nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Calcium and Potassium Fertilization May Enhance Potato Tuber Yield and Quality Nesreen Ahmed Sabry Helal and Slama A. AbdElhady
Year: 2016

Field experiment was carried out in a private farm in Delta Nile region, Menofia Governorate, Egypt, during 2013 and 2014 seasons, in order to investigate the effect of calcium and potassium application on vegetative growth, and yield quality of Potato (Solanum tuberosum. L) cv. Spounta. The calcium nitrate was used at rates of 0, 10, 20 kg as net calcium per feddan. The potassium nutrient was added in the form of potassium sulfate (K2SO4) at rate of 0, 25, 50, 75 kg as net potassium per feddan Data collected were stem length, number of branches, Plant dry weight, chlorophyll content, and tuber yield. Average tuber weight, tuber specific gravity, percent of infected tubers with internal brown spots and plant chemical content were also determined. Results indicated that, the level of 50 and 75 net K kg per feddan improved plant growth and chemical content significantly of potato in both seasons. The same results were obtained with 10, 20 net Ca kg per feddan. Concerning, the effect of interaction between calcium and potassium treatment, the results revealed that 20 net calcium kg/faddan with 75 net potassium kg /feddan were the best treatment for vegetative growth and yield of potato plants. It was concluded that calcium and potassium fertilization may enhance potato tuber yield and quality.
Linking Sustainable Human Resource Management in Hospitality: An Empirical Investigation of the Integrated Mediated Moderation Model
Venue: Sustainability
Year: 2019

This research proposed and investigated a mediated moderation research framework that links employee job satisfaction, knowledge sharing, innovation capability, and job performance for sustainable human resource management in hospitality. Data from 395 Taiwanese hospitality companies with structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses, and the results showed that job satisfaction had significantly positive influences on knowledge sharing, both job satisfaction and knowledge sharing were significantly and positively related to innovation capability, while innovation capability had significantly positive influences on job performance. Support was also found for the significant and positive mediating effects of knowledge sharing between job satisfaction and innovation capability, and different organizational forms have moderating effects on the relationship between job satisfaction, knowledge sharing and innovation capability. The implications of these findings for sustainable human resource management in hospitality are also discussed.
Consumers' Awareness and Trust Toward Food Safety News on Social Media in Malaysia.
Venue: Journal of food protection
Year: 2020

Social media offers numerous advantages for personal users and organizations to communicate, socialize, and market their products. When used correctly, social media is an effective tool to communicate and to share food safety news and good practices. However, there have been reports of fake food safety news shared via social media, fueling panic and resulting in a loss of revenue. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the consumers' awareness, trust, and usage of social media in communicating food safety news in Malaysia. A questionnaire divided into five sections (i) demographics, (ii) reaction to food safety news, (iii) consumers' awareness, (iv) social media truth and level of trust, and (v) social media uses and content creation was created and shared online. A total of 341 questionnaires were returned of which 339 surveys were valid. This study revealed that less than one third of the study group (27.1% knew which of the food safety news were fake. Most respondents (67.8% were less likely to purchase the affected foods if the foods were featured in social media as problematic, although no differences were made between true and fake news and how that would influence respondents' willingness to purchase affected foods. Overall, 62% of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed about the usage of social media and its ability to prevent food poisoning cases, while more than 50% of the respondents were in total agreement that social media allow consumers to act more responsibly by sharing food safety news. Respondents tended to trust information shared by scientists (67.5% and family members and friends (33% Respondents would most often share the news after verifying its authenticity (46% If respondents experienced a personal food safety issue (e.g. discovered a fly in their meal) they seldom or never took photos to post online (56.1% It is possible that the respondents preferred to inform the food handlers and/or shop owners about the affected products rather than post the photos online. It is suggested that targeted food safety information and media literacy be provided to improve consumers' awareness and to positively influence self verification of the food safety information before sharing. This study provides crucial insights for a range of stakeholders, particularly public authorities, food bloggers, and the public, in using social media effectively to build consumers' awareness and trust in food safety information.
Priming students for whole class interaction: using interdependence to support behavioral engagement
Year: 2018

Student interaction at a whole class level is tied to learning outcomes, but encouraging students to engage with their peers at a whole class level is difficult. While little research has sought to promote student engagement with one another at this level, one factor that has been shown to increase student interaction in pairs and small groups is student student interdependency. Yet, to date, no studies have attempted to examine the impact of prior interdependency at this smaller scale on students' interactions as a whole class. The current study tested this relationship in an undergraduate class learning science content (n 19) through structuring interdependency (task and resource) during science learning. Students completed six science learning sessions each of which included a science learning activity followed by a whole class concept mapping task. Students were audio and video recorded during the whole class task, and then individual student behavior was coded in 10 s intervals during the first 10 min of each session. Generalized regression results showed that adding small group interdependency during learning predicted significantly more student science discussion (R2 .05) and supportive interactions (R2 .16) while predicting decreased expressions of science misunderstanding (R2 .07) during the whole class task. Additionally, the combination of task and resource interdependency predicted a further decrease in student expressions of misunderstanding (R2 .07) but also increased student social distraction in comparison to task interdependency alone (R2 .28) Together these findings suggest that prior interdependency can be leveraged to increase student behavioral engagement at the whole class level.
Visible light photosensitization of ZnO by Bi2MoO6 and AgBr: Role of tandem n n heterojunctions in efficient charge transfer and photocatalytic performances
Year: 2018

Efficient visible light active ZnO/Bi2MoO6/AgBr nanocomposites were fabricated using ultrasonic assisted method. Crystallinity, structural, morphological, optical, and textural features of the photocatalysts were investigated by XRD, SEM, TEM, EDX, FT IR, UV Vis DRS, PL, and BET techniques. Photocatalytic performance of the ZnO sample was remarkably increased by combining with Bi2MoO6 and AgBr, due to formation of tandem n n heterojunctions. The as prepared ZnO/Bi2MoO6/AgBr nanocomposites exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity and stability under visible light in comparison with the ZnO, ZnO/Bi2MoO6, and ZnO/AgBr samples. About ~97% of RhB was removed in 70 min by the optimized ZnO/Bi2MoO6/AgBr (20% nanocomposite, which is 76.4, 4.75, and 17.3 times as fast as the ZnO, ZnO/Bi2MoO6 (20% and ZnO/AgBr (20% photocatalysts, respectively. It was confirmed that due to improved utilization of visible light, considerable separation of the charge carriers, and enlarged surface area, the ZnO/Bi2MoO6/AgBr (20% nanocomposite exhibited greatly improved photocatalytic activity in degradations of various dye contaminants under visible light illumination. In addition, plausible photocatalytic degradation mechanism for the highly enhanced performances were also proposed.
Path loss analysis of RF waves for underwater wireless sensor networks
Venue: 2017 International Conference on Computing and Communication Technologies for Smart Nation (IC3TSN)
Year: 2017

Radio waves are preferred to acoustic and optical waves for underwater wireless communications for shallow water real time applications. However, for deep water communication, acoustic waves are preferred to electromagnetic waves as acoustic waves are capable of propagating through compressions and rarefactions. Moreover, acoustic waves require high power for underwater transmissions. Radio waves have a different mechanism of propagation than acoustic waves. Also, radio waves have higher data rate underwater than acoustics. This leads to low power usage by underwater sensors. Therefore, radio frequency electromagnetic waves can be employed to address constrained battery life issue in underwater wireless sensor networks. Attenuation loss in seawater depends on temperature and salinity of the wireless medium and frequency of propagating radio signal. Temperature and salinity both changes with variation in depth. This leads to lower attenuation of radio waves in deep water as compared to shallow water. Our research analytically establishes the fact that radio waves are suitable for deep water communications by using acoustics as a complementary technology. In this paper, an extensive study of path loss analysis is provided for radio waves in case of shallow and deep water sensor networks.
KERAGAMAN 10 GALUR JAGUNG UNGU (Zea mays L. Var amylacea) PADA GENERASI KEEMPAT (S4)
Year: 2018

Penilaian keragaman terhadap suatu galur ialah tahapan dalam pembentukan tetua hibrida jagung ungu. Keragaman merupakan suatu cara untuk mendapatkan informasi genetik pada karakter yang diamati, sehingga dapat digunakan sebagai bahan seleksi. Keragaman dalam populasi memberikan peluang untuk dilakukan pemilihan karakter yang diinginkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keseragaman pada masing masing galur jagung ungu, menduga nilai heritabilitas arti luas dan mendapatkan galur yang berpotensi sebagai calon tetua hibrida. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada November 2015 Februari 2016 di Desa Dadaprejo, Kecamatan Junrejo, Kota Batu. Bahan yang digunakan adalah 10 galur jagung ungu generasi S 4 Penelitian menggunakan rancangan acak kelompok (RAK) dengan tiga ulangan.Berdasarkan nilai KKG karakter kuantitatif dalam galur mempunyai kriteria keragaman sempit, sehingga keseragaman tergolong tinggi. Berdasarkan nilai skoring keseragaman karakter kualitatif, galur yang mempunyai nilai keseragaman yang tinggi adalah galur UK1E3+1 dan UK1E3+6. Nilai heritabilitas dalam 10 galur jagung ungu untuk semua karakter kuantitatif yang diamati termasuk dalam kriteria rendah, sedang dan tinggi. Galur galur yang berpotensi sebagai tetua hibrida berdasarkan nilai heritabilitas dan keseragaman adalah galur UK1E3+1 dan UK1E3+6.
TRPM7 activation potentiates SOCE in enamel cells but requires ORAI.
Venue: Cell calcium
Year: 2020

Calcium (Ca2+ release activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels mediated by STIM1/2 and ORAI (ORAI1 3) proteins form the dominant store operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) pathway in a wide variety of cells. Among these, the enamel forming cells known as ameloblasts rely on CRAC channel function to enable Ca2+ influx, which is important for enamel mineralization. This key role of the CRAC channel is supported by human mutations and animal models lacking STIM1 and ORAI1, which results in enamel defects and hypomineralization. A number of recent reports have highlighted the role of the chanzyme TRPM7 (transient receptor potential melastanin 7) a transmembrane protein containing an ion channel permeable to divalent cations (Mg2+ Ca2+ as a modulator of SOCE. This raises the question as to whether TRPM7 should be considered an alternative route for Ca2+ influx, or if TRPM7 modifies CRAC channel activity in enamel cells. To address these questions, we monitored Ca2+ influx mediated by SOCE using the pharmacological TRPM7 activator naltriben and the inhibitor NS8593 in rat primary enamel cells and in the murine ameloblast cell line LS8 cells stimulated with thapsigargin. We also measured Ca2+ dynamics in ORAI1/2 deficient (shOrai1/2) LS8 cells and in cells with siRNA knock down of Trpm7. We found that primary enamel cells stimulated with the TRPM7 activator potentiated Ca2+ influx via SOCE compared to control cells. However, blockade of TRPM7 with NS8593 did not decrease the SOCE peak. Furthermore, activation of TRPM7 in shOrai1/2 LS8 cells lacking SOCE failed to elicit Ca2+ influx, and Trpm7 knock down had no effect on SOCE. Taken together, our data suggest that TRPM7 is a positive modulator of SOCE potentiating Ca2+ influx in enamel cells, but its function is fully dependent on the prior activation of the ORAI channels.
RIC Unet: An Improved Neural Network Based on Unet for Nuclei Segmentation in Histology Images
Venue: IEEE Access
Year: 2019

As a prerequisite for cell detection, cell classification, and cancer grading, nuclei segmentation in histology images has attracted wide attention in recent years. It is quite a challenging task due to the diversity in staining procedure, cell morphology, and cell arrangement between different histopathology images, especially with different color contrasts. In this paper, an Unet based neural network, RIC Unet (residual inception channel attention Unet) for nuclei segmentation is proposed. The techniques of residual blocks, multi scale and channel attention mechanism are applied on RIC Unet to segment nuclei more accurately. RIC Unet is compared with two traditional segmentation methods: CP and Fiji, two original CNN methods: CNN2, CNN3, and original U net on The Cancer Genomic Atlas (TCGA) dataset. Besides, in this paper, we use Dice, F1 score, and aggregated Jaccard index to evaluate these methods. The average of RIC Unet and U net on these three indicators are 0.8008 versus 0.7844, 0.8278 versus 0.8155, and 0.5635 versus 0.5462. In addition, our method won the third place in the computational precision medicine nuclei segmentation challenge together with MICCAI 2018.
Five cereal meat jelly and production method thereof
Year: 2011

The invention provides a five cereal meat jelly food which is a leisure health food increasing plant proteins, vitamins and cellulose which are required by the human body. Edible animal meat cut into various shapes, five cereals, thickeners, food flavoring agents, citric acid and water are processed and form the visual and convenient leisure health food through transparent packages. The five cereal meat jelly food comprises 10 50% of animal meat, 10 50% of five cereals, 0.5 10% of food thickeners, 0.1 3% of food flavoring agents, 0.5 3% of food acidulants and 34 78.9% of water. A production method comprises adding the thickeners and the food flavoring agents into the cut animal meat, the five cereals and the water after the cut animal meat, the five cereals and the water are boiled and cooled, evenly mixing, then heating while mixing, maintaining the temperature in a micro boiling state for 25 30min to achieve complete dissolution, adding the citric acid, filling in the transparent packages (cups or discs) performing film sealing, carrying out high temperature disinfection, cooling and performing encasement.
How unique is the foreign language classroom enjoyment and anxiety of Chinese EFL learners?
Venue: System
Year: 2019

Recent research has shown that Chinese foreign language learners' classroom emotions stand out from learners in the rest of the world. The present mixed method study investigated to what extent foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) of 564 Chinese undergraduate EFL learners are different from learners outside China. While mean levels of FLE and FLCA were found to differ, most of the patterns between FLE and FLCA and a range of learner internal and teacher related variables were comparable to those identified in previous research, except for Chinese students' dislike of unpredictable behaviour by the teacher. Participants reported similar levels of FLE but higher levels of FLCA compared to the international sample in Dewaele and MacIntyre (2014) which could be attributed to the Chinese educational context. Multiple regression analyses revealed that FLE was predicted more strongly by teacher related variables while FLCA was mostly predicted by learner internal variables, confirming earlier research outside China. Qualitative analysis of learners' emotional experiences also revealed that FLE was more likely to have been triggered by the teacher while FLCA was more related to learners themselves. Pedagogical implications of the findings are provided for EFL teaching in Chinese universities.
Genetic tools weed out misconceptions of strain reliability in Cannabis sativa: implications for a budding industry
Venue: Journal of Cannabis Research
Year: 2019

BackgroundUnlike other plants, Cannabis sativa is excluded from regulation by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Distinctive Cannabis varieties are ostracized from registration and therefore nearly impossible to verify. As Cannabis has become legal for medical and recreational consumption in many states, consumers have been exposed to a wave of novel Cannabis products with many distinctive names. Despite more than 2000 named strains being available to consumers, questions about the consistency of commercially available strains have not been investigated through scientific methodologies. As Cannabis legalization and consumption increases, the need to provide consumers with consistent products becomes more pressing. In this research, we examined commercially available, drug type Cannabis strains using genetic methods to determine if the commonly referenced distinctions are supported and if samples with the same strain name are consistent when obtained from different facilities.MethodsWe developed ten de novo microsatellite markers using the "Purple Kush" genome to investigate potential genetic variation within 30 strains obtained from dispensaries in three states. Samples were examined to determine if there is any genetic distinction separating the commonly referenced Sativa, Indica and Hybrid types and if there is consistent genetic identity found within strain accessions obtained from different facilities.ResultsAlthough there was strong statistical support dividing the samples into two genetic groups, the groups did not correspond to commonly reported Sativa/Hybrid/Indica types. The analyses revealed genetic inconsistencies within strains, with most strains containing at least one genetic outlier. However, after the removal of obvious outliers, many strains showed considerable genetic stability.ConclusionsWe failed to find clear genetic support for commonly referenced Sativa, Indica and Hybrid types as described in online databases. Significant genetic differences within samples of the same strain were observed indicating that consumers could be provided inconsistent products. These differences have the potential to lead to phenotypic differences and unexpected effects, which could be surprising for the recreational user, but have more serious implications for patients relying on strains that alleviate specific medical symptoms.
A WINDOWS BASED ACTIVE ROUTER ARCHITECTURE
Year: 2010

As computing power becomes cheaper, more and more functionality is being deployed inside computer networks, to provide better services to users. Examples of such services include support for Quality of Service (QoS) multicast, mobility and security. Nevertheless, such functionalities are still lacking in most networking systems. Active networking is a step towards enhancing the static and inflexible structures of current networks. This paper focuses on the design and development of technologies that allow rapid deployment of functionality throughout the network. The paper presents the design and implementation of a Windows Based Active Router (WBAR) architecture, which provides flexibility for the development of future network services. The hardware is based on a personal computer with 2GHz, Intel P4 processor. The designed AR depends on the use of Windows OS and efficient C programming. Windows OS is rarely used in such projects due to complexity of kernel mode programming.
Authorising data access based on the mutual rights of a user and a terminal
Year: 2012

A method comprises receiving a session login request by a user from a computer/client/workstation/terminal 110; determining the access rights 321 1 of the user; determining the access rights 331 1 of the computer, determining session access rights as an intersection or overlap of the common or mutual user and computer access rights; and authorising access to files based on applying dependent on whether the session access rights satisfy file permissions of the files. The file permissions may be stored in metadata of the corresponding files. The computer might be identified based on a unique address or PKI signature. The user might be identified based on a user session or PKI signature. Also claimed is a system where access to data files is authorised by applying session rights to file permissions of the files and confirming that the unique address of the workstation used is held in a clearance database.