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Bosma, Theresa L., Janet C. Cole, Kenneth E. Conway, and John M. Dole. "Solid Matrix Priming Hastens Canterbury Bells Seed Germination." HortTechnology 12, no. 2 (January 2002): 268–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.12.2.268.
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Canterbury bells (Campanula medium `Champion Blue') seeds were primed using calcined clay at 68 °F (20 °C) for 1, 3, or 5 days at water potentials (Ψ) of -25, -20, -18, or -16 bars (-2.5, -2.0, -1.8, or -1.6 MPa). Germination was fastest (3.0 to 3.1 days) after priming with a Ψ of -18 or -16 bars for 5 days. Seeds primed for 3 or 5 days with moisture present germinated faster than nonprimed seeds, but time to 50% germination (T50) was longer when seeds were primed for 1 day regardless of Ψ compared to nonprimed seed. Germination uniformity decreased (time from 10% to 90% germination, T10-90, increased) as Ψ increased. Although a curvilinear relationship existed between T10-90 and priming duration, T10-90 did not differ between nonprimed seeds and seeds in any priming treatment except those primed for 3 days with 20% moisture (-16 bars). Priming did not affect total germination percentage (97%).
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Owen, W. Garrett, Alyssa Hilligoss, and Roberto G. Lopez. "Late-season High Tunnel Planting of Specialty Cut Flowers in the Midwestern United States Influences Yield and Stem Quality." HortTechnology 26, no. 3 (June 2016): 338–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.26.3.338.
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Production and market value of U.S. grown specialty cut flowers has increased over the past several years due to stem quality issues related to long-distance transport, regional proximity to market centers, and consumer’s willingness to purchase locally. Cut flowers are traditionally grown in field or greenhouse environments; however, high tunnels provide an alternative production environment and a number of cultural and economic advantages. Specialty cut flower species ‘Campana Deep Blue’ bellflower (Campanula carpatica), bells of ireland (Moluccella laevis), ‘Bombay Firosa’ celosia (Celosia cristata), ‘Amazon Neon Purple’ dianthus (Dianthus barbatus), ‘Fireworks’ gomphrena (Gomphrena pulchella), ‘Vegmo Snowball Extra’ matricaria (Tanacetum parthenium), and ‘Potomac Lavender’ snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) were planted in both field and high tunnel environments during the late season (early summer) in the midwestern United States. Compared with field production, high tunnel production yielded 9.1 stems/m2 (75%) for bells of ireland and 9.5 cm (15%), 16.8 cm (16%), 6.7 cm (44%), and 6.3 cm (19%) longer stems for bells of ireland, celosia, gomphrena, and matricaria, respectively. Additionally, stem length and caliper was greatest for high tunnel–grown bells of ireland, celosia, and dianthus. Our results indicate that late-season planting and production in a high tunnel is suitable for most of the species we investigated.
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Derr, Jeffrey F. "Tolerance of Woody Nursery Stock to Classic (chlorimuron) and Harmony (thiameturon)." Journal of Environmental Horticulture 9, no. 1 (March 1, 1991): 9–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.24266/0738-2898-9.1.9.
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Abstract Classic and Harmony applied at rates ranging from 0.009 kg ai/ha (0.008 lb ai/A) to 0.067 kg/ha (0.06 lb/A) provided excellent preemergence and postemergence control of common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris L.) 5 weeks after application to container-grown nursery plants. Classic at 0.034 kg/ha (0.03 lb/A) and 0.067 kg/ha (0.06 lb/A) reduced yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.) growth by 50 to 77% 5 weeks after preemergence or postemergence treatments. Harmony did not affect yellow nutsedge from either type of application. ‘Seagreen’ juniper (Juniperus chinensis L.), ‘Blue Pacific’ juniper (Juniperus conferta Parl.) and ‘Bennetts Compacta’ holly (Ilex crenata Thunb.) tolerated all rates of Classic and Harmony. ‘Girard's Rose’ (Rhododendron kaempferi Planch.) and ‘Coral Bells’ azale(Rhododendron obtusum (Lindl.) Planch.), and redtip photinia (Photinia × Fraseri Dress) were initially injured by these herbicides, but outgrew the foliar damage.
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Wang, Shi-Ying, William H. Carlson, and Royal D. Heins. "Effect of Photoperiod on Stem Elongation and Flowering of 10 Hanging-basket Crops." HortScience 32, no. 3 (June 1997): 465G—466. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.32.3.465g.
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Argeranthemum frutescens `Butterfly' and `Sugar Baby', Brachycome hybrid `Ultra', Helichrysum bracteatum `Golden Beauty', Scaevola aemula `New Wonder',Supertunia axillaris hybrids `Kilkenny Bells' and `Pink Victory', Sutera cordata `Mauve Mist' and `Snowflake', and Verbena hybrid `Blue' were grown in a glass greenhouse maintained at 20°C under seven different photoperiods (10-, 12-, 13-, 14-, 16-, 24-hr, and 4-hr night interruption). Black cloth was pulled at 1700 and opened at 0800 HR; incandescent lamps provided 2 μmol·m–2·s–1 to extend light hours to the designed photoperiods. Seedlings were pinched 3 days after transplant. Responses to photoperiod were clearly species-dependent. The tested species can be classified into three groups: 1) stem elongation and flowering were promoted in the long-day treatment (A. frutescens and S. axillaris hybrids), 2) only stem elongation was promoted in the long-day treatment (S. aemula, H. bracteatum, and B. hybrid), and 3) neither flowering nor stem elongation were affected by photoperiod (S. cordata and V. hybrid).
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Marques-Chaves, R., I. Pérez-Fournon, Y. Shu, L. Colina, A. Bolton, J. Álvarez-Márquez, J. Brownstein, et al. "Rest-frame UV properties of luminous strong gravitationally lensed Lyα emitters from the BELLS GALLERY Survey." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 492, no. 1 (December 13, 2019): 1257–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3500.
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ABSTRACT We present deep rest-frame UV spectroscopic observations using the Gran Telescopio Canarias of six gravitationally lensed Lyα emitters (LAEs) at 2.36 < z < 2.82 selected from the BELLS GALLERY survey. By taking the magnifications into account, we show that LAEs can be as luminous as LLyα ≃ 30 × 1042 erg s−1 and MUV ≃ −23 (AB) without invoking an AGN component, in contrast with previous findings. We measure Lyα rest-frame equivalent widths, $EW_{0}\,\rm (Ly\alpha)$, ranging from 16 to 50 Å and Lyα escape fractions, $f_{\rm esc}\, \rm (Ly\alpha)$, from 10 per cent to 40 per cent. Large $EW_{0}\, \rm (Ly\alpha)$ and $f_{\rm esc}\, \rm (Ly\alpha)$ are found predominantly in LAEs showing weak low-ionization ISM absorption (EW0 ≲ 1 Å) and narrow Lyα profiles (≲300 km s−1 FWHM) with their peak close (≲80 km s−1) to their systemic redshifts, suggestive of less scatter from low H i column densities that favours the escape of Lyα photons. We infer stellar metallicities of Z/Z⊙ ≃ 0.2 in almost all LAEs by comparing the P-Cygni profiles of the wind lines N v1240 Å and C iv1549 Å with those from stellar synthesis models. We also find a trend between MUV and the velocity offset of ISM absorption lines, such as the most luminous LAEs experience stronger outflows. The most luminous LAEs show star formation rates up to ≃180 M⊙ yr−1, yet they appear relatively blue (βUV ≃ −1.8 to −2.0) showing evidence of little dust attenuation [E(B − V) = 0.10–0.14]. These luminous LAEs may be particular cases of young starburst galaxies that have had no time to form large amounts of dust. If so, they are ideal laboratories to study the early phase of massive star formation, stellar and dust mass growth, and chemical enrichment histories of starburst galaxies at high-z.
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Starman, Terri W., Melissa C. Robinson, and Kristen L. Eixmann. "Efficacy of Ethephon on Vegetative Annuals." HortTechnology 14, no. 1 (January 2004): 83–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.14.1.0083.
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Plant response to ethephon treatment was tested on 27 cultivars of vegetative annuals that have spreading and trailing growth habits. A control treatment was compared to 500 and 1000 mg·L-1 (ppm) foliar spray treatments of ethephon. Plant height and/or width index were significantly reduced for 81% of the cultivars tested. Responsive cultivars were alternanthera (Alternanthera dentata), brachyscome (Brachyscome iberidifolia) `Toucan Tango'; calibrachoa (Calibrachoa hybrids) `Colorburst Red', `Million Bells Cherry Pink', and `Trailing Pink'; diascia (Diascia × hybrida) `Sunchimes Rose' and `Red Ace'; double impatiens (Impatiens wallerana) `Tioga Red' and `Tioga White'; sweetpotato vine (Ipomoea batatas) `Sweet Caroline Bronze'; lantana (Lantana camara) `Patriot Cherry' and `Samantha'; nemesia (Nemesia × hybrida) `Aromatica Dark Lavender', `Blue Bird', and `Blueberry Sachet'; nolana (Nolana paradoxa) `Blue Eyes'; ivy geranium (Pelargonium hybrida) `King of Balcon'; petunia (Petunia × hybrida) `Cascadia Pink', `Mini Bright Pink', and `Supertunia Mini Purple'; bacopa (Sutera cordata) `Bridal Showers'; and vinca vine (Vinca minor) `Illumination'. Ethephon was not effective on monopsis (Monopsis unidentata) `Royal Flush', persicaria (Persicaria microcephala) `Red Dragon', or calibrachoa `Liricashower Rose'. Different cultivars of petunia showed varied responses to ethephon treatments as did trailing snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) `Chandelier Yellow' and `Luminaire Yellow'. Flower number was reduced in 55% of the cultivars due to a delay in flowering. The experiment finds efficacy of ethephon for most cultivars treated at rates greater than or equal to that used commercially, however more research is needed to determine optimum concentrations for the specific cultivars. Chemical name used: ethephon [(2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid].
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Clark, Erin M. R., John M. Dole, Alicain S. Carlson, Erin P. Moody, Ingram F. McCall, Frankie L. Fanelli, and William C. Fonteno. "Vase Life of New Cut Flower Cultivars." HortTechnology 20, no. 6 (December 2010): 1016–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.20.6.1016.
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Each year a wide variety of new cultivars and species are evaluated in the National Cut Flower Trial Programs administered by North Carolina State University and the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers. Stems of promising and productive cultivars from the National Trial Program were pretreated with either a commercial hydrating solution or deionized (DI) water and placed in either a commercial holding solution or DI water. Over 8 years, the vase life of 121 cultivars representing 47 cut flower genera was determined. Although there was cultivar variation within each genus, patterns of postharvest responses have emerged. The largest category, with 53 cultivars, was one in which a holding preservative increased vase life of the following genera and species: acidanthera (Gladiolus murielae), basil (Ocimum basilicum), bee balm (Monarda hybrid), black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hybrids), campanula (Campanula species), celosia (Celosia argentea), common ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius), coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), coral bells (Heuchera hybrids), feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), ladybells (Adenophora hybrid), lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum), lobelia (Lobelia hybrids), obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana), ornamental pepper (Capsicum annuum), pincushion flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea), pinkflower (Indigofera amblyantha), seven-sons flower (Heptacodium miconioides), shasta daisy (Leucanthemum superbum), sunflower (Helianthus annuus), snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), sweet william (Dianthus hybrids), trachelium (Trachelium caeruleum), and zinnia (Zinnia elegans). Hydrating preservatives increased the vase life of four basils, coral bells, and sunflower cultivars. The combined use of hydrator and holding preservatives increased the vase life of three black-eyed susan, seven-sons flower, and sunflower cultivars. Holding preservatives reduced the vase life of 14 cultivars of the following genera and species: ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum), false queen anne's lace (Ammi species), knotweed (Persicaria hybrid), lisianthus, pineapple lily (Eucomis comosa), sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale), yarrow (Achillea millifolium), and zinnia. Hydrating preservatives reduced the vase life of 18 cultivars of the following genera and species: feverfew, lisianthus, ornamental pepper, pineapple lily, seven-sons flower, shasta daisy, sneezeweed, sweet william, sunflower, trachelium, yarrow, and zinnia. The combined use of hydrating and holding preservatives reduced the vase life of 12 cultivars in the following genera and species: false queen anne's lace, feverfew, pincushion flower, sneezeweed, sunflower, trachelium, yarrow, and zinnia. Data for the remaining 50 cultivars were not significant among the treatments; these genera and species included beautyberry (Callicarpa americana), black-eyed susan, blue mist (Caryopteris clandonensis), calendula (Calendula officinalis), campanula, cleome (Cleome hasserliana), common ninebark, dahlia (Dahlia hybrids), delphinium (Delphinium hybrids), flowering peach (Prunus persica forma versicolor), heliopsis (Heliopsis helianthoides), hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), himalayan honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa), hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata), larkspur (Consolida hybrids), lily of the nile (Agapanthus hybrid), lisianthus, lobelia, ornamental pepper, pineapple lily, scented geranium (Pelargonium hybrid), sunflower, sweet william, and zinnia.
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Harris, Cheryl I., and Derrick Bell. "Bell's Blues." University of Chicago Law Review 60, no. 2 (1993): 783. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1600086.
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Clarke, Rachel. "Belly button blues." Nursing Standard 8, no. 38 (June 15, 1994): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.8.38.47.s55.
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Reeves, Nick. "Briefing: Combating flooding with blue belts." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering 158, no. 1 (February 2005): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/cien.2005.158.1.6.
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Martin, Sarah A. "Heart and Belly Blues." Journal of Pediatric Health Care 19, no. 5 (September 2005): 316–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2005.07.015.
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Sumner, Thomas. "Science visualized: Glassy blue iceberg goes belly up." Science News 187, no. 5 (February 23, 2015): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/scin.2015.187005021.
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Ossip-Drahos, Alison G., José R. Oyola Morales, Cuauhcihuatl Vital-García, J. Jaime Zúñiga-Vega, Diana K. Hews, and Emília P. Martins. "Shaping communicative colour signals over evolutionary time." Royal Society Open Science 3, no. 11 (November 2016): 160728. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160728.
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Many evolutionary forces can shape the evolution of communicative signals, and the long-term impact of each force may depend on relative timing and magnitude. We use a phylogenetic analysis to infer the history of blue belly patches of Sceloporus lizards, and a detailed spectrophotometric analysis of four species to explore the specific forces shaping evolutionary change. We find that the ancestor of Sceloporus had blue patches. We then focus on four species; the first evolutionary shift (captured by comparison of S. merriami and S. siniferus ) represents an ancient loss of the belly patch by S. siniferus , and the second evolutionary shift, bounded by S. undulatus and S. virgatus , represents a more recent loss of blue belly patch by S. virgatus . Conspicuousness measurements suggest that the species with the recent loss ( S. virgatus ) is the least conspicuous. Results for two other species ( S. siniferus and S. merriami ) suggest that over longer periods of evolutionary time, new signal colours have arisen which minimize absolute contrast with the habitat while maximizing conspicuousness to a lizard receiver. Specifically, males of the species representing an ancient loss of blue patch ( S. siniferus ) are more conspicuous than are females in the UV, whereas S. merriami males have evolved a green element that makes their belly patches highly sexually dimorphic but no more conspicuous than the white bellies of S. merriami females. Thus, our results suggest that natural selection may act more immediately to reduce conspicuousness, whereas sexual selection may have a more complex impact on communicative signals through the introduction of new colours.
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Wang, Shi-Ying, Royal D. Heins, William H. Carlson, and Arthur C. Cameron. "Effect of Forcing Temperature on Flowering of Four Herbaceous Perennial Species." HortScience 32, no. 3 (June 1997): 501F—502. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.32.3.501f.
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Four herbaceous perennial species, Delphinium grandiflorum `Blue Mirror', Hibiscus xhybrida `Disco Belle Mix', Salvia xsuperba `Blue Queen', and Veronica longifolia `Sunny Border Blue' were forced in a glass greenhouse at 15, 18, 21, 24, or 27°C under long days. Before being forced, all tested species except H. xhybrida were exposed to 5°C for 12 weeks. Increasing forcing temperature generally promoted visible bud and flowering. However, visible bud and flowering of D. grandiflorum `Blue Mirror' and flowering of V. longifolia `Sunny Border Blue' were delayed at 27°C. Although the tested species tended to have more flower buds, bigger flowers, and greater height at lower forcing temperatures, the effect of forcing temperature on those characteristics was species-dependent. Temperatures as low as 15°C decreased bud number and flower size of H. xhybrida `Disco Belle Mix'. The base temperature (Tb) and cumulative thermal time (CTT) necessary to complete the indicated developmental stage were calculated from a linear regression: 1/f = a + bT. Based this equation, days to flowering (or visible bud) at certain temperatures or the temperature required for flowering within a certain number of days can be predicted.
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Pinch, Phil, and Ian Munt. "Blue Belts: An Agenda for 'Waterspace' Planning in the UK." Planning Practice and Research 17, no. 2 (May 2002): 159–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02697450220145922.
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Engler, N., A. Boccaletti, H. M. Schmid, J. Milli, J. C. Augereau, J. Mazoyer, A. L. Maire, et al. "Investigating the presence of two belts in the HD 15115 system." Astronomy & Astrophysics 622 (February 2019): A192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833542.
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Context. High-contrast instruments like SPHERE (Spectro- Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch) enable spatial resolution of young planetary systems and allow us to study the connection between planets and the dust contained in debris discs by the gravitational influence a planet can have on its environment. Aims. We present new observations of the edge-on debris disc around HD 15115 (F star at 48.2 pc) obtained in the near-IR. We search for observational evidence for a second inner planetesimal ring in the system. Methods. We obtained total intensity and polarimetric data in the broad bands J and H and processed the data with differential imaging techniques achieving an angular resolution of about 40 mas. A grid of models describing the spatial distribution of the grains in the disc is generated to constrain the geometric parameters of the disc and to explore the presence of a second belt. We perform a photometric analysis of the data and compare disc brightness in two bands in scattered and in polarized light. Results. We observe an axisymmetric planetesimal belt with a radius of ~2′′, an inclination of 85.8° ± 0.7° and position angle of 278.9° ± 0.1°. The photometric analysis shows that the west side is ~2.5 times brighter in total intensity than the east side in both bands, while for polarized light in the J band this ratio is only 1.25. We also find that the J–H colour of the disc appears to be red for the radial separations r ≲ 2′′ and is getting bluer for the larger separations. The maximum polarization fraction is 15–20% at r ~ 2.5′′. The polarized intensity image shows some structural features inside the belt which can be interpreted as an additional inner belt. Conclusions. The apparent change of disc colour from red to blue with an increasing radial separation from the star could be explained by the decreasing average grain size with distance. The presence of an inner belt slightly inclined with respect to the main planetesimal belt is suspected from the data but the analysis and modelling presented here cannot establish a firm conclusion due to the faintness of the disc and its high inclination.
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SERRANO-ROJAS, SHIRLEY J., ANDREW WHITWORTH, JAIME VILLACAMPA, RUDOLF VON MAY, JOSÉ M. PADIAL, and JUAN C. CHAPARRO. "A new species of poison-dart frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Manu province, Amazon region of southeastern Peru, with notes on its natural history, bioacoustics, phylogenetics, and recommended conservation status." Zootaxa 4221, no. 1 (January 16, 2017): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4221.1.3.
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We describe and name a new species of poison-dart frog from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Manu Province, Madre de Dios Department, Peru; specifically within the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve and the buffer zone of Manu National Park. Ameerega shihuemoy sp. nov. is supported by a unique combination of characters: black dorsum with cream to light orange dorsolateral lines, blue belly reticulated with black, and the lack of axillary, thigh and calf flash marks. Within Ameerega, it shares the general appearance of A. altamazonica, A. boliviana, A. hahneli, A. ignipedis, A. petersi, A. picta, A. pongoensis, A. pulchripecta, A. simulans, A. smaragdina, and A. yungicola; each possessing a granular black to brown dorsum, a light labial bar, a conspicuous dorsolateral line running from the snout to the groin, and a metallic blue belly and underside of arms and hind limbs. From most of these species it can be distinguished by lacking flash marks on the axillae, thighs, and calves (absent in only A. boliviana and A. smaragdina, most A. petersi, and some A. pongoensis), by having bright cream to orange dorsolateral stripes (white, intense yellow, or green in all other species, with the exception of A. picta), and by its blue belly reticulated with black (bluish white and black in A. boliviana, green and blue with black marbling in A. petersi, and green and blue lacking black marbling in A. smaragdina). Its mating call also shows clear differences to morphologically similar species, with a lower note repetition rate, longer space between calls, and higher fundamental and dominant frequencies. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S mitochondrial rRNA fragment also support the distinctiveness of the new species and suggest that A. shihuemoy is most closely related to Ameerega macero, A. altamazonica, A. rubriventris, and two undescribed species (Ameerega sp. from Porto Walter, Acre, Brazil, and Ameerega sp. from Ivochote, Cusco, Peru). Genetically, the new species is most similar to the sympatric A. macero, from which it clearly differs in characteristics of its advertisement call and coloration. The new species is found near rocky streams during the dry season and near temporary water bodies during the rainy season. Tadpoles are found in lentic water along streams, or in shallow, slow-moving streams. Given its small geographic range, we recommend that A. shihuemoy should be considered 'Near threatened' (NT) according to IUCN Red List criteria.
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de Pater, I. "New Dust Belts of Uranus: One Ring, Two Ring, Red Ring, Blue Ring." Science 312, no. 5770 (April 7, 2006): 92–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1125110.
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Harbaugh, Brent K., Mark S. Roh, Roger H. Lawson, and Brent Pemberton. "Rosetting of Lisianthus Cultivars Exposed to High Temperature." HortScience 27, no. 8 (August 1992): 885–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.27.8.885.
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Three lisianthus [Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shinn.] cultivars 0, 10, 17, 24, or 31 days from sowing were grown in 28C soil for 0, 7, 14, 21, or 28 days to determine the effects of high temperature during seedling growth on the development of rosetted plants. Increasing the duration of high-temperature exposure increased the percentage of rosetted plants for all cultivars. Such exposure for 28 days resulted in 96%, 93%, and 18% rosetted plants for cultivars Yodel White, Yodel Pink, and GCREC-Blue, respectively. Seedling age did not affect percentage of flowering `Yodel Pink' plants, but as seedling age increased to 31 days, the percentage of flowering plants increased with `GCREC-Blue' and decreased for `Yodel White'. In a second experiment, four lisianthus cultivars were grown at 22C for 3 weeks and then exposed for 28 days to soil at 22, 25, 28, or 31C. Increasing soil temperature resulted in more rosetted plants for all cultivars. With soil at 31C, 83%, 58%, 19%, and 2% of the seedlings rosetted for the cultivars USDA-Pink, Yodel White, Little Belle Blue, and GCREC-Blue, respectively.
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Harbaugh, Brent K., John W. Scott, and David B. Rubino. "`Maurine Blue' and `Florida Blue': Heat-tolerant Lisianthus [Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shinn.]." HortScience 31, no. 4 (August 1996): 617f—618. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.31.4.617f.
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Seedlings of commercial lisianthus cultivars form rosettes when grown at 25 to 28°C. Rosetted plants have a basal cluster of leaves, very short internodes typical of biennials, and do not bolt or flower for months without being exposed to 3 to 4 weeks at <15 to 18°C to reverse heat-induced rosetting. Semirosetted plants develop when seedlings are grown at a constant 22 to 25°C or at <22°C night with >28°C day. Semirosetted plants have one or more side shoots which may elongate and flower, but plants flower unpredictably and are of poor quality as cut flowers or potted plants. `Maurine Blue' and Florida Blue' were released from the Univ. of Florida in 1995. To our knowledge, they are the first heat-tolerant lisianthus cultivars. Seedlings and plants can be grown at 28 to 31°C without rosetting. `Maurine Blue' ranged in height from 38 cm (summer) to 67 cm (spring) during 1994 and 1995 production trials in Florida. `Maurine Blue' has potential for use as a tall bedding plant if sold as green transplants, a flowering potted plant if grown with three plants per 15-cm-diameter pot with a growth retardant, or as a bouquet-type cut flower. `Florida Blue' plants (38 cm) grown in an 11.5-cm square pot (0.65-L) with capillary mat irrigation were similar in height to `Blue Lisa' (32 cm) and taller than `Little Belle Blue' (22 cm) and `Mermaid Blue' (24 cm). `Florida Blue' was designated as a semi-dwarf cultivar with an intended use as a bedding plant. Growth retardants would be useful for production in pots <10 to 12 cm in diameter. Complete descriptive information, photographs and pedigrees will be presented.
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V. S, Namitha. "Blue Mountain and Blue Roses: An Exploration of the Feminine Psyche in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 9, no. 1 (January 28, 2021): 192–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v9i1.10891.
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Tennessee Williams, the remarkably outstanding American dramatist of the 1920s, through his plays, presents a marked concern for the identity crisis a woman faces. He projects the crisis arising out of the conflict between a woman’s own aspirations and the traditional role expectations. The Glass Menagerie (1945) depicts the life of two women- Amanda Wingfield and her daughter Laura Wingfield. Amanda is the typical Southern belle that suffered a reversal of economic and social fortune, who withdraws from reality into fantasy. Her daughter Laura, the physically and emotionally crippled heroine of the play is a self-less character who does not speak as much of others. She is extra-ordinarily sensitive and delicate; and her cripple isolates herself into her own illusory world with her own glass menagerie. This paper is an attempt to close study the women protagonists in this play and to reveal that they are a combination of a particular personality type. Williams seems to be interested in the personal and psychological aspects of his women. This paper tries to analyse the psyche of these women and prove that they seem to be more complex and complicated than portrayed in the work.
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Prayitno, D. S., C. J. C. Phillips, and H. M. Omed. "The Initial and Longterm Preference of Broilers for Red, Blue or Green Light After Being Reared in Red, Blue, Green or White Light." Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) 1993 (March 1993): 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0308229600024053.
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Most birds,both domestic chicks and adult chickens,belong to the group of animals which have a relatively well developed mechanism for visual perception and discrimination (Hurnik et al , 1971). Furthermore, this ability extends to a differentiation between certain areas of the colour spectrum. According to Bell and Freeman (1971) fowls can more easily be trained to distinguish colours than to distinguish intensity.The present study was designed to investigate whether a response in the initial and long-term preference of broilers could be achieved by using different colour light after being reared in red, blue, green and white light.
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Wong, Pei Yun, and Seok Tyug Tan. "Comparison of total phenolic content and antioxidant activities in selected coloured plants." British Food Journal 122, no. 10 (April 30, 2020): 3193–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-12-2019-0927.
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PurposeLiterature has consistently reported that coloured plants are rich in dietary bioactive compounds. Therefore, this study aims to compare the total phenolic content and antioxidant activities in selected coloured plants (blue butterfly pea flower, roselle calyx, yellow bell pepper and purple sweet potato).Design/methodology/approachTotal Phenolic Content (TPC) was determined using Folin–Ciocalteu assay, while antioxidant activities were evaluated using 2,2-dophenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl-hydrate (DPPH) radical scavenging, Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) and Trolox Equivalent Antioxidant Capacity (TEAC) assays.FindingsTPC was reported from 273.15 ± 19.57 µg GAE/g DW (blue butterfly pea flower extract) to 363.10 ± 7.94 µg GAE/g DW (roselle calyx extract). Antioxidant activities as determined by DPPH assay ranged from 17.26 ± 0.06% (purple sweet potato extract) to 83.38 ± 1.04% (yellow bell pepper extract); while for FRAP assay was 4.92 ± 0.18 mg Fe (II)/g DW (purple sweet potato extract) to 128.33 ± 11.59 mg Fe (II)/g DW (roselle calyx extract). On the other hand, TEAC values were in the range of 15.26 ± 2.83 µg Trolox/g DW (roselle calyx extract) to 364.27 ± 7.14 µg Trolox/g DW (blue butterfly pea flower extract). A significant moderate positive correlation was observed between TPC and DPPH (r = 0.562) as well as TPC and FRAP (r = 0.686).Originality/valueThis study was the first to compare the total phenolic content and antioxidant activities in coloured plants. Findings derived from this study can be extended to the formulation of natural food colourants and nutraceuticals.
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Osterloh, D., and Hk Müller-Buschbaum. "Das erste Oxocuprat/-Arsenat mit Kupfer in gemischter Valenz: Cu(Mg2,56Cu0,44)Cu(AsO4)3 / The First Oxocuprate/Arsenate Containing Mixed Valent Copper:Cu(Mg2,56Cu0,44)Cu(AsO4)3." Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B 49, no. 5 (May 1, 1994): 589–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/znb-1994-0503.
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Single crystals of Cu(Mg2.56Cu0.44)Cu(AsO4)3 have been prepared by CO2-LASER technique and investigated by X-ray diffraction methods. The light blue crystals show monoclinic symmetry, space group C62h-C2/c, a = 11.897, b = 12.855, c = 6.688 Å, β = 113.06°, Z = 4. The structure type is characterized by AsO4 tetrahedra, dumb-bell-like coordinated Cu(I), twisted CuO4 square polygons and octahedra statistically occupied by Mg/Cu2+.
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Williams, Jonathan, Andrew Callaway, Mike Gara, and Paris Tattersall. "Technique utilisation and efficiency in competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu matches at white and blue belts." International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport 19, no. 3 (April 30, 2019): 353–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2019.1611290.
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Cooper, Michael C., and Jeffrey A. Newman. "Galaxy Environments in DEEP2: The Birth of the Red Sequence." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, S235 (August 2006): 167–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921306005874.
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The galaxy population at z ≲ 1 is effectively described as a combination of two distinct types: red, early-type galaxies lacking much star formation and blue, late-type galaxies with active star formation. For the red galaxy population, recent work by Bell et al. (2004) has shown that the number density of ~L* galaxies on the red sequence has risen by a factor of ~2 from z ~ 1 to z ~ 0. A variety of complementary observations suggests that the build-up of galaxies on the red sequence results from 2 distinct evolutionary trends: (1) the quenching of star formation in blue galaxies and their subsequent migration onto the red sequence and (2) the dissipationless or (“dry”) merging of red-sequence galaxies.
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Sanford, P., X. Wang, K. D. Greathead, J. H. Gladman, and J. Speijers. "Impact of Tasmanian blue gum belts and kikuyu-based pasture on sheep production and groundwater recharge in south-western Western Australia." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 43, no. 8 (2003): 755. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea02226.
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The effect of Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) belts and kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) grass on livestock production and groundwater recharge was studied in the high rainfall zone (>600 mm/year) of south-western Western Australia from 1998 to 2001. The objective was to identify optimum combinations of tree belts and pasture for sustainable livestock production and the prevention of secondary salinisation. Treatments were annual pasture, in competition with trees at different orientations (east, west and south), kikuyu pasture in competition with trees at one orientation (west), compared with pasture in the absence of tree competition. Plots had 0, 20 or 36% of their area within 10 m of the tree belt where tree–pasture competition would be expected. Plots (0.48 ha) were stocked with Merino wether hoggets at 12 DSE/ha on annual pastures and 14 DSE/ha on kikuyu pastures. Additional sheep were placed on plots in spring and the annual pasture was destocked in autumn.Within the growing season, herbage mass was similar across both control treatments as a result of varying stock numbers. However, in summer and autumn the kikuyu control contained between 350 and 4900 kg DM/ha more herbage than the corresponding annual pasture. While both pastures accumulated similar amounts of herbage in 1998 and 2000, kikuyu accumulated more in 1999 (11 900 v. 9800 kg DM/ha) as a result of summer rain. Competition from tree belts significantly reduced adjacent annual pasture herbage accumulation (16% average reduction), although there was no difference among the levels of competition. Trees did not significantly affect adjacent kikuyu pasture herbage accumulation. Both carrying capacity and clean wool production per hectare were significantly higher on kikuyu pasture in 1999 and 2000. Tree competition also significantly reduced the carrying capacity of neighbouring annual and kikuyu pasture by an average of 10%. Clean wool production per hectare was significantly lower on annual pasture in combination with trees (11% reduction on average), but there was less effect of competition on kikuyu pasture. The kikuyu pasture used 115, 57 and 132 mm more water than the annual pasture in 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively. The soil water deficit beneath the trees exceeded that below both control pastures by between 297 and 442 mm.Although the addition of tree belts to annual pasture provided substantial reductions in groundwater recharge, producers would also have to accept losses in livestock production. While kikuyu alone provided significant increases in livestock production and substantial reductions in groundwater recharge, the best compromise was kikuyu in combination with tree belts.
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Simonne, Amarat H., Eric H. Simonne, Ronald R. Eitenmiller, Nancy R. Green, Joe A. Little, John T. Owen, Marvin E. Ruf, and Jim A. Pitts. "EFFECT OF LOCATION ON VITAMIN C CONTENT OF SELECTED BELL PEPPER CULTIVARS." HortScience 31, no. 5 (September 1996): 758a—758. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.31.5.758a.
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Vitamin C (VC) levels (mg/l00 g FW) were determined in 10 varieties of colored bell pepper grown under different field conditions. VC was determined by the microfluorometric method. `Orobelle' (169 mg), `King Arthur' (143 mg), `Valencia' (141 mg), and `Chocolate Bell' (134 mg) had significantly higher VC levels than `Dove' (109 mg), `Ivory' (106 mg), `Blue Jay' (93 mg), `Canary' (90 mg), and `Black Bird' (65 mg). The largest variability (53 mg) in VC levels were observed for varieties that had the highest VC content. Mean VC levels were 143a, 143a, 141a, 136a, 108ab, 93bc, and 63c for the yellow, red, orange, brown, white, purple, and black colors, respectively. Since the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for VC is 60 mg per day, these results suggested that a 100-g serving of fresh bell pepper or less would supply 100% RDA of VC. Therefore, after selecting a color, growers still have the freedom to grow a variety that performs well in their area to produce peppers of high VC contents.
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Mills, S. J., A. R. Kampf, A. G. Christy, R. M. Housley, G. R. Rossman, R. E. Reynolds, and J. Marty. "Bluebellite and mojaveite, two new minerals from the central Mojave Desert, California, USA." Mineralogical Magazine 78, no. 5 (October 2014): 1325–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2014.078.5.15.
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AbstractBluebellite, Cu6[I5+O3(OH)3](OH)7Cl and mojaveite, Cu6[Te6+O4(OH)2](OH)7Cl, are new secondary copper minerals from the Mojave Desert. The type locality for bluebellite is the D shaft, Blue Bell claims, near Baker, San Bernardino County, California, while cotype localities for mojaveite are the E pit at Blue Bell claims and also the Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, also near Baker. The two minerals are very similar in their properties. Bluebellite is associated particularly with murdochite, but also with calcite, fluorite, hemimorphite and rarely dioptase in a highly siliceous hornfels. It forms bright bluishgreen plates or flakes up to ~20 mm 620 mm 65 mm in size that are usually curved. The streak is pale bluish green and the lustre is adamantine, but often appears dull because of surface roughness. It is non-fluorescent. Bluebellite is very soft (Mohs hardness ~1), sectile, has perfect cleavage on {001} and an irregular fracture. The calculated density based on the empirical formula is 4.746 g cm–3. Bluebellite is uniaxial (–), with mean refractive index estimated as 1.96 from the Gladstone-Dale relationship. It is pleochroic O (bluish green) >> E (nearly colourless). Electron microprobe analyses gave the empirical formula Cu5.82I0.99Al0.02Si0.12O3.11(OH)9.80Cl1.09based on 14 (O+Cl) a.p.f.u. The Raman spectrum shows strong iodate-related bands at 680, 611 and 254 cm–1. Bluebellite is trigonal, space group R3, with the unit-cell parameters: a = 8.3017(5), c = 13.259(1) Å , V = 791.4(1) Å 3 and Z = 3. The eight strongest lines in the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern are [dobs/Å (I) (hkl)]: 4.427(99)(003), 2.664(35)(211), 2.516(100)(212̄ ), 2.213(9)(006), 2.103(29)(033,214), 1.899(47)(312,215̄ ), 1.566(48)(140,217) and 1.479(29)(045,143̄ ,324).Mojaveite occurs at the Blue Bell claims in direct association with cerussite, chlorargyrite, chrysocolla, hemimorphite, kettnerite, perite, quartz and wulfenite, while at the Bird Nest drift, it is associated with andradite, chrysocolla, cerussite, burckhardtite, galena, goethite, khinite, mcalpineite, thorneite, timroseite, paratimroseite, quartz and wulfenite. It has also been found at the Aga mine, Otto Mountain, with cerussite, chrysocolla, khinite, perite and quartz. Mojaveite occurs as irregular aggregates of greenish-blue plates flattened on {001} and often curved, which rarely show a hexagonal outline, and also occurs as compact balls, from sky blue to medium greenish blue in colour. Aggregates and balls are up to 0.5 mm in size. The streak of mojaveite is pale greenish blue, while the lustre may be adamantine, pearly or dull, and it is non-fluorescent. The Mohs hardness is ~1. It is sectile, with perfect cleavage on {001} and an irregular fracture. The calculated density is 4.886 g cm–3, based on the empirical formulae and unit-cell dimensions. Mojaveite is uniaxial (–), with mean refractive index estimated as 1.95 from the Gladstone-Dale relationship. It is pleochroic O (greenish blue) >> E (light greenish blue). The empirical formula for mojaveite, based on 14 (O+Cl) a.p.f.u., is Cu5.92Te1.00Pb0.08Bi0.01O4(OH)8.94Cl1.06. The most intense Raman bands occur at 694, 654 (poorly resolved), 624, 611 and 254 cm–1. Mojaveite is trigonal, space group R3, with the unit-cell parameters: a = 8.316(2), c = 13.202(6) Å and V = 790.7(1) Å 3. The eight strongest lines in the powder XRD pattern are [dobs/Å (I) (hkl)]: 4.403(91)(003), 2.672(28)(211), 2.512(100)(212̄ ), 2.110(27)(033,214), 1.889(34)(312,215̄ ,223̄ ), 1.570(39)(404,140,217), 1.481(34)(045,143̄ ,324) and 1.338(14)(422). Diffraction data could not be refined, but stoichiometries and unit-cell parameters imply that bluebellite and mojaveite are very similar in crystal structure. Structure models that satisfy bondvalence requirements are presented that are based on stackings of brucite-like Cu6MX14layers, where M = (I or Te) and X = (O, OH and Cl). Bluebellite and mojaveite provide a rare instance of isotypy between an iodate containing I5+with a stereoactive lone electron pair and a tellurate containing Te6+with no lone pair.
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Herrick, Todd A., and Leonard P. Perry. "Controlled Freezing of Twenty-three Container-grown Herbaceous Perennials." Journal of Environmental Horticulture 13, no. 4 (December 1, 1995): 190–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.24266/0738-2898-13.4.190.
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Abstract Twenty-three containerized herbaceous perennials were acclimated to ambient outdoor temperature and photoperiod until November 19, when they were moved into a greenhouse and held at 3C (37F) until February 15. At that time, plants were exposed for 30 minutes to a range of subzero temperatures, and returned to the greenhouse for forcing. Plants were rated for survival and salability following 6 weeks regrowth at 15C (59F), using a subjective scale of 1 to 5 (1 = worst, 5 = best, 3 and above considered salable). Of the 23 perennials studied, 15 survived after exposure to at least-8C (18F), however, 40% of the species and cultivars surviving at this temperature sustained a level of injury which rendered them unsalable. Most plants were rated salable at treatment temperatures 3 to 6 degrees warmer than their respective lowest survival temperatures (LST's). Phlox ‘Chattahoochie’, Phlox ‘Morris Berd’ and Tiarella ‘Laird of Skye’ remained salable after exposure to —11C (12F). Campanula takesimana, Heuchera americana ‘Dales Strain’, Penstemon fruticosus ‘Purple Haze’, Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Arp’, Tiarella ‘Running Tapestry’, and Tiarella cordifolia ‘Slick Rock’ remained salable after exposure to-8C (18F). Erodium reichardii ‘Roseum’, Hebe macrocarpa ‘Margaret’, and Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’ remained salable after exposure to-5C (23F). Only the unfrozen controls of Houttuynia cordata ‘Chameleon’ and Thelypteris kunthii remained salable. Treatment means for Ceratostigma plumbaginoides were not significantly different and all 6 Hibiscus cultivars (‘Blue River II’, ‘Disco Belle Pink’, ‘Disco Belle Rose Red’, ‘Disco Belle White’, ‘Lord Baltimore’ and ‘Southern Belle’) failed to survive any of the temperature treatments. In general, plants showed a gradual decline in salability with decreasing temperatures.
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Graham, Heather Hatt, Margaret J. McMahon, Dennis R. Decoteau, and Dale E. Linvill. "534 PB 014 QUANTIFICATION OF THE SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF POLYETHYLENE MULCHES WHICH INFLUENCE SOIL TEMPERATURE AND BELL PEPPER PRODUCTION." HortScience 29, no. 5 (May 1994): 508a—508. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.29.5.508a.
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Commercially available polyethylene mulches were evaluated for their influence on spectral properties (absorption, reflection, and transmission) and soil temperature during the growing season. Vegetative growth and yield of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum cv. Keystone Resistant Giant No. 3) plants were evaluated for each mulch. Black plastic had the greatest absorption (95%) of photosynthetic photon flux (PPF; 400-700 nm). White plastic had the greatest reflection (6575%) of PPF and blue (400-500 nm) light. The Alor selective mulch had the greatest reflective far-red/red ratio (730-740/640-650 nm) of light. Clear plastic had the greatest transmission (90%) of PPF and blue light. Soil temperature was coolest under the white mulch (32 C) and warmest under the clear mulch (52 C) when measured at maximum soil temperature in the early afternoon (1400 to 1800 hrs). Vegetative growth and yield were greatest for plants grown on the white mulch treatment and lowest for plants grown on the clear mulch treatment.
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Martínez-Zamora, Lorena, Noelia Castillejo, and Francisco Artés-Hernández. "Postharvest UV-B and Photoperiod with Blue + Red LEDs as Strategies to Stimulate Carotenogenesis in Bell Peppers." Applied Sciences 11, no. 9 (April 21, 2021): 3736. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11093736.
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Background: Our objective was to evaluate carotenoid accumulation in bell peppers during shelf life under different light conditions. Methods: Fruit stored for 6 d at 7 °C received a 9 kJ m−2 UV-B treatment, while non-UV-treated were used as control (CTRL). Subsequently, all peppers were disposed for a retail sale period of 4 d at 20 °C with a photoperiod of 14 h under fluorescent light (FL) + 10 h under darkness (D), FL, or blue + red LEDs (BR LED). Results: Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) was increased by the UV-B treatment and the photoperiods supplemented with FL and BR LED, which was directly related to the carotenoid content. In fact, CTRL peppers (225 mg β-carotene kg−1) under FL+BR LED showed an increase of ~33% of 13-cis-β-carotene, ~24% of all-trans-β-carotene, and ~27.5% of 9-cis-β-carotene compared to FL + D and FL + FL. Capsaicinoids showed an increase by ~22%, ~38%, and ~27% in the content of capsanthin, capsanthin laurate, and capsanthin esters, respectively, after the UV-B treatment, which was even enhanced after the LED-supplemented photoperiod by ~18% compared to FL+D. Conclusions: Illumination with BR LEDs + UV-B during the retail sale period nights is recommended to increase the bioactive content of bell peppers via carotenoid accumulation to 270 mg β-carotene kg−1.
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Kurniawan Yunianto, Ipung. "Destination Branding Sebagai Identitas Visual Dusun Dalem Widodomartani, Sleman, Yogyakarta." AKSA: JURNAL DESAIN KOMUNIKASI VISUAL 1, no. 2 (April 20, 2020): 158–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.37505/aksa.v1i2.13.
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Dusun Dalem, Widodomartani, is one of the tourist villages in Sleman district of Propinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Dusun Dalem preserves a tourism potential in the form of a bright blue water source in the middle of the hamlet (dusun) shaded by bamboo forest with beautiful nuances. This potential gives a charm for every visitor that makes Dusun Dalem became the belle of new tourist destination in Sleman district. The result of the research showed that although Dusun Dalem in well known, it does not have a representative visual identity yet to increase its value and visitors' awareness. Therefore, the design of destination branding is expected to increase visitors' familiarity and also to add brand awareness of Dusun Dalem.
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KAMAL, N. S. S., H. H. TAN, and CASEY K. C. NG. "Betta nuluhon, a new species of fighting fish from western Sabah, Malaysia (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)." Zootaxa 4819, no. 1 (July 22, 2020): 187–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4819.1.11.
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Betta nuluhon, new species, is described from a hill stream habitat in western Sabah. This species is allied to both B. chini and B. balunga, and differs from rest of its congeners in the B. akarensis group in having the following combination of characters: yellow iris when live; mature males with greenish-blue iridescence on opercle when live; mature fish with distinct transverse bars on caudal fin; slender body (body depth 22.1–25.2 % SL); belly area with faint reticulate pattern (scales posteriorly rimmed with black); absence of tiny black spots on anal fin; lateral scales 29–31 (mode 30); predorsal scales 20–21 (mode 20). Notes on a fresh series of B. chini are also provided.
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Kepezhinskas, Pavel, and Nikita Kepezhinskas. "13C-depleted moissanites in subduction-related rocks: tracers of slab fluids in the Earth’s mantle and a new diamond exploration tool." E3S Web of Conferences 98 (2019): 08009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199808009.
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A magnesian low-Ti shoshonite dike intruding Archean Norwegian Terrane includes numerous grains of black, blue and gray moissanite (SiC). Moissanite contains inclusions of native Si, Fe and Al, Fe-Cr carbides, Fe-Cr-Mn alloys and diamond. The range of observed δ13C values (-24.8 to -29.6‰) is similar to ophiolite-hosted SiC, lower mantle diamonds and slab-derived biogenic carbon. Norwegian moissanites may have been formed during interaction of Earth’s mantle with carbonaceous slab fluids under extremely reducing conditions as suggested by native metal and carbide inclusions. 13C-depleted moissanite can be used as a new exploration tool for sub-lithospheric diamonds in Archean to Phanerozoic accreted terranes and mobile belts.
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Bell, Jennifer Lyon. "Empathy and Pornography." Film Studies 18, no. 1 (2018): 84–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.7227/fs.18.0006.
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Filmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell (Blue Artichoke Films) has made empathy the centre of her practice as an alternative porn filmmaker. This blend of artist manifesto and academic essay illuminates the three ways in which empathy is a driving force at every level of her artistic efforts. 1) Structure: Using a foundation of cognitive film theory and specifically the work of Murray Smith, she builds empathy into the structure and content of her films themselves. 2) Production: She prioritises empathy in her production process on the set with cast and crew 3) Society: By creating and spreading empathetic pornography, she aims to introduce more empathy into society at large.
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Parkinson, Mary Beth. "A Win-Win Collaboration." Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice 1, no. 1 (April 8, 2013): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/palrap.2013.24.
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This brief article reports on a collaborative book-borrowing policy between The Brendlinger Library of Montgomery County Community College and the Wissahickon Valley Public Library (WVPL), both located in Blue Bell, PA. Beginning in January 2013, WVPL will donate books periodically to the Brendlinger Library in support of the students enrolled in Reading classes. Circulation statistics will be reported to WVPL, and the books will be returned to WVPL for sale in the WVPL Friends of the Library book sale. Keywords: academic library; public library, community college library; collaboration; developmental readers; reading programs; reading instruction; literacy; Montgomery County Community College; Wissahickon Valley Public Library
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Dewar, Michael. "Laying it on with a Trowel: The Proem to Lucan and Related Texts." Classical Quarterly 44, no. 1 (May 1994): 199–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009838800017304.
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The extravagant, not to say fulsome, praise showered upon Nero in Lucan's proem to his De Bello Civili (1.33–66) tends to divide scholars neatly into two factions. In the blue corner are those for whom it is ‘obviously’ sarcastic or ironic in some degree, whether they consider it intended to be circulated privately or understood only by a small group of initiates, or else see it as actually being designed to offend the princeps. In the red we find those who attempt to explain what the modern palate finds offensive by reference to the Realien of Nero's reign and to the processes of literary representation in general—and what we loosely call ‘rhetoric’ in particular—current in the poetry of the time.
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Mirilas, Petros. "Lateral Congenital Anomalies of the Pharyngeal Apparatus: Part III. Cadaveric Representation of the Course of Second and Third Cleft and Pouch Fistulas." American Surgeon 77, no. 9 (September 2011): 1257–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000313481107700939.
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“Stepladder” surgery for fistula from second or third pharyngeal cleft and pouch is “blind.” Neither intraoperative methylene blue injection and probing nor preoperative imaging (fistulo-gram ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) reveal three-dimensional anatomic relations of fistulas. This article describes the most common second and third fistula courses and demonstrates representation of their tracts with wires in human cadavers. A second cleft and pouch fistula, at its external opening, pierces superficial cervical fascia (and platysma), then investing cervical fascia, and travels under the sternocleidomastoid muscle, superficial to the sternohyoid and anterior belly of omohyoid. It ascends along the carotid sheath, and at the upper border of the thyroid cartilage it pierces the pretracheal fascia. Characteristically, it courses between the carotid bifurcation and over the hypoglossal nerve. After passing beneath the posterior belly of the digastric muscle and the stylohyoid, it hooks around both glossopharyngeal nerve and stylopharyngeus muscle. The fistula reaches the pharynx below the superior constrictor muscle. The course of a third cleft and pouch fistula is similar until it has pierced pretracheal fascia; then it passes over the hypoglossal nerve and behind the internal carotid, finally descending parallel to the superior laryngeal nerve, reaching the thyrohyoid membrane cranial to the nerve.
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Leistyna, Pepi, and Stephen Sherblom. "Editors' Reviews." Harvard Educational Review 65, no. 2 (July 1, 1995): 322–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.17763/haer.65.2.3pp330l710377718.
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Pepi Leistyna: Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom By Bell Hooks New York: Routledge, 1994. 216 pp. $16.00 (paper). Stephen A. Sherblom: The End of Manhood: A Book for Men of Conscience By John Stoltenberg New York: Penguin, 1994. 308 pp. $21.00, $10.95 (paper). Moral Perception and Particularity By Lawrence A. Blum Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 273 pp. $59.95, $ 18.95 (paper).
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Leaney, Bob. "Symphytum caucasicum x S. orientale (Boraginaceae) in East Norfolk and Isle of Wight." British & Irish Botany 1, no. 4 (December 14, 2019): 327–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.33928/bib.2019.01.327.
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A hybrid between Symphytum caucasicum and Symphytum orientale is described from two sites in Norfolk, and one on the Isle of Wight. The taxon seems to be a new one, certainly for the British Isles and Ireland, and is similar to two previously described hybrids from Norfolk, Symphytum x norvicense (S. asperum x orientale) and Symphytum x uplandicum x caucasicum. Separation of these three taxa is discussed: all three are characterised by a combination of variegated red, blue, purple or white corolla bell, together with a calyx dissection to less than half way. This shallowly dissected calyx is the key to recognition of these three entities, which otherwise are easily overlooked as diminutive forms of Symphytum x uplandicum
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Sempère, Emmanuelle. "Des belles et des bêtes. Anthologie de fiancés animaux et L’Aile bleue des contes : l’oiseau." Féeries, no. 9 (October 15, 2012): 291–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/feeries.842.
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Liu, H., K. R. Hao, and Y. S. Ding. "New anti-blur and illumination-robust combined invariant for stereo vision in human belly reconstruction." Imaging Science Journal 62, no. 5 (January 6, 2014): 251–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743131x13y.0000000061.
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Perez, Craig Santos. "“The Ocean in Us”: Navigating the Blue Humanities and Diasporic Chamoru Poetry." Humanities 9, no. 3 (July 20, 2020): 66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/h9030066.
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This essay will explore the complex relationship between Pacific Islander Literature and the “Blue Humanities,” navigation traditions and canoe aesthetics, and Chamoru migration and diaspora. First, I will chart the history, theory, and praxis of Pacific voyaging traditions; the colonial history of restricting indigenous mobilities; and the decolonial acts of seafaring revitalization in the Pacific (with a specific focus on Guam). Then, I will examine the representation of seafaring and the ocean-going vessel (the canoe) as powerful symbols of Pacific migration and diasporic cultural identity in the context of what Elizabeth DeLoughrey termed, “narrative maritime legacies” (2007). Lastly, I will conduct a close-reading of the avant-garde poetry collection, A Bell Made of Stones (2013), by Chamoru writer Lehua Taitano. As I will show, Taitano writes about the ocean and navigation in order to address the history and traumas of Chamoru migration and diaspora. In terms of poetic form, I will argue that Taitano’s experimentation with typography and visual poetry embodies Chamoru outrigger design aesthetics and navigational techniques. In the end, I will show how a “Blue Humanities” approach to reading Pacific Islander literature highlights how the “New Oceania” is a profound space of Pacific migration and diasporic identity.
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Ebrahim, Girma Yimer, Andreja Jonoski, Ann van Griensven, and Giuliano Di Baldassarre. "Downscaling technique uncertainty in assessing hydrological impact of climate change in the Upper Beles River Basin, Ethiopia." Hydrology Research 44, no. 2 (July 30, 2012): 377–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/nh.2012.037.
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We investigate the uncertainty associated with downscaling techniques in climate impact studies, using the Upper Beles River Basin (Upper Blue Nile) in Ethiopia as an example. The main aim of the study is to estimate the two sources of uncertainty in downscaling models: (1) epistemic uncertainty and (2) stochastic uncertainty due to inherent variability. The first aim was achieved by driving a Hydrologic Engineering Centre-Hydrological Modelling System (HEC-HMS) model with downscaled daily precipitation and temperature using three downscaling models: Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM), the Long Ashton Research Station Weather Generator (LARS-WG) and an artificial neural network (ANN). The second objective was achieved by driving the hydrological model with individual downscaled daily precipitation and temperature ensemble members, generated by using the stochastic component of the SDSM. Results of the study showed that the downscaled precipitation and temperature time series are sensitive to the downscaling techniques. More specifically, the percentage change in mean annual flow ranges from 5% reduction to 18% increase. By analyzing the uncertainty of the SDSM model ensembles, it was found that the percentage change in mean annual flow ranges from 6% increase to 8% decrease. This study demonstrates the need for extreme caution in interpreting and using the output of a single downscaling model.
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Lai, I.-Ling, Chih-Wan Lin, Tsai-Yu Chen, and Wei-Hsin Hu. "Micropropagation Shortens the Time to Blooming of Begonia montaniformis × Begonia ningmingensis var. bella F1 Progeny." HortScience 53, no. 12 (December 2018): 1855–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci13376-18.
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Begonia montaniformis × Begonia ningmingensis var. bella hybrids have high ornamental potential. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine the optimal conditions for the micropropagation of a Begonia montaniformis × Begonia ningmingensis var. bella F1 progeny by using various concentrations of plant growth regulators (PGRs) and varying light spectra in half-strength Murashige and Skoog (1/2 MS) medium. The results showed that the explant regeneration was optimal when the lamina was incubated in a medium supplemented with 2.0 μM N6-benzylaminopurine and 0.8 μM α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). Under such conditions, 98% of the explants regenerated adventitious shoots after 8 weeks, and 41 buds were produced per explant on average. The mean shoot length was 9.6 mm, and on average, 4.5 shoots per explant were more than 2 mm long. Subsequently, the induced adventitious shoots were transferred into rooting medium consisting of 1/2 MS and various NAA concentrations. After 4 weeks, the shoots subcultured in this medium showed ≈93% root induction and an average of 3.5 adventitious roots per explant. Furthermore, the applied light spectrum significantly influenced shoot regeneration, and optimal results were achieved under an equal distribution of blue, red, and infrared light. The histological sections of shoots regenerated from direct organogenesis were observed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Afterward, the rooting adventitious shoots were subcultured in PGR-free medium for 8 weeks. The seedlings were successfully acclimated 4 weeks after being transferred to soil and bloomed after 11 months in a greenhouse. Thus, the PGR composition in micropropagation efficiently shortened the time to blooming from 25 to 16 months.
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Timothy, Chukwu Alexander, Nuhu Samiala, and Emmanuel Okrikata. "Flight to Light Response of Red Pumpkin Beetle (Aulacophora africana Weise) to Differently Coloured Light-emitting Diode and Incandescent Bulb Lights." Advanced Journal of Graduate Research 7, no. 1 (November 25, 2019): 64–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.21467/ajgr.7.1.64-69.
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Red pumpkin beetle (Aulacophora africana Weise) is an important defoliator and vector of pathogens to its numerous crop hosts. Control had largely been by synthetic insecticides with their attendant consequences on man and the environment thus necessitating scientific studies on environmental-friendly management strategies. The experiment was conducted in the Research Farm of Federal University Wukari in the month of May 2019 with the aim of evaluating the attractiveness of A. africana to Light-emitting diode (LED) and Incandescent Light bulb colours. Five colours (red, yellow, green, blue and white) were used for the study. Each colour light was properly projected on 2 metre vertical screen (made of white polyethene) placed one meter above the ground. A setup without bulb served as the control. The light traps were arranged in a completely randomized design (CRD) in 6 replicates and ran simultaneously for six hours (1800 to 2400hrs). The pumpkin beetles attracted were collected in tubs containing soapy water. A. africana collected were counted and recorded according to bulb type and colour. Samples were identified at the Insect Museum of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Among the Incandescent bulbs, White colour was most attractive to A. africana (4.30±0.38) while red attracted the least (0.71±0.01). Among LED bulbs, Blue was most attractive (3.99±1.01) while Red also attracted the least (0.78±0.03). Overall, LED attracted more pumpkin beetles than Incandescent bulb even though Student Newman Keul’s test indicates that the difference between them was due to random variation (p = 0.16). Correlation and regression analyses indicated increase in insect attraction with increased light intensity. The results, therefore, suggest that white Incandescent or blue LED bulb colours can be incorporated into insecticidal light traps to suppress their population/attract them away from host plants or fixed into ordinary light traps to harvest the insect for scientific studies.
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Worqlul, A. W., A. S. Collick, S. A. Tilahun, S. Langan, T. H. M. Rientjes, and T. S. Steenhuis. "Comparing TRMM 3B42, CFSR and ground-based rainfall estimates as input for hydrological models, in data scarce regions: the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 12, no. 2 (February 18, 2015): 2081–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-12-2081-2015.
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Abstract. Accurate prediction of hydrological models requires accurate spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall observation network. In developing countries rainfall observation station network are sparse and unevenly distributed. Satellite-based products have the potential to overcome these shortcomings. The objective of this study is to compare the advantages and the limitation of commonly used high-resolution satellite rainfall products as input to hydrological models as compared to sparsely populated network of rain gauges. For this comparison we use two semi-distributed hydrological models Hydrologiska Byråns Vattenbalansavdelning (HBV) and Parameter Efficient Distributed (PED) that performed well in Ethiopian highlands in two watersheds: the Gilgel Abay with relatively dense network and Main Beles with relatively scarce rain gauge stations. Both are located in the Upper Blue Nile Basin. The two models are calibrated with the observed discharge from 1994 to 2003 and validated from 2004 to 2006. Satellite rainfall estimates used includes Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR), Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 version 7 and ground rainfall measurements. The results indicated that both the gauged and the CFSR precipitation estimates were able to reproduce the stream flow well for both models and both watershed. TRMM 3B42 performed poorly with Nash Sutcliffe values less than 0.1. As expected the HBV model performed slightly better than the PED model, because HBV divides the watershed into sub-basins resulting in a greater number of calibration parameters. The simulated discharge for the Gilgel Abay was better than for the less well endowed (rain gauge wise) Main Beles. Finally surprisingly, the ground based gauge performed better for both watersheds (with the exception of extreme events) than TRMM and CFSR satellite rainfall estimates. Undoubtedly in the future, when improved satellite products will become available, this will change.
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Ashebir, Haile Tefera. "Characterization of Beles River Basin of Blue Nile sub-Basin in North-Western Ethiopia using Arc-Hydro tools in Arc-GIS." International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering 9, no. 5 (May 31, 2017): 113–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/ijwree2016.0708.
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Hermawan, Muhammad, Herry Sujaini, and Novi Safriadi. "Influence Analysis of Smoothing Algorithms in Language Modelling for Indonesian Statistical Machine Translation." International Journal of Engineering and Applied Science Research 1, no. 1 (July 30, 2020): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.26418/ijeasr.v1i1.41088.
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The diversity of languages makes the need for translation so that communication between individuals of different languages can be appropriately established. The statistical translator engine (SMT) was a translator engine based on a statistical approach to parallel corpus analysis. One crucial part of SMT was language modeling (LM). LM was the calculation of word probability from a corpus-based on n-grams. There was a smoothing algorithm in LM where this algorithm will bring up the probability of a word whose value was zero. This study compares the use of the best smoothing algorithm from each of the three LM according to the standard Moses, namely KenLM, SRILM, and IRSTLM. For SRILM using smoothing algorithm interpolation with Witten-bell and interpolation with Ristads natural discounting, for KenLM using interpolation with modified Kneser-ney smoothing algorithm, and for IRSTLM using modified Kneser-ney and Witten-bell algorithm which was referenced based on previously researched. This study uses a corpus of 10,000 sentences. Tests carried out by BLEU and testing by Melayu Sambas linguists. Based on the results of BLEU testing and linguist testing, the best smoothing algorithm was chosen, namely modified Kneser-ney in KenLM LM, where the average results of automated testing, for Indonesian-Melayu Sambas and vice versa were 41. 6925% and 46. 66%. Moreover, for testing linguists, the accuracy of the Indonesian-Melayu Sambas language and vice versa was 77. 3165% and 77. 9095%