Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Water Stress Impacts on Transgenic Drought‐Tolerant Corn in the Northern Great Plains

Published in Agron. J. 106:125–130 (2014) doi:10.2134/agronj2013.0076 Available freely online through the author-supported open access option. Copyright © 2014 by the American Society of Agronomy, 5585 Guilford Road, Madison, WI 53711. All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ABSTRACT Th e transgenic corn (Zea mays L.) drought-tolerant cultivar MON 87460 has the potential to increase grain production in high-waterdefi cit environments; however, these traits could also reduce yields when implemented in moderateto high-yield environments. Th is study determined the infl uence of MON 87460, a corn cultivar that expresses the cold shock protein B, on corn grain yield, stover production, cob yields, root system declination, root/shoot ratios, root distribution, harvest index, and leaf area when grown in moderateto high-yield environments. Research on MON 87460 and nontransgenic isolines was conducted at two South Dakota sites in 2009 and 2010. Root biomass and other samples were collected at silking and physiological maturity. Th e root/shoot ratios (including estimated root exudates) ranged from 0.40 to 0.78, and the belowground biomass contained in the surface 15 cm was 70% of the belowground biomass returned to the soil. Root declination ranged from 20 to 40°. Th ere was no evidence to suggest that MON 87460 impacted shoot or root architecture or yield when grown in moderateto high-yield environments. Th e measured root/shoot ratios were 0.54 g root g–1 aboveground biomass, and the harvest indices were 0.52 g grain g–1 aboveground biomass. Additional fi ndings showed that for soil organic C maintenance calculations, 88.6 ± 0.6% of unharvested C should be added to the surface 15 cm, and that in 2009, root/shoot ratios were positively correlated with yield loss due to water stress (r = 0.39, P < 0.01) and were not correlated with either yield loss due to N stress (r = 0.16) or grain yield (r = 0.06).
Scene Reconstruction from Uncontrolled Motion using a Low Cost 3D Sensor

The Microsoft Kinect sensor provides real-time colour and depth data via a colour and infrared camera. We present an approach that uses this inexpensive device for 3D reconstruction from uncontrolled motion. We obtain the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of a Kinect by calibration, and find a mapping from the raw depth data to real world metric coordinates empirically. With these parameters we are able to create a dense 3D point cloud reconstruction, with colour data, of a scene recorded in a single frame by the Kinect. We then adapt a feature-based approach to align point clouds reconstructed from different, uncontrolled points of view of the same static scene. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach by means of examples, and find that success hinges upon the availability and accuracy of feature matches across the different views.
Dijkstra ’ s algorithm implementation 3 Parallelizing Dijkstra ’ s Algorithm

We present several algorithms that solve the single-source shortestpath problem using CUDA. We have run them on a database, composed of hundreds of large graphs represented by adjacency lists and adjacency matrices, achieving high speedups regarding a CPU implementation based on Fibonacci heaps. Concerning correctness, we outline why our solutions work, and show that a previous approach [10] is incorrect.
The Effect of Public Pension Eligibility Age on Household Saving: Evidence from a New Zealand Natural Experiment

This paper examines the effect of the last increase in the eligibility age for New Zealand’s public pension, New Zealand Superannuation, on household saving rates. The age of eligibility was increased progressively from 60 to 65 years old between 1992 and 2001, with little forewarning. Drawing on Household Economic Survey data, the paper uses difference-in-difference regression analysis to compare the last cohorts to receive New Zealand Superannuation at the age of 60 years old with the first to face higher eligibility ages. The policy change is found to have increased average saving rates of affected households, particularly among middle-income and older households. The increase in saving rates is associated with higher household labour supply and income, and lower expenditure. The results suggest the policy change initially lifted the aggregate household saving rate by around 2.5 percentage points with the effect declining slightly over time.
Modeling Behavior in Truth Value Judgment Task Experiments

Truth Value Judgment Task experiments (TVJTs) are a common means of investigating pragmatic competence, particularly with regards to scalar inference. We present a novel quantitative linking function from pragmatic competence to participant behavior on TVJTs, based upon a Bayesian probabilistic model of linguistic production. Our model captures a range of observed phenomena on TVJTs, including intermediate responses on a nonbinary scale, population and individual-level variation, participant endorsement of false utterances, and variation in response due to socalled scalar diversity.
Topical and trophic relationships in a boring polychaete-scallop association: fatty acid biomarker approach

The association between the Japanese scallop Patinopecten yessoensis and the scallop- shell-boring polychaete worm Polydora brevipalpa was investigated in the natural environment. Fatty acid analyses were performed on the scallop, polychaete, and potential food materials available in the environment, with the aim of determining the main food sources of these animals and the trophic relationships between species. The scallop and the polychaete showed a similarity in their fatty acid compositions. High concentrations of 20:5n-3 and 14:0, substantial concentrations of 16:2n-4, 16:3n-4, and 16:4n-1, and ratios of 16:1n-7 to 16:0 close to 1 indicated significant contribu- tions of diatoms in the diets of both mollusk and polychaete. Detectable levels of 18:4n-3 suggest that dinoflagellates also contributed to the diet of the animals. The fatty acid markers showed that the scallop and polychaete feed extensively on a mixed, but probably diatom-dominated phytoplankton diet. Additionally, the elevated level of bacterially derived fatty acids and saturated (mainly 18:0) acids in polychaete lipids point to an additional dietary source, detritus and bacteria. Elevated amounts of 22:6n-3 and 18:1n-9 in the scallop digestive gland are indicative of zooplankton consump- tion. The similarity of the diets is a major determinant of the feeding competition between these species in the community. The decrease in the scallop internal volume concurrent with an increase in the degree of shell occupation by polychaetes suggests a reduction in water-filtering potential by the scallop. Linear regressions of the degree of polychaete occupation against scallop weight and shell height revealed negative relations in both cases. With high levels of shell occupation by polychaetes, the commensal relationship between scallop and polychaete acquires some elements of parasitism.
Evaluation of large seeded faba bean genotypes for agronomic performance in vertisol areas of Southern Tigray, Ethiopia

Thirty-two faba bean genotypes were evaluated for their yield and yield components in verstisol areas of Hashenge and Aiba in 2015. Alpha lattice design with two replications was used for the experiment. The Analysis of Variance showed highly significant differences (P<0.01) for thousand seed weight over locations. Based on this, genotype EH 06007-2 scored highest 1000 seed weight (1111 g) followed by EH 06088-6 (971.5) and EH 06007-4 (938.5 g) over locations. Least thousand seed weight was obtained from the local genotype (505.5 gm) followed by the standard check Walki (587.3) and ET 07017-bulk (648.0 g). Grain yield showed significant differences (p<0.05) at Aiba location but no significant differences in Hashenge. At Aiba, genotype ET 07013-1 gave the highest grain yield (59.31 qt/ha) followed by genotype ET 07005-1 (57.85) and EH 06088-1 (54.77 qt/ha). Significant positive correlations were recorded between TSW with DM (0.624), number of seeds per pod (0.567) and NTPP (0.427) but it was negatively correlated with NPPP (-0.487). Grain yield was significantly and positively correlated with plant height (0.49) and NPPP (0.369). The highest distance (0.692) was between cluster V and IV, which suggested that the members of these clusters diverge on most of the studied traits and could be used in breeding programs. Principal component (PC) analysis revealed that the first four PCs explained 83.7% of the total variation. The variance explained by PC1 was mostly due to traits related to DM, TSW, NSPP and NTPP, whereas PC II was mostly related to grain yield, plant height, NPPP and thousand seed weight traits. The PC analysis ultimately showed the amount of variability for the traits that could be used for the improvement of large seed sized faba bean genotypes.
Karnofsky performance status-based score predicts death after hospital discharge in patients with cirrhosis Running head : Short-term mortality after discharge from hospital in cirrhosis

Affiliations: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas,TX, Yale University, New Haven, CT, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, University of Texas, Houston, TX, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, NACSELD: North American
Presurgical Mapping of the Language Network Using tional Connectivity Resting-state Func

is still challenging in these patients. Abstract: Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (restingstate fMRI) is a tool for investigating the functional networks that arise during the resting state of the brain. Recent advances of the resting-state fMRI analysis suggest its feasibility for evaluating language function. The most common clinical application is for presurgical mapping of cortex for a brain tumor or for resective epilespy surgery. In this article, we review the techniques and presurgical applications of resting-state fMRI analysis for language evaluation, and discuss the use in the clinical setting, focusing on planning for neurosurgery.
Platelet secretion in inflammatory bleeding 1 Platelet secretion is crucial to prevent bleeding in the ischemic brain but not in the inflamed skin or lung in mice Short title : Platelet secretion in inflammatory bleeding

word count: 186 Figures: 2 Tables: 0 References: 24 Word count: 1386 Scientific category: Platelets and Thrombopoiesis Corresponding author: Bernhard Nieswandt, PhD Institute of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital Würzburg and Rudolf Virchow Center, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany, Phone: + 49 931 31 80405; Fax: + 49 931 201 61652 E-mail: bernhard.nieswandt@virchow.uni-wuerzburg.de Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online January 11, 2017; DOI 10.1182/blood-2016-12-750711 Copyright © 2017 American Society of Hematology For personal use only. on February 7, 2017. by guest www.bloodjournal. org From
Model-based specification of the flight software of an autonomous satellite

In the framework of the AGATA program, we applied a model-based development process founded on a living UML specification to produce the RT-Java code of the AGATA onboard software. Derived from classical V-shaped production cycle, our development process benefited from several model-based engineering methods, such as model-debugging and automated code generation. Our resulting Y-shaped production cycle enabled an incremental development process that allowed us to start software validation early in the process. Despite the complexity of the AGATA onboard software we thereby manage to achieve its functional validation and were able to evaluate RT-Java (Real-Time Java Specification – RTSJ) for real-time space applications.
The Asian Business Sector and the Dynamics of Change: A Story of Growth, Diversity and Success in the UK

Purpose – The Asian business community has been noted for its contribution to the UK economy. This vibrant sector of the small to medium‐sized enterprises population serves to illustrate diversity in terms of spanning sectors including manufacturing and services, entertainment and fashion, hotels and property, food and pharmaceuticals. This paper seeks to draw out trends within this increasingly important sector of the economy.Design/methodology/approach – The study reports on a research project which comprises the latest phase in a seven‐year, longitudinal study of the richest 200 Asian business people in the UK.Findings – The analysis suggests that the Asian business community has delivered significant and sustained growth which is higher than average growth in the UK.Originality/value – For policy makers and the business support community, this paper offers a greater understanding of the dynamics behind the success stories and thus offers opportunities to tailor any engagement with this community appro.
The Motivational Potential of Human Resource Development: Relationships Between Perceived Opportunities for Professional Development, Job Crafting and Work Engagement

The importance of work engagement for organizational success in a rapidly changing economy has been emphasized in literature for several decades. A possible strategy for organizations to strengthen employees’ work engagement may be related to their professional development. Based on the job crafting and job demands-resources literatures, we hypothesize that perceived opportunities for professional development have a positive relationship with work engagement and that this relationship is partially mediated by employees’ job crafting behavior. To test the hypothesized relationships, we conducted a bootstrapping analysis using a sample of 859 employees working in various sectors and organizations in The Netherlands. The outcomes revealed that job crafting partially mediated the relationship between perceived opportunities for professional development and employees’ work engagement. More specifically, two job crafting strategies were the strongest mediators in the relationship between perceived opportunities for professional development and work engagement, namely increasing structural job resources and increasing challenging job demands. Theoretical contributions, limitations, suggestions for future research and practical implications are discussed.
Identifying sensitivities for cirrus modelling using a two-moment two-mode bulk microphysics scheme

Cirrus cloud genesis is an inherently multiscale and non-linear problem. The synoptic scale provides the environment, the mesoscale determines the forcing and the actual nucleation events occur on a microscopic scale. This makes the parameterisation in numerical weather prediction models a challenging task. In order to improve the prediction of cirrus clouds and ice supersaturation formation in the German Weather Service (DWD) model chain, the controlling physical processes are investigated and parameterised in a new cloud ice microphysics scheme. The new scheme is an extended version of the ice-microphysical scheme operational in the numerical weather prediction models of DWD. The developed two-moment two-mode cloud ice scheme includes state-of-the-art parameterisations for the two main processes for ice formation, namely homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation. Homogeneous freezing of supercooled liquid aerosols is triggered in regions with high atmospheric ice supersaturations (145–160%) and high cooling rates. Atmospheric small-scale fluctuations are accounted for by use of the turbulent kinetic energy. Heterogeneous nucleation depends mostly on the existence of ice nuclei in the atmosphere and occurs primarily at lower ice supersaturations. Thus, heterogeneously nucleated ice crystals deplete ice supersaturation via depositional growth and can therefore inhibit subsequent homogeneous freezing. The new cloud ice scheme accounts for pre-existing ice crystals, contains a prognostic budget variable for activated ice nuclei and includes cloud ice sedimentation. Furthermore, a consistent treatment of the depositional growth of the two-ice particle modes and the larger snowflakes is applied by using a relaxation time scale method which ensures a physical representation for depleting ice supersaturation. The new cloud ice scheme is used to identify the relative roles of heterogeneous and homogeneous nucleation in the formation of cirrus clouds and ice supersaturation. A parcel model is used in order to investigate the differences between the operational and new cloud ice scheme. The time scales for the homogeneous nucleation event and for the depositional growth are emphasised. The importance of the new ice nucleation scheme is demonstrated by conducting idealised simulations of orographic cirrus in the COSMO (Consortium for Small-Scale Modeling) model environment.
Direct numerical simulations of turbulent channel flow with transverse square bars on one wall

Direct numerical simulations have been carried out for a fully developed turbulent channel flow with a smooth upper wall and a lower wall consisting of square bars separated by a rectangular cavity. A wide range of $w/k$, the cavity width to roughness height ratio, was considered. For $w/k\,{\ge}\,7$, recirculation zones occur immediately upstream and downstream of each element while mean streamlines and spatial distributions of the skin frictional drag indicate that each element is virtually isolated. The maximum form drag occurs at $w/k\,{=}\,7$ and coincides with the minimum skin frictional drag. The dependence on $w/k$ of the Clauser roughness function reflects that of the form drag.
Herbal preparations prevent beta-amyloid peptide induced hippocampal cell damage

The aggregates of Aβ(1-40) and Aβ(1-42) peptides are considered as the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. The present work examined the ability of several plant preparations to protect the viability of hippocampal cells in the presence of aggregated Aβ peptides. The inhibition of the viability of rat hippocampal cells by the preliminarily aggregated peptides down to 20±2.5% of control was proved. In the presence of aggregated Aβ peptides, the cell viability was saved at 51-114% of control in the medium containing the ethanol extracts from grape and sorrel leaves, rose petals, melilot, phenol glycoside and flavonoid fractions from these extracts. The DNA-comet analysis evidenced the cell integrity conserving by the extracts, but not by the phenol glycoside fraction from rose petals, which significantly protected the cell viability from aggregated Aβ(1-40) and Aβ(1-42) (IC50 = 0.2 ± 0.02 and 2.1 ± 0.7 μg/ml, respectively). Conclusion: the studied plants can be considered as sources for neuroprotecting agents.
STIMULATING FACTORS OF IMPULSE BUYING BEHAVIOR: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Consumers buy products not only because of need to them but also because of sudden urge to buy them. The impulse buying have been investigated by consumer behavior researchers and marketing academician more than a half century. The aim of this study is to present a detailed literature review of the impulse buying behavior by analyzing the various researches in the field of consumer behavior. Development of impulse purchasing concept, process of consumer’s impulse purchasing behavior, various factors that have an effect on impulse purchasing and the relationship between impulse buying and retailing are discussed in this paper. This study will be useful for retailing researchers and practitioners towards comprehensive insight of the shopper’s impulsiveness in theoretical framework. The content analysis of the various researches about impulse buying behavior may be guide to understanding the basic characteristics of impulse purchasing for future researchers by explaining the different factors influencing impulse buying.
Effects of supplemental choline on deposition of cardiac, hepatic and abdominal fat in broiler

Two hundred forty Hubbard Classic broiler chicks were used in a 35-day trial to study the effects of supplemental choline on deposition of cardiac, hepatic and abdominal fat in broiler. Birds were fed four types of diet: control diet without choline chloride (T 0 ), diet containing 0.1% choline chloride (T 1 ), 0.2% choline chloride (T 2 ) and 0.3% choline chloride. All birds had access to feed and water ad libitum. Results indicated that, trends for deposition of cardiac, hepatic and abdominal fat was decreasing (P<0.01) in a linear fashion both at 4 th and 5 th weeks as the level of supplemental choline increased linearly. Maximum deposition of cardiac, hepatic and abdominal fat was observed in birds fed the control diet (T 0 ) and the mean values were 24.4, 34.9 and 4.1 at 4 th week and 41.6, 47.8 and 6.2 at the 5 th week. In contrast, minimum deposition of cardiac, hepatic and abdominal fat was observed in birds fed diet supplemented with 0.3% choline chloride (T 3 ) and the mean values were 14.5, 19.8 and 1.74 at 4 th week and 27.2, 27.8 and 2.2 at 5 th week. It was concluded that increasing levels of supplemental choline substantially reduced deposition of cardiac, hepatic and abdominal fat in commercial broiler. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.3329/bjas.v43i2.20707 Bang. J. Anim. Sci. 2014. 43 (2): 118-122
PII: S1367-5788(01)00002-5

This paper is concerned with the terminology and fundamental problems of FTC and supervision. Based on the idea that at any level, engineers are concerned with the control (or at least the mastering) of a (healthy or faulty) system, successive extensions of the Standard Control Problem (SCP) are proposed in order to provide a clear definition of Fault tolerance and Supervision problems.
Herschel : the first science highlights Special feature L etter to the E ditor Dissecting the cosmic infra-red background with Herschel / PEP

The constituents of the cosmic IR background (CIB) are studied at its peak wavelengths (100 and 160 μm) by exploiting Herschel/PACS observations of the GOODS-N, Lockman Hole, and COSMOS fields in the PACS evolutionary probe (PEP) guaranteed-time survey. The GOODS-N data reach 3σ depths of ∼3.0 mJy at 100 μm and ∼5.7 mJy at 160 μm. At these levels, source densities are 40 and 18 beams/source, respectively, thus hitting the confusion limit at 160 μm. Differential number counts extend from a few mJy up to 100-200 mJy, and are approximated as a double power law, with the break lying between 5 and 10 mJy. The available ancillary information allows us to split number counts into redshift bins. At z ≤ 0.5 we isolate a class of luminous sources (LIR ∼ 1011 L ), whose SEDs resemble late-spiral galaxies, peaking at ∼130 μm restframe and significantly colder than what is expected on the basis of pre-Herschel models. By integrating number counts over the whole covered flux range, we obtain a surface brightness of 6.36±1.67 and 6.58±1.62 [nW m−2 sr−1] at 100 and 160 μm, resolving ∼45% and ∼52% of the CIB, respectively. When stacking 24 μm sources, the inferred CIB lies within 1. 1σ and 0.5σ from direct measurements in the two bands, and fractions increase to 50% and 75%. Most of this resolved CIB fraction was radiated at z ≤ 1.0, with 160 μm sources found at higher redshift than 100 μm ones.