Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Determination of pKa for some Schiff bases derived from benzaldehyde and amino phenols by conductivity measurement

The aim of this work is concerned with the determination of pka for some Schiff bases by conductivity method.These imines are prepared by reactions of benzaldehyde with o,m,p-amino phenols by standard method. The structures of these imines are confirmed by using some physical methods, namely, U.V,I.R and melting points. Experimentally it is observed,that intramolecular hydrogen bonding may contribute in decreasing pka value of benzylidene-ohydroxyaniline. The presence of phenolic groups at m and p-positions of Determination of pKa for some Schiff bases derived from benzaldehyde and . 2 primary amine side of the Schiff bases, have a noticeable influence on the collected pka values. The thermodynamic of ionization reactions of these Schiff bases are determined. These showed a positive sign values of ΔG ̊ and ΔH ̊ thermodynamic parameters. Also ΔS ̊ value has a negative sign. These positive and negative signs values are discussed in detail.
Kinixys erosa (Schweigger 1812) – Forest Hinge-back Tortoise, Serrated Hinge-back Tortoise, Serrated Hinged Tortoise

084.1 Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group A.G. J. Rhodin, P.C. H. Pritchard, P.P. van Dijk, R.A. Saumure, K.A. Buhlmann, J.B. Iverson, and R.A. Mittermeier, Eds. Chelonian Research Monographs (ISSN 1088-7105) No. 5, doi:10.3854/crm.5. 084.erosa. v1.2014 © 2014 by Chelonian Research Foundation • Published 29 December 2014
The Alberes is a semi-feral, local cattle breed of the Catalonian Eastern Pyrenees, located in the Natural Park of the Albera Massif, which comprises a wide zone of the regions of Alt Empordà (Spain) and Vallespir

We biochemically analyzed and characterized the genetic structure of a population in danger of extinction ,”Alberes”, a local cattle breed of the Catalonian Pyrenees (Spain and France). Ninety-two individuals were analyzed for five polymorphic genetic loci (Hb, Alb, Tf, Gc and Ptf2). The animals were grouped according to coat color: Fagina Alberes variety (N = 39) and Black Alberes variety (N = 53). The genetic structures and relationships between these subpopulations and one “outgroup” breed (“Bruna dels Pirineus”) were analyzed and compared by using F-statistics. We determined that inbreeding in the Alberes breed is not significant, since negative and nonsignificant FIT and FIS values were obtained. The average genetic differentiation between subpopulations within the Alberes breed was 1.5% (FST = 0.015; P < 0.05), with an effective number of 4.1 individuals exchanged between subpopulations per generation (gene flow). The results obtained in this study corroborate the potential danger of extinction of the breed. The Black Alberes variety is proposed as the principal nucleus of genetic conservation for this breed, as it seems to show a higher degree of genetic isolation from other foreign populations. Unitat de Genètica i Millora, Departament de Patologia i de Producció Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. Send correspondence to J.J. Fax: +343-581-2006; E-mail: jordana@guara.uab. es Servei de Millora i Expansió Ramadera (SEMEGA), Diputació de Girona, Girona, Spain. Oficina Comarcal del Baix Empordà, (D.A.R.P.), La Bisbal, Girona, Spain.
Economic Nonlinear Transition Mechanism and Nonparametric Estimation Model of Productivity July 2016

Productivity is one of the main drivers of economic sustainable developments and given its importance should be evaluated from a wide perspective. This is especially so where economies face nonlinear changes which can influence the shapes of production functions. In such cases therefore, productivity needs to be calculated by use of a model which corresponds to the nature of these changes. In the real world, economic activities and production activities have sometimes faced nonlinear changes with occurring large shocks, such as economic crises and natural disasters. The fact has been widely acknowledged empirically but not been acknowledged theoretically. This thesis clarifies the mechanism by developing an appropriate model. The nonlinear transition movements in our economy indicate the importance to develop a nonparametric model, which does not presume a specific parametric production function like the existing parametric models, in order to estimate the phenomena. Therefore, this thesis investigates a nonparametric and time series analysis method, which allows the evaluation of productivity, by applying the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. The developed model is a general one and can be applied to explain the economic and production activities. Through the analyses of the Japanese economy, its productivity can be accurately grasped and the results would indicate some implications for the economy. The discussion implies that Japan, whose aging society holds downward pressures for its economic growth, has to improve its productivity in order to increase its economic growth and competitive power in the world. This thesis is set out as follows. Chapter 1 provides the introduction and the motivation behind this study. The main topic of Chapter 2 is the nonlinear transition mechanism of production. A new model is constructed to show the jumping process in production. Using empirical data drawn from Japanese manufacturing sectors and the constructed model, it searches for the presence of the nonlinear transition process. Chapter 3 has estimations of productivity based on a nonparametric approach. It describes the construction of a new time series analysis method —DEA time series analysis— for calculating productivity using a nonparametric approach. The model combines the idea in the Kalman filter and the Markov switching for arranging data, and it succeeds in overcoming the disadvantages for time series analysis in usual nonparametric approaches. It also has an empirical study for the Japanese manufacturing sectors, based on the constructed time series analysis method. Chapter 4 shows some practical applications of the DEA model. The DEA model introduced in Chapter 3 is applicable to a broad field of
An Approach for Accessing Linked Open Data for Data Mining Purposes

In the recent time the amount of semantic data publicly available online grows continuously. This data is a valuable source of information that can be inferred by means of different technologies. Apart of reasoning on data semantics classical OLAP or probabilistic data mining techniques can be applied for pattern recognition, prediction or clustering. However the conversion of linked (open) data basically stored as RDF triples to data structures appropriate for data mining, such as propositional representations or flat tables, appears to be a challenging task. In this paper we propose an approach addressing this task. The approach has been implemented in form of an operator for the RapidMiner software, a data mining environment widely used in the industry and research.
CMAR_A_185030 5209..5220

*These authors contributed equally to this work Background: Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is an aggressive subtype of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) that has a poor 5-year overall survival rate due to its lack of precise therapeutic targets. Identifying potential prognostic markers of AITL may provide information regarding the development of precision medicine. Methods: RNA sequence data from PTCL and patient clinic traits were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Differentially expressed gene (DEG) analysis and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) were performed to identify DEGs between the different PTCL subtypes and investigate the relationship underlying coexpression modules and clinic traits. Gene ontology (GO) and protein–protein interaction (PPI) network analyses based on DAVID and the STRING website, respectively, were utilized to deeply excavate hub genes. Results: After removing the outliers from the GSE65823, GSE58445, GSE19069, and GSE6338 datasets using the results from an unsupervised cluster heatmap, 50 AITL samples and 55 anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) samples were screened. A total of 677 upregulated DEGs and 237 downregulated DEGs were identified in AITL and used to construct a PPI network complex. Using WGCNA, 12 identified co-expression modules were constructed from the 5468 genes with the top 10% of variance, and 192 genes from the Turquoise and Brown modules were with a Gene Significance (GS) cut-off threshold >0.6. Eleven hub genes (CDH1, LAT, LPAR1, CXCL13, CD27, ICAM2, CD3E, CCL19, CTLA-4, CXCR5, and C3) were identified. Only CTLA-4 overexpressed was found to be a poor prognostic factor according to survival analysis. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) identified and validated the intersection of key pathways (T cell receptor, primary immunodeficiency, and chemokine signaling pathways). Conclusion: Our findings provide the framework for the identification of AITL coexpression gene modules and identify key pathways and driving genes that may be novel treatment targets and helpful for the development of a prognostic evaluation index.
SUBJECT: STOCHASTIC EVALUATION OF BACK CALCULATION PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING FLUX USING DATA FROM THE LOST HILLS STUDY Department of Pesticide Regulation

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has utilized the back-calculation technique (Ross et al. 1996) for estimating fumigant flux. In brief, this technique requires a collection of air monitors surrounding a field where volatilization occurs. These monitors run from periods of generally 6 to 24 hours and measure an average concentration over the monitoring period. Meteorological data collected during the air measurement periods are utilized in conjunction with field and monitor geometry as input to the Industrial Source Complex Short Term Model (ISCST3). The ISCST3 is then used to estimate air concentrations at the monitors during each monitoring period. In order to run the ISCST3 model, an assumed flux is used (usually 100 ug/m2s or 1 ug/m2s). For each period, a regression is then performed using the ISCST3-modeled values as x values and measured values as y values. The slope of the regression line is used to adjust the artificial flux in order to estimate the actual flux.
Simultaneous Ultrasound Imaging Velocimetry (UIV) and Flow Visualization in Taylor-Couette flows : Validation of UIV in single-phase flows

Ultrasound Imaging Velocimetry (UIV) is applied to a Taylor-Couette flow, for the case of pure inner cylinder rotation. By imaging a radial-azimuthal plane, two velocity components are obtained simultaneously in a two-dimensional plane. For the single-phase flow studies, Iriodin flakes (commonly used for visualizing flow structures) are used as “flow tracers” for the backscatter of ultrasound. This allows for a simultaneous mapping of the flow regime, via flow visualization, as well as extracting quantitative velocity information in the radial gap. After validating UIV against the analytically well-defined laminar Circular Couette flow as well as turbulent Taylor-Couette flow, other regimes are probed as well, in particular, the Wavy Vortex flow. Finally, the application of UIV to a particle-laden Taylor-Couette flow (particle volume fraction, f_0:01) is considered, under the conditions of oscillatory pure inner cylinder rotation. The results presented here serve as a proof-of-concept for the application of UIV to the Taylor-Couette flow and will be applied to denser particle-laden flows (f _ 0:05) in the future.
How English graduates' earnings vary with socioeconomic background

This paper uses tax and student loan administrative data to measure how the earnings of English graduates around 10 years into the labour market vary with the socioeconomic background of the graduate. Whilst much attention has been paid to the socio-economic gap in higher education participation, far less research has investigated the extent to which the earnings of graduates vary by their socio-economic background. Based on a simple measure of parental income, we see that graduates from higher income families (from the top fifth of the income distribution of those enrolled in university) have median earnings which are around 23 per cent more than those from lower income families. This partly reflects the different subject and institution choices of students from different socio-economic backgrounds. Once we control for institution attended and subject chosen, this premium roughly halves, to around 10 per cent.
The PDEs system of first order mean field games

In questa tesi viene studiato il sistema mean field del primo ordine, giungendo ad un teorema di esistenza di soluzioni e ad un teorema che garantisce condizioni sufficienti per l'unicita delle stesse. Per fare cio si studiano separatamente l'equazione di Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman e l'equazione di continuita, infine si conclude grazie al teorema di punto fisso di Schauder-Tychonoff. Sono inoltre trattati approfondimenti dettagliati sulle proprieta delle funzioni semiconcave e sul problema di calcolo delle variazioni legato al problema di controllo del singolo agente.
In Vitro Biocompatibility of Electrospun Poly(ε-Caprolactone)/Cellulose Nanocrystals-Nanofibers for Tissue Engineering

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) have emerged as promising materials for the fabrication of micro/nanoplatforms that can replace tissues more effectively. CNCs offer interesting properties that facilitate the enhancement of polymer properties. Cytotoxicity of rice husk-derived CNCs was evaluated through WST-1 assay in the presence of human mesenchymal stem cells. Electrospinning technique was used to fabricate nanofibers of poly-ε-caprolactone and its composites. Significant improvement in the mechanical property was observed in the composites relative to the pure polymer. This improvement was attributed to the better interfacial interactions between the polymer matrix and CNCs. Notably, better cell viability and differentiation were observed with the composite nanofibers than with the pure polymers. The osteogenic potential of the fabricated nanofibers was assessed by alizarin red S staining and real-time PCR. Enhanced mineralization occurred in the presence of the composite rather than pure polymer nanofibers. Furthermore, the higher levels of osteogenic markers observed with the media containing the composites clearly indicated their osteogenic potential. These results suggested that fabricated composites have the potential to be used as a biomaterial for tissue engineering applications.
Optimizing preplant irrigation for maize under limited water in the High Plains

Due to inadequate irrigation capacity, some farmers in the United States High Plains apply preplant irrigation to buffer the crop between irrigation events during the cropping season. The purpose of the study was to determine preplant irrigation amount and irrigation capacity combinations that optimize yield, water productivity, and precipitation use efficiency (PUE) and minimize soil water evaporation losses prior to planting. The CERES-Maize model embedded in the RZWQM2 model in combination with long-term climatic data from 1986 to 2014 for southwest Kansas were used for this research. Experimental data from 2006 to 2009 was used to calibrate and validate the model. Model performance was satisfactory with high index of agreement (IA > 0.88). Relative root mean square error (RRMSE) ranged between 4.5% and 27%. Under very limited irrigation capacity (2.5 mm/day), applying 75–100 mm of preplant irrigation produced median yields that were 10–17% higher than not applying preplant irrigation. However, even at limited irrigation capacity the benefit of preplant irrigation were only realized if the seasonal yield potential was in the range of 6000 to 10,000 kg/ha corresponding to years with normal seasonal rainfall. Irrigation capacity had a stronger effect on maize grain yield compared to preplant irrigation amount. Preplant irrigation increased ET and transpiration under 2.5 mm/day irrigation capacity. Preplant irrigation amount did not have a substantial impact on water productivity at high and moderate irrigation capacity but had second order dominant effect under limited irrigation capacity. At low irrigation capacity (2.5 mm/day) increasing preplant irrigation increased median PUE up to 18% although the effect was second order dominant. Negligible water losses through deep percolation from 2.4 m soil profile were simulated. Increasing preplant irrigation resulted in significantly higher soil water evaporation losses prior to planting at all irrigation capacities. Overall preplant irrigation is beneficial under very limited irrigation capacity but is not necessary under sufficient irrigation capacity in most years. The decision to apply preplant irrigation should be evaluated and implemented carefully in combination with other agricultural water management technologies and strategies such as soil water monitoring, e ma Publi drip irrigation, and residu © 2017 The Author(s).
ISOSURFACE VISUALIZATION MINIAPPLICATION

Scientific simulations often make use of increasinly massive, heterogeneous high performance computers. Often, the output from such simulations are too large to fit in main memory. To cope, data visualization experts have had to write parallel algorithms on top of complex, large-scale libraries. The purpose of this paper is to introduce miniIsosurface, a miniapplication that is part of the Mantevo suite of miniapplications that implements two isocontouring algorithms: Marching Cubes and Flying Edges. Miniapplications are small applications that are still complex enough to study larger performance trends. miniIsosurface was explicitly designed to provide software developers and data visualization experts an avenue to explore performance characteristics before full-scale development takes place. Implementations inside of miniIsosurface take advantage of MPI, OpenMP and GPU.
WST 49.1 N08 corr

The phenomenon of wastewater sample aging is supposed to be treated with a low temperature autosampler. This work presents two examples of treated wastewater, the quality of which varies with the time of conservation. This evolution may pose some problems with respect to regulation compliance or process control. After the explanation of the mechanisms involved in sample aging, some recommendations are proposed in order to improve the UV off-line measurement of TSS and COD of treated wastewater.
THE ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS SPATIAL COHERENCE AND YOUNG-MICHELSON INTERFEROMETRY

The intensity distribution at the exit of a Young-Michelson interferometer is analysed in Fourier domain. It shows that two numbers are necessary for describing properly the variation of the visibility of the interferogram fringes. One of them is the complex degree of spatial coherence, which describes the correlation between the contributions from the Young's slits. The second number describes the correlation between the Young's interferograms reflected by the mirrors of the Michelson interferometer, that is, the correlation of optical fields that contain another correlation term.
Realisation of “virtual” musical instruments: measurements of the Impulse Response of Violins using MLS technique

In this paper the realisation of “virtual” musical instruments is analysed, in which the instruments are treated as linear systems, characterised by their impulse response. Various measurements techniques of the impulse response have been tested, employing different transducers and numerical analysis. The better one resulted the direct Maximum Length Sequence excitation signal, applied to the bridge of the violin by a current-to-force transducer. The acoustic pressure radiated from the violin’s body is then sampled by a microphone located in an anechoic chamber, and the Impulse Response is obtained by cross-correlation of the acoustic signal with the excitation signal. The impulse responses measured with the technique presented in this paper contain all the timbric and reverberant characteristics of the violin. Langhoff already developed a rating technique that make it possible to extract objective informations about the timbric quality of violins [1]: the scope of the present work is to evaluate also the reverberant quality of the instruments. Furthermore, the measurement of the impulse response enables the creation of a “virtual” violin, which is a numerical filter that applied by convolution to an “anechoic” signal add to it all its information. The techniques to obtain such samples of “anechoic” input signals are also discussed here.
A study on bacterial contamination of dead in shell chicken embryos and culled one day old chicks

A total of 360 samples (160 dead in shell and 200 day old chicks) were collected from 10 commercial hatcheries were subjected to microbiological analyses for detection of bacterial contamination. A total bacterial species were isolated from dead in shell and one day old chicks in rate of 21.67% (78/360) including 23.12% from dead in shell and 20.5% from one day old chick. isolation of 9 bacterial species including 2 gram positive Streptococcus and Staphylococcus and 7 gram negative including Salmonella spp. ,E.coli, Citrobacter spp. , Proteus spp. ,Campylobacter spp. , Pseudomonas spp and Klebsiella spp. The isolated bacterial spp. has been reported to be associated with infection of yolk sac and death of chicken embryos. The gram positive isolates were 1 Streptococcus (S) and 17 Staphylococcus (Staph) 14 coagulase negative (CoNS) including 4 S. epidermidis, 1 S. haemolyticus, 6 S. xylosus and 3 S. scuiri). and 3 S. auras coagulase positive (CoPS). The Gram negative isolates were 4 Salmonella Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis), 28Escherchia coli (E. coli) ,4 Citrobacter (C.frundi), 9 Proteus (P.vulgaris), 2 Campylobacter (C.jejuni) and 7 Pseudomonas (P.aeruginosa) and 4 Klebsiella (K.pneumonia). Four S. Enteritidis1.11% (oneisolate was obtained from dead in shell and other 3 isolates from chicks). The most isolated strains were E. coli in rate of 9.4% and 6.5 out of dead in shell and culled chicks with total rate of 7.78%. Streptococcus was isolated only from culled 1 day old chicks. Staph.aurous were isolated from both dead in shell and culled chick. E.coliisolates showed of sensitivity rate 52.1, 39.3, 32.1, 28.6, 60.1, 78.5, 64.3 to Cefatoxaime , Enrofloxacin, Oxytetracycline, Oxacillin, Kanamycin , Calindamycin and Gentamycin; respectively.Isolates of S.enteritidis, P.vulgaris, C.frundii, K. pneumonia, C.jejuni , Staph.aureus, Streptococcus and S. scuiriaresensitive to Cefatoxaime , Enrofloxacin,Kanamycinand Gentamycin with rate 50100%. P.aeruginosawas generally resistant to all tested antibacterial, while S. haemolyticus and S.xylosusare sensitive only to Oxytetracycline. Most of tested organisms are resistant to Oxytetracyclineand Oxacillin Trimethoprime+Sulphamethexole still effective on S.enteritidis, P.vulgaris, C.frundii, S. haemolyticus, S. scuiri and Streptococcus. Therefore we recommended the application of restricted hatchery sanitation together with use of suitable disinfectant to minimize the risk of bacterial contamination and the possible related effect on hatchability and health of produced one day old chicks. Control usage of antibacterial agents to get good effect and avoid drug resistance.