Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Wegener's granulomatosis.

Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is a rare multisystemic autoimmune disease of unknown aetiology, characterized by necrotizing granulomatous inflammatory and pauci-immune vasculitis in smalland medium-sized blood vessels (capillaries, venules, arterioles and arteries) associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAS) directed against proteinase 3 (PR3), a neutrophil serine protease, presented in primary azurophil granules of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) and lysosomes of monocytes. It typically produces granulomatous inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tracts, and a segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis (classic triad of disease), although any organ can be involved.
A Quantification Method of Composite Impression of Products by Externalized Evaluation Words of the Appraisal Dictionary with Review Text Data

To make users feel a specific impression, a number of studies have provided a way to estimate product impressions with physical features. Although the methodologies of these studies are useful in a wide range of areas, they require a large number of evaluation experiments to reveal the relation between them, and their costs are very high. To solve them, we proposed a method to score each product on the important impression of its domains. This consists of categorizing evaluation terms into internalized and externalized evaluation by using the appraisal dictionary, discovering the important impressions by using only externalized evaluations, and conclusively scoring these product impressions numerically from the term-score and affinity of words. The result of the verification experiment indicated that the obtained scores are valid in terms of their correlations with people’s evaluation.
Biodegradation of diesel oil by yeasts isolated from the vicinity of suape port in the state of Pernambuco - Brazil

The aim of this work was to investigate the potential of the diesel oil degrading yeasts to use them in bioremediation of areas contaminated by this pollutant. The cultures, identified as Rhodotorula aurantiaca UFPEDA 845 and Candida ernobii UFPEDA 862, were selected at the initial stage. In the course of the biodegradation assays, C. ernobii degraded tetradecane, 5 methyl-octane and octadecane completely and decane (60.8%) and nonane (21.4%) partially whilst R. aurantiaca presented degradation percentages of 93% for decane, 38.4% for nonane and 22.9% for dodecane.
Calibration and Validation of Argus 1000 Spectrometer -- A Canadian Pollution Monitor

iv Acknowledgements . v Table of Symbols for Mathematics.xii List of Figures.xiii List of Tables.xxi 1.0 INTRODUCTION.1 1.1 Research Objectives.4 1.2 Thesis Organization.5 2.0 BACKGROUND.7 2.1 Argus 1000 Measurement Objectives . 10 2.2 A review in trace gas measurements from Space . 13 2.2.1 Remote sensing instruments beyond Argus spectral range.13 2.2.2 Remote sensing instruments within Argus spectral range . 15 2.3 Argus 1000 Instrument Design . 22 2.4 Small is beautiful! 26 2.5 CanX-2 (Canadian Advanced Nanosatellite eXperiment-2) . 28 2.6 Launch of CanX-2 Sattelite . 31 3.0 THE ARGUS SPECTROMETER . 35 3.1 Detector System . 36 3.2 Optical Design . 38 3.3 Argus Interfaces . 43 3.3.1 Mechanical Interface . 43 3.3.2 Power Interface . 44 3.3.3 Communications Interface . 44 3.3. 4 Timing of Spectra Acquisition . 45
Basic characteristics and functional outcomes of 3123 consecutive patients in Chengdu stroke registry

Objective To analyze basic data and outcomes in Chengdu Stroke Registry.Methods The stroke patients consecutively admitted to Department of Neurology,West China Hospital,Sichuan University since March 1,2002 were prospectively registered.The baseline demographic,risk factors,treatment,and outcome data was recorded with standardized stroke register form by trained specialists.The patients were followed up at seven days,one,three,six months and one year after onset of the stroke for death and disability.Results A total of 3123 consecutive patients were registered between March 1,2002 and August 31,2006,of which 65.5％ came from urban areas and 34.5％ from rural areas.The age was (63.05 ± 17.98) years old and male accounted for 60.3％. Ninety-seven percent (3028/3123) of patients completed CT or MRI scanning during hospitalization.A total of 1804 patients were included between March 2002 and September 2004,of which ischemic stroke accounted for 62.1％ (1120/1804),intracranial hemorrhage 28.4％ (513/1804),subarachnoid hemorrhage 4.0％ (72/1804) and TIA 5.5％ (99/1804). The median NIHSS score on admission was 8(3-15) points in patients with cerebral hemorrhage,and 5(2-10) points in patients with ischemic stroke.Compared with the patients with intracranial hemorrhage,patients with ischemic stroke more frequently had a history of diabetes (OR =2.427,95％ CI 1.811- 3.253,P=0.000),atrial fibrillation (OR=6.121,95％ CI3.535-10.60,P=0.000),coronary heart disease (OR=4.144,95％ CI 2.944-5.832,P =0.000) and TIA (OR=4.342,95％ CI 1.726-10.92,P =0.001 ),and less alcohol consumption ( OR =0.740,95％ CI 0.611-0.896,P =0.002 ). The proportion of in-hospital treatments were thrombolysis 0.9％,anti-platelet therapy 83.0％,mannitol 23.5％,neuroprotective agents (citicoline) 68.1％,and Chinese herbal medicine 89.7％. Case fatality rate was 10.7％ and 13.9％ respectively at 7 days and one month for patients with intracranial hemorrhage,3.0％ and 5.2％ respectively for ischemic stroke.Death or disability was 40.4％,40.3％ and 38.9％ in patients with intracranial hemorrhage and 37.1％,35.0％ and 33.4％ for ischemic stroke at the end of 3,6,12 months respectively.Conclusions Our stroke registry is featured with the largest sample,and the longest period of consecutively registration.It provides an important platform for clinical investigation of stroke.Our study suggested case fatality and disability is lower in this group than in other ethics.Above features should be considered in design of future clinical trials in China. Key words: Stroke; Registries; Prospective studies
Characterization of Hydrogen Sulfide Formation in Commercial and Natural Wine Isolates of Saccharomyces

Hydrogen sulfide production was investigated in 29 strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae — two commercial and 27 natural isolates. Sulfide formation was evaluated under two synthetic juice conditions: one leading to full expression of the sulfate reduction sequence and the other to maximal repression of this pathway. Strains could be categorized as high, medium, low, or non-producers under each of these conditions. There was no correlation between category of production in these two media for the strains evaluated, but for each strain, production under repressing conditions was much less. Under repressing conditions, H 2 S production decreased from 4- to 560-fold depending upon the strain, with the majority of strains displaying a 200-fold or greater reduction in production. Hydrogen sulfide formation was also evaluated in natural and synthetic juices that establish conditions intermediate between full repression and induction of the sulfate reduction sequence, and with sulfur dioxide or with limitation for other components. Yeast variability in H 2 S formation was greatest under conditions of marginal nitrogen content of the medium, but there was not a simple correlation of amount of H 2 S formed and total nitrogen content, fermentation rate, or time of formation during fermentation. The effectiveness of nitrogen (diammonium phosphate) addition in commercial isolate UCD522 was found to be dependent upon the concentration of methionine in the medium. The effectiveness of methionine addition at suppression of hydrogen sulfide formation was similarly dependent upon the ammonium (or total nitrogen) content. At low methionine concentrations, DAP impact on H 2 S was minimal, and at low ammonium concentrations the effect of methionine addition was likewise minimal. Genetic analysis of one strain revealed that hydrogen sulfide formation is under the control of several genes, consistent with what is known about the complex regulation of the sulfate reduction pathway.
Mutants of Spirulina platensis resistant to valine inhibition

Growth of the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis is inhibited by low concentrations of valine. Spontaneous valine-resistant mutants were isolated from S. platensis and a preliminary characterization of three of them indicates that one (strains DR2) is defective in valine uptake and two (strains DR5 and DR9) carry alterations in a valine-mediated mechanism of synthesis of acetohydroxy acid synthase, the first common enzyme of the pathway.
TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES FORMATION FROM CAPSULES OF ANABAENA SPIROIDES (CYANOBACTERIA) IN CULTURE 1

We report the production of large numbers of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) from polysaccharidic capsules of Anabaena spiroides Kleb. in cultures. Two biotic pathways of TEP formation were observed: (1) fragmentation of small portions of the capsules, which occurred throughout the growth phases; and (2) transformation of the whole polysaccharidic capsules into TEP, following cellular lyses in the aging culture. Photographic documentation of these processes was performed after staining small aliquots of the samples with Alcian Blue and negative staining with India ink. Concentrations of TEP were determined in distinct culture growth phases using semiquantitative Alcian Blue staining. Concentrations of TEP increased throughout the experimental time, while Alcian Blue remaining in solution decreased. Decreasing concentrations of chl a indicated cellular death, and by the end of the experiment, TEP formed by both pathways accumulate in the culture medium. These results show that virtually all dead chains of A. spiroides are transformed into TEP in the aged culture.
Characterization of Gracilaria vieillardii (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) and molecular phylogeny of foliose species from the western Pacific Ocean, including a description of G. taiwanensis sp. nov.

Lin S. -M. , Liu L. -C. and Payri C. 2012. Characterization of Gracilaria vieillardii (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) and molecular phylogeny of foliose species from the western Pacific Ocean, including a description of G. taiwanensis sp. nov. Phycologia 51: 421–431. DOI: 10.2216/11-90.1 Gracilaria vieillardii has been widely reported from the western Pacific Ocean; however, these records remained provisional due to the absence of morphological details for material from the type locality, New Caledonia. To clarify the taxonomic position of G. ‘vieillardii’ from Taiwan and the interspecific relationships of the foliose Gracilaria species from the western Pacific Ocean, we used rbcL sequences and inferred their molecular phylogeny along with that of other foliose species from around the world. Foliose species with textorii-type spermatangial conceptacles, collected from the western Pacific Ocean, were analyzed here along with foliose species from South Africa. These formed a natural assemblage. In contrast, those foliose species with textorii-type spermatangial conceptacles, which were collected from the tropical Atlantic Ocean, did not form a monophyletic clade. We described Gracilaria taiwanensis sp. nov., based upon a foliose species with marginal teeth, that was previously recorded from Taiwan as G. vieillardii. Our molecular analyses indicated that G. taiwanensis was sister to the clade of G. vieillardii from the type locality, New Caledonia; however, they differed by 28 base pairs among 1390 aligned nucleotides of the rbcL gene. Gracilaria taiwanensis was characterized by its palmate, prostrate thallus and thicker cystocarp floor (180–300 µm thick). In contrast, G. vieillardii possessed bushy, slightly prostrate thalli, and the cystocarp floor was not as thick (100–150 µm thick).
The Profitability and Risk of Long-Term Cropping Systems Featuring Different Rotations and Nitrogen Rates

Yield comparisons do not provide the appropriate basis for decision-making regarding cropping systems. The dominant factor influencing the adoption of cropping systems is economics. The objective of this 15-yr study was to evaluate the long-term effect of four N fertilization treatments on the economic returns of seven crop rotations in Wisconsin, based on annual market prices and production costs. The seven crop rotations were continuous corn (Zea mays L.) (CC), continuous alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) (AA), corn-soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr. ] (CS), corn-alfalfa (CA), corn-corn-corn-alfalfa-alfalfa (CCCAA), corn-corn-oat (Avena sativa L.) with alfalfa seeding-alfalfa-alfalfa (CCOaAA), and corn-soybean-corn-oat with alfalfa seeding-alfalfa (CSCOaA). The four N treatments were 0, 56, 112, and 224 kg N ha -1 for the corn phase. Across all crop rotations, the average return was greatest for the 112 and 224 kg N ha -1 treatments, which returned on average $32 and $85 ha -1 more than the 56 and 0 kg N ha -1 treatments, respectively. Across all N rates, average returns were highest for the CS rotation. The CS rotation returned $58 ha -1 more than the CSCOaA and CCOaAA rotations, $129 ha -1 more than the CCCAA rotation and AA, $224 ha more than the CA rotation, and $269 ha -1 more than CC. Under second degree stochastic dominance, the stochastically efficient treatments were CS at all N rates and CC at 224 kg N ha -1 . All other cropping systems were inefficient relative to these five treatments (i.e., they would not be chosen by a risk-averse decision maker). This research shows that the most profitable systems (CS) remain the most efficient when risk is taken into consideration. However, these results also show that when 224 kg N ha -1 is added, risk can be reduced for continuous corn. Individual circumstances will dictate the optimal choice among the efficient rotations.
Intellectual Capital Reporting And Disclosure In The Annual Reports Of Romanian Manufacturing Listed Companies Â€" Methodology And Discussion Of Results

In our study we have proposed to measure the extent of intellectual capital disclosure using annual reports as the source of our documentation. The empirical analysis is twofold: firstly we are interested in analyzing the value of intellectual capital using a value-based approach, through the evolution of market to book value ratio over the selected period and secondly we carry out a content-based analysis of the complete annual reports of the selected companies over the five year period and calculate an intellectual capital disclosure index. Looking at the figures we can conclude that only 50% of Romanian manufacturing companies hold intellectual capital assets for the period analysed and also they are mostly disclose information that refers to relational capital. The intellectual capital voluntary disclosure index for the 2005-2009 years for the sampled companies is on average almost 19%, considered very low.
RAPD analysis of genetic diversity in natural populations of Aegilops geniculata Roth and Triticum durum Desf from Tunisia

Aegilops geniculata Roth (Poaceae) is a potential source of genetic variation for wheat improvement. In order to distinguish and evaluate different genetic of Aegilops and Triticum using RAPD markers, thirteen Aegilops geniculata populations and three durum wheat varieties (Triticum durum Desf.) were collected from different regions of Tunisia (North and central). Aegilops geniculata Roth populations (Goussa, Djebel Abderahmen, Tabarka, Djebel Ressas), (Bizerte, Zaghouan), (Mekna, Ain Zana), (Djebel Oust, Souk jemaa, Sbeitla), (Djebel Serj, Nefza) constitute different groups. Complement gene locus were amplified by nineteen RAPD primers witch produced 212 bands, that 182 bands (about 86%) were polymorphic. The results revealed that genetic diversity within populations was relatively high. Nei’s genetic diversity (H) and Shannon’s index (I) were 0.324, 0.484 respectively. Global AMOVA showed that genetic variation within populations accounted 80% occurring (ΦPT =0.205 p<0.05). The total genetic diversity (Ht) and the within population genetic diversity (Hs) were 0.3195 and 0.1516 respectively, Total gene diversity was attributable mostly to diversity within population, indicating that the groups of populations were likely to differ genetically. Genetic differentiation was low in the two closely related species. The amount of gene flow (Nm) among groups of populations was also low. Despite the relatively restricted geographical range covered by the investigation, studied groups of populations exhibited a pronounced genetic divergence at different hierarchical levels. Therefore, dendrogram based on Nei’s genetic distance indicated segregation of Aegilops geniculata groups of populations and Triticum durum into two main clear pattern clusters. All this results proved that RAPD markers could be a powerful tool for investigating genetic variation and for detecting genetic structuring of populations at different hierarchical levels according to the segregation by distance model.
Insulation capacity of litter mounds built by Mus spicilegus: physical and thermal characteristics of building material and the role of mound size

In contrast with house mice (Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus), Mus spicilegus is seasonal in its reproduction. Thus overwinter survival seems to be an important factor for population dynamics. In autumn, the mice construct voluminous mounds made of plant material covered with soil, under which they overwinter without reproducing. These mounds could be used for food storage but a thermoregulatory function is a non-mutually exclusive explanation. In this study we investigated the influence of different plant material and mound size on insulation capacity and whether active heating owing to the fermentation process of the organic plant material does occur. We found no indication for active heating processes owing to fermentation but we did find that plant material seems to be important for temperature absorption capacity, although we found no indication for insulation capacity. Furthermore, mound size seems to have a significant effect on thermal stability.
The GraphGrind framework: fast graph analytics on large shared-memory systems

1 Motivation Graph analytics has been widely applied in many big data applications, such as social computation, web search and prediction systems. It is an important and computationally demanding class of data analytics. As shared memory systems support terabyte-sized main memory, they provide an opportunity to perform efficient graph analytics on a single machine. Graph analytics is characterized by frequent and fine-grain synchronization [2, 5, 1], which is addressed in part by shared memory systems. Recently, in order to achieve high performance, graph partitioning has been proposed to isolate memory accesses to specific parts of the graph data. However, performance is limited by load imbalance and poor memory locality, which originate in the irregular structure of small-world graphs. This work demonstrates how graph partitioning can be used to optimize (i) load balance, (ii) Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) locality and (iii) temporal locality of graph partitioning in shared memory systems. The developed techniques are implemented in GraphGrind [3, 4], a new NUMA-aware shared memory graph analytics framework.
Ecological and genetic differentiation in Persea boninensis (Lauraceae) endemic to the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands

Persea boninensis (Lauraceae) is an endemic tree species distributed throughout the Bonin Islands. It grows in a wide range of environments from dry to mesic forests, and has multiple flowering peaks that may correspond to different habitats on Chichijima Island of the Bonin Islands. We predicted that P. boninensis is differentiated into two groups with different habitats on these islands. We examined and compared the flowering phenology, morphology, and genetics of populations of species growing in dry and mesic forests. We also performed preliminary artificial crossing experiments. Based on our results, P. boninensis on the Chichijima Islands can be clearly divided into two genetic groups with different habitats and flowering times. Although the flowering time difference could act as an effective pre-zygotic isolation mechanism between the two groups, there was still a 1-month overlap in flowering time. Furthermore, our artificial crossing experiments between the two groups resulted in plants that set seeds. Therefore, there was no evidence of reproductive isolation after fertilization. Differences in flowering time as well as in growth habitat will have to occur to maintain genetic differentiation between the two groups of P. boninensis.
First record of Seriola fasciata (Carangidae) from Galician waters (NW Spain). A new northernmost occurrence in the NE Atlantic

La Seriole babiane Seriola fasciata est signalee pour la premiere fois sur les cotes de la Galice (nord-ouest de l'Espagne). C'est pour cette espece le signalement connu le plus septentrional en Atlantique est. Parmi les poissons a affinites tropicales nouvellement signales dans l'Atlantique europeen, la famille des carangides est la plus representee, avec un nombre croissant d'especes signalees.
Primula farinosa in Denmark; genetic diversity and population management

During the past centuries Danish populations of Primula farinosa have seriously declined in number. We investigated the genetic structure and genetic diversity of plants of seven populations from two different regions, Zealand and Bornholm in Denmark, using three AFLP markers. Two populations from nearby Scania, Sweden were included as reference. We found 54 unambiguously polymorphic loci. The genetic structure analysis suggested division of the 268 plants into three distinct groups, to a large extent matching the geographical distribution of the populations. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) indicated significant genetic differentiation of 67% within populations and 33% among the populations. Our results suggest that genetic differentiation among regions and unique local genetic diversity should carefully be considered in future conservation attempts if we are to maintain as much genetic variation as possible. We present a historical overview of the decline in Danish populations and discuss conservation management and restoration strategies.
Assessing Significance of Physiological Differences among Three Esocids with a Bioenergetics Model

To predict stocking success of esocids in Ohio waters with different thermal regimes, we measured individual food consumption, conversion efficiency, growth, and metabolic rate for Ohio stocks of northern pike (Esox lucius), muskellunge (E. masquinongy), and their hybrid, tiger muskellunge, in laboratory experiments. The first three parameters were quantified during 2-wk experiments of ad libitum feeding on fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) at seven constant temperatures (5, 15, 20, 22.5, 25, 27.5, and 30 °C). The food consumption and growth data suggest that northern pike should grow faster than muskellunge at cool temperatures , but slower than muskellunge at warm temperatures (>25 °C). Latitudinal differences in their natural distributions might explain this observation. Growth data of the hybrid showed no such obvious relationship to either of the parents. Metabolic rates were determined by measuring oxygen consumption in a closed, static respirometer at five constant temperatures (5, 15, 20, 25, .
MOSQUITO CONTROL AND MALARIA STATUS IN MANGALORE

MOSQUITO CONTROL AND MALARIA STATUS IN MANGALORE 1 2 3 Bhagya Bhaskar , Hema Nidugala , Ramakrishna Avadhani 1 MSc PhD, Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, India. 2 BAMS, MSc, Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, India. 3 MBBS, MS, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, India. Correspondence : Bhagya B. Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, University Road, Mangalore 575 018. Ph: +91 824 2204668/69/70 E-mail : bagyabs@gmail.com