Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predation by Alewives on Larvae of Yellow Perch in Lake Ontario

Abstract Alewives Alosa pseudoharengus preyed upon larval yellow perch Perca flavescens during late April and early May in a Lake Ontario embayment. Based on stomach analyses of 1,308 alewives collected during the springs of 1984–1986, predation on larval yellow perch occurred primarily at night in littoral areas during the 2 weeks immediately following peak hatch of yellow perch. Among stomachs of all alewives caught at night in littoral areas, 30% in 1985 (N = 43) and 41% in 1986 (N = 71) contained yellow perch larvae. Mean numbers of whole larvae per alewife stomach were 3.8 in 1985 and 32.6 in 1986. As many as 361 intact larval yellow perch were found in one stomach. Mean total lengths of yellow perch consumed on two dates in mid-May 1986 were 7.3 and 7.6 mm, compared to mean sizes of 8.0 and 8.6 mm of larvae living within the bay. We suggest predation by alewives on yellow perch larvae may reduce yellow perch recruitment in Lake Ontario as well as in other Great Lakes.
Decoding the aquatic motor behavior: description and reflection on the functional movement

Aquatic environment is widely used for recreational, sporting, and therapeutic activities. However, human motor functional behavior in immersion has not been sufficiently described. Such description is necessary to improve strategies used to perform movements in this environment and to possibly transfer them to land. Our goal is to offer a qualitative description of the aquatic motor behavior. We use action research to observe and describe motor behavior in water, which we systematized using the Aquatic Functional Assessment Scale, effects of water on the immersed body, its relationship with functional movements performed on land, and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The results allowed the systematization of aquatic movements based on unique features of water compared to effects of activities and participation of functional movement, under a biopsychosocial view of ICF. Such systematization of aquatic behaviors enables professionals to increase their strategies and interventions in water, through that understand the complexity of this approach and improve physical and therapeutic interventions that will have an impact on health.
Prevalence of Malocclusion and Dental Caries Among Aymara Children in Colchane, Chile

Describe the prevalence of malocclusions, dental caries and the need for orthodontic treatment according to the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) among Aymara schoolchildren, Indian group has lived in the highlands of the Andes Mountains. 76 Aymara schoolchildren between 5 and 15 years old in Colchane, Chile, where a cross-sectional study was conducted. DMFT/dmft index, Dental component (DHC) of IOTN and demographics were determined. Frequencies and mean (SD) were calculated. Bivariate analyses were conducted using Fisher's exact to test the association between sex and stage of dentition (p<0.05). Stata version 14 was used for all analyses. Among the 76 participants, 47.4 % (N=36) were male. Participants were on average 9.96 years old (SD=2.5). Over half presented dental caries (61.8 %, n=47) and 36.8 % (N=28) had missing teeth due to caries. The DMFT index was 2.1 (SD=1.9). The most frequent biotype was brachyfacial 88.2 % (N=67). Malocclusion was observed in 81.6 % (N=62) of participants. Class I, was the most frequent (67 %, N=51) malocclusion in the different stages of dentition. The most prevalent treatment need was grade 4 and 5 “need treatment” of the IOTN, observed in 71 % (N=54) of the sample with significant differences according to the stage of dentition (p<0.05). In this study, a high prevalence of malocclusion and a high percentage of dental caries was observed in Aymara children.
Pollen Size Variation in Selected Grass Taxa

Variation in pollen size in transplanted clones of four widespread prairie grasses was correlated geographically. Pubescent, non—glaucous clones of Andropogon gerardi Vitman, Andropogon scoparius Michx. , and Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash, as well as non—glaucous clones of Panicum virgatum L. from eastern Texas, had larger pollen grains than non—pubescent, glaucous clones of these species from central Texas and non—pubescent, glaucous P. virgatum from north—central Texas under garden conditions. See full-text article at JSTOR
Identification of impact odorants of young red wines made with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache grape varieties: a comparative study

An Aroma Extract Dilution Analysis (AEDA) has been carried out on three monovarietal young red wines plus a mixture of wines aged one year. The aromograms contain 85 odour-active regions classified in four categories of intensity. The 11 most powerful odorants, 14 out of the 17 second-most powerful, and 34 of the rest could be identified using a HPLC prefractionation method and standard HRGC-MS-olfactometric techniques. The most active odorants of the monovarietal wines were isoamyl and β-phenylethyl alcohols, the ethyl esters of butyric, isobutyric, 2-methyl butyric and hexanoic acids, γ-nonalactone and eugenol. Some others worth mentioning are ethyl isovalerate, isoamyl acetate, hexanol, c-3-hexenol, linalool, geraniol, guaiacol, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl dihydrocinnamate, β-damascenone, δ-decalactone and wine lactone. Compounds with less aromatic intensity but also present in some of the wines were sotolon, isopropyl- and isobutylmethoxypyrazines and 4-mercapto-4-methylpentan-2-one. Data show that there are no impact compounds characteristic of only one variety, and that differences between varieties are quantitative rather than qualitative. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry
CHALLENGES AND ISSUES OF SOUND ARCHIVES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOUND CLASSIFICATION

Sound is the most important product of natural activities. Each sound has variations and uniqueness of its own. But separating them from the mixed sound environment is a difficult task. The present paper discusses the activities of the researches to identify and classify these sounds by using many techniques. Analysis of these help to motivate the researchers to find new ways and means for identification of each sound, which may help in various fields such as hearing impairment treatment, criminal activities prevention, forensic science, humanoid robots.
Alternative models for estimating woody plant biomass.

A number of untransformed regression models were compared to the log-log form of the allometric function for estimating biomass. Models were evaluated using two tree species, Betulapapyrifera Marsh, and Pinusresinosa Ait. , and one tall shrub, Ilexverticillata (L.) Gray, with total aboveground biomass as the dependent variable. Using goodness of fit as the criterion, both weighted linear and weighted nonlinear models proved to be acceptable alternatives to the transformed allometric equation. Weighted models retain the advantage of the log-log form, i.e., compatibility with the homogeneity of variance assumption, but avoid the transformational bias.
Hopanoids of a recent sediment from Lake Constance as eutrophication markers

Bio- and geohopanoid distributions with depth from the upper sediment layers (25 cm) of Lake Constance (Germany) indicate that hopanoid producing bacteria were present in significant amounts either in the water column above the sediment or in the top layer of the sediment. Dihomohopan-32-ol is shown to be representative of the total hopanoid content of the sediment and its distribution is tentatively correlated with the eutrophication process which has occurred in Lake Constance over the past 50 years.
The Effect of Service Quality on Purchase Intention with Mediating Role of Store Image

This study emphasizes to measure the effect of service quality on purchase intention with mediating role of store image. The study majorly focused on paint brands available at stores of Manama, Bahrain. Reliability of data, descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation matrix was calculated by using SPSS. The relationship among study variables is tested trough structural equation modeling (SEM) by using AMOS 24. Results highlighted that there is significant and positive relation between service quality and purchase intention of private label paint brands. Moreover, it was found that store image mediates the relationship between service quality and purchase intention of private label paint brands.
Cortical and spinal adaptations induced by balance training: correlation between stance stability and corticospinal activation

Training-induced improvements in the performance of motor tasks are thought in part to be due to changes in spinal reflex circuits. Supportive evidence comes from studies where changes in the Hoffman reflex (H-reflex) are observed as a result of balance training. In this issue of Acta Physiologica, Taube et al., using a combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and peripheral nerve stimulation, attempt to extend these earlier findings by investigating whether excitability changes also take place at supraspinal levels. In healthy subjects, 4 weeks of balance training improved postural stability when exposed to unexpected backward translations of the support surface. Given that the background activity of the plantar flexor muscles did not change as a result of the training, a decrease in the Hmax/Mmax ratio substantiated earlier findings of a decrease in spinal excitability with training. More interestingly, results from TMS and H-reflexes conditioned by TMS at a latency that coincided with the long latency component of the stretch reflex, indicated that supraspinal adaptations also took place as a result of the balance training. As changes in supraspinal excitability were correlated to the improvement in balance, while the Hmax/Mmax ratios were not, the results suggest, at least in this case, that supraspinal changes were primarily responsible for the improvement in balance performance.
PREDICTION OF STREAM FLOWS IN MAI-NEFHI RESERVOIR BY HYDROLOGIC MODELLING USING SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL (SWAT)

The yield of any surface water source mainly depends on inflow of the reservoir and that impacts the availability of drinking water for the cities in future. Assessment of long-term impacts of projected changes in reservoir level is critical to address the challenges in protecting surface water reserves. In other words, to deal with water management issues, one must analyse and quantify changes of flow taking place within the area and causes. Obviously, this analysis must be carried out on a watershed basis because all these processes are taking place within individual micro watersheds. The development of remote sensing and GIS techniques has allowed the use of spatially and physically based hydrologic models to simulate as simply and realistically as possible the functioning of watershed systems. The main objective of this study is to model the hydrology of the Mai-Nefhi catchment area in order to establish the water balance and monthly stream inflow to the Mai-Nefhi dam. The Mai-Nefhi reservoir is one of the main sources of water to Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) interface which works in the ArcGIS software platform was used to delineate the basin and sub-basins and estimate the streamflow. The calibration was carried out successfully, for the period 1972-1980, using SWAT-CUP SUFI-2 (Sequential Uncertainty Fitting version 2) program for a combined optimization-uncertainty analysis. The validation of the model was checked for the period 19811986 and the values of streamflow are nearly equal to the observed streamflow data. The hydrological analysis shows that the resulting changes on the annual streamflow volume is not significant because of the prevailing short rainy months.
Abnormal expression of hepatoma specific γ‐glutamyl transferase and alteration of γ‐glutamyl transferase gene methylation status in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatoma specific γ‐glutamyl transferase (HS‐GGT) bands were expressed in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and were associated with a high incidence of HCC diagnosis. The objectives of this study were to determine the levels of HS‐GGT quantitatively in the sera of patients with different liver diseases. The methylational status of GGT gene CCGG sites was analyzed in hepatoma tissues.
The Use of Critical Pedagogy Principles in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) for Senior High School Students in Subang

Three research questions are addressed are: (1) How can CP principles be used in teaching EFL for senior high school students? (2) What learning materials are suitable to be used in using CP principles to teach EFL for senior high school students? (3) What are benefits and challenges of using CP principles in teaching EFL for senior high school students? In uncovering the answers for those questions, several data collection techniques are employed, namely questionnaire, classroom observation, interview, and learning as well as teaching journals. The collected data, after being triangulated, were then analyzed by transcribing, categorizing, coding, and interpreting. It is revealed that there are 23 activities can be performed when using CP principles in teaching EFL for senior high school students. It is also uncovered that there are four conditions should be fulfilled by the learning material before it can be used in CP-principles-informed EFL classrooms for senior high school students. Additionally, there are three categories of challenges are (1) students’ limited English proficiency, (2) cultural problems, and (3) pre-determined curriculum. In the meantime, the four types of benefits are (1) new experience, (2) new knowledge acquisition, (3) increased language awareness, and (4) improved English proficiency.
A MULTIMETHOD APPROACH TO FRAMING DISPUTES: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ON TRIAL IN OBERGEFELL V. HODGES*

Social movements scholars have widely used the framing perspective to analyze meaning-making related to social movements and contentious politics. Qualitative methods have helped to illuminate how activists frame social issues to combine meanings in strategic ways. By contrast, linear statistical modeling is ill-suited to analyze the interdependent and circuitous aspects of collective action frames. This study offers a multimethod approach that uses an abductive framework to combine techniques from computational text analysis and network modeling along with interpretive coding. I demonstrate this approach in the context of framing disputes through legal mobilization over the same-sex marriage in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges. By examining Court discourse and amicus briefs, I show the coordination of similarities and distinctions among opposing social movement groups and elite actors. Future research can expand this method for both case studies and comparative analyses of movements.
Biometric relationships of the Argentinean prawn Artemesia longinaris (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the south-western Atlantic

Biometric relationships of size and weight were estimated for the Argentinean prawn (Artemesia longinaris), a new commercial penaeid prawn exploited in the south-western Atlantic. Morphometric and meristic traits were used to elucidate population structure of this species along its distribution area. The morphological relationships were estimated by a simple linear regression, considering total length (TL) as the dependent variable. The males collected in southern Brazil, an area under influence of the Subtropical Convergence, presented a slightly lower TL increment than females. A marked reduction in slopes of males between populations from southern Brazil was observed in autumn and winter. Additionally, relative growth in length of males from Argentina is similar to that observed during autumn and winter in southern Brazil. The other morphometric and meristic variables used also indicated higher similarities between southern Brazil and Argentina, which may be explained by relative growth associated to water temperatures or migration during winter, taking advantage of the oceanographic systems connecting both sites. Moreover, the population from Rio de Janeiro seems morphologically apart from the others, forming a separate unit stock.
Evaluation of the co-occurrence of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) and phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on willows (Salix spp.) in nurseries and natural environments

The density, prevalence and intensity of spider mites populations on 16 species and cultivars of willow grown in ornamental plant nurseries in Poland were determined. The investigations showed that the willow taxa most threatened by the development of large Tetranychidae populations were Salix helvetica and Salix caprea “Kilmarnock”. Phytoseiidae species co-occurring with the spider mites on the investigated plants and willows grown in forests were identified. The association of particular phytoseiid species with the habitat and prey species was evaluated. Predatory mites, such as Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) pyri Scheuten, Phytoseius echinus Wainstein & Arutunjan, Phytoseius macropilis (Banks) and Phytoseius juvenis Wainstein & Arutunjan were observed in nurseries, while in the forests Euseius finlandicus (Oudemans) or Phytoseius severus (Wainstein & Vartapetov) occurred, along with P. echinus and P. macropilis.
Estimating the abundance of stone-dwelling organisms: a new method.

A system of stratified sampling has been developed which allows the estimation of population densities of organisms which adhere to, or are associated with, . stones in both lentic and lotic habitats, using the stones themselves as the primary sampling units. Knowing the stone profile of the habitat (i.e. the mean count, relative frequency, or mean surface area of the stones occurring within a sine class), and using the appropriate statistical equations, an estimate of the mean number of individuals occurring within a predefined stone size class can be obtained along with its associated error estimates. Densities of the organisms can be expressed in terms of either a standardized unit area of substratum, average stone sine in the habitat, or unit area of stone surface. The statistical theory and computational equations for each sampling method are presented, together with worked examples of the application of the methods in the field. The new sampling protocols are superior to conventional quadrat techniques in population sine estimation because (1) the derived density and error estimates account for sources of variation arising from both the heterogeneity of the habitat and the spatial dispersion of the organisms; (2) physical disturbance to the habitat during the sampling program is minimal, and (3) the procedures allow simultaneous quantitative measures of both the density and spatial dispersion of a population.
Teaching qualitative research in adverse times

This article discusses how the teaching of qualitative research in higher education is threatened by the effects of new public management, by academic culture wars and by a growing belief in big data. The controversy over Alice Goffman’s book On the Run presents one recent example of this. In an effort to counterbalance these developments, this article stresses the importance in social science curricula of ‘naturalistic inquiry’ – the artisanal core of qualitative research. Explicitly acknowledging emic viewpoints, naturalistic inquiry upholds the emancipatory ideal of making society transparent to its members. Teaching naturalistic inquiry as a craft may be the best way to assure ‘qualitative literacy’ among graduates in their various careers as socially responsible professionals.
Differences in life table parameters between Keratella tropica and Keratella valga (Rotatoria) from subtropical shallow lakes

The studies of differences in life history and suitability of water temperatures among rotifer species improve our understanding of species co-existence and possible niche differentiation over time as well as the geographical range shifts of species, community reorganization, and consequences for the functioning of ecosystems induced by climate change. Keratella tropica and Keratella valga are two morphologically similar rotifer species. We collected K. tropica and K. valga individuals, respectively, from Lake Tingtang and Lake Jinghu in Wuhu city, Anhui, China, clonally cultured them in lab and investigated their life table parameters at four temperatures (15 °C, 20 °C, 25 °C, and 30 °C). The results showed that the responses to increasing temperature in each of the life table parameters differed with rotifer species. Temperature and the interaction between temperature and species affected significantly the duration of pre-reproductive, reproductive, and post-reproductive periods. Temperature, species, and their interaction affected significantly life expectancy at hatching, generation time, and intrinsic rate of population increase; and temperature and species affected significantly net reproductive rate. Regardless of the effect of temperature, the life expectancy at hatching, the generation time, the net reproductive rate and the intrinsic rate of population increase of K. tropica were greater than those of K. valga. The intrinsic rate of population increase of K. tropica was the highest at 30 ˚C, whereas that of K. valga was the highest at 25 °C, indicating that in subtropical shallow lakes, K. tropica is adapted to higher temperatures than K. valga.
Comparison of short‐period daytime convective rainfall accumulations with total column precipitable water: Derivation of an operational forecasting technique

A major forecasting challenge is predicting the likely intensity of rainfall in convective situations in which intense short‐period rainfall can lead to surface water flooding. The study demonstrates a useful correlation between precipitable water and 1 hr gauge‐derived rainfall accumulations in situations with deep instability and relatively slack flow in depth. The correlation forms the basis of a forecasting technique, independent of numerical weather prediction (NWP) model forecasts of rainfall, being applied at the UK's Met Office Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC).
NAO-Teach: helping kids to learn societal and theoretical knowledge with friendly human-robot interaction

Robotic technology has affected the education field, and even early education involves robot to attract Kids. Technical education is the notion of giving students knowledge of robots and technology. The main contribution of our research is to provide an interactive way of learning for kids through play and fun method. Two approaches proposed here: first, we provide an interactive game by touching robots body parts to teach kids how they were practising their motoric nerve and the listening to the instruction. In this game, kids asked to find some robot parts such as right hand, or left hand, where it equipped with a tactile sensor. The game difficulty can be increased by setting up the time limit for the answer and make kids touch the body parts of the robot very fast. The second learning method is practising number counting and pronunciation with NAO Robots. The robots will do computer vision processing to analyse and pronounce the kids handwriting with an artificial neural network. The result of implementation has obtained more than 75% success rate on recognition part with loss es than 0.6. The system received strong appreciation from kids and their parent, while This research believed able to attract kids to study in interactive and fun ways.