Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Irrigation on Photosynthetic Characteristics of Wheat under Drip Irrigation

In arid areas, wheat Growth and yield is extremely significant affected by irrigation, under different study of drip irrigation, the irrigation amount has impact on the physiological indicators of wheat, in order to help improve the efficiency of irrigation water use. In order to reveal the effects of irrigation on photosynthetic characteristics of the Wheat Under Drip Irrigation (WUDI), we designed four different irrigation treatments as W1 (315 mm), W2 (360 mm), W3 (405 mm) and W4 (450 mm) by test-pit experiments and investigated the effects of irrigation amount on photosynthetic physiological indexes of the WUDI. The results showed that the increased irrigation amount enhanced the wheat photosynthesis, but excessive irrigation would reduce the net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance of the plants (W3>W4>W2>W1). Regression analysis on the photosynthetic physiological indexes and irrigation amount indicated that the transpiration rate was significantly related with irrigation amount (R 2 = 0.99), while the photosynthetic rate and intercellular CO 2 concentration had moderate relations with irrigation amount (R 2 = 0.84). When the irrigation amount was 405 mm, the water utilization rate was highest and more photosynthetic products could be accumulated with more reasonable allocation.
Economic and Environmental Co-benefits of Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils : Retiring Agricultural Land in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

This study investigates the carbon sequestration potential and co-benefits from policies aimed at retiring agricultural land in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, a large, heavily agricultural area. We extend the empirical measurement of co-benefits from the previous focus on environmental benefits to include economic transfers. These transfers have often been mentioned as a co-benefit, but little empirical work measuring the potential magnitude of these transfers has previously been undertaken. We compare and contrast five targeting schemes, each based on maximizing different physical environmental measures, including carbon sequestration, soil erosion, nitrogen runoff, nitrogen leaching, as well as the area enrolled in the program. In each case, the other environmental benefits and economic transfers are computed. We find that the geographic distribution of co-benefits (including economic transfers) varies significantly with the benefit targeted, implying that policy design related to targeting can have very important implications for both environmental conditions and income distributions in sub-regions.
Dissecting the Mechanism of Action of a Novel Antifungal Peptide

There is an urgent need for novel treatments for Candida infections. The utility of antimicrobial peptides for antifungal therapy has garnered interest in recent years. One promising family of peptides is the Histatins, a family of naturally-occurring peptides secreted into the oral cavity that display antimicrobial activity. Histatin 5 is a twenty-four amino acid peptide with strong antifungal activity. Studies from our laboratory have identified a small histatin-derived peptide, KM29, that yields fungicidal activity 10-fold greater than Histatin 5 against multiple Candida species. Our laboratory has focused on understanding the mechanism of action of KM29 to further develop it as a therapeutic agent for oral and systemic candidiasis. To this end, a genetic screen was carried out using the available genome-wide deletion collection in S. cerevisiae. Our goal was to use this as a subrogates species to learn about the killing mechanism used by KM29 in Candida species. Analysis of the mutants revealed a significant presence of genes involved in mitochondrial function conferring increased resistance to KM29. We hypothesized that the S. cerevisiae mutants affected in different aspects of mitochondrial function will be more resistant to KM29 either because there is less ROS production due to their defective mitochondria, or less ATP production, which in turn may decrease peptide uptake and/or mitochondrial localization. We observed concentration dependent ROS production after exposure to KM29, however, this ROS production was loosely correlated with cell death. We also observed mitochondrial membrane potential depolarization and mitochondrial fission after exposure to KM29, indicating impairment of mitochondrial function. Additionally, we observed that the respiratory status of yeast cells inversely regulates KM29 fungicidal activity by influencing KM29 uptake. In conclusion, these studies provide valuable insights into the mechanism of action of KM29 and of cationic peptides in general.
Symplectic Runge-Kutta Methods for The Linear Quadratic Regulator Problem

In this paper, numerical methods for the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem are investigated from the viewpoint of geometry. The differential matrix Riccati equation for the linear quadratic regulator problem is transformed into a linear differential Hamiltonian system. We show that the linear differential Hamiltonian system with two different terminal conditions are on Symplectic group. The two different terminal conditions relate to two different performance indexes for the same regulator problem. Then symplectic Runge-Kutta methods can be applied to the linear differential Hamiltonian system, which keep the numerical solution on the symplectic group. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the performance of the numerical methods.
Distributive impacts of alternative agricultural policies: a SAM-based analysis for Italy

This paper assesses the distributive impacts of alternative agricultural policies in a SAM (social accounting matrix) framework. A SAM of the Italian economy has been properly modified in order to focus on agriculture. In doing so, a new method for disaggregating the institutional sectors and the production factors in a SAM framework has been proposed. Two types of analysis have been carried out: (i) a multiplier analysis, and (ii) an assessment of the distributive impacts of different sector policies. The main results can be summarised as follows: (i) ‘fully’ decoupled agricultural household income supporting schemes (transfers to agricultural households) are the most equitable interventions and determine a perfect target of the distributive effect on the relevant institutional sectors; (ii) ‘partially’ decoupled income supporting interventions, such as the ones implemented under the CAP before the Mid Term Review, are more effective than others (i.e., through multiplier effects) in indirectly generating positive impacts on the income of agricultural households; (iii) agricultural price support interventions show less desirable effects in terms of their distributive impacts: they are less effective as agricultural income-increasing policies and their distributive impacts are biased against poorer households both in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors.
Damped oscillations in view of the fractional oscillator equation

This paper discusses the fractional oscillator equation involving fractional time derivatives of the Riemann-Liouville type. The exact solution of the fractional oscillator equation was obtained. On this basis the correspondence between the fractional time derivative and the dissipative properties was established. The relationship between the order of the fractional time derivative and the dissipative constant was derived. In addition to the exact solution, the perturbation approach was developed as well. It was shown that the perturbation method and exact solution lead to similar results. On the basis of the exact solution, the concept of fractional time evolution was illustrated.
Adaptive antimicrobial nanocarriers for the control of infectious biofilms

Bacterial infections are mostly due to bacteria in an adhering, biofilm-mode of growth and not due to planktonically-growing, suspended bacteria. Biofilm bacteria are much more recalcitrant to conventional antimicrobials than planktonic bacteria due to (1) low penetration and accumulation of antimicrobials in biofilm, (2) disabling of antimicrobials due to acidic and anaerobic conditions prevailing in biofilm, and (3) enzymatic modification or inactivation of antimicrobials by biofilm inhabitants. In recent years, new nanotechnology-based antimicrobials have been designed to kill planktonic, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but additional requirements than the mere killing of suspended bacteria must be met to combat biofilm-infections. The requirements to and merits of nanotechnology-based antimicrobials for the control of biofilm-infection form the focus of this thesis. Herein, we have developed a serious of surface-adaptive nanocarriers for specific targeting bacteria and on-demand antimicrobial release. The antimicrobial-loaded adaptive nanocarriers showed remarkable efficacy in the eradication of bacteria in biofilms both in vitro and in vivo, indicating their potential in clinical translation.
Interaction Fluide-Structure pour les corps élancés

Les moyens de calcul actuels conduisent les differentes disciplines scientifiques a se rapprocher, afin de prendre en compte des phenomenes physiques de plus en plus complexes. Ainsi, un axe de recherche de l'Equipe de Modelisation Numerique du Laboratoire de Mecanique des fluides UMR6598 de l'Ecole Centrale Nantes est l'Interaction Fluide-Structure (IFS). Dans ce contexte, le developpement d'un solveur structure grand deplacement, limite aux corps elances, puis son couplage avec le code RANSE volumes-finis non-structure ISIS ont ete realises. Le solveur poutre s'appuie sur la theorie de Cosserat et sur la methode dite ``geometriquement exacte''. Une attention particuliere a ete portee au couplage en espace sur les interpolations et au transfert des informations a l'interface fluide-structure, afin d'etre le plus precis possible et d'assurer la conservation des efforts. Le code poutre pouvant prendre en compte de grands mouvements, une technique originale a du etre ecrite pour mettre a jour le domaine de calcul fluide. Elle se base sur l'approche pseudo-solide, et permet via une loi de comportement locale du pseudo-solide, de controler finement la deformation du maillage. Chaque partie du code IFS a ete validee : le solveur poutre sur des cas-tests 2D/3D, en statique et en dynamique, en petit et grand deplacement; le module de remaillage sur des geometries variees et en calcul parallele. Enfin, quelques applications IFS ont ete traitees : deux exemples bidimensionnels, l'un stationnaire, l'autre tres instationnaire; puis, le programme a montre ses possibilites en tridimensionnel sur un câble deformable fixe a une extremite et subissant un courant, ou encore un riser tracte dans un environnement multifluide au repos.
Prevención de la infección por Streptococcus del grupo B en gestantes Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Infection in Pregnant Women

Introduction: The neonatal infection by Group B Streptococcus in pregnant women is a growing problem worldwide and has multiple consequences for the newborn, so its prevention directly impacts neonatal morbimortality. Objective: To provide the reader with relevant information about the clinical importance, new screening methods and ways to prevent Group B Streptococcus infection in pregnant women which will be useful to avoid complications in the pairing of maternal-fetal. Methodology: In this review of literature, 53 articles were studied addressing local and international evidence by using PubMed, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar databases; within the search criteria the year of publication was taken into account to do so, thus articles published from 2011 were included. Results: The international community has developed guidelines and prevention plans for this infection. Currently, for an adequate prophylaxis and prevention, various methods are proposed such as the screening for expectant mothers, the use of antibiotics during pregnancy and childbirth, and the development of maternal immunization to prevent infections as well. Conclusions: The colonization by Group B Streptococcus in pregnant women and the risk that this entails to the newborn and his/her mother requires constant updating in techniques for screening, prevention and management of it. Numerous advances in these fields of study have been carried out in recent years, and this strengthening and its development will be the key to impact, in a positive way, the maternal-fetal morbimortality. [MartínezSánchez LM, Restrepo-Arango M, Sánchez-Díaz E, MarínCárdenas JS, Gallego-González D, Vélez-Peláez MC. Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Infection in Pregnant Women. MedUNAB 2017; 20(2): 182-189].
Transcription of genes associated with nickel resistance induced by different doses of nickel nitrate in Quercus rubra

ABSTRACT Knowledge of the mechanism of genetic resistance to nickel (Ni) toxicity in red oak (Quercus rubra) is limited. The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the level of transcription of genes associated with nickel resistance in Q. rubra plants exposed to different doses of potassium nitrate and nickel nitrate. All the Q. rubra genotypes screened were highly resistant to nickel nitrate and potassium nitrate. An unexpected high level of transcription of (ACC) deaminase was induced in leaves by the low dose of potassium nitrate (150 mg/kg). This gene response decreased as the dose was increased to reach the lowest level at the high dose (1600 mg/kg). On the other hand, nickel induced significantly higher level of ACC deaminase transcription only for 1600 mg/kg of nickel nitrate. This transcription was higher in leaves compared to roots. For serine acetyltransferase (SAT) gene, the transcription was higher in roots than in leaves. Surprisingly, potassium nitrate (a common plant fertiliser) induced an upregulation of nicotianamine synthase (NAS3) gene in leaves of samples exposed to 150 mg/kg dose and a downregulation for the 1600 mg/kg treatment. An opposite trend attributed to nickel was observed with nickel nitrate treatments.
A method to analyse bound aroma compounds in non-aromatic red grape juices

A method to study the glycosidically bound fractions in red grape juice was developed. Bound fractions were fractionated by solid-liquid chromatography on LiChroprep RP-18. The release of free aglycones was achieved by acid hydrolysis. In a preliminary approach the acid hydrolysis was performed at pH 1.0 and pH 3.0 levels. The pH 3.0 was selected in this study mainly due to its similarity with the pH levels that occur naturally in juices and grapes. Nine extractions of the same juice sample were carried out to study the repeatability of the method at pH 3.0. All the extracts were analysed by GC-MS and GC-FID. The repeatability found in the various quantified components in all extracts of the bound fraction of juice is expressed by their coefficient of variation, which varied in the range between 11.5% and 24.7%. Four aglycones, trans-furan linalool oxide, cis-furan linalool oxide, vitispirane, and β-damascenone were quantified after pH 3.0 hydrolysis.
PII: S0196-8858(02)00010-6

Résumé Soit G = (X,Y ;E) un graphe biparti et G = (X,Y ;E) le graphe biparti complémentaire. Notonsp(G, r) le nombre desr-couplages deG. Il est classique que le vecteur [p(G, r)]r=1,2,. est déterminé par [p(G, r)]r=1,2,. Nous explicitons ce fait en démontrant des théorèmes de dualité nouveaux, généralisant et globalisant notamment les résultats de Chow, Foata, Gessel, Joni, Rota et Zeilberger. Pour des graphes orientés on obtient ainsi une preuve rapide de l’identité fondamentale de Berge entre des chemins et des circuits hamiltoniens. Exprimée dans le langage des fonctions d’ensembles, celle-ci implique immédiatement la conjecture de Chung et Graham (établie d’abord par Chow et Gessel) ainsi que les théorèmes de parité de Rédei sur les tournois, de Lovász sur les graphes non-orientés et de Camion et Rao sur les graphes auto-complémentaires. Finalement, nous étudions les relations entre les fonctions d’ensembles et les fonctions symétriques. Le théorème principal de la thèse de Chow devient ainsi une conséquence directe de l’identité de Berge.  2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
Properties of chitin extracted from Estonian mushrooms

Fungi contain a significant amount of chitin in their cell walls presenting an attractive source for this commercially significant material. In this study, chitin was extracted from eight different mushroom species native to Estonia. Significant differences in molar mass, chitin content, and fibre size were observed while the degree of acetylation was mostly similar.
Fracture Mechanics Based Fatigue Life Prediction Method for RC Slabs in a Punching Shear Failure Mode [an abstract of dissertation and a summary of dissertation review]. 論文内容の要旨

Title Fracture Mechanics Based Fatigue Life Prediction Method for RC Slabs in a Punching Shear Failure Mode [an abstract of dissertation and a summary of dissertation review] Author(s) 鄧, 朋儒 Citation 北海道大学. 博士(工学) 甲第12906号 Issue Date 2017-09-25 Doc URL http://hdl.handle. net/2115/67518 Rights(URL) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/jp/ Type theses (doctoral abstract and summary of review) Additional Information There are other files related to this item in HUSCAP. Check the above URL. File Information Deng_Pengru_abstract. pdf (論文内容の要旨)
Rational versus emotional product recall: Effect of product recall

The purpose of this study regarding product recall crisis communication was to give answer to the research questions of this research. By means of a 2x2x2 scenario-based experiment it was aimed to investigate the impact between product recall message framing (rational vs. emotional), product type (food vs. cosmetic), and prior recall history (first product recall vs. second product recall) of the affected company and their influence on consumer’s emotions, attitude and behavioral intentions. Data was gathered by using an online questionnaire. In total, 294 participants were randomly assigned. Remarkably, most results were in contrast with pre-assumptions and prior research. However, this research validates the importance of choosing appropriate framing regarding prior recall history. Emotional framing tends to soften negative emotions when used at a second product recall. Furthermore, the present research states that emotions and attitude towards the affected company play an important role in crisis communication. They do influence behavioral intentions such as word-of-mouth and future purchase intention. Therefore, it is very crucial for a company to attempt influencing the emotions of consumers by means of framing in order to ease the negative effect of the crisis. This needs to be taken into account when considering framing, especially regarding prior crisis history.
Chemical Composition, Microbial Properties and Sensory Evaluation of Yoghurt Made from Admixture of Buffalo, Cow and Soy Milk

The impact of using soy milk on various yoghurt properties was investigated. Five treatments of yoghurt were made from soy, buffalo or cow milk or from their mixtures. Soy milk yoghurt possessed the lowest acidity, redox potential, total solids, fat, total nitrogen, ash, total volatile fatty acids, saturated fatty acids and total amino acids contents while the buffalo’s milk yoghurt had the highest values for all the previous. Also, mixing of soymilk with buffalo or cow milk decreased these values in the resultant yoghurt. Conversely, Soymilk yoghurt had the highest level of unsaturated fatty acids and linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid. The count of Str. thermophillus was almost similar for fresh samples of soy, buffalo and cow milk yoghurt. Utilization of soy milk only or mixed with buffalo or cow milk in yoghurt manufacture clearly decreased the count of L. bulgaricus. In conculosion mixing of buffalo or cow milk with soy milk increased the sensory evaluation scores of yoghurt produced.
Finger Vein Recognition in Radon Space Using Local Entropy Thresholding and Common Spatial Pattern

:هلاقم هصلاخ One of the most suitable biometric methods for identifying individuals is finger veins. In this paper wehave proposed a new algorithm for finger vein recognition with a high accuracy level. First weextracted veins from finger vein images using entropy based thresholding. The method extracted veinswell, but the images were very noisy. It means that the extracted veins may appeare as broken lines. Sowe applied Radon transformation to segmented images. The Radon transform is not sensitive to noisedue to its integral nature. So in comparison with other methods, it is more resistant to noise. Thistransformation does not require the extraction of vein lines accurately. Also with using this method, therecognition accuracy and speed increased. For extracting dominant features from finger vein images,the common spatial pattern (CSP) algorithm was applied to the blocks of Radon transformation. Toimprove the classification accuracy, redundant features were eliminated using genetic algorithm.Finally we used ۱-NN classifier to identify people using their finger veins. The study was performedon the Peking University finger vein data set. Experimental results showed that the proposed methodhad good performance in recognizing individuals and obtained the recognition rate of ۱۰۰%.
Passenger Body Vibration Control in Active Quarter Car Model using Hybrid ANFIS PID Controller

The objective of this paper is to improve the passenger ride comfort and safety in an active quarter car model. For this purpose, a quarter car model with passenger body and seat is considered to capture the dynamic behaviour of a real complete car system. To achieve the desired target, two different controllers such as Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy (ANFIS) controller and Hybrid ANFIS PID controller (HANFISPID) are designed. The controllers selection and design was aimed to achieve good passenger ride comfort and health, taking passenger body acceleration and displacement response under random road excitations. The performance of designed controllers are evaluated using simulation work in time and frequency domain. Simulation results show that the proposed HANFISPID control scheme can succesfully achieve the desired ride comfort and safety of passenger compared to passive and ANFIS controlled cases in an active quarter car model.
Photonic Integration on an InP-Membrane

Adding photonic functions to silicon electronics has become an important research theme in the last decade. Here we present an approach based on heterogeneously integrating an indium phosphide based membrane on silicon. Within this membrane we realized a range of photonic functions with competitive performances: lasers, fast detectors, waveguides, filters, couplers, modulators etc. This contribution describes the technologies and the results.