Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Global characteristics of Rossby wave propagation from multiple satellite datasets

This paper presents a study of the global characteristics of extra-tropical oceanic Rossby waves from datasets of Sea Surface Height (SSH), Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and ocean colour. We deal in particular with the propagation speed of the waves and compare the observational results with the speeds predicted by the classical theory and by an extended theory of Rossby waves. We also discuss, with an example, the additional information that can be derived by a comparison of the wave signatures in the different datasets.
Relying on Consensus does not Make Bitcoin Safer

Several distributed cryptocurrencies systems have emerged, and among them, Bitcoin [1] is often designated as the pioneer this kind of systems. As such, Bitcoin shows some vulnerabilities in presence of malicious entities, and some recent works have proposed to improve upon Bitcoin weaknesses. This brief abstract is devoted to the analysis of one of these recent works, and shows through an analytical performance evaluation that new Bitcoin improvements are still needed.
Spatial‐temporal security stability analysis and regulation against different types of attacks on industrial control systems

In this article, reaction‐diffusion phenomena are considered in the security risk modeling of industrial control networks represented in the spatial‐temporal domain. Different types of cyber‐physical attacks, including TDS (time delay switch), FDI (false data injection), and DoS (denial of service), are modeled within a comprehensive parameteric‐varying parabolic partial differential state‐space structure. A theorem is proposed to ensure that the system is asymptotically stable with prescribed H∞$$ {H}_{\infty } $$ performance, which guarantees stability regardless of the various types of attacks. Finally, corresponding examples of risk control design against the different threats on industrial control networks are simulated to demonstrate the effectiveness of the results proposed in this article.
Quantitative Assessment of Chemical Characteristics of the Sediments in Lake Biwa, Japan, by Cluster Analysis

Chemical characteristics of the sediments in Lake Biwa were analyzed by a concentration correlation matrix method and by a hierarchical cluster analysis. The sediment core samples were collected from 18 sites of the North Basin and the South Basin in Lake Biwa. The chemical constituents in the sediments were determined by an X-ray fluorescence analysis. The correlations among the sampling sites were described using the analytical concentrations of the major six elements, Si, Al, Fe, Ti, K and Mg, in the sediments. The result of the concentration correlation matrix showed that high correlations were observed for each of the neighboring sites, whereas relatively low correlations were found between the sediment in a northern site (C10) of the North Basin and the sediments of the South Basin. Low correlations were also found between the sediments from the northeast sites (E4, E5) and those other sites in the South Basin. The correlations among the samples in these sites were more clarified by the cluster analysis. The clusters for sampling sites of the sediments were almost classified into five regions. The generic correlations among the sampling sites of the Lake Biwa sediments could be explained by the physical and chemical redistribution of the components during the processes in which the sedimentary materials are transported through the lacustrine water currents.
MiR-934 Exacerbates Malignancy of Gastric Cancer Cells by Targeting ZFP36

Background: In order to explore new targets for the treatment of gastric cancer (GC), we investigated the regulatory mechanism of miR-934 in the malignant phenotype of gastric cancer. Methods: The miRNA and mRNA expressions were determined by RT-qPCR, and protein levels were quantified by western blotting assay. Malignancy of AGS cell line was evaluated by MTT, flow cytometry, wound healing and Transwell assays. The putative binding site between miR-934 and ZFP36 was validated using luciferase reporter assay. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay was used to visualize the ZFP36-positive cells in the xenograft sections. All experiments were conducted in General Surgery Laboratory of Nanjing Red Cross Hospital Jiangsu Province, China from June 2019 to June 2021. Results: GC tissues and cell lines showed notably higher levels of miR-934. Overexpression of miR-934 promoted cell viability, migration and invasion, while inhibited cell apoptosis of GC cells. ZFP36 was predicted and verified to be the target of miR-934 and low protein levels of ZFP36 were observed in GC tissues. The ZFP36 protein expressions were suppressed by miR-934 overexpression, while were facilitated by miR-934 inhibition. Furthermore, the carcinogenic functions of miR-934 were partially reversed after ZFP36 overexpression. The results of in vivo experiments further demonstrated that miR-934 promoted tumor growth and repressed the protein expression of ZFP36. Conclusion: miR-934 served as a tumor promoter in GC via targeting ZFP36, and ZFP36 overexpression could efficiently relieve malignant phenotypes caused by miR-934, which prompted an exploitable molecular target for GC treatment.
Les lois de probabilités de Halphen

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Phenotypic and molecular confirmation of maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes for drought tolerance at seedling stage

Abiotic stresses such as drought is adversely affecting the crop yields as well as maize productivity. The core idea of this study was to screen and identify maize genotypes for drought tolerance through morphological and molecular characterization for Balochistan region. In-vitro experiment was carried out using four maize genotypes namely Azam, Jalal, Edhi and Pahari that were investigated for drought stress tolerance at seedling stage. Completely randomized design (CRD) was used for current study. Maize seedlings were grown in growth chamber and after two-weeks of drought stress, samples were collected at different time periods. The morphological data showed that the root architecture of Jalal was significantly different from the remaining studied genotypes. These results were further strengthened and supported by the molecular analysis. For wet lab experiment, the DNA was extracted by Plant Mini Kit method and the presence/absence of drought tolerant gene was confirmed through the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The specifically designed primers for candidate orthologues were used to obtain the targeted PCR products. Furthermore, the results of PCR were confirmed through gel electrophoresis. The results of inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers showed that only ISSR-838 was attached on Jalal while remaining genotypes did not showed any amplification of the products, that mean the Jalal genotype is more diverse from the other genotypes for drought stress tolerance. The obtained results of this study will be further utilized for the development of drought resistant maize variety and also used in other future breeding programs of Balochistan.
Change in Negative Affective Bias following a Single Ketamine Treatment for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Ketamine has recently emerged as a highly effective new treatment for people with treatment-resistant depression with rapid antidepressant effects. However, these effects are often short lasting, and the potential cognitive mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects, such as effects on emotional processing bias, remain poorly understood. In the present study, we explored potential changes in emotional and cognitive processing following a single treatment of subcutaneous ketamine in a randomised double-blind controlled study with an active control. Participants with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (MDD) were recruited from a single site from the Ketamine for Adult Depression Study (KADS Trial) and were randomly assigned to receive racemic ketamine hydrochloride ( n = 10 ) or midazolam hydrochloride ( n = 11 ) in a 1 : 1 ratio. A healthy control sample ( n = 23 ) was recruited to attend a single experimental session without any treatment. All MDD participants completed mood ratings and cognitive assessments prior to and one day after a single randomised treatment. The results showed no significant differences in performance changes after treatment across the majority of emotion-related (i.e., Emotional Stroop Task, Affective Go/No-Go Task) and cognitive (Ruff 2 and 7 Selective Attention Test, Controlled Word Association Test) outcome measures. Participants who received ketamine showed a significant improvement in a negative processing bias test (i.e., The Scrambled Sentence Task; Cohen’s d = .67 , p = .016 ), which was not significantly associated with improvement in psychological symptoms ( r = − .662 , p = .074 ). The results from this exploratory study suggest that a single ketamine treatment may modulate negative affective bias. Limitations to this study included the small sample size and lack of follow-up. Future larger trials are required to confirm this finding.
The Myth of Media Globalization

* Introduction *1. Theory - structural transformation of the global public sphere? *1.1 System connectivity *1.2 System change *1.3 System interdependence *2. International reporting - 'No further than Columbus. ' *2.1 The world-view of international reporting *2.2 The global non-dialogue of 11 September 2001 *2.3 The Iraq War 2003: war reporting in the far from obsolete nation state *2.4 The myth within the myth: the 'CNN effect' *3. Satellite television - the renaissance of world regions *3.1 Cross-border media use and the triumph of the monolingual middle classes over cosmopolitan elites *3.2 Global television and the 'spiral of silence' afflicting democratisation *3.3 The regionalisation of the media in geo-linguistic areas: 'Huntington' on the small screen *3.4 The case of al-Jazeera: an 'Arab CNN'? *4. Film and programme imports - entertainment culture as the core of media globalisation *4.1 Who's afraid of Uncle Sam? Relativising American cultural hegemony *4.2 How the globalisation of entertainment culture helps permeable national cultures modernise *5. The Internet - the Information Revolution which came too late for the 'Third Wave of democratisation' *5.1 The Net as Tower of Babel *5.2 The digital divide *5.3 Virtual cosmopolitanism *5.4 The 'Zapatista effect' *6. International broadcasting - from national propaganda to global dialogue and back again *6.1 After 11 September: the new war in the ether *6.2 Interdependence gaps and attempts at reform *7. Media and immigration - ethnicity and transculturalism in the media age *7.1 Cultural exiles and bi-culturals: immigrant media use *7.2 A persistent cultural deficit: xenophobia in the age of global media *8. Media policy - why the state continues to play a role *8.1 The 'New World Information Order' in the age of globalisation: the rudiments of a pancapitalist vision
Authentic Leadership's Environmental Impact: Empowering Employee Engagement and Sustainability

Organisational issues, wrongdoings of employees and a sense of security are integral issues that need to be addressed. Leaders of the corporate world must understand how to make an environment where employees can feel friendly and inform the managers about wrongdoings. The aim of study is to explore the impact of authentic leadership, Psychological safety on whistle-blowing with mediating mechanism of collectivism. Data were obtained from 380 respondents from the telecommunication sector of Pakistan. Results show that the significant relations between variables and collectivism partially mediate between relationships. The study has some limitations that need to be avoided by future researchers. Leaders can use the study by applying the results to improve organisational performance.
Native Arteriovenous Fistula Creation in Patients With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Case Report and a Narrative Review

Worsening of kidney function after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation is common, and many patients reaching end-stage kidney disease require long-term dialysis. Permanent vascular access in a patient with LVAD remains a clinical dilemma. There is a theoretical concern about the maturation of the arteriovenous fistula in a patient with LVAD due to the absence of a pulsatile flow in these patients. We described a case of successful creation of a left brachial-cephalic AVF in a patient with continuous flow LVAD (Abbott's HeartMate 3TM), which was used for dialysis without issue.
Automatic Clustering and Fuzzy Logical Relationship to Predict the Volume of Indonesia Natural Rubber Export

Natural rubber is one of the pillars of Indonesia's export commodities. However, over the last few years, the export value of natural rubber has decreased due to an oversupply of this commodity in the global market. To overcome this problem, it is possible to predict the volume of Indonesia natural rubber exports. Predicted values can also help the government to compile market intelligence for natural rubber commodities periodically. In this study, the prediction of the export volume of natural rubber was carried out using the Automatic Clustering as an interval maker in the Fuzzy Time Series or usually called Automatic Clustering and Fuzzy Logical Relationship (ACFLR). The data used is 51 data per year from 1970 to 2020. The purpose of this study is to predict the volume of Indonesia natural rubber exports and compare the prediction results between the Automatic Clustering and Fuzzy Logical Relationship (ACFLR) and Chen's Fuzzy Time Series. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the two methods, ACFLR got 0.5316% MAPE with and Chen's Fuzzy Time Series model got 8.009%. Show that the ACFLR method performs better than the pure Fuzzy Time Series in predicting volume of Indonesia natural rubber exports.
Effects of tree species diversity and conspecific seedling density on insect herbivory and pathogen infection on big‐leaf mahogany seedlings

The Janzen–Connell hypothesis (JCH) predicts that attack by specialist enemies on seedlings increases with conspecific seedling density, but studies have rarely experimentally tested for the contingency of such effects on the tree community context (e.g. diversity, composition) ormeasured responses by different enemies (e.g. herbivores, pathogens). We conducted a field study in a large‐scale system evaluating tree species diversity and conspecific density effects on leaf damage on mahogany Swietenia macrophylla seedlings. We established quadrats of eight levels of seedling density across mahogany tree monocultures and tree species polycultures including mahogany, and recorded percent leaf damage by insects and percent leaf necrosis by a pathogenic fungus on mahogany seedlings. We found contrasting effects of tree species diversity on insects and pathogens. Whereas tree diversity did not affect leaf damage by insects, it had a significant negative effect on leaf necrosis by pathogens whereby, on average, percent leaf necrosis on mahogany seedlings in polyculture was half of that observed in monoculture. We discuss the potential influences of changes in mahogany tree density versus frequency (relative to other tree species) driving this diversity effect. Unexpectedly, we found no effect of seedling conspecific density on either leaf insect or pathogen damage (i.e. density‐independent attack). Likewise, we found no significant tree diversity by seedling density interaction, indicating that plant enemies were consistently unresponsive to variation in seedling density acrosslevels of tree diversity. Overall, this study provides a unique test of the JCH by experimentally evaluating seedling density and tree diversity effects on contrasting plant enemies and, in turn, the controls they exert over plant recruitment.
The EUROP carcase grading system does not predict the eating quality of beef

The European beef grading systems of EUROP and Carcase Fatness are used to determine carcase value throughout Europe. We investigated the relationship between EUROP class and eating quality. Six cuts (the Striploin, Outside, Rump, Tenderloin, Oyster blade and the Topside) from 18 French cattle were grilled, medium or rare. In total, 540 untrained French consumers rated the steaks for Tenderness, Flavour, Juiciness and Overall Liking, according to MSA protocols, and these scores were combined on a weighted basis (0.3, 0.3, 0.1, 0.3 respectively) to make a fifth term called Meat Quality score (MQ4). During processing the cattle were graded using the European ‘EUROP’ and ‘Carcase Fatness’ systems. The sensory scores were analysed using a mixed linear model with cut, age and EUROP score included as fixed effects, and animal ID as a random term. Due to the low numbers of animals, Carcase Fatness scores were selected from the limited range of 3-, 3= and 3+ and hence do not significantly influence eating quality. In all cases, the sensory scores differed between the EUROP classes. However, these differences followed no clear linear trend across EIJROP classes within any of the cuts tested. Thus, while the EUROP system may adequately describe carcase muscling characteristics, it does not predict eating quality. The industry should consider using a system more related to eating quality to determine the monetary value of carcases, rewarding those producers supplying the meat most preferred by consumers.
First Morphological and Molecular (28S rDNA) Characterization of Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Monogenea, Diplozoidae) parasitizing Cyprinus carpio, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

The present study is the first morphological and molecular characterization of a monogenean Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Goto, 1891) parasitizing gill filaments of common carps (Cyprinus carpio) obtained from the Lesser Zab River in northeastern Iraq in the subdistrict of Altun-Kopru from July to October 2022 and transported to the Laboratory of Zoology Research, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq. Most previous studies regarding the considered parasite have targeted morphological data analysis. However, DNA sequence outline is typically supportive in systematics, since it contains aspects that are absent from morphological research. The main goal was to molecularly identify E. nipponicum utilizing the nuclear 28S rDNA region by PCR and nucleotide sequencing approach. The sequences were obtained and compared to the accessible GenBank sequences. The results justify the validation of E. nipponicum in Iraq using traditional (morphology-based) and modern (molecular-based) parasitological techniques. The latter one showed 99.11% (identity percentage) of E. nipponicum in comparison to the registered sequences of NCBI. Additionally, this was considered the first wide-ranging morphological and molecular study in the studied region. The phylogenetic relationship was concluded using Maximum Likelihood (ML) method. It was concluded that besides of the morphological characterization of E. nipponicum, PCR sequencing was considered a suitable molecular method for recognizing monogenean diplozoid species on the fishes.
Fuzzy sliding mode control for synchronization of multiple induction motors drive

In order to achieve high reliability and control precision of multiple induction motors drive systems, a fuzzy sliding mode control (FSMC)-based synchronization control strategy is proposed by combining the FSMC technique with the ring coupling synchronization structure. Also, a fuzzy controller is utilized as a switching control part of the FSMC to attenuate chattering phenomena despite large uncertainties that exist in practical applications. Moreover, the stability analysis of the proposed control strategy is derived by Lyapunov stability theorem. The proposed FSMC-based synchronization scheme possesses several attractive advantages of simple control framework, high control precision, strong robustness to uncertainties, and chattering elimination. Furthermore, the performance of the proposed control strategy is investigated on a four induction motors driving system. The numerical simulation results clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed FSMC based synchronization strategy for multiple induction motors drive at different operating conditions, and its superiority is indicated by comparison with proportional integral (PI) control and conventional SMC.
Effect of The Amino Acid Taurine on Some Growth Parameters of Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella Fingerlings

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of taurine, an amino acid additive, on grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella fingerlings (3.16 ± 0.14 gm) growth and feed utilization in glass aquaria for 70 days. Before beginning the feeding experiment, 120 fish were acclimatized for 10days in the laboratories of fisheries department and marine resources, Agriculture College, University of Basrah. Fish fed dietary taurine at levels of 1% (T2), 2% (T3), and 3% (T4) were compared to fish fed a control diet with no taurine (0%, T1). The weight gain (WG) in the T1 was 16.95 g, which was significantly (P≤0.05) higher than the other treatments. T1 had a higher (P≤0.05) mean relative growth rate (RGR) (54.89± 5.66 %) than the other treatments. The specific growth rate (SGR) and daily growth rate (DGR) of T1 were 0.72 ± 0.06 % day -1, and 0.28 ±0.01 g, which was also higher (P≤0.05) than other treatments supported with different levels of taurine. Significant differences (P≤0.05) were found in the food conversion ratio (FCR) and food conversion efficiency (FCE) between T1 and the other treatments (T2, T3, and T4). It is clear from the current study that the T1 (0% taurine) better than the other treatments in growth and food utilization indicators. It is concluded from the current study that the addition of taurine (1, 2 and 3%) had inhibited the growth in grass carp fingerlings.
First Record of Calydiscoides difficilis (Yamaguti, 1953) Young, 1969 (Monogenoidea, Polyonchoinea, Diplectaniade) on Gills of Three Fish species off Marine Waters of Iraq

A parasitological examination of two species of lethrinid fishes; Pink ear emperor Lethrinus lentjan, Spangled emperor L. nebulosus and Areolate grouper Epinephelus areolatus caught in Iraqi marine territorial waters from January to December 2020, revealed that the gills of the fishes were infected with deiplectanid monogenoid, which is identified as Calydiscoides difficilis (Yamaguti, 1953) Young, 1969. This study redescribed the parasite and for the first time described the egg and confirmed that the species has a wide range of dimension resulting from intraspecific variations. The measurements of hard and soft parts of the parasite collected from L. lentjan are smaller than those from L. nebulosus. In addition, the measurements from E. areolatus are close to that from L. lentjan or intermediate between L. nebulosus and L. lentjan. The past record of C. difficilis from L. harak is discussed and hence L. nebulosus and L. lentjan are considered as new records to the Arabian Gulf. Dimensions of the eggs of the parasite in the current study is given here for the first time. The occurrence of C. difficilis from Epinephelidae is considered as a new host family record.