Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Physiological impact on layer chickens fed corn distiller’s dried grains with solubles naturally contaminated with deoxynivalenol

Objective An experiment was conducted to investigate the response of laying hens fed corn distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) that are naturally contaminated with deoxynivalenol (DON). Methods One hundred and sixty 52-week-old Lohmann Brown Lite hens were randomly allotted to five dietary treatments with 8 replicates per treatment. The dietary treatments were formulated to provide a range of corn DDGS contaminated with DON from 0% to 20% (i.e., 5% scale of increment). All laying hens were subjected to the same management practices in a controlled environment. Body weight, feed intake and egg production were measured biweekly for the entire 8-week experiment. The egg quality was measured biweekly for 8 weeks. On weeks 4 and 8, visceral organ weights, blood metabolites, intestinal morphology, and blood cytokine concentrations were measured. Results The inclusion of corn DDGS contaminated with DON in the diet did not alter (p> 0.05) the body weight, feed intake, hen-day egg production, egg mass and feed efficiency of the laying hens. No difference was found (p>0.05) in the egg quality of hens that were fed the dietary treatments. Furthermore, hens that were fed a diet containing corn DDGS contaminated with DON showed no change (p>0.05) in the visceral organ weights, the blood metabolites, and the cytokine concentrations. The crypt depth increased (p<0.05) as the amount of corn DDGS contaminated with DON increased. Proportionately, the villus height to crypt depth ratio of the laying hens decreased (p<0.05) with the increasing level of corn DDGS contaminated with DON in the diet. Conclusion The inclusion of corn DDGS contaminated with DON up to 20% in layer diets did not cause changes in egg production performance and egg quality, which indicates that DON is less toxic at the concentration of 1.00 mg DON/kg.
Results The Key To Continuous School Improvement

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Scalable Energy-Recovery Architectures.

Scalable Energy-Recovery Architectures by Tai-Chuan Ou Chair: Marios C. Papaefthymiou Energy efficiency is a critical challenge for today’s integrated circuits, especially for high-end digital signal processing and communications that require both high throughput and low energy dissipation for extended battery life. Charge-recovery logic recovers and reuses charge using inductive elements and has the potential to achieve order-of-magnitude improvement in energy efficiency while maintaining high performance. However, the lack of large-scale high-speed silicon demonstrations and inductor area overheads are two major concerns. This dissertation focuses on scalable charge-recovery designs. We present a semiautomated design flow to enable the design of large-scale charge-recovery chips. We also present a new architecture that uses in-package inductors, eliminating the area overheads caused by the use of integrated inductors in high-performance chargerecovery chips. To demonstrate our semi-automated flow, which uses custom-designed standardcell-like dynamic cells, we have designed a 576-bit charge-recovery low-density paritycheck (LDPC) decoder chip. Functioning correctly at clock speeds above 1 GHz,
A Brief History of Pet Foods, the Pathogenic Organisms of Concern, and the Potential Harboring Capacity of Animal Derived Fats

The extrusion process is acclaimed as one of the most efficient and safest manufacturing processes for developing dry food items intended to be shelf-stable with an extensive shelf life. Similarly, the fat rendering process results in a safe and sterile product that can be utilized for flavorings or nutrient enrichments. Both methods have been widely accepted for the production of safe shelf-stable dry pet foods and pet food related products. Despite the safety associated with these products and their processing methods, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued 235 recalls from January 1, 2010 to April 1, 2018 concerning pet foods, livestock feeds, pet treats, and other animal specialty items. Of the 235 total recalls, possible contamination due to Salmonella was responsible for 124 recalls and recall expansions. Possible contamination due to Listeria was responsible for 19 recalls and recall expansions; nine of these cases overlapped with possible Salmonella contamination recalls. One Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC), E. coli O128, was implicated in a raw pet food recalled March 26, 2018. It is suggested that the addition of fats and other nutrient compounds, following the primary cooking process of pet foods, could contribute to the introduction of pathogenic organisms in the final product. It has been shown that bacteria are more likely to survive in heated environments when lipids are present. Animal derived fats, specifically beef tallow, pig lard, and duck fat, have not been associated with having antimicrobial properties. The potential pathogenic harboring capacity of animal fats should be further studied.
Implementation and Evaluation of an SDN Management System on the SAVI Testbed

Implementation and Evaluation of an SDN Management System on the SAVI Testbed Thomas Ken-Hsing Lin Master of Applied Science Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Toronto 2014 Distributed computing applications often require a variety of infrastructure components, such as storage, computing power, and network access, in order to be deployed. In recent years, the IaaS model of cloud computing has significantly reduced the cost of storage and computing power, thus lowering barriers for developers who wish to deploy such applications. However, allowing administrators and users to exercise fine-grained control over the network fabric itself has been an elusive feature. The Smart Applications on Virtualized Infrastructure (SAVI) testbed is an IaaS cloud aimed at empowering researchers to deploy novel applications and experiments. One of the key traits of the testbed is its attempt to virtualize the entire infrastructure, including non-conventional resources such as FPGAs and wireless access points, while enabling researchers the ability to carry out fine-grained traffic control. This thesis documents the implementation and evaluation of an SDN management system for the SAVI testbed, using a novel infrastructure management concept known as software-defined infrastructure.
Evaluation of analgesic activity of Toxicodendron radicans in animal model using wistar albino rats

Background: Pain forms an integral part of many clinical conditions management is of great importance in every field of medicine. The core of medicine is to preserve and restore patient’s health and to minimize their suffering. Toxicodendron radicans (rhus toxicodendron) is a homoeopathic remedy with anti-inflammatory activity used for various arthritic pain. Rhus toxicodendron is commonly used in skin, mucus membrane affections, pain in joints, tendons, rheumatism in cold season, cellulitis and infection, fever. During the recent exponential rise in the use of alternative medicines and increasing integration into the health service little research has been done on alternative medicine in the context in which it is practiced.Methods: Wistar albino rats were divided into four groups. group 1 received control (normal saline), group 2 received vehicle (alcohol with distilled water in ratio 1:4), and group 3 received standard (diclofenac-10 mg/kg), group 4 and 5 consist of 2 test groups-rhus toxicodendron 30x and 200c respectively. Analgesic activity was assessed using Hot water tail immersion method and Eddy’s hot plate method. Preliminary pilot study was done with 4 doses rhus toxicodendron 6x, 12x, 30x, 200c respectively. Data was analysed by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey Kramer multiple comparison test. P value <0.05 was considered as significant.Results: In Eddy’s hot plate method, rhus toxicodendron 30 showed increase in paw withdrawal time which was statistically very significant at the end of 1 hr compared to the control group whereas statistically rhus toxicodendron 200 showed extremely significant analgesic property. In hot water tail immersion method rhus toxicodendron 30 showed increase in tail withdrawal time at the end of 1hr compared to the control group which was significant statistically.Conclusions: This study shows that toxicodendron radicans homoeopathic formulations possess significant analgesic property.
Piperine as a new natural supplement with beneficial effects on the life-span and defence system of honeybees

Abstract Many factors, including pathogens, environmental change and breeding techniques, affect honeybee immunity/resistance, so substances and natural supplements that enhance it are desired. To eliminate the impact of unknown external factors, in 2016 a cage experiment was conducted under constant laboratory conditions (35 °C, 65% relative humidity). Bees in the control group were fed with sugar dissolved in water at ratio 1:1 ad libitum with no additives, while the other group was fed with sugar syrup (1:1) supplemented with piperine (3 µg/ml) ad libitum. The piperine-treated workers lived 9 days longer compared to the control group. In the piperine-consuming group, protein concentration and the activities of antioxidative enzymes, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), catalase (CAT) and glutathione S-transferase (GST), were higher than in the control group. The activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were also higher in the piperine-treated group. Neutral and acidic proteases inhibitors, as well as neutral protease activities, were higher in the haemolymph of the piperine-treated workers than in untreated bees. Acidic protease activities in the haemolymph were higher in untreated workers only on days 18 and 32. Alkaline protease activities in the control bees were higher from day 10. From 10 days old, the total antioxidant capacity level was significantly higher in the haemolymph of piperine-treated workers. Piperine decreased DNA methylation levels significantly in the older bees. The compound could have the potential to be a natural diet supplement increasing apian resistance to stress factors.
Feature Selection Algorithm Based on IMGA and MKSVM to Intrusion Detection

In order to improve performances of intrusion detection system in terms of detection speed and detection rate,it is necessary to apply feature selection in intrusion detection system.Firstly,an efficient search procedure based on immune memory and genetic algorithm(IMGA) was proposed.Then,support vector machine(SVM) based on wrapper feature evaluation methods was surveyed,in order to improve the feature selection performance of unbalanced datasets.We used the conformal transformation and Riemannian metric to modify kernel function,and reconstructed a new Modified Kernel SVM(MKSVM). Finally,the simulation experimental results show that this approach can improve the process of selecting important features,and has better feature selection ability on the unbalanced data.Furthermore,the experiments indicate that intrusion detection system with this feature selection algorithm has better performances than that without feature selection algorithm.
Evaluate the susceptibility of some store rice varieties to the infestation of red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

Study susceptibility of four rice varieties IRRI-06, IRRI-09, Kernel Basmati and Super Basmati by the infestation of red flour beetle and egg fecundity of red flour beetle carried out in laboratory from March 2016 to December 2016 at 15-35±1°C temperature and relative humidly 20-65±5%. Maximum fecundity of eggs 70.45% and weight loss 71.00gm were recorded on IRRI-6 variety. The minimum fecundity 28.84% and weight loss 34gm were observed on IRRI-09 Varity. Highest weight loss and egg fecundity was observed in the month of October while lowest during December and June. IRRI-6 variety was found susceptible while IRRI-09 found resistant. The other two varieties Super basmati and kernel basmati found less susceptible. Temperature below 25°C and humidity below 40% were negatively correlated while temperature between 30-35°C and Humidity 50-65% positively correlated with fecundity and weight loss.
Phosphate fertilization on soils with improved fertility in the Brazilian Cerrado

The practices of soil amendment and fertilization carried out over the years have allowed the improvement of the fertility in some of them in the Brazilian soils. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of soybean in response to phosphate fertilization in soil with improved fertility. The research was carried out during the 2015-2016 harvest season in a dry-land area in the municipality of São Desidério, Bahia. The experiment was arranged in randomized blocks, with five treatments and four replicates. Treatments were composed by doses of phosphate fertilizer (0, 70, 140, 210 and 280 kg P2O5 ha-1). The following variables were evaluated: plant height, height of insertion of the first pod, number of stems per plant, number of pods per plant, thousand grain weight, productivity, and the analysis of macro and micronutrients in the leaf. Soybean plants did not respond to phosphorus applied to soil with built fertility. Under the conditions of this study, phosphorus fertilization in soil with improved fertility did not promote productivity. Although the plants did not respond to foliar macro and micronutrients as a function of phosphate fertilization, there was no reduction of these in response to high doses.
SEBARAN LOUHAN YANG MENJADI INVASIF DI DANAU MATANO, SULAWESI SELATAN

Ikan louhan adalah ikan Cichlid yang awalnya merupakan ikan hias, namun karena popularitasnya mulai menurun, maka ikan tersebut dilaporkan banyak dilepaskan di Danau Matano. Ikan louhan diduga telah menjadi invasif di danau tersebut. Keberadaan ikan tersebut di Danau Matano perlu dikaji dan dikendalikan untuk menjaga kelestarian keanekaragaman hayati jenis ikan asli dan endemik. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji sebaran ikan louhan di Danau Matano, Sulawesi Selatan. Penelitian dilakukan pada 13 stasiun pengamatan di Danau Matano, Sulawesi Selatan pada tahun 2015 dan 2016. Ikan louhan ditangkap menggunakan jaring insang percobaan dan catatan data enumerator. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa berdasarkan 4156 ekor ikan louhan yang tertangkap memiliki kisaran panjang total antara 4,0-22,4 cm dengan berat tubuh berkisar antara 1,26-239,76 gram. Ikan louhan telah menyebar di seluruh perairan Danau Matano, terutama di daerah litoral. Kelimpahan louhan tertinggi terdapat pada stasiun Soroako dan Petea.
Effect of aging on gene expression by granulosa cells from mares

EFFECT OF AGING ON GENE EXPRESSION BY GRANULOSA CELLS FROM MARES Changes in gene expression in granulosa cells from mares may result from aging or development of metabolic disease as well as from other causes. We used qRT-PCR to quantify expression of equine insulin receptor (IR), insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R), glucose transporter type 4 (GLUT4) and adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) subunit genes in granulosa cells from young (4-9 years), middle-aged (10-16 years) and older (>16 years) mares. Granulosa cells were isolated following follicular aspiration and incubated in the presence or absence of 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 30mM glucose for 24 hrs. Cells were then treated for 1 hr with insulin (100nM), IGF-1 (10nM), epidermal growth factor (EGF; 1μM), progesterone (P4; 100 nM) or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG; 100 nM). ∆Ct, where Δct is equal to the CT value for the gene of interest minus the CT value for a house keeping gene, values for IGF-1R or IR expression did not differ significantly for any age group. However, there were statistically significant differences in the ratio of ∆Ct for IR relative to ∆Ct for IGF-1R for individual young, middle-aged and old mares. Young animals expressed increased IGF-1R relative to IR after pre-incubation of cells in either – fetal bovine serum FBS/30mM glucose or + FBS/30mM glucose media followed by treatment with insulin, IGF-1, or EGF. Conversely, middle-aged animals expressed increased IR relative to IGF-1R following preincubation in both medium and following treatment with insulin or IGF-1. Finally, older animals expressed approximately equal amounts of IR relative to IGF-1R (-FBS/-30mM glucose) or increased IR relative to IGF-1R.
Behavioral Responses of the Invasive Fly Philornis downsi to Stimuli from Bacteria and Yeast in the Laboratory and the Field in the Galapagos Islands

Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae) is a nest parasitic fly that has invaded the Galapagos archipelago and exerts an onerous burden on populations of endemic land birds. As part of an ongoing effort to develop tools for the integrated management of this fly, our objective was to determine its long and short-range responses to bacterial and yeast cues associated with adult P. downsi. We hypothesized that the bacterial and yeast communities will elicit attraction at distance through volatiles, and appetitive responses upon contact. Accordingly, we amplified bacteria from guts of adult field-caught individuals and bird feces, and yeasts from fermenting papaya juice (a known attractant of P. downsi), on selective growth media, and assayed the response of flies to these microbes or their exudates. In the field, we baited traps with bacteria or yeast and monitored adult fly attraction. In the laboratory, we used the Proboscis Extension Response (PER) to determine the sensitivity of males and females to tarsal contact with bacteria or yeast. Long range trapping efforts yielded two female flies over 112 trap nights (one in extracts from bird faeces and one in extracts from gut bacteria from adult flies). In the laboratory, tarsal contact with bacterial stimuli from gut bacteria from adult flies elicited significantly more responses than did yeast stimuli. We discuss the significance of these findings in context with other studies in the field and identify targets for future work.
Review of protein subcellular localization prediction

Protein subcellular location prediction can promote scientists to determinate protein functions,to reveal how and in what kind of cellular environments proteins interact with each other and with other molecules,to understand the intricate pathways that regulate biological processes at the cellular level,and to discover the drug targets. With the exponential increase of protein sequences in the post genomic age,the machine learning based protein subcellular location predicting methods are becoming more and more important. In order to grasp the research focuses on this field,this paper reviewed the research status of this problem from the following five aspects,dataset construction,protein features representation,predicting algorithm design, algorithm testing and Web server building. It pointed out the core and difficult parts in solving this problem,analyzed the problems that had recently arisen,and prospected the research focuses in this field.
Isolation and characterisation of novel glycosaminoglycan-like polysaccharides derived from marine molluscs with antiproliferative activity

Although various anticancer therapeutic tools have been launched, such as immunotherapy and targeted therapy, newly developed drugs with antiproliferative/cytotoxic effects are still in demand; hence, newly discovered anticancer drugs with an improved pharmacological profile are needed to overcome drug resistance of cancer cells. This study focused on identifying and characterising novel polysaccharides isolated from the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) with antiproliferative activity, using the cetylpyridinium chloride precipitation method. Marine polysaccharides have exhibited in-vitro potent antiproliferative activity, leading to induced apoptotic cellular death in three cancer cell lines, which are chronic myelogenous leukaemia, relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and mesothelioma of the pleural cavity with asbestos exposure. Structural analysis has confirmed the presence of glycosaminoglycan-like polysaccharides in cockle extracts with potent antiproliferative activity, which are susceptible to three classes of heparinase enzymes, which has not been seen previously, but not to chondroitinase enzymes. Cockle polysaccharide purification using anion-exchange chromatography has generated six peaks (1-6); however, only fraction 5 exhibited antiproliferative activity, which was determined to be susceptible to heparinase enzymes. Surprisingly, some sequence of resistance to heparinase was observed within cockle polysaccharide chains; therefore, a new type of marine-derived heparan sulphate/heparin-like polysaccharide with potent anticancer properties was suggested, as none of the mammalian glycosaminoglycans exhibited antiproliferative activity on cancer cell lines. Overall, the final structural characterisation did confirm the presence of fucosylated polysaccharide, N- and O-linked glycans, in addition to HS-like structures. These various chains made creating the final judgment about cockle polysaccharide structural elucidation very challenging because of sample complexity.
Context-rich and domain-based machine diagnostic logging analyzer

Due to the increasing complexity of ASML machines, many diagnostic tools have been developed in the Metrology department for analyzing the Machine Diagnostics Logging (MDL) in the past years. These tools suffer from similar problems, such as low extensibility and low maintainability. This report presents the design and implementation of a Domain-based MDL Analyzer tool. This tool is designed using the Onion Architecture pattern to create a domain-centric architecture, which utilizes a domain model to capture the domain concepts and their relationships. In addition, the Domain-Driven Design approach is used to design the domain model. As a result, a Domain-based MDL Analyzer prototype is delivered, including a domain model for one of the Metrology sub-functions. This prototype can be easily extended for the use in different domains. Furthermore, it demonstrates the feasibility of applying the domain-based architecture for designing diagnostics tools.
Improvement in Apriori algorithm and using in logistics information mining

By analyzing Apriori algorithm and its improvement, a new algorithm—the improvement of Apriori algorithm was advanced which was based on Apriori algorithm and logistics information mining.This paper also made a comparison between the use of Apriori algorithm and the improvement Apriori algorithm.Then it proved that the improvement Apriori algorithm not only reduced the number of scanning data base but also reduced the number of alternative items which might become frequent item.