Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Early Devonian (415–400 Ma) A-type granitoids and diabases in the Wuyishan, eastern Cathaysia: A signal of crustal extension coeval with the separation of South China from Gondwana

The evolution of the South China continental crust and its linkage to the assembly and rifting of eastern Gondwana are key issues in the understanding of the early Paleozoic evolution of eastern Asia. We report U-Pb zircon ages and geochemical and Lu-Hf isotopic data for the South Fufang and Yingshang granitoids and the Mayuan diabases from the Wuyishan of eastern South China. The zircons yielded U-Pb ages of ca. 414–404 and ca. 409–401 Ma for the granitoids and diabases, respectively. Petrographic and geochemical features indicate that the granitoids are peraluminous A-type granites, expressed by high Ga/Al ratios and high Zr, Nb, Ce, Y, and rare earth element contents. They show negative zircon εHf(t) values (–15.4 to –5.8), consistent with the derivation from a crustal source. The granitoids likely originated from partial melting of dry granulite residues in the lower crust. The diabases show depletion in Ti, and negative correlations between FeOt and Mg#, and SiO2 and TiO2/FeOt, reflecting clinopyroxene, olivine, and Fe-Ti oxide fractionation. Their negative zircon εHf(t) values (–4.5 to –0.4) indicate an ancient enriched-mantle origin. The diabases likely originated from partial melting of a sub-continental lithospheric mantle. We interpret these A-type granitoids and diabases as post-orogenic, formed during extensional collapse of thickened crust. Their generation indicates that South China experienced crustal extension during the Early Devonian. The extension occurred coevally with global rifting that led to the separation of the continental blocks of eastern Asia from eastern Gondwana, which was associated with the Early Devonian opening of the paleo–Tethys Ocean.
Combining ability for grain number per spike in six-row winter barley.

Combining ability is one of the most important properties of cultivars, which determines the value of hybrids. Numerous researches led to the conclusion that between productivity of cultivars and simple hybrids, obtained with those cultivars, is not a tight enough correlation. Therefore, in practice of creating new cultivars, determination of combining ability is the crucial stage. Thus, the main objective of the present study was to identify the best combiners and their crosses on the basis of their general and specific combining ability for grain number per spike. Six double haploid lines obtained through “bulbosum method” were chosen to suite the statistical model for genetic study. Differences that appear between hybrids of studied combinations regarding the grain number in main spike are caused in a distinctly significant measure by general and as well specific combinative capacity. Hybrids F1 Greiff x Fundulea 4 and Alex x GK Gobe, which present high values of specific combinative capacity and whose genitors manifest a high general combinative capacity, may be introduced in complex hybridization programs for breeding this trait.
Understanding German FDI in Latin America and Asia: A Comparison of GLM Estimators

The growth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing countries over the last decade has attracted an intense academic and policy-oriented interest for its determinants. Despite the gravity model being considered a useful tool to approximate bilateral FDI flows, the literature has seen a growing debate in relation to its econometric specification, so that which is the best estimator for the gravity equation is far from conclusive. This paper examines the determinants of German outward FDI in Latin America and Asia for the period 1996-2012 by evaluating the performance of alternative Generalized Linear Model (GLM) estimators. Our findings indicate that Negative Binomial Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (NBPML) is the estimator best matched to our data, followed by Gamma Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (GPML). Furthermore, German FDI in Latin America is found to be predominantly vertical in nature, whereas that in Asia is mainly market-seeking.
Prediction of Pedestrian Crossing Intentions at Intersections Based on Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network

Traffic violations of pedestrians at intersections are major causes of road crashes involving pedestrians, especially red-light crossing behaviors. To predict the pedestrians’ red-light crossing intentions, video data from real traffic scenes are collected. Using detection and tracking techniques in computer vision, some pedestrians’ characteristics, including location information, are generated. A long short-term memory neural network is established and trained to predict pedestrians’ red-light crossing intentions. The experimental results show that the model has an accuracy rate of 91.6% based on internal testing at one signalized crosswalk. This model can be further implemented in the vehicle-to-infrastructure communication environment and prevent crashes because of the pedestrians’ red-light crossing behaviors.
REGULATION OF REPRODUCTION IN AN OUTBRED COLONY OF PINE VOLES

Pine voles (Microtus pinetorum) cause economic losses to orchard-ists in the eastern Onlted States by gnawing on the roots of fruit trees. Although they are small in body size, their impact on orchards can be quite substantial: in 1979 half of the annual mortality of apple trees in Henderson County, North Carolina, was attributed to vole damage (Sutton et a1 1981). Rodenticide application integrated with cultural management is currently regarded as a good combination for controlling vole populations in orchards. However, this solution to the vole problem is incomplete because poisons may unintentionally harm non-target organisms (Hegda1, Gatz &Fite 1981, Merson &Byers 1981) and there is evidence of genetic plasticity in pine vole populations since some have developed resistance to the rodenticide endrin (Webb &Horsfall 1967). Clearly, we need to continue working towards a safe and effective program for controlling pine voles. One approach is to examine the biological factors that regulate vole reproduction. One striking characteristic of M. pinetorum is its low reproductive potential compared to other microtine rodents (Schadler &Butterstein 1979). Females have only 4 teats, the typical litter size is 2, and the earliest conception by a female is reported as being 77 days of age Schadler &Butterstein 1979). In establishing a breeding colony of pine voles at North Carolina State University, I have collected evidence that puberty can occur much earlier than this. Founding pine voles were trapped in western North Carolina. Voles were maintained in the laboratory as heterosexual pairs of unrelated animals in plastic cages with wire lids and peatmoss substrate. Wayne rodent chow and water were available to them ad libitum; grass clippings (Agrostis spp.), Purina guinea pig chow, sunfTOwer seeds, and a slice of apple were provided 3 times 8 week. oPhotoperiod was 14L:10D and room temperature varied between 4 and 23 C. Voles were weaned between 30-40 days of age and each weanling was caged with an unrelated conspecific of the opposite sex for at least 60 days. The cagemates were of various ages and sexual experience. Age at first conception was obtained by subtracting 24 days (pine vole gestation period-Schadler &Butterstein 1979) from the age at delivery of first litter. Because I checked for births only 3 times a week, the ages reported below may be 2 or 3 days off the true values. Of 28 wean-ling females, 13 produced litters and 15 did not. The mean age at first …
Development of Multiple Linear Regression for Particulate Matter (PM10) Forecasting during Episodic Transboundary Haze Event in Malaysia

Malaysia has been facing transboundary haze events every year in which the air contains particulate matter, particularly PM10, which affects human health and the environment. Therefore, it is crucial to develop a PM10 forecasting model for early information and warning alerts to the responsible parties in order for them to mitigate and plan precautionary measures during such events. Therefore, this study aimed to develop and compare the best-fitted model for PM10 prediction from the first hour until the next three hours during transboundary haze events. The air pollution data acquired from the Malaysian Department of Environment spanned from the years 2005 until 2014 (excluding years 2007–2009), which included particulate matter (PM10), ozone (O3), nitrogen oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), wind speed (WS), ambient temperature (T), and relative humidity (RH) on an hourly basis. Three different stepwise Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) models for predicting the PM10 concentration were then developed based on three different prediction hours, namely t+1, t+2, and t+3. The PM10, t+1 model was the best MLR model to predict PM10 during transboundary haze events compared to PM10,. t+2 and PM10,t+3 models, having the lowest percentage of total error (28%) and the highest accuracy of 46%. A better prediction and explanation of PM10 concentration will help the authorities in getting early information for preserving the air quality, especially during transboundary haze episodes.
Seed germination of Stranvaesia davidiana var. undulata with storage methods and germination temperatures and lighting.

To provide a theoretical basis for the introduction,cultivation,and regeneration of Stranvaesia davidiana var. undulata,seed germination characteristics were studied using different methods of fruit storage (dry storage indoor at state temperature,dry storage at 4 ℃,and in wet stratified sand at natural tem perature) as well as different germination temperatures (10,15,20,25,30,15/10,25/15,30/20 ℃) and lighting conditions(full dark,lighting 24 h,and lighting 12 h). The results showed a highly significant differences(P0.01)on seed germination percentage for the three different fruits storage methods with maxi mum seed germination percentage (41.3%) reached using the wet stratified sand at natural low temperature. For temperature,significant differences(P0.05)on seed germination percentage were noted with maximum seed germination percentage of 45.3% at 25 ℃. For the three different light conditions,no significant differences (P0.05) were found. Thus S. davidiana var. undulata seed was neither photosensitive or photo blastic. Overall,fruit storage in wet stratified sand at natural temperature with seed germination at 25 ℃ was best with light not a determining factor.
Unmet Needs to Treat Schistosomiasis in Children Under Five Years Old in uMkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Preventive treatment for schistosomiasis control is a priority objective for the Department of Health (DoH) in South Africa. The uMkhanyakude district of KwaZulu-Natal is one of the districts in which schistosomiasis in a major public health concern. We mapped the unmet resource requirements for a schistosomiasis control mass drug administration (MDA) program targeting children aged five years old and below in the uMkhanyakude District. We interviewed 10 decision makers among the uMkhanyakude Health District staff in order to understand the resources that the district has and the resources that the district needs to implement a schistosomiasis control MDA program targeting children aged five years old and below in the uMkhanyakude district. We analyzed and reported on the resources based on the following categories: financing; coverage; program integration; monitoring and evaluation; infrastructure; materials; human resources and training. We identified the resources that the district has and the resources that the district needs to acquire to implement a schistosomiasis MDA program targeting children aged five years old and below. The resources that the district needs to acquire to implement a schistosomiasis control MDA program for children under five include but are not limited to financing, human resources and digital scales. The uMkhanyakude district has insufficient resources to implement a schistosomiasis control MDA program targeting children aged five years old and below. The cost of the resources that need to be acquired for the program could be reduced by integrating the schistosomiasis control MDA program with existing child health intervention programs for children aged five years old and below. Economic evaluations are necessary to determine the child health program to which the schistosomiasis control MDA program could be most cost-effectively integrated to.
The Liver X Receptor Ligand T0901317 Decreases Amyloid β Production in Vitro and in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease*

Recent studies indicate that oxysterols, which are ligands for the nuclear hormone liver X receptors (LXR), decrease amyloid β (Aβ) secretion in vitro. The effect was attributed primarily to the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) transcriptionally up-regulated by ligand-activated LXRs. We now examined the effect of the synthetic LXR ligand T0901317, which can be used in vivo, on Aβ production in vitro and in APP23 transgenic mice. T0901317 applied to a variety of in vitro models, including immortalized fibroblasts from Tangier patients, and primary embryonic mouse neurons caused a concentration-dependent decrease in Aβ secretion, and this effect was increased by the addition of apolipoprotein A-I. The inhibition of Aβ production by T0901317 was cell-type specific, being more prominent in primary neurons than in non-neuronal cells. Tangier fibroblasts lacking a functional ABCA1 secreted more Aβ than control fibroblasts, thus demonstrating the role of ABCA1 in amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing and Aβ generation. T0901317 treatment of 11-week-old APP23 mice for 6 days showed a significant increase in ABCA1 expression and a decrease in the ratio of soluble APP (sAPP)β- to sAPPα-cleavage products. Most importantly, the treatment caused a statistically significant reduction in the levels of soluble Aβ40 and of Aβ42 in the brain these mice. Our experiments demonstrate that T0901317 decreases amyloidogenic processing of APP in vitro and in vivo, thus supporting the search for potent and specific LXR ligands with properties allowing therapeutic application.
Gamification for Better Patient Experience in Queue at the Hospital

Everyone who wants to visit the hospital always expects to get proper service facilities and is not interrupted by waiting times or queuing in line for too long. Likewise with a service system, the hospital should try to provide the best service facilities. This research presents a framework of gamification that is applied to the game elements integration. With this gamified system patients are expected to be able to play games while waiting for their examination turn without feeling boring. Another expectation of using the gamified system is to see the loyalty of patients who frequently visit the hospital. This includes architecture for gamified systems and guidelines to assist in the gamified activities development.
Wideband Class-F−1 Power Amplifier With Dual-/Quad-Mode Bandpass Response

Bandpass power amplifiers (PAs) are typically implemented by a cascade of second-order topologies. To achieve a wide and flat passband response, the number of resonators must be increased, which leads to large size, high loss and low efficiency, especially at high frequencies. In this paper, a wideband Class-F−1 PA based on a microstrip multimode bandpass impedance transformer (BPIT) is proposed. The modified quad-mode BPIT operation enables the creation of multiple transmission poles using only a single resonator, thus simultaneously achieving a flat wideband response in a small size. In addition, the drain bias and input feed line of the BPIT are arranged to satisfy the harmonic-impedance requirement of the Class-F−1 amplifier. Two PA prototypes have been designed, fabricated, and measured, which exhibit desirable filtering characteristics centered at 3.5 and 3.6 GHz for 5G applications. The fabricated dual- and quad-mode circuits demonstrate large-signal gains of 11.5 dB and 12.6 dB, maximum power added efficiencies (PAEs) of 67.4% and 66.3%, respectively and, with output powers greater than 38.5 dBm. For operation with a PAE larger than 60%, the PAs achieve bandwidths of 150 and 250 MHz, respectively.
Comparative study on restriction analysis and primer designing programme.

Many programmes are available in the internet to analyze restriction sites and design primers. The results of comparative evaluations of commonly deployed, freely available software for these using nucleotide sequences from the NCBI database are presented. Seven restriction analysis tools were compared for specificity, ability to detect the restriction site, graphical display of output, clarity, and user flexibility while the NEB cutter provides the highest user flexibility and the most clear graphical output. Just Bio-Cutter provides more details about the restriction enzymes than other tools. “Restriction Enzyme Digest of DNA” has the uniqueness of multiple sequence digestion. Seven primer designing programmes were evaluated for comprehensiveness, interactive design, user-friendliness, and the efficiency of designing primers. The Primer3 has higher capabilities and flexibility and, Primer Quest has comprehensiveness and better interactive designs. The Batchprimer3 has the unique ability to design primers for multiple sequences simultaneously.
Caracterización de las leucemias en niños en Cuba (2006-2015)

Introduccion: La leucemia es el cancer mas frecuente en edades pediatricas. La leucemia linfoide aguda (LLA) representa el 23% de los diagnosticos de cancer en ninos menores de 15 anos y el 75% de todas las leucemias. Mas del 90% de las leucemias mieloides agudas (LMA) en la ninez son agudas y el resto son cronicas. Objetivo: Caracterizar las leucemias agudas de la edad pediatrica en Cuba. Metodo: Se estudiaron 799 ninos de todo el pais, diagnosticados entre enero del 2006 y diciembre del 2015. Resultados: Tasa de incidencia de 2.9 x 100 000 ninos.El 95% fueron leucemias agudas (70.6% linfoides), con un 34.8% de leucemia promielociticas(LPM) en las LMA. Predomino el sexo masculino (480). La edad promedio al diagnostico fue de 7.1 anos. La Habana, Holguin, y Santiago de Cuba fueron las provincias con mayor frecuencia. El porcentaje de remision completa en las LLA y en las LMA fue de 91 y 66.7% respectivamente. La frecuencia de recaidas de la enfermedad fue de 25.1% en las LLA, 13.7 en las LPM y 45% en las otras mieloides. La sobrevida global y libre de eventos fue de 89 y 63% en los ninos con LLA, 64 y 62% en la LPM, 38 y 36% en la LMA no promielocitica respectivamente. Conclusiones: La frecuencia y distribucion etaria de las leucemias en ninos cubanos son similares a lo descrito en el mundo. Los resultados del tratamiento en las leucemias agudas pueden considerarse como buenos para las condiciones de socioeconomicas del pais.
The Effects of Harvesting on Ecological Communities

of a dissertation at the University of Miami. Dissertation supervised by Professor Chris Cosner. No. of pages of text. (380) In this paper, we derive and study a model for three species interacting via intraguild predation. We assume logistic growth for both the resource and consumer species, and functional responses with saturation, interspecific interference, and intraspecific interference for the predator-prey interactions. This leads to BeddingtonDeAngelis-type functional responses. We consider local and global properties of the resource-consumer subsystem, and give conditions for permanence. We then consider permanence in the full system, along with the effects varying some of the parameters has on the invasibility and exclusion of each species. We also look at the effects that harvesting each species in the system has on the ecological community. We then consider a linear food chain, apparent competition, resource competition, and interspecific killing as special cases of our intraguild predation model. Finally, we discuss the biological mechanisms underlying our results.
The Multi-INstrument Burst ARchive (MINBAR)

We present the largest sample of type I (thermonuclear) X-ray bursts yet assembled, comprising 7083 bursts from 85 bursting sources. The sample is drawn from observations with Xenon-filled proportional counters on the long-duration satellites RXTE, BeppoSAX, and International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory between 1996 February 8 and 2012 May 3. The burst sources were drawn from a comprehensive catalog of 115 burst sources, assembled from earlier catalogs and the literature. We carried out a consistent analysis for each burst light curve (normalized to the relative instrumental effective area) and provide measurements of rise time, peak intensity, burst timescale, and fluence. For bursts observed with the RXTE/PCA and BeppoSAX/Wide Field Camera we also provide time-resolved spectroscopy, including estimates of bolometric peak flux and fluence, and spectral parameters at the peak of the burst. For 950 bursts observed with the PCA from sources with previously detected burst oscillations, we include an analysis of the high time resolution data, providing information on the detectability and amplitude of the oscillations, as well as where in the burst they are found. We also present analysis of 118,848 observations of the burst sources within the sample time frame. We extracted 3–25 keV X-ray spectra from most observations, and (for observations meeting our signal-to-noise criterion) we provide measurements of the flux, spectral colors, and, for selected sources, the position on the color–color diagram, for the best-fit spectral model. We present a description of the sample, a summary of the science investigations completed to date, and suggestions for further studies.
Análise do bem-estar dos reprodutores de Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) através da relação peso-comprimento, fator de condição e produção de alevinos = Analysis of the welfare of broodstock Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822) by length-weight relationship...

O Arapaima gigas e um peixe nativo da Bacia Amazonica, seu cultivo esta atualmente em ascensao, o que requer alguns cuidados durante seu processo produtivo. Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a influencia do ambiente de cultivo sobre a producao de alevinos e bem-estar dos reprodutores atraves da relacao peso-comprimento e fator de condicao. Foram utilizados 34 viveiros, sendo 17 com area de 350 m 2 e os demais com 400 m 2 , adotando-se uma densidade de um casal por viveiro no periodo de marco a junho de 2011, no Centro de Pesquisas em Aquicultura (DNOCS-Pentecoste). Ao termino do periodo experimental os machos acondicionados nos viveiros de 350 m² e 400 m² apresentaram peso e comprimento total medio de 52,4±5,9 kg; 169,9±11,1 cm e 56,6±4,7 kg; 175,4±8,2 cm, respectivamente. As femeas apresentaram peso corporal e comprimento total medio de 52,7±5,7 kg; 168,1±12,7 cm e 56,8±5,0 kg; 174,3±4,8 cm nos viveiros de 350 m² e 400 m² respectivamente. O bem-estar dos organismos foi determinando individualmente pelo fator de condicao relativo (Kn), e pela analise de variância (ANOVA) aplicada aos dados. Nao foi observada diferenca significativa entre os tratamentos e genero dos organismos cultivados. As femeas mostraram uma producao media de 1.550,0±1.112,0 e 1.750,0±755,0 alevinos nos tanques de 350 e 400 m 2 respectivamente, nao apresentando diferenca significativa, quando analisados pelo teste t com α = 0,05. Com base nos dados obtidos por este trabalho, nao houve diferenca na producao de alevinos e no bem-estar dos organismos cultivados nos dois viveiros analisados.