Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Detection of MC4R Gene Genotypes and A Relationship SNP13 to Productive and Reproductive Performance in Iraqi Local Goats and Shami Goats

The study was conducted at the Ruminant Research Station of the Agricultural Research Department / Ministry of Agriculture, for the period from 1/12/2021 - 30/10/2022, the current study revealed the relationship between the genotypes of the MC4R gene and its relationship with the productive and reproductive traits in goats. Using 50 goats under the same breeding conditions (25 Syrian goats and 25 Iraqi goats). The results showed that the 13SNP mutation in the MC4R gene in the mothers of Shami goats showed a significant relationship, where the genotype GA was significantly (P≤0.05) superior to the genotype GG in this strain for the characteristic of the daily milk production rate (kg), as well as for the characteristic of the length of the peak of production (day), as well as the characteristic of the percentage of protein in milk (%), and the characteristic of the weight gain of the mother between birth and weaning, with an average of (541.07, 426.76), (43.01, 34.17), (3.16, 3.01), respectively. Conclusion it is the Mutations in genetic and environmental factors play an essential role in livestock animals in terms of productive and economic traits. Thus, the effects of mutations in the MC4R gene were found to have an impact on some productive and reproductive traits in goats.
Profitability Analysis for Ligularia fischeri Forest Farming

This study was carried out for preliminary feasibility review to consult forest farmer, to make policy and to search improvement for Ligularia fischeri forest farm. The survey for eight Ligularia fischeri forest farmer in Inje-gun was conducted. And the case study was conducted with computing labor input, gross margin, net margin in each planting stages, which is contented each cultivating stage from creating to harvesting. B/C ratio, Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return were used for profitability analysis. The results applied 3% of discount rate showed IRR 48.6%, B/C ratio 1.5 and NPV 41 million KRW, which means high profitability. Forest farming is early step in Korean forestry so that standard methods of cultivation for that haven't established yet, and differences among farmers in productivity are being. Establishing organized methods of cultivation in each stages and being political supports are essential for income generation to forest households, supply of safe food and rest place for urbanity.
Diffraction from the PKP caustic B

Long-period energy preceding the PKPDF branch on long-period seismograms was identified as resulting from diffraction from the PKP caustic B. This conclusion is based on the measurements of the travel times, and, therefore, the slope of the travel times, on the amplitude decrease, and the very rapid dispersion of the periods of one earthquake of intermediate focal depth. Data from three deepfocus earthquakes support this interpretation. Thus, the long-period precursors are not due to the same cause as short-period precursors and are not produced by discontinuities in the transition zone between the inner and outer cores nor by structure in the inner core.
Direct Liquid Cooling Method Verified With a Permanent-Magnet Traction Motor in a Bus

Direct liquid cooling (DLC) of electrical machine windings is a clearly effectual cooling method for high-torque and high-power-density applications needed, especially, in heavy vehicles. Usually, in electric vehicles, the stator copper winding losses are the most dominating losses during the accelerating or decelerating (recuperation) modes, and therefore, traditional windings may heat up significantly during high-torque periods. Removing the heat directly from the winding in which most of the heat is generated allows the most straightforward and effective way of cooling. This paper investigates the feasibility of the DLC in a radial-flux permanent-magnet traction motor. This case provides experimental information of the behavior of the DLC of the windings. The prototype motor equipped with DLC windings is installed in an electric bus so that typical bus load cycles can be tested.
The Secondary Exploitation of Animals in the Old World in Transhumance and Pastoralism.

Etude des utilisations secondaires des animaux et de leurs produits: traction, transport, laine et lait. Il est suggere que les premieres populations agricoles utiliserent l'elevage principalement pour l'alimentation, et que d'autres applications furent explorees comme adaptations agricoles aux nouvelles conditions, en particulier en zone semi-aride. Des innovations dans differentes parties du Proche-Orient furent echangees et disseminees, comme un element du processus menant a l'urbanisation.
Persistence of gut dysbiosis in individuals with anorexia nervosa

Recent evidence suggests a crucial role of the gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa (AN). In this study, we carried out a series of multiple analyses of the gut microbiota of hospitalized individuals with AN over three months using 16S or 23S rRNA-targeted reverse transcription–quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology (YIF-SCAN®), which is highly sensitive and enables the precise quantification of viable microorganisms. Despite the weight gain and improvements in psychological features observed during treatment, individuals with AN exhibited persistent gut microbial dysbiosis over the three-month duration. Principal component analysis further underscored the distinct microbial profile of individuals with AN, compared with that of age-matched healthy women at all time points. Regarding the kinetics of bacterial detection, the detection rate of Lactiplantibacillus spp. significantly increased after inpatient treatment. Additionally, the elevation in the Bifidobacterium counts during inpatient treatment was significantly correlated with the subsequent body weight gain after one year. Collectively, these findings suggest that gut dysbiosis in individuals with AN may not be easily restored solely through weight gain, highlighting the potential of therapeutic interventions targeting microbiota via dietary modifications or live biotherapeutics.
The effects of soil organic matter on soil water retention and plant water use in a meadow of the Sierra Nevada, CA

Tuolumne Meadows is a groundwater dependent ecosystem in the Sierra Nevada of California, USA, that is threatened by hydrologic impacts that may lead to a substantial loss of organic matter in the soil. In order to provide a scientific basis for management of this type of ecosystem, this paper quantifies the effect of soil organic content on soil water retention and water use by plants. First, we show a substantial dependence of soil water retention on soil organic content by correlating Van Genuchten soil water retention parameters with soil organic content, independent of soil texture. Then, we demonstrate the impact of organic content on plants by simulating the degree to which root water uptake is affected by soil water retention with the use of a physically based numerical model of variably saturated groundwater flow. Our results indicate that the increased water retention by soil organic matter contributes as much as 8.8 cm to transpiration, or 35 additional water‐stress free days, during the dry summer when plants experience increased water stress.
The impact of digital technologies on knowledge networks in two engineering organisations

The management and exploitation of knowledge can contribute to the competitive advantage of an organisation and hence can be a driver of its value. This paper examines knowledge management practices within two engineering organisations with an emphasis on barriers to its effectiveness and the influence of current and anticipated deployment of digital technologies. Two methods were used to gather research data across both organisations by combining a series of semi-structured interviews with a quantitative social network analysis. Examination of the acquired data provided insights into the relationship between the knowledge management culture in both organisations and their adoption of digital tools. Hudson’s evolutionary model of safety culture has been modified to describe the culture of knowledge management in an organisation and the acquired data used to locate the two organisations on their knowledge management journey. It is proposed that social networks could be used as an indicator of the stage of evolution of knowledge management in engineering organisations more generally with low network densities and dispersed networks representing higher stages of evolution.
Hadean origins of Paleoarchean continental crust in the central Wyoming Province

The scarce remnants of Earth’s earliest history make it challenging to describe the crust-forming processes that operated during that time, and all evidence that survived subsequent tectonism and recycling deserves to be studied closely. We present geologic, petrologic, geochemical, and isotopic descriptions of Paleoarchean gneisses in the central Wyoming Province. We identify two groups of gneisses: a bimodal suite of amphibolite and tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) layered gneisses (3385−3450 Ma), and a suite of massive trondhjemite and granite gneisses (3300−3330 Ma). Here, 3.82 Ga inherited zircon components are present in several samples. Negative bulk rock initial e Nd values also indicate that older crust was involved. Oxygen isotopic compositions of zircon mainly fall within the range of mantle zircon δ 18 O values, but several analyses extend up to ∼6.5‰. Initial Hf isotopic compositions of 3.82 Ga zircon are negative and require derivation from Hadean crustal sources. Our data reveal the record of a 3.82 Ga differentiation event during which Hadean crust was partially melted, and zircon crystallized from those melts. Hadean crust must have persisted in the central Wyoming Province until 3.45−3.37 Ga, when mafic crust partially melted to form the TTG layered gneisses, which also incorporated the 3.82 Ga zircons. Subsequent intracrustal recycling at 3.33−3.30 Ga produced calc-alkalic granites. The central Wyoming Province provides a significant addition to the sparse record of Hadean crust being magmatically reworked to form the abundant quartzofeldspathic gneisses common in Archean terrains worldwide, which effectively transformed Earth’s evolving continental crust from mafic to felsic in composition.
Fault seal analysis: constraining fault seal risk using seismic velocities

Fault seal capacity is an important component in the conventional petroleum system. Assessing the capacity for a fault to seal or leak can be difficult to determine, particularly where well constraint is lacking. In the frontier basin, in a marine setting, seismic velocities may be the only data available. However, useful constraints on a faults sealing capacity can be extracted from this data alone. This study investigates the robustness of a number of empirical relations that can assist in extracting useful constraints from seismic velocities and amplitudes. Information on maximum and minimum stress magnitudes and pore pressures can be calculated and combined with basic fault architecture analysis, to place practical constraints on fault risk. A study area on the Rankin Trend, North West Shelf of Australia, found good correlation between well-based and seismic velocity-based pore pressures and stress magnitudes allowing a Coulomb Failure Function to be calculated. Faults separating the Rankin 1 well block from the Dockrell/Keast Field were shown to be within a stable stress regime. Well data for this area confirms a SHmax orientation of approximately 110° N +/− 10° indicating that steeply dipping faults striking within 20° of this direction may be at high risk of failure within the neotectonic setting, where stress magnitudes, pore pressures, and fault geometry predicate fault slip.
New Developments in the SCIAMACHY L2 Ground Processor

SCIAMACHY (SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric ChartographY) aboard ESA’s environmental satellite ENVISAT observed the Earth’s atmosphere in limb, nadir, and solar/lunar occultation geometries covering the UV-Visible to NIR spectral range. It is a joint project of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium and was launched in February 2002. SCIAMACHY doubled its originally planned in-orbit lifetime of five years before the communication to ENVISAT was severed in April 2012, and the mission entered its postoperational phase F. The SCIAMACHY Quality Working Group (SQWG) was established in 2007. The group coordinates evolution of algorithms and processors, aiming at improving the quality of the operational data products. University of Bremen (IUP), BIRA, DLR-IMF, SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) and KNMI (The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) are the members providing expertise in this group. In order to preserve the best quality of the outstanding data obtained by SCIAMACHY, data processors are still being updated. This presentation will highlight new developments that are currently being incorporated into the forthcoming Version 7 of ESA’s operational Level 2 processor
Cemeteries role in the development of Religious Tourism in Islamic Cities. Case study: Takhete Foolad Cemetery of Isfahan

Shia religion is the apex of the development of cemetery spaces. Throughout history the holy places, shrines of imams and their relatives in Karbala, Najaf, Mashhad, Qom and Samarra are Spontaneous associations of religious tendencies in the Shia population and this causes was the cemeteries spaces development. As a result early tomb building known as a symbol of Shia religious and political demands. For example Takhte Foolad Cemetery in Isfahan can be regarded as a prominent cemetery space. Although Takhte Foolad is a cemetery environment and associated the meaning of death and grief but its appearance is along with architectural and urban decorations and coordinated with the meaning of life. This cemetery is due to a variety of urban and architectural works such as the monument and Tekie, cisterns, carvansaraa, mosques, museums, libraries and art works such as reliefs and carvings there are three levels of sensory, form and symbolic beauty. In fact Takhte Foolad is index symbol of Iranian identity in Isfahan that displays share of past achievements, cultural, scientific and even urbanism and architecture from the past. So it is essential that this cemetery protected from modern urban changes to be able enrichment esthetic sense of disoriented man in modern time.
Enhancement of growth and suppressing the root diseases of tomato plant by using organic amendment

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and mustard (Brassica compestris L.) cake used to suppress pathogenic fungi and ultimately enhanced the growth of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plant. During field experiment tomato plant was treated alone and combine use of mustard and cotton cake with different concentration viz, 1, 3 and 5% W/V. Fusarium solani, Botrytis cinerea and Fusarium samitactum was completely controlled by the combine effect of mustered and cotton cake at 1%MC+5%CC, similarly Rhizoctonia solani was completely controlled at 1%MC+1%CC, while 5%MC, 5%CC, 1%CC+5%MC also showed the significant (P< 0.05) result by reducing the percent infection of F. solani, R. solani at 11.11 each. Plant height enhanced significantly (P< 0.05) by all treatments alone and combine, while maximum plant height and weight was produced by combine effect of mustard and cotton cake at 1%MC+5%CC was 14cm and 23.41g respectively.
How Merkel cells transduce mechanical stimuli: A biophysical model of Merkel cells

Merkel cells combine with Aβ afferents, producing slowly adapting type 1(SA1) responses to mechanical stimuli. However, how Merkel cells transduce mechanical stimuli into neural signals to Aβ afferents is still unclear. Here we develop a biophysical model of Merkel cells for mechanical transduction by incorporating main ingredients such as Ca2+ and K+ voltage-gated channels, Piezo2 channels, internal Ca2+ stores, neurotransmitters release, and cell deformation. We first validate our model with several experiments. Then we reveal that Ca2+ and K+ channels on the plasma membrane shape the depolarization of membrane potentials, further regulating the Ca2+ transients in the cells. We also show that Ca2+ channels on the plasma membrane mainly inspire the Ca2+ transients, while internal Ca2+ stores mainly maintain the Ca2+ transients. Moreover, we show that though Piezo2 channels are rapidly adapting mechanical-sensitive channels, they are sufficient to inspire sustained Ca2+ transients in Merkel cells, which further induce the release of neurotransmitters for tens of seconds. Thus our work provides a model that captures the membrane potentials and Ca2+ transients features of Merkel cells and partly explains how Merkel cells transduce the mechanical stimuli by Piezo2 channels.
Adaptive Steering Feedback Torque Design and Control for Driver–Vehicle System Considering Driver Handling Properties

Steering feedback torque system, as the joint between the driver and the vehicle, should be well designed to aid driver handling by considering the driver handling properties and the control accuracy and performance of the system. In this paper first, the compensation mechanism of the driver arm for the change of the steering feedback torque is researched. It is found that drivers try to maintain the dynamic properties of the overall driver-vehicle systems as constant as possible by adjusting their arm mechanical characteristics. Moreover, the desired dynamic properties of the overall driver-vehicle system, which include the information of the driver desired handling properties, can be defined as a system transfer function. Second, a novel adaptive steering feedback torque controller is proposed on the basis of the findings. In this controller, the consideration and realization of the desired driver-vehicle dynamic properties are decoupled in the outer and inner control loops. In the outer control loop, a desired steering feedback torque model is identified with consideration of the desired driver-vehicle dynamic properties. In the inner control loop, the identified desired steering feedback torque model is realized using an adaptive neural network algorithm with robust control. In this way, the controller can be easily used by different drivers and applied to different vehicles. The stability of the system with the controller is analyzed. In the end, simulation and experiments are carried out to prove the validity of the proposed controller.
A Comparative Study on Controllability Robustness of Complex Networks

This brief introduces a quantitative measure of the robustness of network controllability, and presents an empirical comparison on 6 network models, i.e., random-graph network, scale-free network, multiplex concurrence network, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${q}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-snapback network, random triangle network, and random rectangle network, against 6 different attacks, i.e., betweenness-based and degree-based, random and targeted, node-removal, and edge-removal attacks, showing the overall good performances of the multi-ring structure in networks.
Text detection in natural images with hybrid stroke feature transform and high performance deep Convnet computing

Detecting Text in Images is an important step in Scene Text Recognition. It still remains a very difficult task because of the variation in size, fonts, orientation, illumination conditions, and complex backgrounds in image. In this paper, a new method to detect text in natural images with a hybrid technique using MSER and stroke feature transform and feature classification with Deep convolution neural network is proposed. The Candidate character region from the image is extracted with MSER and stroke feature transform. Next, a Deep convolution neural network is used to extract deep high level features and they are fused with fully connected layers to classify features. The proposed method achieves F‐measures of 0.73, 0.886, 0.889, and 0.885 on four benchmark Datasets SVT, ICDAR 2011, ICDAR 2013, and ICDAR 2015, respectively.
Personal Exposure to Source‐Specific Particulate Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Systemic Inflammation: A Cross‐Sectional Study of Urban‐Dwelling Older Adults in China

Environmental exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can disturb the immune response. However, the evidence on adverse health effects caused by exposure to PAHs emitted from specific sources among different vulnerable subpopulations is limited. In this cross‐sectional study, we aimed to evaluate whether exposure to source‐specific PAHs could increase systemic inflammation in older adults. The present study included community‐dwelling older adults and collected ﬁlter samples of personal exposure to PM2.5 during the winter of 2011. Blood samples were collected after the PM2.5 sample collection. We analyzed PM2.5 bound PAHs and serum inflammatory cytokines (interleukin (IL)1β, IL6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha levels. The Positive Matrix Factorization model was used to identify PAH sources. We used a linear regression model to assess the relative eﬀects of source‐specific PM2.5 bound PAHs on the levels of measured inflammatory cytokines. After controlling for confounders, exposure to PAHs emitted from biomass burning or diesel vehicle emission was significantly associated with increased serum inflammatory cytokines and systemic inflammation. These findings highlight the importance of considering exposure sources in epidemiological studies and controlling exposures to organic materials from specific sources.