Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Does the HMF value affect the Antibacterial activity of the Bee Honey

This study evaluated the antimicrobial activity of different levels of HMF value of honey at different concentration (15,20and 25%honey). Honey and HMF concentrations of 15 %, 20 % and 25 % honey in distilled water were prepared. These preparations were tested for antimicrobial activity against four different types of pathogenic bacteria; Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis . Antimicrobial activity was determined as an equivalent of the inhibition zones diameters using filter paper discs (in millimeters) after incubation of the cultures at 30°C for 24 hours for bacterial species. The results showed a bactericidal activity of HMF value of honey against a broad spectrum of bacteria with variable degrees. By use of least significant differences test for multiple comparisons, it is apparent that the honey of HMF value (90.24 mglkg) showed the highest inhibitory effect on bacterial growth compared to other honey treatments and HMF concentrations. This value (90.24 mglkg) had the highest bactericidal activity against Escherichia coli at concentrations of 15and 20% honey. Similarly, the HMF (90.24 mglkg) value had significantly higher inhibitory effects compared to other treatments on Bacillus subtilis growth at concentration 15, 20 and 25% honey and on Staphylococcus aureus growth at concentration 15and 25% honey. However, there was no inhibitory effect of HMF value of honey (203.0 mglkg) against all bacterial strains tested at concentration 15% honey. Considerably, no inhibitory effect of all HMF values of honey treatments was noted on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Conclusion, the different levels of HMF value of honey at different concentration (15,20and 25%) showed a bactericidal activity against a broad spectrum of bacteria with variable degrees
TIGERS IN THE TRANSBOUNDARY MANAS CONSERVATION COMPLEX: CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS ACROSS BORDERS

Tiger Panthera tigris, is used as a flagship or umbrella species in conserving wildlife and wild areas in many parts of Asia. We used remotely triggered camera traps and capture-recapture framework within Manas National Park in India and Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan to estimate the abundance and density of tigers in the Transboundary Manas Conservation Complex (TMCC). A total of 102 camera traps pairs were used in three ranges to cover more than 400 km 2 area. We captured 87 photographs of 14 individually identified tigers (eight males and six females), during the 5,955 camera-trap night survey period. The population estimated was 15 (±SE 2.64) individuals with a 95 per cent confidence interval range of 15 to 29. Tiger density estimates using ½ MMDM (Mean Maximum Distance Moved) and using MLSECR (Maximum Likelihood Spatially Explicit Capture Recapture) analysis was 1.9 (±SE 0.36) and 0.75 (±SE 0.21) individuals/100 km2 respectively. TMCC is an important landscape, crucial for the future of tigers, and effective management of biodiversity should extend beyond the borders of protected areas and across political boundaries.
An extensive western Mediterranean deep water renewal between 2004 and 2006

The deep waters of the western Mediterranean are known to have an almost constant trend towards higher salinity and temperature values since the 1950s. Recent observations have shown an acceleration of this tendency, which has been attributed by some authors to the effect of the propagation of the signal of the Eastern Mediterranean Transient, from east to west. From 2004 to 2006 five basin‐scale oceanographic cruises evidenced a relevant change in the deep structure of the western Mediterranean. In less than two years almost the whole deep basin has been filled with highly saline and warm new deep water, which substantially renewed the resident deep water. The paper shows evidence of the rapid basin‐wide extension of the event, giving insights into the origin and the propagation of the new deep water towards the basin interior and showing the evolution of the deep characteristics.
Synergistic Effect of Chemical Enhancer And Iontophoresis For Transdermal Delivery Of Nebivolol Hydrochloride

The aim of the present study was to develop and investigate the feasibility of delivering Nebivolol as a transdermal patch by iontophoresis. The passive and electrically assisted transdermal delivery of Nebivolol hydrochloride by iontophoresis will improve the therapeutic efficacy and overcome the difficulties raised in oral drug delivery. Because of its extensive hepatic metabolism and low dose, Nebivolol hydrochloride become a suitable candidate for transdermal administration. The matrix transdermal patches of Nebivolol hydrochloride were prepared and tested for in-vitro drug release and ex-vivo permeation. The study was conducted with the help of silver-silver chloride electrodes by iontophoresis across hairless rat skin. Drug release was evaluated in the presence of iontophoresis field using a current density of 0.5 mA/cm2 or without electric field i.e passive diffusion by the process of electro-migration and electro-osmosis. Drug was measured spectrophotometrically and flux was determined. The flux of Nebivolol significantly increased (P<0.05) with increase in current strength from 0.5 – 1.0 mA/cm2. The findings show that Nebivolol hydrochloride matrix transdermal therapeutic systems could be prepared with the required flux having suitable mechanical properties. It can be concluded from the results that the appliance of iontophoresis with penetration enhancer enhances the flux compared to the passive diffusion.
Spatially Comprehensive Data for Forestry Scenario Analysis Consequences of Errors and Methods to Enhance Usability

Barth, A. 2007. Spatially comprehensive data for forestry scenario analysis: consequences of errors and methods to enhance usability. Doctor’s dissertation. ISSN 1652-6880, ISBN 978-91-85913-00-8. This thesis focuses on the use of forest data for national level policy making. Three major issues were considered: (i) to determine typical requirements of data in forestry scenario analysis, (ii) to evaluate and further develop methods to determine data requirements, and (iii) to develop methods that improve data usability in forestry scenario analysis. Increasingly, the trend is to use spatially comprehensive data as a basis for forestry scenario analysis. Compared to traditional approaches, often limited to sample data, this allows for a broader scope. This is needed since sustainable forestry today must encompass economical and ecological, as well as social perspectives. Different approaches to linking data acquisition strategies with decisions that typically are based on forestry scenario analyses were used in the determination of data requirements. In Paper I, a qualitative framework was developed and applied. The conclusions were that none of the currently used Swedish data acquisition strategies were able to provide data for adequate multi-resource forestry scenario analysis at national level. In Papers II and III, two quantitative approaches were used for the evaluation of sample-plot imputations; using a decision support system the quantitative consequences of errors and cost-plus-loss with simulations were considered. From Paper II it was clear that traditional approaches to acquiring spatially comprehensive data may lead to severe errors in scenario analyses. Both papers concluded that improvements are required in the methodology of assessing the data. In Paper IV, an analytical cost-plus-loss approach was used to address the issue of decisionmaking at the national level linked to national forest inventories. The conclusion was that the current level of Swedish national forest inventory is motivated fully by the role of the inventory to provide information for national level timber harvesting planning, whereas the inventory serves many other purposes as well. In Papers V and VI, methods were developed and tested regarding how the usability of spatially comprehensive data for national level forestry scenario analysis can be enhanced. In Paper V an algorithm for spatially consistent imputation within forest stands was developed and found to deliver good results in a case study. In Paper VI, a framework for landscape level imputation aiming at preserving overall composition while enhancing spatial configuration was outlined and tested. A core component of the framework was a restricted imputation algorithm that ensured that the classical imputation problem of data “tending towards the mean” was avoided. Case studies showed promising results, but it is clear that the methodological tool-kit must be further developed before it can be applied in practice.
Statistical based audio forensic on identical microphones

Microphone forensics has become a challenging field due to the proliferation of recording devices and explosion in video/audio recording. Video or audio recording helps a criminal investigator to analyze the scene and to collect evidences. In this regards, a robust method is required to assure the originality of some recordings. In this paper, we focus on digital audio forensics and study how to identify the microphone model. Defining microphone model will allow the investigators to conclude integrity of some recordings. We perform statistical analysis on the recording that is collected from two microphones of the same model. Experimental results and analysis indicate that the signal of sound recording of identical microphone is not exactly same and the difference is up to 1% - 3%.
Genetic variation within and between an isolated population of Phyteuma spicatum L. ssp. coeruleum R. Schulz near Mrπgowo (northeastern Poland) and populations of P. spicatum L. ssp. spicatum

The aim of this study was to determine genetic variation within populations of two Phyteuma spicatum subspecies, and to estimate genetic differences between them. An analysis of 5 enzyme systems, i.e. AAT, EST, GDH, MDH and LAP, revealed 11 loci for ssp. coeruleum and 10 for ssp. spicatum. Four RAPD markers revealed 25 loci. The population of P. spicatum ssp. coeruleum examined in the study was found to be genetically variable, and the level of its variation did not differ from that estimated for the typical subspecies. Genetic similarity was very high between the two populations of the typical subspecies but low between any of them and the population of P. spicatum ssp. coeruleum. Some of the isoenzymatic and DNA markers enable identification of both taxa.
CAROUSEL: A STUDY ON COLLABORATION WITHIN A SMALL INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE AND ITS IMPACTS ON DELIVERING ‘ONE WEEK’ EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES

To prepare students for their future careers in a globalizing society, several large-scale higher education student and staff exchange programmes focus on international collaboration. The organisation and duration of such programmes can often be a barrier for students and staff hoping to engage in global educational opportunities. This case study of Carousel, a recurring one-week exchange workshop, explores the potential and benefits of this shorter, international collaboration programme as compared to the longer-term Erasmus programme. The study shows that small-scale,repeated cooperation between a limited number of partner institutes can have a large impact on international and cross-cultural awareness and professional competence for both students and staff. Short communication lines between teaching staff from each Carousel partner makes the organisation of visits and workshops flexible, easy, and fully adaptable to the educational needs of students. As a result, students become much more internationally engaged and are introduced to different design cultures and methodologies. In some cases, participation in a Carousel workshop has led to a subsequent longer period of institutional exchange. Carousel also offers an opportunity for academic staff to collaborate in the workshop with their students and host an academic team and to experience different approaches toward design practice and educational delivery. Due to the informal character of Carousel, working relations between staff have tended to be of a much more personal nature. This had lead, in some cases, to a collaborative ‘ongoing’ research culture between participating academic staff and has generated new teaching and learning methodologies.
A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola

A new stem cheloniid turtle, Cabindachelys landanensis, gen. et sp. nov., is represented by a nearly complete skull and partial hyoid collected in lower Paleocene shallow marine deposits, equivalent to the offshore Landana Formation, near the town of Landana in Cabinda, Angola. A partial chelonioid carapace previously reported from this locality is referred here to C. landanensis. Cabindachelys landanensis possesses clear synapomorphies of Pan‐Cheloniidae, including a rod‐like rostrum basisphenoidale, V‐shaped basisphenoid crest, and secondary palate, but also retains a reduced foramen palatinum posterius, unlike most other pan‐cheloniids. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that C. landanensis forms a weakly‐supported clade with Erquelinnesia gosseleti, Euclastes acutirostris, Euclastes wielandi and Terlinguachelys fischbecki, although a close relationship between the protostegid T. fischbecki and these durophagous pan‐cheloniids is unlikely. The Paleocene–Eocene strata near Landana have produced a number of turtle fossils, including the holotype specimen of the pleurodire Taphrosphys congolensis. A turtle humerus collected c. 1 m above the holotype skull of C. landanensis differs from humeri of chelonioids and Taphrosphys, indicating that a third turtle taxon is present at Landana. Cheloniid fossil material is rare in the Landana assemblage, in comparison with the abundant remains of Taphrosphys congolensis found throughout the stratigraphic section. This disparity implies that C. landanensis preferred open marine habitats, whereas Taphrosphys congolensis spent more time in nearshore environments. The appearance of new durophagous species such as C. landanensis in the early Paleocene reflects the rapid radiation of pan‐cheloniids as they diversified into open niches following the K–Pg extinction.
Major reproductive disorders on Jersey breed dairy cattle at Adea Berga dairy farm, West Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Reproductive efficiency of dairy cows is influenced by different factors including gene, season, age, production system, nutrition, management, environment and disease. This study was conducted with the objectives of determining the prevalence of reproductive disorders and evaluates reproductive performances of Jersey dairy cattle maintained at Adea berga dairy farm. The retrospective and longitudinal studies were employed through document revision; clinical and laboratory examination from 1996 to 2010 and from 2010 to 2014, respectively. All 97 cows from first to 10th parity which were kept under semi intensive management system in the farm were included in this study. The overall prevalence of reproductive health problems was 54.6% (n=53) and the major ones were found to be prolonged anoestrus, abortion, still birth and retained fetal membrane accounting for 48.5%, 28.9%, 14.4% and 5.2% prevalence, respectively. Of the considered risk factors, age, parity and body condition didn’t show significant (P>0.05) effect on abortion and prolonged anestrous while found to significantly (P 0.05) showed higher prevalence of abortion (29%), still birth (15.1%) and retained fetal membrane (5.4%) than uniparus ones which represented 25%, o%, o% prevalence for abortion, still birth and retained fetal membrane respectively. In contrast uniparus animals showed higher prevalence (50%) of prolonged anoestrus as compared to the pluriparus ones (48.4%) and no statistical significant difference was observed (P>0.05) among them. The parasitological, serological and bacteriological test results in this study showed a negative result, where all animals tested were found to be free from brucellosis, trichomonoiasis and other bacterial infections. In this study a mean value for AFS (age at first service), AFCA (age at first calving), ALS (age at last service), ALCA (age at last calving) and CI (calving interval) were found to be (25.8 + 0.76), (35.5 + 0.71), (66.6 + 3.2), (77.1 + 2.6) and (17.7 + 0.4) months respectively. While the mean value for parity, LN (lactation number), NSPC (number of service per conception) and days open were (4.16 + 0.19), (3.09 + 0.2), (2.25 + 0.14) and (270.47 + 14.17), respectively. From this study, it was concluded that the major reproductive disorders responsible for the altered reproductive performance of jersey dairy cows were prolonged anoestrus, abortion, still birth and retained fetal membrane. Routine and periodical examination of cows during postpartum period, awareness creation to farm attendants and employing improved dairy herd management should be implemented. Moreover associated economic losses in this dairy farm and cause of abortion should be exclusively investigated with other test methodologies for other entities. Keywords : Adea berga, Jersey breed, Oromia region, Reproductive disorder, West Shewa,
Seasonal forecasting of tropical cyclone activity in the coastal region of Vietnam using RegCM4.2

This study presents an experimental seasonal forecast of tropical cyclone (TC) activ- ity for Vietnam's coastal region during the 2012�2013 typhoon seasons, using the Regional Cli- mate Model (RegCM, version 4.2) to downscale the global Climate Forecasting System (CFS) fore- cast. Using an improved vortex tracking algorithm that detects vortex centers efficiently, RegCM reasonably forecasts the general distribution of TC counts in time as well as the TC track pattern during the entire experimental period from February to July 2012 and 2013, despite significant underestimation of the TC counts in the global CFS forecasts that are used as initial and lateral boundary conditions for the RegCM model. Further examination of the storm activity in the Viet- nam East Sea that directly influences Vietnam's coastal region shows, however, that RegCM tends to overestimate the TC frequency in this sub-region compared to observation. This suggests that direct applications of the RegCM model for seasonal forecasts of TC activity in Vietnam's coastal region has a significant bias that will need to be corrected before the model can provide useful information.
Progressive Suppression of Selenium Binding Protein 1 in Gastric Adenoma and Adenocarcinoma

Background : Human selenium binding protein 1 (SELENBP1) is a protein that binds selenium as a cofactor. The decreased expression of SELENBP1 in several types of carcinomas and its association with a poor prognosis have previously been reported on. In this study, we evaluated the expression of SELENBP1 in low-grade and high-grade epithelial dysplasia/ adenomas and adenocarcinomas. Methods : We analyzed 45 cases of low-grade epithelial dysplasia/adenomas, 42 cases of high-grade epithelial dysplasia/adenomas and 64 cases of adenocarcinomas and all of them were obtained from endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic submucosal dissection. We analyzed all of them for their SELENBP1 expression by immunohistochemistry. Eight triple-paired cases of gastric mucosa, adenoma and adenocarcinoma from the same patient were selected for RT-PCR analysis. Results : There was a progressive decrease in the expression of SELENBP1 from the low-grade dysplasia/adenomas (42/45, 93%) to the high-grade dysplasia/adenomas (29/42, 69%) and finally to the adenocarcinomas (24/64, 37%), (p<0.001). The progressive decrease in the SELENBP1 expression was also evident in the eight paired cases that were analyzed by RT-PCR. Conclusions : Our findings demonstrate that the SELENBP1 expression is suppressed in gastric epithelial dysplasia/adenomas and adenocarcinomas. The suppression of SELENBP1 was significantly more frequent and severer in the adenocarcinomas than that in the low-grade dysplasia/ adenomas, and this implies that the suppression of SELENBP1 is a late event in gastric carcinogenesis.
Frequency of C282Y and H63D Mutations of HFE Gene and Their Correlation with Iron Status in Iranian Beta-Thalassemia Major Patients

Background: Co-inheritance of hemochromatosis (HFE) gene mutations may play an essential role in the pathogenesis of iron overload in beta-thalassemia major (BTM) patients. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of HFE C282Y and H63D mutations in BTM patients and their correlation with some demographic data and biochemical iron markers. Materials and Methods: The study population consisted of 65 BTM patients and 200 apparently healthy matched controls. The genotyping of HFE gene mutations were conducted by Polymerase Chain ReactionRestriction Fragment Length Polymorphism method. Plasma ferritin levels were determined by enzyme immunoassay. Plasma iron and transferrin levels were assessed by routine laboratory methods. Data analysis was performed using SPSS (version 22). Results: The carrier frequency of the H63D mutation was 20% with an allele prevalence of 12.31% in BTM patients, while in the control subjects these values were 21% and 11.75%, respectively (p>0.05 for both). The HFE C282Y gene mutation was not detected in BTM patients and only detected in the 1.5% of controls. The carriers of HFE H63D mutation had significantly higher plasma ferritin levels, iron levels and transferrin saturation levels than non-carriers (p=0.005, p=0.008, p=0.042, respectively). Moreover, no significant differences were observed regarding the mean volume of transfused blood and splenectomy rate between BTM patients with and without HFE H63D mutation. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated HFE H63D mutation as a significant contributing factor for iron overload in BTM patients. However, the genotype and allele distribution of HFE H63D and C282Y mutations didn’t differ significantly between the two groups.
Development of Users' Call Profiles using Unsupervised Random Forest

The aim of this paper is to detect fraud in telecommunications data which consists of millions of call records generated each day. The fraud detection is implemented via the construction of user call profiles using the calls detail records (CDR) data. This paper attempts to investigate the reliability of the unsupervised Random Forest method in building the profiles using its variable importance measure. Four di erent simulation scenarios, using di erent number of variable selection in each node of the tree, are performed.
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from Traffic Induced Deformation of Pavements

In the last decade, the sensing technology and the concern of the robustness of the roadways have significantly grown. The limit of power source has become an impediment force of the research of sensing technology. Recently, energy harvesting is more proved as a promoting solution. It also provides a new source of clean and renewable energy that can help reduce negative environmental impacts while contributing to improve roadway mobility. In this work, four common energy harvesting approaches are compared and piezoelectric energy harvesting is proposed. It is known as a stable technology converting kinetic energy into electricity. The sinusoidal energy power output from the random external excitation would be rectified and stored by interfacial circuit. Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) is widely used in piezoelectric energy harvesting systems due to its high cost-effectiveness. This work presents a maneuver of powering the transportation infrastructural facilities and monitoring electronics using piezoelectric energy harvesting technology. Comparison of coupling configuration, material selection and testing methodologies are also presented.