Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Phenotypic Diversity of Ethiopian Finger Millet ( Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn) in Relation to Geographical Regions as an Aid to Germplasm Collection and Conservation Strategy

Sixty-four accessions (960 individuals) of landraces collected from five former regions of Ethiopia and Eritrea covering different agro-ecologies were characterized for growth habit, ear shape, grain shape, grain surface, grain color and pericarp persistence. The objective was to study the pattern and phenotypic diversity of some characters in finger millet. The experiment was laid down in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The percentage frequencies of the phenotypic classes of each character were calculated. The Shanon-Weaver diversity index (H’) was used to estimate the magnitude of diversity. One way analysis of variance of the non-normalized H using regions was under taken for individual characters. All the character considered showed marked differences in their distribution and variation. In no cases monomorphic classes were observed. Regional wise, Gojam and Welega revealed the highest diversity (H’=0.84) while Eritrea showed the lowest (H’=0.67). There was an increasing trend of diversity from north to south. Overall characters revealed intermediate to high diversity ranging from 0.60 for pericarp persistence to 0.99 for grain surface. Ear shape (P ≤0.01), grain shape (Pd≤0.05) and grain surface (Pd≤0.01) showed different levels of diversity among regions as opposed to growth habit, grain color and pericarp persistence whose variations were attributed to among accessions. The overall mean diversity estimate was high (H’=0.82). Generally, the result revealed the existence of a vast range of diversity in the indigenous finger millet germplasm.
Differences in Fatty Acid Profiles, ADEK Vitamins and Sterols of the Yolk between Native Chickens and Geese

The aim of this study was to assess the differences in the yolk lipid composition of geese and chickens which are free to select their diets from the environments. The proportion of oleic acid (18:1n-9) and linolenic acid (18:3n-3) was far greater in both of species of yolk lipids. In particular, the proportion of docosahexaenoic acid in the total lipid of the yolk was greater for the chicken compared to the geese. By contrast, the proportion of arachidonic acid in total yolk lipid was approximately two times greater for the goose than the chicken. Thus the chicken was more efficient at incorporating long-chain (C 22 ) fatty acid of the n-3 series into yolk lipid whereas the geese incorporated C 20 fatty acid of the n-6 series. The ADEK vitamins of the goose egg in mg/g yolk were very similar to that of the chicken egg. The cholesterol content of the geese egg in mg/g yolk was far greater to that of the chicken egg.
Evaluation of framE-SEmantic rolE labEling in a caSE-marking languagE

В статье обсуждаются подходы к оценке парсеров, задачей которых является автоматическое определение семантических ролей (semantic role labeling, SRL). Как было показано ранее, качество распознавания именованных семантических ролей в стиле FrameNet в большой степени зависит от количества выделяемых ролей и может падать, если инвентарь ролей в ресурсе, используемом для обучения, и инвентарь ролей в целевом ресурсе разнится. Наше исследование представляет первый шаг к созданию системы ‘умной’ оценки SRL-парсеров, которая вводила бы лингвистически мотивированные критерии оценки работы SRL-системы; позволяла бы классифицировать ошибки от незначительных до критически важных; была бы устойчива к возможным расхождениям между инвентарями ролей.
A hybrid training method for ANNs and its application in multi faults diagnosis of rolling bearing

A hybrid training method with probabilistic adaptive strategy for feedforward artificial neural network was proposed and applied to the problem of multi faults diagnosis of rolling bearing. The traditional training method such as LM shows fast convergence speed, but it’s easy to fall into local minimum. The heuristic method such as DE shows good global continuous optimization ability, but its convergence speed is slow. A hybrid training method of LM and DE is presented, and it overcomes the defects by using the advantages of each other. Probabilistic adaptive strategy which could save the time in some situation is adopted. Finally, this method is applied to the problem of rolling bearing faults diagnosis, and compares to other methods. The results show that, high correct classification rate were achieved by LM, and hybrid training methods still continued to converge while traditional method such as LM stopped the convergence. The probabilistic adaptive strategy strengthened the convergence ability of hybrid method in the latter progress, and achieved higher correct rate.
AN OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE FOR CONCRETE BEAM-COLUMN JOINTS STRENGTHENED WITH FRP

This paper illustrates an optimization procedure of concrete beam-column joints subjected to shear that are strengthened with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP). For this aim, five different values have been considered for length, width and thickness of the FRP sheets which created 125 different models to strengthen of concrete beam-column joints. However, by using response surface methodology (RSM) in design expert software the number of these models is reduced to 20. Then, each of 20 models is simulated in ABAQUS finite element software and shear capacity is also determined. The relationship between different dimensions of the FRP sheets and shear capacity are specified by using RSM. Furthermore the optimum dimensions are determined by particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm.
Improved model of the triple system V746 Cassiopeiae that has a bipolar magnetic field associated with the tertiary

V746 Cas is known to be a triple system composed of a close binary with an alternatively reported period of either 254 or 278 and a distant third component in a 170 yr (62 000 d) orbit. The object was also reported to exhibit multiperiodic light variations with periods from 083 to 250, on the basis of which it was classified as a slowly pulsating B star. Interest in further investigation of this system was raised by the recent detection of a variable magnetic field. Analysing spectra from four instruments, earlier published radial velocities, and several sets of photometric observations, we arrived at the following conclusions: (1) The optical spectrum is dominated by the lines of the B-type primary ( T eff 1 ~ 16 500(100) K), contributing 70% of the light in the optical region, and a slightly cooler B tertiary ( T eff 3 ~ 13 620(150) K). The lines of the low-mass secondary are below our detection threshold; we estimate that it could be a normal A or F star. (2) We resolved the ambiguity in the value of the inner binary period and arrived at a linear ephemeris of . (3) The intensity of the magnetic field undergoes a sinusoidal variation in phase with one of the known photometric periods, namely 2503867(19), which we identify with the rotational period of the tertiary. (4) The second dominant photometric 10649524(40) period is tentatively identified with the rotational period of the broad-lined B-type primary, but this interpretation is much less certain and needs further verification. (5) If our interpretation of photometric periods is confirmed, the classification of the object as a slowly pulsating B star should be revised. (6) Applying an N -body model to different types of available observational data, we can constrain the orbital inclination of the inner orbit to ~60° i 1 < 85° even in the absence of binary eclipses, and we estimate the probable properties of the triple system and its components.
The Influence of Word of Mouth on Tourism Destination Choice: Tourist–Resident Relationship and Safety Perception among Mainland Chinese Tourists Visiting Macau

The growth of urban tourism has the potential to increase tourist–resident tensions that limit the sustainable growth of tourism in many destination cities. Visitors’ perceptions of poor tourist–resident relationships and conditions of safety may have an impact on their attitudes, especially with regard to trip satisfaction. This study investigates the roles of tourist–resident relationship and safety perception on the relationship between service quality, trip satisfaction, and word of mouth (WOM). The results of this empirical study ( n = 386) show that the tourist–resident relationship and safety perception have significant effects on trip satisfaction, but only safety perception reveals a significant effect on WOM. Furthermore, the results also indicate that the tourist–resident relationship and safety perception moderate the relationship between service quality and trip satisfaction, and that the tourist–resident relationship also moderates the relationship between trip satisfaction and WOM. An understanding of these mechanisms can help governments to create appropriate policies to support the sustainable development of tourism and promote their tourism industries by fostering tourists’ WOM.
Evaluation of fresh rumen fluid challenge on rumen eco-system of buffalo calves under harsh environmental conditions

Environmental factors as temperature and humidity are the most influential factor within any ecosystem with no exclusion. Ruminal ecosystem is greatly variated according to the physiological, nutritional and the microclimatic conditions. Temperature and humidity influences were evaluated against the efficiency of fresh rumen fluid (FRF) challenge in buffalo calves on some ruminal performance parameters and microbial community. Twenty male buffalo calves of 5 months old age were selected and divided into four groups, 5 calves for each. Buffalo calves G1; G2; and G3 were challenged with 1 L; 500 mL; and 300mL FRF; respectively. The 1 st group challenged with 1 L FRF showed the highest improvement represented in a highly significant increases (P < 0.01) in the log Total bacterial count (log TBC); Log Lactobacillus count; Log Ruminococcus count; log Total protozoal count (log TPC); Rumen pH; protozoal motility and VFAs at 1 st week of challenge. Ambient temperature revealed a significantintermediate positive (+0.634) correlations with log TPC and relative humidity revealed highly significant strong positive (+0.927) correlation with log Lactobacillus count. Significant intermediate positive (+0.698); a highly significant strong positive (+0.711) correlations between log Ruminococcus count with lactate and log TPC; respectively. Ruminal pH showed a highly significant strong positive (+0.771) correlation with log TPC of sampled ruminal fluid from challenged animals.
The Impact of Cooperation on R&D, Innovation and Productivity: An Analysis of Spanish Manufacturing and Services Firms

This paper investigates relationships between cooperation, R&D, innovation and productivity in Spanish firms. It uses a large sample of firm-level micro-data and applies an extended structural model that aims to explain the effects of cooperation on R&D investment, of R&D investment on output innovation, and of innovation on firms’ productivity levels. It also analyses the determinants of R&D cooperation. Firms’ technology level is taken into account in order to analyse the differences between high-tech and low-tech firms, both in the industrial and service sectors. The database used was the Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC) for the period 2004-2010. Empirical results show that firms which cooperate in innovative activities are more likely to invest in R&D in subsequent years. As expected, R&D investment has a positive impact on the probability of generating an innovation, in terms of both product and process, for manufacturing firms. Finally, innovation output has a positive impact on firms’ productivity, being greater in process innovations.
A non-parametric analysis of the efficiency of the top European football clubs

This paper analyses how European football clubs’ current value and debt levels influence their performance. The Simar and Wilson (J Econometrics, 136: 31–64, 2007) procedure is used to bootstrap the data envelopment analysis DEA scores in order to establish the influence of football clubs’ current value and debt levels on their obtained efficiency performances. The results reveal that football clubs’ current value levels have a negative influence on their performances, indicating that football clubs’ high value doesn’t ensure higher performance. At the same time, the empirical evidence suggests that there is no influence associated of football clubs’ debt to their efficiency levels.
Hydrodynamic instabilities and unreacted gas pockets in cellular detonations

The role played by transverse waves and hydrodynamic instabilities mainly, Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) in consumption of unburnt gas pockets in detonation structure is studied in the present work using two-dimensional numerical simulations. The computations are performed for both high and low activation energy mixtures, characterized by their highly turbulent and laminar reaction zone structure, respectively. Results reveal that, upon collision of triple points a pair of forward and backward facing jets is formed by the mechanism of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. Interaction of the backward jet with unreacted gas pockets causes the unreacted gas pockets break into to smaller pieces. As the structure evolves, the RMI grows dramatically and the size of the jets increases. The growth rate of the forward jet found to be much higher compared to that of the backward jet. In comparison to the role of RMI, KHI found to be less important in consumption mechanism of unreacted gas pockets either in stable or unstable detonations. Moreover, it is revealed that KHI and RMI to have more substantial role in propagation mechanism of irregular structure detonations. The present results indicate that the transverse waves do not play substantial role in ignition mechanism of unreacted gases. Transverse waves are solely a carrier of the triple points. In fact, this is the collision of the triple points that produces high-pressurized regions, resulting in formation of large vortical structure. These large vortices have profound role in consumption of unburned gas pockets, thereby supporting the self-sustained propagation of irregular detonations. In regular detonations, the lead shock ignites all the gases passing through it, hence, no noticeable unburnt pocket form behind the main shock. Therefore, the transverse waves and hydrodynamic instabilities do not play crucial role in propagation and ignition mechanism of such stable detonations.
Association between Investment, Production, Export and Import: The Impact of Labor Force Absorption in Indonesia

This study produced several important findings, namely: (a) trade, especially foreign trade (exports and imports) and domestic production which increases the expansion of employment opportunities; (b) economic growth as measured by the growth of production and growth in investment showed an influence on the improvement of employment opportunities; and (c) Simultaneously, export, import, production and investment have a significant effect on employment. In connection with this, the Central Government of the Republic of Indonesia must continue to promote investment, especially sector Agroindustry and other agriculture-based industries, including fertilizer and pesticide industries. Imports of used clothing and used tires must be stopped to allow the national industry sector to recover profitable economic capacity. The agricultural sector must still get attention, especially food crops such as soybean, corn and rice and fruit to strengthen national food agriculture and agriculture-based industries as well as save on foreign exchange
Association of Serum Bilirubin, Serum Malondialdehyde and Glycemic Control with Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Subjects

Objective: Determine the serum bilirubin, serum malondialdehyde (MDA) and glycemic control with retinopathy in type 2 Diabetes mellitus. Subjects and Methods: The present case control study was conducted at the Department of Medicine, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro/Hyderabad from January 2014 to February 2015. 50 type 2 DM (controls group 1) without DR and 50 type 2 DM with DR (cases group 2) were selected. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were followed strictly. RBG, FBG, fasting insulin, HbA1c, blood lipids, serum creatinine and bilirubin were detected and HOMA model was calculated. MDA was estimated by assay kit. Data was analyzed on Statistix 8.1 (USA) software (P ≤ 0.05). Results: Blood glucose, Glycated HbA1, serum creatinine, serum bilirubin and serum malondialdehyde (MDA) showed statistically significant difference (p<0.05). Serum bilirubin was noted as 1.09±0.25 and 0.96±0.21 mg/dl in controls and cases (p=0.005). Serum MDA was significantly elevated in DR cases 5.94±2.02 µmol/dl vs. 3.88±2.24 µmol/dl in controls. Serum bilirubin showed negative correlation with blood glucose, HbA1c and MDA (r-value noted as -0.359, -0.306 and -0.302 respectively). Serum MDA showed positive correlation with blood glucose (r = 0.478) and HbA1c (r = 0.507). Conclusion: The present study reports low serum bilirubin and high serum malondialdehyde levels in diabetic retinopathy.
Achieving the Maximal Throughput Via a Collision-aware DCF

DCF adopts a binary backoff procedure in order to avoid the further collision. In a real wireless channel, both a channel bit error and a collision can cause a data frame loss. However, DCF always assumes that a data frame loss is due to the collision. In fact, a channel bit error should not cause the backoff window double. In this paper, we propose a Collision Aware (CA) DCF to differentiate between channel error and collision. The CA-DCF introduces a CA frame which is so small size that it is loss only due to collision. Through theoretical analysis, an optimal backoff window is deduced and the CA-DCF adopts the fixed optimal window as the backoff window. NS-2 simulation results show that the CA-DCF is an effective scheme. Keywords-IEEE 802.11, CSMA/CA, DCF, Collision Aware
Influence of Substrate Modification with Dipole Monolayers on the Electrical Characteristics of Short-Channel Polymer Field-Effect Transistors

This study investigates the influence of self-assembled monolayer treatment of gate insulators on the electrical characteristics of bottom-gate/bottom-contact organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) with short channel lengths of 5 μm to 30 nm. The treatment of 3-chloropropyltrichlorosilane (CPTS) with large dipoles produces a high built-in electric field perpendicular to the SiO2 gate insulator surface, which results in a threshold voltage shift and enhanced hole injection compared to the treatment of phenethyltrichlorosilane (PETS) with small dipoles. Pronounced parabolic drain current‒voltage (ID‒VD) characteristics due to a space-charge limited current are observed in short-channel OFETs based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) with CPTS-treated gate insulators. CPTS treatment on short-channel OFETs based on poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-bithiophene) (F8T2) suppresses the nonlinear ID increase in the low VD region caused by the voltage drop at the Au/F8T2 contact. The influence of the increase in the net source-drain electric field associated with the reduced voltage drops on the channel-length dependence of the field-effect mobility of short-channel F8T2 FETs is also discussed.
A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE ON EPOXY/ALUMINA NANOCOMPOSITES

The modification of polymer properties through the addition of nanoparticles has lead to the development of the so-called nanocomposites. The purpose of this study was to observe the glass transition temperature by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) in epoxy/alumina nanocomposites. Analysis was carried-out for different volume fractions, ranging from 2.5% to 10%. The results showed that the glass transition temperature (Tg) is generally higher in the samples with nanoparticles; however, the observed Tg showed no variation with nanoparticle concentration. For the final version of this study, analysis of Termogravimetric Analisys (TGA) was performed to confirm the nanoparticle volume fraction and the DSC results.
Electron density extrapolation above F2 peak by the linear Vary‐Chap model supporting new Global Navigation Satellite Systems‐LEO occultation missions

The new radio‐occultation (RO) instrument on board the future EUMETSAT Polar System‐Second Generation (EPS‐SG) satellites, flying at a height of 820 km, is primarily focusing on neutral atmospheric profiling. It will also provide an opportunity for RO ionospheric sounding, but only below impact heights of 500 km, in order to guarantee a full data gathering of the neutral part. This will leave a gap of 320 km, which impedes the application of the direct inversion techniques to retrieve the electron density profile. To overcome this challenge, we have looked for new ways (accurate and simple) of extrapolating the electron density (also applicable to other low‐Earth orbiting, LEO, missions like CHAMP): a new Vary‐Chap Extrapolation Technique (VCET). VCET is based on the scale height behavior, linearly dependent on the altitude above hmF2. This allows extrapolating the electron density profile for impact heights above its peak height (this is the case for EPS‐SG), up to the satellite orbital height. VCET has been assessed with more than 3700 complete electron density profiles obtained in four representative scenarios of the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) in the United States and the Formosa Satellite Mission 3 (FORMOSAT‐3) in Taiwan, in solar maximum and minimum conditions, and geomagnetically disturbed conditions, by applying an updated Improved Abel Transform Inversion technique to dual‐frequency GPS measurements. It is shown that VCET performs much better than other classical Chapman models, with 60% of occultations showing relative extrapolation errors below 20%, in contrast with conventional Chapman model extrapolation approaches with 10% or less of the profiles with relative error below 20%.
Estimation of HMM-GMM Parameter for Tamil Words

—An isolated word based Hidden Markov Model(HMM) is built for Tamil spoken words. Tamil utterances of monosyllable, disyllable and trisyllable words of Tamil speech utterances are considered. The Hidden Markov Tool Kit(HTK) is used to build and estimate the HMM parameters of the acoustic units. The Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) are extracted from the speech utterances and Multivariate Gaussian Mixture Model with different number of components is used to estimate the state emission probabilities of the HMM. Finally, Viterbi Decoder employed to recognize the test speech utterances. The performance of the models is measured in terms of percentage of correctness, percentage of accuracy and Word Error Rate (WER) and found that five state model with four Gaussian components per state produced the best result of monosyllable words comparing with disyllable and trisyllable words of Tamil Language.
LG/CY correspondence for elliptic orbifold curves via modularity

We prove the Landau-Ginzburg/Calabi-Yau correspondence between the Gromov-Witten theory of each elliptic orbifold curve and its Fan-Jarvis-Ruan-Witten theory counterpart via modularity. We show that the correlation functions in these two enumerative theories are different representations of the same set of quasi-modular forms, expanded around different points on the upper-half plane. We relate these two representations by the Cayley transform.