Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sex and seasonal variation in proximate composition and fatty acid profile of Scomber scombrus ( L . 1758 ) fillets from the Middle East Coast of Tunisia

This study investigates the impact of season and sex variations on the total lipid contents and fatty acid composition of Scomber scombrus fillets from the Middle East Coast of Tunisia in order to dertermine the most favorable periods for consumption, and to see if the nutritional quality of the meat depends on the sex of the animal. The effect of fishing season induced significant changes in the lipid profile, and the highest values for total lipids were obtained in the spring for females with 13.2% and for males with 18.9%. The highest values for proteins were obtained in the summer for females with 22.0% and for males with 21.8%. Protein content variations were not significant (p > 0.05). The n-3/n-6 ratio showed a significant level, indicating a tendency toward n-3 fatty acid accumulation in mackerel fillets mainly represented by DHA, whose values were high during the study period for both sexes, except in autumun, which is the period of mackerel gonad maturation, when DHA decreased significantly (p < 0.05), reaching 23.2 and 34.0% for males and females, respectively. It was concluded that Scomber scombrus has high levels of proteins, lipids, and fatty acid contents mainly n-3 PUFA. DHA sex variations were not significant (p > 0.05). The Atherogenicity index (AI) and Thrombogenicity index (TI) were calculated. In our study the AI index was comprised between 0.3 and 0.6 for males and between 0.4 and 0.5 for females. The TI index values ranged from 0.6 to 0.8 for males, and was about 0.6 for females.
Effect of plateau pika disturbance and patchiness on ecosystem carbon emissions in alpine meadow in the northeastern part of Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

Abstract. Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) disturbance and patchiness intensify the spatial heterogeneous distribution of vegetation productivity and soil physicochemical properties, which may alter the ecosystem carbon emission process. Nevertheless, previous research has mostly focused on the homogeneous vegetation patches rather than heterogeneous land surface. Thus, this study aims to improve our understanding of the difference in ecosystem respiration (Re) over heterogeneous land surface in an alpine meadow grassland. Six different land surface types, namely large bald patches, medium bald patches, small bald patches, intact grassland, above pika tunnel and pika pile, were selected to analyze the response of Re to pika disturbance and patchiness and the key controlling factors. The results showed that (1) Re in intact grassland was 0.22–1.07 times higher than pika pile and bald patches, (2) soil moisture (SM) of intact grassland was 2 %–11 % higher than that of pika pile and bald patches, despite the fact that pika disturbance increased the water infiltration rate while soil temperature (ST) in intact grassland was 1–3∘ less than pika pile and bald patches, (3) soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) in intact grassland were approximately 50 % and 60 % less than above pika tunnel, whereas they were 10 %–30 % and 22 %–110 % higher than pika pile and bald patches, and (4) Re was significantly correlated with SM, TN and vegetation biomass (P<0.05). Our results suggested that pika disturbance and patchiness altered the ecosystem carbon emission pattern, which was mainly attributed to the reduction in soil water and supply of substrates. Given the wide distribution of pikas and the large area of bald patches, the varied Re in heterogeneous land surfaces should not be neglected in the estimation of ecosystem carbon emissions at the plot or regional scale.
Proximate Composition, Nutritional Evaluation and Mineral Analysis in the Leaves of an Indigenous Medicinal Plant, Alternanthera Sessilis

Plants are the good source of essential nutrients and minerals that contribute to the well being of an individual. On proper supplementation through diet, they can acquire, convert, allocate, distribute and pave way for proper utilization of all the essential components in the biological system. The present investigation is focused on the proximate analysis and nutritional evaluation of minerals in the leaves of the indigenous medicinal plant, Alternanthera sessilis. Percentage of moisture content, total ash, carbohydrate, protein, crude fat and crude fiber were analysed. It was revealed from the study that the edible portion, the leaves of the plant was found to contain high carbohydrate, protein and fiber. Poorer levels of fat were reported. Moisture content was also found to be higher. About 10 macro and microelements were evaluated by atomic absorption spectroscopy (Na, K, Ca. P. Mg, Mn, Cu, Zn, Fe and Cr). All the mineral contents correlated with RDA values. Among them, Iron and Manganese were present in higher proportions. The plant was found to be a rich source of macro and micro elements in sufficient quantities. The results of the present study indicated that the regular consumption of this plant would be a boon to combat malnutrition and other health disorders.
VISUAL STROOP TASK PERFORMANCE

Living environments are seldom, if ever, devoid of all background auditory stimuli. However, the relationship between particular structural components of acoustic backgrounds and cognitive task performance remains unclear. Two experiments were completed to examine the influence of sound on a visual selective attention task. Participants performed the Stroop task (Stroop, 1935) while silence or background acoustic patterns of various complexities were presented over headphones. No effect of background sound on performance was found. A post-hoc analysis indicated that in comparison with participants who do not regularly listen to music while studying, participants who regularly listen to music while studying performed better on the Stroop task when a structured auditory pattern that included variation in both frequency and time interval was presented in the background. These results indicate that distinct structural components of background auditory sequences may interact with individual characteristics to influence cognitive performance on a task involving selective attention. ACOUSTIC BACKGROUND AND STROOP III Acknowledgements This research was supported in part by a grant from the National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada. I thank my Master’s advisor Dr. Todd Mondor for guiding me towards the successful completion of this project. I thank my committee members Dr. Jason Leboe and Dr. James Hare for helping me navigate the roadblocks along the way. In addition, I would like to thank Dr. Randy Jamieson for sharing his knowledge of statistics and Dr. Darren Campbell for his help on all aspects of the thesis, especially in regards to the analyses. Finally, I would like to thank my beautiful fiancée, Marika, and my incredible 17-month old daughter, Teija, for their patience in listening to my incessant research-related ramblings. Correspondence concerning this thesis should be addressed to Marc Wallace, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, 206 Chancellor’s Hall, 177 Dysart Rd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2. ACOUSTIC BACKGROUND AND STROOP IV Table of
Syddansk Universitet Visualizing automorphisms of graph algebras

Graph C∗-algebras have been celebrated as C∗-algebras that can be seen, because many important properties may be determined by looking at the underlying graph. This paper introduces the permutation graph for a permutative endomorphism of a graph C∗-algebra as a labeled directed multigraph that gives a visual representation of the endomorphism and facilitates computations. Combinatorial criteria have previously been developed for deciding when such an endomorphism is an automorphism, but here the question is reformulated in terms of the permutation graph and new proofs are given. Furthermore, it is shown how to use permutation graphs to efficiently generate exhaustive collections of permutative automorphisms. Permutation graphs provide a natural link to the textile systems representing induced endomorphisms on the edge shift of the given graph, and this allows the powerful tools of the theory of textile systems developed by Nasu to be applied to the study of permutative endomorphisms.
The Effect of Ownership Structure on Corporate Performance of Listed Companies in Amman Stock Exchange: An EmpiricalEvidence of Jordan

This research has investigated the effect of different ownership structure (The largest, Five Greatest, Individual and Institutional Shareholder Structure) on performance of listed companies in Amman Stock Exchange. The research hypotheses are based on the type of relationship between ownership structure and corporate performance. The research has four hypotheses. To test each hypothesis; a model was defined based on dependent variables employed to measure performance. The sample is consisted of 51 Jordanians companies from 2005 to 2009.Statistical method used in this research was panel data. Findings indicate that there is significant and negative relationship between the percentage of ownership of biggest shareholder and firm performance. There is a positive and significant relation between the percentage of ownership of five greater shareholders and firm performance. The relationship between the percentage of ownership of individual shareholders and the percentage of ownership of institutional shareholders are significant and negative. So, all these results are consistent with prior empirical studies. This research helps all investor in which kind of companies should be invested, in a company that appears (large, five greatest, institutional, and individual of ownership structure)?
Tilburg University Non-conscious recognition of emotional body language

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Titre : Title : Identifying conditions for inducible protein production in E . coli : combining a fed-batch and multiple induction approach Auteurs :

Background: In the interest of generating large amounts of recombinant protein, inducible systems have been studied to maximize both the growth of the culture and the production of foreign proteins. Even though thermo-inducible systems were developed in the late 1970's, the number of studies that focus on strategies for the implementation at bioreactor scale is limited. In this work, the bacteriophage lambda PL promoter is once again investigated as an inducible element but for the production of green fluorescent protein (GFP). Culture temperature, induction point, induction duration and number of inductions were considered as factors to maximize GFP production in a 20-L bioreactor. Results: It was found that cultures carried out at 37°C resulted in a growth-associated production of GFP without the need of an induction at 42°C. Specific production was similar to what was achieved when separating the growth and production phases. Shake flask cultures were used to screen for desirable operating conditions. It was found that multiple inductions increased the production of GFP. Induction decreased the growth rate and substrate yield coefficients; therefore, two time domains (before and after induction) having different kinetic parameters were created to fit a model to the data collected. Conclusion: Based on two batch runs and the simulation of culture dynamics, a pre-defined feeding and induction strategy was developed to increase the volumetric yield of a temperature regulated expression system and was successfully implemented in a 20-L bioreactor. An overall cell density of 5.95 g DW l-1 was achieved without detriment to the cell specific production of GFP; however, the production of GFP was underestimated in the simulations due to a significant contribution of non-growth associated product formation under limiting nutrient conditions. Published: 15 August 2006 Microbial Cell Factories 2006, 5:27 doi:10.1186/1475-2859-5-27 Received: 24 May 2006 Accepted: 15 August 2006 This article is available from: http://www.microbialcellfactories. com/content/5/1/27 © 2006 Aucoin et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Compressions Percutaneous Balloon Kyphoplasty for Acute Vertebral Restoration : Relative Contribution of Patient Positioning in The Reverse Thomas Position for Thoracolumbar Fracture Height

Background Standard positioning for percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty requires placing a patient prone with supports under the iliac crests and upper thorax. The authors believe that hip hyperextension maximises pelvic anteversion creating anterior longitudinal ligamentotaxis, thus facilitating restoration of vertebral height. Methods Radiographic imaging including pre-operative, post-positioning, post balloon tamp inflation and post-operative lateral radiographs were analysed for anterior and posterior column height, wedge angle of the affected vertebra and 3-level Cobb angle in patients with recent fractures of T11-L1. Fracture dimensions of the index vertebra were expressed as percentage of the analogous dimension of the referent vertebra. Results From a total of 149 patients, a full imaging sequence was available on 21 cases of vertebral compression fractures. The described positioning technique created a mean anterior column height increase from 68.3% to 75.3% with positioning (p = 0.15), increasing to 82.3% post balloon inflation. Average Cobb and wedge angle improvement of 4.7° (p=0.004)and 3.6° (p=0.002) from positioning along were also recorded. Conclusion The Reverse Thomas Position is a safe and effective technique for augmenting thoracolumbar fracture height restoration in percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty. keywords: thoracolumbar fracture, patient positioning, percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty volume 10 article 21 doi: 10.14444/3021
Investigation of self confidence levels in elite extreme athletes

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine self-confidence levels of extreme sports athletes in terms of variables such as gender, sport experience and sports level. Material: A total of 1660 athletes in skiing, snowboarding, mountaineering, motor-car and motor-bike racing participated in the study. “Self-confidence scale” developed by Akın (2007) was used to find out athletes’ characteristics of self-belief, being able to control emotions and taking risks. Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test were used for data analysis. Results: Skiers and motor-car racers were found to have the highest self-confidence values, while snowboarders had the lowest values. Although there were less women in the study, significance was found only in external selfconfidence in favour of women (p<0.05). Significant association was found between self-confidence values in terms of sport experience and sports level (p<0.05). Conclusions: Extreme sports should be generalized, supported and introduced to raise successful and self-confident individuals. This will contribute to the fast development of these sports which are known as dangerous sports throughout the world.
Giant cell arteritis : early diagnosis is key iyza

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MEASURING AND COMPARING WELL-BEING IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES USING EQUIVALENT INCOMES ANDRES FELIPE HOYOS MARTIN A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master in Economics Adviser:

The purpose of this dissertation is to measure well-being in South American countries based on equivalent incomes. This measure of well-being has a multidimensional approach, and it respects preferences between individuals. We calculate equivalent incomes of individuals, using the Gallup World Poll in 2007 for six countries: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Peru. Additionally, we aggregate by country equivalent incomes as well as incomes and life satisfaction level, through a specific social welfare index with different grades of inequality aversion. We find some differences between country rankings made by incomes and equivalent incomes in spite of their strong correlation at individual level; in addition, the results present no correlations between equivalent incomes and life satisfaction level, as expected. The greatest difference in rankings is presented by Chile, which changes from the first in per capita income ranking, to the fourth in equivalent incomes ranking. Adopting equivalent incomes (based in multiple life dimensions and individual preferences) and introducing different inequality aversion parameters in the analysis lead us to better understand the well-being in Latin America.
WP / 17 / 224 International Financial Integration and Funding Risks : Bank-Level Evidence from Latin America

Using a sample of over 700 banks in Latin America, we show that international financial liberalization lowers bank capital ratios and increases the shares of short-term funding. Following liberalization, large banks substitute interbank borrowing for equity and long-term funding, whereas small banks increase the proportions of retail funding in their liabilities, which have been particularly vulnerable to flight-to-quality during periods of financial distress in much of Latin America. We also find evidence that riskier bank funding in the aftermath of financial liberalizations is exacerbated by asymmetric information, which rises on geographical distance and the opacity of balance sheets. JEL Classification Numbers: F32, F36, G21
Title Better a broader diagnosis than a misdiagnosis : the study of a neoplastic condition in a male individual who died in early 20 th century ( Coimbra , Portugal ) Short title Palaeopathological differential diagnosis in a neoplastic condition

The paleopathological record of neoplastic conditions in the past is considered scarce. The detection of tumours in ancient populations is hindered by the quality and quantity of signs visible on the skeleton, the methodological approach, the preservation of remains, and by difficulties of differential diagnosis. The aims of this paper are to report the extensive and multiple osteolytic lesions observed in an adult male and to discuss the possible etiology of these lesions. The individual, a 71-year old male who died in 1932, is part of the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection. Records indicate that he died of a “heart lesion”. The present study used macroscopic, radiological and computerized tomography examinations to analyse the skeletal remains of the individual number 439. The type and pattern of the lesions detected, which were most prominent on the skull, were compared with both clinical and paleopathological diagnostic criteria for different nosologic groups. The differential diagnosis addresses problems expressed both in clinical and in paleopathological literature with regard to the difficulties in distinguishing metastatic tumours from multiple myeloma. The nature of the lesions represented by this individual precludes an 2 exact diagnosis. Therefore, we employed a broader category, neoplastic condition, instead of choosing a more specific diagnosis that would likely have resulted in a misdiagnosis due to overlapping features on this individual’s condition. Further investigations are necessary to establish more replicable indicators and to improve confidence in retrospective diagnosis of these types of conditions.
Pathways for teaching statistics in the health area

The teaching of statistics has been gaining prominence and affirming itself as an area of study, especially due to the need to qualify the training of professionals. In this paper, we aim to discuss the history of statistics teaching based on two existing reviews of literature written in 1995 and 2007, respectively. Therefore, we conducted our own review, focusing on higher education in the health area. In regards to the studies that have been published since 2007, it is evident an increase in the use of the Internet, the search for methods for teaching specific contents and the effort to promote literacy as well as the distribution of statistical results. We believe that the usage of methodologies based on learning theories and developed through research studies on real data supported by virtual and face-to-face technologies is appropriate with the evolution that the teaching of statistics demands. This link may improve the training of health professionals.
Proximate , Functional and Pasting Properties of Composite Flours Made from Wheat , Breadfruit and Cassava Starch

This study investigated the quality of composite flour from wheat-breadfruit-cassava starch for use in confectionary product. Breadfruit, whole wheat grains and cassava starch were processed into flour. Composite flours (Breadfruit flour: Wheat flour: Cassava starch) were made in the ratios; 80%: 10%:10% (WB1C), 70%: 20%: 10% (WB2C), 60%: 30%: 10% (WB3C) and 80%: 40%: 10% (WB4C) while the control was 100% Wheat (WO). The proximate, functional, pasting and mineral content of composite flours were determined using standard method. The protein content of the composite flours ranged from 6.81 9.34% compared to the control (Wo) 10.1%. The range of the other proximate compositions determined were: crude fibre (0.9 4.81%), crude fat (0.55 0.91%), total ash (0.86 2.49%), moisture content (3.2612.0%) and carbohydrate (73.82 85.85%). The moisture and protein contents of composite flours decreased with increasing substitution of breadfruit flours. Crude fibre, total ash and carbohydrate content of composite flours increased with increasing breadfruit flour substitution. Bulk densities of composite flour samples which ranged from 0.82 – 0.85 g/ml, were not significantly different from that of the control. The water absorption capacity (WAC), Oil absorption capacity (OAC) of composite flours ranged from 246.0 – 275 % g/g, 158.1 – 140 %g and the control 280 % g/g, 125.5 %g/g respectively. The WAC increased with increasing breadfruit flour substitution. Peak viscosity of composites flours increased with increasing breadfruit flour substitution. Peak viscosity (123.24 RVU), holding strength (73.61 RVU) and final viscosity (138.61 RVU), setback (65.89 min) and pasting temperature (61.80 o C) were highest at 40% breadfruit flour substitution. Hence, wheat-cassava-breadfruit flour at 40% substitution with breadfruit flour could find application in confectionary and pastry industries.