Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria enhance Onion (Allium cepa L.) productivity and minimize requisite chemical fertilization

A FIELD experiment was carried out on the farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt during the winter season of 2016 to study the effect of bio-fertilization under different level of nitrogen and potassium (75% and 50% from the full dose) on the growth and yield of Onion plants. The obtained results showed that the microbial inoculation leads to a significant increase in growth parameters (foliage heights, number of leaves and dry weights). As well as NPK-contents as responded to all treatments under investigation in all stages of plant growth. The same trend was observed in yield parameters (bulb weights, total bulbs yield, Total soluble solids%, Dry matter% and NPK contents in bulb tissues). The treatment T4 (A. chroococcum + 75 % dose of NK) gave the highest total yield with an increase by 6.19% over the control. Also, the bio-fertilization has a pronounced increase in microbial count in comparison with the mineral fertilization. The obtained results of PGPR effects on growth parameters and yield of onion recommend their use as an alternative tool to reduce chemical fertilizers.
Normalization for cDNA Microarray Data on the oral cancer

o f t h e d i f f e r e n t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t w o d y e s , b a c k g r o u n d e f f e c ts, overshining effects and effects resulting from image processing may be eliminated. Normalization is the general term used to represent such elimination processes. Thousands of cDNA probes on the chip may be divided into two groups; one group is the cluster of housekeeping genes which are consistently expressed under any circumstances, and the other is that of differentially expressed genes which are discrepantly expressed depending on the condition where genes are exposed. We assume that housekeeping genes h o l d a l a r g e m a j o r i t y o f t h e s e t o f c D N A p r o b e s w h i l e d i f f e r e n tially expressed genes are relatively small. For suitably normalized data, differentially expressed genes can be identified good and properly. Based on the other reported data on reproducibility, the fold difference, a criterion which discriminates differentially expressed genes from housekeeping genes, is g e n e r a l l y n o t a b o v e 2 i n t h e r e l i a b l e c o n f i d e n c e i n t e r v a l s .
A Pilot Study on the Comparison between Blended and F2F Learning Methods in a SQL Course.

One of the main outcomes of the current period is to decrease in the cost and energy of accessing the information due to rapid growing of internet and Information Technologies. Therefore, transferring online courses to users via e-learning platforms has became more and more preferred in recent years. This paper aims to investigate the effect of an online course designed in Google Course Builder to teach introductory level SQL (Structured Query Language) on students’ knowledge and skills on use of SQL. 61 undergraduate students from a private university in Turkey who were enrolled in “Basic Computer Applications” course participated in this research. To establish an experimental research design, the students were randomly separated into experimental and control groups. Blended learning method was applied to the experimental group whose participants enrolled in the online course (SQL Course) and face-to-face (F2F) method was applied to the control group with the same learning content. While SQL Mid-Test was only conducted to observe the change of experimental group, SQL Final Test was applied to both groups. Since the sample size of the experimental group is under 30 and a normal distribution was not found, Mann-Whitney U Test was performed to compare the means of experimental and control groups. To compare the means of SQL Mid-Test and SQL-Final Test, Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was performed. After two weeks of experiment, it was found that there is a significant difference between two groups in favor of participants taught with F2F method. It was also revealed that slightly but significant improvement were found on the academic performance of the experimental group. On one hand, the comparison between two groups demonstrated the constraints for learning a scripting language in a short time, however on the other hand results also showed the positive effect of blended learning environment to students’ learning performance towards using introductory level SQL. All findings of the study were discussed in the light of relevant literature.
Screening of TiO2-Supported Catalysts for Selective NOx Reduction with Ammonia

In the present study, the catalytic activities of several TiO2-supported metal and metal oxide catalysts have been tested simultaneously for the selective catalytic redn. of nitrogen oxides with ammonia (NH3-SCR) using high-throughput-screening equipment. Two different series of various catalyst samples were evaluated for different feed gas compns. , both with and without water, and before and after SO2 exposure. The first series of samples consisted of catalysts contg. a single metal or metal oxide (Mg, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mo, Rh, Ag, W, Ir, or Pt), including a com. SCR catalyst sample for comparison. Of the metals investigated in the first series, Cr, Mn, Fe, and Rh were found to have the most interesting catalytic properties, regarding activity and selectivity at high or low temps. A second series of samples were prepd. contg. combinations of the selected metals, and the results from the catalytic tests show a general trend of increased SCR activity at lower temps. when Rh is added to the multiple-metal samples. The results further indicate that it is possible to widen the active temp. window by combining different metals in the catalyst formulation.
THE INFLUENCE OF BRAND IMAGE AND BRAND EXPERIENCE ON BRAND LOYALTY ON BRIZZI CARD USERS AT BRI UNIT SENTRA BISNIS DRIYOREJO

Technology is getting more sophisticated, all daily activities are getting easier, including in terms of transactions. Now, the so-called Brizzi Card has become popular, which is a payment instrument with the value of money stored electronically on a server or card. This Brizzi card can then be used for payment transactions on the internet and merchants who have collaborated with the Brizzi card issuing bank. Became popular because Brizzi has been intensively used to transact online and offline stores. Public facilities have introduced the Brizzi Card as payment for tolls, commuter line, trans Jakarta, parking, and many more. This research was conducted to know and analyze the effect of brand image and brand experience on brand loyalty by using multiple linear regression analysis models. The sample used in this study were 100 respondents who were owners or users of the BRIZZI card at the Driorejo BRI Business Center Unit. The results showed that all research variables consisting of brand image and brand experience had a significant effect on the variable brand loyalty. This is proven empirically from the SPSS calculation which results in the calculated F value> F table, namely 16,156> 3.09 or by looking at the significant level of 0.000 <0.05. The results also show that the brand image variable has a significant effect on brand loyalty. This is proven empirically from the SPSS calculation which results in the value of t count> t table, namely 5.055> 1.661 or by looking at the significant level of 0.000 <0.05. Meanwhile, brand experience has no significant effect on brand loyalty. This is proven empirically from the SPSS calculation which results in the value of t count <t table which is 1.086 <1.661 or by looking at the significant level of 0.280> 0.05. Keyword: Brand Image, Brand Experience, Brand Loyalty
Analysis of the Effect of Acceleration in Dynamic Models

In the article entitled "Analysis of the effect of acceleration in the Sunday models", the authors focused their attention on the dynamic models due to the possibilities offered by them to make precise analyzes on the evolution of a dependent variable due to the influences that the independent variables have on them. Analyzing the nature of these influences, we found that there is the prospect of accelerated evolution of these variables. At the macroeconomic level, in order to realize the forecasts of certain economic phenomena that influence the evolutions of the different states, we can use for a performance analysis the model of the accelerator without cycle, which due to its properties can give a realistic perspective on the tendency of the system evolution. Starting from the use of the term cyclicality, which characterizes the evolution of the various economic phenomena in one way or another depending on the various elements that determine this evolution, the authors will use it in this sense, in analyzing the accelerator of the dynamic models. Following this construction, the harmonized cycle accelerator model will take into account the fact that there must be such a correlation of the acceleration application in one direction or another. For example, if we take into account the problem of diminishing consumption in the national economy, we consider that a measure of negative acceleration must be taken in order to reduce it. At the same time, an increase in investments is needed, which implies the use of a harmonized cycle accelerator model, given that the measure aims at both an increase and a decrease, which is constantly harmonized. In the economy, we encounter cases in which the evolutions have a very high intensity in a relatively short period of time, thus accelerating, resulting in obtaining revenues well above the equilibrium aimed at maintaining macrostability, cases in which we will approach the accelerator model with explosive cycle. Considering the explosion, the accelerator is the one that leads to a special jump, evolving in its direction in both the positive and negative directions. The article also addresses other important issues such as the significance of these models, which in the authors' opinion should be considered as dynamic systems and which used in forecast models can manifest their influence in
Multi-Carbohydrase Addition Into a Corn-Soybean Meal Diet Containing Wheat and Wheat By Products to Improve Growth Performance and Nutrient Digestibility of Broiler Chickens

SUMMARY Feed enzymes are used in poultry diets to enhance nutrient availability and thereby improve growth performances of the birds. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of dietary Multi-Carbohydrase (MC) supplementation on growth performance, blood metabolites, visceral organ weights, gut morphology, and nutrient digestibility in broiler chickens. A total of 168 one-day-old broiler chicks (47.5 ± 0.20 g) were randomly allocated into one of four dietary treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with 6 replications per treatment. Dietary treatments were as follows: (1) positive control (PC; energy sufficient, 3,200 ME, kcal/kg); (2) negative control (NC; energy deficient, 3,100 ME, kcal/kg); (3) PC with MC (MC; Superzyme-CS™; 0.05%); (4) NC with MC. Greater ADG (P = 0.022) was observed with the birds fed MC for the entire period (1–35 d) compared to birds fed a diet without MC. Birds fed the NC diet supplemented with MC showed improved FCR (P = 0.037) compared to birds fed the NC diet during the starter period (1–21 d). MC supplementation increased dry matter (P = 0.029), crude protein (P = 0.015), and energy digestibility (P = 0.015) of the birds compared to those fed a diet without MC on day 21. Moreover, birds fed a diet with MC had increased (P = 0.037) dry matter digestibility on day 35 compared to its counterpart, regardless of dietary energy level. Therefore, our study indicated that MC improved growth performance along with nutrient digestibility in broiler chickens fed corn soybean-meal-based diets containing wheat and wheat by-products from hatch to 35 d of age, regardless of dietary energy level.
Determination of the Traffic Properties of Cells with Mobile Users Using a Mixed Traffic

This paper presents a two-dimensional Markov traffic model of the mobile users' network where there exist handover calls from the surrounding cells to the considered cell and where, also, primary calls are generated. The two emphasized types of calls form together mixed traffic. The new, two-dimensional model allows us to calculate some characteristic variables for the systems, which may not be determined based on the analysis of one-dimensional model. The developed simulation program is verified comparing the obtained system state probabilities as also primary and handover calls loss rate to the corresponding values from the calculation process. We analyzed cells with a number of channels reserved only for handover calls. This system performances are compared to the performances of some other systems from literature and it is proved that their characteristics are comparable whereby our system improves handover calls dropping rate. It is also proved that users’ speed increase and cell radius decrease cause both primary and, especially, handover calls loss rate increase. The results of calculation and simulation are obtained after a number of iterations (calculation or simulation cycles), where the new loss probability values from one iteration become the input values for the next iteration. In the case that call loss values do not converge during simulation, we implemented the original algorithm for input call loss probability estimation for the next iteration.
Electrodeposition of Silver-Cadmium Alloys from Cyanide Electrolytes

SUMMARY Electrodeposited layers of silver-cadmium alloys are reported to have increased hardness, electrical conductivity and tarnish resistance compared to silver. The standard electrode potentials of silver and cadmium are too far apart to permit codeposition from simple salt solutions, suitable complexing is necessary to bring the deposition potentials closer and facilitate codeposition. Results of the investigations with cyanide complexed solutions are presented in this paper. Electroplating experiments with varying concentrations of metal ions and operating conditions have shown the possibility of depositing alloys with a range of compositions. Characterisation of the deposits has been by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and microhardness measurements. Voltammetric studies show the deposition of alloys of solid solution type at low concentrations of cadmium and a mixture of phases at higher concentrations.
Human Health and Economic Costs of Air Pollution in Utah: An Expert Assessment

Air pollution causes more damage to health and economy than previously understood, contributing to approximately one in six deaths globally. However, pollution reduction policies remain controversial even when proven effective and cost negative, partially because of misunderstanding and growing mistrust in science. We used an expert assessment to bridge these research–policy divides in the State of Utah, USA, combining quantitative estimates from 23 local researchers and specialists on the human health and economic costs of air pollution. Experts estimated that air pollution in Utah causes 2480 to 8000 premature deaths annually (90% confidence interval) and decreases the median life expectancy by 1.1 to 3.6 years. Economic costs of air pollution in Utah totaled $0.75 to $3.3 billion annually, up to 1.7% of the state’s gross domestic product. Though these results were generally in line with available estimates from downscaled national studies, they were met with surprise in the state legislature, where there had been an almost complete absence of quantitative health and economic cost estimates. We discuss the legislative and personal responses of Utah policy makers to these results and present a framework for increasing the assimilation of data into decision making via regional expert assessment. In conclusion, combining quantitative assessments from local experts is a responsive and cost-effective tool to increase trust and information uptake during time-sensitive policy windows.
Statistical Mechanics of Self-Propelled Systems

This thesis aims to unveil the statistical properties of self-propelled microswimmers, a non-equilibrium system in the variegate field of active matter. We shall employ stochastic and hydrodynamics approaches to explain the non-equilbrium behavior of self-propelled entities. We begin by studying suspensions of dilute active particles also in the presence of chirality. The dynamics in the presence of confinement traps is numerically and theoretically investigated employing effective equilibrium theories or effective equations for the moments of the distribution. As far as, the energetics properties of self-propelled particles are unveiled employing stochastic thermodynamic approaches. Besides, the experimental phenomenology of the accumulation near the walls is reviewed and original contributions to its theoretical understanding are developed, employing suitable hydrodynamic approaches and detecting their transport properties. Collective fascinating phenomena displayed by self-propelled unities are reviewed and numerically investigated, featuring new long-range orders in the velocity orientations which were not unveiled, up to now. In particular, the non-equilibrium aggregation phases of Active Matter reveal intriguing new features in the presence of an effective alignment interaction induced by the interplay between self-propulsion and excluded volume effects. Even the dilute phase shows the formation of bond (but unstable) pairs, while for denser suspensions of particles a continuous transition with aligned or vortex-like domains coexists with clustering and motility induced phase separation. The usual scenario of equilibrium aggregation phases is strongly modified even at the denser regimes, where the occurrence of empty moving regions or traveling crystals does not have a passive Brownian counterpart.
Ring of Keys

A ring of keys is a finger ring which looks to have been carved from multicoloured blue stone. Touching a (mundane) key to it while saying the command word will "record" that key in the ring. Later, pressing the ring to a lock opened by that key and saying the command word again will unlock that lock. The ring does not actually produce a key; the lock is unlocked by magic, in a similar (but soundless) way to a knock spell. Common versions of the ring of keys can hold one key, uncommon versions three keys, and rare versions as many keys as you want.
Image content is more important than Bouma’s Law for scene metamers

We subjectively perceive our visual field with high fidelity, yet large peripheral distortions can go unnoticed and peripheral objects can be difficult to identify (crowding). A recent paper proposed a model of the mid-level ventral visual stream in which neural responses were averaged over an area of space that increased as a function of eccentricity (scaling). Human participants could not discriminate synthesised model images from each other (they were metamers) when scaling was about half the retinal eccentricity. This result implicated ventral visual area V2 and approximated “Bouma’s Law” of crowding. It has subsequently been interpreted as a link between crowding zones, receptive field scaling, and our rich perceptual experience. However, participants in this experiment never saw the original images. We find that participants can easily discriminate real and model-generated images at V2 scaling. Lower scale factors than even V1 receptive fields may be required to generate metamers. Efficiently explaining why scenes look as they do may require incorporating segmentation processes and global organisational constraints in addition to local pooling.
Investigating the certifiability of Nunatsiavut’s commercial fisheries: The case of the Marine Stewardship Council

V LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . VI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . VII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1. MANAGEMENT PROBLEM . 2 1.2. RESEARCH QUESTION . 4 1.3. BACKGROUND . 4 History of Labrador Inuit . 5 Nunatsiavut Government . 6 Fisheries Management Authorities and Key Players . 7 1.4. NUNATSIAVUT’S FISHERIES . 9 Northern Shrimp . 10 Snow Crab . 11 Greenland Halibut . 12 Arctic Char . 13 Atlantic Salmon . 14 Atlantic Cod . 15 Iceland Scallop . 15 1.5. THE POTENTIAL USE OF ECOLABELS . 15 1.6. MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL (MSC). 16 Background and Certification Process. 16 Concerns around MSC . 18 CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY. 20 2.1. SCOPING NUNATSIAVUT’S FISHERIES . 20 2.2 SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT . 21 OSMI Rapid Assessment Tool . 22 2.3 TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS . 24 Steps of the Trade-off Analysis . 25 CHAPTER 3: RESULTS . 28 3.1 SCOPING NUNATSIAVUT’S FISHERIES . 28 3.2 SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT . 30 Arctic Char Sustainability . 31 Snow Crab Sustainability . 40 Greenland Halibut Sustainability . 42 3.3 TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS . 45 Step 1. Identification of the Implications of MSC Certification . 45 Step 2. Relevant Implications for Nunatsiavut’s Fisheries . 54 Step 3. Elaboration of the Nunatsiavut Government’s Fundamental Principles . 57 Step 4. Implications of Certification on the Fundamental Principles . 57
PERBEDAAN KEKERASAN PERMUKAAN ENAMEL SETELAH APLIKASI FLUORIDE VARNISH DAN CASEIN PHOSPO PEPTIDE-AMORPHOUS CALSIUM PHOSPHATE FLUORIDE (CPP-ACPF) (PENELITIAN IN VITRO)

Background: Caries is a chronic, slowly progressing disease, with symptoms not detected at the onset of the disease but generally much later. Its initiation is associated with demineralization (calcium and phosphate loss) of subsurface tooth enamel, resulting in the formation of a subsurface lesion. To restore the natural equilibrium, either remineralization must be enhanced or demineralization must be retarded. There are some topical agents that can enhance remineralization such as topical fluor and casein phosphopeptide – amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP). Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the differences of the enamel surface microhardness after application of fluoride varnish and CPP-ACPF. Methode: 27 blocks bovine enamel were devided into 3 groups. Group 1 – control (No surface treatment), group 2 – fluoride varnish and group 3 – CPP-ACPF. Initial surface hardness enamel was measured for all enamel specimens. Artificial enamel carious lesions were created by immersing enamel samples to demineralization solution (pH 4,5) for 72 hours at temperature 370 C. The surface microhardness of demineralized enamel specimens was measured. A caries progression test (pH cycling) was carried out, which consisted of alternative demineralization (3 hours), remineralization with artificial saliva (21 hours) and application topical agent twice a day for 14 days. Then, the last surface enamel microhardness is measured. Result: Group 3 showed significantly highest Vickers hardness number (P<0,05) followed by group 2 and the lowest is group 1. Conclusions: This study proved that enamel surface microhardness after application of CPP-ACPF was higher than fluoride varnish.