Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Nghiên cứu chuyển gen tạo rễ tơ cây xáo tam phân ( Paramignya trimera ) thông qua

The study was conducted to induce the hairy roots of Paramignya trimera by using Agrobacterium rhizogenes K599 and investigate some factors affecting the growth of hairy roots. Three types of materials (calluses, cotyledons and in vivo roots) have been used as sources for hairy roots induction. The study results showed that, the in vivo roots was the most suitable material to induce the hairy roots. It was suggested that roots of the seedlings soaked in A. rhizogenes K599 suspension at the cell density of OD 600 =0.6 for 30 minutes yielded the highest rate of root induction (42.7%). The hairy roots grew rapidly and stably when cultured in WPM/2 medium without phytohormones supplement in dark conditions for 6 days. Illumination with white fluorescent light was found to inhibit hairy root formation during co-cultivation period but promote it during the bacterial elimination step. The transgenic hairy root lines were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using rolC specific primers.
Quantifying fracture geometry with X-ray tomography : Technique of Iterative Local Thresholding ( TILT ) for 3 D image segmentation

This paper presents a new method—the Technique of Iterative Local Thresholding (TILT)—for processing 3D X-ray computed tomography (xCT) images for visualization and quantification of rock fractures. The TILT method includes the following advancements. First, custom masks are generated by a fracture-dilation procedure, which significantly amplifies the fracture signal on the intensity histogram used for local thresholding. Second, TILT is particularly well suited for fracture characterization in granular rocks because the multi-scale Hessian fracture (MHF) filter has been incorporated to distinguish fractures from pores in the rock matrix. Third, TILT wraps the thresholding and fracture isolation steps in an optimized iterative routine for binary segmentation, minimizing human intervention and enabling automated processing of large 3D datasets. As an illustrative example, we applied TILT to 3D xCT images of reacted and unreacted fractured limestone cores. Other segmentation methods were also applied to provide insights regarding variability in image processing. The results show that TILT significantly enhanced separability of grayscale intensities, outperformed the other methods in automation, and was successful in isolating fractures from the porous rock matrix. Because the other methods are more likely to misclassify fracture edges as void and/or have limited Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10596-016-9560-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Catherine A. Peters cap@princeton.edu 1 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Princeton University Princeton, NJ, 08544 USA capacity in distinguishing fractures from pores, those methods estimated larger fracture volumes (up to 80 %), surface areas (up to 60 %), and roughness (up to a factor of 2). These differences in fracture geometry would lead to significant disparities in hydraulic permeability predictions, as determined by 2D flow simulations.
Crises and the Poor : Socially Responsible Macroeconomics

Macroeconomic crises not only affect the current living standards of the poor, but their ability to grow out of poverty. This paper presents evidence on the impact of economic crisis on poverty and inequality in Latin America. Crises not only result in higher poverty rates but also may cause irreversible damage to the human capital of the poor. In light of this evidence, the author concludes that crisis avoidance and a pro-poor response to crisis should be a major component of a poverty reduction strategy. As a result, the paper analyses the role of exchange rate policy, capital controls and countercyclical fiscal policy in generating or avoiding crisis. Responses to macroeconomic crisis are assessed by considering the effects of different policy combinations, the use of safety nets and the composition of fiscal adjustment to protect the income of the poor in the face of macroeconomic adjustment. The main lesson is that socially responsible macroeconomic policy can protect the poor during times of crisis and simultaneously contribute to lower chronic poverty.
Association of Restless Legs Syndrome with Glycemic Control and Psychological Status in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review

Background: Evidence is still lacking regarding the association of restless leg syndrome (RLS) on glycemic control and psychological status in diabetic patients. Aims: To summarize the evidence regarding the association of RLS with glycemic control and psychological status in adults with type 2 diabetes. Methods: The literature search compassed all English-published studies from inception till the 21st of May 2023 on the electronic databases of MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and ProQuest. The search terms included “Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2” AND "restless legs syndrome”. We created a narrative synthesis for the outcomes and pooling of the glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. Results: Sixteen studies were included. Pooling of the HbA1c levels showed a lack of significant differences between the RLS+ve and RLS-ve groups. Seven out of eight studies showed a significant decrease in sleep quality. Three studies assessed the quality of life and found a marked decrease in RLS+ve patients. Two studies out of four found a significant association of RLS with depression, while the other two found a non-significant increase with RLS. Conclusion: There is no evidence that RLS in type 2 diabetic patients is associated with poor glycemic control. The evidence suggests that RLS is associated with a reduction in sleep quality and quality of life. The evidence is inconclusive regarding the association of RLS with depression due to the low number of studies. Physicians should be aware of the associated disorders with RLS in diabetic patients and endeavour to identify and alleviate them.
The role of live streaming digital platforms to sustain brand strategies: An exploratory study.

The use of digital media is becoming a defining element for businesses in their marketing strategies. The saturation of normal communication channels requires the implementation of new tools in order to engage consumers profitably. Hence the interest of businesses in digital live streaming platforms, which can engage more with millennials and Generation Z. The aim of the work is to analyse the role of digital live streaming platforms in supporting brand management strategies. This study has a comparative multiple case study methodology in which the brand management strategies of Lavazza and Mulino Bianco on the digital platform Twitch.tv are analysed. From the case analysis, it was possible to propose an empirical model describing the inputs and outcomes for the actors involved on these platforms (i.e. Streamer, Brand, Community).
Rationale, Design and Implementation of a Computer Vision-Based Interactive E-Learning System

AbstrAct This article presents a schematic application of computer vision technologies to e-learning that is synchronous, peer-to-peer-based, and supports an instructor's interaction with non-computer teaching equipments. The article first discusses the importance of these focused e-learning areas, where the properties include accurate bidirectional interaction and low cost hardware; system portability and versatile vision technology are emphasized. In the subsequent sections, we present some results aiming to achieve these goals. In particular, we highlight the most recent advancements in the interactive PTZ camera control from both the instructor and remote student. We also illustrated how these results have successfully addressed the challenges.
Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Outcomes of Streptococcus suis Infection in Humans

Title Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Outcomes of Streptococcus suis Infection in Humans Author(s) Huong, Vu Thi Lan; Ha, Ngo; Huy, Nguyen Tien; Horby, Peter; Nghia, Ho Dang Trung; Thiem, Vu Dinh; Zhu, Xiaotong; Hoa, Ngo Thi; Hien, Tran Tinh; Zamora, Javier; Schultsz, Constance; Wertheim, Heiman Frank Louis; Hirayama, Kenji Citation Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20(7), pp.1105-1114; 2014 Issue Date 2014-07 URL http://hdl.handle. net/10069/34600 Right NAOSITE: Nagasaki University's Academic Output SITE
The E�ects of AI-based Credibility Indicators on the Detection and Spread of Misinformation under Social Influence

Misinformation on social media has become a serious concern. Marking news stories with credibility indicators, possibly generated by an AI model, is one way to help people combat misinformation. In this paper, we report the results of two randomized experiments that aim to understand the e�ects of AI-based credibility indicators on people’s perceptions of and engagement with the news, when people are under social in�uence such that their judgement of the news is in�uenced by other people. We �nd that the presence of AI-based credibility indicators nudges people into aligning their belief in the veracity of news with the AI model’s prediction regardless of its correctness, thereby changing people’s accuracy in detecting misinformation. However, AI-based credibility indicators show limited impacts on in�uencing people’s engagement with either real news or fake news when social in�uence exists. Finally, it is shown that when social in�uence is present, the e�ects of AI-based credibility indicators on the detection and spread of misinformation are larger as compared to when social in�uence is absent, when these indicators are provided to people before they form their own judgements about the news. We conclude by providing implications for better utilizing AI to �ght misinformation.
A Novel Capsule Robot Drive Module with Translational Motion Functions

Wireless endoscopic robots, which are often used in gastrointestinal diseases, are difficult to integrate multiple functions simultaneously due to their limited size. Based on the functional modular working concept of capsule robots previously proposed. The drive module supports and navigates the functional modules for specific diagnosis or treatment, and the two can form new structures through docking mechanisms. The drive module developed so far has a simple structure and can realize basic transportation work, but the motion state is only a single axial rotation. In this study, we will introduce a magnetic drive module of a gastrointestinal capsule robot with forward translation movement ability, which can ensure horizontal forward movement under the condition of maintaining stability at one end, and the rotation surface of the external control magnetic field is replaced from a plane perpendicular to the direction of motion to a plane parallel to it, which is conducive to the utilization of the rotation degrees of freedom of the vertical plane by the functional module that matches it. Experiments show that the drive module can advance stably within the error range.
University of Birmingham An international longitudinal registry of patients with atrial fibrillation at risk of stroke (GARFIELD)

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an independent risk factor for stroke and a significant predictor of mortality. Evidence-based guidelines for stroke prevention in AF recommend antithrombotic therapy corresponding to the risk of stroke. In practice, many patients with AF do not receive the appropriate antithrombotic therapy and are left either unprotected or inadequately protected against stroke. The purpose of the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD (GARFIELD) is to determine the real-life management and outcomes of patients newly diagnosed with non-valvular AF. Methods/design: GARFIELD is an observational, international registry of newly diagnosed AF patients with at least one additional investigator-defined risk factor for stroke. The aim is to enrol 55,000 patients at more than 1000 centres in 50 countries worldwide. Enrolment will take place in five independent, sequential, prospective cohorts; the first cohort includes a retrospective validation cohort. Each cohort will be followed up for 2 years. The UK stands to be a significant contributor to GARFIELD, aiming to enrol 4,582 patients, and reflecting the care environment in which patients with AF are managed. The UK protocol will also focus on better understanding the validity of the two main stroke risk scores (CHADS 2 and CHA 2 DS 2 VAS C ) and the HAS-BLED bleeding risk score, in the context of a diverse patient population. Discussion: The GARFIELD registry will describe how therapeutic strategies, patient care, and clinical outcomes evolve over time. This study will provide UK-specific comprehensive data that will allow a range of evaluations both at a national level and in relation to global data and contribute to a better understanding of AF management in the UK.
Years Later : Revisiting Priorities for Science and Society a Decade after the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

CHALMERS, R. , CRAMER, W. , DURANCE, I. , EISENHAUER, N. , FONTAINE, C. , HAUGHTON, A.J., HETTELINGH, J.-P., HINES, J., IBANEZ, S. , JEPPESEN, E. , KRUMINS ADAMS, J., MA, A. , MANCINELLI, G. , MASSOL, F. , MCLAUGHLIN, Ó. , NAEEM, S. , PASCUAL, U. , PEÑUELAS, J., PETTORELLI, N. , POCOCK, M.J.O. , RAFFAELLI, D. , RASMUSSEN, J.J., RUSCH, G.M. , SCHERBER, C. , SETÄLÄ, H. , SUTHERLAND, W.J., VACHER, C. , VOIGT, W. , VONK, J.A. , WOOD, S.A. , WOODWARD, G. (2015). 10 Years later: Revisiting priorities for science and society a decade after the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment. – Advances in Ecological Research 53: in press.
A Continuity Correction under Jump-Diffusion Models with Applications in Finance

We show some discrete path-dependent options which can be approximately priced by using their continuous counterparts’ pricing formulas with a simple continuity correction under jump diffusion models. Based on exponential martingale and functional central limit theorem with appropriate scaling of the underlying process, we ﬁrst apply Siegmund’s corrected diffusion method to get an approximation of the discrete barrier option. Then, we extend our result to get a continuity correction of the discrete lookback option via a key observation, to which a lookback option can be regarded as a kind of moving barrier options. An interesting phenomenon of the discrete option pricing is that the correction term depends only on σ (the volatility of Brownian motion part) and β ≈ 0 . 5826 (the expected overshoot), and does not depend on the jump part of the underlying process. Numerical results also show that the performance is very accurate as well.
The relationships between farmland birds, land use and landscape structure in Northern Europe

Pollulindude ja pollumajanduse seosed on tanini vaga aktuaalsed, kuna suleliste arv on Euroopas dramaatiliselt vahenenud. Naiteks on viimase 30 aastaga Euroopas valja surnud 300 miljonit pollulindu. Teema tahtsusest tingituna kasitles doktoritoo lindude seoseid pollumajandusmaastiku elementide ja pollukultuuridega. Pikaaegsed tehtud uuringud aastatest 2002–2011 holmasid nii Eestit, teisi Balti riike, Soomet kui ka Venemaad. Tulemused naitasid, et pollumajandusmaastiku struktuur omab vaga olulist tahtsust linnurohkuse seisukohalt: mida rikkalikum on maastikumuster (pollukultuuride rohkus ja maastikuelementide rikkus), seda rohkem on seal ka linde. Doktoritoos keskenduti maastikuelementidest peamiselt kuivenduskraavidele ja nende servadele, sest need on olulised pesitsus- ja varjekohad ning toitumispaigad. Kahe tavalise pollulinnu, poldlookese ja sookiuru arvukus kasvas margatavalt kuivenduskraavidega poldudel. Drenaažkuivendusega poldudel oli nende liikide arvukus seevastu stabiilne. Seega osutuvad inimloodud maastikuelemendid pollumajandusmaastikus olulisteks elupaikadeks ning neid elemente ei tohiks kindlasti maastikest drenaakuivenduse kaigus eemaldada. Selle uurimistoo tulemused naitavad selgelt, et drenaažkuivendust tuleks kombineerida kraavkuivendusega. Pollukultuuride analuus viitas omakorda, et koige korgemad lindude liigirikkuse ja rohkuse naitajad leiti kasutusest valjajaanud (sootis) poldudel, karjamaadel ja mitmeliigilistel rohumaadel. Oluliselt madalamad liigirikkuse ja mitmekesisuse naitajad ilmnesid juurvilja- ning teraviljapoldudel. Huvitavaks tulemuseks oli see, et nii liigirikkus, isendite rohkus kui ka mitmete liikide arvukuse muutus soltus nii pollutuubist (karjamaa, sootis maa, teraviljapold) kui ka pesitsusajast. Seega on pollukultuuride mitmekesisus aaretult oluline, kuna linnud kasutavad pesitsustsukli jooksul erinevate pollukultuuridega polde. ; Modern agriculture has had a tremendously negative influence on farmland biodiversity in Europe during the 20th century. For instance, 300 million farmland birds in Europe have been lost since 1980. This thesis examines the relationships between farmland birds and landscape structure and land use in Northern Europe. Long-term monitoring work from the years 2002–2011 included Estonia, the other Baltic countries, Finland and Russia. Results indicated that farmland landscape structure (landscape elements and land use) plays a very important role in farmland bird abundance. For instance, landscape structure is directly correlated with bird diversity. This thesis mostly concentrated on agricultural ditches and their edges as important habitats for nesting, hiding and feeding. The trends in the numbers of two common farmland bird species, Skylark and Meadow Pipit, were significantly positive on open drainage fields, while trends on subsurface drainage fields were stable. Thus man-made landscape elements such as ditches are important habitats on farmland and should be protected against subsurface drainage. Unfortunately, subsurface drainage is a real…
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG

This paper presents an experimental study of hydraulic conductivity and the percolation of inorganic ions on columns of mixed laterite fine sandy soil of coastal eolian origin (ARMAR soil) and bentonite. For the tests in percolation columns was designed and built equipment that had served their function in assessing the retention of contaminants. The unit has a distributor of compressed air that drives the contaminant solution, packaged in a reservoir, to be percolated into cells. Permeability curves were produced, just like pH and electrical conductivity checks. It found a mixture technically feasible to justify investments in its application in mineral liners and barriers (ARMAR soil + 4% bentonite) because consistent results in hydraulic conductivity and sorption of ions, according to specific rules.
University of Birmingham Qualitative exploration of psychological factors associated with spinal cord stimulation outcome

Background and aim: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a last resort treatment for chronic pain consisting of an implantable pulse generator connected to leads placed in the epidural space of the spinal cord. Effective in reducing chronic pain, however, efficacy has been found to decrease over time. Psychological factors affecting outcome of SCS have been investigated through quantitative methods, but these have failed to provide confident predictors. We aimed to investigate via a qualitative approach, the experience of SCS following 1 year of therapy. Methods: Thirteen chronic non-cancer pain participants were interviewed. All participants had been trialled with SCS. The majority had gone on to full implantation with varying degrees of pain relief. Thematic analysis was employed to analyse the data from the interviews. Results: Interviews resulted in findings that previous quantitative studies had failed to uncover. Two emergent core themes surfaced: ‘coping with pain’ and ‘SCS treatment’. The effect of emotion upon coping was recurrent. Participants divided the SCS experience into information provision, independence and unexpected experiences. Conclusion: The findings provide context for the patients’ experience of SCS. This research suggests that improved preparation prior to SCS including information provision, CBTand contact with expert patients may be of value.
Cross-chain Smart Contract Invocations – a Multi-vocal Literature Review Protocol

This document introduces the protocol that describes how a planned Multi-vocal Literature Review (MLR) regarding Cross-chain Smart Contract Invo-cation (CCSCI) is going to be conducted. The main purpose of having this protocol is to avoid bias when selecting primary sources and processing them. Furthermore, it helps potential co-authors gain an overview of the topic
Overlapped Sound Event Classification via Multi-Channel Sound Separation Network

Overlapped sound event classification (SEC) can be a challenging task, especially in scenarios where the number of possible event classes or the number of simultaneous events occurring (polyphony level) are large. In such cases, the effective training of a multi-label SEC neural network can be challenging, as enough and diverse data need to be available for each of the combinatorially many possible event sets. To alleviate this problem, we examine in this paper the combination and joint training of a multi-channel sound source separation network with a multi-label SEC network. With the separation module acting as a pre-processing step, the task can be approximately reduced to isolated SEC, therefore avoiding the training complexity of overlapped scenarios. In addition, we introduce a multi-channel polyphony detection module that is trained to selectively apply the separation network only in overlapping instances during testing. We evaluate our approaches on a multi-channel dataset of overlapping sound events originating from 50 different classes. Under moderate reverberation conditions, the proposed method achieves up to 7.7% absolute improvement in terms of Fscore in the overlapped scenarios, compared to the baseline approach with traditional multi-label training.
The Life of the Seashore

The seashore is a habitat where the ocean meets the land. It is a place where the changing water levels caused by the tides alternately cover it in ocean water and expose it high and dry to the air. Many fascinating and very different kinds of organisms make the seashore their home and survive very well here. These organisms are able to find food, reproduce, and protect themselves from the changing tides and crashing waves.
Open-Set Incremental Learning via Bayesian Prototypical Embeddings

As autonomous decision-making agents move from narrow operating environments to unstructured worlds, learning systems must move from a closed-world formulation to an open-world, lifelong, few-shot setting in which agents continuously learn new classes from small amounts of information. This stands in stark contrast to modern machine learning systems that are typically designed with a known set of classes and a large number of examples for each class. In this work we extend embedding-based few-shot learning algorithms toward open-world problems. We combine Bayesian non-parametric class priors with an embedding-based pre-training scheme to yield a highly ﬂexible framework for use in both the lifelong and the incremental settings. We benchmark our framework on miniImageNet and TieredImageNet in the lifelong setting. Our results show, compared to prior methods, up to a 14% classiﬁcation accuracy improvement from our novel pretraining scheme and up to a 22% improvement in AUROC (a measure of novel class detection) from our non-parametric few-shot learning scheme.