Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact of silicon in managing important rice diseases: blast, sheath blight, brown spot and grain discoloration

In the Asia regions, the most important staple food consumed by nearly one-half of the world’s population is the rice. However, important diseases of rice namely blast, brown spot, sheath blight and grain discoloration are major limitations on rice production and are becoming more severe on rice grown in silicon (Si) depleted soils, with blast being the most devastating disease. This review presents the research findings on the role of Si in plant protection against diseases, focusing on rice. Absorption of Si in plants takes place in the form of monosilicic acid and rice is known for its capability to actively absorb Si in high amounts. The possible mechanisms of Si mediated alleviation of disease infection are also being explored in this paper.
Attitude toward Private Label Brands: A Model for the Spanish Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Market

The primary aim of this study was to identify the determinants of attitude toward Private Labels (PLs) in Spain in one of the most important industries for such brands: the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry. To this end, a conceptual model was proposed based on a review of the relevant literature in the field. To test the model, a database was compiled consisting of 626 consumers who had purchased FMCGs. These data were then analyzed using a structural equation model, which corroborated the association between the following variables: smart shopping, promotion proneness, value consciousness, and the perceived quality of PLs based on their extrinsic and intrinsic attributes. These results emphasize the need that grocery retailers pay special attention to the psychological bonds PLs are able to develop in consumer minds, aside to traditional variables related to their economic value benefits. In light of these findings, a number of implications for PL management are proposed.
Cloud Standardization: Consistent Business Processes and Information

Cloud computing represents one of the latest emerging trends in distributed computing that enables the existence of hardware infrastructure and software applications as services. The present paper offers a general approach to the cloud computing standardization as a mean of improving the speed of adoption for the cloud technologies. Moreover, this study tries to show out how organizations may achieve more consistent business processes while operating with cloud computing technologies.
Proteome analysis of muscadine grape leaves

Muscadine grapes are native to the southeastern United States and are used for making wine and consumed as fresh fruit. Grape berries, as ‘sink organs,’ rely on the use of available carbohydrate resources produced by photosynthesis to support their development and composition. A high throughput two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) was conducted on muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) grape leaf proteins to document complexity in their composition and to determine protein identity and function for enhancing photosynthetic efficiency of muscadine grape. 2-DE resolved muscadine leaf proteins into >258 polypeptides with pIs between 3.5 and 8.0 and molecular weight between 12,000 to 15,0000 Daltons. The consistently expressed proteins were excised and subjected to sequencing. Homology search of protein sequences showed 84% identity with Viridi plantae database. Identity of some of these proteins included RuBisCO, glutamine synthetase, pathogenesis-related protein, glyoxisomal malate dehydrogenase, ribonucleoprotein, chloroplast precursor, oxygen evolving enhancer protein. Comparative analysis of 10 muscadine cultivars showed quantitative differences in expression of 39 polypeptides among these genotypes. The results suggested that the polypeptide composition of muscadine grape leaf is complex, and polypeptide number and amount vary widely among muscadine genotypes, and these variations may be responsible for differences in their physiology, berry and stress tolerance characteristics.
Odor Modeling of acetaldehyde in Gumi National Industrial Complex

− In this study CALPUFF modeling was performed to establish a correlation between regions of frequent civil odor complaints near Gumi national industrial complex and odor-emission facilities of synthetic fiber manufacturers in the same area as main acetaldehyde-emission point sources. As a result of the CALPUFF modeling, the maximum concentration of acetaldehyde in Gumi national industrial complex was reduced from O (10 g/m) to O (10 g/m) upon improving emission facilities of T company so that the maximum concentrations of acetaldehyde frequently appeared in complex 3. In addition, the predicted range of the maximum acetaldehyde concentration in Gumi national industrial complex was also improved in comparison with that prior to improving emission facilities of T company. These maximum concentrations of acetaldehyde obtained to estimate the expected contribution of total acetaldehyde point source by CALPUFF modeling showed the similar values to those measured in ‘HAPs investigation in the region of Gumi-Daegu’ and were consistent to the trend of civil odor complaints. Therefore, the expected contribution of total acetaldehyde point source was validated. The relative contribution of T company upon improving its emission facilities was predicted to be lowered by more than factor of two, compared to that prior to improving its emission facilities. To the contrary, the To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: khlim@daegu.ac. kr This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 구미국가산업단지의 아세트알데히드 악취모델링 23 Korean Chem. Eng. Res., Vol. 54, No. 1, February, 2016 relative contribution of W company upon improving emission facilities of T company was predicted to be increased by more than factor of two, compared to that prior to improving emission facilities of T company. This indicates that the contribution of aldehyde point sources of W company was relatively increased upon improving emission facilities of T company.
Impact of Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment on Environmental Escherichia coli Strains

The impact of three hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) concentrations (250, 300 and 350 mg.L-1) at 30, 60, 90 and 120 min time intervals was determined on environmental and ATCC reference E. coli strains (n=11). Variation between strains was evident and treatment resulted in significantly different log reductions after the 120 min contact time. The environmental strains were generally more resistant than the reference strains. A H2O2 resistant environmental strain (M53) and a potential pathogenic strain (W1371) were used to determine bactericidal effect at higher (and a lower) H2O2 concentrations of 50, 350, 700 and 1 000 mg.L-1 on the microbial inactivation. Bacterial inactivation increased as concentration increased, with 50 mg.L-1 resulting in low microbial inactivation and 1 000 mg.L-1 resulting in an effective (>4 log) reduction. A significant difference in microbial reduction was not observed at H2O2 concentrations between 350 and 700 mg.L-1. The potential influence of the COD (chemical oxygen demand) of river water on the H2O2 treatment was also determined. It was observed that the water COD, at the levels investigated, might influence H2O2 efficacy treatment over shorter treatment times (30 min), but not over longer periods (90-120 min). Different levels of catalase activity were also measured for the test strains. A trend was observed between H2O2 resistance and an increased amount of HPII catalase activity. However, it was also observed that E. coli can also employ other protection mechanisms, as two of the most resistant environmental E. coli strains only indicated average catalase activity.
AN EFFICIENT UTILISATION OF AML USING P-PRUNE TECHINQUE

Nowdays tremendous growth of the amount of data or information available on internet or web. For the users of web, the main issue is to browse through the exact data they are looking for. This web content mining has attracted the interest of researchers towards developing an efficient technique for retrieving the exact web contents for users query. There are several techniques in existence, which provides a reasonably good performance in web content mining. But it is clearly evident that, these existing techniques could be replaced by improved web content mining techniques, which could be utilized for real-world applications. The main objective of this AML introduced in this paper is to retrieve exact true matches for clean reference and also avoid the redundant or overlapped matches Approximate Membership Localization (AML) is the process that provides user with most relevant matched substrings. In a document, one word position belongs to only one reference matched substring. In the Approximate Membership Extraction (AME) technique when searching a document in a web it displays all coordinated substring . So redundancy occurs and it causes less efficiency. For this,AML is used. It provides non overlapped substring during searching process and avoids redundancy by using optimized algorithm called P-prune algorithm. The pruning algorithm eliminates unwanted data that is overlapped data and increases the efficiency of searching process
Common snook fed in alternate and continuous regimens with diet supplemented with Bacillus subtilis probiotic

Abstract – The objective of this work was to evaluate the addition of Bacillus subtilis probiotic to the feed of common snook ( Centropomus undecimalis ) fingerlings, in alternate and continuous regimens. Six hundred and sixty fish, with average length of 5.90±0.88 cm and weight of 1.92±0.28 g, were stocked in 12 cages of 1.0 m 3 , with 55 fish each. The experimental design was completely randomized, with three treatments and four replicates. The treatments consisted of diet with the addition of probiotic, provided in alternate regimen for 7 days and in continuous regimen; besides a control without probiotic in the feed. Zootechnical performance, body composition, immune response, and blood parameters were evaluated. No significant differences were observed in zootechnical performance indexes and in body composition of fish treated with probiotic, when compared to the control. Fish from the alternate regimen showed an increment in respiratory burst and a lower total erythrocyte count than fish from the continuous regimen and the control. Fish from the continuous regimen did not differ from those of the control. The addition of Bacillus subtilis does not increase growth rates of common snook fingerlings; however, it has an immunostimulant action when supplied in alternate regimen.
Impacto y Aprovechamiento de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones en la Educación Superior

espanolSe analiza y discute el uso de las tecnologias de la informacion y las comunicaciones (TIC) y su impacto en la educacion superior, y en particular en las actividades academicas como la realizacion de tareas escolares elaboradas con la busqueda de informacion en la Internet. Se aplico una encuesta semiestructurada sobre el uso de las TIC para el desarrollo de actividades academicas en el Instituto Politecnico Nacional. Se pudo observar que los estudiantes de dicha institucion usan diversas herramientas informaticas por lo menos una vez a la semana como medio de consulta para la realizacion de tareas escolares. Se concluye que aspectos como la computadora, la forma amigable y divertida de hacer las tareas por internet influyen de forma positiva en el aprendizaje. EnglishThe use of communication and information technologies (ICT) and their impact on higher education are analyzed and discussed. In particular activities such as homework with the use of information provided by the Internet. A semi structured survey was applied on the use of ICT for the development of academic activities at the National Polytechnic Institute within the Interdisciplinary Professional Unit of Engineering and Social and Administrative Sciences It was observed that the students of this Institution use various computer tools at least once a week as a means of consultation for the completion of school tasks. It is concluded that aspects such as the computer, the friendly and entertaining way of doing tasks online, have a positive influence on learning.
Mother's Education and Birth Weight

Low birth weight has considerable short and long-term consequences and leads to high costs to the individual and society even in a developed economy. Low birth weight is partially a consequence of choices made by the mother pre- and during pregnancy. Thus policies affecting these choices could have large returns. Using British data, maternal education is found to be positively correlated with birth weight. We identify a causal effect of education using the 1947 reform of the minimum school leaving age. Change in compulsory school leaving age has been previously used as an instrument, but has been criticised for mostly picking up time trends. Here, we demonstrate that the policy effects differ by social background and hence provide identification across cohorts but also within cohort. We find modest but heterogenous positive effects of maternal education on birth weight with an increase from the baseline weight ranging from 2% to 6%.
Foreign Exposure and Job Creation

In the highly globalize world, it is crucial for governments to monitor the flow of goods and services across their borders and to attract foreign investment. To be able to implement the most efficient trade policies, policy makers must understand the evolution of firms with foreign exposure. This note investigates differences in average job creation between purely domestic firms and firms with foreign exposure, that is, firms that export, import, or are foreign owned. The analysis shows that both exporters and importers perform better than non-traders. This provides a strong rationale for further analyzing importers, a group that has been much less studied than exporters. The analysis further shows that firms with exposure to foreign markets through trade relations create, on average, three-quarters more jobs and are twice as productive as non trading firms.
The comparative effects of frictional convergence and vertical wind shear on the interior asymmetries of a hurricane

A minimal three-dimensional hurricane model formulated on an f -plane is used to investigate the asymmetries that develop when a model storm is subjected to ambient vertical wind shear. The asymmetries that form in the moist version of the model have a different structure to those that form in a dry version. In the moist case there are two competing factors that influence the inner-core asymmetries: vertical wind shear and frictional convergence in the boundary layer. We show that the relative importance of these factors is different in the different stages of vortex evolution and different also in the core region compared with the outer region of the vortex. In the developing stage, the patterns of vertical velocity and temperature deviation above the boundary layer are primarily determined by the shear. When saturation occurs in the core region, the vortex rapidly intensifies and the upper and lower portions of the vortex become strongly coupled so that there is little tilt of the core region. In the mature stage, ascent associated with frictional convergence in the core tends to dominate the vertical motion field induced by the shear, but there are individual times when the patterns of ascent at the top of the boundary layer and at the upper level differ significantly. These times coincide mostly with fluctuations in the vortex track, which, in turn, must be influenced by asymmetries in the horizontal flow in the vortex. Even though the inner core of the vortex becomes upright with the onset of deep moist convection, the outer regions continue to have a significant tilt. Outside the core region the asymmetries in the pattern of vertical motion above the boundary layer are associated primarily with the tilt of the outer vortex.
Adolescent coping with everyday stressors: A seven-nation study of youth from central, eastern, southern, and northern Europe

The present study compares problem-specific coping strategies and coping styles of European adolescents from seven nations. The sample consisted of 3031 adolescent participants, aged 11 to 20, from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Norway, Portugal, and Switzerland. The adolescents completed the Coping Across Situations Questionnaire (CASQ) by indicating which coping strategies (from 20 alternatives) they usually employed in dealing with age-specific problems (covering 8 different domains). The strategies can be collapsed to three coping styles: active coping, internal coping, and withdrawal. Results show that adolescents from all seven nations predominantly employed functional forms of coping, i.e., active coping and internal coping. In addition, the pattern of frequently and rarely applied coping strategies was similar across cultures. Differences in coping style were revealed for some, but not all problem domains, suggesting that cross-cultural similarity in coping exists for specific stressors. Problem-specific analyses helped to clarify where cultural influence is most distinct. Whereas cultural diversity was highest for coping with job-related problems, coping with self- and future-related problems was highly similar among adolescents from all the nations. Despite the considerable traditional, educational, and economic differences among the cultures investigated, the similarities in coping behaviour were impressive. Explanations for cultural universals and differences in adolescent coping are discussed.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Gripped by movies : From story-world to artifact absorption

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Literalism and Contextualism: Some Varieties

Both Literalism and Contextualism come in many varieties. There are radical, and less radical, versions of both Literalism and Contextualism. Some intermediate positions are mixtures of Literalism and Contextualism. In this paper I describe several literalist positions, several contextualist positions, and a couple of intermediate positions. My aim is to convince the reader that the Literalism/Contextualism controversy is far from being settled. In the first section, I look at the historical development of Literalism. This development reveals a gradual weakening. The question that naturally arises is: How far can we go in this direction? Where will this tendency ultimately lead us? And the obvious answer is: to Contextualism. In the second section I describe the steps which, from a critique of the currently dominant literalist position (Minimalism), can lead to Contextualism. In the last three sections I describe various contextualist positions, and I discuss possible literalist replies to the contextualist challenge.
Organic Acids, Antioxidants, and Dietary Fiber of Mexican Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) Residues cv. Tupy

Blackberry fruit processing generates residues comprised of peel, seeds, and pulp that are abundant in flavonoids, colorants, and organic acids. The objective of this study was to determine the organic acids, antioxidants, and dietary fiber content of blackberry residues and compare antioxidants and dietary fiber content of a prune-based commercial product. The ABTS, DPPH, and FRAP methodologies were used for antioxidant capacity. The blackberry residues exhibited a high amount of malic acid (5706.37 mg/100 g db), phenols (4016.43 mg GAE/100 g db), and anthocyanins content (364.53 mg/100 g db) compared with the commercial product. These compounds contributed to the antioxidant capacity (by ABTS) of both products but were 20 times higher in blackberry residues. The fruit residues were able to reduce iron (by FRAP) 4.4 times compared to the prune-based product. Total dietary fiber (44.26%) and functional properties as water retention capacity (2.94 g/g), swelling capacity (5.00 mL/g), and fat absorption capacity (1.98 mL/g) of blackberry residues were significantly higher than those of the commercial sample. The results demonstrated that, due to its antioxidant compounds and functional properties, the blackberry residue can be considered a source of components with potential benefit to human health.
Improve Mongolian-Chinese translation by Introducing SMT Information into NMT

In this paper, we improved the final accuracy of statistic alignment of phrase-based statistic machine translation (PBSMT) and introduced the improved alignment result into NMT. Moreover, we investigated syntax reordering and data augmentation for improving SMT alignments, which eventually leads to better NMT performance. The experiment results show that applying our approach to Mongolian-Chinese translation demonstrates promising improvements. With annotation alignment and compared to NMT baseline, we obtained up to 2.98 BLEU improvement on the low-resource language pair Mongolian-Chinese.
Does Health Insurance Ownership Determine Access and Frequency of Hospitalization? Evidence from the Two-part Poisson Model

This paper examined the effect of health insurance ownership on hospitalization within the context of Malaysia. The study utilized the data from Malaysia National Health and Morbidity Survey III (2006) and 14,234 respondents were selected for this purpose. Malaysia provides new evidence from an emerging market where voluntary purchase of private health insurance co-exists with almost free public health care. We used the standard and two-part Poisson models in determining the effect of insurance ownership on utilization. Based on two selection criteria, two-part Poisson model was found to be superior to the standard specification. Insurance ownership was found to be significant in determining access while it has no significant effect on frequency of hospitalization. Other significant variables that determine access were age, marital status, household size, health status and income while health status is the sole factor that affects frequency.
Open Experimentation on Phenomena of Chemical Reactions via the Learning Company Approach in Early Secondary Chemistry Education

Received 17 January 2010; accepted 01 June 2010 Presented is a case study on the implementation of open and inquiry-type experimentation in early German secondary chemistry education. The teaching strategy discussed follows the learning company approach. Originally adopted from vocational education, the learning company method is used to redirect lab-oriented classroom practice towards a more cooperative mode of learning and instruction. In our interpretation of this method for chemistry education, an additional methodological element was implemented in order to create an atmosphere allowing a different style of experimentation. Our interpretation of the learning company idea seeks to motivate students to perform self-regulated and self-organized experiments within the sought after cooperative mode. This paper describes an example using the phenomena of chemical reactions as developed within a project of Participatory Action Research. It also provides insight into both teacher and student feedback, concluding by relating our findings to other examples using the learning company approach in chemistry education.