Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Phytase Inclusion in Broiler Breeder Diets During Early Lay on their Fecal and Egg Characteristics

25/March/2019 Approved: 23/December/2019 ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of phytase inclusion in broiler breeder diets on fecal and egg characteristics. A total of 48 female broiler breeders were evaluated in this study from 21 to 31 weeks of age. The dietary treatments were fed from 30 to 31 wks of age, and included a Positive Control (PosCon) diet, containing 3.0% calcium and 0.50% available phosphorus (AvP); a Negative Control (NegCon) diet, with 3.0% calcium and 0.25% AvP; Negative Control diet + 275 FTU/kg phytase (NegCon+275), and Negative control diet + 550 FTU/kg phytase (NegCon+550). Egg, yolk, albumin, and eggshell weight, albumin height, and eggshell thickness were measured. Fecal parameters included fecal moisture, liquid portion, and mineral content. After 14 d on the experimental diets during the onset of lay, the NegCon+550 diet increased ( p <0.01) fecal moisture content. In general, hens fed the highest enzyme level (NegCon+550) excreted fewer ( p <0.05) divalent and trivalent cations, which included Al, Fe, Mg, Mn, and Zn. Fecal Na and K levels were not affected by dietary treatments. The NegCon+550 diet increased fecal P when compared with the NegCon and the NegCon+275 diets. The NegCon+550 and PosCon diets exhibited similar fecal P. No significant effects on egg characteristics were observed. It was concluded that during early lay, various signs of fecal changes would probably be observed at phytase dosages above approximately 500 FTU/kg characterized by increased fecal moisture content and excretion of P
Study of the Position of Sound Sources in a Turbulent Jet Using Nozzles of Different Configurations

The aim of this work is to study the position of dominant sound sources in a small-scale turbulent jet using the beamforming method. Two nozzles of equivalent diameter and different geometric configurations (conical and chevron) were used to create different initial conditions for the outflow. Based on the analysis of the results obtained, it can be concluded that they are in good agreement with the well-known concepts of the physics of noise generation processes by turbulent jets: higher-frequency sources are generated by smaller-scale turbulent structures located closer to the nozzle edge, which is confirmed by the localization of high-frequency noise sources also closer to the nozzle edge. The chevron nozzles loosen the initial section of the jet, making it less short and thereby facilitating a faster displacement of noise sources to the nozzle edge, as seen when comparing localization maps for conical and chevron nozzles at the same frequencies. The results of localization were compared with the data obtained by other researchers. The results obtained were found to provide confidence in the use of acoustic beamforming to measure the location of the jet noise source with accuracy similar to other methods that have been used in the past.
Effects of (R,S)-ketamine and (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine: a preclinical study

6 Effects of (R,S)-ketamine and (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine: a preclinical study . 8 Treatment of depression . 10 Pathogenesis of depressive symptoms . 12 Ketamine . 13 Preclinical behavioral assays . 19 Rationale . 26 Aims & hypotheses . 30 Methods. 32 Experiment 1: Differential-reinforcement-of-low-rate (DRL) . 32 Experiment 2: Drug discrimination . 35 Experiment 3: Spontaneous alternation in a Y-maze . 39 Results . 42 Discussion . 59 Curriculum vitae Remington J Rice, Ph.D. 91 EFFECTS OF (R,S)-KETAMINE AND (2R,6R)-HYDROXYNORKETAMINE 4
A Three-Sample-Based PLL-Less Hysteresis Current Control and Stability Analysis of a Single-Phase Active Distribution System

This article proposes a computationally simple strategy by using a three-sample-based technique for a grid-connected inverter in a single-phase active distribution system. The proposed control is to improve the performance during varying grid conditions such as voltage sag, swell, and frequency swing. A comparative analysis between the proposed controller and the conventional second-order generalized integrator phase-locked loop (PLL) based controller for dynamic grid conditions in weak-grid scenario has been presented. Additionally, a frequency domain analysis via describing function method is used to model the dynamics of nonlinear hysteresis current controller to analyze the closed-loop stability of the system. Further validation of the proposed control algorithm is simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment for various scenarios. To establish the effectiveness of the proposed approach in real time, the proposed control strategy is tested in a 1 kVA based experimental setup.
The effectiveness of governmental financial support in extracurricular physical activity in the Republic of Korea

The Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology of the Republic of Korea introduced the ‘School Sport Club’ scheme to reinforce the extracurricular physical activities (PA) in schools. The effectiveness of the intervention was examined, and the results indicated that the students in SSPG schools had higher satisfaction with the programme and higher future intention to participate in the programme. Also, students’ future intention was found to be influenced by the indirect effect of intrinsic motivation which was mediated by their perceived satisfaction with the programme. Thus, it is important to provide a quality programme for promoting students’ participation in extracurricular PA programme.
Cyber-Assets at Risk (CAR): The Cost of Personally Identifiable Information Data Breaches

: Severe financial consequences of data breaches enforce organizations to reconsider their cybersecurity investment. Although attack frequency and trends seem similar per industry, the impact of a data breach may exponentially increase depending on the type of information and the amount of the stolen data. Also, governments develop and improve laws and regulations to protect the privacy of individuals. Therefore, a failure of data security may yield severe penalties and class-action lawsuits, which can significantly increase the expenses than before. The monetary impact of a data breach is a new field of study that requires more sophisticated research and analysis. There are very few studies that quantify the monetary value of data breaches, which are based on the number of affected people or the number of stolen records. This study proposes a new methodology to quantify the monetary value of the data breaches by categorizing information as personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive personally identifiable information (SPII). Our findings indicate that the categorization of the stolen information has more relation than solely the number of affected people or the number of stolen records. Also, SPII data breaches have more class-action lawsuits, which yield higher costs than PII data breaches.
Predator grazing effect on bacterial size distribution and floc size variation in membrane-separation activated sludge

In this study the role of higher organisms and the effect of their predation on bacterial size distribution as well as on floc size variation were investigated in the membrane-separation activated sludge system. The pilot plant study was conducted by setting a membrane-separation bioreactor (MBR) in a wastewater treatment plant in Tokyo, Japan. A large number of predator organisms were observed in the MBR dominated by ciliated protozoa. The dispersed bacterial size distribution was obtained by using the combination of florescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and image analysis technique. With the increase of predator species especially sessile ciliates and free-swimming ciliates, reduction of smaller bacterial population (1 μm or so) was significant. It was found that, bacteria and predators are negatively correlated i.e. with increasing number of predator organisms the number of dispersed bacteria decreased. This effect of predation was confirmed while observing the floc size distribution with an automatic particle distribution measuring instrument simultaneously. It was observed that when the higher predator organisms (protozoa and metazoa) were high in number, the percentage of floc groups less than 10 μm (optimum prey size for most of the ciliate species) were less and vice versa. From this study it can be concluded that, mainly the smaller flocs which mostly consist of small (
Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Hydroxyapatite Formation: Effect of Osteopontin and Bone Sialoprotein

ii Acknowledgments iii List of Tables vi List of Figures vii Chapter 1: Introduction and Literature Review 1 1.1 Biomineralization 1 1.2 Crystal Nucleation and Growth 2 1.2.1 Nucleation 2 1.2.2 Heterogeneous Matrix-Mediated Nucleation 5 1.2. 3 Growth 6 1.3 Proteins 8 1.3. 1 Osteopontin 9 1.3. 2 Bone sialoportein 12 1.4 Methods for Characterization of Protein Modulation of Mineralization 14 1.4. 1 Steady State 14 1.4. 2 Constant Composition Method 16 1.4. 3 Dynamic Light Scattering 17 1.5 Purpose of this Thesis 19 Chapter 2: Methods 21 2.1 Dynamic Light Scattering 21 2.1.1 Theory of Dynamic Light Scattering 21 2.1.2 Dynamic Light Scattering Experiment 25 2.1.3 Data Analysis 26 2.2 Identification of Precipitates 28 2.2.1 X-ray crystallography 28 2.2.2 X-ray diffraction from a crystal: Bragg’s Law 28 2.2. 3 Crystal Preparation 29
Influence of country of origin image on brand equity of consumers in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The case of smartphone market

Consumers pay attention to the country of origin when purchasing imported products and believe that it has a significant impact on the formation of consumer attitude towards branded products. Competition among global smartphone brands is an intense, efficient and effective branding strategy, an important prerequisite for accelerating market growth and gaining a competitive market position. The purpose of this paper is recognized in assessing the impact of country of origin image, perceived quality, brand associations and brand loyalty on the consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) formation process, as exemplified by two global smartphone brands, Samsung and Huawei in Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the purposes of the study, a survey was conducted using a questionnaire on a sample of 315 respondents. The survey results indicate that country of origin image and perceived quality play a more important role in buyers in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Chinese (Huawei) than South Korean (Samsung) smartphones. This suggests that buyers from Bosnia and Herzegovina are paying more attention to the quality of Chinese compared to South Korean smartphones.
Phase-change characteristics of chalcogenide Ge1Se1Te2 thin films for use in nonvolatile memories

In the present work, the authors show that Ge1Se1Te2 thin films provide a promising alternative for phase-change random access memory (PRAM) applications to overcome the problems of conventional Ge2Sb2Te5 PRAM devices. 100‐nm-thick chalcogenide Ge1Se1Te2 thin films were prepared by evaporating a stoichiometric bulk target, and Ge1Se1Te2 thin-film PRAM devices with a 20‐μm-sized memory cell have been fabricated. The devices exhibited a successful switching between an amorphous and a crystalline phase by applying a 50ns, 7.3V set pulse and a 30ns, 7.4V reset pulse with a switching dynamic range (the ratio of Rhigh to Rlow) as high as 103. For a static-mode switching operation, two different resistance states in Ge1Se1Te2 thin films have been observed at low voltages, depending on the two different crystalline states of the film. The first phase-transition temperature of Ge1Se1Te2 thin film is found to be 110°C, which is clearly lower than that of Ge2Sb2Te5 films from the temperature-dependent conductivity m.
An inhibitor-interaction intermediate of HIV-1 protease, revealed by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry and NMR spectroscopy

Some of drug-resistant mutants of HIV-1 protease (PR), such as a clinically-relevant drug- resistant PR mutant (Flap+(I54V)) containing L10I, G48V, I54V and V82A mutations, produce significant changes in the balance between entropy and enthalpy of the drug-PR interactions, compared to the wild-type (WT) PR. Here, to gain a comprehensive understanding of the entropy-enthalpy compensation effects, we compared nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), fluorescence spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) data of a WT PR with Flap+(I54V) and related mutants: (1) Flap+(I54V); (2) Flap+(I54A) which evolves from Flap+(I54V) in the continued presence of inhibitor yet does not exhibit entropy-enthalpy compensation; and (3) Flap+(I54), a control mutant that contains only L10I, G48V and V82A mutations. Our data indicate that WT and Flap+(I54A) show enthalpy-driven inhibitor-interaction, while Flap+(I54) and Flap+(I54V) exhibit entropy-driven inhibitor interaction. Interestingly, Flap+(I54A) exhibited significantly slower heat flow in the competitive ITC experiment with a strong binder, darunavir, and a weak binder, acetyl-pepstatin, but did not exhibit such slow heat flow in the direct inhibitor-titration experiments. NMR confirmed replacement of the weak binder by the strong binder in a competitive manner. This difference in the heat flow of the competitive binding experiment compared to the direct experiment can only be explained by assuming an inhibitor-bound intermediate pathway. A similar, but attenuated, tendency for slow heat flow was also detected in the competitive experiment with WT. Overall, our data suggests that an inhibitor-bound intermediate affects the entropy-enthalpy compensation of inhibitor-PR interaction.
High-Density Plasma Diagnosis Using Quasi-Optical Millimeter-Wave Systems

This report proposes a quasi-optical millimeter-wave system based on a noninvasive measurement technique to diagnose high-density plasmas. The millimeter wave in the F-band (90–140 GHz) can interact with high-density plasma (1013–1014 cm−3) in the quasi-optical system, such that the plasma characteristics (e.g., plasma density and effective collision frequency) obtained using the Drude model can be measured with a high signal-to-noise ratio. High-density inductive radio frequency (RF) discharge argon plasma is generated in a helix of inductively coupled plasma using RF power of up to 1000 W at 13.56 MHz with a pressure of a few Torr. The millimeter-wave signals can be analyzed to estimate the plasma-density distribution by using the proposed axisymmetric 2-D multilayered plasma modeling. The experimental results agreed well with the model calculations. Qualitatively, the plasma density tends to increase with increasing RF power and gas pressure. The effective collision frequency decreases only with increasing gas pressure. The proposed measurement technique will also be applicable to measuring localized regions (with areas of a few square millimeters) of higher density plasma (1014–1017 cm−3) by using terahertz waves for various applications.
APU-D Lite: Attack Planning Under Uncertainty Based on D Lite

: With serious cybersecurity situations and frequent network attacks, the demands for automated pentests continue to increase, and the key issue lies in attack planning. Considering the limited viewpoint of the attacker, attack planning under uncertainty is more suitable and practical for pentesting than is the traditional planning approach, but it also poses some challenges. To address the e ﬃ ciency problem in uncertainty planning, we propose the APU-D* Lite algorithm in this paper. First, the pentest framework is mapped to the planning problem with the Planning Domain Definition Language (PDDL). Next, we develop the pentest information graph to organize network information and assess relevant exploitation actions, which helps to simplify the problem scale. Then, the APU-D* Lite algorithm is introduced based on the idea of incremental heuristic searching. This method plans for both hosts and actions, which meets the requirements of pentesting. With the pentest information graph as the input, the output is an alternating host and action sequence. In experiments, we use the attack success rate to represent the uncertainty level of the environment. The result shows that APU-D* Lite displays better reliability and e ﬃ ciency than classical planning algorithms at di ﬀ erent attack success rates.
Genome-Wide Mining and Characterization of SSR Markers for Gene Mapping and Gene Diversity in Gossypium barbadense L. and Gossypium darwinii G. Watt Accessions

The present study aimed to characterize the simple sequence repeat markers in cotton using the cotton expressed sequence tags. A total of 111 EST-SSR polymorphic molecular markers with trinucleotide motifs were used to evaluate the 79 accessions of Gossypium L. , (G. darwinii, 59 and G. barbadense, 20) collected from the Galapagos Islands. The allele number ranged from one to seven, with an average value of 2.85 alleles per locus, while polymorphism information content values varied from 0.008 to 0.995, with an average of 0.520. The discrimination power ranks high for the majority of the SSRs, with an average value of 0.98. Among 111 pairs of EST-SSRs and gSSRs, a total of 49 markers, comprising nine DPLs, one each of MonCGR, MUCS0064, and NAU1028, and 37 SWUs (D-genome), were found to be the best matched hits, similar to the 155 genes identified by BLASTx in the reference genome of G. barbadense, G. arboreum L. , and G. raimondii Ulbr. Related genes GOBAR_DD21902, GOBAR_DD15579, GOBAR_DD27526, and GOBAR_AA04676 revealed highly significant expression 10, 15, 18, 21, and 28 days post-anthesis of fiber development. The identified EST-SSR and gSSR markers can be effectively used for mapping functional genes of segregating cotton populations, QTL identification, and marker-assisted selection in cotton breeding programs.
Genetics and mapping of the novel leaf-colour mutant gene yglw-1 on wheat chromosome arm 2BS

Abstract. Leaf colour plays an important role in plant growth and development. In this study, a stably inherited yellow–green leaf mutation, temporarily designated yglw-1, was initially isolated from progenies of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cross Bainong58409/Caifumai. The yellow-leaf phenotype could be observed in the yglw-1 mutant during the seedling stage, and then the yellow leaves gradually progressed from the bottom to the top throughout development. Compared with its sister line Cf5019-21 with a normal leaf-colour phenotype, the main agronomic traits of the yglw-1 mutant including spike length, number of kernels per spike and 1000-kernel weight were significantly decreased. Measurement of chlorophyll contents showed that chlorophylls a and b in the third top leaf at the jointing stage and the penultimate leaf and third top leaf at the heading stage were obviously lower in yglw-1 than in Cf5019-21. Genetic analysis indicated that the yellow–green leaf trait was controlled by a single recessive gene. Bulked segregant analysis found that two published simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and four expressed sequence tag-sequence tagged site (EST-STS) markers were linked to the yglw-1 gene, and BE494262 was the most closely linked marker to yglw-1, at a genetic distance of 2.3 cM. To increase the density of the genetic map, 135 novel SSR markers at a certain distance near the marker BE494262 were developed according to SSR loci detected in the Chinese Spring reference sequence. Of these, nine SSR markers detected polymorphic fragments between the two parents as well as between the contrasting DNA bulks. Finally, the yglw-1 gene was mapped between SSR markers Xhwm1 and Xhwm43 and showed genetic distances 1.9 cM and 23.9 cM on chromosome 2BS. These findings can facilitate candidate-gene prediction and map-based cloning of the yglw-1 gene.
Imaging in Neurodegeneration: Movement Disorders

Recent advances in the understanding of brain function are opening new frontiers in the investigation of movement disorders and neurodegeneration. The importance of the brain network-like characteristics is rapidly emerging together with increasing evidence that brain diseases imprint specific alterations on such networks. There is a strong need to determine molecular correlates associated with the network-type alterations to enable understanding of disease origin and mapping between clinical disease manifestations, genetic predispositions, and disease-triggering mechanisms. These considerations justify and highlight the importance of recent technological developments in positron emission tomography (PET) and integration of PET and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), where the high neurochemical sensitivity of PET is complemented by MRI-derived measures of structural and functional connectivity. Ongoing developments of PET tracers suitable to image novel molecular targets and improvements in image reconstruction and analysis methods are further enhancing the relevance of imaging in addressing the complexity of brain function and disease-induced multidimensional alterations. This paper describes a conceptual justifications for the synergy between PET and MRI as related to neurodegeneration and movement disorders, discusses some predominantly PET-related developments relevant to and catalyzed by such synergy, and describes some novel multimodal metrics relevant to fundamental aspects of brain function altered early by disease.
General and Physics-Specific Mindsets about Intelligence and Giftedness: A Study of Gifted Finnish Upper-Secondary-School Students and Physics Teachers

A key factor in supporting talent development among gifted students is the fostering of a growth mindset in their learning. However, there has been little research on the subject-specific mindsets of these students and their teachers. This study examined the mindsets of academically gifted Finnish upper-secondary students ( N = 164) and Finnish physics teachers ( N = 131) concerning overall and physics-specific intelligence and giftedness. A quantitative approach was used, the data being collected through online questionnaires. The mindsets of both students and teachers were more malleable with regard to intelligence than to giftedness, but with regard to giftedness the teachers’ mindsets were more malleable than those of their students. Gender- and grade-level-related differences were found among the students. Among the teachers, variances related to teaching experience, those with the least experience having the most malleable mindsets. The students had similar general and physics-specific mindsets, whereas the teachers’ physics-specific beliefs were more malleable than their general beliefs. The mindsets of the gifted students were not particularly growth-oriented, indicating that encouraging malleability may help them to reach their full potential. The results also highlight the need to distinguish between the terms intelligence and giftedness in research on mindsets.
A Simple Compact Wideband Microstrip Antenna Consisting of Three Staggered Patches

This letter proposes a simple compact microstrip antenna with enhanced bandwidth. The antenna is composed of three narrow rectangular patches: one middle patch and two side patches. The side patches are staggered longitudinally with respect to the middle patch and connected using short strips. The antenna is printed on a thin single-layer dielectric substrate with a ground plane and fed by a coaxial probe at the center of the middle patch. By staggering the side patches with respect to the middle patch, two resonant modes are excited at two close frequencies and a wide bandwidth is obtained. The antenna has a compact size of 0. 31λ0 × 0. 29λ0 × 0. 027λ0 (where λ0 is the center operating wavelength in the free space) and a measured impedance bandwidth of 6.8% (return loss > 10 dB), which is approximately 2.3 times wider than that of a conventional square microstrip antenna on the same substrate. The antenna has a stable gain varying from 5.8 to 7.5 dBi and a low cross-polarization level less than −15 dB within the impedance bandwidth. The radiation characteristics are nearly constant over the entire impedance bandwidth.