Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Compound feeds and cereals as potential tools for improved carp Cyprinus carpio production

Appropriate supplementary feeding is of increasing importance in common carp Cyprinus carpio pond aquaculture, not only with respect to production issues but also as a sustainable tool for maintaining environmental quality. We studied the effect of different supplementary feeding regimes (no supplemental feed, cereal grains, pelleted feed, pelleted feed with lowered phosphorus content, and extruded feed) on growth performance, water quality, natural food availability, phosphorus budget, fish body composition and economic performance in 10 experimental ponds stocked with 3 yr old carp at a density of 363 fish ha−1 over a 4 mo period. The type of supplementary feed had no significant influence on water variables, with the exception of lowphosphorus pelleted feed which increased conductivity (p < 0.05). No significant differences were observed in zooplankton density. Harvested fish had significantly (p < 0.05) higher dry matter content and considerably higher phosphorus content under all treatments compared with fish at the beginning of the experiment. The use of cereals and extruded feed improved carp growth, while the physical qualities of the feed (higher resistance to nutrient leaching) resulted in lower nutrient concentrations in effluent water. Profitability was increased with application of cereal grains and decreased with all pelleted and extruded feeds. Hence, the use of cereal grain feed generated higher economic and environmental benefits than selected pelleted and extruded feed.
Pulmonary infection of mice by orotracheal intubation of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Tracheal intubation is a procedure carried out to access respiratory pathways in laboratory animals. Tracheal puncture surgery is an invasive technique that can also be used to generate pulmonary infection. Thus our aim is to present a model of pulmonary infection by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis yeast through orotracheal intubation. C57BL/6 mice received 1x106 of yeast or saline by intubation. Fourteen days after infection, the lung histopathology revealed the presence of the yeast accompanied by inflammatory infiltrate. There was no infection of the tongue or trachea. This experiment demonstrates the effectiveness of orotracheal intubation to generate pulmonary infection by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in mice.
Leaf area index and net primary productivity along subtropical to alpine gradients in the Tibetan Plateau

Aim Our aims were to quantify climatic and soil controls on net primary productivity (NPP) and leaf area index (LAI) along subtropical to alpine gradients where the vegetation remains relatively undisturbed, and investigate whether NPP and LAI converge towards threshold-like logistic patterns associated with climatic and soil variables that would help us to verify and parameterize process models for predicting future ecosystem behaviour under global environmental change.
Scattering and attenuation of surface acoustic waves in droplet actuation

This paper presents an analytical model for surface acoustic waves (SAW) in actuating a single liquid droplet on a piezoelectric substrate. Both scattering waves outside the droplet and attenuation waves beneath the droplet are obtained, and the energy transfer from SAW to droplet in the process of actuation is calculated. The results from this analytical model can provide qualitative explanations to some experimental observations, such as the weak actuation behind the droplet and flow patterns inside the droplet. It is found that effective actuation wavelength is around 1/5 of the droplet radius, at which the droplet absorbs the maximum incident SAW energy.
Are nonfinancial measures leading indicators of financial performance? An analysis of customer satisfaction

This paper examines three questions on the value relevance of customer satisfaction measures: (1) Are customer satisfaction measures leading indicators of accounting performance? (2) Is the economic value of customer satisfaction (fully) reflected in contemporaneous accounting book values? And (3) Does the release of customer satisfaction measures provide new or incremental information to the stock market? Many argue that improvements in areas such as quality, customer or employee satisfaction, and innovation represent investments in firm-specific assets that are not fully captured in current accounting measures. According to these authors, nonfinancial indicators of investments in "intangible" assets may be better predictors of future financial (i.e., accounting or stock price) performance than historical accounting measures, and should supplement financial measures in internal accounting systems (e.g., Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International [1994] and Kaplan and Norton [1996]).
Early post-settlement mortality and the structure of coral assemblages

Events occurring early in life history can have profound effects on the structure of populations and communities. In particular, susceptibility to predation is often highest early in life, and can greatly influence community structure. To better understand these events in reef-forming coral communities, we investigated how spatial variation in recruitment and early post-settlement predation influenced the spatial structure of a coral assemblage. Over a 5 yr period, we compared recruitment of corals and abundance of juveniles and adults at a combination of 3 locations and 3 depths in French Polynesia. We then measured mortality of recruits (<3 mo old) and juveniles (about 1 to 4 yr old), and abundance of potential predators. Results demonstrate the crucial role of events occurring in the first weeks of the benthic stage. The abundance of scraping herbivorous parrotfishes explained substantial spatial variation in the mortality of recruits, but not juveniles, revealing a likely effect of incidental removal by grazing. Conversely, abundance of coral-feeding butterflyfishes explained substantial spatial variation in the mortality of juveniles. These findings underscore the importance of incidental mortality from grazing and specialized corallivory on coral populations. Moreover, these processes can play a key role in determining spatial patterns in coral assemblage structure.
Microcephaly, Deafness, and Renal Dysplasia: A Case of Barakat Syndrome

Background: Barakat syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural deafness, and renal disease, collectively known as HDR syndrome. This disease is caused by the mutation of GATA3 gene located on chromosome 10p15. GATA3 is involved in the embryonic development of kidneys, inner ears, parathyroid glands, and central nervous systems.Case report: Herein, we presented a 20-month-old female with seizure and microcephaly, congenital left kidney dysplasia, hypoparathyroidism, and bilateral sensorineural deafness. Her laboratory tests were consistent with hypoparathyroidism, and the chromosomal study revealed a deletion in chromosome 10. The patient was diagnosed as a case of Barakat syndrome based on her clinical and laboratory tests. The microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization study of the patient was compatible with the monosomy of 10p15.3p13 and trisomy of 12p13.33p13. 33.Conclusion: It is important to be aware of rare inherited conditions like Barakat syndrome (HDR syndrome) in a patient with abnormal presentations, such as seizure, neurodevelopmental delay, kidney defects associated with hearing loss, and clinical abnormalities associated with hypoparathyroidism.
GENETIC ENGINEERING USING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION 1

■ Abstract In the past few years, in vivo technologies have emerged that, due to their efficiency and simplicity, may one day replace standard genetic engineering techniques. Constructs can be made on plasmids or directly on the Escherichia coli chromosome from PCR products or synthetic oligonucleotides by homologous recombination. This is possible because bacteriophage-encoded recombination functions efficiently recombine sequences with homologies as short as 35 to 50 base pairs. This technology, termed recombineering, is providing new ways to modify genes and segments of the chromosome. This review describes not only recombineering and its applications, but also summarizes homologous recombination in E. coli and early uses of homologous recombination to modify the bacterial chromosome. Finally, based on the premise that phage-mediated recombination functions act at replication forks, specific molecular models are proposed.
Wireless Electricity Transmission Fuel for Future Development

This paper presents the concept of transmitting electricity without use of wires. Transmission of electricity wirelessly from one place to another reduces the transmission and distribution losses. Using this technology efficiency can be achieved up to 90% (1). Various techniques which support the ideas of implementing the technology have been covered. Various research evidences have been discussed. A new idea of receiving wireless electricity at consumers' level has been mentioned. Energy can be received as discrete signals for fast processing these signals can be converted to continuous signals using set up box or same signal can be used depending on our need. With the merge of sensor technology with this idea human can have the comfort life in near future. Solar power satellite system expected to realize around 2030(2). Imagine a future in which wireless power transfer is feasible: cell phones, household robots, mp3 players, laptop computers and other portable electronics capable of charging themselves without ever being plugged in, freeing us from that final, ubiquitous power wire. For our convenience we term the energy at generating end as Electricity and receiving end as Photricity. Some of these devices might not even need their bulky batteries to operate. Applications, advantages, and challenges for implementing this concept have also been discussed.
Laser emission from transversely pumped dye-doped free-standing polymer film

We present a compact solid-state laser based on leaky mode propagation from a dye-doped polymer free-standing film waveguide. The edge emitted spectrum clearly indicated the existence of periodic resonant modes. The reflections from the lateral faces of the free-standing film provided the optical feedback thus giving rise to a Fabry? Perot like optical cavity. This together with the guidance through the gain medium gave rise to intense narrow emission lines. For a pump energy of 1.82? mJ/pulse, an intense line with FWHM ~0.4? nm was observed at 576.5? nm.
Confinement effects of levitons in a graphene cosmology laboratory

The leviton, a long-lifetime soliton that rides the Fermi sea, is described here for a graphene system with a potential barrier. A full description of the leviton into the barrier is given for different angles of incidence. This is achieved by analysing the probability density of the leviton quasiparticle as a function of time. The transmission of the wavepacket through the oblique barrier occurs with negative refraction for low ratios of leviton energy to gate potential. In moderately strong magnetic fields a levity vortex becomes localised in space outside the barrier forming interior vortex states as it circulates. Also, when the field is switched on with an anti-leviton already formed inside the barrier, the quasiparticle becomes trapped and flows along its channel. Thus, the graphene system with leviton/anti-leviton propagation into and inside a barrier is a metamaterial whereby the direction of the quasiparticle can be controlled at will through the angle of the barrier and timing of switching on and off the magnetic fields. We present this analysis of barrier penetration for the inception of leviton electronics in graphene. The results lead to the possibility to create the graphene systems with levitons to explore cosmological questions such as hidden or “dark” energy conditions and therewith may also give some clues for understanding the discrepancies occurring between observed energy levels in the Universe and that of prediction.
Characterization of Escherichia coli colonizing the gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract catheters

Commensal and pathogenic bacteria express biofilm behaviour which is thought to alter bacteria-host interactions and contribute to colonization and persistence. In the current thesis, the epidemiology of biofilm formation in gastrointestinal commensal Escherichia coli and E. coli isolated from urinary catheters is described. Further on, in selected commensal isolates the impact of biofilm formation on the interaction with a gastrointestinal epithelial cell line is investigated. The contribution of selected genes to biofilm formation of E. coli on catheter surfaces is investigated. Gastrointestinal commensal E. coli were commonly able to express a biofilm behaviour (adherence, pellicle formation and clumps) which was characterized by the expression of the extracellular matrix components curli fimbriae and cellulose as it can be assessed by a distinct colony morphotype on Congo Red agar plates. Expression of the exopolysaccharide cellulose and curli fimbriae was positively regulated by the master regulator of biofilm formation, the transcriptional regulator CsgD, in the commensal strain TOB1. However, in the probiotic E. coli strain Nissle 1917, cellulose production was uncoupled from CsgD expression. The biologic roles of cellulose and curli fimbriae were investigated by studying the interactions between commensal bacteria and the human gastrointestinal epithelial cell line HT-29. Curli fimbriae expressed by the commensal strain TOB1 enhanced adherence to, internalization by and IL-8 production of the cell line HT-29. Expression of cellulose, which is co-expressed with curli fimbriae in TOB1 at 37 oC diminished adherence, internalization and IL-8 production. The role of cellulose is different in Nissle 1917. Although expression of cellulose by Nissle 1917 at 37 oC also suppressed internalization by HT-29 cells, cellulose production had a positive effect on adherence of Nissle 1917 to intestinal epithelial cells and the production of IL-8 in response to the bacteria. Most bacteria isolated from urinary tract catheters had the capability to adhere to polystyrene surfaces in laboratory medium. However, adherence was highly dependent on environmental conditions and changed with the culture media and the surface. Urine as growth medium generally leads to a decrease in adherence. Bacteria adhered less to the surface of silicone catheters than silicone coated latex catheters. A species dependent pattern of adherence was also observed. Pseudomonas spp. isolates adhered more to the catheter surface than isolates of the other species. Adherence by E. coli strain was correlated with presence of the fluA gene, expression of rough LPS and type 1 fimbriae, but not with the expression of cellulose and curli fimbriae. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS I. Bokranz W*, Wang X*, Tschape H, Romling U. Expression of cellulose and curli fimbriae by Escherichia coli isolated from the gastrointestinal tract. J Med Microbiol. 2005 Dec;54(Pt 12):1171-82. (* two authors contributed equally to this paper.) II. Wang X*, Rochon M*, Lamprokostopoulou A, Lunsdorf H, Nimtz M,
Riemannian metrics with harmonic curvature on 2-sphere bundles over compact surfaces

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Synaptic Regulation of Glial Expression In Vivo

Summary We investigated signaling between individual nerve terminals and perisynaptic Schwann cells, the teloglial cells that cover neuromuscular junctions. When deprived of neuronal activity in vivo, either by motor nerve transection or tetrodotoxin injection, perisynaptic Schwann cells rapidly upregulated glial fibrillary acidic protein. Addition of transcription or translation inhibitors to excised muscles prevented this increase. Stimulation of cut nerves prevented glial fibrillary acidic protein increases even when postsynaptic nicotinic receptors were blocked, but not when neurotransmitter release was blocked with oconotoxin GVIA. We conclude that there is a nerve terminal to glial signal, requiring presynaptic neurotransmitter release, which regulates perisynaptic Schwann cell genes. This may be a general principle since many types of glia are sensitive to transmitters applied in vitro or released in situ.
Situation-Based Interaction Learning for Personality Prediction on Facebook

Predicting individuals personality traits with their social media profile has proved to be feasible, but researchers recently have run into bottlenecks on further improving the prediction accuracy. One major limitation is that existing studies failed to consider context information in predicting social media users’ behaviors. In this paper, we adopted the DIAMONDS situation theory in psychology to capture the context information in Facebook posts. To solve this issue, we proposed a novel situation-based feature interaction learning model. In this study, we extracted situation features according to the DIAMONDS lexicon and computed the interaction values between these situation features and the commonly used n-gram features at the post level. Features at the post level were aggregated up to the user level using the averaging strategy. A group lasso penalty was employed to enforce strong heredity in the model, which addressed the overfitting challenge introduced by the interaction features. Empirical tests on large-scale data set have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.
ShortestPathACO based strategy to find the Shortest Path between two nodes

The paper presents the means to use ShortestPathACO algorithm to find the shortest path between a pair of nodes in a directed graph. This Ant Colony Optimization metaheuristic based algorithm allows to influence the quality of generated solutions, through the application of an approach dissimilar from the one typically used to solve a single-pair shortest path problem. The operation of the algorithm is discussed in relation to the pseudocode introduced in the paper. The attention paid to the parameters that influence the results is accompanied by the motivation of usage scenarios. Experiments carried out within the custom made framework of the experiment are the source of suggestions concerning the selection of values and computation methods optimal for particular applications. The influence of the choice of number of ants and the pheromone evaporation speed is investigated. The quality of solutions generated by ShortestPathACO algorithm is also addressed. The issues of execution time and convergence achievement are considered as well.
A new tide model for the Antarctic ice shelves and seas

Abstract We describe a new tide model for the seas surrounding Antarctica, including the ocean cavities under the floating ice shelves. The model uses data assimilation to improve its fit to available data. Typical peak-to-peak tide ranges on ice shelves are 1–2 m but can exceed 3 m for the Filchner–Ronne and Larsen Ice Shelves in the Weddell Sea. Spring tidal ranges are about twice these values. Model performance is judged relative to the ~5–10 cm accuracy that is needed to fully utilize ice-shelf height data that will be collected with the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System, scheduled to be launched on the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite in late 2002. The model does not yet achieve this level of accuracy except very near the few high-quality tidal records that have been assimilated into the model. Some improvement in predictive skill is expected from increased sophistication of model physics, but we also require better definition of ice-shelf grounding lines and more accurate water-column thickness data in shelf seas and under the ice shelves. Long-duration tide measurements (bottom pressure gauge or global positioning system) in critical data-sparse areas, particularly near and on the Filchner–Ronne and Ross Ice Shelves and Pine Island Bay, are required to improve the performance of the data-assimilation model.
Hypercholesterolemic Diet: Its Effect on Colorectal Precancerous Lesions Induced by Dimethylhydrazine

C l i n M e d International Library Citation: França FDS, Corá RZ, Franz HCF, Martinello F (2016) Hypercholesterolemic Diet: Its Effect on Colorectal Precancerous Lesions Induced by Dimethylhydrazine. Int J Pathol Clin Res 2:040 Received: May 18, 2016: Accepted: June 25, 2016: Published: June 30, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 França FDS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. França et al. Int J Pathol Clin Res 2016, 2:040
Data Security Policies in Cloud: A Survey

: In our modern day and age, many enterprises are embracing cloud computing. However, one of the major concerns regarding cloud computing has always been security. Encryption in cloud is still in a state of flux and infancy. Some vendors provide encryption, while others don’t. There are different kinds of encryption schemes for securing data in the cloud, sometimes integrated within a system. Whenever a company decides it move its applications to the cloud, it considers several pros and cons before doing so.in this paper various cloud data security policies like Mediated certification ,Role based access control, data deduplication and data self-destruction are presented which assist in protection of data in cloud.
Indoor airborne fungal spores and home characteristics in asthmatic children from Edirne region of Turkey

Background: The contribution of indoor fungal exposure to childhood asthma is not completely clear. Objective: To investigate airborne fungal flora within the homes of asthmatic and control children, and to assess the influence of housing characteristics regarding indoor fungi. Methods: Forty-seven atopic asthmatic and 23 nonatopic control children were studied. Allergen sensitivity was determined by skin prick tests. A thorough assessment, using a questionnaire and inspection surveys, was carried out. Home visits were made between October 2000 and February 2001. Samples of airborne fungal spores were collected from four rooms by the “open Petri dish” method. Indoor temperature and humidity were measured. Results: The total indoor fungal colony counts from the living rooms and bedrooms were significantly higher in the asthma group than in controls (p = .012 and p = .003, respectively). The most commonly isolated genus was Cladosporium. Twelve of the asthmatic patients (25.53 %) were found to be sensitive to fungal allergens. The factors found to be associated with indoor fungal growth in logistic regression were visible fungal patches in the bathrooms [(odds ratio (OR) = 5.75; 95 % CI 1.19 to 27.70)], and the age of the house [OR = 4.24; 95 % CI 1.34 to 13.45]. Total fungal colony numbers did not correlate with indoor temperature or humidity. Conclusion: Fungal colony numbers were higher in the homes of asthmatic children than in those of controls. Therefore, indoor fungal exposure may contribute to childhood asthma. Bathrooms were the main source of fungal propagules. Old houses were more prone to fungal growth.