Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Genetic estimates and path coefficient analysis in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under normal and late sown environments

The research was carried out to determine selection criteria using correlation and path coefficient analysis in 25 chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes under two different environments during rabi 2008-09 at Palampur location. The genotypes showed highly significant differences for all the characters studied in both environments. Environment I (normal sowing) exhibited its excellent potential for the traits viz., seed yield per plant, biological yield per plant, pods per plant, primary branches per plant, days to 50% flowering, days to maturity and plant height, whereas environment II (late sowing) exhibited it for harvest index, per cent crude protein and 100-seed weight. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance was observed for seed yield per plant, pods per plant and 100-seed weight in environment I. Seed yield per plant was positively and significantly correlated with pods per plant (E1=0.767 and E2=0.647), harvest index (E1=0.767 and E2=0.745), biological yield per plant (E1=0.612 and E2=0.537) and primary branches per plant (E1=0.422 and E2=0.515) in both the environments. Path coefficient analysis revealed the high direct effect of biological yield and harvest index towards seed yield per plant, whereas primary branches per plant and pods per plant showed negligible direct effect, but their indirect contribution for it through biological yield and harvest index was high. The present study suggests that selection for high seed yield should be based on selecting high biological yield, pod per plant, high test weight and primary branches per plants in chickpea.
How Thai EFL Learners Deal with English Regular Past Forms: A Case Study of a Speech Sound Perspective.

The pronunciation of regular past tense verbs seems to be difficult for most L2 learners, especially in L2 learners whose first language phonological system is different from the English one. It is predicted that Thai EFL students could encounter difficulties perceiving English coda clusters like the ‘-ed’ ending sounds. For this reason, this research investigates the extent to which the first-year and the third-year English major undergraduate students in a public university perceive the English regular past tense verbs. To be precise, this study compares the ability to perceive the regular past tense of the first-year and third-year students. In addition, the strategies they use to perceive the ‘-ed’ ending verbs among the three different allomorphs ([t], [d] and [ɪd]) are investigated. The data collection was derived from the perception tests of 30 first-year and 30 third-year students and a Pronunciation Learning Strategy (PLS) questionnaire. The perception tests were divided into two subtests: perception test and perception syllable identification test. The PLS questionnaire was employed to find out the strategies they used in English pronunciation learning. The overall results show that the third-year students demonstrated a better performance than the first-year students in both tests (t=-2.778; p .05 in the syllable identification test). However, the syllable identification test’s results do not show consistency with Solt et al.’s (2004) model, while the perception test’s do. Moreover, the findings from the questionnaire reveal no statistically significant difference between the first and the third-year students in terms of pronunciation learning strategies (p>.05).
Rotating Starburst Cores in Massive Galaxies at z = 2.5

We present spatially resolved ALMA observations of the CO emission line in two massive galaxies at z = 2.5 on the star-forming main sequence. Both galaxies have compact dusty star-forming cores with effective radii of and in the 870 μm continuum emission. The spatial extent of star-forming molecular gas is also compact with and , but more extended than the dust emission. Interpreting the observed position–velocity diagrams with dynamical models, we find the starburst cores to be rotation dominated with the ratio of the maximum rotation velocity to the local velocity dispersion of ( km s−1) and ( km s−1). Given that the descendants of these massive galaxies in the local universe are likely ellipticals with nearly an order of magnitude lower, the rapidly rotating galaxies would lose significant net angular momentum in the intervening time. The comparisons among dynamical, stellar, gas, and dust mass suggest that the starburst CO-to-H2 conversion factor of (K km s−1 pc−2)−1 is appropriate in the spatially resolved cores. The dense cores are likely to be formed in extreme environments similar to the central regions of local ultraluminous infrared galaxies. Our work also demonstrates that a combination of medium-resolution CO and high-resolution dust continuum observations is a powerful tool for characterizing the dynamical state of molecular gas in distant galaxies.
EFFECT OF CHROMIUM AND CADMIUM TOXICITY ON BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF SPIRODELLA POLYRHIZA.

Rifat Ara Wani 1 , Bashir A Ganai 1 , Manzoor A Shah 2 and Fayaz Ahmad Bhat 1 . 1. Department of Environmental Science / Centre of Research for Development , University of Kashmir, Srinagar 190006, J&K, India. 2. Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, J&K, India. Manuscript Info Abstract . Manuscript History
Provable Convex Co-clustering of Tensors

Cluster analysis is a fundamental tool for pattern discovery of complex heterogeneous data. Prevalent clustering methods mainly focus on vector or matrix-variate data and are not applicable to general-order tensors, which arise frequently in modern scientific and business applications. Moreover, there is a gap between statistical guarantees and computational efficiency for existing tensor clustering solutions due to the nature of their non-convex formulations. In this work, we bridge this gap by developing a provable convex formulation of tensor co-clustering. Our convex co-clustering (CoCo) estimator enjoys stability guarantees and its computational and storage costs are polynomial in the size of the data. We further establish a non-asymptotic error bound for the CoCo estimator, which reveals a surprising “blessing of dimensionality” phenomenon that does not exist in vector or matrix-variate cluster analysis. Our theoretical findings are supported by extensive simulated studies. Finally, we apply the CoCo estimator to the cluster analysis of advertisement click tensor data from a major online company. Our clustering results provide meaningful business insights to improve advertising effectiveness.
THE IMPACT OF TRUST AND POWER ON KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN DESIGN PROJECTS: SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

It is acknowledged by aerospace engineers that relationships between partners are influenced by topics such as trust and that they enable or inhibit knowledge flow. This paper presents findings from interviews with engineers in the aerospace industry on how trust and power within supply chain teams impact knowledge sharing and integration. From a trust perspective, the results of the paper indicate that individually, engineers are aware of its importance but that there is little organisational awareness and consequently no framework or support exists for managing it. With regards to power, we show that there are positive as well as negative impacts on knowledge sharing to be considered.
Examining Accessibility and Reliability in the Evolution of Subway Systems

The subway system in the city of Seoul has dramatically evolved from a single subway line of less than 10 km in the early 1970s to one of the largest mass transit systems in the world, with more than 13 lines and 400 stations in 2014. This study aims to explore longitudinal changes in network accessibility and reliability in relation to the four evolutionary stages of the Seoul subway system (1979, 1985, 2001, and 2014). With rapid expansion of the network, accessibility and reliability have improved over time, but at a different pace and with different spatial patterns. The accessibility level has consistently increased, along with the core-to-periphery improvement spatial pattern, while reliability has been quickly enhanced as a result of the completion of a circular line in the second stage and stabilized early since the third stage. This study contributes to the field of transport network planning, in which well-balanced network functionality is a critical concern.
Ending the war in multi-criteria decision analysis: Taking the best from two worlds : the development and evaluation of guidelines for the use of MACBETH in multi-criteria group decision making for the assessment of new medical products

"Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique” (MACBETH) is a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method based on pairwise comparisons that has only rarely been used in healthcare-related group decision making. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) on the other hand has seen ongoing use in this field, even though its methodology has been severely criticised in the past. The objective of this study was the development of guidelines for the use of MACBETH as a feasible method for multi-criteria group decision making in the assessment of criteria related to the development of new medical products. A thorough literature study was conducted to compare AHP and MACBETH and to identify specific structures, differences, advantages and disadvantages of both approaches. Best practices of the AHP were then used for the development of the guidelines. In a subsequent pilot panel session about the prevention of frailty in the elderly, the feasibility of the guidelines was tested. Additionally, data about the relative importance of frailty criteria was gained and the perception of the methodology and the results by elderly individuals was assessed. Finally, recommendations for the broader use of MACBETH could be proposed.
THE SLUGGS SURVEY: WIDE-FIELD STELLAR KINEMATICS OF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES

We present stellar kinematics of 22 nearby early-type galaxies (ETGs), based on two-dimensional (2D) absorption line stellar spectroscopy out to ∼2–4 Re (effective radii), as part of the ongoing SLUGGS Survey. The galaxies span a factor of 20 in intrinsic luminosity, as well as a full range of environment and ETG morphology. Our data consist of good velocity resolution (σinst ∼ 25 km s−1) integrated stellar-light spectra extracted from the individual slitlets of custom made Keck/DEIMOS slitmasks. We extract stellar kinematics measurements (V, σ, h3, and h4) for each galaxy. Combining with literature values from smaller radii, we present 2D spatially resolved maps of the large-scale kinematic structure in each galaxy. We find that the kinematic homogeneity found inside 1 Re often breaks down at larger radii, where a variety of kinematic behaviors are observed. While central slow rotators remain slowly rotating in their halos, central fast rotators show more diversity, ranging from rapidly increasing to rapidly declining specific angular momentum profiles in the outer regions. There are indications that the outer trends depend on morphological type, raising questions about the proposed unification of the elliptical and lenticular (S0) galaxy families in the ATLAS3D survey. Several galaxies in our sample show multiple lines of evidence for distinct disk components embedded in more slowly rotating spheroids, and we suggest a joint photometric–kinematic approach for robust bulge–disk decomposition. Our observational results appear generally consistent with a picture of two-phase (in-situ plus accretion) galaxy formation.
Aerobic Exercise Training Improves Cardiopulmonary Fitness among Firefighters

Aim: Firefighters experience short bursts of extreme physical and psychological stress punctuating long periods of tedium. For short intervals, the physical demands of firefighting may approach the limits of human capacity, so there is a need to find the most appropriate type of exercise training that achieve the best cardiopulmonary fitness in firefighters that enables them to do their work. The purpose of this study was to determine changes in cardiopulmonary fitness after aerobic and anaerobic exercise training in firefighters. Method: Forty firefighter workers who practiced their job for no less than fifteen years were enrolled in this study, their age ranged from 32 to 41 years. Participants were included into 2 equal groups; group (A) received aerobic treadmill walking exercise training for 3 months, at a frequency of 4 sessions per week. The second group (B) received anaerobic exercise training for 3 months, at a frequency of 2 sessions per week. Measurements of systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), minute ventilation (VE) and Maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) obtained for both groups before and after the exercise program. Result: The mean SBP, DBP and HR values were significantly decreased, where the mean VE and VO2max values were significantly increased in group (A) after training. The mean SBP, DBP and HR values were not significant statistically and the mean VE and VO2max values were significantly increased in group (B) after training. There were significant differences between mean levels of SBP, DBP ,HR and VE in group (A) and group (B) after training, where there was no significant difference between mean levels of VO2max in group (A) and group (B) after training. Conclusion: Aerobic exercise training is the most appropriate type of exercise training that achieves the best cardiopulmonary fitness in firefighters that enables them to do their work.
Entropy Methods For Univariate Distributions in Decision Analysis

One of the most important steps in decision analysis practice is the elicitation of the decision‐maker’s belief about an uncertainty of interest in the form of a representative probability distribution. However, the probability elicitation process is a task that involves many cognitive and motivational biases. Alternatively, the decision‐maker may provide other information about the distribution of interest, such as its moments, and the maximum entropy method can be used to obtain a full distribution subject to the given moment constraints. In practice however, decision makers cannot readily provide moments for the distribution, and are much more comfortable providing information about the fractiles of the distribution of interest or bounds on its cumulative probabilities. In this paper we present a graphical method to determine the maximum entropy distribution between upper and lower probability bounds and provide an interpretation for the shape of the maximum entropy distribution subject to fractile con.
An investigation on the population parameters of freshwater crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus Esch., 1823) in Lake İznik (Bursa)

Length-weight relationships, distribution of length and weight groups, sex ratio, and length compositions of the crayfish Astacus leptodactylus (Esch., 1823) population in Lake Iznik (Bursa), along with some reproductive-period characteristics (spawning periods, pleopod egg numbers, and egg incubation periods), were investigated between February 2010 and May 2011. For this purpose, 1897 freshwater crayfish samples (896 female, 1001 male) were collected, using fyke nets of 34-mm nominal bar length. It was observed that females carried pleopodal eggs during the second week of January, and they carried first-stage juveniles during the second week of June. Individuals within the 76-149 mm total length group had approximately 239.95 ± 109.36 pleopod eggs; egg diameter was 2.763 ± 0.150 mm. The mean total length of the individuals was 104.17 ± 14.89 mm for females and 95.71 ± 13.11 mm for males. The mean weight was 32.50 ± 21.83 g for females and 28.82 ± 14.12 g for males. As a result of regression analyses, the length-weight relationship was calculated as W = 3.10-5 TL3.011 for females and W = 8.10-6 TL3.3016 for males. These findings show that females of A. Leptodactylus have isometric growth, but males of this species have positive allometric growth. This study reveals that the A. Leptodactylus population of Lake Iznik demonstrates recovery in its situation.
Can a Simple DSGE Model Outperform Professional Forecasters?

DSGE models have recently become one of the most frequently used tools in policy analysis. Nevertheless, their forecasting proprieties are still unexplored. In this article we address this problem by examining the quality of forecasts from a small size DSGE model, a trivariate VAR model and the Philadelphia Fed Survey of Professional Forecasters. The forecast performance of these methods is analysed for the key U.S. economic variables: the three month Treasury bill yield, the GDP growth rate and the GDP price index inflation. We evaluate the ex post forecast errors on the basis of the data from the period of 1994–2006. We apply the Philadelphia Fed “Real-Time Data Set for Macroeconomists,” described by Croushore and Stark (2001a), to ensure that the information available to the SPF was exactly the same as the data used to estimate the DSGE and VAR models. Overall, the results are mixed. It appears that when comparing the root mean squared errors for some forecast horizons the DSGE model seems to outperform the SPF in forecasting the GDP growth rate. However, this characteristic turned out to be not statistically significant. In principle most forecasts of the GDP price index inflation and the short term interest rate by the SPF are significantly better than those from the DSGE model. The forecast quality of the VAR model turned out to be the worst one.
MOST RELIABLE PARAMETER OF THE MANDIBLE USED FOR SEX DETERMINATION

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Naina S. Wakode, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, India. E-Mail: nainawakode@gmail.com Background: The determination of sex from human skeletal material is of fundamental importance for any forensic investigator. Sexual dimorphism refers to the differences in size, stature, and appearance between male and female. The mandible is considered suitable for study as it is the most durable bone of the face and has got sexual dimorphism. So the present study was done to determine the usefulness of mandible as an aid in sex determination. Materials and methods: The present study was done on 47 mandibles (22 males and 25 females) from department of anatomy, all india institute of medical sciences, bhubaneswar, to find out the most reliable metric parameter in mandible to determine the sex of an unidentified individual. Results: In our study we found that the angle of the mandible, bigonial breadth and bicondylar breadth were the most reliable parameters. The mean value of angle of the mandible, bigonial and bicondylar breadth in male was 126.73±2.71, 94.69±2.46, 111.20±5.73mm respectively and in female135.42±2.58, 88.27±7.84, 107.89±4.03mm with p value 0.0001, 0.0006 and 0.0287 respectively. Conclusion: This study may help in identifying the sex of mutilated and unidentified bodies when combined with some other criteria used for sex determination.
A Two-country Model of Banking Crises

Financially integrated economies observe a cross-country credit boom prior to financial recessions and a bust afterwards. This paper presents a two-country real business cycle model with banking sector where privately known intermediation efficiency of banks make them heterogeneous and gives rise to an interbank market. Overaccumulation of assets or low productivity in one country may lead to credit freeze in both financially integrated countries due to the existence of moral hazard and asymmetric information in the interbank market. A “sail together” financial integration may go into a “sink together” interbank credit freeze. JEL Classification: E44, F34, F41, G01, G15, G21
Metallic scattering lifetime measurements with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

The momentum scattering lifetime is a fundamental parameter of metallic conduction that can be measured with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. This technique has an important strength over optical reflectance spectroscopy: it is capable of measuring both the phase and the amplitude of the probing radiation. This allows simultaneous, independent measurements of the scattering lifetime and resistivity. Broadly, it is the precision of the phase measurement that determines the precision of scattering lifetime measurements. This thesis describes milliradian-level phase measurement refinements in the experimental technique and measures the conductivity anisotropy in the correlated electron system CaRuO3. These phase measurement refinements translate to femtosecond-level refinements in scattering lifetime measurements of thin metallic films.
A correlation between velocity profile and molecular weight distribution in sheared entangled polymer solutions

In this work we attempt to answer several questions concerning the flow characteristics of entangled polymer solutions in a sliding plate shearing cell. We explore (a) how the molecular weight distribution affects the velocity profile in simple shear, (b) whether the observed shear banding is consistent with a nonmonotonic constitutive model, (c) whether the flow response and velocity profiles are different in simple shear depending on the different modes of shear. Our results provide a comparison with recent reports on a polydisperse polymer sample [Tapadia and Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 016001 (2006); Tapadia, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 196001 (2006)] that revealed the first evidence for inhomogeneous shear during startup in cone-plate flow geometry of a rotational rheometer. Using a highly monodisperse sample, we observed the sample to partition into two fractions with different local shear rates instead of possessing a smooth spatial variation of the local shear rate as seen for the polydisperse sam.
Gravity and limb-darkening coefficients for the Kepler, CoRoT, Spitzer, uvby, UBVRIJHK, and Sloan photometric systems

Aims. The complex physics of close binary stars is made even more challenging by the proximity effects that affect it. Understanding the influence of these proximity effects is one of the most important tasks in theoretical stellar astrophysics. It is crucial to know how the specific intensity is distributed over the stellar disk for a correct modelling of the light curves of eclipsing binaries and planetary transits. To provide theoretical input for light curve modelling codes, we present new calculations of gravity- and limb-darkening coefficients for a wide range of effective temperatures, gravities, metallicities, and microturbulent velocities. Methods. We computed limb-darkening coefficients for several atmosphere models, which cover the transmission curves of the Kepler, CoRoT, and Spitzer space missions as well as more widely used passbands (Stromgren, Johnson-Cousins, Sloan). In addition to these computations, which were made adopting the least-square method, we also performed calculations for the bi-parametric approximations by adopting the flux conservation method to provide users with an additional tool to estimate the theoretical error bars. To facilitate the modelling of the effects of tidal and rotational distortions, we computed the gravity-darkening coefficients y(λ) using the same models of stellar atmospheres as for the limb-darkening. Compared to previous work, a more general differential equation was used, which now takes into account local gravity variations and the effects of convection. Results. The limb-darkening coefficients were computed with a higher numerical resolution (100 μ points instead of 15 or 17, as is often used in the ATLAS models), and five equations were used to describe the specific intensities (linear, quadratic, root-square, logarithmic, and a 4-coefficient law). Concerning the gravity-darkening coefficients, the influence of the local gravity on y(λ) is shown as well as the effects of convection, which turn out to be very significant for cool stars. The results are tabulated for log g's ranging from 0.0 to 5.0, -5.0 ≤ log [M/H] < +1, 2000 K ≤ T eff ≤ 50 000 K and for five values of the microturbulent velocity. ATLAS and PHOENIX plane-parallel atmosphere models were used for all computations.