Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lithospheric Evaluation of the Mid-Continental Rift System in Iowa from a Gravity and Magnetic Analysis

The Proterozoic Midcontinent Rift System (MCRS) is considered one of the most important tectonic features in North America and was formed during a continental breakup event at 1.1 Ga (billion years). The MCRS is totally covered by Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks except in the Lake Superior region. Consequently, the geological characteristics of the MCRS are primarily inferred from extrapolations from the outcrop areas, drill holes, and from a variety of geophysical investigations. Iowa has a large segment of the MCRS which to date has only been partially investigated geophysically with little information regarding the lower crustal and upper mantle structure under the rift. Gravity and magnetic data were analyzed where Bouguer gravity, total-intensity magnetic and residual gravity anomaly maps clearly outline the main rift system with maxima anomalies over the basalt and minima anomalies over the flanking rift basins. Four gravity and magnetic models, perpendicular to the MCRS were constructed. These two-dimensional models are constrained by previous gravity and magnetic models performed elsewhere on the MCRS, seismic reflection data, basement penetrating drillholes and broadband seismic models. Even though the models are nonunique, they support the presence of lower crustal underplating materials formed by the extrusion of large amounts of mafic material from the upper mantle. These underplating materials are related to the plume derived magma. These deep roots mafic intrusions help resolving the controversy about the nature of the well-defined anomalies present in the area.
Attitudes and subjective reasons of medication compliance and noncompliance among outpatients with schizophrenia in India

Objective: This study aims to assess the attitudes and reasons of medication compliance and noncompliance among patients with Schizophrenia attending outpatients in India and examine the prevalence and factors effecting noncompliance.Method: outpatients with schizophrenia (n=75) and their accompanying family members(n-75) were assessed using standardized tools which consist reasons of medication influences (ROMI) scale, Drug Attitude Inventory (DAI) scale, Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS). They were also evaluated for sociodemographic details; illness related and drug related variables. Results: The prevalence of non-compliance in the selected setting is 38.7%. Majority of patients and family members had a positive attitude towards medication and treatment. Family member is able to identify the compliance status of the patient and the reasons for the noncompliance better than the patients. The reasons which are significantly correlating with compliance are ‘perceived daily benefit from medication’, ‘positive relationship with psychiatrist’, pressure from the family and health system’, ‘positive family belief towards illness and treatment’. Where as the significant reasons for noncompliance are ‘no perceived daily benefit from medications’, ‘difficulty in gaining access to treatment and medications’, financial obstacles’, ‘embarrassment or stigma related to treatment and medications’, ‘medicines currently not perceived as necessary’. The factors significantly associated with noncompliance include lower educational status, rural area of stay, adjustment difficulty with their family and spouse, previous history of non-compliance, poor insight into illness, higher positive PANSS score. The patients who gave history of hospitalization in the past are more likely to be compliant with their medication. Conclusions: The Findings strongly recommends the need to develop a standard protocol for carrying out adherence counseling to all patients. Also there is need to create a cadre for mental health nurse practitioner in outpatient and inpatients units to ensure that all patients and family members are given psycho education / adherence counseling before discharge and during follow-ups. Original work done by the author for the partial fulfillment of the post graduation programme in psychiatric nursing. Significant outcomes Majority of patients and their family member have positive attitude towards antipsychotic medications. Patients with higher positive symptoms, poor insight into the illness, rural background, lower educational status, adjustment difficulty with their family and spouse, previous history of noncompliance are more likely to be noncompliant with the medications Standard medication adherence counseling protocol need to be developed and used to ensure consistent counseling to all patients before their discharge from inpatient unit and during their follow-up
Variations in CD 4 Expression by Human Monocytes and Macrophages and Their Relationship to Infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus

The expression of CD4 antigen on the surface of LeuM3-positive human blood monocytes was found to be variable with 65 to 90~ of cells from 46 normal human volunteers being positive by dual staining flow cytometry. When monocytes adhered to plastic (but not when cultured on Teflon), a marked decrease in CD4 expression was observed between 1 and 24 h post-adherence. CD4 expression could not be detected in macrophages adhered to plastic for 5 days by using four anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies in flow cytometry or direct immunofluorescence. Conversely an increasing proportion of adherent cells expressed LeuM3 and OKM5 surface antigens over the 5 days. CD4 mRNA levels were measured by slot-blot and Northern hybridization, and total cellular CD4 protein levels by immunoprecipitation. Both cellular mRNA and 'CD4 levels remained constant throughout the 5 day period but membrane CD4 protein levels were greatly reduced indicating that the down-regulation of CD4 was posttranslational. Infection with two of six fresh human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) isolates showed different kinetic patterns when tested on purified monocytes recently adhered to plastic and macrophages adherent for 5 days. HIV antigen and reverse transcriptase levels in infected monocyte cultures remained high for 3 to 4 weeks before detachment and necrosis of the cells occurred. Infection of macrophages generated much lower levels of antigen and reverse transcriptase which declined to very low or undetectable levels over 2 weeks, leaving persisting viable macrophages. One week after infection HIV nucleic acid was detected in 69 + 7 ~ of monocytes and 6 + 3 ~ of macrophages by in situ hybridization. Blocking experiments with anti-Leu3a monoclonal antibody suggested that HIV infection of 5 day adherent macrophages occurred mainly by a mechanism other than binding to CD4.
THE EFFECTS OF LOCALISED QUADRICEPS FATIGUE ON BOWLING PERFORMANCE IN FEMALE COUNTY CRICKETERS

Several studies in cricket bowling indicate that a more extended front knee at ball release contributes to increased ball release speed but reported correlation co-efficients vary from 0.34 to 0.52. Portus et al. (2000) found an 8-over spell had no significant effect on knee angle or ball release speed. This study manipulated knee angle by fatiguing the quadriceps to explore its relationship with ball release speed and technique.
The Effect of Subacute Ruminal Acidosis of Dairy Cows on Productivity, Digestibility and Greenhouse Gas Emission

The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance, digestion of the diet and greenhouse gas emission of cows with subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA). Twelve cows were included. The blood parameters, milk yields, manure, and urine of healthy (H group) and cows with SARA (R group) were analyzed. The results showed that the plasma concentrations of total protein (TP) and globulin (GLO) of the R group were significantly lower than those of the H group. Aspartate amino transferase (AST), non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), beta-hydroxybutyric acid (BHBA), creatinine kinase (CK) and L-lactate were significantly higher in the R group than in the H group. The levels of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) in feces from the R group were significantly lower than in the H group. Milk protein and milk fat were significantly lower in the R group than in the H group, and the energy corrected milk (ECM) value of the R group was significantly lower than that of the H group. The emission of ammonia and methane by the R group was slightly lower than by the H group. These results showed that the forage digestibility was significantly higher in the R group than the H group. The performance and ammonia and methane emission in the R group were slightly lower than those of the H group.
Motivational Factors for School-Based Teacher Learning: Turkish Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences and Expectations

The purpose of this study is to describe the motivational factors of pre-service teachers’ school-based learning. The study group comprised of 99 pre-service teachers in Eskisehir, Turkey. 53 of them (19 males and 34 females) were history teachers; and 46 of them (25 males and 22 females) were mathematics pre-service teachers. Data was collected via an open ended form which includes questions concerning their experiences and expectations in school. The questions were meant to identify and investigate the motivational aspects that enhance pre-service teachers’ school-based learning. A sentence-based content analysis method was used to analyze their responses. Analyses indicated that there were some motivational factors for schoolbased teacher learning: qualities of schools, mentors, students, classrooms, and other teachers, educational approaches, and intimate relationships. This qualitative information was then used to develop a model for motivational factors for school-based teacher learning. Findings also indicated that a holistic, practice-based approach should be used to facilitate school-based teacher learning.
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.

For those in the teaching profession, we have faced a most enduring psychological debate: nature or nurture. Think of those world famous scientists, like Elbert Einstein, or world champions e.g. Olympic gold medalists in all kinds of sports, and music geniuses like Mozart, just to name a few, and ask yourself are these individuals born genetically equipped with special kinds of genes or it is more a result of their practice or learning? In short, are highly talented or high-IQ individuals made or born? This book by Daniel Coyle provides a clear answer to this centuries old debate: as the title states, “Greatness isn’t born. It’s grown”. Since the time of Thomas Hobbes and John Lock in the 17 century, the British philosophers have emphasized the role of experience in behavior development. And we can easily see behaviorism is still influential to a certain extent among teaching practitioners especially those in primary schools. Also, more recent research is inclined toward the role of the environment. Yet, the argument is still far from settled. It is the readers’ choice to choose whether they want to be inspired by this book and prove it for themselves. The Talent Code is also a how-to book. Coyle unpacks “the code of genius” by drawing on recent brain research on myelin and first hand research from his travels to nine world leading training camps, as he called “hotbeds” from baseball and basketball fields to a music academy. He identifies three key elements of giftedness development: (1) Deep practice, (2) Ignition, and (3) Master coaching.
The efficacy of seven ethnobotanicals in the treatment of skin infections in Ibadan, Nigeria

-6 cfu/ml) were tested against plant extracts (500 mg/ml) using agar-well diffusion method. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) was determined using broth dilution method. At 10 -4 cfu/ml inoculum concentration, C. albicans was significantly susceptible (P≤0.05) to methanol extracts of S. alata and X. aethiopica with 25.0 mm zone of inhibition, while T. tetraptera was the most active on S. aureus with 21.5 mm and S. pyogenes was significantly susceptible to A. africana , A. boonei , S. alata and T. tetraptera with 25.0 mm zone of inhibition. The significant antimicrobial activities exhibited by the methanol extracts of the ethnobotanicals confirmed their therapeutic potentials in the treatment of skin infections. Also soap, cream and ointment could be prepared from these ethnobotanicals for topical application in the treatment of skin infections. However, their toxicity tests will ascertain safety in administration.
Studies in Mespilus , Crataegus , and × Crataemespilus (Rosaceae), II. The academic and folk taxonomy of the medlar, Mespilus germanica , and hawthorns, Crataegus (Rosaceae)

This paper examines the relationship between Mespilus (medlar) and Crataegus (hawthorn) in both academic and folk taxonomy. Academic taxonomy since Linnaeus has mostly kept Mespilus and Crataegus distinct but not always for correct or adequate reasons. On the other hand, the study of folk-names, explored across 22 European and Near-Eastern modern languages, finds medlar always different from hawthorn, which, from such a large sample, underlines the cultural distinctness of medlar, and supports its taxonomic distinctness. Looking at the earliest recorded usage of the two generic names, in ancient Greece, the Greek names as found in Theophrastus have debatable applications, though this may be due to a corrupt text. The findings of the present paper thus lend support to those in a companion paper by the author clarifying the morphological distinction between the Mespilus and Crataegus , and arguing for the retention of a monotypic Mespilus , which distinction receives support from recent cladistic work.
Theoretical Perspectives on Identification and Management of Emotional Disturbance among Pre-School Aged Children in Nigeria: Issues for Consideration

The paper assumes that the emotional development of young children is as important as their physical development and that lack of paying attention to the emotional distresses of little children can have grave consequences for society. The paper highlights some of the major theoretical perspectives on emotional development and emotional distress from early childhood, and reviews past and current research on the nature and causes of emotional disturbances of preschool children in view of the role of parents and their style of parenting. Despite the lack of research to address the emotional problems of preschool children in Nigeria, this paper points out probable obstacles to identification and management of emotional problems in preschool children and concludes with suggestions and recommendations that could help solve some of the problems especially at the family and community levels. DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2016. v6n2p247
Survival analysis of tethered juvenile sea scallops Placopecten magellanicus in field experiments: effects of predators, scallop size and density, site and season

The impact of predation on survival of juvenile sea scallops Placopecten magellanicus has important implications for the population dynamics and aquaculture of this species. In field experiments using tethered juvenile scallops, we examined the effect of biological and physical factors, such as prey size, predator and prey densitv, water temperature (season) and site, on mortality rates of scallops in Lunenburg Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. The major predators of juvenile scallops were crabs Cancer irroratus and sea stars Asterias spp. In an experiment manipulating scallop density, crab predation rate increased significantly with scallop density, but crab density did not, suggesting a functional response. Sea star predation rate on scallops was not affected by scallop density. In a series of experiments with different slze classes of scallops tethered at different sites and seasons, and In different densities of surrounding scallops and predators, the effects of covariates on scallop survival times were assessed using the statistical procedure of survival analysis. Since the tethering technique affected crab and sea star predation differently, the competing causes of scallop mortality were analysed separately. Water temperature, site, and scallop density were the important variables affecting crab predation. There was a significant interaction between temperature and site, such that crab predation on scallops increased with temperature at one site and was independent of temperature at the other site. Predation by crabs also increased with scallop density and, to a lesser extent, with crab density. Water temperature and scallop size were the primary variables affecting sea star predation. Sea star predation on scallops increased with temperature and decreased with scallop size. The results of this study suggest options for minimizing predation of scallops by crabs and sea stars in bottom culture operations.
Effects of industrial and investigator disturbance on Arctic‐nesting geese

Oil and gas development on the Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) of Alaska, USA may have effects on Arctic-nesting birds. To estimate effects of industrial activity and investigator disturbance on avian productivity, we monitored nests of greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons) with digital cameras and periodic nest visits during 2013–2014 at 2 sites on the ACP. A disturbed site was adjacent to human-made infrastructure and industrial clean-up activities initiated at the onset of the study and a control site was >2 km from sources of industrial disturbance. We assessed variation in estimates of incubation constancy, nest survival, and predator behavior relative to site, year, and distance from industrial activity using nest photographs obtained at 1-minute intervals. We compared analysis of hourly nest survival informed by intensive monitoring with cameras to analysis of daily nest survival informed by traditional nest visit data obtained at intervals of 5–7 days to assess how method and time scale of sampling affect ecological inference. Geese in both sites exhibited high levels of nest attendance and initiated incubation breaks less than once per day. Observer-caused incubation breaks associated with nest visits (x¯ = 37.8 min) were longer than other types of incubation breaks (x¯ = 8.7 min), demonstrating a differential response by nesting geese to direct human encroachment versus indirect vehicular and aircraft traffic. During both years, geese were absent from nests more frequently in the disturbed (x¯ = 0.9 breaks/day) than control (x¯ = 0.6 breaks/day) site, and this break frequency was slightly higher for nests closer to industrial activity. In the year with high rates of depredation, nest survival was positively related to distance from industrial activity and abandoned infrastructure, consistent with predictions of industry-caused effects. This relationship, however, was not evident in the year with reduced predation pressure, likely because of annual variation in arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) behavior. Analysis of nest survival probability informed by camera data allowed for detection of detailed patterns of variation that were not supported when using only visit data for the same nests. Observer visits were responsible for reductions of 7–35% in nest survival probability, highlighting the importance of minimizing, and controlling for, observer effects in studies of avian productivity. Indirect vehicular and aircraft disturbance posed less risk to nest survival than direct encroachment by observers at nest sites. Therefore, effects of industrial activities on avian productivity in the Arctic can be minimized through practices that limit direct encounters with nests. © 2017 The Wildlife Society.
Qualitative Factors as Determinants of Continued Success:An Examination of eBusiness Entrepreneurial Firms Using the NewVenture Template

In this study, we analyze eBusiness entrepreneurs nominated by the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award program to ascertain whether qualitative factors are correlated with success. We find qualitative factors are incrementally informative above and beyond the information provided by quantitative factors. More specifically, firms that are able to maintain their innovative strategies by improving upon the product (or service) they offer and are able to meet the long-term needs of the customer are more likely to experience increased sales growth and have greater access to capital which results in a successful harvest strategy.
Diversity of Xylanolytic Bacteria Isolated from Thai Sources

Twenty-three xylanolytic bacteria were isolated from soils, sediments and buffalo faeces collected in Thailand. They were divided into 10 groups based on the phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics including 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses. Eleven isolates were Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria. They contained meso -diaminopimelic in cell wall peptidoglycan. Two isolates (Group IA) were identified as B acillus subtilis , 4 isolates (Group IB) were B. licheniformis , 2 isolates (Group IC) were B. niabensis , one (Group ID) was B. nealsonii , and 2 isolates (Group IE) were B. cereus. Seven isolates were Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria and were identified as Isoptericola variabilis (2 isolates in Group II), as Jonesia denitrificans (2 isolates in Group III), as Microbacterium natoriense (2 isolates in Group IV), and one isolate as Nocardioides simplex (Group V). Five isolates were Gram-negative; facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria and each of them were identified respectively as Acinetobacter junii (Group VI), Aeromonas enteropelogenes (Group VII), Pseudomonas stutzeri (Group VIII) , Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Group IX) and Zobellella denitrificans (Group X). The isolates produced xylanase activity ranged from 1.03 to 17.65±0.25 unit/ml.
Discharge characteristics of plasma sheet actuators

The electrical characteristics of a plasma sheet device used for subsonic airflow control are studied in this paper. Experiments are undertaken with a two-wire asymmetrical (different diameters, opposite polarity) electrode configuration connected to dc high voltage sources in the presence of a dielectric plate and under different gases (dry air, nitrogen and oxygen). For large distances electrode-plates it has been found that the discharge current consists of a purely dc component. The proximity of the plate reduces notably this dc current component until a limit situation for which the electrodes practically lay on the plate and a current pulsed regime is superimposed on the dc (small) component, thus establishing a plasma sheet regime. This regime could be reached only when the small wire was positive. This work establishes that the pulsed regime may be associated with a succession of positive streamers (cathode directed) which formation is promoted by different parameters of the gas and surface characteristics (thresholds of photoionization and photoemission, charge deposition, …). The dc component seems to be produced by a small number of electrons originated in the ionization region of the negative corona that are amplified in the ionization region of the positive corona. The charged particles produced during the streamer propagation could contribute appreciably to the ion momentum transfer to the gas. This transfer should be due very likely to the drift of the charged species present in the streamer channel during the streamer collapsing phase. The source of momentum transfer associated with the dc current would always persist with a magnitude that depends on the intensity of this current.