Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Genome Wide Association Studies for Four Physiological Traits in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Minicore Collection

In order to integrate genomics in breeding and development of drought tolerant groundnut genotypes, identification of genomic regions/genetic markers for drought surrogate traits is essential. We used SNP markers for a genetic analysis of the ICRISAT groundnut minicore collection for genome wide marker-trait association for some physiological traits and to determine the magnitude of linkage disequilibrium (LD) present in the genetic resources. The LD analysis showed that about 36% of loci pairs were in significant LD (P < 0.05 and r2 > 0.2) and 3.14% of the pairs were in complete LD. There was rapid decline in LD with distance and the LD was <0.2 at a distance of 41635 bp. The marker trait association (MTAs) studies revealed 20 significant MTAs (p <0.001) with 11 markers for leaf area index (4), canopy temperature (13), chlorophyll content (1) and NDVI (2). The markers explained 2 to 21% of the phenotypic variation observed. Most of the MTAs identified on the A subgenome were also identified on the respective homeologous chromosome on the B subgenome. The duplications of effect observed could be due to common ancestor of the A and B genome which explains the linkage detected between markers lying on different chromosomes seen in the current study. The present study identified a total of 20 highly significant marker trait associations with 11 markers for four physiological traits of importance in groundnut; LAI, CT, SCMR and NDVI. The markers identified in this study can serve as useful genomic resources to initiate marker-assisted selection and trait introgression of groundnut for drought tolerance. The identified markers in this study may be useful for marker assisted selection after further validation.
Visual Perception of the Facial Width-to-Height Ratio

The facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is a measure of the cheekbone width divided by the height of the face from the upper lip to the brows. The metric is hypothesised to have evolved as an intra-sexual competition mechanism in males, where large fWHRs are thought to signal both threat and aggression. The fWHR is suggested to subtly resemble angry facial expressions, which, in turn, also signal threat. The late positive potential (LPP) and the vertex positive potential (VPP) are two event-related potentials (ERPs) especially sensitive to emotional content. Studies have also found that viewing angry compared to neutral facial expressions elicit a stronger response on the LPP. However, no study has tested how responses to the fWHR and angry facial expressions elicit changes in the LPP or VPP. In this study, participants firstly rated how threatening faces were with either low or high fWHRs with neutral or angry facial expressions. Secondly, EEG-activity was recorded during a picture-viewing task of the same faces. In the first task, participants rated the faces with angry facial expressions as more threatening compared to all other faces, regardless of fWHR, although the high fWHRs were rated as more threatening than the low fWHRs. In the second task, LPP and VPP mean amplitudes were significantly higher for the angry, high fWHR face compared to all other faces tested. This suggests that an additive effect of both angry facial expressions and high fWHRs together creates the highest threat level in both subjective ratings as well as in ERP mean amplitudes. Further ERP research is needed on the relationship between fWHRs and anger to establish how the two features work both separately and together.
APPLIED 10 , 014005 ( 2018 ) Silicon Nitride Metalenses for Close-toOne Numerical Aperture and Wide-Angle Visible Imaging

Zhi-Bin Fan,1,2 Zeng-Kai Shao,1,3 Ming-Yuan Xie,1,2 Xiao-Ning Pang,1,2 Wen-Sheng Ruan,1,2 Fu-Li Zhao,1,2 Yu-Jie Chen,1,3,* Si-Yuan Yu,1,3,4 and Jian-Wen Dong1,2,† 1State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China 2School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China 3School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China 4Photonics Group, Merchant Venturers School of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UB, United Kingdom
Phase transition of anti-symmetric Wilson loops in N = 4 SYM

: We will argue that the 1/2 BPS Wilson loops in the anti-symmetric representations in the N = 4 super Yang-Mills (SYM) theory exhibit a phase transition at some critical value of the ’t Hooft coupling of order N 2 . In the matrix model computation of Wilson loop expectation values, this phase transition corresponds to the transition between the one-cut phase and the two-cut phase. It turns out that the one-cut phase is smoothly connected to the small ’t Hooft coupling regime and the 1 =N corrections of Wilson loops in this phase can be systematically computed from the topological recursion in the Gaussian matrix model.
OF TiO 2 THIN FILMS DERIVED USING ACETIC ACID AND NITRIC ACID ( Pencirian

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin films were prepared via sol gel method using different concentration of glacial acetic acid and nitric acid. The deposition of TiO2 gel on the ITO substrate was conducted using spin coating techniques at a rate of 3,000 rpm for 30 s and was calcinated at 500 C for 10 minutes. The study was conducted to determine the surface morphology and characteristic of the TiO2 thin film based on the different acid precursor. The GAA – TiO2 and HNO3 TiO2 thin film were analyzed using Contact Angle Goniometer for absorption property study and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) for surface topography study. The result indicated that different acid and different concentration influence wettability of the synthesized TiO2 thin film. Higher concentration of GAA results in higher contact angle of TiO2 thin film whereas higher concentration of HNO3 reduced the contact angle of TiO2 thin film. However, the contact angle obtained through this study was in a range of 27.55 o – 67.55 for the concentration acid of 8 – 10 mmol which represent hydrophilic characteristic of the TiO2 thin film. For surface analysis, uneven and not uniform surface of thin film was detected for the entire sample. This might be due to the several factors such as temperature and particle size that limited the adhesion of the TiO2 sol gel to the ITO substrate. Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis was used to validate the present of the Ti-O bond vibrations in the sample and it was observed in ranges of 515– 800 cm. On the other hand, the crystallinity structure of the synthesized TiO2 was validated using X-ray Diffraction (XRD). The results indicated that both GAA TiO2 and HNO3 TiO2 mixtures gave a strong anatase crystal structure. The major XRD diffraction peaks can be attributed to (101), (004), (200), (211), (204) and (116) plane of the tetragonal TiO2-anatase phase.
Widening crack between crude oil price and retail price of gasoline

Despite a substantial fall in the crude oil price in recent months, the price of regular gasoline has not shown much decline. People feel that gasoline price rises at the speed of rocket and falls at the speed of a feather, thus asymmetry in the speed of price rise and the price fall. This asymmetry was felt in early in early 1990's and tested by several economists using US data relating to crude oil price, gasoline price and marketing margin. A paper by Borenstein et al. (1992) for National Bureau of Economic Research found that the gasoline price at the pump increases in four weeks after the crude price increase, while it takes 8 weeks for decrease in price after a fall in crude price. The Borenstein paper uses "asymmetric partial adjustment model". According to this paper the most significant asymmetry appears in the response of retail price to wholesale price changes. The paper also found that there was no asymmetry in response of wholesale gasoline price to crude price. In a paper presented at Canadian Economic Association conference in Ottawa (2011) Janelle Mann using "threshold autoregressive" (TAR) model found that the North American crude, and gasoline, wholesale and retail, prices are cointegrated and move to equilibrium once they have reached a threshold of marketing margins. Both these studies, and those in between them, reason that the asymmetry in response is caused by marketing margins. Michael J. Ervin (2011) of the Kent Group Limited (M.J. Ervin & Associates) points out that there has been widening gap (crack) between crude price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and the wholesale price of gasoline. This observation is different than all previous studies. In Nova Scotia the gasoline price is regulated and the regulator decides on the transportation cost, maximum and minimum wholesale and retail margins. The regulated gasoline prices are prescribed using a fixed formula. Since the formula is fixed, the base wholesale price (rack price) and retail price are perfectly co-integrated. The current increase in crack between crude oil price and retail price may be explained by increasing gap between crude oil price and rack price. The present paper examines the relationship between WTI crude, Brent crude, rack (base wholesale) and retail prices by taking Nova Scotia data from 2001 to 2014. The period covers both the regulated and unregulated gasoline markets in Nova Scotia. The only refinery in Nova Scotia terminated its operations in 2013. Fuel terminals now provide the needed gasoline. However, this change has not affected the gasoline price calculation by the Regulator. The paper finds that the demand for crude oil has decreased and the supply of crude oil has increased lowering its price. On the other hand, the demand for gasoline is more stable while the supply of gasoline has reduced for various reasons. As a result, the rack prices have stayed high and the refiner margins have increased causing widening of the crack between crude price and rack price of gasoline.
State of the Art on : Configurable Markov Decision Processes

Machine Learning (ML) is the field of Artificial Intelligence aimed at the development of algorithms that learn to perform specific tasks from data. These algorithms aim at increasing certain measures of performance by using statistical models to identify patterns in the data. The kind of tasks usually involved are predictions, classifications and decisions. Reinforcement Learning (RL) is the branch of ML focused on decision making, i.e., on agents that learn to choose actions in a real or simulated environment, to achieve certain goals. The word reinforcement refers to the psychological attitude of humans and other animals to increase or strengthen the response to a certain stimulus when a positive reward is received. The same behavioural modification is what RL uses to make an artificial agent mimic the learning process of animals. The most prestigious conferences related to the field of Machine Learning are NeurIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) and ICML (International Conference on Machine Learning). In the last few years the attendence to these conferences has increased significantly, proving the growing interest in the field not only from the academic community but also from industry. Other top conferences, still relevant, but with a wide spectrum on the AI field, are AAAI (AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence) and IJCAI (International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence). Relevant journals are the Journal of Machine Learning Research (Microtome), Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (IEEE) and Machine Learning (Springer).
Characterizing Network Behavior of Malware: Toward Detecting New Malware Families with Network Monitoring

Dynamic analysis system are widely used to efficiently analyze massive malware. In order to handle new threat on a preferential basis, researches on automated classification of known malware and detection of unknown malware have been conducted respectively. Several tens of thousands of malware were collected by server type honeypot and web crawler type honeypot from December 2014 to May 2015. In this paper, we report the statistics and distinctive trend of recent malware communication captured in our dynamic analysis environment.
Effect of Complete Mind – Body Therapy on Asthma Quality of Life in Asthma Patient Attending OPD of SMS Hospital Jaipur

Original Research Article Background: Asthma has become a substantial burden to people causing a reduced quality of life due to physical, psychological and social effects. Yoga is considered as the best complementary medicine by the national institute of health. The aim of our study to see the effect of yoga on quality of life in asthma patients in and around Jaipur city. Materials and methods: A randomized controlled study was conducted on 108 stable diagnosed asthma patients divided in study and control group (54 in each group of 18 to 40 year of age) of either sex. The study group completed 8 weeks of yoga training under trained yoga instructor without stopping their medication. Every patient completed asthma quality of life questionnaire (AQLQ) HINDI version on day 1 and at 8 week of the day. Mean score of (AQLQ) and its four domains (Activity limitation, Symptom, Emotional function, Environmental stimuli) were taken. BMI was also taken on day 1 and 8 week of the day. Data analysis was done using paired and unpaired „t‟– test. Results: There was statistically significant decrement (P<0.001) in BMI and statistically significant improvement (P<0.001) in mean score of (AQLQ) and its domains (Activity limitation, Symptom domain, Emotional function, Environmental stimuli) after 8 weeks of yoga practice as compared to baseline. Symptom domain improved significantly (P<0.001) in control group also after 8 weeks as compared to baseline. The inter group comparison showed statistically significant decrease (P<0.001) in BMI and statistically significant improvement (P<0.001) in Mean score of (AQLQ) and its domains at 8 weeks. Conclusion: The present study demonstrates that complete mind body approach with regular asana, pranayaama, cleansing technique and meditation showed significant improvement in BMI and quality of life in bronchial asthma patient. Hence act as additive effect with medication.
A case study on working with a commercial mobile robotics platform

During a period of roughly one and a half years, the authors had the opportunity to work with a commercial mobile robotics platform, namely the “Apollo” platform by Slamtec, to implement real-world use cases in the domain of interactive entertainment installations. During the course of this development, the authors have gained insight into the strengths and limitations of the platform in realistic scenarios. This work will present the use cases, and discuss the experiences with and insights into working with the Apollo platform.
TISSUE ENGINEERING -An Era of Regenerative Medicine

Annually, 1.2 million people on an average need transplantation for end stage organ failure. The, then successful transplants are contingent upon immunosuppressants. This is probably due to allogeneic source of transplants. What if the autologous source gets appreciated? The answer to this query is the field of Tissue Engineering, which is an approach to repair or replace the damaged tissues and organs with their mimics. This multidisciplinary topic of Regenerative Medicine raises certain questions on the in vivo functioning of the native and the transplanted one. To conciliate these, the autologous cells are made to grow in the native extracellular matrix (or so), thereby making them vie for signaling like the natives do. Since autologous cells are preferred, the chance of immune rejection and search for donor is not applicable. Moreover, this approach provides a way to defeat the uncurable disorders like Muscular Dystrophy, by production of healthy skeletal muscles in vitro. Albeit theoretically feasible, the set of methods bound to regenerative medicine lack mechanical integrity and efficacy desired. Despite this, thousands of surgical procedures are performed everyday to replace or repair tissue that has been damaged through disease or trauma.
ynamics of a flexible fibre in a sheared two-dimensional foam : umerical simulations incent

Recently there has been a renewed interest in using foamy suspensions of wood fibres as a carrier fluid in papermaking but there is a lack of fundamental understanding of the dynamics of such a three-phase system. In this article we propose a numerical model for the dynamics of an individual flexible fibre within a flowing foam, based on discrete-element methods. As is observed in a Newtonian shear flow, we observe that the fibre systematically experiences a tumbling instability: the disordered motion of bubbles cannot prevent the pseudo-periodical flip of the fibre. Our simulations show that the tumbling time decreases
Analysis of prognostic factors and drug resistance of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

To analyze and discuss the prognostic factors and drug resistance multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. In central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection, 165 patients with central venous catheter (CVC) were included in this study. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the factors that may affect the prognosis for 15 patients with a poor prognosis. Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii was found in 15 patients out of 165 patients (9.09%). Acinetobacter baumannii showed 100% resistance to piperacillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, and aztreonam. It also showed resistance to cefoperazone/sulbactam and ceftazidime. The reasons included poor health condition (86.67%), prolonged use of carbapenems (93.33%), low nutritional requirements for growth of Acinetobacter baumannii (100.00%), strong resistance to disinfectants and long-term survival in the hospital environment (93.33%). The factors that may affect the prognosis include Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score (OR=2.023), central venous catheter indwelling time (OR=1.347), total parenteral nutrition (OR=1.026), and acceptance of carbapenem antibiotics 14 days before bacteria culture (OR=2.561). The reasons accounting for drug resistance of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection include patients’ poor health condition, prolonged use of carbapenems, low nutritional requirements for growth of Acinetobacter baumannii, and strong resistance to disinfectants and long-term survival in the hospital environment. The factors that may affect the prognosis include Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score, total parenteral nutrition, central venous catheter indwelling time, and acceptance of carbapenem antibiotics 14 days before bacteria culture.
CCE 1 : Decrease in the frequency of oceanic fronts and surface chlorophyll concentration in the California Current System during the 2014 – 2016 northeast Paci fi c warm anomalies

Oceanic fronts are sites of increased vertical exchange that are often associated with increased primary productivity, downward flux of organic carbon, and aggregation of plankton and higher trophic levels. Given the influence of fronts on the functioning of marine ecosystems, an improved understanding of the spatial and temporal variability of frontal activity is desirable. Here, we document changes in the frequency of sea-surface fronts and the surface concentration of chlorophyll-a (Chla) in the California Current System that occurred during the Northeast Pacific anomalous warming of 2014–2015 and El Niño of 2015–2016, and place those anomalies in the context of two decades of variability. Frontal frequency was detected with the automated histogram method using datasets of sea-surface temperature (SST) and Chla from multiple satellite sensors. During the anomalous 2014–2016 period, a drop in the frequency of fronts coincided with the largest negative Chla anomalies and positive SST anomalies in the whole period of satellite observations (1997–2017 for Chla and 1982–2017 for SST). These recent reductions in frontal frequency ran counter to a previously reported increasing trend, though it remains to be seen if they represent brief interruptions in that trend or a reversal that will persist going forward.
CNN-based Brain Tumor Segmentation and 3 D Visualization

In this paper present, our ongoing work on applying Convolution Neural Network for brain tumor segmentation. CNNs have achieved state-of-the-art performance for automatic medical image segmentation. However, they have not demonstrated sufficiently accurate and robust results for clinical use. The proposed networks are adapted to gliomas tumors in MR images. By their very nature, automatic segmentation and early diagnosis of brain tumor is a challenging problem. These tumors can appear anywhere in the brain and have almost any kind of shape, size, and contrast. These reasons motivate our exploration of a machine learning solution that exploits a flexible, high capacity CNN while being extremely efficient. Under the mentioned problems above, this paper put forward a new method: Based on traditional CNNs, a new architecture model is proposed for automatic brain tumor segmentation, which combines multi-modality images. Keywords—segmentation, brain tumor, convolution neural network
Wireless bipolar electrosurgical device by using power energy transfer

This paper presents to develop a system of wireless power transfer for medical applications.Many surgeons use the bipolar electrosurgery system that runs on a battery for a different kind of surgery. This venture is intended to control a rechargeable cordless remote which is used in operation room/theatre. This venture is framed out from Alternating Current(AC) of 220 Volt(V) 50 Hz to 12V Direct Current(DC) then converted to 12V AC at 20 kHz in the circuit. DC battery is provided in an electrode of the 12 V bipolar electrosurgery system and the arrangement for charging battery is also prudently/properly made. The new design is an improvement based on specialists' complain regarding the visibility of wire/eletrical line of standard electrocautery instrument Th e ose wire always put them at risk of being tangled on the searing instrument which can burn the hand. Not only that, it also restrict their hands movement from performing surgery. The electrical wire is a weakness/disadvantage as it requires an observation of eletrical wire from the hand position to guarantee that it stays sterile amid surgical operations.