Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sexual dimorphism in Odonata: age, size, and sex ratio at emergence

Males and females of many organisms differ in important life-history and behavioral characters. Following a recent optimization analysis of sexually dimorphic life histories, we employed an odonate-like parameter set to identify patterns of life history and behavior to be expected in an odonate population. The default parameter magnitudes generated a smaller body size and shorter development time for males than for females, which resulted in a male-biased sex ratio. Whether population growth was density dependent or density independent, and whether development time was fixed or flexible had major impacts on life-history features. The model generated five general predictions for odonate systems. (1) For species with fixed development times, males and females should differ more in activity level, growth and mortality rates than for species with flexible life cycles. (2) In species with fixed development times, populations at high latitude or high altitude should be more active, emerge and reproduce at smaller size and have a more male-biased sex ratio than low latitude and low altitude populations. (3) In density-dependent populations, with density dependence mediated by activity-dependent mortality, higher predation rates should increase activity levels and reduce development time in species with flexible development times. (4) For species with flexible development times, in strongly density-dependent populations with density dependence mediated by mortality, activity levels sbould decrease and development times should increase at high prey abundance. (5) Males should be larger at emergence relative to females, and the sex ratio at emergence should be more female-biased in territorial than in non-territorial species. Existing empirical evidence concerning these predictions is generally sparse and equivocal; focused tests are clearly needed.
Long in the tooth: evolution of sabertooth cat cranial shape

Abstract Sabertooths exhibit one of the most extreme feeding adaptations seen in mammals. The functional consequences of accommodating extremely elongate upper canine teeth are severe, resulting in a well-documented suite of cranial modifications. We used geometric morphometric methods to study the evolution of overall shape in the skulls of extant and extinct feline and machairodontine felids, as well as extinct nimravids. Trends in skull evolution were evaluated by using relative warps analysis and tested for association with body size and canine tooth length. Primitive sabertooths from all lineages exhibit cranial shapes more similar to conical-toothed cats, despite the presence of moderately developed saberteeth. More-derived forms in both nimravids and felids diverge in skull morphospace to form two distinct sabertooth types (dirk-toothed and scimitar-toothed) that differ in canine shape. Skull shape in conical-toothed cats is strongly associated with body size, but not canine length. However, within each sabertooth lineage, skull shape is significantly correlated with canine length, suggesting that gape-related demands drove the evolution of sabertooth skull morphology.
Testing and validating Extended Reality (xR) technologies in manufacturing

Under the concept of "Industry 4.0", production processes will be pushed to be increasingly interconnected, information based on a real time basis and, necessarily, much more efficient. In this context, capacity optimization goes beyond the traditional aim of capacity maximization, contributing also for organization’s profitability and value. Indeed, lean management and continuous improvement approaches suggest capacity optimization instead of maximization. The study of capacity optimization and costing models is an important research topic that deserves contributions from both the practical and theoretical perspectives. This paper presents and discusses a mathematical model for capacity management based on different costing models (ABC and TDABC). A generic model has been developed and it was used to analyze idle capacity and to design strategies towards the maximization of organization’s value. The trade-off capacity maximization vs operational efficiency is highlighted and it is shown that capacity optimization might hide operational inefficiency. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference 2017.
Water Leakage System Using IoT

In this paper, we investigate the design of a water level sensor device that is able to detect and control the level of water in a certain water tank or water Lorries. The system firstly senses the amount of water available in the tank by the level detector part and then adjusts the state of the water pump in accordance to the water level information There has been wastage of water daily through the pipeline leakages due to it full water were never arrived to the taps. The existing system are still lacking abilities to detect accurate estimation of water leakage in water lorries . The aims are to perform a small-scale study of existing pipeline leakage detection system, to develop a real-time prototype pipeline leakage alert system and to validate the proposed prototype through experimentation. Mobile phone can be configured as the alerts transmitter of the system to the user in cases water leaks.
The jaw musculature of the phytosaur, machaeroprosopus

The phytosaur of the Triassic exhibits many interesting adaptive modifications of the diapsid skull. The modifications of the muscle attachment areas for the jaw muscles have been examined in comparison with the musculature of the recent forms Sphenodon and Alligator. It has been determined that the development of the fleshy anterior pterygoid and of the intramandibular muscles is an adaptation concomitant with the elongation of the snout. The modification of the temporal region in the phytosaur with the posterior extension of the squamosal is also seen to be an adaptation to gain speed in closing the great mouth. The forward position of the head‐neck joint would appear to gain advantage in the support of the heavy head. Such similarities as are seen between the phytosaur and the crocodilian may be accounted for as parallel adaptation.
Environmental Impact Assessment of Biomass Power Station WA in terms of Noise Impacts

An environmental impact assessment was conducted for a Biomass Power Station to be situated near a rural township. The proposed facility is to consist of a plantation waste fuelled bubbling fluidized bed boiler with emissions control achieved through an array of baghouse fabric filters to generate 40 MW of power. This paper will describe the motivation and sustainability characteristics of this renewable energy infrastructure development and the veracity of the use of TAPM version 3 and version 4 (The Air Pollution Model, prognostic numerical model developed by the CSIRO) generated meteorological data to assist in the prediction of noise propagation using standard models that account for meteorological effects on outdoor noise propogation.
Evaluation of sloshing Resistance Performance of LNG Carrier Insulation System by Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis

In the present paper, the sloshing resistance performance of an LNG carrier insulation system is evaluated by fluid–structure interaction (FSI) analysis. For this analysis, the arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) method is adopted to accurately calculate the structural behavior induced by internal LNG motion of a KC-1 type LNG carrier cargo tank. In addition, the global–local analysis method is introduced to reduce computational time and cost. The global model is built from shell elements to reduce the sloshing analysis time. The proposed novel analysis techniques can potentially be used to evaluate the structural integrity of LNG carrier insulation systems.
A Survey of the Marine Diatoms of Puerto Rico. III. Suborder Biddulphiineae: Family Chaetoceraceae

A taxonomic study on the marine diatoms from the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico is reported in this paper. One family, Chaetoceraceae, of the suborder Biddulphiineae, with 2 genera, 31 species and l variety were observed. Eight of these taxa had never been reported from the coast of Puerto Rico and one is new for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Sea. Most of the identified species are cosmopolitan in temperate-tropical waters and neritic.
Cytosolic Proteomes of Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC27773 Cells Grown in pH 5.5 and 6.5

Lactobacillus rhamnosus is an important bacterium from a health and industry perspective. Cytoplasmic proteomes of L. rhamnosus ATCC2773 were studied to elucidate the specific growth condition variations and the changes occurring in the protein expression patterns of this bacterium when cultivated in a standard rich medium under two different pH conditions (pH 6.4 and 5.5). A total of 220 proteins were identified and compared by quantitative proteomic analysis using iTRAQ LC-MS/MS. A functional classification of the cytoplasmic proteins of L. rhamnosus revealed translation and carbohydrate metabolism associated proteins as the major groups. A comparison of proteome data showed that the majority of proteins (89%) have similar expression patterns in cells grown in pH 6.5 and 5.5. The key differences observed in the proteomes of L. rhamnosus grown in pH 6.5 and 5.5 were: 19 proteins were present at pH 5.5 but not expressed at pH 6.5 and six proteins were expressed at pH 6.5 but not at pH 5.5. Specific proteins were induced by each condition: 14 and 23 proteins in response to pH 6.5 and pH 5.5, respectively. This study illustrated the impact of culture conditions on the proteome of L. rhamnosus.
Phylogenetic comparison between nycteribiid bat flies and their host bats

We inspected 97 specimens of bat flies of the family Nycteribiidae parasitizing wild bats in Japan. Bat flies representing 8 species of 4 genera (Basilia spp., Nycteribia spp., Penicillidia spp. and Phthiridium sp.) were obtained from bats representing 11 species of 5 genera (Barbastella sp., Miniopterus spp., Myotis spp., Plecotus sp. and Rhinolophus spp.). We also surveyed past reports on bat flies in Japan wherein host bat species and number of insects collected from them are explicitly recorded. On the basis of these data, we identified 3 bat flies primarily associated with a single host bat, and 4 bat flies associated with 2 congenic host bats. Only 1 species, B. truncata endoi, was associated with 4 bat species representing 3 genera, although these bats were placed in a well-defined clade in the bat phylogeny. Hence, the nycteribiid bat flies generally exhibit di#erent levels of specificity to their host bats, which may be species-specific, genus-specific or genus-group-specific. Meanwhile, when the molecular phylogeny of the bat flies was compared with that of the host bats, no co-speciating pattern was observed, suggesting that host shifts must have occurred at a considerable frequency in the evolutionary course of the bat flies.
Foreign Aid and Poverty Level: Does Public Investment Matter in Sub-Saharan African Countries?

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between foreign aid and poverty level by considering the role of public investment in the aid-poverty nexus for 14 low, 7 Lower-middle and 5 upper income countries in SSA as classified using 2012 GNI per capita indices. The study is conducted over the 1990–2015periodusing the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) estimator on a dynamic panel ARDL model. The results reveal that foreign aid and public investment have negative impacts on poverty level in upper income countries whereas in low and lower-middle income countries, foreign aid and public investment have positive impact on poverty level but the interaction of foreign aid with public investment reduces poverty level in the three income groups. This finding suggests that foreign aid inflows to SSA countries is associated with lower levels of poverty when the aid inflow is channelled to public investment rather than consumption. Hence, in order to reduce poverty, foreign aid donors should give high priority to sectors that benefit the poor such as agriculture and infrastructure development in the developing countries to facilitate poverty reduction. By doing so, such countries have a better chance of achieving sustainable transition out of poverty while promoting growth in both short and long run.
CLASSIFYING ARABIC TEXT USING DEEP LEARNING

Nowadays, the volume of data offered on the Internet is growing every moment, and the necessity to analyze these data and convert to useful information increased. There are several types of research exploring techniques to deal with Text Classification (TC) in many languages; however, In Arabic, the researches are limited. TC is the process of categorizing text document into classes or categories according to the text contents. This research will focus on classifying Arabic Text using a Convolution neural network (CNN), which considered one of deep learning (DL) methods, as it achieved an excellent result in different Natural language processing (NLP) project types [1],[2],[3]. We also introduced a novel algorithm to group similar Arabic words based on extra Arabic letters and word embeddings distances. We named this algorithm as GStem.
The Brown Ring Disease in the Manila Clam, Ruditapes philippinarum: I. Ultrastructural Alterations of the Periostracal Lamina

Abstract Brown ring disease (BRD) in the manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum, is a vibriosis which disturbs the process of shell formation. The etiological agent is a Vibrio sp. named VP1. Light and electron microscope observations of the mantle and periostracal lamina of naturally diseased clams show alterations of the periostracal lamina. An additional layer, rich in vacuoles and cell debris, is found between the periostracum and the fibrous matrix layers. Experimental reproduction of the BRD symptoms, following challenge with VP1, allows us to follow the microscopic modifications of the mantle edge and the periostracal lamina for a period of 2 months. VP1 is detected immunologically at the surface of the mantle edge and the periostracal lamina a short time after challenge. Bacteria adhere to the surface of the periostracal lamina and progressively colonize this secretion. One month after inoculation the periostracum becomes eroded and curls up on itself, and the fibrous matrix is invaded by cells debris and bacteria. The periostracal lamina of experimentally infected clams presents similar alterations to those observed in naturally diseased clams. The reasons behind these modifications are discussed.
Resposta de varjão (Parkia multijuga) a subdoses de glyphosate

O consumo de madeira no Brasil e no mundo apresenta demanda crescente. Em confronto com a pressao ambientalista de manutencao das florestas nativas, ha necessidade de se estabelecerem areas de reflorestamento para suprir o aumento da demanda de madeira, com a utilizacao de formas de manejo e tratos culturais que permitam o pleno crescimento das essencias florestais. Um dos principais problemas do manejo de reflorestamento e a interferencia das plantas daninhas apos o plantio das mudas no campo, sendo o uso de herbicidas a principal forma de manejo. Este trabalho teve o objetivo de avaliar a eficiencia de doses crescentes de glyphosate em mudas de varjao em condicoes de ambiente protegido. Foram avaliadas as doses de 0, 90, 180, 360 e 720 g ha-1 de glyphosate em plantas com quatro meses de idade, observando a intoxicacao das plantas, altura, diâmetro do caule e numero de folhas. O varjao, nas condicoes do experimento, apresentou tolerância e recuperacao ao glyphosate ate a dose de 360 g ha-1. Doses superiores a esta retardaram o crescimento da planta. O prejuizo causado pela deriva de glyphosate nessas plantas foi diretamente proporcional ao aumento da dose. Os sintomas evoluiram para queda de folhas, comprometendo o crescimento das plantas.
Long-go determined connections in decade-long SPOT-VGT NDVI records of flame affected and fire un-influenced destinations

We investigated the fire-induced variability in the 1999-2005 time series of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from SPOT-VEGETATION sensor for two different types of vegetation sites: fire un-affected and fire-affected. The statistical analysis, performed by using the detrended variation analysis (DFA), it appears that fires contribute in increasing the persistence of time dynamics of vegetation, driving unstable patterns in vegetation dynamics of burned areas .
Characteristics of Starch Networks within Rice Flour Noodles and Mungbean Starch Vermicelli

Starchy networks within mungbean starch vermicelli and rice flour noodles are characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, mild acid hydrolysis, and gel permeation studies. In these products, native starch structures disappeared but new crystalline organizations were found. An amylopectin-based crystallinity was evident from its B-type diffraction pattern, melting endotherm at 50°C and high susceptibility towards mild acid hydrolysis. In addition, amylose-based structures were present either in the complexed form (V-type) in rice flour noodles, or in the retrograded form (B-type) in both pasta-like products. These latter crystallites were highly resistant towards mild acid hydrolysis and melted at high temperatures. Both glutenfree pasta-like products exhibited good cooking behavior which can be attributed to these amylose networks.
Running Head: CULTURAL TAILORING Cultural Tailoring of Environmental Communication Interventions

Environmental communication interventions may take a variety of forms: from civic engagement efforts to campaigns or interventions designed by professional strategic communications groups with minimal public input. In this manuscript, we distinguish between cultural tailoring processes and cultural tailoring of content for environmental communication interventions. We describe these concepts by reviewing theory and research on cultural tailoring in health communication and describe how this can be used for environmental communication research and practice. We propose an extension of previous concepts of tailoring based on the persuasion and intercultural communication literature. Finally, recommendations and directions for future research are posed.
An In Silico Approach for Characterization of an Acetyltransfarase Protein from Shigella flexneri Serotype 5b (strain 8401)

Abstract Shigella flexneri serotype 5b (strain 8401) is a gram-negative, non-sporulating and facultative anaerobic bacteria. A hypothetical protein yjaB of these bacteria, consisting of 147 residues was picked out for in silico analysis. Many bioinformatic tools were used to predict the 3D structure and function of this protein. Subcellular localization predictions shows it is a cytoplasmic protein. Sequence similarity was brought in through Protein Data Bank and non-redundant database using BLASTp program of NCBI and a search for templates revealed that yjaB shares 97% homology to a protein of Escherichia coli, indicating this protein is evolutionary conserved and was found with acetyltransfarase. Multiple sequence alignment (MSA) was used to locate the conserved residues. Three-dimensional structures and the secondary structures were predicted. The authorization of the threedimensional structure was obtained through PROCHECK and QMEAN6 programs. Root mean squared deviation (RMSD) tool was used to detect superimposition of query and template structure. CASTp server was used to predict the active site of the protein. In the end, whole results indicated the biological function of the target protein to be an acetyltransfarase.
Growth of Crop and Weeds in Growth Chambers and Outdoors

The early growth of spring barley (Hordeum ulgare L.), Brassica rapa L. ssp. oleifera (DC.) Metzger, Stellaria media (L.) Vill. and Viola arvensis Murray in growth chambers and in shading cages outdoors at different irradiance levels was compared. Leaf area and shoot dry weight were lower outdoors than in growth chambers at similar irradiance and temperature. A simulation model with temperature and irradiance responses derived from growth-chamber experiments was used to test whether outdoor growth could be estimated properly. The correlations of the regressions between simulated and measured values of leaf area index (LAI) and shoot dry weight were high. However, with some exceptions, overestimations occurred, more for shoot dry weight than for LAI, and more for 100% daylight than for lower irradiance. The reasons for this are discussed.
Job Creation and Demand for Skills in Kosovo: What can we Learn from Job Portal Data?

In Kosovo, employers report significant skill shortages, which limits firm growth and job creation. To understand the labor market dynamics and employer needs in real time, this paper analyzes the content of job postings using data from major online job portals from 2018. The findings show that the skills that are most in demand are socioemotional skills (especially related to extraversion), foreign language skills, and computer skills. The importance of these skills is transversal, cutting not only across occupations and industries, but also universally demanded in all education fields. The need for these skills is expressed more often and more explicitly in postings for jobs requiring higher levels of experience. Moreover, job platforms are used almost exclusively for filling high-skill occupations, especially in Kosovo's capital city, Pristina, whereas many low- and medium-skill jobs and jobs outside the capital are filled through informal channels. Overall, online data can be a useful tool for policy makers and other stakeholders to help align career services, training programs, and educational curricula with the skill needs of firms in real time.
The Effectiveness of Stabilization Exercises in Treating Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review

Background: Chronic low back pain is one of the biggest health problems around the world. It is considered as one of the main causes of disability, high medical expenses and absenteeism. Chronic low back pain can be treated indifferent ways. However, the efficacy of most of these treatments has not been studied so medical intervention for chronic low back pain varies widely. Stabilization exercise is one form of physiotherapy treatment recommended in some guidelines. However, there is an argument about the effectiveness of this intervention. Objective: This systematic review aimed to investigate the effectiveness of stabilization exercises on patients with chronic low back pain and disability. Study Design: Systematic Review. Search Strategy: An online research through the electronic databases, such as Ovid, Medline, CINHAL, Google Scholar, Cochrane library, Pedro database and Pub med was conducted. Citation searches within studies, as well as online tracking of references were also conducted in this review. Mean of Analysis: The Pedro scale was used to assess the quality of the included randomized controlled trials, where studies which scored equal to or more than 5/10 were considered as a high quality studies. In addition, a simple qualitative analysis was performed to analyze data and give accurate results. Main Results: Twenty studies met the inclusion criteria. Seventeen studies were randomized controlled studies; one was a study case series, one a cohort study, and one a comparative study. The most outcome measures among the studies were pain (numerical pain rating scale, visual analogue scale and short-form McGill pain scale) and disability (Ronald & Morris disability questionnaire and Oswestry disability questionnaire). The results show significant changes between the studies in terms of pain and disability. However, there is moderate evidence about effectiveness of the stabilization exercises for long term sufferers (>6 months). Conclusion: Using stabilization exercises on patients with chronic low back pain is helpful to