Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
DNA fingerprinting of spore-forming bacterial isolates, using Bacillus cereus repetitive polymerase chain reaction analysis (Bc-Rep-PCR)

Bc-repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction (Bc-Rep PCR) analysis was conducted on seven Bacillus thuringiensis isolates accessed from the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ) culture collection and on five local isolates of entomopathogenic spore-forming bacteria. The five isolates were three strains of B. thuringiensis , one strain of B. cereus and one strain of Brevibacillus laterosporus. All five isolates were distinguished from each other using Bc-Rep PCR analysis. The three B. thuringiensis isolates were closely related. The isolate of B. laterosporus was not related to any of the B. cereus group isolates. Serotyping was also conducted on the five local isolates. However, only one of these isolates could be identified with serotyping and was identified as B. thuringiensis subsp. kenyae. Keywords : Bc-repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction, Bacillus sp. , serotyping African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 12(14), pp. 1598-1603
Mind the gap – context dependency in invasive species impacts: a case study of the ascidian Ciona robusta

CITATION: Robinson, T. B. , et al. 2017. Mind the gap – context dependency in invasive species impacts : a case study of the ascidian Ciona robusta. NeoBiota, 32:127-141, doi:10.3897/neobiota.32. 9373.
A New Genus And Species Of Aquatic Gastropods (Rissooidea : Hydrobiidae) From The North American Southwest : Phylogenetic Relationships And Biogeography

Juturnia, a new genus composed of three species from the Rio Grande region of southwestern North America, is described. Two of these spe- cies were previously placed in the genus Durangonella while the third, J. tularosae, is described herein. Juturnia is shown to be a monophyletic sub- unit of the gastropod subfamily Cochliopinae based on phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences and an uniquely shared morphological char- acter (within the subfamily), the presence of a single non-glandular lobe on the inner edge of the penis. Our phylogenetic hypothesis indicates that Juturnia is most closely related to North American brackish-coastal taxa, and we con- jecture that progenitors of this genus penetrated inland along the Tertiary drain- ages which headed along eastern flanks of Laramide uplifts and flowed to the Gulf of Mexico. Subsequent vicariance of congeners in southeastern New Mex- ico is attributed to development of the Pecos depression, and inception of the drainage divide between the Rio Grande Rift and southern Great Plains.
Employing Analogue and Digital Solenoid Hydraulic Valves in Position Control System

During the last decades, the rapid advances in hydraulic valves involving their driver electrical circuit have made a physical integration of electro-hydraulic system. Such hardware architecture is widely employed in many industrial applications due to their ability to provide speed, high force and direction control. These procedures have been accomplished with considerably greater power/weight ratio and with the help of some simple components. Position control system with hydraulic actuators represents one of the most commonly technologies implemented in several industrial applications. The heart of this system is the hydraulic solenoid valve which can be subdivided into two categories, conventional and proportional valve. They are often packaged to provide both direction and flow control of hydraulic and can be classified as digital if the conventional hydraulic valve was implemented or analogue for proportional solenoid valves type. The objective of this work is to build a prototype electro-hydraulic system constructed from solenoid directional control valves as well as a double acting single ended hydraulic cylinder with limiting position electrical switches to meet the demands of position control system. Simulation has been carried out within the mathematical software package (Matlab / Simulink) to simulate the performance of the electro hydraulic proportional system and the model of the solenoid proportional valve have been introduced to investigate the performance of the employed position control system. Key word: Solenoid Hydraulic Valves, Hydraulic cylinder, PID controller ةرطيسلا ةموظنم يف )يمقرلاو يمكلا( يكيلورديهلا مامصلا فلم مادختسا فقوتلا ىلع
Multimodal 3D User Interfaces for Augmented Reality and Omni-Directional Video

El campo de la Interaccion Persona-Computadora es un area multidisciplinaria que combina, entre otras a las Ciencias de la Computacion y Psicologia. Estudia la interaccion entre los sistemas computacionales y las personas considerando tanto el desarrollo tecnologico, como la experiencia del usuario. Los dispositivos necesarios para crear interfaces de usuario 3D son ahora mas asequibles que nunca (v.gr. dispositivos de visualizacion, de seguimiento o moviles) abriendo asi un area de oportunidad para los investigadores de esta disciplina. La Realidad Aumentada y el Video Omnidireccional son dos ejemplos de este tipo de interfaces en donde el usuario es capaz de interactuar en el espacio tridimensional mas alla de la pantalla de la computadora. El trabajo presentado en esta tesis se centra en la evaluacion de la interaccion del usuario con estos dos tipos de aplicaciones. El objetivo principal es contribuir a incrementar la base de conocimiento sobre este tipo de interfaces y asi, mejorar su diseno. En este trabajo investigamos de que manera se pueden emplear de forma eficiente las interfaces multimodales para proporcionar informacion relevante en aplicaciones de Realidad Aumentada. Ademas, evaluamos de que forma el usuario puede usar interfaces 3D usando mas de un tipo de interaccion; para ello evaluamos la interaccion basada en gestos para Video Omnidireccional. A lo largo de este documento se describen los experimentos realizados y los resultados obtenidos para cada caso en particular. Se presenta ademas una discusion general de los resultados.
Algorithm for Minimizing Wavelength and Number of Hops in WDM Network

This paper is based on a novel heuristic algorithm for routing and wavelength assignment in virtual wavelength path routed WDM network. In this paper, we have considered a wavelength routed WDM optical network and the Heuristic algorithm is implemented on it. The term heuristics is used for algorithm, which finds solution among all possible ones, but they do not guarantee that the best solution will be found. Therefore they may be considered as approximate and not accurate algorithms. Heuristic algorithm has its own structure, so it never runs slowly and never gives very bad results. The results are always close to the best solution. In this paper the objective of this algorithm is to minimize the requirement of wavelength in any network topology demanded by network traffic. It also minimizes the hop length between source and destination nodes in the traffic. As wavelength and number of hops get reduced, the cost of the network also gets reduced and maximizes the resource utilization. In the first phase of this algorithm, we assigned minimum hop length to each route demanded by traffic and also assigned wavelengths to each route. In second phase of algorithm effective rerouting is performed to reduce the number of wavelengths required in the network and it also minimizes the hop length of each rerouted route. By minimizing wavelength requirement, the need of wavelength converter gets reduced, so that the network cost is also reduced. Along with the implementation of heuristic algorithm, we have found out few more parameters such as Network Congestion and Network wavelength converter requirement. This Network Congestion on each link of network is used for calculation of Network
All of your co-workers are gone: story, substance, and the empathic puzzler.

Pauline Belford is a lecturer at Dundee and Angus College, a researcher, and an indie game developer with over a decade’s experience in education. She is also a directory of the company Imaginary Realities. Her work focuses on ethics and issues of accessibility in video games. She has worked in both further and higher education as an advocate and a curriculum designer for the inclusion of game development topics as a core part of teaching issues of computing and software development.
An Iterative Signal Fusion Method for Reconstruction of InPlane Strain Maps from Strain Measurements by Hybrid Dense Sensor Networks

Flexible skin-like membranes have received considerable research interest for the costeffective monitoring of mesoscale (large-scale) structures. The authors have recently proposed a large-area electronic consisting of a soft elastomeric capacitor (SEC) that transduces a structure's change in geometry (i.e. strain) into a measurable change in capacitance. The SEC sensor measures the summation of the orthogonal strain (i.e. εx + εy). It follows that an algorithm is required for the decomposition of the signal into unidirectional strain maps. In this study, a new method enabling such decomposition that leverages a dense sensor network of SECs and resistive strain gauges (RSGs) is proposed. This method, termed iterative signal fusion (ISF), combines the large-area sensing capability of SECs and the high-precision sensing capability of RSGs. The proposed method adaptively fuses the different sources of signal information (i.e. from SECs and RSGs) to build the best fit unidirectional strain maps that can model strain. Each step of the ISF contains an update process for strain maps based on the Kriging model. The proposed method is validated using finite element analysis of a cantilever plate in the Abaqus. The results show that ISF outperforms an existing method in most cases. Disciplines Civil Engineering | Signal Processing | Structural Engineering | VLSI and Circuits, Embedded and Hardware Systems Comments This is a manuscript of a proceeding published as Mohammadkazem Sadoughi, Austin Downey, Chao Hu, and Simon Laflamme. "An Iterative Signal Fusion Method for Reconstruction of In-Plane Strain Maps from Strain Measurements by Hybrid Dense Sensor Networks", 2018 AIAA Information Systems-AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2018-0467). DOI: 10.2514/6.2018-0467. Posted with permission. This conference proceeding is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ccee_conf/64
A STUDY OF THE METAMORPHIC AUREOLE OF THE MOUNT PEYTON INTRUSIVE SUITE, DUNNAGE ZONE, CENTRAL NEWFOUNDLAND

The Late Ordovician to Early Silurian Badger group, located in the Dunnage Zone, central Newfoundland, and consisting mainly of low-grade sandstone and pelite, is host to the post-kinematic, polyphase Mount Peyton Intrusive Suite. In the Rattling Brook transect, the Mount Peyton Intrusive Suite consists of four main phases, from oldest to youngest these are: pyroxene–hornblende gabbro, quartz diorite–granodiorite, biotite granite and biotite–hornblende granite. Dykes of various compositions are also contained within the suite. Previous workers suggested the Mount Peyton Intrusive Suite is a batholith; however, on the basis of field relationships observed in the study area, the intrusion is inferred to be a sheet-like body or laccolith, 1 to 2 km thick, where its lower contact is parallel to bedding in the metasediments of the Badger group. Emplacement of the Mount Peyton Intrusive Suite as a laccolith resulted in metamorphism of pelites in the Badger group and formation of a contact aureole on the underside of the intrusion. Hornfels near the intrusive contact, contain the maximum phase assemblage: hypersthene–cordierite–biotite–alkali feldspar–plagioclase–quartz–magnetite–ilmenite. Mineral analyses were obtained using an electron microprobe from a representative, low-variance sample in the aureole for the purpose of geothermobaro metry. Multi-equilibrium calculations provide a well-constrain ed quantitative maximum temperature and pressure estimate of 810°C and 2.5 kbar for rocks situated 170 m below the intrusive contact. These P–T conditions are in good agreement with a qualitative estimate using petrogenetic grids. Based on the absence of partial melting in pelites with the sub-assemblage quartz–alkali feldspar–plagioclase, for which a metamorphism temperature of 810°C was obtained, it is inferred that a H2O in the aureole in the Rattling Brook transect was between 0.5
SysProp: A Web-based Data Backup, Synchronization and System Administration

From the inception of computer based computing, preventing data loss or data corruption is considered as one of the difficult challenges. In early days, data reliability had been increased by replicating data in multiple disks, which were attached with the same system and later located inside the same network. Later, to avoid potential risk of single point of failure, the replicated data storage has been separated from the network from which the data has been originated. Thus, following the concept of peer-to-peer (P2P) networking, P2P storage system has been designed, where data has been replicated inside multiple remote peers' redundant storages. With the advent of Cloud computing, a similar but more reliable Cloud-based storage system has been developed. Note that Cloud storages are expensive for small and medium enterprises. Moreover, users are often reluctant to store their sensitive data inside a third-party's network that they do now own or control. In this paper, we design, develop and deploy a storage system that we named SysProp. Two widely used tools—Web applications and UNIX daemon—have been incorporated in the development process of SysProp. Our goal is to congregate benefits of different storage systems (e.g., networked, P2P and Cloud storages) in a single application. SysProp provides a remotely accessible, Web-based interface, where users have full control over their data and data is being transferred in encrypted form. Moreover, for data backup, a powerful UNIX tool, rsync has been used that synchronize data by transferring only the updated portion. Finally, SysProp is a successful demonstration of the concept that UNIX daemons can be remotely executed and controlled over the Web. Hence, this concept might be exploited to build many system administrative applications. Index Terms—Storage system, data backup, synchronization, Web service, remote system admin.
Physical inactivity and counseling practices among medical doctors: a review

Introduction: Literature indicates that physical activity is a health practice that can prevent chronic diseases of lifestyle. It is recommended that medical practitioners, among them physicians, should hold the responsibility of counseling patients on physical activity. This review attempts to establish whether physical inactivity among physiciansisariskfactortocounselingpracticesonphysicalactivity. Methods: Databases searched included Science direct, Pubmed, Eric, Health sources consumer edition, Health sources:nursing/academicedition,SportsdiscussandMedlinethroughJanuary2000toFebruary2010.Allstudies testing if physical inactivity is a risk factor to counseling practices among physicians were included in the review. The“criticalthinkingtoolforquasiexperimentalstudiesand theJoannaBriggsInstituteMetaAnalysisofStatistics Assessment and Review Instruments were used to evaluate quasi experimental and cross sectional studies respectively. Results: Two quasi experimental studies and four cross-sectional studies met the inclusion criteria and were evaluated. There was strong evidence for an association between physical inactivity and counseling practices, indicatingthatphysicianswhoexercisedregularlyweremorelikelytocounselpatientsonphysicalactivityandvice versa.Levelsofphysicalactivitywereseentodecreaseasyearsoftrainingprogressedamongresidentphysicians in one study while in another the levels were consistent. Lack of knowledge about details of physical activity prescriptionswasalsoblamedforinadequatecounseling. Discussion/ conclusion: Thereissignificantindicationthatinadequatecounselingconcerningphysicalactivityby physicians may be related to their personal physical activity patterns. Measures around enhancing this health practice should be enhanced by all stakeholders including physicians and patients. Further reasons for failure to counsel and hindrances to participation on physical activity among medical doctors and other health professionals shouldbeexplored.
Footballer and Football Simulation Markup Language and related Simulation Software Development

In this paper we introduce our idea about how to create a virtual reality system, wherein the football teams, or in our terminology, the avatars of the football players can play a high number of football matches. Based on our former experience in mobile soccer gaming we suggest developing an appropriate markup language to describe the football players, the coaches and the matches themselves. We review our experience in question and in present work the targets shall be set by suggesting the development of the Football(er) Simulation Markup Language.
One Hand or Two Hands? 2D Selection Tasks With the Leap Motion Device

In this paper, we present the results from an experiment designed to compare two selection gestures (hand grab and screen tap) for the Leap Motion controller in 2D pointing tasks. We used the ISO 9241-9 multi-directional tapping test for comparing the devices, and we analyze the results using standard throughput and error rate measures as well as additional accuracy measures. We also present the results from the ISO 9241-9 assessment of comfort questionnaire. To complement this analysis, the computer mouse was also evaluated in order to serve as a comparison. Results indicate that the hand grab gesture performs better than the screen tap. The Leap Motion (LM) controller is a 3D sensing device for hand gesture interaction. The LM is a small device that plugs to the computer via USB (it is also sold embedded in the HP ENVY Leap Motion Notebook PC and in the HP Leap Motion keyboard) and is operated by positioning the hands over the device. Through stereoscopic computer vision techniques, it is able to determine the position and orientation of the fingers of the hands, as well as the palm orientation and curvature. The controller can be used to point to a computer screen with a finger or with a tool (a pen or pencil, for example), or perform various hand gestures. Although not meant to be a replacement of the mouse, many of the interactions with the LM involve pointing at a computer screen. There are situations where users would want or need to perform typical Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer (WIMP) tasks with the LM, such as selecting buttons, navigating through menus and options or dragging graphical objects. Many applications in the Leap App Store are meant to give users various degrees of control over the computer, from selection and launching predefined applications and settings to scrolling content on webpages.
Measuring heart rate with mobile devices for personal health monitoring

—The growing availability of mobile devices, such as smartphones, ﬁtness trackers, and smart watches, induce an increased interest in personal health monitoring. These devices are equipped with the necessary sensor hardware, such as accelerometer and heart rate sensor, for measuring physical activ- ities and heartbeat. However, the accuracy of these measurements is still unclear. In this paper, we evaluate heart rate monitoring with four different device types: a specialized device with a chest strap, a ﬁtness tracker, a smart watch, and a smartphone using plethysmography. The results show similar measurements for the four devices in a state of rest. In contrast, during physical activities the ﬁtness tracker, smart watch, and smartphone may register sudden variations in heart rate with a delay, due to physical movements of the wrist or hand. The specialized device with chest strap shows the most accurate heart rate, highly correlated with measurements obtained with a blood pressure monitor that is approved for medical purposes. These results are important for developers who use data of heart rate for mobile applications and services.
Offline text document authorization on the basis SIFT and SURF

This paper proposes a novel of text document authorization based on SIFT and SURF. It mainly consists of two stages enrollment and identification. In all stages SIFT (scale invariant feature transform) descriptors are extracted the scale and orientation (SOs) of the each sentences. At the same time SURF (speed up robust feature) will extract the scale and orientation (SOs) of the same word. These feature values are stored in the code book. In the identification stage SOs of input handwriting text documents are extracted and classify the document on the basis of lib SVM classifier. Experimental result consist of different English data sets (Iam, Firemaker etc). And by measuring the classification accuracy a comparative study is done on SIFT and SURF algorithms.
SYSTEMS IN TANZANIA: CHALLENGES AND RISKS

The objective of this study was to examine the risks and challenges associated with e-payment systems in Tanzania and also to develop recommendations for mitigating them. The study used the theory of Technology Adoption Model (TAM) and employed descriptive research design. The study was conducted in Dodoma municipality whereby raw data were collected from 36 respondents using questionnaires as data collection instruments. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics whereby frequency of the variables are presented in tables showing the magnitude of occurrence in percentages; Pearson chi-square test was used to test the relationships between the variables to determine if there is any significant difference between them at 10% significance level. Findings indicates that majority of users of e-payment systems in Tanzania (53%) encountered loss in different levels ranging from 1- 5 Millions Tshs. Poor communication was reported the most challenging factor while interbank fund transfer was reported the most secure method in doing online transactions in Tanzania. The study also indicates that there is no significant difference between the challenges and the status of making e-payment transaction while on the other side findings indicates that there is a significant difference between risks of e-payment system and sex whereby the risk is more severe to males than females. Finally, the study provides conclusion and recommendations that could help to address the risks and challenges of e-payment systems in Tanzania.