Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
24-Epibrassinolide improves some physiological disorders in pistachio cultivars

The effect of 24-epibrassinolide foliar spray on some physiological disorders of pistachio cultivars was evaluated in two years. This factorial experiment was designed as a randomized complete block design with three replications. Factor A involved different pistachio cultivars and factor B involved the application time of hormone with four treatments including T1= bud swelling, T2= after full bloom, T3= T1 + T2, and T4= control. Different parameters were recorded. The application of hormone in both different stages caused the maximum fruit set percentage and minimum inflorescence bud and fruit abscission percentage in three sprayed cultivars. Despite of the highest percentage of inflorescence bud and fruit abscission in control treatment of cv. Kallehghoochi, the application of this hormone decreased these parameters in this cultivar in T3 treatment. Chlorophyll, protein, and proline contents of the leaves were increased in all brassinosteroide treatments, especially under two-stage application. Also, ion leakage and reduced sugar were decreased in treated leaves after using hormones. The effect of this hormone on antioxidant enzymes showed that all enzymes (CAT, SOD and APX) except POD were increased by the application of brassinosteroides. The loss of carbohydrate in one-year-old woods indicated the growth stimulating effect of this hormone. Thus, 24-epibrassinolide is a good suggestion to increase the quantity and quality of pistachio, especially in cv. Kallehghoochi.
Predicting and Analyzing the Length of Study-Time Case Study: Computer Science Students

- The length of study-time is one of the important issues in higher education. The goal of this research was to predict and analyze the length of study-time in the early stage of Computer Science students in X University. The research proposed Mutual Information (MI) as feature selection method and Support Vector Machine (SVM) as a classification method. There were two different sections of the experiments. The first experiment used two class targets that were grouped in ‘on time group’ and ‘late group’. The experiment result shows that the proposed method produces accuracy around 85%. The second experiment used three class targets, ‘on time group’, ‘late group’, and ‘very late group’. The experiment result of the proposed method produces accuracy around 80%. Mutual Information (MI) does not only successfully raise the accuracy but also uncovers the relationship between subjects and the class targets.
REVISITING THE MICROLENSING EVENT OGLE 2012-BLG-0026: A SOLAR MASS STAR WITH TWO COLD GIANT PLANETS

Two cold gas giant planets orbiting a G-type main-sequence star in the galactic disk were previously discovered in the high-magnification microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0026. Here, we present revised host star flux measurements and a refined model for the two-planet system using additional light curve data. We performed high angular resolution adaptive optics imaging with the Keck and Subaru telescopes at two epochs while the source star was still amplified. We detected the lens flux, H = 16.39 ± 0.08. The lens, a disk star, is brighter than predicted from the modeling in the original study. We revisited the light curve modeling using additional photometric data from the B&C telescope in New Zealand and CTIO 1.3 m H-band light curve. We then include the Keck and Subaru adaptive optic observation constraints. The system is composed of a ∼4–9 Gyr lens star of Mlens = 1.06 ± 0.05 M⊙ at a distance of Dlens = 4.0 ± 0.3 kpc, orbited by two giant planets of 0.145 ± 0.008 MJup and 0.86 ± 0.06 MJup, with projected separations of 4.0 ± 0.5 au and 4.8 ± 0.7 au, respectively. Because the lens is brighter than the source star by 16 ± 8% in H, with no other blend within one arcsec, it will be possible to estimate its metallicity using subsequent IR spectroscopy with 8–10 m class telescopes. By adding a constraint on the metallicity it will be possible to refine the age of the system.
Acute Renal Failure in Patients with Massive Pericardial Effusion or Cardiac Tamponade

GİRİŞ ve AMAÇ: Akut böbrek yetmezliği (ABY) yoğun bakım ünitelerinde özellikle kritik hastalarda sık karşılaşılan bir durumdur. Akut böbrek yetmezliği prevalansı 3-25% arasında değişmektedir. Koroner yoğun bakım ünitelerindeki (KYBÜ) hastalarda gelişen ABY ile ilgili literatürde yeterli very bulunmamaktadır. Özelllikle massif perikardiyal effüzyon ve kardiyak tamponad bulunan hastalardaki ABY gelişimi için prediktörler bilinmemektedir. Bu çalışmadaki amaç bu hasta grubunda ABY prevalansını ve prediktörlerini belirlemektir.
Vulnerability to Downside Risk and Poverty in Vietnam

In this paper we propose a new measure of vulnerability called vulnerability to downside risk. The relevant benchmark for this new measure is the current level of wellbeing of a household as opposed to another benchmark such as the poverty line. We argue that this measure adds complementary information to existing measures such as Calvo and Dercon’s (2007) axiomatic measure of vulnerability to poverty. We apply a measure of both vulnerability to downside risk and to poverty to data from Vietnam. We show that consumption smoothing capacities and the probability to experience an adverse event differ substantially between different wealth groups. Consequently, the relation between initial wealth and vulnerability to downside risk is highly non-linear. While moderately but not extremely poor households are relatively vulnerable to extreme poverty, they are less vulnerable to downside risk than any other group of households.
Water-soluble nutrients in aerial plant parts of peanut and white oat as affected by lime and gypsum application

A calagem e a gessagem influenciam a disponibilidade e a absorcao de nutrientes, podendo alterar a quantidade de acidos orgânicos na parte aerea das culturas. Essas alteracoes, quantificadas por meio da analise de nutrientes soluveis em agua, podem potencializar o efeito da correcao do solo, garantindo a sustentabilidade do sistema de semeadura direta. Nesse sentido, objetivou-se avaliar o efeito da aplicacao superficial de calcario e gesso no teor de nutientes soluveis em agua nos residuos vegetais das culturas de amendoim e aveia-branca. O experimento foi realizado em Latossolo Vermelho distroferrico em Botucatu (SP), nos anos agricolas de 2004/2005 e 2005/2006. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos casualizados em esquema de parcelas subdivididas, com quatro repeticoes, em que as parcelas foram constituidas por doses de calcario, e as subparcelas, pela presenca ou ausencia da aplicacao de gesso. Foi cultivado amendoim no verao e aveia-branca no inverno, em toda a area experimental. Na cultura do amendoim a aplicacao de gesso elevou os teores de Ca soluvel em agua apenas na primeira safra, em razao do curto periodo entre a aplicacao do produto e a determinacao dos teores de nutientes soluveis no extrato vegetal da cultura. A calagem realizada nas culturas de amendoim e aveia-branca elevou os teores soluveis de Ca, Mg, K e nao alterou o teor de Cu e reduziu os teores de Zn, Mn e Fe nos dois anos de cultivo. Ja a gessagem reduziu os valores da condutividade eletrica do amendoim (2004/2005 e 2005/2006) e da aveia-branca (2004/2005).
Modified LPC resynthesis for controlling speech stimulus discriminability

Phonetically ambiguous speech stimuli are needed in many experimental situations, and various editing and splicing methods have been devised to construct them, sometimes with results of questionable naturalness. A resynthesis procedure based on Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) is presented here whereby interpolation of vocal tract equivalent model parameters (log area ratio coefficients) ensures vocal tract compatible, perceptually ambiguous results. An important extension of this method is also presented: Extrapolation along the same line, defined by the points corresponding to a minimal pair, leads to ‘‘exaggerated’’ speech stimuli that differ from each other more than the original (natural) recordings and, acoustically, in much the same way; e.g., critical formant transition differences are automatically enhanced by increased frequency range and peak amplitude. Such stimuli are potentially very useful in perceptual training of language‐learning impaired children and of second‐language learners who cannot.
Cytogenetic analysis of a novel yellow flower mutant carrying a reciprocal translocation in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.)

A rare yellow flower mutation (Yfm) was isolated in 200 Gy gamma ray irradiated M 2 progeny of grass pea cv. BioR-231. Except contrasting flower colour, the mutant plants were morphologically indistinguishable from their mother variety. Inheritance studies and allelism test revealed that the mutation was monogenic recessive to normal blue flower and true breeding for its flower colour phenotype. A thorough cytogenetic analysis for several generations pointed out that Yfm was semisterile, and was actually heterozygous for a reciprocal translocation (RT). Occurrence of a ring of four chromosomes (1IV + 5II) at diakinesis and metaphase I confirmed the presence of translocation in the mutant plants. RT transmitted at an average of 47.24% in selfed progeny and of 45.56% in intercrossed progeny. Presence of two rings of four chromosomes (2IV+3II) at meiosis I in F 1 progeny obtained from intercrosses between Yfm and five previously described RT lines (RT1-5) confirmed independent nature of the present RT line, and thus, it was designated as RT-6. Primary trisomic analysis and linkage study put Yfm on extra chromosome of trisomic VI with an estimated map distance of 10.31 cM from the translocation breakpoint.
THE RICE DISTRIBUTION AND ML POSITIONING USING RECEIVED SIGNAL POWERS IN SENSOR NETWORKS

In this paper, we present statistical models based on the Rice distribution and ML (maximum likelihood) positioning algorithms for received signal powers in sen- sor networks. The purpose of this study is to develop the indoor positioning system with utilizing the IEEE Std 802.15. 4 (1) based the wireless sensor network. We estimate the position of nodes (active tags) in sensor networks. Reference nodes (base stations) ex- ist with known coordinates, typically because they are part of an installed infrastructure. Other nodes are blind nodes, whose coordinates need to be estimated. These blind nodes are often mobile and attached to assets that need to be tracked. The variation of the RSSI is large because of the inuence by the measurement environment. Therefore, it is necessary to acquire a lot of the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) data to improve the position estimation. In this paper, we present the models of RSSI of radio signal propagation applying the Rice distribution, in the special occasion, including the Rayleigh and gamma distributions. We propose a positioning algorithm based on the ML method from the probability density functions of the signal powers.
A Comparative Study on Self Perceived Health and Quality of Life of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Parents of Non Disabled Children in Croatia

The purpose of this study was to examine self- assessed health, quality of life and chronic medical conditions in parents of children with ASD, and compare with parents of non-disabled children in Croatia. The study included 178 parents of children with autism spectrum disorder, of which 105 were mothers (59%) and 73 were fathers (41%). The control group comprise 172 parents of non-disabled children, of which 101 were mothers (58.7%) and 71 were fathers (41.3%). Parents of children with ASD had poorer health and quality of life than the control group in all components, except physical health.Croatia has regulations on disabled persons, but these do not define or give enough significance to the disability in ASD persons and persons with other intellectual disorders. It should be pointed out that ASD, like other intellectual disorders, are not covered by a single legal provision to determine the degree of disability.
Digital Traces in Context| Self-Tracking Data as Digital Traces of Identity: A Theoretical Analysis of Contextual Factors of Self-Observation Practices

Digital traces occur as a consequence of using digital devices or applications, but they can also be produced intentionally, as in the case of self-tracking activities. Self-tracking increases the amount of data that represents users’ or communities’ identity traces, and individuals, institutions, and companies are interested in analyzing these data, but few consider the framing conditions of the data collection, distribution, and evaluation. This article demonstrates how contextual factors influence self-observation data. Based on approaches of a sociology of quantification and a theoretical discussion of metadata in scientific research, it examines the individual, social, and technological contextual factors that influence the production, analysis, distribution, and interpretation of digital self-tracking data. The article develops systematization of the phenomenon of self-tracking data.
Bankruptcy and the size effect

The size effect and distress risk have both presented puzzles in modern finance. In this paper, we build on the methodology of Campbell et al (2008) and Shumway (2001) to consider potential time variation in pricing behavior of size and distress. We adjust this methodology in two ways. First, we allow for sample differences, documenting the importance of regime shifts in the size effect. Second, we use a broader definition of distress that focuses on delisting instead of bankruptcy alone, and examine differences in financial and non-financial firms. We find that with our delisting definition, distressed firms do not earn low returns, which reverses the Campbell et al (2008) distress anomaly. In a linear factor model, the premium for distress risk switches from positive to negative, and prices out the Fama-French factors during the early part of the sample.
The State, Property Rights, and the Middle Class: Empirical Support for an Aristotelian Observation

ABSTACT For decades, economists argued that property rights emerge when commodities become scarce enough to ‘merit’ property rights for their protection and trade. More current scholarship, however, finds no historical support and no theoretical merit in this argument. Our research defends the competing argument that property rights emerge when governments grant and protect them to self sustain. Scarcity (or expectations of future scarcity) may be a necessary condition, but only government intervention is sufficient for the protection of property rights. In this paper, we revisit the Aristotelian observation that the well being of states depends on the extent to which their constitutions protect the welfare -- i.e. the property rights -- of their middle class. Here, we test whether the welfare of the middle class correlates with the sustainability, consolidation, and prosperity of the state; our empirical analysis indicates that it does.
Spherical and cylindrical microencapsulation of living cells using microfluidic devices

Microencapsulation of cells within microfluidic devices enables explicit control of the membrane thickness or cell density, resulting in improved viability of the transplanted cells within an aggressive immune system. In this study, living cells (3T3 and L929 fibroblast cells) are encapsulated within a semi-permeable membrane (calcium crosslinked alginate gel) in two different device designs, a flow focusing and a core-annular flow focusing geometry. These two device designs produce a bead and a long microfibre, respectively. For the alginate bead, an alginate aqueous solution incorporating cells flows through a flow focusing channel and an alginate droplet is formed from the balance of interfacial forces and viscous drag forces resulting from the continuous (oil) phase flowing past the alginate solution. It immediately reacts with an adjacent CaCl drop that is extruded into the main flow channel by another flow focusing channel downstream of the site of alginate drop creation. Depending on the flow conditions, monodisperse microbeads of sizes ranging from 50-200 μm can be produced. In the case of the microfibre, the alginate solution with cells is extruded into a continuous phase of CaCl solution. The diameter of alginate fibres produced via this technique can be tightly controlled by changing both flow rates. Cell viability in both forms of alginate encapsulant was confirmed by a LIVE/DEAD cell assay for periods of up to 24 hours post encapsulation.
The Long-Run Effect of FDI Inflows on Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from African Countries

From 2001-2014, had foreign direct investment inflows had significant long-term effects on total factor productivity in African countries. Following the latest dynamic techniques of panel data analysis of pooled mean group and mean group estimator (the Pesaran and Smith 1995, Journal of Econometrics 68: 79-113), we find strong evidence of insignificant impact of FDI inflows on total factor productivity. Augmented mean group estimator(AMG) introduced by Eberhardt and Teal (2010, Discussion Paper 515, Department of Economics, University of Oxford) and the Pesaran (2006,Econometrica 74: 967-1012) common correlated effects mean group estimator results also strongly support insignificant impact FDI inflows on total factor productivity in the long run in African economies. Augmented mean group estimator, common correlated effects mean group estimator and pooled mean group estimator result findings show that covariates or control variables (Trade and Domestic investment) have significant effects on total factor productivity in the long run. The result findings show that covariates or control variables are important determinants (factors) in defining exact relationship between FDI inflows and total factor productivity. Keywords: FDI inflows; Total Factor Productivity; Panel Data; Economic growth JEL Classification numbers: C33; F21; F23
Barjamovic : A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period

The settlement history of the Middle Bronze Age on the central Anatolian plateau is poorly understood , despite a relative wealth of survey data (75–6, map 5) (add B. A revised 2005 University of Copenhagen Ph.D. thesis, " this book hopes to show how essential an overall familiarity with the system and organisation of the Assyrian trade is to a correct interpretation of the historical geography " (57) of Anatolia during the Assyrian Colony period. This is a novel approach to an often-studied subject that results in some fresh attempts in proposing site identifications for place names known from the Old Assyrian textual record. Most importantly, based on considerations regarding the trade with copper from the Black Sea coast (364–66, 373–75), a position at Üçhöyük near Bolvadin (407) is proposed for the city of Purušhaddum, which has traditionally been sought 250 km to the east at Açemhöyük on the southeastern tip of the Salt Lake. Barjamovic's view that Purušhaddum must be situated farther west has since found acceptance among leading specialists such as Michel (" Karum Period on the Plateau, " in The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia [Oxford 2011] 316). Barjamovic argues that the system of trade was organized in relation to this city as well as two others that functioned as regional market centers (413): Durhumit, which he locates in the Merzifon Plain close to the Pontic copper ores (261–65), and Kaneš (Kültepe). staggering 23,500 texts in cuneiform script and the Old Assyrian dialect of the Akkadian language have been unearthed in the Assyrian merchant settlement (kārum) attached to this capital city of a small regional state in the Kayseri region. Barjamovic's study is based on 9,500 documents: 4,500 published sources and a further unpublished 5,000 texts available in preliminary editions to the members of the Old Assyrian Text Project who are preparing their publication (59). Barjamovic also makes use of the few Old Assyrian texts found elsewhere in Anatolia (56) and draws extensively on later Hittite materials, as there is a high degree of continuity in the toponymy from Middle to Late Bronze Age (61). Of the " hundreds of toponyms attested in the Old Assyrian sources, " Barjamovic selected " some 35 places " that promised the possibility of their successful identification either because they are " mentioned a significant number of times " in the texts or because they can be linked up with later …
Evaluation of Anti-Tick Activity of Lantana Camara: A Preliminary Study

The present study deals with the evaluation of anti-tick property of Lantana camara. The leaves of the plant were dried, powdered and extracted in organic solvents and evaluated by using standard toxicity bioassay. The plant extract in organic solvent extracts showed highest mortality at 5000 ppm i.e 70%± 0.84, 88%±0.34 and 90% ± 0.24 at 5000 ppm in chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts. The results of bioassay indicated that all the plants showed variable toxicity against ticks in different extracts. The differences among the percentage mortality of ticks in different extract were found to be nonsignificant (P>0.05). It may be concluded that the plant has potency to develop as a substitute of synthetic acaricides and thus can help in reducing the cost of tick control and loss due to development of resistance by the use of conventional acaricides.
The Application of Fit Characteristics to Mentor-Protege Relationships

To test the hypothesis that congruence of regulatory focus orientation would improve ratings of a mentor’s effectiveness by a protege, 110 participants completed a two part study in which they interacted with a potential mentor and provided evaluations of that mentor’s effectiveness based on the initial interaction. The results of this study indicate that effectiveness ratings are not impacted by congruence of regulatory focus orientation, whether chronic or primed. Conscientiousness was not found to moderate this relationship.
A Review on Speed Control of Renewable Fed Induction Motor

There has been a growing demand for variable speed operation in the electrical drives. The induction motor is one of the most popular machines which are known for its robustness, reliability, high efficiency and much more. There are various methods to control the speed of the induction motor. Some of them are namely; change in applied voltage, rotor resistance change, pole changing, etc. Recently, Field oriented control has gained a lot of popularity as it can produce full torque at zero speeds and has a capability of faster response which make it suitable for many applications. Also, renewable fed induction motors have drawn the interests of a lot of researchers all around the world. Among those, PV cells forms the most reliable one due to the advancement in this field. Multi-Junction solar cells are said to perform better than their traditional counterparts and hence can be utilized for improved performance. This paper provides an extensive analysis of all the works related to this field that has been done in the recent past.