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Assessment of wastewater effluent quality in terms of physicochemical and microbial parameters is a difficult task; therefore, an online method which combines the variables and represents a final value as the quality index could be used as a useful management tool for decision makers. However, conventional measurement methods often have limitations, such as time-consuming processes and high associated costs, which hinder efficient and practical monitoring. Therefore, this study presents an approach that underscores the importance of using both short- and long-term memory networks (LSTM) to enhance monitoring capabilities within wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The use of LSTM networks for soft sensor design is presented as a promising solution for accurate variable estimation to quantify effluent quality using the total chemical oxygen demand (TCOD) quality index. For the realization of this work, we first generated a dataset that describes the behavior of the activated sludge system in discrete time. Then, we developed a deep LSTM network structure as a basis for formulating the LSTM-based soft sensor model. The results demonstrate that this structure produces high-precision predictions for the concentrations of soluble X1 and solid X2 substrates in the wastewater treatment system. After hyperparameter optimization, the predictive capacity of the proposed model is optimized, with average values of performance metrics, mean square error (MSE), coefficient of determination (R2), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), of 23.38, 0.97, and 1.31 for X1, and 9.74, 0.93, and 1.89 for X2, respectively. According to the results, the proposed LSTM-based soft sensor can be a valuable tool for determining effluent quality index in wastewater treatment systems.

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The 'Criolla' potato (Solanum tuberosum) phureja group cultivated in the inter-Andean valleys of the high tropics, is commonly fertilized only with mineral nutrients in conventional production, without the use of soil test and use of organic fertilizers. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential of organic chicken manure as a source of nutrients to increase yield and quality in 'Criolla' potatoes compared to conventional fertilization. Treatments evaluated were organic chicken manure, mineral nutrition based on soil tests, organic manure mixed with mineral nutrition, and conventional nutrition based on farmers' typical nutrition plans. In plant response conventional and mineral treatments mixed with organic matter were the best in leaf area and dry weight of shoot and tuber. Treatment with mineral nutrition mixed with organic manure (2 and 6 t) obtained the largest length of the main stems. The best yield response was obtained with conventional nutrition, while the major size was obtained with mineral and mineral combined with organic treatments. According to the results, the best response was obtained with the application of mineral nutrition in the combination of 6 t ha-1 organic manure.

La papa criolla (Solanum tuberosum) grupo phureja es cultivada en los valles interandinos del trópico alto, comúnmente fertilizada con nutrientes minerales en la producción convencional, sin hacer uso de análisis de suelos y nutrición con fertilizantes orgánicos. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar el potencial de la materia orgánica de gallinaza, como fuente de nutrientes, para incrementar el rendimiento y la calidad en la papa criolla, comparándola con la nutrición convencional. Los tratamientos evaluados fueron gallinaza, nutrición mineral, basado en análisis de suelos; nutrición mineral, combinada con materia orgánica y un tratamiento soportado en la fertilización convencional, con base en los planes nutricionales, típicos de los agricultores. En las respuestas de la planta, los tratamientos convencionales y minerales mezclados con nutrición mineral obtuvieron los valores más altos en área foliar y peso seco de la parte aérea y el tubérculo. En longitud de tallo, la mejor respuesta se obtuvo con los tratamientos minerales mezclados con materia orgánica (2 y 6 toneladas). La mejor respuesta en rendimiento fue obtenida en la nutrición mineral convencional, mientras que las papas con mayor calibre, se lograron con los tratamientos mineral y mineral mezclado con orgánico. De acuerdo con los resultados, la mejor respuesta en cultivo se puede obtener con la nutrición mineral, en combinación con 6 toneladas de materia orgánica.

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BACKGROUND: Commonly, several traits are assessed in agronomic experiments to better understand the factors under study. However, it is also common to see that even when several traits are available, researchers opt to follow the easiest way by applying univariate analyses and post-hoc tests for mean comparison for each trait, which arouses the hypothesis that the benefits of a multi-trait framework analysis may have not been fully exploited in this area. RESULTS: In this paper, we extended the theoretical foundations of the multi-trait genotype-ideotype distance index (MGIDI) to analyze multivariate data either in simple experiments (e.g., one-way layout with few treatments and traits) or complex experiments (e.g., with a factorial treatment structure). We proposed an optional weighting process that makes the ranking of treatments that stands out in traits with higher weights more likely. Its application is illustrated using (1) simulated data and (2) real data from a strawberry experiment that aims to select better factor combinations (namely, cultivar, transplant origin, and substrate mixture) based on the desired performance of 22 phenological, productive, physiological, and qualitative traits. Our results show that most of the strawberry traits are influenced by the cultivar, transplant origin, cultivation substrates, as well as by the interaction between cultivar and transplant origin. The MGIDI ranked the Albion cultivar originated from Imported transplants and the Camarosa cultivar originated from National transplants as the better factor combinations. The substrates with burned rice husk as the main component (70%) showed satisfactory physical proprieties, providing higher water use efficiency. The strengths and weakness view provided by the MGIDI revealed that looking for an ideal treatment should direct the efforts on increasing fruit production of Albion transplants from Imported origin. On the other hand, this treatment has strengths related to productive precocity, total soluble solids, and flesh firmness. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, this study opens the door to the use of MGIDI beyond the plant breeding context, providing a unique, practical, robust, and easy-to-handle multi-trait-based framework to analyze multivariate data. There is an exciting possibility for this to open up new avenues of research, mainly because using the MGIDI in future studies will dramatically reduce the number of tables/figures needed, serving as a powerful tool to guide researchers toward better treatment recommendations.

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Passiflora setacea DC. growing is of interest to the herbal industries since in its leaves are produced secondary metabolites that confer antioxidant, anxiolytic, and antidepressant properties in Passiflora. Therefore, it is important to search for sustainable alternatives that aim to enhance the production of these compounds to add value to the phytomass, such as the inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and the application of coconut coir dust, which has not been reported to P. setacea yet. The aim was to select the efficient combination of AMF and coconut coir dust to increase the compounds' production and optimize the antioxidant activity in P. setacea leaves. The P. setacea seedlings that were cultivated in substrates without coconut coir dust and colonized by Gigaspora albida N.C. Schenck & G.S. Sm. produced more total saponins (1,707.43%), total tannins (469.98%), and total phenols (85.81%), in comparison to the non-mycorrhizal plants, in addition to enhancing the glomalin-related soil proteins. On the other hand, in general, the use of coir dust as a substrate has not been shown to increase the production of these bioactive compounds. It is concluded that the production of P. setacea seedlings using G. albida is an alternative to offer phytomass to the herbal medicines industry based on passion fruit.

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O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar o crescimento em diâmetro do coleto e altura, e a produção de matéria seca total de mudas de Myracrodruon urundeuva, Jacaranda brasiliana e Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia. Concomitantemente, desenvolveu-se uma Rede Neural Artificial (RNA) do tipo Multilayer Perceptron que seria capaz de estimar a H e a MST das mudas das espécies estudadas. As mudas foram cultivadas em ambiente protegido com 50% de sombra. Assim, os tratamentos foram considerados com cinco proporções do material orgânico (0, 20, 40, 60 e 80% v/v) na composição do substrato final (solo da área desertificada). Aos 120 dias após a semeadura, as mudas foram coletadas para determinação das variáveis biométricas. A rede MLP foi utilizada empregando-se o algoritmo de treinamento Levenberg-Marquardat. As variáveis utilizadas como entrada da MLP para a estimação da altura e massa seca das mudas foram: diâmetro do coleto, diâmetro mínimo, médio e máximo do coleto, as espécies e fontes de resíduos orgânicos (esterco bovino, esterco caprino e palha de arroz), totalizando dez entradas. Foi utilizada a função de ativação tangente hiperbólica. Como resultados, recomenda-se a proporção 80:20% (esterco bovino e/ou esterco caprino:solo da área degradada) ao substrato de cultivo para o crescimento das mudas das espécies. A adição de doses de esterco bovino e esterco caprino influenciaram o DC do...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the stem growth in diameter and height as well as the production of total dry matter from seedlings of Myracrodruon urundeuva, Jacaranda brasiliana and Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia. Concurrently, an Artificial Neural Network (RNA) of Multilayer Perceptron type that would be able to estimate the H and the MST of the seedlings of the studied species was developed. The seedlings were cultivated in a protected environment with 50% shade. Thus, the treatments were considered with five proportions of the organic material (0, 20, 40, 60 and 80% v/v) in the final substrate composition (desertified area soil). At 120 days after sowing, the seedlings were collected to determine the biometric variables. The MLP network was used with help of the Levenberg-Marquardat training algorithm. The variables used as input of the MLP for height and dry mass estimation of the seedlings were: stem diameter, minimum, medium and maximum diameter of stem; and species and sources of organic residues (cattle manure, goat manure and rice straw), totaling ten entries. The hyperbolic tangent activation function was conducted. As a result, a 80:20% ratio (bovine manure and/or goat manure: soil from the degraded area) is recommended to be used in the growing substrate for seedling growth. The addition of bovine manure and goat manure doses influenced the Jacaranda brasiliana DC...

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O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar o crescimento em diâmetro do coleto e altura, e a produção de matéria seca total de mudas de Myracrodruon urundeuva, Jacaranda brasiliana e Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia. Concomitantemente, desenvolveu-se uma Rede Neural Artificial (RNA) do tipo Multilayer Perceptron que seria capaz de estimar a H e a MST das mudas das espécies estudadas. As mudas foram cultivadas em ambiente protegido com 50% de sombra. Assim, os tratamentos foram considerados com cinco proporções do material orgânico (0, 20, 40, 60 e 80% v/v) na composição do substrato final (solo da área desertificada). Aos 120 dias após a semeadura, as mudas foram coletadas para determinação das variáveis biométricas. A rede MLP foi utilizada empregando-se o algoritmo de treinamento Levenberg-Marquardat. As variáveis utilizadas como entrada da MLP para a estimação da altura e massa seca das mudas foram: diâmetro do coleto, diâmetro mínimo, médio e máximo do coleto, as espécies e fontes de resíduos orgânicos (esterco bovino, esterco caprino e palha de arroz), totalizando dez entradas. Foi utilizada a função de ativação tangente hiperbólica. Como resultados, recomenda-se a proporção 80:20% (esterco bovino e/ou esterco caprino:solo da área degradada) ao substrato de cultivo para o crescimento das mudas das espécies. A adição de doses de esterco bovino e esterco caprino influenciaram o DC do...(AU)

The aim of this study was to evaluate the stem growth in diameter and height as well as the production of total dry matter from seedlings of Myracrodruon urundeuva, Jacaranda brasiliana and Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia. Concurrently, an Artificial Neural Network (RNA) of Multilayer Perceptron type that would be able to estimate the H and the MST of the seedlings of the studied species was developed. The seedlings were cultivated in a protected environment with 50% shade. Thus, the treatments were considered with five proportions of the organic material (0, 20, 40, 60 and 80% v/v) in the final substrate composition (desertified area soil). At 120 days after sowing, the seedlings were collected to determine the biometric variables. The MLP network was used with help of the Levenberg-Marquardat training algorithm. The variables used as input of the MLP for height and dry mass estimation of the seedlings were: stem diameter, minimum, medium and maximum diameter of stem; and species and sources of organic residues (cattle manure, goat manure and rice straw), totaling ten entries. The hyperbolic tangent activation function was conducted. As a result, a 80:20% ratio (bovine manure and/or goat manure: soil from the degraded area) is recommended to be used in the growing substrate for seedling growth. The addition of bovine manure and goat manure doses influenced the Jacaranda brasiliana DC...(AU)

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RESUMEN La tala selectiva de los bosques ha ocasionado que las densidades de Hymenaea oblongifolia Huber se hallan disminuido significativamente en el departamento del Chocó. Por lo que se hace necesario avanzar en estudios que aporten a su manejo. El objetivo de esta investigación fue evaluar la germinación, el crecimiento inicial y la supervivencia de esta especie empleando semillas silvestres. En cada uno de los ambientes: libre exposición solar LS y bajo sombra BS, se utilizó un diseño completamente aleatorizado, con arreglo factorial, conformado por 12 tratamientos y tres repeticiones de cuatro semillas cada una. Se emplearon dos combinaciones de sustratos orgánicos en presencia de un testigo (Arena aluvial). Para las variables germinación y altura no se detectaron diferencias estadísticas significativas; mientras que para diámetro si se presentaron diferencias. Los valores de germinación fueron mayores en LS (67,4%) que BS (65,3%), presentándose la misma tendencia para la supervivencia (SL= 82% y BS=81,2). Por lo contrario, para diámetro y altura el mejor comportamiento de las plántulas se presentó BS con valores de 0,38 cm y 17,94 cm respectivamente. Se recomienda germinar las semillas de H, oblongifolia a libre exposición solar y pasar las plántulas a sombra para su crecimiento inicial en vivero.

ABSTRACT Selective logging of forests has caused the densities of Hymenaea oblongifolia Huber to be significantly reduced in the Choco department. Therefore it is necessary to advance in studies that contribute to their management. The objective of this research was to evaluate the germination, the initial growth and the survival of this species using unimproved botanical seeds. In each one of the environments: free exposure solar LS and under shade BS, a completely randomized design was used, with factorial arrangement, formed by 12 treatments and three repetitions of four seeds each. Two combinations of organic substrates were used in the presence of a control (alluvial sand). For the variables germination and height no significant statistical differences were detected; While for diameter if differences were presented. The germination values were higher in LS (67.4%) than BS (65.3%), presenting the same trend for survival (SL = 82% and BS = 81,2). On the contrary, for diameter and height the best behavior of the seedlings was presented BS with values of 0.38 cm and 17.94 cm respectively. It is recommended to germinate the seeds of H, Oblongifolia to free solar exposure and pass the seedlings to shade for their initial growth in the nursery

RESUMO A derrubada seletiva das florestas tem causado que as densidades de Hymenaea oblongifolia Huber diminuam significativamente no departamento de Chocó. Para o que é necessário avançar em estudos que contribuam para a sua gestão. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a germinação, o crescimento inicial e a sobrevivência desta espécie utilizando sementes silvestres. Em cada um dos ambientes: exposição solar livre LS e sob sombra BS, foi utilizado delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com arranjo fatorial, composto por 12 tratamentos e três repetições de quatro sementes cada. Duas combinações de substratos orgânicos foram utilizadas na presença de um controle (areia aluvial). Para as variáveis de germinação e altura, não foram detectadas diferenças estatísticas significativas; enquanto que para o diâmetro se houvesse diferenças. Os valores de germinação foram maiores no LS (67,4%) do que no BS (65,3%), com a mesma tendência de sobrevivência (SL = 82% e BS = 81,2). Por outro lado, para melhor diâmetro e altura, o melhor comportamento das plântulas foi apresentado BS com valores de 0,38 cm e 17,94 cm, respectivamente. Recomenda-se a germinar as sementes de H, oblongifolia para libertar a exposição solar e passar as mudas à sombra para o seu crescimento inicial no viveiro.