Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Genetic structure of natural populations of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobium meliloti

The genetic structure of populations of the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Rhizobium meliloti was examined by analysis of electrophoretically demonstrable allelic variation in 14 metabolic, presumably chromosomal, enzyme genes. A total of 232 strains were examined, most of which were isolated from southwest Asia, where there is an unsurpassed number of indigenous host species for R. meliloti. The collection consisted of 115 isolates recovered from annual species of Medicago in Syria, Turkey, and Jordan; 85 isolates cultured from two perennial species of Medicago (M. sativa [alfalfa] and M. falcata) in northern Pakistan and Nepal; and 32 isolates collected at various localities in North and South America, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, largely from M. sativa. Fifty distinctive multilocus genotypes (electrophoretic types [ETs]) were identified, and cluster analysis revealed two primary phylogenetic divisions separated at a genetic distance of 0.83. By the criterion of genetic differentiation conventionally applied in defining species limits among members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and certain other bacteria, the two primary divisions of R. meliloti represent distinct evolutionary species. Division A included 35 ETs represented by 209 strains from the eastern Mediterranean basin, northern Pakistan, Nepal, and various other localities worldwide. This division contained the nine commercial alfalfa inoculant strains examined. Division B included 15 ETs represented by 23 isolates, 21 of which were isolated from annual medic species growing in previously uninoculated soils in the eastern Mediterranean basin. The two remaining strains in division B, both representing the same ET, were isolated in the United States and Australia. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
The Connection between the Increase in Foreign Reserves around the Globe and the U.S Collection of Seignorage Revenue

This paper sheds light on the large seignorage revenue collected by the U.S government resulting from the increase in dollar holding by foreign governments in their foreign reserves. In order to explore the connections between U.S seignorage revenue and other countries foreign reserves we estimated an equation linking between the foreign reserves of several foreign countries and the US monetary base. Our results show a strong connection between the foreign reserves of China, Japan and UK and the US monetary base.
Who is using apparel tablet catalogs? Intention and behavior of fashion and IT innovators

Purpose. This study aimed to uncover the potential characteristics of apparel tablet catalog application (TCA) users. The popularity of mobile devices has resulted in the proliferation of many additional new retailing platforms. The tablet catalog is one of the new outgrowths in the field of e-commerce and catalog shopping. It allows consumers to make transactions while browsing catalog pages within the application on mobile devices. Given the relative infancy of TCAs, however, there is a desire to investigate the relation between the users and their adoption intention and behavior. The results from this study provide a deeper understanding of consumers who adopt TCAs, which greatly benefits TCA marketers looking to formulate more effective marketing strategies. analysis many TCA PBC usage, shopping (2) catalog aggregators’ apps? ” any through (3) apparel retailers’ (4) catalog aggregators’ apps? ” A total of 217 usable responses from U.S. tablet computer users aged 18 and older were collected through a national online consumer panel. Fifty-two percent of respondents were male. On average, respondents were 38 years of age. Among the respondents, 56 percent were iPad users and 54 percent had at least one apparel retailer's TCA downloaded on their tablet device. A Confirmative Factor Analysis was conducted to test the measurement model and the results suggested a fairly good model fit, χ 2 ( df= 19 ) = 38.28, p <0.01, CFI=. 99, TLI=. 98, RMSEA=. 07, SRMR= . 03. The results of the SEM model, χ 2 ( df= 49 ) = 75.21, p<. 01, CFI = 0.99, TLI = . 98, RMSEA = 0.05, SRMR = 0.03, demonstrated an excellent model fit for hypotheses testing. Thus, no modification indices were used to respecify the model.
Achyranthes bidentata polypeptides confer neuroprotection through inhibition of reactive oxygen species production, Bax expression, and mitochondrial dysfunction induced by overstimulation of N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptors

Achyranthes bidentata polypeptides (ABPP), the important constituents separated from the aqueous extract of Achyranthes bidentata, have been shown to attenuate N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate (NMDA)‐induced cell apoptosis in cultured hippocampal neurons through differential modulation of NR2A‐ and NR2B‐containing NMDA receptors. The present study sought to investigate the possible mechanism underlying the neuroprotective effect of ABPP on NMDA‐induced cell death. Western blot analysis and colorimetric enzymatic assay demonstrated that ABPP pretreatment inhibited NMDA‐induced increase of Bax protein expression or caspase‐3 activity in cultured hippocampal neurons. Fluorescence measurements after staining with 2,7‐dichlorofluorescin diacetate and rhodamine 123 showed that ABPP treatment also reversed NMDA‐induced intracellular radical oxygen species (ROS) elevation and mitochondrial membrane potential depression in cultured hippocampal neurons. Furthermore, the in vivo effects of ABPP on cerebral neuronal damage during focal ischemia‐reperfusion were also investigated. In rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model, ABPP attenuated the increase in the neurological deficit and cerebral infarction induced by focal ischemia‐reperfusion, showing in vivo neuroprotective effects. The results collectively suggest that ABPP might exert neuroprotective actions through inhibiting Bax protein expression, caspase‐3 activity, ROS production, and mitochondrial dysfunction that are all caused by overstimulation of NMDA receptors. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Using a “Project Management Mindset” as an Administrative Approach to Creating Workplace Efficiencies & Building Employee Leadership Skills

Abstract Purpose The aim of this chapter is to help library managers and administrators understand the core processes of project management and how adopting a project management mindset as an approach to library administration can help libraries more efficiently achieve the goals and objectives outlined in their strategic plans and to simultaneously grow library leaders, at all levels of the organization. Methodology/approach The chapter is a combination of general overview, literature review, and conceptual paper. It will begin by discussing the basics of project management and project management processes, the shell, that makes project management such a valuable management tool to help guide staff through work processes. Next will be sections focusing on core literature resources for further understanding the value of project management and the project management mindset, both from the library and non-library literature. Relevant library literature presented will highlight the portions of the literature that tie to the core project management process and its value as a managerial, strategic planning, and leadership building tool. This will be followed by a slightly more in-depth examination of project management processes, followed by a section detailing the practical benefits to libraries. The chapter will end by summarizing the benefits of utilizing project management as a managerial tool and ties into the overall concept of employing a Project Management Mindset as one’s approach to management or administration. Practical implications Practical implications to embracing a Project Management Mindset in libraries include improving efficiency, realizing goals and objectives tied to strategic plans, and building staff knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities. The ideas gleaned from this chapter can be applied in any library type: academic, public, special, or school. Originality/value Library literature related to project management is solid, but generally focuses on processes and tools, and often has an IT focus. This chapter fills a gap in literature geared specifically to managers and administrators and focuses less on specifics and more on the higher-level benefits organizations such as libraries can gain from project management as well as the benefits to the library profession as a whole by increasing employee skills, knowledge, and leadership.
Quality of the Financial Reporting within the IFRS: Research on Determining the Attitudes and Evaluations of Financial Information Users

Turkiye’de Uluslararasi Finansal Raporlama Standartlari (IFRS) uygulamalarina gecis, isletmelerin finansal tablolarinda ve bu tablolarin finansal raporlama surecinin analizinde onemli etkilere yol acabilir. IFRS’lere gecis ile birlikte isletmelerin finansal tablo kalemlerinde degisim meydana getirmektedir. Bu calisma, IFRS’nin finansal raporlama surecine yonelik etkileme sureci olup olmadiginin belirlenmesi amaclanmistir. Bu calismada, IFRS kapsaminda finansal raporlama surecinin Istanbul Menkul Kiymetler Borsasi’nda faaliyet gosteren isletmeler uzerindeki etkilerini ve algilamalarini olcmek amaclanmistir. Bu calisma, finansal raporlamanin kalitesine analiz saglamasi ve Turkiye’de borsaya kayitli firmalarda finansal performansin IFRS uyumuna etkisinin belirlenmesinde finans yoneticilerinin, analistlerin ve yatirimcilarin tutum ve degerlendirmelerinin benimsenmesi acisindan literature katki saglanmasi beklenmektedir . Calismada anket yontemi kullanilmis olup, ankete iliskin sorular coklu regresyon analizine tabi tutulmustur.
NANOPARTICLES IN PROSTHODONTICS – BOON OR BANE

* Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, RKDF Dental College & Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India ** Professor & Head, Department of Prosthodontics, RKDF Dental College & Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India *** Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, RKDF Dental College & Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India † Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, RKDF Dental College & Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India †† Post Graduate Student, Department of Prosthodontics, RKDF Dental College & Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India _________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT Nanotechnology as we can concede is a concept that is on the rise at a great stride from coast to coast. Keeping in mind the increasing number of beneficiary fields, we can establish the fact that even the field of dentistry is not spared. An ample number of mechanical and physical properties of dental materials could be amended by smearing nanotechnology concept. This review article epitomizes a general gestalt of the uses of various nanoparticles in prosthodontics. In particular, suitable applications in acrylic resin, tissue conditioner, dental adhesives, dental composites, dental cements, dental porcelain, implants and maxillofacial prosthesis are appraised.
c‐FOS expression in the visual system of tree shrews after monocular inactivation

Tree shrews possess an unusual segregation of ocular inputs to sublayers rather than columns in the primary visual cortex (V1). In this study, the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), superior colliculus (SC), pulvinar, and V1 were examined for changes in c‐FOS, an immediate‐early gene, expression after 1 or 24 hours of monocular inactivation with tetrodotoxin (TTX) in tree shrews. Monocular inactivation greatly reduced gene expression in LGN layers related to the blocked eye, whereas normally high to moderate levels were maintained in the layers that receive inputs from the intact eye. The SC and caudal pulvinar contralateral to the blocked eye had greatly (SC) or moderately (pulvinar) reduced gene expressions reflective of dependence on the contralateral eye. c‐FOS expression in V1 was greatly reduced contralateral to the blocked eye, with most of the expression that remained in upper layer 4a and lower 4b and lower layer 6 regions. In contrast, much of V1 contralateral to the active eye showed normal levels of c‐FOS expression, including the inner parts of sublayers 4a and 4b and layers 2, 3, and 6. In some cases, upper layer 4a and lower 4b showed a reduction of gene expression. Layers 5 and sublayer 3c had normally low levels of gene expression. The results reveal the functional dominance of the contralateral eye in activating the SC, pulvinar, and V1, and the results from V1 suggest that the sublaminar organization of layer 4 is more complex than previously realized. J. Comp. Neurol. 525:151–165, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Etudes expérimentales d'atomes dans un piège dipolaire microscopique

Les atomes sont des candidats interessants pour l'information quantique, car leur neutralitee electrique devrait leur assurer un long temps de coherence. Afin de pouvoir les manipuler un par un, nous avons choisi de les placer dans un piege dipolaire microscopique. Une analyse detaillee du nombre d'atomes pieges montre que celui-ci peut etre compris entre 1 et 30, avec un reegime preferentiel de travail dans lequel les collisions inelastiques le limitent a un. Il est egalement possible de placer deux pieges dipolaires cote a cote, et donc de disposer de deux atomes, a quelques microns de distance. Dans le but d'intriquer ces deux atomes, il est important de connaitre l'amplitude du mouvement des atomes pieges. Celle-ci se caracterise avec le parametre de Lamb-Dicke, parametre qui depend des frequences d'oscillation du potentiel dipolaire, mais aussi de la temperature des atomes. Ces deux grandeurs ont ete mesurees experimentalement, et montrent que le confinement est actuellement insuffisant. Il est donc necessaire de refroidir les atomes davantage. Un autre champ d'investigation de cette experience concerne le regime ou le nombre d'atomes pieges est de l'ordre d'une trentaine. Nous avons alors demontre la possibilite d'evaporer le nuage atomique, et donc de le refroidir. Il devrait alors etre possible d'obtenir des condensats de Bose-Einstein a tres petit nombre d'atomes, et en regime de Lamb-Dicke.
Progression‐free survival of two cases of high‐risk neuroblastoma with refractory/relapsed disease following surgery alone

Outcome for the vast majority of high‐risk neuroblastoma patients with refractory or relapsed disease is dismal. We report two high‐risk patients who remain progression‐free for more than 113 and 18 months following the diagnosis of refractory/relapsed disease who were treated with surgery alone. Complete resolution of a refractory thoracic mass and relapsed liver nodules was observed in one patient. The refractory/relapsed disease in the second patient has remained stable. In both cases, the tumor showed histologic evidence of neuroblastoma maturation. These cases demonstrate that refractory/relapsed neuroblastoma is clinically heterogeneous and highlight the need for better biomarkers to optimize patient care. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60: 512–514. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Shoot and root vulnerability to xylem cavitation in four populations of Douglas-fir seedlings.

The objectives of this study were to assess the range of genotypic variation in the vulnerability of the shoot and root xylem of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seedlings to water-stress-induced cavitation, and to assess the trade-off between vulnerability to cavitation and conductivity per unit of stem cross-sectional area (k(s)), both within a species and within an individual tree. Douglas-fir occupies a broad range of environments and exhibits considerable genetic variation for growth, morphology, and drought hardiness. We chose two populations from each of two varieties (the coastal var. menziesii and the interior var. glauca) to represent environmental extremes of the species. Vulnerability curves were constructed for shoots and roots by plotting the percentage loss in conductivity versus water potential. Vulnerability in shoot and root xylem varied genetically with source climate. Stem xylem differed in vulnerability to cavitation between populations; the most mesic population, coastal wet (CW), was the most susceptible of the four populations. In the roots, the most vulnerable population was again CW; the interior wet (IW) population was moderately susceptible compared with the two dry populations, coastal dry (CD) and interior dry (ID). Root xylem was more susceptible to cavitation than stem xylem and had significantly greater k(s). The trade-off between vulnerability to cavitation and k(s), however, was not evident across populations. The most vulnerable population (CW) had a shoot k(s) of 0.534 +/- 0.067 &mgr;mol m(-2) s(-1) MPa(-1), compared with 0.734 +/- 0.067 &mgr;mol m(-2) s(-1) MPa(-1) for the less vulnerable CD stems. In the roots, IW was more vulnerable than ID, but had the same k(s).
Block Backstepping Control of MIMO Systems

Based on the Lyapunov stability theorem, a methodology of designing the block backstepping controller for a class of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems is proposed to solve the tracking problem. Some adaptive mechanisms are embedded both in the virtual input controller and in the backstepping controllers so that not only are the perturbations suppressed, but also some knowledge of the upper bound of perturbations is not required. Finally, an example of controlling a two-axis piezoelectric microposition is used to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed methodology.
Analysis of the Factors Affecting Successful Accounting Information of Listed Companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand

The objective of this research is to examine the factors affecting successful accounting information of Thai-listed companies. The factors affecting successful accounting information are two variables including accounting professional and accounting information system (AIS) competency. Population and sample of this research is the companies listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). A questionnaire mail was used for collecting the data from chief accountant officer of the companies listed in the SET. The results indicate that accounting professional has a positive significant effect on successful accounting information in all dimensions including effective planning, efficient controlling, and promoting decision and communication. Moreover, AIS competency has a positive significant effect on successful accounting information only in dimension of promoting decision and communication. Overall, the results indicate that internal resource and capabilities including accounting professional and AIS competency are the primary factors that influence successful accounting information of Thai-listed companies. Theoretical and managerial contributions are explicitly provided. Conclusions, suggestions and directions for future research are also presented.
INTERDEPENDENCY BETWEEN INTERNATIONALIZATION, FIRM PERFORMANCE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The purpose of this research was to identify the interdependency between internationalization, performance and corporate governance. Data used by this paper were from financial statement information of manufacturing companies listed on Indonesian Stock Exchange over period 2011-2015. Pooling data were applied for a sample which contains 84 manufacturing companies with five years data. This paper also ap-plied Two Stages Regression as a statistical tool to identify the relationship between these three main va-riables. This research found significant interdependency relations between internationalization, performance, and corporate governance of manufacturing companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange.
REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT OF CELLULAR REFRACTIVE INDEX AND THICKNESS USING CELL CULTURE CHIP

This paper reports the measurement of refractive index (RI) and thickness of living cells using cell culture chip integrated with micro-indicators via immersion refractometry. In the experiment, the RI and the thickness of the cultured MadinDarby canine kidney (MDCK) cell line are obtained simultaneously. As this method features high accuracy, no damage to a group of the living cells and real time measurement during long-term cell culture, it is promising for many applications such as detecting pathological changes of cells and cancer cell detection.
On a Parameter Adaptive Extremum Controller

An extremum controller based on parameter adaptive control is investigated in this contribution. The objective function to be minimized is parameterized using a simple nonlinear model, and the control is based on real-time estimation of the parameters of this model. Asymptotic analysis of the extremum controller gives insight concerning the compromise between two contradicting goals, namely accurate control and accurate estimation. This is similar in spirit to stochastic dual control. One motivation of this study is an application to automotive engine control, which is briefly described.
Before and After the Reform: Fixed Line Internet Penetration in Mexican Households

Purpose – Despite being the second largest mobile market in Latin America regarding subscribers, Mexico’s penetration levels remain lower than the regional averages. The aim of this paper is to evaluate whether the Mexican 2013 Telecommunications and Broadcasting Reform helped mitigate or exacerbate the digital divide. In particular, we evaluate if the Reform had an impact on fixed-line internet penetration in Mexico. Methodology/approach/design – For the assessment, the 2010 Census and 2015 Intercensal Survey data used to create impact indexes through Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) estimations. Findings – Through a quintile analysis were confronted by results, with the intention of showing the average of internet penetration in each income group. The data obtained suggest that internet penetration had positive variations in all the quintiles indicating that recent regulatory changes in telecommunications matter had helped to reduce the digital divide. Practical implications – The poor and vulnerable groups remain at the digital exclusion; these groups need more digital inclusion actions.
Gear incipient fault prognosis using Density-adjustable Spectral Clustering and Transductive SVM

A novel method is presented in this paper, which using Density-adjustable Spectral Clustering and Transductive Support Vector Machine, called DSTSVM, to accomplish feature extraction and fault detection. Firstly, the features are extracted via Density-adjustable Spectral clustering, and the Kernel function of TSVM (Transductive Support Vector Machine) is also constructed. Then the TSVM is trained by gradient descent learning and applied in gear failure detection. Gear fault experiments were conducted on an automobile transmission tests platform, and the proposed method were compared with those using TSVM, CKSVM (Cluster Kernel). Experiments results indicated that the proposed approach can reflect the data structure well, and has high classification accuracy with few labeled data.