Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Current perspectives on mitochondrial inheritance in fungi

: The mitochondrion is an essential organelle of eukaryotes, generating the universal energy currency, adenosine triphosphate, through oxidative phosphorylation. However, aside from generation of adenosine triphosphate, mitochondria have also been found to impact a diversity of cellular functions and organ system health in humans and other eukaryotes. Thus, inheriting and maintaining functional mitochondria are essential for cell health. Due to the relative ease of conducting genetic and molecular biological experiments using fungi, they (especially the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) have been used as model organisms for investigating the patterns of inheritance and intracellular dynamics of mitochondria and mitochondrial DNA. Indeed, the diversity of mitochondrial inheritance patterns in fungi has contributed to our broad understanding of the genetic, cellular, and molecular controls of mitochondrial inheritance and their evolutionary implications. In this review, we briefly summarize the patterns of mitochondrial inheritance in fungi, describe the genes and processes involved in controlling uniparental mitochondrial DNA inheritance in sexual crosses in basidiomycete yeasts, and provide an overview of the molecular and cellular processes governing mitochondrial inheritance during asexual budding in S. cerevisiae . Together, these studies reveal that complex regulatory networks and molecular processes are involved in ensuring the transmission of healthy mitochondria to the progeny.
Urban Parks and Their Economic Roles - In the Context of Urban Redevelopment, United States -

The primary goal of this research is to link two currently disconnected literature; the history of urban redevelopment and the one of urban parks and open spaces in the United States (US). Through this exercise, this study attempts to reveal examples of urban parks and open spaces that have yielded economic effects, and emphasize their possibility as a measure of urban redevelopment. Five phases are presented, starting with two Pre-World War II urbanization periods, and three subsequent periods of Post-World War II urban redevelopment (1940s~1960s, late 1960s~1970s, 1980s~present). While urban parks in the 19th century urbanization period held a preeminent place in urban design, policy and economy, ensuing depression and World War II diminished their role as a channel to ease unemployment. In the first phase of urban redevelopment, the economic motive to build open space was to boost the appeal of specific locales in order to draw people and businesses back to a neglected city. In the second phase, public effort to create and maintain urban parks and open spaces declined due to the budget austerity, instead, community open spaces flourished through the voluntary actions and helped neighborhoods to regain desirability. In the third phase, the aspirations and functions of such projects resemble their forerunners of the first phase, but their targets extended to global businesses and elites.
Students' perceptions towards the Van Hiele's phases of learning geometry using Geometer's Sketchpad software

Students should be given the opportunity to experience effective and interesting learning process. In this age of modern technology, many learning aid tools can be used to facilitate the learning process. For the topics of geometry, the provided activities are arranged properly according to Van Hiele's phases of learning geometry namely information, guided orientation, explicitation, free orientation and integration. Hence, the objective of this paperwork is to identify the students' opinion towards the activities developed according to Van Hiele's phases of learning geometry using Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP) software. The activities were developed and certified by a few experts. The topic included was Form Two's Transformations. A 2-day workshop was conducted in a secondary school in Negeri Sembilan to put the developed activities in action. Two teachers conducted the workshop that was attended by 30 Form 2 students. Questionnaires were given to the students to obtain their opinion regarding the activities based on Van Hiele's phases of learning geometry using GSP. The results of the study showed that most of the students agreed that the prepared activities gave them positive effects such as facilitating their geometry lessons and boosting their confidence to learn geometry. Besides that, the GSP software was easy to use and helped them in their learning process. Hence, the use of Van Hiele's phases of learning geometry integrated with GSP software is very encouraged as an alternative strategy in learning geometry to increase the students' understanding and their level of geometric thinking. Key word: Van Hiele's phases of learning geometry, Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP) software.
on the Performance Persistence of China ’ s Funds

This paper research the Chinese funds’ persistence of performance based on “mover-stayer” model in years. We found that Chinese founds has weak persistent, follows: the medium founds group has the weakest persistent of performance, the best founds group has a medium persistent, and the poor mover founds group has the strongest persistent. But the persistent of performance decrease gradually with the extension of the study period.
Line structure representation for road network analysis

Road hierarchy and network structure are intimately linked; however, there is not a consistent basis for representing and analyzing the particular hierarchical nature of road network structure. This paper introduces the line structure—identified mathematically as a kind of linearly ordered incidence structure—as a means of representing road network structure and demonstrates its relation to existing representations of road networks: the “primal” graph, the “dual” graph, and the route structure. In doing so, the paper shows how properties of continuity, junction type, and hierarchy relating to differential continuity and termination are necessarily absent from primal and dual graph representations but intrinsically present in line structure representations. A new property indicative of hierarchical status—“cardinality”—is introduced and illustrated with application to example networks. The paper concludes by highlighting newly explicit relationships between different kinds of road network structure representation.
Research of multi-channel data acquisition system based on Wi-Fi Technology

As the main content of the modern information technology system, the data acquisition technology has been widely used in various fields of production and life. Traditional wired data acquisition system has good reliability, but it has the disadvantages of high cost, difficult maintenance, poor adaptability and so on. In this paper, based on the real needs of data acquisition, the wireless data acquisition system based on Wi-Fi is explored and studied. A wireless multi-channel dynamic data acquisition system is designed in this paper. This system takes the stm32f103c8t6 as the node master, carries on the transmission to the node data by the Wi-Fi module, takes the router as the transmission medium, the LabVIEW software design host computer virtual instrument. The feasibility of the proposed scheme is verified by experiments. KEYWORD: Data acquisition; Wi-Fi wireless technology; LabVIEW; Router
Cumulative Mild Head Injury (CMHI) in Contact Sports

The effect of cumulative mild head injury (CMHI) in contact sports such as rugby union and football (soccer) is seen at all levels as more concussive injuries are reported each year globally and in South Africa. This is problematic as repeated concussions may lead to cognitive deficits in attention and poorer overall cognitive profiles both in the short and long term. The aim of this chapter is to present a brief review of research on CMHI in football and rugby and other sports (briefly) both international and South African underpinned by an overview of the anatomy and neuroanatomy of the brain to illustrate the mechanisms involved in head injuries. Risk factors for all types of MHI are also given.
Effect of compound fertilizer on the yield andproductivity of soybean and maize in soybean/maizeintercrop in southeastern Nigeria

Se evaluo el efecto de cuatro niveles de fertilizacion (0, 100, 200, 300 kg/ha) con N:P:K (20:10:10) y dos sistemas de cultivo (intercalado o cultivo unico) sobre el rendimiento y productividad de los cultivos. El experimento se llevo a cabo durante las estaciones de cultivo 2002 y 2003. Se empleo un diseno de parcelas divididas donde la parcela principal fueron los sistemas de cultivo y las subparcelas los niveles de fertilizacion. El cultivo intercalado redujo el rendimiento de la soya y el maiz. El rendimiento de la soya fue menor principalmente debido al efecto de sombreado del maiz. La aplicacion del fertilizante incremento el rendimiento de ambos cultivos. La fertilizacion a nivel altos (300 kg N:P:K) fue mas benefica para la soya. No se encontro interaccion entre el sistema de cultivo y la fertilizacion. La productividad del cultivo soya/maiz fue superior en 68 (2002) y 79% (2003). El mayor retorno de capital se obtuvo con la mayor tasa de aplicacion de fertilizante en el cultivo soya/maiz. Los resultados implican que la productividad optima del cultivo soya/maiz en el sureste de Nigeria debe ser investigada con niveles de fertilizacion superiores a los empleados en el presente trabajo
Does the national innovation system spur economic growth in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa economies? Evidence from panel data

The question as to whether the national innovation system (NIS) plays a significant positive role in influencing economic growth has been intensely debated by academics as well as policy analysts. The main controversy, however, is the fact that the ongoing empirical evidences on the relationship between innovation and economic growth are still mixed. The aim of this paper is to provide further evidence on the relationship between the NIS and economic growth using consistent and reliable data from a sample of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa [BRICS]). The research has a BRICS focus and constructs NIS using historical panel data set for the main variables, that is, university enrolment rate for science and engineering students, government research and development expenditure, high-tech export and the enclosure of control variables covering the period 2000Q1–2013Q4. The study employed a dynamic panel estimation technique with a view of evaluating the relative impact of the NIS on economic growth in BRICS. The results revealed that the NIS as a whole has a positive effect on economic growth in BRICS economies. An important policy implication emerging from this study is that extra efforts are needed by emerging economies to promote the development of a NIS so as to explore the potential growth-inducing effects of a well-functioning NIS. Consequently, findings from this study have offered some persuading indicators for BRICS economies to explore the development of a NIS as a potential opportunity to speed up their economic growth.
THE ELM SURVEY. II. TWELVE BINARY WHITE DWARF MERGER SYSTEMS

We describe new radial velocity and X-ray observations of extremely low-mass white dwarfs (ELM WDs, ∼0.2 M☉) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4 and the MMT Hypervelocity Star survey. We identify four new short period binaries, including two merger systems. These observations bring the total number of short period binary systems identified in our survey to 20. No main-sequence or neutron star companions are visible in the available optical photometry, radio, and X-ray data. Thus, the companions are most likely WDs. Twelve of these systems will merge within a Hubble time due to gravitational wave radiation. We have now tripled the number of known merging WD systems. We discuss the characteristics of this merger sample and potential links to underluminous supernovae, extreme helium stars, AM CVn systems, and other merger products. We provide new observational tests of the WD mass–period distribution and cooling models for ELM WDs. We also find evidence for a new formation channel for single low-mass WDs through binary mergers of two lower mass objects.
Global strong solutions to magnetohydrodynamics with density-dependent viscosity and degenerate heat-conductivity

We deal with the equations of a planar magnetohydrodynamic compressible flow with the viscosity depending on the specific volume of the gas and the heat conductivity proportional to a positive power of the temperature. Under the same conditions on the initial data as those of the constant viscosity and heat conductivity case (Kazhikhov 1987 Boundary Value Problems for Equations of Mathematical Physics (Krasnoyarsk)), we obtain the global existence and uniqueness of strong solutions which means no shock wave, vacuum, or mass or heat concentration will be developed in finite time, although the motion of the flow has large oscillations and the interaction between the hydrodynamic and magnetodynamic effects is complex. Our result can be regarded as a natural generalization of the Kazhikhov’s theory for the constant viscosity and heat conductivity case to that of nonlinear viscosity and degenerate heat-conductivity.
Is currency factor important for global portfolios

We investigate whether cross-country diversification, particularly into emerging markets, has an impact on the pricing of exchange risk for globally diversified portfolios. Our empirical tests based on a conditional IAPM show that the price of exchange risk is highly significant in global sector portfolios that include only developed countries. In contrast, when we include emerging markets with the developed market assets, the hypothesis of zero price of exchange risk cannot be rejected. Also, global sector portfolios that include EM assets show lower currency beta and lower contribution of the currency premium on average. The reduction in the contribution of the currency premium is specifically important in periods of crises.
Performance of the Indian Mutual Fund Industry: Imperical Study of Diversified Equity Schemes

Mutual funds are vehicle to mobilize large corpus of money as per committed investment objective. In mutual fund Industry the word ‘fund’ and ‘scheme’ are inter-changeable. Mutual fund offer investor the opportunity to earn an income or build their wealth through professional management of their investible fund irrespective of investor’s expertise. We analyzed performance of diversified equity funds in India during 2003 to 2009 based on the popular measurement techniques, i.e. Sharpe, treynor and Jensen. We drill down market in three phases to have better transparent result based on three Comparison criteria, i.e. Average Return, Standard Deviation, and Return to variability ratio. Study results shows mutual fund outperformed the market during up trend market. Then we have selected top-20 schemes using return based rank of the respective scheme. After we have used spearmen’s rank correlation to measure the relationship between the ranks given by various measurement techniques. Key Words: Mutual Funds, Fund, Scheme, Investor, Professional management, diversified Equity funds, Measurement techniques, Sharpe, treynor, Jensen, Comparison Criteria, Average Return, Standard Deviation, Return to variability ratio, Spearmen’s rank correlation
Medication Error, What Is the Reason? A Case Report of Lethal Medication Error in the Field of Toxicology

Background: Medication errors due to different reasons may alter the outcome of all patients, especially patients with drug poisoning. We introduce one of the most common type of medication error in the present article. Case:A 48 year old woman with suspected organophosphate poisoning was died due to lethal medication error. Unfortunately these types of errors are not rare and had some preventable reasons included lack of suitable and enough training and practicing of medical students and some failures in medical students’ educational curriculum. Conclusion:Hereby some important reasons are discussed because sometimes they are tremendous. We found that most of them are easily preventable. If someone be aware about the method of use, complications, dosage and contraindication of drugs, we can minimize most of these fatal errors.
Women entrepreneurship in South Africa: Understanding the role of competencies in business success

Background and aim: Environmental factors alone cannot determine the success of small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) and female entrepreneurs; there is a need to closely examine the internal factors that also contribute to business success. This is necessary because, despite the considerable government support and support of bodies interested in promoting gender equality in all areas (business included), 20% of female-owned businesses still fail annually. Consequently, even though, according to a report from the Department of Trade and Industry in South Africa, millions of Rands have been allocated to support female-owned SMMEs by way of government funding, training, grants and consultative support services, the failure rates of these female-owned businesses remain high. The main reason for this can be that over-dependence on these incentives often weakens rather than strengthens female entrepreneurs’ ability to manage their businesses and reduces their competitiveness by laying emphasis on external, contextual factors rather than internal, competence variables for success. Researchers in the past have suggested that focusing on the internal factors, especially the ‘people issues’ facing the entrepreneurs (in this case female entrepreneurs), may give the business a better chance of success. Design/methodology/approach: A ‘mixed-method’ approach, conducted in two parts, was adopted for this study and appropriate tools and techniques were used to collect and analyse the data drawn from a sample of female entrepreneurs in South Africa. The study applies culturally instantiated facets of the debate on gender entrepreneurship as part of a detailed and empirically sophisticated consideration of the status of female entrepreneurship within South Africa. The qualitative aspect utilised semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. The quantitative aspect utilised survey questionnaires developed from the findings of the qualitative study. Results: All participants agreed that entrepreneurial competencies are vital for business success. The study also makes a clear distinction between the traits approach and competencies approach in understanding business success. Arguably, the competency variable is viewed and appreciated differently by female entrepreneurs in South Africa. The findings also showed some cultural variations in the application of entrepreneurial competencies among the four dominant racial groups in South Africa. Conclusion: This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the competency variable in understanding the factors that influence business success in the context of South African female entrepreneurs. It provides a basis for an agenda for focus on training and development of the entrepreneurial competencies of female entrepreneurs in South Africa.
Structural Influences on Water Withdrawals: An Exploratory Macro-Comparative Analysis

It has been well documented that many societies around the world are currently experiencing the consequences of water scarcity, and this scarcity is likely to be one of the major resource crises of the 21st century. While environmental sociologists and human ecologists have analyzed the social forces driving a variety of biophysical impacts, the sociostructural factors influencing water consumption have not been extensively investigated. We discuss the variety of challenges facing analyses of water consumption at the national level, particularly those stemming from data limitations and the diversity of forces, both social and biophysical, which influence water use. Recognizing the limitations of conducting cross-national research on water resources, we present our analysis as exploratory. We use a simultaneous equation model to analyze the factors influencing both water withdrawals for agricultural use and withdrawals for other uses. We find that economic development and connections to the global economy are key forces influencing water consumption, where at the national level, affluence and globalization lead to a decline in agricultural water use, but an escalation of water use in other sectors.
Draft The Arabidopsis PARAQUAT RESISTANT 1 mutant accumulates leucine upon dark treatment

Journal: Botany Manuscript ID cjb-2016-0321.R1 Manuscript Type: Article Date Submitted by the Author: 24-Feb-2017 Complete List of Authors: Begam, Rowshon; University of Alberta, Biological Sciences; Government of Alberta, Agriculture and Forestry Good, Allen; University of Alberta Please Select from this Special Issues list if applicable: Keyword: LAT4, PAR1, L-type amino acid transporter, amino acid, transporter
Chinese firm dynamics and the role of ownership type: A conditional estimation approach of the Asymmetric Exponential Power (AEP) density

This paper investigates the impact of ownership type on the entire growth rate distributional mass of Chinese firms, using a conditional estimation approach of the Asymmetric Exponential Power (AEP) density that goes beyond simple location-shift analysis. We first find a Chinese growth puzzle, i.e., a deviation from the stylized fact of the variance-scaling relationship commonly found in Western European economies. We then find, through five hypotheses, that the ownership type mainly affects the tails of the growth rate distributions. Our results also indicate that barriers of becoming a high growth firm, such as financial constraints, are especially prevalent in the Chinese private sector.
Compréhension auditive en temps réel chez des sujets aphasiques : Résultats d'une nouvelle batterie de tests

Une etude de la comprehension auditive en temps reel de patients aphasiques, portant sur les differents niveaux de traitement de l'information sonore (phonetique, lexical, syntaxique, semantique, pragmatique et prosodique) a ete entreprise grâce a une batterie de tests elabores par le Laboratoire de traitement du langage et de la parole de l'Universite de Neuchâtel. Apres un bref rappel des avantages d'une telle approche et une description succincte des differents tests, nous rapportons ici les resultats d'un groupe de sujets controles ainsi que ceux d'un groupe de personnes aphasiques evaluees dans la division de neuropsychologie du CHUV a Lausanne. Si ces premiers resultats montrent que certains tests sont particulierement bien reussis par la plupart des aphasiques, notamment le traitement prosodique, force est de constater qu'il n'y a pas de profil specifique pouvant etre attribue a un syndrome particulier. Cependant, ces donnees doivent encore etre renforcees par la recolte d'un nombre plus eleve d'evaluations de patients avec divers syndromes aphasiques. Par ailleurs, d'autres pistes sont encore a explorer, comme la correlation anatomo-clinique, pour l'etude des relations entre la localisation des lesions et des troubles (symptomes) particuliers. Une discussion sur les avantages d'une telle approche en complement de l'evaluation de la comprehension auditive en temps differe sert de conclusion a ce travail.