Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Plant optical properties for chlorophyll assessment

At a time of rising global concern about environmental issues remote sensing techniques acquire increasing importance in vegetation state assessment and health diagnostics. Multispectral optical data have proved abilities in vegetation monitoring. The visible and near infrared region reveals significant sensitivity to plant biophysical variables and pigment content. The spectral signatures of leaves in this wavelength range are mostly defined by the composition of photosynthetic pigments and their stress-induced changes. As such, plant spectral response provides valuable information about the physiological status of plants. As far as chlorophyll content is a most important bioindicator of plant condition being responsible for light absorption and the photosynthetic process, techniques for its non-destructive assessment are of prime interest. In our study, multispectral data of reflected, transmitted and emitted by plants radiation have been used to reveal the performance of different spectral signatures in chlorophyll estimation. Vegetation indices, red edge shift, spectral transmittance, fluorescence parameters, and chromaticity features, have been related in a statistical manner to plant chlorophyll in order to examine the statistical significance of plant spectral response changes to chlorophyll variations. High correlations have been found permitting quantitative dependences to be established between chlorophyll in plants and their spectral properties. Empirical relationships have been derived that allow plant condition and stress assessment (in terms of chlorophyll inhibition) to be performed by using different spectral indicators.
CITRA POLITIK PRABOWO-SANDI DALAM PEMILIHAN PRESIDEN (PILPRES) 2019 DI AKUN MEDIA SOSIAL INSTAGRAM

Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno are one of the candidate pairs as Presidential and Vice President Election candidates in the 2019 Presidential Election. In this event, there was many strategies used by the candidates to attracting public electability. The aims of this study is to determine the image of Prabowo-Sandi's in the political branding process that showed in instagram @indonesiaadilmakmur. This study used the Semiotic Analysis approach to look the meaning of political image which represented in instagram @indonesiaadilmakmur and the Political Branding concept that focused in three indicators: Appearance, Personality and Political Key Message. The method used in this study is semiotic analysis by Charles Peirce with a qualitative approach in interpretive paradigm. Finally, th results of this study found that the process of Prabowo-Sandi’s branding formed through three indicators political branding such Appearance, Personality, and Political Key Message in generally are depicted as personal figure of religious, assertive, hard, patriot, polite, calm, integrity, smart and close to society.
Change management practices to support the implementation of lean production systems: a survey of the scientific literature

Abstract: The transition from mass production system to lean production system carrier significant changes in operational strategies of industrial organizations. A production model system can engender different reactions by the people involved; some of them can show resistance during the process, ranging from unreserved support to a hidden resistance (even explicit). In order to identify the main practices to support change processes, this study provides a literature review to systematize the main researches related to change management during lean manufacturing implementation. This study aims to provide a systematic literature review covering main researches related to change management and lean manufacturing implementation to identify the main factors that affect the production system change. The research was carried out between October 2016 and January 2018. In methodological terms, literature review was developed by using Scopus and ISI web of Science publications. As a result of this study, 25 papers related to lean manufacturing implementation were identified and 10 factors were consolidated. The most relevant practices of change management were also identified to support lean production system implementation.
Benthic‐pelagic coupling in a temperate inner continental shelf fish assemblage

The hypothesis that demersal finfish production dependence on pelagic food webs decreased with seabed habitat affinity and fish size was tested using stable isotope and stomach contents data from 17 finfish species collected during summer months from the inner continental shelf of the U.S. mid‐Atlantic coast. Trophic dependence on pelagic prey was generally lower among species with higher affinities for bottom habitats, but even species morphologically adapted for bottom feeding benefited from pelagic production via diel vertical migration of prey. There was a consistent pattern of declining reliance on pelagic food webs with increasing fish size, although the relationship between size and trophic sources varied among functional groups within the fish community. Overall, pelagic primary production during the summer was an important basal energy source for the demersal finfish community in this coastal ocean habitat (d 20 m depth), particularly during juvenile life phases. These results suggest that these fish communities are sensitive to climate‐related changes in contemporaneous pelagic primary production in addition to the timing and magnitude of spring phytoplankton blooms.
Relating marine ecosystem indicators to fishing and environmental drivers: an elucidation of contrasting responses

Link, J. S. , Yemane, D. , Shannon, L. J., Coll, M. , Shin, Y-J., Hill, L. , and Borges, M. F. 2010. Relating marine ecosystem indicators to fishing and environmental drivers: an elucidation of contrasting responses. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 67: 787-795.The usefulness of indicators in detecting ecosystem change depends on three main criteria: the availability of data to estimate the indicator (measurability), the ability to detect change in an ecosystem (sensitivity), and the ability to link the said change in an indicator as a response to a known intervention or pressure (specificity). Here, we specifically examine the third aspect of indicator change, with an emphasis on multiple methods to explore the “relativity” of major ecosystem drivers. We use a suite of multivariate methods to explore the relationships between a pre-established set of fisheries-orientated ecosystem status indicators and the key drivers for those ecosystems (particularly emphasizing proxy indicators for fishing and the environment). The results show the relative importance among fishing and environmental factors, which differed notably across the major types of ecosystems. Yet, they also demonstrated common patterns in which most ecosystems, and indicators of ecosystem dynamics are largely driven by fisheries (landings) or human (human development index) factors, and secondarily by environmental drivers (e.g. AMO, PDO, SST). How one might utilize this empirical evidence in future efforts for ecosystem approaches to fisheries is discussed, highlighting the need to manage fisheries in the context of environmental and other human (e.g. economic) drivers.
Use of an ELISA-based assay for the detection of antibody-secreting cells in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque)

An ELISA-bascd plaque assay for the detection and quantification of antibody-secreting cells has been adapted for use in fish. The assay involves incubating catfish lymphocytes in 24-well plates previously coated with the antigen of interest. Cells producing antibody to the antigen leave an immunological fingerprint of bound antibody which is detected through the use of an ELISA technique to yield a colored plaque (Elisaplaque). Specificity of the assay was established by demonstrating that cells taken from fish vaccinated with an antigen exhibit the greatest response on plates coated with the given antigen. A strong positive correlation was also demonstrated between the number of Elisaplaques generated and serum agglutination titre. Using the ELISA plaque assay, it was found that antibody-secreting lymphocytes located at a different density interface and behaved differently from other lymphocyte populations when separated through discontinuous Percoll gradient centrifugation. Among the haematopoietic organs examined, the head kidney appeared to produce more antibody-secreting cells per million lymphocytes than did spleen or peripheral blood lymphocytes.
Chromosome evolution in the Brachytheciaceae

Abstract Twenty-eight moss species have been investigated cytologically. Mitotic karyograms have been presented for most of these species and these show a remarkable similarity in the n = 11 karyotype. Nine of the eleven chromosomes have terminal or sub-terminal centromeres. Lightly staining heterochromatic bands frequently occur along the axis of the chromosomes and very often these are the sites of chromosome bending; it has been suggested that these may be areas of neocentric activity. The karyotypes investigated show a reduction series of chromosome number which is paralleled by an increase in the number of long metacentrics; since the number of major chromosome arms is maintained in most of the species it has been suggested that Robertsonian fusion has been an important mechanism in the evolution of the Bracytheciaceae, and probably in all Diplolepidous mosses. Polyploidy has also played an important role in speciation. Finally it has been proposed that n = 11 is the primary basic number in the Diplo.
Seasonal Development of the Tarnished Plant Bug on Apple in Vermont

Population studies of the tarnished plant bug (TPB) and selected arthropod predators were conducted in an untreated and in a pesticide-treated orchard in the northern Champlain Valley, VT. At least 2 generations of TPBs were present in 1973 and 1974. There was no significant difference between numbers of TPBs collected in experimental areas in either year. As a result of pesticide use, in 1974 the numbers of arachnids and coccinellids were significantly fewer in the insecticide-treated area. This combination of pesticide use and the cultural control methods used in this area could have influenced the numbers of TPBs remaining on the orchard floor, while predators helped to keep populations in the other 3 experimental areas at similar levels. Plant bug injury to fruit was most severe in the abandoned, untreated orchard area, but fruit damage was more often attributable to other pests.
Engaging Patients and Caregivers in a Transdisciplinary Effort to Improve Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Abstract We worked with patients, caregivers, and healthcare workers to prioritize barriers and propose solutions to outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) care. Unclear communication channels, rushed instruction, safe bathing with an intravenous catheter, and lack of standardized instructions were highly ranked barriers. Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy programs should focus on mitigating barriers to OPAT care.
Differential responses of ecosystem components to a low-intensity fire in a Mediterranean forest: a three-year case study

Mediterranean forests are especially prone to fire, a periodic disturbance that affects all the ecosystem components in different ways. Gathering knowledge on the particular responses and rate of recovery of multiple ecosystem components following a wildfire is crucial to reliably evaluate its consequences on biodiversity. Using eight sampling transects, we studied the changes in four ecosystem components (topsoil, plants, carabids, and staphylinids) during three years after a spring wildfire in a Quercus pyrenaica forest; and compared them with the surrounding unburnt forest (hereafter control). We found great variety of responses to fire suggesting each component may deal with this recurring disturbance via different adaptations, and that the time spent to recover to pre-disturbance conditions depends on the group of focus. Topsoil characteristics were highly variable and minor differences were found between burnt and control transects. Plant community was considerably affected by fire but rapidly recovered exceeding the control forest in species richness and cover, partly due to proliferation of annual herbs. However, plant species composition differed between burnt and control forests during the whole study period. Carabid beetles were more abundant and richer in species in the burnt forest, thanks to the arrival of seed predators favoured by post-fire drier and warmer conditions. Staphylinid beetle composition differed between control and burnt transects during the whole period, although their abundance was strongly variable. Distinct post-fire plant, carabid and staphylinid species composition suggests scattered low-intensity wildfires in this region may help to maintain habitat heterogeneity benefiting biodiversity at the landscape scale.
Myoclonus in a patient with a deletion of the ε‐sarcoglycan locus on chromosome 7q21

Autosomal dominant myoclonus‐dystonia syndrome (MDS) is characterized by myoclonic and/or dystonic movements with onset as early as infancy. In most families, MDS is caused by mutations in the gene SGCE, which encodes ε‐sarcoglycan and is located on chromosome 7q21. Data from several sources, including multi‐generation pedigrees revealing parent‐of‐origin effects on MDS penetrance, suggest that SGCE is maternally imprinted. We present a 32‐month‐old patient with an interstitial deletion affecting chromosome 7q21, and a phenotype including myoclonus, microcephaly, short stature, dysmorphic face and language delay. We used fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to estimate the size of our patient's deletion (9.0–15 Mbp) and to confirm absence of SGCE on the affected chromosome. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of polymorphic markers in the region revealed that the paternally inherited chromosome contained the deletion, consistent with a model of maternal SGCE imprinting. Our patient is the first case of MDS caused by complete deletion of SGCE, and represents a new contiguous gene disorder. The case underscores the need to consider chromosomal deletions in patients whose phenotypes are more complex than the classic presentation of a known disease. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Unsteady Lift Prediction with a Higher-Order Potential Flow Method

An unsteady formulation of the Kutta–Joukowski theorem has been used with a higher-order potential flow method for the prediction of three-dimensional unsteady lift. This study describes the implementation and verification of the approach in detail sufficient for reproduction by future developers. Verification was conducted using the classical responses to a two-dimensional airfoil entering a sharp-edged gust and a sinusoidal gust with errors of less than 1% for both. The method was then compared with the three-dimensional unsteady lift response of a wing as modeled in two unsteady vortex-lattice methods. Results showed agreement in peak lift coefficient prediction to within 1% and 7%, respectively, and mean agreement within 0.25% for the full response.
Safety of college football student-athletes: Playing guarantee games against superior opponents

ABSTRACT Powerhouse college football teams have historically scheduled lesser opponents to start a new season. Universities competing at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) make up the highest level, while universities competing at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) are the level below. The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if student-athletes from FCS schools had an increased potential for injury when competing against teams from the FBS level. A qualitative methodology was used while collecting data from eight FCS athletic trainers consistently involved in guarantee games. Because athletic trainers work to prevent injuries, the opportunity to hear rich, qualitative narratives was the foundation for this study. The findings indicated that a majority of FCS athletic trainers (N = 7) said their student-athletes suffered from increased soreness and in-game injuries following games against FBS schools.
Tracing changes over the course of the conversation: A case study on filled pauses rates

In this paper, we suggest methods to trace the flow of the use of filled pauses over the course of the conversation. Beyond using a normalized time with respect to each session's duration, we calculated the accumulative number of filled pauses and the accumulative number of words per speaker, whenever the speaker has expressed a filled pause or a new word. We then computed the ratio between these values at each such point in time, resulting in relative filled pauses use. The output produces a visualization of the global contour slopes that represents each speaker and the dynamics between the two speakers, in terms of the relative filled pauses use. The dialogues are taken from MaTaCOp, the Hebrew map-task corpus, in which each speaker participated twice, once as a leader and once as a follower. Findings suggest that there are significant differences between two different speakers in the same session. We did not find a difference in the use of filled pauses between the same speaker in different roles. Moreover, the use of filled pauses shows convergence. These findings strengthen previous studies on the influence of sociolinguistic variables on the use of Filled Pauses.
Image Phenotyping of Spring Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) RIL Population Under Drought: Selection of Traits and Biological Interpretation

Image-based phenotyping is a non-invasive method that permits the dynamic evaluation of plant features during growth, which is especially important for understanding plant adaptation and temporal dynamics of responses to environmental cues such as water deficit or drought. The aim of the present study was to use high-throughput imaging in order to assess the variation and dynamics of growth and development during drought in a spring barley population and to investigate associations between traits measured in time and yield-related traits measured after harvesting. Plant material covered recombinant inbred line population derived from a cross between European and Syrian cultivars. After placing the plants on the platform (28th day after sowing), drought stress was applied for 2 weeks. Top and side cameras were used to capture images daily that covered the visible range of the light spectrum, fluorescence signals, and the near infrared spectrum. The image processing provided 376 traits that were subjected to analysis. After 32 days of image phenotyping, the plants were cultivated in the greenhouse under optimal watering conditions until ripening, when several architecture and yield-related traits were measured. The applied data analysis approach, based on the clustering of image-derived traits into groups according to time profiles of statistical and genetic parameters, permitted to select traits representative for inference from the experiment. In particular, drought effects for 27 traits related to convex hull geometry, texture, proportion of brown pixels and chlorophyll intensity were found to be highly correlated with drought effects for spike traits and thousand grain weight.
Grafting and Shading—The Influence on Postharvest Tomato Quality

Interaction of grafting and shading on tomato physical properties and chemical composition after 15 days of storage at 10 °C and 90% relative humidity was investigated in ungrafted and grafted tomato cultivars ‘Optima F1’ and ‘Big beef F1’ grown under shading nets (red and pearl net) and nonshaded conditions. For grafted plants ‘Maxifort’ rootstock was used. The effects of two weeks of storage was statistically significant when taking into account the effects of grafting, shading and variety for all tomato fruit composition parameters, except total phenols. A principal component analysis demonstrated that the changes in tomato fruit traits during the studied storage period were the main source of differentiation in tomato fruit quality. Beside a slight loss of firmness, tomato fruits were generally expected to have lower lycopene, sugar, malic and citric acid contents, higher succinic acid content, more elastic fruit skin and higher ascorbic acid content. Additionally, after storage, fruits from grafted plants had lower total phenol, higher ascorbic acid and higher succinic acid contents compared to fruits from ungrafted plants. Storage diminishes the differences in quality achieved through convenient grafting and shading combinations.
A non-invasive and non-destructive method for observing in-hive behaviour of the Australian stingless bee, Austroplebeia australis

Megan Halcroft*, Robert Spooner-Hart and Peter Neumann 1 Centre for Plant and Food Science, Hawkesbury Campus, University of Western Sydney, Australia. 2 Swiss Bee Research Centre, Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP, CH-3033 Bern, Switzerland. 3 Eastern Bee Research Institute of Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. 4 Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.
EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZER N ON N2(C2H2) FIXATION AND YIELD OF WHITE BEAN AND SOYBEAN

White bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) generally fixes less atmospheric nitrogen (N2) than does soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merrill). Experiments were conducted to assess the sensitivity of both species to irrigation and fertilizer N. Trials were conducted near Elora, Ontario in 1981 to 1983 and at Cambridge, Ontario in 1983. Treatments included applying 1 cm/day of irrigation water, 200 kg N/ha added throughout the season (400 kg N/ha at Elora in 1983), 1 cm/day of irrigation water plus N, and a control with no added fertilizer or water. Irrigation increased N2(C2H2) fixation in white bean by four to 150 times and in soybean by two to four times. Nodule mass and nodule size also were generally increased more in white bean than in soybean. Specific nodule activity (SNA) was increased similarly in both species. Fertilizer N decreased N2(C2H2) fixation consistently, and also lowered nodulation and SNA in most cases. The increase due to irrigation was the same in most instances under low or high N conditions. Ther.