Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CLBPGNN Convoluted Local Binary Pattern based Grouping Neural Network for Face Emotion Recognition

Due to the variations of facial expressions, the process of emotion recognition is a highly demanding and challenging task in many image processing applications. So, the traditional works introduced different techniques for facial image recognitions, which includes the drawbacks of reduced accuracy and recognition rate. Thus, this work aims to develop a new emotion recognition system by implementing different image processing techniques. Initially, the image obtained from the video sequence is preprocessed by employing the Neighborhood Pixel Intensity based Filtering (NPIF) technique. Then, the Viola Jones algorithm is implemented to extract the face by suppressing the background and foreground regions, which increases the accuracy of recognition. After that, the Convoluted Local Binary Pattern (CLBP) technique is employed to extract the patterns of the background suppressed image. Based on the extracted key points, the emotion of the given image is recognized by using the Grouping based Neural Network (GNN) classification technique.
Delayed effects on growth and marine survival of pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha after exposure to crude oil during embryonic development

We report delayed effects on the growth and marine survival of pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, which were exposed to oil as embryos under conditions similar to those observed after the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill. Pink salmon eggs were incubated in water that became contaminated with polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) after percolating through gravel coated with weathered oil. Weathering ensured that the PAH composition of the water was dominated by alkyl-substituted naphthalenes and larger compounds. Most survivors of the exposures appeared healthy, and were released to the marine environment with coded-wire tags. Their survival was evaluated when they returned at maturity 2 yr later. Other survivors, also healthy in appearance, were retained in net pens to measure delayed effects on growth during the early juvenile stage. Pink salmon exposed to an initial concentration of total PAH equal to 5.4 ppb experienced a 15% decrease in marine survival compared to unexposed salmon. A delayed effect on growth was measured in juvenile salmon that survived embryonic exposure to doses as low as 18 ppb PAH. Reductions in juvenile growth could account for the reduced marine survival observed in the released fish. The demonstration of delayed effects on growth and survival support claims of delayed effects in pink salmon after the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill, and indicate the potential for population-level effects resulting from embryonic exposure to oil.
Collapse of Asian vulture populations: risk of mortality from residues of the veterinary drug diclofenac in carcasses of treated cattle

Summary 1. The populations of three species of South Asian vultures ( Gyps bengalensis , Gyps indicus and Gyps tenuirostris ) have declined rapidly within the last decade and all are now critically endangered. Veterinary use of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac appears to be a major cause of the declines. Vultures are likely to be exposed to the drug when they feed on carcasses of livestock that were treated with diclofenac before death. 2. We measured the concentration of diclofenac in the tissues of treated Indian humped and European cattle ( Bos indicus and Bos taurus ) in relation to the interval between dosing and death. We used a dose‐response model to assess the risk posed to wild vultures if they feed on carcasses of treated livestock. 3. Diclofenac concentrations in fat, intestine, kidney and liver were considerably higher than those in muscle, but concentrations in the first four tissues initially depleted more rapidly (half-life 6‐8 h) with time since the last injection of the drug, compared with muscle (halflife 15 h). Depletion rates became much slower in all tissues 25‐98 h after the last injection. 4. Diclofenac concentration, averaged across the carcass, was enough to cause appreciable mortality (> 10% of birds per meal) if oriental white-backed vultures G. bengalensis were to take a large meal from the carcass of an animal that was given its last dose of the drug within a day or two before death. Vultures that feed selectively on tissues with high concentrations of the drug, such as kidney, liver and intestine, would be exposed to a higher risk and for longer after dosing. 5. Synthesis and applications. The tissues of cattle treated with diclofenac are a hazard to wild vultures that feed on an animal that dies within a few days after treatment. Intestine, kidney and liver have the highest diclofenac concentrations, but the concentration averaged across all the edible tissues of the carcass is also hazardous. Withdrawal of diclofenac from veterinary use on animals whose carcasses may become available to scavenging vultures is recommended. In ex situ and in situ conservation projects, vultures should be fed on carcasses of animals that are known not to have been treated with diclofenac in the week before death.
Knowledge Management : a n A nalysis From the Organizational Development

This research develops a theoretical framework on the implications of the organizational characteristics on the knowledge management (KM). The organizational characteristics are handled in this work as constructs, as they are complex concepts. This paper is based on a theoretical research, considering original and classic articles on KM. From a broad theoreticalconceptual research, the paper presents as a result five organizational constructs that support the KM process: human resources, team work, organizational culture, organizational structure and development and absorption of knowledge. The article presents the implications of these constructs in relation to the four phases of the KM process (acquisition, storage, distribution and use of knowledge).
Exposure to Noise in Four Different low income Areas in Western Cape , South Africa

1 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel 4002, Switzerland; chloe.sieber@gmail.com; martina.ragettli@unibas.ch; nicole.probst@unibas.ch; martin.roosli@unibas.ch 2 University of Basel, Basel 4003, Switzerland 3 Federal Office for the Environment, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland; mark.brink@bafu.admin.ch 4 Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town; olaniyanolan@gmail.com; baatjiesr@cput.ac. za; aqiel.dalvie@uct.ac. za
Evolution of Resistance to Auxinic Herbicides: Historical Perspectives, Mechanisms of Resistance, and Implications for Broadleaf Weed Management in Agronomic Crops

Abstract Auxinic herbicides are widely used for control of broadleaf weeds in cereal crops and turfgrass. These herbicides are structurally similar to the natural plant hormone auxin, and induce several of the same physiological and biochemical responses at low concentrations. After several decades of research to understand the auxin signal transduction pathway, the receptors for auxin binding and resultant biochemical and physiological responses have recently been discovered in plants. However, the precise mode of action for the auxinic herbicides is not completely understood despite their extensive use in agriculture for over six decades. Auxinic herbicide-resistant weed biotypes offer excellent model species for uncovering the mode of action as well as resistance to these compounds. Compared with other herbicide families, the incidence of resistance to auxinic herbicides is relatively low, with only 29 auxinic herbicide-resistant weed species discovered to date. The relatively low incidence of resistance to auxinic herbicides has been attributed to the presence of rare alleles imparting resistance in natural weed populations, the potential for fitness penalties due to mutations conferring resistance in weeds, and the complex mode of action of auxinic herbicides in sensitive dicot plants. This review discusses recent advances in the auxin signal transduction pathway and its relation to auxinic herbicide mode of action. Furthermore, comprehensive information about the genetics and inheritance of auxinic herbicide resistance and case studies examining mechanisms of resistance in auxinic herbicide-resistant broadleaf weed biotypes are provided. Within the context of recent findings pertaining to auxin biology and mechanisms of resistance to auxinic herbicides, agronomic implications of the evolution of resistance to these herbicides are discussed in light of new auxinic herbicide-resistant crops that will be commercialized in the near future. Nomenclature: Auxinic herbicides; dominant trait; evolution of resistance; fitness cost; herbicide-resistant crops; mode of action; mechanism of resistance; plant growth regulator; recessive trait.
Physiology of Weight Regulation

Interest in the physiology of weight regulation has increased in recent years due to the major deleterious effects of the obesity epidemic on public health. A complex neuroendocrine network involving peripheral organs and the central nervous system (CNS) is responsible for maintaining a balance between energy intake and expenditure. Major changes in weight can result from an imbalance in this network. Gut and adipose tissue are the main peripheral organs involved in weight regulation. Hormones are secreted from these peripheral organs in response to nutrient intake and weight fluctuation, and are subsequently integrated by the CNS. Unraveling these peripheral and central signals and their complex interaction at multiple levels is essential to understanding the physiology of weight regulation.
FAULT PREDICTION OF OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN USING A HYBRID ANFIS PREDICTION MODEL

If under certain environment and situation defects in the application or product get executed then the system will produce the wrong results causing a failure. Not all defects result in failures, some may stay inactive in the code and we may never notice them. Example: Defects in dead code will never result in failures. Thus the software fault prediction becomes the most concerned task which needs to be done for providing the efficient outcome without fault. In this research work, software fault prediction in the Object oriented programming language is concentrated to provide the efficient software outcome.
Preparation of carbon nanoparticles by plasma-assisted pulsed laser deposition method : size and binding energy dependence on ambient gas pressure and plasma condition

Title Preparation of carbon nanoparticles by plasma-assisted pulsed laser deposition method : size and binding energy dependence on ambient gas pressure and plasma condition Author(s) Suda, Yoshiyuki; Ono, T; Akazawa, M; Sakai, Y; Tsujino, J; Homma, N Citation Thin Solid Films, 415(1-2): 15-20 Issue Date 2002-08-01 Doc URL http://hdl.handle. net/2115/8945 Type article (author version) File Information Y. Suda_Thin_Solid_Films2002_. pdf
A study on glycerolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber.

Lignocellulose from oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber (EFB) has been identified as another source for conversion into renewable energy or value added products. Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin were extracted from EFB via a new treatment method using aqueous glycerol as a potential delignification agent. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of treatment time and EFB to solvent ratio on the analytical compositions of EFB with or without further treatment with aqueous glycerol. The cooking time was varied at 3, 5 and 7 h with temperature fixed at 85°C. Three types of EFB were used; untreated fiber (UT-EFB), pretreated fiber with 5% (w/v) sodium hydroxide solution (N-EFB) and pretreated fiber with 5% (w/v) acetic acid solution (A-EFB). The analyses carried out were determination of extractives content, Klason Lignin, α-cellulose, hemicelluloses, holocellulose and ash content based on dry weight of the EFB. An increase in the glycerolysis time resulted in reduced content of Klason lignin and extractives but high percentages of holocellulose and α-cellulose for all EFB samples. Treatment of EFB with alkaline solution prior to glycerolysis resulted in reduction in cellulose content compared with holocellulose.
Multisource feedback: Lessons learned and implications for practice

Organizations around the world are using multisource, or 360-degree, feed-back. Although many HR practitioners embrace it as an important mecha-nism for leadership development, organizations must attend to and address several issues in order to maximize the utility of multisource feedback (MSF). We discuss current research findings and highlight issues for managers to consider both before starting a multisource feedback process and after the feedback is given, plus we review potential outcomes of the process. We also describe lessons learned from an intensive three-year investigation of an MSF implementation in two organizations. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
HERBAL USAGE IN ROOT CANAL IRRIGATION : A REVIEW

Endodontic and root canal treatment involves removal of infected tissue and micro organisms for the root canal space to prevent further infection of the periradicular tissues as well as to allow healing of these tissues. This process involves use of some chemical substances for disinfection of root canal space. One of the major advantage of a root canal treatment is to disinfect the root canal system. Irrigation is carried out to reduce the number of bacteria in the root canals. For this purpose, a wide variety of synthetic drugs are available today but due to the ineffectiveness, safety concerns and side effects of these synthetic drugs, the herbal alternatives for endodontic irrigants might be advantageous. Herbal alternatives are popular mainly due to their easy availability, cost effectiveness, increased shelf life and low toxicity. Recently, there has been a growing trend to seek natural remedies as part of dental treatment. This may be termed as ethnopharmacology or phytotherapy. Thus this review aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the various herbal endodontic irrigants and their efficacy in carrying out root canal irrigation.
Anthocyanin Isolation from Berberis integerrima Bunge Fruits and Determination of their Antioxidant Activity

Background: Anthocyanins are famous members of flavonoid group with multifaceted effect including anti-inflammatory, anti-oedema activities, antioxidant and antitumor activity. Berberis integerrima is candidate in treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, bleeding, fever, malaria and hepatitis. The aim of this study is to isolate anthocyanin of Berberis integerrima Bunge fruits (AFBI) and measurement of free-radical-scavenging activities by different methods. Materials and Methods: AFBI isolated by column chromatography. Anthocyanin content was measured by PH-differential method and antioxidant activities of AFBI quantified by various methods (DPPH, FRAP, ABTS) as well as lipid peroxidation. Results: Anthocyanin content is 14.36 ± 0.33 mg/g before purification by column and 34.51 ± 0.42 mg/g in AFBI. IC50 of anthocyanin fraction before loading on column are 471.06 ± 1.8 μg/ml, 65.98 ± 0.66 μg/ml and 495.5 ± 1 μg/ml for DPPH, FRAP and ABTS assay, respectively. These IC50 after loading on column are 66 ± 0.04 μg/ml, 11 ± 0.16 and 60 ± 2.1 μg/ml for DPPH, FRAP and ABTS assay, respectively. Nitric oxide scavenging values are 53 ± 0.5% and 97.04 ± 0.69% before and after using column for anthocyanin purification. The percentages of lipid peroxidation inhibition of AFBI are about 39% in first day and 95% after 10 days. Conclusion: According to results, mentioned method is efficient for anthocyanin purification and antioxidant activity increased significantly after loading sample on this column. Berberis integerrima fruits can be noticed as proper source of anthocyanin which able to scavenge different free radicals and protective agent against lipid peroxidation.
An unexpected diagnosis in a patient with a history of breast cancer

A subcutaneous localization of Dirofilaria repens is very rare, expecially in non-endemic areas and only few cases of subcutaneous localizations are reported in the literature. We highlighted a rare case of subcutaneous infection of Dirofilaria epens presenting as a breast lump in a Italian woman, simulating a local recurrence. The patient has a history of breast cancer and underwent a right mastectomy with immediate reconstruction 10 years before. The ultrasound showed a markedly hypoechoic lesion, with spiculated margins. The demonstration of a parasitic infection was possible only with histological examination. This case illustrates an unusual presentation of breast cancer, due to a Parasitic infection in a non-endemic area e la necessità sempre di una diagnosi cito/istologica pre-operatoria.
Chapter 83 Antibiotics in the Management of Serious Hospital-Acquired Infections

As antimicrobial resistance spreads and new antimicrobial agents are developed, designing an empiric antibiotic regimen for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) has become increasingly complex. In order to ensure that the initial antibiotic agents chosen are appropriate, clinicians must consider a variety of risk factors for infection with resistant pathogens that are specific to the patient, hospital, and community, as well as drug-specific properties that affect efficacy at the site of infection. Although recently developed rapid diagnostic techniques and biomarkers may aid in optimizing antimicrobial therapy, these technologies are not currently widely available. This chapter not only reviews factors predisposing patients to infection with resistant organisms and available diagnostic tests to streamline antibiotic therapy, but also discusses strategies to improve antimicrobial stewardship and limit the spread of resistance.
Toward an AdS/cold atoms correspondence: A Geometric realization of the Schrodinger symmetry

We discuss a realization of the nonrelativistic conformal group (the Schr\"odinger group) as the symmetry of a spacetime. We write down a toy model in which this geometry is a solution to field equations. We discuss various issues related to nonrelativistic holography. In particular, we argue that free fermions and fermions at unitarity correspond to the same bulk theory with different choices for the near-boundary asymptotics corresponding to the source and the expectation value of one operator. We describe an extended version of nonrelativistic general coordinate invariance which is realized holographically.
Chromosomally engineered durum wheat: the potential of alien gene introgressions affecting disease resistance and quality.

SUMMARY – As a result of the application of tools from both molecular ge netics and cytogenetics, wheat-alien geneintrogression projects carried out by means of chromosome engineering approaches are now benefiting by asubstantial gain in efficiency with respect to the past. We have recently exploited such tools in producing durum wheatrecombinant lines carrying separately the Lr19+Yp genes from Agropyron elongatum , the Pm13 gene from Aegilopslongissima and the Gli-D1/Glu-D3 and Glu-D1 genes from common wheat. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH),with total genomic DNA (GISH) of the alien donor or specific DNA sequences as probes, was mostly useful forisolation and characterization of desired products, i.e. lines containing alien chromosomal segments of sufficientlyreduced size to be well tolerated in a tetraploid background . Preliminary field and quality tests indicated the validityof such recombinant lines as promising candidates for durum wheat genetic improvement and varietal development.
Colloidal apatite nanoparticles exhibiting luminescence and magnetic susceptibility

It is inherently difficult to synthesize colloidally dispersed nano-hydroxyapatite (nHA) particles and perhaps create primary nHA building blocks that can be utilized for bottom-up assembly, potentially making them even more attractive candidates for drug and gene delivery systems. This work presents an effective way to synthesize highly dispersed colloidal nHA particles by controlled aging of a calcium phosphate gel in conjunction with citrate molecules. A range of multi-functional traits (e.g. magnetic and luminescent behavior) is demonstrated by doping the apatite lattice in situ with Fe(III) ions. The as-synthesized suspensions (2g/L) consisted of 10 nm equiaxed primary nHA particles. Controls settled within 30 minutes, while nHA suspensions stabilized with citrate groups exhibited colloidal stability for months. XRD and Rietveld refinement revealed structural changes and FTIR spectroscopy traced the evolution of the precursor compounds into nHA particulates. In effect, the work demonstrates the possibility to synthesize multi-functional nHA for bio-medical applications.
Fairness, Reciprocity, and Wage Rigidity

This paper contains a review of empirical work related to wage rigidity, where researchers have collected their own data. The work includes field studies, economic experiments, and psychological surveys. Economists have done the field studies and experiments, and management scientists and experimental psychologists have done the surveys. There is a remarkable agreement among the observations of all these investigators.
Effects of salinity on embryonic and early larval development of a tropical sea urchin, Salmacis sphaeroides

Effects of salinity on fertilization, embryonic stage, and early larval development and growth performances of short-spined white sea urchin, Salmacis sphaeroides were conducted under a controlled laboratory condition. The experiment was carried out with seven salinity treatments (15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 PSU), each of which was triplicated. Significantly highest fertilization success was achieved at 30 PSU, followed by those at 25, 35, 20, 40 and 45 PSU, while the lowest value was obtained at 15 PSU, decreased with increasing and decreasing salinities (p .05) were noted among these three salinity levels on prism larval length and width. However, significance differences (p>.05) were noted in morphometric characters of 2-arm and 4-arm pluteus larvae. The findings of the this study indicate that S. sphaeroides is stenohaline and do not survive and develop out of the range from 25 to 35 PSU.
Differentiation of BMDC with CpG and Gm-CSF, ButNot CpG and Flt3L, Imprints CCR9 Expression on Co-Cultured T Cells

Dendritic cells pulsed with Burkholderia pseudomallei were used to activate naive T-cells in vitro. Murine bone-marrowderived dendritic cells (BMDC), cultured with CpG and GM-CSF or CpG and Flt3L ex vivo, were pulsed with killed B. pseudomallei or the Burkholderia protein Lolc, and cocultured with naïve T-cells. GM-CSFderived BMDC pulsed with B. pseudomallei and CpG were activated, with CD40, CD80, CD86 and MHCII expression. Lolc, in the absence of CpG, was not immunostimulatory. GM-CSF-cultured BMDC, pulsed with B. pseudomallei and CpG, expressed CCR7 and imprinted CCR9 on co-cultured naïve T-cells, unlike BMDC cultured with FLt3L and CpG. GM-CSF-cultured, but not Flt3L-cultured BMDC pulsed with B. pseudomallei and CpG, had significantly up-regulated ALDH activity in the retinoic acid pathway. CCR9 expression on T-cells activated by GM-CSF-cultured BMDC pulsed with B. pseudomallei and CpG, was undiminished by pre-exposing BMDC to lung, spleen or skin tissue factors. Previously, we have observed that GM-CSF and CpGcultured B. pseudomallei-pulsed BMDC, induced protective efficacy against B. pseudomallei challenge on adoptive transfer into naïve mice. The current data suggest that the protective mechanisms induced in vivo, are associated with the influence of GM-CSF and CpG on DC, to up regulate ALDH and to imprint B. pseudomalleispecificity and migratory potential on co-cultured T cells.