Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Marital instability among British Pakistanis: transnationality, conjugalities and Islam

Abstract This article offers insights into the dynamics underlying an increase in marital instability in British Pakistani families, thus challenging stereotypes of British South Asian populations as representing ‘old-fashioned’ families, with their lower rates of divorce in contrast with the wider British population. In addition to problems of compatibility, domestic violence and infidelity, we explore dynamics that may be more specific to the British Pakistani population, namely the transnational nature of many marriages, attitudes to parental involvement in arranging marriages, and the place of Islam. We suggest that, while arranged marriages were conventionally seen as safer than love marriages, both young people and their parents may now be viewing arranged marriages as riskier. In an arranged marriage that brings family approval but not personal fulfilment, young people are increasingly supported to divorce and remarry, with a greater degree of personal say in spouse selection.
ECONOMIC VALUATION OF LAKEY BEACH GREEN TOURISM, DOMPU REGENCY: TRAVEL COST METHOD

The purpose of this research is to calculate the economic value and to examine whether travel costs, individual income, travel time, age, and education affect the frequency of visit to the Lakey beach tourist objects. This research was conducted in Dompu Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province in 2017. This study uses primary data with interview method to 100 respondents. The calculation of economic value is done by approach of travel cost method to Lakey beach tourist objects in Dompu Regency. Analyzer in this research is multiple linear regression. The results showed that the economic value of Lakey beach tourist objects in Dompu Regency is IDR 190,192,740,117.18. Travel cost, average income per month, travel time, age, years of education tourists affect the frequency of visiting to the Lakey tourist object in Dompu Regency.
Enhancement of Mixing Performance of Non-Newtonian Fluids using Curving and Grooving of Microchannels

In this study, a numerical investigation was performed on the mixing of non-Newtonian power-law fluids in curved micromixers with power-law indices between 0.49 and 1 and Reynolds numbers between 0.1-300. The properties of water and CMC solution were used for simulation of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid flows, respectively. The effects of grooves embedded on the bottom wall of micromixers and geometrical parameters such as depth and angle of grooves on mixing performance were examined. The mixing of nonNewtonian fluids using this kind of micromixers has not been studied before. Eventually, using of inclined grooves with 30° inclination angle was studied. Open source CFD code of OpenFOAM was utilized to simulate the mixing process. The results showed that the grooves caused chaotic advection and improved the mixing performance but had no significant effect on dimensionless pressure drop. Also, the grooves with 30◦ angle showed better mixing index for all values of power-law indices.
The Closing of the Frontier: A History of the Marine Fisheries of Southeast Asia, C. 1850-2000

This book is the first on the history of the marine fisheries of Southeast Asia. It takes as its central theme the movement of fisheries into new fishing grounds, particularly the diverse ecosystems that make up the seas of Southeast Asia. This process accelerated between the 1950s and 1970s in what the author calls 'the great fish race'. Catches soared as the population of the region grew, demand from Japan and North America for shrimps and tuna increased, and fishers adopted more efficient ways of locating, catching, and preserving fish. But the great fish race soon brought about the severe depletion of one fish population after another, while pollution and the destruction of mangroves and coral reefs degraded fish habitats. Today the relentless movement into new fishing grounds has come to an end, for there are no new fishing grounds to exploit. The frontier of fisheries has closed. The challenge now is to exploit the seas in ways that preserve the diversity of marine life while providing the people of the region with a source of food long into the future.
Survey of Enterobacteria and Variation in Blood Parameters of Birds (Broilers) on Prolonged Treatment with Antimicrobial Agents

The study evaluated the effects of prolonged prophylactic use of common antimicrobial agents on enterobacteria and haematology of broiler chickens. Fifty chicks were randomly assigned to 3 different experimental groups comprising a control (T1) group given only vitastress as chemotherapeutic agent while T2 and T3 had neo-terramycin (neomycin and oxytetracycline) and terramycin antigen 77 and vitastress (oxytetracycline and antistress) as antimicrobial agents respectively over a period of 8 weeks. Faecal and blood samples were collected before and after treatments from each experimental unit. Blood and MacConkey agar were used for isolation of bacteria from the faecal samples. All isolates were identified by standard biochemical procedures. Blood samples were subjected to Hb concentration, PCV and ESR assays. The results showed that Escherichia coli , Klebsiella spp. , Proteus spp. and Enterococcus faecalis were enterobacteria present before treatment. Escherichia coli persisted in all the treatment groups. Klebsiella and Enterococcus species persisted in T2, while Proteus species persisted in T3. The study also showed that prolonged use of these antimicrobial agents did not affect the haematology of birds. However, due to the resistance to these antimicrobial agents exhibited by these bacteria, the use of these antimicrobials in poultry production is not recommended Keywords: enterobacteria, antimicrobial agents, haematology, antistress, treatment
Characterization of a new isolate of Bean yellow mosaic virus Group-IVAssociated with Mosaic disease of Gladiolus in India

A new isolate of Bean yellow mosaic virus of group-IV associated with leaf mosaic and flower color breaking symptoms of gladiolus has been characterized based on virus transmission, symptomatology, presence of flexuous rod-shaped particles of 720 nm × 11 nm, Western blot-immunoassay using BYMV antiserum and sequence analysis of full length viral genome (accession number: KM114059, CK-GL2 isolate). The CK-GL2 isolate shared 90-96% nucleotide identity with known BYMV isolates and showed close phylogenetic relationships with phylogenetic group IV isolates of BYMV. Recombination analysis showed eight recombination events in the genome of CK-GL2 isolate and suggested that 80% of the genome was recombinant of six different parental phylogenetic groups of BYMV.
Co3O4—SiO2 Nanocomposite: A Very Active Catalyst for CO Oxidation with Unusual Catalytic Behavior.

The title catalyst is prepared by addition of C—SiO2 (obtained from activated carbon and Et4SiO4 in EtOH, followed by annealing at 350 °C for 30 min in air) to an aqueous Co(NO3)2 solution, and calcination of the resulting solid at 550°C for 90 min in air (yield given in g).
The impact of transport infrastructure on ecological status of arable land in Western Siberia

The use of deicing compounds and car exhaust have a negative impact on the main indicators of arable fertility.The purpose of the research was to study the physical properties of arable land and crop yields at different distances from the roads. Four soils were studied: sod-podzolic, gray forest, leached chernozem and meadow saline. Soil sampling was carried out along the Tyumen - Omsk and Tyumen - Khanty-Mansiysk highways. It was found that at a distance of 10 meters from the highway structural and aggregate composition of high-humus soils differs from the control, located 200 meters. At a distance of 50 meters or more from the road, physical indicators of arable land come back to normal. The sections adjacent to the roads up to 10 meters wide are overfilled to 1.57 g/cm3, which in the conditions of Western Siberia can cause surface waterlogging. The annual loss of grain from the negative impact of transport infrastructure on the site length of 1 kilometer and a width of 20 meters on leached chernozem is 5.0 tons. At market grain prices in the amount of $140, the annual loss of farmers corresponds to $1400 for each kilometer of the road passing through the chernozem fields.
Optimization of physico-chemical parameters for the extraction of phenolic components from cinnamon species

Cinnamon is one of the oldest spices and it contains cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, cinnamic acid and other compounds. In this study the extraction of phenolic compounds like cinnamaldehyde, and eugenol were carried out. Optimization of physico-chemical parameters namely effects of different solvents, soaking time, extraction time with hexane, particle size, different solvent percentages, different volumes of hexane with methanol and ethanol as solvents and pH for the extraction of cinnamaldehyde, total phenolic content and eugenol were studied. For the extraction of cinnamaldehyde, the optimum results were 3 d, 2 h, 125 microns, 50% (v/v), 1:1 ratio and pH 5 respectively. The highest cinnamaldehyde concentration for optimized conditions was 44.6 mg/L and for total phenolic content it was 13.5 mg/L. The highest eugenol concentration for optimized conditions was 14.6 mg/L.
Magnitude and variability of methane production and concentration in tropical coastal lagoons sediments

OBJETIVO: Areas alagadas costeiras sao zonas potenciais para producao de metano (CH4). O presente estudo tem como objetivo avaliar a variacao espacial da producao e concentracao de CH4 em dez lagoas costeiras tropicais, a influencia de macrofitas aquaticas na concentracao de CH4 no sedimento e como a magnitude dessas taxas de producao potencial de CH4 e em comparacao com outros ecossistemas. METODOS: Os sedimentos foram amostrados em dez lagoas costeiras, com um ponto na regiao limnetica e outro ponto nos bancos de macrofita aquatica, quando estas estavam presentes na regiao litorânea. Nos medimos a producao de CH4 como uma taxa potencial e a concentracao de CH4 foi diretamente medida das amostras de sedimento. RESULTADOS: As maiores taxas de producao potencial de CH4 (PPM) foram encontradas em lagoas alcalinas e hipersalinas. Contudo, Cabiunas, que e uma lagoa de agua doce densamente colonizada por macrofitas aquaticas tambem exibiu alta taxa de PPM. Nos tambem observamos que a concentracao de CH4 do sedimento na regiao litorânea foi mais alta que na regiao limnetica em todas as lagoas investigadas, exceto Paulista, que apresentou o padrao oposto. As taxas de producao de CH4 observadas nessas lagoas estudadas foram baixas comparadas com outros ecossistemas aquaticos. CONCLUSAO: Nossos resultados sugerem que os sedimentos de lagoas salinas sao importantes sitios produtores de CH4, e em geral, macrofitas aquaticas tem uma influencia positiva na metanogenese, o que foi evidente baseado nas concentracoes de CH4 presentes nos sedimentos dessas lagoas. Estudos adicionais deveriam focar nos processos subjacentes aos padroes do CH4 observados nas lagoas costeiras tropicais, especialmente preocupando-se com o acoplamento entre producao e concentracao de CH4.
Expanding the Paradigm in DMILS/HI Research: a Proposal in Four Phases

Future investigations into direct mental interactions with living systems (DMILS) including studies on “healing intention (HI)” will ideally take place in the context of a collaborative longitudinal research program employing field methods used in anthropology together with advanced brain imaging techniques to permit rigorous examination of “healing” in both naturalistic settings and controlled laboratory conditions. The multidisciplinary research program outlined in this proposal addresses important unresolved conceptual and methodological problems in DMILS/HI research with the goal of clarifying the roles of socio-cultural, psychological, biological, spiritual and “energetic” factors in “healing. ” As envisioned, a series of field and laboratory studies in four phases will examine “healing” in relationship to select traditional healing approaches as practiced in naturalistic settings; traits, attitudes and beliefs of healers, patients and researchers; relationship factors influencing outcomes in researcher-healer-subject teams including distance, duration, time displacement (eg, healing “intention” in past or future), differences in attitudes, numbers of healers, patients and researchers; environmental factors conducive of (or interfering with) responses to HI; quantitative or qualitative methodologies that permit replication of “healing” claims and clarify underlying mechanisms associated with healing in both field and laboratory conditions. The proposed research program will yield improved methodologies for future field and laboratory studies on “healing,” contribute to an integral theory of “healing,” help scientifically validate the rigorous interdisciplinary practice of “healing” that can be integrated into conventional allopathic medicine and alternative medical practices. Research findings will also lead to improved understanding of environmental factors and healer-patient dynamics associated with optimal “healing” outcomes, and examine efficacy claims of specific “healing” techniques used to treat medical and psychiatric disorders, investigate whether healing techniques used in the context of unique cultural settings, traditional healing systems or spiritual beliefs generalize to a human capacity for “healing” across cultures or in controlled laboratory settings. Finally, the proposed research program will ask whether humans can be trained as “more effective” healers and “more successful” patients.
An Anomalous Recent Acceleration of Global Sea Level Rise

Abstract Tide gauge data are used to estimate trends in global sea level for the period from 1955 to 2007. Linear trends over 15-yr segments are computed for each tide gauge record, averaged over latitude bands, and combined to form an area-weighted global mean trend. The uncertainty of the global trend is specified as a sampling error plus a random vertical land motion component, but land motion corrections do not change the results. The average global sea level trend for the time segments centered on 1962–90 is 1.5 ± 0.5 mm yr−1 (standard error), in agreement with previous estimates of late twentieth-century sea level rise. After 1990, the global trend increases to the most recent rate of 3.2 ± 0.4 mm yr−1, matching estimates obtained from satellite altimetry. The acceleration is distinct from decadal variations in global sea level that have been reported in previous studies. Increased rates in the tropical and southern oceans primarily account for the acceleration. The timing of the global acceleration.
Synthesis of Circular Array Antenna for Sidelobe Level and Aperture Size Control Using Flower Pollination Algorithm

Sidelobe level suppression is a major problem in circular array antenna (CAA) synthesis. Many conventional numerical techniques are proposed to achieve this which are time consuming and often fail to handle multimodal problems. In this paper, a method of circular array synthesis using nature inspired flower pollination algorithm (FPA) is proposed. The synthesis technique considered here adapts one and two degrees of freedom, namely, amplitude only and amplitude spacing. The effectiveness of the FPA is studied by comparing the results with genetic algorithm (GA) and uniform circular array antenna (UCAA) with uniform spacing. Also the effect of additional degree of freedom on the aperture size and the computational time is analyzed. A relative side lobe level (SLL) of −25 dB is achieved using the algorithm under both no beam scanning (0°) and beam scanning (15°) conditions for 20 and 40 elements of CAA.
Managers’ perceptions of intellectual capital: An empirical study in the Tunisian context

Article history: Received January 14, 2013 Received in revised format 12 April 2013 Accepted 14 April 2013 Available online April 16 2013 The purpose of this exploratory research study is to examine the extent of recognition of the concept of intellectual capital in the Tunisian context and to identify the perceptions of managers concerning the accounting treatment and disclosure of this hidden concept. A survey questionnaire was conducted among 51 Tunisian managers. The results of this survey argue that the majority of respondents perceive the elements of intellectual capital as important value drivers for their business. This study shows that managers are aware of the shortcoming of the present accounting system and they approve previous studies that propose voluntary disclosure of information relating to intellectual capital as a solution to compensate for the loss of relevance of traditional accounting information. The present study presents a significant interest in the accounting literature and provides whether it would be appropriate for the Tunisian accounting standard setter to ask companies to disclose more intellectual capital information.
K-THEORETIC DONALDSON INVARIANTS VIA INSTANTON COUNTING To Friedrich Hirzebruch on the occasion of his eightieth birthday

In this paper we study the holomorphic Euler characteristics of determinant line bundles on moduli spaces of rank 2 semistable sheaves on an algebraic surface X, which can be viewed as K-theoretic versions of the Donaldson invariants. In particular if X is a smooth projective toric surface, we determine these invariants and their wallcrossing in terms of the K-theoretic version of the Nekrasov partition function (called 5-dimensional supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory compactified on a circle in the physics literature). Using the results of [43] we give an explicit generating function for the wallcrossing of these invariants in terms of elliptic functions and modular forms. MIRAMARE – TRIESTE November 2006 gottsche@ictp.it nakajima@math.kyoto-u.ac. jp yoshioka@math.kobe-u.ac. jp
IDENTIFICATION OF MOTIVES UNDERLYING THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES LEADING TO OVERWEIGHT AND/OR OBESITY AMONG STUDENTS IN ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY

The present study was conducted to investigate the psychological motives that promote overweight and obesity. More specifically, the study sought to develop a valid and reliable scale that could tap people’s perceptions about the motives for overweight and obesity. The findings from the study identified the three factors of ‘eating and snacking frequently’, ‘lack of motivation to exercise’, and ‘living an unhealthy lifestyle’ as three major motives for overweight and obesity among Thai young adults. The implications of the findings with regard to the development of effective intervention strategies to predict at-risk young adults as well as to evaluate and guide responses to them are discussed.
Solubility of Eskisehir thorium/rare earth ores in sulphuric and nitric acids

Nuclear energy is considered as one of the most important energy resources in the world. Thorium (Th) has a significant potential to be used in electricity production by nuclear energy since its existence is not depended on the presence of another radioactive elements, and it has larger potential reserves than uranium. Bastnaesite ((Ce, La)CO3F) is one of the minerals from which Th can be economically extracted. In this study, solubility of bastnaesite containing ore obtained from Eskisehir, Turkey was investigated by leaching with H2SO4 and HNO3 in terms of leaching performance of thorium and some rare-earth elements (Ce, Nd, La). In this context, representative samples were taken from three different areas in Eskisehir-Kizilcaoren region, and a composite sample was prepared to be used for the leaching experiments. The effects of several parameters such as the solid ratio, leaching time, acid amount and pulp temperature, on dissolution efficiencies of Th, Nd, Ce and La was investigated. The best results were obtained using 3.42 mol/dm3 HNO3, solid–to–liquid ratio of 35%, 120 min leaching time and 60 oC temperature. Under these optimum conditions, the dissolution efficiencies of Th, Ce, Nd, and La were obtained as 94%, 82%, 77% and 70%, respectively.
Food Accessibility, Distribution and Production Constraints of Urban Farmers in Ikorodu Metropolis, Lagos State, Nigeria

This study critically examined food accessibility, distribution and production constraints of urban farmers in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Data was collected using well-structured personally administered questionnaire and interview schedule from 150 urban farmers in the area using multistage sampling technique. Data was analyzed using both descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, means, standard deviation and rank correlation coefficient was used to test the hypothesis. The urban farmers in this study area had over 8years of basic education, mean family size of 7, farming experience of 12.8years, farm size of 1.94ha, an average proportion (40%) produce solely for market/sales with monthly income of N22.900 and a large proportion (86.7%) judge urban farming as profitable. The urban farmers used wholesalers ( = 2.22; SD = 0.17), retailers ( = 2.34; SD = 0.31), direct sales in market ( = 2.30; SD = 0.19), and farm-gate middlemen ( = 3.12; SD = 1.00) in the distribution of farm produce. Furthermore, lack of access to credit, access to inputs, poor storage facilities, lack of skilled labour, limited access to land were major production constraints confronting the urban farmers in the study area. Relationship between socioeconomic characteristics of respondents and their production constraints reveal education to be negatively significant to lack of credit, lack of access to land and lack of extension services. It was recommended that extension services intensify educational programmes and activities among the urban farmers especially as related to storage of agricultural products and market intelligence to know where agricultural goods are needed as well as helping to curb the role of farm gate middlemen.
Musicians are better at learning non-native sound contrasts even in non-tonal languages

It is very difficult for adults to perceive phonetic contrasts in their non-native language. In this study we explored the effects of phonetic training for different populations of people (musicians and non-musicians) and with different kinds of phoneme contrast (timing-based, like the Hindi /g/-/k/ contrast, and pitch-based, like the Mandarin /ı̄/-/ı́/ tonal contrast). We found that musicians had superior perception for both contrasts, not just the pitch-based one. For both phonemes, training had little to no effect. We consider the implications of this for first and second language acquisition.
Effects of germination and defatting of the soybean and sesame on the mineral bioavailability and absorption of sweet potato based complementary diets

The effect of germination of soybean and sesame seeds on the bioavailability of minerals of complementary foods was investigated using rats. Formulations of complementary diets 1 to 4 were produced from sweet potato, soybean and sesame flours at a ratio of 60:30:10, respectively. Formulated diets were significantly higher (p<0.05) in protein, fat and moisture content and lower in carbohydrate and crude fibre than in control. Diet 4 was significantly higher (p<0.05) in minerals (Ca, Zn and Fe) content than in control. The formulated diets were generally low in phytate and oxalate contents, while phytate content was much lower in the diets from germinated flour blends. Anti-nutritional factor (ANF): mineral molar ratio suggested good mineral absorption from the formulated diets. Mineral content of the tissues of rats fed with the formulated diets indicated good absorption within the rats; rats fed with the germinated flour blends had significantly higher (p<0.05) zinc, iron and calcium contents of tissues when compared. Diet 4 consistently received better rating among the samples. Key words: Complementary food, sweet-potato, germination, anti-nutrient, micronutrient.