Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A witch's brew of troubles with the Bermudagrass mite

As an entomologist and extension specialist, I usually have recommendations (if not solutions) to most insect problems. But for the past few years, the Bermudagrass mite, also known as the Bermudagrass stunt mite, has severely bruised my ego. Never heard of the Bermudagrass mite? Well, you are not alone. Whenever I show a picture of the typical "witch's broom" damage (Image 1) in South Carolina or Texas, I can see eyes widening and heads nodding. Many golf facilities in the southern U.S. may be infested, but few superintendents, managers and owners recognize the damage. Many think that those bunchy stems are just mutations. The Bermudagrass mite is a species of eriophyid mite. The characteristics of the eriophyid mites, as a group, are their small size a Bermudagrass mite is about the size of the full stop, or period, at the end of this sentence banana-shaped body, and two pairs of legs (as opposed to four pairs on typical mites and three pairs on typical insects). The Bermudagrass mite is whitish cream in color or translucent, as seen in Image 2. A large number feed under the leaf sheath, causing stunted internodes and a typical
Resilience of SBR Activated Sludge System against the Presence of Engineered Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles

Lab-scale sequencing batch reactors (SBR) were tested for their resilience against the presence of engineered iron-oxide nanoparticles coated with a surfactant (ENPFe-surf) at 29.6 mg/L as soluble Fe. Impacts of the presence of ENPFe-surf during SBR operation were tested at two different SBR contact times (3 or 6 hrs) with respect to physiochemical effluent water quality parameters. Results indicated that 7.8% of the dosed ENPFe-surf were present in the effluent from the SBR run at 3 hrs of contact time, whereas 9.2% were from the SBR run at 6 hrs of contact time. ENPFe-surf did not produce toxic effect on SBR mixed liquors, showing resilience of SBR activated sludge against ENPFe-surf. Rather the oxygen uptake rates of mixed liquors were slightly enhanced in the presence of ENPFe-surf. Nevertheless, those ENPFe-surf fractions in the effluent caused increased in turbidity, chemical oxygen demand, and biological oxygen demand.
Phytosanitary Cold Treatment of Spotted-Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in ‘Campbell Early’ Grape

Abstract The effects of cold storage temperature and exposure duration on different developmental stages of spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on ‘Campbell Early’ grapes were examined to establish a phytosanitary control method. The immature stages (eggs, larvae and pupae) of SWD were all dead after a 6-d cold treatment at 1°C and 8-d cold treatment at 1.5 and 2°C. Probit-9 estimated a fourfold increase in cold treatment duration to achieve 99.9968% mortality, compared with the observed mortality. Efficacy tests using pupae, which were the most cold-tolerant stage, confirmed the validity of the selected temperature and exposure durations. Based on these results, 1°C, which requires a shorter exposure for complete mortality, was selected for the test in conditions that mimic those of grape exportation. Six-day cold treatments at 1°C produced 99.57%, mortality in different replicates, although the surviving pupae died later. Conversely, the 8- and 10-d treatments at 1°C showed 100% mortality, suggesting that these treatments can provide quarantine security against infestations of SWD on exported Campbell Early grapes, although an additional experiment with an increased sample size is required for further reliable conclusion.
Persistent disparities in antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage and virological suppression across Europe, 2004 to 2015

Background: Direct comparisons between countries in core HIV care parameters are often hampered by differences in data collection. Aim: Within the EuroSIDA study, we compared levels of antiretroviral treatment (ART) coverage and virological suppression (HIV RNA < 500 copies/mL) across Europe and explored temporal trends. Methods: In three cross-sectional analyses in 2004–05, 2009–10 and 2014–15, we assessed country-specific percentages of ART coverage and virological suppression among those on ART. Temporal changes were analysed using logistic regression. Results: Overall, the percentage of people on ART increased from 2004–05 (67.8%) to 2014–15 (78.2%), as did the percentage among those on ART who were virologically suppressed (75.2% in 2004–05, 87.7% in 2014–15). However, the rate of improvement over time varied significantly between regions (p < 0.01). In 2014–15, six of 34 countries had both ART coverage and virological suppression of above 90% among those on ART. The pattern varied substantially across clinics within countries, with ART coverage ranging from 61.9% to 97.0% and virological suppression from 32.2% to 100%. Compared with Western Europe (as defined in this study), patients in other regions were less likely to be virologically suppressed in 2014–15, with the lowest odds of suppression (adjusted odds ratio = 0.16; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.13–0.21) in Eastern Europe. Conclusions: Despite overall improvements over a decade, we found persistent disparities in country-specific estimates of ART coverage and virological suppression. Underlying reasons for this variation warrant further analysis to identify a best practice and benchmark HIV care across EuroSIDA.
Constructing convex projective 3‐manifolds with generalized cusps

We prove that non‐compact finite volume hyperbolic 3‐manifolds that satisfy a mild cohomological condition (infinitesimal rigidity) admit a family of properly convex deformations of their complete hyperbolic structure where the ends become generalized cusps of type 1 or type 2. We also discuss methods for controlling which types of cusps occur. Using these methods we produce the first known example of a 1‐cusped hyperbolic 3‐manifold that admits a convex projective structure with a type 2 cusp. We also use these techniques to produce new 1‐cusped manifolds that admit a convex projective structure with a type 1 cusp.
Annexins in Translational Research: Hidden Treasures to Be Found

The vertebrate annexin superfamily (AnxA) consists of 12 members of a calcium (Ca2+) and phospholipid binding protein family which share a high structural homology. In keeping with this hallmark feature, annexins have been implicated in the Ca2+-controlled regulation of a broad range of membrane events. In this review, we identify and discuss several themes of annexin actions that hold a potential therapeutic value, namely, the regulation of the immune response and the control of tissue homeostasis, and that repeatedly surface in the annexin activity profile. Our aim is to identify and discuss those annexin properties which might be exploited from a translational science and specifically, a clinical point of view.
Kustannustehokkuus kokeellisessa ja havainnoivassa tutkimuksessa

Tilastotieteelliset periaatteet tehokkaiden tutkimusasetelmien suunnitteluun ja analysointiin ovat kaytettavissa kaikilla tieteenaloilla. Vaaditaan kuitenkin tyota, etta tutkimusongelma saadaan kaannettya tilastotieteen kielelle ja etta tilastotieteen antama vastaus saadaan kaannettya takaisin sovellusalan kielelle.
Ultra-High Dimensional Statistical Learning

Advancements in information technology have enabled scientists to collect data of unprecedented size as well as complexity. Nowadays, high-dimensional data commonly arise in diverse fields as biology, engineering, health sciences, and economics. In this project, we consider both linear and non-parametric models with variable selection in the high-dimensional setting by assuming that only a small number of index coefficients influence the conditional mean of the response variable. Both the numerical results and the real data application demonstrate that the proposed approach selects the correct model with a high frequency and estimates the model coefficients accurately even for moderate sample size and ultra-high dimensionality.
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for young children: clinical considerations

ABSTRACT Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) has been utilized with children of a wide age range and with diverse trauma experiences. This article will focus on the application of TF-CBT to young children. After presenting an overview of the model, challenges and developmentally-sensitive and creative strategies for engaging young children and their caregivers in TF-CBT PRACTICE components will be highlighted. A brief review of the strong empirical support for TF-CBT will then be provided.
Novel Paradigms Governing β1-Adrenergic Receptor Trafficking in Primary Adult Rat Cardiac Myocytes

The β1-adrenergic receptor (β1-AR) is a major cardiac G protein-coupled receptor, which mediates cardiac actions of catecholamines and is involved in genesis and treatment of numerous cardiovascular disorders. In mammalian cells, catecholamines induce the internalization of the β1-AR into endosomes and their removal promotes the recycling of the endosomal β1-AR back to the plasma membrane; however, whether these redistributive processes occur in terminally differentiated cells is unknown. Compartmentalization of the β1-AR in response to β-agonists and antagonists was determined by confocal microscopy in primary adult rat ventricular myocytes (ARVMs), which are terminally differentiated myocytes with unique structures such as transverse tubules (T-tubules) and contractile sarcomeres. In unstimulated ARVMs, the fluorescently labeled β1-AR was expressed on the external membrane (the sarcolemma) of cardiomyocytes. Exposing ARVMs to isoproterenol redistributed surface β1-ARs into small (∼225–250 nm) regularly spaced internal punctate structures that overlapped with puncta stained by Di-8 ANEPPS, a membrane-impermeant T-tubule-specific dye. Replacing the β-agonist with the β-blocker alprenolol, induced the translocation of the wild-type β1-AR from these punctate structures back to the plasma membrane. This step was dependent on two barcodes, namely, the type-1 PDZ binding motif and serine at position 312 of the β1-AR, which is phosphorylated by a pool of cAMP-dependent protein kinases anchored at the type-1 PDZ of the β1-AR. These data show that redistribution of the β1-AR in ARVMs from internal structures back to the plasma membrane was mediated by a novel sorting mechanism, which might explain unique aspects of cardiac β1-AR signaling under normal or pathologic conditions.
Bayesian inference for neural electromagnetic source localization: analysis of MEG visual evoked activity

We have developed a Bayesian approach to the analysis of neural electromagnetic (MEG/EEG) data that can incorporate or fuse information from other imaging modalities and addresses the ill-posed inverse problem by sampling the many different solutions which could have produced the given data. From these samples one can draw probabilistic inferences about regions of activation. Our source model assumes a variable number of variable size cortical regions of stimulus-correlated activity. An active region consists of locations on the cortical surface, within a sphere centered on some location in cortex. The number and radii of active regions can vary to defined maximum values. The goal of the analysis is to determine the posterior probability distribution for the set of parameters that govern the number, location, and extent of active regions. Markov Chain Monte Carlo is used to generate a large sample of sets of parameters distributed according to the posterior distribution. This sample is representative of the many different source distributions that could account for given data, and allows identification of probable (i.e. consistent) features across solutions. Examples of the use of this analysis technique with both simulated and empirical MEG data are presented.
EICA Team at SemEval-2018 Task 2: Semantic and Metadata-based Features for Multilingual Emoji Prediction

The advent of social media has brought along a novel way of communication where meaning is composed by combining short text messages and visual enhancements, the so-called emojis. We describe our system for participating in SemEval-2018 Task 2 on Multilingual Emoji Prediction. Our approach relies on combining a rich set of various types of features: semantic and metadata. The most important types turned out to be the metadata feature. In subtask 1: Emoji Prediction in English, our primary submission obtain a MAP of 16.45, Precision of 31.557, Recall of 16.771 and Accuracy of 30.992.
Multimodal Frame Identification with Multilingual Evaluation

An essential step in FrameNet Semantic Role Labeling is the Frame Identification (FrameId) task, which aims at disambiguating a situation around a predicate. Whilst current FrameId methods rely on textual representations only, we hypothesize that FrameId can profit from a richer understanding of the situational context. Such contextual information can be obtained from common sense knowledge, which is more present in images than in text. In this paper, we extend a state-of-the-art FrameId system in order to effectively leverage multimodal representations. We conduct a comprehensive evaluation on the English FrameNet and its German counterpart SALSA. Our analysis shows that for the German data, textual representations are still competitive with multimodal ones. However on the English data, our multimodal FrameId approach outperforms its unimodal counterpart, setting a new state of the art. Its benefits are particularly apparent in dealing with ambiguous and rare instances, the main source of errors of current systems. For research purposes, we release (a) the implementation of our system, (b) our evaluation splits for SALSA 2.0, and (c) the embeddings for synsets and IMAGINED words.
A compact CPW fed broadband antenna with modified ground plane and split ring resonator

In this paper, a new broadband CPW fed antenna with Split Ring Resonator (SRR) and modified ground plane is presented. To achieve a broadband, modified ground plane is employed. The antenna radiating element consists of split ring resonator and closed ring. The optimal dimensions are determined by parametric analysis. The proposed antenna operates over broad bandwidth of 6.06 GHz with frequency range from 3.42GHz to 9.48GHz.
Service Life Prediction Of Reinforced Concrete Structures Exposed To Aggressive Environments

Summary: In this paper, the service life of structures exposed to aggre ssive environments is measured by the probability of cracking and spalling of concrete cover. The time to corrosion cracking/spalling is experimentally investigated from accelerated corrosion testing of RC slabs with the emphasis on trying to quantify the relationship between concrete quality (w/c ratio; or strength), concrete cover, crack propagation and time. The probability of cracking and spalling of concrete cover is calc ulated by using a structural deterioration life-cycle reliability model. The reliability model includes the random spatial variability of concrete compressive strength, concrete cover and the surface chloride concentration. The reliability model also includes a stochastic deterioration model that considers the random variability of chloride diffusion, threshold chloride concentration and corrosion rates. Therefore, the reliability model can be used to predict the proportion of a concrete surface likely to spall for any reference period. This is a useful criterion for predicting the service life of RC structures.
Experiential or Material Purchases? Social Class Determines Purchase Happiness

Which should people buy to make themselves happy: experiences or material goods? The answer depends in part on the level of resources already available in their lives. Across multiple studies using a range of methodologies, we found that individuals of higher social class, whose abundant resources make it possible to focus on self-development and self-expression, were made happier by experiential over material purchases. No such experiential advantage emerged for individuals of lower social class, whose lesser resources engender concern with resource management and wise use of limited finances. Instead, lower-class individuals were made happier from material purchases or were equally happy from experiential and material purchases.
Analysis of C-shape microstrip line feed patch antenna for Bluetooth, WLAN applications

In this study a notch loaded C-shape Microstrip Line feed patch antenna has been domestrated. The parametric analysis of C-shape antenna is done using circuit concept model. The main objective of this paper is to miniaturized the size of an antenna and Analysis of antenna. The method of momentum is used for the simulation of microstrip antenna. The effect of notch length, notch width and feed width is also studied. The impedance bandwidth of antenna is 16% in the frequency range of 2.006–2.521 GHz. The maximum gain of the antenna is 3.5Dbi.
Enterobacter cloacae administration induces hepatic damage and subcutaneous fat accumulation in high-fat diet fed mice

Accumulating evidence indicates that gut microbiota plays a significant role in obesity, insulin resistance and associated liver disorders. Family Enterobacteriaceae and especially Enterobacter cloacae strain B29 have been previously linked to obesity and hepatic damage. The underlying mechanisms, however, remain unclear. Therefore, we comprehensively examined the effects of E. cloacae subsp. cloacae (ATCC® 13047™) administration on host metabolism of mice fed with high-fat diet (HFD). C57BL/6N mice were randomly divided into HFD control, chow control, and E. cloacae treatment groups. The E. cloacae treatment group received live bacterial cells in PBS intragastrically twice a week, every other week for 13 weeks. Both control groups received PBS intragastrically. After the 13-week treatment period, the mice were sacrificed for gene and protein expression and functional analyses. Our results show that E. cloacae administration increased subcutaneous fat mass and the relative proportion of hypertrophic adipocytes. Both subcutaneous and visceral fat had signs of decreased insulin signaling and elevated lipolysis that was reflected in higher serum glycerol levels. In addition, E. cloacae -treated mice had significantly higher hepatic AST and AST/ALT ratio, and their liver histology indicated fibrosis, demonstrating that E. cloacae subsp. cloacae administration promotes hepatic damage in HFD fed mice.
Digital Forensics: Review of Issues in Scientific Validation of Digital Evidence

Digital forensics is a vital part of almost every criminal investigation given the amount of information available and the opportunities offered by electronic data to investigate and evidence a crime. However, in criminal justice proceedings, these electronic pieces of evidence are often considered with the utmost suspicion and uncertainty, although, on occasions are justifiable. Presently, the use of scientifically unproven forensic techniques are highly criticized in legal proceedings. Nevertheless, the exceedingly distinct and dynamic characteristics of electronic data, in addition to the current legislation and privacy laws remain as challenging aspects for systematically attesting evidence in a court of law. This article presents a comprehensive study to examine the issues that are considered essential to discuss and resolve, for the proper acceptance of evidence based on scientific grounds. Moreover, the article explains the state of forensics in emerging sub-fields of digital technology such as, cloud computing, social media, and the Internet of Things (IoT), and reviewing the challenges which may complicate the process of systematic validation of electronic evidence. The study further explores various solutions previously proposed, by researchers and academics, regarding their appropriateness based on their experimental evaluation. Additionally, this article suggests open research areas, highlighting many of the issues and problems associated with the empirical evaluation of these solutions for immediate attention by researchers and practitioners. Notably, academics must react to these challenges with appropriate emphasis on methodical verification. Therefore, for this purpose, the issues in the experiential validation of practices currently available are reviewed in this study. The review also discusses the struggle involved in demonstrating the reliability and validity of these approaches with contemporary evaluation methods. Furthermore, the development of best practices, reliable tools and the formulation of formal testing methods for digital forensic techniques are highlighted which could be extremely useful and of immense value to improve the trustworthiness of electronic evidence in legal proceedings.
Tangible programming mechatronic interface for basic induction in programming

The programming field is mostly taught through visual programming interfaces complemented with traditional computer hardware such as mice, keyboards, and others. Careers of the future will require strong programing skills, and nowadays around the world these skills are developed since childhood. In developing countries such as Peru, the programing skills are mostly acquired during university, and, in high school, the students use robotics kits that could be expensive to afford for public institutions. From the research literature it is observed that the concept of tangible programing instead of visual virtual programming could have a strong impact in the learning experience, particularly for children around six years old. The present work details the design of a platform called FYO (Follow Your Objective), a low-cost tangible programing platform composed of a physical intuitive programming board, puzzle-based tangible blocks and a zoomorphic mobile robot, which could be used for children around six years old, in order to teach and improve programing skills. The preliminary experiments and result of platform are evaluated and presented; results show that a tangible platform puzzle-based can improve children programming skills. Finally, future work for improvement is discussed.
Outcomes following neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

BAKGRUNN Hjerte-lunge-redning av et kritisk sykt barn ved fødsel kan føre til overlevelse eller død. De som overlever kan utvikle komplikasjoner direkte etter fødsel eller senere i småbarns- og skolealder. Hypoksisk iskemisk encefalopati er en tilstand med nevrologiske symptomer hos den nyfødte etter hypoksi ved fødsel. Tilstanden klassifiseres som mild, moderat eller alvorlig. Vi ønsket å gi en oversikt over kort- og langtidsutfall etter hjerte-lunge-redning ved fødsel. KUNNSKAPSGRUNNLAG Vi søkte i databasen Medline for utfall etter hjerte-lunge-redning ved fødsel. RESULTATER Vi identifiserte 15 indekserte, fagfellevurderte originalartikler og to metaanalyser om utfall etter hjerte-lunge-redning ved fødsel eller fødselsasfyksi. Hypoksisk iskemisk encefalopati rammer generelt 38 % av pasientene i mild til moderat grad og 23 % i alvorlig grad. Dødeligheten varierte fra 10 % i høy- til 28 % i lavinntektsland. Overlevende utvikler ofte motoriske, kognitive og sensoriske utviklingshemninger. I noen tilfeller blir det først avdekket ved skolestart når mer komplekse ferdigheter kreves. FORTOLKNING Funksjonshemning ved skolealder er sterkt korrelert til tilstanden i småbarnsalder. Endringer i algoritmene ved hjerte-lunge-redning og rutinebehandling med hypotermi har redusert risikoen for alvorlige følgetilstander etter hypoksisk iskemisk encefalopati.