Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Qualitative Assessment of the White Wine Varieties Grown in Dealu Bujorului Vineyard, Romania

Ecoclimatic conditions have a great influence on grapevine growth and development. Favourable conditions (solar radiation, temperature, humidity etc.) are important and have a positive effect on the growth and fruition. Critical conditions have negative influences resulting in low grape production and wine quality. The purpose of this research was to analyse the quality of wine obtained from eight grapevine varieties (four Romanian autochthonous varieties: ‘Feteasca regala’, ‘Feteasca alba’, ‘Babeasca gri’, ‘Sarba’, and four world-wide varieties: ‘Aligote’, ‘Sauvignon Blanc’, ‘Muscat Ottonel’, and ‘Italian Riesling’). The wine samples were obtained from micro-wine production under local weather conditions of Dealu Bujoruluivineyard, Romania. The physico-chemical analysis of young wines showed that the highest alcohol content was recorded at the ‘Sauvignon blanc’ variety (14.35% vol.) followed by ‘Sarba’ (14.10% vol.). The highest level of acidity was registered to ‘Babeasca gri’ (5.90 g/L C4H6O6) and the lowest acidity in the ‘Muscat Ottonel’ wine (4.40 g/L C4H6O6). The pH values were between limits of 3.62 (‘Feteasca alba’) and 3.27 (‘Aligote’). In order to get a wider perspective about the wine quality, another 11 parameters were examined at these varieties, using spectrophotometric methods (acetic acid, potassium, calcium, free amino nitrogen, tartaric acid, copper, L-lactic acid, iron, L-malic acid, D-gluconic acid and glycerol). The results showed the suitability of ecoclimatic conditions and the proper growth and development of the tested varieties for obtaining wines withsuperiors quality.
A Mass and Energy Conservation Analysis of Drift in the CMIP6 Ensemble

Coupled climate models are prone to ‘drift’ (long-term unforced trends in state variables) due to incomplete spin-up and non-closure of the global mass and energy budgets. Here we assess model drift and the associated conservation of energy, mass and salt in CMIP6 and CMIP5 models. For most models, drift in globally-integrated ocean mass and heat content represents a small but non-negligible fraction of recent historical trends, while drift in atmospheric water vapor is negligible. Model drift tends to be much larger in time-integrated ocean heat and freshwater flux, net top-of-the-atmosphere radiation (netTOA) and moisture flux into the atmosphere (evaporation minus precipitation), indicating a substantial leakage of mass and energy in the simulated climate system. Most models are able to achieve approximate energy budget closure after drift is removed, but ocean mass budget closure eludes a number of models even after de-drifting and none achieve closure of the atmospheric moisture budget. The magnitude of the drift in the CMIP6 ensemble represents an improvement over CMIP5 in some cases (salinity and time-integrated netTOA) but is worse (time-integrated ocean freshwater and atmospheric moisture fluxes) or little changed (ocean heat content, ocean mass and time-integrated ocean heat flux) for others, while closure of the ocean mass and energy budgets after drift removal has improved.
Impact and mechanisms of cigarillo flavor descriptors on susceptibility to use among young adult nonusers of tobacco

Evidence suggests that flavoring may impact reactions to tobacco products. In the present research, we tested the impact and mechanisms of cigarillo flavor descriptors on susceptibility to use in order to determine whether exposure to cigarillos with characterizing flavors increases susceptibility in young adult nonusers of tobacco and, if so, why susceptibility increases. Nonsmoking, 18–26 years old U.S. residents were recruited for an online randomized controlled trial with two conditions: ciga-rillos with characterizing flavors (experimental condition) versus cigarillos with tobacco flavors (control condition). Experimental condition participants ( n = 49) were presented with five cigarillo pack images with characterizing flavors (e.g., “Sweet”), whereas control condition participants ( n = 53) were presented with five standard, tobacco-flavored images (e.g., “Air-Cured”). Each presented cigarillo image included a description of the pack flavor. Approach bias to the cigarillos was measured using the Implicit Association Test, and participants reported their perceptions of taste, smell, social acceptability, enjoyment, and harm in relation to each cigarillo pack. Finally, participants indicated their susceptibility to using cigarillos. Susceptibility to cigarillo use was significantly greater for participants exposed to the cigarillo packs with characterizing flavors. Taste perceptions both mediated and moderated the relationship between cigarillo flavor descriptors and susceptibility to use. Characterizing flavors increased susceptibility to cigarillo use via two routes: (1) by enhancing perceptions of taste and (2) by increasing the strength of association between perceptions of taste and susceptibility. These findings have implications for public health and policy decisions regarding banning or limiting characterizing flavors in cigarillos.
CONTRASTING ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES IN WOLFBERRY ORCHARDS OF DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT REGIMES IN NORTHWESTERN CHINA

Since the late 1990s, land area for organic agriculture has been expanding in response to growing concerns regarding food safety and environmental issues (Willer and Kilcher, 2009). Organic agriculture is defined according to the Organic Foods Production Act as a production system in which famers “respond to site-specific conditions by integrating cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance and preserve biodiversity (USDA National Organic Program, http://www.ams.usda.gov/NOP). With the ever-increasing consumer pressure on reducing the use of pesticides, fertilizers, veterinary medicines and growth promoters in food production systems, the public demand for organic foods continues to increase. As a result, future strong growth in organic agriculture and food production in China is anticipated. Wolfberry, Lycium barbarum L. (Gouqizi, Fructus Lycii,) is a famous traditional Chinese medicinal herb. This species plays multiple roles in pharmacological and biological functions. For example, wolfberry fruits can be used to produce various types of healthy products and foods, e.g., medicinal beverages and drinks, and healthy dietary soups (Li, 2001). Notably, wolfberry fruits have been widely used as a popular functional food with a large variety of beneficial effects, such as reducing blood glucose and serum lipids, antiaging, immuno-modulating, anticancer, anti-fatigue, and male fertility-facilitating (Peng et al., 2001a, b; Luo et al., 2006; Amagase and Nance, 2008; Chang and So, 2008; Niu et al., 2008; Chen et al., 2009; Ho et al., 2010; Li et al., 2011; Mao et al., 2011). Ningxia province, located in the northwest of China, is the most well-known area for its wolfberry industry. The acreage of wolfberry cultivation in Ningxia province was 2,960,000 ha in 2007, accounting for 30% of the total plantation area of wolfberry in China (data from China Statistical Abstract). However, wolfberry production in Ningxia has long suffered major infestations by many pest species, such as Neoceratitis asiatica Becker, Aceri macrodonis Keifer and Lema (Microlema) decempunctata Gebler. To date, the Aphis sp. , Poratrioza sinica Yang et Li, Aceri macrodonis Keifer and Jaapiella sp. Fedotova are also found infesting heavily wolfberry plants in some regions of China (Liu et al., 2015). In recent years, the widespread adoption of wolfberry in Ningxia has triggered ecological shifts of arthropod assemblage. To control those pests, the application of chemical pesticides has risen steadily, which has disrupted the trophic links between the pests and their Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 54(3), 595-605; 2017 ISSN (Print) 0552-9034, ISSN (Online) 2076-0906 DOI: DOI: 10.21162/PAKJAS/17.5324 http://www.pakjas. com.pk
Polyphyly of the genus Canoparmelia— uncovering incongruences between phenotype-based classification and molecular phylogeny within lichenized Ascomycota (Parmeliaceae)

Many phenotypical features traditionally used to classify genera in Parmeliaceae and in lichens in general have evolved several times independently, potentially limiting their taxonomic utility. Here, we aim to elucidate evolutionary relationships of Canoparmelia s. lat. among other parmotremoid taxa. A multilocus dataset (ITS, nuLSU and mtSSU rDNA sequences) was gathered and analyzed within a phylogenetic framework. Canoparmelia s. lat. was recovered as highly polyphyletic within the parmelioid clade, and three divergent lineages representing Canoparmelia s. lat. were identified in addition to the previously segregated Crespoa group. Of these, two formed a sister relationship with Parmotrema . However, no apparent diagnostic morphological features were found distinguishing the distinct Canoparmelia s. lat. clades reconstructed in the phylogenetic analyses. As a consequence, we propose to restrict the circumscription of Canoparmelia to clade 1 (i.e. the C. texana group) and to include clades 2 and 3 in Parmotrema . We propose to recognize these well-supported monophyletic clades at subgeneric level. Consequently, the new subgeneric name Parmotrema subgen. Africanae is proposed for clade 3 recovered in this study. Since clade 4, which clusters with the genera Nesolechia and Punctelia, is only represented by a single sequenced specimen, we refrain from proposing any taxonomic changes. The new combinations Parmotrema epileucum , and P. zimbabwense are proposed.
An energy-time optimal autonomous motion control framework for overhead cranes in the presence of obstacles

This paper focuses on the autonomous motion control of 3-D underactuated overhead cranes in the presence of obstacles, and an “offline motion planning + online trajectory tracking” framework is developed. In the motion planner, to meet the balance between transfer time and energy consumption, the transfer mission is formulated as an energy-time hybrid optimal control problem. And a simple and conservative collision-avoidance condition is derived. To achieve fast and robust calculations, an iterative procedure that determines optimal terminal time based on the secant method is developed. Finally, to realize the high-precision trajectory tracking and fast residual sway suppression, a model predictive controller with a piecewise weighted matrix is designed. Numerical simulation demonstrates that the discussed framework is effective.
Relationship of Catecholamines and Glucocorticoids to Lymphoproliferation of Equine Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells.

Stress has been related to increased plasma epinephrine (E), norepinephrine (NE), and glucocorticoids. These compounds produce immunomodulatory effects by interacting with hormone receptors on or in various immune cells. This project assessed the effects o f stress on equine influenza virus (EIV)-specific and mitogen-induced lymphoproliferation o f peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in relation to stress-induced changes in E, NE, and cortisol. In vitro effects o f amines on proliferative responses and glucocorticoid receptor (GR) assays were done as a secondary measure of hormone and neurotransmitter interactions with the immune system. Time-dependent, saturable-specific hormone binding to GRs was abolished by heat treatment and subcellular localization o f GR fluctuated in a diurnal manner. Nuclear GR was lowest (P<0.05) at 2AM and total binding was highest (P<0.05) at 2PM. In experiment two, horses were subjected to five different stress tests including sham/stalled (SS), sham/psychological (SP), minimal exercise stress (MES), slow gallop/moderate exercise stress (SG), and fast gallop/intense exercise stress (FG). Circulating concentrations o f E increased in SG and FG. Influenza-specific blastogenesis increased (P<0.05) during the sham/stalled stress test. Mitogen-induced lymphoproliferative responses were lower (P<0.05) for samples collected during MES. There was no correlation between stress-induced hormone concentrations and lymphoproliferative responses.
Composition and taxonomic similarity of the periphytic algal community in different natural substrates in a neotropical floodplain, Brazil

The present study investigated the species composition and taxonomic similarity of periphytic algae on three species of macrophytes (Eichhornia azurea Kunth, Nymphaea amazonum Martius & Zuccarini and Oxycaryum cubense (Poeppig & Kunth) Lye) and also some limnological variables in a lake permanently connected to the Parana River at the Upper Parana River floodplain, Brazil, from June 2008 to March 2009. During the study period, the Parana River showed irregular flood pulses and indistinct hydrological periods. In this same period, 406 taxa of periphytic algae were identified, distributed mainly in the classes Zygnemaphyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae; and Cyanobacteria. Similarity analysis based on taxonomic composition of sampling periods and substrates showed low values and primarily represented a temporal segregation of periphytic algal community, mainly in June 2008 from others. Secondly, the microespacial segregation occurred to a lesser extent, according to the type of substrate, especially between O. cubense and others. It comprises first steps for understating the comparative structure of periphytic algal community in these distinct substrates at the Parana River floodplain. Key words: Community structure, epiphyton, macrophyte, periphyton ecology, wetlands.
Relationships of spectral traits with yield and nutritional quality of snap beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in dry seasons

ABSTRACT Four snap bean varieties (green and yellow-podded) were grown in three water supplies (regularly irrigated, deficit-irrigated and non-irrigated) in order to examine the spectral reflectance at leaf and canopy levels, leaf area index (LAI) and their relationships with the yield and nutritional quality at the University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary from 2011 to 2013. Under non-irrigated condition, the plant height decreased, SPAD values were high but LAI and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were low. The difference in SPAD values was higher between the varieties during flowering under non-irrigated condition and it was more pronounced during pod development using deficit irrigation. In dry years, non-irrigated condition SPAD did not correlate with the yield but during pod development it was correlated with the dry matter content of the pods. The relationship of SPAD with protein and crude fiber content of pods was strongly dependent on the cropping years. Under deficit-irrigated condition, NDVI measured during flowering and pod development correlated closely with the yield where a higher NDVI (0.85) predicted either 6 or 9.5 t ha−1 of yield depending on the variety. Under this condition Serengeti variety with green pods was prominent based on the studied traits among the varieties.
Nursing Voices during COVID-19: An Analysis of Canadian Media Coverage

The representation of nurses and nursing issues in the media has been a topic of interest for many decades now. In 1997, the Woodhull Study on Nursing in the Media found that nurses were largely underrepresented in the health news media, accounting for only 4% of the sources cited in news stories. [1] When Mason and colleagues replicated the Woodhull study twenty years later, they concluded that representation had actually decreased over time, from 4% to 2%. [2] When they interviewed journalists to understand this phenomenon, they identifi ed a number of factors including that nurses and the nursing profession more generally are not strategic in their use of and engagement with media. [3] They also noted that employers have been known to prevent nurses from talking to the media by including non-disparagement clauses or mediaspecifi c clauses in work contracts, by implementing topdown media policies that require a multi-step slow process of approval by senior management, and by punishing nurses who speak to media thereby creating a culture of fear and silence. [3]
An adaptive Cahn-Hilliard equation for enhanced edges in binary image inpainting

We consider the Cahn-Hilliard equation for solving the binary image inpainting problem with emphasis on the recovery of low-order sets (edges, corners) and enhanced edges. The model consists in solving a modified Cahn-Hilliard equation by weighting the diffusion operator with a function which will be selected locally and adaptively. The diffusivity selection is dynamically adopted at the discrete level using the residual error indicator. We combine the adaptive approach with a standard mesh adaptation technique in order to well approximate and recover the singular set of the solution. We give some numerical examples and comparisons with the classical Cahn-Hillard equation for different scenarios. The numerical results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed model.
Temperature affects the hypoxia tolerance of neotropical Cichlid Geophagus brasiliensis

Oxygen and temperature are the most limiting factors in aquatic environments. Several species are exposed to variations of these factors in water because of physical, chemical and biological processes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the metabolic profile and the tolerance to the hypoxia of Geophagus brasiliensis exposed to changes in temperature and oxygen availability. The fish were exposed to 20 and 90% of oxygen saturation combined with different temperatures (20°, 24° and 28° C) for 8 h. Hepatic and muscular glycogen, as well as the activities of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), citrate synthase (CS) and their ratios were evaluated. Both glycogen and MDH activity showed a significant difference in the liver. While CS showed increased activity only in the heart. The increase in LDH activity in the white muscle shows the importance of the anaerobic pathway as energy source in this tissue. The MDH / LDH ratio increased in all tissues, while CS / LDH increased in the liver and decreased in the heart. Based on the results of the present study it may be concluded that this species used the anaerobic metabolism as the main strategy for hypoxia tolerance.
Comparison of terrestrial isopod (Crustacea: Oniscidea) assemblages from two preserved areas (Bouhedma and Chambi) in arid regions

Abstract A total of 1290 specimens belonging to 11 species and four families were captured in two national parks, Bouhedma and Chambi. Among these species, seven belonged to Porcellionidae, and the remaining species represented Agnaridae, Armadillidae and Armadillidiidae families. Five species were common and recorded in both parks. However, Armadillidium tunisiense, Hemilepistus reaumurii and Porcellio djahizi were recorded only in Chambi while Agabiformius lentus, Armadillo officinalis and Porcellio albinus were collected only in Bouhedma. The distribution structure of the collected species was analyzed according to altitude and plant assemblages. Seasonal sampling showed that the highest abundance and species richness were recorded in spring. In both parks, the species richness decreased as the altitude increased. Arid regions sheltered specific species such as H. reaumurii and P. albinus, which were often the dominant component of the arthropod macrodecomposer guild in some habitats. The similarity analysis showed a quantitative and qualitative difference between the two parks. The two parks Bouhedma and Chambi shared five species (Leptotrichus panzerii, Porcellio laevis, P. variabilis, Porcellionides pruinosus, Armadillidium sulcatum) with areas studied in the north of Tunisia, Kroumirie, supralittoral zones and around the wetlands.
“SeoulHouse2Vec”: An Embedding-Based Collaborative Filtering Housing Recommender System for Analyzing Housing Preference

Housing preference is the subjective and relative preference of users toward housing alternatives and studies in the field have been conducted to analyze the housing preferences of groups with sharing the same socio-demographic attributes. However, previous studies may not suggest the preference of individuals. In this regard, this study proposes “SeoulHouse2Vec,” an embedding-based collaborative filtering housing recommendation system for analyzing atypical and nonlinear housing preference of individuals. The model maps users and items in each dense vector space which are called embedding layers. This model may reflect trade-offs between the alternatives and recommend unexpected housing items and thus improve rational housing decision-making. The model expanded the search scope of housing alternatives to the entire city of Seoul utilizing public big data and GIS data. The preferences derived from the results can be used by suppliers, individual investors, and policymakers. Especially for architects, the architectural planning and design process will reflect users’ perspective and preferences, and provide quantitative data in the housing decision-making process for urban planning and administrative units.
Traceability of animal products based on a blockchain consensus mechanism

Block chain technology has the characteristics of decentralization, distributed storage, open and transparent, consensus mechanism, security, information encryption, anonymity and so on. It provides an important way to realize the value added of modern animal supply chain. This paper studies the blockchain related technology, an optimization scheme of sBFT consensus algorithm is proposed, and then the optimization scheme is applied to traceability of animal product quality and safety, which solves the problem of decentralization of traceability system and improves the efficiency of consensus in the case of large data input of traceability system. Then, based on Fabric framework, this paper proposes the design and implementation scheme of traceability system for aquaculture industry chain, which can ensure that the participants of traceability system can not tamper with and modify the aquaculture records, and realize the security, reliability and unforgeability of traceability information. Finally, this paper builds a 12-Node block-chain network test environment based on four cloud servers. Under the same test conditions, the sBFT algorithm, PBFT algorithm and dBFT algorithm are tested and compared, and the function and performance of the traceability platform are tested, which shows that the system is feasibility and efficiency of the schemes designed in this paper.
Atypical manifestation in infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrier SCCmec IV and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-producer in experimental sepsis model

Staphylococcus aureus is considered an infectious agent of great clinical importance, responsible for many different types of infection. Strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Panton-Valentine leukocidin producers, are considered more invasive, presenting clinical sequelae related to abscesses and infection in skin and soft tissues. The use of invasive techniques in hospital environment, such as the introduction of intravascular catheter in immunocompromised patients, has contributed to this microorganism spreading through the bloodstream, causing bacteremia, necrotizing pneumonia and increasing the number of septic patients in intensive care units with high mortality. In this report, atypical infections in Swiss mice using experimental model of sepsis was presented. Key words: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), mice infection, Panton-Valentine Leukocidin.