Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Characteristics of Lipid Accumulation Types in Five Species of Fish.

The characteristics of lipid accumulation were examined in the muscle and liver from rive species of commercially important fish. The five species of fish could be clearly divided into two groups based on the lipid ratio of muscle to liver. Puffer and flounder fell into the group with a low lipid ratio, indicating that lipid was accumulated in their liver but not in the muscle. The lipid ratios of red sea bream, amberjack, and striped jack were much higher than those of puffer and flounder, and these fish accumulated lipid in their muscle as well as in their liver. Phosphatidylcholine and triglyceride were main lipid components in the muscle of fish with low and high lipid ratios, respectively. Triglyceride was also a main lipid component of the liver. In addition, considerable amounts of steryl ester were detected in the livers of flounder and puffer. Hepatosomatic index (HSI), the weight percentage of liver to body varied extensively in the five species. The highest and lowest HSI values were obtained in puffer and red sea bream, respectively. The lipid content of liver increased with HSI. The differences of lipid distributioh in muscle and liver were histologically observed. The tissues with high levels of lipid tended to possess numerous osmiophilic droplets. The histology of both muscle and liver showed specific distribution of osmiophilic droplets, supporting the results of chemical analysis of lipid.
Effects of Salinity, Temperature, and Starvation on the Larval Development of Armases (= Sesarma) Miersii (Rathbun, 1897), a Semiterrestrial Crab With Abbreviated Development (Decapoda: Grapsidae)

ABSTRACT The development of the Jamaican grapsid crab Armases miersii was studied in laboratory experiments under various conditions of salinity, temperature, and starvation. Females produced 908-4,334 medium-sized eggs (mean diameter = 0.51 mm). Development was abbreviated and consisted of 3 morphologically advanced zoeal stages and 1 megalopa. Development to the first crab stage took place in salinities ranging from 5-50 ppt. With increasing temperatures, duration of development decreased and survival at low salinities increased. These features enable the larvae to survive in a highly variable environment, supratidal rock pools along the coast of Jamaica. When continuously starved, energy reserves in larvae were sufficient for development through the first and occasionally the second zoeal stage, but later stages must feed in order to survive. Compared to other species of Armases, A. miersii produced fewer, larger eggs, larval development consisted of only 3 instead of 4 zoeal stages, larvae tolerated a wider range of salinities, and showed a higher degree of lecithotrophy. The abbreviated development and partial lecithotrophy are discussed as a step toward emanicpation from the marine environment.
Monitoring Damage Initiation and Growth in Composite Structures by Acoustic Emission Method

In this dissertation, acoustic emission technique is examined as candidate for monitoring the integrity of polymer matrix structural members. Acoustic emission technique has so far been largely limited to laboratory tests and field applications have been mostly limited to qualification tests of aerospace structures. The lack of quantitative indications of damage in composite structural members associated with the complex nature of damage in these materials has been a limiting factor. Generally, a number of failure modes operate simultaneously at a site of damage, and each of these failure modes generates a different type of acoustic emission signal. In addition, issues including anisotropic wave propagation including variation velocities and attenuation in composites leads to difficulties in damage location and assessment of damage magnitude. Further, extraneous noise that is invariably present when the structure is experiencing cyclic loading, increases the uncertainty in interpreting acoustic emission data. The goal of the present work is to address a few of these issues individually. They include (a) experimental measurement of attenuation of fundamental Lamb wave modes and frequency components of acoustic emission signal in representative composite laminates, (b) experimental characterization of friction related acoustic emission signals between two metallic surfaces, (c) monitoring and characterization of acoustic emission signal from delamination growth in coupon specimens and (d) numerical modeling of acoustic emission signals generated by different failure modes in a cross-ply laminate, including mode I and delaminations and matrix cracks. In this report, results and findings from each of the above works, both numerical and experimental are included.
Seed Germination of Swertia mussotii,an Important Application in Tibetan Folk Medicine

In this study,the effects of temperature,the growth regulator GA_3 and storage conditions on seed germination of the biennial Swertia mussotii Franch were compared in seeds from a natural high altitude alpine site and after one-cycle of artificial cultivation at a low altitude.The untreated seeds from high altitude displayed higher germination than those from low altitude.Both GA_3 and storage conditions enhanced germination from all sources.After treatment,the final germination of seeds from different sources shows no distinct difference.These results suggest that:(i) all seeds of this species,irrespective of their sources,have similar kinds of dormancy;(ii) the dormancy of this species can not been broken through one-cycle adaptation in ex situ cultivation and thus might be genetically controlled;(iii) both GA_3 and 4℃ cold storage are effective for dormancy breaking in ex situ cultivation of this important medicinal species.
Developmental Gene Expression of Fatty Acid Synthase (FAS) in Abdominal Adipose of Swine

Genome RNA was extracted from adipose of pig and fatty acid synthase(FAS) gene mRNA was amplified using RT-PCR.A DNA fragment about 206bp in length was obtained and the PCR product was cloned into pGEM-T vector.The FAS gene was isolated and sequenced from the positive clones screened.Sequenced analysis suggested that this fragment was partial sequence of FAS cDNA.The gene homology of fragment obtained in this study compared with that of reported FAS cDNA(AY183428)in adipocytes of porcine was 100%. Based on the FAS gene clone,an optimal semi-quantitative RT-PCR method was successfully constructed.Using 18S rRNA as inner control,the developmental gene expression of FAS in abdominal adipose was studied.The results showed that FAS gene expression in abdominal adipose is increased from 1 day to 28 weeks,the difference between 1 day and 28 weeks is significant(P0.05).
Prediksi Nasabah Yang Berpotensi Membuka Simpanan Deposito Menggunakan Naive Bayes Berbasis Particle Swarm Optimization

Deposito masih merupakan pilihan utama bagi masyarakat untuk berinvestasi saat ini dan hal itu merupakan kesempatan bagi bank-bank untuk menentukan strategi pemasaran dan promosi yang lebih efisien dengan tidak terlalu banyak menggunakan biaya sehingga masyarakat tertarik untuk berinvestasi pada produk deposito dari bank tersebut. Atas dasar permasalahan tersebut, maka dilakukan penelitian untuk memprediksi nasabah yang berpotensi membuka deposito dengan menggunakan teknik data mining khususnya algoritma Naive Bayes berbasis PSO. PSO pada penelitian ini akan digunakan untuk feature selection yaitu dengan memilih attribut terbaik dengan memilih attribut yang sudah diberikan bobot sehingga dapat meningkatkan hasil akurasi dari prediksi menggunakan algoritma Naive Bayes. Hasil dari prediksi nasabah yang berpotensi membuka deposito dengan menggunakan Naive Baiyes memiliki akurasi sebesar 82,19%. Sedangkan prediksi yang menggunakan Naive Baiyes berbasis PSO memiliki akurasi sebesar 89,70%. Penggunaan algoritma PSO ternyata meningkatkan akurasi sebesar 7,51% dan algoritma Naive Baiyes berbasis PSO tersebut dapat digunakan untuk decision support system nasabah yang berpotensi membuka deposito karena menjadi model algoritma yang terbaik. Â
Human granulocytær ehrlichiose i Norge

Background. The bacterium that causes human granulocytic ehrlichiosis may be transmitted by ticks. Material and methods. We describe two patients with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. During the summer of 1998, both patients were bitten by ticks. Four to 7 days later they developed influenza-like symptoms with fever, headache and myalgia. After 4 and 21 days, respectively, both patients were given doxycycline for suspected bacterial respiratory diseases, and recovered. Results. Blood samples for human granulocytic ehrlichiosis antibodies showed a fourfold increase in titer in one patient and a remaining high titer in the other. Both patients had a positive polymerase chain reaction with primers specific for the Ehrlichia phagocytophilae genogroup. Interpretation. The two patients fulfill the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis diagnostic criteria set by Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention, and are the first two human granulocytic ehrlichiosis cases described in Norway. Det er nylig vist at flått kan overføre sykdommen human granulocytær ehrlichiose. Dette er en bakteriell sykdom som gir et influensaliknende sykdomsbilde med feber, muskelsmerter og hodepine som vanligste symptomer. Vi beskriver to pasienter med flåttoverført human granulocytær ehrlichiose i Norge. Begge pasientene fikk sommeren 1998 flåttbitt ved opphold ved Telemarkskysten og fikk 8–14 dager senere et influensaliknende sykdomsbilde med feber, hodepine og muskelsmerter. Begge ble gitt doksysyklin for mistenkt bakteriell luftveisinfeksjon, og rekonvalesensfasen varte i flere uker. Vi benyttet immunfluorescensteknikk til å påvise antistoffer i serum mot human granulocytær ehrlichiose-agens. Til å påvise nukleinsyre spesifikk for dette agens i blod benyttet vi polymerasekjedereaksjon med primere som er spesifikke for E phagocytophilae-genogruppen. I blodprøver påviste vi hos en pasient signifikant antistoffstigning mot human granulocytær ehrlichioseagens. Den andre pasienten hadde vedvarende høyt titer av antistoff mot samme agens. Polymerasekjedereaksjonen var positiv i blodprøve hos begge pasienter. Vi har beskrevet de to første tilfellene av human granulocytær ehrlichiose i Norge. Begge pasienter tilfredsstiller Centers for Disease Control and Preventions kriterier for diagnosen.
Characterize a Step Using Machine Learning

Most of pedestrian inertial navigation system estimates displacement based on the integration of inertial sensors measurements. However, due to low-cost sensors and pedestrian dead reckoning inherent characteristics these systems provide huge location estimation errors. To suppress some of these limitations we propose a pedestrian inertial navigation system based on low-cost sensors and on information fusion and learning techniques. The proposed system introduces a step characterization module that characterizes the step according to the activity that the pedestrian is performing. This module performs three characterizations: terrain, direction and length. Thus, in this work are presented and evaluated several machine learning approaches that perform the terrain characterization. The inclusion of this machine learning module led to a significantly better performance of the pedestrian inertial navigation system.
Adjusted cost consumption index of major diagnosis-related group data in hospital medical performance evaluation

Objective To study the calculation of the cost consumption index adjusted with major diagnostic classification (MDC), for optimal use of DRGs index in hospital performance evaluation. Methods The adjustment method of CMI value in DRGs index system was used as reference, and we compared the different cost consumption indexes (both MDC adjusted and non-adjusted) of two hospitals (S and Y) in Guangdong province. Then we compared the different rankings of 82 tertiary general hospitals in the province before and after the adjustment. Results The cost consumption index of S hospital was higher than that of Y hospital by the non-adjusted method (1.30>1.28). But as calculated by the adjusted method, the index of S hospital was significantly lower than Y hospital (1.31<1.38). The rankings of these 82 hospitals also showed major changes, which prove that the cost consumption index, the same as CMI, will be affected by MDC cases makeup. Conclusions The MDC adjusted cost consumption index, when applied to hospital performance evaluation, renders more stable and reasonable results. This is an evidence that the adjusted cost consumption index is of great practical value in hospital performance evaluation. Key words: Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs); Cost consumption index; Adjusted by MDC; Performance evaluation; Application
A Study on IP Exposure Notification System for IoT Devices Using IP Search Engine Shodan

As times become increasingly digitized and the importance of IoT_(Internet of Things) technology still growing, the number of IP-based IoT devices is also sharply increasing. This has the advantage of improving the quality of life because by increasing the numbers of IoT devices, but IP-related security threats are also increasing together while the system for preventing these threats is insufficient. In this paper, we study the IP exposure notification system for IoT devices using IP search engine ‘Shodan’. First, we study the
Responses of Putative Purple Acid Phosphatase Genesin Arabidopsis thaliana (AtPAPs) to Phosphorus Starvation

Seven putative PAP cDNAs on chromosome 2 of Arabidopsis thaliana have been amplified and cloned by means of RTPCR and oligonucleotide primers designed according to the sequence information produced by AGI.Suspension cell culture of Arabidopsis was established and applied to study the transcription patterns of the PAP genes under the condition of phosphorus starvation.The results showed that most of the PAP genes were expressed constitutively.The transcription of two of them were induced upon phosphate starvation.
POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL DISC ELECTROPHORESIS OF PROTEINS FROM SPECIES OF PHYTOPHTHORA

Buffer soluble proteins from the mycelia of 17 isolates belonging to 7 Phytophthora spp. and varieties, namely, P. capsici, P. colocasiae, P. heveae, P. infestans, P. melonis, P. nicotianae var. nicotianae and P. nicotianae ver. parasitica on different hosts collected from Beijing and provinces of Hebei, Qinghai, Shandong,Hubei and Guangdong were fractionated by polyacrylamide disc electrophoresis for comparison. After many repetitions, 7 distinct types of protein patterns, corresponding to the different species and varieties, were obtained. 11 isolates belonging to 5 physiologic races of P. infestans, i.e. races 00, 0, 1.4, 3.4 and 1.3.4, produced essentially the same protein patterns which bore a closer resemblance to one another than to the patterns from other species. Although some differences might appear among different isolates, it is not sure that whether these differences are specific patterns of different races or not. Identical or nearly identical protein patterns of each species were obtained regardless of the date of isolation, host or geographic locality. Cultural conditions did not influence the result obtained—the protein patterns from each isolate growing either on fumarate medium or on malate medium remained identical. It is suggested that the materials used for electrophoresis be freshly prepared and not be kept for a long time to avoid degradation of protein. These results lead to the conclusion that disc electrophoresis can be used as a method for the identification of Phytophthora species, but the use in differentiation of races remains unsolved.
Detection of biochemical characters and extracellular proteases in the different isolates of Aeromonas hydrophila

Aeromonas hydrophila is a pathogen that causes disease in a wide range of hosts due to its multifactorial virulence,especially extracellular proteases.Biochemical characters were detected in 27 A.hydrophila isolates.The activity of extracellular proteases was analyzed by patching bacteria on LA plates supplemented with 1% skim milk.The two genes,ahp-A encoding serine extracellular protease and eprCAI encoding temperature-labile extracellular protease,were detected by PCR in the isolates.The results showed that most of isolates could dissolve sucrose,arabinose glucose,mannitol and esculin,but ornaline and inositol could not be utilized in the bacterial strains.The analysis of exoenzyme activities revealed that 91.7% of virulent strains had a high level of exoenzyme activities,while the two avirulent strains could not produce the detectable exoproteases.The detection for the two exoprotease genes showed a similar result.The present work will apply a good foundation for a better understanding of epidemiological investigation and virulence mechanisms of A.hydrophila.
What drives biological diversification? detecting traits under species selection

Species selection— heritable trait-dependent dierences in rates of speciation or extinction — may be responsible for variation in both taxonomic and trait diversity among clades. While initially controversial, interest in species selection has been revived by the accumulation of evidence of widespread trait-dependent diversication. In my thesis, I developed and applied a number of new likelihood-based methods for investigating species selection by detecting the association between species traits and speciation or extinction rates. ese methods are explicitly phylogenetic and incorporate simple, but commonly used, models of speciation, extinction, and trait evolution; I assume throughout that speciation and extinction can be modelled as a birth-death process where rates depend in some way on one or more traits, and that these traits evolve under a Markov process. In particular, I extended the BiSSE (Binary State Speciation and Extinction) method to allow use with incompletely resolved phylogenies, and developed analogous methods for multi-state discrete traits or combinations of binary traits (MuSSE; Multi-State Speciation and Extinction) and quantitative traits (QuaSSE; Quantitative State Speciation and Extinction). I tested the statistical performance of the methods using simulations, investigating their performance with variation in tree size, degree of resolution, number of traits, and departure from the true model. I used each method to consider a dierent biological question; I found that sexual dimorphism was shortlived but associated with elevated rates of speciation in shorebirds; that solitariness andmonogamy are associated with decreased speciation rates in primates (showing that a previous analysis was robust to treating both traits simultaneously); and that body size was a poor predictor of speciation rates in primates. In chapter 5, I extended this analysis of body size to all mammals, and investigated if within-lineage increases in body size (Cope’s rule) were balanced by species selection against large bodied species. I
Effects of sinomenine on synovioctye apoptosis,cell cycle and change of bcl-2 protein in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Objective To explore the mechanism of sinomenine(SN) on synoviocyte apoptosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA) and provide new evidence for treatment of this condition.Methods The morphological changes of synoviocytes were observed by inverted microscope and fluorescence microscope.Synoviocyte apoptosis,changes of cell cycle and apoptosis-associated protein bcl-2 expression were measured by flow cytometry.Results The morphological changes typical of apoptosis,such as cell rounding,karyopyknosis and fluorescence enhancement,were observed.Flow cytometry showed,within a range of SN level from 2.8 mmol/L to 3.2 mmol/L,cell apoptosis rate increased in a concentration-dependent manner.The expression of Bcl-2 protein was down-regulated and the cell cycle blocked on G1 to S phase by SN lasting 48 h.Conclusion Given proper concentration and time of treatment,SN appears to induce synoviocytes apoptosis,which may be related with inhibited cell cycle from G1 to S and decreased expression of bcl-2 protein.
Effects of Strong Light and Active Oxygen on Photosynthesis in Soybean

With the use of chlorophyll fluorescence technique, it was found that the net photosynthetic oxygen evolution rate decreased after strong light (2? 000 μmol·m -2 ·s -1 ) treatment for two hours in soybean ( Glycine max L.) leaves. The chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, F m/F o 、 F v/F m 、ΦPSⅡ、 q P and q N decreased along with the increase of light intensity. In strong light, exogenous active oxygen H 2O 2、O -· 2、·OH and 1O 2 were harmful to soybean leaves. The destruction of 1O 2 and ·OH to leaves was most evident, as was shown that F v/F m and ΦPSⅡdecreased significantly. The antioxidants DABCO, mannitol, ascorbate and histidine protected the leaves, but weakly, from strong light. In darkness, the SOD inhibitor sodium diethyldithiocar_bamate (DDC) had no significant effect on F m/F o and F v/F m , but NaN 3, the ascorbate peroxidase (APX) inhibitor, significantly decreased F m/F o 、 F v/F m and ΦPSⅡ. In strong light, however, both DDC and NaN 3 reduced the above_mentioned fluorescence parameters, but NaN 3 was more effective than DDC. The results suggested that photoinhibition did take place in soybean leaves under strong light, and it was related to active oxygen in vivo .
Signal Transduction Mechanism of Plant Heat Shock Response

Organisms respond to elevated temperatures by rapidly activating the expression of heat-shock genes. Heat shock causes rapid increase in some members of signal transduction pathway in cell.There has been some direct or indirect evidence indicating involvement of calcium and calmodulin in the regulation of heat shock respones. The activation of heat-shock gene transcription in eukaryotes during the stress response is mediated by the conserved heat shock transcription factor(HSF)which binds to the heat shock element(HSE) in the promoters of heat-shock genes. In this review, we briefly discuss the progress in studies on Ca 2+-CaM signal system of upstream and expression of heat-shock gene of downstream in heat shock signal transduction pathways, include author's work that keep upstream and downstream of signal transduction pathways into a whole chain.
Periodo seco corto en ganado de leche (Short dry period in dairy cattle)

A dry period of 60 days has been for many years a common management practice between lactations to assure optimum milk production. In spite of it, its applicability has been questioned in recent years, due to the fact that most investigations were carried out over 20 years ago, when genetics, milk yield and management practices were very different from today’s standards. A period of rest between lactations is essential to obtain maximum milk production in the subsequent lactation. The most important aspect of this period is to permit replacement of damaged or senescent epithelial cells prior to the ensuing lactation. Mammary gland involution and remodeling can apparently be completed within 25 days into the dry period. Therefore, a dry period between 30 and 60 days should be long enough to allow appropriately managed cows in good body condition to REDVET. Revista electronica de Veterinaria 1695-7504 2007 Volumen VIII Numero 5 Periodo seco corto en ganado de leche http://www.veterinaria. org/revistas/redvet/n050507/050707.pdf 2 produce amounts of milk following parturition that is similar to those of cows that had essentially double the dry period length. Diverse aspects should be taken into consideration when thinking about the possibility to reduce the length of the dry period, especially those concerning with long term effects. The present study is a review of literature to present some of the results that have been obtained with the utilization of a short dry period and to explain some of its advantages and limitations.