Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Voltage-Based Distributed Optimal Control for Generation Cost Minimization and Bounded Bus Voltage Regulation in DC Microgrids

In conventional DC microgrid control schemes, optimization and real-time control are usually performed at different time scales. It is hard for such control schemes to achieve real-time optimization. Even a small disturbance can result in deviations of bus voltages and output currents from their optimal operating points. In addition, most real-time controllers cannot guarantee the satisfaction of pre-defined constraints on individual bus voltages due to the disconnection between steady-state optimization and real-time control. In this paper, a distributed optimal control scheme is presented for DC microgrid. The objectives are to simultaneously realize generation cost minimization and individual bus voltage regulation. First, the optimal control problem is formulated, based on which a necessary and sufficient optimality condition is derived that characterizes the optimal operating points. The distributed optimal controller is then proposed to dynamically drive the system to operate at the optimality condition. Convergence to the optimal operating points that minimizes generation cost under constraints is guaranteed through rigorous Lyapunov synthesis. Each individual bus voltage can also be maintained within bounds in both transient- and steady-state. The performance of the proposed controller is validated through simulations based on a switch-level microgrid model.
Multiview-Based Random Rotation Ensemble Pruning for Hyperspectral Image Classification

Ensembles of extreme learning machine (ELM) have been widely used for hyperspectral image classification. The previous studies have shown that the goal of ensemble learning is to train accurate but diverse component classifiers to improve the generalization performance. To approach this goal, this article proposes a novel framework to construct an ELM ensemble model. The proposed framework relies on multiview-based random rotation ensemble pruning (MVRR-EP) and has several novel features. First, to ensure that the subsets of spectral bands can sufficiently learn the target concept, the spectral bands are divided into multiviews by using correlation analysis. Second, random rotation, a new approach of space transformation, is introduced to transform each view into multiple coordinate spaces, which makes the component classifiers trained on the transformed spaces have great diversity. Third, an accuracy guided ensemble pruning strategy is designed for pruning the component classifiers with low complementarity, and consequently, the remaining component classifiers with high complementarity are combined to a construct ensemble classifier. These techniques guarantee that the component classifiers used to construct an ensemble classifier are accurate but diverse, which ultimately improves the performance of the ensemble classifier. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed MVRR-EP, extensive experiments were carried out on four hyperspectral data sets. Experimental results verify that compared with other methods, the proposed method provides competitive results.
Complete mitochondrial genome of a troglophile Cydnidae (Hemiptera)

Abstract The complete mitochondrial genome of a specimen of Cydnidae was shotgun sequenced and each partition was characterized. This genome, with 15,289 bp in length, has all of the 37 genes commonly found in metazoan mitochondrial genomes: two for ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), 22 for transfer RNAs (tRNAs), and 13 for proteins. Protein-coding and ribosomal genes have a similar arrangement as in other insects. Phylogenetic relationship of this species with other family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha was inferred using the maximum likelihood method based on the mitogenome. The phylogenetic analysis groups this specimen with the other Cydnidae species within the Pentatomoidea clade.
Probiotic Associated Therapeutic Curli Hybrids (PATCH)

There is an unmet need for new treatment methods for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can reliably maintain remission without leading to detrimental side effects. Beneficial bacteria have been utilized as an alternative treatment for IBD albeit with low efficacy. We genetically engineered Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) to create an anti-inflammatory fibrous matrix in situ. This matrix consists of EcN-produced curli nanofibers displaying trefoil factors (TFFs), known to promote intestinal barrier function and epithelial restitution. We confirmed that engineered EcN was able to secrete the curli-fused TFFs in vitro and in vivo, and was non-pathogenic. We observed an enhanced protective effect of engineered EcN against dextran sodium sulfate induced colitis in mice, associated with barrier function reinforcement and immunomodulation. This work sets the foundation for the development of a novel therapeutic platform in which the in situ production of a therapeutic protein matrix from beneficial bacteria can be exploited.
Cell type-specific monoclonal antibody cross-reactivity screening in non-human primates and development of comparative immunophenotyping panels for CyTOF

Monoclonal antibodies are a critical tool for immunologists, with applications including immunomicroscopy and cytometry, and non-human primates are essential models for drug development. Very few antibodies are raised against non-human primate antigens; instead, researchers typically use anti-human antibodies that are found to be cross-reactive with non-human primates. The NIH maintains a valuable database of cross-reactivity, but its coverage is not complete, especially for less common species. Furthermore, the database only indicates the presence or absence of staining and does not indicate if a different cell population is stained in the NHP species than in humans. We screened 332 antibodies in five immune cell populations in blood from cynomologus macaques (Macaca fascicularis), rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), African green monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) and olive/yellow baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis × Papio hamadryas cynocephalus), thereby generating a comprehensive cross-reactivity catalog that includes cell type-specificity. We subsequently used this catalog to help create large CyTOF mass cytometry panels for three of those species and humans. The curated dataset containing the primary data for each antibody has been deposited as a browsable resource at https://immuneatlas.org and https://flowrepository.org/id/FR-FCM-Z2Z7.
Morphological character evolution of Onosma (Boraginaceae) in Iran, based on nuclear and plastid DNA sequences.

Onosma is taxonomically a problematic genus and its infrageneric delimitation is not clear. Using nuclear (ITS) and two plastid (rpl32-trn L and trnH–psbA) markers on 87 species of Onosma throughout their distribution range, phylogenetic relationships within Onosma was reconstructed. Morphological character evolution was mapped on the previously studied nr DNA ITS tree. In the NeighborNet analaysis, the groups formed in the splits graph are correlated to the clades retrieved in the phylogenies. The results suggested that O. rostellata is more closely related to SinoIndian species of Onosma. Among 10 morphological characters selected, six characters including basic chromosome number, type of indumentum, corolla length, nectar trichome, sectioned calyx and calyx cleft represent the most important synapomorphies for Onosma species.
Mitigation of Subsynchronous Control Interactions Using Multi-Terminal DC Systems

This article presents a control strategy to mitigate subsynchronous control interactions in doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG)-based wind farms. The strategy makes use of a multi-terminal dc (MTDC) system to damp subsynchronous oscillations (SSOs) by adding a supplementary damping control (SDC) to MTDC grid converters. The SDC is focused on stations with modular multilevel converters. This converter topology currently allows the integration of several high-voltage and high-power MTDC applications into modern power systems. Additionally, the case in which SDCs are added to both MTDC grid converters and DFIG converters is analyzed. The SDC is designed using an identified model of the system. The identification method injects probing signals from the converter terminals and obtains an identified model by measuring the response of the system. This method facilitates the control tuning and implementation of the SDC in practical systems in which either the equations and parameters of some equipment can be difficult to know precisely or the model of commercial equipment is not available.
Approaches to sustainable management of sudden death syndrome of soybean

Sudden death syndrome (SDS) of soybean was first detected in the US in 1971 and has remained one of the most damaging soybean diseases in the US. It is caused by a soil-borne fungus, Fusarium virguliforme (Fv), that persists in the soil for multiple years. Currently, conventional management of SDS relies on partially-resistant cultivars and fluopyram seed treatment, but fluopyram seed treatment is expensive and partial resistance does not protect soybeans during severe epidemics. Extended crop rotation is an alternative strategy that has effectively suppressed SDS, but there are barriers to adoption of this strategy in the current agricultural system of soybean producing regions of the US. Using a long-term cropping system experiment in Iowa (est. 2002), a 2-year cornsoybean rotation system was compared for disease indices, yield, and whole-farm profitability to a 3-year corn-soybean-oat/red clover rotation, and a 4-year cornsoybean-oat/alfalfa-alfalfa rotation. A three-year economic comparison of cropping systems and fluopyram seed treatment was conducted from 2017-2019 to assess the efficacy of SDS suppression, yield, and net economic return of the different management strategies. Results showed that relative to the 2-year rotation, the 3-year and 4-year systems suppressed SDS, and that the 4-year system increased yield an average of 18% and soybean economic return an average of 43%. In contrast, fluopyram reduced yield 3% and economic return 18%. Average whole-rotation profitability of the 2-year system was no different, 40% lower, and 26% higher compared to the 4-year system in 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively.
Immunosuppressive Toxic Effects of Ochratoxin A in Mature Male Albino Rats

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin produced by species of the genus Aspergillus and penicillium. Human exposure has been demonstrated worldwide and its origin seems to be the intake of contaminated foods. Immunotoxic and genotoxic effects of OTA were investigated in mature male albino rats, when treated with garage in a close of 150, 300 and 450 OTA μg/kg B.wt. for 90 days. In the context several immune function assays were performed and bone marrow smears were obtained and stained in order to analyse micronuclei in polychromatic erythrocytes. The response of splenocytes to sheep red blood cells was decreased in a dose – dependent manner. However, slightly statistically significant differences were obtained. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes activity was lower in the animals exposed to 150 OTA μg/kg B.wt. but was not modified in the groups exposed to 300 & 450 μg/kg B.wt. The number of micronuclei in bone marrow polychromatic erythrocytes was slightly increased with respect to the control at any dose.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens - mediated transformation of nicotiana benthamiana with dehalogenase gene resistant to monochloroacetic acid

Weeds give adverse effects to crops because of the competition to get nutrients, light and moisture. Many farmers used broad-spectrum herbicide such as monocloroacetic acid (MCA) which is effective at killing a wide range of weeds. Unfortunately, broad-spectrum of herbicide can also kill valuable crops and cause significant losses in agricultural productivity. One of the solutions to this problem is by developing herbicide resistant plant using dehalogenase D (dehD) gene isolated from Rhizobium sp. RC1. A dehD gene encoding dehalogenase enzyme that has the capability to degrade monochloroacetic acid (MCA) was isolated and characterized from Rhizobium sp. RC1. dehD gene was used as herbicide resistance gene and selectable marker gene in Nicotiana benthamiana plant transformation. The 798 bp dehD gene was inserted into pCAMBIA 1305.2 under the control of the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S (CaMV35S) promoter and designated as pCAMdehD, with a total size of 10,592 bp. A few parameters of Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation were optimized including hygromycin concentration (40 μg/mL of hygromycin), and the MCA toxicity level to N. benthamiana at tissue culture (60 μg/L of MCA) and whole plant stage (2.0 g/L of MCA). pCAMdehD was introduced into N. benthamiana via Agrobacterium mediated transformation method. Based on the screening of the transformants on MS media containing 60 μg/L MCA, the results showed that N. benthamiana was successfully transformed with dehalogenase D gene with 50 % of transformation efficiency. The integration and expression of dehD gene in N. benthamiana were confirmed by PCR, Southern Blotting and reverse transcription PCR. Analysis of leaf-painting assay revealed that transgenic N. benthamiana (T1) was resistant to 4.0 g/L MCA compared to 2.0 g/L for non-transformed plants control. The Chi Square analyses of five transgenic plants (T1), suggested that the dehD gene was segregated according to Mendelian 3:1 ratio. These findings showed that transgenic N. benthamiana plant resistant to MCA herbicide was successfully produced.
Studies on Level of Infestation of Flat Headed Borer and Bark Eating Caterpillar on Terminalia arjuna and their Management using Insecticides

The Terminalia arjuna is an important deciduous tree belonging to the family Combretaceae. T. arjuna is distributed in Uttar Pradesh, southern Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Deccan region (Telangana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and Burma (Dwivedi, 2007). In India, the T. arjuna is being utilized for both medicinal purposes as well as commercial cultivation for tasar silkworm. The bark extract of T. arjuna is a potential International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 01 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Sero-prevalence of Avian Reovirus in Broiler Breeders in Different Parts of India

Avian Reovirus (ARV) has gained worldwide importance because it is an emerging viral disease of the poultry industry. Mostly it is a disease of young broiler chicken but various studies showed that it can affect all ages of birds. Investigation on seroprevalence of ARV was performed in past, but data was found very less and therefore study was carried out on the states of India, where maximum poultry population exists. A sum of 450 serum samples was collected from Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, and Maharashtra. The overall prevalence of ARV was found to be 8.67%. ARV was found highly prevalent in Tamil Nadu (11.76%), whereas lower prevalence in Maharashtra (7.63%). The samples were categorized according to different age groups. Results showed the occurrence of Avian Reovirus infection 11.79% in birds aging 10-20 weeks.
Dna barcoding study on barleria acuminata ness an endemic medicinal plant of pachamalai hills, tiruchirappalli, tamil nadu, india.

Barleria acuminata Ness belongs to the family Acanthaceae which is endemic distribution. Presence of this plant in pachamalai hills a part of Eastern Ghats, located in Tiruchirappalli District of Tamil Nadu, India. The rbcL gene is widely used in systematic studies to resolve divergences at many taxonomic levels. The collected B. acuminata were subjected to sequence analysis of rbcL gene and the same was deposited in Gene Bank and an accession number has been assigned for the same (Accession No. KR337263). The data was further analyzed for the construction of neighbor joining tree and to infer the evolutionary divergence among the maximum identical sequences retrieved from NCBI Gene Bank through BLAST search. The results of the search revealed that the rbcL sequence of B. acuminata has not been sequenced earlier from any part of this world. It is obvious that the rbcL sequence of B. acuminata may be used for the identification of this species reported from any part of the world through BLAST analysis if the identical sequences are submitted to Gene Bank in future.
Structure of WO 3 -TeO 2 glasses

WO 3 –TeO 2 glasses have been studied by quantum-chemical simulation and Raman spectroscopy. The results have been used to develop a model for the network of tungstate–tellurite glasses. The model allows one to correlate the structure and optical properties (in particular, the position and intensity of Raman bands) of the glasses with their composition. The network of the glasses is shown to be made up, for the most part, of three types of structural groups: TeO 4 trigonal dipyramids, é=TeO 2 pyramids, and é=WO 5 octahedra. Any other structural units, in particular, WO 4 tetrahedra, are unnecessary. The model for the network of WO 3 –TeO 2 glasses can be used to analyze the vibrational spectra of tungstate–tellurite glasses in a broad composition range. In particular, using this model we assigned the Raman spectra of the tungstate–tellurite glasses in the range 550–950 cm –1 . DOI: 10.1134/S0020168507020173
The Fusarium Circinatum Gene Fcrho1, Encoding a Putative Rho1 GTPase, Is Involved in Vegetative Growth but Dispensable for Pathogenic Development

Fusarium circinatum is the causal agent of pine pitch canker (PPC), one of the most devastating forest diseases worldwide. This fungus causes severe damping-off in pine seedlings and growth reduction, wilting and the development of cankers in pine forests and plantations. A draft of the complete genome sequence of this phytopathogen was recently made available. This information was used to annotate in silico the gene Fcrho1 as a putative homolog of Rho1 GTPase genes. In this study, we generated Fcrho1 deletion mutants in two F. circinatum wildtype strains isolated from damaged trees in northern Spain. For that, we used a modified version of the OSCAR methodology, an approach not previously used in F. circinatum that allows the generation of deletion constructs in a single cloning step. The conidiation and spore germination of the resulting deletion mutants were not affected, neither the hyphal morphology. However, the mutant strains showed significantly reduced growth in vitro and more foamy macroscopic hyphal morphology than their corresponding ectopic and wildtype strains. Finally, an in vivo virulence assay showed that the reduced in vitro growth rate characteristic to the deletion mutants does not impact their pathogenicity.
A nonconvex truncated regularization and box-constrained model for CT reconstruction

X-ray computed tomography has been a useful technology in cancer detection and radiation therapy. However, high radiation dose during CT scans may increase the underlying risk of healthy organs. Usually, sparse-view X-ray projection is an effective method to reduce radiation. In this paper, we propose a constrained nonconvex truncated regularization model for this low-dose CT reconstruction. It preserves sharp edges very well. Although this model is quite complicated to analyze, we establish two useful theoretical results for its minimizers. Motivated by them, an iterative support shrinking algorithm is introduced. To handle more nondifferentiable points of the regularization function except zero point, we use a general proximally linearization technique at them, which is helpful to implement our algorithm. For this algorithm, we prove the convergence of the objective function, and give a lower bound theory of the iterative sequence. Numerical experiments and comparisons demonstrate that our model with the proposed algorithm performs good for low-dose CT reconstruction.
System-Level Robust Design Optimization of a Switched Reluctance Motor Drive System Considering Multiple Driving Cycles

In this article, a novel system-level robust design optimization method is presented to improve the performance of switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive systems under multiple operating conditions. Based on typical driving cycles of electric vehicles (EVs), five typical driving modes of the SRM are determined. The optimization objectives in each driving mode are established. The significant parameters of the motor and controller of each driving mode are selected as the optimization variables by using the sensitivity analysis. In order to simplify the optimization process, correlation analysis is performed to determine the coherence of the objective functions of all driving modes. Then, a sequential Taguchi method is applied to find an optimal design which is less sensitive to the noise factors. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, an SRM drive system applied in EVs with a 12/10 SRM and angle position control method is investigated. It is found that the proposed method can significantly reduce the torque ripple and improve the comprehensive performance. Finally, a 12/10 SRM is prototyped and tested to validate the simulation results.
EFFECT OF SEED PRIMING TREATMENT ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF NATURALLY AGED ONION (ALLIUM CEPA L.) SEEDS

The experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of priming treatments on the physiological parameters of naturally aged onion (Allium cepa L.) seed, six seed priming treatments viz., Control, Hydro priming followed by dry dressing with Thiram (2 g/kg), Hydration with GA3 (50 ppm), Hydration with KNO3 (0.5% solution), Hydration with KH2PO4 (0.5% solution), and Biofertilizer (Azotobacter) were analyzed to identify the most suitable priming treatment. The standard seed germination, seedling length, seedling dry weight, seed vigour index-I & II and viability test (Tz test), decreased significantly, while electrical conductivity increased with the advancement of the ageing period. The field parameters viz., seedling emergence index and seedling establishment also decreased significantly with the natural ageing of seeds. The seed quality improvement through seed priming was noticed more in marginal seed lot, i.e., oneyear-old seed lot. Among various priming treatments, hydration with GA3 @ 50 PPM followed by biofertilizer, (Azotobacter) performed best in enhancing all seed vigour and viability characteristics and lowering the electrical conductivity of naturally aged onion seeds. In conclusion, the present study revealed that onion seed loses its viability rapidly under ambient storage conditions. Therefore, seed priming with GA3 @ 50 ppm and biofertilizer, (Azotobacter) can be used effectively to enhance its vigour and viability. These priming treatments can aid to improve the quality of seed stored for one year, thus ensuring good plant stands from the stored seed of a poor storer crop.