Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparison of proximate composition level in Litopenaeus vannamei cultured in various Stocking density during summer crop in province of Gujarat states in India

Culture shrimp sample of Litopenaeus vannamei were collected from commercial pond at Datardi village, Rajula (Gujarat). All pond harvested shrimp were collected in concern chill dead tank, from this, shrimp sample were randomly selected for biochemical composition. The tests were implemented three times. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of stocking density on L. vannamei with the emphasis on proximate, nutritional, amino acids and fatty acid composition. The proximate composition of L. vannamei was higher protein (%) in ST1 (30 nos/m) treatment followed by crude fat (%), carbohydrate (%) and Ash (%) in ST1 (30 pc/m). Comparing all treatment major elements like calcium content was higher in ST5 (70 pc/m) with 24.52±2.12 than potassium (K) in ST6 (80 pc/m), sodium (Na) in ST6 (80 pc/m) and magnesium (Mg) in ST1 (30 pc/m) whereas minor elements predicted were Copper (Cu) followed by iron (Fe), Zinc (Zn), Manganese (Mn) and Chromium (Cr). Totally 19 amino acids were detected, among these, arginine, histidine, isoleucine, threonine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, lysine and valine are essential amino acids and alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glycine, proline, serine and tyrosine are non-essential amino acids. In total essential amino acids recorded in ST4 (60 pc/m) followed by ST1 (30 pc/m), ST3 (50 pc/m), ST6 (80 pc/m), ST2 (40 pc/m) and ST5 (70 pc/m) whereas the total non essential amino acid (NEAAs) in treatment ST5 (70 pc/m) followed by ST2 (40 pc/m), ST6 (80 pc/m), ST3 (50 pc/m), ST1 (30 pc/m) and low in ST4 (60 pc/m). Total 18 fatty acid were detected in all treatment. The results indicated that L. vannamei shrimp has higher volume of SFA, PUFA, MUFA. The total unsaturated fatty acids (USFAs) was higher in treatment ST2 with (66.15 μg/g of FAME) followed by ST3 (66.00μg/g of FAME), ST6 (65.58 μg/g of FAME), ST4 (63.04 μg/g of FAME), ST1 (62.75 μg/g of FAME) and ST5 (62.08 μg/g of FAME). Comparing all the treatment there is clear evident that stocking density affect the proximate, nutritive, amino acid and fatty acid level in L. vannamei cultured shrimp.
2 Understanding the psychological process of avoidance-based self-regulation on Facebook RUNNING TITLE : Avoidance-based self-regulation on Facebook

In relation to social network sites (SNS), prior research has evidenced behaviors (e.g., censoring) enacted by individuals used to avoid projecting an undesired image to their online audiences. However, no work directly examines the psychological process underpinning such behavior. Drawing upon the theory of Self-Focused Attention and related literature, a model is proposed to fill this research gap. Two studies examine the process whereby public-self awareness (stimulated by engaging with Facebook), leads to a self-comparison with audience expectations, and if discrepant, an increase in social anxiety, which results in the intention to perform avoidance-based self-regulation. By finding support for this process, this research contributes an extended understanding of the psychological factors leading to avoidance-based regulation, when online selves are subject to surveillance.
Effect of diet-induced obesity on protein expression in insulin signalling pathways of skeletal muscle in male Wistar rats

Background: The prevalence of diet-induced obesity is increasing globally, and posing significant health problems for millions of people worldwide. Diet-induced obesity is a major contributor to the global pandemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The reduced ability of muscle tissue to regulate glucose homeostasis plays a major role in the development and prognosis of type 2 diabetes. In this study, an animal model of diet-induced obesity was used to elucidate changes in skeletal muscle insulin signaling in obesity-induced diabetes. Methods: Adult male Wistar rats were randomized and assigned to either a control group or to a test group. Controls were fed a standard laboratory pellet diet (chow-fed), while the test group had free access to a highly palatable diet (diet-fed). After 8 weeks, the diet-fed animals were subdivided into three subgroups and their diets were altered as follows: diet-to-chow, diet-fed with addition of fenofibrate given by oral gavage for a further 7 weeks, or diet-fed with vehicle given by oral gavage for a further 7 weeks, respectively. Results: Untreated diet-fed animals had a significantly higher body weight and metabolic profile than the control chow-fed animals. Intramuscular triacylglyceride levels in the untreated obese animals were significantly higher than those in the control chow-fed group. Expression of protein kinase C beta, phosphatidylinositol 3, Shc, insulin receptor substrate 1, ERK1/2, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase was significantly increased by dietary obesity, while that of insulin receptor beta, insulin receptor substrate 1, and protein kinase B (Akt) were not affected by obesity. Conclusion: These data suggest that diet-induced obesity affects insulin signaling mechanisms, leading to insulin resistance in muscle.
Metabolic Reprogramming and Its Role in Plant Cold Acclimation

Plants have evolved tightly regulated strategies to adapt and acclimate to a changing environment to ensure their survival. Various environmental factors affect plant distribution, growth and yield. Low temperature belongs to those abiotic factors which significantly constrain range boundaries of plant species. Exposing plants to low but non-freezing temperature induces a multigenic processes termed cold acclimation, which finally results in an increased freezing tolerance. Cold acclimation comprises reprogramming of the transcriptome, proteome and metabolome and affects communication and signaling between subcellular organelles. Reprogramming of the central carbohydrate metabolism plays a key role in cold acclimation. This review summarizes current knowledge about the role of carbohydrate metabolism in plant cold acclimation. A focus is laid on subcellular metabolic reprogramming, its thermodynamic constraints under low temperature and mathematical modelling of metabolism.
Workplace Spirituality in South Asian Context: The Role of Learning Culture, Organizational Support and Knowledge Sharing

This paper investigates the relationship among organizational learning culture (OLC), perceived organizational support (POS), knowledge sharing behavior (KSB) and workplace spirituality (WS). The study was conducted on banking sector of Pakistan and data was collected through questionnaire-based survey. A sample of 300 respondents was selected using item response theory from which 248 respondents replied, however only 226 responses were used in the final analysis because of outliers. The study used statistical package for social sciences to analyze data. The study found that both organizational learning culture and perceived organizational support positively associated to workplace spirituality. Further, the hierarchical regression has confirmed the mediating role of knowledge sharing behaviors between the same associations. The study has used cross-sectional survey technique and there is a probability that respondents have given biased responses. Identification of the antecedents of workplace spirituality will help the HR managers to increase the commitment of employees towards their organization.
Relationship Quality of Typically Developing Children and Their Autistic Siblings: A Comparison by Functionality and Anxiety

This study focused on the impact of differences in functionality of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the potential anxiety experienced by the typically developing (TD) child influencing the relationship quality of the pair. Previous research shows the importance of the relationships between TD children and a sibling with ASD. However, research that focuses on siblings’ relationship quality outside of theory and influencing factors, such as anxiety, functionality, and aggression, is limited, and conclusions on the subject, are mixed. Based on the literature, four hypotheses were developed: (a) the general relationship quality between sibling pairs will significantly increase as the ASD child’s functionality level increases; (b) lower functionality levels in ASD children will increase aggression levels of ASD children; (c) increases in aggression in the ASD child will directly and negatively impact relationship quality in the TD siblings’ report of relationship quality; and (d) anxiety levels of the TD siblings will indirectly influence TD siblings’ report of relationship quality. The study examined 13 pairs of parent/guardian and TD siblings who completed the ASD Assessment Scale/Screening Questionnaire, the modified overt aggression scale, the children’s anxiety scale, and the Network of Relationships-Relationship Qualities Version. Although Spearman’s rank order correlations matrix showed ASD functionality significantly correlated with NRI subcategories satisfaction and dominance, as well as anxiety with satisfaction, it did not support the hypotheses strongly enough. In addition, we ran an independent t-test between NRI subcategories and anxiety grouped from no to mild and moderate to high.
Synthesis, Characterization and Antifungal Activity of Cobalt (II) Complex with Schiff Base Derived from Acetylacetoneand Leucine

This study was aimed at synthesizing, characterizing and evaluating the antifungal activity of the Schiff base and Co (II) complex. The reaction of the mixture of ethanol solution of acetylacetone and leucine yielded a Schiff base. The interaction between the Schiff base in hot aqueous methanol mixture and cobalt (II) chloride in ethanol gave the cobalt (II) Schiff base complex. The complex was characterized by decomposition/melting point temperatures, solubility test, IR spectrophotometry, colour determination, dissociation constant of Schiff base and antifungal activity. The Schiff base obtained has yellow colour, with a melting point of 250 o C and percentage yield of 54.67% while the cobalt (II) complex obtained had a purple colour with decomposition temperature of 174 o C and percentage yield of 80.64%. The Schiff base and the complex was soluble in some solvents but slightly soluble in others. The antifungal activity tested for the Schiff base and the cobalt (II) complex indicated that organisms were found to be resistant to the Schiff base at all concentrations. The study concludes that Schiff base synthesized was a weak acid and the Schiff base was not an active drug against the fungal pathogens used but Co (II) complex was active against the pathogens used.
BUPT & ORANGELABS(OrangeBJ) at TRECVID 2014: Instance Search

The framework of TRECVID Instance Search (INS) 2014 task is introduced by BUPT & Orange Lab Beijing. Two automatic and one interactive programs have been presented with 2014 TRECVID INS dataset, which has 464 hours of the BBC EastEnders programs, available in MPEG-4 format (Programme material copyrighted by BBC). Some novel methods have been tried. There are total eleven submissions namely:
Alternative and Supplementary Health Model on Traditional Sugars

This article reviews nutraceutical properties of traditionally processed sugar products in view of food policy implications in India. This review gains importance in the light of overconsumption of foods rich in sugar, salt and fat, in the recent decades, and the associated epidemic of non-communicable diseases in India and rest of the world. Food policy in India does not signify the traditional sugars. We have presented an alternative health model to analyse nutraceutical properties of traditional sugars and distinguish them from refined sugars. We have evolved this model using ancient health wisdom of India. Traditional sugars are distinct from refined sugars by composition, nutritional benefits, rate of energy release and medicinal values. The traditional sugars are rich in nutraceuticals properties while the refined sugars are of empty calories. Research proofs show that the traditional sugars possess immunological properties, cyto-protective features, anti-toxicity effects and anti-cariogenic characteristics. The traditional products have also been proved to have positive health effects on diabetes and hypertension. Yet, the refined sugar products do not possess such properties. We recommend the policy makers to take action to list the nutraceutical properties of the traditional sugars in international scientific databases. We also suggest the policy makers of India that traditional sugars need to be distinguished from refined sugars in food labeling standards.
Moduli spaces in conformal field theory and Teichmüller theory

The definition of conformal field theory originated around 25 years ago with work of Segal ([11]) and others. Constructing mathematically rigorous examples that satisfy this definition has proved extremely difficult. One successful approach has been to develop and use vertex operator algebra theory. Due to the work of Huang (see for example [2, 3]) and Huang and Kong [4] and others, there are now a wide class of examples in genus 0 and 1. Constructing the higher-genus theory will involve the interplay of algebra, geometry and analysis.
Modal behavior of the Kv 1 . 1 channel conferred by the Kv β 1 . 1 subunit and its regulation by dephosphorylation of Kv 1 . 1

Modulation of fast-inactivating voltage-gated K+ channels can produce plastic changes in neuronal signaling. Previously, we showed that the voltage-dependent K+ channel composed of brain Kv1.1 and Kvβ1. 1 subunits (αβ channel) gives rise to a current that has a fast-inactivating and a sustained component; the proportion of the fast-inactivating component could be decreased by dephosphorylation of a basally phosphorylated Ser-446 on the α subunit. To account for our results we suggested a model that assumes a bimodal gating of the αβ channel. In this study, using single-channel analysis, we confirm this model. Two modes of gating were identified: (1) an inactivating mode characterized by low open probability and single openings early in the voltage step, and (2) a non-inactivating gating mode with bursts of openings. These two modes were non-randomly distributed, with spontaneous shifts between them. Each mode is characterized by a different set of open time constants (τ) and mean open times (to). The non-inactivating mode is similar to the gating mode of a homomultimeric α channel. The phosphorylation-deficient αS446Aβ channel has the same two gating modes. Furthermore, alkaline phosphatase promoted the transition to the non-inactivating mode. This is the first report of modal behavior of a fast-inactivating K+ channel; furthermore, it substantiates the notion that direct phosphorylation is one mechanism that regulates the equilibrium between the two modes and thereby regulates the extent of macroscopic fast inactivation of a brain K+ channel.
Validation of a 3-Day Physical Activity Recall Instrument in Female Youth

The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the 3-Day Physical Activity Recall (3DPAR) self-report instrument in a sample of eighth and ninth grade girls (n = 70, 54.3% white, 37.1% African American). Criterion measures of physical activity were derived using the CSA 7164 accelerometer. Participants wore a CSA monitor for 7 consecutive days and completed the self-report physical activity recall for the last 3 of those days. Self-reported total METs, 30-min blocks of MVPA, and 30-min blocks of VPA were all significantly correlated with analogous CSA variables for 7 days (r = 0.35–0.51; P < 0.01) and 3 days (r = 0.27–0.46; P < 0.05) of monitoring. The results indicate that the 3DPAR is a valid instrument for assessing overall, vigorous, and moderate to vigorous physical activity in adolescent girls
Existence of Plasmidic AmpC Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates in Healthy Laying Hens

u calismada, Burdur ilinde yetistirilen yumurtaci tavuklarin bagirsak mikroflorasinda plazmid kokenli AmpC (pAmpC) beta laktamaz ureten Escherichia coli izolatlarinin prevalansini belirlemek ve belirlenen pAmpC beta laktamaz ureten E. coli izolatlarinin karakterizasyonunun yapilmasi amaclandi. Burdur ilindeki tum yumurtaci tavuk ciftliklerinden (n=4) 225 diski ornegi toplandi ve icerisine sefotaksim veya seftazidim ilave edilerek hazirlanmis E. coli /koliform selektif agarda diski orneklerinin kulturleri yapildi. AmpC beta laktamaz ureten E . coli izolatlarinin on tanisi fenotipik bir test ile yapildi ve izolatlar bla pAmpC beta laktamaz genleri icin PZR ile tarandi. E. coli izolatlarinin beta laktam ve diger siniflardan antibiyotiklere olan duyarliliklari agar disk difuzyon testi ile arastirildi ve son olarak E. coli izolatlarinin filogenetik analizi multipleks PZR ile gerceklestirildi. pAmpC beta laktamaz ureten E. coli 15 adet (%6.7) diski orneginden izole edildi. CIT familyasina ait bla pAmpC geni ( bla CIT ) tum E. coli izolatlarinda bulundu. pAmpC beta laktamaz ureten izolatlar cesitli siniflardan antibiyotiklere (aminoglikozidler, kinolonlar, sulfametoksazol-trimethoprim ve tetrasiklinler) karsi direncli bulundu. Filogenetik analiz sonuclarina gore E. coli izolatlari A 1 , B1 ve D 1 gruplarina ait olduklari belirlendi. Sonuc olarak, Turkiye’de yumurtaci tavuk uretiminde pAmpC beta laktamaz ureten ve coklu antibiyotik direnci gosteren E. coli izolatlarinin ilk kez bu calismayla ortaya konuldugu goruldu.
Adaptive Control and Synchronization of the Uncertain Sprott J System

This paper investigates the adaptive control and synchronization of the uncertain Sprott J system with unknown parameters. The Sprott J system is one of the important and simple paradigms of three-dimensional chaotic systems discovered by J.C. Sprott in 1994. In this paper, we first design an adaptive control law so as to stabilize the uncertain Sprott J system to its unstable equilibrium at the origin based on the adaptive control theory and Lyapunov stability theory. Then we derive adaptive control laws to achieve global chaos synchronization of identical uncertain Sprott J systems with unknown parameters. Numerical simulations are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive control and synchronization schemes for the uncertain Sprott J system.
Trust Region Sequential Variational Inference

Stochastic variational inference has emerged as an effective method for performing inference on or learning complex models for data. Yet, one of the challenges in stochastic variational inference is handling high-dimensional data, such as sequential data, and models with non-differentiable densities caused by, for instance, the use of discrete latent variables. In such cases, it is challenging to control the variance of the gradient estimator used in stochastic variational inference, while low variance is often one of the key properties needed for successful inference. In this work, we present a new algorithm for stochastic variational inference of sequential models which trades off bias for variance to tackle this challenge effectively. Our algorithm is inspired by variance reduction techniques in reinforcement learning, yet it uniquely adopts their key ideas in the context of stochastic variational inference. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach through formal analysis and experiments on synthetic and real-world datasets.
Building a treebank for Occitan: what use for Romance UD corpora?

This paper describes the application of delexicalized cross-lingual parsing on Occitan with a view to building the first dependency treebank of this language. Occitan is a Romance language spoken in the south of France and in parts of Italy and Spain. It is a relatively low-resourced language and does not have a syntactically annotated corpus as of yet. In order to facilitate the manual annotation process, we train parsing models on the existing Romance corpora from the Universal Dependencies project and apply them to Occitan. Special attention is given to the effect of this cross-lingual annotation on the work of human annotators in terms of annotation speed and ease.
Effect of Ca:P Concentration and Calcination Temperature On Hydroxyapatite (HAp) Powders From Quail Eggshell (Coturnix Coturnix)

Hydroxyapatite (HAp) that being derived from quail eggshell was successfully prepared via precipitation method with the variation of Ca:P concentration and calcination temperature. The precursors used are Ca(OH)2 and H3PO4. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the Ca:P concentration and temperature of calcination to HAp and characterization of products with XRD, SEM-EDX and FTIR. Quail eggshells were calcined at 1000°C to produce calcium oxide (CaO). CaO and H3PO4 dissolved in aquabides to produce Ca(OH)2 and H3PO4 to achieve a certain concentration, then the two materials are mixed. The result of the mixture was calcined at 650°C, 850°C, and 1050°C. The result of XRD pattern shows that Ca:P concentration at 1:0.6 and 1.67:1 have higher crystallinity than 0.5:0.3. In addition, the variation of calcination temperature shows that degree of crystallinity increases when the temperature of calcination increases. Crystallite sizes of Hap powders are in the range 13.91 to 47.09 nm. From EDX result, the obtained HAp’s have a Ca:P ratio between 1.55 to 1.81. From FTIR result, the functional groups of PO4 and OHindicate HAp compounds, but it also contained CO3 group. The morphology of HAp powders show that shape of HAp becomes more uniform when temperature is higher.
Fusing Recalibrated Features and Depthwise Separable Convolution for the Mangrove Bird Sound Classification

The bird community in the mangrove areas is an important component of the mangrove wetlands ecosystem and an indicator species for the assessment of the environmental health status of mangrove wetlands. The classification of bird species by the sound of bird in the mangrove areas has the advantages of less interference to the environment and wide monitoring range. In this paper, we propose a novel method that combines the feature recalibration mechanism with depthwise separable convolution for the mangrove bird sound classification. In the proposed method, we introduce Xception network in which depthwise separable convolution with lower parameter number and computational cost than traditional convolution can be stacked in a residual manner, as the baseline network. And we fuse the feature recalibration mechanism into the depthwise separable convolution for actively learning the weights of the feature channels in the network layer, so that we can enhance the important features in bird sound signals to improve the performance of the classification. In the proposed method, firstly we extract three-channel log-mel features of the bird sound signals and we introduce the mixup method to augment the extracted features. Secondly, we construct the recalibrated feature maps including the different scales of information to get the classification results. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, we build a dataset with 9282 samples including 25 kinds of the mangrove birds such as Egretta alba, Parus major, Charadrius dubius, etc. habiting in the mangroves of Fangcheng Port of China, and execute the experiments on the built dataset. Furthermore, we also validate the adaptability of our proposed method on the dataset of TAU Urban Acoustic Scenes 2019, and achieve a better result.