Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Industrial Occupational Safety

The new industrial revolution will encompass massive change. Manufacturing Companies are pursuing digitalization and trying to figure out how to implement collaborative robots, all the while trying to manage data safety and security. It is a big challenge to deal with all the needed infrastructures to handle the big data digitalization provides whilst having to account for the shielding of it. Even more so when one has to succeed at it while taking care of the workers, the sustainability of their jobs, the implementation of safe practices at work, based on the contributions of the whole, through efficient vertical communication, imbued with Safety Culture and aiming the sustainability of the Company itself. This chapter proposes to address the role of standardization in managing industry 4.0, where culture, Risk Management and Human Factors are key, and how the tools provided by these norms may contribute to nimbly balance each Company's needs.
Rev Protein of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Facilitates Translation of rev-dependent Viral Messenger RNAs

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV1) Rev has been reported to act by inducing the nucleocytoplasmic transport of unspliced and singly spliced RNAs that encode viral structural proteins. However, our initial experiments indicated the cytoplasmic expression of intron-containing mRNAs in Rev-cells [12]. To determine whether or not the post-transcriptional induction of gene expression by Rev extends to the level of increasing the efficiency of translation, Rev+ and Rev-cells were morphologically examined by means of in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence assays. Hybridization to an intron-specific probe revealed that the transfection of HeLa cells with a rev-defective HIV-1 expression plasmid caused the export of overexpressed, unspliced gag mRNAs, possibly through a default process of nuclear retention. However, subsequent immunofluorescence assaying demonstrated that mRNA exported by Rev, but not mRNA directed through the default process, was translated into the corresponding protein. The findings were extended to a group of singly spliced viral mRNAs that produce Env in the following biochemical analyses. These findings suggest that Rev is directly or indirectly involved in the translational regulation of HIV-1 structural gene mRNAs. We discuss the possibility that Rev could cause the intron-containing transcripts to follow the appropriate pathway to reach the translational machinery.
Synthesis of Two Kinds of Mesoporous Diatomite by Microwave Assisted Sol-Gel Method and Its Adsorption of Ammonia Nitrogen in Wastewater

The microwave-assisted sol-gel method was used to synthesize mesoporous diatoms (DM) and magnetic mesoporous diatoms (MDM), and used as adsorbent to remove ammonia nitrogen from water. The effect of reaction time, solution pH, and initial concentration of ammonia nitrogen on adsorption was studied, and the adsorption Kinetics and thermodynamic characteristics of DM and MDM were analyzed. The results showed that at 25 °C, when the dosage of DM and MDM was 4 g/L, the initial concentration of ammonia nitrogen in the solution was 50 mg/L, the value of pH was 7, and the adsorption time was 30 min, the adsorption of ammonia nitrogen in solution by DM and MDM was 6.95 and 7.79 mg/g, respectively. DM and MDM had good adsorption effect on ammonia nitrogen, and the adsorption process complied with the Pseudo-second-order kinetics equation and Freundlich isothermal adsorption model.
Philology for an Enchanted World: Motoori Norinaga and the Study of Japanese Language and Literature in Early Modern Japan

This article focuses on a pioneering figure in the philological study of language and literature in early modern Japan, Motoori Norinaga 本居宣長 (1730–1801). In his studies of Japan’s “ancient Way,” Norinaga describes the correct understanding of the syntactical elements of the ancient Japanese language as a way to restore a lost sense of the world as enchanted, the abode of powerful presences known as kami. For Norinaga, the study of Japan’s ancient literature and language was thus situated within a broader interpretive framework. This article will show how philology contributed to the configuration of this framework as the method by which the disciplined individual was empowered to retrieve a lost sense of enchantment. As such, it takes the position that Norinaga’s philological restoration of enchantment is best understood as a re-enchantment, an attempt to transcend (early) modern disenchantment.
Characterization of genotype by environment interactions in soybean breeding programmes of southeast Europe

Southeast Europe is Europe's major production area of soybean of maturity groups (MG) 0, I and II, but genotype by environment interaction (GEI) for soybean traits in this region is still not characterized. The objective of this study was to characterize GEI in soybean grown in Croatia for seed yield, protein and oil content. Fourteen soybean cultivars of MG 0 and I were evaluated at 15 environments. In the combined anova, genotypes, environments and GEI were significant. All three seed traits were more affected by year than by location and seed yield and protein content were more sensitive to environmental changes than oil content. Genotype by environment interaction is generally of less importance than effects of genotypes and years, especially for oil content. High-yielding genotypes had values of regression coefficient (b) close to 1, indicating that they were not responsive to extreme environments, either positive or negative. Means and b values were not correlated for yield and negatively correlated for protein and oil content, probably because of low-input practice in the region. The absence of recognizable differences in means, b values and principal component scores of ammi analysis between two MGs for all traits indicated that soybean cultivars of MG 0 may be recommended for growing in the region because they responded similarly to environmental changes as do full-season genotypes of MG I.
Técnica hidropônica para triagem de genótipos de tomateiro quanto à eficiência de absorção de fósforo

Phosphorus (P) is the most limiting nutrient to plant growth and development in acidic soils of tropical and subtropical regions. The objective of this study was to establish a nutrient solution (hydroponics) technique for screening of tomato genotypes for efficiency of phosphorus absorption. An area of 160 m2 within a protective structure covered with 150 micron polyethylene film was used, with masonry-built channels 20 cm wide x 15 cm in height spaced 0.80 m apart. The experimental setup was a split plot design with factorial treatments and four replications. Plots comprised two concentrations of P in nutrient solution (0.50 and 60 ppm), whereas subplots comprised two tomato genotypes with contrasting P absorption efficiencies [PI 121665 (efficient, crt/crt) and TOM-598 (crt+/crt+)]. After this test, the two genotypes were again grown in a completely randomized experimental design with four replications, under the same structure, under concentration of 0.20 ppm P in nutrient solution. We evaluated the fresh mass of aboveground part, dry mass of aboveground part, fresh mass of root, dry mass of root and length, area and volume from the root. The hydroponic technique was effective to screen tomato genotypes for resistance or tolerance to phosphorus deficiency. The concentration of 0.50 ppm P in nutrient solution in NFT hydroponic system was suitable for this purpose.
The distribution of Decapoda (Crustacea) in the open ocean and near-bottom over an adjacent slope in the northern North-east Atlantic Ocean during autumn 1979

The vertical distribution of Decapoda (Crustacea) at deep-water stations in the Rockall Trough and the Porcupine Seabight is discussed and compared to the near-bottom distribution of Decapoda on the continental slope of the Seabight. The vertical distribution of some species is unaffected by the shallowing of the sea floor in the slope area. Other species are found in much higher concentrations near-bottom over the slope than at similar depths at the adjacent deep-water stations and at least one species extends its lower vertical range. It is suggested that the increased food availability near-bottom may be the principal factor influencing aggregation.
Allometry of Salsola collina in response to soil nutrients, water supply and population density

The allometry of greenhouse-grown Salsola collina Pall. in response to variation in soil nutrient content, water supply and population density has been compared. The results showed that the biomass allocation was size-dependent. Root, stem, leaf and reproductive allocation showed a ‘true’ plasticity in response to soil nutrient variation. At low soil nutrient content, plants tended to allocate more biomass to the development of reproductive organs than to stem and leaf, but root allocation was consistent due to a tradeoff between the effects of plant size and soil nutrient content. The plasticity of stem allocation and reproductive effort was ‘true’, while the plasticity of root allocation was ‘apparent’, but there was no plasticity for leaf allocation in response to soil water variation. At lower soil water content, plants tended to allocate more biomass to the stem than to development of reproductive organs. With the exception of ‘apparent’ plasticity of root allocation, no plasticity was detected in biomass allocation when population density was varied.
An Integrative Analysis of the Effects of Auxin on Jasmonic Acid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Auxin and jasmonic acid (JA) are two plant phytohormones that both participate in the regulation of many developmental processes. Jasmonic acid also plays important roles in plant stress response reactions. Although extensive investigations have been undertaken to study the biological functions of auxin and JA, little attention has been paid to the cross-talk between their regulated pathways. In the few available reports examining the effects of auxin on the expression of JA or JA-responsive genes, both synergetic and antagonistic results have been found. To further investigate the relationship between auxin and JA, we adopted an integrative method that combines microarray expression data with pathway information to study the behavior of the JA biosynthesis pathway under auxin treatment. Our results showed an overall down regulation of genes involved in JA biosynthesis, providing the first report of a relationship between auxin and the JA synthesis pathway in Arabidopsis seedlings. (Managing editor: Ya-Qin Han)
Online Intrusion Scenario Discovery and Prediction Based on Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM)

With the development of intrusion detection, a number of the intelligence algorithms (e.g., artificial neural networks) are introduced to enhance the performance of the intrusion detection systems. However, many intelligence algorithms should be trained before being used, and retrained regularly, which is not applicable for continuous online learning and analyzing. In this paper, a new online intrusion scenario discovery framework is proposed and the intelligence algorithm HTM (Hierarchical Temporal Memory) is employed to improve the performance of the online learning ability of the system. The proposed framework can discover and model intrusion scenarios, and the constructed model keeps evolving with the variance of the data. Additionally, a series of data preprocessing methods are introduced to enhance its adaptability to the noisy and twisted data. The experimental results show that the framework is effective in intrusion scenario discovery, and the discovered scenario is more concise and accurate than our previous work.
Modeling Trade and Income Distribution in Six Developing Countries A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis up to the Year 2050

This paper presents an empirical exercise, aimed at investigating the implications on poverty and income distribution of a reference scenario (SSP2) of economic development. It does so by coupling a dynamic general equilibrium model of the global economy, specifically designed to capture structural change dynamics in the medium and long run, with detailed micro data on household income in six countries: Albania, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nicaragua and Vietnam. We also consider an alternative scenario of accelerated international trade integration, with a higher degree of trade openness. We found that long run structural change widens income inequality in all six developing countries. Accelerated trade integration amplifies the effect further, but most of it is already generated in the baseline scenario. A decrease in the relative value of land property and an increase in the relative value of capital ownership appear as key determinants. We decompose income differentials in three dimensions. Structural change worsens the income gap between male and female headed households, but the additional impact of trade is minimal. The effect of structural change is not uniform across countries when income of rural households is contrasted with the one of urban households, yet more trade reduces the relative rural income. Relative poverty increases in both the baseline and the larger trade volume case. However, we found that absolute poverty would be eradicated in almost all countries by the year 2050.
Expression level of long noncoding RNA NKILAmiR103-miR107 inflammatory axis and its clinical significance as potential biomarker in patients with colorectal cancer

Background: Inflammatory cytokines have been observed in colorectal cancer (CRC) tissues and can promote the susceptibility to metastasis of CRC cells. Diverse regulatory mechanisms of long ncRNAs (lncRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) involved in the inflammatory responses are associated with tumor progression. The aim of this research was to investigate the expression level of the nuclear factor-kappa B interacting lncRNA (NKILA)‐miR103-miR107 regulatory axis and its clinical significance as a potential biomarker in patients with CRC. Materials and Methods: In the present study, we investigated the expression levels of miR103, miR107, and NKILA in 21 paired CRC tissues and corresponding adjacent tissues, using real‐time polymerase chain reaction technique. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the prognostic value of biomarkers and to compare their predictive value. Results: It was found that the expression level of miR103 was significantly increased with the development of CRC (cancerous vs. corresponding normal tissues; 2.29 ± 1.65 vs. 1.16 ± 0.64, P = 0.003). Moreover, miR107 was upregulated in CRC tissues compared with paired normal tissues (2.1 ± 1.4 vs. 1.25 ± 0.83, P = 0.005), while NKILA displayed an opposite expression pattern versus miR103/107, but it was not statistically significant (3.69 ± 5.2 vs. 4.35 ± 5.99, P > 0.05). The ROC analysis demonstrated that miR103 had the best diagnostic ability performance with area under curve of 0.723 (0.545–0.901). Conclusion: We identified miR103/107 as tumor-promoting miRNAs with diagnostic value in cancer patients and presumptive negative regulators of NKILA, a potential cancer metastatic suppressor. Strategies that disrupt this regulatory axis might block CRC progression.
The Biological Strains of Hessian Fly.

Under field conditions, some of the wheat varieties attacked by Hessian fly ( Phytophaga destructor Say) in the soft wheat belt of southeastern Kansas, show a degree of infestation different from the same varieties under infestation in the hard wheat belt of central and western Kansas. In the latter case, for instance, Kanred wheat is susceptible to fly, while Illini Chief selection 223415 carries very little or no infestation. At Columbus (southeastern) Kansas, these two varieties were about equally susceptible. In the field, some wheat varieties are resistant in both places. Under uniform greenhouse conditions, fly from the two regions gave infestations approximating the respective field results on these and other varieties. Fly from Ohio and Indiana gave infestations differing from those of the two Kansas sources and from each other. Under greenhouse conditions, infestation by fly from the hard wheat belt of wheat varieties planted on a wide range of separate soil types, did not give infestation percentages varying greatly from normal for fly from this source. Strains of fly with different infestation capacities may be selected from central Kansas fly by use of individual pairs and by mass selection. In the former case, strains have been carried through three generations without change in their infestation abilities. It is concluded that these differences in fly population are not due primarily to ecological conditions. The data tend to show that the Hessian fly population of any one locality consists of a mixture of two or more genetically distinct strains which differ in their ability to infest various wheat varieties.
Zinc-deficiency resistance and biofortification in plants

Zinc (Zn) deficiency is a well-documented problem in plants, causing decreased yields and nutritional quality. When facing a shortage in Zn supply, plants acclimatize by enhancing the Zn acquisition. In this review, we highlight recent progress in understanding of plant resistance to Zn deficiency and discuss the future challenges to fully unravel its molecular basis of regulation. Emphasis is given on the physiological and molecular basis of Zn acquisition, the long-distance transport of Zn and the genotypic variations in Zn use efficiency of plants. Prospects of Zn biofortification strategies as well as further efforts for crop improvement to overcome Zn deficiency are also addressed.
Assessment of Anthropogenic Pressure on the Volga Federal District Territory Using River Basin Approach

The analysis of the geoecological state of basin geosystems was carried out by evaluation of the anthropogenic pressure on the basin. As indicators that directly or indirectly reflect the anthropogenic impact, the following were used: population density in the basin, density of the road network, and agricultural development of the basin territory. The spatial and statistical distributions of indicators were analyzed after the indicators were brought to a unified scale (transformation, normalization). The integral indicator of anthropogenic pressure, calculated as a linear combination of individual variables, was ranked to six categories of anthropogenic pressure: “absent”, “very low”, “low”, “moderate”, “high”, and “very high”. Using the developed methodology and prepared geodata, for the first time at scale of 1:200,000, the territory of the Volga Federal District was zoned according to the anthropogenic pressure on each river basin. Basins with a high and very high pressure are concentrated around large cities. Most of the basins belonging to the categories of low and moderate anthropogenic pressure are located in the forest-steppe and steppe zones with maximal agricultural development. Basins with zero and very low pressure lie in the north of the study area, in the forest zone, and in the southern Ural.
Improving Spectrum Efficiency of Cell-Edge Devices by Incentive Architecture Applications With Dynamic Charging

The gap between the peak-hour Internet and the average level is increasing, which inevitably creates a type of temporary cellular weak coverage when there is a surge in data traffic demand, where any cell-edge device will have a low spectrum efficiency (SE). In this article, we propose a novel incentive architecture based on the dynamic radio frequency charging technology to improve the SE and use the Stackelberg game theory to formulate the problem. In such a model, a small base station (SBS) acts as the leader to offer a desired partition of the resource block obtained by a cell-edge device, while some small energy providers (SEPs) and small virtual access points (SVAPs) that are selected from user equipment act as the followers to make their decisions, respectively, to compete for the free part of such a resource block. Following the potential game rules, all the SEPs compete for a specific free resource part allocated by the SBS, and then, all the SVAPs compete for another nonoverlapping part allocated by the SBS on the basis of the results of the SEPs’ potential game. Although our incentive architecture formally has three game stages, it is essentially a two-level Stackelberg game, which is analyzed by using a backward induction method. The theoretical analysis proves the convergence of the above-mentioned game models, and the simulation results demonstrate that the proposed incentive architecture can improve the SE for each cell-edge device.
The Ranunculus auricomus L. complex (Ranunculaceae) in Northern Italy

Summary The Ranunculus auricomus complex in Northern Italy has been classified and analyzed morphologically. Plants close to Ranunculus cassubicus are attributed to R. cassubicifolius. In addition to species already published by Pignatti and other authors, the following species are described: Ranunculus fraelensis, R. mediogracilis, R. cochlearifer, R. plavensis, R. baldensis, R. abbaianus, R. pedemontanus and R. poldinii.
Carcasses provide resources not exclusively to scavengers: patterns of carrion exploitation by passerine birds

Carrion provides energy transfer to food webs as a primary trophic resource for many taxa. Ecological relationships around this pulsed resource are highly complex and are influenced by many factors, including those related to its availability and the management of carcasses by humans. In recent years progress has been made in understanding the scope, implications and value of carrion ecology, mainly using scavenger birds and arthropods as study models. However, carrion is important for other facultative scavengers, and even for other non-scavenger species, which may be influenced by the onset of the resources generated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the patterns of attendance of passerine birds, including the non-scavengers, at carrion inputs in order to divulge the importance of this resource, its relationship to other species, and to reveal its ecological implications. Individuals of the Corvidae family, recognized facultative scavengers, showed a similar trophic behavior to obligate scavenger raptors regarding the selection of carcass characteristics (i.e., format, scattering, biomass), the surrounding landscape and spatiotemporal conditions. Furthermore, corvids mismatched their presence with vultures, benefitting through commensalism from the generation of residual small pieces and scraps. The non-scavenger passerines avoided simultaneous presence with vultures and delayed their attendance to carcasses from the time of input. Non-corvid passerines profited from carrion opportunistically, especially through predation on scavenger arthropods. Thus, their appearance was linked to seasons and conditions with an increased abundance of invertebrates, and coincided with periods of higher energy demand (migration and wintering). Similarly, inter-specific competition in carrion exploitation as well as a decrease in abundance of arthropods may determine the segregation between non-corvid passerines and scavenger raptors.