Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Soybean yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada from 2015-2019

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] yield losses as a result of plant diseases were estimated by university and government plant pathologists in 29 soybean-producing states in the United States and in Ontario, Canada, from 2015 through 2019. In general, the estimated losses that resulted from each of 28 plant diseases or pathogens varied by state or province as well as year. Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe) caused more than twice as much loss than any other disease during the survey period. Seedling diseases (caused by various pathogens), Sclerotinia stem rot (white mold) (caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum [Lib.] de Bary), and sudden death syndrome (caused by Fusarium virguliforme O'Donnell & T. Aoki) caused the next greatest yield losses, in descending order. Following SCN, the most damaging diseases in the northern U.S. and Ontario differed from those in the southern U.S. The estimated mean economic loss from all soybean diseases, averaged across the U.S. and Ontario, Canada was $45 U.S. dollars per acre ($111 per hectare). The outcome from the current survey will provide pertinent information regarding the important soybean diseases and their overall severity in the soybean crop and help guide future research and Extension efforts on managing soybean diseases.
Project Management: A Systems Approach To Planning, Scheduling and Controlling (Book)

PROJECT MA NA GEMENT: A SYSTEMS A PPROA CH TO PLA NNING, SCHEDULING, A ND CONTROLLING To download Project Manag ement: A Systems A pproach to Planning , Scheduling , and Controlling PDF, please access the link under and save the file or gain access to additional information which might be have conjunction with Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling ebook.
Psoas CT Attenuation and Fatty Infiltration Rate Predict Incisional Hernia After Appendicectomy

Background Incisional hernia (IH), especially giant incisional hernia negatively affects a patient’s quality of life. Previous literatures often used muscle area measured by CT to assess loss of muscle mass and to estimate its relationship with diseases. For now, a few literatures have discussed potential effect of psoas muscle area on IH, while very limited attention has been paid to the association between psoas fatty infiltration and incidence of IH. In this study, we aimed to investigate if psoas CT measurement parameters, including average CT attenuation, fatty infiltration rate and psoas muscle index, were associated with IH.Methods Adult patients (> 18 years old) who had a history of appendicectomy and underwent CT examination in Beijing Chaoyang hospital from January 2018 to December 2019 were enrolled. All patients were classified into IH group and non-IH group. Psoas CT attenuation, fatty infiltration rate (FIR) and psoas muscle index (PMI) were measured or calculated. Sarcopenia was defined according to PMI. Differences in indices between the two groups were compared. Logistic regression model was applied to assess the effects of psoas CT measurement parameters on the occurrence of IH.Results 120 consecutive patients were included in this study. Psoas CT attenuation (p = 0.031) and PMI (p = 0.042) in IH group were significantly lower than those in non-IH group, and FIR in IH group was significantly higher than that in non-IH group (p < 0.001). Psoas CT attenuation, FIR, PMI, age, gender and smoking were significant factors in univariate logistic regression analysis. After adjusting for confounding factors, multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that psoas CT attenuation was an independent protective factor (p = 0.042), and FIR an independent risk factor (p = 0.018); while PMI (p = 0.118) and sarcopenia (p = 0.663) showed no significant effect on incidence of IH.Conclusion Decreased CT attenuation and increased FIR of psoas are risk factors for IH after appendectomy.
A selection of biomechanical research problems : from modeling to experimentation

The research undertakings within this manuscript illustrate the importance of biomechanics in today‘s science. Without doubt, biomechanics can be utilized to obtain a better understanding of many unsolved mysteries involved in the field of medicine. Moreover, biomechanics can be used to develop better prosthetic or surgical devices as well. Chapter 2 represents a medical problem, which has not been solved for more than a century. With the use of fundamental principles of biomechanics‘, a better insight of this problem and its possible causes were obtained. Chapter 3 investigates the mechanical interaction between the human teeth and some processed food products during mastication, which is a routine but crucial daily activity of a human being. Chapter 4 looks at a problem within the field of surgery. In this chapter the stability and reliability of two different Suturing-Techniques are explored. Chapters 5 and 6 represent new patent
The Cognition of Multiaircraft Control (MAC): Cognitive Ability Predictors, Working Memory, Interference, and Attention Control in Radio Communication

Abstract : As the number of U.S. Air Force missions requiring UAVs has rapidly increased without commensurate increases in manpower, systems which permit a single operator to supervise and control multiple, highly-automated aircraft are being considered. The operator of such a system may be required to monitor and respond to voice communications for multiple UAVs, each of which can have aircraft specific call signs. The need to monitor this array of call signs may impose excessive requirements on constrained operator attention, working memory, and cognitive processing. The current research investigates the cognitive load (number of aircraft call signs) an individual can handle and explores the effect of proactive interference (PI) within this application. The results indicate a reduction in performance as the number of call signs are increased from 5 to 7 in the presence of PI. Additionally, this study seeks to understand if individual differences in working memory and attention predict performance on the multiaircraft control radio communication task through the application of the Operations Word Span test, Attention Control Scale, and GRE scores. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to determine the relationships among these and other variables.
Silhouette Denoising for the Stone Cultural Heritages

This paper proposes a denoising method for the contour edges and crease edges of silhouette obtained from 3D scanned data of stone cultural heritages. It is often the case that the silhouette involves noise in the form of short-length line segments, due to rough surfaces of stone cultural heritages, weathering, and technical difficulties arising in data acquisition. Thus the removal of the short-length line segments from the contour edges and crease edges can result in a clear and accurate silhouette. An efficient computational algorithm is introduced to count the continuity of line segments; edges having not more than 3 line segments are removed. It has been verified that the new method is more effective than threshold-based silhouette extraction methods for stone heritages. Our method is applicable for various other data which are deteriorated by short-length line segments.
A Conceptual review on different data clustering algorithms and a proposed insight into their applicability in the context of Covid-19

AI has paved the way which has enabled us to produce machines resembling human intelligence. Because of AI it is now possible that machines learn from experience and perform real thinking and tasks. For which this has been possible is named Machine Learning which has various sections under it. There are four different types of this area – Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Semi-supervised Learning and Reinforcement Learning. Machine Learning basically focuses on the learning of computers and performing tasks by themselves. Unsuper-vised learning is the one where no labelled input is there so, machine only identi􀅭ies patterns in data and separate themintodifferentclusters. Dataclusteringalgorithmisanunsupervisedtypeofmachinelearningwhereclusters get created from scattered data of any shape from unlabelled input. In this paper, some renowned data clustering algorithms to date and their applications will be analysed and discussed comparatively. And also, will provide an insight into helping them to be used in applications on the research 􀅭ield of Covid-19. Studying and analysing the DataClusteringAlgorithmsandtheirapplicationsandutilisingthattohelpinresearch􀅭ieldofContagiousdiseases like,Covid-19hasbeendiscussedandproposedinourresearch. Literaturesurveyhasbeenconductedtocarryout this paper work. Google web search engine and Google Scholar search engine have been used to conduct research. Comparatively studying the Data Clustering Algorithms and their applications gave us insight that these can be employed into the research 􀅭ield of Covid-19 analysis. As have been discussed in the proposed hypothesises, this paper can widely be operated in the 􀅭ield of Biotech or Medicine, in genome research, or also, getting statistical data like infection regions, infection patterns, infected population etc. can be covered which will 􀅭inally help in mitigating the impact of this disease, Covid-19. This is our expectation that with this review of data clustering algorithms as a future work, the hypothesises proposed here shall be researched more into experiments which will help measure the impact and effectiveness of Covid-19 like contagious diseases. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by TAF Publishing.
99mTc-labeled TSPO ligand CB86 targeting macrophages for rheumatoid arthritis SPECT imaging and preliminary evaluation of anti-inflammatory effect

Background and Objective TSPO (translocator protein, 18 kDa) is up-regulated in activated macrophages, and serves as an attractive target for macrophages molecular imaging. Previous studies showed that TSPO radiotracer can visualize arthritis via positron emission tomography (PET). Compared with PET, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has several advantages, such as lower cost and commercial availability. The aim of the present study is to develop the 99mTc-labeled TSPO ligand CB86 as a novel SPECT probe for imaging of rheumatoid arthritis and preliminary evaluating the effectiveness of steroid anti-inflammatory therapy. Methods A novel TSPO ligand CB86 was linked to DTPAA and then labeled with 99mTc to obtain 99mTc-DTPA-CB86. The labeling efficiency, radiochemical purity, and stability were determined in vitro. In vitro cellular uptake, efflux and binding affinity of 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 to TSPO were performed on RAW264.7 macrophage cells. The distribution and SPECT studies were conducted on Freund’s Adjuvant-Induced Left Arthritis in rats after the injection of 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 with or without co-injection of unlabeled DTPA-CB86. Result The radiosynthesis of 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 was completed successfully with the labeling yields and radiochemical purity of 95.86 ± 2.45 % and 97.45 ± 0.69 %, respectively. 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 displayed good stability, which the radiochemical purity was more than > 90%, in the saline or mouse serum at 4 h. It also exhibited high specific TSPO binging in RAW264.7 macrophage cells in vitro. The highest uptake ratio was (36.45 ± 2.18) % at 3 h after incubation, and decreased significantly after adding excessive unlabeled DTPA-CB86. 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 bound to TSPO with low nanomolar affinity (IC50 =0.49 nM) in RAW264.7 cells. The cell efflux study showed that 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 has good cell retention by RAW264.7 cells, with only about 13.99 % (decreased from (33.31 ± 2.34) % to (19.32 ± 2.01) % of total input radioactivity) of 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 efflux observed during 4.5 h to 8 h incubation. Biodistribution studies showed the left inflammatory ankle uptake was 2.35±0.10 %ID/g, and the inflammatory ankle to muscle ratio was 3.01 ± 0.09 at 180 min after injection. Small animal SPET imaging studies revealed that 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 could clearly identify left inflammatory ankle with good contrast at 30-180 min after injection. Uptake of 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 in the inflammatory ankles could be largely blocked by an excess of unlabled DTPA-CB86. Furthermore, 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 accumulation in the left inflammatory ankles significantly decreased in RA rats treated with dexamethasone. Conclusion 99mTc-DTPA-CB86 can be readily synthesized, clearly visualized arthritis with low background and monitor therapy response of anti-inflammatory therapy, suggesting its potential as a novel promising molecular probe targeting TSPO for arthritic SPECT imaging. Key words TSPO (translocator protein, 18 kDa); Technetium radioisotope; SPECT imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis; Macrophages; Glucocorticoids.
Dual-Port Content Addressable Memory for Cache Memory Applications

Multicore systems oftentimes use multiple levels of cache to bridge the gap between processor and memory speed. This paper presents a new design of a dedicated pipeline cache memory for multicore processors called dual port content addressable memory (DPCAM). In addition, it proposes a new replacement algorithm based on hardware which is called a near-far access replacement algorithm (NFRA) to reduce the cost overhead of the cache controller and improve the cache access latency. The experimental results indicated that the latency for write and read operations are significantly less in comparison with a set-associative cache memory. Moreover, it was shown that a latency of a read operation is nearly constant regardless of the size of DPCAM. However, an estimation of the power dissipation showed that DPCAM consumes about 7% greater than a set-associative cache memory of the same size. These results encourage for embedding DPCAM within the multicore processors as a small shared cache memory.
Oily Wastes Application in Ceramic Materials Manufacturing

The application of oily residues produced by PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. -PETROBRAS in the manufacturing of ceramic bricks appears as a promising alternative of their reutilization, in comparison with the traditional method of storage in ponds or dikes and to the biodegradation process by landfarming. The application of said residues started experimentally in 1988, in a ceramic bricks factory located in the Paraiba do Sul Valley, State of Sao Paulo, near the Henrique Lage Refinery (REVAP). In mid-1989, the Presidente Bernardes Refinery (RPBC), the Capuava Refinery (RECAP) and the Petroleum Products Terminals of Sao Paulo (TEDEP) started sending oily residues to factories participating in the Red Ceramics Association of Itu and its Region (ACERVIR). As an advantage of this process, almost all the costs with disposal of said residues are eliminated for PETROBRAS; on the other hand, the reduction in maintenance costs, lower energy consumption, and a significant increase in production are advantages for the ceramics factories.
DA IMERSÃO À EMERSÃO: NARRATIVA E TRANSITIVIDADE NA RESSIGNIFICAÇÃO DO EU

Partindo de uma narrativa autobiográfica, esta pesquisa enfoca e reflete sobre a ressignificação de fatos traumáticos como importante ferramenta para compreender o processo de construção social da identidade. Objetiva-se, portanto, identificar e refletir sobre influências socioculturais, sobre experiências vivenciadas e circunstâncias adversas que foram impostas durante a constituição pessoal de um dos autores e, conforme compreendidas pelo narrador, tendo por foco as pessoas que colaboraram para a superação de tais situações adversas. A abordagem metodológica é de âmbito qualitativo, sendo utilizado o método de investigação autobiográfico, com a interpretação substanciada por análise linguística pela ótica da Gramática Sistêmico-Funcional, especificamente a transitividade. Além disso, a ferramenta teórica adotada auxilia nesse ponto na identificação dos participantes e, consequentemente, nas pessoas implicadas no processo de construção identitária. Como resultado, os autores destacam o papel dos avós maternos e da mãe na construção da identidade do autor-narrador pesquisador, principalmente no processo de ressignificação e reconstrução da identidade ante fatos especialmente sensíveis.
Hybrid Conversion Kit Applied to Public Transportation: a Taxi Case Solution

This paper reports the development procedure of an internal combustion engine vehicle to a hybrid one by using a conversion kit. It was taken as a benchmark a massive transportation vehicle used as taxi and located in Mexico City. Firstly, it is presented a brief review about hybrid vehicles architectures, after that are selected three possible configurations which are analyzed and compared between them. Finally, it is selected the most suitable configuration in terms of gasoline reduction and economic payback.
Study of space reactors for exploration missions

Nuclear propulsion has been studied for many decades. Indeed, the power density of nuclear fission is theoretically 106 higher than chemical process. Eve n if, in practical application, the power density won’t be that high, nuclear systems are very attrac tive for propulsion or power generation on planet surface. For missions to outer solar system requiring severa l hundred of kilowatts or for fast manned missions to Mars requiring several megawatts, nuclear electr ic propulsion might even be the only option offering a reasonable mass in low earth orbit. Despite the existence of low power experiences - SN AP10 in the 60’s or Buk/Topaz in the 60-80’s no high power reactor has been developed : investme nt cost, long term timeframe, high technological challenges and radioactive hazards (even if less ha zardous than RTG’s) are the main challenges we must overtake.
Organic foods on the public plate as a driver for learning

Organic Marketing Centre has actively worked for an increase of the purchase of organic food by the public catering sector in Scania Sweden since 2001. During this period the percentage of organic food purchased by the public sector has increased from less than 1 % in 2001 to 6 % in 2006. The share of organic milk (1,5 % fat) sold to public sector in Scania has increased from 23 % in 2001 to 49 % in 2006. The method used in our work is the following: First we initiate the formation of a team of decision-makers in the local authorities. They then suggest an objective for the purchase of organic food, to be politically decided. The objective has to gain approval from all parts of the organisation. After that a strategy for implementation must be formulated. The public procurement process must be adjusted and purchase routines changed. Usually education of staff is needed to increase the understanding why and how they are going to buy more organic food. After that the strategy can be realized. The last but not least important step in the process is the follow-up of the results that should be a part of the strategy. When the objectives are full-filled it is time to formulate new and more ambitious ones. The local authorities, which have formulated clear objectives for the purchase of organic food, are also those that consume the highest proportion organic food.
Enabling non-intrusive gaze interactions in existing computer games

Eye tracking have been around for many years now, but until recently the technology have beenexpensive and the performance too low for the mass market to pay any attention. But times arechanging and the cost of eye trackers is going down and performance is getting better. Eyetracking will soon start appearing in more and more homes around the planet.With the advent of eye trackers in people‟s homes, it is time to start thinking about what userswould want to use eye tracking for. A popular field that comes to mind is gaming. Adding eyetracking to games could change gaming significantly. Experiences could be enhanced and newgenres created.A deep integration with the games would allow eye tracking to blend smoothly with the game;creating a natural and immersive experience. However, it will take a while for the gamedevelopers to make this come true. In the meantime something else is needed to fill the gapbetween now, when no game had eye tracking support, and the future when all games will havea deeply integrated eye tracking interaction.The product we came up with is a tool for non-intrusively integrating eye tracking into existinggames. This means that the tool is able to add eye tracking support without the need to modifythe game in any way.
APLICAÇÃO DA ANÁLISE DE AGRUPAMENTO NA AVALIAÇÃO DA FORMAÇÃO TÉCNICA PROFISSIONALIZANTE PARA O SETOR INDUSTRIAL

The vocational training are undergoing constant change over the past few years, driven by the need to innovate organizations and its high technological level. Currently, innovation is the agenda of the first magnitude and highly dependent on skilled people. Initiatives to expand professional learning network and the search for talent show this path of transformation: The higher the level of complexity and technological sophistication employed in manufacturing processes, the greater shall be the technical qualifications requirements of the staff employed in organizations, especially on the shop floor. The industry is an important sector for the Brazilian economy; its development accelerates the growth of the country, promoting the distribution of wealth. Without education that socioeconomic engineering does not work. In this context it is important to examine the vocational technical courses from the perspective of students. The goal is to understand, from the difficulties experienced by the students, which can interfere with the development of the courses. To fulfill this approach, questionnaires among students enrolled in a unit of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Bahia were applied. The results, analyzed using descriptive and multivariate statistics, pointed to factors that pose difficulties for students, impact on the achievement of your expectations and industrial development.
Amphiregulin

Amphiregulin (AREG) is a ligand of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a widely expressed transmembrane tyrosine kinase. AREG is synthesized as a membrane-anchored precursor protein that can engage in juxtacrine signaling on adjacent cells. Alternatively, after proteolytic processing by cell membrane proteases, mainly TACE/ADAM17, AREG is secreted and behaves as an autocrine or paracrine factor. AREG gene expression and release is induced by a plethora of stimuli including inflammatory lipids, cytokines, hormones, growth factors and xenobiotics. Through EGFR binding AREG activates major
A SOFT-COMPUTING BASED SYSTEM LEVEL DESIGN SPACE EXPLORATION METHODOLOGY FOR SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DESIGNS

This dissertation presents a novel intelligent embedded multi-objective multiple design space exploration methodology (IMODE) to support fast early system level System-on-Chip (SoC) design space exploration in order to improve design productivity and quality. The IMODE methodology uses two soft-computing technologies – a Pareto multiobjective genetic algorithm and a fuzzy logic system at their respective advantages to effectively and efficiently explore multiple large design spaces and make intelligent design decisions. The design space search process is guided by the Pareto multi-objective genetic algorithm to heuristically cover large design spaces and the design decision is performed by the fuzzy logic system based decision making engine which introduces another layer of computation intelligence on top of the intelligent design space search process. The IMODE methodology is unique and more comprehensive than many other existing SoC design space exploration methodologies in that design space exploration and decision making are two separated but still interdependent processes, and all heterogeneous design space explorations – computation/core exploration, communication architecture exploration, and physical design exploration, are integrated into a single SoC exploration flow and covered with a unified methodology which can significantly improve methodology continuity.