Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
End-to-End Image Super-Resolution via Generative Adversarial Network

Image super-resolution is to extract information from single or more low- resolution images and use this information to get the corresponding high-resolution image. The ability to capture high texture details of low-resolution images is one of the impressive advantages of generative adversarial networks (GANs). This paper mainly studies the image reconstruction method based on a single low-resolution image, and builds an end-to-end image Super-Resolution method via generative adversarial networks to improve the image resolution. Convolution neural networks use the mean square error (MSE) as loss function. For such loss function, structural similarity (SSIM) and peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) can be obtained, but high texture details of original images are often lost. The generative adversarial network mainly contains two parts: generator network and discriminator network. Adversarial loss uses a discriminator network to push our solution to a natural image manifold, which is trained to distinguish super-resolution images from photo-realistic images. Additionally, content loss of our network was indicated by perceptual similarity rather than similarity of pixel-wised space.
The early light-inducible proteins of Barley °

Within 1–2 h of illumination of etiolated barley plants the mRNAs of seven nuclear-coded proteins are transiently induced. It is proposed that at least some of these proteins are precursors to chloroplast membrane proteins since after posttranslational transport 2-h-specific bands of 18.5 kDa, 18 kDa and 13.5 kDa have been found bound to thylakoid membranes. cDNA clones for these early light-inducible proteins (ELIPs) have been isolated. Hybrid-release translation shows that part of their information must be homologous since the complete set of early light-inducible translation products is obtained with all investigated clones although the proportions of the translated bands vary for individual clones. From hybridization data it is concluded that two ELIP families of high (24–27 kDa) and of low (16–18 kDa) molecular mass exist which are induced in parallel. Induction of ELIPs occurs even at very low light intensities and is saturated at about 1000 lx. Therefore, ELIPs are not considered to represent light stress proteins but to play a regulatory role during development.
Henry James and The Bildungsroman: Between Convention and Its Alteration

En onemli ve populer Viktorya donemi romanlarindan bazilari, yazarlarin kendi yasam tecrubelerini, bicimlendirici surecler olarak tasarladiklari ve hatta yeniden kurguladiklari Bildungsromanlardir. David Copperfield, Buyuk Umutlar, Jane Eyre, Kiyidaki Degirmen, Marius the Epicurean ve benzeri kitaplar bunlara ornek verilebilir. Bildungsroman, antik anlatilardan baslayarak, Goethe’nin Wilhelm Meister’in Ciraklik Yillari eserine kadar gelisim halinde oldugu uzun tarihi surecin ardindan, Carlyle’in olusum romani uzerine yazdigi uc bolumden olusan kabul yazisiyla, yeni olusmakta olan bir kurgusal gelenek olarak Viktoryan kulturune ve edebiyatina girmistir ve ortaya cikisini, kendi icindeki karmasikligi, belli basli tematik ve anlatisal modelleri kapsayan bir edebi sistem olarak ortaya koymustur. Bu calismada, Henry James’in roman turune ait bazi eserleri incelenerek her bir eser, tematik ve anlatisal acilardan Bildungsroman modeline ve sekline uyup uymadiklari sorusuyla karsi karsiya getirilmistir.
Effect of Bt cotton plants on oxidative stress in sheep

Sheep (32) of 1–year age belonging to Deccani breed were randomly divided into 4 groups consisting of 8 sheep in each group. Group 1 was maintained on basal diet (green fodder @ 3 kg + concentrate feed @ 300 gm/sheep/day) and 2 on conventional (non-Bt) cotton plants @1.5 kg + green fodder @1.5 kg + concentrate feed @ 300 g/sheep/day, 3 on Bt cotton plants @1.5 kg + green fodder @1.5 kg + concentrate feed @ 300 g/sheep/day and 4 on Bt cotton plants ad lib. + concentrate feed @ 300 g/sheep/day. All the groups were fed for 3 months. Parameters related to oxidative stress in organs of all groups and the concentration of gossypol in sera samples of groups 2, 3 and 4, and Bt (Cry1Ac) protein in rumen liquor in groups 3 and 4 were evaluated at the end of third month of feeding, while the concentration of Bt (Cry1Ac) protein in sera samples of groups 3 and 4 was quantified at monthly intervals for 3 months. The mean concentration of GSH and TBARS, and the activity of SOD and catalase in liver, kidney and heart showed statistically nonsignificant difference among the groups. The Bt (Cry1Ac) protein was not detectable in sera samples of groups 3 and 4 at different time intervals, while rumen liquor had detectable concentrations at the end of third month of feeding. Gossypol was not found in the sera samples of sheep fed on Bt and non-Bt cotton plants. In conclusion, the study revealed that feeding of Bt cotton plants did not induce oxidative stress in sheep and sera samples were negative for Cry1 Ac protein and gossypol.
Genetic and molecular studies of early embryogenesis in Drosophila

﻿ The Drosophila embryo is patterned by a complex interplay of zygotically expressed genes and maternally supplied components, a large number of which have been identified. However, many maternal components are encoded by essential zygotic genes whose maternal effects are not amenable to conventional genetic analysis. Investigation of such genes requires the generation of homozygous mutant germ cells in chimeric females, and analysis of their embryos. The recent development of techniques which allow the efficient generation of germline clones has made the screening of zygotic lethal mutations for maternal effects more feasible. I have generated a collection of X-linked zygotic lethal mutations and used FLP recombinase catalysed mitotic recombination to look for maternal effects affecting segmentation. Two mutations have been recovered which have maternal effect phenotypes similar to those of the pair-rule segmentation genes. The leprechaun mutation affects oogenesis, so fertile females are very rare, preventing straightforward phenotypic analysis of the segmentation phenotype. Attempts to generate a rescuing duplication are described. The second mutation, stunted (sun) , initially gave rise to a segmentation cuticle phenotype. Subsequent attempts to reproduce the phenotype were unsuccessful as it was masked by a severe reduction in the amount of cuticle secreted, a phenotype characteristic of the neurogenic genes. Detailed analysis revealed that the primary lesion affects neither segmentation or neurogenesis. Rather, sun + is required for cellularisation of the syncytial blastoderm and for the localisation of actin to 'caps' above the syncytial nuclei. Cloning of a candidate gene for stunted revealed a predicted protein product limited homology to cyclins. In addition to searching for novel segmentation genes, potential proteinprotein interactions of the segmentation gene hairy's protein product were also investigated, and a model is presented for its mode of action as a transcriptional repressor.
Central Environmental Protection Supervisor, Nature of Property Rights and Corporate Financial Performance

After the central environmental protection inspector, the external environmental regulatory environment facing enterprises has undergone tremendous changes. This paper uses the double-difference method, using data from Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies from 2013 to 2017, to empirically test the impact of the central environmental protection inspector and its mechanism. The research results show that the financial performance of listed polluting companies has significantly improved after the central environmental supervision, but the improvement of financial performance has heterogeneity of property rights, and state-owned enterprises are significantly higher than non-state-owned enterprises. Further analysis shows that there is significant positive earnings management in state-owned listed polluting enterprises, while non-state-owned enterprises are not. This paper analyzes the impact of the central environmental protection inspector on the production and operation of the enterprise in a timely manner, and beneficially supplements the differences in earnings management of heavily polluting enterprises in the procyclical period, and supplements relevant literature.
SOLVING THE CLASSIFICATION PROBLEM OF CIRCULAR METAL OBJECTS WITH ENGRAVED CHARACTERS BY IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS

Bu calismada, endustriyel uretim olan dairesel kucuk capli metal cisimlerin yuzeyleri uzerine oyma islemi gerceklestirilmis karakterlere gore siniflandirilmasi problemi icin 2 farkli cozum yolu gelistirilmistir. Dairesel metal cisimlerin gorsellerinin on asama olarak karakter bolgesinin cikartilip, Daugman’s Rubber Sheet (DRSM) modeli haline getirilmesi ve ozellik cikarimi gerceklestirilerek, XOR operatoru ile sablon eslestirme gerceklestirilmesi onerilen ilk cozum yoludur. Ilk onerilen yontemin sonucunda, ortalama islem suresi 69,72 milisaniye ve 0,9398 dogruluk orani basarim parametreleri olarak elde edilmistir. Ikinci cozum yolu, dairesel metal cisimler uzerindeki karakterlerin Maximally Stabil Extremal Region (MSER) ve Stroke Width Transform (SWT) algoritmalari sonucu karakter bolgesi tespiti ve karakter segmentasyonu gerceklestirilerek yapay zekanin derin ogrenme yaklasimlarindan Convolution Neural Network (CNN) sinifi tasarlanan model ile karakter taninmasi gerceklestirilmistir. Karakter taninmasi saglanan dairesel metal cisimlerin ayni zamanda nesne siniflandirma problemi cozulmustur. Ikinci olarak onerilen yontemde ise, ortalama islem suresi 1,596 saniye ve 0,919 dogruluk orani basarim parametreleri olarak elde edilmistir.
Research on the Characteristics and Translation Strategies of Transferred Epithet

Institute of Research Advances is an institutional publisher member of Publishers International Linking Association Inc. (PILA-CrossRef), USA. The institute is an institutional signatory to the Budapest Open Access Initiative, Hungary advocating the open-access of scientific and scholarly knowledge. The Institute is a registered content provider under Open Access Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
Anatomy of extrafloral nectaries in Fabaceae from dry-seasonal forest in Brazil

Extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) are found in many species of Fabaceae. The aim of this work is to describe the internal morphology of the EFNs from species of Fabaceae found in areas of dry-seasonal forest in north-eastern Brazil. All species of Fabaceae with EFNs found were collected and samples were submitted to conventional techniques for anatomical and scanning electronic microscopy analysis. EFNs were found in 35 species, of which 32 were examined anatomically. All types have epidermal cells, secretory tissues and vascular bundles in the EFNs. Sclerenchymatous cells were found between the secretory tissues and the vascular tissues, with a few exceptions. The function of these cells is not clear; however, a role in the transportation of the sap in the nectary or with the support of the secretory tissue is possible. The nectar is released through glandular trichomes, secretory pores or even by breaking the epidermal cells and cuticle. The internal patterns found in the EFNs from different species and genera can provide important information for taxonomic and evolutionary studies in the family. © 2010 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010, 163, 87–98.
Social Media Governance: Analyzing Guidelines Based on the Matching of Intended and Actual Use

Guidelines are one of the most prevalent tools of social media (SM) governance, since they reflect the decision-makers intended form of organizational usage. However, social media are malleable technologies that do not lend themselves to immediate forms of usage determined by their features. This leads to a misbalance between once established (static) guidelines failing to govern (evolving) actual use of SM by organizations over time. In this paper, we focus on the intended form of usage by analyzing existing guidelines of 24 German organizations. Afterwards, we classify those guidelines according to their purpose and show that they do not sufficiently take into account the characteristics of malleable SM they are supposed to govern. Our goal is to help practitioners and researchers gaining a better understanding of adapting guidelines for regulating usage of malleable IT artifacts.
Zipf’s Law of Vasovagal Heart Rate Variability Sequences

Cardiovascular self-organized criticality (SOC) has recently been demonstrated by studying vasovagal sequences. These sequences combine bradycardia and a decrease in blood pressure. Observing enough of these sparse events is a barrier that prevents a better understanding of cardiovascular SOC. Our primary aim was to verify whether SOC could be studied by solely observing bradycardias and by showing their distribution according to Zipf’s law. We studied patients with vasovagal syncope. Twenty-four of them had a positive outcome to the head-up tilt table test, while matched patients had a negative outcome. Bradycardias were distributed according to Zipf’s law in all of the patients. The slope of the distribution of vasovagal sequences and bradycardia are slightly but significantly correlated, but only in cases of bradycardias shorter than five beats, highlighting the link between the two methods (r = 0.32; p < 0.05). These two slopes did not differ in patients with positive and negative outcomes, whereas the distribution slopes of bradycardias longer than five beats were different between these two groups (−0.187 ± 0.004 and −0.213 ± 0.006, respectively; p < 0.01). Bradycardias are distributed according to Zipf’s law, providing clear insight into cardiovascular SOC. Bradycardia distribution could provide an interesting diagnosis tool for some cardiovascular diseases.
A xeografía de Galicia con e após Fraguas

Analizamos tres cuestions centrais presentes na Geografia de Galicia de Antonio Fraguas (1953). Asemade, propomos unha interpretacion diacronica deses aspectos desde 1953 cara adiante, na que sublinamos o rol exercido pola xeografia academica da Universidade compostela a partir de finais dos anos 60. En primeiro lugar, abordamos as comarcas como escala territorial chave de Fraguas; xeografos posteriores reelaboranas en termos distintos, nomeadamente ao redor do proceso de comarcalizacion oficial culminado en 1996-1997. En segundo lugar, revisamos a relevancia da optica rural na interpretacion do territorio galego por parte de Fraguas e como a xeografia foi transitando pasenino cara a unha maior atencion polos espazos urbanos de Galiza. Finalmente, discutimos o papel concedido por Fraguas a paisaxe no seu discurso territorial acerca de Galiza; co paso do tempo, tendeuse a omitir a concepcion paisaxistica do autor, neste punto e no resto moi debedor de Otero Pedrayo.
Marking 40 Years of Newspaper Research Journal

At the end of 2019, Newspaper Research Journal (NRJ) marked 40 full years of publication. To mark the occasion, NRJ publishes here revised and edited versions of five presentations made during a panel discussion at the 2019 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) convention in Toronto. The panel, co-sponsored by the Media Management, Economics, and Entrepreneurship Division and the Electronic News Division and organized by Marc Edge, University of Malta, was titled “Why Are Newspapers Still Here? ” More than 80 audience members attended the session.
Art Therapy Untuk Menurunkan Gejala Depresi pada Emerging Adult dengan Ketidakpuasan pada Tubuh

Depresi merupakan salah satu masalah kesehatan mental yang sering ditemui di seluruh dunia. Depresi pada emerging adulthood dapat menyebabkan kesulitan dalam tugas perkembangan utama yaitu terkait kesulitan dalam pekerjaan atau pendidikan dan dalam membangun dan mempertahankan hubungan intim. Ketidakpuasan pada tubuh merupakan salah satu faktor risiko depresi. Hubungan antara ketidakpuasan pada tubuh dan depresi dimoderasi oleh regulasi emosi. Individu yang memiliki penilaian negatif terhadap penampilannya dan cenderung tidak menggunakan strategi regulasi emosi yang efektif akan lebih rentan untuk mengalami depresi. Individu yang mengalami depresi biasanya mengalami kesulitan untuk mengekspresikan pikiran dan perasaannya secara verbal sehingga hal ini menumbuhkan perhatian pada penelitian yang menggunakan terapi nonverbal seperti art therapy . Penelitian ini sendiri bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah art therapy dapat menurunkan gejala depresi yang dialami emerging adult dengan ketidakpuasan pada tubuh. Partisipan penelitian ini merupakan perempuan berusia 18-25 tahun (N=2) yang dipilih dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling . Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian berupa single case experiment dengan teknik analisis menggunakan analisis trend . Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa art therapy tergolong efektif untuk menurunkan gejala depresi pada partisipan penelitian.
How Digital Strategy and Management Games Can Facilitate the Practice of Dynamic Decision-Making

This paper examines how digital strategy and management games that have been initially designed for entertainment can facilitate the practice of dynamic decision-making. Based on a comparative qualitative analysis of 17 games—organized into categories derived from a conceptual model of decision-making design—this article illustrates two ways in which these games may be useful in supporting the learning of dynamic decision-making in educational practice: (1) Players must take over the role of a decider and solve situations in which players must pursue different conflicting goals by making a continuous series of decisions on a variety of actions and measures; (2) three of the features of the games are considered to structure players’ practice of decision-making and foster processes of learning through the curation of possible decisions, the offering of lucid feedback and the modification of time. This article also highlights the games’ shortcomings, from an educational perspective, as players’ decisions are restricted by the numbers of choices they can make within the game, and certain choices are rewarded more than others. An educational application of the games must, therefore, entail a critical reflection of players’ limited choices inside a necessarily biased system.
Eco-Efficiency Assessment of the Application of Large-Scale Rechargeable Batteries in a Coal-Fired Power Plant

This article presents the results of an eco-efficiency assessment of the application of large-scale rechargeable battery technology in electricity generation from coal. The eco-efficiency of electricity production in a 350 MW coal-fired power plant was calculated. Two production variants were compared: with the use of a lithium-ion battery of a 400 MWh capacity to optimize the operation of power blocks and without using the battery. Hard coal is one of the main fossil fuels used to generate electricity in Poland. Despite the growing share of electricity from renewable sources, this situation will persist for many more years. The main reasons for this are the high costs and long-lasting process of moving away from fossil fuels in the energy sector. Therefore, any technical solutions that can temporarily reduce the negative impact of coal-based power engineering on the environment should be considered. At the same time, the economic aspects of such solutions must be taken into account. That is why the eco-efficiency assessment method was chosen, which integrates economic and environmental aspects. The obtained results of the analyses indicate the occurrence of environmental and economic benefits resulting from the use of the battery in coal-fired power plants. It has been found that battery-based technology is more eco-efficient than technology without such a battery. A sensitivity analysis was carried out, which allowed the impact of individual computational variables on the eco-efficiency assessment result to be assessed. The results indicate that fuel prices (coal and heavy fuel oil—mazout) and CO2 emission allowances have the greatest impact on the eco-efficiency of the analyzed technology. It was also found that the factors related to the battery, such as its efficiency, life span, decrease of the capacity after 10 years of operation, and construction cost, have a much smaller impact on the results.
Logarithmic versus Linear Visualizations of COVID-19 Cases Do Not Affect Citizens’ Support for Confinement

The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019, and it quickly spread to many countries. By March 2020, the virus had triggered a global pandemic (World Health Organization, 2020). In response to this crisis, governments have implemented unprecedented public health measures. The success of these policies will largely depend on the public's willingness to comply with new rules. A key factor in citizens’ willingness to comply is their understanding of the data that motivate government action. In this study, we examine how different ways of presenting these data visually can affect citizen's perceptions, attitudes and support for public policy.
Knowledge–intention–behavior associations and spillovers of domestic and workplace recycling

ABSTRACT This paper examined the relations among the knowledge and intention of clean recycling and the recycling behavior at home and in the workplace, and the spillover of recycling behavior from home to workplace. Through a territory-wide questionnaire survey in 2016, this paper successfully interviewed 600 respondents involved in domestic and workplace recycling. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the correlations among their knowledge and intention of clean recycling, and recycling behavior at home and in the workplace. Results indicated that the knowledge–intention–behavior association was found in the domestic context, but not in the workplace. Specifically, the correlation between knowledge of clean recycling and intention of clean recycling was significant in the home context but such correlation was not significant in the workplace context. Intention to participate in clean recycling significantly correlated with recycling behavior in both contexts of home and workplace. Significant correlations were found between intentions of clean recycling at home and in the workplace, and recycling behaviors at home and in the workplace, respectively, indicating that the contextual spillover encompassed both conscious and unconscious pathways. The findings of this paper supplement the literature and provide insights into how to improve recycling programs in Hong Kong.
A summary of industrial verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification procedures in computational fluid dynamics.

Within a variety of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications, maturity levels can vary significantly depending upon modeling approach and the user’s knowledge and skills. Recently, application of CFD techniques for Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) has generated strong interest among wind and structural engineers as a possible substitute for or supplement to wind tunnel experimentation, even though CWE is still in a developmental stage. A necessary step toward advancing CWE simulations in wind and structural engineering applications credible is the development of reliable verification and validation (V&V) procedures. Fundamental factors that determine the degree to which CWE simulations are the credible include: (i) the quality of the mathematical modeling of the physics of interest; (ii) the depth of understanding by the users/analysts of the details of the model and the simulation results; (iii) the quality of the verification and validation (V&V) procedures applied to the simulation results, and (iv) the quality of the uncertainty quantification procedure applied to those results. This report deals in detail with the sources of inaccuracy in CFD simulations, and concepts and procedures used in V&V and uncertainty quantification