Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of diets with different contents of sunflower meal without or with exogenous enzymes supplementation on gastrointestinal tract response of growing turkeys

The present experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of a different dietary content of sunflower meal (SFM) and the efficiency of an non-starch polysaccharide (NSP)-degrading enzyme preparation on growth and gut function of young turkeys. A total of 1512 one-day-old male turkey poults were randomly assigned to 8 dietary treatments, with 7 pens per treatment and 27 birds per pen. Experimental diets with a different content of SFM (0, 7, 14 and 21%; SFMQ, SFM 7, SFM ) 4 and SFM 2 1 groups, respectively) were administered in two variants, with and without NSP-degrading enzymes (E+ and EQ treatments, respectively). Diets fed to the turkeys for 8 weeks were isonitrogenous and isocaloric, but they differed substantially with regard to crude fibre content (in average 2.98, 3.97, 4.64 and 5.64% in the SFM 0, SFM 7, SFM l 4 and SFM 2 1 groups, respectively). The enzyme preparation applied to a diet caused a tendency towards lower ileal viscosity (P=0.099) and a significant decrease in caecal total volatile fatty acids concentration, * Supported by the State Committee for Scientific Research, Grant No. 311 058 31 4 Corresponding author: e-mail: j.juskiewicz@pan.olsztyn. pl JUSKIEWICZ J. ET AL. 469 despite of the observed increase in activities of bacterial a-glucosidase, a-galactosidase and /? -galactosidase in the E+treatment. At the same time, two-way ANOVA revealed that following the dietary inclusion of SFM at the amount of 14 and 21%, a significant decrease was observed in final body weight, small intestine and caecal tissue mass, caecal digesta mass, as well as the rate of bacterial production of volatile fatty acids in the caeca. Such an effect was not recorded when SFM was applied at a dose of 7%. In conclusion, sunflower meal rich in crude fibre added at the level of 14-21% to a diet for growing turkeys may induce undesirable processes manifested in the decrease in relative mass of small intestine and caecal tissues, as well as potent inhibition of the fermentation processes in the caeca. Our study showed additionally that high fibre sunflower meal could be used at a dose of up to 7% without any adverse effects on the gastrointestinal physiology of the growing turkeys.
Changes in BMI in a Cohort of Irish Children: Some Decompositions and Counterfactuals

This paper examines the change in body mass index for a cohort of Irish children as they aged from 9 to 13 and decomposes the change into parts attributable to changes in observable characteristics and changes in returns to observable characteristics. The decomposition is carried out over the whole of the distribution, with a particular focus on the upper percentiles and a number of different decomposition techniques are applied and compared. The overall increase in BMI at higher percentiles is modest and is over-explained by the change in characteristics and is not sensitive to the adopted technique. The paper also carries out a number of partial equilibrium counterfactuals examining the impact of non-marginal changes in variables such as exercise and maternal education. The impact of these counterfactuals is limited.
On Intertemporal Poverty: Affluence-Dependent Measures

This paper proposes a class of intertemporal poverty measures based on a sequence-speci? c weighted average of an individual? s snapshot poverty measures. The weight assigned to the level of poverty in each time period is determined by the number of periods of relative a? uence directly preceding that poor period. These can have a short-lived mitigating e? ect on a subsequent poverty period. The properties of the measures are elaborated and an axiomatic foundation is provided
HYPHA: a framework based on separation of parallelisms to accelerate persistent homology matrix reduction

Persistent homology (PH) matrix reduction is an important tool for data analytics in many application areas. Due to its highly irregular execution patterns in computation, it is challenging to gain high efficiency in parallel processing for increasingly large data sets. In this paper, we introduce HYPHA, a HYbrid Persistent Homology matrix reduction Accelerator, to make parallel processing highly efficient on both GPU and multicore. The essential foundation of our algorithm design and implementation is the separation of SIMT and MIMD parallelisms in PH matrix reduction computation. With such a separation, we are able to perform massive parallel scanning operations on GPU in a super-fast manner, which also collects rich information from an input boundary matrix for further parallel reduction operations on multicore with high efficiency. The HYPHA framework may provide a general purpose guidance to high performance computing on multiple hardware accelerators. To our best knowledge, HYPHA achieves the highest performance in PH matrix reduction execution. Our experiments show speedups of up to 116x against the standard PH algorithm. Compared to the state-of-the-art parallel PH software packages, such as PHAT and DIPHA, HYPHA outperforms their fastest PH matrix reduction algorithms by factor up to ~2.3x.
SEED AND BIOLOGICAL YIELDS OF NARBON VETCH GENOTYPES UNDER CENTRAL ANATOLIA CONDITION, TURKEY

Narbon vetch is an annual forage legume that can be successfully cultivated and used as both grain and hay in animal feeding in arid and semi-arid climates. Even though narbon vetch is not commonly grown in Turkey, the plant has a significant potential for the future because it is suitable for winter sowing and capable of enough production (forage or seed) capacity under shorten spring growing period. The study was conducted in Eskisehir plain (Central Anatolia Region of Turkey) between 2014 and 2015 years. In the study, 6 lines and 2 cultivars of narbon vetch that obtained from different sources were compared in terms of plant height, biological yield and grain yield. According to results, plant height did not show significant difference among cultivars but it was different between years. Plant height was 50.0 and 73.8 cm in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Average plant height was 61.8 cm, however, it varied between 44.7 and 77.5 cm among cultivars. Although there was no significant difference between cultivars with regard to biological yield, differences were significant between years (P<0.05). Overall biological yields were 5064 kg/ha and it was 3896 and 6232 kg ha in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Biological yield ranged from 2865 to 7967 kg ha among cultivars. Grain yield was significantly different (P<0.01) between years, it was 1112 kg ha in 2014 and 1754 kg ha in 2015. The highest grain yield was 2274 kg ha and it was obtained from line 2461. Year x cultivar interaction was significant (P<0.05). There was no difference recorded in Bozdag cultivar among years while genotypes 2391, 2461 and 2466 were produced more grain under better climatic conditions. Line 2466 showed satisfying grain production in the contrast experimental years. In conclusion, Bozdag cultivar is recommended to cultivation in the region and similar ecologic conditions however line 2466 have a prominent potential to developing new cultivar.
Processes setting the characteristics of sea surface cooling induced by tropical cyclones

[1] A 1/2° resolution global ocean general circulation model is used to investigate the processes controlling sea surface cooling in the wake of tropical cyclones (TCs). Wind forcing related to more than 3000 TCs occurring during the 1978–2007 period is blended with the CORE II interannual forcing, using an idealized TC wind pattern with observed magnitude and track. The amplitude and spatial characteristics of the TC-induced cooling are consistent with satellite observations, with an average cooling of � 1°C that typically extends over 5 radii of maximum wind. A Wind power index (WPi) is used to discriminate cooling processes under TCs with high-energy transfer to the upper ocean (strong and/or slow cyclones) from the others (weak and/or fast cyclones). Surface heat fluxes contribute to � 50 to 80% of the cooling for weak WPi as well as away from the cyclone track. Within 200 km of the track, mixing-induced cooling increases linearly with WPi, explaining � 30% of the cooling for weak WPis and up to � 80% for large ones. Mixing-induced cooling is strongly modulated by pre-storm oceanic conditions. For a given WPi, vertical processes can induce up to 8 times more cooling for shallow mixed layer and steep temperature stratification than for a deep mixed layer. Vertical mixing is the main source of rightward bias of the cold wake for weak and moderate WPi, but along-track advection becomes the main contributor to the asymmetry for the largest WPis.
The Commutativity in Prime Gamma Rings with Left Derivation

Let M be a Γ− ring, U an ideal of M, charM � , 3 and 0 � d : M → M be a left derivation. In this paper we have proved the following results. (i) If d(U ) ⊂ U and d 2 (U) ⊂ Z then M is commutative where Z = {c ∈ M : cγm = mγc : m ∈ M, γ ∈ Γ} is the center of M. (ii) Let d1 ,d 2 be non zero left and right derivations of M and d2(U) ⊂ U. If d1d2(U) ⊂ Z then M is commutative.
Evaluation of foxO modulation in modelling Parkinson Disease in Drosophila melanogaster

Symptoms of Parkinson Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disease, emerge due to degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Approximately 10% of PD is familial with a number of genes that have been recognized to play a role. In 2012, a genome wide study revealed a role for the foxO transcription factor in PD. To more fully understand human diseases, model organisms such as Drosophila melanogaster are widely used. In the present study, I have attempted to model Parkinson Disease in Drosophila by foxO modulation using RNAi transgenes. To achieve this goal, I conducted longevity assays and locomotion measurements along with supportive experiments that target expression in the developing eye. Results suggest that under certain conditions, slight elevation of foxO by down-regulation of one of foxO’s inhibitors, the kinase minibrain (mnb), can model PD in flies. Results are presented here showing that expression of mnb-RNAi (and predicted subsequent slight elevation of foxO) in dopaminergic neurons results in significant loss of climbing ability: the defining feature of PD models in fruit flies. Other results suggest that slight decrease of foxO by foxO-RNAi decreases life span significantly when expressed under the control of TH-Gal4( Tyrosine Hydroxylase-Gal4) . In addition, results show that GFP-RNAi expression under the control of TH-Gal4 reduces life span significantly.
What Makes Tourists Satisfied? An Empirical Study on Malaysian Islamic Tourist Destination

The main objective of this study is to explore influencial factors that lead to tourist's satisfaction in destination based Islamic tourist destinations in Malaysia. This research is necessary to provide a better understanding of the Muslim tourist satisfaction in Malaysian Islamic tourist destination in the different facets. The identification of influencing factors that make Muslim tourist satisfied help Islamic destination marketer to make strategic marketing plans. Multiple Regressions was employed to identify the relationship among the variables. From the analysis it was found that destination image, religious motivation and service quality have a positive relationship with tourist satisfaction on islamic tourist destination in Malaysia.
Optimization of Lactobacillus fermentum DSM 20049 Growth on Whey and Lupin Based Medium Using Response Surface Methodology

The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential use of whey components and lupin proteins as cheap nutrients in the formulation of optimum medium for lactic acid bacteria growth, for this purpose a Plackett and Burman design was used to screen variables (medium components and physical parameters) that have significant effects on the growth of Lactobacillus fermentum DSM 20049 in whey and lupin based medium. Statistical analysis of the results allowed selecting two factors having a significant positive effect on the bacterial growth (tween 80 and inoculum size). Central composite design was used to determine the optimum level of the selected factor. Under these optimized conditions, the composition of WLM (Whey and Lupin Medium) was the basic medium of whey and lupin supplemented with 1.56 mL/L of tween and inoculated at a rate of 5.25% with a maximum OD 600 value of 6.88. Based on the comparison of Lactobacillus fermentum DSM 20049 growth on the formulated medium with that observed on MRS (standard laboratory medium), the growth of the strain in WLM is much higher than that observed in MRS medium with a maximum OD 600 values of 7.04 on LWM and 4.08 on MRS medium, respectively and Lactobacillus fermentum DSM 20049 growth in the new medium was 72.54% higher than that on MRS. Thus, whey and lupin hydrolysates are good alternative sources of nitrogen that lead to a better growth of the strain and can be used for large-scale production.
The Sea Level Enigmatic Rising -- New Perspectives from an Expanding Globe

In the expanding Earth framework it is possible to find additional phenomena that could contribute in a proper way to the water balance and general tectonic eustatism involved in the sea lever rising. Recent compilations seems to leave unexplained up to 12 cm/century of sea rising, and possible solutions invoking a polar ice shells melting near to the upper limit of the error bars reveal in conflict with the consequent expected decreasing of the Earth angular velocity. It is shown that taking into account possible effects of an expanding Earth, the problem can be initiated towards an appropriate solution, at least as regards the just orders of magnitude. Major effects on sea-level could come from ongoing relaxation of curvature variations that are peculiar for an expanding globe.
Whiskers de celulosa a partir de residuos agroindustriales de banano: Obtención y caracterización

Due of the potential use of cellulose whiskers (CW) as reinforcement in the design, processing and production of nanobiocomposites, the aim of this study was to obtain whiskers from agro-industrial waste banana (Musa cavendish). The methodology for obtaining cellulose includes conventional chemical methods such as acid hydrolysis, chlorination, alkaline extraction and bleaching. Double acid hydrolysis (4N HCl and H2SO4 64%) and sonification process were applied for their extraction. The final product was characterized by Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray di raction (XRD), Thermal analysis (DTG), Polariscope and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The patterns of X-ray di raction indicate a high crystallinity, due to e cient dissolution of the amorphous regions (lignin and hemicellulose) by the acid treatments. These results were confirmed by the FTIR spectra. The AFM micrographs allowed to evaluate the characteristic dimensions of the CW, length of 200 nm up to 1.3 m and diameter between 7 and 70 nm and, showing a high aspect ratio (l=d) to act as reinforcement in composite materials, making evident the potential of banana agro-waste as source for the production of cellulose whiskers (CW).
Playing on your Strengths, or your Opponent's? Party issue attention in the 2009 Belgian election campaign.

Issue ownership theory expects political parties to focus their campaigns on “owned” issues, for which they hold a reputation of competence, and to avoid issues that play to the advantage of their opponents. However, recent studies from the bipartisan US context show that parties, more often than not, campaign on the same issues. Evidence from multiparty European countries is rare, but points in the same direction. In this paper, we intend to make two contributions to the literature. First, we acknowledge that parties communicate their issue priorities through various channels and argue that they shift their priorities in communication channels that allow for short-term tactical adjustments during the campaign. Second, we explicitly recognize that issue competition always takes place between pairs of parties. Based on electoral manifestos and press releases of all parties competing in the 2009 regional elections in Flanders, we show that issue competition between parties follows different patterns across communication channels.
Turning point detection using non-parametric statistical surveillance

Turning point detection is important in many areas. One application is forecasting the time of the next tum in the business cycle, by detection of a tum in leading economic indicators. Another application is detection of a peak in the human menstrual cycle. In both these applications we make continual observation of the time series with the goal of detecting the turning point in the cycle as soon as possible. At each time, an alarm statistic and alarm limits are used in making a decision as to whether the time series has reached a turning point. The alarm statistic and the alarm-limit are based on the maximum likelihood ratio technique for surveillance. No parametric function is assumed for the cycle, but a non-parametric estimation procedure is used. The shape of the turning point has an impact on the performance of the method for turning point detection. The influence of some turning point characteristics (slopes and smoothness of curve) is evaluated both theoretically and by simulation studies. The simulations are used to demonstrate the effect of the slopes (both pre-peak and post-peak). Results from the simulation study show that the false alarm probability increases for a non-smooth curve and that the detection probability is sensitive to the shape of the curve just around the turning point. In the theoretical investigation, it is shown that the expected delay of an alarm is shorter for a steeper post-peak slope. The method is also evaluated by applying it to a set of Swedish data.
Transactional Leadership Style and Employee JobSatisfaction among Universities' Guest Houses inSouth-West Nigeria

This article seeks to establish the relationship that exists between the dimension of transactional leadership style and job satisfaction among employees in Universities’ guesthouses in the hospitality sector of the economy. Quantitative cross sectional research design was adopted for the study. The correlation result reveals that contingent reward of transactional leadership style have weak positive relationship on the employee job satisfaction with 0.267 at Pvalue less than 0.05 level of significance, thus prompting the acceptance of alternative hypothesis.
Seasonal nitrogen fixation and primary production in the Southwest Pacific: nanoplankton diazotrophy and transfer of nitrogen to picoplankton organisms

We applied a high-sensitivity dual isotopic tracer technique ( 13 C: 15 N) to measure N2 fix- ation and primary production in the total phytoplanktonic community and in 3 size fractions (>10, 10 µm, i.e. Trichodesmium) often fixed the bulk of available nitrogen at very high rates (up to 1.8 nmol l -1 h -1 ). Elevated 15 N2 accumulation (up to 0.83 nmol l -1 h -1 ) was always observed in the <10 µm fraction, representing a mean of 31 ± 20% of total N2 fixation, up to 92% in the lagoon and 98% in the oceanic region. Direct fixation was detected in the <10 µm fraction during the day as well as during the night in the New Caledonia lagoon, indicating that unicellular nanoplanktonic cyanobacteria could be a significant source of new nitrogen. Some accumulation of 15 N2 was also detectable in the <3 µm fraction, especially in surface samples. The rates of this nitrogen accumulation were generally very low (<0.17 nmol l -1 h -1 ), repre- senting ~10% of total fixation. However, in August 2002, this 15 N accumulation in the <3 µm fraction contributed nearly 50% of the total nitrogen fixation. However, with the post-size-fractionation experiments it was not possible to distinguish direct N2 fixation from picoplanktonic assimilation of organic compounds released by large cyanobacteria. Nevertheless, the results demonstrate a close coupling between larger diazotrophs and picoplanktonic populations, and show that new nitrogen could rapidly be provided for the pelagic microbial food web.
Impact of Nurse's Depression on Caring Dimensions at Oncology Care Unit

Caring has been widely discussed in the health care professions, especially in nursing which is considered to be one of the caring professions. The care in oncology settings causes special stress of care takers especially oncology nurses. Oncology nurses see patients dieing every day due to failed treatment or late diagnosis. This incidence has negative psychological feelings on nurses. Consequently have negative implications upon the different caring dimensions in oncology settings. However, few researchers have examined this issue. Hence, the purpose of this research is to assess the impact of nurse's depression on caring dimensions at oncology Care unit. The study was conduc ted at oncology unit in Al Ain hospital in U.AE. Forty oncology nurses were included in the study. Three tools were used by the researcher for data collection. Oncology nurses demographic data through a structured interview schedule. Beck Depression Invent ory (BDI) to measure depression of oncology nurses, and caring dimension inventory (CDI) to gather oncology nurses perceptions of caring dimension in oncology settings. The results revealed that the majority of oncology nurses were experience mild and mode rate levels of depression (55% and 30% respectively). 15% of the study subjects had severe level of depression. Oncology nurses were perceived the importance of caring in all aspects of care (57.5%, 45.0%, 67.5% respectively) P = 0.342. Overall, results sh ows statistically significant positive correlation between oncology nurses depressive level and their years of experience in oncology settings ( P = 0.001). A statistical significant difference was found between levels of depression and oncology nurses perc eptions of aspects of nursing practice to be caring ( P = 0.001). ( Amal G. Shehata . Impact of Nurse's Depression on Caring Dimensions at Oncology Care Unit . Researcher 2013;5( 12 ): 232 - 239 ). (ISSN: 1553 - 9865). http://www.sciencepub. net/researcher . 33
SoundUAV: Towards Delivery Drone Authentication via Acoustic Noise Fingerprinting

Drones are gaining a lot of traction in a wide spectrum of applications. This popularity makes them attractive attack surfaces, which necessitates the need for ensuring their security. Specifically, in the case of drone delivery, an attacker drone may impersonate the legitimate one in order to steal packages, which makes drone authentication important. Recent efforts have pushed to incorporate digital certificates as an authenticator for drones. However, such software-based techniques are often compromised and can be launched on a large scale, making them a bigger threat. To this end, we propose SoundUAV as an additional factor of authentication that leverages differences in the acoustic noise characteristics of drones to fingerprint them. These differences are caused due to manufacturing defects in their motors, making them hard to replicate. Moreover, SoundUAV does not require any hardware modifications to existing drones as they leverage the freely available sound information, and it is also robust to large-scale attacks as the attacks involve hardware alterations. To test the feasibility of SoundUAV, we evaluate it on 54 motors, and 11 drones of the same make and model, and report fingerprinting accuracy of 99.48%.