Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Force of Poetry

Christopher Ricks is one of the best-known living critics of English, and was described by W. H. Auden as 'the kind of critic every poet dreams of finding'. Though published indepenently over many years, each of the essays in this collection of his writings asks how a poets words reveal the 'force of poetry', that force - in Dr Johnson's words - 'which calls new power into being, which embodies sentiment, and animates matter'. The poets covered range from John Gower, Marvell, and Milton to Wordsworth, Empson, Stevie Smith, Lowell, and Larkin, and the book contains four wider essays on cliches, lies, misquotations, and American English.
Do Religious School Teachers Take Their Faith to Work? Research Evidence from the United States

This review draws on research on U.S. schools, especially religious schools, to understand the importance of value orientations for teaching practices, and the various ways that values and religious identities and cultures influence the professional lives of teachers. It finds evidence that religious and value orientations influence teachers to sacralize the teaching profession through a sense of religious calling to teaching and the use of classroom space. To a limited extent, these orientations influence pedagogy and curricular emphases. Value orientations seem most clearly to contribute to an ethic of personalism, including an extended teacher role, and a commitment to holistic relationships and the school community. 1. On the importance of researching teacher value orientations The lack of research on the relationship between value orientations of teachers and teacher practices is surprising given the potential impact of teacher value orientations on educational outcomes, such as student effort and academic achievement. One reason to consider value orientations of teachers is the importance of teachers and teaching styles in influencing student engagement. Whether students are engaged in school and like school depends on their relationship with teachers as well as on teaching practices. 1 Value orientations may shape how teachers approach their work, as well as their teaching styles, which may in turn strongly influence the academic success of students. A second reason for the importance of teacher value orientations is the potential for understanding how schools can promote the success of the disadvantaged. There has been considerable debate about whether Catholic schools are better able to educate disadvantaged students. 2 Explanations of the “Catholic school advantage” have primarily focused on a constrained curriculum, which ensures that all students receive fairly similar subject content and teaching quality. 3 Value orientations of teachers may play a role as well. Teachers in Catholic schools play a more authoritative, multi-dimensional role in the lives of students. Rather than the shopping mall high school, 4 in which students make educational choices with little guidance, effectively reproducing social stratification, 5 Catholic school organizational culture places the teacher in the role of looking out for educational success of all students. Part of the Catholic “common school” effect, the finding that academic outcomes in Catholic schools are relatively egalitarian across socioeconomic and racial groups, may result from this orientation of teachers. In this way, particular value orientations of teachers may generate more egalitarian expectations for students. These “common school” commitments may also increase the ability of teachers to overcome barriers between disadvantaged students, parents, and the school.
Spectroscopic Investigation of Metal Level in Aloe Vera Plant, and the Soil Where the Aloe Vera Grows: Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia

The main objective of this study was to assess the metals level in Aloe Vera and in the soil where the Aloe Vera plant has grown in three sites, namely; Konso, Welaita and Arba Minch in southern region of Ethiopia using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The results of this study reveal that Aloe Vera plant has the ability to accumulate relatively higher amounts of K and Mn among the determined macro-and micro-elements, respectively. The mean levels of metal in Aloe Vera among three geographical areas in this study could be put in the following order: K (51.880 mg/Kg>> Ca (27.440 mg/Kg) > Mg (7.890 mg/Kg) > Na (2.335 mg/Kg) > Mn (2.083 mg/Kg) > Fe (2.043 mg/Kg) > Ni (2.033 mg/Kg) > Cr (1.670 mg/Kg) > Co (0.947 mg/Kg) > Cu (0.189 mg/Kg). But the metals level in soil are decreased in the order of: Ca (25.110 mg/Kg) > Mg (7.600 mg/Kg) > K (2.764 mg/Kg) > Na (2.330 mg/Kg) > Ni (2.240 mg/Kg) > Fe (2.157 mg/Kg) > Cr (1.700 mg/Kg) > Co (1.650 mg/Kg) > Mn (1.510 mg/Kg) > Cu (0.189 mg/Kg). Hence, the metal level in Aloe Vera are more dominant since plants absorb metal ions from different sources and then hyper-accumulated.
Effects of rational-emotive therapy on adherence to fluid restrictions of patients maintained on hemodialysis prior to and after kidney transplantation*

BACKGROUND: Non-adherence to fluid restrictions is common in patients maintained on hemodialysis prior to and after kidney transplantation, which has a profound influence on the development and transfer of illness of the patients. Mental factors have great influences on adherence to fluid restrictions. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of rational-emotive therapy on adherence to fluid restrictions of patients maintained on hemodialysis prior to and after kidney transplantation. METHODS: In total 100 patients maintained on hemodialysis were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 50) and a control group (n = 50). The control group received the conventional therapy. At the same time, the intervention group received the conventional therapy combined with rational-emotive therapy. All cases were assessed with the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) and Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ) prior to and after intervention. Clinical indices related to adherence to fluid restrictions were measured three successive times and the average score of each index was calculated. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Forty-eight patients from the intervention group and 44 patients from the control group accomplished the study. After intervention, the scores of the two subscales, confronce and avoidance, were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). However, some scores were significantly lower than those in the control group, including the score of acceptance/resignation subscale of MCMQ, total average score of SCL-90, the score of somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, photic anxiety and additional items, and the score of four clinical indices related to adherence to fluid restrictions (the ratio of interdialysis weight gain to dry weight, mean systolic blood pressure, mean diastolic blood pressure, and mean ultrafiltration volume prior to hemodialysis) (P < 0.05). All these findings suggest that rational-emotive therapy can effectively amend the coping modes and the mental states of the patients, and then improve their adherence to fluid restrictions.
The Problem of Anemia Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury

Anemia following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is frequently encountered. A number of studies have shown negative effects on outcome with hemoglobin levels below 9 g/dL but no consensus has been reached in regards to what level of hemoglobin warrants blood transfusion. Some neurosurgical texts recommend transfusion for hemoglobin <10 g/dL despite lack of clear guidelines. While transfusion should theoretically prevent secondary insults from hypoxia, it may also increase morbidity and mortality. We discuss the factors creating confusion in the literature and offer an outline of prospective trial to determine the impact of anemia and transfusion on patient with moderate-tosevere TBI.
Associations between school liking, loneliness and social relations among adolescents: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 study

Abstract School is an important social environment, but it can also be a devastating place for those who experience loneliness, are bullied or have problematic social relations. These negative experiences might be associated with school dislike, which in turn can negatively affect pupil’s motivation, academic success and overall well-being. This study examined the associations between school liking with self-reports of experiences of loneliness and social relations in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. The answers of 16-year-olds to two adolescents’ questionnaires were investigated (n = 5817) using binomial logistic regression. For girls, variables associated with school dislike were being somewhat or very lonely, for girls and boys hanging around with friends/kids who get in trouble and for boys being afraid of going to school and not getting along with other adolescents. Schools should pay attention to creating safe and supporting social and learning environment so that everyone can thrive at school.
INCIDENCE OF CALF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AT CIG DAIRY FARMS OF MUKTAGACHA UPAZILA IN MYMENSINGH DISTRICT

Calf morbidity and mortality are important causes of economic losses on dairy farms worldwide. An investigation on the incidence of calf morbidity and mortality was conducted on 92 purposively selected CIG (Common Interest Group) dairy farms in Muktagacha upazila of Mymensingh district. A total of 119 calves from the farms were longitudinally followed from August 2014 to November 2014 for major health problems. Representative fecal samples from diarrhoeic calves were tested to identify gastro-enteropathogens associated with diarrhea by rapid detection test kit (Bio K 306). The overall incidence risk of morbidity and mortality were 56.17% and 6.29%, respectively. The most frequent disease syndrome was diarrhea with incidence risk of 34.82% followed by navel ill (7.22%) and pneumonia (6.29%). In addition, fever, arthritis, pica and foot and mouth disease were encountered. The main causes of death in calf were pneumonia (3.739%) and FMD (1.78%). A variety of infectious agents are implicated in calf diarrhea and co-infection of multiple pathogens is not uncommon. The overall prevalence of microorganisms associated with diarrhea was 69.2% in which Clostridium perfringens was the highest (38.5%) within the first month of age. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp within first month of age was 7.7%. In this study, mixed infection with Clostridium perfringens and Cryptosporidium spp or Corona virus was found in 7.7% of diarrheic calves within 10 days of the age. It is now established that calf morbidity and mortality are an important limiting factors for the success of modern dairy farms and accordingly vigorous and comprehensive research should be taken to minimize the problem. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.3329/bjvm.v13i1. 23715 Bangl. J. Vet. Med . (2015). 13 (1): 37-43
Evaluation of chemical flocculation-electro flocculation for harvesting of halotolerant microalgae

Microalgae are a large diverse group of autotrophic organisms ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms which do not require arable land for their growth. Their small size and low concentration in the culture medium, pose a great challenge in harvesting the microalgae. Many methods like centrifugation, precipitation, flocculation, etc., were used to harvest the algal biomass. Flocculation is one among such efficient methods to separate the algal cells. We evaluated the potentials of ferric alum flocculation and electroflocculation methods for harvesting microalgae using the jar experiment. These two experiments were conducted to compare the efficiency of harvesting the algal biomass. Ferric alum was an efficient flocculent for halotolerant algae. As the concentration of the ferric alum is increased from 20 to 160 mg/l, the separation efficiency of algal cells also increased. Similarly, in electro flocculation, when the voltage is increased the separation of the cells was increasing marginally. In addition, the influence of pH on harvesting was also measured. This study revealed that the micro algal biomass concentration, calcium/magnesium precipitation and initial pH could influence the efficiency of flocculation. These results demonstrated that the electro flocculation at 5 V for 30 min. is very much effective for 90% algal recovery. thereby providing the way to the production of biodiesel and biofuel from algae.
Sample Plant species Label Provenance Commercial area TEA A Artemisia annua Artemisia annua Luxembourg Luxembourg TEA B Artemisia annua Artemisia annua Cameroon Cameroon TEA 1 Camellia sinensi Flecha China Senegal TEA

Tea infusion is the most frequently worldwide consumed beverage next to water, with about 20 billion cups consumed daily. Artemisia annua leaves contain comparable levels of nutrients and mineral elements (dry matter basis) to many marketed tea (Camellia sinensis) leading us to suspect that this crop could also serve as an alternative source of nutrients for humans. Analyzer moveable X-ray fluorescence is used to evaluate the content of major, minor and toxic elements in A. annua from two different countries compared to six marketed tea in Senegal. To ensure qualified results, certified reference materials were used to perform the calibration. The very low and often negligible levels of inherent elements in the leaves, which are far below recommended toxic levels, establishes A. annua and selected marketed tea as a good reservoir of elements that might favour its use as a potential herbal tonic by humans. The mineral elements are present in different kinds of herbal leaves in various proportions depending on soil composition and the climate in which the plant grows.
PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY AND FLUIDIZATION Mechanical Strength of Solid Catalysts : Recent Developments and Future Prospects

Mechanical strength of solid catalysts is one of the most important factors for the reliable and efficient performance of a reactor. Some recent developments on the basic mechanics of solid catalysts are reviewed in this article. The main concepts discussed are the brittle fracture which leads to the mechanical failure of the catalyst pellets, the measurement and statistical properties of the catalyst strength data, the mechanical reliability of the catalyst pellets, the mechanical properties of the catalyst packed beds, etc. For the purpose of an integrated research on catalyst mechanical properties, a multi-scale framework for the mechanics of the fixed bed catalysts is also proposed. The scientific basis for the issues on the catalyst mechanical properties calls yet for further elucidation and advancement. 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 53: 2618–2629, 2007
Factors in High School Students' Self-Assessment of Music Ability.

Ask a group of ordinary people to do something musical and you will quickly get a protestation, explanation, or excuse from someone, "I've got absolutely no musical ability! A tin ear! A teacher in second grade told me to mouth the words because I was so bad. I have never sung since! " They may quickly point to someone else saying, "But, ask her, She's got great talent, an inborn gift! " Or you may hear, "Now he's a fine musician! He has taken piano lessons for 10 years and practices all the time! " What you are hearing is self-assessment and assessment of others that points to the beliefs and bases upon which we make such judgements. What you hear are also understandings about self and others that have formed over time in response to specific experiences, reactions, comments, judgements and personal interpretations of these.
The cross-sectional dynamics of the US business cycle : 1950 – 1999

Modern interest in business cycles has focussed on the co-movements and correlations in the major macroeconomic aggregates. In this paper we o3er another dimension to business cycle analysis which looks at the time series of cross-sectional distributions of the growth rates of sales by US quoted companies from 1950 to 1999. We detect correlations between aggregate business cycle 7uctuations and the higher moments of the cross-sectional distribution. We 8nd a signi8cant negative correlation between the rate of growth of gdp and the cross-sectional variance and skewness of growth rates of sales. On the other hand there is positive correlation, at business cycle frequencies with kurtosis. In order to explore this further we turn to the dynamic evolution of 8rms and analyse the sensitivity of growth rates to aggregate shocks conditioning on 8rm size. The results suggest that despite considerable heterogeneity macroeconomic shocks have pervasive e3ects that are, however, more pronounced for 8rms in the middle range of growth. This has implications for both macro and industrial economics. c © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
The servitization of French manufacturing firms

The story of deindustrialization of developed economies is now old and well-observed. In most developed countries, value added by manufacturing as a percentage of GDP has decreased continuously since the 1950's, and is now less than 15% in most OECD countries. The shift of value added and employment away from manufacturing toward services may be even deeper than suggested by data based on sectoral classification. As the complexity and diversity of firms' activities grow, the boundary between services and industries becomes increasingly elusive. This paper uses detailed balance sheet data from a very large panel of French firms to examine the production and the sales of services by manufacturing firms. Our data reveals that 83% of firms registered in manufacturing sectors provide services for third parties, and nearly one-third of these firms provide more services than goods. Additionally, we find that from 1997-2007 manufacturing firms have increased their production of services. This growing trend in ``servitization" suggests that deindustrialization, already observed on a country-scale, is also taking place within firms.
Phenotypic variation in an oviparous montane lizard (Bassiana duperreyi): the effects of thermal and hydric incubation environments

Recent studies have shown that incubation temperatures can profoundly affect the phenotypes of hatchling lizards, but the effects of hydric incubation environments remain controversial. We examined incubation-induced phenotypic variation in Bassiana duperreyi (Gray, 1938; Sauria: Scincidae), an oviparous montane lizard from south-eastern Australia. We incubated eggs from this species in four laboratory treatments, mimicking cool and moist, cool and dry, warm and moist, and warm and dry natural nest-sites, and assessed several morphological and behavioural traits of lizards after hatching. Incubation temperature influenced a lizard's hatching success, incubation period, tail length and antipredator behaviour, whereas variation in hydric conditions did not engender significant phenotypic variation for most traits. However, moisture affected incubation period slightly differently in males and females, and for a given snout-vent length moisture interacted weakly with temperature to affect lizard body mass. Although incubation conditions can substantially affect phenotypic variation among hatchling lizards, the absence of strong hydric effects suggests that hatchling lizards react less plastically to variation in moisture levels than they do to thermal conditions. Thus, our data do not support the generalization that water availability during embryogenesis is more important than temperature in determining the phenotypes of hatchling reptiles.
Time Consumption and Damage to the Remaining Stock in Mechanised and Motor Manual Pre-Commercial Thinning

Ligne, D. , Eliasson, L. & Nordfjell, T. 2005. Time consumption and damage to the remaining stock in mechanised and motor manual pre-commercial thinning. Silva Fennica 39(3): 455–464. Selective pre-commercial thinning (PCT) is usually carried out by workers with a brush saw in order to increase the growth of the potential crop trees (main stems) through removal of competing trees. In the last decade relative PCT costs have increased, partly because stands are denser and have higher trees when treated, which has led to new interest for mechanised PCT. The objective was to compare mechanised and motor manual PCT regarding productivity and damage to remaining main stems. Time consumption for, and damage after, mechanised and motor manual PCT were studied on 50 plots per treatment in mixed pine birch stands with an initial stand density exceeding 4500 stems ha –1 . In the present study productivity was influenced by stand density, stand height and the quota between height and diameter. Irrespectively of these factors, mechanised PCT was 0.74 hours ha –1 slower than motor manual PCT. Motor manual PCT of the average stand (average height 3.69 m, 10 816 stems ha –1 ) took 5.06 effective hours. In average 2475 and 2805 main stems ha –1 were left after the mechanised and motor manual treatments, respectively, whereof 1.3 and 2.1% were damaged by the treatments. The results show that efficiency in motor manual PCT has increased in dense and tall stands compared to older studies. Motor manual PCT was more time effective than mechanised PCT, and thereby also even more cost-effective. However, the potential for technical and methodological development of mechanised PCT is probably larger than for motor manual PCT.
Spatial and Temporal Organization in the Swamp Antechinus: Comparison Between Island and Mainland Populations

Abstract Comparative analyses of the biology of insular and mainland populations of mammals have demonstrated a number of behavioral differences. Individuals from island populations generally have reduced home-range sizes, increased territory overlaps, and reduced aggressiveness with neighbors in comparison to mainland counterparts. We tested the hypothesis that island and mainland populations of the swamp antechinus (Antechinus minimus maritimus), an insectivorous marsupial, will differ in their use of space. We predicted that the home ranges of individuals on an offshore island are smaller and their territory overlaps greater compared to those of antechinus at an adjacent mainland site in southeastern Australia. We used radiotelemetry to measure home-range areas and overlaps, as well as the temporal activity patterns of 40 individuals in the nonbreeding and breeding seasons at island and mainland sites. These dasyurid marsupials were social animals and nested together at both sites, and a high degree of spatial overlap was recorded in both populations. Island individuals occupied significantly smaller home ranges and were mainly nocturnal, whereas mainland individuals were diurnal and had large home ranges. The small home ranges of island individuals may have been in response to increased food resources, resulting from large allochthonous inputs from seabirds. The nocturnality of island animals was likely a predator-avoidance mechanism to evade diurnal raptors in the open tussock grassland.
Experimental Investigation and Mathematical Modeling of Tensile Properties of Unsaturated Polyester Reinforced by Woven Glass Fibers

This research studied the tensile properties of glass fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester with different fiber volume fraction Vf, and angle of fibers for coarse and fine woven fibers reinforcement. The composite specimens were prepared by hand lay-up technique and cutting according to (ASTM D – 638) for tensile test to obtain modulus of elasticity, ultimate tensile strength and elongation percentage of the composite specimens. Mathematical models were done by using statistical analysis which shows the tensile properties of the composite specimens as a function of volume fraction and fiber angle. The results show that the maximum value of the modulus of elasticity was (11.5 GPA) and the maximum value of ultimate tensile strength was (240 MPa) which happed at (11% VF) for fine woven fibers and for (0 o /90 o ) fibers angle, and vice versa for percentage elongation was (2.5%).