Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Zones of participation (and non-participation) in open strategy: Desirable, actual and undesirable

This paper shows how strategic initiatives in the context of well-established open strategy processes at two producer co-operatives reveal four tensions related to inclusion and transparency at the level of both the firm and the individual actor. We derive a “zones of participation” model that shows how tensions created by the interplay of the content, process and context of strategy cause actors to participate (or not participate) in open strategy formulation and implementation. We address theoretical and practical implications regarding the open strategy content, process, and context interplay, including a range of management tactics required in different participation zones.
Freezing of water droplets colliding with kaolinite particles

Abstract. Contact freezing of single supercooled water droplets colliding with kaolinite dust particles has been investigated. The experiments were performed with droplets levitated in an electrodynamic balance at temperatures from 240 to 268 K. Under relatively dry conditions (when no water vapor was added) freezing was observed to occur below 249 K, while a freezing threshold of 267 K was observed when water vapor was added to the air in the chamber. The effect of relative humidity is attributed to an influence on the contact freezing process for the kaolinite-water droplet system, and it is not related to the lifetime of the droplets in the electrodynamic balance. Freezing probabilities per collision were derived assuming that collisions at the lowest temperature employed had a probability of unity. Mechanisms for contact freezing are briefly discussed.
Proximate Composition and Physicochemical Properties on the Seeds and Oil of Annona muricata grown in Congo-Brazzaville

Proximate composition and physicochemical analyses were carried out on the seed and extracted oil of Annona muricata. The results showed that the seed contained 7.7% moisture, 8.5% crude protein, 9.7% ash, 5.2% crude fiber, 40% fat and 34.1% carbohydrate. The seeds were found to be good sources of minerals. Potassium (357.14±1.84 mg/100 g) was the highest, followed in descending order by Calcium (149.1±2.10 mg/100g), Phosphorus (136.0 ±1.52mg/100g), Sodium (17.35±2.47 mg/100g), and Magnesium (12.57±1.42mg/100 g). The physical properties of the oil extracts showed the state to be liquid at room temperature. The oil was found to contain high levels of unsaturated fatty acids, especially oleic (up to 41.41%) and linoleic (up to 30.60%). Annona muricata oil can be classified in the oleic-linoleic acid group. The dominant saturated acid was palmitic (up to 20.33%). The oil extracts exhibited good physicochemical properties and could be useful as edible oils and for industrial applications.
Health risk assessment of selected heavy metals in some edible fishes from Gorgan Bay , Iran Alipour

The objective of this study was to assess the bioaccumulation of heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cr and Fe) in the muscles of five fish species (Sander lucioperca, Liza auratus, Alosa caspia, Cyprinus carpio and Liza saliens) from Gorgan Bay in the south-eastern Caspian Sea, in order to determine the value daily intake of heavy metals by consumption of fish and human health risk assessment. The concentration of metals was estimated using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer. Potential health risk assessments based on estimated daily intake (EDI) values and target hazard quotient (THQ) indicated that the intakes of metals by consuming these fish species do not result in an appreciable hazard risk for the human body. The hazard index (HI) calculated was lower than 1 for all the species. However, the results indicate that the high concentrations of Pb (in the muscle of L. auratus) and Fe in all fish is alarming.
Generalized Multivariate Extreme Value Models for Explicit Route Choice Sets

This paper analyses a class of route choice models with closed-form probability expressions, namely, Generalized Multivariate Extreme Value (GMEV) models. A large group of these models emerge from different utility formulas that combine systematic utility and random error terms. Twelve models are captured in a single discrete choice framework. The additive utility formula leads to the known logit family, being multinomial, path-size, paired combinatorial and link-nested. For the multiplicative formulation only the multinomial and path-size weibit models have been identified; this study also identifies the paired combinatorial and link-nested variations, and generalizes the path-size variant. Furthermore, a new traveller's decision rule based on the multiplicative utility formula with a reference route is presented. Here the traveller chooses exclusively based on the differences between routes. This leads to four new GMEV models. We assess the models qualitatively based on a generic structure of route utility with random foreseen travel times, for which we empirically identify that the variance of utility should be different from thus far assumed for multinomial probit and logit-kernel models. The expected travellers' behaviour and model-behaviour under simple network changes are analysed. Furthermore, all models are estimated and validated on an illustrative network example with long distance and short distance origin-destination pairs. The new multiplicative models based on differences outperform the additive models in both tests.
Effect of hydrolyzed copra meal separately or in combination with Bacillus cereus var. toyoi on growth performance of broiler chickens

The effects of mannanase-hydrolyzed copra meal (MCM) and MCM + probiotic Bacillus cereus var. toyoi (TY) on growth performance and gut morphometry of broiler chickens were investigated. A total of 1120-one-day-old Cobb chicks were distributed in a completely randomized design with 4 diet treatment groups. Dietary treatments were (1) negative control; (2) positive control (avilamycin 10 ppm); (3) 0.1% MCM for basal diets (4) 0.1% MCM + 0.05% TY. The best feed conversion ratio (FCR), body weight (BW), productivity index (PI) was obtained with 0.1% MCM + 0.05% TY at 42 days of age. With regard to productivity index, every supplementation group had a better rate when compared to that in negative group. Although 0.1% MCM supplemented alone is worse than positive group, it reveals a significantly better value than when it is combined with 0.1% MCM and 0.05% TY. The combination of mannanase-hydrolyzed copra meal with Bacillus cereus var. toyoi improved broiler performance and duodenum and jejunum mucous morphometry, when compared to the negative, positive and 0.1% MCM alone supplementation groups. The combination of MCM and TY probiotics is capable of improving intestinal morphology by behaving like a good growth promoter, with possibility of being an alternative to antibiotics.
Combined Toxicity and Bioconcentration of Fluoride and Arsenic in African Catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Laboratory experiments were performed to examine the combined toxic effects of two important aquatic contaminants viz., arsenic and fluoride on African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. Additionally, the bio concentration factors (BCFs) of the two contaminants in tissues and blood of catfish were also determined. The LC50 for sodium fluoride and arsenic trioxide were determined to be 619.3 mg L-1, 30.3 mg L-1, respectively. Erratic swimming movements with hyperactivity, loss of equilibrium, augmented air gulping and decreased food consumption were observed in the experimental groups. In co-exposure groups of arsenic and fluoride, the concentration of fluoride in fish tissues increased with increasing water fluoride concentration in the test aquaria with significant differences (P 0.05) among the exposure groups. Arsenic was observed to exceedingly bioaccumulate and biomagnify in the tissues. Perhaps due to the complex formation of arsenic and fluoride the bio concentration of arsenic in tissues was observed to decrease with increasing water fluoride concentration and vice-versa. The study concludes that fluoride may interfere with the bio-concentration of arsenic.
Bicycle usage among inactive adults provided with electrically assisted bicycles

In the present study we aimed primarily to examine cycling time and distance when inactive subjects were provided with electrically assisted bicycles. Secondly to evaluate changes in maximal oxygen uptake. Inactive employees in a selection of public and private corporations in three Norwegian cities were invited to participate. Inclusion criteria were: a desire to cycle to work, residence more than 3 km from the workplace, and not physically active according to guidelines. There were 25 participants in the study and we provided them all with electrically assisted bicycles fitted with GPS bike computers to record usage. The participants were followed for three to eight months, 226 days on average. Measures of maximal oxygen uptake were performed before and after the intervention. Demographic characteristics and prior transportation habits were reported in a questionnaire at baseline. Participants cycled for 107.1± 62 min per week covering 37.6 ± 24 km per week. The distances cycled were significantly greater in the autumn (47.4 km/week, p=0.035) than in the spring (32.1 km/week). Participants cycled more on weekdays (7.1 km/day, p < 0.001) compared to weekends (0.9 km/day, p<0.001). Maximal oxygen uptake improved significantly, 2.4 ml/min/kg (7.7 %), p<0.001 and this was associated with cycling distance (r=0.49, p=0.042) and self-reported commuting distance (r=0.51, p=0.018). Offering electrically assisted bicycles to inactive employees may initiate transport-related physical activity and may give positive health effects.
Fault Characterization Through FPGA Undervolting

The power and energy efficiency of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are estimated to be up to 20X less than Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). What is needed to close this gap is aggressive power/energy savings techniques. Such a potentially effective approach is undervolting, which can directly deliver an order of magnitude static and dynamic power savings. However, aggressive undervolting, without accompanying frequency scaling leads to timing related faults, potentially undermining the power savings. Understanding the behavior of these faults and efficiently mitigating them can deliver further power and energy savings in low-voltage designs. In this paper, we conduct a detailed analysis of undervolting FPGA on-chip memories (BRAMs). Through experimental analysis, we find that lowering the supply voltage until a certain conservative level, Vmin does not introduce any observable fault. For the studied platforms, we measure this voltage guardband gap to be 39% of the nominal level (V_nom= 1V, V_min= 0.61V). Further undervolting corrupts some of the data bits stored in BRAMs; however, it also reduces the BRAMs power consumption a further 36.1%. When the voltage is lowered below Vmin, the rate of these faults exponentially increases to 0.06%, by a fully non-uniform distribution over various BRAMs. This paper comprehensively analyzes the behavior of these faults, in terms of rate, type, location, and environmental temperature.
Multiple solutions for a Kirchhoff-type equation with general nonlinearity

Abstract This paper is devoted to the study of the following autonomous Kirchhoff-type equation: - M ⁢ ( ∫ ℝ N | ∇ ⁡ u | 2 ) ⁢ Δ ⁢ u = f ⁢ ( u ) , u ∈ H 1 ⁢ ( ℝ N ) , -M\biggl{(}\int_{\mathbb{R}^{N}}|\nabla{u}|^{2}\biggr{)}\Delta{u}=f(u),\quad u% \in H^{1}(\mathbb{R}^{N}), where M is a continuous non-degenerate function and N ≥ 2 {N\geq 2} . Under suitable additional conditions on M and general Berestycki–Lions-type assumptions on the nonlinearity of f, we establish several existence results of multiple solutions by variational methods, which are also naturally interpreted from a non-variational point of view.
Interactive comment on “ The radiative forcing potential of different climate geoengineering options ” by T .

We must stress that the original method was only ever intended to give ‘ball park figures’. The reasons we took such a simplistic approach were twofold; (i) we wanted to provide estimates that could be analytically derived and were ‘transparent’ for all readers with basic mathematical ability, and (ii) several other papers seeking to quantify these geoengineering options have taken an even simpler approach. Whilst much
Enhanced degradation and the comparative fate of carbamate insecticides in soil

Laboratory experiments investigated the comparative degradation of five carbamate insecticides in soil as affected by enhanced microbial degradation. Soils with prior field exposure to carbofuran, cloethocarb, or several carbamates contained adapted microbial populations capable of rapidly degrading carbofuran. Bendiocarb was rapidly degraded in all soils displaying enhanced carbofuran degradation, but carbaryl and cloethocarb were most rapidly degraded only in soil with prior exposure to several carbamates or to cloethocarb. The persistence of aldicarb and its oxidative metabolites aldicarb sulfoxide and aldicarb sulfone was not dramatically altered in soils with enhanced carbofuran degradation. Results indicate that although cross-adaptations for enhanced degradation exist within the carbamate insecticide class, structural similarity may play a role in modifying the expression of enhanced degradation in soil.
Nonlinear evolution of a morphological instability in a strained epitaxial film

A strained epitaxial film deposited on a deformable substrate undergoes a morphological instability relaxing the elastic energy by surface diffusion. The nonlinear dynamical equation of such films with wetting interactions are derived and solved numerically in two and three dimensions. Nonlocal nonlinearities together with wetting effects are crucial to regularize the instability leading to an island morphology. The island chemical potential decreases with its volume and the system consistently experiences a non-interrupted coarsening evolution described by power laws with a marked dimension dependence.
Genetic diversity and population densities of endophytic Bacillus spp. in yam plants

AbstrAct: This study was conducted as a first step in exploiting endophytic bacteria to improve yam production. Little information is available on population densities and genetic diversity of endophytic bacteria in yam cultivated in tropical regions. This study demonstrated that higher densities of total endophytic bacteria and Bacillus occur in the interior of roots and decrease as the sampled plant organ departs from soil. Bacillus represents approximately 1% of the total bacterial endophytic population. Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analyses performed with 88 randomly-selected Bacillus isolates bAsIc ArEA - Note Genetic diversity and population densities of endophytic Bacillus spp. in yam plants Jorge Teodoro de Souza 1 *, Ana Claudia Oliveira Souza Santos 2 , Fernando Pereira Monteiro , Mariah Rodrigues Batista 2 , Patricia Oliveira dos Santos 3 , Larissa Ferreira Carvalho 1 , Elida Barbosa Correa 4 1.Universidade Federal de Lavras - Departamento de Fitopatologia - Lavras (MG), Brazil. 2.Universidade Federal do Reconcavo da Bahia - Centro Ciencias Agrarias, Ambientais e Biologicas - Cruz das Almas (BA), Brazil.3. Instituto Federal de Educacao - Ciencia e Tecnologia da Bahia - Santa Ines (BA), Brazil.4. Universidade Estadual da Paraiba - Campina Grande (PB), Brazil.
Ecology of Hawksbill Turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, on a Western Caribbean Foraging Ground

Abstract We present results of an inwater research program focusing on basic ecology of juvenile hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Cayman Islands. We made 206 captures of 135 hawksbills in Little Cayman and 103 captures of 97 hawksbills in Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands aggregation demonstrated a broad size distribution (20.5–62.6 cm straight carapace length), slow growth rate (3.0 ± 0.9 cm/y), and multiple recaptures, suggesting long-term residence in some individuals. Demonstrated home range was small (mean distance from capture to recapture 545 ± 514 m, range 2–2080 m); although, an international tag return suggested a long-range developmental migration. Vertical features provided important habitat in Little Cayman, and larger turtles were generally captured in deeper waters. Behavior at sighting varied by habitat: resting, swimming, and feeding were observed in coral reef, reef wall, and hardbottom colonized by sponges and gorgonians, and resting was frequently observed in uncolonized hardbottom. Images obtained from underwater photographers show that hawksbills forage on sponges and occasionally on jellyfish. We observed an apparent commensal feeding relationship between hawksbills and 3 species of angelfish as well as aggressive interactions between hawksbills. We also documented causes of injury and mortality in the study area—including legal, illegal and incidental take, vessel collisions, hurricanes, and natural predation.
Resisting Medicine, Re/modeling Gender

Copyright © 2003, The Regents of University of California. t. Dean Spade is a transgender attorney in New York City, and founder of the Sylvia Rivera Legal Resource Program at the Urban Justice Center, a law project serving low-income transgender, transsexual, intersex and gender transgressive people. He is also the co-editor of the online journal www.makezine. org. He would like to thank Paisley Currah, Shannon Minter, Craig Willse, Boots Hanssmann, Az, Dylan Vade, Jodie Marksamer, and Chris Daley for their continued contributions to his thinking on this topic, and Tucker Culbertson for his editorial assistance. 1. RIKI ANNE WILCHINS, READ My LIPS: SEXUAL SUBVERSION AND THE END OF GENDER 63 (1997). 2. Like many communities resisting oppression, the trans community uses ever-evolving terms to describe our articulation of non-normative identities and our struggles against a coercive binary gender system. In this article, I use several terms to name the set of people my work aims to assist. I use the words "trans" and "gender transgressive" frequently. I use "trans" to indicate people who identify as transgender, transsexual, or within the transgender spec-
Evaluation of two anaesthetic agents and the passive integrated transponder tagging system in Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier 1797)

Octopus vulgaris is a species of demand in the market with the potential to diversify European aquaculture. However, this species develops complex social interactions under culture conditions, which may have negative effects on its growth, survival and profitability. In order to understand its behaviour under such conditions, individual tagging systems allow a careful evaluation of biological parameters, such as growth and longevity. The present work describes a combined protocol (anaesthetic and tagging) for implanting subcutaneous passive integrated transponder tags (PIT). The effect of two anaesthetic agents in facilitating octopus handling is assessed: clove oil at 20–40–100 mg L−1 and ethanol (96%) at 1–1.5–2%. The most suitable body location of PIT tags, its effect on growth and mortality, the addition of a stitch and the PIT retention rate after 2 months in floating cages were evaluated. It was concluded that immersion in seawater with 1.5% of ethanol at 22.3±0.5 °C is a suitable anaesthetic for this species. The results showed that the best-selected PIT body location was the upper left arm III. No effect of the PIT tagging system was found on growth and survival when tagged and untagged octopuses were compared. It was observed after 2 months that the stitch did not induce an increase in the retention rate and 81–100% tag retention regardless of the dietary treatment.
All new kids on the block? Impaired holistic processing of personally familiar faces in a kindergarten teacher with acquired prosopagnosia

ABSTRACT Acquired prosopagnosia is primarily defined as a defect in recognizing familiar faces. Nonetheless, for practical and methodological reasons, studies of such rare patients typically use pictures of unfamiliar faces. Here, we report an extensive investigation (17 behavioural tasks grouped in nine experiments) with a homogenous set of personally familiar faces in patient PS (Rossion et al., 2003. A network of occipito-temporal face-sensitive areas besides the right middle fusiform gyrus is necessary for normal face processing.), a well-documented case of acquired prosopagnosia with intact object recognition. PS’s recognition of the face pictures of 3–4-year-old children of her kindergarten is severely impaired—both in terms of accuracy and speed of recognition—and differs qualitatively from her colleagues’ performance. Relative to these typical individuals, PS relies more on external features, colour and local details of faces. She is also specifically impaired at processing the eye region in two-alternative face matching tasks, as well as in a familiar face recognition task performed both with pre-defined isolated parts and with randomly placed apertures revealing selective parts (“Bubbles”, >20.000 trials) of the personally familiar faces. These observations indicate that the same impairment observed previously with unfamiliar faces for PS and other cases of acquired prosopagnosia is associated with a deficient long-term representation of the eye region. Various manipulations that differentially affect the processing of the eye region suggest that this impairment is a consequence of the inability to represent the multiple parts of the eye region, and of the whole familiar face, as a single unit. This impairment in holistic processing is further evidenced here across different paradigms with composite faces, wholes and parts, and configurally distorted faces, mirroring and strengthening previous observations made with unfamiliar faces in PS and other cases of acquired prosopagnosia. Altogether, these observations suggest that prosopagnosia following brain damage affects unfamiliar and familiar face processing in a qualitatively similar way.
Voltage-controlled electron tunnelling from a single self-assembled quantum dot embedded in a two-dimensional-electron-gas-based photovoltaic cell

We perform high-resolution photocurrent (PC) spectroscopy to investigate resonantly the neutral exciton ground-state (X0) in a single InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dot (QD) embedded in the intrinsic region of an n-i-Schottky photodiode based on a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), which was formed from a Si delta-doped GaAs layer. Using such a device, a single-QD PC spectrum of X0 is measured by sweeping the bias-dependent X0 transition energy through that of a fixed narrow-bandwidth laser via the quantum-confined Stark effect (QCSE). By repeating such a measurement for a series of laser energies, a precise relationship between the X0 transition energy and bias voltage is then obtained. Taking into account power broadening of the X0 absorption peak, this allows for high-resolution measurements of the X0 homogeneous linewidth and, hence, the electron tunnelling rate. The electron tunnelling rate is measured as a function of the vertical electric field and described accurately by a theoretical model, yielding information about the electron confinement energy and QD height. We demonstrate that our devices can operate as 2DEG-based QD photovoltaic cells and conclude by proposing two optical spintronic devices that are now feasible.