Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Summer Habitat Associations of Large Brown Trout in Southeast Minnesota Streams

We evaluated summer habitat use of large brown trout Salmo trutta (TL > 380 mm) in pools and stream reaches of southeast Minnesota to test an earlier summer habitat model, to identify other important variables, and to develop a habitat quality classification to guide large trout management. We collected 224 large trout in 126 of 581 pools in 41 stream reaches during 2003 and 2004. The probability (P2) that a large brown trout was present in a pool was positively associated with the pres- ence of water deeper than 90 cm, instream rock, overhead bank cover, and woody de- bris in a logistic regression model. Similarly, large trout abundance in pools was best predicted with a Poisson regression model with four variables (area of water deeper than 60 cm, length of overhead bank cover, pool width, and area of instream rock). Streambank riprap was not significantly associated with either large trout presence or abundance in pools. Large trout abundance in stream reaches increased linearly with mean P2-value, which explained 54% of the variation among study reaches. We cate- gorized habitat quality of stream reaches into four classes based on mean P2-values. In large streams (>0.43 m 3 /s), with poor to fair habitat quality, habitat management should increase water deeper than 90 cm, instream rock, overhead bank cover, and woody debris. Habitat management for large trout in smaller streams (<0.43 m 3 /s) is more complex and may simply be more limited. Managers may have to recognize the limited biological potential in these systems and prioritize large trout management ob- jectives to larger streams.
The Influence of Corporate Image and E-Service Quality on E-Satisfaction and E-Loyalty of Shopee Application Users in Denpasar

The aim of this research is to examine the influence of corporate image and e-service quality (e-servqual) on e-satisfaction and e-loyalty of C2C e-marketplace application users. The sample in this research are 160 respondents, which is determined using the purposive sampling technique and analyzed using the structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis technique. The result of this research shows that (1) corporate image has a positive and significant influence on e-satisfaction, (2) e-servqual has a positive and significant influence on e-satisfaction, (3) corporate image positively and significantly influences e-loyalty, (4) e-servqual has a positive and significant influence on e–loyalty, and (5) e-satisfaction has a positive and significant influence on e-loyalty of customers. Keywords : corporate image, e-servqual, e-satisfaction, e-loyalty
AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI IN GABBIANI (LARUS AUDOUINII). POTREBBERO INFLUENZARE LA SOPRAVVIVENZA DELLE COLONIE DI UCCELLI?

A total of 39 E. coli strains isolated from cloacal swabs and unhatched eggs of Audouin’s gulls (Larus audouinii) living the Salento coast (Italy) were serotyped and molecular characterized for the presence of irp2, fyuA, tsh, papC, fimC, iucD, and eae genes described for Avian Pathogenic E. coli (APEC). Eight different serogroups (O1, 06, 08, 015, 075, 0139, 0146, 0147) were distinguished: we recorded a very high rate of untypeable strains. Genotyping by PCR achieved to detect fimC and irp2, described for APEC strains, as most predominant genes circulating in the gulls population, accounting for 94.87% and 97.43% respectively. Nevertheless, a significant co-existance of virulence genes was demonstrated to belong to E.coli of eggs origin. Particularly, fimC/tsh/iucD pathotype, recognized as most responsible of illness in poultry, emerged in 8.69% of E. coli of eggs origin.
Time discounting under uncertainty

We study intertemporal decision making under uncertainty. We give the first full characterization of discounted expected utility in a framework a la Savage. Despite the popularity of this model, no characterization is available in the literature. The concept of stationarity, introduced by Koopmans for deterministic discounted utility, plays a central role for both attitudes towards time and towards uncertainty. We show that a strong stationarity axiom characterizes discounted expected utility. When hedging considerations are taken into account, a weaker stationarity axiom generalizes discounted expected utility to Choquet discounted expected utility, allowing for non-neutral attitudes towards uncertainty.
Gender and Occupational Mobility in Urban China during the Economic Transition

This paper examines the gender patterns of occupational mobility in post-reform urban China using a national representative dataset. The results show there are marked gender differences in both direction and self-reported cause of occupational mobility. With respect to the direction of mobility, married women are more likely than married men to undergo downward occupational changes, but are less likely to experience upward moves. In terms of the cause of mobility, compared to married men, married women are less likely to change jobs for career development or move to a new job assigned by the employer, but are more likely to change jobs for family reasons or as a result of involuntary separation. The results also show that the public-sector restructuring has increased the incidence of downward occupational mobility, more for women than men. The analysis suggests that women are disadvantaged in the occupational mobility process by a variety of social and institutional factors.
Capital Controls: Impact on Foreign Direct Investment and Portfolio Investment in Malaysia 1991-2004

This paper examine the effects of three types of capital controls policies in Malaysia: (i) the existence of fixed exchange rates (indirect capital controls), (ii) controls on capital account and (iii) the stringency of requirements for the repatriation (direct capital controls) on FDI and PI flows as the dependent variable. The study examined the significant impact of the controls in influencing the investment atmosphere in Malaysia. The analysis were done over two period, where the period of 1991-1997 [7 years] is considered as a period where Malaysia imposed floating exchange rate system (liberalization of capital controls), and the second period 1998-2004 [7 years] as an age where the Malaysian government started imposing the fixed exchange rate regime. Overall, the result shows that the effect of capital controls on FDI flows was not significant as there were trade-off between the setback and the benefits of imposing capital controls. Meanwhile, it was also found that the reason why capital controls have more effect on PI than FDI was largely due to different nature of both investments.
Plurality versus proportional electoral rule: study of voters' representativeness

Thinking of electoral rules, common wisdom suggests that proportional rule is more fair, since all voters are equally represented: at times, it turns out that this is false. I study the formation of both Parliament and Government; for the composition of the former I consider plurality and proportional rule; for the formation of the latter, I assume that parties play a non-cooperative game a la Rubinstein. I show that, unless parties are impatient to form a Government, proportional electoral rules translate into a more distortive distribution of power among parties than plurality rule; this happens because of the bargaining power of small parties during Government formation.
The Effects of Fire on Surface-Dwelling Arthropod Communities in Pinus brutia Forests of Southwestern Anatolia

Bu calisma, Guneybati Anadolu Pinus brutia Ten. ormanlarinda yanginin ve yangin kaynakli habitat degisiminin yuzey-aktif eklembacakli komuniteleri uzerine etkilerinin arastirilmasini amaclamistir. Eklembacaklilara yonelik ornekleme calismalari, 2004 yilinin Agustos ayinda meydana gelen bir orman yanginin hemen sonrasinda yanmis ve yanmamis alanlardan secilen, 12 calisma alaninda 36 cukur tuzak kullanilarak, iki aylik donem boyunca gerceklestirilmistir. Calismanin sonucuna gore, eklembacaklilarin (Şube: Arthropoda), boceklerin (Sinif: Insecta) ve karincalarin (Familya: Formicidae) bolluk degerlerinin her iki ornekleme doneminde de yanmis alanda yanmamis alana gore daha yuksek oldugu tespit edilmistir. Bocekler ve karincalar icin hesaplanan tur zenginligi, tur cesitliligi ve esitlik degerleri yanmis alanda yanmamis alana gore daha yuksektir. Buyuk oranda; Eumerus strigatus (Fallen, 1817) turu ile temsil edilen Diptera Takimi, yanmis alanda yuksek bolluk degerine sahiptir. Yangin sonrasi ikinci ayda Orthotomicus erosus (Wollaston, 1857)’un yanmis alanda gerceklesen kolonizasyonu, kabuk boceklerinin bu alandaki bollugunun ani bir sekilde artmasina neden olmustur. Sonuc olarak, yangin sonrasi ani habitat degisimine bagli olarak eklembacakli komunitelerinin yapisinda onemli degisimler meydana gelmesine ragmen, yanginin arthropod komuniteleri uzerinde yikici bir etkisi tespit edilmemistir
The Strategic Use of Innovation to Influence Environmental Policy: Taxes versus Standards

Abstract This paper evaluates the strategic behavior of a polluting monopolist to influence environmental policy, either with taxes or with standards, comparing two alternative policy games. The first of the games assumes that the regulator commits to an ex-ante level of the policy instrument. The second one is the time-consistent policy game. We find that the strategic behavior of the firm is welfare improving and leads to more environmental innovation than under regulatory commitment if a tax is used to control pollution. However, the contrary occurs if an emission standard is used. Under commitment, it is shown that both policy instruments are equivalent. We conclude that the optimal environmental policy is to use an emission tax since it yields the same welfare level than an emission standard for a committed regulator yet a larger welfare for a non-committed regulator.
High shear capillary viscometer with continuously varying pressure drop: Fast rheological test of coal-water slurry (CWS)

The pressure-driven capillary viscometer, recently designed by one of the authors has been modified to test the rheological behavior of CWS. Operation principles involve the detection of the continuous varying pressure drop across a capillary tube to provide a wide shear rate range during a single run. The flow curve is determined from the non-linear fitting of the derived analytical expression for the pressure drop as a function of time to measured data. It is found that for coal-loading up to 40 wt. %, CWS behaves as a Newtonian fluid, while above 50 wt. % of coal the CWS exhibits a non-Newtonian pseudo plastic behavior with yield stress, obeying the Bingham-plastic model. Index Terms—Capillary viscometer, Coal water slurry, Viscosity function, Bingham-Plastic model.
CN ANOMALIES IN THE HALO SYSTEM AND THE ORIGIN OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN THE MILKY WAY

We explore the kinematics and orbital properties of a sample of red giants in the halo system of the Milky Way that are thought to have formed in globular clusters based on their anomalously strong UV/blue CN bands. The orbital parameters of the CN-strong halo stars are compared to those of the inner- and outer-halo populations as described by Carollo et al., and to the orbital parameters of globular clusters with well-studied Galactic orbits. The CN-strong field stars and the globular clusters both exhibit kinematics and orbital properties similar to the inner-halo population, indicating that stripped or destroyed globular clusters could be a significant source of inner-halo field stars, and suggesting that both the CN-strong stars and the majority of globular clusters are primarily associated with this population.
Microbial dynamics as influenced by concentrate manure and inorganic fertilizer in alluvium soil of Varanasi, India

A field experiment was conducted during rabi season, 2009-2010 at Agricultural Research Farm, BHU, Varanasi, on alluvial soils to determine the effects of concentrate organic manure (wellgrow formulations) with levels of inorganic fertilizers. The results reveal that the higher soil microbial population was seen with the application of 100% NPK + 300 kg wellgrow soil ha-1. Soil enzymes varied with the production systems. The urease, phosphatase and dehydrogenase activities were higher in wellgrow dose application with recommended dose of NPK. The soil enzymes and microbial population (bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes) were very responsive to organic manure application, but their levels and activities were not reflected in wheat crop under alluvial soils. Enzymatic activities were positively and significantly correlated with content of organic carbon. Key words: Dehydrogenase, phosphatase, urease, bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, wellgrow.
Mutant PolyQ Can Aggregate in the Heart , Causing Cardiac Dysfunction and Myo fi brillar Degradation

Drosophila as a potential model to ameliorate mutant Huntington-mediated cardiac amyloidosis Adriana S Trujillo, Raul Ramos, Rolf Bodmer, Sanford I Bernstein, Karen Ocorr & Girish C Melkani a Department of Biology; Molecular Biology and Heart Institutes; San Diego State University; San Diego, CA USA b Development and Aging Program; Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research; La Jolla, CA USA Published online: 03 Nov 2014.
OECD Trade Policy Papers No . 143 Trade and Labour Market Adjustment

Trade and Labour Market Adjustment While it is widely accepted that there are adjustment costs associated with the reallocation of resources in response to freer trade, in most models these costs are assumed to be very small. However, more recent evidence is casting doubt on this assumption. This paper develops a unique dataset based on harmonised labour force surveys for six economies, facilitating the comparison of short term labour market impacts from trade across countries. Data are reported at the individual worker level, allowing a comparison of impacts at both the industry and occupation levels. While the results of this empirical analysis at the industry level are very much in line with established research, the results at the occupation level are more varied. Overall, and as expected, impacts are generally larger for occupations than at the industry level. These results are consistent with modern trade theory which posits that an expanding export sector rewards mostly high skilled workers and that some workers may find it more difficult to switch occupations than to switch industries. Outcomes can also be explained in the context of labour market frictions and highlight the important role of labour market policy – as well as trade policy – in structural adjustment. Our results are consistent with sticky sector-specific human capital and information asymmetries, especially with respect to opportunities in different regions within the same country. A wide range of policies can be employed to address these labour market frictions to improve worker mobility and reduce adjustment costs. Further efforts to specify appropriate policies to accompany trade openness is warranted; doing so would go a long way towards improving employment outcomes and generating more inclusive growth.
The added value of non-financial reporting in the DACH-region - An empirical analysis

This empirical analysis examines the development and added-value of non-financial reporting in the DACH Region (Germany, Switzerland and Austria) over the last 11 years. In order to do so the annual and sustainability reports of the 70 companies listed in the prime-indices DAX (Germany), SMI (Switzerland) and ATX (Austria) have been evaluated with regard to 18 criteria. These 18 criteria themselves can be allocated to three sub-categories: Governance & Economy, Social Involvement & Society and Ecology. Furthermore, formal aspects such as length and medium have been evaluated. The non-financial reporting quality has significantly increased in all three countries during the last 11 years. However, reporting quality in Austria is clearly behind the other two countries. The usage of separate sustainability reports and integrated reports has also increased during the observed period. Multiple regression analyses have revealed that the usage of separate and integrated reports does positively affect the reporting quality. Non-financial reporting does negatively affect abnormal volatilities in some of the three subcategories, however, not in Austria.
A maximum smoothed likelihood based estimation for two component semiparametric density mixtures with a known component

We consider a semiparametric mixture of two univariate density functions where one of them is known while the weight and the other function are unknown. Such mixtures have a history of application to the problem of detecting differentially expressed genes under two or more conditions in microarray data. Until now, some additional knowledge about the unknown component (e.g. the fact that it belongs to a location family) has been assumed. As opposed to this approach, we do not assume any additional structure on the unknown density function. For this mixture model, we derive a new sufficient identifiability condition and pinpoint a specific class of distributions describing the unknown component for which this condition is mostly satisfied. Our approach to estimation of this model is based on an idea of applying a maximum smoothed likelihood to what would otherwise have been an ill-posed problem. We introduce an iterative MM (Majorization-Minimization) algorithm that estimates all of the model parameters. We establish that the algorithm possesses a descent property with respect to a log-likelihood objective functional and prove that the algorithm converges to a minimizer of such an objective functional. Finally, we also illustrate the performance of our algorithm in a simulation study and using a real dataset.
The Influence of Dividend Payments on Company Performance: The Case of Istanbul Stock Exchange (BIST)

The aim of this study is to analyze the relation between dividend policies and financial performances of the companies operating in Istanbul Stock Exchange (BIST). The study uses data of 172 companies outside of financial sector for the period of 2008-2011. In the study firms are divided into two groups: the ones regularly paying dividends and the ones that don’t make regular dividend payments. The tests were conducted in order to understand whether there is a difference between accounting and market based financial performances of these two groups or not. Empirical analyses used multiple regression, T test methods as well as descriptive statistics. The results of analysis showed that dividend payments had influence on companies’ performances. Furthermore, there was a positive and statistically meaningful relation between the dividend per share rate (DPS) within groups and market based performance indicator Tobin’s q while there was a statistically meaningless relation between accounting based performance indicators ROA and ROE and dividend per share rate. These results are of supporting quality for the dividend relation developed by Myron Gordon and John Lintner (GL). Keywords: Dividend Payments, Firm Performance, Dividend Per Share, BIST
Interaction effect between mineral zinc-nitrogen fertilization mixture and organic fertilization as compost on yield, nutrients uptake of rice and some soil properties

To study the effect of organic fertilization as compost (20 m3 fed-1), mineral Zinc-Nitrogen fertilization mixture (three Zinc levels (0, 8 and 16 kg Zn fed-1) and three nitrogen rates (0, 30 and 60 kg N fed-1 were mixed alternately) on growth, grain and straw yields, N, P and K uptake for rice crop (Oryza sativa), variety Giza 178, two field trials at El-Serw Agricultural Research Station, Damietta governorate were conducted through summer seasons of 2015 and 2016. Plant height, dry matter, grain and straw yields also, N, P and K-uptake in grain and straw yields increased with increasing levels of zinc and nitrogen fertilization. Moreover, use organic fertilization as compost gave the highest values of the previous parameters. Applying of 16 kg Zn fed-1 + 60 kg N fed-1 with 20 m3 compost fed-1 gave the highest plant height, dry matter, grain and straw yields and N, P and K-uptake in grain and straw. Therefore, it preferably adds 16 kg Zn fed-1 + 60 kg N fed-1 with 20 m3 compost fed-1 to produce a high crop of rice under saline soil condition in North Delta. Concerning to soil properties after rice harvest, mixture 16 kg Zn fed-1 + 60 kg N fed-1 with 20 m3 compost fed-1 surpassed all other treatments in improving soil properties, since available NPK and organic matter content had increased while soil EC and pH in the root zone was decreased.
189 RESULTS What Is the Evidence for Variation in Prevalence Rates of Conversion Disorder and Pseudoneurological Symptoms Across Cultural Groups ?

© 2011 Guilford Publications, Inc. Richard J. Brown, BSc, PhD, ClinPsyD, CPsychol, is affiliated with the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Manchester, England. Roberto Lewis-Fernández, M.D., is with the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York City. Address correspondence to Richard Brown at School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Zochonis Building, 2nd Floor, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom. Email: richard.james. brown@manchester.ac. uk. Culture and Conversion Disorder Brown and Lewis-Fernández
Antibacterial effects and toxigenesis of Penicillium aurantiogriseum and P. viridicatum

The toxigenesis of one Penicillium aurantiogriseum and one Penicillium viridicatum isolates was investigated. Sterile culture filtrates of both fungi had a clear antibacterial effect only against Bacillus subtilis. The effect on B. subtilis varied with amount of filtrate used and temperature. The antibacterial activity of chloroform extracts varied with the nature of media used to grow the fungi. Different mycotoxins were identified in the fungal cultures using thin-layer chromatography. P. aurantiogriseum was found to produce penicillic acid, terrestric acid and aurantiamine, while penicillic acid, terrestric acid, brevianamide A and xanthomegnin were produced by P. viridicatum.
Boom and Gloom

We study the performance of investments made at different points of an investment cycle. We use a large data set covering hotels in the U.S., with rich details on their location, characteristics and performance. We find that hotels built during hotel construction booms underperform their peers. For hotels built during local hotel construction booms, this underperformance persists for several decades. We examine possible explanations for this long-lasting underperformance. The evidence is consistent with information-based herding explanations.