Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
International orthodoxy versus national realities: inclusive schooling and the education of children with disabilities in Lesotho

Specialists with international influence have been advocating in an uncompromising manner the policy of including all children with special educational needs (SEN) in regular schools and classrooms. The endorsement of this policy by an internationally agreed convention implies that it is universally applicable. This paper, however, questions the relevance of this orthodoxy to the educational systems of low‐income countries and argues that the latter cannot easily progress from a situation of virtually no educational provision for disabilities straight to one of fully integrated provision. The paper examines an inclusion policy in Lesotho, a low‐income country, which began with ambitious goals but largely failed to meet the needs of children with disabilities. It then outlines an alternative strategy for that context. A phase of development in which there is considerable use of specialised facilities and selected schools is seen as necessary if more children with disabilities are to have meaningful opportunities for learning.
Influence of temperature on plant – rhizobacteria interactions related to biocontrol potential for suppression of fusarium wilt of chickpea

Seed and soil treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens RGAF 19, P. fluorescens RG 26, Bacillus megaterium RGAF 51 and Paenibacillus macerans RGAF 101 can suppress fusarium wilt of chickpea (Cicer arietinum), but the extent of disease suppression by these rhizobacteria is modulated by soil temperature. In this work, the effect of temperature on plant– rhizobacteria interactions was assessed in relation to biocontrol potential for suppression of fusarium wilt of chickpea. Seed and soil treatment with those rhizobacteria delayed seedling emergence compared with nontreated controls, and either increased or had no deleterious effect on chickpea growth. Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates significantly increased chickpea shoot dry weight at 20°C and root dry weight at 25 and 30°C. All bacterial isolates colonized the chickpea rhizosphere and internal stem tissues at 20, 25 and 30°C, and there was a positive linear trend between bacterial population size in the rhizosphere and temperature increase. The maximum inhibition of mycelial growth and conidial germination of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris race 5 in vitro occurred at a temperature range optimal for bacterial growth and production of inhibitory metabolites. These results demonstrate the need to understand the effects of environmental factors on the biological activities of introduced rhizobacteria of significant importance for plant disease suppression.
Bending of Shear Deformable Plates Resting on Winkler Foundations According to Trigonometric Plate Theory

A trigonometric plate theory is assessed for the static bending analysis of plates resting on Winkler elastic foundation. The theory considers the effects of transverse shear and normal strains. The theory accounts for realistic variation of the transverse shear stress through the thickness and satisfies the traction free conditions at the top and bottom surfaces of the plate without using shear correction factors. The governing equations of equilibrium and the associated boundary conditions of the theory are obtained using the principle of virtual work. A closed-form solution is obtained using double trigonometric series. The numerical results are obtained for flexure of simply supported plates subjected to various static loadings. The displacements and stresses are obtained for three different values of foundation modulus. The numerical results are also generated using higher order shear deformation theory of Reddy, first order shear deformation theory of Mindlin, and classical plate theory for the comparison of the present results.
AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING STRIP ADJUSTMENT AND AUTOMATION OF TIE SURFACE MEASUREMENT

Airborne laser scanning of the earth surface and other objects on top it yields measurements of unstructured point clouds in a strip wise manner. Often multiple length strips with a small overlap are observed, sometimes augmented by a few cross strips for validation purposes. Due to inaccurate calibration of the entire measurement system and due to the limited accuracy of direct geo-referencing (i.e., the exterior orientation determination) with GPS and IMU, including systematic errors, adjacent strips may have discrepancies in their overlap. For removing these discrepancies strip adjustment algorithms require quantification on these offsets at various locations within the overlapping zones. Different methods of strip adjustment are reviewed, followed by the presentation of a general method for determining the discrepancies automatically. This method – the core of the paper – is based on segmenting the point cloud in the overlap. In the examples, mean offsets between neighboring strips in the order of a few centimeters are reconstructed. The offsets also show substantial variation along the strip. The method developed for discrepancy determination can be applied to height or full 3D strip adjustment and for approaches using the original measurements, the coordinates of the measured points, or only the offsets between surfaces. An example of strip adjustment using discrepancy observations with the method presented and a discussion of the results conclude this paper. 1 This article is partly based on Pfeifer, Filin, Oude Elberink: Automatic tie elements detection for laser scanner strip adjustment. Submitted to ISPRS Workshop Laserscanning 2005, Enschede, The Netherlands. Airborne Laser Scanning Strip Adjustment and. Bol. Ciênc. Geod. , sec. Artigos, Curitiba, v. 11, n 1, p.03-22, jan-jun, 2005. 4
Characteristic of Poor Responder Patients and the success rate of biochemical pregnancy in the administration of adjuvant recombinant Luteinizing Hormones in Yasmin Clinic, Jakarta

Introduction: Management for poor response patients is still a challenge for clinician engaged in Assisted Reproductive Technology. Various protocols have been proposed to improve the outcome for patients, though no RCT can provide the evidence based of success rate of one protocol among others. Objective: Our purpose is to find the basic data of poor responder patients in Yasmin Clinic, Jakarta and to assess the IVF cycle outcome after the addition of recombinant Luteinizing Hormones. Material and methods: This is a cohort retrospective study taken from medical records of IVF patients at Yasmin Clinic, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital between January 2012 to January 2015. Result : Two hundreds and eighty-one poor response patients were selected for ART during January 2012 to January 2015, were divided into four main group. Control group received gonadotrophin protocol, while group II received additional recombinant Luteinizing hormones (rLH), Group III received additional Growth hormones (GH) and Group IV received additional rLH and GH both. Discussion: Our study demonstrated the follicle count, the oocyte count and the cleavage rate were statistically significant difference between control group and LH group. Where the oocyte count and follicle count were significantly higher, but the cleavage rate with LH showed negative correlation compare with control group. Conclusion : In this study we found that with adjuvant therapy with recombinant Luteinizing Hormones, produced higher follicles count and oocyte count.
Fostering the Next Generation of Agri-Food Entrepreneurs in Vermont: Implications for University-Based Education

NACTA Journal • September 2014 Abstract This article details efforts to develop agri-food entrepreneurship education in a university setting. We propose a conceptual model of explicit, tacit and cocreated knowledge delivered within a service-learning format. Interviews with university alumni revealed a need for more explicit knowledge as foundational building blocks. Interviews with faculty revealed that they focus more on tacit knowledge and experiential education and less on explicit knowledge. Our recommendations include introducing more business content earlier and for non-entrepreneurship majors, greater coordination, fewer departmental barriers and a diversity of faculty to deliver a more well-rounded experience.
The RMS survey: ammonia mapping of the environment of massive young stellar objects

We present the results of ammonia observations towards 66 massive star forming regions identified by the Red Midcourse Space Experiment Source survey. We have used the Green Bank Telescope and the K-Band Focal Plane Array to map the ammonia (NH3) (1,1) and (2,2) inversion emission at a resolution of 30 arcsec in 8 arcmin regions towards the positions of embedded massive star formation. We have identified a total of 115 distinct clumps, approximately two-thirds of which are associated with an embedded massive young stellar object or compact H ii region, while the others are classified as quiescent. There is a strong spatial correlation between the peak NH3 emission and the presence of embedded objects. We derive the spatial distribution of the kinetic gas temperatures, line widths, and NH3 column densities from these maps, and by combining these data with dust emission maps we estimate clump masses, H2 column densities and ammonia abundances. The clumps have typical masses of ∼1000 M⊙ and radii ∼0.5 pc, line widths of ∼2 km s−1 and kinetic temperatures of ∼16–20 K. We find no significant difference between the sizes and masses of the star-forming and quiescent subsamples; however, the distribution maps reveal the presence of temperature and line width gradients peaking towards the centre for the star-forming clumps while the quiescent clumps show relatively uniform temperatures and line widths throughout. Virial analysis suggests that the vast majority of clumps are gravitationally bound and are likely to be in a state of global free fall in the absence of strong magnetic fields. The similarities between the properties of the two subsamples suggest that the quiescent clumps are also likely to form massive stars in the future, and therefore provide an excellent opportunity to study the initial conditions of massive pre-stellar and protostellar clumps.
Compositional supervisor synthesis with state merging and transition removal

This working paper proposes a framework to obtain memory-efficient supervisors for large discrete event systems, which are least restrictive, controllable, and nonblocking. The approach combines compositional synthesis and state-based abstraction with transition removal to mitigate the state-space explosion problem and reduce the memory requirements. Hiding and nondeterminism after abstraction are also supported. To ensure least restrictiveness after transition removal, the synthesised supervisor has the form of cascaded maps representing the safe states. These maps have lower space complexity than previous automata-based supervisors. The algorithm has been implemented in the DES software tool Supremica and applied to compute supervisors for several large industrial models. The results show that supervisor maps can be computed efficiently and in many cases require less memory than automata-based supervisors.
HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION IN RIVER AND PUMPING WELL WATER FOR RIVER BANK FILTRATION (RBF) SYSTEM: CASE STUDY IN SUNGAI KERIAN

Riverbank filtration (RBF) provides an alternative to extract raw water by removing pollutants such as suspended solids, organic carbon, and pathogenic bacteria/microbes in the water. However, the main issue with this system is the occurrence of high concentrations of arsenic (As), iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn) in the production well. Therefore, this study was conducted to compare the presence of heavy metals in river water and pumping well water for an RBF system. Water samples were collected from Sungai Kerian (Kerian River) and a pumping well during a three-day pumping test. The heavy metal concentration in both samples was analyzed for 21 elements using ICP-OES. A total of 12 elements were detected in the water samples from either the river or the pumping well. Among the detected elements, As and Fe had concentrations that exceeded the standard values set by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. Results also suggested that the Fe concentration in the pumping well water was higher than that in the river water. Conversely, As was more frequently detected in the river water than in the pumping well water. These results imply that the As concentration in the river water was derived from external sources, while the presence of As and Fe in the pumping well water was influenced by geochemical and hydrochemical processes in the aquifer.
Liquidation Values and Debt Capacity: A Market Equilibrium Approach

We explore the determinants of liquidation values of assets, particularly focusing on the potential buyers of assets. When a firm in financial distress needs to sell assets, its industry peers are likely to be experiencing problems themselves, leading to asset sales at prices below value in best use. Such illiquidity makes assets cheap in bad times, and so ex ante is a significant private cost of leverage. We use this focus on asset buyers to explain variation in debt capacity across industries and over the business cycle, as well as the rise in U.S. corporate leverage in the 1980s.
The optical design of the X-shooter for the VLT

The overall optical design of X-Shooter, the second generation, wide band, intermediate resolution, high efficiency, three-arms spectrograph for the VLT, is presented. We focus on the optical design of the three optimized arms, covering UVB (300-550 nm), VIS (550-1000 nm), and NIR (1000-2300 nm) wavelength ranges, including spectrographs and pre-slit optics. All spectrographs share the same original "4C" concept (Collimator Correction of Camera Chromatism). We describe also the auxiliary optics, such as dichroics, acquisition and guiding unit. Performances analysis are summarized.
Redefining seed dormancy: an attempt to integrate physiology and ecology

Summary 1 The paper reviews the literature on seed dormancy, with special regard to incon­ sistencies in terms and definitions used. It presents a concept of seed dormancy in which physiology and ecology are integrated. Its aim is to increase the understanding of seed dormancy and germination, and to help defining ecological research questions. 2 It is claimed that seed dormancy should not be identified with the absence of germination. Seed dormancy should rather be defined as a characteristic, the degree of which determines the range of conditions in which a seed is able to germinate. Dormancy varies on a continuous scale, which is visualized by continuous changes in the range of conditions suitable for germination. If the conditions required by the seed are met by its environment, the seed will germinate. 3 The concept of dormancy that is described in the paper is partly based on a physiological model for the regulation of dormancy and the stimulation of germi­ nation. In this model dormancy is related to the amount of a hypothetical phy­ tochrome receptor in the seed. 4 It is argued that the process of dormancy release should be clearly distinguished from the germination process itself. It is stated that as yet only temperature has been shown to alter the degree of dormancy in seeds. Factors like light and nitrate are often indispensable for germination, but only by promoting the germination process itself, not by mitigating the requirements for germination. 5 It is suggested that seed dormancy prevents germination when conditions are favour­ able for germination, at a time of the year when it can be expected that the plant originating from the seed will not survive and produce offspring. 6 It is concluded that dormancy should not be regarded as inactivity of seeds. At any degree of dormancy, seeds continuously react to their environment by adjusting their level of dormancy to the changing environment.
Fabrication of one-dimensional organic nanostructures using anodic aluminum oxide templates

Organic nanostructures are new comers to the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. In recent years novel methods for controlling the growth and uniformity of one-dimensional (1D) organic nanostructures (nanowires and nanotubes) have been developing. The use of hard templates as molds for the formation of organic nanowires or nanotubes seems to be a reliable and convenient method. In this review we will discuss the use of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates as the inorganic hard template of choice. We will briefly survey advances in the fabrication of 1D polymer nanostructures using AAO templates, while the bulk of the review will focus on the synthesis of small molecule nanowires, nanotubes, and nanorods. We will also discuss unique properties of some highly crystalline small molecule nanorods fabricated using AAO templates.
Application of Proximal Sensing in Viticulture: Comparison of Different Berry State Conditions

Previous works have analyzed the relation between the total anthocyanins content in fresh grape berries and some fluorimetric indices. This study aimed to investigate the different fluorescence sensor responses when used to analyze anthocyanins content in grape berries under different conditions: in open field or laboratory, on fresh or frozen berries. The study was conducted in 2016 in a commercial vineyard, cv. Cannonau, located in Nurra Valley (Sardinia, Italy) during the ripening period. A portable fluorescence-based optical sensor (Multiplex®3) was used to measure the "Excitation Fluorescence Anthocyanin ratio Relative Index" (FERARI) on 12 vines in the field (Field Berries = BF), and on 36 Multiplex plates in laboratory on fresh (Fresh Berries = BSH) and frozen (Berries Frozen = BZ) samples. Analysis were performed using two instrument configurations, CFG 2 and CFG 4. A statistical correlation between the fluorescence index and the anthocyanins content in berry skin was observed in all treatments. The highest values were obtained for the frozen samples (CFG 2 ρ = 0.89 R2 = 0.80; CFG 4 ρ = 0.89 R2 = 0.80), while the lowest were acquired for BF (CFG 2 ρ = 0.64 R2 = 0:42; CFG 4 ρ = 0.79 R2 = 0.62). In conclusion, we observed that the CFG4 configuration on frozen fruits gave the best agreement between FERARI index and total anthocyanins content in Cannonau berries.
NAO implicated as a predictor of Northern Hemisphere mean temperature multidecadal variability

The twentieth century Northern Hemisphere mean surface temperature (NHT) is characterized by a multidecadal warming‐cooling‐warming pattern followed by a flat trend since about 2000 (recent warming hiatus). Here we demonstrate that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is implicated as a useful predictor of NHT multidecadal variability. Observational analysis shows that the NAO leads both the detrended NHT and oceanic Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) by 15–20 years. Theoretical analysis illuminates that the NAO precedes NHT multidecadal variability through its delayed effect on the AMO due to the large thermal inertia associated with slow oceanic processes. An NAO‐based linear model is therefore established to predict the NHT, which gives an excellent hindcast for NHT in 1971–2011 with the recent flat trend well predicted. NHT in 2012–2027 is predicted to fall slightly over the next decades, due to the recent NAO decadal weakening that temporarily offsets the anthropogenically induced warming.
Does Immigrant Employment Matter for Exports? Evidence From Denmark

Immigration impacts the economy in ample ways: it affects growth, wages and total factor productivity. This study deals with the effects of immigration on firm exports. Can firms benefit from hiring immigrants to expand their export sales? Or do immigrants who live in the firm’s region affect trade? In contrast to the existing literature, we are able to distinguish these two distinct channels. Using matched employer-employee data from Denmark for the years 1995 - 2005, we provide novel insight in the nexus between exports and immigration. We further contribute to the literature by providing first evidence on the adjustment of firms’ product portfolio in response to immigration. Our results show that firms can reap the benefits from immigration only through hiring foreigners. This implies that the trade-cost reducing intercultural knowledge embedded in foreign expatriates can only be accessed via employment. Thus, to tap the full potential of foreign labor movements for international trade, political efforts should be targeted towards labor market integration of immigrants.
Efficacy of Entrepreneurial Skills Acquisition: A Study of Nigerian University Graduate Entrepreneurs in Kano and Lagos Metroplis

The entrepreneurial age is here with us. This is the time when destinies are defined and directed by men and women who risk their resources (time, money and energy) in establishing and running their own businesses a fit powered by entrepreneurial skills. Entrepreneurial skills development refers to the acquisition of knowledge on certain talents or ability which makes an individual industrious, creative, fully engaged in productive activities and as a member of the labor force. Entrepreneurship development has been viewed as a means of stimulating economic growth through the generation of greater employment opportunities, the development of technological and conservation of foreign exchange earnings of national governments (Sule, 1986). It has also been conceived as a programme of activities to stimulate the knowledge, skill, behavior and attitudes of individual and groups to assume the role of entrepreneurs (Owualah, 1999).
Differences in Early Occupational Earnings of UK Male Graduates by Degree Subject: Evidence from the 1980-1993 Usr

This paper investigates the differences in early occupational earnings of UK male graduates by degree subject during the period 1980-1993. We match administrative student-level data from the Universities' Statistical Record (USR) and occupational earnings information from the New Earnings Survey (NES). The paper estimates relative earnings premia by degree subject using three alternative modeling approaches to control for student self-selection into university courses: i) a proxying and matching method, ii) a propensity score matching method, and iii) a simultaneous equations model of subject choice and earnings determination. Our analysis shows that there is a substantial amount of sample selection originating from unobservable student characteristics. The ranking of university subjects based on relative earnings premia is sensitive not only to the modelling approach but also to time, showing that analyses focusing on single-year data may not generalise to other periods.
Uniqueness of convex ancient solutions to mean curvature flow in higher dimensions

Suppose that Mt, t ∈ (−∞, 0), is a noncompact ancient solution of mean curvature flow in Rn+1 which is strictly convex, uniformly two-convex, and noncollapsed. We consider the rescaled flow M̄τ = e τ 2 M−e−τ . Moreover, we denote by Ωτ the region enclosed by M̃τ . The surfaces M̄τ move with velocity −(H − 1 2 〈x, ν〉)ν. Given any sequence τj → −∞, Theorem 1.11 in [5] implies that a subsequence of the surfaces M̄τj converges in C ∞ loc to a cylinder of radius √