Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparison of growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of Benin indigenous chickens and Label Rouge (T55×SA51)

A study on growth performance, carcass traits and meat quality was carried out on Savannah and Forest ecotype chicken of Benin, using Label Rouge (T55 X SA51) as a control genotype. All the animals were fed ad libitum with three diets (starter, grower and layer feed). They were individually weighed at hatching and during the growing stage, and the daily feed intake was recorded. A sample of 12 males of each genetic type was slaughtered for carcass characteristics. Sensory analysis was done on each genetic type after boiling or roasting. The Label Rouge chickens were heavier than the local chickens at hatch (P<0.001). At the end of 40 weeks, the weight of the Label Rouge was double that of the Savannah ecotype and 2.8 times that of the Forest ecotype. The feed efficiency of the Label Rouge was higher than that of the local chickens (P<0.001). The genetic type influenced tenderness and juiciness, with the local Savannah chicken being the most tender and juiciest (P<0.001). However, the cooking method and the carcass cut influenced tenderness only. The overall assessment of the meat of the Label Rouge chickens was similar to that of the local chickens, whereas the assessment of the meat was significantly lower for local chickens of Forest ecotype compared to the Savannah ecotype (P<0.001). The local chickens would therefore be suitable for improving traditional poultry production, whereas controlled crossbreeding programmes using Label Rouge could be recommended to improve local chicken weight. Key words: Growth, carcass, sensory characters, indigenous chicken, Label Rouge.
Dietary advice provided to those undergoing pelvic radiotherapy

Abstract Background In those receiving radiotherapy for pelvic cancers, up to 80% develop gastrointestinal symptoms, with dietary interventions recommended to reduce these symptoms. However, research outlining the current dietary support provided to patients undergoing radiotherapy for pelvic cancer is lacking. Aim To identify the gastrointestinal symptoms experienced by those undergoing pelvic radiotherapy and to identify the dietary support provided to these patients. Methods and materials A service evaluation was undertaken in one NHS Trust hospital whereby patients undergoing radical pelvic radiotherapy during a 15-week recruitment period were invited to complete an anonymous questionnaire. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling and the data were analysed descriptively using SPSS. Results In total, 31 patients responded achieving a response rate of 48%. The most frequent reported gastrointestinal symptoms were gas and flatulence followed by diarrhoea, nausea and abdominal pain. The main dietary changes implemented by the respondents and recommended by health care professionals included reducing fibre intake, reducing certain vegetables, reducing caffeine and increasing water. Findings The results illustrate the impact of gastrointestinal side effects on patients’ dietary intake. The results highlight that nutritional guidance need to be standardised, especially for the management of diarrhoea and gas and flatulence as these were the most common occurring side effects. With radiographers most frequently giving nutritional advice they must be provided with guidance to support those undergoing pelvic radiotherapy.
THEORETICAL ANALYSIS ON THE THERMAL STRESSES OF CERAMIC TILE COATING SYSTEMS Thermal stresses on ceramic tile coating

The stresses on ceramic tile coating systems, subjected to temperature increase, were estimated by a 2-D finite element linear analysis. Physical and mechanical properties of the materials involved (ceramic tile, adhesive mortar, rendering mortar and grout) were determined experimentally and were used as model input. The numerical analysis has shown that peak stresses occur in the centre of the grout and decrease to nearly zero at the centre of the tile. The model is very sensitive to the tile Coefficient of Thermal Expansion and Young modulus and insensitive to the same parameters at the mortar layer.
Polygynandry in a red fox population: implications for the evolution of group living in canids?

Canid social groups are typically thought to consist of extended families, that is, a dominant breeding pair and related nonbreeding subordinates, that principally obtain indirect fitness benefits from helping to raise the offspring of the dominant pair. Consequently, the monogamous pair has been viewed as the basic fundamental unit of canid social organization. However, there have been few genetic studies that have tested this assumption. We analyzed the parentage of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in a high-density (19.6--27.7 adult foxes/km-super-2) population in Bristol, UK, to determine (1) whether groups typically produced a single litter of cubs annually and (2) whether male and female foxes exhibited monogamous mating strategies. Social monogamy (the production of one litter in a social group) was observed or assumed in 54% of breeding attempts (N e 13 group-years). However, polyandrous and polygynous patterns of mating were common. Multiple paternity was confirmed in 38% of litters (N e 16) containing offspring with resolved maternity and paternity (N e 30 cubs); when including cubs with unresolved paternity (N e 20), multiple-paternity may have occurred in 69% of litters. Litters were sired by an average of 1.6 identified males (range e 1--4); when including cubs with unresolved paternity, litters may have been sired by up to seven males. Only 20% (6/30) of cubs with resolved maternity and paternity were sired by males within the social group. Within groups, dominant females did not breed with subordinate males; dominant males did breed with subordinate females. Dominant and subordinate females both produced cubs with dominant and subordinate males from other social groups. Mean adult relatedness in groups typically ranged from 0.15--0.35, indicative of second-order rather than first-order relatives. Copyright 2004.
A role for SETMAR in gene regulation: insights from structural analysis of the dna-binding domain in complex with dna

S: 2016 66th American Crystallographic Association (ACA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO Title: A role for SETMAR in gene regulation: insights from crystal structures of the DNA-binding domain in complex with DNA Author: Qiujia Chen, Millie M. Georgiadis Hitchhiker’s Guide to Biomolecular Galaxy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Title: Potential role of SETMAR in gene regulation: insights from structural analysis of the DNA-binding domain in complex with DNA Author: Qiujia Chen, Millie M. Georgiadis Statewide Structural Biology Forum, Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI), Indianapolis, IN Title: Structural Basis for DNA Recognition by the DNA Repair Protein SETMAR Author: Qiujia Chen, Suk-Hee Lee, and Millie M. Georgiadis 2015 17th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Title: Structural Basis for DNA Recognition by the DNA Repair Protein SETMAR Author: Qiujia Chen, Suk-Hee Lee, and Millie M. Georgiadis Cancer Research Day, Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN Title: Crystal Structures of the SETMAR DNA-binding Domain Bound to DNA Author: Qiujia Chen, Suk-Hee Lee, and Millie M. Georgiadis 2014 23rd Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr2014), Montreal, Canada Title: Preliminary crystallographic analysis of SETMAR bound to DNA Author: Qiujia Chen, Suk-Hee Lee, and Millie M. Georgiadis ORAL PRESENTATION: 2016 66th American Crystallographic Association (ACA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO Title: A role for SETMAR in gene regulation: insights from crystal structures of the DNA-binding domain in complex with DNA Author: Qiujia Chen, Millie M. Georgiadis 2015 17th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Title: “Structural Basis for DNA Recognition by the DNA Repair Protein SETMAR” Author: Qiujia Chen, Suk-Hee Lee, and Millie M. Georgiadis TRAVEL GRANTS: 2016 IUSM Graduate Student Travel Grant to Attend the 66th American Crystallographic Association (ACA) Annual Meeting ($500) COMPETITIVE Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Travel Grant to Attend the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Biomolecular Galaxy Symposium ($50) Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 2014---2015 Mentored an undergraduate student in a 6-month capstone research project 2014 Supervised an undergraduate student in an 8-week research project 2014 Tutored high school students in summer 2011, 2012 Trained first-year graduate students during lab rotations
Water-soluble organic carbon in snow and ice deposited at Alpine, Greenland, and Antarctic sites: a critical review of available data and their atmospheric relevance

Abstract. While it is now recognized that organic matter dominates the present-day atmospheric aerosol load over continents, its sources remain poorly known. The studies of organic species or organic fractions trapped in ice cores may help to overcome this lack of knowledge. Available data on the dissolved (or total) organic carbon (DOC or TOC) content of snow and ice often appear largely inconsistent, and, until now, no critical review has been conducted to understand the causes of these inconsistencies. To draw a more consistent picture of the organic carbon amount present in solid precipitation that accumulates on cold glaciers, we here review available data and, when needed, complete the data set with analyses of selected samples. The different data sets are then discussed by considering the age (modern versus pre-industrial, Holocene versus Last glacial Maximum) and type (surface snow, firn, or ice) of investigated samples, the deployed method, and the applied contamination control. Finally, the OC (DOC or TOC) levels of Antarctic, Greenland, and Alpine ice cores are compared and discussed with respect to natural (biomass burning, vegetation emissions) and anthropogenic sources (fossil fuel combustion) contributing to atmospheric OC aerosol.
Place as brand

The clustering of creative industries is a particularly abundant research topic as it delves into the broader issue of the relevance of place. The breadth of research on the topic has adopted the representational perspective, focusing on socialization and informal exchanges of knowledge as key to creative clustering. However, this study makes use of the non-representational perspective that sees the physical environment as essential to understanding creative clustering. By combining non-representational clustering literature with branding literature, this thesis investigates the role of place as a branding device for creative clusters located in post-industrial buildings and explores the relationship between the perceptions of individual entrepreneurs about place, the perceptions of the cluster and its branding processes. More specifically, it focuses on relevant elements of the built form that play a role in creative production, reputation-making and, ultimately, branding. The research was conducted via social media content analysis and qualitative interviews with micro-cluster managers and creative entrepreneurs located within. Results suggest the existence of complex dynamics between the physical location of a micro-cluster, the stakeholders involved and the branding processes of such organizations. Place is an active and recognised source of inspiration and reputation for the workers within it; consequently, creative clusters indeed actively make use of the locational behaviour of creative entrepreneurs in their branding. The research concludes that place is a central element of the branding of post-industrial micro-clusters and proceeds to presenting the most popular place branding strategies that were found.
Workforce Composition, Productivity, and Labor Regulations in a Compensating Differentials Theory of Informality

We develop a search model of informal labour markets with realistic labour regulations, including minimum wage, and heterogeneous workers and firms. Smaller firms and lower wages in the informal sector emerge endogenously as firms and workers decide whether to comply with regulations. Because skilled and unskilled workers are imperfect substitutes in production, the model uniquely captures the informality consequences of shocks that affect returns to skill, such as rising educational levels. The model also reproduces empirical patterns incompatible with other frameworks: the presence of skilled and unskilled workers in the formal and informal sectors, the rising share of skilled workers by firm size, and formal and firm-size wage premiums that vary by skill level. We estimate the model using 2003 data from Brazil and show that it successfully predicts labour market changes observed between 2003 and 2012. Under a range of different assumptions, changes in workforce composition appear as the main drivers of the reduction in informality over this period. Policy simulations using the estimated model suggest that progressive payroll taxes are a cost-effective way to reduce informality.
Genotypic stability and correlation among quantitative characters in genotypes of aromatic pepper grown over years

Breeding efforts for fruit yield improvement in Capsicum annuum have gradually shifted from individual trait selection to simultaneous improvement of several traits which contribute to yield. The objectives of this research were to assess the correlation among quantitative characters and to determine stable pepper genotypes for fresh fruit yield in derived savanna ecology of Nigeria. Ten genotypes of C. annuumwere evaluated for three years under rainfed conditions using a randomized complete block design of three replications. The analysis of variance of the data collected showed significant differences among genotypes. The genotype x year (g x y) interaction was significant for most of the traits. Results of the correlation analysis showed significant positive correlations among traits, however some were negatively correlated. The yield stability analysis established four groups of yield stability conditions namely high yield and low variation, high yield and high variation, low yield and low variation and low yield and high variation. Three genotypes were in yield stability group 1 having high yield and low variation. This suggests stability of these genotypes to fluctuations in the random environment across years. Selecting stable genotypes and traits with high correlation among themselves and with fresh fruit yield would sustain high yield in C. annuum genotypes especially as yield components are complementary in action. Key words: Genotype, character, stability, environment, correlation, Capsicum annuum.
How the New International Goal for Child Mortality is Unfair to Africa (Again)

Despite unprecedented progress towards lower under-five mortality in high-mortality countries in recent years, a large fraction of these countries will not attain the numerical target under Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4, a reduction of the mortality rate by two-thirds compared to levels in 1990. Nevertheless, many stakeholders have argued that the post-2015 agenda should contain a level-end goal for under-five mortality and recent accelerations in the rate of reduction in under-five mortality have been cited as a cause for optimism. We argue in this paper that one key fact about relative changes in mortality rates is a lack of persistence. We find robust evidence for substantial mean reversion in the data. Hence, recent accelerations observed for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are an overly optimistic estimate of future reductions. At the same time, progress as required by the old MDG4 coincides very much with our projections for Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions. Thus, while MDG4 has been rightly criticized as overly ambitious and unfair to Africa for the 1990-2015 period, such a goal seems more appropriate for the 2005-2030 period. We also offer a discussion of likely drivers of future reductions in child deaths.
The Influence of Predictive Accuracy on Serial Autoshaping : Evidence of Orienting Responses

In four experiments we examined the influence of the predictive accuracy of the first element of a serial compound on the rate of autoshaped keypecking. In Experiment 1 a single group of pigeons received trials on two keys. On one key, Stimulus A was followed by either a 5-s conditioned stimulus (CS) or a different CS of 20-s duration. On the other key, Stimulus B was also followed by different stimuli, but both were randomly either 5or 20-s duration. Ail trials ended with the delivery of food. It was found that responding was faster during A than B. Experiment 2 replicated this finding by using a between-groups design. In Experiments 3 and 4 response rates were faster to A, which was followed on some trials by a 10-s duration CS and on others by a 30-s duration CS, than to B, which was always followed by a 10-s duration CS. These results can be most readily explained by the proposal that autoshaped keypecking consists of two kinds of response--a conditioned response and an orienting response--and the strength of the latter is inversely related to the accuracy with which the immediate consequences ofthe CS can be predicted.
Evaluation of Plant Seed Oils and Bitter Leaf Powder for their Repellency and Control of Cowpea Beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) in Stored Cowpea

The insecticidal properties of African nutmeg oil, moringa seed oil and bitter leaf powder on Callosobruchus maculatus infesting cowpea were tested in the Agricultural Biology Laboratory, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. There were three levels of African nutmeg oil (0.15, 0.3 and 0.45 ml/50g cowpea), moringa seed oil (0.75, 1.5 and 2.25ml/50g cowpea), bitter leaf powder (1.0, 2.0 and 3.0g/50 cowpea) including two checks (Aluminium phosphide and Permethrin 2.0g/50g cowpea) and untreated control. Treatments were arranged in a Completely Randomized Design and replicated three times. Two pairs of insects were introduced into each treatment and mortality was recorded for seven days. Results show that insect mortality was 100% on the 1 st day in seed treated with 0.15ml and 0.45ml/50g cowpea of African nutmeg oil and 0.75ml and 2.25ml/50g cowpea of moringa seed oil. The loss of viability in African nutmeg oil was highest (93.3%) which may be due to certain compounds that inhibited germination. The toxicity of bitter leaf powder was dose dependent with higher treatment of 3.0g/50g cowpea seed having highest mortality after the oil. Moringa seed oil has the highest repellency percentage of 56.7% in 0.6ml. It is hereby concluded that 0.75ml of African nutmeg oil can give good control of the pest ( C. maculatus ) on cowpea.
Teaching facts of addition to Brazilian children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Storage and/or automatic retrieval of the basic facts of addition from the long-term memory seems to be impaired in children with ADHD presenting arithmetical difficulties. The present study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention model designed to teach basic facts of addition as a means of advancing from counting procedures to memory-based processes in 7 children with ADHD, divided into two groups (control and intervention). The main hypothesis was that the explicit teaching of decomposition strategies would lead to an advanced use of a memory-based procedure. It is an experimental study involving the use of a blind, parallel, randomized, controlled clinical trial. The intervention group participated in 10 one-hour sessions over a 10-week period, while the control group received the same quantity and distribution of teaching time. They carried out the kind of activities generally carried out in the classroom. Although there was no apparent statistical difference between the groups, our findings suggest that the tested educational intervention model is effective at promoting the retrieval of memory-based facts, since the intervention group came to predominantly adopt a memory-based strategy. A carefully designed educational program enhances memory-based processes in students with ADHD. These findings have important implications for further research considering interventions for both students with ADHD and those who perform poorly in arithmetic. Key words: Special education, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), educational model, arithmetical difficulties, educational intervention.
A STUDY OF OXIDANTS-ANTIOXIDANTS BALANCE IN ASTHMATIC

This study was done to observe the serum/plasma oxidant-antioxidant status among asthmatic patients. Plasma MDA (Malon-di-aldehyde), an oxidant and Serum SOD (superoxide dismutase), an antioxidant, were assayed among asthmatic patients and their mean values were compared with healthy volunteer controls. Values were also observed in different age groups. The difference in mean pMDA level was found statistically significantly among cases and control, higher among asthmatic patients. Likewise, s-SOD level was significantly reduced among asthmatic patients. Clearly, there was an imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants levels among asthmatic patients and this consideration may be helpful in proper planning of basket of anti-asthma interventions.
Evaluation of a Context-Specific Communication System Based on Smartphones: A Field Study of Use and Nurses’ expectations

This project evaluates a context aware communication system designed for use in hospitals. This communication system aims to increase and improve the communication and information exchange between nurses, between nurses and physicians, and between physicians. In this paper, we focus on nurse-to-nurse communication. Nurses in the oncology department at the University Hospital of North Norway tested the system. The aim of this field study is to investigate the expectations, consequences and experiences of using the phone system in a clinical setting. The study uses a multi-method research approach including both quantitative and qualitative data. We use a before-and-after study design, with data from questionnaires, interviews and logs as well as step count measurements. In this paper, we describes the phone system and how it can be used. We also report on the nurses’ expectations and presents some preliminary findings on system usage and the before-and-after step count assessment. Keywordhospital communication systems; context awareness; nursing; e-health; work practices; ICT in hospitals;
Matching bias in syllogistic reasoning: Evidence for a dual-process account from response times and confidence ratings

We examined matching bias in syllogistic reasoning by analysing response times, confidence ratings, and individual differences. Roberts’ (2005) “negations paradigm” was used to generate conflict between the surface features of problems and the logical status of conclusions. The experiment replicated matching bias effects in conclusion evaluation (Stupple & Waterhouse, 2009), revealing increased processing times for matching/logic “conflict problems”. Results paralleled chronometric evidence from the belief bias paradigm indicating that logic/belief conflict problems take longer to process than non-conflict problems (Stupple, Ball, Evans, & Kamal-Smith, 2011). Individuals’ response times for conflict problems also showed patterns of association with the degree of overall normative responding. Acceptance rates, response times, metacognitive confidence judgements, and individual differences all converged in supporting dual-process theory. This is noteworthy because dual-process predictions about heuristic/analytic conflict in syllogistic reasoning generalised from the belief bias paradigm to a situation where matching features of conclusions, rather than beliefs, were set in opposition to logic.