Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Potential susceptibility of Australian native plant species to branch dieback and bole canker diseases caused by Phytophthora ramorum

Susceptibility to branch dieback caused by Phytophthora ramorum was tested using a detached branch assay for 66 Australian native plant species sourced from established gardens and arboreta in California. Six of these species were further tested for their susceptibility to bole cankers caused by P. ramorum using a sealed log assay. Isopogon formosus and Eucalyptus denticulata were identified as potentially highly susceptible Australian branch dieback hosts. Thirteen potentially tolerant Australian host species included Banksia attenuata, B. marginata, E. haemastoma, E. regnans, Pittosporum undulatum and Billardiera heterophylla. Eucalyptus regnans was identified as a potentially highly susceptible bole canker host, while E. diversicolor and E. viminalis were considered potentially tolerant species to bole cankers caused by P. ramorum. Phytophthora ramorum was able to infect all 66 species, as confirmed by reisolation. These results extend the known potential host range for P. ramorum, confirm it as a possible threat to Australian plant industries and ecosystems and highlight additional associated hosts that are important in the global horticultural trade, native forests and plantation forestry.
Wraparound: A Key Component of School-Wide Culture Competence to Support Academics and Socio-Emotional Well-Being

ABSTRACT This article reviews research on “wraparound” or “community schools” models by discussing the benefits, current educational needs, and measures of success for the models. It examines research on learner outcomes related to the program models in areas of students’ academic achievement and finds generally positive outcomes on a variety of variables associated with wraparound programs. The application of wraparound strategies is described via examples of local, statewide, and national initiatives. These programs suggest wraparound services can improve the school’s effectiveness in serving students with, or at risk of, academic, emotional, and behavioral challenges. The conclusions propose the need for government officials, schools, and systems to consider programs that offer wraparound services.
Digital twin for geometric feature online inspection system of car body-in-white

ABSTRACT With the development of digital twin, the research on the fusion of intelligent manufacturing system and digital twin technology attracts more attention. In this paper, the realization of digital twin is studied for geometric feature online inspection system of body-in-white (BIW). A three-level virtual modeling approach of Element-Behavior-Rule is proposed for the physical environment modeling in a digital environment. An element model, behavior model and rule model are defined, respectively, and the relationship among the three-layer model is given for real-time communication. A three-layer communication architecture of the digital twin system is designed for the real-time mapping between physical and virtual space, and the process of the online inspection digital twin system is analyzed. Finally, on the basis of the online inspection physical experimental platform and JHIM (Jiangheng Intelligent Manufacturing) software platform, the digital twin system for geometric feature online inspection of BIW is developed, which shows that the virtual model can be driven in real time by real-time physical inspection data. Digital twin technology provides a feasible way for real-time monitoring of the online inspection system.
Without Contraries is no Progression

In the target article, we asked social scientists to acknowledge their own human fallibility and consider the possibility that they might be prone to the various biases and cognitive distortions that they so often study. The many comments we received–both the complimentary and the critical–are a testament to the integrity of the social sciences and the scientific process of discussion and debate that brings us collectively closer to the truth. We appreciate the commentators’ willingness to consider, scrutinize, criticize, and, most importantly, discuss and debate our contentions. Although we cannot address all of the points raised by the commentators, in this short reply, we hope to address some of the most compelling and also to highlight areas of broad consensus. For simplicity, we have structured our response in three sections: Agreements, quibbles, and disagreements. In the agreement section, we will discuss aspects of the target article upon which we and most commentators appeared largely to agree. In the quibbles, we will discuss aspects upon which we and some commentators appeared to have minor disagreements. And in the disagreements section, we will discuss larger and deeper disagreements. Overall, we agree with many of the commentators that ideological epistemology in the social sciences is theoretically plausible, but the significance and severity of the problem is still hotly contested. Several commentators also offered corrective solutions for ideological epistemology in the social sciences, which we did not provide in the target article. We will close with a brief summary and reflection on their suggestions.
OS JOGOS DIGITAIS NA APRENDIZAGEM DE DESENHO: UMA INTERAÇÃO DE SABERES

O texto apresenta um ensaio sobre a importância da utilização de jogos digitais no processo de ensino e aprendizagem de Desenho enquanto linguagem de interação e fonte de conhecimento, potencializando o conhecimento através do espaço virtual e conduzindo à investigação do uso de jogos digitais em sala de aula como instrumento auxiliador de aprendizagens e desenvolvimento de saberes geométricos, memórias e habilidades cognitivas, propondo uma possível valorização da disciplina.
Reputation Management Using Honeypots for Intrusion Detection in the Internet of Things

Internet of Things (IoT) networks consist of tiny devices with limited processing resources and restricted energy budget. These devices are connected to the world-wide web (www) using networking protocols. Considering their resource limitations, they are vulnerable to security attacks by numerous entities on the Internet. The classical security solutions cannot be directly implemented on top of these devices for this reason. However, an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is a classical way to protect these devices by using low-cost solutions. IDS monitors the network by introducing various metrics, and potential intruders are identified, which are quarantined by the firewall. One such metric is reputation management, which monitors the behavior of the IoT networks. However, this technique may still result in detection error that can be optimized by combining this solution with honeypots. Therefore, our aim is to add some honeypots in the network by distributing them homogeneously as well as randomly. These honeypots will team up with possible maliciously behaving nodes and will monitor their behavior. As per the simulation results, this technique reduces the error rate within the existing IDS for the IoT; however, it costs some extra energy. This trade-off between energy consumption and detection accuracy is studied by considering standard routing and MAC protocol for the IoT network.
Angiopoietin-1 Knockout Mice as a Genetic Model of Open-Angle Glaucoma

Purpose A leading cause of blindness worldwide, glaucoma is often caused by elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) due to impaired aqueous humor outflow from the anterior chamber through Schlemm's canal (SC) and the trabecular meshwork. Despite the large clinical burden, glaucoma research and drug development are hindered by a limited selection of preclinical models that accurately recapitulate human disease. Here, we propose that Angpt1 conditional knockout mice may provide one such model. Angiopoietin/TEK (ANGPT/TEK) signaling is crucial for SC formation and integrity in mice and humans, and mice lacking TEK or its ligand ANGPT1 develop a hypomorphic SC insufficient for normal aqueous humor outflow. Methods We used a comprehensive histology and physiology approach to characterize the glaucoma phenotype of Angpt1 inducible knockout mice, especially focusing on retina morphology and function. Results Angpt1 deletion resulted in persistent ocular hypertension beginning in the first month after birth and leading to decreased visual acuity with age due to glaucomatous neuropathy. In the neural retina, we identified marked and specific loss of the retinal ganglion cells, whereas other retinal neurons exhibited largely normal morphology and patterning. Electroretinogram recordings demonstrated reduced scotopic threshold response, further indicating loss of retinal ganglion cell function. Conclusions These findings highlight the potential of Angpt1 conditional knockout mice as a valuable new glaucoma model. Translational Relevance Currently, few reliable, rapid-onset genetic glaucoma models are available, and Angpt1 knockout mice will provide an additional tool for studies of IOP-induced neural damage, mechanisms of disease progression, and novel treatment strategies.
Role of the Anatomical and Physiological Connections of the tonic-postural body tensions in the perception of the space in mental image

We examined the spatial transformations of mental images of 34 participants male and female, undergraduate psychology students, who were asked - while they were looking with closed eyes at a mental image consisting of a table on which an apple was placed - to actively increase the distance between the first sacral vertebra and the 12th dorsal. The participants were previously subjected to a lengthening training of that section of the vertebral column. During the experimental task, while the participant observed the mental image, the experimenter measured in centimeters the lengthening of the sacrum-dorsal tract. Our research considers two interacting characteristics of visual space’s perception both in external real and in imagined space. The first is constituted by concrete objects-stimuli which are visually perceptible and whose extension and mutual distance can be measured; the second has a formless form, i.e. an abstract form without concrete objects, always present, but which every person has full awareness and perceives its presence as a particular form of feelings, projecting it on the external environment. This form of space perception interposes between separate objects and envelops both objects and the observer himself, also defining the horizon of the world. This form is not visually perceivable, if not indirectly, like the distance between the objects. We can name this second component of space as “space-container”. Starting from the reflection that the body as a unitary structure constitutes the first spatial experience, we hypothesize that the integrated proprioceptive perception of muscular tonic activity of the body scaffolding is at the basis of the “perceptual” feeling that characterizes what we named “space-container”. Our hypothesis concerns the idea that the interaction between the two components is cross-modal. In this interaction the visual cerebral representation is connected, both in visual perception and visual imagery with the perception of postural muscular tensions (due to oscillations in muscle tone) of the different body districts directly or indirectly interacting with each other. The tensions are perceptually unified to produce a perception of an unitary feelings. In the present research we focus essentially on the role of isometric variations of relatively stable muscles tone. In conclusion we hypothesize that by modifying the relations between the muscular tensions of the bodily districts of the postural scaffolding, we can modify the visual spatial perception-like relations between the imagined objects. Our results seem to confirm these hypotheses. It is interesting that 23% of the participants observed, during the task, a lifting of the apple from the table.
Power Density Maximization in Medium Frequency Transformers by Using Their Maximum Flux Density for DC–DC Converters

The medium frequency transformer (MTF) is a key component of various new DC–DC converters that are designed for applications in modern electrical power grids at medium and high voltage. To attain the high performance that are necessary for targeting these applications, MFTs should have high power density and high efficiency as characteristics. For this endeavor, newly designed MFT procedures, which also take advantages of new core materials, are under investigation. Differently to other design proposals, most of which use conventional transformer design procedures based on equating core losses to copper conduction losses, in this paper, an MTF with a nanocrystalline (VITROPERM 500F) core is designed with a new procedure that is oriented in aiming the maximum flux density (Bmax). The characteristics of the MFTs that are obtained by using this procedure are compared with those of the MFTFs that are designed with a conventional procedure. The results show that by using the proposed technique, we get a 25% reduction in the winding size, a higher power density, and a lower MTF building cost while maintaining a high efficiency (>98%). The design methodology is developed through a rigorous mathematical analysis that is verified with computer simulations in Matlab-Simulink and validated with experimental results from two MTF laboratory prototypes designed at a flux density of 0.9 T (75% Bmax) and 1.2 T (Bmax).
Host Pathogen Interaction-Mycobacterium and Host Macrophages

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis are the most commonly encountered members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) species worldwide. The former is the main causative agent of TB in humans, and the latter is responsible for the disease mainly in animals (1,2). Transmission of tuberculosis caused by both pathogens can occur from human to animals and vice versa (3,4). In developing countries like India the dietary habit of people, close physical contact between humans and animals, rise in the incidence of immunosuppressive diseases, and inadequate disease control measures in animals and humans facilitate the transmission of the disease between animals and humans (5). Since both are the intracellular pathogens so International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 2 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Perennial cereal rye performance and comparisons with winter annual cereal forages in the semiarid, subtropical southwestern United States

The demand for forage for livestock production is increasing in semiarid regions. Winter annual cereal forages are commonly used to fill autumn through spring forage gaps where dry winters occur. Perennial cereal rye ( Secale cereale L. × S. montanum Guss., P-CR) shows promise for forage in other areas. Randomized complete block studies were conducted during the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 autumn through spring growing seasons at two locations in the semiarid, subtropical US Southwest for a total of six site-years (Los Lunas [two irrigation regimes] and Tucumcari, NM) to evaluate local adaptation and possible perennation of P-CR as an alternative to winter annual cereal forages. Poor establishment of P-CR occurred in the 2013–2014 season and prevented
Maternal constraint in sheep breeds with diverse birth weight

Reciprocal crosses of Shire and Shetland ponies and transferring embryos between small and large breeds of horses and pigs have shown that maternal size, rather than foetal genotype, is the primary determinant of birth size. In the present study, 40 Cheviot (C) ewes and 40 Suffolk (S) ewes were split into two groups. Each group was mated to either two Suffolk rams or two Cheviot rams to generate CC, CS, SC and SS lambs. Birth weights differed significantly (P<0.01) between the four lamb genotypes (CC 4.12 ± 0.21; CS 4.43 ± 0.23; SC 5.08 ± 0.19; SS 5.17 ± 0.19, kg). Furthermore, lower birth weight was significantly (P<0.01) associated with lower maternal circulating plasma placental lactogen (oPL) concentrations in the Cheviot dams at days 90 (C 25.8 ± 10.0 vs. S 71.8 ± 11.6, ng/ml) and 110 (C 84.5 ± 16.8 vs. S 175.9 ± 19.0, ng/ml) but not at day 130 of gestation. These results indicate that the size of the ewe affects the intrauterine development of her lamb. Moreover, the lower concentrations of oPL in the Cheviot dams may have contributed to the constraint observed in foetal growth.
The histochemical differences of intestinal gland epithelia in the rat colon

The histochemical feature of epithelial mucins of the rat proximal colon differed from that of the distals. The regional differences were elucidated by various mucin-staining methods, such as periodic acid-Schiff (PAS), Alcian blue (pH 2.5) -PAS (AB-PAS), high iron diamine (HID) -AB (pH 2.5), and O-acylated sialic acid specific staining: periodic acid-thionin Schiff (PATS) /-periodate-borohydride technique (PBT) /potassium hydroxide (KOH) /periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) technique for light microscopy, periodic acid (PA) -thiocarbo-hydrazide (TCH) -silver proteinate (SP) staining, O-acylated sialic acid specific staining and dialyzed iron staining for electron microscopy. The distribution of sugar residues of the glycoproteins in the colonic epithelial mucin was also examined by lectin-horseradish peroxidase (HRP) staining method. Goblet cells at the upper half of the crypt in the proximal colon contained mainly neutral mucin and at the lower half, their mucin showed alcianophilic nature predominantly. Sulfomucin secreting-cells were distributing only at the near luminal surface of the proximal colon and all through the crypt of the distal colon. Some goblet cells, columnar cells and vacuolated cells contained O-acylated sialoglycoconjugates. The lectin staining-patterns differed from each other. Some lectins stained the upper half goblet cell-mucin only or the lower half goblet cell-mucin, while other lectins stained goblet cells of the whole crypt. It seemed that the histochemical staining features changed at the branching site of the crypt in the proximal colon. On the other hand, such a transitional zone was obscure in the distal colon.
Diagnóstico del Capital Social de los migrantes mexicanos en el Consulado de Orlando

Este articulo se refiere al diagnostico obtenido como resultado preliminar de una investigacion en proceso que tiene por objetivo conocer el Capital Social de las mujeres indigenas mexicanas en Orlando; sin embargo, como resultado de las encuestas aplicadas en el Consulado de Orlando durante el verano del 2017, se consideran las variables “preparacion academica”, “tiempo de residencia en el pais destino” y “mejor dominio del idioma ingles” como detonadores de liderazgos comunitarios y generadores de redes sociales que facilitan la estadia en Estados Unidos a quienes llegan, siguiendo la linea teorica que vincula el Capital Social Migratorio con la existencia de redes sociales y agentes o elementos que facilitan la movilizacion social. Se utilizo una metodologia mixta que considero una entrevista inicial a las autoridades consulares y la aplicacion de una encuesta a 514 usuarios. Los resultados indican la existencia de relaciones de capital social durante y despues del proceso migratorio.
Loamy sand soil approaches organic carbon saturation after 37 years of conservation tillage

Conservation tillage is reported to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) contents, but; long-term (> 30 yr) field results quantifying the responses in Coastal Plain Ultisols are sparse. The distribution, accumulation, and topsoil storage of SOC and TN after 37 yr of crop production using conventional (CvT) or conservation tillage (CnT) on a Norfolk loamy sand (fineloamy, kaolinitic, thermic, Typic Kandiudult) were quantified. Soil samples were collected annually from the 0 to 5-, 5 to 10-, and 10 to 15cm depth increments beneath corn (Zea mays, L.), soybean [Glycine max (Merr.) L. ], and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) crops. Overall, SOC and TN accumulation in the 0 to 5-cm depth were highest for Norfolk soil under CnT. Focusing on total long-term changes for the 0 to 15-cm sampling depth beneath various corn crops shows that CnT and CvT sequestered
Studies on the technique of cross breeding in Liriodendron.

The pollen quality of interspecies and individuals of intraspecies is quite different. The quality changes during the flowering period. It reaches the highest level in the middle stage of flowering period; If the pollen is stored in 4deg C condition, the survival rate will dropped quickly. So, it is better to use fresh pollen for cross-breeding. The filled samara rate of artificial pollination varies during the flowering period and in different time of a day. It is highest in the middle 10 days of flowering period and about 1PM. In the early and late stage of flowering period, pollination bags can improve the filled samara rate of controlled pollination. Theirfore, in this period, the artificial pollination should be carried out at 1PM and baged. While, in the middle 10 days of flowering period, the artificial pollination can be done at any time of a day and needn^t bag. The contamination rate is less than 1%.
The Dynamics of the Global Monsoon: Connecting Theory and Observations

Earth's monsoons are complex systems, governed by both large-scale constraints on the atmospheric general circulation and regional interactions with continents and orography, and coupled to the ocean. Monsoons have historically been considered as distinct regional systems, and the prevailing view has been, and remains, an intuitive picture of monsoons as a form of large-scale sea breeze, driven by land-sea contrast. However, climate dynamics is seldom intuitive. More recently, a perspective has emerged within the observational and Earth system modeling communities of a global monsoon that is the result of a seasonally migrating tropical convergence zone, intimately connected to the global tropical atmospheric overturning and localized by regional characteristics. Parallel with this, over the past decade, much theoretical progress has been made in understanding the fundamental dynamics of the seasonal Hadley cells and Intertropical Convergence Zones via the use of hierarchical modeling approaches, including highly idealized simulations such as aquaplanets. Here we review the theoretical progress made, and explore the extent to which these theoretical advances can help synthesize theory with observations and understand differing characteristics of regional monsoons. We show that this theoretical work provides strong support for the migrating convergence zone picture, allows constraints on the circulation to be identified via the momentum and energy budgets, and lays out a framework to assess variability and possible future changes to the monsoon. Limitations of current theories are discussed, including the need for a better understanding of the influence of zonal asymmetries and transients on the large-scale tropical circulation.