Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Contrasting feeding and agonistic behaviour of two blenny species on a small and remote island in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean.

We investigated the feeding rates, agonistic behaviour and diet of two blenny species, Entomacrodus vomerinus and Ophioblennius trinitatis, by direct observation and gut content analysis. Both species coexist in small and shallow tide pools in the St Peter and St Paul's Archipelago, equatorial North Atlantic Ocean. The feeding rate of O. trinitatis was c. 55% higher than E. vomerinus. On the other hand, agonistic rate of O. trinitatis was negatively related to body size, whereas in E. vomerinus was positively related. Both species showed a high diet overlap, in which detritus was the most important food item (86% in O. trinitatis and 80% in E. vomerinus). Feeding activity was more intense during the morning for O. trinitatis but afternoon for E. vomerinus. These behavioural observations support the importance of temporal feeding partitioning as the main strategy allowing species co-existence in tide pools. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia and may cause thromboembolic events, typically stroke. Advances in pharmacological approaches to anticoagulation and groundbreaking large randomized controlled trials of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) have changed the paradigm of anticoagulation therapy. Furthermore, observational studies support the efficacy and safety of NOAC. Few studies address the differences among NOACs, but prescriptions should be based on a thorough understanding of their pharmacological differences, including interactions, side effects, reversibility, and practical approach. In a subset of patients with AF, warfarin may still be the preferable option. Consequently, an individualized approach to oral anticoagulation is crucial.
The Appropriate Laboratory Tests for Predicting Field Emergence and Performance of Chickpea

Investigation of the relationships between laboratory tests and seedling emergence of chickpea cultivars in field and determination of the appropriate laboratory test were essential for archive the good establishment and reasonable yield. For this propose an experiment was carried out with five cultivars in Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran. Laboratory tests including standard germination test (SG), germination rate (GR), electrical conductivity (EC), accelerated ageing test (AA) (41°C for 48, 72, 96 and 120 h), seedling growth rate (SGR) and seedling length (SL) were carried out in a completely randomized design. Field study was conducted at three sowing dates. Correlation coefficients were used to determine the appropriate test for estimating field emergence. Results showed that standard germination test has not good correlation with field emergence at all sowing dates, but vigor tests have higher correlations at all sowing dates than SG. The results indicate that SL (r 0.73), AA72 (r 0.86), and EC (r -0.52) were closely associated with field emergence at sowing dates. Thus SL, AA72 and EC were the most successful in predicting the emergence potential of the chickpea seeds. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reading Strategies Used by Ajloun National University Students

This study aimed to identify the main strategies used by Ajloun National University (ANU) students in English reading comprehension skills and to describe the strategies that the students employed to cope with reading tasks. The participants were 20 English major students from ANU. The researchers used a questionnaire to investigate the reading strategies used by ANU students. Data analysis was performed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results showed that reading strategies (summarizing, reading for pleasure, using a dictionary, distinguishing fact from opinion and understanding points of view) were the most frequent reading strategies used by the students. Besides, the mean scores of females were higher than males and the mean scores of first year students were higher than fourth year students. Finally, the researchers recommended that teachers should take into consideration their students learning strategies and try to recognize and identify these strategies in order to support less successful students to achieve success and to use these reading strategies to help them to improve their reading comprehension . Moreover, teachers should encourage students to read more English magazines and newspapers and to listen more to recorded text to develop their English language reading and pronunciation
Genetic Structure and Diversity of the Medano-Zapata Bison Herd using Microsatellite Data

in the late 1800s, the American plains bison (Bison bison) suffered from a severe reduction in population size, known as a bottleneck event. Their numbers, once in the millions, were reduced to less than a thousand individuals, but populations were able to recover owing to the diligence of several private ranchers and other private and governmental groups. While bison populations have improved today, their genetic diversity has been impacted by the bottleneck event, habitat fragmentation, and hybridization with domestic cattle (Bos taurus). With advances in genetic technology, it is now possible to gather genetic information of a species to aid in their conservation. Here, using genetics software, I analyzed nuclear genetic data previously used to detect cattle genes in the Medano-Zapata bison herd located in Colorado, USA. I was able to determine (1) the number of genetic clusters and (2) calculate different indices of genetic variation to estimate population viability. I hypothesized that more than one cluster would occur within the population due to its large size. My results rejected this hypothesis, with the strongest likelihood supporting a single cluster. This information is important for understanding the genetic diversity of the herd. It is also important for understanding the impacts of cattle genes on bison populations and what they mean for the species’ future conservation.
Essentials of Telemedicine and Telecare

Preface Origins and Development Introduction Definitions of Telemedicine, Telehealth and Telecare Origins and Development of Telemedicine Drivers of Telemedicine and Telecare Telemedicine in Developed and Underdeveloped Countries The Future of Telemedicine Summary Scope, Benefits and Limitations of Telemedicine Introduction Types of Telemedicine Patients and Carers Benefits and Limitations of Telemedicine Barriers to Progress Summary Technology of Telemedicine Systems Introduction Information Types and Transmissions Teleconsultation System Components Telecommunications Options Integration and Operational Issues Summary Telemedicine Service Providers and Applications Introduction Mainstream Health Sector Services Commercial Services and Other Agencies Summary Development and Delivery of Telemedicine Services Introduction The Strategic Context of Service Development The Evaluation of Pilot Studies Developing and Delivering a Telemedicine Service Summary Ethical and Legal Aspects of Telemedicine Introduction Confidentiality, Patient Rights and Consent Data Protection and Security Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Internet Telemedical Malpractice Jurisdictional Issues Intellectual Property Rights Summary Telemedicine Books and Web Sites References Index
Advising Through Assessment

Faculty members take on the role of primary advisors on many small campuses. Many report feeling underprepared for the advising role. Assessment of academic advising can raise the awareness and perceived importance of advising and provide helpful feedback for practitioners. We developed a 14-item online advising assessment used to evaluate four important domains of advising: academic advice, advisor availability, advisor as personable and interested, and advising about vocation. We used this assessment to evaluate advisors who participated in an advising workshop designed to enhance their relational and conceptual advising skills. Student evaluations of advisors before and after the workshop showed significant positive differences. We recommend this assessment for advising improvement and as a means of evaluating workshop efficacy.
Post Earnings Announcement Trading Strategy – A Study on the Swedish Stock Market during January 2001-July 2006

A puzzling stock market anomaly is the post earnings announcement drift (PEAD), where stock prices continue to drift in the direction of the earnings surprise after the earnings is publicly known. This thesis examines the PEAD in Sweden during January 2001 to July 2006 and investigates whether it is possible to build a successful trading strategy based on this anomaly. We used the standardized unexpected earnings (SUE) metric to form portfolios and calculate the abnormal returns subsequent to an earnings announcement. We found that a long position in stocks with unexpected earnings in the highest quintile combined with a short position in stocks in the lowest quintile yield a significant annual abnormal return of 18.65% for a 60 day holding period. Supervisor: Professor Andrei Simonov * 20780@student.hhs. se ** 20733@student.hhs. se
Effect of Calcaneal Taping on Pain, Pressure Pain Threshold & Function in Subjects with Chronic Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Background: Plantar fasciitis (PF) is an inflammatory disorder of the foot, usually at the calcaneal attachment of plantar aponeurosis and is most commonly due to overuse. It is the most common foot condition treated by healthcare providers. Physical therapists have various treatment approaches to relieve the symptoms of plantar heel pain, including taping methods for which there exists little evidence. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of calcaneal taping with supervised exercises on pain, pressure pain threshold and function in subjects with chronic plantar fasciitis. Methods: Thirty-one (31) subjects were randomly assigned into 2 groups. Subjects in Group-A (n=16) received 4 sessions of calcaneal tapping along with supervised exercise and moist heat packs whereas subjects in Group-B (n=15) received 4 sessions of supervised exercise and moist heat packs for two sessions per week in two weeks. Outcome Measures: Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain intensity, pressure pain threshold (PPT) for tenderness and foot function index for function was assessed at baseline and at the end of 4weeks
International Financial Reporting Standards and Real Earnings Management

We have attempted to investigate the impact of adopting the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on real earnings management (REM) in this study, along with a thorough examination to determine the relationship between IFRS and REM. The study is primarily based on 178 listed firms from different industrial sectors in Malaysia, wherein IFRS had finally been implemented in 2008. For more adequate estimations and requisite results, we have included data of eight years i.e., 4 years before the implementation of IFRS and 4 years after its implementation, in our sample. Our results showed positive association between IFRS and REM, accordingly, precisely suggesting that after the implementation of IFRS, these firms were found to be engaged more in less detectable REM, and also exhibiting quite a poor financial reporting quality apparently below international standards.
Antibiotics and Nephrostomy Tube Care: Preliminary Observations

The authors sought to establish whether bacteriuria or candiduria would develop in patients with a noninfected, obstructed renal collecting system after placement of a percutaneous nephrostomy tube. Tubes were placed in 27 sterile systems in 25 patients. Urine was cultured at 7–10-day intervals, and urinalysis was performed. Bacteriuria and pyuria were defined on the basis of laboratory values of greater than or equal to 104 colony-forming units per milliliter and greater than or equal to five white blood cells per high-powered field, respectively. Twenty-two systems were followed until all demonstrated multiple organisms. No clinical symptoms were related to bacteriuria.
Should There Be Vertical Choice in Health Insurance Markets?

We study the welfare effects of offering choice over financial coverage levels––"vertical choice''––in regulated health insurance markets. Though the efficient level of coverage, which trades off the value of risk protection and the social cost from moral hazard, likely varies across consumers, we emphasize that this variation alone is not sufficient to motivate choice. When premiums cannot reflect individual costs, consumers may not select their efficient coverage level. We show that vertical choice is efficient only if consumers with higher willingness to pay for insurance have a higher efficient level of coverage. Using administrative data from a large public employer, we investigate this condition empirically and find that the welfare gains from vertical choice are either zero or economically small.
-Topologies on a Finite Set

Let E be a finite set with n elements.The total numberT(n) of all labelled topologies one can define on E is a long standing open question. No reasonable explicit or recursive counting formula forT(n) is known.Moreover, the numberT 0 (n) of all labelledT 0 -topologies definable onE is also an open problem. Recall that a T 0 -topology is a topology satisfying the separate axiom: for all x ̸ = y, there is an open set containing one but not the other. A classical and well known result is that each topology on E corresponds to a quasi-order on E (reflexive and transitive relation) and each T 0 -topology corresponds to a partial order (reflexive, transitive, and antisymmetric relation). This bijective correspondence is due, independently, to Alexandroff [1] and Birkhoff [2]. On the other hand, several authors (Comtet [3], Evans et al. [4], Renteln [5] and others) have observed the following connexion between the T(n) and the T 0 (n):
Association of Household Food Security Status with Mother/Caregiver-Child Pair’s Nutritional Status Using HFIAS and FCS

The main objective of the study was to determine the association of household food security status with mother/caregiver-child pair’s (MCCP) nutritional status using Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) and Food Consumption Score (FCS). MCCP’s nutritional status was categorized into two: household with chronic energy deficient (CED) mother/caregiver and/or at least one child who was stunted, and household without CED mother/caregiver and stunted child. Secondary data from the 2013 National Nutrition Survey conducted by DOST-FNRI was used for the study. Mothers/caregivers who were included in the study were non-pregnant aged 19 years and above, their children, and their household characteristics. Descriptive and analytical analysis via binomial logistic regression was done using Stata 12.1. Results showed that the HFIAS gave the highest estimated prevalence of food insecurity with 75.1% (95% CI: 73.976.3) while for FCS, it was 15.7% (95% CI: 14.7-16.8). The estimated proportion of households with CED mother/caregiver and/or at least one stunted child was 38.7% (95%CI: 37.5-39.9), while those households without CED mother/caregiver and stunted child was 61.3% (95% CI: 60.1-62.5). Significant associations were observed after adjusting for the confounding variables. For the HFIAS indicator, food insecure households were 1.28 (95% CI: 1.09-1.48) times more likely to have a mother/caregiver with CED and/or at least one stunted child than food secure households. Food insecure households classified by the FCS indicator had 22% (95% CI: 1.011.35) higher chance than food secure households to have a CED mother/caregiver and/or at least one stunted child. There was a significant association between household food insecurity and occurrence of undernutrition in a household. To improve the households’ nutritional status interventions that are both nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive should be implemented. More researches have to be done to identify the sensitivity and specificity of the household food security indicator in accurately identifying food insecure household. 15_MS_18-010
"Being" in pain : the role of self-discrepancies in explaining emotional well-being and activity patterns in chronic pain

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TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN PAKISTAN AT SECONDARY LEVEL

The objective of this paper is to compare the Grammar Translation Method (GTM) and Direct Method (DM) and to determine which method is most effective for teaching English language at secondary level. For this purpose, we took 35 secondary schools of District Khanewal and randomly selected 200 English teachers as a sample of this study. We collected data from sampling population through a structured questionnaire. Our results show that mostly teachers use GTM method during teaching of English language due its convenience and time saving. It is useful for large classes and meet the demand of examination. In contrast, Direct Method is difficult to use because it needs trained and skilled teachers. However, it develops fluency and improve pronunciation. However, we conclude that no single method of teaching English as a foreign language could guarantee to achieve hundred percent results.
Efficient Representation and Sparse Sampling of Head-Related Transfer Functions Using Phase-Correction Based on Ear Alignment

With the proliferation of high quality virtual reality systems, the demand for high fidelity spatial audio reproduction has grown. This requires individual head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) with high spatial resolution. Acquiring such HRTFs is not always possible, which motivates the need for sparsely sampled HRTFs. Additionally, real-time applications require compact representation of HRTFs. Recently, spherical-harmonics (SH) has been suggested for efficient interpolation and representation of HRTFs. However, representation of sparse HRTFs with a limited SH order may introduce spatial aliasing and truncation errors, which have a detrimental effect on the reproduced spatial audio. This is because the HRTF is inherently of a high spatial order. One approach to overcome this limitation is to pre-process the HRTF, with the aim of reducing its effective SH order. A recent study showed that order-reduction can be achieved by time-alignment of HRTFs, through numerical estimation of the time delays of the HRTFs. In this paper, a new method for pre-processing HRTFs in order to reduce their effective order is presented. The method uses phase-correction based on ear alignment, by exploiting the dual-centering nature of HRTF measurements. In contrast to time-alignment, the phase-correction is performed parametrically, making it more robust to measurement noise. The SH order reduction and ensuing interpolation errors due to sparse sampling were analyzed for these two methods. Results indicate significant reduction in the effective SH order, where only 100 measurements and order 6 are required to achieve a normalized mean square error below $-$10 dB compared to a fully-sampled, high-order HRTF.
Value creation and the impact of corporate real estate assets An empirical investigation with French listed companies

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of corporate real estate (CRE) ownership on value creation for non-financial French listed companies. Design/methodology/approach – Using a pool sample composed of SBF 250 companies over the period 1999-2004, this paper investigates the association between economic value added (EVA) and market value added (MVA) as proxies for the value generated by French listed companies and the proportion of real estate in their asset portfolio. Findings – The empirical results show that an increase in the proportion of real estate assets (over total assets) is negatively associated with EVA, but only for firms in service industries exhibiting low real estate intensity. The regression on MVA shows a negative association with the increase in the proportion of real estate for firms outside the service industries. Research limitations/implications – Recent trends show that many large companies have sold a significant portion of their CRE assets. The underlying motives for such behaviour are yet to be examined (at least for the French context). If real estate has any influence, an association should be observable between proxies of value creation and the change in the proportion of real estate assets, owned by a company. The results suggest that sales of CRE assets may be driven by value maximizing behaviour. Practical implications – In order to maximize the value of their firm, managers should apparently take value creation into consideration in their decisions to invest in or dispose of real estate assets. Originality/value – The paper suggests that in a French context, CRE disposals may generate value added in certain industries with specific CRE intensity.
Acousto-optic capture of the sound field in a room based on sparse measurement data

Capturing the spatio-temporal properties of the sound field in a room is valuable for its characterization, as it enables to analyze the specific acoustic space. Current sensing methods typically aim at inferring directional properties of the sound field (i.e., directional impulse responses, power flows, etc.) at a specific location, or a combination of independent locations in the room. This work examines the use of novel sensing principles and reconstruction methods for capturing an acoustic field over a large region of space. This is a challenging problem, as measurements of the sound field over large volumes typically require an unfeasible experimental effort, particularly in large rooms. Specifically, we present an acousto-optic tomography method aimed at reconstructing the sound field from a sparse selection of seemingly incomplete data. A set of wave basis functions is used to interpolate the field, making it possible to predict the sound pressure field over a large spatial aperture. The study presents the measurement principle and experimental results of the volumetric reconstruction of a sound field in a lightly damped room.
Height Estimation of Hiroshima A-bomb Mushroom Cloud from Photos

The estimated height of the mushroom cloud that formed after the A-bomb explosion at Hiroshima has been a controversial issue for many years. In this work, we have attempted to measure the cloud height from existing photos taken at the time 10 from airplanes and from the ground. First, we determined the precise locations where the pictures were taken. Next, we approximated the three dimensional shape of the cloud using multiple spheroids. Finally, we obtained measurements of the height and width of the mushroom cloud from the approximated cloud shape. Our experimental results suggested that the height reached a maximum of about 16 km. 15