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Corn Emergence and Yield Response to Row-unit Depth and Downforce for Varying Field Conditions
Authors: Poncet Aurelie M. , Fulton John P. , McDonald Timothy P. , Knappenberger Thorsten , Shaw Joey N. 
Published: June 2019

Abstract. Optimum row-crop planter seeding depth performance is required to place seeds within proper soil conditions to ensure quick germination and maximize the likelihood of uniform emergence. Seeding depth is adjusted prior to planting by selecting a row-unit depth, followed by the adjustment of a row-unit downforce for proper seed-soil contact. Optimum row-unit depth and downforce settings required to maintain a consistent seeding depth are variable. The objective of this study was to evaluate corn ( L) emergence and yield response to row-unit depth and downforce in changing field conditions between sites and growing seasons. Corn was planted with a 6-row John Deere MaxEmerge Plus planter equipped with heavy duty downforce springs. The experiment was conducted in 2014 and 2015 in Central Alabama for non-irrigated corn. Two fields, three row-unit depths (4.4, 7.0, and 9.5 cm), and three row-unit downforce settings (0.0, 1.1, and 1.8 kN) were evaluated. Emergence was measured at 75 and 100 Growing Degree Days (GDDs). Yield was measured using a yield monitor installed on the combine harvester. Corn emergence was mainly affected by changes in weather conditions. Row-unit depth and downforce did not affect corn emergence in warmer weather conditions but the 4.4 cm row-unit depth resulted in more emergence than the other row-unit depth settings in cooler weather conditions. Yield ranged from 8,000 to 13,000 kg ha-1 across treatments and yield was mostly affected by changing growing conditions between fields and growing seasons. Plant population significantly varied with treatments, but lower plant populations did not always result in lower corn yields. These findings provided a better understanding of corn emergence and yield response to row-unit depth and downforce in varying field conditions. Keywords: Corn, Depth, Downforce, Emergence, Maize, Planter, Yield.
Simple Background Subtraction of Thermal Imagery for Canopy Temperature Measurement in Greenhouse
Authors: DeJonge Kendall C , Zhang Huihui  Huihui , Gleason Sean  M 
Published: June 2019

Abstract. While infrared thermometry and thermal imagery have potential to detect crop water stress and quantify evapotranspiration, both valuable in irrigation scheduling, it is often difficult to isolate plant canopy temperature from background temperatures. In this study, we demonstrate a simple technique that uses a homogeneous background temperature that contrasts with canopy temperature, thereby allowing the canopy temperature itself to be isolated in a thermal image. Analysis of pixel temperatures and their associated statistics demonstrate the potential of this method to measure small (ca. &lt; 0.5°C) and rapid (ca. &lt; 1 s) fluctuations in leaf energy balance. This technique has broad applicability in greenhouse, growth chamber, and other small-scale experiments where real time response of individual leaves or canopies is required. Keywords: Thermal imaging, Crop water stress, Infrared thermometry, Background masking, Deficit irrigation, Greenhouse.
Levels of anthocyanin, βeta carotene and antioxidant activity of functional biscuits flour of purple, yellow and white fleshed sweet potato
Authors: ABIDIN ZAINAL , JUTOMO LEWI , HARINI TITIK SRI 
Published: June 2019

Abstract. Abidin Z, Jutomo L, Harini TS. 2019. Levels of anthocyanin, βeta carotene and antioxidant activity of functional biscuits flour of purple, yellow and white fleshed sweet potato. Trop Drylands 3: 22-28. This study aimed to determine the levels of anthocyanin, beta carotene and antioxidant activity of functional biscuit formulas based on flour of purple, yellow and white fleshed sweet potato from Sumba Barat Daya District, East Nusa Tenggara Province. The levels of anthocyanin, beta carotene and antioxidant activity were analyzed using UV-Visible Spectrophotometry. The results showed that the highest levels of biscuit anthocyanin (95.05 ppm) was found in 75% purple sweet potato flour + 25% wheat flour formula. The highest beta carotene level of biscuit (10,190.44 µg/100 g) was found in 75% of yellow sweet potato flour + 25% flour formula. In biscuit products, the highest antioxidant activity (61.57%) was found in the treatment of 75% purple sweet potato flour + 25% flour formula.
A Reconsideration of the Dialectal Provenance of the Prick of Conscience in Oxford, St John’s College, 57
Authors: Carrillo-Linares María José , Williamson Keith 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
This paper is a linguistic study of the copy of the Prick of Conscience in Oxford, St John’s College, 57 (SJC). The principal aim is to determine the provenance of the text’s scribal language. SJC was made by a professional scribe, also responsible for copying other popular contemporary works. These include manuscripts of the prose Brut Chronicle, some of the stories of the Canterbury Tales and the unique Tale of Beryn in Alnwick Castle, Duke of Northumberland, 455, the source of the designation of this scribe as the ‘Beryn Scribe’. In LALME, only the language of the last-mentioned of this scribe’s productions was analysed, and localised to South Essex. It has been assumed that the Essex localisation of Alnwick Castle 455 is valid for all this scribe’s texts, including SJC, and that he was a ‘consistent translator’ into his own scribal dialect. Nevertheless, the language of SJC shows features whose distributions are not characteristic of Essex. The original Prick of Conscience was composed in Northern Middle English. The retention of a deal of Northern features in SJC casts doubt on the idea of its scribe as a ‘consistent translator’. The exemplar used by the SJC scribe is unknown and was not necessarily written in the same variety as the original. Still, some information about it can be gleaned by comparing SJC’s language with those of four other manuscripts to which it is closely related within the stemma of the Prick of Conscience.
Construction of type I blowup solutions for a higher order semilinear parabolic equation
Authors: Ghoul Tej-Eddine , Nguyen Van Tien , Zaag Hatem 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
We consider the higher-order semilinear parabolic equation

$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
\partial_t u = -(-{\it\Delta})^{m} u + u|u|^{p-1},
\end{array}$$
in the whole space ℝN, where p > 1 and m ≥ 1 is an odd integer. We exhibit type I non self-similar blowup solutions for this equation and obtain a sharp description of its asymptotic behavior. The method of construction relies on the spectral analysis of a non self-adjoint linearized operator in an appropriate scaled variables setting. In view of known spectral and sectorial properties of the linearized operator obtained by Galaktionov [15], we revisit the technique developed by Merle-Zaag [23] for the classical case m = 1, which consists in two steps: the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one, then solving the finite dimensional problem by a classical topological argument based on the index theory. Our analysis provides a rigorous justification of a formal result in [15].
Singularly perturbed Choquard equations with nonlinearity satisfying Berestycki-Lions assumptions
Authors: Tang Xianhua , Chen Sitong 
Published: June 2019

AbstractIn the present paper, we consider the following singularly perturbed problem:$$\begin{array}{} \displaystyle \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -\varepsilon^2\triangle u+V(x)u=\varepsilon^{-\alpha}(I_{\alpha}*F(u))f(u), & x\in \mathbb{R}^N; \\ u\in H^1(\mathbb{R}^N), \end{array} \right. \end{array}$$whereε> 0 is a parameter,N≥ 3,α∈ (0,N),F(t) =$\begin{array}{} \int_{0}^{t} \end{array}$f(s)dsandIα: ℝN→ ℝ is the Riesz potential. By introducing some new tricks, we prove that the above problem admits a semiclassical ground state solution (ε∈ (0,ε0)) and a ground state solution (ε= 1) under the general “Berestycki-Lions assumptions” on the nonlinearityfwhich are almost necessary, as well as some weak assumptions on the potentialV. Whenε= 1, our results generalize and improve the ones in [V. Moroz, J. Van Schaftingen, T. Am. Math. Soc. 367 (2015) 6557-6579] and [H. Berestycki, P.L. Lions, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 82 (1983) 313-345] and some other related literature. In particular, we propose a new approach to recover the compactness for a (PS)-sequence, and our approach is useful for many similar problems.
Systematic design of microscope objectives. Part II: Lens modules and design principles
Authors: Zhang Yueqian , Gross Herbert 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Based on the microscope objective database and systematic classification introduced in Part I, the Zones 1–4 objective lenses are systematically analysed in this paper to extract the building blocks. All the definitions and terms are based on the preceding paper. The lens modules utilised in the front, middle and rear groups are investigated by reliable aberration evaluation tools with robust and accurate raytracing. Thereby, the aberration correction principles are summarised, from which 29 lens modules are well sorted with respect to their decoupled aberration correction functionalities. Furthermore, some intrinsic relations between the aberration-related lens modules and the impact of applications or the consideration of manufacturing and technology are also discussed. Utilising the lens modules, system modification and synthesis examples shall be given in Part III.
The One over Many Principle of Republic 596a
Authors: González-Varela José Edgar 
Published: June 2019

Abstract

Republic 596a introduces a One over Many principle that has traditionally been considered as an argument for the existence of Forms, according to which, one Form should be posited for each like-named plurality. This interpretation was challenged by (Smith, J. A. 1917. “General Relative Clauses in Greek.” Classical Review 31: 69–71.), who interpreted it rather as a statement that each Form is unique and correlated to a plurality of things that have the same name as it. (Sedley, D. 2013. “Plato and the One-over-Many Principle”, in Chiaradonna & Galluzzo 2013, 113–37.) has offered a forceful defence of Smith’s interpretation. I argue that Sedley’s defence fails and that the traditional interpretation should be preferred.
Optimization of the model of Ogden energy by the genetic algorithm method
Authors: Blaise Bale Baidi , Betchewe Gambo , Beda Tibi 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
The model of Ogden, is a density of energy used in the modeling of hyperelastic materials behavior. This model of energy presents a high number of material parameters to identify. In this paper, we expose a method of identification of these parameters:Genetic Algorithm. This method contrary to the method of Beda-Chevalier, Least Squares, directed programming object method, PSA (Pattern Search Algorithm) and LMA (Levenberg-Marquardt), allows to identify quickly good parameters which give to the Ogden model a very good prediction in uniaxial tension, biaxial tension and pure shear. This prediction is considered to be better becausewe better bring the experimental curve closer to Treloar one with the parameters optimized by the genetic algorithm.
Neigungen zu psychischen Erkrankungen?
Authors: Vanja Christina 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
The years around 1900 were marked by discussions on whether Jews were particularly susceptible to mental suffering. Not only was the topic presented by racial hygienists with anti-Semitic hrust, it also played a prominent role for Jewish physicians. The causes of »Jewish nervousness« were discussed controversially, either as a hereditary biological system of the Jewish »race« or as caused by the specific history of Jews in exile, where they lived in an anti-Semitic environment, or their particular urban lifestyle that was alienated from nature, or a tendency to mental illness. The »Israelite Health and Nursing Establishment« in Bendorf-Sayn understood itself as an institution that specialized in the needs of Jewish patients and kept them safe from anti-Semitic attacks. However, it was only intended for a solvent clientele. In public welfare institutions patients of Jewish faith generally could not expect any concessions and were discriminated against, in particular by psychiatrists oriented towards racial hygiene.
Medizin zwischen Mythos und Magie
Authors: Kilcher Andreas 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
The tzaddik, a central figure in Hasidism, is revered as a »mysterious Rabbi« and acts as an adviser and particularly also as a healer. While both worldly medicine and its state agencies are rejected, he works with methods rooted in Practical Kabbalah. They focus on the use of magical words such as the names of God or of angels to which the Baal Shem, the Master of the Name, has access. Under the influence of their power he not only inscribes amulets and speaks prayers, but also tells, or becomes the protagonist of, stories with which he also mobilizes the divine forces. This contribution concentrates on the therapeutic function of story-telling, using examples both from the traditional Hasidic literature, the Shivhei ha-Besht for instance, and modern Jewish stories that draw on Hasidic literature, such as the work of Georg Langer and Joseph Roth.
Applying knowledge bases to make factories smarter
Authors: Ocker Felix , Paredis Christiaan J. J. , Vogel-Heuser Birgit 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Knowledge Bases (KBs) enable engineers to capture knowledge in a formalized way. This formalization allows us to combine knowledge, thus creating the basis for smart factories while also supporting product and production system design. Building comprehensive and reusable KBs is still a challenge, though, especially for knowledge-intensive domains like engineering and production. To cope with the sheer amount of knowledge, engineers should reuse existing KBs. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of domain-specific KBs for production and engineering, as well as generic top-level ontologies. The application of such top-level ontologies offers new insights by integrating knowledge from various domains, stakeholders, and companies. To bridge the gap between top-level ontologies and existing domain KBs, we introduce an Intermediate Engineering Ontology (IEO).
Pay-What-You-Want in Competition
Authors: Samahita Margaret 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of Pay-What-You-Want (PWYW) in competition which explains its entry and limited spread in the market. Sellers choose their pricing schemes sequentially while consumers share their surplus. The profitability and popularity of PWYW depend not only on consumers’ preferences, but also on market structure, product characteristics and sellers’ strategies. While there is no PWYW equilibrium, given a sufficiently high level of surplus-sharing and product differentiation, PWYW is chosen by later entrants to avoid Bertrand competition. The equilibrium results and their market characteristics are consistent with empirical examples of PWYW.
Serum concentrations of free fatty acids are associated with 3-month mortality in acute heart failure patients
Authors: Degoricija Vesna , Trbušić Matias , Potočnjak Ines , Radulović Bojana , Pregartner Gudrun , Berghold Andrea , Scharnagl Hubert , Stojakovic Tatjana , Tiran Beate , Frank Saša 
Published: June 2019

Abstract

Background
Plasma free fatty acids (FFA) are higher in heart failure (HF) patients compared to healthy controls. Considering that the extent of FFA elevation in HF might mirror the severity of HF, we hypothesized that the serum levels of FFA may be a useful prognostic indicator for 3-month mortality in acute heart failure (AHF).

Methods
We analyzed the serum samples of AHF patients obtained at admission to the emergency department. Serum levels of FFA were analyzed using an enzymatic reagent on an automatic analyzer.

Results
Out of 152 included AHF patients that were originally included, serum samples of 132 patients were available for the quantification of FFA. Of these, 35 (26.5%) died within 3 months of onset of AHF. These patients had significantly higher serum levels of FFA compared to AHF patients who were alive 3 months after onset of AHF. Univariable logistic regression analyses showed a significant positive association of FFA levels with 3-month mortality (odds ratio [OR] 2.76 [95% confidence interval 1.32–6.27], p = 0.010). Importantly, this association remained significant after adjusting for age and sex, as well as for further clinical and laboratory parameters that showed a significant association with 3-month mortality in the univariate analyses.

Conclusions
We conclude that the admission serum levels of FFA are associated with 3-month mortality in AHF patients. Therefore, measurements of circulating FFA levels may help identifying high-risk AHF patients.
Poland’s Economic Performance in Global and Long-term Perspective: Surprises so far and Risks in the Years Ahead
Authors: Gomułka Stanisław 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
The paper is focused on economic and institutional developments in Poland during the last 30 years of transition from its centrally planned socialist economy to a market-based capitalist economy. The main purposes of the paper are three. One is to identify and explain the developments that were either surprising or specifically Polish. The second purpose is to note and explain the differences between the rate of growth of the Polish economy and that of the other emerging economies, in particular to explain ‘the green island’ phenomenon during the global financial crisis 2008-2009. The third purpose is to note and discuss the new risks that may prevent Poland to reduce further the development gap to technologically most advanced economies.
Dynamic Changes in MMP1 and TIMP1 in the Antifibrotic Process of Dahuang Zhechong Pill in Rats with Liver Fibrosis
Authors: Lin Jiayu , Deng Chaowen , Peng Yanzhong , Zheng Jie , Wei Liya , Shi Yu , Gong Zhenghua , Hu Guoxin 
Published: June 2019

AbstractOn the basis of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)induced liver fibrosis in rats, this study aims to investigate the dynamic changes in matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP1) and the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP1) in the antifibrotic process of Dahuang Zhechong Pill (DHZCP). A total of 50 male Sprague Dawley rats, aged 8 weeks, were randomly divided into 3 groups: the control group, the model group (the group treated with CCl4), and the treatment group (the group treated with CCl4 and DHZCP). Rats were sacrificed at Weeks 4 and 8. Liver tissues were separated for RNA sequencing and bioinformatics analysis. Real-time PCR, Western blot analysis, and histological staining were conducted to confirm the gene expression and pathological change in liver tissues. Compared with control group, rats in model group showed poor mental state and slow weight gain. The liver tissues of the rats in the model group exhibited a damaged hepatic lobule structure, fibrous connective tissue hyperplasia, and inflammatory cell infiltration among the hyperplastic tissues. DHZCP could significantly improve the appearance of rats and alleviate CCl4-induced fibrosis. Compared to model group, 798 differentially expressed mRNAs were found in the treatment group, of which 120 were up-regulated and 678 were down-regulated. Differentially expressed mRNAs between the CCl4-induced group and the DHZCP-treated group were mainly focused on the following KEGG pathways: focal adhesion, phagosome, tight junction, and ECM–receptor interactions. Relative to those in the control group, MMP1 was downregulated, whereas, TIMP1 and Col1A1 were upregulated in the CCl4-induced group at Weeks 4 and 8. DHZCP could reverse MMP1, TIMP1, and Col1A1 expression.DHZCP protects against liver injury and exerts an antifibrotic effect on liver fibrosis induced by CCl4 in rats. Its mechanism may be related to the upregulation of MMP1, downregulation of TIMP1, and promotion of collagen degradation.
Chemometric Expertise Of Clinical Monitoring Data Of Prolactinoma Patients
Authors: Nedyalkova Miroslava , Dimitrov Dimitar , Donkova Borjana , Simeonov Vasil 
Published: June 2019

AbstractThe present investigation indicates hidden relationships between the several clinical parameters usually monitored on prolactinoma patients using non-hierarchical cluster analysis. The major goal of the chemometric data mining is to offer a possible mode of optimization of the monitoring procedure by selecting a reduced number of health status indicators. The intelligent data analysis reveals the formation of three patterns of prolactinoma patients each one of them described by a set of clinical parameters. Thus, better strategies for considering patients with this diagnosis could be developed and clinically applied.
Smoothly moving through Mental Spaces: Linguistic patterns of viewpoint transfer in news narratives
Authors: van Krieken Kobie , Sanders José 
Published: June 2019

AbstractThis article presents a Mental Space model for analyzing linguistic patterns in news narratives. The model was applied in a corpus study categorizing various linguistic markers of viewpoint transfers between the mental spaces that readers must conceptualize while processing news narratives: a Reality Space representing the journalist and reader’s projectedhere-and-nowviewpoint; a News Narrative Space representing the newsworthy events from athere-and-thenviewpoint; and an Intermediate Space representing the information of the news actors provided from a temporal viewpointin-betweenthe newsworthy events and the present. Viewpoint transfers and their markers were examined in a corpus of 100 Dutch crime news narratives published over a period of fifty years. The results reveal clear patterns, which indicate that both linguistic structures and narrative-based as well as genre-based inferences play a role in the processing of news narratives. The results furthermore clarify how these narratives have been gradually crystallizing into a genre over the past decades. These findings elucidate the complex yet fluent process of conceptually moving between mental spaces, thus advancing our understanding of the relation between the linguistic and the cognitive representation of narrative discourse.
Exploring film genre preferences through taste cultures: A survey on contemporary film consumption amongst youth in Flanders (Belgium)
Authors: Veenstra Aleit , Meers Philippe , Biltereyst Daniël 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
This article explores contemporary film genre preferences through an in-depth sociological analysis of taste cultures in film preferences amongst youth aged 16–18 in Flanders (the northern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium). Building on a representative sample of 1015 respondents we statistically analyze the assumption that contemporary media audiences demonstrate mobility and that they are eager to shape their media consumption in accordance with their personal preferences. This article examines whether societal structures that have been found to reflect media preferences remain in place, or whether these structures have eroded with the (supposed) increase in individual choice – an argument often voiced in the context of convergence culture. An analysis of the variables gender, educational level and ethnicity illustrates that societal structures are still reflected through film genre preferences amongst Flemish youth.