Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Incidental Cues to Threat and Racial Categorization

Prior work suggests that when social targets with ambiguous group membership present an overt threat, people are more likely to categorize the target as belonging to the outgroup. Yet, the impact of threat cues incidental to the target on social categorization remains unexplored. Prior work has found overt threat cues integral to the stimulus bias outgroup social categorization irrespective of the group in question. In contrast, we predicted that incidental threat cues would only bias judgments when the potential outgroup was one linked with threat. Drawing upon research finding the color red serves as an incidental threat cue, six experiments find that a red background behind a face (vs. a control color) increases outgroup categorizations, but only when the outgroup is linked with threat. Incidental threat cues bias outgroup categorization in a different manner than do overt threats integral to the stimulus, suggesting refinements to current thinking on the role of motivated processes in social categorization.
MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISATION OF UDA , BALAMI AND WEST AFRICAN DWARF SHEEP *

Data collected on 371 Balami, 291 Uda and 355 West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep in Nigeria were used to characterize the three breeds for 18 morphometric traits. The sheep belonged to two sexes (575 male: 439 females) and two age groups ( 23-month and 24 to 35-month). They were obtained from traditionally managed flocks and markets in 4 states of Nigeria. The morphometric traits measured were Ear Length, Force Leg Length, Rear Leg Length, Body Length, Shoulder Width, Neck Circumference, Hearth Girth, Rump Height, Head Length, Head Width, Horn Length, Rump Width, Rump Length, Tail Length, Wither Height, Horn Base Circumference, Testicle Width, and Testicle Length. Data collected were subjected to Analysis of Variance appropriate for a 3x2x2 design. The results showed that breed, sex and age and their interactions significantly (p<0.05) influenced the morphometric traits. Balami sheep was significantly (p<0.05) higher than Uda and WAD sheep in morphometric traits. WAD sheep had the lowest values (p<0.05) for morphometric traits. Male sheep was superior (p<0.05) to female sheep in morphometric traits. 24 to 35-month old sheep were higher (p<0.05) than 23-month sheep in the measured morphometric traits. It is concluded that detailed breed description of Nigerian sheep can be done using morphometric traits. However, such description would be influenced by age, sex and their interaction with the breeds under consideration.
Functional , Proximate and Mineral Composition of a Lesser Known Fermented Legume ( Fermented Seeds of Cathormion Altissimum , Oso )

The seeds of cathormion altissimum is one of the lesser-known legumes in the world. Cathormion altissimum is a leguminous plant with seeds that can be fermented into local fermented food, Oso. Seeds of legume may account for 80% of dietary protein and may be the only affordable protein for some people. The local fermented food could be eaten as main food, delicacies or used as condiments to flavour soups and stews. The functional properties, proximate analysis and mineral contents of this seed was carried out. The foaming capacity of 7.84,water absorption of 160.5%,fat absorption of 126.4,emulsifying properties of 52.0%,gelation properties of 13.4% and bulk density of 0.7240g/cm3 were recorded. The percentage proximate analysis showed a high protein value of 25.3% and a fibre value of 6.40 after fermentation. The mineral content recorded high calcium of 129.5mg/100g and phosphorus of 720mg/100g.The research was carried out to harness the nutritional value of lesser –known fermented legumes in order to encourage food security and also to create awareness on the availability of an affordable source of protein for people __________________________________________________________________________________________
ROLE OF SALICYLIC ACID IN AMELIORATION OF SALT TOLERANCE IN POTATO ( SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L . ) UNDER IN VITRO CONDITIONS

Salicylic acid (SA) has long been considered as signal molecule and is known to reduce the oxidative damage caused by salinity stress. The objective of this study was to work out a suitable methodology for improving salt tolerance in potato by the exogenous application of SA. For this purpose, In vitro plants of two economically important potato cultivars, i.e., Cardinal and Desiree were raised. Single nodal explants (1.0 cm long) from two-month-old in vitro potato plants were inoculated on MS medium with or without 60 mM NaCl supplemented with or without different concentrations (0.125, 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75 mM) of salicylic acid. Complete randomized experimental design was employed with 10 replicates and one nodal explant per treatment. After 60 days of inoculation, number of growth (root, shoot length, number of root, shoot and nodes, fresh/dry weight) and biochemical parameters (protein contents) were studied. Application of 60 mM NaCl to In vitro-grown potato plants in general adversely affected several growth as well as biochemical parameters. On the other hand, exogenously-applied SA enhanced the growth of both potato cultivars. It was observed that SA application at two higher tested levels (0.50 and 0.75 mM) did not confer much tolerance to NaCl stress in these potato cultivars in comparison with the lower concentrations (0.125, 0.25 mM) that proved quite effective in enhancing growth in Cardinal and Desiree, respectively. These results hint at a possibility that relatively low-to-moderate concentrations of salicylic acid may, in future, be useful in improving yield of potato plants under saline conditions.
On finite-dimensional projections of distributions for solutions of randomly forced 2 D Navier – Stokes equations

The paper is devoted to studying the image of probability measures on a Hilbert space under finite-dimensional analytic maps. We establish sufficient conditions under which the image of a measure has a density with respect to the Lebesgue measure and continuously depends on the map. The results obtained are applied to the 2D Navier–Stokes equations perturbed by various random forces of low dimension. © 2006 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. Résumé L’article est consacré à l’étude de l’image des mesures de probabilité sur un espace hilbertien par des applications analytiques de dimension finie. On établit des conditions suffisantes sous lesquelles l’image d’une mesure possède une densité par rapport à la mesure de Lebesgue et dépend continûment de l’application. Les résultats obtenus s’appliquent aux équations de Navier–Stokes 2D perturbées par diverses forces aléatoires de dimension peu élevée. © 2006 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. MSC: 35Q30; 60H15; 93C20
Recent advances in Blastocystis sp . research

lastocystis sp. is a eukaryotic protozoan symbiont commonly found in the gut of humans and animals. Its role in the gut remains controversial due to conflicting reports of its pathogenicity. This paper provides a review of its morphology, life cycle, potential pathogenicity, subtype diversity, treatment, and detection based on latest research. Studies on Blastocystis sp. in the Philippines are also summarized with recommended future directions.
Realized GARCH: A Complete Model of Returns and Realized Measures of Volatility ∗

GARCH models have been successful in modeling (cid:28)nancial returns. Still, much is to be gained by incorporating a realized measure of volatility in these models. In this paper we introduce a new framework for the joint modeling of returns and realized measures of volatility. The Realized GARCH framework nests most GARCH models as special cases and is, in many ways, a natural extension of standard GARCH models. We pay special attention to linear and log-linear Realized GARCH speci(cid:28)cations. This class of models has several attractive features. It retains the simplicity and tractability of the classical GARCH framework; it implies an ARMA structure for the conditional variance and realized measures of volatility; and models in this class are parsimonious and simple to estimate. A key feature of the Realized GARCH framework is a measurement equation that relates the observed realized measure to latent volatility. This equation facilitates a simple modeling of the dependence between returns and future volatility that is commonly referred to as the leverage e(cid:27)ect. We derive the asymptotic properties of the QMLE estimator and show that it has a Gaussian limit distribution. An empirical application with DJIA stocks and an exchange traded index fund shows that a simple Realized GARCH structure leads to substantial improvements in the empirical (cid:28)t over to the standard GARCH model. This is true in-sample as well as out-of-sample. Moreover, the point estimates are remarkable similar across the di(cid:27)erent time series.
LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY School of Business and Management Strategic Finance and Business Analytics Joonas Timonen ETF PRICING INEFFICIENCIES – EVIDENCE FROM LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

Author: Joonas Timonen Title: ETF pricing inefficiencies – evidence from London Stock Exchange Faculty: LUT School of Business and Management Master’s program: Strategic Finance and Business Analytics Year: 2019 Master’s thesis: 82 pages, 13 tables, 5 figures and 6 appendices Examiners: Professor Eero Pätäri Associate Professor Sheraz Ahmed
osition paper of the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver ( AISF ) : he multidisciplinary clinical approach to hepatocellular carcinoma talian Association for the Study of the Liver ( AISF ) , ISF Expert Panel

Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma should be managed with a multidisciplinary approach framed in a network where all the diagnostic techniques and therapeutic resources are available in order to provide the optimal level of care. Given this assumption, the Coordinating Committee of the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver nominated a panel of experts to elaborate practical recommendations for the multidisciplinary management of hepatocellular carcinoma aiming to provide: (1) homogeneous and efficacious diagnostic and staging work-up, and (2) the best treatment choice tailored to patient status and tumour stage at
Economic Analysis of Pepper Marketing in Oyo State , Nigeria

This paper focused on the economic analysis of pepper marketing in Oyo state, Nigeria. Specifically, the paper identified the distribution channels and constraints to pepper marketing, and also analysed the profitability of pepper marketing and its determinants in Bodija and Sasa Markets in Oyo state. Data were collected from one hundred and fifty six pepper marketers; seventy-eight wholesalers and retailers each. Descriptive Statistics, Profit Margin and Multiple Regression were used for data analysis. Results show that 33.4% of pepper marketers got pepper fruits directly from farm gates, while 66.6% got pepper fruits through other channels such as agents. The profit margin for wholesalers (16.48% and 11.83%) was higher than retailers (10.86% and 11.78%) in Bodija and Sasa markets respectively. Majority (81.4%) of the pepper marketers identified insufficient working capital as the most serious constraint to pepper marketing. Years of experience in pepper marketing, start-up capital, waste disposal and security of point of sales had significant positive influence, while quantity of pepper supplied had significant negative influence on the profit realized from pepper marketing. Pepper business is profitable, and as such, if properly harnessed, many unemployed youth can be removed from the street.
Severity of Infl uenza A ( H 1 N 1 ) pdm 09 Infection in Children during First Postpandemic Season

tive study in Germany of infl uenza A(H1N1)pdm09 cases among children <15 years of age admitted to pediatric intensive care units and related deaths during the 2009–10 pandemic and the 2010–11 postpandemic infl uenza seasons. We identifi ed 156 eligible patients: 112 in 2009–10 and 44 in 2010–11. Although a shift to younger patients occurred in 2010–11 (median age 3.2 vs. 5.3 years), infants <1 year of age remained the most affected. Underlying immunosuppression was a risk factor for hospital-acquired infections (p = 0.013), which accounted for 14% of cases. Myocarditis was predictive of death (p = 0.006). Of the 156 case-patients, 17% died; the difference between seasons was not signifi cant (p = 0.473). Our fi ndings stress the challenge of preventing severe postpandemic infl uenza infection in children and the need to prevent nosocomial transmission of infl uenza virus, especially in immunosuppressed children.
The benefits of implementing enterprise risk management: evidence from the non-life insurance industry

This paper addresses two critical questions related to the performance of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): whether its implementation adds value to the firm and whether it undergoes stages in order to mature. It confirms both arguments: that ERM creates value when the infrastructure is fully embedded within a company’s operations, and it matures. When using the traditional methods for measuring value creation in non-life insurance, the combined and operation ratios fail to capture the benefits of ERM in a consistent manner. The more scientific measure, return on capital and surplus, which takes a portfolio view of performance, better captures the benefits of ERM than the traditional one. The results confirm the need to treat the implementation of risk management in a holistic manner if the true benefits are to be realized. Therefore, the quality of value creation depends on the level of integration of risk into the operations, underwriting, investment, human resources, reporting, compliance, and IT functions. Insurance companies are better off implementing ERM than adopting a silo-type risk management initiative.
Measurement of serum irisin in the different stages of chronic kidney disease

Background: Irisin is a myokine that regulates energy metabolism by inducing browning of adipose tissue. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between irisin level and biochemical parameters of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients in stage 2 and stage 4. Methods: The research was a cross-sectional study; the study population included patients with CKD who were over 18 years of age, included 90 individuals with CKD, of these participants, 45 were in the second stage of the CKD while the other 45 subjects were in the fourth stage. Serum irisin concentration plus the level of glucose (Glu), urea, creatinine (Cr) and hemoglobin (Hb) were measured. Results: In the present study, the serum irisin level of patients in stage 4 was significantly reduced (13.00 ng / ml) compared with patients in stage 2(21.41 ng / ml). Conclusion: With the progression of CKD from stage 2 to stage 4, parameters such as serum Cr, TG, LDL, FBS, BUN and urea levels significantly increased. Inversely, factors such as irisin, GFR, Alb, HDL and Hb levels significantly decreased. These findings suggest that irisin may be involved in the regulation of biochemical factor levels in CKD patients through the progression from stage 2 to stage 4.
Effects of Different Lipid Sources on the Growth Performance and Muscle Fatty Acid Composition of Juvenile Anguilla marmorata

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different oils on growth performance of juvenile Anguilla marmorata. Five isonitrogenous and isoenergetic experimental diets were formulated to contain fish oil (FO), sunflower oil (SFO), peanut oil (PO), corn oil (CO) and soybean oil (SBO), respectively, as lipid sources each at an inclusion level of 50 g/kg. The diets were fed to apparent satiation for 10 weeks, twice a day to triplicate tanks of 30 fish each with an initial body weight 6.00±0.06 g. Weight gain (WG) and specific growth rate (SGR) of fish fed the FO and SBO diets were markedly higher than those fed the CO diet, while no other difference in WG and SGR were observed among other treatments. Fish fed FO and SBO diets had better feed utilization than the other diet fish groups. Muscle of fish fed the FO diet had significantly higher levels of C20:5n-3 and n-3/n-6 ratio compared with fish fed vegetable oil (VO) diets, while muscle n-6 PUFA and C18:2n-6 content showed an opposite trend. The present results suggest that soybean oil is a suitable replacement for fish oil for Anguilla marmorata. The IJA appears exclusively as a peer-reviewed on-line open-access journal at http://www.siamb. org.il. To read papers free of charge, please register online at registration form. Sale of IJA papers is strictly forbidden.
Simulation-Sound Proofs for LWE and Applications to KDM-CCA2 Security

The Naor-Yung paradigm is a well-known technique that constructs IND-CCA2-secure encryption schemes by means of non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs satisfying a notion of simulation-soundness. Until recently, it was an open problem to instantiate it under the sole Learning-With-Errors (LWE) assumption without relying on random oracles. While the recent results of Canetti et al. (STOC’19) and PeikertShiehian (Crypto’19) provide a solution to this problem by applying the Fiat-Shamir transform in the standard model, the resulting constructions are extremely inefficient as they proceed via a reduction to an NP-complete problem. In this paper, we give a direct, non-generic method for instantiating Naor-Yung under the LWE assumption outside the random oracle model. Specifically, we give a direct construction of an unbounded simulation-sound NIZK proof system for the LWE relation. In turn, this relation makes it possible to express the equality of plaintexts encrypted under different keys in the dual Regev cryptosystem. As an application, we obtain an LWE-based public-key encryption scheme for which we can prove key-dependent message (KDM-CCA2) security under chosen-ciphertext attacks in the standard model.
Modelling Human Capital Formation in WorldScan

We build new modelling capabilities in WorldScan –CPB’s multicountry recursive dynamic CGE model– to address policy questions related to human capital and skill formation. To achieve this goal we revise and update the human capital satellite model by Jacobs (2005). In addition, new features are introduced into WorldScan to deal with human capital policies: i) a new production structure that incorporates capital-skill complementarity; ii) a constrained supply of high-skill workers in the R&D sector and; iii) more information is taken from the satellite model (i.e. skill-specific labour supply and efficiency changes, instead of only aggregated labour efficiency changes). Finally, this new version of WorldScan is used to evaluate current EU human capital policies. The new results have a similar dynamic pattern of macroeconomic pattern than previous WorldScan versions. However, now the Lisbon skill targets have a higher impact, while the R&D targets have lower effects due to the R&D workers constraints.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND MENTAL ROTATION PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FOR A DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN EARLY ADULTHOOD

Individual differences in mental rotation are well-documented but poorly understood. In fact, how they evolve across lifespan still remains to be specified. To that purpose, we assessed mental rotation ability in Bachelor of Sciences and Bachelor of Arts American students, during their freshman year. They took the Mental Rotation Test twice, at the beginning and the end of the academic year. Results show significant effects of Academic Program (BS>BA) and gender (males>females) in both sessions, as expected from previous research. However, the Academic Program effect increased significantly from one session to another, with exposure to program-specific learning contents, whereas gender differences remained stable. These findings highlight the developmental effect on mental rotation in a single study, providing further evidence for the plasticity of spatial abilities in early adulthood and the need to reflect on the learning materials used in higher education institutions.
Meet the Communicative Needs of L 2 Learners ?

Needs analysis and description of language use in target situations are used to define the communicative demands of the target situation (Basturkmen & Elder, 2004). In spite of these steps taken in designing LSP courses, many L2 learners still face communication challenges in the workplace. Such is the case of L2 nursing students who experience various language related issues in their clinical placements. These results are not surprising given that L2 instruction traditionally targets the acquisition of the standard norm of the target language (Valdman, 2000). Indeed, L2 textbooks appear heavily influenced by the prescriptive view of language. This study focuses on the content analysis of French L2 commercial textbooks for nursing students. The materials were analyzed to identify the language use domains presented to students as well as the language features recommended to perform them. The results were then compared to transcriptions of 15 hours of recorded professional interactions between bilingual French-English nurses and French-speaking patients in a nursing home in Western Canada. The analysis reveals that commercial materials do not fulfill students’ communicative needs. The concept of pedagogical norm (Valdman, 1976, 2000) appears as a useful tool to improve the communicative content of LSP textbooks
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE PERCEIVED ICT LITERACY SCALE AMONG TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

This study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the 17-item 3-factors perceived ICT literacy scale in a sample of Turkish undergraduate students. Previous research on measuring ICT literacy mostly focused on the technical competence dimension of the ICT use. The current scale not only considers the technical literacy but it also evaluates the information literacy. The scale consists of three factors, each of which refers to one dimension of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Data were collected from 284 undergraduate students educated at different departments. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) using maximum likelihood estimation procedure was applied to test the psychometric properties of the scale. Results of the CFA indicated that the scale showed acceptable levels of validity. Considering the reliability values, all the subscales and the scale as a whole showed adequate reliability values. The limitations of the scale were discussed and some implications were suggested.
EJOR review paper-manuscript

Supply Chain Forecasting (SCF) goes beyond the operational task of extrapolating demand requirements at one echelon. It involves complex issues such as supply chain coordination and sharing of information between multiple stakeholders. Academic research in SCF has tended to neglect some issues that are important in practice. In areas of practical relevance, sound theoretical developments have rarely been translated into operational solutions or integrated in state-of-the-art decision support systems. Furthermore, many experience-driven heuristics are increasingly used in everyday business practices. These heuristics are not supported by substantive scientific evidence; however, they are sometimes very hard to outperform. This can be attributed to the robustness of these simple and practical solutions such as aggregation approaches for example (across time, customers and products). This paper provides a comprehensive review of the literature and aims at bridging the gap between the theory and practice in the existing knowledge base in SCF. We highlight the most promising approaches and suggest their integration in forecasting support systems. We discuss the current challenges both from a research and practitioner perspective and provide a research and application agenda for further work in this area. Finally, we make a contribution in the methodology underlying the preparation of review articles by means of involving the forecasting community in the process of deciding both the content and structure of this paper.