Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PERFORMANCE OF NOVEL VS TRADITIONAL INSECTICIDES FOR THE CONTROL OF Amrasca biguttula biguttula (HOMOPTERA, CICADELLIDAE) ON COTTON

Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) can reduce the yield of cotton approximately 25%. No potential predators have been recorded in the field for its control. To overcome this pest insecticides play significant role in the improvement of crop yields all over the world during the last four to five decades. To save the crop from this notorious pest, ten formulations of insecticides viz., acephate 75SP (Acephate) @ 625g, imidacloprid 25WP (Imidacloprid) @188g, thiamethaxim25WG (Actara) @ 60g, imidacloprid 70WG (Confidor) @ 43g, dimethoate 40EC (Sanitox) @ 1000 ml, nytonpyron10SL (Pyramid) @ 500ml, lambdacyhlothrin2.5E (Kango) @ 825 ml, thiachloprid 480SC (Talent) @ 63 ml, imidacloprid 25SL (Confidor) @ 500ml, and diafenthiuron 500SC (Polo), @ 500ml, per hectare were sprayed in the field having maximum population of nymphs and adults of Jassid at Cotton Research Station, Multan on cotton variety Bt- 886 in the month of July, 2011 and 2012. The maximum mortality of jassid was observed in those treatments, where acephate was applied with 79, 72, 65 mortality, nytonpyron with 69, 63, 55 and imidacloprid 68, 63, 57 percent mortality after 24, 72 and 168 h of spray. Minimum mortality of jassid was observed in the treatments where talent was applied having 25, 17 and 16 percent mortality 24, 72 and 168 h after spray. By the application of acephate, pyramid and confidor 25SL on cotton crop the yield can be increased.
"Riba in La-riba contracts: where to turn in Islamic home financing?

Even as the BBA model has not made a complete exit from Islamic home financing, the musharkah mutanaqisa partnership (MMP) model is fast gaining popularity with the jurists and the bankers alike as a truly interest free alternative. This paper reproduces our earlier evidence that the MMP model is no different from the conventional home financing involving interest. In this context it refers to actual cases from some countries, especially the US, where MMP is gaining ground. We shall reiterate that our Diminishing Balance Model (DBM) in several ways over the MMP.
STUDIES ON EFFECT OF PRIMING TREATMENTS ON GERMINATION AND SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT AND THEIR CORRELATION IN GUAR (CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA L.)

SUMMARY Different seed priming treatments T 1 (H-D), T 6 (KNO 3 , 0.5%) and T 8 (Pseudomonas culture) enhanced germination (6.66-12.66%) in good quality seed-lot of small seeded guar variety HG-365, whereas the treatment T 3 (GA 3 , 50 ppm), T 5 (PEG-6000, -5 bar) and T 7 (Rhizobium culture) improved the germination percentage (6.67-11.00%) considerably over control in good quality seed-lot of medium bold variety HG563. The treatments T 3 , T 5 , T 1 and T 6 enhanced field emergence (3.83-7.5%) in good quality lot of HG-365, whereas the treatments T 1 and T 3 enhanced seedling establishment (SET) percentage (6.00-6.33%) over control in marginal seed lot of HG-563. Similar trend was found for field emergence index (FEI) and mean emergence time (MET) for both the varieties. The SET was found significantly and positively correlated with standard germination, vigour indices (VI-I and VI-II), accelerating ageing (AA), and FEI and negatively with MET. These parameters can be used as reliable predictors of field emergence potential and seedling establishment. Overall, the treatment T 3 (GA 3 , 50 ppm) was found commonly superior in all variety-lot combinations, for enhancing standard germination, final field emergence and reducing the mean emergence time.
Effect Of LMA-Classic And LMA-Proseal Insertion On Intraocular Pressure In Adult Patients.

Background: One of the primary aims of anaesthetic management during ophthalmic surgery is to provide optimal control of intraocular pressure (IOP). Laryngeal mask airway (LMA)-classic and LMA-ProSeal have been compared on many aspects but we could not locate any trials comparing the effect of their insertion on IOP. Present study compared effect of LMA-classic and LMA-ProSeal insertion on the IOP. Methods: 100 patients requiring general anaesthesia for elective surgical procedures were divided into two groups (LMA-classic in 50 patients and LMA-ProSeal in 50 patients). Baseline IOP was recorded and after induction, LMA insertion was performed. Anaesthesia was maintained with nitrous oxide and halothane in oxygen. IOP was measured just before LMA insertion, just after LMA insertion and thereafter at intervals of 1, 3 and 5 minutes. Results: IOP decreased in both groups after induction with propofol (p value> 0.05). It rose just after the insertion of airway device in both the groups (p value>0.05). At one minute after the device insertion IOP started decreasing (p value>0.05). At 3 minutes and 5 minutes after the insertion of airway device the IOP was still decreasing in both the groups and was not significantly different. Conclusion: Results of the present study show that IOP always remains below baseline with the use of LMA-classic as well as LMA-ProSeal. The study showed similar profile of two devices as far as IOP is concerned.
Motivation Based on Interest and Confidence Level at Teaching Core Science Subjects - Case Study of Fouad Academy Abuja

Motivational process can influence a child’s understanding. Students’ interest in some subjects being taught arouses confidence level, influences science students’ performance and reaction to success and failure. Data were analyzed through randomized sampling techniques using an answered questionnaire from fifty four students (54) of senior secondary one to senior secondary three at Fouad Academy Abuja. The data showed that interest and confidence level were independently defined as motivating science subject cognition, transfer and knowledge among students successfully. From inferred chi – square analysis of the studied parameters from senior secondary one (SS1) to three (SS3) for subject interest and confidence level, these tools were not found to be associative for motivation in the learning of some science subjects. Sex differential was a motive able variable but tends to merge with incremental challenge on class gaining.
Exploratory study of winter wheat reflectance during vegetative growth using three‐mode component analysis

Remote sensing is a potentially important source of data for site‐specific crop management, providing both spatial and temporal information. Remote‐sensed data have been used in nitrogen application strategies to achieve optimal yield potential or grain quality. Our objective was to investigate and describe the use of repeated multispectral measurements and three‐mode component analysis in order to interpret measurements on winter wheat grown at different plant densities and nitrogen application strategies. A multi‐band spectroradiometer with eight different wavelengths was used three times during vegetative growth. The Tucker3 model was used for the three‐mode component analysis (3MPCA). A comparative study of single reflectance wavelengths and selected calculated vegetation indices was performed. Results showed that the 3MPCA technique gave better separation of samples from different treatments than a single principal components analysis (PCA) using a single measurement day. Furthermore, vegetation indices seemed to perform better than single wavebands. The 3MPCA model is capable of extracting important structural information about measurement conditions and cropping history. The temporal repeated measurements provided additional information about average growth rate and possibly also irradiation conditions at the time of measurement.
Comparing independent estimates of carbon dioxide exchange over 5 years at a deciduous forest in the southeastern

At a deciduous forest in the southeast United States (Walker Branch Watershed, Oak Ridge, Tennessee), as at other sites with tall vegetation and/or complex terrain, it is difficult to temporally integrate eddy covariance data to obtain long-term estimates of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide (NEE), primarily because of suspected systematic nocturnal errors. Therefore, although eddy covariance data can be invaluable, additional tools such as empirical gap-filling methods, independent measurements of CO2 flux using chambers, and simulations using canopy process models are often necessary to obtain reliable annual carbon uptake estimates. Two independent approaches for estimating annual NEE using these tools at the Walker Branch site are discussed. One approach is to cumulatively sum the full set of eddy covariance measurements over time. The second approach is to sum the output of NEE from a biophysical canopy exchange model (CANOAK). CANOAK incorporates independent chamber measurements on leaves, soil, and stems and is driven using the observed canopy architecture, meteorology, soil water content, and soil temperatures to predict NEE. Both methods estimate similar trends and magnitudes of daytime (daylight hours) soil respiration and NEE over 5 years. Both methods also suggest similar differences among years (interannual variability). These two estimates of NEE are used to address possible measurement bias errors at this site and to provide plausible estimates of annual NEE. The estimated mean annual NEE at this site is −574 g C m−2 yr−1 between 1995 and 1999, ranging from −470 g C m−2 y−1 (1995) to −629 g C m−2 yr−1 (1999) (negative NEE indicates uptake by forest).
Systematic approach to β and 2 ν β β decays of mass A = 100 – 136 nuclei

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A STUDY OF RADIO POLARIZATION IN PROTOSTELLAR JETS

Synchrotron radiation is commonly observed in connection with shocks of different velocities, ranging from relativistic shocks associated with active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, or microquasars, to weakly or non-relativistic flows such as those observed in supernova remnants. Recent observations of synchrotron emission in protostellar jets are important not only because they extend the range over which the acceleration process works, but also because they allow us to determine the jet and/or interstellar magnetic field structure, thus giving insights into the jet ejection and collimation mechanisms. In this paper, we compute for the first time polarized (synchrotron) and non-polarized (thermal X-ray) synthetic emission maps from axisymmetrical simulations of magnetized protostellar jets. We consider models with different jet velocities and variability, as well as a toroidal or helical magnetic field. Our simulations show that variable, low-density jets with velocities of ∼1000 km s−1 and ∼10 times lighter than the environment can produce internal knots with significant synchrotron emission and thermal X-rays in the shocked region of the leading bow shock moving in a dense medium. While models with a purely toroidal magnetic field show a very large degree of polarization, models with a helical magnetic field show lower values and a decrease of the degree of polarization, in agreement with observations of protostellar jets.
Impact of coal mining on plant diversity and tree population structure in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, North East India

The present study was undertaken to analyze the impact of coal mining on plant diversity and tree population structure as affected by its proximity. The study revealed that the number of tree species was low in all the mining sites due to various activities during the mining as compared to adjacent unmined area, however, mining sites was represented by higher number of herbaceous species (31-41 species) than the unmined area (23 species). Pinus kesiya in the mining area, and Camellia caudata, Castanopsis purpurella and Quercus griffithii in unmined area were among the dominant trees. Majority of species showed contagious distribution pattern in the unmined and mined areas. The dominance-distribution pattern showed log-normal distribution in unmined area while it was resemble with broken-stick series model in the mined area. Shannon diversity index for tree and shrub species were low in mined areas as compared to that of the unmined area, however, diversity index of ground vegetation did not differ among the mined and unmined areas. Simpson's dominance index shows a reverse trend to that of diversity index. The tree density was more (1040 stems ha -1 ) in the unmined area than the mined areas (515 and 646 stems ha -1 ) while density of herbaceous species was higher in mined areas than the unmined area. The trees of medium girth class contributed to the maximum stand density in the mined areas, while in the unmined site the trees of low girth class contributed to the maximum stand density. The higher basal area in the mined areas, in spite of low stand density, could be mainly due to the existence of trees of high girth as they were not damaged by the miners during the mining operations. (New York Science Journal 2010;6(9):79-85). (ISSN: 1554-0200).
A Long-Horizon Perspective on the Cross-Section of Expected Returns

We provide evidence of the strong long-run relation between expected returns and market beta risk in the challenging (for the CAPM) post-1963 period as well as over longer time periods. We show that returns averaged over long horizons (up to 10 years) are related positively and signi…cantly to the market risk betas computed over similar periods. For the Fama-French 25 size and book-to-market portfolios and the industry portfolios, the market risk premium is estimated signi…cantly at economically-meaningful values between 6% and 11% per annum over a 5- to 10year period. When paired with alphas whose economic and statistical signi…cance decreases with the length of the horizon, our evidence is suggestive of the near long-run mean-variance e¢ ciency of the market portfolio and an approximate long-run version of the classical CAPM.
Another way of looking at the enigma of sex determination in Ellobius lutescens

morphology, with the same odd number (2n = 17) being present in both sexes3. The odd chromosome is the X chromosome, and it constitutes approximately 5% of the haploid genome. It therefore appears that the X chromosome is of the standard (‘original’) type found in most mammals4. Embryonic mortality is high5, as one would expect when both parents are monosomic for the X chromosome and if embryos disomic for the X do not survive. The X remains unpaired at meiosis6. There is no evidence of a Y chromosome, either in the soma or in the germline. The possibility of Sry (Sex determining region of the Y) being present as a cryptic translocation in another chromosome has recently been ruled out by the finding that Sry sequences are not
Response of Vietnamese Private Enterprises' Leader under Global Financial Crisis: From Theorical to Empirical Approach

The recent problems of Vietnam enterprises’ bankruptcy and ineffective performance under the impact of global financial crisis 2008 - 2009 had raised questions about how important leadership is and how to support leaders in enhancing their leadership in order to keeping their enterprises alive with the hardship. This paper aims to presents an empirical study of business leaders through business decisions they made during 2008-2012 to ensure their companies’ survival; their forecasts and expectations for when the recession is over and the competencies needed for successful leadership in times of recession. The survey sample was composed of 478 CEO and 561 senior managers in Vietnamese private enterprises. The results indicate that 84% of the surveyed leaders agreed with much longer time to tender economic recovery. Besides, forecasted leadership and management performance were just at moderate level, under 3.25 on the average. Struggling with challenges of recession, the leaders recognized some necessary adjustments and adaptations in which business environment becomes increasingly complex and unpredictable and requires greater flexible leaderships. Especially, amongst the 14 factors, sustainability, working enthusiasm and willingness to take risk appear to be more responded in what leaders should do in times of economic downturn. Meantime, it also can be concluded from the survey of senior manager about leader’s needed competences that all values are under 4.0, which means no leadership competencies or skills is evaluated as good or excellent.
Isolation and in vitro reproduction of periosteal cells

Mechanical and biochemical isolation and reproduction of periosteal cells, enable us to evaluate these fibroblast like cells. The established method of isolation and reproduction of periosteal cells were presented, and compared to other well known periosteal cell culture studies. The effect of hormones, trace elements, osteogenic mediators, and different pressure and oxygenation on bone growth and periosteal bone healing can be evaluated by structural and electron microscopic means on the isolated and cultured osteogenic cells. [Turk J Med Res 1993; 11 (3): 107-111]
On the Leeuwin Current System and Its Linkage to Zonal Flows in the South Indian Ocean as Inferred from a Gridded Hydrography

AbstractThe Leeuwin Current System (LCS) along the coast of Western Australia consists of the poleward-flowing Leeuwin Current (LC), the equatorward-flowing Leeuwin Undercurrent (LUC), and neighboring flows in the south Indian Ocean (SIO). Using geostrophic currents obtained from a highly resolved (⅛°) hydrographic climatology [CSIRO Atlas of Regional Seas (CARS)], this study describes the spatial structure and annual variability of the LC, LUC, and SIO zonal currents, estimates their transports, and identifies linkages among them. In CARS, the LC is supplied partly by water from the tropics (an annual mean of 0.3 Sv; 1 Sv ≡ 106 m3 s−1) but mostly by shallow (200 m) eastward flows in the SIO (4.7 Sv), and it loses water by downwelling across the bottom of this layer (3.4 Sv). The downwelling is so strong that, despite the large SIO inflow, the horizontal transport of the LC does not much increase to the south (from 0.3 Sv at 22°S to 1.5 Sv at 34°S). This LC transport is significantly smaller than previous.
Accurate Modeling of Evaporation and Enthalpy of Vapor Phase in CO2 Absorption by Amine Based Solution

The effect of enthalpy of liquid and vapor phases for the CO2 absorption process in mono-ethanolamine (MEA) solution is one of the important factors involved in CO2 absorption processes. This phenomenon is more prominent at the bottom of the column for countercurrent operations resulting in corrosion, erosion, and loss in amine, mostly at high enthalpy of liquid. The absorption column temperature increases during the CO2 absorption process, due to exothermic absorption of CO2 in amine solution. This rise in temperature increases water evaporation. These water vapors condense back to the liquid phase when they come in direct contact with cold amine solution coming from the top of the column. The Kent-Eisenberg vapor-liquid equilibrium model used is accurate with less than 3% error. A loss of MEA and water in the vapor phase is studied in this research. It is revealed that only 0.001 mole% MEA and 3 mole% water leave the absorption column with flue gases at 298 K. This loss in amine solution is quite low and acceptable for industrial processes.
Pulsations of Ethnicity and Epitome of Globalization

international scenario is caught up in the quandaries of 'Globalization' versus the spatiotemporal pulses of 'Ethnicity'. It has marred the strives for evolving a 'world-order' that is envisaged by many idealists as the 'redeemer' for the developing world. However, the skepticism of the stake holders about compromising their characteristic identities in the strides of such maneuverings has not been without underpinning if we analyze the exigencies in geopolitical and historical perspective. This paper attempts to build up a conceptual framework and insight into the dynamics of this cross-cultural traversing. The dawn of new millennium has in its fold the escalating technological and industrial sophistication. The resultant swift information transfers have led to retransformation of the international transactions and interactions. The expansive global traverse is squeezing and intra-cultural and intercultural relationships are redefined. The oft reiterated "global village" envisages smooth and viable political integration but it is closely linked with pluralistic or multicultural dynamism in the political, economic and social settings. However, the process of political integration in itself is intricate and obviated by ethnic diversities. The resultant conflicts that at times eclipse the process may drag it to tenuous planks. The diversities based on ethnicity are multivariate and arise out of "the awareness on the part of a particular community of having a separate identity on the basis of common history, race, language, religion, culture and territory" (Pamir 1997). In most of the instances, the ethnic communities are polarized towards recognition and reflection of their linguistic, religious and other cultural identities due to some suffering(s) at the hands of the community (or communities) in power and vie to protect their group rights for extracting maximum share of the economic, social and political benefits from the state casket. The continued deprivation of the suffering group and state repression transcend this struggle to grant of political autonomy that may escalate to demand for complete sovereign status. Irrespective of the governance involved, the complaints appear to be the same, that is "each group feels it is being denied some of the economic, political and cultural rights and opportunities available to other populations in a given state" (Boulding 1990).
In vitro micro-propagation of endangered ornamental plant-Neotchihatchewia isatidea (Boiss.) Rauschert

The ornamental plant, Neotchihatchewia isatidea, is an endangered species of Turkey and threatened by complete extinction in the future. Therefore, in vitro multiplication of this species can be valuable for commercial production and germplasm conservation. Immature embryos of N. isatidea were cultured for initiation on Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) supplemented with N6-benzylamino-purine (BAP) and -naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). Shoot primordia were visible within 5 - 6 weeks and the shoot primordia later developed into normal shoots 10 - 12 weeks after the culture initiation on calli developed from immature embryos. Shoot tips were also excised from developed plantlets for direct shoot organogenesis and cultured on MS shoot induction medium supplemented with BAP (0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg/l), kinetin (KIN) (0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg/l) and thidiazuron (TDZ) (0.05, 0.10 and 0.50 mg/l). Direct multiple shoots from shoot tips developed in most media tested. High shoot multiplication (3.73), high rooting (53 %) number of root per shoot (3.66) and survival ratio (46.6 %) were achieved.
Local government partnership working: a space odyssey. Or, journeys through the dilemmas of public and private sector boundary-spanning actors

In this article we explore the dilemmas experienced by boundary-spanning actors working at the intersection of local government and the private sector. We suggest that these dilemmas are entwined with the disruption, transformation and reproduction of local government traditions. We utilise structuration theory to understand how agency is both constrained and enabled by traditions and how such agency in turn affects traditions. In drawing on the accounts of both public and private sector actors in one English region over a 10-year period, we decentre the public sector and reveal the flux inherent in working across different traditions of practice.