Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Quantifying Some Physiological and Productivity Indices of Canola ( Brassica napus L.) Crop under an Arid Environment

Canola ( Brassica napus L.) crop ranks third after soybean and palm among oilseed crops for production of vegetable oil and meal for human and livestock, respectively around the globe. The cultivars of canola crop vary greatly in their yield potential in response to eco-edaphic factors under different production environments. Therefore, research studies were undertaken to evaluate eight cultivars of canola crop â€˜Shiraleeâ€™, â€˜Dunkledâ€™, â€˜Bulbul-98â€™, â€˜Ac-Excelâ€™, â€˜Cycloneâ€™, â€˜Rainbowâ€™, â€˜DGLâ€™ and â€˜Faisal Canolaâ€™ for quantifying some physiological and productivity indicesÂ under normal growing conditions. The results showed that various cultivars of canola differed significantly amongst themselves with respect to biological yield, chlorophyll content, protein content, nutrient composition and components of seed yield. Among the cultivars, cvs. â€˜Bulbal-98â€™ and â€˜Rainbowâ€™ produced maximum biological yield and seed yield,Â respectively, Furthermore, maximum yield harvested from cv. â€˜Rainbowâ€™ was associated with higher total seed weight plant -1 , while cv. â€˜Faisal Canolaâ€™ maintained higher chlorophyll content than other ones. Cultivar â€˜Dunkledâ€™ contained higher K + nutrient by 21.13 mg g -1 in leaf tissues compared to minimum (9.73 mg g -1 ) in â€˜DGLâ€™ cultivar. The higher amount of Na + content (12.16 mg g -1 ) was determined in cv. â€˜AC Excelâ€™. Cultivar â€˜Rainbowâ€™ maintained higher photosystem (II) activity and had greater partitioning ability of photo-assimilates in the seed tissues. Of various chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, quantum yield of photosystem II and electron transport performance index could be used as a selection criterion for breeding of canola cultivars.
The use of double-muscled cattle breeds in terminal crosses: Meat quality

The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of meat from 84 calves born from British (50% Hereford and 50% Red Angus) and Continental (50% Simmental and 50% Maine Anjou) dams inseminated with semen from normal (Charolais) or double-muscled (Piedmontese, Belgian Blue) sires. Lean composition of Belgian Blue and Piedmontese sired cattle had less intramuscular fat and more protein than Charolais sired cattle (P < 0.01 to 0.05). Breed of sire, origin of dam or calf sex had no effect on longissimus ultimate pH, thawing and cooking losses, shear forces, tenderness and overall flavour. However, meat from male progeny displayed higher drip loss (P < 0.05) and meat colour of male calves born from British dams was slightly more saturated than that of male calves born from Continental dams (P < 0.02). There were no other single effects of parental traits on meat quality. Significant interactions on total and soluble collagen content involving parental traits together with the single sex effect of the progeny.
Preliminary Results on the Effect of 1-Methylcyclopropene on Quality of Plums Grown in Latvia

Abstract Plums are one of the most popular, perspective and frequently consumed fruits in Latvia. Plums are typical climacteric fruits, respiration occurs during ripening. Respiration rate is mainly associated with synthesis of autocatalytic ethylene and depends of the cultivar of fruits. Metabolic processes occurring during plum storage cause changes in fruit quality. The aim of this work was to determine the effect of treatment by 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on physical and chemical characteristics and sensory qualities of five plum (Prunus domestica L.) cultivar fruits (‘Adele’, ‘Sonora’, ‘Victoria’, ‘Stanley’, ‘Minjona’) during four weeks of storage in a cool store-room at temperature 3±1 °C. The following analyses were performed to evaluate quality changes during storage: mass loss, concentration of total acids and soluble solids, firmness, and sensory qualities (colour, flavour, acidity, sweetness, firmness, and stone adherence). The study showed that treatment with 1-MCP had positive effect on fruit firmness during four weeks of plum storage, and there were significant differences in the content of total acids and soluble solids between 1-MCP-treated and control plum fruits. The results indicated that there were no significant differences in flavour (aroma) and colour between treated and untreated plum fruits, while 1-MCP-treated fruits were firmer and more sour.
Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems ( MCIS ) 2011 TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESS MODEL DESIGN OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS WITH WEB 2 . 0 PRINCIPLES

The traditional business model of scientific journals is challenged by the Open Access movement and the Web-2.0 culture which opens up online-publishing to everybody. This paper seeks to contribute to the design and understanding of innovative business models for scientific publishing. As a first step, a morphological matrix will be presented that allows for systematic development and analysis of design options. The matrix combines five selected Web 2.0 characteristics, based on O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 principles and patterns, with nine building blocks of business models, based on a widely used business model canvas. This framework is used to derive and describe two exemplary business model scenarios for scientific journals which incorporate various Web 2.0 principles. Assumptions about the impact of these 2.0 design patterns on scientific journal markets and for Open Access are made and briefly discussed. In further research, the framework may be improved and can be used to analyze and categorize existing internet-based models for scientific publishing, to design diverse innovative business models, and to craft research designs for measuring the impact of individual or combined 2.0-principles on desired outcome variables.
Genomic analysis of reproductive traits in health challenged commercial sow herds

1. Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA serao@iastate.edu (Corresponding Author) 2. Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA 3. Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada 4. PigGen Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada 5. Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada 6. Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Summary
Distributed target tracking in wireless camera networks

Distributed target tracking (DTT) is desirable in wireless camera networks to achieve scalability and robustness to node or link failures. DTT estimates the target state via information exchange and fusion among cameras. This thesis proposes new DTT algorithms to handle five major challenges of DTT in wireless camera networks, namely non-linearity in the camera measurement model, temporary lack of measurements (benightedness) due to limited field of view, redundant information in the network, limited connectivity of the network due to limited communication ranges and asynchronous information caused by varying and unknown frame processing delays. The algorithms consist of two phases, namely estimation and fusion. In the estimation phase, the cameras process their captured frames, detect the target, and estimate the target state (location and velocity) and its uncertainty using the Extended Information Filter (EIF) that handles non-linearity. In the fusion phase, the cameras exchange their local target information with their communicative neighbours and fuse the information. The contributions of this thesis are as follows. The target states estimated by the EIFs undergo weighted fusion. The weights are chosen based on the estimated uncertainty (error covariance) and the number of nodes with redundant information such that the information of benighted nodes and the redundant information get lower weights. At each time step, only the cameras having the view of the target and the cameras that might have the view of the target in the next time step participate in the fusion (tracking). This reduces the energy consumption of the network. The algorithm selects the cameras dynamically by using a threshold on their shortest distances (in the communication graph) from the cameras having the view of the target. Before fusion, each camera predicts the target information of other cameras to temporally align its information with the (asynchronous) information received from other cameras. The algorithm predicts the target state using the latest estimated velocity of the target. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithms achieve higher tracking accuracy than the state of the art under the five DTT challenges.
Hydrodynamic models of gas-liquid two-phase flow in porous media

Equations and models describing the hydrodynamic of gas-liquid two-phase flows in porous media have become increasingly necessary in order to predict their main features throughout porous networks. The main subject of this research was to study the influence of capillary, viscous and inertial forces and flow configurations on the hydrodynamic features of a gas-liquid two-phase flow in a glass micromodel. Experimental results were obtained and compared with those predicted by three published models. The Fundamental Forces Balance and the Fluid-Fluid Interface models did not describe accurately experimental behavior even when the first of them considers particular characteristics of flow patterns. Semi-empirical models such as The Relative Permeability can describe physical flow characteristics and can also be modified to include different effects not initially considered. Traditionally, relative permeabilities have been associated almost exclusively with saturation conditions. However, it was concluded in this research that liquid relative permeability is function of saturation conditions but also depends on flow patterns and Capillary number.
Evaluasi varietas, sumber eksplan dan strain Agrobacterium terhadap keberhasilan transformasi tebu dengan gen P5CS Evaluation of varieties, explant sources, and Agrobacterium strains for successful sugarcane transformation using P5CS gene

Abstract Genetic transformation can be used as an alter-native to develop sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L . ) tolerant to drought stress. P5CS gene has a role in biosynthesis of prolin e , an amino acid that accumulat ed under drought stress condition s . Transfer of a P5CS gene construct into plant cells in conjunction with regeneration of transgenic plantlets may develop sugarcane tolerant to drought stress. The aim of this research wa s to obtain an optimal transformation method which includes a suitable strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens , and the best sugarcane e x plant and variet y . The results showed that transfer of P5CS gene has been successfully carried out on sugarcane explants from solid media-derived calli, embryogenic calli and somatic embryo s derived from temporary immersion system (TIS) culture. Whilst Agrobacterium strain LBA4404 was indicated as the most effective transformation vector. The regeneration of Kidang Kencana variety transformant s from calli and somatic embryo s was better than those of PS 881 and PS 891. T he best performance of transformants based on the source of explants obtained from somatic embryo s from TIS culture. Moreover, a succesfull Agrobacterium mediated transformation on sugarcane was indicated by transient expression of Gus gene and the ability of the transformants gr e w in a selection medium containing 50 ppm of kanamycin. Abstrak Transformasi genetik dapat digunakan sebagai upaya untuk merakit tebu ( Saccharum officinarum L.) toleran terhadap cekaman kekeringan. Gen P5CS diketahui berperan dalam biosintesis prolin, yaitu asam amino yang umumnya terakumulasi ketika tanaman mengalami cekaman kekeringan. Transfor-masi gen P5CS dan regenerasi transgeniknya mungkin dapat menghasilkan tanaman tebu trans-genik yang toleran terhadap cekaman kekeringan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan metode transformasi yang optimum yang mencakup strain Agrobacterium tumefaciens yang sesuai, sumber eksplan dan varietas tebu terbaik sebagai target transformasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa transformasi gen P5CS telah berhasil dilakukan ke eksplan tebu baik yang berupa kalus asal media padat maupun kalus embriogenik dan embrio somatik asal kultur sistem perendaman sesaat (SPS). Sementara itu strain A. tumefaciens LBA4404 menunjukkan hasil yang paling efektif sebagai vektor transformasi. Pertumbuhan transforman baik pada kalus maupun embrio somatik pada varietas Kidang Kencana terlihat paling baik dibandingkan dengan varietas PS 881 dan PS 891. Sumber eksplan yang paling efektif adalah embrio somatik yang diperoleh dari kultur SPS. Keberhasilan transformasi tebu me-lalui Agrobacterium ditunjukkan oleh ekspresi transien dari gen GUS dan kemampuan dari trans-forman untuk tumbuh di media yang mengandung 50 ppm kanamisin.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE WATER SELF-DIFFUSION TENSOR ENCODING OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR FULL BRAIN ACQUISITION

Water diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI) is a non-invasive and sensitive modality that is becoming increasingly popular in diagnostic radiology. DT-MRI provides in vivo directional information about the organization and microdynamics of deep brain tissue that is not available by other MRI relaxationbased methods. The DT-MRI experiment involves a host of imaging and diffusion parameters that influence the efficiency (signal-to-noise ratio per unit time), accuracy, and specificity of the information sought. These parameters may include typical imaging parameters such as TE, TR, slice thickness, sampling rate, etc. The DTI relevant parameter space includes pulse duration, separation, direction, number of directions (Ne), order, sign and strength of the diffusion encoding gradient pulses. The goal of this work is to present and compare different tensor encoding strategies used to obtain the DT-MRI information for the whole brain. In this paper an evaluation of tensor encoding advantage is presented using a multi-dimensional non-parametric Bootstrap resampling method. This work also explores the relationship between different tensor encoding schemes using the analytical encoding approach. This work shows that the minimum energy optimization approach can produce uniformly distributed tensor encoding that are comparable to the icosahedral sets. The minimum condition encoding sets are not uniformly distributed and are shown to be suboptimal and related to a commonly used heuristic tensor encoding set. This work shows that the icosahedral set is the only uniformly distributed set with Ne = 6. At equal imaging time, the Bootstrap experiments show that optimal tensor encoding sets can have 6 < Ne < 24.
Effective Digital Channel Marketing for Cybersecurity Solutions

Smaller organizations are prime targets for hackers and malware, because these businesses lack cybersecurity plans and the resources to survive a serious security incident. To exploit this market opportunity, cybersecurity solution providers need to leverage the power of downstream channel members. We investigate how a supplier's digital channel marketing can encourage value-added resellers to sell that supplier’s cybersecurity solutions. Our analysis of survey data from 109 value-added resellers of a multinational supplier shows that resellers are more committed to stock and sell cybersecurity products and services if the supplier’s digital channel marketing provides tools that help them sell the solutions to end customers. This support is likely needed because cybersecurity offerings are technologically complex and systemic by nature, as supported by the finding that value-added resellers pay little attention to supplier’s campaigns and price discounts. Thus, cybersecurity suppliers should maintain trusted and informative relationships with their resellers and provide them with hands-on sales tools, because a reseller's commitment to selling cybersecurity solutions is linked with their ability to understand the offering and with the extent of their supplier relationship. These findings are in line with previous literature on the challenges perceived by salespeople in selling novel and complex technology. Why kick the man downstream who can't put the parts together because the parts really weren't designed properly?
Power Control and Data Acquisition System for High Power Microwave Test Bench

The 6 MW/4.6 GHz lower hybrid current drive(LHCD) system will be set up on the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak(EAST) for achieving a steady-state operation.The high power and continuous wave(CW) mode microwave test bench operating at250 kW/4.6 GHz has already been finished,which can be used to simulate different kinds of high power microwave environments to test microwave components and units for the new LHCD system.The power control and data acquisition system on the test bench composed of power control,high reflected power protection and data acquisition function is described here in detail.Longterm operation of the test bench showed that the power control and data acquisition system is very stable and reliable.
Experimental Investigation to Minimize Resultant Vibration Signal in CNC Turing Operation of Hard AISI M2 Tool Steel

Abstract : In the present research work, the effect of machining factors including cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut on resultant vibration signal in a dry turning environment for hard (62-64HRC)AISI M2 are studied using the Taguchi method and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The design of experiment is done by Taguchi method. PCBN CNMG insert (Kennametal Company) of 0.8m is utilized for turning operation.The results are validated by taking confirmation experiments.The present study indicates that the feed rate is most influencing factors for resultant vibration while turning hard AISI M2 material.
Bayesian inference for orbital eccentricities

Highest posterior density intervals (HPDI's) are derived for the true eccentricities of spectroscopic binaries with measured values e ~ 0. These yield upper limits when e is below the detection threshold e_th and seamlessly transform to upper and lower bounds when e > e_th. In the main text, HPDI's are computed with an informative eccentricity prior representing orbital decay due to tidal dissipation. In an appendix, the corresponding HPDI's are computed with a uniform prior and are the basis for a revised version of the Lucy-Sweeney test, with the previous outcome e = 0 now replaced by an upper limit. Sampling experiments with known prior confirm the validity of the HPDI's.
ANOMALY DETECTION USING MARKOV-MODULATED POISSON PROCESS FOR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

Video anomaly detection plays a critical role for intelligent video surveillance. We present on abnormal video event detection system that considers both spatial and temporal contexts. To characterize the video, we first perform the spatio-temporal video segmentation and then propose a new region based descriptor called “Motion Context”, to describe both motion and appearance information of the spatio-temporal segment. For anomaly measurements, we formulate the abnormal event detection as a matching problem, which is more robust than statistic model based methods, especially when the training data set is of limited size. For each testing spatio-temporal segment, we search for its best match in the training data set, and determine how normal it is using a dynamic threshold. To speed up the search process, compact random projections are also adopted. Experiments on the benchmark data set and comparisons with the state-of-theart methods validate the advantages of our algorithm.
The effect of cytoplasmic DNA on sperm length in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae).

The competition between sperms of different males for the fertilization of eggs should benefit the individuals with the best equipped sperm. Sperm traits, such as velocity, longevity and sperm length are regarded as particularly important in sperm competition and one would expect them to evolve adaptively. However, this notion is challenged if the trait is controlled by maternallyinherited mitochondrial (cytoplasmic) DNA, because mitochondrial genes come to an evolutionary “dead end” in males. This study used distinct lines of the seed beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus) with fixed nuclear and cytoplasmic lineages that gave the opportunity to assess the relative contribution of the two genomes’ effects to sperm length in C. maculatus. Effects of nuclear and cytoplasmic genomes were found, as well as an interaction between the genomes. The nuclear effect was apparently larger than the cytoplasmic, hence allowing a scope for the adaptive evolution of sperm length in this species. The age of mothers also had an effect on the sperm length of their sons. Moreover, a comparison with data from a sperm viability study of C. maculatus reveals a positive relationship between sperm length and sperm viability for the cytoplasmic lineages and a negative relationship for the nuclear lineages.
Development of Respiration Sensors Using Plastic Optical Fiber for Respiratory Monitoring Inside MRI System

In this study, we have fabricated two types of non-invasive fiber-optic respiration sensors that can measure respiratory signals during magnetic resonance (MR) image acquisition. One is a nasal-cavity attached sensor that can measure the temperature variation of air-flow using a thermochromic pigment. The other is an abdomen attached sensor that can measure the abdominal circumference change using a sensing part composed of polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) tubes, a mirror and a spring. We have measured modulated light guided to detectors in the MRI control room via optical fibers due to the respiratory movements of the patient in the MR room, and the respiratory signals of the fiber-optic respiration sensors are compared with those of the BIOPAClTEXg$^{(R)}$l/TEXg system. We have verified that respiratory signals can be obtained without deteriorating the MR image. It is anticipated that the proposed fiber-optic respiration sensors would be highly suitable for respiratory monitoring during surgical procedures performed inside an MRI system.
The Impacts of Spirituality Therapy with Emphasis on True Islam Religion's Teachings on Promotion of Hopefulness

The current research was conducted with the goal of exploring the impacts of spirituality therapy with emphasis on True Islam Religion's Teachings on promotion of hopefulness. The current research consisted of all PNU students, Divandare branch, who were studying in the academic year of 2014-2015. In this research, as many as 30 students were selected via convenience random sampling as the research sample size. The statistical sample of the experimental group was comprised of 15 students who attended spirituality therapy sessions as volunteers. The statistical sample of the control group too was comprised of 15 students who did not take part in the mentioned sessions (they were chosen via convenience random sampling method). The research method was semi-experimental with two control and experimental groups. Then experimental group was placed under nine 2-hour sessions of spirituality therapy, while the control group was received no intervention. To gather data, Sneider's Hopefulness Scale was applied, and Covariance analysis was used for analyzing data. Findings reveal that spirituality therapy with an emphasis on Islamic Teachings is significantly effective on students' hopefulness.