Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
IMPACT OF WATER SOLUBLE FRACTIONS OF CRUDE OIL ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF THE CATFISH Heterobrancuhus bidorsalis

An investigation on the impact of sub-lethal concentrations (0-control, 12.5, 25, 50 and 100%) of water-soluble fractions (WSFs) of crude oil on the performance of the catfish Heterobranchus bidorsalis fingerlings was carried out in 2005 under laboratory conditions in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria, during a 10-week period of exposure in a renewal static bioassay system. Growth of H. bidorsalis was observed to reduce significantly (P>0.05) with increasing time of exposure and concentrations of WSFs of crude oil when compared with control fish. Fish weight was observed to significantly (P>0.05) reduce with increasing concentrations of WSF. A slight increase in length of fish with increasing period of exposure was observed in all the groups. The condition factor (k) of H. bidorsalis after 10 weeks exposure to 12.5 and 25% concentrations of WSF also showed significant (P>0.05) reduction only in the exposed groups. Mortality was recorded in the 50 and 100% WSFs. Although, no mortality occurred in the control and other exposed groups, fish in the 12.5 and 25% WSFs were less active in swimming and feeding when compared with the control fish. The dissolved oxygen of the medium was significantly reduced (P>0.05) while the biological oxygen demand was significantly (P≤0.05) increased with increasing level of the WSFs. This study has demonstrated that the water-soluble fractions of crude oil have a highly significant effect of reducing the growth performance of H. bidorsalis. The study has also showed that H. bidorsalis can serve as a bio-indicator of crude oil contaminated water bodies.
Using Trees to Investigate Structural Breaks L'Identificazione di Break Strutturali mediante gli Alberi di Decisione

Riassunto: Nel presente lavoro viene proposto un approccio per la individuazione di break strutturali in serie temporali quando si dispone di se rie esplicative. Il metodo si articola in uno schema iterativo basato sull’uso alternato della analisi canonica e della regressione ad albero. In particolare, l’informazione conte nuta nelle serie esplicative viene sintetizzata, a mezzo della analisi canonica, in combinazi oni lineari. Queste ultime sono successivamente impiegate come covariate nella regressione ad albero in cui la variabile di risposta ` e la serie temporale di cui si desiderano identificare i break strutturali. La proposta sar` a illustrata mediante uno studio di simulazione.
Deficit irrigation in Mediterranean vineyards - a tool to increase water use efficiency and to control grapevine and berry growth

Water is increasingly scarce in Mediterranean Europe and irrigated agriculture is one of the largest and most inefficient users of this natural resource. Ecological topics such as the “water foot print” have become more relevant for the academy, consumers, governments and food industry. The wine sector needs solutions to improve its economical and environmental sustainability. Agronomical solutions, such as deficit irrigation (water supply below full crop evapotranspiration) have emerged as a tool for more efficient water use in irrigated viticulture and with likely positive effects on berry quality. Improving our understanding on the physiological and molecular basis of grapevine responses to water stress is an important task for research on irrigated viticulture. Better knowledge of the different genotypic responses (e.g., leaf gas exchange) to water stress can help to optimize crop/soil management and improve yield as well as berry quality traits under unfavourable climate conditions. Mild water deficits have direct and/or indirect (via the light environment in the cluster zone) effects on berry growth and composition. Another important challenge is to determine how soil water deficit regulate genes and proteins of the various metabolic pathways influencing berry composition and consequently wine quality.
Pharmacological treatment includes oral analgesics such as aspirin, acetaminophen, and non-steroidal anti-in ammatory drugs (NSAIDS) in acute attacks.11,12 Amitriptyline and mirtazapine are used in the prevention of recurrent TTH.13–15 With the rise in chronic diseases such as chronic renal disease1

Objective Headaches are one of the commonest neurological disorders with a global lifetime prevalence of 66 percent (1), and 82.7 percent in Singapore (2). Tension type headache (TTH) is the commonest primary headache with a lifetime prevalence of 30-78 percent globally (1). TTH is related to muscular factors (17) thus treatment directed toward muscular factors such as manual therapy can be considered (18). This review is aimed at evaluating the use of manual therapy for TTH. Methods PubMed and CENTRAL databases were searched in November 2015 with keywords ‘tension-type headache’ and ‘manual therapy’ or ‘massage’ or ‘physiotherapy’ or ‘spinal manipulation’ or ‘trigger point therapy’. The search was limited to randomised control trials which studied the use of manual therapy in the treatment of TTH. Results 8 articles were selected for review. The studies included showed improvement in headache frequency, intensity and Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) scores in favour of manual therapy but not headache duration and Headache Disability Index (global) scores. One study also found an improvement in sick leave days taken. Conclusion Manual therapy reduces headache frequency and intensity of attacks and reduces sick leave days resulting from TTH. There is also a positive effect on the quality of life related to headaches (HIT-6). However, manual therapy does not reduce the duration of a TTH episode. Due to the heterogeneity of manual therapy technique used, it is difficult to recommend a particular regime over another. There is a need for further study of manual therapy as an option for TTH.
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE SNOW TROUT Schizothorax richardsonii (GRAY, 1832)

This study examines the relationship between morphological traits related to body size and fin morphology and the environment in snow trout, Schizothorax richardsonii, a widespread species from the upper Ganga river basin, India. Three body shape traits (index of compression, index of trunk shape and relative body depth) and three fin traits (dorsal fin relative area, pectoral fin relative area and pectoral fin aspect ratio) were related to five environmental variables (water temperature, water flow, depth, conductivity and substrate diversity) across eight study streams. Water temperature, conductivity and substrate diversity were highly variable across the sampled sites. There was a significant negative correlation (r = -0.676) between composite morphological traits (principal components) related to body size and fin morphology. Furthermore, both body size and fin morphology were strongly correlated (r = 0.861 and r = -0.845 respectively) with composite environmental variables (water temperature, conductivity and substrate diversity) across sites. These findings suggest that the morphological traits of fish populations residing across environmental gradients are adapted to different habitats.
NEAR UNIT ROOTS, COINTEGRATION, AND THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES

The term structure of interest rates is often modelled as a cointegrated system with the yield spreads forming the cointegrating vectors. Testing whether the yield spreads span the cointegration space is problematic because conventional tests on the cointegration vectors tend to overreject when the largest autoregressive roots deviate from unity, as is likely to be the case with interest rates. A new test that is robust w.r. t. deviations from the exact unit root assumption is developed and applied to monthly US interest rate data from 1952:1-1991:2. Taking into account the regime shift in 1979, the hypothesis of the yield spreads being the cointegrating vectors cannot be rejected using the robust test. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
High-Mg garnets from pelitic schists adjacent to the Sebadani eclogitic metagabbro mass, Sambagawa metamorphic belt, central Shikoku, Japan

Pelitic schists adjacent to the Sebadani metagabbro mass in the Sambagawa metamorphic belt of central Shikoku, Japan consist mainly of garnet, phengite, albite and quartz, and small or scarce amounts of Na-Ca and Ca-amphiboles, epidote, omphacite, kyanite, rutile and carbonaceous matter. Garnets are zoned from pale reddish brown cores to pale yellowish-green or colorless rims. The cores of the garnets are Mg- and Ca-rich (MgO 3.50-11.30 wt%; CaO 7.27-12.98 wt%), and are overgrown by Fe-rich inner and outer rims. Kyanite occurs as inclusions in the high-Mg cores of the garnets. Inclusion assemblages of the high-Mg core of the garnets indicate relatively high-T conditions such as the kyanite eclogite facies (821 ± 32 °C and 19.4 ± 1.6 kbar). The cores of the garnets are anhedral with irregular embayments, and the outlines of the inner rims also show similar texture. The cores are also intensely fractured and filled by Fe-rich garnet with the same composition as the inner rims. The texture and chemical compositions of the high-Mg cores in the garnets are similar to those of garnets in the eclogites in the Sebadani metagabbro mass. The possible origin of the high-Mg cores are (i) in situ high-T regional metamorphism, (ii) detrital origin, and (iii) mechanical mixing of eclogites in the Sebadani metagabbro and surrounding pelitic schists. It is probable that high-Mg garnets were stripped from the Sebadani metagabbro mass and mechanically introduced into the pelitic schists when the Sebadani metagabbro mass was incorporated into the pelitic schists.
Realistic Intelligence and 21st Century Skills in Adapted Learning Environment

Today most schools are still using traditional and outdated teaching methods and learning environments. On the other hand, the highly competitive working environments create high level of uncertainty and demand adaptive thinking skills and creativity. Therefore the role and purpose of schools, learning spaces and teachers has to be changed and adapted to the 21st century needs. We developed a 4-step model called “Dynamic and Synchronized Pedagogy”, in an advanced learning environment based on Steelcase Education design, in which students are able to open a window to a world of engagement, motivation, success and deeper understanding.
ETHANOLOGENIC POTENTIAL OF THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM AND YEAST FROM ACID SACCHARIFIED SUGARCANE BAGASSE

Prospective renewable fuel supply has taken the potential of ethanol as one of the reliable alternatives for increasingly depleting fossil fuels. This paper reports the ethanologenic potential of the bacterium, B. cereus and yeast (S. cerevisae) from aqueous extract and acid hydrolysates of sugarcane bagasse. Aqueous extract of the substrate was found to contain 68, 24.4 and 7.7 mg/ml of total sugars, glucose and xylose, respectively. The corresponding values following mild acid digestion of the aqueous extracted bagasse were found to be 31.4, 22.42 and 3.7 mg/ml. This clearly indicated the presence of valuable soluble as well as acid saccharifiable sugars in the substrate. The bacterium and yeast grew and produced ethanol in the aqueous extract as well as acid hydrolyzates. Above 0.7% ethanol yield in batch culture conditions employing sugarcane bagasse acid hydrolysates is suggestive to develop the process by optimizing various factors that may enhance the yield and growth of the microorganisms as well. In this regard isolating ethanologenic microorganisms capable to resist or detoxify acid hydrolysis allied inhibitory substances appears imperative for obtaining the biofuel from cellulosic materials.
An Efficient Algorithm Based on MapReduce For Computing Frequent Item sets

As traditional method mining for association rules between items in large and grand data sets is inefficient. In this paper we present an efficient method called BPMRA which is based on mapreduce and partition. We have compared BPMRA algorithm based multi-node and partition based single node method and performed some experiments. It turns out that BPMRA possesses high parallelism good stability and scalability, especially suitable for mining for association rules in large and grand data sets. i i ∗ =
Testing of the "Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale" Questionnaire for Russian Sample in Kazakhstan

The article presents the experience of adaptation of foreign questionnaire "Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale). The substantiation of the necessity of testing the English version of the questionnaire for the Russian-speaking population, is living in Kazakhstan. This is due to primarily to the lack of this kind of instructional techniques and methods for psych diagnosis divorced people to help them in further need of psychological help in overcoming post-divorce crisis. Considers the organizational aspects of the Russian version of the test in compliance with the requirements of appropriate testing it was translated into the Russian language techniques. Describes how to create traditional primary forms of the questionnaire and its psychometric test. Analyzes the reasons for the low efficiency of the statements identified after analysis of the items, as well as some aspects of performance of psychometric characteristics of test.
An Electromagnetic Topology Approach: Crosstalk Characterizations of the Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cable

Abstract—The inductive effect of near-end crosstalk for a category five unshielded, twisted-pair cable has been verified using the electromagnetic topology simulation method. Crosstalk reduction and its dependency on such parameters as driving signals, circuit configuration and impedance, are studied. The simulation results are consistent with analytical analysis. Results show that the straightthrough, differential-generator, twisted-pair receptor model is the most effective configuration to control the near-end crosstalk level. This is due to the influences from both the neutralizing mutual inductance and the single current generator. The simulation results also show that electromagnetic topology-based predictions are valid only for cables that are electrically short. Simulations are carried out using a compaction scheme with a single equivalent circuit. As a result, the unshielded, twisted-pair cable portion of the circuit can be combined with a larger network for analyzing the overall response of the entire network system.
For switchgrass cultivated as biofuel in California, invasiveness limited by several steps

The expected production of biomass-derived liquid fuels in the United States may require cultivation of millions of acres of bioenergy crops, including perennial grasses such as switchgrass. Switchgrass is not native to California and possesses many qualities in common with other perennial grasses that are invasive. To evaluate the potential invasiveness of switchgrass in California, we conducted risk analysis and climate-matching models as well as greenhouse and field evaluations of switchgrass, looking at its environmental tolerance and competitive ability against resident riparian vegetation. We concluded that dryland regions of California are not suitable to vigorous establishment and invasion of switchgrass. However, riparian areas appear to be far more likely to support switchgrass populations. With effective mitigation practices in place throughout the development, growth, harvest, transport and storage processes, it should be possible to minimize or eliminate the movement of seeds and vegetative propagules to sensitive habitats. Consequently, we believe that switchgrass is unlikely to become a significant problem in California, even with widescale production.
Analysis of causes that led to Eliza Jane Scovill's cardiac arrest and death

My review of the medical evidence presented in this case and the pertinent medical literature clearly shows that Eliza Jane‘s death was not caused by Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP) as alleged by the medical examiner, or any other type of pneumonia. Eliza Jane’s lungs did not show an inflammatory response to medically justify a diagnosis of pneumonia. Pneumonia is a term that refers to inflammation and consolidation of the pulmonary parenchyma. Eliza Jane’s death resulted from an acute allergic reaction to amoxicillin, which caused severe hypotension (due to the leakage of significant amount of fluid outside the blood vessels), shock, and cardiac arrest. The autopsy revealed that she had pericardial and pleural effusion and ascites. In addition, her organ weights (lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys) were increased significantly. The weight of Eliza Jane’s lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys were 184%, 131%, 121%, and 146% of the expected average normal weight for her age, respectively. Also, her liver was significantly enlarged and the hepatocytes show micro-and macrovesicular steatosis. Amoxicillin has been known to induce immune mediated toxic changes in the liver. Eliza Jane suffered from an upper respiratory tract infection for about three weeks prior to her death on May 16, 2005. My investigation indicates that her respiratory infection was probably caused by Human Parvovirus B19 (HPVB19) infection. HPVB19 has been known to cause upper respiratory tract infection, encephalitis, and aplastic anemia in children and adults. Eliza Jane had non-specific microscopic lesions in the brain consisting of microglia and multineucleated giant cells. These lesions could be caused by HPVB19.
A universal relation for the propeller mechanisms in magnetic rotating stars at different scales

Accretion of matter onto a magnetic, rotating object can be strongly affected by the interaction with its magnetic field. This occurs in a variety of astrophysical settings involving young stellar objects, white dwarfs, and neutron stars. As matter is endowed with angular momentum, its inflow toward the star is often mediated by an accretion disc. The pressure of matter and that originating from the stellar magnetic field balance at the magnetospheric radius: at smaller distances the motion of matter is dominated by the magnetic field, and funnelling towards the magnetic poles ensues. However, if the star, and thus its magnetosphere, is fast spinning, most of the inflowing matter will be halted at the magnetospheric radius by centrifugal forces, resulting in a characteristic reduction of the accretion luminosity. The onset of this mechanism, called the propeller, has been widely adopted to interpret a distinctive knee in the decaying phase of the light curve of several transiently accreting X-ray pulsar systems. By comparing the observed luminosity at the knee for different classes of objects with the value predicted by accretion theory on the basis of the independently measured magnetic field, spin-period, mass, and radius of the star, we disclose here a general relation for the onset of the propeller which spans about eight orders of magnitude in spin period and ten in magnetic moment. The parameter-dependence and normalisation constant that we determine are in agreement with basic accretion theory.
THE EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS OF STUDENTS PREPARING PUBLIC PERSONNEL SELECTION EXAMINATION ( PPSE )

The population of the study conducted with the aim of evaluating the physical activity levels of the students) consists of 90 volunteer students (n=64 female, n= 6 male) who are preparing preparing for the Public Personnel Selection Examination (PPSE) in a private classroom in Aydın. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) developed by Craig et al. (2003) translated and adapted into Turkish by Öztürk (2005) was used to determine the physical activity levels of students. The data obtained from the scale were found to be at the significance level of 0.05 in the SPSS 22.0 package program. Students' weekly MET values (amount of energy spent during rest) was calculated also. Students were classified in terms of physical activity levels according to weekly MET values. The students were then compared in terms of physical activity levels according to different variables. It was found that there was no significant difference between the students in terms of age, body composition and the level of physical activity according to their relevant undergraduate program (p>0.05). Another finding revealed that there were statistically significant differences (p<0.05) among the students in terms of physical activity levels according to gender, and it was found that males were more active than females. It was found that significant amount of the students who were prepared for the PPSE in the study were found to have low inactive or physical activity level. It can be said that the intensity of time spending to study for PPSE decrease of the physical activity levels of the students. Recreational areas that can be provided by university administrations and local governments to the university campuses or to different parts of cities are expected to contribute to the increase in activity levels of university students.
Using the improved position specific scoring matrix and ensemble learning method to predict drug-binding residues from protein sequences

Identification of the drug-binding residues on the surface of proteins is a vital step in drug discovery and it is important for understanding protein function. Most previous researches are based on the structural information of proteins, but the structures of most proteins are not available. So in this article, a sequence-based method was proposed by combining the support vector machine (SVM)-based ensemble learning and the improved position specific scoring matrix (PSSM). In order to take the local environment information of a drug-binding site into account, an improved PSSM profile scaled by the sliding window and smoothing window was used to improve the prediction result. In addition, a new SVM-based ensemble learning method was developed to deal with the imbalanced data classification problem that commonly exists in the binding site predictions. When performed on the dataset of 985 drug-binding residues, the method achieved a very promising prediction result with the area under the curve (AUC) of 0.9264. Furthermore, an independent dataset of 349 drug- binding residues was used to evaluate the pre- diction model and the prediction accuracy is 84.68%. These results suggest that our method is effective for predicting the drug-binding sites in proteins. The code and all datasets used in this article are freely available at http://cic.scu. edu.cn/bioinformatics/Ensem_DBS. zip.
INFLUENCE OF ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES ON THROWING POWER

The main purpose of this research was to determine if the anthropometric measures have a significant impact on throwing power of top level junior handball players. The correlation coefficients and the stepwise linear regression analyses were used to determine the relations between the anthropometric measures and the throwing power tests. The predictor group consisted of 11 variables of anthropometric measures and the criterion variables were the results scored in 4 different throwing power tests. Significant relations were determined between the anthropometric measures and throws from 4 meters from a sitting position (ρ 2 =0.63, p<0.02), standing throw from 6 meters (ρ 2 =0.81, p<0.01), and run up three step jump shot from 9 meters (ρ 2 =0.80, p<0.01).