Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Religious diversity, empathy, and God images: perspectives from the psychology of religion shaping a study among adolescents in the UK

Major religious traditions agree in advocating and promoting love of neighbour as well as love of God. Love of neighbour is reflected in altruistic behaviour and empathy stands as a key motivational factor underpinning altruism. This study employs the empathy scale from the Junior Eysenck Impulsiveness Questionnaire to assess the association between empathy and God images among a sample of 5993 religiously diverse adolescents (13–15 years old) attending state maintained schools in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and London. The key psychological theory being tested by these data concerns the linkage between God images and individual differences in empathy. The data demonstrate that religious identity (e.g. Christian, Muslim) and religious attendance are less important than the God images which young people hold. The image of God as a God of mercy is associated with higher empathy scores, while the image of God as a God of justice is associated with lower empathy scores.
Effect of Teaching Modern English Drama on the Students’ Fluency and Accuracy of Speaking

Speaking a language involves more than simply knowing the linguistic components of the message, and developing language skills requires more than grammatical comprehension and vocabulary memorization (Chastain, 1988). In teaching-learning processes, drama method may have some positive effects on ELL students' speaking fluency and accuracy. This study attempts to probe one of the main concerns of language learners, that is, how to improve their speaking components, e.g. oral fluency and accuracy. To attain this aim, the researchers investigated the effect of two selected texts from modern English dramas on students' speaking fluency and accuracy. They distinguished fluent from non-fluent and accurate from no accurate learners. Therefore, the current study was designed as a true experimental research and the data were gathered from 60 EFL students of English language and literature at Hormozgan University in Iran. The data were the recorded speaking transcripts which were analyzed to show the probable progresses after four-time (10 weeks) treatment. The factors to be considered in present study were the numbers of filled and unfilled pauses in each narration, the total number of words per minute, mean length of utterance, and number of stressed words. The results were compared and their temporal and linguistic measures were correlated with their fluency scores. They revealed that the speech rate, the mean length of utterance, phonation time ratio and the number of stressed words produced per minute were the best predictors of fluency scores, and thus, students' speaking fluency increased, whereas the students' speaking accuracy decreased in some areas of speaking abilities and oral communications.
Innovation capabilities and performance: are they truly linked in SMEs?

Purpose In an environment where business uncertainty is the norm, developing innovation capability in an organisation is increasingly important. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects that innovation capabilities have on the business performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the context of a regional developing and emerging economy of Mexico, in this case, Aguascalientes. Design/methodology/approach The approach of this study is quantitative. Four research hypotheses were formulated and tested using structural equation modelling (SEM). Data were collected through a questionnaire survey responded by 308 SMEs located in the Aguascalientes state of Mexico. Findings The results obtained show that innovation in products, processes, marketing and management has a positive and significant effect on the business return of Mexican SMEs. Originality/value The paper complements the limited body of knowledge currently existent in the SMEs innovation literature, particularly when compared to that of large organisations. Similar works in other settings have provided mixed results in regards to the effects that innovation capabilities have on the business performance of SMEs. Thus, this paper offers a refined understanding and validation of the relationship between innovation capabilities and business performance, especially within the context of SMEs, and insights into some of the innovation aspects that managers may consider when formulating the strategies of their organisations. Finally, it enables such relationship to be understood within a particular situation, contributing in this manner to expand the body of knowledge in the innovation field.
Body Composition and Nutritional Requirements of Protein and Energy for Morada Nova Lambs

This investigation was carried out to determine body composition of protein, fat, and energy as well as nutritional requirements of protein and energy for maintenance and weight gain of Morada Nova Lambs. Thirty lambs averaging 15 kg of initial body weight (BW) were used in this trial. To determine the body composition using the comparative slaughter approach six lambs were slaughtered at 15 kg (reference animals), six at 20 kg (intermediary slaughter), and the remaining were distributed in one of six groups of three animals (one animal per diet) receiving the following forage (F):concentrate(C) ratios: 1) 40F:60C; 2) 55F:45C, and 3) 70F:30C. Lambs in each group were slaughtered when the animal fed the highest amount of concentrate reached 25 kg of BW. Body composition varied from 181.53 to 178.74 g of protein, 72.37 to 131.11 g of fat, and 1.81 to 2.34 Mcal of energy per kg of empty body weight (EBW). The net requirements of gain varied from 222.30 to 218.6 g of protein and from 3.30 to 4.28 Mcal of energy per kg of gained BW. The endogenous losses of nitrogen were of 0.332 g/kg0.75/day. The net requirement of energy for maintenance, estimated by heat production in fasted animals, was of 52.49 Kcal/kg0.75 of EBW. The requirements of metabolizable protein and energy for lambs from 15 to 25 kg of BW with daily weight gain of 100 g varied from 53.46 to 60.19 g/day and from 1.47 a 2.00 Mcal/day, respectively.
Tracking Microorganisms in Production and Sale Operations of Spiced Geese

Cooling, transportation and sale processes of spiced geese were studied, eight spiced geese meat samples with different sampling time, Airborne microorganism samples of three different workplaces and five different environmental contact substance samples were test, measures of special mediums, biochemical identification and DNA sequencing were carried out, then Escherichia coli, Yeast, Mildew, Lactic acid bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Janthinobacterium were detected. For spiced geese meat samples, microorganisms were significant (p ) increased with the prolong of sampling time. Lactic acid bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Janthinobacterium were detected in each processing operation and the total aerobic counts of each sample was increased or significant (p ) increased with the prolong of sampling time; Escherichia coli, Yeast and Mildew were detected on samples entered into the retail outlet mainly and the total aerobic counts of each sample was increased or significant (p ) increased also. In the household workshop, Mildew and Janthinobacterium were the superior microorganisms. In the transport vehicle, Staphylococcus aureus and Janthinobacterium were the superior microorganisms; Staphylococcus aureus was the superior microorganism in the retail outlet. For environmental contact substances, Cooling platform, pallet, chopping block were the most serious contaminated environmental contact substances and the total bacteria counts were significant (p ) more than stainless steel barrel and chopper; Janthinobacterium was the superior microorganism on pallet, stainless steel barrel and chopper; Lactic acid bacteria was the superior microorganism on chopping block and stainless steel barrel; Staphylococcus aureus was the superior microorganism on cooling platform. Findings indicate that Escherichia coli, Yeast, Mildew, Lactic acid bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, Janthinobacterium were the main microorganisms; Household workshop and the retail outlet were the main place microorganisms contaminated; Pallet, stainless steel barrel and chopper were the main environmental contact substances.
Radii of uniform convexity of some special functions

In this investigation our main aim is to determine the radius of uniform convexity of the some normalized q-Bessel and Wright functions. Here we consider six different normalized forms of q-Bessel functions, while we apply three different kinds of normalizations of Wright function. Also, we have shown that the obtained radii are the smallest positive roots of some functional equations.
Evaluation of electronarcosis and clove oil for short-term anesthesia in common carp, Cyprinus carpio L. 1758

Anesthesia is considered to be the best way to ensure animal welfare during handling etc. Clove oil and electronarcosis are among the most popular chemical and physical anesthetics used in fisheries and biology; however there is a little information available on the effect of anesthesia using direct electric current in fish. In the present study, the impacts of clove oil (30 mg.l-1) and electro-anesthesia (constant direct current, 0.5 v.cm-1) (DC) were assessed in common carp, Cyprinus carpio during narcotic stage in two experimental sets. Experiment 1 was conducted to quantitatively compare induction of anesthesia and recovery time. The biochemical and hematological effects of anesthetics were analyzed as experiment 2. The results revealed that induction and recovery times in fish anesthetized with electric current were significantly lower than clove oil treatment. Significant differences were observed in cortisol concentrations, red blood cells and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration between anesthetic methods. Our results suggest that constant direct current electronarcosis was more quickly than clove oil and associated with lower side effects in common carp.
Determinants of agriculture biodiversity in Western Terai landscape complex of Nepal

The study explored agriculture biodiversity around protected areas and identified factors affecting diversity of agriculture biodiversity in farming households. The study analyzed the data collected from household survey of about 907 farmers from Western-Terai Landscape Complex of Nepal. Intra-species and inter-species richness and evenness in agriculture landscape were estimated and compared across a spectrum of land-uses. The study identified different social, economic, technological and ecological factors affecting the richness of intra-species and inter-species diversity of agriculture biodiversity using generalized linear regression models. Technology index, information index, food security, animal holding, ethnicity, irrigation facility and land-use were found as major variables affecting agriculture. The results also indicated that buffer zones had higher diversity than other land-uses, indicating positive effects of protected-land on surrounding agriculture biodiversity. Results supported need of coordinated efforts to mainstream agriculture biodiversity conservation with landscape conservation plans and socio-economic developments of the region.
Structural Change Modeling of Singapore Private Housing Price in Simultaneous Equation Model

This paper investigates the structural change behavior of Singapore’s private housing market and in particular the impact of government policies on housing price determination. A structural model of price is established and the “Regressive Segmentation (RS)” method is applied to detect the changing points without prior knowledge of the structural changes. Our study shows that the changing points indicated by the RS method are consistent with the timing of the policy changes.
Energy sources in low intake supplements on the productive and reproductive performance of Zebu cows

The aim of this study was to evaluate the productive and reproductive performance of primiparous zebu cows supplemented on Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu with supplements of low intake composed of different energy sources in the postpartum period. Sixty cow-calf pairs were divided into three treatments, a standard mineral salt supplement, a supplement based on ground corn and another containing protected fat, under the same conditions of pasture. The cows had an average initial age of 36 months and 295.9 ± 20 kg of initial body weight. The evaluation period lasted from November 2006 to May 2007, the 24 days after delivery until weaning of calves to 192 days of age. Cows fed the supplement based on ground corn (351 g day-1) and protected fat (357 g day-1) showed a similar increase in body weight, which was higher in relation cows fed with the mineral mixture (179 g day-1). Mineral mixture supplementation resulted in body condition score loss of cows between 80 and 136 days after calving. Cows fed energy supplements of low consumption produced more milk, weaned heavier calves and showed higher pregnancy rate than those fed only with the mineral mixture. The use of 3% calcium salts of fatty acids in energy supplements of low consumption did not alter the productive and reproductive performance of primiparous Zebu cows.
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR : EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA

Research on ethical behavior has been conducted to understand human behavior in their environment. It became an issue in Indonesia since there are many issues related to accountant behavior in their professional role. This study provides empirical evidence on an ethical behavior issue related to accounting student and lecturers in a private university in Surabaya, East Java-Indonesia. We added a personal variable of gender and locus of control to identify how women differ from men. Women in Indonesia have been treated as second citizen, not only in education but also in the working environment. This has held despite efforts of emancipation undertaken for many years. The locus of control as an individual factor represents how individuals react to making decision. About half of 23 private universities in Surabaya and 548 respondents engaged in the survey. The universities were separated by accounting program accreditation. Using analysis of variance and Pearson correlation the result of this study show women’s ethical attitudes were better than men’s. Second, it was concluded that individuals with internal lotus of control are more reluctant to do unfair and unethical acts than individual with external locus of control. Finally, accounting programs with better accreditation revealed better ethical behavior, even though the difference was statistically insignificant.
Using fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm in financial health scoring

Classification of firms according to their financial health is currently one of the major problems in the literature. To our knowledge, as a first attempt, we suggest using fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm to produce single and sensitive financial health scores especially for shortterm investment decisions by using recently announced accounting numbers. Accordingly, we show the calculation of fuzzy financial health scores step by step by benefit from Piotroski’s criteria of liquidity/solvency, operating efficiency and profitability for the firms taken as a sample. The results of correlation analysis indicate that calculated scores are coherent with short-term price formations in terms of investors’ behavior and so fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm could be used to sort firm in a more sensitive perspective.
Study of Deuterium Isotope Separation by PEFC

Hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions were studied on a polycrystalline platinum electrode in 0.05 M D2SO4 solution at 298 K by using a rotating disk electrode, focusing on the kinetic isotope effect on reactivity. The polarization measurements in the evolution reaction regime, on the one hand, revealed two Tafel regions: at low overpotentials close to the equilibrium potential, the Tafel slope was 0.039 V dec−1, suggesting a Volmer-Tafel mechanism; and at potentials around 0.05 V or lower, a slope of 0.168 V dec−1 indicated that a transition to a Heyrovsky-Tafel mechanism occurred. In the oxidation reaction regime, on the other hand, a single Tafel slope of 0.055 V dec−1 was observed at potentials of 0.08 V or lower. Comparing between the deuterium and protium data for the kinetic factors supported the presence of an isotope effect, whereby the deuterium was more easily dissociated on the platinum electrode. The present kinetic result supported the deuterium separation of polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) in which the mixture gases of H2 and D2 were purged. The deuterium separation factor increased with increasing in the hydrogen utilization. This suggests a new isotope separation technique and also provides useful data for fuel cells.
Effect of clipping and of shading calves on cutaneous evaporation.

Two calves, one a pure Hereford and the other a Hereford x Santa Gertrudis crossbred, have been exposed to moderate heat stress in the field and the effect on cutaneous evaporation of (i) clipping and (ii) shading the animals from direct solar radiation, investigated. The cutaneous evaporation rate from the shoulder area of the Hereford calf was unaffected by clipping while that of the crossbred calf showed a 14% increase. Shading the two calves for 2 hours at mid-day caused a 60% reduction in the cutaneous evaporation rates of both animals. Associated changes in rectal temperature, respiratory rate and skin temperature during clipping and shading observations are also reported.
Winsorized modified one step m-estimator in Alexander-Govern test

This research centres on independent group test of comparing two or more means by using the parametric method, namely the Alexander-Govern test. The Alexander-Govern (AG) test uses mean as a measure of its central tendency. It is a better alternative to the Welch test, James test and the ANOVA, because it has a good control of Type I error rates and produces a high power efficient for a normal data under variance heterogeneity, but not for non-normal data. As a result, trimmed mean was applied on the test under non-normal data for two group condition, but as the number of groups increased above two, the test fails to be robust. Due to this, when the MOM estimator was applied on the test, it was not influenced by the number of groups, but failed to give a good control of Type I error rates under skewed heavy tailed distribution. In this research, the Winsorized MOM estimator was applied in AG test as a measure of its central tendency. 5,000 data sets were simulated and analysed using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS). The result shows that with the pairing of unbalanced sample size with unequal variance of (1:36) and the combination of both balanced and unbalanced sample sizes with both equal and unequal variances, under six group condition, for g = 0.5 and h = 0.5, for both positive and negative pairing condition, the test gives a remarkable control of Type I error rates. In overall, the AGWMOM test has the best control of Type I error rates, across the distributions and across the groups, compared to the AG test, the AGMOM test and the ANOVA.
Evaluation of Mandarin and Navel Orange Peels as Natural Sources of Antioxidant in Biscuits

The use of navel orange and mandarin peels as natural antioxidant in biscuits production was investigated. Chemical composition showed that peels had high contents of ash, ether extract and crude fiber and low protein content. Navel orange and mandarin peel powders were used in production of hard biscuits (Marie) at three levels of wheat supplementation (5, 10 and 15%). Sensory evaluation and chemical analysis of biscuits indicated that supplementation with 5% and 10% levels were well accepted in all organoleptic properties as compared to the control sample, but at 15% level, low scores indicated unacceptable product. Addition of peel powders increased crude fiber, ash and ether extract contents of biscuits. The results indicated that the mandarin and navel orange peel extracts have antioxidant activity. Mandarin peels had the highest total phenols (780mg/100g dry matter) and the highest antioxidant activity. Also, data indicated that the addition of navel orange and mandarin peels powder increased the shelf life of biscuits as compared to the control. Addition of peels inhibited lipid oxidation as indicated by the peroxide values of navel orange and mandarin biscuits. The peroxide values after 6 months of storage at 25oC and 40oC were (8.9 and 10.3 meq./kg fat) and (8.2 and 12.5 meq./kg fat) for navel orange and mandarin biscuits respectively as compared to control (29.5 and 35 meq./kg fat). Consequently, it could be concluded that navel orange and mandarin peel powders might be used instead of synthetic antioxidants, as the addition of peels at 10% level had no adverse effect on the organoleptic properties of biscuits. Moreover, the biological results indicated that the substitution with peels up to 10 % improved the weight gain of rats, decreased the levels of serum total cholesterol, liver lipid and liver cholesterol and glucose blood. Finally, addition of peels as a source of natural antioxidant can be recommended to increase the shelf life of food products containing fats and oils, which is safe and can impart health benefits to the consumer.
Coral bleaching reduces reproduction of scleractinian corals and increases susceptibility to future stress

Extensive bleaching of corals occurred at Heron Island Reef during the 1998 mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Two hundred coral colonies were labelled and sampled on the reef flat at Heron Island in March 1998 (when approximately 80% of corals growing in the intertidal reef flat were bleached). These included both bleached and unbleached colonies of many species. Bleached colonies of all sampled species had lower densities of symbiotic dinoflagellates and lower chlorophyll a concentrations per surface area of coral tissue than unbleached colonies. Samples of the colonies were decalcified and polyps dissected to determine fecundity. There were significantly fewer eggs present in the bleached than unbleached colonies in all sampled species. In many species, no eggs were present in the bleached colonies. Eggs that were present were also significantly smaller in the bleached than the unbleached colonies of the majority of species sampled. There were also significantly fewer polyps containing eggs and testes in the bleached than the unbleached colonies. The percentage of tissue made up by lipids in the bleached colonies was significantly lower than that of the unbleached colonies in some species. By July 1998, 23% of the sampled colonies had died and many of the previously bleached colonies had regained their colour, suggesting visually that they had recovered. However, previously bleached colonies in November . 1998 still had fewer eggs and reproductive polyps than colonies that had been previously unbleached. In July of the following year, in the middle of the Australian winter, many of the corals that had. bleached the year before bleached again and more colonies had died. In contrast, none of the previously unbleached colonies bleached at this time. In November 1999, just prior to the spawning period, there were large areas of coral on the reef slope that were noticeably pale. These pale colonies were sampled along with adjacent normally pigmented corals and the pale colonies were almost entirely devoid of eggs. During the 1998 bleaching event approximately 80% of the reef slope colonies were bleached, so it is likely that these pale colonies were previously bleached colonies. These data suggest that bleaching has adverse and long-lasting effects on coral reproduction and that previously bleached colonies may be more susceptible to future stress.