Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
UNIFORM FOUR-LEVEL DESIGNS FROM TWO-LEVEL DESIGNS : A NEW LOOK

Literature reviews reveal that the research on the issue of constructing efficient uniform designs has been very active in the last decade. In addition, coding theory is widely used in the context of constructing good optimal designs. The present paper explores the construction of highly efficient four-level uniform designs via two transformations: a modified Gray map code and a mapping between quaternary codes and the sequence of three binary codes. Efficiency is based on uniformity measured by the centered L2and wrap-around L2-discrepancies of the four-level designs’ binary images. Some results related to the lower bounds of the uniformity measures for such designs are also considered in this study.
Analysis of Honey Bee Hive Products as a Model for Monitoring Pesticide Usage in Agroecosystems

Global food and nutritional security majorly rely on honey bees for pollination. Furthermore, honey bees ( Apis mellifera ), are considered as reliable biological indicators of environmental contamination because they pick up chemical pollutants in the air or in flowers as they search for food. As a result, the honey bee colony environment acts as a reservoir for a diversity of resources of floral origin and therefore analyzing hive products is more cost effective compared to monitoring individual crops. Effective methods for monitoring agrochemicals contamination in the environment can therefore be achieved by continuous analysis of honey bee products. We investigated pesticide residues in honey and pollen collected from honey bee hives in various agro-ecological zones across Kenya over a period of two years (September 2013 to August 2015) to determine the circulating organic chemical pollutants in the environment. A total of 36 pesticide residues were detected belonging to three chemical classes; insecticides (>50%) fungicides (27%) and herbicides (20%) with majority of the pesticides detected in pollen compared to honey. Although herbicides appeared to be the least prevalent, they were detected at the highest concentrations of up to 356 ppb in honey compared to insecticides which were detected at fairly low concentrations (0.1 to 53 ppb). Our findings highlight the need to create greater awareness of the ecological consequences of wide scale use of agro-chemicals in agriculture. Keywords: Pesticide residues, honey bees ( Apis mellifera ), honey and pollen
RNAi Restricts Virus Infections

The innate immune system provides diverse organisms, including the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, with an early-acting defense against a broad range of microorganisms. Because D. melanogaster is relatively simple to work with and its genetics have been extensively analyzed, it provides a useful model for researchers to study innate immunity. For instance, the mammalian innate immunity against pathogens initiated by Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling was discovered in Drosophila. Bacterial and fungal infections induce antimicrobial peptide effectors by the Toll and immune deficiency (Imd) pathways in D. melanogaster. However, whether either pathway helps to protect Drosophila against viruses remains controversial.
"Economic Analysis of Pulses Production Their Benefits and Constraints"(A Case Study Of Sample Villages Of Assan Valley Of Uttarakhand, India)

Pulses on account of their vital role in nutritional security and soil ameliorative properties have been an integral part of sustainable agriculture since ages. However the production of pulses in Uttarakhand has drastically came down in the period, 1990-91 to 2007-08. The pulses data of Government of Uttarakhand, directorate of Agriculture, 2008, shows that the winter pulses (lentil and chickpea) area declined in this period 5 thousand hectare. The reasons for declining the pulses were most of the farmers are economically inefficient in producing pulses in the region. The researcher has made an effort to find out the out the economics, benefit, and constraints of pulses in the state of Uttarakhand. This study has revealed that the rotation of chickpea and pigeon pea reduces the use of chemical fertilizers and also enhances the output of paddy and wheat significantly. The entire Assn Valley which is the part of Doon valley of Uttarakhand was selected for the study. The sample was randomly taken of 275 cultivars producing or not producing pulses. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) approach was chosen as research method and was completed by household interviews based on a semi- structured questionnaire.
Evaluating Educational Mobile Games for School Children

Computer and mobile games are being used as a tool to increase students’ productivity and efficiency. It is necessary that educational games should be in balance with the elements of game and knowledge. However, it is not clear what features in these two elements that should be in place to produce an effective and efficient educational game. To address this, a study was conducted to evaluate four android mobile games based on different educational subjects. The target group of this study was school children age ranging from 7-12 years. A questionnaire was formulated based on heuristics for educational computer games. 58 participants participated in this study. The study results reveal that educational mobile games have potential to improve students’ productivity. Even though knowledge and fun features should have a proportionate balanced, the game should not drop the essence of fun and entertainment. This study also suggests a framework for developing educational games should be created in the future.
Effect of Celecoxib on the Peripheral NO Production

Objective(s) Celecoxib acts through both COX-2-dependent and -independent pathways. According to the paradoxical effect of NO on the inflammatory and nociceptive signal processing, the present study designed to evaluate the probable contribution of NO in the analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties of celecoxib. Materials and Methods Different intensities of inflammatory pain were induced by acute and chronic sc administration of 1%, 2.5%, or 5% formalin and spectrophotometrical analysis of the serum nitrite was performed. Then, in the pretreatment process, the effect of celecoxib (10, 20, or 40 mg/kg/ip) was evaluated on the inflammatory pain induced-nitrite. Also, the effect of celecoxib alone (under non-inflammatory condition) was evaluated on the peripheral NO production and the results compared with that of the vehicle. Results Formalin-induced inflammatory pain led to an enhancement of the serum nitrite in intensityand timedependent manners. Celecoxib (40 mg/kg/ip), except its ineffectiveness on the nitrite level, induced 1.5 hr after 5% formalin, reduced production of formalin-induced nitrite in other cases. Meanwhile, under noninflammatory condition, 1.5 hr after the administration of celecoxib (40 mg/kg/ip), a considerable elevation of nitrite was observed. Celecoxib 10 or 20 mg/kg/ip did not show a significant effect on either inhibition or stimulation of the peripheral NO. Conclusion NO is involved both in the inflammatory and non-inflammatory conditions. It seems that celecoxib exerts a dual effect on the peripheral NO production; it prevents overproduction of NO due to the induction of inflammatory pain, while, it stimulates NO synthesis at the early stage of its action.
A New Improved Algorithm for SLP

superword level parallel (SLP) algorithm cannot effectively handle the large-scale applications which covered few parallel codes, and the codes which can be vectorized may be adverse to the vectorization. A new improved algorithm for SLP is proposed. First of all, attempt to transform the non-isomorphic statements, which can’t be vectorized to isomorphic statements as far as possible. Namely, locate the opportunities of vectorization which SLP has lost, and then build the Max Common Subgraph (MCS) through adding redundant nodes, process some optimization such as redundant deleting to get the supplement diagram of SLP, it can greatly increase the parallelism of program. At last, using the method of cutting, eliminate the codes harmful to the vectorization, and execute them in serial. This vectorizes the revenue codes, improving the efficiency of programs as far as possible. Experimental results show that, compared with the SLP algorithm, its performance in average is better than it 9.1%.
Adaptation of biofuel cell technology for electricity generation from wastewater and lactose measurement

Adaptation of biofuel cell technology for electricity generation from wastewater and lactose measurement by Mimi Hani Abu Bakar Biofuel cell (BFC) is an emerging renewable technology that can perform high direct energy conversion efficiency to electricity. BFC system uses low energy density sources, such as organics in wastewater and converts them into electricity. The system is based on biological catalysts such as microorganisms and enzymes, which are capable of consuming the organics in the sewage for metabolism. In the process, the BFC system will convert the organics in the wastewater and reduce the biological oxygen demand of the sewage to a safe level before it is released to the environment. Nevertheless, commercialisation of BFC applications are still a long way to go due to many weaknesses that have to be overcome. Culturing exoelectrogenic bacteria and applying new materials to enhance catalytic process in microbial fuel cell (MFC) are some of the options to improve MFC operation. The aims of this study are two-fold: To develop (i) a MFC for electricity generation from wastewater by bacteria isolated from a trickling filter, and (ii) an enzymatic fuel cell (EFC) for continuous measurement of lactose concentration in dairy wastewater as well as electricity generation. This thesis shows that the multi-cultured bacteria could generate electricity after 30 days exposure to oxygen at a concentration of 7.5 ppm and that the fabricated graphite-epoxy composite anodes possess the desired characteristics of a good electrode. Such fabricated electrodes can be prepared within a very short time-span compared to commercial electrodes. These electrodes are cheap and flexible for surface modification. However, due to inherent high resistance of the graphiteepoxy composite, it was unable to generate as much current intensity as commercial material electrodes. This study has highlighted several areas that can be further explored such as reducing inherent resistance in graphite composite electrode and the potential use of combined multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-diazonium salt within graphite matrix as a reusable high performance electrode.
Text Mining: How to Mining Knowledge from Text

An important approach to text mining involves the use of natural-language information extraction. Information ex- traction (IE) distills structured data or knowledge from un- structured text by identifying references to named entities as well as stated relationships between such entities. IE systems can be used to directly extricate abstract knowledge from a text corpus, or to extract concrete data from a set of documents which can then be further analyzed with traditional data-mining techniques to discover more general patterns. We discuss methods and implemented systems for both of these approaches and summarize results on mining real text corpora of biomedical abstracts, job announcements, and product descriptions.
Impact of rotor eccentricity on electromagnetic vibration and noise of permanent magnet synchronous motor

Rotor eccentricity is a common fault in permanent magnet synchronous motors. Its effect on the vibration and noise is thoroughly investigated in this paper. The additional force harmonics due to static eccentricity and dynamic eccentricity are firstly derived with the rotational direction of force harmonics into consideration. A finite element model is built to calculate the force and two dimensional fast Fourier transform is employed to obtain the space and frequency orders under different types of eccentricity. Then, a multiphysics model is established to predict the vibration and acoustic noise under different eccentricity types and levels. Finally, the conclusions drawn from the analytical and simulation results are partly validated by experimental test. It is found that rotor eccentricity greatly intensifies the vibration and noise due to the induced force harmonics with lower space orders. Dominant vibration and noise peaks would transfer to the frequency band in the vicinity of the lower modal frequency when eccentricity occurs.
Antidenaturation and antioxidative properties of phytochemical components from Spondias mombin

The antidenaturation and antioxidant properties of Spondias mombin Linn (Anacardiaceae) methanol leaf extract (SMC) and fractions prepared from it were evaluated in this study. SMC and its fractions: ether (SME), saponin-rich (SMS) and flavonoid-rich (SMF) were phytochemically screened and evaluated for total antioxidant activity (TAA), ability to inhibit deoxyribose degradation (DEO), lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity (LPIA), 2,2 - diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl scavenging activity, ability to chelate ferrous ions and protein denaturation inhibitory activity (PRO). The antioxidant and antidenaturation activities were in the order SME > SMF > SMC > SMS. TAA strongly correlated with DEO, LPIA and PRO. The results indicate that S. mombin contains a diverse array of phytochemicals with potent antioxidant and bio-preservative properties which can serve as candidates for food preservation and drug development.
Coordination Between Distributed Generation Stability and Undervoltage Protection Requirements at DG Interconnection Point

This paper describes the transient stability analysis of a 10 kV distribution network with wind generators, microturbines and CHP plants. The network being modeled in Matlab/Simulink takes into account detailed dynamic models of the generators. Fault simulations at various locations are investigated. For the studied cases, the critical clearing times are calculated. Some network parameters which influence transient stability are also observed. The ride-through capability of the DG units is studied through transient stability analysis and the equivalent CCT-voltage dip curves are derived. It is concluded that during fault, DG unit availability can be increased through modification of undervoltage protection requirements. I. INTRODUCTION Nowadays, 'Distributed Generation' (DG) is gaining much more attention worldwide than ever as an alternative to large scale centralized generating stations. Over the last few years, a number of policy drivers such as economical (energy efficiency), environmental (reduction of gaseous emissions), political (competition) and technical (voltage support) have encouraged this increased interest in distributed generation schemes. The presence of the DG obviously impacts the power system operation. Therefore, the installation of DG sources raises new challenges and various studies have shown the negative DG impact on the host distribution networks.
Priv-Ware Privacy aware processing of encrypted signals for treating sensitive information Signal processing primitives

This deliverable summarizes the activities regarding the study of signal processing primitives in the encrypted domain. The first section deals with the problem of signal representation in the encrypted domain. The next three sections analyze three important bulding blocks to be used in the design of more complex protocols, namely the encrypted domain Discrete Fourier Transform, the composite representation, and the additive/multiplicative blinding.
Growth and gonadal maturation of Keeled mullet, Liza carinata, (Valenciennes, 1836) cultured at different salinities

The growth experiment was conducted in fish culture outdoor cement ponds (5X4X1.2) under controlled conditions and filled wi th water (20 m 3 ). The experiment was carried out through 210 days. Every day, about 15-20% of water content was replaced to maintain water quality. Fish in all pon ds were fed about 5% of total fish weight on artificial diet contains 25% fish meal. E xperimental salinities (5, 15, 25, and 40 ‰) in four ponds (triplicate design) were ob tained by diluting sea water with dechlorinated tap water (by passing through active charcoal). Fish at salinities 5 ‰ and 40 ‰ exhibited greater growth in length (cm) 10 . 77±0.097, 11.39±0.088 and weight (gm) 12.3±0.319, 15.02±0.44, respectively (P 0.05). It was found that salinity does not affect significantly the condition factor of the individua ls. Condition factor was ranging from 0.93 to 1.03 and there were no significant dif ferences (P 0.05). The GSI for both males and females have nearly the same fluctuation trends which reach ed to the maximum level at salinity of 40 ‰ for both sexes; 8.9 for female and 2.1 for male. The highest coefficient "b" of length-weight relationship were 2.839, 2.847 for fishes at salinities 40 ‰ and 5 ‰, respectively they closed to 3 it is i ndicated that isometric growth. The gonad maturation of salinity 5‰ reached to ripe sta ge for male and yolk vesicle stage for female but it reached to ripe stage at salinity 40‰ for both sex. These results suggest that Liza carinata is a suitable candidate for low salinity brackish water aquaculture. This could lead to significant cost sa vings when rearing fish inland.
Mesh objective modeling of cracks using continuous linear strain and displacement interpolations

The paper addresses the problem of tensile and mixed‐mode cracking within the so‐called smeared crack approach. Because lack of point‐wise convergence on stresses is deemed as the main difficulty to be overcome in the discrete problem, a (stabilized) mixed formulation with continuous linear strain and displacement interpolations is used. The necessary convergence rate can be proved for such a formulation, at least in the linear problem. Two standard local isotropic Rankine damage models with strain‐softening, differing in the definition of the damage criteria, are used as discrete constitutive model. Numerical examples demonstrate the application of the proposed formulation using linear triangular P1P1 and bilinear quadrilateral Q1Q1 mixed elements. The results obtained do not suffer from spurious mesh‐bias dependence without the use of auxiliary tracking techniques. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Measurement of Urinary Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Childhood Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: An Indicator of Clinical Severity?

200 ©Copyright 2017 by Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Ege Children’s Foundation The Journal of Pediatric Research, published by Galenos Yayınevi. Ad dress for Cor res pon den ce/Ya z›fl ma Ad re si Nisa Eda Çullas İlarslan MD, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara, Turkey Phone: +90 312 595 57 63 E-mail: md.eda@hotmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6365-8059 Re cei ved/Ge liş ta ri hi: 25.03. 2017 Ac cep ted/Ka bul ta ri hi: 05.05. 2017 Çocukluk Çağı Alt Solunum Yolu Enfeksiyonlarında İdrarda Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriüretik Peptid Ölçümü: Klinik Şiddetin Bir Göstergesi Olabilir mi?
Uncertainty Business Cycles - Really?

Are fluctuations in firms' profitability risk a major cause of regular business cycles? We study this question within the framework of a heterogeneous-firm dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with fixed capital adjustment costs. In such a model, surprise increases of risk lead to a wait-and-see policy for investment at the firm level and a decrease in aggregate economic activity. We calibrate the model using German firm-level data with a broader sectoral, size and ownership coverage than comparable U.S. data sets. The use of these data enables us to provide robust lower and upper bound estimates for the size of firm-level risk fluctuations. We find that time-varying firm-level risk on its own is unlikely to be a major quantitative source of regular business cycle fluctuations. When we augment a model with only aggregate productivity shocks by time-varying risk, the risk shocks dampen the high contemporaneous correlations of the productivity-shock-only model, but do not alter the other unconditional business cycle properties.
Transcriptional Stability of Heat Shock Protein Genes and Cell Proliferation Rate Provides an Evidence of Superior Cellular Tolerance ofSahiwal (Bos indicus) Cow PBMCs to Summer Stress

Seasonal variation imparts environmental stress in dairy animals, and impairs animal health and productivity. In order to measure the performance ability of a particular breed/animal towards heat stress, it is imperative to determine its thermotolerance ability. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperons that maintain native conformation of proteins and cell viability during stress period. The peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) have been widely utilized as a cellular model to understand the differential heat shock response across livestock species. The present investigation was attempted with the assumption that seasonal variation can lead to changes in the level of heat shock protein transcripts in dairy breeds. Therefore, this study aimed at assessing the transcriptional stability of heat shock protein family genes and cell proliferation rate in Sahiwal cows (Bos indicus), Holstein cows (Bos taurus) and Murrah buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). The basal expression level of heat shock protein family genes (HSP27, HSP40, HSP60, HSP70 and HSP90) were analysed in PBMCs during peak summer and winter seasons. In comparison to Sahiwal cows and Murrah buffaloes, relative expression data showed significant induction of HSP70, HSP40, HSP60 and HSP90 mRNA in HF cows during summer stress. The cell proliferation data further indicated significant (p<0.05) inhibition of cell proliferation in Holstein cows during summer stress. Overall data on transcriptional stability of HSPs mRNA and cell proliferation suggested better survivability of Sahiwal cows PBMCs to summer stress in comparison to HF cows.
INFLUENCE OF TWO POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ON SPORE GERMINATION, AND PHYTOREMEDIATION POTENTIAL OF Gigaspora margarita- Echynochloa polystachya SYMBIOSIS IN BENZO(a)PYRENE-POLLUTED SUBSTRATE

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are ubiquitous microorganisms that occur in contaminated soils. However, little is known about the responses of AMF with organic contaminants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). The first objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of two PAH on spore germination of Gigaspora margarita Becker & Hall. Water-agar plates were contaminated with phenanthrene (PHE) and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) at several concentrations: 0, 25 (0.1 mM BaP & 0.15 PHE), 50 (0.2 mM BaP & 0.3 mM PHE), 75 (0.3 mM BaP & 0.45 mM PHE), and 100 μg mL -1 (0.4 mM BaP & 0.6 mM PHE), respectively. The second objective consisted on the evaluation of the responses of the symbiosis between G. margarita and Echinochloa polystachya (H.B.K.) Hitch. to increased concentrations of BaP (0, 25 (0.1 mM), 50 (0.2 mM), 75 (0.3 mM), and 100 mg kg -1 (0.4 mM) under plant growth chamber conditions. Spore germination and hyphal length were drastically reduced by PHE. Reduction of spore germination was higher than 90% in presence of PHE. In presence of BaP, spore germination reduction was 42.8% when exposed at 100 μg mL -1 (0.4 mM). Spores that germinated in presence of 75 (0.3 mM) and 100 (0.4 mM) μg BaP mL -1 had greater hyphal elongation. BaP did not affect shoot dry mass of non-mycorrhizal or mycorrhizal E. polystachya . Mycorrhizal plants showed higher dehydrogenase activity in the rhizosphere soil at 0, 0.2 and 0.3 mM BaP, but reduced root polyphenol oxidase activity at 0 and 0.1 and higher at 0.3 mM BaP than non-mycorhizal plants. Dissipation of BaP was higher in non-mycorrhizal plants than mycorrhizal plants. Echinochloa polystachya showed an intrinsic capability on dissipating PAH from its rhizosphere.