The objective of this work is to study the relation between humidity, density, porosity and shrinkage of the floodplain soil and riparian vegetation and their ability to store water. For this purpose, two locations fo...The objective of this work is to study the relation between humidity, density, porosity and shrinkage of the floodplain soil and riparian vegetation and their ability to store water. For this purpose, two locations for every type of soils were evaluated. Both were placed at the Agronomy University (Faculdade de Cidncias Agron6micas) in SAo Manuel, State of SAo Paulo, Brazil. The floodplain soil was vegetated with Southern Cattail (Typha domingensis). In both places, soil samples were collected from several depths: 0, 30, 60 and 100 cm. Results show that lower soil density values (0.15 g/cm3) with organic texture and high porosities values (up to 86.2%) were found in samples with the highest organic material content in the floodplain soil. For this field experiment, flood plains soils (characterised as basin gley soils) presented high volumetric instability with a retratibility of 67.49% and higher water storage capacities compared to riparian stands soils (characterised as fluvic neosoils).展开更多
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Boobs depict empathy in the animal and animal-human world, and the illustrations of Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling, and the American artist and prolific illustrator, Aldren Watson, ...Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Boobs depict empathy in the animal and animal-human world, and the illustrations of Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling, and the American artist and prolific illustrator, Aldren Watson, help depict that empathy. Lockwood Kipling was both influence on and interpreter of the Jungle Books, as shown above all in the development from his Beast andMan in lndia of 1891 through his illustrations for the 1894 Jungle Book, and 1895 Second Jungle Book, to his illustrations that appear in the rearranged stories of The Jungle Book, and Second Jungle Book in the 1897 Scribners Outward Bound (O/B) editions. A variation on Lockwood's O/B mode of Jungle Books illustrations is found in Watson's illustrations for the 1948 Doubleday edition, Jungle Boobs, which is the title I will use throughout.1 Part One details the influence of two animal empathy writers, Lockwood Kipling and Ernest Thompson Seton, on the Jungle Books. Part Two uses recent philosophical studies of empathy in the animal and human relationship. Part Three applies a German philosophy of art history to the new look of the O/B and Doubleday Jungle Books. Part Four interprets selected Jungle Books stories in the light of Parts one, two and three.展开更多
Written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair, The Jungle has been renowned for its impact on the reform of meat packing industry during the early 20th century in America, as well as its political mes...Written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair, The Jungle has been renowned for its impact on the reform of meat packing industry during the early 20th century in America, as well as its political message that advances socialism. While this essay analyzes this work from the perspective of artistic achievements, especially the description of both natural and so?cial environment, and its contribution to the overall theme.展开更多
Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among 568 individuals of two red jungle fowl subspe- cies (Gallus gallus spadiceus in China and Gallus gallus gallus in Thailand) and 14 Chinese domestic chicken breeds...Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among 568 individuals of two red jungle fowl subspe- cies (Gallus gallus spadiceus in China and Gallus gallus gallus in Thailand) and 14 Chinese domestic chicken breeds were evaluated with 29 microstaellite loci, the genetic variability within population and genetic differentiation among population were estimated, and then genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships were analyzed among red jungle fowls and Chinese domestic fowls. A total of 286 alleles were detected in 16 population with 29 microsatellite markers and the average number of the alleles observed in 29 microsatellite loci was 9.86±6.36. The overall expected heterozygosity of all population was 0.6708±0.0251, and the number of population deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium per locus ranged from 0 to 7. In the whole population, the average of genetic differentiation among population, measured as FST value, was 16.7% (P<0.001), and all loci contributed significantly (P<0.001) to this differentiation. It can also be seen that the deficit of heterozygotes was very high (0.015) (P<0.01). Reynolds' distance values varied between 0.036 (Xiaoshan chicken-Luyuan chicken pair) and 0.330 (G. gallus gallus-Gushi chicken pair). The Nm value ranged from 0.533 (between G. gallus gallus and Gushi chicken) to 5.833 (between Xiaoshan chicken and Luyuan chicken). An unrooted consensus tree was constructed using the neighbour-joining method and the Reynolds' genetic distance. The heavy-body sized chicken breeds, Luyuan chicken, Xiaoshan chicken, Beijing Fatty chicken, Henan Game chicken, Huainan Partridge and Langshan chicken formed one branch, and it had a close genetic relationship between Xiaoshan chicken-Luyuan chicken pair and Chahua chicken-Tibetan chicken pair. Chahua chicken and Tibetan chicken had closer genetic relationship with these two subspecies of red jungle fowl than other domestic chicken breeds. G. gallus spadiceus showed closer phylogenetic relationship with Chinese domestic chicken breeds than G. gallus gallus. All 29 microstaellite loci in this study showed high levels of polymorphism and significant genetic differentiation was observed among two subspecies of red jungle fowl and 14 Chinese domestic chicken breeds. The evolutional dendrogram is as follows: evolutional breeds→primitive breeds (Chahua chicken and Tibetan)→red jungle fowl in China (G. gallus spadiceus)→red jungle fowl in Thailand (G. gallus gallus). The results supported the theory that the domestic fowls might originate from different subspecies of red jungle fowl and Chinese domestic fowls had independent origin.展开更多
China’s youth are being increasingly subjected to Internet porn and online addictions Anational survey of children’sInternet surfing habits showedtroubling signs of a deepeningaddiction to online games andpornograph...China’s youth are being increasingly subjected to Internet porn and online addictions Anational survey of children’sInternet surfing habits showedtroubling signs of a deepeningaddiction to online games andpornography, sparking fears of an atten-dant surge in juvenile crime.展开更多
The rain gods always seem to know when I’m outside without an umbrella. They seldom miss an opportunity;whenever I venture out on an excursion into China’s wild the blue skies turn black, storm clouds rush in and th...The rain gods always seem to know when I’m outside without an umbrella. They seldom miss an opportunity;whenever I venture out on an excursion into China’s wild the blue skies turn black, storm clouds rush in and the skies let loose rains of biblical proportions. On any other day, I would have cursed the heavens and sought cover,展开更多
The Red Badge of Courage of Stephen Crane is very famous for its description of human being in the cold, manipulating world who act as animals.[1]In this novel, we can find not only the nature environment but also the...The Red Badge of Courage of Stephen Crane is very famous for its description of human being in the cold, manipulating world who act as animals.[1]In this novel, we can find not only the nature environment but also the natural shadow of human beings. In this critique, I will try to analyze the relationship between the natural world and human beings.展开更多
The integration of clusters,grids,clouds,edges and other computing platforms result in contemporary technology of jungle computing.This novel technique has the aptitude to tackle high performance computation systems a...The integration of clusters,grids,clouds,edges and other computing platforms result in contemporary technology of jungle computing.This novel technique has the aptitude to tackle high performance computation systems and it manages the usage of all computing platforms at a time.Federated learning is a collaborative machine learning approach without centralized training data.The proposed system effectively detects the intrusion attack without human intervention and subsequently detects anomalous deviations in device communication behavior,potentially caused by malicious adversaries and it can emerge with new and unknown attacks.The main objective is to learn overall behavior of an intruder while performing attacks to the assumed target service.Moreover,the updated system model is send to the centralized server in jungle computing,to detect their pattern.Federated learning greatly helps the machine to study the type of attack from each device and this technique paves a way to complete dominion over all malicious behaviors.In our proposed work,we have implemented an intrusion detection system that has high accuracy,low False Positive Rate(FPR)scalable,and versatile for the jungle computing environment.The execution time taken to complete a round is less than two seconds,with an accuracy rate of 96%.展开更多
In The Jungle Book (1894), Kipling's first literary work, the author uses Indian spatial reference and cultural influence to construct his narrative. The short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi" is elaborated using the str...In The Jungle Book (1894), Kipling's first literary work, the author uses Indian spatial reference and cultural influence to construct his narrative. The short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi" is elaborated using the structure of Western fables, having allegory as one of its most exploited strategies. Vladmir Propp, in Morphology of the Folktale (1929) considers that every folktale story reproduces a structure. Propp's model demonstrates Rikki-tikki-tavi's Western "frame" when the authors see how clearly and efficiently the short story fits the model of Russian Folktale. This article will analyze "Rikki-tikki-tavi" as a paradigm of this literary genre, showing how characters metaphorically represent the British domination in India during the end of the 19th century.展开更多
The scrub jungles of the southwestern India support different mushrooms of economic significance.The coral mushrooms belong to the genus Ramaria distributed worldwide and many species are edible,medicinal and ectomyco...The scrub jungles of the southwestern India support different mushrooms of economic significance.The coral mushrooms belong to the genus Ramaria distributed worldwide and many species are edible,medicinal and ectomycorrhizal.Ramaria versatilis occurring in scrub jungles were analyzed for biochemical profile and antioxidant potential.Qualitative tests of uncooked samples showed presence of saponins,flavonoids,alkaloids,terpenoids and coumarins,whereas the cooked samples possess saponins,alkaloids,terpenoids,cardiac glycosides and coumarins.Quantitative assessment revealed significantly higher quantities of total phenolics as well as vitamin C in uncooked than cooked samples.The total antioxidant activity,ferrous ion-chelation capacity and DPPH radical-scavenging activity were also significantly high in uncooked samples.Occurrence,substrates,mycorrhizal association and edibility of different Ramaria occurring in the Western Ghats region have been reviewed with comparison of nutritional and antioxidant potential of R.versatilis with other Ramaria spp.展开更多
Ixora coccinea Linn., (Rubiaceae) commonly known as jungle of geranium and red ixora, is an evergreen shrub found throughout India. Depending on the medical condition, the flowers, leaves, roots, and the stem are us...Ixora coccinea Linn., (Rubiaceae) commonly known as jungle of geranium and red ixora, is an evergreen shrub found throughout India. Depending on the medical condition, the flowers, leaves, roots, and the stem are used to treat various ailments in the Indian traditional system of medicine, the Ayurveda, and also in various folk medicines. The fruits, when fully ripe, are used as a dietary source. Phytochemical studies indicate that the plant contains important phytochemicals such as lupeol, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, sitosterol, rutin, lecocyanadin, anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, glycosides of kaempferol and quercetin. Pharmacological studies suggest that the plant possesses antioxidative, antibacterial, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective, antidiarrhoeal, antinociceptive, antimutagenic, antineoplastic and chemopreventive effects, thus lending scientific support to the plant's ethnomedicinal uses. In the present review, efforts are made in addressing its ethnomedicinal uses, chemical constituents, and validated pharmacological observations.展开更多
文摘The objective of this work is to study the relation between humidity, density, porosity and shrinkage of the floodplain soil and riparian vegetation and their ability to store water. For this purpose, two locations for every type of soils were evaluated. Both were placed at the Agronomy University (Faculdade de Cidncias Agron6micas) in SAo Manuel, State of SAo Paulo, Brazil. The floodplain soil was vegetated with Southern Cattail (Typha domingensis). In both places, soil samples were collected from several depths: 0, 30, 60 and 100 cm. Results show that lower soil density values (0.15 g/cm3) with organic texture and high porosities values (up to 86.2%) were found in samples with the highest organic material content in the floodplain soil. For this field experiment, flood plains soils (characterised as basin gley soils) presented high volumetric instability with a retratibility of 67.49% and higher water storage capacities compared to riparian stands soils (characterised as fluvic neosoils).
文摘Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Boobs depict empathy in the animal and animal-human world, and the illustrations of Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling, and the American artist and prolific illustrator, Aldren Watson, help depict that empathy. Lockwood Kipling was both influence on and interpreter of the Jungle Books, as shown above all in the development from his Beast andMan in lndia of 1891 through his illustrations for the 1894 Jungle Book, and 1895 Second Jungle Book, to his illustrations that appear in the rearranged stories of The Jungle Book, and Second Jungle Book in the 1897 Scribners Outward Bound (O/B) editions. A variation on Lockwood's O/B mode of Jungle Books illustrations is found in Watson's illustrations for the 1948 Doubleday edition, Jungle Boobs, which is the title I will use throughout.1 Part One details the influence of two animal empathy writers, Lockwood Kipling and Ernest Thompson Seton, on the Jungle Books. Part Two uses recent philosophical studies of empathy in the animal and human relationship. Part Three applies a German philosophy of art history to the new look of the O/B and Doubleday Jungle Books. Part Four interprets selected Jungle Books stories in the light of Parts one, two and three.
文摘Written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair, The Jungle has been renowned for its impact on the reform of meat packing industry during the early 20th century in America, as well as its political message that advances socialism. While this essay analyzes this work from the perspective of artistic achievements, especially the description of both natural and so?cial environment, and its contribution to the overall theme.
基金863 Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2006AA10Z1E7)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30170673)
文摘Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among 568 individuals of two red jungle fowl subspe- cies (Gallus gallus spadiceus in China and Gallus gallus gallus in Thailand) and 14 Chinese domestic chicken breeds were evaluated with 29 microstaellite loci, the genetic variability within population and genetic differentiation among population were estimated, and then genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships were analyzed among red jungle fowls and Chinese domestic fowls. A total of 286 alleles were detected in 16 population with 29 microsatellite markers and the average number of the alleles observed in 29 microsatellite loci was 9.86±6.36. The overall expected heterozygosity of all population was 0.6708±0.0251, and the number of population deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium per locus ranged from 0 to 7. In the whole population, the average of genetic differentiation among population, measured as FST value, was 16.7% (P<0.001), and all loci contributed significantly (P<0.001) to this differentiation. It can also be seen that the deficit of heterozygotes was very high (0.015) (P<0.01). Reynolds' distance values varied between 0.036 (Xiaoshan chicken-Luyuan chicken pair) and 0.330 (G. gallus gallus-Gushi chicken pair). The Nm value ranged from 0.533 (between G. gallus gallus and Gushi chicken) to 5.833 (between Xiaoshan chicken and Luyuan chicken). An unrooted consensus tree was constructed using the neighbour-joining method and the Reynolds' genetic distance. The heavy-body sized chicken breeds, Luyuan chicken, Xiaoshan chicken, Beijing Fatty chicken, Henan Game chicken, Huainan Partridge and Langshan chicken formed one branch, and it had a close genetic relationship between Xiaoshan chicken-Luyuan chicken pair and Chahua chicken-Tibetan chicken pair. Chahua chicken and Tibetan chicken had closer genetic relationship with these two subspecies of red jungle fowl than other domestic chicken breeds. G. gallus spadiceus showed closer phylogenetic relationship with Chinese domestic chicken breeds than G. gallus gallus. All 29 microstaellite loci in this study showed high levels of polymorphism and significant genetic differentiation was observed among two subspecies of red jungle fowl and 14 Chinese domestic chicken breeds. The evolutional dendrogram is as follows: evolutional breeds→primitive breeds (Chahua chicken and Tibetan)→red jungle fowl in China (G. gallus spadiceus)→red jungle fowl in Thailand (G. gallus gallus). The results supported the theory that the domestic fowls might originate from different subspecies of red jungle fowl and Chinese domestic fowls had independent origin.
文摘China’s youth are being increasingly subjected to Internet porn and online addictions Anational survey of children’sInternet surfing habits showedtroubling signs of a deepeningaddiction to online games andpornography, sparking fears of an atten-dant surge in juvenile crime.
文摘The rain gods always seem to know when I’m outside without an umbrella. They seldom miss an opportunity;whenever I venture out on an excursion into China’s wild the blue skies turn black, storm clouds rush in and the skies let loose rains of biblical proportions. On any other day, I would have cursed the heavens and sought cover,
文摘The Red Badge of Courage of Stephen Crane is very famous for its description of human being in the cold, manipulating world who act as animals.[1]In this novel, we can find not only the nature environment but also the natural shadow of human beings. In this critique, I will try to analyze the relationship between the natural world and human beings.
文摘The integration of clusters,grids,clouds,edges and other computing platforms result in contemporary technology of jungle computing.This novel technique has the aptitude to tackle high performance computation systems and it manages the usage of all computing platforms at a time.Federated learning is a collaborative machine learning approach without centralized training data.The proposed system effectively detects the intrusion attack without human intervention and subsequently detects anomalous deviations in device communication behavior,potentially caused by malicious adversaries and it can emerge with new and unknown attacks.The main objective is to learn overall behavior of an intruder while performing attacks to the assumed target service.Moreover,the updated system model is send to the centralized server in jungle computing,to detect their pattern.Federated learning greatly helps the machine to study the type of attack from each device and this technique paves a way to complete dominion over all malicious behaviors.In our proposed work,we have implemented an intrusion detection system that has high accuracy,low False Positive Rate(FPR)scalable,and versatile for the jungle computing environment.The execution time taken to complete a round is less than two seconds,with an accuracy rate of 96%.
文摘In The Jungle Book (1894), Kipling's first literary work, the author uses Indian spatial reference and cultural influence to construct his narrative. The short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi" is elaborated using the structure of Western fables, having allegory as one of its most exploited strategies. Vladmir Propp, in Morphology of the Folktale (1929) considers that every folktale story reproduces a structure. Propp's model demonstrates Rikki-tikki-tavi's Western "frame" when the authors see how clearly and efficiently the short story fits the model of Russian Folktale. This article will analyze "Rikki-tikki-tavi" as a paradigm of this literary genre, showing how characters metaphorically represent the British domination in India during the end of the 19th century.
文摘The scrub jungles of the southwestern India support different mushrooms of economic significance.The coral mushrooms belong to the genus Ramaria distributed worldwide and many species are edible,medicinal and ectomycorrhizal.Ramaria versatilis occurring in scrub jungles were analyzed for biochemical profile and antioxidant potential.Qualitative tests of uncooked samples showed presence of saponins,flavonoids,alkaloids,terpenoids and coumarins,whereas the cooked samples possess saponins,alkaloids,terpenoids,cardiac glycosides and coumarins.Quantitative assessment revealed significantly higher quantities of total phenolics as well as vitamin C in uncooked than cooked samples.The total antioxidant activity,ferrous ion-chelation capacity and DPPH radical-scavenging activity were also significantly high in uncooked samples.Occurrence,substrates,mycorrhizal association and edibility of different Ramaria occurring in the Western Ghats region have been reviewed with comparison of nutritional and antioxidant potential of R.versatilis with other Ramaria spp.
文摘Ixora coccinea Linn., (Rubiaceae) commonly known as jungle of geranium and red ixora, is an evergreen shrub found throughout India. Depending on the medical condition, the flowers, leaves, roots, and the stem are used to treat various ailments in the Indian traditional system of medicine, the Ayurveda, and also in various folk medicines. The fruits, when fully ripe, are used as a dietary source. Phytochemical studies indicate that the plant contains important phytochemicals such as lupeol, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, sitosterol, rutin, lecocyanadin, anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, glycosides of kaempferol and quercetin. Pharmacological studies suggest that the plant possesses antioxidative, antibacterial, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective, antidiarrhoeal, antinociceptive, antimutagenic, antineoplastic and chemopreventive effects, thus lending scientific support to the plant's ethnomedicinal uses. In the present review, efforts are made in addressing its ethnomedicinal uses, chemical constituents, and validated pharmacological observations.