Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Salmon and Trout

Salmon and Trout.1This is one of the most cdesirable of recent publications on angling. The three sections of which it is composed are unequal in quantity and to some extent in quality yet they effectually cover their field. The first section, of 149 pages, by Dean Sage, on the Atlantic Salmon, is a most excellent piece of work, however regarded. The clearest interests of the angler, habits, localities, tackle, capture. and the like, are admirably and thoroughly treated. Discussing but a single species, future changes of names and position can have little effect on this essay. Literary merit, accuracy, and inclusiveness combine to establish it as one of the most permanent contributions on the subject. The second section, of about 40 pages, on " The Pacific Salmons," by Messrs. Townsend and Smith, is filled with information about species not as well known as Salino salaw and which apparently do not lend themsel ves as readily to the purposes of the sportsman. The third section occupies more than 200 pages and, treating of "The Trouts of Amnerica," it deals with a considerable number of species. The author, Wim. C. Harris, is one of the first of living authorities on his topics and, so far as the matters of most imiportance to anglers are concerned, there is probably no one more competent. A veteran and an enthusiast he has the experiences of many years from which to draw material that is always full of life and entertainment. On whatever most directly pertains to angling and tackle or its manufacture his work has its greatest value. The technical science, in which he appears to take some pride, introduces elements that make for less of permanence. For the classification and nomenclature, and in great part knowledge of distribution, are only approximations, unsatisfactory and more or less discredited by the authorities, liable to be modified or superseded in the near future. Opportunities for improvement on revision are not lacking. Tfhe following from page 194 will serve as an instance "In 1486, six years before the discovery of America, Wynken De WIorde, among the first of English printers, published that famous Work, T 1 he Booke of St. Albans 'on I the dyssporte of fvsshyng' by Dame Juliana Berners or Barnes, the Prioress of Sopw-ell in England; it was the first book . on fish and fishing printed in the English language. " This would make it appear that the rook of St. Albans and the Treatise of Fishing ws ere identical but in fact the "Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth
Predictive Position Control of Long-Stroke Planar Motors for High-Precision Positioning Applications

This article proposes a predictive position control of long-stroke planar motors to achieve micrometer-scale positioning under long-stroke time-varying trajectory tracking for use in high-precision positioning applications. The motivation consists in the potential application of model predictive control in long-stroke planar motors for high-precision positioning systems. This control is the first of its kind for planar motors. A dynamic model of a long-stroke planar motor developed in the laboratory is built, and then a predictive model is established to predict future positions of the motor. An additional term is introduced to a cost function to improve the positioning accuracy, which provides an output feedback control action to the motor for reducing the model error of the predictive model. By minimizing the cost function, an analytically explicit solution of the optimal control sequence is obtained, which makes the computational burden of the controller low. The stability of the control system is discussed based on the closed-loop state-space model. Moreover, the selection of stable control parameters is theoretically given. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control method of long-stroke planar motors for use in high-precision positioning applications.
Species Coexistence: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives

Introduction: conceptual threads Origination: the basis of coexistence Origination and evolution of communities Patterns of species richness: temporal dimension Patterns of species richness: spatial dimension The niche, resources and species assembly Niche apportionment and relative abundances of coexisting species Competition, co-operation and coexistence Agent-mediated coexistence: predation and disturbance Patchiness, heterogeneity and stochasticity Traits and coexistence Stability and conservation of coexisting species Concluding remarks
Combined Diagnosis of Whole-Lesion Histogram Analysis of T1- and T2-Weighted Imaging for Differentiating Adrenal Adenoma and Pheochromocytoma: A Support Vector Machine-Based Study

Purpose: This study aimed to determine whether a combined diagnosis of whole-lesion histogram analysis of T1- and T2-weighted imaging based on support vector machine (SVM) can distinguish pheochromocytoma from adrenal adenoma. Methods: A pathology database was retrospectively appraised over a period of 7 years and we obtained 40 histopathologically proven adrenal adenomas and 20 pheochromocytomas with magnetic resonance images. The T1-weighted imaging (T1WI, including both in phase and opposed phase) and T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) images of each patients were analyzed using Mazda software. Nine parameters were selected as indicators of comparison: variance, skewness, kurtosis, mean, 1st percentile, 10th percentile, 50th percentile, 90th percentile, and 99th percentile. The parameters with differential-diagnosis significance were used to establish the combined diagnostic model of SVM. Results: Among the 9 parameters extracted using histogram analysis, the 1st percentile, 10th percentile, and 50th percentile of T1WI (in phase) and the skewness of T2WI and almost all parameters of T1WI (opposed phase), except variance and 99th percentile, showed statistical significance between groups. Among the above parameters, the area under the curve (AUC) of 10th percentile of T1WI (opposed phase) was the largest with the value of 0.909 (100.0% sensitivity and 80.0% specificity). After the analysis of combined diagnosis was performed, the AUC of SVM model in testing set showed the value of 0.917 (85.0% accuracy). Conclusions: Whole-lesion histogram analysis of T1WI and T2WI may help differentiate adrenal adenomas from pheochromocytomas. Furthermore, the combined diagnosis of T1WI and T2WI histogram based on SVM was more effective than most of individual histogram parameters.
Does backyard-keeping of native sows by smallholders in Quezon, Philippines, offer sustainability benefits compared to more intensive management of exotic sow breeds?

The present study in Quezon, Philippines, assessed the sustainability of small-scale production systems, based either on native or on exotic sow breeds, using different survey tools in a socio-economic approach. In two research periods, data sets with 49 households and 68 households, respectively, all smallholder farmers keeping ≤5 sows, were compiled. In 2016, four municipalities were purposively selected, each representing one of Quezon’s four districts. In 2017, two municipalities, both with larger populations of native pigs, were re-visited in order to review and supplement the previously obtained information. Small-scale pig production based on native sow breeds could result in less local environmental load than that based on exotic sows, as indicated by significantly closer approximation to organic standards, and a reduced public health impact. However, native sows were less productive than exotic sows, thus allowing only a reduced live weight offtake per household and year (274 vs. 607 kg). Regarding economic viability, both pig production systems were equally cost-effective and required similar weekly labour hours. The advantage of basing production on exotic sows was the possibility to make larger investments, a financial function that could not be met by native sows. The revenues from marketing piglets and porkers from native sows were low, preventing a better outcome. Conversion to organic production and certification could represent one strategy for development given that increasing the value added is putatively the only way to improve the cost-effectiveness of the production from native pigs in Quezon.
Face Recognition By Using Eigen Face Method

: In this paper, a methodology for face recognition using Eigen faces is being discussed. The key idea of the proposal we consider a set of images then we applied Eigen faces on that set for recognition of faces. First a set of images has been considered as a training set. Then calculations were performed on training set, finally the images have been concluded by computing the Euclidian distance between the image in the training set and newly computed image. Test results for various number of faces are appeared to confirm the suitability of the proposed technique and also we discussed some image metrics. Finally we demonstrated the security analysis like time complexity.
Synthesis of magnesium-based Janus micromotors capable of magnetic navigation and antibiotic drug incorporation

In the present study, bubble-driven magnesium-based micromotors were fabricated through a shading method, and the potential of magnetic guidance of magnesium-based Janus micro/nanomotors through functionalization with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) was investigated for the first time. SPIONs had physical electrostatic attraction with the positively charged magnesium spheres due to negative charges on their surfaces. It was also found that upon applying a field gradient, the micromotors’ velocity increased by 13% unlike other magnetically navigated spherical magnesium-based micromotors which only show a change in direction. In this work the cytotoxicity of the moving magnesium-based micromotors was investigated for the first time and their cell viability corresponding to 100 μg ml−1 was nearly 80%. Also, an antibacterial drug molecule was attached to the surfaces of the micromotors through direct conjugation. The drug attachment was confirmed by FTIR analysis and the drug loading capacity was also measured. The antibacterial activity of the moving micromotors reached nearly 100% in in vitro medium through drug conjugation. Furthermore, it was shown that their motile state was more bactericidal compared with their static state.
Short Term Traffic Flow Prediction of Urban Road Using Time Varying Filtering Based Empirical Mode Decomposition

Short-term traffic flow prediction is important to realize real-time traffic instruction. However, due to the existing strong nonlinearity and non-stationarity in short-term traffic volume data, it is hard to obtain a satisfactory result through the traditional method. To this end, this paper develops an innovative hybrid method based on the time varying filtering based empirical mode decomposition (TVF-EMD) and least square support vector machine (LSSVM). Specifically, TVF-EMD is firstly used to deal with the implied non-stationarity in the original data by decomposing them into several different subseries. Then, the LSSVM models are established for each subseries to capture the linear and nonlinear characteristics embedded in the original data, and the corresponding prediction results are superimposed to obtain the final one. Finally, case studies based on two groups of data measured from an arterial road intersection are employed to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. The experimental results indicate it outperforms the other involved models. For example, compared with the LSSVM model, the average improvements by the proposed method in terms of the indexes of mean absolute error, mean relative percentage error, root mean square error and root mean square relative error are 7.397, 15.832%, 10.707 and 24.471%, respectively.
Presynaptic Substrates Mediating Fos- and Jun-dependent Plasticity at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction

Fos and Jun are transcription factors that heterodimerize to form AP-1, a transcriptional activator complex. They are two among many important candidate immediate early genes long hypothesized to function as transcriptional gatekeepers between the short-term and long-term modifications of synaptic efficacy postulated to underlie learning and memory. In normally active Drosophila motor neurons, overexpression of AP-1, induces cAMPand CREBdependent forms of synaptic enhancement. The activities of immediate early genes such as fos, jun, and CREB have long been assumed to achieve synaptic enhancement by increasing synapse number. We show that at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ), an AP-1and CREBdependent form of presynaptic strengthening is mediated by increasing the weights of unitary synapses and not through the insertion of additional release sites. Post-tetanic potentiation (PTP) is reduced at these synapses, suggesting that the mechanisms underlying this short-term form of synaptic enhancement may be stably recruited by pathways activated downstream of AP1 overexpression. Electrophysiological and FM1-43 based measurements further demonstrate that enhanced neurotransmitter release is accompanied by an increase in the actively cycling synaptic-vesicle pool at the expense of the reserve pool. Increases in both transmitter release and cycling-pool size are blocked under conditions of CREB inhibition arguing that: a) AP-1 and CREB are required for reserve-pool mobilization; and b) that sustained reserve pool mobilization may underlie this form of plasticity. These findings together suggest transcriptional mechanisms believed to participate in
Analysis of Clustering Fragmented Protein Bond Angles

: The desire for accurate protein prediction algorithms has been a hallmark of computational biology achievements. Still, better algorithms and methodologies can achieve even greater success with implication across a diverse range of biological and medicinal fields such as protein function inference. Accurate prediction methods rely heavily on sequence similarity, however structure is more evolutionary conserved, i.e. structure is an alternate characteristic for ancestral relationships between proteins. The premise of this work is that similar structural features will be clustered together, which may show a unique amino acid and secondary structure (SS) distribution, which can be, incorporated into HMMs for SS prediction and protein function inference algorithms. With structural-evolutionary relationship in mind, I propose a methodology for ‘structure’ based SS prediction methods using HMM and k-mean and fuzzy k -means fragmented protein clusters. When fragment distributions were incorporated into HMMs, the average accuracy increased by 1 percent but showed an increase in accuracy of up to 13 percent for particular sequences. The HMM results were not so promising, however the clustering of protein structure fragments by C-alphas bond angles shows to be a useful length-independent metric for inferring functional relationships between proteins.
Genetic and morphological approach to reappraising species validity in two different Anagyrus wasps (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) attracted by cyclolavandulyl butyrate

Members of the genus Anagyrus are primary endoparasitoids of mealybugs and thus include potentially important biological control agents of mealybug pests. We have previously discovered that an analogous compound of a mealybug pheromone, cyclolavandulyl butyrate (CLB), strongly attracts Anagyrus sawadai Ishii and can enhance the foraging activity of this wasp in CLB‐treated orchards. In the present study, we found two groups of Anagyrus parasitoids that differed in color were attracted to CLB. One was A. sawadai and the other type was morphologically identified as A. subalbipes Ishii, which had been considered to be synonymous with A. sawadai. We suspected these two color populations of Anagyrus must be independent species because of their different emergence patterns in the field. Our morphological and molecular analyses supported this idea. We confirmed morphologically diagnostic features to distinguish the two species. Furthermore, molecular phylogenetic analysis based on COI sequences revealed that A. sawadai and A. subalbipes were placed in entirely different clusters. These findings not only offered new insight into the taxonomy and phylogeny of Anagyrus spp. but also provided critical knowledge for the use of these indigenous natural enemies for biological control of mealybugs in agricultural fields.
Cost-Optimal Net Zero Energy Communities

The objective of this research is to study the cost of Net Zero Energy (NZE) communities of different urban scales and densities, while taking into consideration the local climate and the type of buildings in the community. A comprehensive model was developed for this purpose, with which the cost-optimal configuration of renewable energy-related technologies for an NZE community can be identified. To validate the model, data from two case studies that differed in their climate and building types were used. The results of this study contribute to a better understanding of the implications of NZE requirements for urban planning. An increase in the scale of a community was found to reduce energy costs, up to a certain point. Urban density, on the other hand, was found to have a more complex impact on costs, which depends on the local climate of the community and the subsequent energy demand. This underlines the importance of addressing the technological design of energy systems at the initial stage of the urban planning of energy-efficient communities, before the urban density, the unbuilt areas and the building types are set.
Reduced dietary omega-3 fatty acids intake is associated with sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study of KAMOGAWA-DM cohort study.

Omega-3 fatty acids intake is important to maintain muscle mass. However, the relationship between omega-3 fatty acids intake and sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes has been unclear. We used the brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire for the assessment of habitual food and nutrient intake. Body composition of patients was evaluated using bioimpedance analysis. To investigate the effect of energy intake on the presence of sarcopenia, we performed logistic regression analyses. Among the patients, 45 patients (13.2%) were diagnosed as sarcopenia. Patients with sarcopenia were aged [74.2 (5.7) vs 71.4 (5.9) years, p = 0.003] and lower body mass index [21.2 (3.5) vs 24.3 (4.6) kg/m2, p<0.001] than those without. In addition, omega-3 fatty acids intake of patients with sarcopenia was lower than that without [2.6 (1.0) vs 3.0 (1.2) kcal/day, p = 0.046]. Omega-3 fatty acids intake was negatively associated with the presence of sarcopenia (odds ratio: 0.29, 95% confidence interval: 0.14-0.60, p<0.001) after adjusting for age, sex, exercise, smoking status, diabetes duration, hemoglobin A1c, energy intake, protein intake, fat intake and omega-3 fatty acids intake. Omega-3 fatty acids intake was negatively associated with the presence of sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes.
Institutional Complexity in Schools: Reconciling Clashing Logics Through Technology?

The article analyses the introduction and use of an IT platform in two Swedish schools. The aim is to examine the role of information systems in shaping institutional complexity, and the research questions addressed are: what logics are manifested through the use of the system and how do they interact with each other in relation to teachers’ emerging work practices? The article is based on a qualitative case study of how teachers and principals perceive and use the system, and it combines theoretical thinking on institutional logics and complexity with ideas on materiality and its role in organisational change. An analysis of three teacher practices that are emerging with use of the system enables a discussion of the presence and, notably, interplay of three primary logics. Logics of professionalism, bureaucracy and management are shown to interrelate in competitive but, primarily, cooperative ways. The very materiality of the IT system is shown to attenuate experiences of incompatibilities between logics and facilitate the management of different logics when they are actually perceived to be incompatible. Contrary to what much previous literature on institutional complexity in the field of education suggests, we therefore argue that institutional complexity may facilitate and enrich teachers’ practices instead of merely constituting a hindrance.
Young children performing linguistic varieties: comparing classroom and play-time language use in the bidialectal context of Cyprus

Abstract This study examines young speakers’ language use in the bidialectal context of Cyprus. It focuses on children’s language use of their two language varieties, namely Standard Modern Greek and Cypriot Greek, and how they are being socialised to use these two varieties in the classroom environment and at home. The data collected from kindergarten formal education and the home environment via observations and voice recordings suggest that children socialise in their activities by making use of both varieties and their decisive factor in terms of favouring one more than the other is not merely space (class versus home) but also the topics involved in the interaction and the values attached to these which seem to be expressed via habitual linguistic practices.
Identifying pathways from early adversity to psychopathology: A review on dysregulated HPA axis functioning and impaired self-regulation in early childhood

ABSTRACT This article reviews the evidence for theoretical models postulating that early adversity can set in motion a deleterious developmental cascade, involving changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity that subsequently affect the development of self-regulation in early childhood. Focusing on the first five years of life, we describe studies showing that experiences of severe deprivation or maltreatment may both lead to a hypoactive HPA axis in children. However, it is too early yet to conclude what effects exposure to adverse conditions such as poverty or family instability have on young children’s HPA axis, with both low and high levels of cortisol having been observed under these circumstances. Both patterns of HPA axis dysregulation have been associated with impairments in executive functions, which are important for self-regulation. There is promising evidence that interventions targeting parenting behaviour have the potential to remediate adversity-related biological and behavioural alterations.
Sustainability of SMEs and Health Sector in a Dynamic Capabilities Perspective

In Industry 4.0, enterprises have economic, social, and environmentally sustainable policies, and the implementation of these policies may lead to raising the national economy and society welfare. It can be achieved by firms' dynamic capabilities. Therefore, structuring of the activities of enterprises, especially SMEs and health sector organizations within the framework of sustainability and establishing standards by establishing control mechanisms, plays an important role in the development of the country. One of the most important responsibilities of managers in these sectors in implementing sustainable policies is to utilize the dynamic capabilities of the organization. In this context, it is necessary to have knowledge about what dynamic capabilities are and their relationship with sustainability. This study discusses the relationship between dynamic capabilities and sustainability of SMEs and the firms in health sector.