Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
QTI SUBMISSION TO DCASE 2020: MODEL EFFICIENT ACOUSTIC SCENE CLASSIFICATION

This technical report describes the details of our submission for Task1B of the DCASE 2020 challenge. In this report, we introduce three methods for the efﬁcient acoustic scene classiﬁcation with low model complexity. First, inspired by CutMix which is proposed for image recognition tasks, we consider FreqMix for the data augmentation of mixing speciﬁc frequency bands of two different samples instead of cutting and pasting box patches. Second, as a novel feature normalization, we consider SubSpectral Normalization, which can adjust the information imbalance between each frequency band without increasing model size. Last, to reduce the number of model parameters, we propose a Shared Residual architecture where the weights of all layers (except the normalization layer) are shared. All submission models were trained without any external data, and our model is not based on an ensemble of multiple models but a single model to satisfy the model complexity condition.
Responses of Johnsongrass against Sorghum Anthracnose isolates

Johnsongrass is a creeping perennial weed that interferes with crop productivity. Due to genetic similarity to sorghum, Johnsongrass is considered to have potential as an alternate source of pathogen resistance genes for sorghum. In order to test this hypothesis, sorghum isolates of anthracnose (Colletotrichum sublineolum) were inoculated onto twenty-six Johnsongrass cultivars collected from across the southern US by using an excised leaf method. Upon inoculation with a C. sublineolum sorghum isolate, different Johnsongrass cultivars showed different degrees of infection. Moreover, three different C. sublineolum isolates caused different responses on the same Johnsongrass cultivar. Expression of early defense response related genes, including β-1,3-glucanase, chalcone synthase 8 (CHS8), pathogen induced chitinase, flavonoid-3’-hydroxylase, pathogenesis related protein-10 (PR- 10), and thaumatin-like protein, were measured 24 hrs and 48 hrs post inoculation in selected Johnsongrass cultivars by Real-Time qRT-PCR. The results revealed that levels of defense responses varied among cultivars but were not sufficient to establish a basis for resistance. When the same Johnsongrass cultivars were inoculated in a greenhouse study with conidia of Colletotrichum sublineolum isolate FSP53 from sorghum, some showed evidence of a hypersensitive response. However, successful reproduction of the pathogen as detected by formation of acervuli and setae was seen only on SH1116 and on only one leaf of this cultivar.
Hybrid OFDMA Resource Allocation Scheme for Ensuring Required Level of Proportional Fairness

The new-generation wireless communication networks are envisioned to offer higher sum data rates along with the required level of fairness. Previous works tend to suffer from a decayed performance as subcarriers become relatively insufficient in allocation to users. To maximize the sum data rates and ensure the required level of proportional fairness, this paper presents a hybrid OFDMA resource allocation scheme which uses Hungarian algorithm combined with a greedy method for subcarrier allocation and uses bee colony optimization for power allocation. The proposed subcarrier allocation scheme can make full use of advantages of both globally optimal Hungarian algorithm in enhancing sum data rates and locally optimal greedy method in maintaining a reasonable fairness level and can make Hungarian algorithm work in a searching mode for further improvement of sum data rates and fairness. The proposed power allocation scheme can converge to the required level of proportional fairness but with higher sum data rates if the subcarrier allocation does not achieve the required fairness. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can obtain the required level of proportional fairness but with higher sum data rates even if subcarriers are relatively insufficient in allocation to users. Complexity analysis shows the proposed method has moderate complexity.
INTERNET BANKING SERVICE QUALITY IN INDONESIA AND ITS IMPACT ON E-CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND E-CUSTOMER LOYALTY

This study proposes a model of the effect of internet banking service quality on e customer satisfaction and e customer satisfaction on e customer loyalty in the banking industry in Indonesia. Based on the technology acceptance model, this study aims to expand the model to better understand why consumers are willing or hesitant to adopt internet banking as a means of financial transactions. The researcher proposes a framework that integrates the factors that affect service quality, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty. Some important implications are also discussed and the proposed model will form the basis of empirical studies.
Vitamin D Receptor Genetic Variants among CKD Patients of South Indian Population

Background and Objectives: Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism has long been known for its association with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). We aimed to investigate the potential role of VDR gene polymorphisms in CKD patients. Design and Methods: The association of VDR gene polymorphisms in CKD patients (N=147; males =100 (68.03%) and females=47 (31.97%)) is investigated in this study. The patient samples were compared with healthy control subjects (N=210; males: 130 (61.90%) and females: 80 38.10%)). Genotyping was carried out by polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism method (PCR_RFLP). All the tatistical analysis was carried out using the SPSS and PLINK-software. Results: A significant difference in the genotype frequency of ApaI-“CC” (p=0.015, OR=0.51, 95% CI=0.29–0.91) was observed in the patients vs. control subjects. Further, we observed that individuals with a/T haplotype were at a risk (0.25-fold higher; 95% CI=0.09–0.67). The serum calcium levels were increase in the patients with ApaI (AC+CC) variants, but were significantly decreased in the AA variant (9.6 ± 1.16 vs. 9.07 ± 0.85 mg/dL, p=0.0005). The serum Hb levels were also increase in the patients with TaqI (TT) variants, but were significantly decreased in the (TC+CC) variants (8.36 ± 2.41 vs. 7.86 ± 2.20 mg/dL, p=0.03). We also observed that the “AC” genotype of the ApaI polymorphism when present in a combination with the “TC” genotype of TaqI polymorphism conferred a 1.4 times higher risk (38/54) for developing CKD using MDR analysis.Interpretations and Conclusions: ApaI gene polymorphism of the VDR gene is significantly associated with CKD patients and the ApaI “CC” variant could be a risk allele for CKD patients in South Indian population.
Reassembling Scholarly Communications

The Open Access Movement proposes to remove price and permission barriers for accessing peer-reviewed research work—to use the power of the internet to duplicate material at an infinitesimal cost-per-copy. In this volume, contributors show that open access does not exist in a technological or policy vacuum; there are complex social, political, cultural, philosophical, and economic implications for opening research through digital technologies. The contributors examine open access from the perspectives of colonial legacies, knowledge frameworks, publics and politics, archives and digital preservation, infrastructures and platforms, and global communities. he contributors consider such topics as the perpetuation of colonial-era inequalities in research production and promulgation; the historical evolution of peer review; the problematic histories and discriminatory politics that shape our choices of what materials to preserve; the idea of scholarship as data; and resistance to the commercialization of platforms. Case studies report on such initiatives as the Making and Knowing Project, which created an openly accessible critical digital edition of a sixteenth-century French manuscript, the role of formats in Bruno Latour's An Inquiry into Modes of Existence, and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), a network of more than 1,200 journals from sixteen countries. Taken together, the contributions represent a substantive critical engagement with the politics, practices, infrastructures, and imaginaries of open access, suggesting alternative trajectories, values, and possible futures.
Uncertain wind power forecasting using LSTM‐based prediction interval

Estimating prediction intervals (PIs) is an efficient and reliable way of capturing the uncertainties associated with wind power forecasting. In this study, a state of the art recurrent neural network (RNN) known as long short-term memory (LSTM) is used to produce reliable PIs for one-hour ahead wind power uncertainty forecast using the non-parametric lower upper bound estimation framework. Two realistic hourly stamped wind power data sets are obtained and by using mutual information and false nearest neighbours techniques, the data are made suitable for model inputs. A novel comprehensive objective function consisting of the coverage probability, the average width of the PIs, symmetricity and variational synchronicity is developed to train the LSTM model using intelligent optimisation techniques. The standard of the PIs generated for the test set as well as for different seasons are evaluated based on the indices used to design the objective function for model training, with one of them being modified. The performance of the proposed LSTM model is found to outperform typical RNN models like Elman, non-linear auto-regressive with exogenous models and other benchmarking models while tested on the real-world data sets.
Antimicrobial factors in bovine colostrum

The study determined the content of certain antimicrobial proteins in the colostrum of five Ayrshire cows during the first 9 milkings and in milk 14 days from parturition. The following factors were analyzed: total whey protein (WP), total immunoglobulins (Ig), lactoferrin (LF), lactoperoxidase (LP), lysozyme (LZM). and Salmonella typhimurium antibody titer towards somatic (04, 12) and flagellar (Hj.j.Hj) antigens. The content of all factors varied considerably in the first milking of the various cows, but the difference in content for all but LP and LZM decreased along with the number of milkings. The concentrations of WP, Ig and LF were at their highest in the first milking and dropped markedly in the following milkings. On the other hand, the LP concentration was on average greatest during the 3rd and 4th milkings, and the LZM concentration during the 7th and Bth milkings. The colostral whey from the first milking had the following concentrations on average: WP 69.2 mg/ml, Ig 52.0 mg/ml, LF 1.53 mg/ml, LP 22.8 //g/ml and LZM 0.40 /ig/ml. In the milk whey the concentrations were as follows: WP 12.2 mg/ml, Ig 0.95 mg/ml, LF 0.09 mg/ml, LP 20.1 /ig/ml and LZM 0.37 fig/ml. Agglutinating antibodies to a human pathogenic strain of S. typhimurium were found against both O and H antigens in the colostrum of all cows. One cow, which had been vaccinated with S. typhimurium before parturition, had significantly higher titers than the unvaccinated animals. The latter were found to have antibodies only in the first two or three milkings post partum while the vaccinated cow still had antibodies in the milk 14 days post partum. The results obtained permit the assumption that in addition to antibodies, the nonspecific antibacterial factors (LF, LP and LZM) may contribute to the antimicrobial activity of colostrum and thus enhance the resistance of a newborn calf to microbial infections during the first week of life.
Cross-nationality importance performance analysis of Middle East all-inclusive mass tourism destination image

PurposeThe paper aims to analyze cognitive attributes affecting the overall destination image perception of British, German and Russian tourists toward Antalya, a well-positioned mass tourism destination in the East Mediterranean region dominated by an all-inclusive (AI) system.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is an empirical study using a structured questionnaire conducted in the summer of 2018 with 274 British, 179 German and 231 Russian tourists departing to their respective source markets from Antalya International Airport. The mean values are used as performance and correlation coefficients of the relationship between each cognitive image dimension and overall image evaluation is used to express importance.FindingsThe paper provides empirical insights that these three nationalities prefer Antalya as an AI holiday destination for different reasons and that each nationality demands attention to different factors of the destination for improvement or preservation.Research limitations/implicationsThis study provides specific recommendations for AI destinations such as Antalya for the German, British and Russian source markets. When other source markets or types of destinations are considered, the findings of this study should be re-considered. Utilization of the original and modernized importance performance analysis (IPA) plot interpretations in this research reveals a deeper understanding of current findings and provides a new perspective for further research and guidance for destination managers and marketers.Practical implicationsUtilization of both original and modernized IPA plot interpretation in this research not only reveals a deeper understanding of current findings but also provides a new perspective for future studies and guidance for destination managers and marketers.Originality/valueUnlike the majority of destination image research, this study of destination image based on individual nationalities enables tailor-made destination image development according to diversified importance and performance of destination attributes affecting the overall destination image for each nationality.
PENGARUH INFESTASI CACING SALURAN PENCERNAAN TERHADAP BOBOT TUBUH KAMBING SABURAI PADA KELOMPOK TERNAK DI KECAMATAN GEDONG TATAAN, KABUPATEN PESAWARAN, PROVINSI LAMPUNG

This research aims to know the effect about gastrointestinal worm infestation on body weight of goat Saburai in Gedong Tataan District Pesawaran Lampung Province. This research was conducted in August - September 2017. Testing of Mc Master and Sedimentation Test at Parasitology Laboratory, Lampung Veterinary Center. This study uses 83 goats Saburai Goat found in livestock group Gedong Tataan district Pesawaran Regency Lampung Province. The data were made in tabulation and analyzed by t-test. The results indicate that goat Saburai infestation by gastrointestinal worms in the group of Gedong livestock there are ± 52 positive samples infected with the gastrointestinal worms or 62.7% total population. Based on the results identification type gastrointestinal worms are Haemonus sp (50.66%), Strongyloides sp (25.3%), Oeshophagostomum sp (22.9%), Trichostongylus sp (18.1%), Bunostomum sp (7, 3%) moniezia sp (3,6%) Mecistocirrus sp (1,2%). The result of t-test showed that gastrointestinal infestation had significant effect (P <0,01) on body weight goat Saburai with difference body weight 6,39 kg at age ≥ 1 year and 8,10 kg at age <1 year. Keywords: infestation, Saburai goat, body weight
Tio2/SiO2/Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles synthesis and application in methyl orange UV photocatalytic removal.

Three main parameters affecting TiO2/SiO2/Fe3O4 nanoparticles activity in photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange were investigated using response surface methodology (SRM). Precipitation method and sol-gel technique were used to prepare SiO2/Fe3O4 electromagnetic composite support and TiO2/SiO2/Fe3O4 photocatalytically active nanoparticles. The specific surface area, pore volume, and average pore size of the synthesized nanoparticles were respectively equal to 56 m2/g, 0.12 cm3/g and 9.4 nm. The point of zero charge (PZC) of the catalyst was measured to be 5.9. The maximum and minimum photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange using the synthesized nanoparticles were 100% and 30%, respectively. A linear model was fitted to the obtained results with R2adjusted equal to 0.87. The results of analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed that catalyst concentration, reaction media pH and aeration rate were significantly affected the photocatalytic activity. Optimization was performed considering photocatalytic activity as the main objective functions. In order to maximize photocatalytic activity, catalyst loading, reaction media pH and aeration rate were respectively adjusted to 2,000 ppm, 3 and 2.5 L/min, which resulted in total methyl orange removal. Considering promising photocatalytic activity of TiO2/SiO2/Fe3O4 along with core-sell nanocomposite separation performance led us to propose this photocatalyst as an alternative solution for treating waste waters.
Determination of Optimum Eri Silkworm Larvae Population Density in Feeding Tray using Shelf Rearing Technique

Population density during the different stages of larval growth and development is one of the crucial issues for successful commercial cocoon crop of silkworms. Using appropriate population density ensures the hygiene of silkworms in order to protect from disease infection and to ensure them good feeding appetite. Different stages of silkworm larvae require different population density or bed space during their growing period in the rearing bed. As worms increase in size, there is overcrowding and overlapping each other that leads to underfeeding, creating a microclimate for disease spread and could also lead to suffocation. Hence, appropriate bed spacing is essential to silkworm larvae, to keep them healthy and productive. The treatments used for examining the appropriate population density of young and medium aged silkworm larvae were 1200, 1000, 800, 600, 400 and 200 per feeding tray (60cm X 90cm size). Another arrangement of population density used for examining the mature aged silkworm larvae were 600, 500, 400, 300, 200 and 100 per feeding tray (60cm X 90cm size) using silkworm shelf rearing technique to evaluate the effects of population density on different larval stages eri silkworm strains. 1 st and 2 nd larval instars/stages as young age, 3 rd and 4 th larval instars as medium age, 5 th larval instar as mature age were considered in the study. Observations on larval mortality, single larval weight, single shell weight, and silk ratio from different eri silkworm strains were carefully noted for each treatment and replications. Three replications were used for each treatment. Statistically significant variation in mean larval mortality rate among population densities was observed in young, medium and mature silkworm larval stages of silkworm strains. Larval mortality rate was significantly reduced when young, medium and mature larval stages of castor feeding eri silkworm strains (Indian eri and Vietnamese eri) reared in a group of 400 to 800 worms, 400 to 600 worms and 300 to 400 worms respectively in a 60 cm X 90 cm feeding tray of shelf rearing method. Bigger Larval weight, bigger shell weight and higher percentage of silk ratio are important cocoon yield quality parameters for silkworm strains. Significant (P < 0.05) variations were observed among population densities for these important variables in all the tested eri silkworm strains. Keywords : Population density, silkworm strains, feeding tray, larval instars, larval mortality, shell weight, silk ratio
THE IN VITRO INFLUENCE OF A PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE SMALL SEA FISH EXTRACT ON APOPTOSIS AND PROLIFERATION MECHANISMS AMPLIFIED BY INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS

The osteoarthritis pathogenesis is depicted by the start of articular cartilage degradation and dysfunction in chondrocytes metabolism. Many drugs were developed in order to prevent or stop one or several pathways of osteoarthritis progression, but a therapeutically efficient solution is far from been achieved. Our research is focused on apoptotic and cell division mechanisms, dramatically changed in osteoarthritis, highlighting inflammatory conditions mimicked through two types of stimuli: IL1β and TNFα. The protective action of a small sea fish extract was studied on a human chondrocytes cell line (CHON-001), comparing its action with two pharmaceutically active compounds: chondroitin sulphate and ascorbic acid. The previously demonstrated regenerating effect of the product is completed with anti-apoptotic and pro-mitotic action in pro-inflammatory stimulated chondrocytes, as well as the hyaluronic acid extracellular restoring in IL1β treated CHON-001.
ATTENTIONAL MODULATION OF THE MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE

2 Acknowledgments . 4 Introduction . 7 Chapter 1: Attentional modulation of background connectivity between ventral visual cortex and the medial temporal lobe . 12 Chapter 2: Statistical learning is constrained by attentional modulation of background connectivity . 34 Chapter 3: Modulation of the human hippocampus by relational attention . 52 Conclusions . 75 Supplementary Information . 81 References . 84
A floristic comparison of three Northern Coastal Forests differing in disturbance history

Background: The impacts of disturbance history on the floristics of Northern Coastal Forest (NCF; South Africa) are unknown.Objectives: This study compared the floristics of three remnant patches of NCF (in KwaZulu-Natal) with contrasting disturbance histories: a primary forest with low levels of disturbance (Hawaan), a primary forest with high levels of disturbance (Umdoni) and a secondary forest (Twinstreams) that was rehabilitated with presently low disturbance levels.Method: Transects and quadrats were used to assess species composition and diversity at each site.Results: Collectively, 688 species, 400 genera and 113 families were found, but only 21.95% of the species were shared by the three forests. The most speciose families were Fabaceae Asteraceae Rubiaceae. The species richness was highest at the disturbed primary forest and notably lower at the primary forest. Diversity indices exhibited a similar trend. Cluster analyses and ordinations indicated that the secondary forest was intermediate between the two primary forests, with the disturbed primary forest and secondary forest being more similar.Conclusion: The disturbed and secondary forests maintained a NCF floristic affinity. The dissimilarity between Hawaan and other forests is most likely the product of differing disturbance histories and rehabilitation efforts. The findings suggested that NCF patches are likely to be different in richness, but not in structure and affinity. Anthropogenic related pressures and disturbance appear to be major causes of floristic differences amongst patches. This leads to higher levels of richness by accommodating opportunistic, atypical and alien species, and possibly the creation of novel NCF types.
Influence of substrate stiffness on the cellular mechanical properties

Physical cues from cellular external environment, especially substrate stiffness, have gradually been recognized as key factors that could mediate some cell behaviors and its physiological processes. In this study, atomic force microscopy was used to investigate the influence of substrate stiffness on cellular mechanical properties, which were regarded as potential indicators for early detection of tumor. Our results showed that the viscoelasticity of breast cancer cells was significantly lower than that of breast epithelial cells in the hard substrate, while the viscoelasticity of ovarian cancer cells did not change with substrate change. It can be seen that substrate stiffness indeed plays an important role in the development of tumor, which could be attribute to its regulation of the cellular mechanical properties.
Crystal structure of (E)-2-(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzylidene)-7-methoxy-3,4-dihydronaphthalen- 1(2H)-one, C20H14F6O2

Abstract C20H14F6O2${\text{C}}_{20}{\text{H}}_{14}{\text{F}}_{6}{\text{O}}_{2}$, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 14.791(2) Å, b = 8.5303(9) Å, c = 15.531(3) Å, β = 115.474(19)°, V = 1769.1(5) Å3, Z = 4, Rgt${R}_{gt}$(F) = 0.0574, w Rref$w\,{R}_{\text{ref}}$(F2) = 0.1451, T = 100 K. CCDC no.: 2016723