Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
promoting best practice in strategic planning

S due 21 FebruAry 2011 Background Under the guidance of Dr Eli Robinsky, the first attempt to produce thickened tailings for surface disposal was made in 1973 at the Kidd Creek Mine in Canada. Implementation of the first central thickened discharge (CTD) operation commenced using a conventional thickener, but it was not until 1995, after several iterations of thickener upgrade as the technology developed, that the original vision was achieved at the Kidd Creek Mine. In the mid 1980s, the alumina industry set a goal of converting existing “wet” storages to “dry” storages to achieve environmental benefits. This was accomplished with new generation thickeners and in a relatively short period the modus operandi for the alumina industry globally involved thickening tailings to a high consistency prior to discharge. “Dry stacking”, in which tailings were first dewatered using filters into a “cake-like” consistency, was feasible and was indeed applied to some low throughput operations in regions such as the Atacama Desert in Chile where water retention was of paramount importance. However, it was only in the first decade of the 21st century, as thickener technology advanced, that the concept of surface deposition of high-density slurries bordering on the consistency of a paste became feasible for the general mining industry. In parallel with developments for surface disposal, the technique for underground disposal of tailings as a cemented backfill, or Sheet flow of ultrafine tailings
Some morpho-anatomical studies on rare endemic Muscari sivrihisardaghlarensis

In this study, some morpho-anatomical features of rare endemic Muscari sivrihisardaghlarensis Yıldırımlı & B. Selvi which is distributed in Central Anatolia has been investigated. Anatomical features, a detailed morphological description and a distribution map of M. sivrihisardaghlarensis are given. Also conservation status first time determinated. For identification of anatomical features, tranverse sections of the roots, scapes, leaves and surface sections of the leaves were investigated. Obtained morpho-anatomical characteristics of M. sivrihisardaghlarensis were compared with related species and its type description.
Empirical Analyses of Tax Base Erosion and Economic Growth: Evidence in China, 1990-2018

Dixon [1] defines subterranean economy(SE) as a mixture of nonmarket economic activities, including home production, prohibited production and distribution of proscribed substances and legal market activities that are concealed for reasons such as tax-evasion. Whilst the existence of SE in most countries. Up to now there are lack of consensus on the appropriate methodology for estimating its turning point. This paper seeks to shorten this gap by using Kuznets approach to analyze this results. We take China as a study case and incorporate some relevant parameters such as GDP, money supply, tax burden ratio to capture all potential dependent variable responses to relevant independent variables change, and further explore whether there exists inverse-U shaped or Kuznets curve (KC) relation between GDP and total tax revenue.
An evolutionary algorithm for the segmentation of muscles and bones of the lower limb.

In the field of medical image segmentation, muscles segmentation is a problem that has not been fully resolved yet. This is due to the fact that the basic assumption of image segmentation, which asserts that a visual distinction should ex- ist between the different structures to be identified, is infringed. As the tissue composition of two different muscles is the same, it becomes extremely difficult to distinguish one another if they are near. We have developed an evolutionary algorithm which selects the set and the sequence of morphological operators that better segments muscles and bones from an MRI image. The achieved results shows that the developed algorithm presents average sensitivity values close to 75% in the segmentation of the different processed muscles and bones. It also presents average specificity values close to 93% for the same structures. Furthermore, the algorithm can identify muscles that are closely located through the path from their origin point to their insertions, with very low error values (below 7%) .
Primary Identification of a New Resistance Gene to Bacterial Blight from Oryza meyeriana

Two new germplasms,SH5 and SH76,were acquired through somatic hybridization with the wild rice species Oryza meyeriana L.as the donor parent,which was resistant to bacterial blight(BB). The BB resistance spectra of SH5,SH76 and other 16 reference lines carrying different major BB resistance genes were evaluated and compared using 11 BB races collected from the Philippines and China.The results showed that SH5 and SH76 had a broad resistance spectrum at the seedling stage,which was different from those of the other resistance genes identified,but similar to the lines IRBB5(carrying xa5)and IRBB7(carrying Xa7). The molecular markers 2F_1R and M5,closely linked to xa5 and Xa7,respectively,were used to detect whether the two genes existed in SH5 and SH76,and it was found that there was no xa5 and Xa7 in SH5 and SH76.It was deduced that a new gene,or a linked gene cluster might exist in SH5 and SH76.
The nonexistence of certain level structures on abelian varieties over complex function fields

Let A be a principally polarized abelian variety of dimension g over a number field k. The Mordell-Weil theorem tells us that the group A(k) of k-rational points of A is finitely generated; in particular, the torsion subgroup of A(k) is finite. For the important special case of an elliptic curve E/Q, Mazur [Mal,2] has proved that the torsion subgroup of E(Q) has order < 16. In general one would expect the torsion subgroup of A(k) to have order < C(g, k), a constant depending only on the number field k and the dimension g but not
Tick surveillance, including new records for three Haemaphysalis species (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from migratory birds during 2009 on Hong Island (Hong-do), Republic of Korea

Abstract Tick surveillance of migratory birds was conducted during 2009 on Hong Island (Hong-do), Jeonnam Province, Republic of Korea. A total of 16/102 (15.8%) species of birds captured by mist net for banding were infested with ticks. A total of 143 ticks belonging to two genera and seven species—Ixodes turdus (96 ticks), Haemaphysalis flava (17), Haemaphysalis longicornis (12), Ixodes nipponensis (10), Haemaphysalis aborensis (3), Haemaphysalis hystricis (3), and Haemaphysalis doenitzi (2)—were collected from 16 bird species representing eight genera. New country and host records are provided for three uncommonly collected tick species: H. hystricis (3 nymphs; Turdus hortulorum and Zoothera dauma), H. aborensis (3 nymphs; Turdus pallidus), and H. doenitzi (1 male, 1 nymph; T. pallidus and Turdus naumanni). Most ticks (124/143; 86.7%) were collected from birds on their northward spring (March—May) migration from Southeast Asia to their breeding grounds in northeastern Asia.
Transcriptional Regulation of the Drosophila Peptidoglycan Sensor PGRP-LC by the Steroid Hormone Ecdysone: A Masters Thesis

Drosophila is host to the steroid hormone ecdysone, which regulates development and immune functions using a common group of transcription factors. Developmentally-induced ecdysone pulses activate the expression of the EcR, BR-C, HR46, Eip74EF, Eip75B, Eip78C, and Eip93F, which assume control of hundreds of other genes involved in the transition from larva to pupa stage. Many of the transcription factors are related to mammalian nuclear hormone receptors by homology. In addition to these transcription factors, the ecdysoneregulated GATA factors SRP and PNR are required for the proper expression of the peptidoglycan sensor PGRP-LC, which belongs to a conserved class of proteins in innate immunity. Although the transcriptional network has been elucidated in development, it is unclear why ecdysone control of PGRP-LC gene activity involves these nine transcription factors and how ecdysone is regulated in the context of an infection in vivo. An ecdysone-activated enhancer was located upstream of the PGRP-LC locus using a reporter plasmid. Female flies that lacked the enhancer had reduced PGRP-LC expression, but survived infection. Male flies did not experience these changes. Therefore, PGRP-LC enhancer appears to be a female-specific cis-regulatory element. The lack of survival phenotype could be caused by using an improper injection site. Bioinformatics software was used to identify putative individual and overlapping binding sites for some transcription v
S6 Kinase 2 Deficiency Improves Glucose Disposal in Mice Fed a High Fat Diet

The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) regulates insulin-mediated glucose metabolism, cell proliferation, the oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway, de novo lipogenesis, and autophagy. Ribosomal S6 kinase 1 (S6K1) and 2 (S6K2) are downstream effectors of mTORC1. To characterize the role of S6K2 in insulin-mediated metabolism, the response of S6K2 deficient mice (S6K2-/-) to a glucose challenge was compared to that of wild-type (C57BL/6) and diabetes resistant strains (BALB/c and A/J) after 35 weeks on a high fat diet (HFD). Although S6K2-/- mice fed a HFD gained as much weight as the wild-type C57BL/6 control mice, unlike the wild-type mice they remained glucose tolerant, insulin sensitive, and had lower basal blood glucose levels. Moreover, unlike S6K1 deficient mice, S6K2-/- mice have increased basal plasma insulin levels and increased β-cell mass compared to C57BL/6, BALB/c, and A/J mice. Administration of insulin to S6K2-/- and C57BL/6 mice fed a Standard Diet (SD) resulted in phosphorylation of Ser307 on skeletal muscle Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 (IRS-1); however, when both strains were fed a HFD, phosphorylation of IRS-1 Ser307 was maintained in S6K2-/- mice but inhibited in C57BL/6 mice. Taken together, these results suggest that S6K2 inhibition may represent a strategy for treating type 2 diabetes.
Buttress trees in a 20-hectare tropical dipterocarp rainforest in Xishuangbanna, SW China

Buttresses are prevalent and are important to many ecological processes in tropical rainforests but are overlooked in many rainforest studies. Based on a buttress survey in a 20-hectare plot, this study aims to answer the following questions: (I) Is buttress forming a fixed species characteristic? (ii) Is there any phylogenetic signal for buttress forming across a broad taxonomic scale? (iii) Is buttress forming an inherent feature or simply induced by environmental factors, and how is this relevant to the size of the tree? We surveyed buttresses for all 95940 trees with diameter at breast height (DBH) 10mm in a 20-ha tropical dipterocarp rainforest in Xishuangbanna, SW China. The occurrence of buttresses was compared across different taxa and across different tree-size classes. A phylogenetic analysis was conducted among buttressed and non-buttressed species in order to understand the evolutionary background of buttress formation. This preliminary study showed that buttress trees are very abundant (making up 32% of trees with 100mm DBH) in this 20-ha tropical rainforest situated at the northern edge of the tropics. Fifty-one percent of the 468 tree species in the plot had stems that produced buttresses. Large trees were more likely to develop buttresses than smaller ones. We found that although buttress formation is not a fixed species characteristic, there is a strong phylogenetic signal for buttress formation in larger species.
The utility of standardized DNA markers in species delineation and inference of the evolutionary history of symbiotic relationships in the Malagasy ant Melissotarsus insularis Santschi, 1911 and its scale associate (Diaspididae)

National Science Foundation (grants No. DEB-0072713, DEB-0344731 to BLF and DEB-0842395 to BLF and MAS), a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant to MAS and a Leaders Opportunity Fund grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to MAS
Assessing cognitive coping strategies for acute postsurgical pain.

The Cognitive Coping Strategy Inventory (CCSI), developed from a theoretical taxonomy of coping strategies, allows for the assessment of coping strategies in acute pain settings. The initial instrument was administered to 83 postsurgical patients, and acceptable internal consistency was obtained for the subscales. After minor revisions it was administered to 100 postsurgical patients, a concurrent validity study was conducted, and its factor structure was investigated. The final version of the inventory was administered to 81 postsurgical patients
Genetic Diversity of Two Sites of FASN Gene and Its Association with Growth and Fat Deposition in Chickens

In this study,two SNPs of chicken FASN gene were chosen to analyze genetic diversity and their associations with chicken growth and carcass traits by using a F_2 designed resource population.Results showed that:(1) In the PCR-RFLP site of HaeⅢ,allelic frequencies differed much among different chicken breeds,as B frequencies are the highest in Red Jungle Fowl(0.85),and the lowest in Taihe and Yugan Black(both 0.21). In the PCR-RFLP site of PstⅠ,A frequencies are the highest in Chongren Partridge(0.5),and the lowest in Naked Neck chicken(0.19),and the difference of gene frequencies was small among chicken breeds. (2) In HaeⅢ site,it was significantly associated with most growth traits,individuals with CC genotype had the lowest body weight;No significantly difference was found at PstⅠsite;When considering combined genotypes of the two SNPs,individuals with(BC/GG) genotype had the highest body weight. (3) In HaeⅢ site,individuals with BB genotype had the higher fat deposition capacity than that of others,however no significant differences in fat deposition were observed among different genotypes in Pst Ⅰsite;And,when considering combined genotypes of the two SNPs,individuals with(BC/GG) genotype had the highest fat deposition capacity. (4) There were certain interactional effects within the two SNPs including bodyweight and fat deposition traits.
HUBUNGAN ANTARA KEPUASAN PASIEN TERHADAP KUALITAS PELAYANAN PERAWAT DI RUANG RAWAT INAP RUMAH SAKIT BHAYANGKARA TK III MANADO

Kemampuan rumah sakit dalam memenuhi kebutuhan pasien dapat diukur dari kepuasan pasien. Kepuasan pasien dipengaruhi oleh kualitas pelayanan perawat yang dapat dilihat dari lima dimensi Servqual (Bukti fisik, Kehandalan, Daya tanggap, Jaminan, Empati). Tenaga perawat mempunyai kedudukan penting dalam menghasilkan kualitas pelayanan di rumah sakit. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian survey analitik dengan rancangan penelitian Cross Sectional. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 280 sampel. Pengambilan data melalui kuesioner. Uji statistic yang digunakan untuk menganalisis hubungan antara variabel menggunakan uji Chi-Square, α = 0,05. Hasil penelitiaan menunjukkan bukti fisik baik sebesar (93,6 %); Kehandalan baik sebesar66,2%; daya tanggap baik sebesar 77,6%; jaminan baik sebesar 70 %; empati baik sebesar 82,2% dan pasien yang puas sebesar 56,0%. Hasil uji statistik pada variabel bukti langsung dengan kepuasan pasien menunjukkan probabilitas ρ= 0,004; variabel kehandalan dengan kepuasan pasien ρ= 0,000; variabel daya tanggap dengan kepuasan pasien ρ= 0,000; variabel jaminan dengan kepuasan pasien ρ= 0,006; variabel perhatian dengan kepuasan pasien ρ= 0,004. Kata Kunci: Kualitas Pelayanan Perawat, Kepuasan pasien ABSTRACT The ability of hospitals to meet patients' needs can be measured by patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction is influenced by the quality of medical service that can be seen from the five dimensions of SERVQUAL (direct proof, Reliability, Responsiveness, Guarantee, Attention). Doctors have an important position in generating quality of care in hospitals.This research is an analytic survey with cross sectional study design. The number of samples in this study are 280 samples. Collecting data through questionnaires. Statistical tests were used to analyze the relationship between variables using Chi-Square test, α=0.05. The results shows good direct proof 93,6 %; Good reliability 66,2%; good responsiveness to 77.6%; good guarantee 70%; good attention 82.2% and patients who are satisfied 56.0%. Statistical test results in variable direct proof to the satisfaction of the patients shows the probability ρ= 0.004; variable reliability with patient satisfaction ρ= 0.000; variable responsiveness with patient satisfaction ρ= 0.000; guarantee variable with patients satisfaction ρ= 0.006; variable attention with patient satisfacti on ρ=0,004. Keywords: Quality Care Physicians, Patient satisfaction
Studies on bioactive marine metabolites. VI. Isolation and characterization of Balanus balanoides agglutinin.

The coelomic fluid of Balanus balanoides was found to agglutinate mouse keukemia cell L5178Y and a marine bacterium Vibrio sp. in addition to various kind of animal erythrocytes. It stimulated the phagocytosis of rabbit erythrocytes by mouse macrophage. The agglutinin was purified and found to be a glycoprotein having a molecular weight of 330, 000 daltons. It contained three different subunits. The main subunits had a molecular weight of 70, 000 daltons. Isoelectro-focusing gave two bands; the main band at pI 4.7 and the minor one at pI 5.3. The hemag-glutinating activity of the purified agglutinin was inhibited by D-galacturonic acid, D-glucuronic acid and N-acetylneuraminic acid. The glycoprotein contained high amount of aspartic acid and glutamic acid, and little histidine. There was no preasence of half cystine and arginine.
Modelling Changes in Scattering Properties of the Dielectric and Young Snow-Covered Sea Ice at GHz Requencies

Abstract Observations of the physical properties of the snow cover and underlying young fast ice in Resolute Passage, N.W. T. , Canada, were made during the winter of 1982. Detailed measurements of snow density, and ice and snow temperatures, salinities, and brine volumes were made over a period of 46 d, beginning when the ice was 0.4 m thick and about 8 d old. The recorded values are used in a theoretical mixture model to predict the dielectric properties of the snow cover over the microwave frequency range. The results of this analysis are then used to investigate the effects of the snow properties on the radar back-scatter signatures of young sea ice. The results show that back-scatter is a function of the incidence angle and can change significantly over short periods of time during the early evolutionary phase of ice and snow-cover development. This has important consequences for the identification of young ice forms from Synthetic Aperture or Side Looking Airborne Radar images.
Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Achilles tendon and Related Pathology: Qualitative & Quantitative Investigation

Citation: Al Mulla M, McGee A, Eustace S, Rainford L (2019) Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Achilles tendon and Related Pathology: Qualitative & Quantitative Investigation. Int J Foot Ankle 3:025. Accepted: February 26, 2019; Published: February 28, 2019 Copyright: © 2019 Al Mulla M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Research progress in cryopreservation of cucurbit pollen

Cryopreservation(preservation at ultra-low temperatures of-80 to-196 ℃)has been one of conservation methods of biological materials. As one form of germplasm resources,pollen containing haploid genome is very important for the conservation and exchange of germplasm resources. Pollen cryopreservation is widely used in the conservation and exchange of germplasm resource including cucurbits,field crops,fruit trees,medicinal and ornamental plants. Cryopreservation not only extend the preservation period of pollen,but also overcome temporal and spatial isolation of the parent species in plant breeding programs. This paper reviewed the techniques of pollen cryopreservation and detection methods of pollen viability.The genetic stability and mechanism of pollen cryopreservation was also introduced for further research of cryopreservation of cucurbit pollen.
PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP OF SPECIES IN THE GENUS ASPIDOGASTER (ASPIDOGASTRIDAE, ASPIDOGASTRINAE) IN CHINA AS INFERRED FROM ITS rDNA SEQUENCES

Five species in the genus Aspidogaster have been reported in China, and four species, i.e. A. conchicola Bare, 1827, A. limacoides Diesing, 1834, A. ijimai Kawamura, 1913 and A. chongqingensis Wei, Huang et Dai, 2001, were obtained to examine their phylogenetic relationship by comparing ITS rDNA sequences. The length of the ITS-1 and ITS-2 sequences ranged from 728 to 877 bp and 518 to 645 bp, and the G + C content from 50.1 to 52.3% and 49.2 to 52.2%, respectively. Both maximum likelihood (ML) and neighbour-joining (NJ) phylogenetic trees revealed three well-supported main clades, which correspond respectively to A. limacoides and A. chongqingensis, A. ijimai, and A. conchicola, with A. conchicola located at the base of the phylogenetic tree. The group containing A. chongqingensis and A. limacoides formed the sister taxon to A. ijimai with 100% of bootstrap value. It was considered that A. chongqingen-sis and A. limacoides should be the closest, and they should be closer to A. ijimai than to A. conchicola. In addition, host specificity of Aspidogaster spp. in China was discussed.