Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
In Vitro Water Deficit Stress Induced Genotypic Alterations In Protein Profile Among Aromatic Rice Varieties

Present investigation was carried out with an objective to study the in vitro genotypic response of three aromatic rice cultivars, viz. Pusa Basmati 1, Pant Sugandh Dhan 17, Taraori Basmati and one non aromatic Narendra 359 to water deficit stress using mature embryos as explants. The effect of water deficit was induced by sub-culturing calli on Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with different concentrations of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-6000. Total protein content was found to be increased with increasing concentration of PEG-6000 in the medium. SDS-PAGE of somaclones showed over expression of polypeptides ranged from 29 - 205 kDa under higher stress levels, which in turn suggested that many proteins are specifically altered de novo under water stress as a part of the adaptive mechanism. Rice cultivar, Narendra 359 showed best response in terms of chlorophyll and higher total protein content along with activation of few specific polypeptides under water stress and thus, proved to be drought tolerant. The protein profiling was complemented by analyzing the genetic diversity of these varieties with random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). RAPD profiles from the micro propagated plants showed polymorphism with similarity ranging from 0.46 to 0.76.
Network traffic anomaly detection using PCA and BiGAN

In this paper, an intelligent and lightweight anomalous network traffic detection framework is proposed. The framework uses principal component analysis (PCA) with the main purpose of feature extraction and dimensionality reduction and bidirectional generative adversarial network (BiGAN) model is used to detect the anomalous network traffic. The proposed framework was evaluated using KDDCUP‐99 dataset and was compared with recent deep learning models. Various visualization methods were also employed to understand the characteristics of the dataset and to visualize the KDDCUP‐99 dataset features. Our work shows the importance of feature reduction in improving the overall performance of the BiGAN models. In addition, the proposed models are faster and efficient at test time.
THE EFFECT OF SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER TRUST ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY PT SURYA RAFI BERSAUDARA

This study aims to determine the effect of service quality and customer trust on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty of PT Surya Rafi Bersaudara. The population in this study were customers of PT Surya Rafi Bersaudara with a total of 75 respondents. The method of data collection is done by giving a list of questions or questionnaires to respondents who are customers at PT BKI , where the questionnaire is distributed to these customers. This study uses a data analysis tool that is partial Least Square (PLS), then this study uses the analysis method of structural equation models or Path Analysis to determine the causal relationship between latent variables contained in structural equations. The tool used in data processing using the Smart PLS program. The results of this study indicate that 1) service quality has a significant effect on customer satisfaction, 2) customer trust has a significant effect on customer satisfaction, 3) service quality has a significant effect on customer loyalty, 4) customer trust has no significant effect on customer loyalty, 5) customer satisfaction has a significant effect on customer loyalty. Keywords: Service Quality, Customer Trust, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Loyalty
teia da informação e os desafios dos gestores do varejo de moda

O artigo aborda o processo de busca de informações de gestores de lojas de varejo de moda. Baseado em resultados de pesquisa de mestrado, que estudou empresas de micro e pequeno porte de Belo Horizonte, o artigo tem como objetivo focalizar as dificuldades enfrentadas pelos gestores. Do ponto de vista teórico, centrou-se em elementos da sociologia da moda e na proposta das três arenas de Choo, elaborada a partir de modelos de busca de informação, a saber: Sense-Making, Information Seeking Process – ISP e Modelo Situacional. A metodologia do estudo empírico englobou um processo quanti/qualitativo, com aplicação de questionários, seguido de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os gestores. As conclusões apontam a existência de diversas dificuldades decorrentes da rotina desses lojistas de moda; além disso, observou-se que alguns entraves relevantes são fruto de uma especificidade do campo da moda: o excesso de informações, produzidas por diversas fontes e agentes, formando uma teia complexa de dados e informações.
Two Stage Fuzzy Inference Systems for Autonomous Lighting in 3D Animated Movie Scene

: Lighting is one of the very important things in cinematography. Lighting in cinematography is used not only to illuminate the objects, but it has many important roles such as to make the object looks sharper, has tone, depth and separation, and so on. There are some parameters that affect the lighting result, such as light source type that is used, its colour, intensity, position, and direction. Unfortunately, lighting has so many permutations and variations and there is more than one right way to light the scene. In this research, a designer designs some scenes that will be used as inputs. In this study, the authors found that lighting set is strongly influenced by five important things, which are: the situation of the scene, Point-of-View, the intensity of the attached light sources, camera position, and emotion of the characters, that we called as the SPICE system that is the abbreviation from situation, PoV, intensity, camera, and emotion. some additional light sources will be added into the scene automatically according to the scenario and director’s behaviour using the SPICE system that we propose. The SPICE framework has two fuzzy inference systems in calculating the intensity of light that hits an object and some additional light sources that are added to the scene automatically to make it looks much better. This research will make a calculation to gain the best scenes as an output. There are 20 scenes used in this research. As the final result, designers assess 80% outputs have been as expected.
Maximizing harvested energy for linear vibration-based generators

This work presents a new method that increases the energy conversion for linear vibration-based generators. Actually, these generators are chosen to have their resonance frequency equal to the ambient vibration frequency that provides the maximum power amplitude of the acceleration. Nevertheless, there is a resonance frequency at which the acceleration power amplitude is lower but the energy is substantially higher since ambient vibration signals have several frequency components. A new method performing a spectrogram analysis, which does not miss the temporal information, as the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) analysis does, is realized. Thus, the harvested energy is considered instead of the harvested power. The method presented in this paper is validated with several real experiments. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of EUROSENSORS 2015.
Determination of anthocyanins content and antioxidant activity of beer from Chicha Morada obtained of the purple corn (Zea mays L.)

Fernando Ajala Spessoto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0833-5561 Nayane Tinno Fonteles https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9102-2306 Sandriane Pizato https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4184-7457 Sergio Sebastian Vega-Herrera https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1930-1439 Javier Sulivan Paredes-Mur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1724-8702 William Renzo Cortez-Vega https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7772-1998 1 Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Rod. Dourados km 12, Itahum. CEP 79804970, Dourados-MS, Brasil. 2 Biotechnological engineer, Machay brewery production manager, Arequipa – Perú.
Sources of Spatial Variation in Herbivory and Performance of an Invasive Non-native Plant, Common Burdock (Arctium minus)

Invasive plants do not always escape their herbivores in new regions; for instance, the Eurasian biennial Arctium minus is attacked by a variety of native and introduced insects in its new North American range. Previously, research has shown that damage by these herbivores strongly decreases towards the northern range limit of this species. These population differences might reflect a genetic cline in herbivore resistance and other plant traits, or environmental differences such as varying herbivore abundance. To distinguish between these possibilities, herbivore damage to leaves and seeds of A. minus was measured in a common garden experiment with genotypes sampled from 11 populations from southern Ontario to near the northern range limit. As well, a freezing tolerance experiment was performed with the important lepidopteran seed predator Metzneria lapella, and palatability experiments were performed with two generalists, the snail Cepaea nemoralis and the moth Trichoplusia ni. Results indicated that latitudinal differences in herbivore damage cannot be explained by genotypic differences among plant populations, but instead are likely to result from the loss of herbivores from colder sites. Whether invasive populations of A. minus may benefit from enemy release therefore varies depending upon the location of the population.
OCUPACIONES ARCAICAS Y PROBABLES EVIDENCIAS DE NAVEGACIÓN TEMPRANA EN LA COSTA ARREICA DE ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

espanolEl estudio intensivo del sitio Copaca 1, al sur de Tocopilla, proporciona antecedentes que permiten profundizar el conocimiento sobre el periodo Arcaico en la costa arreica de Antofagasta, para una sociedad que vivio de una eficiente adaptacion costera, sin recursos complementarios extralocales. Estos nuevos hallazgos enriquecen la secuencia cronologica del Holoceno Medio, sus sistemas de asentamientos, practicas mortuorias, modos de vida y probables evidencias de navegacion. EnglishThe intensive archaeological and biological study of a singular site (Copaca 1) in the arheic coast of Antofagasta, Chile, brings new data that contributes to a deeper understanding of the Middle Archaic Period, its settlement patterns, its funerary practices, and its ways of life. It also provides probable evidence of early navigation.
Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer: Spatial and Heterogeneous Effects

Despite significant advances in the study of cancer and associated combination therapeutic treatments, cancer still remains one of the most common and complex often-terminal diseases. Acquisition of high–throughput experimental data from diverse cellular perspectives has thrown light on some of the regulatory mechanisms underlying the development of cancer. However, in general there is a lack of a general pattern and coherent model which can explain the development and evolution of the disease. To this end, evolutionary dynamics has been used, as a mathematical tool, in numerous studies to model various aspects of cancer over time periods. Our main focus in this thesis is on the use of stochastic and statistic methods to study cellular interactions within cancer tissues in order to understand the role of spatial structure, heterogeneity, and the microenvironment in cancer development. By constructing multi-cellular structures and using both analytic calculations and stochastic simulations, we have investigated the phenotypic hierarchy of stem cells within a heterogeneous system and in the presence of environmentally induced plasticity. Moreover, the effect of a random environment on the development of cancer has been explored in a general framework. As an important application of the multi-stage hierarchical model, the structure of the colonic/intestinal crypt has been taken into account to show the crucial role of these stem cells in the initiation and progression of colorectal/intestinal cancer. From an alternative viewpoint, we have envisaged the hierarchy of mutations as an evolutionary mechanism in the context of acute myeloid leukemia and carried out a statistical analysis of genetic data. Our findings in this thesis are general and most likely have many implications across a wide array of fields including different blood and solid cancers, bacterial growth, drug resistance and social networks. Moreover, the introduced methods and analyses should have important applications in diverse branches of evolution, ecology, and population genetics.
ACCase-inhibiting herbicides: mechanism of action, resistance evolution and stewardship

Herbicides play an important role in preventing crop yield losses due to both their weed interference ability and their capacity for increasing soil conservation in no-till systems. Group A herbicides or acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) are essential tools the selective management of glyphosate resistance in grass weed species. In this review, we describe important aspects of ACCase biology and herbicides targeting this enzyme, along with a discussion on stewardship programs to delay the evolution of herbicide resistance which can evolve either through target site and/or non-target site mechanisms. Sixteen-point mutations have been reported to confer resistance to ACCase inhibitors. Each mutation confers cross resistance to a different group of herbicides. Metabolic resistance can result in resistance to multiple herbicides with different mechanisms of action (MoA), and herbicide detoxification is often conferred by cytochrome P450 monooxigenases and glutathione-Stransferases. Regardless of whether resistance mechanisms are target or non-target site, using herbicides with the same MoA will result in resistance evolution. Therefore, while field surveys and resistance mechanism studies are crucial for designing reactive management strategies, integrated weed management plays a central role in both reactive and proactive mitigation of herbicide resistance evolution.
Variability of radiation use efficiency in mixed pastures under varying resource availability, defoliation and time scale

Forage productivity is the product between incident radiation, the fraction of radiation absorbed by the canopy (fAPAR) and radiation use efficiency (RUE). The extent to which forage productivity may be estimated through remote sensing depends on the relative effects of stress and defoliation on fAPAR and RUE. In a mixed pasture, we determined the relative impact of resource availability and defoliation on forage productivity, fAPAR and RUE, and we evaluated the impact of time scale on fAPAR and RUE under stress conditions. We conducted a one-year experiment in a temperate-mixed pasture subjected to different resource availability treatments and defoliation management. We measured RUE and fAPAR with different temporal windows. RUE was less responsive than fAPAR to changes in resource availability and defoliation intensity. However, RUE slightly decreased under water stress and increased under severe defoliation. Additionally, RUE variability during regrowth and among treatments depended on the temporal scale of observation: RUE was more variable for 12-day periods than 45-or 90-day periods. Our results reinforce the value of fAPAR as an explanatory variable of the variations in forage productivity due to changes in resource availability and management. In addition, the temporal scale of observation affects RUE variability. Thus, most variations of forage productivity may be captured by monitoring systems based on remote sensing of fAPAR provided that the time scale is coarse enough. However, the contrasting response of RUE and fAPAR to defoliation indicates a potential weakness of such a system when situations with contrasting defoliation regime are compared.
Tourism Stakeholder Perspective for Disaster-Management Process and Resilience: The Case of the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake in Japan

The 2018 Eastern Iburi Hokkaido earthquake in Japan caused infrastructural damage and tourism disruption within a natural-hazard-prone country. This research advances the theoretical foundation and development of natural disaster management through a series of in-depth interviews with the local tourism stakeholders on the investigation of how the role of tourism across the pre-to-post earthquake period is considered by the stakeholders. These local tourism stakeholders have performed or expected a range of actions related to the disaster-management process and contributed to destination resilience. The qualitative analysis discovers, firstly, the multi-functionality of tourism resources, spaces, and industries for disaster preparation; secondly, the evacuation and emergency arrangements during the prodromal and emergency phases; and moreover, more possibilities of restoring the affected destination to a state of long-term (re)development during the post-disaster phases. Information and communication barriers are the major difficulties to be tackled for disaster preparedness. Product creation, image improvement, local knowledge enrichment, and, more importantly, people-to-people and people-to-place connections all contribute to the result of sustainable tourism development. From the destination resilience perspective, collaboration is the key determinant of an improved Hokkaido region. This factor could integrate stakeholders through shared local values, experiences, and memories of disaster risk communication and strategies for preparedness.
CLASSROOM: VIDEO FOR HOMEWORK

This action research was conducted in order to investigate the students experience and perception towards using the video making assessment approach when presenting their oral communication assessment. This was to see the impact on the students compared to presenting the traditional way in-class. Forty-five (45) respondents undertaking DUE 3012 - Communicative English 2 in Polytechnic Balik Pulau, Information Technology Department, participated in this study. The respondents had to make a video based on Chapter 1- Product and Services whereby it will be evaluated as their oral presentation assessment. A Likert Scale questionnaire was distributed and the data were tabulated using descriptive statistics. The outcome of the study was that the respondents had a positive perception towards this approach and it helped them to build their confidence level to use the English Language. Besides that, the respondents felt that this approach of assessment was successful and beneficial in helping them to understand the chapter better.
Altitude and fertilization type: concentration of nutrients and production of biomass in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni

Abstract Agricultural production systems demand techniques that allow reducing uncertainty in decision-making. A factor that adds uncertainty in agricultural systems is altitude since it influences the nutrient uptake by plants. This work aimed to evaluate the influence of two altitudinal gradients (2569 and 1487 m.a.s.l.) and two fertilizers: an organo-mineral fertilizer (composted poultry manure mixed with inorganic fertilizer) and mineral fertilizer (control) on the nutrient uptake and biomass production in commercial stevia crops. The effect of altitude and fertilizers was evaluated after 60 days, under greenhouse conditions, assessing macro and micronutrient levels in the plant leaves (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, manganese, zinc, iron, and boron) and biomass production. The results of this work showed the effect of altitude (2569 m.a.s.l.) and organo-mineral fertilization on crop productivity and yield. The application of the organo-mineral fertilizer decreased the differences of nutrient uptake between the altitudinal gradients and provided both better nutrient uptake levels, mainly of N (79%), Ca (115%), and Mg (162%), and increased biomass production (49%), than mineral fertilization at both experimental sites. Likewise, the organo-mineral fertilizer enhanced the soils’ cation exchange capacity, increased nutrient availability, and minimizing the risks of contamination by nutrient leaching. An important conclusion of this work is that stevia plants grown at different altitudes differ in nutrient uptake (mostly nitrogen 79%); therefore, fertilizer dosing must be adjusted to crop altitude, especially for mineral fertilizers. Thus, fertilizer design should consider not only the plant nutrition requirements but also its environmental conditions.
Evidence Against a Direct Role for Cortical Actin Arrays in Saltatory Organelle Motility in Hyphae of the Fungus Saprolegnia Ferax

Actin stained by rhodamine-labelled phalloidin in growing hyphae of the oomycete fungus Saprolegnia ferax is restricted to an approximately 0.25 μm deep layer of the cell periphery where it forms an apical cap of fine filaments and a subapical array of coarser longitudinal fibrils interspersed with plaques. The functions of this actin are unknown, but because actin-rich fibrils in other cells are involved in organelle motility I have sought evidence for a similar role in these hyphae. The most prominent motile structures are a population of spherical, predominantly sub-micrometre diameter, refractile vesicles of unknown function, which show typical saltatory movements along the hyphae. The motility of these vesicles is statistically identical in both the central cytoplasm, remote from the actin fibrils, and the peripheral cytoplasm adjacent to the fibrils. Treatment of hyphae with specific concentrations and durations of the detergents Tween 20 and Brij 58 causes extensive reorganization of the actin arrays with no effect on vesicle motility, whereas Triton X-100 severely inhibits motility with little detectable effect on the actin filaments. These observations show that normal vesicle motility does not depend on the proximity of a normal population of actin filaments and, therefore, suggest that the latter have some function other than a direct role in saltatory organelle motility.