Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Enteral fluid therapy administered in continuous flow by naso-ruminal route using three maintenance electrolyte solutions: effects on physiological biomarkers and the hemogram of bovines

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of three enteral electrolyte solutions, each with different energy sources, administrated as continuous flow on the physiological parameters and blood count of healthy Holstein heifers. Six Holstein heifers were used in a crossover design. All animals received all three treatments: solution with calcium propionate, 4g of NaCl, 0.5g of KCl, 0.3g of MgCl2, and 10g of calcium propionate diluted in 1000mL of water (measured osmolarity: 299mOsm/L); solution with glycerol, 4g of NaCl, 0.5g of KCl, 0.3g of MgCl2, 1g of calcium acetate, and 10mL of glycerol in 1000mL of water (measured osmolarity: 287mOsm/L); solution with propylene glycol, 4g of NaCl, 0.5g of KCl, 0.3g of MgCl2, 1g of calcium acetate, and 15mL of propylene glycol in 1000mL of water (measured osmolarity: 378mOsm/L). Physical evaluations and blood samples were collected immediately before the initiation of fluid therapy, at 3-hour intervals over the 12-hour period of fluid therapy, and 12 hours after the end of fluid therapy. Animals presented no signs of stress or discomfort. All solutions resulted in a significant decrease in erythrocyte concentration, hemoglobin concentration, and hematocrit, without affecting the leukogram. Enteral fluid therapy administered as continuous flow via the naso-ruminal route was well-tolerated by animals with minimal effects on animal welfare, even when administered for 12 hours. This technique is indicated as an alternative route for parenteral maintenance fluid therapy. Electrolyte solutions proposed here were able to significantly expand blood volume.
Variability and Trend of Annual Maximum Daily Rainfall in Northern Algeria

The daily rainfall dataset of 35 weather stations covering the north of Algeria was studied for a period up to 43 years, recorded after 1970s. The variability and trends in annual maximum daily rainfall (AMDR) time series and their contributions in annual rainfall (AR) were investigated. The analysis of the series was based on statistical characteristics, Burn’s seasonality procedure, Mann-Kendall test, and linear regression technique. The contribution of the AMDR to AR analysis was subjected to both the Buishand test and the double mass curve technique. The AMDR characteristics reveal a strong temporal irregularity and have a wide frequency of occurrence in the months of November and December while the maximum intensity occurred in October. The observed phenomenon was so irregular that there was no dominant season and the occurrence of extreme event can arrive at any time of the year. The AMDR trends showed that only six of 35 stations have significant trend. For other stations, no clear trend was highlighted. This result was confirmed by the linear regression procedure. On the contrary, the contribution of AMDR in annual totals exhibited a significant increasing trend for 57% of the sites studied with a growth rate of up to 50%.
Location of Facilities: Towards a New Approach for NGOs

This is a conceptual paper addressing the site selection criteria for the NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations). A high-quality site for the NGOs helps in implementing their objectives and thus the beneficiaries are immensely benefitted. An ideal site also helps the NGOs from the curse of overlapping and thus it facilitates the NGOs from preventing the wastage of the resources. This is a very important strategic decision, which should not be made without careful considerations and analysis. In this regard the NGOs should take the political, economical, social factors of the locations into contingence. The resource strength of the particular NGO also demands the assessments. The socio-economic condition of the potential beneficiaries is a vital factor. The contributions of NGOs in various aspects of human lives such as poverty alleviation, education, family planning, employment, relief operations in natural calamities and health and infrastructure development for the poor, have made this sector an indispensable one in the modern society. Public goods theory, subsidy theory, contract failure theory etc are the corresponding models acknowledging the NGO/Non-profit sector-operations. The NGOs are self governing, private, not profit organizations that are geared to improving the quality of life of the disadvantaged people (Vakil, 1997). The socio-economic condition of the people of the locality, NGO-overlapping issues, political situation of the locality, government policy and patronization, law and order situation, operational costs, local supports, safety of the NGO-field workers, financing facilities, means of transportation, local and national culture, poverty level analysis etc are the factors which may be taken into consideration for the deployment of the NGOs in a location. The proposed site selection model and point rating method may be helpful in this regard. Future researchers may empirically examine the subject matter of this article] Key Words: NGOs, Location, Site Selection Factors
Criterion-Related Validity of Dutch Police-Selection Measures and Differences between Ethnic Groups

This study investigated the criterion-related validity of cognitive ability as well as non-cognitive ability measures and differences between ethnic majority (N=2365) and minority applicants (N=682) in Dutch police officer selection. Findings confirmed the relatively low predictive validity of cognitive ability generally found for police jobs. Previous research reported no differential prediction. The present study, however, found small but systematic evidence for differences in validity for the ethnic majority and minority group of both cognitive and non-cognitive measures. For the minority group, training performance appeared to be mainly predicted by the cognitive ability test. For the majority group, cognitive ability showed very little predictive power. Non-cognitive ability variables appeared to be somewhat more predictive in this group.
A PROFILE AND ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS

This report presents a profile of the populations served by vocational education (VE) programs, comparing their literacy skills, demographics, and socioeconomic characteristics with those of students in other education tracks. Chapter 1 provides an introduction. Chapter 2 compares students enrolled in postsecondary VE programs with students enrolled in institutions granting associate and bachelor's degrees and discusses demographic characteristics, socioeconomic background, and literacy skills. The comparison shows that students enrolled in postsecondary VE programs displayed substantially lower scores on tests of literacy but had parents with lower socioeconomic background. Chapter 3 provides a statistical analysis of the link between secondary and postsecondary VE programs and labor market earnings. It finds that persons who complete a VE track in high school do not have significantly different earnings later in life than those who complete their secondary education without tracking; participants in formal postsecondary VE institutions tended to have earnings significantly higher. Chapter 4 analyzes the potential impact of linking VE programs with academic study programs leading to high school equivalency and finds that those receiving an equivalency certificate had similar literacy skills in comparison with students who received a high school diploma. Chapter 5 reviews the implications of the results for policy reform efforts, many of which define potential economic and educational impact of VE programs on diverse groups participating in the programs. (Contains 48 references.) (YLB) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** National Center for Researdh in Vocational Education University of California, Berkeley A PROFILE AND ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING: LITERACY SKILLS, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office Educational Research and Improvement ED ATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction Quality. Points of view or opinions stateo in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. Supported by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Educition
Studies of D+→ {η', η, φ}e+νe

We report the first observation of the decay D+ → ηeνe in two analyses, which combined provide a branching fraction of B(D+ → ηeνe) = (2.16 ± 0.53 ± 0.07) × 10−4. We also provide an improved measurement of B(D+ → ηeνe) = (11.4 ± 0.9 ± 0.4) × 10−4, provide the first form factor measurement, and set the improved upper limit B(D+ → φ eνe) < 0.9× 10−4 (90% C.L.). ∗ Now at: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352 † Now at: Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, USA
Darcy‐scale modeling of microbially induced carbonate mineral precipitation in sand columns

This investigation focuses on the use of microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) to set up subsurface hydraulic barriers to potentially increase storage security near wellbores of CO2 storage sites. A numerical model is developed, capable of accounting for carbonate precipitation due to ureolytic bacterial activity as well as the flow of two fluid phases in the subsurface. The model is compared to experiments involving saturated flow through sand‐packed columns to understand and optimize the processes involved as well as to validate the numerical model. It is then used to predict the effect of dense‐phase CO2 and CO2‐saturated water on carbonate precipitates in a porous medium.
Are Shorts Equally Informed? A Global Perspective

Using a daily sample of 25 countries from 2006 to 2010, we examine whether information from shorts can significantly predict future stock returns across different countries. We construct seven shorting measures using past shorting transactions, and fees information in the lending market. The majority of our shorting measures significantly predict future stock returns. Interestingly, the relative importance of these variables varies substantially across countries. We explain the cross-country differences with variations in regulations on short selling, market quality and country development measures. The recent naked short sale bans strengthen the informativeness of shorting. The presence of a centralized stock lending market and low liquidity weaken the return predictability of short selling. In addition, higher country GDP per-capita, as well as country market openness, enhances short sales’ informativeness.
The effects of relatives' participation in critical care delivery on nurses' attitude to collaborative care

Background and Aim: In recent years, the importance of families’ active participation in care delivery has increased dramatically. Nurses’ attitude is a key factor in the implementation and the success of programs which actively involve families in critical care delivery. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of relatives’ participation in critical care delivery on nurses’ attitude to collaborative care. Methods: This pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2013 on 44 critical care nurses of Shahid Rahnemoun Hospital, Yazd, Iran, who were recruited through census method. The intervention was the involvement of patients’ relatives in providing basic care services to their own critical care patients for three consecutive months. A demographic questionnaire and the Families’ Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses’ Attitude scale were used for data collection. The items of this questionnaire are scored on a four-point Likert scale. Scores of 52 and less are considered as nurses’ negative attitude to families’ participation in care delivery. The face and content validity as well as the reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed by respectively ten experts and the test-retest method. Study data were analyzed by using the SPSS software (v. 16.0) and via conducting the paired- and the independent-samples t tests and the one-way analysis of variance. The level of confidence was set at greater than 0.95. Results: The mean of nurses’ pretest and posttest attitude scores were 64.11±9.64 and 65.93±7.08. The difference between these two scores was not statistically significant (P=0.18). The pretest-posttest mean difference of the FINCNA score of nurses whose first-degree relatives had the history of hospitalization in ICU significantly differed from nurses who had not such history (P<0.03). Conclusion: Study findings revealed that in overall, nurses had a positive attitude to relatives’ participation in care delivery. Although the study intervention had no significant effect on nurses’ attitude, their positive attitude to such an intervention can be taken into account by healthcare managers for developing more family-centered care programs.
The five cores of transformation plan for the public sector in Malaysia Core Name Description First

This article aims to enrich our understanding on the concept of dynamic capabilities (DCs) according to a recent study on service quality and customer satisfaction for one agency in the public sector of Malaysia. Based on the findings, the discussion is focused on the element of staff and the dimension of policy development according to the critical responses. Through the lens of DCs, this article explains how the transformation processes of staff efficiency with talents enrichment will possibly increase the customer satisfaction towards a better policy development. This shows that the concept of DCs can be demonstrated in the public sector (e.g., non-profits oriented), which is still rarely discussed relatives to the private sector (e.g., profits oriented). At the ends, a proposition for empirical research based on the conceptual framework is suggested, in order to verify the mediating effects of talents enrichment (transformation processes) in the relationship between staff efficiency and policy development.
Diversity of grasshoppers (Caelifera) recorded on the banks of a Ramsar listed temporary salt lake in Algeria

The chotts in Algeria are temporary salt lakes recognized as important wintering sites of water birds but neglected in terms of the diversity of the insects living on their banks. Around a chott in the wetland complex in the high plains near Constantine (eastern Algeria), more than half of the species of plants are annuals that dry out in summer, a situation that prompted us to sample the vegetation in spring over a period of two years. Three zones were identified based on an analysis of the vegetation and measurements of the salt content of the soils. Surveys carried out at monthly intervals over the course of a year revealed temporal and spatial variations in biodiversity and abundance of grasshoppers. The inner zone is colonized by halophilic plants and only one grasshopper species (Dericorys millierei) occurs there throughout the year. Two polyphagous species of Calliptamus, which can feed on halophilic plants migrate from adjacent areas into the inner zone in August to feed on the plants growing there. The other species of grasshoppers remain in outer zones as they are unable to feed on halophilic plants. The greatest abundance of grasshoppers from August to winter was recorded in the inner zone and in spring and early summer in the outer zones. The dependence of D. millierei on bushes of Amaranthaceae and its moderate flight ability, features of the family Dericorytidae, limit this species ability to colonize neighbouring chotts.
Curie depth isotherm deduced from spectral analysis of Magnetic data over sarti and environs of North-Eastern Nigeria

-1 , while the heat flow values range between 53 to 58 mWm -2 . These results are consistent with the existing geothermal and geotectonic regime in the area. Spectral analysis of the data in conjunction with heat flow values revealed an almost inverse linear relationship between heat flow and Curie depths, these was used to construct Curie isotherm from the existing data. However, the study has shown a possibility for geothermal resources to exist in the study area. In view of that, the results obtained from this study could be very important for geothermal exploration
İnceleme Suicide Probability in Emerging Adulthood : An Analysis in terms of Coping with Stress , Anger and Gender

In the current study, it is aimed to determine whether the suicide likelihood seen among emerging adults is related to coping with stress and anger and the extent to which the suicide likelihood is predicted by stress-coping skills and anger and to investigate whether the suicide likelihood varies depending on gender. The study was conducted in line with the relational survey model. The study group of the current research is comprised of a total of 235 university students (149 (66.3%) are females and 86 (36.6%) are males) attending the education faculties of two different universities located in the western part of Turkey. In order to determine the suicide likelihood, the Suicide Likelihood Scale developed by Cull and Gill and adapted to Turkish by Atli, Eskin and Dereboy; to determine the ways of coping with stress, the Coping Strategies Scale developed by Amirkhan and adapted to Turkish by Aysan and to determine the level of Anger, the Anger Expression Style Scale developed by Spielberger and adapted to Turkish by Özer were used. In the analysis of the collected data, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, multiple regression analysis and independent samples t-test were used. In the current study, it was found that during the emerging adulthood period, university students’ suicide likelihood is associated with stress coping and anger and that the suicide likelihood is predicted by problem solving and avoidance sub-scales of stress coping and anger inwards and anger outwards dimensions of anger. Moreover, it was found that the suicide likelihood is not significantly predicted by seeking for social support, one of the sub-dimensions of stress coping and anger control, one of the sub-dimensions of anger and the suicide likelihood scores do not vary significantly by gender.
Evaluation of top-cross popcorn hybrids using mixed linear model methodology.

The market for popcorn (Zea mays L.) has been continuously growing in Brazil fact has required the development of cultivars adapted to local environmental conditions. For this reason, the analytical objectives of this study were to evaluate top-cross popcorn hybrids in relation to popping expansion and grain yield in three different ecogeographic regions of Brazil, in order to estimate variance components using Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) and predict breeding values using Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP). Genetic evaluation considered a linear model with heterogeneous residual (environmental) variances. The Restricted Likelihood Ratio Test (RLRT) evidenced significant differences (p < 0.01) for the genotypic effect. Grain yield showed a moderate heritable trait (h2 = 0.26-0.39). A higher additive genetic control was evidenced for popping expansion (h2 = 0.58-0.85). Genetic correlations and Spearman coefficient between both traits were negative, indicating that selection based on grain yield would have a negative effect on popping expansion. The top-cross hybrids showed an adequate grain yield, whereas the quality of the popcorn was lower than commercial standards.
Neuroticism and State Differences in Partisanship in the USA: Emotional Stability, Ideological Orientation, and Republican Preference

Relations between Neuroticism, Republican-Democrat preference, and conservative-liberal ideological orientation were examined with the states of the USA as units of analysis. State-aggregated Neuroticism scores were based on 1999-2005 responses of 619,397 residents to the 44-item Big Five Inventory. State Republican-Democrat preference was based on the 2002 occupancy of the U.S. Presidency, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, state House, state Senate, and state Governorship, as well as state-aggregated partisanship responses of 110,305 persons to 1998-2002 CBS/New York Times national polls. State conservative-liberal ideological orientation was based on 1998-2002 state-aggregated responses of 103,828 persons to CBS/New York Times national polls. Using correlation, partial correlation, and hierarchical multiple regression, it was determined that lower state resident Neuroticism is associated with Republican preference, and that both conservative-liberal ideological orientation and state resident Neuroticism account independently for variance in Republican-Democrat preference. These relations were found when 1998-2002 state socioeconomic status, white percent, and urban percent were statistically considered and controlled in partial correlation and hierarchical regression analysis. In contrast, corresponding analyses involving the other Big Five showed that only Openness and Conscientiousness showed any relation to partisanship, albeit infrequent and inconsistent. State resident Neuroticism is the primary state-level Big Five predictor of Republican/Democratic Party choice.
Stoichiometric Effects. Correlation of the Rates of Solvolysis of Isopropenyl Chloroformate

Solvolysis rates of isopropenyl chloroformate (3) in water, D 2 O, CH 3 OD and in aqueous methanol, ethanol, 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE), acetone, 1,4-dioxane as well as TFE-ethanol at 10 °C are reported. Additional kinetic data for pure water, pure ethanol and 80%(w7w) 2,2,2-trifuoroethanol (T)-water (W) at various temperatures are also reported. These rates show the phenomena of maximum rates in specific solvents (30% (v/v) methanol-water and 20% (v/v) ethanol-water) and, variations in relative rates are small in aqueous alcohols. The kinetic data are analyzed in terms of GW correlations, steric effects, kinetic solvent isotope effects (KSIE), and a third order model based on general base catalysis (GBC). Solvolyses based on predominately stoichiometric solvation effect relative to medium solvation are proceeding in 3 and the results are remarkably similar to those forp-nitrobenzoyl chloride (4) in mechanism and reactivity.
Significance of Sexual Reproduction of Phytophthora infestans in the Czech Republic

A total of 187 naturally late blight‐diseased potato leaves were sampled from 31 sites and five regions of the Czech Republic during the growing season in 2012 – 2014 and 2016 and examined microscopically for the ability of Phytophthora infestans to produce oospores in infected leaves under field conditions. Although the occurrence of the A1 and A2 mating types required for sexual reproduction of P. infestans was previously confirmed in the Czech Republic, no oospores were detected in this study. To study the effect of temperature on the survival of oospores produced from crosses of three pairs of P. infestans isolates, oospores in leaf discs and agar were exposed to temperatures ranging from – 24 to 10 °C and then evaluated for viability with the plasmolysis test. Oospore viability ranged from 13.02 to 63.90 % and from 7.77 to 63.37 % for oospores produced in agar and leaf discs, respectively, with the highest frequencies of viable oospores occurring at 4 and 10 °C. To determine whether oospores may survive under field conditions, agar plates with oospores were buried in soil in Prague‐Suchdol and Svitavy for seven months during the overwintering period (October – May) in 2011 – 2015. There were statistically significant differences in oospore viability examined by the plasmolysis test between the localities, and oospore viability ranged from 29 to 43 % and from 15 to 44 % in Prague‐Suchdol and Svitavy, respectively.