Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pervasiveness of Fasciolosis in Sheep in Yilmana-Densa District, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Northwestern Ethiopia

A cross sectional study was conducted from September to December 2011 to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with ovine fasciolosis in Yilmana-Densa district, West Gojjam, Amhara region. For this purpose, 384 rectal faecal samples were collected from sheep and examined using the standard sedimentation technique to detect Fasciola eggs. Out of them, 163 (42.44%) were positive for fasciolosis. A statistical significant variation (P < 0.05) in prevalence was observed among age groups where higher prevalence was recorded in adults (51.40%) than young animals (17%). Likewise, there was a statistical significant difference (P<0.05) in infection prevalence within the sex groups in which it was higher in females (53.06%) than in male animals (23.74%). Significant variation (P < 0.05) in infection rate among different body condition scores was observed in which higher prevalence was recorded in poor (64.28%) than in good (22.77%) body conditioned animals. The present study revealed that infection of sheep by fasciolosis was attributed to the presence of favorable environment for the abundance of intermediate host and the parasite, hence requiring immediate strategic intervention against the disease.
Technological Monitoring Applied to Survey-Based on Brazilian Patent Applications about PEMFC

The present study aims to show the importance of patents as an instrument of technological innovation and to assess the relevance of technology of PEMFC in Brazil by means of the technological monitoring methodology from 1996 to 2005. This study used different Industrial Property Databases (INPI-BR, ESPACENET and DWPI), in order to retrieve the BR applications in each database. Relevant keywords as “fuel cell” were used in combination with specific IPC (H01M8) in order to assess the main applicants, countries, IPCs and technological innovation over time. In Brazil, the country holding more requests in this area is the United States (US) with 53,7% of the patent applications, while Brazil (BR) accounts for 4,4% of the total requests. It was also observed that the North-American company, UTC Fuel Cells comes on top of the list and that there were no patent applications of Brazilian origin (BR) in other countries.
DEM Analysis on Flow Patterns of Geldart's Group A Particles in Fluidized Bed

A discrete particle model for flows of Group A particles in Geldart's classification was studied. Generally, Group A particles have small diameter, so that additional interaction between particles, such as the lubrication force due to interstitial fluid and the adhesion (van der Waals) force due to the intermolecular force may have a strong effect on their fluidization behavior. In this paper, we studied the effects of lubrication and adhesion forces between particles. The calculated results using the DEM model with the adhesion force showed the existence of the non-bubbling (homogeneous) regime and pressure drop hysteresis, which are characteristic features of Group A particles in the fluidized bed.
Cytochrome oxidase I sequence of Helicoverpa (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) species in India—Its utility as a molecular tool

The genus Helicoverpa comprises of 2 species in India—H. armigera and H. assulta. This paper compares partial CO-1 sequences of the two-field-collected species with a laboratory strain of H. armigera and Drosophila yakuba whose entire mitochondrial genome has been sequenced. The region sequenced in the study corresponds to 2111 to 2601 bp sequence of D. yakuba mitochondrial genome, i.e mid to near terminal segment of the CO-I region. When analyzed, at least 18 nucleotide and 8 amino acid substitutions were observed between the two species. Using this information, a specific PCRRFLP tool was designed that distinguishes between the two species at the egg stage itself, thus, influencing pest control options significantly, especially in areas and crops where the two may occur simultaneously.
Subunit composition of seed storage proteins in high-protein soybean genotypes

O objetivo deste trabalho foi quantificar o acumulo das principais subunidades de proteinas de reserva da soja, β-conglicinina e glicinina, e como elas influenciam a produtividade e os conteudos de proteina e de oleo em genotipos de soja com alto conteudo de proteina. A acumulacao relativa de subunidades foi calculada por escaneamento em geis SDS-PAGE, com uso de densitometria. O conteudo de proteinas dos genotipos testados foi maior que o da cultivar controle dentro do mesmo grupo de maturacao. Varios genotipos com conteudo de proteina aumentado, mas com produtividade ou conteudo de oleo inalterados, foram desenvolvidos como resultados de novas iniciativas de melhoramento. Esta pesquisa confirmou que as cultivares com alto conteudo de proteina acumulam maior quantidade de glicinina e β-conglicinina. Os genotipos KO5427, KO5428, e KO5429, que acumularam menor quantidade de todas as subunidades de glicinina e β-conglicinina, foram as unicas excecoes. Deve-se atentar para os genotipos KO5314 e KO5317, que acumularam quantidades significativamente maiores das duas subunidades da glicinina, e para os genotipos KO5425, KO539 e KO536, que acumularam quantidades significativamente maiores das subunidades de β-conglicinina. Estes resultados indicam que alguns dos genotipos testados poderiam ser beneficos em programas de melhoramento que visem a producao de plantas agronomicamente viaveis, com sementes com alto conteudo de proteinas e composicao especifica de proteinas de reserva para fins alimenticios definidos.
Political Economy of EMU. Rebuilding Systemic Trust in the Euro Area in Times of Crisis

This paper revisits the existent empirical evidence of a decline in citizens’ systemic trust in times of crisis for a 12-country sample of the euro area (EA12) from 1999 to 2014. They affirm a pronounced decline in trust in the periphery countries of the EA12, leading to particular low levels in the national government and parliament in Spain and Greece. They discuss the consequences of this decline for the political economy of Economic and Monetary Union and corroborate the strong and negative association between unemployment and trust. They provide evidence of the increase in unemployment in Spain and examine policy measures at the national and EU level to tackle unemployment. They revisit the evidence of the enduring support for the euro and discuss its relevance to crisis management. They elaborate upon the question of how to restore systemic trust without and with treaty change.
The Effectiveness of Monitoring Mechanisms for Constraining Earnings Management: A Literature Survey for a Conceptual Framework

Recently, financial crisis and high profile corporate scandals in the United States, Europe and East Asia, have brought corporate governance and audit quality issues to the forefront in developing countries, emerging markets and transitional economies. In fact, the main issue involves manipulation of accounting data which lose investor confidence and trust in the financial reports. In order to enrich investor confidence and trust regarding financial reporting quality, firms need to adopt effective monitoring mechanisms. In relation to that, this paper proposes a conceptual framework to investigate the role of regulatory mechanisms concentrating on corporate governance and external audit for mitigating earnings management. Evidence from previous studies supports the proposed model. Hence, the extant study argues that firms with effective monitoring mechanisms in the form of corporate governance and external audit are less likely to allow earnings management because opportunistic earning's cause uncertainty about the economic value of a firm. Keywords: Corporate Governance, Bankruptcy, External Audit, Earnings Management. JEL Classifications: G3, G33, G39, G32
Emotional literacy and the ecology of school wellbeing

School connectedness is increasingly identified as significant for enhancing young people’s resilience, prosocial behaviour and learning outcomes (Benard, 2001; Libbey, 2004; Cunningham, 2007). Connectedness encompasses how students feel at school, their participation and engagement with learning, and the quality of the relationships they experience (Bond et al., 2001; Whitlock, 2006). Emotional literacy is defined here as relational values and competencies at individual and whole school levels, and as such is the basis of relational quality and social capital.This paper is based on a qualitative research project exploring processes and practices in six Australian schools. These schools, across ages and sectors, were promoting values of respect, acceptance and care, and actively working to develop emotionally literate learning environments.An eco-systemic analysis of the data illustrates how elements of school systems interact with others over time to create school wellbeing. This highlights what is both useful and challenging in promoting and sustaining good practice in developing a caring school ethos. The findings include the centrality of the vision, skills and resilience of school leaders, a focus on valuing each member of the school community, the development of a positive discourse and high relational expectations. Positive changes in school culture are maintained by shared relational values, a belief in inclusive practices and by maximum ownership by the whole school community in the change process. Sustainability is threatened by negativity from members of staff who may perceive the leader’s vision for students as counter to their own wellbeing.
ORAL CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK STRATEGIES IN EFL. A PILOT STUDY IN CHILEAN CLASSROOMS / ESTRATEGIAS CORRECTIVAS ORALES EN INGLÉS COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA. UN ESTUDIO PILOTO EN LAS AULAS CHILENAS

Abstract Oral corrective feedback has been of great importance in foreign language acquisition since it helps improving oral production in students. Many studies have been conducted on this topic. However, the results may vary in every context. For this reason, this investigation aimed to comprehend Chilean teachers’ use of corrective feedback strategies and their efficacy in students’ performance. In this descriptive study, five teachers audio-recorded two lessons of 90 minutes each, where students from 5th to 8th grade received feedback from their teachers. The results include the frequency and effectiveness of corrective feedback strategies, as well as the type of errors that teachers correct in the classroom. The findings show that Chilean teachers use corrective feedback strategies to correct pronunciation, vocabulary, grammatical and content errors. Also, there is a tendency of Chilean teachers to use explicit correction as the most frequent strategy. In terms of effectiveness, most of the corrective feedback provided followed repair from the learner. Among the most effective corrective feedback strategies, we could find repetition, elicitation, clarification request and metalinguistic feedback. Resumen El feedback correctivo oral ha sido de gran importancia en la adquisicion de una lengua extranjera ya que ayuda a mejorar la produccion oral de los estudiantes. Muchos estudios sobre el tema han sido conducidos, sin embargo, los resultados pueden variar en cada contexto. Por esta razon, esta investigacion tiene como proposito comprender el uso de estrategias de retroalimentacion correctiva de profesores chilenos y su eficacia en el desempeno de sus estudiantes. En este estudio descriptivo cinco profesores audio grabaron dos clases de 90 minutos cada una, donde los estudiantes de 5to a 8vo basico recibieron retroalimentacion de sus profesores. Este estudio determino que en la mayoria de las ocasiones, los profesores chilenos proporcionan retroalimentacion usando correccion explicita. Los resultados muestran que los profesores chilenos utilizan estrategias de retroalimentacion correctivas para corregir pronunciacion, vocabulario, errores gramaticales y de contenido. Ademas, hay una tendencia de los profesores chilenos a utilizar la correccion explicita como la estrategia mas frecuente. En terminos de eficacia, la mayor parte de la retroalimentacion correctiva proporcionada resulto en la reparacion del alumno. Entre las estrategias mas eficaces de retroalimentacion correctiva encontramos la repeticion, la elicitacion, la solicitud de clarificacion y la retroalimentacion metalinguistica.
Targeting Tumor Hypoxia in Radiotherapy: A Brief Review of Historical Background and Recent Progress

Tumor hypoxia is a physiologic barrier to radiotherapy and anti-tumor drug delivery. Numerous efforts have been made to overcome this barrier and to improve therapeutic outcomes. Strategies for targeting tumor hypoxia have included chemical radiosensitizers and hyperthermia, followed by combined synergic therapeutic modalities. Clinical hypoxia measurements and the development of molecular imaging agents prompted trials on dose escalation in external beam radiotherapy, which takes advantage of contemporary sophisticated radiation dose delivery techniques. Increases in our understanding of hypoxia-induced biological pathways have led to the investigation of various hypoxia targeting drugs. Radiolabeled hypoxia targeting drugs deliver radionuclides into hypoxic tumor cells and achieve highly localized cell death. In this manuscript, we briefly review the methods of targeting tumor hypoxia in radiotherapy. These include image guided dose escalation in external beam radiotherapy, radiosensitizers, and radiolabeled agents targeting hypoxia pathways and the receptors on hypoxic tumor cells. Our current understanding of tumor hypoxia is the culmination of the collective efforts of generations of researchers. New frontiers are continuing to expand, as new discoveries are being made on both the macroscopic and molecular levels.
Impact of crisis on state-society relations: The case of a democratizing Taiwan

This study aims to explore the evolving relationship between the state and civil society from the perspective of crisis and its impact on governance type. Theoretically, the study adopts a dichotomous concept of crisis as either dissensus or consensus, and develops a typology of four governance modes that capture the dynamics of state-society relationships to facilitate empirical analysis: adversarial, managerial, network and collaborative governance. Empirically, Taiwan, a nascent democracy and developmental state, and, specifically, the Ministry of Labor are chosen as an instrumental case to demonstrate the historical impact of crises on governance style and the general quality of democracy. Key words: Dissensus crisis, consensus crisis, governance, state-society relations, democratization.
Impact of Effective Teamwork on Employee Performance

This research examined the impact of Teamwork on employee performance. The study adopted descriptive and explanatory research design. Further this study used a cross sectional survey methods using a survey questionnaires, containing 35 items with Likert Scale (Disagree -1 and 5 for Agree). A questionnaire was developed based on past literature and numerous tests were done to test the normality, reliability and validity of the data. The independent variables to measure effective teamwork are Effective communication, Team Cohesiveness, Accountability, Interpersonal skills, Leadership and Level of trust. The dependent variable used in this research is employee performance. The samples of 107 employees from an entertainment company in Kuala Lumpur capital of Malaysia were selected using simple random probability sampling technique. The collected data was analysed using descriptive means and regression via SPSS.20. This study found that all the chosen factors have significant relationship with teamwork. This research find Efficient Communication, Level of trust, Leadership and Accountability has a positive and significant impact on employee performance. While we found no significant influence of Intrapersonal skills and Cohesiveness on Employee Performance. Though this research included only one entertainment organisations, future studies may include larger sample by conducting the study on more organisations including manufacturing industry, Financial firms etc. to see the variation in the results. The future studies may compare differences based on socio-demographic profile and might examine the similarities and difference of motivational factors in different sectors in Malaysia.
Design Optimization of a Speed Reducer Using Deterministic Techniques

The optimal design problem of minimizing the total weight of a speed reducer under constraints is a generalized geometric programming problem. Since the metaheuristic approaches cannot guarantee to find the global optimum of a generalized geometric programming problem, this paper applies an efficient deterministic approach to globally solve speed reducer design problems. The original problem is converted by variable transformations and piecewise linearization techniques. The reformulated problem is a convex mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem solvable to reach an approximate global solution within an acceptable error. Experiment results from solving a practical speed reducer design problem indicate that this study obtains a better solution comparing with the other existing methods.
Solving Fixed Channel Allocation using Hybrid Evolutionary Method

Assigning channels to cells in wireless networks is an NP-hard problem. There are different soft computing strategies are applied to solve fixed channel allocation with the interference constraints of the mobile network. This research focuses on applying the new genetic operators with the local search and heuristic strategies to obtain the near optimal solution. This hybrid evolutionary method is implemented on some of the benchmark instances. Near optimal solution is obtained in the minimal complexity and the results are found to be better than the existing methods.
Relativistic Quantum Theory of Matter and Gravitation from 3 Postulates

We use three postulates P1, P2a/b and P3 : Combining P1 and P2a with "Sommerfeld's quantum rules"; correspond to the original quan- tum theory of Hydrogen, which produces the correct relativistic energy levels for atoms (Sommerfeld's and Dirac's theories of matter produces the same energy levels, and Schrodinger's theory produces the approximation of those energy levels). P3 can be found in Schrodinger's famous paper introducing his equation, P3 being his first assumption (a second assumption, suppressed here, is required to deduce his equation). P3 implies that the wavefunction solution of both Schrodinger's and Klein-Gordon's equations in the non interacting case while, in the interacting case, it immediatly implies "Sommerfeld's quantum rules" : P1, P2a, and P3 then produce the correct relativistic energy levels of atoms, and we check that the required degeneracy is justied by pure deduction, without any other assumption (Schrodinger's theory only justies one half of the degeneracy). We observe that the introduction of an interaction in P1 is equivalent to a modication of the metric inside the wavefunction in P3, such that the equation of motion of a system can be deduced with two dierent methods, with or without the metric. Replacing the electromagnetic potential P2a by the suggested gravitationnal potential P2b, the equation of motion (deduced in two ways) is equivalent to the equation of motion of General Relativity in the low field approximation (with accuracy 10-6 at the surface of the Sun). We have no coordinate singularity inside the metric. Other motions can be obtained by modifying P2b, the theory is adaptable. First of all, we discuss classical Kepler problems (Newtonian motion of the Earth around the Sun), explain the link between Kelpler law of periods (1619) and Plank's law (1900) and observe the links between all historical models of atoms (Bohr, Sommerfeld, Pauli, Schrodinger, Dirac, Fock). This being done, we introduce P1, P2a/b, and P3 to then describe electromagnetism and gravitation in the same formalism.
XMM–Newton and Swift spectroscopy of the newly discovered very faint X-ray transient IGR J17494–3030

A growing group of low-mass X-ray binaries are found to be accreting at very faint X-ray luminosities of <1036 erg s−1 (2-10 keV). One such system is the new X-ray transient IGR J17494-3030. We present Swift and XMM-Newton observations obtained during its 2012 discovery outburst. The Swift observations trace the peak of the outburst, which reached a luminosity of ∼7 × 1035 (D/8 kpc)2 erg s−1 (2-10 keV). The XMM-Newton data were obtained when the outburst had decayed to an intensity of ∼8 × 1034 (D/8 kpc)2 erg s−1. The spectrum can be described by a power law with an index of Γ ∼ 1.7 and requires an additional soft component with a blackbody temperature of ∼0.37 keV (contributing ∼20 per cent to the total unabsorbed flux in the 0.5-10 keV band). Given the similarities with high-quality spectra of very faint neutron-star low-mass X-ray binaries, we suggest that the compact primary in IGR J17494-3030 is a neutron star. Interestingly, the source intensity decreased rapidly during the ∼12 h XMM-Newton observation, which was accompanied by a decrease in inferred temperature. We interpret the soft spectral component as arising from the neutron-star surface due to low-level accretion, and propose that the observed decline in intensity was the result of a decrease in the mass-accretion rate on to the neutron star.
The Effect of 2 , 4-Dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acid ( 2 , 4-D ) Concentration on Callus Induction in Sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) * 1

213 ABSTRACT: Experiment was designed and conducted to determine the most appropriate concentration of 2, 4-Dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acid suitable for callus induction in sugarcane. Explants were obtained from apical meristems of two sugarcane cultivars (SP726180 and CO001) and cultured in a modified MS medium supplemented with varying concentrations of 2,4-D. After sterilization, the explants were incubated in the growth chamber at 27C and monitored for callus induction for four Weeks. The resulting calli were sub cultured on a media with a reduced 2,4-D concentration to induce somatic embryogenesis. Percentages of callus formation, embryogenic callus as well as growth coefficient were the parameters monitored. Data generated were analyzed using Chi-square and showed a significant difference among the different 2,4-D concentrations (P≤0.05). Swelling of the explants was observed one week after inoculation while callus initiation begun after two weeks. The calli were found to be yellowish, compact and nodular. Callus induction was found to increase with increase in the concentration of 2,4-D.
The effect of a short course in cognitive and behavioural therapy (CBT) on knowledge acquisition in non-specialist CBT practitioners

In this study, we investigate the effects of training on knowledge acquisition in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Knowledge acquisition is assessed through the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Knowledge Questionnaire (CBT-KQ; Myles, Latham, Ricketts, 2002). The CBT-KQ contains 26 multiple-choice questions from five conceptual topics: general CBT issues, theoretical underpinnings of behavioural approaches, theoretical underpinnings of cognitive approaches, practice of behavioural therapy, and practice of cognitive therapy. Thirty eight students attended weekly 3 hour sessions and were tested at weeks 1 and 15 in a before and after study. Improvements in the CBT-KQ were modest but showed significant changes in three conceptual topics; general CBT issues, theoretical underpinnings of cognitive approaches and practice of cognitive therapy. These findings may have important implications for structuring CBT training, so that both the cognitive and behavioural components are shown in the knowledge acquisition and practice applications. Recent evidence suggests that the behavioural components of treatment for some conditions, such as depression, may be more important than the cognitive components. In addition, recent evidence indicates that the behavioural components might be more suitable for delivery by non-specialist CBT practitioners.