Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A New Species of Synandwakia and Two Newly Recorded Species of Athenaria (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Korea

Actiniarians were collected from the sandy mud flat of Deokjeokdo, Jak-yakdo, Yeoungjongdo and Hupo of Korean waters from 1962 to 1998. They are identified into three species of two families, which are newly recorded to Korean athenarian fauna: Synandwakiu multitentaculata n. sp. , Edwardsioides japonica (Carlgren, 1931) and Metedwardsia akkeshi (Uchida, 1932). They are described in detail with figures and tables. Synandwakia multitentaculata n. sp. is easily distinguished from S. hozawai by having up to 200 in the number of tentacles and by the peculiar macrobasic amastigophores of tentacles and the larger microbasic p-mastigophores of acontia in the macrocnidae.
OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF MAKING A CRAPPY SKETCH

This paper discusses which freehand drawing skills a designer needs in the 21st century and why not more people are using sketching as a creative tool. Are design schools teaching the adequate skills needed today? In the past 5-10 years focus has shifted from product design to experience design and the skills needed to make high end drawings might not be needed to the same extent. 3D computational tools have in many ways replaced the classical freehand renderings, yet product designers are many times taught drawing in classic ways. In this paper, different types of drawings are categorised in order to show their benefits over 3D renderings or text. By doing this, I will show that the low fidelity drawing in many ways have more advantages than the high fidelity drawings. Even though low fidelity drawings are effective, many designers are afraid to draw or show their drawings as they lack confidence and consider themselves poor at drawing. By teaching students to identify the actual function of the drawing, they will better understand the value of a simple sketch and find confidence to use it.
APPARENT ABSENCE OF GAP JUNCTIONS IN TWO CLASSES OF CNIDARIA

Study of the literature and new observations by electron microscopy suggest that gap junctions are absent in the anthozoa and scyphozoa, but present in the hydrozoa. While this may help to explain the marked electrophysiological differences known to exist between the hydrozoa and the other two groups, it raises questions about how intercellular metabolic communication is achieved in the groups lacking gap junctions.
Is an “effective” online group really effective?

The aim of this paper is to explore the real value of effectiveness and success of online collaborative learning teams by studying and analysing their collaborative behaviour with respect to their problem solving performance. To that end, we focus on online learning groups that are engaged in a problem solving situation which ends up with successful group learning outcomes; the final product they deliver as a group is judged satisfactory. But can we safely admit that such a group was really effective? In other words, can we claim that each individual member achieved the learning objectives set or obtained the same benefit as the others? Or, did the group manage a well-balanced participation and contribution of all its members? This work presents an integrated approach that focuses on analysing the participatory attitudes of group members in collaborative learning activities (group functioning) and their contributions to the problem solving (task performance). This allows us to assess the real effectiveness of online collaborative learning teams by examining and measuring the skills that should characterise an effective collaborative learning team. In particular, we explore the interaction behaviour of different collaborative groups that apparently proved to be effective as regards their performance at problem solving level. The ultimate aim of our work is to provide both a better understanding of group interaction and the means to improve the effectiveness of online learning groups as well as to enhance individual member learning and success.
A laboratory and field condition comparison of life table parameters of Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Life table studies are essential tools for understanding population dynamics. The life table parameters of Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) feeding on the host plant, Hibiscus syriacus L. were studied under laboratory (25±1°C and relative humidity of 65±5% and a photoperiod of 16L : 8D h) and field conditions (23-43°C, and relative humidity of 27-95%). The data were analysed using the age-stage, two-sex life table theory. The life table studies were started with 50 and 40 nymphs in laboratory and field conditions, respectively. Under laboratory conditions, A. gossypii reared on H. syriacus had a higher survival rate, fecundity, and longevity than those reared under field conditions. When reared under field conditions, A. gossypii had a longer nymphal develop- mental time, shorter adult longevity, and lower fecundity than those reared under laboratory conditions. The intrinsic rate of increase (r), net reproductive rate (R 0 ), and the finite rate of increase (λ) under laboratory conditions, were higher than those obtained under field conditions. Nevertheless, there were no significant differences in the mean generation time T (days) between field and laboratory conditions. In the present study, the results clearly showed that life table parameters of A. gossypii were significantly different under field and laboratory conditions. These results could help us to understand the A. gossypii population dynamics under field conditions. The results could also help us make better management decisions for economically important crops.
Brazilian Residential Real Estate Bubble

CLAUDIMAR PEREIRA DA VEIGA Department Business School PPAD Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná PUCPR Rua Imaculada Conceição, 1155 Prado Velho – Zip code 80215-901, Curitiba, PR, BRAZIL Department Business School DAGA Federal University of Paraná UFPR Rua Prefeito Lothário Meissner, 632 2° andar Jardim Botânico – Zip code 80210-170, Curitiba / PR, BRAZIL E-mail: claudimar.veiga@ufpr.br
Prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis among schoolchildren in White Nile State, Sudan

Urinary schistosomiasis is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, including Sudan, the risk for schistosomiasis is widespread, especially in the major irrigation systems in the Gezira area between the Blue and White Nile Rivers and both Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma hematobium are endemic. A cross sectional descriptive study was done to determine the prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis. Randomly 385 children were selected (223 males, 162 females) from the total population of three basic mixed schools at Assalaya locality in White Nile State. Urine samples were exanimated after allowing it to sediment in a conical urinalysis glass. A drop from the sediment is taken and examined under the light microscope for the presence of S. hematobium ova and by a filtration method. The percentage of the infection was 154/385 (40%). The highest frequency of positive cases were found among the age group of 12 to 15 years 91/154 (59.1%) but no significant association between age distribution and positive results was found (p-value = 0.18). In this study no significant association between sex and urinary schistosomiasis was found (p-value = 0.64). About 253/385 (65.7%) of population know the mode of transmission of the schistosomiasis from infected water with snails transmit the infection. There was significant association between contact to canals and the infection (p-value < 0.05). There was no significant association between father and mother education and the infection (p-values = 0.08, 0.06 respectively), monthly income and the infection (pvalue=0.31), the source of water supply and the disease (p-value = 0.43). While there was significant association between lack of latrines in houses and the infection (p-value < 0.05).
Cloud-Based Mobicontext Hybrid Framework

In recent years, recommendation systems have seen significant evolution in the field of knowledge engineering. Most of the existing recommendation systems based their models on collaborative filtering approaches that make them simple to implement. However performance of most of the existing collaborative filtering-based recommendation system suffers due to the challenges such as: (a) cold start, (b) data sparseness, and (c) scalability. In this paper we proposed Mobicontext, a hybrid cloud-based Bi-Objective Recommendation Framework (BORF) for mobile social networks. The mobicontext utilizes multi-objective optimization techniques to generate personalized recommendations. To address the issues pertaining to cold start and data sparseness, the BORF performs data preprocessing by using the Hub-Average (HA) inference model. Moreover, the Weighted Sum Approach (WSA) is implemented for scalar optimization and an evolutionary algorithm (NSGA-II) is applied for vector optimization.
Refuges in reverse: the spread of Bacillus thuringiensis resistance to unselected greenhouse populations of cabbage loopers Trichoplusia ni

1 The dispersal of susceptible insects between refuges and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) treated fields is the key to resistance management of Bt crops. Here we describe the opposite situation; the movement of Bt resistant Trichoplusia ni moths from over‐wintered, greenhouse populations in British Columbia (BC) exposed to high Bt use to neighbouring greenhouses where Bt sprays have not been used.
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Women Attending the Antenatal Clinics in Jeddah, Western Region of Saudi Arabia

This retrospective chart review was conducted to determine the proportion of pregnant women with asymptomatic bacteriuria who were followed up at the antenatal clinics of King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah between January 2007 and January 2012. Clinical and paraclinical data were recorded for 337 women in their last trimester of pregnancy. The prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in the cohort was 31.26%. The most frequently isolated bacteria included Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in 30.39% and 10.78% of the cases, respectively. In most cases, the isolated bacteria were sensitive to ampicillin (11.57%), amoxicillin (10.38%), and amikacin (5.63%). Most bacteria were resistant to nitrofurantoin (21.06%), tetracycline (21.06%) and cefixime (20.77%). The most common prescribed medications included multivitamins (n = 40; 11.87%), vitamin B12 (n = 47; 13.95%), folic acid (n = 45; 13.35%), and antibiotics (n = 43; 12.75%). Overall, it is possible that pregnant women with asymptomatic bacteriuria are undertreated at our institution. Gaps in the management of these patients should be identified to improve patient care.
Respiratory Virus-related Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Infants in New Zealand

Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Estimates of the contribution of respiratory viruses to emergency department (ED) utilization remain limited. Methods: We conducted surveillance of infants with acute respiratory infection (ARI) associated ED visits, which then resulted in either hospital admission or discharge home. Seasonal rates of specific viruses stratified by age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status were estimated for both visits discharged directly from ED and hospitalizations using rates of positivity for each virus. Results: During the 2014–2016 winter seasons, 3585 (66%) of the 5412 ARI ED visits were discharged home directly and 1827 (34%) were admitted to hospital. Among visits tested for all respiratory viruses, 601/1111 (54.1%) of ED-only and 639/870 (73.4%) of the hospital-admission groups were positive for at least one respiratory virus. Overall, respiratory virus-associated ED visit rates were almost twice as high as hospitalizations. Respiratory syncytial virus was associated with the highest ED (34.4 per 1000) and hospitalization rates (24.6 per 1000) among infants. ED visit and hospitalization rates varied significantly by age and virus. Māori and Pacific children had significantly higher ED visit and hospitalization rates for all viruses compared with children of other ethnicities. Conclusions: Many infants with acute respiratory virus infections are managed in the ED rather than admitted to the hospital. Higher rates of ED-only versus admitted acute respiratory virus infections occur among infants living in lower socioeconomic households, older infants and infants of Māori or Pacific versus European ethnicity. Respiratory virus infections resulting in ED visits should be included in measurements of ARI disease burden.
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE FILLED WITH PALM-BASED POLYURETHANE

Several experiments were conducted to characterize the properties of palm-based polyurethane (PU) foam in lightweight concrete. The PU foam was synthesized from palm kernel oil-based polyol reacted with 2, 4-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. Polyurethane foam with size of 5 mm was mixed with ordinary Portland cement, sand, and water to form lightweight concrete. The microstructure of PU aggregate can be assessed from optical micrographs. Density, compressive strength, distribution of fine aggregate, and the interfacial zone were also investigated. The result showed that palm-based lightweight concrete has excellent compressive strength (17 MPa), and fulfilled the minimum strength requirement for structural concrete. Palm-based lightweight concrete with 0.6 w/c ratio and 3% w/w PU achieved 1770 kg/m 3 presented uniform dispersion of aggregate and excellent mechanical bonding. Key-Words: polyurethane, palm kernel oil, lightweight concrete, compressive strength, interfacial zone
Runtime Probabilistic Model Checking Based on Incremental Method

Nowadays, more and more systems change dynamically during their life cycle, runtime probabilistic model checking is proposed to verify these system. An important challenge of runtime probabilistic model checking is its performance. It should be fast enough to respond to runtime requirements and continuously verify whether the current system meets system requirements when the system changes dynamically. In this paper, in view of the efficiency of the runtime probabilistic model checking, we propose a runtime probabilistic model checking based on incremental method. The method applies the ideal of incremental verification to reuse the calculated value of the previous model to reduce the number of iterations and improve their performance. We implement our method in model checking tool PRISM, and use a benchmark case model to perform model verification on its reachability properties. The results of the experiments show that the method proposed in this paper can reduce the system verification time of standard runtime probabilistic model checking by more than 45% in most of cases.
Secure and Efficient Data Retrieval in Disruption-Tolerant Military Network

: Disruption-tolerant network (DTN) improvements are becoming more fruitful results that remote devices can easily conveyed by the officers and access the secret information or data or summon dependably by way of abusing outside potential or storage nodes. Consequently a new methodology to furnish communication between others successfully and confidentiality of information is provided by dominant officers like superior officers or commander. The methodology is known as Disruption-Tolerant network (DTN). However, the difficulty of making use of CP-ABE in decentralized DTNs introduces manychallenges regarding safety and privacy.Our system is having integrated key feature of Hierarchicalattribute based encryption (HABE) and cipher text policyattribute based encryption (CP-ABE) system, so as to achieve high performance and fine grained access.
RECOGNIZABILITY OF SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL SPECIES OF ROTIFERS

The total numbers of published synonymous species and genus names were counted for all species of bdelloid rotifers (which are exclusively parthenogenic) and monogonont rotifers (which occasionally reproduce sexually). Synonymous genus names are about equally frequent in both groups, but synonymous species names are less frequent in bdelloids than in mono- gononts. The difference is not a secondary effect of differences in time since first publication of species, effort or competence of systematists, size of genera, or taxonomic complexity of species. These results suggest that bdelloid species are more consistently recognized than monogonont species, contrary to predictions derived from aspects of the biological species concept and the punctuated equilibrium model of evolution. (Synonymy; taxonomic judgment; speciation; bio- logical species concept; punctuated equilibrium model; rotifers.) Mayr (1963:17) reported working in an area of New Guinea where the natives used different names for nearly all the local species of birds that he himself recognized on scientific grounds. He cited this agree- ment between two independent biological classifications as evidence that species re- flect real discontinuities in nature rather than arbitrary decisions by classifiers. Ac- cording to Mayr, such discontinuities are appropriately described by the biological
Factors that influence the persistence of TCA in soil

Summary: The persistence of TCA in soil was examined using the pyridine-alkali colorimetric procedure. Loss of TCA was essenlially similar when determined by colorimetry, chloride release or bioassay. Persistence of TCA when incubated with soil at 25°C or sprayed on the soil surface in the field was slightly influenced by soil type. Degradation of TCA occurs largely by microbial action after a lag phase. Soils treated with TCA acquire the ability to degrade further additions of ihe compound without a lag phase. The three soils examined still possessed this ability to differing extents 32 months after they had been sprayed once with TCA at the rate of 22.4 kg/ha. In one experiment the persistence of TCA was shortened appreciably in a plot that had twice previously been sprayed with TCA. Resume: Facteurs influant sur la persistance du TCA dans le sol La persistance du TCA dans le sol a ete examinee a l'aide de la metliode colorimetrique a la pyridine alcaline. La perte de TCA a ete essentiellement analogue lorsqu'elle a ete mesuree par colorimetrie, liberation de chlorure ou essai biologique. La persistance du TCA mis en incubation a 250 dans un sol ou pulverise au champ a la surface du sol a ete legerement influencee par la nature du sol. La degradation du TCA se produit surtout par action microbienne apres une phase de latence. Les sols traites avec du TCA acquierent la propriete de degrader des additions ulterieures de ce produit sans phase de latence. Les 3 sols examines possedaient encore, a des degres varies, cette propriete 32 mois apres avoir ete traites une fois avec du TCA a la dose de 22,4 kg/ha. Dans une experience, la persistance du TCA a ete sensiblement diminuee dans une parcelle qui avait ete antirieurement traitee deux fois avec du TCA. Zusammenfassung Faktoren die die Persistenz von TCA im Boden beeinflussen Es wurde die Persistenz von TCA im Boden kolorimetrisch untersucht (Pyridin-Alkali-Methode). Die kolorimetrische Methode, die Messung der Freisetzung von Chlorid und die Bestimmung des Verlusts von TCA mittels Bioiest fuhrten im groβen und ganzen zu ahnlichen Ergebnissen. Die Persistenz von im Boden inkubiertem TCA bei 25°C oder im Boden nach einer Feldspritzung war geringfugig von der Bodenart abhangig. Der Abbau von TCA verlauft nach einer lag-Phase hauptsachlich unter Einwirkung von Mikroorganismen. Boden, die mit TCA behandelt wurden, besitzen die Fahigkeit weitere TCA-Gaben ohne lag-Phase abzubauen. Die drei in diesen Untersuchungen verwendeten Boden besassen diese eigenschaft in unterschiedlichem Masse bis zu 32 Monaten nach der ersten Behandlung mit 22,4 kg/ha TCA. In einem Versuch wurde die Persistenz von TCA in einer Parzelle die vorher schon zweimal damit behandelt worden war, stark verkurzt.
Probing the Neural Circuits along the Ventral Visual Stream

Supplementary content at http://bit.ly/2TpAg3w Around the 1950s, a wealth of behavioral experiments had characterized many phenomenological aspects of visual perception that begged for a mechanistic explanation (Chapter 3). Lesion studies had provided a compelling case that damage to circumscribed brain regions led to specific visual processing deficits (Chapter 4). These lesion studies pointed to specific brain areas to investigate visual processing, especially the primary visual cortex in the back of the brain. In addition, the successful use of microelectrode electrical recordings had led to direct insights about the function of neurons within the retinal circuitry (Chapter 2). The time was ripe to open the black box of the brain and begin to think about how vision emerges from the spiking activity of neurons in the cortex. Retinal ganglion cells project to the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) in the thalamus, and the principal output projection from the LGN conveys visual information to primary visual cortex (V1; see Section 2.10), the first stage of cortical processing for visual information. From V1, information is propagated into a large number of visual cortical areas that are responsible for transforming a pixel-like representation of sensory information into rich and complex visual percepts (Chapter 1, Figure 1.5). The exploration and computational modeling of the visual cortex is an ongoing adventure, where courageous conquistadors dare to peek inside the inner workings of the most complex system ever examined by science. Fundamental structural and functional principles of computation are beginning to emerge out of the sometimes seemingly enigmatic terra incognita of visual cortex. These basic principles are introduced in this chapter and the next one and form the basis of the computational models of vision discussed in Chapters 7–9.
A Different Load Processing and Resource Provisioning Mechanism to Maintain Flash and Base Load In Cloud

: Cloud computing allows business customers to scale up and down their resource usage based on needs. Many of the touted gains in the cloud model come from resource multiplexing through virtualization technology. In this paper, we present a system that uses virtualization technology to allocate data center resources dynamically based on application demands and support user specified constraints by optimizing the number of servers in use. This also considers various parameters for service selection. This introduces the concept of “Heuristic approach” to measure the unevenness in the multi-dimensional resource utilization of a server. By minimizing workload, we can combine different types of workloads nicely and improve the overall utilization of server resources. The system proposes a new algorithm named as flow fairness algorithm. We develop a set of heuristics that prevent overload in the system effectively while saving energy used. The system has been developed using Java Swing. The experiments have been developed to show the efficiency of the proposed system.
The Design and Implementation Of Single Stage Zero Voltage Switching Converter With Boost Type Active Clamp

A predictive boost converter topology with Power Factor Correction (PFC) is presented in this paper that utilizes zero voltage switching to achieve the desired objective. The duty cycle required to achieve unity power factor in one line period integrating input current shaper feature with the AC-DC converter. Simple DC link voltage feedback scheme applied in conjunction with two active clamp switches, where a resonant voltage rectifier helps the output diode to achieve zero current switch operation. The DC link capacitor voltage can be is reduced providing reduced Voltage stress of switching devices. The performance of proposed converter is evaluated for a 160W (48V/3.5A) load and the proposed converter complies with International Electro technical Commission IEC (1000-3-2). KEYWORD: Boost Converter, PFC, PWM.