Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses of Low-Nitrogen-Stress Tolerance and Function Analysis of ZmGST42 Gene in Maize

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the major staple crops providing human food, animal feed, and raw material support for biofuel production. For its growth and development, maize requires essential macronutrients. In particular, nitrogen (N) plays an important role in determining the final yield and quality of a maize crop. However, the excessive application of N fertilizer is causing serious pollution of land area and water bodies. Therefore, cultivating high-yield and low-N-tolerant maize varieties is crucial for minimizing the nitrate pollution of land and water bodies. Here, based on the analysis of the maize leaf transcriptome and proteome at the grain filling stage, we identified 3957 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 329 differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) from the two maize hybrids contrasting in N stress tolerance (low-N-tolerant XY335 and low-N-sensitive HN138) and screened four sets of low-N-responsive genes and proteins through Venn diagram analysis. We identified 761 DEGs (253 up- and 508 down-regulated) specific to XY335, whereas 259 DEGs (198 up- and 61 down-regulated) were specific to HN138, and 59 DEGs (41 up- and 18 down-regulated) were shared between the two cultivars under low-N-stress conditions. Meanwhile, among the low-N-responsive DAPs, thirty were unique to XY335, thirty were specific to HN138, and three DAPs were shared between the two cultivars under low-N treatment. Key among those genes/proteins were leucine-rich repeat protein, DEAD-box ATP-dependent RNA helicase family proteins, copper transport protein, and photosynthesis-related proteins. These genes/proteins were involved in the MAPK signaling pathway, regulating membrane lipid peroxidation, and photosynthesis. Our results may suggest that XY335 better tolerates low-N stress than HN138, possibly through robust low-N-stress sensing and signaling, amplified protein phosphorylation and stress response, and increased photosynthesis efficiency, as well as the down-regulation of ‘lavish’ or redundant proteins to minimize N demand. Additionally, we screened glutathione transferase 42 (ZmGST42) and performed physiological and biochemical characterizations of the wild-type (B73) and gst42 mutant at the seedling stage. Resultantly, the wild-type exhibited stronger tolerance to low N than the mutant line. Our findings provide a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying low-N tolerance during the maize grain filling stage and reveal key candidate genes for low-N-tolerance breeding in maize.
Socioeconomic inequalities in type 2 diabetes mellitus in Europe

La Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 (DM2) se ha convertido en uno de los principales problemas de salud a nivel mundial. La declaracion de ST VINCENT enfatizaba la necesidad y la urgencia de mejorar el conocimiento epidemiologico de la DM2 a nivel europeo. Los estudios a nivel europeo sobre desigualdades por Posicion Socioeconomica (PSE) en la DM2 eran escasos. El objetivo de esta tesis era hacer una revision extensa de los estudios publicados sobre desigualdades por PSE en la DM2 en Europa, ademas de analizar la relacion entre la incidencia, la prevalencia y la mortalidad por DM2 y la PSE. Otro objetivo tambien fue analizar la tendencia de las desigualdades por PSE en la prevalencia de DM2 en Espana (1983-2006). Finalmente, como objetivo tambien figuraba el valorar el uso adecuado de las encuestas de salud con auto-declaracion de DM2 con el objetivo de evaluar las desigualdades por PSE en la DM2. Para poder llevar a cabo todos los objetivos se utilizaron distintas fuentes de informacion. Para realizar la revision sistematica se utilizo la base de datos de PUBMED (www.pubmed.com) mientras que para los estudios empiricos se utilizaron las bases de datos de dos proyectos europeos, como son el EUROTHINE (www.eurothine.org) y el SHARE (www.share-project.org) y las encuestas nacionales de salud de Espana (para estudiar la tendencia de DM2) y de Cataluna (para la validacion). La tesis tiene 5 articulos que intentan dar respuesta a los distintos objetivos. Los estudios incluidos en esta tesis sugieren que existen desigualdades por posicion socioeconomica (SEP) en la DM2, en incidencia, prevalencia y en moralidad en Europa. Estas desigualdades por PSE se explican en parte por el Indice de Masa Corporal, la dieta o l? actividad fisica. Ademas, estas desigualdades parecen que se han mantenido constantes o han crecido a lo largo del tiempo. Finalmente, se ha visto que las encuestas de salud con la pregunta de autodeclaracion de DM2 son un buen instrumento para evaluar las desigualdades por PSE en la DM2.
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Background. Electroencephalographic (EEG) peak alpha frequency (PAF) has been shown to correlate with a variety of phenomena, including age, memory performance in healthy and demented individuals, different emotional states, schizophrenia, anxiety, recovery from stroke, cerebral blood flow (CBF) velocity, brain oxygenation, as well as acute administration of stimulant and nootropic substances. These studies have shown that PAF varies between healthy and clinical individuals, with the latter consistently having lower PAF. Moreover, PAF varies between healthy individuals, reflecting cognitive performance, with better performance being associated with increased PAF. Finally, PAF varies within individuals both between developmental stages and between different cognitive tasks, or physiological states induced by administration of various substances. The present study suggests that among other phenomena PAF reflects a trait or state of cognitive preparedness, using three independent datasets from healthy and brain injured individuals. Based on the preceding literature, the following hypotheses were generated. First, that PAF is an index of optimal brain function, being suppressed under traumatic brain injury (TBI). Second, that PAF is negatively correlated with time since TBI, and that it is increased after cognitive rehabilitation of individuals with TBI. Third, that PAF shows cognitive preparedness within individuals, reflecting task performance differences at different days. Fourth, that PAF is increased after tasks more in those individuals who had it lower at initial baseline, being affected by the task that forces them to correct their initial unpreparedness.
Reconstruction of 3D eolian-dune architecture from 1D core data through adoption of analogue data from outcrop

Data derived from core and well-logs are essentially one-dimensional and determining eolian system type and likely dimensions and orientation of architectural elements present in subsurface eolian reservoir successions is typically not possible from direct observation alone. This is problematic because accurate predictions of the three-dimensional distribution of interdune and dune-plinth elements that commonly form relatively low-permeability baffles to flow, of net:gross, and of the likely distribution of elements with common porosity-permeability properties at a variety of scales in eolian reservoirs is crucial for effective reservoir characterization. Direct measurement of a variety of parameters relating to aspects of the architecture of eolian elements preserved as ancient outcropping successions has enabled the establishment of a series of empirical relationships with which to make first-order predictions of a range of architectural parameters from subsurface successions that are not observable directly in core. In many preserved eolian dune successions, the distribution of primary lithofacies types tends to occur in a predictable manner for different types of dune sets, whereby the pattern of distribution of grain-flow, wind-ripple, and grain-fall strata can be related to set architecture, which itself can be related back to original bedform type. Detailed characterization of individual eolian dune sets and relationships between neighboring dune and interdune elements has been undertaken through outcrop studies of the Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone and the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone in southern Utah. The style of transition between lithofacies types seen vertically in preserved sets, and therefore measurable in analogous core intervals, enables predictions to be made regarding the relationship between preserved set thickness, individual grain-flow thickness, original bedform dimensional properties (e.g., wavelength and height), the likely proportion of the original bedform that is preserved to form a set, the angle of climb of the system, and the likely along-crest variability of facies distributions in sets generated by the migration of sinuous-crested bedforms. A series of graphical models depict common facies arrangements in bedsets for a suite of dune types and these demonstrate inherent facies variability.
Etude du Comportement du béton soumis à haute température : Influence du type de béton et de la nature des constituants

Les degradations de beton par incendie qui affectent davantage les bâtiments ont soulevees la question du comportement des betons (ordinaires ou hautes performances) vis-a-vis du feu. Des etudes theoriques et experimentales ont permit d’avoir des explications sur les phenomenes observes dans le comportement du beton chauffe et de preciser les parametres cles influencant le comportement au feu des betons. Le but de ce travail de recherche est de completer, par une etude experimentale, les connaissances deja acquises sur le comportement du beton soumis a des temperatures elevees en mettant l’accent sur le comportement des granulats. Cette etude est construite en trois parties : l’etude du comportement des granulats (sable siliceux, sable calcaire, granulats calcaires et granulats de brique concassee) soumis a haute temperature, l’etude du comportement des betons avec les granulats testes precedemment et enfin l’observation a differents echelles des degradations de ces betons. Trois familles de beton ont ete etudiees : beton de granulats ordinaires (sable siliceux et granulats calcaires), beton a base de sable calcaire (sable calcaire et granulats calcaires) et beton de granulats de brique concassee (sable siliceux, 70% granulats calcaires et 30% granulats de brique concassee). Pour chaque famille de beton, trois rapports E/C sont utilises : 0.60, 0.42 et 0.27. Les betons sont soumis a des cycles de chauffage-refroidissement jusqu’a 150°C, 250°C, 400°C, 600°C et 900°C. Les proprietes physiques et mecaniques residuelles des differents betons formules ont ete analysees. L’analyse des resultats des essais permet de caracteriser les differentes proprietes physiques et mecaniques des betons a hautes temperatures. Les resultats montrent que les granulats de brique concassee et les betons confectionnes avec ces granulats presentent un meilleur comportement lorsqu’ils sont soumis a haute temperature.
Evaluation of intensive cultivated land use based on a projection pursuit model in Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration

To avoid the subjectivity and difficulty of dealing with high dimensional dataset for conventional methods, a set of evaluation index system of cultivated land intensive use was built. Based on data of land and socioeconomy from 1996 to 2009 in Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan(Chang-Zhu-Tan) urban agglomeration and in 2009 in each county, quantitative comprehensive evaluation of sequential variation and spatial differentiation was made by a projection pursuit model based on genetic algorithm. The results were obtained as follows. (1) The main factors affecting cultivated land intensive use were multiple-crop index, application quantity of chemical fertilizer, total power of agricultural machinery and plant production for per unit cultivated land area in Chang-Zhu-Tan urban agglomeration. (2) From 1996 to 2009, the degree of cultivated land intensive use in Chang-Zhu-Tan urban agglomeration took the year 2002 as the demarcation point, and presented a phased development trend with "stable-rapid growth". (3) In 2009,spatial differentiation characteristic of the degree of cultivated land intensive use declined gradually from suburbs to middle suburbs and outer suburbs in Chang-Zhu-Tan urban agglomeration;(4) Compared with conventional evaluation methods, the projection pursuit method was of impersonality and credibility, abundance in characterization information, with reasonable results and high validity in evaluation of cultivated land intensive use.
Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics Bank CEO Incentives and the Credit Crisis

We investigate whether bank performance during the recent credit crisis is related to chief executive officer (CEO) incentives before the crisis. We find some evidence that banks with CEOs whose incentives were better aligned with the interests of shareholders performed worse and no evidence that they performed better. Banks with higher option compensation and a larger fraction of compensation in cash bonuses for their CEOs did not perform worse during the crisis. Bank CEOs did not reduce their holdings of shares in anticipation of the crisis or during the crisis. Consequently, they suffered extremely large wealth losses in the wake of the crisis.
Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics Advice-Driven Demand and Systematic Price Fluctuations

We show that advice in the form of mutual fund ratings generates correlated demand that creates systematic price fluctuations. Mutual fund investors chase fund performance via Morningstar ratings. Until June 2002, funds pursuing the same investment style had highly correlated ratings. Therefore, rating-chasing investors directed capital into winning styles, generating style-level price pressures that reverted over time. In June 2002, Morningstar reformed its methodology to equalize ratings across styles. Style-level correlated demand via mutual funds immediately became muted, significantly altering the time-series and cross-sectional variation of style returns. Advice-driven demand also explains substantial variation in the size and value factors. ∗We thank Sylvester Flood (Morningstar), Paul Kaplan (Morningstar), Nick Barberis, John Campbell, Alex Chinco, Darrell Duffie, Bing Han, Charles M.C. Lee, Martin Lettau, Juhani Linnainmaa, Andrei Shleifer, Xin Wang, and Motohiro Yogo for helpful comments. We thank seminar participants at The Ohio State University, the University of Utah, the University of Washington, Arrowstreet Capital, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as well as participants at the NBER Summer Institute (Asset Pricing), the NBER Behavior Finance Workshop, the Pacific Northwest Finance Conference, and the 2021 AFA Annual Meeting for comments. Ben-David is with The Ohio State University and NBER; Li is with the University of Utah; Rossi is with the University of Arizona; and Song is with the University of Washington. Ben-David is a co-founder and a partner in an investment advisor. Emails: ben-david.1@osu.edu, jiacui.li@eccles.utah. edu, rossi2@arizona.edu, and songy18@uw.edu.
State Estimation Predictor with Stochastic time-delay Based Framework for Teleoperated Vehicle

The recent automotive industry has consistently focused on autonomous driving technologies for their potential chances to free human drivers from tedious maneuvering labor. Although commercialized full-driving automation vehicles are thought to be capable of replacing human drivers, many disengagement reports of autonomous driving are doubtful about its safety-integrity levels to fulfill the acceptable minimum risk. As a countermeasure and backup plan for the disengagement of autonomous driving, recent approaches have focused on the teleoperation method in which humans and vehicles collaborate. However, the performance of the teleoperation method largely relies on the communication quality between the control center and the vehicle. Due to this fact, the communication delay has to be preliminarily investigated and profiled to be used as a boundary to classify as a communication outlier. Therefore, we developed a real-time communication delay classification scheme using a state estimation predictor with a stochastic time-delay-based Framework. The proposed framework was tested with an actual human-vehicle interface using a lte/5G network with a global navigation satellite (GNSS) system. The communication delay was classified according to the level of the potential risk considering the magnitude of the communication delay. The result showed that the total amount of the communication delay was compensated by considering the communication time delay.
Stonehenge: a high-performance virtualized ip storage cluster with qos guarantees

Persistent information plays a critical role in enterprise and personal computing. Storage capacity requirement is reported to double each year. With the elevating gap between the increasing storage management cost and the decreasing hardware cost, storage manageability becomes more and more important. Storage storage management software and greatly simplifies storage management. However, current virtualization technique is only in capacity dimension and does not care about performance issues. In a shared storage environment, quality of service must be provided so that various clients can get guaranteed storage services. This dissertation presents a design, implementation and evaluation of a clustered storage system called Stonehenge, which provides multi-dimensional (bandwidth, capacity, latency) storage virtualization and run time service guarantees. To realize storage virtualization, we developed a virtual to physical mapping scheme which aims at maximizing the resource usage. Quality of service guarantee always translates to overprovision due to bursty traffic pattern. Besides a real-time scheduler to enforce the service level agreements, we also propose and evaluate a measurement-based feedback path to reflect the actual resource usage and maximize the virtual disks admission. Track based logging (Trail) is used to realize fast write caching, which provides high write performance with persistence warranty. It eliminates expensive NVRAM by using more cost-effective hard drives. Our performance study shows that Trail can reduce the synchronous write performance to data transfer time and fixed command processing overhead. Lastly, we report our experience in realizing the storage cluster on commodity hardwares and IP networks and their impacts on overall system performance.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY COMPOSITION AND VERTICAL JUMP PERFORMANCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS

With the aim to investigate the relationship between the body composition of adolescents and their vertical jump performance, this research was carried out on a sample of seventh grade elementary school students (47 male students). The sample of measuring instruments for body composition assessment included: body height, body mass, sum of five skinfolds thicknesses (biceps, triceps, subscapularis, suprailiac, and calf), body fat percentage, and muscle mass percentage. The SJ and CMJ tests were used for the assessment of vertical jump performance. At the multivariate level the results showed that body composition, as a predictor system, explained 44% (p = .000) of the variance of SJ and 41% (p = .000) of the variance of CMJ. At the univariate level of it was noted that the sum of five skinfolds had a high influence on the predictor system for SJ (t = -3.77; p = .001) and also a high influence on CMJ (t = -2.98; p = .005). The sum of five skinfolds had a negative impact on SJ and CMJ tests for vertical jump performance assessment. It could be concluded that the relationship between body composition components and vertical jump performance was clearly demonstrated in adolescents. Acta Medica Medianae 2020;59(1):64-70.
Cartographie de la densité du couvert ligneux dans les zones arides et semi-arides à l’aide de l’imagerie satellitaire

Sous l’effet de conditions climatiques particulierement defavorables, la vegetation ligneuse dans les zones semi-arides a tendance a devenir discontinue et a se concentrer dans les micro-depressions. La densite du couvert vegetal est un indicateur des changements de l’environnement. Dans ce contexte, la cartographie de l’organisation spatiale permet d’estimer le stade de la desertification. Le travail presente dans cet article concerne la mise au point d’une methodologie basee sur l’analyse de la granulometrie morphologique, pour cartographier l’organisation spatiale de la vegetation ligneuse en zones semi-arides a l’aide de l’imagerie satellitaire. La carte finale obtenue a l’aide de la classification automatique des pixels decrits par les valeurs de la densite granulometrique, peut etre interpretee comme une carte de la densite du couvert vegetal. Cette methodologie a ete appliquee a la cartographie de la densite de la couverture vegetale en regions sahelienne et presaharienne a partir des donnees fournies par les satellites SPOT et Landsat TM. Ces regions sont caracterisees par differents stades du couvert ligneux.
Machine Learning and Audio Signal Processing for Predictive Maintenance: A review

This work shows a systematic review of literature of machine learning and audio processing for applications in preventive maintenance. It intends to prove how audio signal processing combined with Machine Leanring techniques can produce a powerfool tool to detect anomalies and malfunctions in electromechanical devices. The document describes a review of art state and the algorithms that can be used for preventive maintenance applications. When reviewed, the literature proves that Machine Learning and Deep Learning approaches provide high accuracy results as tools for PdM, and that Support Vector Machines, k-Nearest Neighbors and Convolutional Neural Networks are the most used approaches as they achieve the highest evaluation metrics, and prove sound, vibration and current to be the most popular signals to train ML-PdM oriented models.
Landslide Damming in the Cordillera of Western Canada

Major landslide dams in the Cordillera are a result of rock slope movements, landslides in stratified Pleistocene deposits, and landslides in till or colluvium in steep mountain watersheds. These landslide dams show contrasting behaviour. Landslide dams formed by rock avalanches within the Coast Plutonic Complex impound significant volumes of water but appear to be stable. Dams formed by landslides originating from the flanks of Quaternary volcanoes, however, are short-lived and exhibit catastrophic breaching behaviour. Landslide dams involving stratified Pleistocene deposits, although being short-lived, breach gradually. The failure of small scale landslide dams in steep mountain watersheds may generate outburst floods or debris torrents, a process which has been reponsible for several disasters in the Cordillera.
Sub-Basalt Imaging in the Faroe-Shetland Basin using CSEM&MT Data to Constrain the Velocity Model

In this study we demonstrate how incorporating controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) and magnetotelluric (MT) data in the velocity model building improves seismic depth imaging in sub-basalt settings. We consider data acquired in the Faroe-Shetland basin. The resistivity model obtained from inversion of the electromagnetic (EM) data provides information about sub-basalt structure and resistivity. The EM data can image both the thickness and the extent of basalt layers, as well as the sediments underneath. We update the velocity model using a correlation between resistivity and seismic velocity derived from nearby well data. Our reverse-time migration (RTM) imaging improvements demonstrate the advantage of this integrated approach.