Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Understanding Current Trends on Internet of Things - An Overview

Internet of Things (IoT) is the concept of providing automation by adding some level of digital intelligence to physical devices. It relates to the activities of data sharing, data controlling and automation among billions of physical devices around the world. Lower price of processor, wireless network and inexpensive technologies result in turning any object into the part of internet. Smart environment equipped with sensors provide automation in interrelated computing devices, machines, animals and human resources. Data collected from different smart devices is being interpreted by different researchers for analyzing in order to make better business decisions. This review paper has shown experimental research on the Internet of Things published since 2013. We summarize different applications of IoT in various fields and highlighted various issues related to different factors ofIoT. enabled devices.
GENETIC VARIATION AMONG DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER ISOFEMALE LINES INFLUENCES ENCAPSULATION ABILITY OF THE PARASITOID

One of the most important factors which affect the outcome of the host-parasite interactions is the genetic variation in particular those of the host. The aim of this study was to test the effect of variation within Drosophila melanogaster population on the encapsulation ability against the parasitoid Asobara tabida. To this end, nine isofemale lines of D. melanogaster which represent different levels of encapsulation ability were used. The encapsulation ability and its related parameters such as infestation, avoidance, and parasitism success and super-parasitism rates were assessed following oviposition. Larval weight, protein contents and phenoloxidase in extremes and intermediate lines, were investigated. The variation among D. melanogaster lines influenced encapsulation, avoidance, parasitism and superparasitism rates. Upon emergence, low success of the parasitoid associated with high mortality rates were observed in the representative lines. Although parasitized larvae may suffer from weight loss, they could survive based on mounting effective immune response. Parasitism of A. tabida in the Drosophila larvae induced high phenoloxidsae activity, particularily in the resistant ones refelecting their immune competency. In sum, the variation in encapsulation ability among isofemale lines demonstrates high underlying genetic variation. The data might help to design successful biological control programs and to facilitate interpretation of a similar interaction of other host-parasite model systems.
Home range of Desert Mule Deer : Testing the body-size and habitat-productivity hypotheses

The body-size hypothesis of home range predicts that, given constant home range productivity, larger animals with higher absolute metabolic requirements use larger home ranges to meet their metabolic needs. This relationship is well supported across a wide range of mammals and often has been invoked to explain differences in home range size between sexes that differ in body size However, the body-size hypothesis has rarely been tested within a species A corollary to this hypothesis states that for a given mass, animals in areas of low habitat productivity should have home ranges larger than those in productive habitat. To test these 2 hypotheses, we radiomonitored desert male deer (Odocoileus hemionus crooki) for 2 vears insouthwest Texas to determine the effects of sex, mass, and habitat productivity on annual home range size, Although male mule deer had more massive bodies than females (P < 0.001) and used consistently larger annual home ranges than females (P < 0.01), we found little support for the body-size hypothesis. In contrast, we found sex-specific support for the habitat-productivity hypothesis. Male and female mule deer had home ranges of similar size in areas of high habitat productivity but males used larger home ranges than females when habitat productivity was low, Our results suggest that differential sex responses to productivity may be the mechanism underlying the frequent observation that male cervids have larger home ranges than female cervids.
Progress of research on NLRP 3 inflammasome in kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury

Progress of research on NLRP3 inflammasome in kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury WU Kang, CAI Ming Department of Urology, Transplant Institute of Chinese PLA, 309 Hospital of PLA, Beijing Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation and Immune Regulation, Beijing 100091, China Corresponding author, E-mail: caiming2002@126.com [Abstract] Ischemia-reperfusion injury is an inflammatory cascade involving a variety of factors. It is closely related to the delayed graft function and acute rejection after renal transplantation. At present, the mechanism of ischemia-reperfusion injury is not clear. Recent studies have shown that NLRP3 inflammasome, as a key molecule of inflammatory cascade, plays an important role in the development and progression of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. Therefore, it is expected to become a new therapeutic target for renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. This article reviews the role of NLRP3 inflammasome in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. [Key word] kidney transplantation; ischemia-reperfusion injury; NLRP3 inflammasome NLRP3
The Zone of Influence: Matching sea level variability from coastal
altimetry and tide gauges for vertical land motion estimation

Vertical land motion (VLM) at the coast is a substantial contributor to relative sea level change. In this work, we present a refined method for its determination, which is based on the combination of absolute satellite altimetry (SAT) sea level measurements and relative sea level changes recorded by tide gauges (TGs). These measurements complement VLM estimates from the GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) by increasing their spatial coverage. Trend estimates from the SAT and TG combination are particularly sensitive to the quality and resolution of applied altimetry data as well as to the coupling procedure of altimetry and TGs. Hence, a multi-mission, dedicated coastal along-track altimetry dataset is coupled with high-frequency TG measurements at 58 stations. To improve the coupling procedure, a so-called “zone of influence” (ZOI) is defined, which confines coherent zones of sea level variability on the basis of relative levels of comparability between TG and altimetry observations. Selecting 20 % of the most representative absolute sea level observations in a 300 km radius around the TGs results in the best VLM estimates in terms of accuracy and uncertainty. At this threshold, VLMSAT-TG estimates have median formal uncertainties of 0.58 mmyr−1. Validation against GNSS VLM estimates yields a root mean square (rms1VLM) of VLMSAT-TG and VLMGNSS differences of 1.28 mmyr−1, demonstrating the level of accuracy of our approach. Compared to a reference 250 km radius selection, the 300 km zone of influence improves trend accuracies by 15 % and uncertainties by 35 %. With increasing record lengths, the spatial scales of the coherency in coastal sea level trends increase. Therefore, the relevance of the ZOI for improving VLMSAT-TG accuracy decreases. Further individual zone of influence adaptations offer the prospect of bringing the accuracy of the estimates below 1 mmyr−1.
GHAREHSOU RIVER FLOW PREDICTION USING TIME SERIES THEORY

In recent decades, due to shortage of water resources, the problem of optimal management of these resources is very important. On the other hand, different patterns, such as regression analysis and time series for predicting water resources, have been commonly used by various researchers . In the present study, with the help of different methods of time series (forecasting and modeling), including trend analysis, models of Holt and Winters and various auto moving average method suggested by Box and Jenkins were fitted to the average monthly discharge (years1973 to 2012) of Samian hydrometric station at the Gharehsou river (northwest of Iran). The accuracy of each method in predicting the average monthly discharge was studied by Akaike information criterion (AIC), root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE) and correlation coefficient (R2). Trend analysis method with AIC= 1028, RMSE=3.1, MAE=2 and R2=0.9 is the best method for short-term forecasting and model ARIMA (1,1,1) (2,0,2), with AIC=916, RMSE=2.7, MAE=1.9 and R2=0.93 is the best method for long-term forecast of Gharehsou average monthly discharge.
REVISTA DE CONTABILIDAD SPANISH ACCOUNTING REVIEW

The actual drivers of companies’ environmental disclosure have been widely studied and yet with no conclusive results. Most literature looks for the link between environmental performance and environmental disclosure, as reflection of the company instrumental or normative approach to sustainability. However, over the last decade, a growing number of companies are joining the ranks of eco-innovation, focusing their strategy on environmental innovation, and paving the way for new approaches to environmental disclosure. The main objective of this paper is to assess if eco-innovation in companies can be acting as a non-intended driver to disclosure of environmental reporting, in connection to the Resources Based View theory, and the search for competitive advantage. An extensive research has been undertaken with Spanish eco-innovative companies, evaluating their environmental disclosure standards from a two-fold perspective: managers’ perception and public available environmental reporting. The findings bring in interesting implications about the mismatch between managers’ perception of their environmental disclosure and accounting standards, and the actual disclosure of environmental reporting made available to their stakeholders. Within the studied sample, eco-innovation appears to be a driver for environmental disclosure from an inside-out approach encompassed in the RBV theory, where environmental information is primarily meant for managerial purposes and only secondarily to inform stakeholders. ©2018 ASEPUC. Published by EDITUM Universidad de Murcia. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Códigos JEL: M140 M410 Q560 Palabras clave: Divulgación ambiental Informes ambientales Eco-innovación Percepción de los gerentes Vista Basada en Recursos (RBV) La divulgación ambiental y la interrelación de la eco-innovación. El caso de Firmas españolas
Connecting the Dots: Selective Fragment Recovery in ICNLoWPAN

In this paper, we analyze the benefits of integrating 6LoWPAN Selective Fragment Recovery (SFR) in ICNLoWPAN. We present a solution that allows for immediate fragment forwarding---a key feature of SFR---in combination with ICN caching. Our proposal introduces a Virtual Reassembling Endpoint (VREP), which acts transparently as an SFR fragment forwarder while simultaneously collecting fragments. Once a datagram is complete, it is exposed to the content cache, effectively making the VREP the new fragmenting endpoint. Our solution complies with current specs defined in the IETF/IRTF. Furthermore, we combine the reverse path forwarding schemes of both SFR and ICNLoWPAN and assess drawbacks and benefits in a testbed. Our evaluation shows that SFR with VREP performs similar to hop-wise reassembly, details depend on the topology, but both outperform SFR without VREP in all scenarios.
High-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene to analyze the gut microbiome in juvenile and adult tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus)

Tropical gar ( Atractosteus tropicus ) is freshwater and estuarine fish, inhabiting the Earth since the Mesozoic era and undergoing limited physiological variation ever since. Besides its recognized cultural and scientific relevance, the species has seen remarkable growth in its economic impact due to pisciculture. In this study, we present the first report of the whole taxonomic composition of microbial communities in gut contents in juveniles and adults of A. tropicus , by sex and origin (wild and cultivated). For this study, 508 genera were identified, with the most and least abundant being Cetobacterium and Paludibacter , respectively. Fusobacteria, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes phyla are the core gut microbiome of A. tropicus juvenile and adult by sex and origin. Deinococcus-Thermus phylum sequence was only identified in wild-type males. In the phylogenetic trees reconstruction Lactococcus lactis strains CAU929 and CAU6600, Cp6 and CAU9951, Cetobacterium strain H69, Aeromonas hydrophila strain P5 and WR-5-3-2, Aeromonas sobria strain CP DC28 and Aeromonas hydrophila were identified, some of them with probiotic potential within the three dominant phyla in core gut microbiome in A. tropicus adults, especially in wild-type organisms. Myroides genus was recognized in microbiota gut of the cultivated juvenile A. tropicus . Nevertheless, Alpha diversity indicated that the highest gut microbiota abundance and richness is found in cultivated juvenile and wild-type adult A. tropicus female, rather than adult wild-type males and the least gut microbiota abundance and richness is found in a cultivated adult of A. tropicus for both sexes.
Response of litter decomposition to changes of litter input in a pine forest of Dinghushan

Responses of litter decomposition and its nutrient release to changes of litter input were studied in a pine forest of Dinghushan to investigate the effect of human impact(litter harvesting) on nutrient cycling in the plantations of southern China.Three types of litter(Schima superba,Castanopsis chinensis and Pinus massoniana) were selected and three treatments of litter input were employed to evaluate decomposition.The treatments were litter addition(L+),control(L) and litter removal(L-),with 25 replicates per each treatment.Results showed that after 18 months of treatments,litter decomposition rate and its nutrient release differed with litter type,decomposition stages and treatments.The average remaining rates were 0.46 ± 0.01,0.42 ± 0.01,0.40 ± 0.02,respectively for Schima superba,Pinus massoniana and Castanopsis chinensis.The average remaining rate of Schima superba was significantly higher compared to those of Pinus massoniana and Castanopsis chinensis.The difference of litter decomposition rates between treatments was statistically significant.The average remaining rates in the L-,L,L+ plots were 0.51 ± 0.08,0.53 ± 0.09 and 0.55 ± 0.08,respectively.Litter addition significantly increased C release from decomposing litter,while litter remove inhibited significantly the release of N and P from decomposing litter.Our results suggest that litter harvesting not only directly removes nutrients from harvested litter mass but also inhibits litter decomposition rate and nutrient release from decomposing litter.
DYNAMIC TIME WARPING FOR CROPS MAPPING

Abstract. Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) has been successfully used for crops mapping due to its capability to achieve good classification results when a reduced number of training samples and irregular satellite image time series is available. Despite its recognized advantages, DTW does not account for the duration and seasonality of crops and local differences when assessing the similarity between two temporal sequences. In this study, we implemented a Weighted Derivative modification of DTW (WDDTW) and compared it with DTW and Time Weighted Dynamic Time Warping (TWDTW) for crops mapping. We show that WDDTW outperformed DTW achieving an overall accuracy of 67 %, whereas DTW obtained an accuracy of 57%. Yet, TWDTW performed better than both methods obtaining an accuracy of 88%.
Weddell seal observations on female and pup behavior and breeding status for four overwintering periods (2015 to 2018) at Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

In animal ecology studies, it is a fundamental monitoring work to observe annual breeding cycle. In this study, we report the detailed observations on seven mother and pup pairs of Weddell seal ( Leptonychotes weddellii ) at Barton peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica. Two or three pairs had been observed along the coast on the fast ice in 2015, 2017, and 2018 and no breeding was recorded in 2016. Although it varied among individuals, pups were recorded to be born on 19−25 Sept. , began swimming at day 18−19 after birth, and molted at day 21−25. Our observations may provide fundamental breeding information of Weddell seals in our study site and contribute to the future long-term monitoring research of seals.
Antibacterial Activity of the Herbal Gargles

Saraladevi V*1, Ravichandran S1, Bhavani J2, Satheesh Kumar D3, Chandrasekaran A R4, Irfana Asma S5 11Department of Pharmacognosy, PSV College of Pharmaceutical Science & Research, Orappam, Krishnagiri-635108, Tamilnadu, India. 2Department of Pharmaceutics, PSV College of Pharmaceutical Science & Research, Orappam, Krishnagiri-635108, Tamilnadu, India 3Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, PSV College of Pharmaceutical Science & Research, Orappam, Krishnagiri-635108, Tamilnadu, India 4Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, PSV College of Pharmaceutical Science & Research, Orappam, Krishnagiri-635108, Tamilnadu, India 5Department of Pharmacology, PSV College of Pharmaceutical Science & Research, Orappam, Krishnagiri-635108, Tamilnadu, India
Impact of climate change, seedling type and provenance on the risk of damage to Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) seedlings in Sweden due to early summer frosts

Abstract A model including site-specific microclimate-affecting properties of a forest regeneration area together with seedling characteristics was used to evaluate the accumulated risk of frost damage to Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst. ) seedlings. Climate change in Sweden was simulated on the basis of the regional climate model RCA3. The daily average temperature, the driving factor for bud burst in the model, was adjusted using the difference between the mean of the climate model data for the years 1961–1990 and 2036–2065. The model was run for a highly frost prone, clear-cut site in which bare-rooted Norway spruce seedlings of mid-Swedish provenance were planted. Alternate runs were conducted with data for containerized seedlings and seedlings of Belarusian origin. The study showed that bud burst will occur at earlier dates throughout Sweden in the period 2036–2065 if the climate changes according to either of the climate scenarios examined, compared to the reference period 1961–1990. Furthermore, the risk of damage to Norway spruce seedlings as a result of frost events during summer will increase in southern Sweden and be unaffected or decrease in northern Sweden. The risk of frost damage was exacerbated in containerized seedlings, while the risk was lower for the seedlings of Belarusian provenance when compared with bare-rooted seedlings or seedlings of mid-Swedish origin.
Effect of Statins use on Cardiac, Diabetes, Kidney and Liver Function – An update

Researches done on the use of statins during the last two decades have shown conflicting results in their effects on DM, Cardiac, liver and Kidney functions. Six forms of statins are being prescribed as a preventive measure to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; but statin use have also shown alternations in DM, liver and Kidney function. The latest observations relates to cancer prevention/induction. Statins prescriptions are done mostly for elderly patients in order to reduce lipid profile mostly Total cholesterol and LDL levels. Studies have shown that statins use affects muscular function, induce prediabetes, and alter liver enzymes and affects mitochondrial functions. They may also interact with other medications. Some merits shown in the use of statins include prevention of MCI and strokes. Among the statins used, atorvastatin was found to be very beneficial with minimal side effects with greater beneficial function in maintaining other organ functions. This review article highlights the research findings on the use of statins and its merits and demerits during the last two decades. More clinical trials with large population are required to establish the type of statins to be required for each type of patients and clinical conditions.
AN ANALYSIS ON TEACHERS' IDENTITY REPRESENTATIONS ON INSTAGRAM

The teaching profession has been seen as a highly respected job title in some developed countries for bringing significant impacts on the country’s national growth. It is, therefore, teachers are often illustrated into some animations, videos, or pictures on websites and other internet sources. This research aimed to investigate how teachers’ identity is represented on Instagram. 10 Instagram posts related to this issue with the help of Instagram hashtag about #teacherlife were used as the data to get the finding. This research applied the theory and method of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) with the perspective of multimodal discourse analysis and social semiotics. The data were analyzed using the sign model of Saussure. Initial coding was also used to analyze the data. After that, the data were then thematized to categorize the data analysis results. The findings of this study revealed that teachers’ identity represented on Instagram provides meaningful insights and offers rich perspectives. It was evident that many ideas of teachers’ identity are against the teachers’ expectations. Four major themes were revealed; they are the teachers’ responsibility, teachers’ commitment, teachers’ authority, and teachers’ needs for recognition. Furthermore, as identity is affected by a significant number of factors, different contexts of teachers may have different identities.
University of Groningen Diagnosing viral and bacterial respiratory infections in acute COPD exacerbations by an electronic nose

Respiratory infections, viral or bacterial, are a common cause of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). A rapid, point-of-care, and easy-to-use tool distinguishing viral and bacterial from other causes would be valuable in routine clinical care. An electronic nose (e-nose) could fit this profile but has never been tested in this setting before. In a single-center registered trial (NTR 4601) patients admitted with AECOPD were tested with the Aeonose® electronic nose, and a diagnosis of viral or bacterial infection was obtained by bacterial culture on sputa and viral PCR on nose swabs. A neural network with leave-10%-out cross-validation was used to assess the e-nose data. Forty three patients were included. In the bacterial infection model, 22 positive cases were tested versus the negatives; and similarly 18 positive cases were tested in the viral infection model. The Aeonose was able to distinguish between COPD-subjects suffering from a viral infection and COPD patients without infection, showing an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.74. Similarly, for bacterial infections, an AUC of 0.72 was obtained. The Aeonose e-nose yields promising results in ‘smelling’ the presence or absence of a viral or bacterial respiratory infection during an acute exacerbation of COPD. Validation of these results using a new and large cohort is required before introduction into clinical practice. PaPer Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. OPEN ACCESS