Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Examination of the Microbiome of Bastard Sturgeon Cultivated in the Conditions of Recirculated Water

The research was aimed at analyzing the microbiome of the skin, the gill lamellae, and the intestines of sturgeon fish. After examining the structure of the microbial community of bastard sturgeon bred in the conditions of closed-circuit water supply, a conclusion can be made both about the physiological state of the fish and about possible pathologies. For making a collection, the following samples were taken from five bions in pool No. 3 and five bions in pool No. 6: the surface of the skin, namely, pieces of fins of sturgeon fish of Bastard Sturgeon species, and gill lamellae (by slicing the gills), and from the intestines (by introducing a swab through the cloaca). The samples were fixed in 96 % ethanol at the material collection locations. Each sample was assigned an identification number. DNA was isolated from the tissues of sturgeon using the set of reagent (MACHEREY-NAGEL NucleoSpin Soil) made by MACHEREY-NAGEL (Germany). The obtained sequences were processed using the Trimmomatic Fastq-Join toolkits, and OTUpicking was performed using the QIIME package. The studies showed that the greatest differences between the pools were in the microbiomes of the intestinal hole, and the least — in the microbiomes of the fin surface, i.e., the effect of a pool on the expression of the differences between the microbiomes increased in the following row: fins – gills – intestinal communities.
Characterization of Conch Shell Nanoparticles (Shanka Bhasma) Synthesized by the Classical Method

Shankha (Conch) is one of member of Sudha varga (A class of calcium containing compound). It is used in various stomach ailments from many centuries. Shankha Bhasma (Conch Ash) is chief ingredient of many formulations. Physical and chemical characterization is fundamental step to understand the importance of determining efficacy and evaluating the clinically approved medicines of Tradition and complementary medicine (TCM). The physical characterization of Conch Ash was done by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM-EDX), and Fourier Transform Infra-red (FTIR) and particle size analysis by sieving technique and composition of heavy metals and its limits was determined using by Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). For chemical characterization pH, Loss on drying, total ash, Acid insoluble ash, Water soluble ash was performed. The results revealed that Bhasmikarana (Incineration) process use in preparation ultimately changes the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate of Shankha aragonite form into calcite from, along with formation of Portlandite and Lime in majority. FTIR spectra also confirm this assertion. Cubiclike calcite crystals of Conch Ash and rod-like aragonite crystals of conch shell powders were observed by SEM. The prepared formulation has nanoparticles with the average particle size ranging from to 62-90 nm as estimated using SEM and crystal size analysis by XRD.
Biochemical Mechanism of Resistance to Imazapyr in Sugarcane Cell Selections

Selection of imazapyr-resistant sugarcane clones was evaluated at the whole-plant and cell levels. Field tolerance to imazapyr of 27 sugarcane clones was evaluated to categorize the degree of tolerance. The experiments were arranged in a split-plot in RCB with four dosages of imazapyr application (0, 0.156, 0.312 and 0.625 kg ai ha) as main plots and 27 different sugarcane clones as sub plots. Sugarcane clones K95-282, K88-92, K97-32, K99-55, K95-87 and K93-219 showed relatively high tolerance to imazapyr at 0.625 kg ai ha whereas sugarcane clones K99-5, K99-72, K99-85, K97-33 and K97-27 were susceptible to imazapyr at 0.156 kg ai ha. Cell culture selection was attempted using callus and cell suspension culture induced from the tight young furled leaves of sugarcane clone K95-282. The callus and cell were cultured in liquid modified MS medium. A sugarcane cell line from K95-282 resistant to 1 μM imazapyr was obtained after 420 days of selection, using a stepwise selection with increasing concentrations of imazapyr from 0.1 to 1 μM. It was referred to as 1 μM imazapyr-resistant sugarcane cell line. This indicates that the resistant cells were 116.67 times more resistant to imazapyr than the normal cells. To establish the biochemical mechanism of resistance to imazapyr, acetolactate synthase (ALS) activity was determined in the normal and resistant cells. Based on the I50 values, ALS activity of the resistant cells was 6.50 times higher than that of the normal cells at various concentrations of imazapyr, from 0.01 to 100 μM. This performance suggests that the biochemical mechanism of imazapyr resistance in the sugarcane cell line appears to be an alteration at the target site, based on the ALS activity, leading to less sensitivity to imazapyr. The specific mutation(s) of the ALS gene that endows resistance in this cell line remains to be identified.
The power of stars: An empirical analysis of successful and flop movies

The power of stars: An empirical analysis of successful and flop movies Production companies collectively produce thousands of new movies every year. Some of the movies perform incredibly well but some of them turn out to be flops. Having a movie flop can be fatal to a production company because of the costs of producing a movie. Therefore, it is essential to produce movies with a higher likelihood of success. In this thesis, we explore the features of successful and unsuccessful movies by performing empirical analysis on a large dataset of movies. The data about movies was collected from The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), The Movie Database (TMDb) and Box Office Mojo, and the data about movie trailers from YouTube Data API v3. The final dataset contains 470,743 movies, has 26 features, and is about 2.1 GB large. As expected, a single feature can not be used to determine whether a movie is successful or not, the outcome depends on many different factors. However, by performing association rule mining, we found that there are lots of combinations of features that affect the outcome of the movie with the crew, cast, production company, belonging to a collection, trailer, genre, maturity rating all playing a major role. CERCS: P170 Computer science, numerical analysis, systems, control
SELF-ASSESSMENT THROUGH THE METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS PROCESS IN READING COMPREHENSION

In our study we investigate the relationship between adult self-assessment and the level of metacognitive awareness in reading comprehension. The sample of the research consisted of adults participating in a training program in order to obtain a certification of pedagogical competence, during the year 2017-2018. MARSI (Mokhtari & Reichard, 2002) was used as a research tool and open ended questions were distributed to the trainees. MARSI contains 30 questions and provides an overall indicator of the level of awareness of metacognitive reading strategies as well as individual indicators of metacognitive strategies in reading. In our study we focused on the overall index and the metacognitive development of the trainees. The questionnaire was completed in two phases during the year 2017-18. Both quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data was conducted. The statistical process of the data revealed the existing high level of awareness of metacognitive reading strategies (about 70% of students were identified at a high level, ie M> 3.5), which is also in accordance with the high quality educational level of the trainees (49.6% had postgraduate / doctoral degrees) and their age (M = 35). Concerning the effect of training on their metacognitive awareness, there has been a statistically significant increase in the overall average of MARSI, which indicates the positive impact of the training on a population of high educational level and of relatively older age than the normal trainee population. The qualitative analysis of the open questions revealed the enhancement of self-assessment among trainees as a dominant metacognitive skill, and significant conclusions were drawn regarding reading skills through the use of digital technologies, the way of study, the link between theory and practice, etc. It is of outmost importance the fact that the positive contribution of the training procedure to the metacognitive awareness of the participants appears to be focused only on those with pre-existing teaching experience in education structures who seem to have had been themselves more highly self-assessed. It is proposed to enrich such training actions with more self-assessment practices and techniques, when designing and implementing them in order to contribute to a further improvement of the metacognitive awareness of all the participants.
Influence of long-range transport on air quality in northern part of Southeast Asia during open burning season

Smoke haze episode occurs annually in northern part of Southeast Asia (NSEA) during the hot dry season. Concentration of air pollutants including particulate matter with diameter less than 10 μm (PM10), CO, NOx and O3 are 2–3 times higher than those in the rest of the year. Open burning is a major source of air pollution in this area. This study aims to investigate an impact of long-range transport on air quality in the NSEA during open burning season and to estimate the origin of pollutants by comparing of PM aging at two different stations. Chiang Mai (CM) city was set as the receptor site. Based on the air transport paths to the origin from 3-day backward trajectory during Feb–Apr for 3 years (2012–2014), air masses were clustered into two groups for lower altitudes (500 m AGL) and three groups for higher altitudes (1,000 m and 1,500 m AGL). Moreover, three groups of air masses from different area were also observed from a total three attitude levels clustering. The result of air masses clustering indicated that the major air masses through CM were transported from the southwest direction of CM and the highest level of pollutants was originated from India region. The results revealed that the rising of air pollutant concentration in the area was impacted from long-range transport. However, the variation of pollutant concentration was observed in CM area. It was mainly impacted from changing of pollutant sources (number of open burning) and metrological conditions within a day. Ratios of ions (SO4 and NO3 with K+) found in PM were used to predict their ages. The   K SO 2 4 ratio in Yangon (YG) was 2 times higher than that in CM. It suggested that the age of PM at CM was fresher than that in YG. Therefore, it revealed that CM was not a receptor site receiving pollutants from YG. Characteristic of PM in CM was a mix of aged PM from long distance source and fresh PM emitted from local open burning, while only aged PM from long distance source (mostly across the sea) was found in YG. EANET Research Fellowship Program 2015
(Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) Predaceous on Terrestrial Gastropods

Triclads, also commonly known as flatworms or planarians, occur in marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments. They form an order within the turbellarian or free-living Platyhelminthes. The Platyhelminthes form a large phylum containing up to 15,000 described species, with many others yet to be described. Platyhelminthes are conventionally divided into the largely free-living ‘Turbellaria’ and the parasitic Neodermata comprising Trematoda, Monogenea, Udonellidea and Cestoda. It has been argued that the Class Turbellaria is paraphyletic (Ehlers, 1985) and that the name Turbellaria can no longer be used in the phylogenetic system of the Platyhelminthes (Ax et al., 1988). Nevertheless the taxon Turbellaria serves as a useful repository in the general sense for freeliving and symbiotic planarians (all the non-neodermatans) without implying monophyly of these taxa (Rohde, 1994). Terrestrial planarians are a relatively species-poor group with only 822 described nominal species worldwide, although some areas such as Australia, New Zealand and Brazil have many additional, as yet undescribed species (Winsor, 1997; Johns, 1998; Sluys, 1999; Leal-Zanchet and Carbayo, 2000; Carbayo et al., 2002). Species diversity is highest in parts of Brazil, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Madagascar (Sluys, 1999). Some areas of the world are depauperate in terrestrial planarians – Europe for example has only ten extant indigenous species (Jones, 1998). Given the worldwide distribution and yet very limited dispersal capabilities, Froehlich (1967) suggested the Tricladida to be a very old
Learning system as a tool of curriculum teaching staff development and student’s performance by effective use

The study examined the Moodle system adoption by the students in three Gulf universities “Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain” and examines the students' perceptions towards this system from the framework of two theories: The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). This study is descriptive survey research. The convenience sampling technique was adopted in the selection of 231 respondents from the sampled universities. The results revealed that the students used the Moodle system for many purposes such as doing assignments, to check upcoming events, downloading the course materials and to participate in discussions with my instructors. The results also revealed that the most impactful perceived ease of use factors: easy usage, flexibility and interaction. Finally, the study is suggested to investigate academic concerns and needs to develop the usage of Moodle in Arabian and Gulf universities.
Documentos de Trabajo Systemic Banks and the Lender of Last Resort

We propose a model whereby systemic and non-systemic banks are exposed to liquidity shortfalls such that a lender of last resort policy is required. We analyze the optimal allocation of lender of last resort responsibilities and find that it is socially optimal to move responsibilities from the central bank to an unconditional bailout rule when the shortfall is large enough. The existence of systemic banks provides a rationale for the central bank to act as lender of last resort for non-systemic banks in a larger range of their liquidity shortfalls. However, the impact of considering systemic risk on the optimal allocation of the lender of last resort responsibilities for systemic banks is ambiguous.
ATTENUATION PHENOMENA IN GYROELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES WITH ANISOTROPIC DIELECTRIC LAYER

Models of gyroelectric GaAs waveguides with temperature sensitive anisotropic dielectric layer are presented in this paper. The influence of density of free carriers and temperature to the EM waves attenuation of gyroelectric n and p GaAs waveguides is evaluated. Differential Maxwell’s equations, coupled mode and partial area methods, coherent approaching, least square methods were used in order to obtain complex dispersion equations of models of gyroelectric waveguides with temperature sensitive anisotropic dielectric. The analysis of models of gyroelectric waveguides with temperature sensitive anisotropic dielectric shows that different effects and exceptions occur in nGaAs and p-GaAs waveguides with external dielectric layers. Different effects and exceptions especially occur in cases, when were are relatively high density of impurities N = 5⋅10 and 10 m and limit temperatures T =125 K as well as 200 K. The attenuation of electromagnetic waves is higher for n-GaAs compared with p-GaAs waveguides, because electrons are characterized by a lower effective mass and higher mobility in comparison with holes.
Grounding Language to Non-Markovian Tasks with No Supervision of Task Specifications

—Natural language instructions often exhibit sequential constraints rather than being simply goal-oriented, for example “go around the lake and then travel north until the intersection”. Existing approaches map these kinds of natural language expressions to Linear Temporal Logic expressions but require an expensive dataset of LTL expressions paired with English sentences. We introduce an approach that can learn to map from English to LTL expressions given only pairs of English sentences and trajectories, enabling a robot to understand commands with sequential constraints. We use formal methods of LTL progression to reward the produced logical forms by progressing each LTL logical form against the ground-truth trajectory, represented as a sequence of states, so that no LTL expressions are needed during training. We evaluate in two ways: on the SAIL dataset, a benchmark artiﬁcial environment of 3,266 trajectories and language commands as well as on 10 newly-collected real-world environments of roughly the same size. We show that our model correctly interprets natural language commands with 76.9% accuracy on average. We demonstrate the end-to-end process in real-time in simulation, starting with only a natural language instruction and an initial robot state, producing a logical form from the model trained with trajectories, and ﬁnding a trajectory that satisﬁes sequential constraints with an LTL planner in the environment.
Immunodetection of Phomopsis species in asymptomatic soybean plants.

An immunodiagnostic assay was developed for early detection of Phomopsis phaseoli, cause of pod and stem blight, and P. longicolla, cause of seed decay of soybeans (Glycine max), in asymptomatic soybean plant tissue using polyclonal antibodies developed against P. longicolla. Immunoblot analysis of the immunogen and cross-reactive fungal antigens showed a broad smear above 50 kDa. Analyses of P. longicalla and 17 other common soybean parasitic or saprophytic fungi resulted in strong reactions with all Phomopsis spp. and Colletotrichum truncatum (.)
Differences between wildfire and clearfelling on the structure of montane ash forests of Victoria and their implications for fauna dependent on tree hollows

Summary Some differences between the effects of clearfelling and wildfire on the vegetation structure of montane ash forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria are reported. The significance of these differences is considered in terms of their possible impacts on wildlife, particularly those species which are dependent on hollows in trees. Distinct differences between the vegetation of montane ash forests which have been clearfelled and those burnt by wildfire include: –(1) the range in ages of trees in a stand, and, (2) the spatial pattern, abundance and longevity of hollow-bearing trees. In stands burnt by wildfire, the longevity of hollow-bearing trees may be more than 50 years and several forms of such trees can be present. These trees are removed from clearfelled forest. In unlogged stands and stands regenerating from selective logging the spacing of hollow-bearing trees was typically regular in distribution. In contrast, the spatial distribution of hollow-bearing trees was clustered in stands whic.
Application of Native Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) for Fermentative Recovery of Lipids and Proteins from Fish Processing Wastes: Bioactivities of Fermentation Products

Fermentation using native lactic acid bacteria (LAB) was evaluated for its effectiveness in recovering lipids and proteins simultaneously from freshwater fish visceral waste (FVW). Five different LAB isolated from fish processing waste were employed in a fermentation process that involved 10% (w/w) glucose, 2% (w/w) NaCl, and 10% (v/w) LAB. Cultures evaluated included four native isolates (Pediococcus acidilactici NCIM5368, Enterococcus faecalis NCIM5367, Pediococcus acidilactici FM37, and Pediococcus acidilactici MW2) from FVW with E. faecium NCIM5335 as the reference culture. Fermentation with native LAB resulted in recovery of > 90% oil present in the material as against no recovery in case of raw (unfermented) viscera and resulted in > 50% of degree of hydrolysis of proteins. The fatty acid profile of lipids was not affected by the fermentation process. The fermentation liquor, rich in hydrolyzed protein, exhibited antioxidant as well as antagonistic properties against several bacterial pathogens. The results clearly demonstrate the usefulness of fermentation using native isolates for simultaneous recovery of lipids and proteins from fish processing waste. It also asserts the value of fermentation as an eco-friendly method and aids in minimizing disposal/pollution problems associated with these solid wastes.
Global gene expression analysis of in vitro root formation in Medicago truncatula.

Medicago truncatula Gaertn. can generate roots in vitro through the formation of root stem cells from leaf explants cultured with auxin. To identify key genes involved in the early processes of root initiation, we compared gene expression in root-forming cultures (RFC) enriched for root stem cells with non-root-forming cultures (NRFC) and untreated leaves using the Affymetrix Medicago GeneChip. Comparing RFC (at 1 week, before root primordium formation) to normal leaf tissue, we identified 904 and 993 up- and downregulated probe sets. Comparing RFC and NRFC, we identified 92 and 182 up- and downregulated probe sets. By comparing all the samples we identified a set of 76 and 42 probe sets up- and downregulated that may be crucial to root stem cell formation and subsequent root initiation. Upregulated probe sets in RFC include Arabidopsis orthologs that are involved in root stem cell formation and root initiation. To validate the GeneChip results, quantitative real-time RT–PCR analysis was used to examine the expression of specific up- and downregulated genes, all of which positively correlated with the microarray data. We used bioinformatic tools developed to functionally annotate the Medicago genome array. This showed significant changes in metabolism, signalling and the expression of transcription factors including some with described roles in root organogenesis and other genes not previously linked to this process. This data facilitates the mapping of regulatory and metabolic networks in M. truncatula and provides candidates for further functional analysis of root initiation in vitro and in planta.
Potential of phytogenics in filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable livestock production without antibiotics

Introduction Sustainable livestock production without antibiotics makes issues of pathogenic bacteria infections in farmed animals of utmost concern in situations of disease outbreaks that result in high mortality which subsequently affects profitability of production to farmers. According to reports, the long term and extensive use of antibiotics for veterinary purpose may eventually result in selection for the survival of resistant bacterial strain (Aarestrup 1999; Munk et al., 2018). Genes encoding for this resistance can also be transferred to other formerly susceptible bacteria, thereby posing a threat to both animal and human health (Munk et al., 2018). Ban on the use of in-feed antibiotics for farmed animals is a welcomed development with regards to antibiotic drug resistance in humans the consumers of farmed animals and their products. In the current era of antibiotic free animal production, medicinal plants and spices are being highlighted to fill gaps and remove traps for sustainable livestock resource development. Secondary plant metabolites such as tannins, saponins, flavonoids, anthraquinones and other compounds with antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and immune response inducing potential can successfully fill gaps in sustainable livestock resource development without antibiotic growth promoters. This will ultimately benefit both producers and consumers of animal products. Secondary metabolites such as tannins, polyphenols, flavonoids of plant origin with potential antimicrobial, anti-parasitic, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory (Wang et al 2008; Viveros et al., 2011 and Tosi et al., 2013; Brodowska, 2017) properties can be exploited in the livestock industry for sustainable production without antibiotics. In order to better understand these potentials of phytogenics, qualitative and quantitative analysis of the methanolic extract of O. gratissimum (lyn) was carried out using standard methods.