as challenges related to school personnel preparedness for addressing sex trafficking. The study offers preliminary guidance for educating youth about sex trafficking in schools and stresses the importance of ensuring that school personnel are knowledgeable about sex trafficking and well prepared to handle sex trafficking concerns.
Assessment of pre and postoperative voice quality in cases of vocal fold polyp

Background: Benign vocal fold lesions comprise of a wide range of conditions resulting from vocal misuse or abuse (vocal nodules, polyps, cysts etc.), acute and chronic inflammatory changes, congenital vocal fold anomalies, vocal fold trauma and benign tumours. It results in significant impairment of vocal communication with major psychosocial impact. Methods: The prospective study was conducted in Department of Otolaryngology, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata from January 2016 to January 2018. All forty patients diagnosed with vocal fold polyp underwent phonomicrosurgery using micro-flap technique followed by voice therapy. Detailed pre-operative and post-operative (3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks follow up) voice assessment including fibre optic laryngoscopy and laryngovideo-stroboscopic findings were recorded. Results: Voice quality of the 40 patients with vocal fold polyps who underwent cold steel phonomicrosurgery had a statistically significant improvement at each follow up visit (3 weeks, 6 weeks and 12 weeks) as assessed by the subjective variables of voice handicap index score, visual analogue scale score and grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, strain score and objective variables of jitter, shimmer, harmonic-to-noise ratio, maximum phonation time and fibreoptic laryngoscopy and videolaryngostroboscopic findings. Fundamental frequency in females had statistically improved results but in males, though there was an improvement, the values were not statistically significant. Conclusions: Cold steel microlaryngeal surgery using micro-flap technique offers excellent results in patients with vocal fold polyps. Perceptual, aerodynamic, acoustic, self-analysis and videolaryngostroboscopic parameters together allow multidimensional assessment of voice characteristics.
Capacity Analysis of Opportunistic Channel Bonding Over Multi-Channel WLANs Under Unsaturated Traffic

In this paper, we analytically study the performance of opportunistic multi-channel bonding protocol supporting delay-sensitive multimedia services. We consider a multi-channel system shared by IEEE 802.11ac users who can transmit over multiple channels and legacy users who can only transmit over one single channel. By analyzing the channel bonding behavior of IEEE 802.11ac users and the random access of legacy users, bonding probability and successful bonding probability of IEEE 802.11ac users can be derived. Furthermore, the access delays of both legacy and 802.11ac users are analyzed. According to the analytical results, the network capacity which quantifies the maximum number of multimedia flows that can be supported with guaranteed delay is then presented. Additionally, the impacts of different parameters such as traffic data rate on the network capacity are investigated. Our analytical results show that channel bonding is favorable when the secondary channels are underutilized. But channel bonding should be disabled when there are already intense contentions from legacy users. Based on the analytical results, we propose a heuristic bonding policy which can provide important guidelines to control the number of flows to satisfy the QoS requirement and achieve the maximum network capacity. Extensive simulations have been conducted to validate the analytical results.
Local thermal adaptation and limited gene flow constrain future climate responses of a marine ecosystem engineer

Rising ocean temperatures and extreme temperature events have precipitated declines and local extinctions in many marine species globally, but patterns of loss are often uneven across species ranges for reasons that are poorly understood. Knowledge of the extent of local adaptation and gene flow may explain such patterns and help predict future trajectories under scenarios of climate change. We test the extent to which local differentiation in thermal tolerance is influenced by gene flow and local adaptation using a widely distributed intertidal seaweed (Hormosira banksii) from temperate Australia. Population surveys across ~2,000 km of the species range revealed strong genetic structuring at regional and local scales (global FST = 0.243) reflecting extremely limited gene flow, while common garden experiments (14‐day exposures to 15, 18, 21°C) revealed strong site differences in early development and mortality in response to elevated temperature. Embryos from many sites spanning a longitudinal thermal gradient showed suppressed development and increased mortality to elevated water temperatures, but populations originating from warmer and more variable thermal environments tended to be less susceptible to warming. Notably, there was significant local‐scale variation in the thermal responses of embryos within regions which was corroborated by the finding of small‐scale genetic differences. We expect the observed genetic and phenotypic differentiation to lead to uneven responses to warming sea surface temperatures in this important marine foundation species. The study highlights the challenges of predicting species responses to thermal stress and the importance of management strategies that incorporate evolutionary potential for “climate‐proofing” marine ecosystems.
BRIC-T ÜLKELERİNDE EKONOMİK BÜYÜME, DIŞA AÇIKLIK, ELEKTRİK TÜKETİMİ VE ÇEVRE İLİŞKİSİNE YÖNELİK AMPİRİK BİR ÇALIŞMA

With the transition from the agricultural society to the industrial society, the production quantities have caught up a rapid growth universally. In addition to industrialization, factors such as urbanization and population growth have also played an important role in changing supply and demand magnitudes. The use of more natural resources and energy to increase production has affected ecological balances negatively and has led to a decline in quality of life. However, after reaching a certain level of income, countries are seeking solutions to reduce the environmental problems. In this study, the relationships among to economic growth, trade openness, electricity consumption and carbon dioxide emission (CO 2 ) are tested using panel data analysis for BRIC-T countries over the period 1992-2014. According to causality findings, there appears to be a bidirectional linkage between income and CO 2 in the Russia. There is unidirectional causality from the electricity consumption to CO 2 in the India and from the openness to CO 2 in the Brazil. AMG test shows that electricity consumption increases CO 2 in Brazil, China, and Turkey, trade openness increases CO 2 in Russia, and China, income increases CO 2 in the India. Unlike these, the increase in income leads to the decrease in CO 2 in the China.
Analyzing the important implications of tourism marketing slogans and logos in Asia Pacific nations

ABSTRACT This study conducts cluster analysis and discriminant analysis to analyze national tourism logos and slogans to determine intra-cluster similarities and inter-cluster differences of tourism marketing for Asia Pacific nations. The characteristics of tourism slogans and logos are distributed among six clusters: spiritual serenity, symbolic image, emotional flow, natural discovery, creative aesthetics, and cultural experience. The results of cluster analysis with tourism slogans and logos demonstrate integral attributes of each cluster and help potential tourists comprehend individual nation’s tourism resources with marketing strategy. Besides, the results also help tourism authority appreciate which main competitors are in the same cluster.