Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MINIMIZATION THE EFFECTS OF SALT STRESS ON SWEET PEPPER PLANTS BY EXOGENOUS PROTECTANTS APPLICATION

Among the abiotic stresses, salinity is the most destructive factor which limits yield productivity of many crop plants and/or limitation of marketable yield of several vegetable fruit crops such as sweet pepper. Exogenously applied protectants are needed to alleviate the effects of salt stress. Two experiments were carried out to study the effect of salt stress on growth, yield and endogenous bio-constituents on sweet pepper ( Capsicum annuum L. cv. Orlando) and to examine whether salinity stress can be offset by the application of exogenous protectants of some antioxidant and bio-stimulant compounds. Salinity stress (2, 4 or 6 g l -1 ) decreased growth parameters at 75 days after transplanting and yield components. Exogenously applied protectants counteracted the harmful effects of low and moderate salinity stress levels (2 and 4 g l -1 ) and partially counteracted the harmful effects under the highest salinity stress level (6 g l -1 ). Salinity stress levels increased proline and Na contents but decreased sugar content, K in shoots and fruits, and photosynthetic pigments in the leaves of pepper plants. In addition, all of the applied antioxidants alone or combined with different salinity stress levels slightly increased the content of sugar, K and decreased Na and proline content. Citric, humic acid, Putrescine, and seaweeds extract (SWE) were the most effective agents in this respect and ascorbic acid is the best. These results provide support for the field application of antioxidant and bio-stimulant compounds to alleviate the effects of
1 Oxalate contents of raw , boiled , wok-fried and pesto 2 and juice made from fat hen ( Chenopodium album ) 3 leaves 4

The total, soluble and insoluble oxalate contents of fresh and wok-fried fat hen 12 (Chenopodium album) leaves were extracted and measured using HPLC chromatography. The total 13 oxalate content of the raw leaves was 1112.4 mg/100 g dry matter (DM), and the levels were 14 significantly reduced by boiling (682.8 mg/100 g DM) or cooking the leaves in a wok (883.6 mg/100 15 g DM). The percentages of soluble oxalate contents in the total oxalates of the raw and boiled leaves 16 were similar (mean 75%), while the proportion of soluble oxalate content in the wok-fried leaves 17 were reduced to 53.4% of the total, giving a significant increase in the insoluble oxalate content of 18 the wok-fried leaves. The percentage of insoluble calcium in the total calcium was significantly 19 reduced (P < 0.05) when the leaves were boiled but the insoluble oxalate content significantly 20 increased (67.2%) in the wok-fried leaves when compared to the content of the original raw leaves. 21 Processing the cooked leaves into pesto or extracting the juice gave final products that contained 22 significantly reduced total and soluble oxalate contents. The addition of calcium chloride to the juice 23 made a very small reduction in the soluble oxalate content in the juice. 24
Evolution and Diversification of the Core Transcription Regulatory Network

Author(s): Duttke, Sascha Hans Christian | Abstract: The manifold species we marvel today reflect the diverse regulatory mechanisms facilitating differential gene expression and therefore cell differentiation. Transcription is the initial step in gene expression and three RNA polymerases (RNAPs) with reportedly non- overlapping functions reside in the human nucleus. All three RNAPs share one common ancestor, which may be reflected in the finding that RNAP III accurately initiates transcription from RNAP II promoters. These results propose a functional conservation among RNAP II a III and further imply polymerase specificity as not constant, but a variable that depends on promoter properties and transcription conditions. The regulation of gene expression was previously assumed to be primarily mediated by sequence-specific transcription factors. It has now become evident that also the basal transcription machinery greatly diversified during evolution. Independent duplications of the TATA-binding protein (TBP) yielded paralogs, termed TBP-related factors (TRFs) which support different transcription systems. For example, TRF2 but not TBP is required for TCT core promoter motif- dependent transcription in Drosophila melanogaster while TBP but not TRF2 is essential for the initiation of transcription from TATA box-dependent promoters. The observation that TBP family proteins each support distinct sets of transcriptional programs led to the proposal to refer to them as "system factors". Notably, subdivision of the transcription systems likely reduced constraints, thereby facilitating evolvability and ultimately specialization. One example for specialization was encountered by the functional characterization of the TCT motif that was found to be highly enriched at the promoters of genes involved in translation. These findings propose TCT-dependent transcription to constitute a conserved and specialized RNAP II system complementing RNAP I and III to ensure translation, thereby proving an example how distinct core promoter motifs and TRFs facilitates regulatory specialization. In addition, the directionality of the human transcription apparatus was analyzed which revealed core promoter and the basal transcription apparatus to be highly directional. Using DNase I accessibility defined promoter borders revealed that about half of the promoters are unidirectional. Reverse-oriented transcripts of bidirectional or divergent promoters originated from their own cognate reverse- directed core promoter. Unidirectional promoters are depleted of reverse core promoter sequences or associated chromatin features at their upstream edges
Effect of ectoparasite infestation density and life‑history stages on the swimming performance of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

To overcome sustainability obstacles and improve operations, the Atlantic salmon farming industry is testing novel approaches to production. Redistributing farm sites to offshore locations is one such solution; however, tolerance to high-current velocity sites must be consid- ered, particularly if fish health status is compromised by parasites. We tested the effect of parasite density and life-history stage on the swimming performance of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar using a swim flume. Salmon with 3 different salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis densities (0, 0.02 ± 0.01 and 0.11 ± 0.01 lice cm �2 (mean ± SE)) were tested across the 4 major life-history stages of lice (copepodid, chalimus, pre-adult and adult) for critical swimming performance (Ucrit). Salmon Ucrit declined slightly by a mean of 0.04 to 0.10 body lengths s �1 with high parasite densities compared to uninfested and low densities, across the lice stages, while progression through the parasite life- history stages had little effect on swimming performance. Our results suggest that increasing infestation density of salmon lice incurs negative fitness consequences for farmed Atlantic salmon held in high-current velocity sites, with little difference in costs associated with attachment by different life-history stages of the lice.
Predictive value of clinical factors through restaging after induction concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locoregionally advanced adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction

Background: Current treatment protocols for locoregionally advanced esophageal cancer add concurrent chemoradiotherapy to surgical resection in an effort to improve curative potential. These approaches are intensive and toxic. This retrospective review was undertaken to identify clinical features after concurrent chemoradiotherapy that might predict for treatment failure. Methods: 155 patients with locoregionally advanced adenocarcinoma of the esophagus/gastroesophageal junction were treated with concurrent chemoradiation with 96 hour infusions of cisplatin (20mg/m 2 /day) and fluorouracil (1,000mg/m 2 /day) beginning on day 1 of radiation (30 Gy @ 1.5 Gy bid). Surgery followed in 4-6 weeks with identical concurrent chemotherapy planned post-operatively. 75 patients also received 2 years of oral gefitinib Pretreatment staging evaluation was obtained in all patients which included a medical history, physical examination, complete blood count, serum chemistries, chest radiograph, computed tomographic scans of the chest and abdomen, pulmonary function studies, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with biopsy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and bronchoscopy if indicated by symptomatology, or by the extent or location of the primary lesion. This also included assessment of symptomatic dysphagia. Approximately 3 weeks after completing induction chemoradiation, all patients underwent restaging evaluation. Using this pretreatment and posttreatment staging information, prognostic factors for freedom from recurrence and overall survival were identified. Results: The 36 months freedom from recurrence was 31% and overall survival 32%. Post-induction change in EGD tumor length and EUS TNM stage did not correlate with outcome. Resolution of symptomatic dysphagia, which occurred in 86%, was the strongest predictor for freedom from recurrence (p<0.001) and overall survival (p<0.001).
A Case of Immune Complex Mediated Acute Kidney Injury Occurring in the First Few Days of Dengue Fever

Dengue is an important viral illness in endemic regions, with recent yearly outbreaks in Northern India. Acute kidney injury in dengue is seen usually in presence of shock and hemolysis. Direct immune mediated acute kidney injury is uncommon in dengue and usually presents late. We describe a young male with anuria and azotemia within first few days of illness, requiring hemodialysis. His low complement levels and response to corticosteroids suggest the possibility of immune complex mediated acute kidney injury, which may relate to severity of renal injury in dengue. It is important to suspect and recognize it early.
Producing Compact Texts with Integer Linear Programming in Concept-to-Text Generation

Concept-to-text generation typically employs a pipeline architecture, which often leads to suboptimal texts. Content selection, for example, may greedily select the most important facts, which may require, however, too many words to express, and this may be undesirable when space is limited or expensive. Selecting other facts, possibly only slightly less important, may allow the lexicalization stage to use much fewer words, or to report more facts in the same space. Decisions made during content selection and lexicalization may also lead to more or fewer sentence aggregation opportunities, affecting the length and readability of the resulting texts. Building upon on a publicly available state of the art natural language generator for Semantic Web ontologies, this article presents an Integer Linear Programming model that, unlike pipeline architectures, jointly considers choices available in content selection, lexicalization, and sentence aggregation to avoid greedy local decisions and produce more compact texts, i.e., texts that report more facts per word. Compact texts are desirable, for example, when generating advertisements to be included in Web search results, or when summarizing structured information in limited space. An extended version of the proposed model also considers a limited form of referring expression generation and avoids redundant sentences. An approximation of the two models can be used when longer texts need to be generated. Experiments with three ontologies confirm that the proposed models lead to more compact texts, compared to pipeline systems, with no deterioration or with improvements in the perceived quality of the generated texts.
Semaphorin 7A Promotes VEGFA/VEGFR2-Mediated Angiogenesis and Intraplaque Neovascularization in ApoE-/- Mice

Excessive neovascularization of atherosclerotic lesions increases plaque vulnerability and the susceptibility to rupture. Semaphorin 7A (Sema7A), a semaphorin family member, was recently reported to promote atherosclerotic plaque formation by mediating d-flow-induced endothelial phenotypic change and leukocyte adhesion. To extend our understanding of the proatherogenic role of Sema7A, we investigated the role of endothelial Sema7A in angiogenesis and atherosclerotic neovascularization. Sema7A overexpression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) significantly upregulated VEGFA/VEGFR2 and promoted cell migration and angiogenesis. This enhancing effect was eliminated by the blockage of Sema7A receptor, β1 integrin. Inhibition of FAK or ERK1/2 downstream of β1 integrin signaling significantly inhibited cell migration and angiogenesis via ROCK (Rho-associated coiled forming protein kinase) and MYPT (myosin phosphatase targeting subunit), which are responsible for actin polymerization. Consistently, in vivo studies showed a remarkable reduction in VEGFA/VEGFR2 expression and neovascularization in the atherosclerotic plaques of Sema7A-/-ApoE-/- mice compared with Sema7A+/+ApoE-/- littermates. Supportively, Sema7A deficiency reduced the accumulation of T cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells, and enhanced plaque stability in ApoE-/- mice. Together, our findings show that Sema7A promotes VEGFA/VEGFR2-mediated neovascularization in a β1 integrin-dependent manner, supporting a crucial role of Sema7A in the progression of human atherosclerosis.
Evolutionary Voting-Based Extreme Learning Machines

Voting-based extreme learning machine (V-ELM) was proposed to improve learning efficiency where majority voting was employed. V-ELM assumes that all individual classifiers contribute equally to the decision ensemble. However, in many real-world scenarios, this assumption does not work well. In this paper, we aim to enhance V-ELM by introducing weights to distinguish the importance of each individual ELM classifier in decision making. Genetic algorithm is used for optimizing these weights. This evolutionary V-ELM is named as EV-ELM. Results on several benchmark databases show that EV-ELM achieves the highest classification accuracy compared with V-ELM and ELM.
Evidence of attitude change through direct experience

Comparisons n Median scores (SD)* Baseline Subsequent Cold cuts Dinner foods Total sample 211 3.83 (1.06)a 4.00 (1.05)a 3.33 (1.05) 3.67 (.81) Boys 104 3.92 (1.07) 4.00 (1.09) 3.67 (1.12) 3.83 (.82)g Girls 107 3.83 (1.05)b 4.17 (1.01)b 3.33 (.98) 3.67 (.77)g PS 64 4.42 (1.04)cd 4.50 (.98) 3.67 (1.03) 4.00 (.77)h LS 97 3.50 (1.10)ce 4.00 (1.09)e 3.33 (1.06) 3.67 (.83)h US 50 3.83 (.93)df 4.00 (1.03)f 3.33 (1.07) 3.67 (.71) * Similar superscripts indicate significant differences across both lines and columns. Introduction This study examines primary and secondary school-aged pupils’ attitudes towards eating fish for dinner and how these attitudes are affected by a direct taste experience with different fish and seafood.
Identification of Encrypted Data Stream Based on Sparse Randomness Features and GMM

It is important to identify encrypted data stream on the network. The accurate identification of encrypted data stream not only helps insight into the operation of the entire network, but also accurately controls user behavior for specific requirements. In this paper, we proposed Gaussian mixture model using sparse feature selection of randomness to solve the identification of encrypted data stream. Experimental results show that the average identification rate of encrypted data stream is over 90%.
Face Recognition New Approach Based on Gradation Contour of Face Color

In this paper, we introduce a new technique to recognize face image based on the gradation contour of face color. The problems remain in face recognition issue is about lighting, expressions and poses. Feature based method is considered highly successful and quite economical, however this approach is very sensitive to the light, viewing angles and poses. To handle this problem, it is better to represent the face using the 3D models, although the cost is too expensive. Related to lighting, naturally people tend to recognize the face shape based on it. According to that, the authors tried a face recognition approach using contour gradation on the face color. Variables tested in this study was Threshold Contour error, X error and Size error, then those variables are tested against the image with light illumination, yaw face and variation amount of contour lines. After testing, the best recognition results generated by 85.458% for Aberdeen face database with 150 contour lines and 90% for Yale face database. The other result showed that image with different expression was still recognizable however it cannot be recognized more than 20 degrees yaw faces. It indicated that the face contour as a feature was fairly representative to be used in face recognition.
Investigating the effect of depression, stress, and attachment style on leftward cradling bias.

The majority of women cradle infants to the left of their midline – this phenomenon is known as leftward cradling bias. The right hemisphere’s specialization for emotional processing is believed to explain the bias as it would facilitate emotional communication between the parent and child. Thus, it is of scientific and clinical interest to investigate the disruptors of leftward cradling bias. This study examined three possible disruptors of leftward cradling: stress, depression and attachment style. In total, after exclusion criteria were applied, 468 female students participated. Information was collected over the internet via surveys and using an imaginary cradling task, to facilitate obtaining a large sample. A hierarchical regression model was developed to concurrently examine the effect of depression, stress, and attachment style on leftward cradling bias. The hierarchical regression model was not statistically significant; however, four points of interest were found in the data. First, depression was a significant predictor of reduced leftward cradling bias. This supports the findings of previous studies that depression disrupts leftward cradling bias (Alzahrani, 2012; Scola, Arciszewski, Measelle, & Vauclair, 2013; Vauclair & Scola, 2009; Weatherill et al., 2004). Second, stress was not a statistically significant predictor of reduced leftward cradling bias. This was surprising as stress has been shown to disrupt leftward cradling bias in the literature (Alzahrani, 2012; Reissland, Hopkins, Helms, & Williams, 2009; Suter, Huggenberger, Blumenthal, & Schachinger, 2011; Suter, Huggenberger, & Schächinger, 2007). This lack of significance was attributed to the measure of daily stress used, indicating that future research should concentrate on major life stressors. Third, depression and stress were significantly correlated with each other. Thus, future research should take into account the interaction between them. Fourth, attachment style was not a significant predictor of reduced leftward cradling bias. However, it had a statistically significant correlation with depression and stress, which are connected to disrupted leftward cradling bias. Thus, the role between depression, stress, attachment style should be further explored.
Distinct distances between points and lines in 𝔽 q 2

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Generating Pylogenetic Tree of Homogeneous Source Code in a Plagiarism Detection System

Program plagiarism is widespread due to intelligent software and the global Internet environment. Consequently the detection of plagiarized source code and software is becoming important especially in academic field. Though numerous studies have been reported for detecting plagiarized pairs of codes, we cannot find any profound work on understanding the underlying mechanisms of plagiarism. In this paper, we study the evolutionary process of source codes regarding that the plagiarism procedure can be considered as evolutionary steps of source codes. The final goal of our paper is to reconstruct a tree depicting the evolution process in the source code. To this end, we extend the well-known bioinformatics approach, a local alignment approach, to detect a region of similar code with an adaptive scoring matrix. The asymmetric code similarity based on the local alignment can be considered as one of the main contribution of this paper. The phylogenetic tree or evolution tree of source codes can be reconstructed using this asymmetric measure. To show the effectiveness and efficiency of the phylogeny construction algorithm, we conducted experiments with more than 100 real source codes which were obtained from East-Asia ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest). Our experiments showed that the proposed algorithm is quite successful in reconstructing the evolutionary direction, which enables us to identify plagiarized codes more accurately and reliably. Also, the phylogeny construction algorithm is successfully implemented on top of the plagiarism detection system of an automatic program evaluation system.