Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EVALUATION OF THE CAPACITY OF DIFFERENT MICROORGANISMS TO SOLUBILIZE SEVERAL COMPOUNDS OF PHOSPHOROUS AND ZINC

Microorganisms are the main responsible for bioremediation processes. They have the capacity to convert toxic substances in lesser or untoxic ones and also can solubilize compounds in order to make them available to plants. This article emphasizes the capacity of several microorganisms, isolated from different sources, to solubilize Pin, Porg and Zn based compounds. The screening methods comprised the use of several culture media (PVK, NBRIP, PSM and Bunt&Rovira) with added dyes used as pH markers (bromphenol blue and bromcresol purple). The used bacteria were three strains of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BIR, BW, OS15, OS17), four strains of Bacillus subtilis (BPA, ICPA, ATCC6633, 10), two strains of Bacillus spp. (B3, B4), one strain of Kluyvera ascorbata(35) and one unindentified strain isolated from soil contaminated with swines manure. After 1 to 7 days of incubation, the halos formed around the colonies showed the bacteria capacity to degrade the compounds of interest. Depending on the screening assay it was determined the eventual mechanisms involved, such as organic acids production, phytase or phosphatases synthesis, etc. Bacteria which had the capacity to solublize Pin based compounds were B3, B4, OS15, BPA, BIR, BW, OS17, ATCC6633, 35 and 10. The ones which were able to degrade phytate (Porg) were BIR, BPA, ICPC, OS15, OS17, BW, 10 and 35. The strains that solublized ZnO were BPA, B4, ATCC 6633, 32 and 35. The isolation sources of bacteria were mainly different types of soil, fact that strengthens the teory that soil bacteria are able to secret metabolites which could be involved in bioremediation and crop protection because they are already adapted to soil contaminants from environment.
ANTI-MICROBIAL PEPTIDES : A BRIEF REVIEW

Alternatives targeting pathogenic microbes is the need of the hour for antibiotics resistance strains. Anti-microbial peptides (AMPs) can be a suitable tool to address the menace of genetically upgraded pathogenic microbes. The peptides are smaller stretches of amino acids which target different types of pathogens as per their compositions. While insertion into membrane is the prime mechanism but these peptides can nullify the pathogenicity of microbes by many different ways. Such peptides are abundantly distributed across the nature and artificially synthesized peptides do further increase the repository volume. In this review, the AMPs are discussed very briefly based on their types and mechanism of actions.
Micro-scale Biogas Production : A beginner ’ s guide

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Prepared for submission to JHEP Hair-brane Ideas on the Horizon

We continue an examination of the microstate geometries program begun in arXiv:1409.6017, focussing on the role of branes that wrap the cycles which degenerate when a throat in the geometry deepens and a horizon forms. An associated quiver quantum mechanical model of minimally wrapped branes exhibits a non-negligible fraction of the gravitational entropy, which scales correctly as a function of the charges. The results suggest a picture of AdS3/CFT2 duality wherein the long string that accounts for BTZ black hole entropy in the CFT description, can also be seen to inhabit the horizon of BPS black holes on the gravity side. ar X iv :1 50 9. 00 04 4v 2 [ he pth ] 1 4 Se p 20 15
Contribution of Four Polymorphisms in Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-Related Genes to Hypertension in a Thai Population

Introduction The roles of genes in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) in hypertension, including angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), angiotensinogen (AGT), angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AGTR1), and aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2), have been widely studied across different ethnicities, but there has been no such investigation in Thai population. Materials and Methods Using 4,150 Thais recorded in the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) study, we examined the association of rs1799752, rs699, rs5186, and rs1799998 located in or near ACE, AGT, AGTR1, and CYP11B2 genes in hypertension. We investigated their roles in hypertension using multivariate logistic regression and further examined their roles in blood pressure (BP) using quantile regression. Sex, age, and BMI were adjusted as potential confounders. Results We did not observe associations between hypertension and rs1799752 (P=0.422), rs699 (P=0.36), rs5186 (P=0.49), and rs1799998 (P=0.71). No evidence of association between these SNPs and BP was found across an entire distribution. A nonlinear relationship between age and BP was observed. Conclusion In Thai population, our study showed no evidence of association between RAAS-related genes and hypertension. While our study is the first and largest study to investigate the role of RAAS-related genes in hypertension in Thai population, restricted statistical power due to limited sample size is a limitation.
TO ENSURE THE AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY OF SYNTHETIC DNA MOLECULES Submitted

DIGITAL SIGNATURES TO ENSURE THE AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY OF SYNTHETIC DNA MOLECULES DNA molecules are increasingly being synthesized in the laboratory some of which are licensed intellectual properties (IP). Synthetic samples are shared between academic labs, ordered from DNA synthesis companies, and manipulated for a variety of different purposes, mostly to study their properties and improve upon them. However, it is not uncommon for a sample to change hands many times with very little proof of origin information encoded in the sample. This poses significant challenges to the original inventor of the DNA molecules, trying to protect her IP rights. More importantly, following the anthrax attacks of 2001, there is an increased urgency to employ microbial forensic technologies to trace and track agent inventories. However, in the realm of synthesized DNA such attribution is next to impossible with existing technology. We look into how a digital signature of the DNA molecule can be embedded into the molecule itself to solve this problem (if at all). We encounter several challenges that we do not face in the digital world. These challenges arise primarily from the fact that the physical size of the DNA molecule can affect its properties, random mutations can accumulate in the DNA samples over time, DNA sequencers can sequence (read) DNA erroneously and is still relatively expensive (which means that laboratories would prefer not to read and re-read a DNA to get error-free sequences). In this research, we try to address these challenges and present a digital signature technology that can be applied to synthetic DNA molecules in living cells.
GREEN SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOCERIA FROM CLITORIA TERNATEA AND ITS ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY

The method like green chemistry have more advantageous over physical and chemical methods in the synthesis of nanoparticles because of cost effective and eco-friendly. Biologically synthesized nanoparticles have been widely used in the field of nanomedicine. In the current study Cerium Nanoparticles or Nanoceria have been synthesized using Clitoria ternatea leaf extract. The aqueous extract of leaves used a reductant for the synthesis of nanoceria which confirmed by UVVisible spectroscopy at the different time intervals and FT-IR Vibrational stretching mode. Further, the crystallite size of the nanoparticles was analyzed by Powder XRD about 7nm. The morphology of the nanoparticles determined by microscopic examination of SEM and elemental analysis was carried out by EDAX. Oxidative stress has been linked to heart disease, cancer, arthritis, stroke, respiratory diseases, immune deficiency, emphysema, Parkinson's disease, and other inflammatory or ischemic conditions. Antioxidants are said to help neutralize free radicals in our bodies, and this is thought to boost overall health. So, Antioxidant property was studied in-vitro for the synthesized nanoparticles using standard protocols. Present results also support the advantages of using biogreen method for the production of nanoparticles having the potential of antioxidant activities.
AN ALEXITHYMIA SCALE FOR CHILDREN: ADAPTATION INTO TURKISH, VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present study is to adapt the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children (Rieffe, Oosterveld & Terwogt, 2006) into the Turkish language and culture and perform the adapted scale’s validity and reliability analyses. The sample of the study was determined by convenience sampling technique and was composed of a total of 500 students, 242 female (% 48.6) and 258 (% 51.4) male sixth and seventh graders in a central Anatolian city. As a result of translation and backtranslation process and in the light of experts’ opinions, it was determined that the translated items showed high similarities with the original ones and the language validity was high. As part of the validity study, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted and the result of Chi-square test was found to be statistically non-significant (p = .88). Also, confirmatory factor analysis showed that the three-factor structure fit with the original structure (x2 /sd=2.44; GFI = .95; RMSEA= .04). The analyses demonstrated that all of the item loadings were above . 40. The analysis of the predictive validity showed a positive and significant correlation between the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children and the Brief Symptom Inventory and the Mood Scales. Cronbach Alpha internal-consistency coefficient was found to be . 78. In conclusion, the Turkish version of the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children can be regarded as a valid and reliable scale in measuring the alexithymic characteristics of children in Turkey.
A METRIC BASED NOVEL CLASSIFICATION APPROACH TO KINECT POINT CLOUD DATA

Object classification in 3D point cloud data is an emerging topic attracting increasing research interest. Object detection is one of the most important challenges in computer vision. This paper proposes a novel method for the efficient detection of the real objects with respect to 3D point cloud data. The real object detection is performed using a technique based on mean shift clustering algorithm. The efficiency of the method is verified comparative official 3D data and real 3D point cloud data. We embed presented approach in a framework that combination of extracts shape and point cloud data metric information to improve the outcome of the classification stage. For this aim, classification of 3D point cloud data allows robust segmentation and feature descriptions into different objects by significantly reducing the error. Performed mean shift classification algorithm on the raw data and metric data classification with mean shift algorithm implementation are automatically compared to for evaluation the accuracy of the classification of metric classification algorithm. The results obtained metric classification algorithm and mean shift algorithm on automatic classification of simple planimetric object shapes with the surface of the point cloud show that proposed method is an efficient process.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SIMULATION TOOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK

Wireless sensor network has come into prominence because they hold the potential to revolutionized segment of our economy and life with its wide applications. Unlike a centralized system, a sensor network is formed by large numbers of networked sensing nodes. They are having unique set of resource constraints such as finite onboard battery power and limited network communication bandwidth. Since running real experiments is costly and time consuming, simulation is essential to study Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). It is rather complex, or even unfeasible, to model analytically a WSN and it usually leads to oversimplified analysis with limited confidence. Therefore, simulation is essential to study WSN. Keywords-Sensor network, simulation, tools.
An Improved Hybrid Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

A novel routing scheme for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), which combines the on-demand routing capability of Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol with a distributed topology discovery mechanism using ant-like mobile agents is proposed in this paper. The proposed hybrid protocol reduces route discovery latency and the end-to-end delay by providing high connectivity without requiring much of the scarce network capacity. On the one side the proactive routing protocols in MANETs like Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV) require to know, the topology of the entire network. Hence they are not suitable for highly dynamic networks such as MANETs, since the topology update information needs to be propagated frequently throughout the network. These frequent broadcasts limit the available network capacity for actual data communication. On the other hand, on-demand, reactive routing schemes like AODV and Dynamic Source Routing (DSR), require the actual transmission of the data to be delayed until the route is discovered. Due to this long delay a pure reactive routing protocol may not be applicable for real-time data and multimedia communication. Through extensive simulations in this paper it is proved that the proposed Ant-AODV hybrid routing technique, is able to achieve reduced end-to-end delay compared to conventional ant-based and AODV routing protocols.
Is the Indian Capital Market Integrated with Major Developed Economies ? Evidence Using Long Memory Approach

The present study attempts to examine the existence of long run diversification benefits of investment allocation in Indian Stock Market with t ha of the Developed World by using daily data of closing stock prices for the period 1997 to 2011 and applying a modified GPH test, along with a battery of other tests such as KPSS, GPH and the Rescaled Range. The study revealed conflicting results: the powerful GPH test indicate d long memory, while the earlier generation of tests pointed towards its absence. The results indi cate the existence of fractional cointegration of Indian Stock Market with the Developed world and he nce absence of diversification benefits for the selected markets in the long run.
P o S ( I C R C 2 0 1 9 ) 4 5 4 A method for Cloud Mapping in the Field of View of the Infra-Red Camera during the EUSO-SPB 1 flight

EUSO-SPB1 was released on April 24th, 2017, from the NASA balloon launch site in Wanaka (New Zealand) and landed on the South Pacific Ocean on May 7th. The data collected by the instruments onboard the balloon were analyzed to search UV pulse signatures of UHECR (Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays) air showers. Indirect measurements of UHECRs can be affected by cloud presence during nighttime, therefore it is crucial to know the meteorological conditions during the observation period of the detector. During the flight, the onboard EUSO-SPB1 UCIRC camera (University of Chicago Infra-Red Camera), acquired images in the field of view of the UV telescope. The available nighttime and daytime images, include information on meteorological conditions of the atmosphere observed in two infra-red bands. The presence of clouds has been investigated employing a method developed to provide a dense cloudiness map for each available infra-red image. The final masks are intended to give pixel cloudiness information at the IRcamera pixel resolution that is nearly 4-times higher than the one of the UV-camera. In this work cloudiness maps are obtained by using an expert system based on the analysis of different lowlevel image features. Furthermore, an image enhancement step was needed to be applied as a preprocessing step to deal with uncalibrated data.
Toxicity of Organic Solvents to Microbial Cells with Catalytic Activity

吴晖,杨美艳,赖富饶,李晓凤 (华南理工大学食品与轻工学院,广东广州 510640) 摘要:本文以米曲霉以及荧光假单胞菌为代表性霉菌及细菌型微生物,通过对菌体生长量、菌丝球大小以及显微观察,研究了 常见有机溶剂对具有催化活性的微生物细胞的生长毒性。 研究发现有机溶剂对真菌和细菌的毒性与其 lgP 值有密切关联关系,且与具 体的溶剂种类有关。 在针对米曲霉的研究中,正丙醇、叔丁醇和甲苯(lgP 值分别为 0.55、0.80、2.5)对菌丝球的形成有一定的抑制作 用;当正丁醇与氯仿(lgP 值分别为 0.82、2.00)存在时菌丝质量为 0, 即能完全抑制菌丝生长;丙酮,短链醇,长链烷烃等的存在对 菌丝体总质量(0.81±0.07)和菌丝形态没有明显改变,但对生殖期以及孢子形态有显著影响。 对荧光假单胞菌而言,正丁醇、氯仿、 甲苯和辛烷(4.6 > lgP > 0.8)可以完全抑制菌体生长(OD560 < 1.17±0.05),其他溶剂存在时菌体生长与对照(OD560=2.27±0.05)无显 著差异;此外,有机溶剂会影响培养过程中细胞的形状和细胞间的排列方式。
A mixed analytical-numerical model for the S-matrix computation of bidimensional lined ducts with HQ tubes

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. A mixed analytical-numerical model for the S-matrix computation of bidimensional lined ducts with HQ tubes Romain Marechal, Emmanuel Perrey-Debain, Jean-Michel Ville, Benoît Nennig
Data Protection Impact Assessments: A Meta-Regulatory Approach

• Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessments (PIAs/DPIAs) are tools for organisations to manage privacy risks. They emerged in various jurisdictions from the 1980s, initially as a purely voluntary measure. DPIAs are now set to become a mandatory requirement in certain circumstances under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This article addresses impact assessments from the perspective of regulatory theory. Their transition from a voluntary tool to a mandatory requirement raises questions about their purpose and role, as well as implications for the direction of data protection in Europe more generally. • Previous analyses have tended to assess such impact assessments in relation to a limited set of regulatory categories, namely self-regulation, command-and-control regulation, or some form of 'co-regulation'. Drawing from regulatory theory, this article suggests a more nuanced account of the mandatory impact assessment regime outlined in the GDPR. • It argues that this regime can be understood as a form of 'meta-regulation'. The final section draws on a framework for assessing the prospects of meta-regulation, in order to assess the prospects for a meta-regulatory approach to impact assessments.
Workshop on Intelligent Agents and Technologies for e-Business ( IAT 4 EB ) 17 August 2010

In the existing work on auctions, a symmetric model of all bidders has been assumed: they all have the same risk attitude, possible valuations and spite (or competition). As this is not realistic in many real examples, we relax this assumption and extend the state of the art in multi-unit auctions to consider bidders of different types; each bidder type has a different risk attitude and distribution from which its valuation is drawn or different spite. We examine both the case when the participants’ types are known and when they are not, and, for both cases, derive equilibrium bidding strategies in both m and(m + 1) price sealed-bid auctions.
Haptic Feedback Control Methods for Steering Systems

Haptic feedback from the steering wheel is an important cue that defines the steering feel in the driver-vehicle interaction. The steering feedback response in an electric power assisted steering is primarily dependent on its control strategy. The conventional approach is open loop control, where different functions are implemented in a parallel structure. The main drawbacks are: (a) limited compensation of the hardware impedance, (b) hardware system dependent steering feedback response and (c) limitation on vehicle motion control request overlay. This thesis investigates closed-loop control, in which the desired steering feedback response can be separated from the hardware dynamics. Subsequently, the requirements can be defined at the design stage. The closed-loop architecture constitutes of a higher and lower level controller. The higher level control defines the reference steering feedback, which should account for both driver and road excitation sources. This thesis focuses on the driver excitation, where a methodology is proposed for developing such a reference model using the standard vehicle handling maneuvers. The lower level control ensures: (a) reference tracking of the higher level control, (b) hardware impedance compensation and (c) robustness to unmodeled dynamics. These interdependent objectives are realized for a passive interaction port driving admittance. The two closed-loop possibilities, impedance (or torque) and admittance (or position) control, are compared objectively. The analysis is further extended to a steer-by-wire force-feedback system; such that the lower level control is designed with a similar criteria, keeping the same higher level control. The admittance control is found limited in performance for both the steering systems. This is explained by a higher equivalent mechanical inertia caused by the servo motor and its transmission ratio in electric power assisted steering; and for steer-by-wire force-feedback, due to the uncertainty in drivers’ arm inertia. Moreover, it inherently suffers from the conflicting objectives of tracking, impedance compensation and robustness. These are further affected by the filtering required in the admittance lower level control. In impedance control, a better performance is exhibited by its lower level control. However, the required filtering and estimation in the impedance higher level control is its biggest disadvantage. In closed-loop setting, the angular position overlay with a vehicle motion control request is also relatively easier to realize than open loop.
Advanced material and structural behavior in innovative forming processes – application to process-integrated ring rolling

The increasing demand for flexibility and economy in production has a significant impact on production methodologies. In the last decades, several innovative manufacturing processes were developed to meet these requirements. To carry out such a redesign in an efficient manner (which means by computational analysis), new computational models and methods are needed. Process-integrated powder coating is a new kind of ring-rolling process. It takes advantage of the high temperatures and high forces of the ring rolling process. This is not only to increase the ring’s diameter, but also to integrate powder metallurgical multi-functional coatings within the same process. To improve the feasibility assessment of the proposed geometries and material combinations as well as to investigate important quantities such as e.g. the stress state in the rolling gap and the residual porosity of the powder metallurgically produced layer, the versatile application of the finite element method (FEM) is crucial. Therefore, a parameterized 3D finite element (FE) model is developed on the basis of a finite strain viscoplastic material formulation. In order to increase the strength and wear properties of relevant steels, an appropriate heat treatment should be carried out. Therefore, an implicit numerical scheme is applied to investigate the thermomechanical-metallurgical response of multi-phase steel during phase transformation. The paper is concluded by a detailed description of the process simulation and a comparison of its results with experimental data.