Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Growth Response of Several Potato Genotypes ( Solanum tuberosum L.) to Induced Water Stress Using Sorbitol and Polyethylene Glycol

The current paper aimed to study the in vitro response of potato genotypes to water stress induced by adding sorbitol and polyethylene glycol in the culture medium. The biological material analysed in the experiment was represented by a Romanian line ‘LP 11-1525/1’ and two isogenic lines ‘LI 101’ and ‘LI 102’. For cultures initiation, the line ‘LP 11-1525/1’ was started from meristems and for the other two genotypes true potato seeds were used. The studied potato genotypes behaved differently depending on the analysed parameters and on the treatment applied for drought tolerance. It was noted that the line ‘LP 11-1525/1’ achieved good results for most of the growth parameters studied, and also the lines derived from true potato seeds behaved well, in some cases even exceeding the line derived from meristems. Of the lines derived from true potato seeds, the best performance was noted for line ‘LI 101-6’ in all the analysed parameters, both on sorbitol and PEG medium. In addition, lines ‘LI 101-7’ and ‘LI 102-4’ achieved good results on both variants of medium used to mediate water stress. Therefore, establishing drought tolerance individuals within populations derived from true potato seeds using sorbitol and polyethylene glycol might be applied.
Developing urban growth and urban quality: Entrepreneurial governance and urban redevelopment projects in Copenhagen and Hamburg

This paper considers the cases of urban redevelopment at waterfront and brownfield sites in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Hamburg (Germany) to explore how two municipal governments have pursued divergent kinds of entrepreneurial governance, even as they have aimed to create similar kinds of new-build neighbourhoods. Copenhagen and Hamburg have both engaged in large-scale speculative development projects, simultaneously raising urban land values and adding urban public good. The cities follow a long tradition of using land value capture to raise funds for municipal activities, yet their scopes of action and tools for achieving progress have been shaped by local economic and political conditions. Although both cities began redevelopment at similar kinds of sites in the 1990s, Copenhagen’s municipal government was relatively impoverished, while Hamburg’s municipal government was relatively wealthy. As a result, even though both cities deployed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and revolving funds models to reinvest revenues in future development, they possessed different potential strategies for increasing intercity competitiveness: Copenhagen’s immediate aim in redeveloping its Ørestad and harbour districts was to fund a citywide mass transit system and thereby enhance competitiveness through infrastructure development, while Hamburg sought to use its HafenCity waterfront redevelopment to boost competitiveness through port modernisation, increased in urban quality and commercial expansion in the city centre. By comparing these two cases, we can better understand the contingent nature of entrepreneurial governance and urban redevelopment processes.
A review of mechanical drilling on fiber metal laminates

The use of fiber metal laminates (FML) in aeronautics components has been increased in the last years, mainly due to the gain in mechanical properties combined with low specific mass. However, in the assembly of these materials on the structures to which they will be attached, mechanical screwing is still the main method used, which requires the performance of drilling processes. Something it is very complicated for these materials and can cause damage that compromises the performance. Therefore, this work aims to approach and summarize the evolution of the mechanical drilling process on FML developed in the last years. By the work, the main problems that occur during the drilling of these materials are punctually approached, such as delamination, burr formation, dimensional error, poor roughness, and tool wear. In addition, it is presented how these problems are affected by the machining parameters (cutting parameters, geometry, material/coating tool, and cutting environment), as well as suggestions for minimizing process problems. Thus, the article intends to provide as much information as possible available in the literature, seeking to help researchers gain a comprehensive view of the mechanical drilling of fiber metal laminates.
Extensive dry heating-induced changes in physicochemical and immunological properties of whey proteins

Baked milk products, e.g. milk-protein containing muffins or baked cheese, can be tolerated by most cow’s milk allergic subjects. These products were also reported to contribute to the development of immune tolerance in allergic subjects. The main objective of this thesis was to investigate the effects of heating under dry conditions on the physicochemical and immunological properties of whey proteins. A simplified heating model, consisting of whey proteins and lactose, was used to reproduce baking conditions. Most of the Maillard reaction sites were found to be located in the reported conformational epitopes on whey proteins. Therefore, the structural changes subsequently resulted in a decreased IgG-binding capacity. The binding of glycation products to the receptor of AGE (RAGE) increased with heating time. Next, the formation of AGEs was further studied. Formation of sRAGE-binding ligands depended on the aggregation, “pH”, and aw of the samples. Moreover, the sRAGE-binding activity of the samples after digestion was changed and correlated with the digestibility of samples. Based on these results, a correlation between the formation of AGEs and their immunogenicity was hypothesized. Thus, the macrophage immunogenicity of glycated BLG was furtherly studied. The IgE-binding capacity of glycated samples and their influence on the polarization and gene expression of macrophages were studied in vitro. Glycation of BLG was found to reduce the expression of pro-inflammatory TNF-α, and increase the expression of anti-inflammatory TGF-β in M1 and M2 macrophages. The immunomodulatory potential of glycated BLG was further studied, as described . The uptake of glycated BLG by dendritic cells (DCs) was studied. Results showed that glycated BLG inhibited the degranulation of basophils in a dose-dependent manner. Glycation of BLG enhanced its uptake by DCs. However, the degradation of glycated BLG was faster than unheated BLG, indicating a retarded allergen-presentation efficiency of glycated BLG by DCs. In conclusion, this thesis showed that extensive dry heating induces profound and specific effects on the physicochemical and immunological properties of whey proteins. Conditions during heating, such as aw and “pH”, affect the consequences of heating on whey proteins and their subsequent functions in interacting with immune cells. Compared to unheated and nonglycated samples, glycated BLG can be more efficiently taken up and degraded by DCs. In addition, glycation confers immunomodulatory properties on whey proteins, as tested in macrophages. These results might have consequences for preparing extensively dry heated allergens that can be used in oral immunotherapy. The data in this thesis also provided a better understanding on the mechanism underlying the observation that the development of immune tolerance can be accelerated by baked milk.
Drill-Cored Artificial Rock Pools Can Promote Biodiversity and Enhance Community Structure on Coastal Rock Revetments at Reclaimed Coastlines of Penang, Malaysia

Coastlines are drastically altered globally due to urbanisation and climate-related issues. As a response, communities build coastal defence structures to protect people and property. Although these infrastructures fulfil engineering demands of coastal defences, the trade-off to nature includes a decrease in biodiversity able to live on these structures because of the lack of topographic complexity. Several studies have tried to increase the surface complexity on coastal defence structures through eco-engineering habitat enhancements that mimic nature. However, few of these studies have been conducted in tropical regions where effects are more pronounce due to desiccation and extreme heat. In this study, water-retaining structures (in the form of rock-pools at depths 12 cm, and 5 cm) were drill-cored into coastal defence structures (i.e. granite rock revetments) on reclaimed coastlines in Penang Island, Malaysia. We found greater species richness and an increase in community structure in the drill-cored rock pools regardless of the depth of these artificial rock-pools. Positive habitat selection also occurred within micro-habitats of this scale. The drill-cored artificial rock pools in these tidal exposed revetments also provided niche-spaces for marine organisms found in low-tide or sub-tidal areas. These findings demonstrate the potential of this eco-engineered habitat enhancement as a means of promoting biodiversity on granite rock revetments, which can be applied either during design phase of a coastal development or retrospectively.
Antifungal Activity of Olive Oil and Ozonated Olive Oil Against Candida Spp. and Saprochaete Spp.

ABSTRACT Ozonated olive oil was investigated for their capacity to inhibit growth of 38 yeast strains of Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida krusei, Candida parapsilosis, and Saprochaete capitata. Two different ozonated olive oil (OZO1, OZO2) and two different olive oil (OL1, OL2) samples having different biochemical parameters were assessed in terms of their antifungal ability and comparison was made. Fluconazole was chosen as control antifungal agent. Each sample’s antifungal activity decreased in the following order: OZO1 > OZO2 > OL1 ≥ OL2. This study demonstrated that ozonated olive oil may help to control some fluconazole-resistant and dose-dependent sensitive fungal strains.
Fish health management

This report contains a description of the activities of the Eagle Fish Health Laboratory, operated by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, for the calendar year 2004. The primary objective of this program is to monitor, inspect, and improve the health of fish raised at 10 resident hatcheries, 11 anadromous hatcheries and satellites, and Eagle Hatchery, which rears Endangered Species Act-listed salmon captive broodstocks. Results of these diagnostic and inspection cases are presented in the text by program and facility. The most significant pathogens encountered in the resident and anadromous programs were cold water disease, bacterial kidney disease, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus, bacterial gill disease, whirling disease, and furunculosis. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game fisheries managers, researchers, hatcheries, and Eagle Fish Health Laboratory pathologists utilized the wet laboratory during the year. Wild salmonids from five of seven regions of the state were examined for the parasite Myxobolus cerebralis that causes whirling disease. There was one new geographic occurrences of the whirling disease parasite this year, that being McCoy Creek, a tributary of Palisades Reservoir within drainage previously found positive. The staffs of the Eagle Fish Health Laboratory, Eagle Hatchery, and IDFG Salmon and Upper Snake Regions cooperated in whirling disease research projects with the University of Idaho and Utah State University. The Eagle Fish Health Laboratory staff remained active participants in regional and national fish health issues. This included administering the Investigational New Animal Drug program through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Idaho. Examples of additional liaison activities are included in the text. Authors: Keith Johnson Fish Pathologist Supervisor Douglas Burton Resident Fish Pathologist A. Douglas Munson Anadromous Fish Pathologist
Correlation Impact by Random Forest Towards Prediction of Phishing Website

Phishing is an online identity theft that lure unsuspecting victims into phishing website that asks for their personal information such as financial credentials or online access. The most obvious phishing attacks use spam emails to lure victims into visiting its phishing website. The less obvious attack is when a phisher spoofes legitimate sites to bring the victims to the phishing website by presenting a visually similar websites. To address this issue, this paper focuses on the effectiveness of the Random Forest algorithm in predicting a website whether a phishing or lieitimate website. The prediction model is developed using the classfication methodology and the results revealed that the prediction accuracy of Random Forest in only 66.66%. This is due to potential high correlation among the features when training the dataset since each Random Tree in the forest should protect each other from individual errors. In the future, this project is hoped to investigate features selection of the same dataset because the phishing website prediction model requires features that at least some predictive power.
ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF SELECTED MOROCCAN ESSENTIAL OILS AGAINST THE HIGHLY VIRULENT JP2 CLONE OF AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS

Objective: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans ( Aa ) serotype b JP2 clone is a highly virulent strain, considered as a major etiologic agent in aggressive periodontitis in patients of African descent, such as Moroccan adolescents. Antibiotics have been and continue to be the only effective treatment of periodontal infections caused by this periodontal bacterium. However, today there is enough scientific evidence on the existence of an increased resistance of oral bacteria to antibiotics. Therefore, the search for new natural agents, that are safe and effective, such "essential oils," has become a necessity. The present study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activities of three selected essential oils from Moroccan aromatic medicinal plants ( Origanum compactum , Thymus vulgaris and Cymbopogon martinii ) against clinical Moroccan isolate of Aa JP2 strain. Methods: Antibacterial activity of essential oils was investigated using agar well diffusion method, then measured using broth microdilution method. Results: All the selected essential oils exhibited significant antibacterial activity on the highly pathogenic JP2 strain of Aa . Essential oil of Origanum compactum was found to be the most effective with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 0.03% (v/v) and a minimum bactericidal concentration value (MBC) of 0.07%. Conclusion: The present findings indicate the possibility of exploiting these essential oils as potential antimicrobial agents in treatment of aggressive periodontitis associated to this pathogen.
An Interval Fuzzy, Double-Sided, Chance-Constrained Stochastic Programming Model for Planning the Ecological Service Value of Interconnected River Systems

The western region of Jilin Province is an ecologically fragile area with scarce water resources. The effective allocation of the limited water resources in order to obtain a higher ecological service value is an urgent requirement. In this paper, an interval fuzzy, double-sided chance-constrained, stochastic programming (IFDCP) model was used based on the interconnected river system network project in the western Jilin Province. With the objective of maximizing the value of regional ecological services, the water diversion and supplement schemes were optimized and adjusted. The model results showed that the restored water surface area of all lakes and ponds in the western region of Jilin Province was higher than the initially planned scheme in the high flow year. The water surface area fulfilled the minimum constraints, but did not fulfill the initial scheme in the normal flow year. In the low flow year, the lower limit of some of the regions had to be decreased in order to meet the allocation of the limited water resources. The proportion of floodwater resource utilization gradually increased with an increase in the flood amount. The ecological service value produced in the normal and high flow years was found to be higher than the initial scheme. The marsh wetland can produce higher ecological service value. Therefore, the core of the model optimization was introducing more water to the marsh wetland after fulfilling the basic consumption of ponds and the reed wetland. In addition, the IFDCP model was more flexible in water diversion and supplement as compared to other models that had been developed previously.
Correlations between first-principles calculations and electric properties of HfO2:Al2O3 alloys for metal–insulator–metal (MIM) capacitor applications

The electronic structure and optical properties of monoclinic HfO2 (m-HfO2) and HfO2:Al2O3 alloys, from the density functional theory (DFT), are investigated. The calculated lattice parameters and optical properties of m-HfO2 are consistent with the experimental data. Upon alloying with Al2O3 (more than 25%), we observe that the bandgap of Hf-aluminate (HfAlO) increases. Moreover, some doping states in the top and bottom valence bands are induced, which enhance the visible absorption of HfO2. From the impedance spectroscopy analysis, it is observed that 90% of the Al2O3 content in HfO2 induces a reduction of oxygen vacancies (and ac conductivity) as well as an increase in the dielectric constant as compared to pure HfO2. In addition, from the J–V and C–V variations, both current density and capacitance voltage nonlinearities are reduced. The conduction mechanisms of HfO2 and HfAlO dielectrics are systematically investigated. According to the J–E plots, parameters like the optical dielectric constant and the effective barrier height are extracted. Results are consistent with the DFT calculations and show that the Hf0.1Al0. 9O device may constitute a potential candidate for metal–insulator–metal capacitor applications.
Preface

2005 marks the tenth year of the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB). The first meeting was in 1996 and was organized by Teri Klein and Larry Hunter. They brought Keith Dunker and Russ Altman on the team for 1997, and the organizing group has been in place and stable since then. PSB is a unique conference among those in bioinformatics and computational biology: the session topics are proposed each year and selected in a competitive process. They are chosen based on the opportunity to bring together a critical mass of scientists with shared interests in hot or emerging areas. Grass-roots session organizers who make successful proposals then solicit papers and moderate their review. The PSB organizers take pride in the fact that PSB is often the first venue to cluster papers related to a particular theme. With only a few exceptions, a l l PSB publ ished manuscripts a re available onl ine at http://psb.stanford. edu/psb-online/. In fact, a look at the sessions over the last ten years is a useful way to understand the evolution of our field. A complete listing of the sessions is presented at the end of this preface. With the publication of this issue of the proceedings, PSB has now published more than 500 manuscripts. They are all in PubMed and can be retrieved using the NIH abbreviation for the proceedings “Pac Symp Biocomput. ”
CLIMBING BY BLACK RAT SNAKES ON CAVITY TREES OF RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS

Black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) are predators of nesting birds (Fitch 1963, Ernst and Barbour 1989:82), including red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) (Jackson 1978). These woodpeckers excavate resin wells that cause the tree to exude resin around the cavity entrances of roost and nest trees, and resin impedes climbing by rat snakes (Jackson 1974, Rudolph et al. 1990). In North Carolina, predation was not a critical source of mortality in a relatively large population of red-cockaded woodpeckers (Walters 1990), especially when compared to widespread habitat loss (Ligon et al. 1986). However, all sources of mortality are of concern in small and isolated populations because of vulnerability to extirpation (Lennartz and Stangel 1989). In this study we examined (1) frequency of climbing by black rat snakes on cavity trees of red-cockaded woodpeckers, (2) potential predation by black rat snakes on the woodpeckers, and (3) effectiveness of net snake traps and an excluder device (or snake guard) in preventing snake climbing on trees containing woodpecker nests or roosts. Reducing losses of eggs, nestlings, and adult woodpeckers could help stabilize small populations of red-cockaded woodpeckers while habitat quality improves.
A Solution for Absent Spatial Data: The Common Correlated Effects Estimator

Informed regional policy needs good regional data. As regional data series for key economic variables are generally absent whereas national-level time series data for the same variables are ubiquitous, we suggest an approach that leverages this advantage. We hypothesize the existence of a pervasive “common factor” represented by the national time series that affects regions differentially. We provide an empirical illustration in which national FDI is used in place of panel data for FDI, which are absent. The proposed methodology is tested empirically with respect to the determinants of regional demand for housing. We use a quasi-experimental approach to compare the results of a “common correlated effects” (CCE) estimator with a benchmark case when absent regional data are omitted. Using three common factors relating to national population, income and housing stock, we find mixed support for the common correlated effects hypothesis. We conclude by discussing how our experimental design may serve as a methodological prototype for further tests of CCE as a solution to the absent spatial data problem.
Effect of P. aeruginosa metabolic products on some hematological, biochemical and histological parameters of male rats

The present study was designed to prove the toxic effects of Effect of P. aeruginosa metabolic products on some hematological, biochemical and histological on male rats Forty mature male rats, their age average was about (3-3.5) months and their weight average was about (200-225) gm, were randomly divided into 2 equal groups: treatment group (T) were drenched orally by four concentration of P. aeruginosa metabolic products (5,50,500,5000) μl/kg body weight, five animals for each concentration and control treated orally by normal saline in the same concentrations above, also five animals each. The animal treated with one single dose of the previously describe concentrations then left for 15 days. Animals of different groups were sacrificed under light anesthesia one day after the end of treatment and blood samples were taken to determine some physiological, biochemical parameters, also the liver and kidneys samples. The results revealed many changes due to treatment fluctuated according to the type of studied parameter, as follows: significance increase of WBCs count, serum ALT activity, serum AST activity, serum sugar, while hemoglobin (Hb) and serum triglyceride (TG) concentration shows significance decrease. Also the microscopic examination of the organs shows many histopathological changes due to the treatment such as hemorrhage, extension of central vein, disarrangement of sinusoid, degeneration and hepatocytes necrosis in the liver, while kidneys sections shows epithelial infiltration, simple glomerulus's extension and slight tubular degeneration . The findings of this study showed that liver function and liver structure severely effected by P. aeruginosa metabolic products as well as other parameters due to the treatment