Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Normal operating range of the microbial community under potato

Om de invloed van verschillende aardappelrassen op de bodem te meten bepaalde promovenda Ozgul Inceoglu de variatie in parameters van de totale microbiele populatie in de bodem onder invloed van een aantal verschillende aardappelrassen. Ook woog zij de mogelijke effecten af van het zogeheten GM-ras tegen die van geselecteerde rassen. Populaties van micro-organismen worden onder andere beinvloed door plantenwortels. Dit gebeurt via de organische stoffen die in het door de wortels uitgescheiden exudaat zitten. Op deze manier trekken planten micro-organismen aan, die de door de plant uitgescheiden stoffen consumeren. Omdat verschillende plantensoorten en verschillende groeistadia van de plant leiden tot andere samenstellingen van wortelexudaten, is het logisch dat dit verschil ook tot uiting komt in de samenstelling van de microbiele populaties. Het is echter nog niet bekend in hoeverre zulke veranderingen voorkomen, hoe de dynamiek hiervan is en hoe deze veranderingen het functioneren van het systeem beinvloeden. Als de invloed op de bodem van genetisch gemodificeerde planten bepaald moet worden, is het dus belangrijk om eerst de samenstelling van de microbiele populatie te bepalen, zowel als de individuele microbiele populaties en fluctuaties hierin. Hiervoor is het belangrijk, dat er eenvoudige methoden voorhanden zijn voor het monitoren van microbiele populaties en veranderingen in de tijd. Deze data vormen dan de basis voor de populatie onder landbouwgewassen in een bepaalde bodem, waaraan vervolgens de data van genetisch gemodificeerde planten gerelateerd kunnen worden, in dit geval voor de aardappel.
Predicting the Lifespan of a Company: An Important Factor for Capital Reallocation

In this paper, the authors will attempt to estimate the expected per centage of the companies that currently have credit rating and that will go bankrupt after a certain period of time. The authors applied the method of simulation, i.e. the transition matrix of a Markov chain, using the relevant information on the credit ratings of open joint-stock companies listed on the SP that is, they will lose their credit rating and will be replaced by some other, more prosperous companies. Apstrakt: U ovom radu, autori su pokusali da predvide ocekivani procenat privrednih drustava, koja trenutno imaju kreditni rejting, a koja ce prestati sa poslovanjem nakon izvesnog vremena. Autori su primenili metod simulacije, odnosno tranzicionu matricu Markovljevih lanaca, na podacima o kreditnom rejtingu otvorenih akcionarskih drustava sa liste S&P 500 berzanskog indeksa. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da je najverovatniji scenario da ce polovina privrednih drustava sa najlosijim kreditnim rejtingom, na primer CCC (C), prestati da postoje nakon samo cetiri godine. Odnosno, ta privredna drustva ce izgubiti kreditni rejting i bice zamenjena nekim drugim, prosperitetnijim, privrednim drustvom.
Evaluation of the In Vitro Cytotoxic Activity of Jania rubens Against Jurkat and Molt-4 Human Cancer Cell Lines

Cancer is a dreadful disease, killing around 7 million people every year. More than 80% of cancer-related deaths are due to carcinoma of the lung, breast, prostate, colorectal, and pancreas. Lung and colorectal cancers are responsible for the first and third most cancer-related deaths in men and women. Breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men rank second. Though Chemotherapy is considered as the standard method of treatment, it is often associated with severe toxicity and huge cost. Naturally obtained compounds are considered safer and easily biodegradable than synthetic compounds and the problem of drug resistance observed in synthetic drugs can also be reduced. Nowadays, most of the research work has been focused on deriving anticancer agents from natural sources such as seaweeds, plants, etc. Marine algae are one of the natural resources in the marine ecosystem. They contain various biologically active compounds which have been used as a source of food and medicine. Until now, more than 2400 marine natural products have been isolated from seaweeds of subtropical and tropical populations. During the last decade, about 2500 new metabolites with antiproliferative activity have been reported, a recent review discussed 68 new marinederived anticancer chemical entities, most of them with undetermined modes of action. Recent findings showed that seaweeds also contained
Unobtrusive Interaction with Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Systems through Kinetic User Interfaces

Unobtrusiveness is a key factor in usability of mobile and ubiquitous computing systems. These systems are made of several ambient and mobile devices whose goal is supporting everyday life users’ activities, hopefully without interfering with them. We intend to address the topic of obtrusiveness by assessing its impact in the design of interfaces for mobile and ubiquitous computing systems. We will make the case of how unobtrusive interfaces can be designed by means of Kinetic User Interfaces: an emerging interaction paradigm where input to system is provided through coordinated motion of objects and people in the physical space
Sucrose Metabolism and Regulation in Sugarcane

Sucrose Metabolism and Regulation in Sugarcane Photo assimilates store in the form of sucrose in the stalks of sugarcane that provide 70% of world sugar. To meet the growing demand for sugar, it needs to increase the sugar yield. Sucrose accumulation is a complex physiological process controlled by network genes. This review summarized the development in the molecular regulation mechanism of sucrose accumulation in sugarcane. The molecular involving in source-sink communication, sucrose metabolism and storage were discussed. Although the sugar yield in sugarcane has not been increased by genetically modification, further researches to clarify the regulatory networks of sucrose accumulation will be helpful to breed high sugar content sugarcane.
Partition-Based GTS Adjustment for Wireless Sensor Networks

The personal area network (PAN) coordinator can assign a guaranteed time slot (GTS) to allocate a particular duration for requested devices in IEEE 802.15. 4 beacon-enabled mode. The main challenge in the GTS mechanism is how to let the PAN coordinator allocate time slot duration for the devices which request a GTS. If the allocated devices use the GTS partially or the traffic pattern is not suitable, wasted bandwidth will increase, which degrades the performance of the network. In order to overcome the abovementioned problem, this paper proposes the Partitioned GTS Allocation Scheme (PEGAS) for IEEE 802.15. 4 networks. PEGAS aims to decide the precise moment for the starting time, the end, and the length of the GTS allocation for requested devices taking into account the values of the superframe order, superframe duration, data packet length, and arrival data packet rate. Our simulation results showed that the proposed mechanism outperforms the IEEE 802.15. 4 standard in terms of the total number of transmitted packets, throughput, energy efficiency, latency, bandwidth utilization, and contention access period (CAP) length ratio.
How to Concretize Research on the Coupling of Ecosystems to Human Action? The Case of Plant Communities in Settlements

Recent ecological studies have integrated human actions as a relevant dimension for maintaining ecosystems and current evolutionary processes. However, most of them rely on indicators which are subject to critical scrutiny in sociological discourse since the 1980s. Therefore, we bring the concept of style up to discussion. Analysing the styles of living can be considered as a strategy to understand the coupling of society to nature. We examine our assumption in an interdisciplinary approach to urban ecology and landscape research aiming to explain the distribution of native and alien plants and its interaction with urbanization. In a tentative outline we determine four dependent species-related variables in 67 settlements near Frankfurt/Main (Germany). As predictor variables we use geological, habitat-related and infrastructural parameters and also variables based on observed styles of acting and living. The findings indicate that lifestyles, garden styles and spatio-temporal action patterns strongly influence plant species composition in settlements. Keywords: human-environment interaction, lifestyle, plant distribution, plant biodiversity, urbanization, urban ecology
Estimation of Nonstationary Heterogeneous Panels

We introduce a new Stata command, xtpmg, for estimating nonstationary heterogeneous panels in which the number of groups and number of time-series observations are both large. Based on recent advances in the nonstationary panel literature, xtpmg provides three alternative estimators: a traditional fixed-effects estimator, the mean-group estimator of Pesaran and Smith (Estimating long-run relationships from dynamic heterogeneous panels, Journal of Econometrics 68: 79–113), and the pooled mean-group estimator of Pesaran, Shin, and Smith (Estimating long-run relationships in dynamic heterogeneous panels, DAE Working Papers Amalgamated Series 9721; Pooled mean group estimation of dynamic heterogeneous panels, Journal of the American Statistical Association 94: 621–634).
The Efficacy of Reflection in Narrative Production: Can a Reflective Session Facilitate the Use of Mental State Talk in Narrating a Story ?

The efficacy of reflection in narrative production was examined. The evaluative strategies used by female university students (N=52) in the production of a narrative were assessed before and after a reflective session. In the reflection session, the participants were asked to compare and contrast their evaluative strategies used in narrative with the developmental data drawn from a previous study. The frequency of evaluative strategies increased significantly after the reflective session. The largest increase was in the frequency of use of frames of mind in which the narrator refers to the mental states of the protagonists. The students’ use of strategies, such as: frames of mind and causal connectors were correlated, suggesting that personal style may be relatively stable over time. The implications of introducing a reflection session are discussed.
Efficiency of BTX degrader isolated from industrial waste water

Benzene, toluene and xylene are the major pollutants in the petroleum industry leads to global concern due to toxicity. Isolating microorganisms which are acquainted polluted sites would be meaningful to eliminate the BTX completely. Among various bacterial isolates Pseudomonas putida, Bacillus sterothermophilus, Flavobacterium haparinum, Sphingomonas aromaricivorans, Burkholderica cepacia, Micrococcus, Alcaligenes, and Aeromonas, known to be common in all the sites. Among these Pseudomonas putida Species found to be predominant in all the samples and degrading BTX to a greater extent. Among the various organisms used P. putida was able to degrade the maximum amount of 0.52mg/l/hr benzene when these substrates were used as single substrate. But toluene and xylene were degraded at the value of 0.42 mg/l/hr and 0.30 mg/l/hr respectively. There was a slight increase in the rate of degradation when these substrates used as dual mixer (BT, TX and BX). The BT was removed at 0.45 mg/l/hr and 0.60mg/l/hr respectively. It was also different when they were used as mixed substrates (0.4mg/l/hr, 0.5mg/l/hr and 0.21mg/l/hr of benzene, toluene and xylene respectively). Exceptionally the maximum of 0.72mg/l/hr of toluene was degraded by Micrococcus lutes when it was used as dual substrate with benzene.
Pyrrole Hydrogenation over Rh(111) and Pt(111) Single-Crystal Surfaces and Hydrogenation Promotion Mediated by 1-Methylpyrrole: A Kinetic and Sum-Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy Study

Pyrrole Hydrogenation over Rh(111) and Pt(111) Single-Crystal Surfaces and Hydrogenation Promotion Mediated by 1-Methylpyrrole: A Kinetic and Sum- Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy Study Christopher J. Kliewer, Marco Bieri and Gabor A. Somorjai* Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 E-mail: somorjai@socrates.berkeley. edu TITLE RUNNING HEAD: Pyrrole hydrogenation over Rh(111) and Pt(111) RECEIVED DATE (to be automatically inserted after your manuscript is accepted if required according to the journal that you are submitting your paper to) CORRESPONDING AUTHOR FOOTNOTE: Gabor A. Somorjai, Tel: 510-642-4053. Fax: 510-643- 9668. E-mail: somorjai@socrates.berkeley. edu. ABSTRACT. Sum frequency generation surface vibrational spectroscopy and kinetic measurements using gas chromatography have been used to study the adsorption and hydrogenation of pyrrole over both Pt(111) and Rh(111) single-crystal surfaces at Torr pressures (3 Torr pyrrole, 30 Torr H 2 ) to form pyrrolidine and the minor product butylamine. Over Pt(111) at 298K it was found that pyrrole adsorbs in an upright geometry cleaving the N-H bond to bind through the nitrogen evidenced by SFG data.
Physiological and Productive Performance Responses of Horro Cows to Shade

Twenty eight Horro cows were used to determine whether shade influences milk production and composition, days open, some physiological and hormonal traits. Cows grazed on natural pasture predominantly, Cynadon dactylon for about 7 hours/day. During grazing, one of the groups had access to shade where as the other group was not allowed to have any shade including trees. Cows were supplemented with concentrate feed during milking in the morning, evening and after grazing. Data on physiological, productive and reproductive parameters between the two groups were compared. Significant differences were observed in respiration rate, rectal temperature, pulse rate and live weight of cows between the two treatments. But there were no significant differences in average daily milk yield, days open and services per conception. Hence it is suggested that a form of shade should be made available for grazing Horro cows.
The Effects of the Global Crisis on Islamic and Conventional Banks: A Comparative Study

This paper examines the performance of Islamic banks (IBs) and conventional banks (CBs) during the recent global crisis by examining the impact of the crisis on profitability, credit and asset growth, and external ratings in a group of countries where the two types of banks have significant market share. Our analysis suggests that IBs have been affected differently than CBs. Factors related to IBs' business model helped limit the adverse impact on profitability in 2008, while weaknesses in risk management practices in some IBs led to a larger decline in profitability in 2009 compared to CBs. IBs' credit and asset growth performed better than did that of CBs in 2008–2009, contributing to financial and economic stability. External rating agencies' re-assessment of IBs' risk was generally more favorable.
Economic liberalization, gender wage inequality and welfare – a theoretical analysis

The paper develops a 3-sector general equilibrium model appropriate for economies with female labour oriented export sector to examine the effects of economic liberalization policies on gender based wage inequality. It is assumed that there exist disparities in efficiencies between male and female labour due to skewed access to education and health, and differences in their spending patterns leading to differential effects of respective wages on their nutrition. The results indicate that tariff cut may reduce gender wage inequality, but may have detrimental effects on welfare; while foreign capital inflow may accentuate the inequality, despite improving the welfare of the economy. However, government policies to increase the provision of education and health have favourable effects on gender wage inequality but may be welfare deteriorating. Thus, the paper provides a theoretical explanation to empirical evidences of diverse effects of liberalization on gender wage inequality and explains the possibility of a trade-off between gender inequality and social welfare.
Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh

Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh is a new environmental problem. Arsenic has recently been detected in high concentration in many delta regions in Southeast Asia. In Bangladesh the first patient suffering from arsenic poisoning was discovered in 1993. A subsequent investigation revealed that contamination is high in 268 of 465 Upozila in all. It is estimated that 3,500,000 persons are exposed to the potential of health hazard. The geological background is one of the causes of groundwater contamination, but the detailed mechanism has not been elucidated. Here, I tried to define pollution damage and its causes in rural areas of Bangladesh. There are two gaps in our knowledge about arsenic damage: the area involved and the economic aspect. The change of groundwater use for irrigation and drinking has influenced the pollution problem. This indicates arsenic contamination is a complex process involving not only natural mechanisms but also human activity.
ADAMTS 13 expression in human chondrosarcoma cells induced by insulin Insulin tarafindan indüklenmiş insan kondrosarkom hücrelerinde ADAMTS 13 ekspresyonu

2 Department of Medical Laboratory Techniques, Vocational School of Health Science, Turgut Özal University, Ankara 3 Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın 4 Private Bilecik Orhangazi Dialysis Center, Bilecik 5 Department of Medical Biochemistry, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara 6 Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Gazi University, Ankara 7 Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Özal University, Ankara
Please sir, may I have some more? A comparative study on student satisfaction with assessment feedback methods in an undergraduate unit

There is an ongoing tension between the level and type of assessment feedback that University students seek and what is actually provided by lecturers. The demand for a learning environment which incorporates appropriate assessment feedback to students has to be balanced by the resources available to lecturers. The aim of this paper is to present a comparative analysis of the satisfaction of first year University of Tasmania Information Systems students with two different assessment feedback methods employed during 2005. This study compares the level of satisfaction with existing assessment feedback methods that embed comments in the students work with a semi-automated system, called AssessMate. This semi-automated system utilises analytical rubrics, automatic comments and levels of attainment to generate personalised Web pages for the students. Assessment and feedback were performed entirely online using WebCT VISTA for both methods. The resources required to manage the marking of assessment tasks were also analysed. Students were provided with feedback using two different methods for the first assignment and with only one feedback method for the second assignment, that being the semi-automated system, AssessMate. The level of satisfaction was then measured and compared. Factors such as access, ease of use, usefulness and attitude (satisfaction) were also considered. However, for the purposes of this paper the focus will be on attitude (satisfaction). The study has shown that there is no significant difference between the levels of attitude (satisfaction) based on the two forms of assessment feedback for particular types of assessment. An important finding was that there was a time saving of at least 25% in the marking process when using the semiautomated method. These findings may influence the assessment feedback methods adopted by lecturers for particular types of assessment as they seek to provide fair, fulsome and fast feedback with limited resources to large numbers of students.
Nature and Community-based tourism (CBT) for poverty alleviation: A case study of Lower Kinabatangan, East Malaysia

Ecological tourism is intimately associated with natural features such as scenic beauty, beaches and marine areas, flora and fauna, parks and conservation areas. Increasingly, this tourism is organized to help in the cause of rural poverty alleviation through community-based initiatives. This study illustrates this CBT trend in East Malaysia. Data were collected from field interviews with 208 villagers of Kampung Perpaduan, Kampung Batu Puteh, Kampung Mengaris and Kampung Singgah Mata involved in ecological tourism activities in Batu Puteh, Lower Kinabatangan River of Sabah. The findings of the paper reaffirmed the rationales for community-based tourism which not only aimed at poverty alleviation and enhancement of local community participation, but also underlined the role of the natural environment in community based tourism (CBT). They revealed how the holistic, sustainable approach of integrating a rural development project with forest conservation efforts and profit-oriented tourism business could be achieved by working with multiple stakeholders at various levels of operation. Keywords: community-based tourism, ecological tourism, holistic approach, local participation, natural environment, poverty alleviation
Anodization of sputter deposited Al-Zr coatings and microstructural issues

Summary The anodization and optical appearance of magnetron sputtered Al-Zr coatings with Zr concentration varying from 6 wt. % to 23 wt. % on AA6060 substrates are studied. Heat treatment of the coated samples was carried out at 550 ˚C for 4 hours and the resulting microstructure showed uniform precipitation of Al-Zr based second phase particles. Anodization was performed in a 20 wt. % sulphuric acid (12.5 V constant voltage and 18 ˚C). Effect of coating composition and microstructures resulting from heat treatment upon appearance of the anodized samples were analysed by scanning electron microscopy, grazing incidence X-ray diffraction analysis, glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy and spectrophotometry. Microstructure of the coating is found to have clear influence on the appearance of anodized layer due to incorporation of partially oxidized second phase particles in the anodized layer, which modified the light absorption and scattering effects.
The Effects of Saturated Fatty Acid Palmitate on Neuropeptide Gene Expression, Signal Transduction, and Insulin Signaling in an Immortalized Hypothalamic Neuronal Cell Model, mHypoA-NPY/GFP

Recent evidence suggests a role for hypothalamic insulin resistance in obesity pathogenesis, and that obesity-associated hypothalamic inflammation underlies this resistance. However, few studies have examined the direct effects of saturated fatty acids on specific hypothalamic neurons. Therefore, an immortalized hypothalamic neuronal cell model expressing NPY and AgRP was used to determine the effects of palmitate on neuropeptide gene expression, signal transduction events and insulin signaling. In the mHypoA-NPY/GFP neuronal cell model, palmitate was found to upregulate the expression of NF-κB and IκBα within 4 hours of treatment, and upregulate expression of AgRP after 24 hours of treatment. Regulation of AgRP gene expression appeared to be palmitate metabolism-dependent. Palmitate also induced p38 MAPK phosphorylation, and prolonged palmitate pre-treatment decreased levels of phosphorylated Akt following insulin rechallenge. This is the first evidence of palmitate-mediated changes in AgRP gene expression and its signaling through p38 MAPK in a representative NPY/AgRP neuronal cell model.