Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Optical System Design of a Wide Field-of-View Camera for the Characterization of Earth's Reflected Solar Radiation

We report on the conceptual design of a new wide field-of-view shortwave camera, for measuring Earth’s reflected solar radiation. The camera comprises a commercial-off-the-shelf CMOS sensor, and a custom-designed wide field-of-view lens system with an opening angle of 140°. The estimated effective nadir resolution is 2.2 km. The simulated stand-alone random error of the broadband albedo is 3%. The camera is suited for integration within 1U of a CubeSat.
Respuesta productiva de becerros Holstein alimentados con alfalfa de diferente calidad y enzimas fibrolíticas en la etapa pre y pos destete Productive performance of Holstein calves fed different quality alfalfas and fibrolytic enzyme supplements during the pre and postweaning periods

The effect of fibrolytic enzyme (FE) supplements and alfalfa quality (i.e. fiber content) on calf productive performance, apparent feed digestibility, and rumen development during the pre- and post-weaning period was evaluated. Before weaning, calves were fed daily 4 L of milk (MI) and solid feed (starter concentrate (SC) + alfalfa hay) ad libitum. Thirty-six, Holstein calves (3 to 7 d of age) were distributed in a random block design with six treatments: 1) MI-SC + low-fiber alfalfa; 2) treatment 1 + FE; 3) MISC + medium-fiber alfalfa; 4) treatment 3 + FE; 5) MI-SC + high-fiber alfalfa; and 6) treatment 5 + FE. Experimental period was 105 d and animals were weaned at d 60. The FE supplement improved (P 0.05). Apparent feed digestibility was similar among treatments (P>0.05) for dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), and neutral detergent fiber (NDF). There were significant differences (P 0.05) among treatments. Inclusion of FE improved daily weight gain and feed efficiency in the preweaning period.
Indole-Acetic Acid and the Ethylene Precursor, Acc, in the Cotton Fleahopper (Hemiptera: Miridae) and Their Role in Cotton Square Abscission

Indole-acetic acid (IAA) was present in laboratory-reared nymphal and adult cotton fleahoppers, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter). The ethylene precursor, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), occurred in nymphal and adult cotton fleahoppers reared in the laboratory and in nymphs collected from the host plants croton, Croton capitatus Michaux; horsemint, Monarda punctata L. ; and cutleaf evening primrose, Oenothera laciniata Hill. Cotton fleahopper eggs did not contain ACC. IAA and ACC, when injected into cotton shoot tips at concentrations occurring in cotton fleahoppers, induced ethylene production to levels higher than in controls but lower than in terminals infested with cotton fleahoppers. Thus the IAA and ACC in cotton fleahoppers may contribute partially to the mechanism by which cotton fleahoppers promote ethylene-mediated abscission of cotton flower buds.
Alzheimer’s Disease Silent Killer of Memory: A Review on Pathological Mechanisms

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a Central Nervous System (CNS) related neurological disorder characterized by impairment of memory and finally turbulence in learning, reasoning, planning, language and perception. AD is a complex disease caused by an accretion of β Amyloid (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles formed by Tau amyloid fibrils linked with loss of synaptic plasticity and neurodegeneration. Apart from several other environmental factors, the rise in Oxidative Stress (OS), failure of mitochondria and Golgi plays a crucial role in neuronal dysfunctioning leads to neurodegeneration. However, oxygen is necessary for life and any imbalance between metabolism and excess Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generation leads to the origin of disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. The ROS induced Mitochondrial (Mt) dysfunctions and excitotoxicity through over Ca2+ influx are two hallmarks behind neurodegeneration in AD. Still, there is no medicament presently available which can prevent further progression or decrease the symptoms of this disease. Some anti-oxidants were used but they were not effective due to their bioavailability problem into brain. The absence of effective therapeutic drugs and increased severity of AD day by day is a big challenge for against researchers. Therefore this review basically focused to explore the underlying pathological mechanism behind neuronal dysfunctioning and the various pathways involved in the pathogenesis of AD.
Molecular characterization of a sodium-dependent NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase from Vibrio alginolyticus

The sodium-dependent NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Na+NQR) was discovered first in the marine bacterium, Vibrio alginolyticus. It acts as a primary electrogenic pump for sodium translocation during aerobic respiration, generating a sodium motive force which drives ATP synthesis, solute transport and flagellar motion. Early biochemical studies indicated that Na+NQR was composed of 3 subunits: a, 0 and y, with apparent Mr values of 52, 46 and 32 kDa. A proposed model suggested that the 13 subunit, a NADH dehydrogenase, accepts electrons from NADH and reduces menadione or quinone by a Na+independent one-electron transfer reaction to produce the semiquinone. The subsequent reduction of the semiquinone is dependent on Na+ and is catalyzed by the a subunit. Degenerate oligonucleotides designed from the N-terminal sequences obtained from partially purified a and y subunits were used to isolate clones from an EcoRI library of wild-type V. alginolyticus DNA. Six genes which comprise the nqr operon, nqrAnqrF, were sequenced and identified. Sequence analysis and database comparisons led to the conclusion that this enzyme complex is both structurally and evolutionarily distinct from the H+trans1ocating NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase. Na+NQR comprises 3 hydrophilic subunits, NqrA, NqrC and NqrF and 3 highly hydrophobic membranespanning subunits, NqrB, NqrD and NqrE. The 3 hydrophilic subunits, NqrA, NqrC and NqrF correspond to the previously identified a, 'y and P subunits respectively. Based on sequence comparisons, a [2Fe-2S] cluster region, a FAD binding site and an NADH binding domain were identified in NqrF, the proposed NADH dehydrogenase subunit. From hydropathy plots, NqrF also appeared to possess a hydrophobic N-terminal region. Pulse-chase radiolabelling of various clones expressing nqrB-nqrF verified that the putative products of the nqr operon identified from sequencing, were indeed trancribed and translated in vivo. The nqrF gene was cloned into pET16-b and expressed -
FORECASTING OF UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA’S ELECTRICAL LOAD BY USING HOLT’S LINEAR TREND & HOLT- WINTERS TECHNIQUES

The best planning of electricity consumption is needed in order to sustain the increasing of development activities. An important way to achieve that goal is to have the best forecasting model that could accurately modelling the pattern usage of electricity by using the data from January 2009 until December 2017 and forecast for the electricity consumption from January 2018 to December 2018. The purpose of this paper is to apply two differences forecasting method to forecast the electricity consumption Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). This paper compared the performance of Holt’s Linear Trend method and Holt-Winters method both in long-term forecasting. The results show that both methods performing well and Holt-Winters’ with the lowest error compared to Holt’s Linear Trend method. The mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) and root mean square error (RMSE) were calculated and pointed as a bench mark for both methods applied.
Stable Isotope Analysis of the Contribution of Microalgal Diets to the Growth and Survival of Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1979) Larvae

ABSTRACT Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses were used to evaluate the influence of microalgal diet on growth and survival of hatchery-reared Pacific oysterCrassostrea gigas larvae.D-veliger larvae were fedmonospecific diets of Pavlova lutheri (P), Tahitian Isochrysis aff. galbana (T), and Chaetoceros calcitrans (C), and a standard hatchery trispecific diet of 25P:25T:50C (PTC). The dietary effects on nutrient assimilation, isotopic turnover rates, and discrimination factors were assessed using exponential models. Of the four dietary treatments evaluated over the 15-day feeding trial, larvae fed C. calcitrans and PTC had the best growth and high survival. Larvae in all dietary treatments had relatively high isotopic turnover rates (0.075–0.327/day), although some discrimination factors found in this study were out of the normal range for aquatic invertebrates (Δ13C: 0.4‰–4.1‰ and δ15N: 0.1‰–5.3‰). Overall, the turnover rates and discrimination factors for δ13C and δ15N indicated that C. gigas larvae assimilate C. calcitrans and PTC best under hatchery rearing conditions. The results demonstrated the application potential of stable isotope analysis to evaluate optimal diets and feeding regimes to enhance hatchery performance of bivalve larvae and postlarval stages.
Upregulation of TRAF-3 by shear stress blocks CD40-mediated endothelial activation

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of large arteries that is initiated through the activation of endothelium by proinflammatory mediators. CD40 receptor stimulation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. One of the most important atheroprotective stimuli is the viscous drag (shear stress) generated by the streaming blood acting on the endothelial monolayer. Here, we demonstrate that shear stress prevents CD40 ligand-induced endothelial cell activation, and we identify upregulation of TNF receptor-associated factor-3 (TRAF-3) as a potent CD40-inhibitory mechanism. Shear stress specifically upregulates TRAF-3 in cultured endothelial cells. Moreover, in the endothelial cells overlying human atherosclerotic plaques, TRAF-3 expression is upregulated in areas with high shear stress. Overexpression of TRAF-3 inhibits endothelial expression of proinflammatory cytokines and tissue factor and blocks DNA-binding activity of the transcription factor AP-1; it thereby prevents CD40-induced endothelial activation. Thus, upregulation of TRAF-3 represents a novel mechanism for preserving the functional integrity of the endothelial monolayer.
Morphometric differentiation between two murid rodents, Praomys tullbergi (Thomas, 1894) and Praomys rostratus (Miller, 1900), in West Africa

Morphometric differentiation between the two species of the genus Praomys Thomas (1915) inhabiting West Africa was investigated using univariate and multivariate statistics on external, cranial and dental measurements. One hundred and seventy six adult specimens (78 P. tullbergi and 98 P. rostratus) from fifteen localities throughout the Upper Guinean rainforest were analyzed. All specimens had been previously identified to species level by molecular analyses (16S rRNA and/or cytochrome b gene sequencing). Sexual dimorphism was observed in both species, but was more significant in P. rostratus than in P. tullbergi. Body weight was significantly lower in P. tullbergi than in P. rostratus. Moreover, males of P. tullbergi had a significantly smaller head and body length than males of P. rostratus. Specimens of P. tullbergi of both sexes were on average smaller than males of P. rostratus regarding all cranial and dental measurements, and smaller than females of P. rostratus with regard to most measurements. However, none of the cranial or dental measurements treated in our study could be used alone to separate P. rostratus and P. tullbergi, because of considerable overlap in the ranges of each variable. A good discrimination between the two species was obtained by means of craniometrical multivariate statistics, several rostrum measurements being significantly lower in P. tullbergi than in P. rostratus. Discrepancies between our results and former published studies are hypothesized to be due to differences between the variables used and/or the geographical areas covered.
FIELD TRIALS ON MASS TRAPPING FOR THE CONTROL OF THE ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH WITH SYNTHETIC SEX PHEROMONE

Sex pheromone mass trapping trials for the control of the oriental fruit moth, Grapholitha molesta Busck, were conducted in pear orchards of Suizhong County of Liaoning Province from 1981-1982. The mass-trapped areas were about 4,000 and 5,400 hectares in 1981 and 1982, respectively. Fifteen traps per hectare with the synthetic sex pheromone of the oriental fruit moth were used in the field trials. In the chemical control areas, two insecticidal treatments were applied to control the oriental fruit moth in August and September, while no insecticide was used in the mass-trapped areas.Rates of the female mating in the mass-trapped areas were 74.2-82.9% lower than that in the chemical control areas. Rate of the eggs parasitized in the mass-trapped areas was 79.2% higher than that in the chemical control areas. Rates of the fruit damage in the mass-trapped areas were 50.3-72.8% lower than that in the chemical control areas.
The use of PVP‐iodine as an adjunct to non‐surgical treatment of chronic periodontitis

Objective The present study was performed to assess the effect of topically-applied PVP-iodine, used as an adjunct both during basic non-surgical therapy and at re-treatment during the long-term maintenance of patients with advanced periodontal disease. Material and methods 223 patients with advanced destructive periodontitis were recruited. The participants met the following inclusion criteria: (i) a minimum of 8 non-molar teeth, (ii) probing pocket depth of > or = 6 mm at > or = 2 teeth in each dentate quadrant, and radiographic bone loss exceeding 40% at the same teeth. A baseline I examination included assessment of plaque, gingivitis, probing pocket depth (PPD), probing attachment level (PAL) and radiographic bone height (RxBL). Following baseline I, the patients were stratified into 2 treatment groups; 2 subjects out of 3 were included in a control group and 1 in a test group. All participants, on an individual basis, received a case presentation and were instructed in proper self-performed plaque control measures. Non-surgical therapy was performed by the use of an ultrasonic device. The instrumentation in the test group was combined with the administration of 0.1% PVP-iodine. All subjects were recalled for comprehensive examinations 3, 6 and 12 months (baseline II) after baseline I and then after 3, 5 and 13 years of maintenance therapy. PAL determinations were performed annually. Subjects (losers) who at the re-examinations after 1, 2 and 3 years of maintenance demonstrated an annual further loss of PAL > or = 2 mm at > or = 4 teeth were exited from the study and referred for re-treatment. There were 9 losers in the test and 31 in the control group. In addition, 8 subjects in the test and 25 subjects in the control group withdrew from the trial for reasons unrelated to the study. These 73 subjects were not included in the data presentation from the various examinations. Results It was demonstrated that non-surgical periodontal therapy resulted in (i) improved gingival conditions, (ii) reduced PPD, (iii) gain in PAL. It was also documented that the topical application of 0.1% PVP-iodine in conjunction with the mechanical root debridement established conditions which further improved the outcome of therapy. This was evidenced by the fact that at the 3, 6, and 12 months re-examinations after baseline I, the test group had significantly lower mean PPD values and significantly more gain of PAL than the control group. During the 12 years of SPT, it was possible for most subjects in both groups to maintain shallow pockets and to avoid marked further loss of PAL. There were, however, a larger number of losers in the control than in the test group. Conclusion PVP-iodine, topically applied during subgingival instrumentation, may improve the outcome of non-surgical periodontal therapy.
Genetic diversity of Ustilaginoidea viren from rice in Jiangsu province

Forty eight isolates of Ustilaginoidea viren were collected from Xuzhou City,Suzhou City,Nanjing City,Yancheng City and Nantong City,Jiangsu Province,and their genetic diversities and pathotype variabilities were analyzed by using Rep-PCR techniques.Genomic DNA from 48 strains was amplified with three specific primers of BOX,REP and ERIC.Dendrograms were generated from the data by using UPGMA analysis.The strains tested were classed into 4 clusters,4 clusters and 5 clusters based on the PCR results of BOX,REP and ERIC at the level of 90% similarity,respectively.Forty eight isolates were inoculated on susceptible rice cultivar,Liangyoupeijiu.The isolates were divided into three pathotypes,among which weak pathotype(occupied more than 50%) was predominant.Because genetic diversity of strains was maximum(0.55) and classification of cluster group was significantly associated with the origin of isolates,primer BOX was more suitable for the analysis of genetic diversity of U.virens population than the other two primers.The genetic diversities of the U.virens population were 0.54(in BOX),0.44(in REP) and 0.47(in ERIC),respectively.The results indicated that the genetic diversity of U.virens was not obvious.There was no significant correlation between UPGMA groups(BOX,REP and ERIC clusters) of the 48 isolates of U.virens in 5 rice regions in Jiangsu province and the pathotypes and the origin.
Classification in Context: An Alternative Approach to Identifying Early Reading Disability.

This study evaluated an alternative method of identifying early reading difficulty. L. S. Fuchs and D. Fuchs (1998) proposed that academic problems could be indexed by a dual discrepancy on level and slope of performance, relative to classmates, on curriculum-based measurement tasks. From a sample of 694 1st- and 2nd-grade children, we identified 47 children as dually discrepant in reading and compared them with 17 children identified as IQ-reading achievement discrepant and 28 children identified as low achieving. The dually discrepant children were younger and more impaired on phonological processes and teacher ratings of academic competence and social behaviors. This group also reflected the gender and racial distributions of the population. Single-point measures of fluency and phonological awareness were not sensitive indicators of reading problems, suggesting that ongoing assessment and evaluation may be necessary for valid identification.
Judging the accuracy of children's recall: A statement-level analysis

Three experiments were conducted to examine fact finders' judgments of children's answers to cued recall questions about a recent dental visit. Participants performed better than chance at judging the correctness of the children's answers in all 3 experiments, and judgment accuracy was consistently better when the children's answers were correct. Judgment performance did not decline when confidence information was removed, and when all confidence information was removed, the best performance was obtained by parents and by professionals who work with children. The findings of these experiments provide support for the use of written transcripts in presentations of child testimony and highlight the importance of child- and event-related knowledge in judgments of children's testimony.
If You Can't Join Them, Beat Them: Effects of Social Exclusion on Aggressive Behavior

Social exclusion was manipulated by telling people that they would end up alone later in life or that other participants had rejected them. These manipulations caused participants to behave more aggressively. Excluded people issued a more negative job evaluation against someone who insulted them (Experiments 1 and 2). Excluded people also blasted a target with higher levels of aversive noise both when the target had insulted them (Experiment 4) and when the target was a neutral person and no interaction had occurred (Experiment 5). However, excluded people were not more aggressive toward someone who issued praise (Experiment 3). These responses were specific to social exclusion (as opposed to other misfortunes) and were not mediated by emotion.
Gender and Rural Geography

1. Introduction 2. Feminist Theory and Rural Geography 3. Rural Landscape and the Social Construction of Masculinity and Femininity 4. Gender and the Rural Community 5. Gender, Employment and the Rural Labour Market 6. Power, Gender and Rural Governance 7. Gender, Nature and the Rural Environment 8. Rural Social Change and Implications for the Future of Rural Gender Relations
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF FAN-BLADE OUT USING MESOSCALE COMPOSITE MODELING

The effects of ingesting foreign bodies or other fragments into an engine is a major hazard that could potentially result in a blade-out event. Due to the high rotational speeds, an ejected fan blade can pose an even greater risk than the original foreign body, necessitating the current certification requirements. As such a test is prohibitively expensive, effective computational analysis to simulate a fan-blade out scenario is necessary. The current work investigates a fanblade out scenario that is consistent with certification requirements for a modern highbypass engine. Emphasis is placed on two casing designs that incorporate a Kevlar 29 overwrap while a fully Ti-6Al-4V casing serves as a baseline. A meso-scale approach is used for the composite modeling, which is validated against a ballistic experiment for three different composite damage theories. In addition to comparing the response of a conventional and composite fan casing, the effect of bonding between Kevlar layers is explored.
Study of Thermo-electronic Characteristics of Woven Heating Fabrics Embed with Silver Filaments Based on Infrared Images

In the paper, two kinds of Woven Heated Fabrics (WHFs) were prepared and evaluated. WHFs were fabricated by integrated silver filaments into fabrics with the same interval distance, and silver paste was coated on the crossing points of someWHFs to decrease contact resistance. Subsequently, surface infrared temperature images and temperature simulated by finite element method were utilized to evaluate the performance of WHFs. Experimental results showed surface temperature of WHFs is non-linear correlation with time when voltage was loaded on two ends of WHFs, but the surface equilibrium temperature of WHFs is linear correlation with loaded voltage and power consumption. However, simulated surface temperature is highly consistent with the measured surface temperature of silver filaments by adjusting the Heat Transfer Convection Coefficient (HTCC) at different loaded voltage. WHFs have wide application prospect in Electric Heating Garment (EHG) in the future. Infrared temperature images and finite element simulation can decrease the cost and enhance design efficiency of WHFs.
EFFECTS OF SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE ON SALT STRESS TOLERANCE OF TOCOPHEROL-DEFICIENT ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA PLANTS

In the present study, effects of exogenous sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a nitric oxide ( • NO) donor, on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities in wild type and tocopherol-deficient lines vte1 and vte4 of Arabidopsis thaliana subjected to 200 mM NaCl were studied. In wild type plants, pretreatment with SNP did not change level of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), but decreased the activities of dehydroascorbate reductase and guaiacol peroxidase under salt stress. In mutant line vte1 , which lacks all forms of tocopherols, pretreatment with SNP reduced TBARS level and increases the activities of glutathione reductase and guaiacol peroxidase under salt stress. Ascorbate peroxidase activity decreased under salt stress conditions in both mutant lines, pretreated with SNP. It can be concluded, that pretreatment with SNP could attenuate salt-induced injuries in A. thaliana plants via up-regulation of activity of antioxidant enzymes and attenuate lipid peroxidation.
XVII EGC , Alicante , June 26-28 , 2017 Bishellable drawings of K n a

The Harary-Hill conjecture, still open after more than 50 years, asserts that the crossing number of the complete graph Kn is H(n) := 1 4 ⌊ n 2 ⌋⌊ n− 1 2 ⌋⌊ n− 2 2 ⌋⌊ n− 3 2 ⌋