Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relationship between body condition score on the service per conception and conception rate of Brahman Cross cows

The factors that influence the success of Artificial Insemination is affected by acceptors that will be used for AI which have a good Body Condition Score, because BCS has a relationship with animal reproduction, such as fertility and pregnancy. The purpose of this research was to evaluate and determine the relationship of Body Condition Score (BCS) on Service per Conception (S/C) and Conception Rate (CR). The material used was 80 Brahman Cross (BX) cows, the sample was selected by Purposive Sampling with the criteria 2-3 years old with body weight ranged from 300-500 kg, gave birth, and BCS between 4-7 (scale 1-9). The method used in this study was the survey method. The variables observed were the relationship between Body Condition Score (BCS), Service per conception (S/C), and Conception Rate (CR). The data was obtained by using correlation analysis and also a simple regression with the SPSS 2.0 software program, then analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the equation of relationship between BCS and S/C variables obtained r = 0.961% and the regression value equation y = -25.998 + 1.520x (R2) 23.9%. The relationship between BCS and CR variables obtained a value of r = 0.976% and BCS regression equation value with CR y = -39.727 + 1.109x (R 2 ) 29.5%. The research thus concludes that there is a positive relationship that is being between BCS on the S/C and CR of Brahman Cross cows.
An Evaluation of Autonomous In Situ Temperature Loggers in a Coastal Region of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea for Use in the Validation of Near-Shore Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Measurements

The coastal ocean is one of the most important environments on our planet, home to some of the most bio-diverse and productive ecosystems and providing key input to the livelihood of the majority of human society. It is also a highly dynamic and sensitive environment, particularly susceptible to damage from anthropogenic influences such as pollution and over-exploitation as well as the effects of climate change. These have the added potential to exacerbate other anthropogenic effects and the recent change in sea temperature can be considered as the most pervasive and severe cause of impact in coastal ecosystems worldwide. In addition to open ocean measurements, satellite observations of sea surface temperature (SST) have the potential to provide accurate synoptic coverage of this essential climate variable for the near-shore coastal ocean. However, this potential has not been fully realized, mainly because of a lack of reliable in situ validation data, and the contamination of near-shore measurements by the land. The underwater biotechnological park of Crete (UBPC) has been taking near surface temperature readings autonomously since 2014. Therefore, this study investigated the potential for this infrastructure to be used to validate SST measurements of the near-shore coastal ocean. A comparison between in situ data and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua and Terra SST data is presented for a four year (2014–2018) in situ time series recorded from the UBPC. For matchups between in situ and satellite SST data, only nighttime in situ extrapolated to the sea surface (SSTskin) data within ±1 h from the satellite’s overpass are selected and averaged. A close correlation between the in situ data and the MODIS SST was found (squared Pearson correlation coefficient-r2 > 0.9689, mean absolute error-Δ < 0.51 both for Aqua and Terra products). Moreover, close correlation was found between the satellite data and their adjacent satellite pixel’s data further from the shore (r2 > 0.9945, Δ < 0.23 for both Aqua and Terra products, daytime and nighttime satellite SST). However, there was also a consistent positive systematic difference in the satellite against satellite mean biases indicating a thermal adjacency effect from the land (e.g., mean bias between daytime Aqua satellite SST from the UBPC cell minus the respective adjacent cell’s data is δ = 0.02). Nevertheless, if improvements are made in the in situ sensors and their calibration and uncertainty evaluation, these initial results indicate that near-shore autonomous coastal underwater temperature arrays, such as the one at UBPC, could in the future provide valuable in situ data for the validation of satellite coastal SST measurements.
Influence of Bulk and Nanoparticles Titanium Foliar Application on some Agronomic Traits, Seed Gluten and Starch Contents of Wheat Subjected to Water Deficit Stress

Titanium (Ti) is a very interesting chemical element, especially physiologically. Although Ti is not toxic for animals and humans, its effects on plants show remarkable concentration dependence. Whereas for plants, it shows beneficial effects on various physiological parameters at low doses. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of bulk and nanoparticles titanium foliar. Application on some agronomic traits, seed gluten and starch contents of wheat under water deficit stress conditions during 2010-2011 growing seasons. The experimental design was randomized in complete blocks arranged in split-split plots with four replications. The factors included normal irrigation, water deficit stress (irrigation withholding at two growing stages of stem elongation and flowering), two growing stages for water deficit stress induction and titanium applications, five titanium concentrations, sources including control of titanium oxide (bulk), and three concentrations of 0.01%, 0.02%, and 0.03% of titanium dioxide nanoparticles. Plant height, ear weight, ear number, seed number, 1000-seed weight, final yield, biomass, harvest index, gluten, and starch contents were assayed. The results showed that water deficit stress caused significant decrease in plant growth, yield and yield components. In addition, among the different titanium treatments, titanium dioxide nanoparticles at 0.02% increased almost all agronomic traits including gluten and starch content. Thus, the application of titanium dioxide nanoparticles under conditions of water deficit stress is recommended.
REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES SCAVENGING ACTIVITY AND DNA PROTECTING EFFECT OF FRESH AND NATURALLY FERMENTED COCONUT SAP

ABSTRACT Coconut sap is consumed as a juice or used as raw material for fermentation to produce beverages with various health benefits. To understand the underlying mechanisms of the health benefits of coconut sap, we investigated the in vitro reactive oxygen species scavenging activities and DNA protecting effects of fresh and naturally fermented coconut sap using a flow-injection chemiluminescence method. The results show that the fresh sap scavenges superoxide anion, hydroxyl radical and hydrogen peroxide better than the naturally fermented sap; in contrast, the fermented sap shows a more powerful ability to prevent damage to DNA than the fresh sap. The naturally fermented sap had a higher polyphenol level but a lower ascorbic acid content than fresh sap, suggesting that fermentation is beneficial for improving the polyphenol content of coconut sap. PRACTICAL APPLICATION Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are reported to be related to many diseases, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Antioxidants are vital substances that possess the ability to protect the body from damage caused by ROS. There is an increasing interest in natural antioxidants, e.g., polyphenols, present in medicinal and dietary plants, which might help prevent oxidative damage. Coconut sap is obtained by tapping the unopened spadix of the coconut palm, and also used as the resource of sugar and alcoholic beverages by local people. Our experimental results testify that the coconut sap has powerful ROS scavenging activity and can be potentially used as the ingredients of functional food.
Structural and functional studies of intrinsically disordered fibronectin-binding proteins

Bacterial fibronectin-binding proteins (FnBPs) mediate adhesion of bacteria to host tissues through binding to the human protein fibronectin (Fn). FnBPs are predicted to contain a series of intrinsically disordered Fn-binding repeats (FnBRs), which undergo a disorder-to-order transition on binding up to five F1-modules (1−5F1) from the N terminal domain of Fn through a tandem β-zipper interaction. This work investigated these predictions for SfbI-5, an FnBR from the important human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. SfbI-5 was shown to behave as an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP), with no stable secondary or tertiary structure. The C terminal third of SfbI 5 was shown to have propensity for β-strand conformations and, thus, might contain a preformed contact site involved in the initial interaction between SfbI-5 and 1−5F1. A high resolution structure of an SfbI-5 peptide in complex with 2F13F1 demonstrated that peptide binding occurs through formation of a tandem β-zipper with the concomitant formation of a large, extended intermolecular interface. Conserved FnBR residues play roles similar to those played by residues in related complexes involving Staphylococcus aureus FnBRs. The effect of mutating these residues on SfbI-5 binding to 1−5F1 was shown to be modest, suggesting that large, extended interfaces, when formed by IDPs, might be tolerant to mutations in the IDP. A putative FnBR, TickFnBR, was identified in a salivary protein from the blood-feeding tick Ixodes scapularis, which is a vector for human diseases. TickFnBR was shown to bind to 1−5F1 and also to Fn in human plasma. A high resolution structure demonstrated that a TickFnBR peptide binds to 2F13F1 through a tandem β-zipper. TickFnBR is the first eukaryotic FnBR to be identified, suggesting the tandem β zipper interaction is a useful mechanism for harmful organisms to target and exploit human Fn.
Podocyte repair and recovery in kidney disease

2011 British Renal Society/Renal Association Joint Annual conference: Birmingham, UK “Endothelin receptor antagonist (ET-RA) sitaxsentan reduces long-term glomerulosclerosis after podocyte damage” Y.S Zhou, I.A. Ihmoda, R.G. Phelps, C.O. S. Bellamy, A.N. Turner 2009 Renal Association and British Transplantation Society Annual Meeting: Liverpool, UK “ACE inhibitors protect against progressive renal damage following podocyte injury” Y.S Zhou, I.A. Ihmoda, R.G. Phelps, C.O. S. Bellamy, A.N. Turner 2007 Renal Association Annual Conference: Brighton, UK “Targeted podocyte injury causes acute proteinuria and glomerular injury followed by delayed FSGS” Y.S Zhou, I.A. Ihmoda, C.O. S. Bellamy, A.N. Turner
Integration of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides with Mie-resonant dielectric nanostructures

ABSTRACT Integrating transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers with dielectric nanostructures exhibiting Mie-like resonances opens a plethora of opportunities in manipulating their excitonic emission in the near-field and far-field regimes, yielding interactions spanning from weak to strong coupling regimes, and routing valley polarized chiral emission, to name just a few. Moreover, there is a completely new path unraveled recently by realizing dielectric resonators directly from TMDs, thus combining scatterer and emitter into a single entity. This hybrid configuration is promising to realize integrated active meta-optical devices in a facile manner. In this review article, we provide an overview of the state of the art on integrating monolayers of TMDs with Mie-resonant photonic nanostructures. Graphical Abstract
Pallasea quadrispinosa G.O.Sars specimens as vectors of aquatic zoosporic fungi parasiting on fish

The authors investigated the mycoflora developing on the dead specimens of Pallasea quadrispinosa from Lake Hancza. Water for experiments was collected from four different bodies of water: Hancza Lake, Wigry Lake, Supraśl River and Fosa Pond. A total of 41 zoosporic fungus species were found to grow on the dead of Pallasea quadrispinosa specimens, including 17 species inducing mycosis in a number of freshwater fish species: Achlya debaryana, A. diffusa, A. dubia, A. klebsiana, A. orion, A. polyandra, A. prolifera, A. proliferoides, Aphanomyces laevis, Dictyuchus monosporus, Leptolegnia caudata, Saprolegnia delica, S. ferax, S. hypogyna, S monoica, S. parasitica and Thraustotheca clavata. Aphanomyces astaci as a parasite of noble crayfish, causing the so called crayfish plague, was also observed on Pallasea quadrispinosa.
Music genre classification and music recommendation by using deep learning

Today, music is a very important and perhaps inseparable part of people's daily life. There are many genres of music and these genres are different from each other, resulting in people to have different preferences of music. As a result, it is an important and up-to-date issue to classify music and to recommend people new music in music listening applications and platforms. Classifying music by their genre is one of the most useful techniques used to solve this problem. There are a number of approaches for music classification and recommendation. One approach is based on the acoustic characteristics of music. In this study, a music genre classification system and music recommendation engine, which focuses on extracting representative features that have been obtained by a novel deep neural network model, have been proposed. Acoustic features extracted from these networks have been utilised for music genre classification and music recommendation on a data set.
Simplified Dynamic SC-Flip Polar Decoding

SC-Flip (SCF) decoding is a low-complexity polar code decoding algorithm alternative to SC-List (SCL) algorithm with small list sizes. To achieve the performance of the SCL algorithm with large list sizes, the Dynamic SC-Flip (DSCF) algorithm was proposed. However, DSCF involves logarithmic and exponential computations that are not suitable for practical hardware implementations. In this work, we propose a simple approximation that replaces the transcendental computations of DSCF decoding. Moreover, we show how to incorporate fast decoding techniques with the DSCF algorithm. With proposed approaches, the computational complexity of DSCF decoding is remarkably reduced while maintaining equivalent decoding performance.
Current status of imaging diagnosis in the transplanted kidney. A review of the literature with a special focus on contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Objectives Ultrasonographic scanning is currently the most widespread imaging diagnostic procedure. The method provides real-time morphological, vascular and elastographic information in a non-invasive manner. In recent years, harmonic vascular examination has become accessible using intravenous contrast agents. In urological pathology, this procedure is used in the detection and evaluation of vascular and ischemic complications, in the classification of complex cysts according to the Bosniak system, also in the renal lesions with uncertain etiology and in acute pyelonephritis for the detection of abscesses. The contrast agent (SonoVue) is angiospecific and can be used in patients transplanted immediately after surgery without adverse effects or impaired renal function. Thus, it is desirable to be used in the nephrological pathology of the renal graft and to develop diagnostic models based on the evaluation of renal microvascularization, as well as the quantitative data resulting from the graphical representation of the specific parameters. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the current state of the literature regarding the place and role of contrast substance ultrasound in the early diagnosis of acute renal graft dysfunction and to make a differential diagnosis of this pathological entity. Method This review quantifies the role of contrast ultrasound in the diagnosis of acute complications of the renal graft. The research was conducted based on the databases PubMed, MedScape, Cochrane, according to the search criteria such as contrast-enhanced ultrasound + kidney transplant, “time intensity curves” + “kidney transplant”, filtered for the period 2004–2018. Results In the nephrological pathology of the renal graft, contrast-enhanced ultrasound is a valuable tool, superior to Doppler ultrasound in predicting the evolution of the renal graft, identifying very small early defects in renal microvascularization. A number of studies succeeded in identifying acute graft dysfunction, some of which establish its etiology - humoral rejection versus acute tubular necrosis. On the other hand, the contrast-enhanced ultrasound parameters do not have the ability to distinguish between cellular and humoral rejection. Conclusions If, at present, the histopathological examination is the only one that can differentiate with certainty the cause of acute renal graft dysfunction, we consider that contrast-enhanced ultrasound, as a non-invasive imaging technique, opens a favorable perspective for increasing the survival of the renal graft and decreasing the complications in the renal transplant. The combination of other ultrasound techniques, together with contrast-enhanced ultrasound, could lead to the development of new diagnostic models.
Pregnane X Receptor in Drug Development

These results suggest that PXR can regulate glucose levels by controlling gluconeogenesis. This book represents a case study based overview of many different aspects of drug development, ranging from target identification and characterization to chemical optimization for efficacy and safety, as well as bioproduction of natural products utilizing for example lichen. In the last section, special aspects of the formal drug development process are discussed. Since drug development is a highly complex multidisciplinary process, case studies are an excellent tool to obtain insight in this field. While each chapter gives specific insight and may be read as an independent source of information, the whole book represents a unique collection of different facets giving insight in the complexity of drug development.
Compliance functions for a thermoelastic FGM coated half-plane with incomplete adhesion between the coating and substrate

A thermoelastic half-plane with a functionally graded thermoelastic coating with arbitrary independently varying properties in depth is considered. The coating and the substrate are assumed to be imperfectly bonded (incomplete adhesion between the layers). Arbitrary distributed static thermomechanical loading is applied to the surface. The paper addresses to the construction and analysis of the compliance functions. These functions describing the linear correspondence between the Fourier transformations of the surface distribution of normal stresses, tangential stresses and heat flux on one side and displacements and temperature difference on the other side. Asymptotic analysis of the compliance functions is provided as well as the numerical results illustrating the difference between homogeneous and functionally graded coatings and the dependence at the coefficient describing the degree of imperfection of the coating-substrate bonding.
Upotreba likovnog izričaja u analitički orijentiranoj psihoterapiji djece i adolescenata

U psihoterapiji djece i adolescenata često je nemoguće ostvariti dostatnu i u dijagnostičkom i terapijskom smislu zadovoljavajuću verbalnu komunikaciju s pacijentom, stoga je potrebno poznavati određene alate kojima se ona može nadomjestiti. Najbolji primjer takvog alata je upotreba likovnosti, koju vrlo često koristimo, ne samo kao dijagnostičko, već i kao psihoterapijsko sredstvo. Upotrebom, npr. slike i crteža omogućujemo ventilaciju, tj. smanjenje tjeskobe, sublimaciju, uvid u nesvjesno funkcioniranje i dana nam je mogućnost praćenja terapije i razumijevanja terapijskog analitičkog procesa. Interpretacija crteža nikad nije jednosmjeran proces, već zahtijeva dijalog terapeuta i pacijenta, te izvrsno poznavanje pacijenta. Tehnika je upotrebljiva za široki raspon psihopatologije kako u djece i adolescenata, tako i u odraslih. Ovim radom želimo ukazati, kako na aktualnu prisutnost upotrebe crteža i slike kao dijela psihoanalitički orijentiranog psihoterapijskog procesa liječenja djece i adolescenata na našim prostorima, tako i na nezaobilazno značenje i nužnost upotrebe ove tehnike u dijagnostičkom i terapijskom smislu u dječjoj i adolescentnoj psihijatriji.
Multibeam x-ray optical system for high-speed tomography

X-ray tomography is a powerful method for visualizing the three-dimensional structure of an object with a high spatial resolution. Conventional time-resolved x-ray tomography using synchrotron radiation requires fast rotation of the object, which limits the temporal resolution and hampers its application to, e.g., fluids and in vivo observation of living beings. Here, we present a multibeam x-ray optical system for high-speed 4D tomography, which can obtain projection images of a sample in a wide angular range simultaneously. It consists of about three dozen single-crystalline blades oriented with different angles to the incident beam, which each Bragg-reflect a part of the incident x-rays in the direction of the sample position. Thirty-two projection images covering an angular range of more than ±70∘ were obtained without moving the sample or optical system, with an exposure time of 1 ms. The data set was successfully used for reconstructing the three-dimensional structure of two test samples. The optical system provides the basis for realizing millisecond time resolution x-ray tomography of nonrepeatable phenomena, and can be expected to be useful for other applications as well, for example, for time-resolved element-specific imaging.
Creating an Image of History in the Context of the Principles of the Scientific Picture of the World

The specificity of the organization of the picture of social and historical reality lies in the integral unity of conceptual-rational and emotional-irrational components of reflection, as a result of which the image of history acquires the characteristics of mythologism. The author concludes that the mythologema resulting from the organic synthesis of objective characteristics of history and subjective institutions of sociocultural discourse is an integral feature of the organization of the picture of social and historical reality.
Developing of Student Worksheets HOTS-Based for System of Two Variables Linear Equation Learning Topic in Junior High School

The revised 2013 curiculllum in Indonesia emphasizes HOTS-based learning and HOTS is highly related to problem solving abillity in mathematics. Therefore, it is necessary to develop student worksheets HOTS-based in mathematics learning. This type of research is development method of ADDIE models. The study aims to develop student worksheets HOTS-based. The method consists of five stages: self evaluation, expert review with three expert, one to one, small group, and field test. Data collection techniques in this study are: walkthrough, interview, and test. The subject of study were 30 student in 33 Palembang State Junior High School. Based on the research results obtained a set of valid and practical of students worksheets HOTS-based in the topic system of two variables linear equation and has a potential effect. The validity of student worksheets can be seen at the expert review and one to one phase. Practicality of student worksheets is seen when students work on student worksheets at the small group activity. The student worksheets presented some contextual problem HOTS-based and it can help students practice higher order thinking skills in mathematics learning in the topic system of two variables linear equations.