Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Curly lettuce development, nutrient absorption and salinization tolerance in response to an aerobic biofertilizer produced from agro-industrial residues

Biofertilizers stimulate natural processes to increase and benefit nutrient absorption, abiotic stress tolerance and increased yield when applied to plants. The production of biofertilizers from organic residues is a sustainable way to reduce these materials through recycling. The aim of this work was to define the biofertilization management based on concentrations and doses using a non-commercial aerobic biofertilizer on three newly emerged Brazilian lettuce cultivars. Consequently, this study will help to improve organic lettuces yields in the country. The experiments were conducted in a greenhouse. The soil used for cultivation was a clayey Rhodic Ferralsol. Due to the high electrical conductivity (EC) observed in the biofertilizer a first experiment was conducted to determine the optimum concentration (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 100%) for the three lettuce cultivars (BRS Leila, BRS Lélia and BRS Mediterrânea). After finding the best concentration, a second experiment was developed to estimate the optimum dose of the biofertilizer based on the nitrogen requirement (N) for this crop (0 kg ha-1 of N, 50 kg ha-1 of N, 100 kg ha-1 N, 150 kg ha-1 N and 200 kg ha-1 N). The experimental design was completely randomized (DIC) with a factorial scheme. The results showed that 5% concentration of biofertilizer presented better results for the development of BRS Mediterrânea and BRS Lélia. BRS Leila presented better development when fertilized with the 10% biofertilizer concentration. The dose of 150 kg ha-1 of N allowed a better development of lettuce and greater supply of nutrients to the plants.
PROTEIN TO ENERGY RATIOS IN AFRICAN CATFISH FED PURIFIED DIETS: IS CLARIAS GARIEPINUS (BURCHELL) AN ORDINARY CARNIVORE?

Six diets made from purified and semi-purified materials (casein, gelatin, gluten, zein, dextrin, -cellulose) were tested over an 80-day period in adult (150 47.40 g) African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell). Six protein to lipid ratios were tested ranging from 12.85 mg protein kJ -1 to 20.51 mg protein kJ -1 . Performance indices (PWG, SGR, FCR) compare favorably with those previously observed for C. gariepinus and other clariid species. The best performing diets were those with a total gross energy range of 22 to 24 kJ g -1 , a P/E ratio of 19.5-20.5 mg protein kJ -1 , a crude protein level of 46%, a crude lipid level of 10-17%, and a carbohydrate level of 26-32%. The carbohydrate levels (26-32%) of the best performing diets during these experiments were much higher than those of previous researchers (16-18%) for the same species and still higher than those (15-25%) employed for other carnivores (salmonids, sea bass, sea bream). Therefore, African catfish possibly exhibits more efficient dietary carbohydrate utilization. An increase in carcass lipid as a result of increased dietary non-protein energy was also recorded.
XML Data Stream Processing: Extensions to YFilter

Running XPath queries on XML data steams is a challenge. Current approaches that store the entire document tree in memory are more suited for static environments. We modify the existing YFilter architecture to support online execution of XPath queries. This is achieved by minimal buffering of the data stream and dynamic pruning of the document tree in memory. These modifications enable us to efficiently process XPath queries on streaming XML data.
aractéristiques psychométriques du questionnaire e fonctionnement social chez des patients orderline sychometric properties of the Questionnaire de onctionnement Social in borderline personality

MOTS CLÉS Fonctionnement social ; Autoquestionnaire ; Validation ; Trouble de personnalité borderline Résumé Objectif. — Ce travail étudie les caractéristiques psychométriques du questionnaire de fonctionnement social (QFS) chez des patients présentant un trouble de personnalité borderline. Méthode. — Quatre-vingt-six patients et 100 sujets témoins sans troubles psychiatriques ont complété le QFS. Avant et après une thérapie comportementale dialectique (TCD), les patients ont également rempli l’échelle d’autoévaluation de l’adaptation sociale (SASS), l’inventaire abrégé de symptômes (BSI), l’inventaire de dépression de Beck (BDI), l’échelle de désespoir de Beck (BHS) et une échelle visuelle de souffrance (EVS). Résultats. — La consistance interne, la fidélité test—retest ainsi que les validités convergente et divergente du QFS sont satisfaisantes. La validité discriminante est excellente de même que la sensibilité au changement. Conclusions. — Le QFS s’avère un outil approprié pour évaluer la fréquence des comportements sociaux et la satisfaction qui en est retirée chez des patients avec un trouble de personnalité borderline. © L’Encéphale, Paris, 2008.
Predation by Harp Seals in Atlantic Canada: Preliminary Consumption Estimates for Arctic Cod, Capelin and Atlantic Cod

Current estimates of harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) abundance indicate that the total population size in eastern Canada in 1994 was approximately 4.8 million (95% C.I. 4.1– 5.0 million) animals. To estimate the consumption of important fish prey by harp seals off the coast of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a model incorporating agespecific estimates of energy requirements, population size, seasonal distribution and diets was developed. Total annual prey consumption increased from 3.6 million to 6.9 million tons between 1981 and 1994. The proportions of prey obtained in the Arctic and eastern Newfoundland/southern Labrador areas were 46% and 40%, respectively, while 14% was consumed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and capelin (Mallotus villosus) were the major prey off eastern Newfoundland while capelin was the most important in the Gulf. Based on an average diet, harp seals consumed an estimated total of 2.8 million tons, including 1.2 million tons (95% C.I. 735 000–1.7 million) of Arctic cod, 620 000 tons (95% C.I. 288 000–1.0 million) of capelin and 88 000 tons (95% C.I. 46 000– 140 000) of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) off the eastern coast of Newfoundland in 1994. In the Gulf, harp seals consumed an estimated 445 000 tons (95% C.I. 208 000–727 000) of capelin, 20 000 tons (95% C.I. 0–48 000) of Arctic cod, and 54 000 tons (95% C.I. 14 000–102 000) of Atlantic cod out of a total of 961 000 tons of prey. Incorporating seasonal, geographic and annual variations in the diet provided additional information on trends in consumption. Basic assumptions of the model were varied to assess its sensitivity. Changes in the energetic costs of activity and growth, abundance, residency period, or the proportion of energy obtained from offshore areas can affect estimates of total consumption significantly.
Open Research Online Primary production export ﬂux in Marguerite Bay (Antarctic Peninsula): linking upper water-column production to sediment trap ﬂux

A study was carried out to assess primary production and associated export flux in the coastal waters of the western Antarctic Peninsula at an oceanographic time-series site. New, i.e. exportable, primary production in the upper water-column was estimated in two ways; by nutrient deficit measurements, and by primary production rate measurements using separate 14 C-labelled radioisotope and 15 N-labelled stable isotope uptake incubations. The resulting average annual exportable primary production estimates at the time-series site from nutrient deficit and primary production rates were 13 and 16 mol C m -2 respectively. Regenerated primary production was measured using 15 N-labelled ammonium and urea uptake, and was low throughout the sampling period. The exportable primary production measurements were compared with sediment trap flux measurements from 2 locations; the time-series site and at a site 40 km away in deeper water. Results showed ~1% of the upper mixed layer exportable primary production was exported to traps at 200m depth at the time-series site (total water column depth 520m). The maximum particle flux rate to sediment traps at the deeper offshore site (total water column depth 820m) was lower than the flux at the coastal time-series site. Flux of particulate organic carbon was similar throughout the spring-summer high flux period for both sites. Remineralisation of particulate organic matter predominantly occurred in the upper water-column (<200m depth), with minimal remineralisation below 200m, at both sites. This highly productive region on the Western Antarctic Peninsula is therefore best characterised as ‘high recycling, low export’.
Relationship between organizational climate and management effectiveness

The subject of this research is the connection between management effectiveness in economic organizations of Vojvodina and creative organizational climate. According to that, scientific objective of our research is checking one of the most widely used model of measuring management effectiveness – Baldrige's model, on which is based system of management quality incentives in USA. Problem of this research can be expressed with following questions: Whether is possible that the company management in modern market conditions in AP Vojvodina, which has been designed as per traditional Taylor's model that started from the early stage of capitalism development, can be considered as effective? The key finding of this study can be expressed by the following conclusion: in a sample of observed organization the level of organizational creativity is at zero level. Ideas and behaviors inherent to creative organizational climate only born (average rating of level of creativity that all surveyed respondents gave was 0.396, and the median is 0.428). In an effort to concretize this finding, correlation analysis was undertaken between grouped variables of organizational creativity and potential factorial variables of organizational creativity.
Framework for Question-Answering in Sanskrit through Automated Construction of Knowledge Graphs

Sanskrit (sa\d{m}sk\d{r}ta) enjoys one of the largest and most varied literature in the whole world. Extracting the knowledge from it, however, is a challenging task due to multiple reasons including complexity of the language and paucity of standard natural language processing tools. In this paper, we target the problem of building knowledge graphs for particular types of relationships from sa\d{m}sk\d{r}ta texts. We build a natural language question-answering system in sa\d{m}sk\d{r}ta that uses the knowledge graph to answer factoid questions. We design a framework for the overall system and implement two separate instances of the system on human relationships from mah\=abh\=arata and r\=am\=aya\d{n}a, and one instance on synonymous relationships from bh\=avaprak\=a\'sa nigha\d{n}\d{t}u, a technical text from \=ayurveda. We show that about 50% of the factoid questions can be answered correctly by the system. More importantly, we analyse the shortcomings of the system in detail for each step, and discuss the possible ways forward.
Discrete Optimization Variable neighborhood search for the vertex weighted k-cardinality tree problem

This paper presents some new heuristics based on variable neighborhood search to solve the vertex weighted k-cardinality tree problem. An efficient local search procedure is also developed for use within these heuristics. Our computational results demonstrate that the new heuristics substantially outperform the state-of-the-art methodologies, including a tabu search and genetic algorithm recently proposed in the literature. We also show that a decomposition approach is best for larger problem sizes than previously investigated. Thus, our findings advance in a significant way the capacity to solve this important class of problems. 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Impact of Education and Training on Entrepreneurial Behavior in Kenya: An Application of the Resource-Based Theories

This study examined the impact of education, training, experience and access to credit on the behavior of entrepreneurs in Kenya. The focus is on the following specific behavioural traits: risk taking, innovativeness, focus on results and the sense of responsibility. To achieve the above objective a survey of over 170 Micro and Small Entreprises (MSEs) engaged in trade, manufacturing, construction, and service ventures was carried out in Kariobangi, Kasarani Division of Nairobi County in Kenya. The study applied non-parametric statistics (chi-square) tests on the null hypotheses of independence between education and training and the specific entrepreneurial behaviours mentioned above. The null hypotheses were all invariably rejected. Furthermore, multivariate analysis of variance was applied on the data. The results demonstrate that education and training, experience and access to credit have a strong influence on risk taking, innovativeness, focus on results and the sense of responsibility of the entrepreneurs. Therefore, this study concludes that both education and training have a significant positive impact on entrepreneurial behavior. Key words: Micro and Small Entreprises, Education, Training, Risk taking Behavior, Innovativeness, Access to Credit, Entrepreneurial Behavior, Manufacturing, Services, Trade, Construction
Development of Android-Based Yoruba Language Mobile E-Tutor

This paper discusses the development of a Yoruba language E-Tutor for mobile phones on the android platform. The developed e-learning application is a simple light-weight mobile based software that can tutor both kids and adults on the basics of Yoruba language, the native indigenous language of people in south western Nigeria. Evaluation of the developed mobile app was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 40 participants who installed and explored the app and then rated it based on three criteria (extensibility, ease of use and learning speed). Results showed that 32 out of the 40 respondents (80%) rated the app as above average (excellent or very good) based on extensibility criterion. Similarly 87.5% (35 users) and 77.5% (31 users) rated the ease of use and learning speed above average respectively. We intend to make the app available on the android market and to extend the app to other mobile platforms.
GENETIC INSTABILITY OF SUGARCANE PLANTS REGENERATED THROUGH DIRECT REGENERATION METHOD

Sugarcane probably represents the most complex genome being studied todate. Current cultivars are derived from complex interspecific hybridization and they are highly polyloid and aneuploid with 100 to 130 chromosomes. When cells having such high aneuploid and plant plantlets regenerated from these cells their genetic fidelity become under question. Therefore, RADP (Random amplified polymorphic DNA) technique was used to detect variations in the directly regenerated plants of sugarcane. Plants directly regenerated from tissue of NIA-98 were studied for existing genetic variability with in the tissue in the form of aneuploidy. The polymorphism were observed in 39 out of 42 bands (92.8%). Polymorhism of band confirms that direct regeneration cannot maintain genetic fidelity in sugarcane but can be considered as a good source of exploring existing aneuploidy.
Sociophysics Norms in an Innovative Physics Learning Environment.

Successful course reforms rely on the development of courses that support productive patterns of classroom interaction. Particularly in the case of inquiry-based classes, the ways that students talk to each other and how they interpret the instructor's actions can make great differences in their learning. This paper describes results of research on patterns of social interactions in a college physics course for prospective elementary teachers. Students in this course developed physics concepts for themselves with support from particular pedagogical structures, collaborative group work, and special computer software. Data consisted of videotapes of class work, interviews, and collections of students' work. The paper extends Yackel and Cobb's "sociomathematical" norms (1996) to the fields of physics, and introduces two "sociophysics norms" that emerged in the course. These were class criteria for accepting evidence and the obligation for each group to have a scientific model of magnetic materials that they could support with acceptable evidence. Implications of this study are that classroom norms seem to be influenced by the instructor, by pedagogical structures, and by students' actions, and that the development of norms seems to be part of the process of developing understanding. (Contains 4 figures and 11 references.) (Author/BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.
Data files: Phenotypic evolution in a venerid bivalve species lineage from the late Middle Miocene Central Paratethys Sea: a multi-approach morphometric analysis

A morphometric analysis was performed for the late Middle Miocene bivalve species lineage of Polititapes tricuspis (Eichwald, 1829) (Veneridae: Tapetini). Specimens from various localities grouped into two stratigraphically successive biozones, i.e. the upper Ervilia Zone and the Sarmatimactra Zone, were investigated using a multimethod approach. A Generalized Procrustes Analysis was computed for 15 landmarks, covering characteristics of the hinge, muscle scars, and pallial line. The shell outline was separately quantified by applying the Fast Fourier Transform, which redraws the outline by fitting in a combination of trigonometric curves. Shell size was calculated as centroid size from the landmark configuration. Shell thickness, not covered by either analysis, was additionally measured at the centroid. The analyses showed significant phenotypic differentiation between specimens from the two biozones. The bivalves become distinctly larger and thicker over geological time and develop circular shells with stronger cardinal teeth and a deeper pallial sinus. Data on the palaeoenvironmental changes in the late Middle Miocene Central Paratethys Sea suggest the phenotypic shifts to be functional adaptations. The typical habitats for Polititapes changed to extensive, very shallow shores exposed to high wave action and tidal activity. Caused by the growing need for higher mechanical stability, the bivalves produced larger and thicker shells with stronger cardinal teeth. The latter are additionally shifted towards the hinge centre to compensate for the lacking lateral teeth and improve stability. The deepening pallial sinus is related to a deeper burrowing habit, which is considered to impede being washed out in the new high-energy settings. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 110, 320‐334. ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS: Fast Fourier Transform ‐ functional morphology ‐ landmarks ‐ late Sarmatian ‐ relative warps.
Undergraduate students' perceptions about the use of Kahoot as part of the Flipped Classroom methodology

The article approached the use of the Kahoot tool in the higher education with the objective of evaluating the opinion, perception, positioning, preferences and satisfaction of the students about the practical utility of Kahoot as an instrument for learning of concepts. An empirical-analytical methodology was used and a mixed final questionnaire was carried out. The teaching method was based on the Flipped Classroom (FC) methodology and 10 Kahoot format questions were created. The methodology used in this study was document collection procedures, questionnaire and content analysis. The data showed that 19% of 35 students had more than five hits in Kahoot and most of them attribute the errors to lack of adequate study, difficulty in responding correctly in a short time, and lack of concentration or memory. There was no rejection about the tool, since 66% of the students would recommend its use in higher education. The positive aspects of the Kahoot most cited were its usefulness, the possibility of stimulating and motivating learning by promoting or dynamism, fun, participation and competitiveness in the classes. Promoting new strategies for teaching and learning, seeking to involve and motivate students with methodologies such as Flipped Classroom is highly recommended, as digital natives are no longer satisfied with traditional classes.
Investigations into using HDF5 as An Alternative to STEP for Finite Element Modeling Data

The previous effort focused on two product model data objects: Cartesian points and B-splines [1]. This study investigates another type of data object that presents scalability challenges: finite element modeling (FEM) data. FEM is a common method used in engineering design and can produce enormous amount of data. The main goal of this investigation is to explore how HDF5 might provide effective storage to meet the needs of everincreasing growth of data volumes.
Bank Card Number Recognition System based on Deep Learning

In the era of "Internet +", the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Some repetitive and mechanized manual operations are gradually replaced by artificial intelligence. Deep learning, as an important stage of artificial intelligence, makes it possible for machine learning to identify human thinking, which is helping us to solve many large and small social development needs. When the machine has such a neural network, the brain can be simulated to receive external information and data. Through the extraction and calculation of layer by layer neural network, the loss value can be trained and the optimal weight value can be obtained, so as to obtain the possible conclusion of human brain. Bank card card number recognition, based on deep learning input card card number is a solution to our life like a small, but in the life everywhere must operation, because manual input card card number, card number digits long, easy to lose the wrong leakage, more time consuming, also like this relatively tedious work, the realization of the machine to replace manual, it is very necessary.
A Thermal Plume Model for the Convective Boundary Layer : Representation of Cumulus Clouds

Abstract The “thermal plume model,” a mass-flux scheme combined with a classical diffusive approach, originally developed to represent turbulent transport in the dry convective boundary layer, is extended here to the representation of cloud processes. The modified parameterization is validated in a 1D configuration against results of large eddy simulations (LES), as well as in a 3D configuration against in situ measurements, for a series of cases of dry and cloudy convective boundary layers. Accounting for coherent structures of the mixed layer with the mass-flux scheme improves the representation of the diurnal cycle of the boundary layer, particularly its progressive deepening during the day and the associated near-surface drying. Results also underline the role of the prescription of the mixing of air between the plume and its environment, and of submean-plume fluctuations.
QoS in software defined IoT network using blockchain based smart contract: poster abstract

Internet of things (IoT) has made human life simpler through its numerous applications by interconnecting various devices and people together in a heterogeneous network. The number of users associated with IoT in different sectors such as media, intelligent transportation, and healthcare are increasing rapidly, therefore generating a large amount of data each day. Because of this, maintaining quality in the network has become an important aspect for end-to-end data delivery. Software defined networking thus provides flexibility and programmability to the network due to its global approach of network management. To adapt with the dynamic nature of QoS, blockchain technique with its encryption mechanism and distributed consensus algorithm can be deployed on SDN. In this paper, we propose the use of blockchain technology in Software-Defined Internet of Things to deliver high QoS at a low price.