Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relationship Between Personality and Handwriting Using Eysenck Test

This study attempts to examine ways of writing (handwriting) include: pen pressure, the character size, the distance between the rows, words and letters, the base line, stand line, punctuation of punctual letters, with introvert and extrovert personality, emotional stability- instability (neuroticism) and psychotic features associated with them and study the relationship between these variables using the Eysenck personality questionnaire (adult). The sample used in this study consists of 68 people among the members of community (Miyaneh city in Iran, regardless of their job and position) randomly including 36 women and 32 men. In this study Eysenck Tests questionnaire is used in the form of 90 questions. Chi-squared test results show that there is a significant relation with 99% confidence level between all studied variables in handwriting and the kind of personality characteristics. According to the results, personality of people couldn’t be realized based on just one variable and different variables of personality must taking into account in the handwriting judge. In general, it may be judged that (a) In society, number of people with unstable extrovert personality is more; (b) the amount of instable people is more than stable and (c) the number of extroverts is more than introverts.
Bole bryophyte diversity and distribution patterns along three altitudinal gradients in Yunnan, China

QuestionWe investigated the bryophyte communities on tree boles along three altitudinal gradients located within different types of forested area to answer the following questions: (1) how many bole epiphytic bryophyte species are there; (2) what are the dominant species; (3) what are the richness patterns of epiphytic bryophyte communities along the altitudinal gradients; and (4) what are the major drivers and conservation implications of these patterns?
Numerical Simulations of the Meteorological and Dispersion Conditions during an Air Pollution Episode over Athens, Greece

In this study a summer air pollution episode from 6 to 8 August 1994 over Athens, Greece, is investigated through advanced atmospheric modeling. This episode was reported from the air quality monitoring network, as well as from research aircraft measurements performed during this period for the Transport and Transformation of Air Pollutants from Europe to the East Mediterranean region project. The meteorological conditions prevailing during the period 6‐8 July 1994 are analyzed based on simulations performed with the Colorado State University‐ Regional Atmospheric Modeling System and on the available surface and upper-air observations. Indeed, the synoptic settings induced favorable conditions for the development of local-scale circulations, which defined the poor dispersion conditions over the area. The dispersion of the urban plume of Athens is studied with the use of the Hybrid Particle and Concentration Transport package model. The urban plume of Athens is tracked down the Saronic Gulf and the eastern coast of Peloponnisos, more than 200 km southward from the Athens Basin in good agreement with the research aircraft observations.
Home Culture Attachment and Iranian Students’ Translation Ability

English language learning is an important issue whose impact on identity change is remarkable. This study attempted to explore the relationship between Home Culture Attachment (HCA) and Iranian students’ translation ability. To this aim, 75 participants were selected and homogenized by administering Oxford Quick Placement Test. To determine the students’ HCA levels, they were administered the Home Culture Attachment Scale. Meanwhile, a literary text selected from the book “Dubliners” was used to measure their translation ability. The translations were rated by three raters based on Waddington’s Holistic Scale. Finally, Vinay and Darbelnet’s Model of Translation was used to determine the applied translation strategies. To analyze the data, Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple regression, independent-sample t-test, and one-way ANOVA were used. The findings indicated that 69.1% of the students had high HCA and 30.9% had average HCA. Also, there was a significant correlation between the students’ HCA and translation ability. Yet, HCA subscales had no correlation with the translation ability. Moreover, it was found that there was a significant correlation between the students’ HCA at the average level and their translation ability and no correlation at the high level. Finally, it was revealed that the most frequent translation strategy was modulation.
The Relationship between Public Social Expenditure and Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Empirical Analysis

The sustainability and viability of a country’s economic and social growth depend largely on vibrant and sound healthcare and educational systems of that nation. Just as the physical and social development of the average child is beset with many problems, so the development of education and healthcare systems in Nigeria is hampered by a variety of problems ranging from poor funding in educational sector and lack or near absence of quality healthcare in Nigeria. These problems when resolved are believed to translating into reviving the economy and stimulating growth. This study examines the causal relationship between public social expenditure (education and health) and economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1990 to 2009 by applying the Vector Error Correction (VEC) Model Based Causality. This study uses stationarity, co-integration and causality test of data and variables. The study finds that there is a unidirectional causality running from economic growth to health expenditure, which supports the Wagner’s Law. This study also discovers that causality runs from economic growth to education and aggregate social expenditure. The study concludes that public social expenditure amplify economic growth at bivariate (aggregated) levels. This study recommends increased in budgetary allocations both for education and health sectors, exploring other sources of financing education in Nigeria such as strengthening the education tax collection mechanisms, accessing donations from international agencies such as the United Nations, The International Monetary Fund, The World Bank, Non-Governmental Organizations as well as other spirited individuals. Also, allocative efficiency of resources to enhance economic growth in Nigeria should be entrenched.
Phytochemical Constituents and Teratogenic Effect of Lyophilized Extracts of Bixa orellana L. (Achuete) and Piper betle L. (Ikmo)Leaves in Danio rerio Embryos

This work highlighted the preliminary chemical screening and toxic and teratogenic effects of lyophilized extracts of leaves of Bixa orellana and Piper betle in developing zebrafish, Danio rerio, embryos. Chemical analysis revealed that both B. orellana and P. betle contained flavonoids, cardiac glycosides, and saponins in varying amount while the former has an addition of terpenoids and the latter has tannins as additional compounds present. In toxicity assay, a 100% mortality of embryos was observed at 10000 μg/ml concentration after 36 hours and at 5000 μg/ml concentration after 48 hours of exposure in both plants. Plant extracts affect the hatchability of embryos, which can be accounted to the observed delayed development. Coagulated embryo was the most distinct toxic effect while delayed development and tail malformation were the most observed teratogenic effects of both plant extracts.
One year of CNR-IMAA multi-wavelength Raman lidar measurements in correspondence of CALIPSO overpass: Level 1 products comparison

L. Mona, G. Pappalardo, A. Amodeo, G. D’Amico, F. Madonna, A. Boselli, A. Giunta, F. Russo, and V. Cuomo Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), C. da S. Loja, 85050 Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy Received: 19 January 2009 – Accepted: 18 March 2009 – Published: 31 March 2009 Correspondence to: L. Mona (mona@imaa.cnr.it) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
The Role of Work Teams’ Empowerment in Crisis Management: A Case Study of Jordanian Electricity Distribution Company- Karak Governorate

This study aimed to identify the impact of work teams’ empowerment in crisis management in Jordanian Electricity Distribution Company where the population of the study is consisted of 142 workers distributed into 17 work teams. A questionnaire was developed to collect data. The important results concluded by this study could be summarized as follows: 1. There is a statistically significant impact of the dimensions of work team’s empowerment as a whole in crisis management. 2. The perception of the respondents of the level of work team’s empowerment was high. 3. The perception of the respondents of the level of crisis management was high. In the light of the presented results, the study has recommended the followings: it is necessary to promote work teams through skill development and to improve employee morale through financial and non-financial incentives that are provided to the team not individually but as a whole.
Leptin and hypothalamic gene expression in early- and late-maturing Bos indicus Nellore heifers

We investigated wether early-maturing or late-maturing Bos indicus Nellore heifers produced more leptin mRNA in adipose tissues and altered expression of hypothalamic genes related to leptin signaling. Six prepubertal and six pubertal heifers aged about 34 months and weighing 280 kg to 300 kg each were selected from a population of 100 Nellore heifers. Real-time PCR was used to quantify the expression of the leptin gene (LEP) in adipose tissues and the long isoform of the leptin receptor gene (Ob-Rb), the NK2 homeobox 1 hypothalamic marker gene NKX2-1, the suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 gene (SOCS-3), the neuropeptide Y genes (NPY) and the NPY G-protein coupled receptor genes NPY-Y1 and NPY-Y4 in the hypothalamus. Heifers attaining puberty earlier showed significantly greater LEP expression in adipose tissues (p < 0.05) and there was tissue interaction (p < 0.05). Hypothalamic expression of Ob-Rb, NKX2-1, NPY and SOCS-3 did not differ between groups, but in early-maturing heifers there was a tendency for lower expression of NPY-Y1 (8.3-fold less) and NPY-Y4 (14.3-fold less) compared to late-maturing heifers (p = 0.1). These results suggest that a combination of higher LEP expression, lower NPY-Y1 and NPY-Y4 expression could be a factor in regulating puberty in early-maturing B. indicus heifers.
YSOVAR: Mid-infrared Variability among YSOs in the Star Formation Region Serpens South

We present a time-variability study of young stellar objects (YSOs) in the Serpens South cluster performed at 3.6 and 4.5 μm with the Spitzer Space Telescope; this study is part of the Young Stellar Object VARiability project. We have collected light curves for more than 1500 sources, including 85 cluster members, over 38 days. This includes 44 class I sources, 19 sources with flat spectral energy distributions (SEDs), 17 class II sources, and five diskless YSO candidates. We find a high variability fraction among embedded cluster members of ∼70%, whereas young stars without a detectable disk display no variability. We detect periodic variability for 32 sources with periods primarily in the range of 0.2–14 days and a subset of fast rotators thought to be field binaries. The timescale for brightness changes are shortest for stars with the most photospheric SEDs and longest for those with flat or rising SEDs. While most variable YSOs become redder when fainter, as would be expected from variable extinction, about 10% get bluer as they get fainter. One source, SSTYSV J183006.13−020108.0, exhibits “cyclical” color changes.
Preparation and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies Suitable for Detection of Foodborne Pathogens by Biosensor

ZHANG, Xiao–guang College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University | Laboratory of Food Hygienic Chemistry, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University | Laboratory of Food Hygienic Chemistry, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University
Perspective of “Quantity” between Natural Language and Mathematical Symbols ( , =): The Comprehension of Pre-Service and Preschool Teachers

The goal of the study was to understand how pre-service and preschool teachers understand and use the mathematical symbols , and = when comparing figures and shapes of different sizes and thicknesses. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, we examined a study population of 71 pre-service teachers attending a course for teaching mathematics to pre-schoolers and 149 preschool teachers. Our results show that the majority of participants did not answer the questions correctly, with a significant difference between how the two groups validated their answers, indicating that the participants do not correctly understand that mathematical symbols should (, and = ) only be used in the mathematical context.
APPLICATION OF CLOVE OIL AS ANESTHETIC FOR SEA BASS ( Lates calcarifer Bloch

The objective of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy of clove oil as an anesthetic in sea bass (Lates calcarifer) and the potential application of clove oil as anesthetic to facilitate the sea bass fry transportation. Acute toxicity test indicated the 24-hr LC50 value of clove oil in sea bass fry as 30 ppm with slope function of 1.079 (1.05 to 1.107). In efficacy test, fish were exposed to 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 ppm of clove oil for 15 minutes. At 5 ppm, clove oil caused only sedation effect (partial loss of reaction to external stimuli) while at 20 ppm, fish entered anesthesia stage (failure to respond to external stimuli) within about 3 minutes. Fish recovered from a 15-min period of exposure in 20 ppm clove oil within less than 10 minutes following removal from the anesthetic solution. There was neither mortality nor abnormal behavior of fish during 15-min exposure of clove oil as well as during 7 days post recovery from anesthesia. The potential application of clove oil as an aid in the transport of sea bass fry in plastic bag was also investigated. At 5 ppm, clove oil could reduce activities of the fish without loss of equilibrium (sedation stage) during the 4 hour simulated transport at 50 fish per 1,000 ml sea water (15 ppt). At 20 ppm, clove oil caused loss of equilibrium in fish resulting in the anesthesia stage throughout the 4 hour period. However, there was no improvement on survival rate and fish behavior with the use of clove oil during and after this 4 hour transport. Simulated transport at 50 fish per 500 ml sea water (15 ppt) for 8 hour did show better significant survival rate with additional of 5 and 20 ppm clove oil. In both short and long term transport study, clove oil did show the benefit by reducing the fish activities judging from the reduction of oxygen consumption, ammonia and carbon dioxide levels. Addition of appropriate concentration of clove oil in transport water ensured that the fish would stay calm by reducing fish activity and therefore, prevented any drastic changes of water qualities.
Antidiabetic Activity of Standardized Extracts of Balanites aegyptiaca Fruits using Cell-based Bioassays

Abstract The antidiabetic activities of different extracts and fractions of Balanites aegyptiaca were tested in cultured C2C12 skeletal muscle cells and 3T3-L1 adipocytes. An 18-h treatment with 200 µg/mL of the sugars fraction (A1) showed the highest activity as it increased basal glucose uptake by 52% in muscle cells; which is twice the activity of 100 nM insulin [insulin equivalent (IE) = 2.0 ± 0.07]. The dichloromethane (E) and ethyl acetate (F) successive extracts exerted 37 and 41% increase in the glucose uptake, respectively. Only E and F accelerated the triglyceride accumulation in pre-adipocytes undergoing differentiation, comparably with 10 µM rosiglitazone [rosiglitazone equivalent (RE) was 1.6 ± 0.3 and 0.7 ± 0.1, respectively). Gas chromatography (GC) analysis of A1 revealed the presence of xylose, rhamnose, sorbitol, fructose, galactose and glucose. The active extracts E and F were standardized by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to contain 0.031 and 0.239% of rutin, 0.007 and 0.004% of isorhamnetin, respectively.
Remarks on the regularity criteria of the solutions of the 3D micropolar fluid equations

We provide two regularity criteria for the weak solutions of the 3D micropolar fluid equations, the first one in terms of one directional derivative of the velocity, i.e., $\partial_{3}u$, while the second one is is in terms of the behavior of the direction of the velocity $\frac{u}{|u|}$. More precisely, we prove that if \begin{equation*} \partial_{3}u \in L^{\beta}(0,T;L^{\alpha}(\mathbb{R}^{3}))\quad\text{ with }\frac{2}{\beta}+\frac{3}{\alpha}\leq 1+\frac{1}{\alpha}, 2< \alpha \leq\infty, 2\leq\beta< \infty; \end{equation*} or \begin{equation*} \operatorname{div}\left(\frac{u}{|u|}\right)\in L^{\frac{4}{1-2r}}(0,T;\dot{X}_{r}(\mathbb{R}^{3}))\quad \text{ with } 0\leq r< \frac{1}{2}, \end{equation*} then the weak solution $(u(x,t),\omega(x,t))$ is regular on $\mathbb{R}^{3}\times [0,T]$. Here $\dot{X}_{r}(\mathbb{R}^{3})$ is the multiplier space.
Raising Revenue With Raffles: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

Lottery and raffle mechanisms have a long history as economic institutions for raising funds. In a series of laboratory experiments we find that total spending in raffles is much higher than Nash equilibrium predicts. Moreover, this overspending is persistent as the number of participants in the raffle increases. Subjects as a group do not strategically reduce spending as group sizes increase, in contrast to the comparative statics theory provides. The lack of strategic response cannot be explained by learning direction theory or level-$k$ reasoning models, although quantal response equilibrium can fit the observed distribution of choices. Much of the observed spending levels in the larger groups cannot be explained by financial incentives.
Low-mass X-ray binaries from black hole retaining globular clusters

Recent studies suggest that globular clusters (GCs) may retain a substantial population of stellar-mass black holes (BHs), in contrast to the long-held belief of a few to zero BHs. We model the population of BH low-mass X-ray binaries (BH-LMXBs), an ideal observable proxy for elusive single BHs, produced from a representative group of Milky Way GCs with variable BH populations. We simulate the formation of BH-binaries in GCs through exchange interactions between binary and single stars in the company of tens to hundreds of BHs. Additionally, we consider the impact of the BH population on the rate of compact binaries undergoing gravitational wave driven mergers. The characteristics of the BH-LMXB population and binary properties are sensitive to the GCs structural parameters as well as its unobservable BH population. We find that GCs retaining $\sim 1000$ BHs produce a galactic population of $\sim 150$ ejected BH-LMXBs whereas GCs retaining only $\sim20$ BHs produce zero ejected BH-LMXBs. Moreover, we explore the possibility that some of the presently known BH-LMXBs might have originated in GCs and identify five candidate systems.
Revisiting the Gulf Coast: Hurricane Ike and Issues of Crisis Communication

This study compared differences in crisis preparation, information seeking patterns, and media use across ethnicity in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Surveys were collected from 691 individuals In the Houston area. The results indicated similar discrepancies in crisis preparation and information seeking to those documented two years earlier in the aftermath of Katrina. The results also demonstrated a continued need to create messages encouraging crisis preparation, especially among at-risk subpopulations. Discussion is given to the glaring necessity for emergency managers to both design and place multiple emergency messages and to form strong interpersonal bonds with members of historically underserved communities.
Statistical analysis of intrinsic polarization, IR excess and projected rotational velocity distributions of classical Be stars

We present the results of statistical analyses of a sample of 627 Be stars. The parameters of intrinsic polarization $(p_{\ast})$, projected rotational velocity $(v \sin{i})$, and near IR excesses have been investigated. The values of $p_{\ast}$ have been estimated for a much larger and more representative sample of Be stars ( ≈ 490 objects) than previously. We have confirmed that most Be stars of early spectral type have statistically larger values of polarization and IR excesses in comparison with the late spectral type stars. It is found that the distributions of $ p_{\ast} $ diverge considerably for the different spectral subgroups. In contrast to late spectral types (B5-B9.5), the distribution of $ p_{\ast} $ for B0-B2 stars does not peak at the value $p_{\ast}=0$% . Statistically significant differences in the mean projected rotational velocities ($\overline{v\sin{i}}$) are found for different spectral subgroups of Be stars in the sense that late spectral type stars (V luminosity class) generally rotate faster than early types, in agreement with previously published results. This behaviour is, however, not obvious for the III-IV luminosity class stars. Nevertheless, the calculated values of the ratio $v_{\rm t}/v_{\rm c}$ of the true rotational velocity, v t , to the critical velocity for break-up, v c , is larger for late spectral type stars of all luminosity classes. Thus, late spectral type stars appear to rotate closer to their break-up rotational velocity. The distribution of near IR excesses for early spectral subgroups is bi-modal, the position of the second peak displaying a maximum value $E(V-L)\approx 1 . \! \! \! ^{\rm m}3$ for O-B1.5 stars, decreasing to $E(V-L)\approx0. \! \! \! ^{\rm m}8$ for intermediate spectral types (B3-B5). It is shown that bi-modality disappears for late spectral types (B6-B9.5). No correlations were found between $p_{\ast}$ and near IR excesses and between $E(V-L)$ and $v\sin{i}$ for the different subgroups of Be stars. In contrast to near IR excesses, a relation between $p_{\ast}$ and far IR excesses at 12 μ m is clearly seen. A clear relation between $p_{\ast}$ and $v\sin{i}$ (as well as between $p_{\ast}$ and $\overline{v\sin{i}}/v_{\rm c}$) is found by the fact that plots of these parameters are bounded by a "triangular" distribution of $p_{\ast}$ : $v\sin{i}$, with a decrease of $p_{\ast}$ towards very small and very large $v\sin{i}$ (and $\overline{v\sin{i}}/v_{\rm c}$) values. The latter behaviour can be understood in the context of a larger oblateness of circumstellar disks for the stars with a rapid rotation. From the analysis of correlations between different observational parameters we conclude that circumstellar envelopes for the majority of Be stars are optically thin disks with the range of the half-opening angle of $10\degr< \Theta< 40\degr$.
The Persuasion Knowledge Model: How People Cope with Persuasion Attempts

In theories and studies of persuasion, people's personal knowledge about persuasion agents' goals and tactics, and about how to skillfully cope with these, has been ignored. We present a model of how people develop and use persuasion knowledge to cope with persuasion attempts. We discuss what the model implies about how consumers use marketers' advertising and selling attempts to refine their product attitudes and attitudes toward the marketers themselves. We also explain how this model relates to prior research on consumer behavior and persuasion and what it suggests about the future conduct of consumer research. Copyright 1994 by the University of Chicago.