Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hosts and Distribution of Desert Truffles in Iran, Based on Morphological and Molecular Criteria

Terfezia, Picoa and Tirmania , so called desert truffles, are mycorrhizal fungi mostly endemic to arid and semi-arid areas of the Mediterranean Region, where they are associated with Helianthemum and Carex species. The aim of this work was to study the identification, molecular analysis, distribution and hosts of these pezizalean hypogeous fungi in Iran. Among the specimens, Terfezia claveryi , Tirmania pinoyi , T. nivea , Picoa lefebvrei and P. juniperi were identified. Field, laboratory and anatomical studies showed that Helianthemum ledifolium , H. salicifolium , H. lippi and Carex stenophylum have ectomycorrhizal associations with five species in the studied areas. The results of molecular analysis showed that C. stenophylum roots form mycorrhizal associations with T. claveryi . Hyphal mantle was absent from sections of the mycorrhizas. The results of physico-chemical analyses on soil samples from different parts of the Fars Province in Iran showed that the genus Tirmania was more prevalent in soils with high CaCO 3 and silt contents than the T. claveryi , P. lefebvrei and P. juniperi . The Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) indicated that soil structure were an important environmental parameter influencing desert truffles distribution.
Professional Characteristics of Canadian Counsellors: Results of a National Survey

With statutory regulation of mental health professions clearly at the forefront in many Canadian jurisdictions, counselling appears to be experiencing internal tensions regarding its vision and direction. The goal of this study was to collect data directly from Canadian counsellors to more clearly define the current practices of counselling in Canada. We developed a web-based survey and invited members of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) to respond: 511 (22.9%) completed surveys were returned. Survey data indicate that CCPA members do not believe that the professional identity among Canadian counsellors is clear and coherent and they do not perceive that the profession is widely respected among the public for the services it provides. However, respondents expressed a very high degree of satisfaction with their career decision to become counsellors. The findings have implications for counsellor education as well as the practice of counselling in Canada.
Mathematics anxiety among engineering students and its relationship with achievement in calculus

This paper analyzed the relationship between Mathematics Anxiety and Calculus Achievement among engineering students. The sample consists of 148 (116 males and 32 females) year one students of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin, Kebbi. Pearson correlation, paired samples t-test and Independent sample t-test were used to analyze data using SPSS version 20.0. The results obtained showed that Mathematics anxiety has insignificant negative correlation with Calculus achievement. It was also gathered that gender difference in Mathematics anxiety is significant while gender difference in Calculus achievement is not significant. Females exhibit high anxiety than males. Key words: Mathematics anxiety, calculus, Mathematics performance, achievement.
Quantitative assessment of heavy metals in some tea marketed in Nigeria ——Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in tea

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in tea marketed in Nigeria was investigated. Four major and most consumed brand of tea were selected for the present study. Both aqueous and dry methods were used. Total contents of metal were determined by digesting 1g of each brand using a mixture (3:1) concentrated nitric acid (NNO3) and hypochlorous acid (HCLO4). The second method involved hot water extract of tea samples. After boiling and filtration, the residue was evaporated to near dryness and digested with concentrated HNO3 and HCLO4 as described above. Results indicate that Zn, Cd, Cu, and Pb were present in lowest concentrations in ascending order for which there were two significant differences between the four sources of samples. The general characteristics of heavy metal concentrations in aqueous extract showed high level of Fe and Mg in a descending order. Going by the correlation study of our result indicates that there is no significant relationship between the two elements of Fe and Mg, though, the numerical values of the two elements varied widely among the samples. These differences may have major impact on human health. However, the beneficial effects of tea are in a fairly narrow concentration range between the essential and the toxic level. In conclusion, the variations in heavy metals content of tea brands may be due to geographical, seasonal changes and the chemical characteristics of the growing regions.
THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVE RECOVERY DURATIONS ON THE RESPONSES TO REPEATED SPRINT EXERCISE

i) CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION (p.1) CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW (p.3) Repeated sprint exercise in sports (p.3) Repeated sprint protocols (p.3) Mode of recovery (p.4) RSA: A general quality or specific to protocols? (p.5)
Transport By Gravity Currents In Building Fires

A three dimensional model was developed to describe the scalar structure which exists in a countercurrent turbulent diffusion flame. The model was solved numerically by combining CHEMKIN thermochemical and transport databases within the CFX4.3 software. The distance between the axis of the upper oxidiser duct and the lower fuel duct, termed eccentricity, was used to describe the severity of the torch misalignment. Due to the misalignment, the original horizontal flat flame becomes inclined and distorted. The flame structure along the centre line of the torch is not sensitive to eccentricity. However, the cross sectional contours of velocity, density and species mass fractions illustrate significant effect on eccentricity. Finally, the paper makes suggestions for experimental verification of the alignment of the counterflow burner in experiments and examines the validity of constant 1/r(∂p/∂r) assumption in a misaligned burner.
Botanophila—Epichloë Interaction in a Wild Grass, Puccinellia distans, Lacks Dependence on the Fly Vector

ABSTRACT In grass-infecting Epichloë (Ascomycetes: Clavicipitaceae) fungi, the transfer of spermatia for fungal fertilization depends on an insect vector: flies of the genus Botanophila (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). The flies use the fungal stroma, a spore-producing fungal structure surrounding the grass inflorescence, for laying eggs and as a food source for both adults and larvae. This fly—fungus interaction is generally regarded as obligatory and mutualistic. Two Botanophila taxa were noted among four populations of the nonagricultural grass Puccinellia distans (L.) Pari, that were infected with the fungus Epichloë typhina (Pers.) Tul. However, during the 7 yr of field observations, Botanophila flies were present every year in only one population of P. distans. The number of eggs per stroma ranged from zero to four and differed with year and site. Overall, eggs (or larvae) were observed on only 132 (19.2%) of the 687 stromata examined during the survey, with one (13.8%), two (4.5%), or more than two (0.9%) per stroma. However, 90.8% of the examined stromata were fertilized and produced perithecia, suggesting that other mechanisms or vectors of spermatia were responsible for fertilization.
Vocational schooling, occupational matching, and labor market earnings in Israel

The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the earnings of workers in Israel who had last attended vocational schools and those who had last attended academic secondary schools before entering the labor force. Their findings suggest that Israel may provide an example of an educational system in which vocational schooling is economically effective. Vocational schooling in Israel has proven more cost-effective than general academic training. In particular, vocational school attenders who later worked in occupations related to their course of study earned more. Their wages were up to 10 percent more a month than their peers who studied at academic secondary schools and those who attended vocational schools but found employment in other occupations not related to their field of study. These results reinforce similar findings in recent research on vocational schooling in the United States. A caveat is necessary to temper the generally positive findings concerning vocational schooling in Israel. While vocational schooling is cost-effective compared with other forms of secondary schooling, it does not compare favorably with other forms of training for skilled trades, such as apprenticeships and factory-based vocational schools. Another factor is the national consensus in Israel favoring education designed to equip young people for the social and cultural role of integrating the country's heterogenous, largely immigrant population.
Impact of Brief Marriage and Relationship Education Classes on Dyadic Adjustment

Findings from a large, federally funded, multi-year study of adult participants in nine hours of marriage and relationship skills training are presented in this brief report. The study found statistically significant improvements in consensus, satisfaction, affectional expression, and cohesion for both “distressed” and non-distressed participants completing the PAIRS Essentials (PAIRS Foundation, 2008) curriculum as measured by the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1976). Improvements either increased or were sustained six and 12 months later. Mean DAS total scores for participants who measured in the distressed range prior to training were nearly 25 points higher 12 months later.
E-R Approach to Distributed Heterogeneous Database Systems for Integrated Manufacturing

A critical step towards computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) is the integration of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). Well developed CAD, CAM, and Business data processing systems generally exist in an organization. These systems represent years of work and very large investment for the organization. Thus a necessary condition for integration is defining schemes through which existing engineering and non-engineering data can be represented and manipulated in an integrated way. In this paper a Common Data Model (CDM) approach to distributed heterogeneous database is adopted for CAD/CAM integration and an Extended-Entity- Category-Relationship (EECS) Model (an extension of ER model) is proposed. The use of EECR model as a common conceptual data model for representing engineering and non-engineering data is discussed.
A Primer on Anti-Angling Philosophy and Its Relevance for Recreational Fisheries in Urbanized Societies

ABSTRACT In some industrialized countries, recreational fishing has come under moral pressure. To understand potential ramifications, we first describe three dominant philosophies of human-animal interactions (i.e., animal welfare, animal liberation, and animal rights). We contend that, as long as fishing and handling practices are as fish friendly as possible, most animal welfare perspectives can easily accommodate recreational fishing in its present form. In contrast, animal liberation and animal rights philosophies tend to reject recreational fishing. On the hypothesis that economic development is conducive to the emergence of pro-animal values in the wider public, it can be assumed that anti-angling sentiments resonating strongly with animal liberation/rights thinking might increase. Examples from opinion surveys covering a range of countries show that about 25% of people already morally question recreational fishing for sport. Coupled with the supposed shift in pro-animal values, this public sentimen.
Quantum simulations and experiments on Rabi oscillations of spin qubits: Intrinsic vs extrinsic damping

Electron paramagnetic resonance experiments show that the decay of Rabi oscillations of ensembles of spin qubits depends noticeably on the microwave power, and more precisely on the Rabi frequency, an effect recently called " driven decoherence. " By direct numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation of the associated many-body system, we scrutinize the different mechanisms that may lead to this type of decoherence. Assuming the effects of dissipation to be negligible (T 1 = ∞), it is shown that a system of dipolar-coupled spins with (even weak) random inhomogeneities is sufficient to explain the salient features of the experimental observations. Some experimental examples are given to illustrate the potential of the numerical simulation approach.
Chapter Number ¶ ( 18 pt ) ¶ ( 22 pt ) Yeast , the man ʼ s best friend ¶ ( 12 pt )

In most cultures, bread making depends on a fermentation step. The flour leavening ability was, at first, most probably dependent on spontaneous fermentation. It became a controlled process by the maintenance of fresh innocula from one preparation to the next and this kind of environmental constraints eventually generated a particular type of yeast and bacteria biodiversity, adapted to ferment a certain brand of flour mixture, yielding specific organoleptic characteristics to the dough. Nowadays, although the baking industry generally uses commercially available strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for bread making, some types of bread are still prepared using dough carried over from previous makings as a starter. This trend decreased worldwide bread diversity and the cultural values associated, simultaneously increasing the dependence of local producers on world-scale yeast producers. Sustainability demands assessing yeast biodiversity, as well as devising simple and cheap methods for maintaining dough and multiply yeast.
OCE data , models , and applications : A review

With the launch of the Gravity field and Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) in 2009 the science in gravity got another boost. After the time-lapse and long-wavelength studies from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) a new sensor was available for determination of the Earth’s gravity field and geoid with high accuracy and spatial resolution. Equipped with a 6-component gradiometer and flying at an altitude of 260 km and less GOCE provides the most detailed measurements of Earth’s gravity from space ever. On top, GOCE also provides gravity gradients, i.e., the three-dimensional second derivatives of the gravitational potential. This paper provides a review of the results presented at the ‘GOCE solid Earth workshop’ at the University of Twente, The Netherlands (2012), where an overview was given of the present status of the data models, and applications with GOCE which form the basis for this special issue odels and the review in this paper. An introduction will be given to the GOCE satellite followed by an overview of GOCE data and gravity models. The present state of GOCE related research in geodesy, oceanography and solid Earth sciences indicates the first steps taken to integrate GOCE in the different application fields. For all three fields an overview is given on the most recent scientific results and developments, and first results specifically focusing on these studies where GOCE data has made a unique contribution and provides insights that would not have been possible without GOCE.
COFAT 2015 - Analysis of the charging behavior of BEVs in a free-floating carsharing fleet

Although in the last years many models of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) were launched into the market, electric mobility in the car sector is still no mass market. Beside other reasons one problem is the small range of BEVs. To overcome this fear of customers a sufficiently sized public charging infrastructure is necessary. Unfortunately, operating charging stations is not profitable at the moment because of the small number of existing BEVs and the high investment costs. This problem is called the ”chicken-egg-problem” of electric mobility. An often mentioned sector which could guarantee at least a basic utilization of charging stations to a public charging infrastructure provider is the electric free-floating carsharing. In this paper booking data of BEVs in a free-floating carsharing fleet is evaluated to analyze to which extent free-floating carsharing BEVs are relevant for the utilization of public charging stations. Furthermore charging behavior of different user groups charging a BEV of a freefloating carsharing fleet is analyzed. Also areas are identified which are preferred for the installation of public charging stations based on electric free-floating carsharing. Due to these results the requirements on a public charging infrastructure in terms of size, type and layout are identified from the perspective of a free-floating carsharing provider as well as from the perspective of a public charging infrastructure provider.
ACUTE POST COMPLICATIONS IN STROKE PATIENTS VISITING A TERTIARY TEACHING HOSPITAL

Objective: The study was focused on assessing the incidence of stroke and their association with types of the risk factor, with an emphasis on acute post complications and their symptomatic management for early detection. Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out on stroke patients visiting a medicine department of a tertiary hospital, Andhra Pradesh, India from August 2017 to November 2017. Patient’s demographics and lab data was collected for analysis. Results: A total of 110 patients participated in the study. Among them high incidence is males (69%), 61-80yrs (48%), with 2 risk factors (35%) among which age (67%) and hypertension (66%) were related to the high degree of prevalence. 47% of the study population were identified with one complication, among which seizures account for 38% of patients. All the complications associated with the condition were treated with drug classes, in which anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) were the mainstay in the management of epilepsy. Conclusion: Brain edema and seizure attack were the most accountable complications identified in the study population. The early detection of these problems can improve the stroke outcomes and can reduce the mortality or disability rate.
Analysing pedagogy: the problem of framing

The sociologist Basil Bernstein presents a delicate and rigorous conceptual frame for researching pedagogy, which enables an analysis of transmission and acquisition in relation to social class. Bernsteini? ½s theoretical project demonstrates how class relations generate and distribute different forms of communication and ways of making meaning which differentially position subjects with respect to schooling and its requirements. The purpose of this article is to interrogate the use of Bernsteini? ½s theory in analysing pedagogy, in particular in relation to the two key concepts of classification and framing which underpin his theory. The article considers the application of the theory in the South African context, and the emergence of empirical texts that i? ½fall outi? ½ of the theoretical frame. The development of the theory in relation to these texts is consequently explored. The article is located within a broader study addressing the reproduction of social class differences through pedagogy (Hoadley, 2005). The research was conducted in South African primary schools in 2004. Drawing on a range of data, including classroom observation, interview and student task data, the study sought to develop a framework for the analysis of pedagogic variation across social class school settings, and to show how inequalities are potentially amplified through the pedagogic practices found in classrooms.
The impact of local work and residential balance on vehicle miles traveled: A new direct approach

This paper introduces a new approach for explaining the relationship between car travel demand and land-use. We analyze the employment and population distribution around the household’s municipality to identify patterns that lead to an increase in car travel demand. We find that car travel demand is much greater in municipalities with a relative undersupply in the local labor market compared to a balanced or oversupplied local labor market. Mapping these effects shows that households living in municipalities of urban sprawl produce more traffic compared to the core municipalities, still more by households located at the fringe or outskirts of the metropolitan regions. The model estimates allow policy makers and social planners to obtain a first idea of the effect of marginal settlement expansion on total travel demand at different locations without employing large scale transport models.
The abundance of ultra-diffuse galaxies from groups to clusters: UDGs are relatively more common in more massive haloes

In recent years, many studies have reported substantial populations of large galaxies with low surface brightness in local galaxy clusters. Various theories that aim to explain the presence of such ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) have since been proposed. A key question that will help to distinguish between models is whether UDGs have counterparts in host haloes with lower masses, and if so, what their abundance as a function of halo mass is. We here extend our previous study of UDGs in galaxy clusters to galaxy groups. We measure the abundance of UDGs in 325 spectroscopically selected groups from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. We make use of the overlapping imaging from the ESO Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS), from which we can identify galaxies with mean surface brightnesses within their effective radii down to ~25.5 mag arcsec -2 in the r band. We are able to measure a significant overdensity of UDGs (with sizes r eff ≥ 1.5 kpc) in galaxy groups down to M 200 = 10 12 M ⊙ , a regime where approximately only one in ten groups contains a UDG that we can detect. We combine measurements of the abundance of UDGs in haloes that cover three orders of magnitude in halo mass, finding that their numbers scale quite steeply with halo mass: N UDG ( R R 200 ) ∝ M 200 1.11±0.07 . To better interpret this, we also measure the mass-richness relation for brighter galaxies down to M r * + 2.5 in the same GAMA groups, and find a much shallower relation of N Bright ( R R 200 ) ∝ M 200 0.78±0.05 . This shows that compared to bright galaxies, UDGs are relatively more abundant in massive clusters than in groups. We discuss the implications, but it is still unclear whether this difference is related to a higher destruction rate of UDGs in groups or if massive haloes have a positive effect on UDG formation.
Transition in tuber quality attributes of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) under different packaging systems during storage

The suitability of different packaging materials i.e. jute, nylon, polypropylene, cotton, low density polyethylene, medium density polyethylene, and high density polyethylene were studied for tubers of the premium potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) variety “Lady Rosetta”. After harvest, potato tubers were washed, sorted, graded, cured, and subsequently stored in different packaging materials at ambient temperature (25±2 °C). Changes in quality attributes of potato tubers under different packaging materials were studied on the basis of their physico-chemical and functional parameters. Overall results revealed that packaging materials had a significant (p ≤ 0.05) effect on many important quality attributes. Generally, weight loss, glucose and glycoalkaloid amounts, and polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase activities increased, while ascorbic acid contents decreased with increasing storage time. Total phenolic contents and radical scavenging activity showed a nearly parabolic trend during the storage period. Amongst the different packaging materials employed, potatoes stored in polypropylene and low-density polyethylene presented the best overall retention of vital quality attributes during 63 days storage. However, the higher tensile strength of polypropylene packaging made it a more durable and thus more effective material for prolonged potato tuber storage, a characteristic having clear advantages when used in typical marketing supply chains.