Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Spatial distribution of the dwarf honey bees in an agroecosystem in southeastern Thailand

Les agregations de colonies sont communes chez au moins trois membres du genre Apis, A. dorsata. A. laboriosa et A. mellifera. Le but de l'etude etait de determiner si les abeilles naines, A. florea et A. andreniformis, formaient aussi des agregations. La repartition spatiale des colonies d'Apis a ete notee dans une region du sud-est de la Thailande pres de Chanthaburi. Le site d'etude, d'une surface de trois ha, etait constitue des terrains d'une station de recherche horticole contigus a une foret naturelle. Il comprenait des vergers, des plantations ornementales, des bâtiments et le long des cours d'eau des bandes etroites de forets ayant repousse. La disposition reguliere des plantations a facilite la recherche systematique. Les colonies ont ete localisees par une equipe de six chercheurs examinant intensement chaque arbre durant trois semaines au cours du mois de mars 2000. Chaque arbre et chaque bâtiment ont ete inspectes plusieurs fois par differents chercheurs sous differents angles. Ces recherches formelles ont ete completees par les rapports faits par les nombreux ouvriers agricoles qui travaillaient sur le site. Lorsque des colonies etaient reperees, leur localisation precise etait reportee sur une carte de la station a l'aide d'un appareil GPS (global positioning system) (Fig. 1). Nous avons trouve 31 colonies d'abeilles : 2 d'A. dorsata, 5 d'A. andreniformis et 12 d'A. florea. La densite globale des nids etait d'environ 95 colonies/km 2 , les colonies d'abeilles naines etant les plus communes. Nous avons utilise le procede d'echantillonnage T 2 (Ludwig, 1988) pour determiner si la repartition des colonies etait ou non distribuee au hasard ou agregee. Cette analyse a montre que la repartition des nids d'A. andreniformis et d'A. florea etait fortement agregee dans l'aire etudiee. Le nombre de colonies d'A. dorsata et d'A. cerana etait insuffisant pour evaluer statistiquement le niveau d'agregation. D'autres etudes ont pourtant note la forte tendance d'A. dorsata a se regrouper et l'inspection visuelle de la figure 1 suggere une tendance d'A. cerana a se regrouper. Il est connu egalement que A. mellifera peut former des agregations lâches (Oldroyd et al., 1995 ; McNally et Schneider, 1996). A. florea et A. andreniformis ont etabli des nids a differentes hauteurs. A. florea : 4,0 m, SEM = 0,75, n = 12 ; A. andreniformis : 6,2 m, SEM = 0,58, n = 12. Test-t bilateral = -2,53, df= 10, P = 0,03. Mais les deux especes semblent utiliser les memes plantes comme sites de nidification (Tab. I). Nous faisons remarquer que la formation d'agregations peut etre couteuse pour les colonies et ceci peut suggerer qu'il existe des benefices significatifs qui sont encore indetermines.
Effect of Amending Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer on Selected Soil Physical Properties in Entisols

Application of organic amendment has become a substantial option and it is originated from oil palm waste. The integrated application of organic and inorganic amendment on crops could effectively gain high yield of production. After application of treatments, variables such as pressure head, water content, hydraulic capacity, hydraulic conductivity, and diffusivity are important to determine and observe its effect on soil physical properties using RETC model. This study was conducted to investigate the influence of organic and inorganic amendments on Rasau soil series (Entisols). The comparison was made on the effect of organic amendments (Biogreen–BG and treated POME Sludge-TPS), and NPK fertilizer, and on maize yield which two of the treatments are the combination of organic and inorganic amendments (BG+NPK and TPS+NPK). The soil water holding capacity for NPK+TPS treatment was the highest compared to the control treatment. Hydraulic conductivity (Ks) was shown higher in NPK+BG treatment compared to the other treatments. In addition, the soil physical properties measurement in each treatment improved the soil hydraulic capacity uptake and moisture content. The combination of organic and inorganic fertilizer has shown a significant result in improving soil hydraulic properties compared to the NPK and control treatment.
The role of stress concentrations in accelerated creep and sorption-induced physical aging.

Le fluage accelere dans les milieux humides cycliques est un phenomene curieux etabli depuis pres de 40 ans, mais qui n'offre aucune explication generalement acceptee. Le but de la presente communication est de promouvoir un mecanisme de concentration de contraintes causees par la sorption. Nous demontrons qu'une charge cyclique a plus d'effet qu'une charge moyenne constante, et que la sorption cyclique cree des contraintes localisees. A notre avis, cela suffit a expliquer le fluage accelere. Nous interpretons le vieillissement physique entraine par la sorption comme un phenomene similaire resultant de la sensibilite du fluage a la charge et des contraintes residuelles qui s'accumulent pendant la sorption. Enfin, nous demontrons qu'il y a un type de durcissement resultant de la relaxation rapide des contraintes residuelles lorsqu'un materiau est soumis a une charge.
Comparative vertical migration of twenty one isolates of the insect parasitic nematode Heterorhabditis spp. in sand at 20 OC

Summary- Twenty-one heterorhabditid isolates, most likely belonging to six taxonomie groups and originating from ten countries, were tested for downward migration in 9 cm vertical sand colunms at 20 oC with or without a larva of the greater wax moth, Calferia mellanella, at the bonom. The fractions ofnematodes in the top layer (1.5 cm), middle section (6 cm) and bonom layer (1.5 cm) of the columns were determined at intervals over 8 h and occasionally at 48 h. AlI isola tes except Heterorhabditis zealandica NZH3 migrated better than isolates of H. bacleriopJwra. Differences in migration were congruent with putative taxonomie groups within the genus. In most cases, the presence of a C. mellanella larva increased the downward movement. Nematodes of the North West European isolates were the most mobile. However, migration also varied between batches of the same isolate. In the presence of G. mellanella, 95 to 99 % of the nematodes of a number of Dutch isolates left the top layer of me sand colunm and were recovered from
Bioinformatics Evaluation of Plant Chlorophyllase, the Key Enzyme in Chlorophyll Degradation

Background and Objective: Chlorophyllase catalyzes the hydrolysis of chlorophylls to chlorophyllide and phytol. Recently, several applications including removal of chlorophylls from vegetable oils, use in laundry detergents and production of chlorophyllides have been described for chlorophyllase. However, there is little information about the biochemical characteristics of chlorophyllases. Material and Methods: 35 chlorophyllase protein sequences were obtained from the National Centre for Biotechnology Information database. All of the sequences were analyzed using bioinformatics tools for their conserved domain, phylogenetic relationships and biochemical characteristics. Results and Conclusion: The overall domain architecture of chlorophyllases consisted of the esterases/lipases superfamily domain over their full length and the alpha/beta hydrolase family domain over the middle part of their sequences. Plant chlorophyllases could be classified into 4 clades. Molecular weight and pI of the chlorophyllases ranged 32.65-37.77 kDa and 4.80-8.97, respectively. The most stable chlorophyllase is probably obtained from Malus domestica. Chlorophyllases form Solanum pennellii, Triticum aestivum, Triticum urartu, Arabidopsis lyrata, Pachira macrocarpa, Prunus mume and Malus domestica were predicted to be soluble upon overexpression in Escherichia coli, Beta vulgaris and Chenopodium album chlorophyllases were predicted to form no disulfide bond. Chlorophyllases from Jatropha curcas, Amborella trichopod, Setaria italica, Piper betle, Triticum urartu and Arabidopsis thaliana were predicted to be in non-N-glycosylated form. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Different cover promote sandy soil suppressiveness to root rot disease of cassava caused by Fusarium solani

Sandy soils of 19 arable fields were analyzed for disease suppressiveness against root rot disease of cassava, caused by Fusarium solani CFF109. Analysis of chemical, physical, biochemical, microbial population and activity, and soil characteristics were assessed. Soils with different management histories and covers most commonly found in the region were collected to build a greenhouse experiment, to evaluate the natural suppressiveness of soils against cassava root rot. The severity was submitted with all data across correlation and multivariate analyses to find correlation between disease suppressiveness and abiotic or biotic soils attributes. Differences in disease suppressiveness were found between the treatments for cassava root rot. Significant disease suppression was found in 37% of the soils. The sandy soil covered with consortium of Zea mays + Vigna unguiculata was the most efficient in suppressiveness against disease caused by F. solani. The data indicated significant correlation between soil characteristics and suppressiveness cassava root rot. The soil supressiveness against cassava root rot was favored by increase by total bacteria, fluorescent group bacteria populations and activity of acid and alkaline phosphatase and β-glucosidase. Key words: Disease suppression, soil characteristics, enzyme activity, soil communities, abiotic factor, biotic factor.
Cognitive differentiation and information processing

Thirty-eight subjects selected on the basis of extreme REP test scores participated in a task requiring them to make ratings ot comfort when presented with hypothetical persons with differing personality attributes. Attribute sets were composed of five bipolar construct dimensions determined individually for each subject by extracting constructs that were mutually unrelated (differentiated) or mutually related (undifferentiated). Subjects rated each of 32 different attribute combinations. It . was expect­ ed that the mutually related construct dimensions ot the undifferentiated group would increase the likelihood of cue inconsistency and result in ratings formed on the basis of a nonadditive model of information processing while the lack of mutual relationship among the constructs of the differentiated group would result in impressions that adhere to an additive model. Results indicated that an additive model adequately accounted for the ratings of all subjects. However, the ratings of the undifferentiated group showed significantly greater nonadditive components than did the ratings of the differentiated group. This result was interpreted to reflect attempts to resolve cue inconsisten­ cies encountered by the undifferentiated group. Personal Construct Theory (Kelly, 1955) proposes that an individual evolves a system of personal constructs which serves to predict and interpret the events of his life. Man attempts to construe the world around him by actively testing the predictive accuracy of his construct system while continually revising the system in accord with the feedback which is received. Attempts to systematically measure personal construct systems resulted in the development of the Role Construct Repertory (REP) Test (Kelly, 1955). The REP test permits an investigator to evaluate an individual's construct system in light of the significant persons in his life. Though the test was specifically designed for use in clinical settings, the general technique has provided new operational measures for such traditional areas of psycho­ logical interest as identification (Jones, 1961; Salmon, 1969), threat (Landfield, 195b), transference (Crisp, 1964; Sechrest, 1962), stereotyped thinking (Flynn, 19 59), and thought disorder (Bannister, 1960, 1962, 1966; Bannister & Fransella, 1966). Extended discussions of Personal construct Theory and the use of the REP test have been furnished by Bannister and Mair (1966), Bannister (1970), Bonanus (1965) , and Landfield (1971) . The kEP test has been extensively used m the experi­ mental investigation of cognitive complexity. Cognitive complexity is a structural concept introduced and developed
Investigating non-uniform scaling behaviour in temporal fluctuations of seismicity

Scaling behaviour in nonstationary time series can be successfully detected using the detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA). Observational time series often do not show a stable and uniform scaling behaviour, given by the pres- ence of a unique clear scaling region. The deviations from uniform power-law scaling, which suggest the presence of changing dynamics in the system under study, can be iden- tified and quantified using an appropriate instability index. In this framework, the scaling behaviour of the 1981-2007 seismicity in Umbria-Marche (central Italy), which is one of the most seismically active areas in Italy, was investigated. Significant deviations from uniform power-law scaling in the seismic temporal fluctuations were revealed mostly linked with the occurrence of rather large earthquakes or seismic clusters.
Transcription Factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) rs7903146 Polymorphism, Association with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Susceptibility

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of TCF7L2 rs 7903146 (C/T) variant on susceptibility of T2DM among Egyptian children and adolescents. Patients and methods: 30 T2DM pediatric patients, 20 obese children and 20 control subjects were enrolled in the study and subjected to: anthropometric measurements, routine laboratory studies including lipid profile, fasting serum insulin level and homeostatic model assessment of insulin secretion and β cell function. The rs7903146 (C/T) polymorphism was genotyped using the PCR-RFLP method. Results: T allele of TCF7L2 rs7 903146 (C/T) was associated with T2DM in the study (P<0.001; OR=5.96, 95% CI: (2.58-16.22). Haplotype analyses showed a higher distribution of haplotype TT in the T2DM patients than the control group [56.7% vs. 15.0%, P<0.002; χ2=11.66]. Association of TCF7L2 rs7903146 and clinical and metabolic measures in T2D patients revealed significantly lower levels of fasting insulin and Homa β among carriers of T allele. Also, no significant interaction was found between T2D risk and BMI (SDS) regarding rs7903146 SNP. Conclusion: Our data prove that rs7903146 (C/T) variant of the TCF7L2 gene is associated with T2DM in our study.
TASA: A New Task Scheduling Algorithm in Cloud Computing

Cloud computing refers to services that run in a distributed network and are accessible through common internet protocols. It merges a lot of physical resources and offers them to users as services according to service level agreement. Therefore, resource management alongside with task scheduling has direct influence on cloud networks’ performance and efficiency. Presenting a proper scheduling method can lead to efficiency of resources by decreasing response time and costs. This paper studies the existing approaches of task scheduling and resource allocation in cloud infrastructures and assessment of their advantages and disadvantages. Afterwards, a compound algorithm is presented in order to allocate tasks to resources properly and decrease runtime. The proposed algorithm is built according to conditions of compounding Min-min and Sufferage algorithms. In the proposed algorithm, task allocation between machines takes place alternatively and with continuous change of scheduling algorithms. The main idea of the proposed algorithm is to concentrate on the number of tasks instead of the existing resources. The simulation results reveal that the proposed algorithm can achieve higher performance in decreasing response time.
Price Association Analysis of Agricultural Products based on Apriori Algorithm

In this era of big data, it is difficult to extract the information law of agricultural products prices from the vast amount of agricultural products. In this paper, we select 6 kinds of agricultural products prices in 2014, and use the association rule algorithm to analyze the correlation between them, and then get the strong association rules among the prices of agricultural products. Empirical results show that the price of corn in 2014 had a strong correlation with the price of soybean. The price trend of these two is basically the same. In the study of corn or soybean prices, we can refer to either price chart. The experimental results demonstrate the correctness of the algorithm. The application of the algorithm in the analysis of the price of agricultural products can play a positive role in guiding the analysis and prediction of the price of agricultural products.
Supertagging : A Sequence Labeling View

Supertagging is a widely used speed-up technique for deep parsing. In another aspect, supertagging has been exploited in other NLP tasks than parsing for utilizing the rich syntactic information given by the supertags. However, the performance of supertagger is still a bottleneck for such applications. In this paper, we investigated the relationship between supertagging and parsing, not just to speed up the deep parser; We started from a sequence labeling view of HPSG supertagging, examining how well a supertagger can do when separated from parsing. Comparison of two types of supertagging model, point-wise model and sequential model, showed that the former model works competitively well despite its simplicity, which indicates the true dependency among supertag assignments is far more complex than the crude first-order approximation made in the sequential model. We then analyzed the limitation of separated supertagging by using a CFG-filter. The results showed that big gains could be acquired by resorting to a light-weight parser.
Point-countable π-bases in first countable and similar spaces

It is a classical result of Shapirovsky that any compact space of countable tightness has a point-countable π-base. We look at general spaces with point-countable π-bases and prove, in particular, that, under the Continuum Hypothesis, any Lindelöf first countable space has a point-countable π-base. We also analyze when the function space Cp(X) has a point-countable π-base, giving a criterion for this in terms of the topology of X when l(X) = ω. Dealing with point-countable π-bases makes it possible to show that, in some models of ZFC, there exists a space X such that Cp(X) is a W -space in the sense of Gruenhage while there exists no embedding of Cp(X) in a Σ-product of first countable spaces. This gives a consistent answer to a twenty-years-old problem of Gruenhage.
No-reference image quality assessment based on regional mutual information

We study the regional mutual information to build a powerful and effective no-reference (NR) image quality assessment (IQA) approach. This approach does not need to compute distortion-specific features, but use the features which can distinguish the distortion in images across the distortion types. Such features are extracted from the image regional mutual information, which includes modified regional mutual information and a novel way to describe such information via wavelet transform. Operating within the 2-step framework, these features are tested on the LIVE database and show a nice correlation with human subjective opinions of image quality.
Faecal DNA template as non-invasive tools in order to distinguish the endangered Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) from Mediterranean water shrews (Neomys anomalus, Soricomorpha, Soricidae)

The molecular genetic tools using non-invasive samples such as faeces have an important role for the monitoring of wildlife and identification of elusive and rare species of semi-aquatic vertebrates. However, under aquatic environmental conditions the faeces undergo physical changes that harm the direct identification by visual inspection and leads to the confusion of the deposits from different cohabitating species. Consequently, the need of a refinement of molecular procedures is suggested. In this study this task was focused on the study of the reliability of the PCR-RFLP method to easily distinguish the faeces of the desman ( Galemys pyrenaicus ) from ecologically related species, including N. a. anomalus , but using an in silico-RFLP strategy. In this work, the faecal samples were collected from 2013 to 2014 from the LIC “Sierra de Gredos y Valle del Jerte” in the Mountain Central System of Spain, where the southernmost European population of the Pyrenean desman still survives. One primer pair was designed to amplify a very short portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene containing targets for the restriction enzymes Hinf I, Mbo I and Hpy CH4 V, because the combination provides species-specific identifications. Pyrenean desman or Mediterranean water shrews were undoubtedly identified in the collected faeces. Moreover, the degree of homoplasy was studied under different scenarios of the three enzymes combination. Finally, the in silico-RFLP profiles given by the three enzymes combination have contributed with valuable information for a successful discrimination of faeces of the Pyrenean desman from those derived of Neomys fodiens , Neomys anomalus , Nectogale elegans and Cinclus cinclus . Click here to access supplementary files .
Deconvolution of the instrumental functions in powder X-ray diffractometry

A novel method to deconvolute the instrumental aberration functions from the experimental powder X-ray data has been developed. The method is based on the combination of scale transformation, interpolation of data and fast Fourier transformation. The effects of axial divergence, flat specimen, sample transparency and spectroscopic profile of the source X-ray are eliminated from the entire observed diffraction pattern in three-step operations. The errors in the deconvoluted data propagated from the statistical uncertainty in the source data are approximated by the reciprocal of the square root of the correlation between the reciprocal of the variance in the source data and the squared instrumental function. The deconvolution of the instrumental aberration functions enables automatic correction of peak shift and line broadening, and supplies narrow and symmetric peak profiles for a well crystallized sample, which can be fitted by a simple model function. It will be useful in preparatory data processing for precise line profile analysis, accurate determination of lattice parameters and whole pattern fitting for crystal structure analysis.
A CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODEL FOR BIOFILM GROWTH

Biofilms are aggregates of bacteria attached to surfaces, which are very adaptable to changes in the environment and survive under extreme conditions. These living structures are behind many problems in research and industry. Therefore there is an increasing inter- est in improving our understanding on biofilms to be able to control them, either designing protocols to destroy them when harmful or promoting their growth when beneficial. A bidimensional cellular automata model for biofilm development is proposed to study the biofilm behaviour as its key growth parameters vary. The model includes several metabolic and spreading mechanisms typical of bacteria: cell division and spreading, detachment mech- anisms adapted to the flow and probabilistic rules for EPS matrix generation. Numerical simulations of the model reproduce a number of biofilm patterns observed in real experiments: ripples, streamers, mushroom networks and patches. The influence of the nutrient concentration and the type of flow on the evolution of the bacterial community is monitorized. Biofilm tends to cover the whole surface when enough nutrients are available. Erosion enhances the creation of holes in this cover and promotes a variety of geometric patterns. The survival of the colony and its final shape will depend on the balance between the main growth parameters. Large Reynolds numbers and poor nutrient sources promote the formation of flat, and thin biofilms. Decreasing the Reynolds number or increasing the nutrient and oxygen concen- tration enhance pattern formation.