Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Limits on the Lorentz Invariance Violation from UHECR Astrophysics

In this paper, the Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) is introduced in the calculations of photon propagation in the universe. LIV is considered in the photon sector, and the mean-free path of the interaction is calculated. The corresponding photon horizon, including LIV effects, is used to predict major changes in the propagation of photons with energy above 1018 eV. The flux of GZK photons on Earth, considering LIV, is calculated for several source models of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). The predicted flux of GZK gamma-rays is compared to the new upper limits on the photon flux obtained by the Pierre Auger Observatory in order to impose upper limits on the LIV coefficients of order n = 0, 1, and 2. The limits on the LIV coefficients derived here are more realistic than previous works and in some cases more restrictive. The analysis resulted in LIV upper limits in the photon sector of , , and in the astrophysical scenario, which best describes UHECR data.
The Effect of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Self-Efficacy on Academic Achievement of Primary School Students

A random sample of 169 students (42 males and 127 females) taken from Degol primary school participated in this study. Data were collected using different scales to assess the predictive powers of self-efficacy, self-regulation, and cognitive strategy use to academic achievement. Correlational analysis revealed that all the relationships were significant and in the expected directions. The multiple regression analysis evidenced that self-efficacy, self-regulation, and cognitive strategy use variables jointly explained 44.8% of the variances in academic achievement. The result of stepwise regression analysis (forward method) suggested that the only significant predictor variable to academic achievement of primary school students was self-efficacy. Self-regulation and cognitive strategy use were not found to be significant predictors of academic achievement. Finally, suggestions that may help alleviate the problem were forwarded.
Topological surface electronic states in candidate nodal-line semimetal CaAgAs

We investigate systematically the bulk and surface electronic structure of the candidate nodal-line semimetal CaAgAs by angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy and density functional calculations. We observed a metallic, linear, non-$k_z$-dispersive surface band that coincides with the high-binding-energy part of the theoretical topological surface state, proving the topological nontriviality of the system. An overall downshift of the experimental Fermi level points to a rigid-band-like $p$-doping of the samples, due possibly to Ag vacancies in the as-grown crystals.
Information technology and marketing performance within international market-entry alliances: A review and an integrated conceptual framework

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to engage in a comprehensive review of the research on information technology (IT)-mediated international market-entry alliances. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides a theory-informed conceptual framework of IT-enabled cross-border interfirm relationships and performance outcomes. It integrates perspectives of resource-based view (RBV) and transaction cost economics (TCE) to argue that the establishment of interfirm IT capabilities enhances the marketing performance of the foreign partner in the host location by improving interfirm relationship governance. Furthermore, IT-related risks and contextual restrictions are identified as important moderators. Findings Conceptualisations of IT capabilities, IT-enhanced interfirm governance, and IT-led marketing performance improvement are suggested. Drawing on RBV and TCE, IT resources, related human resources, and IT integration between partner firms in combination enhances the ability of firms to manage the relationship more effectively through shared control, interfirm coordination, cross-firm formalisation, and hybrid centralisation. These benefits then bring about better upstream and downstream marketing performance in the host location. Additionally, IT capabilities help to mitigate possible contextual limitations and risks. Research limitations/implications The paper offers a number of theory- and literature-informed research propositions which can be empirically tested in future studies. Practical implications Top managers of firms currently in or planning to enter international alliances for market entry should carefully consider effective development of interfirm IT capabilities in terms of readiness of hardware and software, human resources, and organisational resources. Originality/value The paper provides an integrated framework and propositions which contribute to limited understanding and appreciation of IT value in international market-entry alliances.
Lipid changes in bonito meat in the Katsuobushi processing and quality assessment of the commercial product based on lipid composition

Lipid changes during “katsuobushi” processing were investigated and the lipids of several commercially produced katsuobushi were analyzed for quality assessment. Triacylglycerol (TG) decreased from 75.2 % in initial content to 68.3 % in “hadakabushi” and free fatty acid (FFA) increased to 53.0 %. TG further decreased to 25.4 % after mold treatment. Increase in FFA was due to hydrolysis of TG by lipase produced from the mold. Katsuobushi properly mold showed high FFA % and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) %. Thus, commercial katsuobushi with low FFA (7.1 %) and low DHA (19.1 %) content was judged to be poorly mold treated, with consequent low quality. Smoking caused major loss of phos phatidylethanolamine from 22.5 % to 6.6 %, although phosphatidylcholine content change little. Analysis in lipid of katsuobushi indicated improved product quality and whether katsuobushi had been processed.
Prevelance of total coliforms, faecal coliforms and E. coli in Rawalpindi vegetable markets

Nutritional value of vegetables and high prices of meat and meat originated food compel common people to consume plant originated food particularly salad vegetables. Microbial population of vegetable surfaces contains a large number of pathogenic bacteria including members of Enterobactereace like Escherichia coli (E. coli). A survey was conducted in three major markets of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Tomato, lettuce, cabbage and cucumber samples were collected from three shops of each market. Each vegetable was analysed as unwashed and washed for total coliforms, faecal coliforms and E. coli by FAO (Food Quality Manual). About two hundred and fifty E. coli isolates were preserved, serotyped for presence of O157 serotype. Total coliforms, faecal coliforms and E. coli count exceeded the permissible limits in most samples. The highest Total coliforms were associated with cabbage (3.78 log10 cfu/g). Cucumber was the least contaminated by Total coliforms (2.15 log10 cfu/g). E. coli was detected in tomato, lettuce, cucumber and cabbage. Washed samples showed reduced bacterial population. Seventy six isolates of E. coli were biochemically characterized and serotyped for O157 antigen. A majority of strains could not be identified by serotyping. These findings conclude with high potentially pathogenic microbial load on salad vegetables and urge for preventive action on priority basis.
Farmers as Managers of Traditional Rural Biotopes: management motivations and policy implications

ii Terms and concepts iii Publications and author contributions iv Preface v 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Valued or not? Paradox of traditional rural biotopes 1 1.2 Research rationale: supporting farmer management 3 1.3 Multidisciplinary research in agroecology 4 1.4 Research approach and contributions 5 2 Background and concepts 8 2.1 Traditional rural biotopes 8 2.1.1 Definitions and classifications 8 2.1.2 History of management in Finland 9 2.1.3 Current status and conservation in Finland 13 2.1.4 Traditional rural biotopes and EU Agriculture Policy 14 2.2 Holistic approaches relevant to traditional rural biotope management 15 2.2.1 The need for holistic approaches 15 2.2.2 Frameworks and tools for holistic conservation research 17 2.3 Social aspects of management 19 2.4 Ecological aspects of management 20 3 Materials and methods 23 3.1. Study region 23 3.1.1 Raasepori Municipality 23 3.1.2 Historical context: regional traditional agriculture 24 3.1.3 Traditional rural biotope inventory 25 3.2. Research methods 25 3.2.1 Data generation 25 3.2.2 Analysis 28 4 Results & discussion 31 4.1 Identifying traditional rural biotopes and their managers 31 4.1.1 Managers and their farms 31 4.1.2 Traditional rural biotope management history and practices 32 4.2 Traditional rural biotope managers and farming styles 36 4.2.1 Diversity and classification 36 4.2.2 TRB entrepreneurs 37 4.3 Values, motivations and ecosystem services 38 4.4 Management requirements and frameworks 40 4.4.1 The problem of best practices for management 40 4.4.2 Common Agriculture Policy and traditional rural biotopes 41 4.4.3 Merits and pitfalls of the social-­‐ecological systems approach 43 5 Conclusions and policy/management/conservation implications 46 6 Acknowledgements 48 7 References 49 8 Article I 9 Article II
1-MeV Electron Irradiation of GaInAsN Cells: Preprint

GaInAsN cells are measured to retain 93±3% and 89±4% of their original efficiency after exposure to 5 X 10 and 1 X 10 cm 1-MeV electrons, respectively. The rate of degradation is not correlated with the performance at beginning of life (BOL). The depletion width remains essentially unchanged, increasing by < 1%. Temperaturecoefficient data for GaInAsN cells are also presented. These numbers are used to project the efficiency of GaInAsN-containing multijunction cells. The GaInAsN junction is not currently predicted to increase the efficiencies of the multijunction cells. Nevertheless, GaInAsN-containing multijunction cell efficiencies are predicted to be comparable to those of the conventional structures, and even small improvements in the GaInAsN cell may lead to higher multijunction cell efficiencies, especially for high-radiation applications and when cell operating temperature is low.
SEEING (AND TREATING) OTHERS AS SEXUAL OBJECTS: TOWARD A MORE COMPLETE MAPPING OF SEXUAL OBJECTIFICATION

Sexual objectification has long been subject to academic enquiry. However, it is only in the last five years that psychologists have focused on measuring the interpersonal aspects of being objectified. In this article, we look first at the varieties of objectification, examining how objectification is conceptualized by different researchers. We examine who is the target of objectification, and who is likely to objectify. This reveals that objectification is widespread; although women tend to be the victims of objectification more than men. Further, we find that sex, aggression, and dislike play important roles for both genders in creating objectification. Although work on the consequences of being objectified is relatively new, we cover this growing area of work. We find that objectification changes both the ways people are viewed and the ways they are treated by others. Finally, we offer some new directions for researchers to move forward research in this domain. Word Count: 150
Peak Bone Mineral Density Of Bangladeshi Men And Women

Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become weak and brittle. It affects 55% of Americans aged 50 or above, of which about 80% are women. Millions of fractures occur annually. An effective way of preventing osteoporosis is to maximize the attainment of peak bone mineral density (pBMD). Thus the knowledge of average pBMD that prevails in a nation is very important. Not much study appears to have been done on the subject in Bangladesh. 170 Bangladeshi patients and volunteers were studied at nuclear medicine centers of Comilla and Rajshahi. Bone mineral densities (BMD) at different sites of the skeleton were measured using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometer (DXA). Graphs of Age versus BMD were plotted. Data was fitted with the help of polynomials. The best fit was obtained with polynomials of degree 4 in each case. By using bootstrapping method a large number of samples were generated and pBMD was obtained from each of the samples. Mean value of the pBMD was then calculated. pBMD values of the male patients were found to be slightly greater than those of the females. During puberty gender differences become more expressed. After the age of 50 females lose bones more rapidly and quantitatively than males. Bangladeshis seem to belong to the group of nations having low pBMDs.
Who moved my conversation? Instant messaging, intertextuality and new regimes of intimacy and truth

The article investigates the shift of much interpersonal communication from phone or face-to-face interaction to instant messaging, especially among teenagers. This objectification of conversation enabled changes in myriad social practices, as well as in regimes of intimacy and truth: new, invisible audiences are introduced to hitherto intimate situations for real-time consultations; intimacy, traditionally based on exclusivity in access to events and information, has to be reshaped under the new conditions as ‘network intimacy‘; formerly separate events collapse into new frames, challenging traditional temporal sequencing of sociability; conversations are imbued with performativities of different sorts; and proof and evidence are introduced into interpersonal spheres where they weren‘t common before.
Taking discourse into account: The limits of substitution rules in the treatment of the pronoun en

This paper focuses on the teaching of en to non-native speakers of French. We show that the substitution rules generally listed in textbooks to teach this pronoun are problematic because they do not describe crucial facts. For instance, constituents introduced by des and de + bare noun expressions, very frequent in everyday French, are not covered. To solve the problem, we propose that the concept of reference be explained to the learner. More generally, we point out that substitution rules are limited because they only take into account morphological aspects but not the context/discourse, where reference is accessible.
Preliminary DRIS Norms for Evaluating the Nutritional Statue of Sweet Pepper Crop

Nutritional diagnosis is an important tool for increasing quality and quantity of yield through efficient fertilization management. The Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated System (DRIS) was developed to incorporate the importance of nutrient balance into plant analyses. Preliminary DRIS norms for sweet pepper were developed during 2011 growing season in Ismailia governorate. DRIS norms were established from a data bank of a leaf nutrient concentration (N, P, K, Fe, Zn and Mn) and fruit yield with 130 samples gathered from 26 commercial fields. The data were divided into high-yielding (≥ 14.8 ton ha -1 ) and low-yielding (< 14.8 ton ha -1 ) sub-populations and norms were computed using standard DRIS procedures. The DRIS norms for P, K and Mn with high V 2 l/V 2 h ratio and low coefficient of variation (CV) found in this study probably can provide more security to evaluate the P, K and Mn status of pepper plants. These norms were developed with data from only one cropping region, so they should be considered as preliminary, probably requiring some modification as more data become available.
EVALUATION OF METAL CONTENTS AND BIOACTIVITY OF TWO EDIBLE MUSHROOMS AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS AND BOLETUS EDULIS

Here we determined metal concentrations, and antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer potential of two edible mushrooms Agaricus campestris and Boletus edulis. The concentrations of nine metals were determined and all metals are present in the allowable concentrations. Antioxidant activity was evaluated by free radical scavenging ability and reducing power. B. edulis had more potent free radical scavenging activity (IC50 = 266.32 µg/mL) than A. campestris. Moreover, the tested extracts had effective reducing power. The total content of phenol was examined using Folin-Ciocalteu reagent and the obtained values were expressed as pyrocatechol equivalents (PE). Furthermore, the antimicrobial potential was determined by a microdilution method. A. campestris showed a better antimicrobial activity with MIC values ranging from 2.5 to 20 mg/mL. Finally, the cytotoxic activity was tested using MTT method on the Hela, A549 and LS174 cells. A. campestris expressed stronger cytotoxic activity toward all cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 18.66 to 31.55 μg/mL.
An improved modeling approach for asphaltene deposition in oil wells including particles size distribution

There are several approaches to model Asphaltene deposition process in the wellbore. There are different assumptions to simplify the problem in the previous investigations for specific conditions, limiting the prediction range of the models. In this work, the effect of precipitated asphaltene particles size is included, to extend the available modeling approaches for deposition profile. To do so, two-dimensional partial differential equations based on asphaltene micro aggregates material balance including asphaltene aggregation, diffusion and deposition are numerically discretized and solved to find asphaltene deposition profile, in radial and vertical directions of vertical oil wells. The modeling results are verified with the results of the well-known ADEPT (asphaltene deposition tool in flow lines) model of Kurup et al. (2011). The size dependent diffusion coefficients of Escobedo and Mansoori (2010) are used to extend the base model. In addition, the population balance method (PBM ) was included to improve the aggregation process description with size distribution of asphaltene particles. Based on the developed model a parametric study is performed to study the effect of asphaltene particles average size, flow rate, wellbore radius and fluid viscosity. The model evaluation shows the importance of asphaltene particle size in the deposition profile. In addition, the evaluation results show that as the average asphaltene particle size increases for a given distribution, the amount of deposition in the wellbore decreases.
Belief in conspiracy theories: Basic principles of an emerging research domain

Abstract In this introduction to the EJSP Special Issue on conspiracy theories as a social psychological phenomenon, we describe how this emerging research domain has developed over the past decade and distill four basic principles that characterize belief in conspiracy theories. Specifically, conspiracy theories are consequential as they have a real impact on people's health, relationships, and safety; they are universal in that belief in them is widespread across times, cultures, and social settings; they are emotional given that negative emotions and not rational deliberations cause conspiracy beliefs; and they are social as conspiracy beliefs are closely associated with psychological motivations underlying intergroup conflict. We then discuss future research and possible policy interventions in this growing area of enquiry.
Social correlates of reproductive success in false clown anemonefish: subordinate group members do not pay-to-stay

In group-territorial species, subordinate group members may affect the reproductive success of a dominant, breeding pair. Dominants should be choosy, evicting subordinates whose presence does not increase reproductive success in favour of those whose presence is beneficial. I examined correlations between components of reproductive success and measures of social group composition in false clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris), in which breeding pairs tolerate subordinates that could be expelled from sea anemone hosts. Statistical interactions between group members' lengths, including interactions with the length of a non-breeding subordinate, were significantly better predictors of clutch size than a female's absolute length. For large females, clutch size increased with the length of the largest subordinate. The relationship between laying frequency and group composition was similar to that of clutch size, except that the statistical interaction was between subordinate and male, not female, length. Hatching success was not correlated with female length or with the length of the largest subordinate. Hatching success was correlated with the interaction between male length and the total number of subordinates; on average, hatching success declined as group size increased but the effect direction reversed at larger male lengths. Because clutch size and laying frequency were not correlated with a subordinate's size directly, but rather with interactions among group members' lengths, and because hatching success on average declined with group size, I conclude that the presence of subordinates did not have a positive effect on a breeding pair's reproductive success - that is, there is no evidence that subordinate false clown anemonefish pay-to-stay. This result is surprising given the ease with which a breeding anemonefish pair can evict non-beneficial subordinates.
Welcome to Facebook : How Facebook Influences Parent-Child Relationship

To examine the influence of Facebook on the intimacy level of parent-child relationship, 17 parent-child pairs were interviewed respectively. Findings revealed that the increased intimacy was due to a deeper mutual trust, a smaller intergenerational gap, equality and a lack of policing behavior from parents. The results supported the cues filtered out approach of computermediated communication in which Facebook facilitates communication of affection while reducing the feelings of awkwardness. This study further proposes that equalization phenomenon observed as the reduced of social status cues propels both parents and child to communicate with each other as equal-leveled individuals on Facebook. Overall, the findings suggest that the Internet has become a new and positive mean of communication between parents and child.
Amisulpride as adjunct to clozapine in treatment-resistant schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder An open-label pilot study

Background. Although clozapine is the treatment of choice for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, many patients remain symptomatic despite adequate treatment with this medication. One suggested strategy to improve efficacy has been the addition of a potent D2 blocker such as amisulpride to treatment with clozapine. Methods. In this study, 20 subjects who were treatment-resistant to conventional antipsychotics and who were still symptomatic despite adequate treatment with clozapine received amisulpride as adjunctive treatment. After baseline assessment all subjects were titrated to amisulpride 400 mg per day and then reassessed after 8 weeks by a blinded rater. Results. Analysis showed statistically significant improvements in PANSS (Positive and Negative Symptom Scale) total score (t = 3.49, df = 18, p = 0.003), PANSS negative subscale score (t = 3.22, df = 18, p = 0.005), and PANSS depression factor score (t = 3.89, df = 19, p = 0.001). Discussion. This study suggests that addition of the second- generation antipsychotic amisulpride to a stable treatment regimen with clozapine may offer additional benefits in terms of negative and depressive symptoms.