Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis of the texture of rabbit meat subjectedto different means of heat treatment

The aim of this study was to examine the influence of different types of heat treatment on the shear force and texture profile analysis (TPA) of rabbit meat. The research material was meat samples from 22 Blanc de Termonde rabbits. Two samples from the right loin (m. longissimus lumborum) were collected. The first sample was vacuumpacked in a plastic bag and frozen for 72 h at –18 °C; after thawing the samples were immersed in a water bath and boiled for 40 min at 80 °C. The second sample was placed in a plastic frozen-storage bag and frozen for 72 h at –18 °C; after thawing the samples were roasted at 180 °C to an internal temperature of 78 °C. Shear force, hardness, springiness, cohesiveness and chewiness were measured. Significant differences in hardness, cohesiveness and chewiness were found depending on the type of heat treatment. The hardness of the boiled meat was 32% higher than that of the roasted meat, cohesiveness 10% higher, and chewiness 39% higher than in the case of the roasted meat.
Review on the Multiphase Flow on Mono-disperse Dusty Particle Mixture

The supersonic gas flows have form of qualitative variations from subsonic flows. One necessary distinction could also be results of the principle that a little disturbance throughout a gas is propagated at the speed of sound. In this paper, we tend to numerically investigate the interaction between gas-particles flows and shock waves that sort throughout the explosive decompression of at a lower place enlarged jets. Simulations are applied using a sound second-order correct numerical model for multiphase flows. The analysis has been developed for the case of monodisperse mixtures then extended to the case of bidisperse and polydisperse mixtures of gas and solid particles. We’ve an inclination to current investigation potential extensions of the given analysis therefore on admit the continual spectrum of solid particles that ejected throughout explosive volcanic eruptions. The last word aim is to correlate the ejected mixture composition to the worldwide dynamics of explosive volcanic eruptions.
Self-Construal , Ethical Climate and Unethical Decision Making : Whether “ I Am I ” or “ I Am We ” Matters

The current research examined how self-construal and organizational ethical climate predict unethical decision-making. Using an experimental design and an in-basket task, we manipulated the ethical climate of a fictitious organization to represent either a more ethical or less ethical work climate. Competing hypotheses were tested regarding type versus strength of self-construal. The type of selfconstrual (Independent versus Interdependent) was not related to unethical decision-making. However, the strength of self-construal did predict unethical decision-making, such that participants with stronger self-construals regardless of type were less likely to make unethical decisions than participants with weaker self-construals, particularly in more ethical climates.
Experimental investigation of the Mg e Zn e Zr ternary system at 450 C

The MgeZneZr ternary systemwas experimentally investigated at 450 C using six diffusion couples and 16 key alloys. Four new ternary compounds, IM1, IM2, IM3 and IM4 were detected. The compositions, homogeneity ranges, phase relationships and the X-ray diffraction patterns of these compounds were identified using scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive x-ray spectrometer and xray diffraction techniques. The homogeneity ranges of IM1, IM2, IM3 and IM4 are Mg(23e26)Zn66Zr(8e11), Mg(15e16)Zn66Zr(18e19), Mg(10e11)Zn66Zr(23e24), and Mg(9e13)Zn(79e87)Zr(5e8), respectively. IM1 compound crystallizes in an MgZn2 structure type with hexagonal structure and P63/mmc space group. The MgeZn and ZneZr binary compounds do not have extended solid solubility into the ternary system. The phase boundaries of MgeZneZr liquid phase at 450 C were determined by several key alloys. The single phase liquid region extended into the ternary phase diagram only to around 1 at. % Zr. However, phase regions containing liquid along with other phases existed in the vicinity of the MgeZn side up to 10 at% Zr. Based on the current experimental results, the isothermal section of the MgeZneZr ternary system at 450 C was constructed. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
OSPF weights optimization in IP networks

The high volatility of traffic patterns in IP networks calls for dynamic routing schemes allowing to adapt resource utilization to prevailing traffic. In this paper, we focus on the problem of link weight optimization in OSPF networks where the traffic is routed along shortest paths according to the link metrics. We propose an online approach to optimize OSPF weights, and thus the routing paths, adaptively as some changes are observed in the traffic. The approach relies on the estimation of traffic demands using SNMP link counts. Experimental results on both simulated and real traffic data show that the network congestion rate can be significantly reduced with respect to a static weight configuration.
How Do Agency Costs Affect Firm Value ?---Evidence from China

This paper examines the effects of the agency costs on firm value in 156 Chinese publicly listed companies with individual ultimate owners between 2002 and 2007. The ultimate owners’ agency costs, as measured by the divergence between control rights and cash flow rights, are shown to negatively and significantly affect firm value, as measured by the market-to-book ratio of assets (an approximation of Tobin’s Q). As the agency costs grow, the stock returns decrease around the connected party transaction announcements, and firms are more likely to engage in value-destroying connected party transactions. These effects are particularly strong for some types of connected party transactions, notably loan guarantees and direct fund transfers. Further, as the agency costs grow, the firms violate laws more frequently and the nature of legal violations becomes more severe. Evidence from an exogenous policy shock, the non-tradable share reform confirms that higher agency costs cause more unfavorable stock market reactions to connected party transaction announcements.
Thermo-and Photomorphogenesis in Plants

Introduction Temperature and light are two very important factors for growth and development of greenhouse crop. Light drives photosynthesis and influences plant growth and morphology. Temperature is the primary environmental factor affecting rate of plant development. In addition it influences plant morphogenesis. Light and temperature also interact with other growth factors such as carbon dioxide, air humidity, water supply and nutrition. Much research has been directed toward the development of proper temperature and lighting strategies for efficient greenhouse production. In the early 1940s, Dr. F. W. Went and co-workers investigated the optimum day and night temperature combinations for plant growth in the first air-conditioned greenhouse, a phytotron at the California Institute of Technology. They found that tomato plants grew taller under a combination of a high temperature during the light period and a lower temperature during the dark period than when grown under constant temperature. The ability of the plants to discriminate between temperature during the day and night in their response to flowering, fruiting and growth, was referred to as thermoperiodism (Went, 1944). Went concluded that the sugar transport to growing tissue was restricted under high night temperatures (NT), which resulted in restricted growth. Kristoffersen (1963) continued the work on tomato in Went's laboratory in the early 1950s and subsequently in Norway. He found that daily temperature alternations strongly enhanced stem elongation under high day temperature (DT) and low NT combinations. He argued that low NT improved the water balance in the plant and this was the main reason for enhanced stem elongation. He introduced the phytotron technology to Norway; this technology had a great impact on the research on controlled climates the following 30 years in Norway. The initial research work of Went and Kristoffersen did not focus on using temperature as tool for height control. The energy crises in the mid 1970's lead to a new series of experiments on the influence of DT and NT alternations on plant growth. Low NT resulted in a considerable energy saving in greenhouses with single glass and no thermal screens compared to warmer NT. However, initial experiments in 1976 in a phytotron with 25 combinations of DT and NT on Campanula isophylla Fig. 1. The effect of 25 day (DT) and night temperashowed that a combination of low ture (NT) combinations on plant height of Campanula NT and high DT enhanced stem isophylla 'Blue' grown in a daylit phytotron in summer under natural long days (18-19 hrs) at the Agriculelongation, while the opposite tural University of Norway. DT , from left to rigfht : 12, temperature regimes, low DT and 15, 18, 21 and 24 °C , NT from upper to lower row of high NT, resulted in dwarf, cornplants: 12, 15, 18, 21 and 24°C. pact plants (Fig. 1). Thermoand Photomorphogenesis in Plants
Refugee women ’ s experiences regarding pregnancy and birth giving in Finland

* E-mail: annika.lillrank@helsinki.fi Abstract The paper analyses how refugee women experience pregnancy and childbirth in interaction with professionals. The narrative analysis identifies three storylines: one about ‘good’ experiences and emphasizing satisfaction; another about dramatic experiences and disappointments with maternity care; a third about tragic experiences as a result of failures of the maternity care system. Building on the theorizing on the relevance of trust and confidence in salutogenic theory, the analysis concludes that all women, regardless of how they interpret their experiences, value reciprocal relationships with care providers. Social recognition as an equal partner in care helps women to overcome difficult experiences related to pregnancy and childbirth.
eural processing of negative emotional stimuli and the influence of ge , sex and task-related characteristics

Negative emotional stimuli are particularly salient events that receive privileged access to neurocognitive resources. At the neural level, the processing of negative stimuli relies on a set of sensory, limbic, and prefrontal areas. However, controversies exist on how demographic and task-related characteristics modulate this brain pattern. Here, we used activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis and replicator dynamics to investigate the processing of negative visual stimuli in healthy adults. Our findings endorse the central role of the amygdala. This result might reflect how this structure modulates perceptual and attentional mechanisms in response to emotional stimuli. Additionally, we characterize how the
Improved Orthogonality for Dense Hermitian Eigensolvers based on the MRRR algorithm

The dense Hermitian eigenproblem is of outstanding importance in numerical computations and a number of excellent algorithms for this problem exist. One of the fastest method is the MRRR algorithm, which is based on a reduction to real tridiagonal form. This approach, although fast, does not deliver the same accuracy (orthogonality) as competing methods like the Divide-and-Conquer or the QR algorithm. In this paper, we demonstrate how the use of mixed precisions in MRRR-based eigensolvers leads to improved orthogonality. At the same time, when compared to the classical use of the MRRR algorithm, our approach comes with no or only limited performance penalty, increases the robustness, and improves scalability.
Portfolio selection based on volatility forecasting

The purpose of this paper is to construct risk parity and minimum variance portfolios using volatility predictions from the DCC MGARCH (1,1) model and evaluate their performances through Sharpe ratios, with weekly and monthly rebalancing, in comparison to an equally weighted portfolio. The daily price data used consists of five stock indices from the period 1990-11-27 to 2017-02-14 and was currency adjusted and interpolated. Attained results show that the risk parity and minimum variance portfolio optimization strategies, with weekly and monthly rebalancing, did not achieve higher Sharpe ratios than the equally weighted portfolio. However, when applying the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and a paired t-test we could not reject the possibility of equal risk adjusted performance on a 95 percent confidence level using weekly rebalancing.
Partitions of unity in $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb Z)$, negative continued fractions, and dissections of polygons

We characterize sequences of positive integers $(a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n)$ for which the $2\times2$ matrix $\left( \begin{array}{cc} a_n&-1 1&0 \end{array} \right) \left( \begin{array}{cc} a_{n-1}&-1 1&0 \end{array} \right) \cdots \left( \begin{array}{cc} a_1&-1 1&0 \end{array} \right) $ is either the identity matrix $\mathrm Id$, its negative $-\mathrm Id$, or square root of $-\mathrm Id$. This extends a theorem of Conway and Coxeter that classifies such solutions subject to a total positivity restriction.
Customer Decision Making Style , Based On Bugis – Makassar Culture in Indonesia

This research aims to describe the style of consumer decisionmakingphilosophyisbased on the application of behaviorderivedfrom culture Bugis in Makassar. The importance of knowing the style of the customer purchased ecision because there are manycompanies offering the same services, sothatconsumers are free to choose and move from one company to another. Thus the onlycompany capable of doing the best approach to consumers, whichis able to survive and successfully won a loyal customer. This article tries to explore ways or approachesthatcanbedone to reachconsumers in accordance with the cultural characteristics and desires of consumers, for the writing of thisisbased on searchesdonethroughscholarlywritings and non-scientific (derivedfrom magazines and newspapers on line and non on line) in Makassar.
Study of the humoral response of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo saZar L . 1 , naturally infected with Aeromonas salmonicida ssp . achromogenes

The humoral antibody response of healthy Atlantic salmon and of ‘two groups of salmon, naturally infected with Aeromonas salmonicida ssp. achromogenes, was examined in some detail. One diseased group was chronically infected and the other recently infected. It was found that the humoral response of these two infected groups was quite different. The chronically infected fish showed poor specific response to the causative agent whereas the recently infected salmon produced strong specific antibody response. The chronically infected fish showed evidence of increased unspecific response including an elevated level of natural antibodies. The specific humoral response of the recently infected fish was primarily directed against two cell-associated antigens of the A. salmonicida ssp. achromogenes bacterium, the A-layer protein and the o-polysaccharide component of LPS. In the chronically infected fish the humoral response was primarily directed against the A-layer protein.
Consumer Preferences for Country of Origin Labelling on Dairy Products

CETA means that the Canadian marketplace for dairy products will begin to see an increased presence of dairy products imported from the EU. Activity related to TPP and NAFTA also means there is potential for increased imports of dairy products from the TPP member states and NAFTA partners. In light of this, it is important to understand how Canadian consumers will respond to the increased presence of dairy products. We develop a discrete choice experiment to explore what trade-offs Canadian consumers make across different dairy product attributes. These attributes include price, country-of-origin (COO), the method of production (i.e., conventional versus organic), nature of the brand (national, regional, or store), and traceability. We apply the analysis to two types of cheese (Gouda and cheddar), ice cream, and yogurt. Results indicate there are statistically significant premiums and discounts associated with COO, and which vary with the dairy product. What is more, we find large premiums for the presence of traceability programs for all four of the respective dairy products, suggesting that the absence of assurances related to traceability may mute actual market penetration arising from increased access to the Canadian dairy market.
THE EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF LINOGRAPTIDS

Macroevolutionary effects due to anagenetic changes within a single lineage have been traced in the Linograptinae from Late Wenlock single-stiped Lobograptus? sherrardae, through bipolar Neodiversog raptus and multibrachiate Linograptus, to Early Devonian compound colonies of Abiesgraptu s. The ability to generate a number of sicular cladia improved the stability of the rhabdosome, and, in the evolution of Linograptus, the resulting geometrical constraints were overcome by diverting their growth. The main lineage is subdivided into four chronospecies displaying periods of fairly high abundance and a distinct morphological norm. These periods were separated by intervals of comparative scarcity, probably related to the bottlenecking of the lineage. The only instance of change in large populations is the L. posthumu s-A. tenuiramosus phyletic transition. Speciation events (transformations) seem to be governed by the mechanisms of transient polymorphism, whilst periods of relative persistence of the norm were probably related to microevolutionary changes in monomorphic populati ons. A disparate origin of unit characters within the complex Abiesgraptus pattern is suggested. These characters appeared independently and heterochronously within the populations over the entire range of distribution of the ancestral species to be later assembled into a single adapti ve syndrome. Cosmopolitan distribution of both the ancestral and the daughter species implies a polycentric or a pantopic emergence of the Abiesgraptus.
Does equity-based CEO compensation really increase litigation risk?

Recent studies interpret a positive association between equity-based managerial incentives and the probability of a lawsuit (such as for financial statement misrepresentation and fraud) as evidence that equity-based compensation leads to managerial impropriety. However, these associations do not consider the simultaneous relation between equity-based compensation and litigation risk. Consistent with recent theoretical models that predict that firms will grant more equity-based compensation when the probability of detection of misrepresentation is high, we find that firms that operate in ex ante high litigation risk environments grant more equity-based compensation to their CEOs. Controlling for the effect of litigation risk on equity-based compensation, we find no evidence that higher equity-based compensation causally affects the probability of a lawsuit. Further, while sued firms exercise more options in the year before the lawsuit, these exercises as a percentage of annual option grants are not significantly different from those of firms that are not sued. Stock options may cause all sorts of bad behaviors, and are often blamed for such, but here our results do not support a causal link between equity-based incentives and the probability of a lawsuit. § Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1133, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130. Contact author: milbourn@wustl.edu. We appreciate helpful comments from Chad Larson. We thank Lauren Barth for research assistance. Any remaining errors are our own. 2 Does equity-based CEO compensation really increase litigation risk?
CONFIGURATIONS OF STRATEGY, STRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT: A FUZZY SET ANALYSIS OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIRMS* PEER C. FISS

Configurations are central to the organizational and strategy literatures and continue to play a crucial role in understanding the determinants of competitive advantage. However, configurational theory also faces a number of challenges, including questions regarding the nature of configurations and the instrumentation used to assess configurational effects. In the current study, I build on prior work by developing a definition of configurational centrality and periphery based on how elements of the configuration are causally connected to a specific outcome, a view that allows for a better assessment of both equifinality and causal asymmetry in configurations. Using a recent dataset of high technology firms, I empirically investigate configurations of strategy, structure, and environment using fuzzy set s and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). In comparing the results from conventional cluster and deviation score analyses with fuzzy set analyses, I show how the use of set-theoretic methods helps clarify mixed findings in the prior literature and that hybrid configurations can lead to high performance, but very high performance is only achieved by embracing tradeoffs and choosing a ―pure‖ configuration.
The effect of adding herbs to the summer diet on thefatty acid profile of the lipid fraction of sheep milk

The study was carried out on bulk milk samples collected at two-week intervals during the summer (June-August) and individually from ewes at the end of the experiment. The milk was obtained from ewes of the Koluda prolific dairy breed, housed indoors and fed green alfalfa forage and hay with a mixture of concentrate feeds. Three diet groups were established: group I – control (without the addition of herbs to the concentrate feed) and groups II and III, in which an herbal mixture was added to the concentrate feed in the amount of 10 and 20 g/sheep/day, respectively. The effect of the herb supplement in the sheep diet on the fatty acid profile of the milk fat was analysed. The results showed that the fat composition changed in all groups during the three-month milking period. In the first two months, an improvement was noted in the health-promoting properties of the milk fat (a decrease in SFA and an increase in MUFA and PUFA), but in the final period of the experiment they deteriorated. The unfavourable changes were smaller where the proportion of herbs in the diet was higher. As a consequence, in the final stage of research, lower SFA content was noted in the fat of the group III sheep than in the control group and II, by 6.0% (P≤0.01) and 4.1% (P≤0.05), respectively, lower content of OFA by 9.1% (P≤0.01) and 5.6% (P≤0.05), and higher content of UFA by 17.7% (P≤0.01) and 11.8%. (P≤0.05), including MUFA by 20.1% (P≤0.01) and 11.3% and PUFA by 11.7% (NS) and 15.0% (P≤0.05), as well as CLA, by 26.0% (P≤0.01) and 17.9% (ns) and DFA by 23.8% (P≤0.01) and 13.0% (P≤0.05). This also meant favourable changes in the UFA/SFA, PUFA/SFA and DFA/OFA ratios. The milk fat of group III also had higher content of n-3 PUFA (by 25.3%) than in group II, and thus a lower n-6/n-3 ratio.
Preliminary phytochemical , pharmacognostical and physico-chemical evaluation of Cedrus deodara heartwood

Deodar (Cedrus deodara Roxb.) is one of the most useful traditional medicinal plant in India. Each part of the Deodar tree has some medicinal property and is thus commercially exploitable. During the last five decades, apart from the chemistry of the Deodar compounds, considerable progress has been achieved regarding the biological activity and medicinal applications of Deodar. The present study was carried out to investigate morphological, microscopical, physicochemical and phytochemical screening of Cedrus deodara heartwood. Morphological studies showed the presence of various diagnostic characters. In the microscopical studies showed the presence of Collenchyma, Xylem parenchyma, Tracheids and Sclrenchyma. Ash value, extractive value and moisture content were determined for quality standard of drugs. Phytochemical investigation shows the presence of tannins, flavanoids, alkaloids, and terpenoids.