Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Penaeus monodon larvae can be protected from Vibrio harveyi infection by pre-emptive treatment of a rearing system with antagonistic or non-antagonistic bacterial probiotics

This study shows that the disease resistance and survival rate of Penaeus monodon in a larval rearing systems can be enhanced by supplementing with antagonistic or non-antagonistic probiotics. The antagonistic mode of action of Pseudomonas MCCB 102 and MCCB 103 against vibrios was demonstrated in larval mesocosm with cultures having sufficient concentration of antagonistic compounds in their culture supernatant. Investigations on the antagonistic properties of Bacillus MCCB 101, Pseudomonas MCCB 102 and MCCB 103 and Arthrobacter MCCB 104 against Vibrio harveyi MCCB 111 under in vitro conditions revealed that Pseudomonas MCCB 102 and MCCB 103 were inhibitory to the pathogen. These inhibitory properties were further confirmed in the larval rearing systems of P. monodon. All these four probionts significantly improved larval survival in long-term treatments as well as when challenged with a pathogenic strain of V. harveyi MCCB 111. We could demonstrate that Pseudomonas MCCB 102 and MCCB 103 accorded disease resistance and a higher survival rate in P. monodon larval rearing systems through active antagonism of vibrios, whereas Bacillus MCCB 101 and Arthrobacter MCCB 104 functioned as probiotics through immunostimulatory and digestive enzyme-supporting modes of action.
The Effect of Freeze Drying Using Different Media and Storage Temperatures on Some Parameters of Buffalo Bull Spermatozoa

THE PRESENT study was designed to display the effect of freeze- …. drying (lyophilization) technique using different freeze-drying media and storage temperatures on some parameters of buffalo bull spermatozoa. The semen samples were collected once weekly from five mature buffalo bulls maintained in Animal Reproduction Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Al- Haram, Giza, Egypt. Samples were allocated into two portions; the first one was cryopreserved in Tris-Fructose-Egg yolk-Glycerol, while the second portion was immediately freeze-dried. These two portions were exposed to the same technical procedures. The freeze-dryer set was programmed at -55°C and 0.001 mbar pressure. The media tested were: EGTA solution, EDTA solution, TCM199 with Hanks salts enriched with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) and TCM199 with Hanks salts enriched with 10% FCS and 0.2 M trehalose. The storage temperatures experienced were (4, - 20, - 80 oC). The efficiency of each medium and storage temperature on some sperm parameters was explored. Our results revealed no motility either in raw or frozen-thawed spermatozoa after freeze-drying. In case of raw and frozen-thawed semen; with no respect to storage temperatures, the best freeze-dried sperm parameters were observed in TCM-Trehalose medium, while the best storage temperature was (-80°C) followed by (-20°C) with no respect to the type of freeze-drying media. From the present study, it was concluded that the freeze-drying medium containing trehalose could preserve efficiently components of buffalo bull spermatozoa, especially the acrosome, while the storage temperature (-80°C) and (- 20°C) were the best for storage of freeze-dried buffalo bull spermatozoa.
Comprehensive Study of Thermal Stability Performance of Metamorphic Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistors with Ti ∕ Au and Au Metal Gates

The thermal stability performance of double 8-doped In 0.42 Al 0.58 As/In 0.46 Ga 0.54 As metamorphic heterostructure field-effect transistors with Au and Ti/Au metal gates are comprehensively studied and demonstrated. By evaporating the Ti/Au metal gate, the thermal stability of device characteristics are significantly improved as compared with the device with conventional metal gate (Au). Experimentally, the device with a Ti/Au metal gate simultaneously exhibits the considerably lower temperature degradation in turn-on voltage (-2.19 mV/K), breakdown voltage (-34 mV/K), logic swing (-1.24 mV/K), transition region width (0.05 mV/K), on-off current ratio (-3.55 /K), threshold voltage (-0.25 mV/K), impact ionization-induced gate current (1.63 X 10 -3 μA/mm K), output conductance (1.23 μS/mm K), and voltage gain (-0.33 /K) as the temperature is increased from 300 to 510 K. Consequently, the studied device with a Ti/Au metal gate is a good candidate for high-speed and high-temperature digital and switching circuit applications.
The spectral catalogue of INTEGRAL gamma-ray bursts - results of the joint IBIS/SPI spectral analysis

We present the updated INTEGRAL catalogue of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed between December 2002 and February 2012. The catalogue contains the spectral parameters for 59 GRBs localized by the INTEGRAL Burst Alert System (IBAS). We used the data from the two main instruments on board the INTEGRAL satellite: the spectrometer SPI (SPectrometer on INTEGRAL) nominally covering the energy range 20 keV−8 MeV, and the imager IBIS (the Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite) operating in the range from 15 keV to 10 MeV. For the spectral analysis we applied a new data extraction technique, developed to explore the energy regions of highest sensitivity for both instruments, SPI and IBIS. It allowed us to analyse the GRB spectra over a broad energy range and to determine the bursts’ spectral peak energies. The spectral analysis was performed on the whole sample of GRBs triggered by IBAS, including all the events observed in the period December 2002 to February 2012. The catalogue contains the trigger times, burst coordinates, positional errors, durations, and peak fluxes for 28 unpublished GRBs observed between September 2008 and February 2012. The light curves in the 20−200 keV energy band of these events were derived using IBIS data. We compare the prompt emission properties of the INTEGRAL GRB sample with the BATSE and Fermi samples.
Inflation Uncertainty and Economic Growth in Iran

2Abs tract: This paper examines the effects of inflation uncertainties on real GDP growth in Iran. W e argue that inflation uncertainty has negativ e impacts on real GDP growth. In this paper, we use GA RCH and GA RCH-M models for formulating inflation uncertainty and its effect on real GDP growth and inflation. The empirical evidence, based on time series models, points out that uncertainty arising has negative impacts on real GDP growth. However, the effect of uncertainty due to heterosk edas ticity in dis turbances (conditional variance) on real GDP growth is si gnificant. Moreover, there is a posi tive inflation and inflation uncertainty.
Habitat complexity and predator size mediate interactions between intraguild blue crab predators and mud crab prey in oyster reefs

The prevalence of inherently unstable intraguild (IG) predation in natural systems suggests that many biotic and abiotic factors, including habitat complexity and population size structure, affect interactions between IG predators and prey. We investigated the role of shared oyster resource use (Crassostrea virginica), predator size, and habitat complexity (i.e. sand, shell hash, and simulated oyster clusters) in mediating the interactions of IG predators, the blue crabs Callinectes sapidus, and IG prey, the mud crabs Panopeus herbstii, in oyster reef communities. In mesocosms, mud crabs consumed the shared oyster resource at higher rates than did blue crabs. Constructed oyster reef clusters in mesocosms reduced blue crab predation on mud crabs, suggesting increasing habitat complexity provides mud crabs with a more effective refuge from IG predators. Survival of mud crabs in less complex habitats depended on predator size; small blue crabs were not able to consume mud crabs in any habitat type. The refuge effects of oyster reefs were confirmed in the field using mud crabs tethered in sand, shell hash, and oyster clusters. These experiments demonstrate the importance of habitat complexity and body size in mediating intraguild interactions between blue crabs and mud crabs on oyster reefs; they also elucidate the impacts of these predators in oyster reef communities.
Regional assessment of the multi-decadal changes in braided riverscapes following large floods (Example of 12 reaches in South East of France)

Abstract. The district of the France Rhone basin is characterised by several braided reaches, preserved from the widespread disappearing occurred in the 20th century. Even if the overall pattern is evolving through a general river narrowing, some reaches have shown to be still active and have widened. The preliminary results suggest that differences in width pattern could be related to several factors, such as high magnitude and low frequency floods, and geographical position in the catchment which influences bedload delivery conditions and vegetation recruitment related to climate. From an initial set of 53 braided reaches, we selected 12 sites, distributed into four main hydro-geographical regions. Reaches were selected to be representative of the overall study area. We analysed the braiding width pattern and the vegetation pattern dynamic among five observation periods dating from the 1950s to the 2000s. We hypothesised that a comparative analysis of a detailed temporal trajectory (i.e. five dates) of a set of rivers within several hydro-geographical contexts would allow us to better distinguish the relative role of floods (in terms of magnitude and duration) and other controlling factors acting at the regional scale. We showed that active channel width is controlled mainly by Q10 flood and secondarily by bedload availability whereas island pattern is in large part independent of flood series characters. Moreover a clear regional differentiation, constant over time, in terms of riverscape response is observed, mainly opposing south-western and south-eastern reaches. This opposition depends on several concurring factors, i.e. the flood characters, the river activity, the human influence and the climate. Finally, these findings allowed us to highlight those sectors in which the braided pattern could disappear, and those sectors in which the braided pattern is still active, because critical processes responsible of channel dynamic are still present.
The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework: Lessons for the EQF

SUMMARY The SCQF is one of the longest-established comprehensive qualifications frameworks and is often perceived as one of the most successful. This article describes the main features of the SCQF and outlines its progress, drawing on recent studies and evaluations by the authors. It draws lessons for the EQF and for further development of national frameworks to respond to it. These lessons concern the specific requirements of meta-frameworks and comprehensive frameworks, the need for realistic expectations and time scales, and the value of an incremental and pragmatic strategy for introducing a learning-outcomes approach. The article also identifies issues relating to the architecture of a levels framework and the limitations, as well as strengths, of a voluntary partnership-based approach.
A STUDY OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR OF THE PHYCICAL EDUCATION PROFESSORS AND FACULTY MEMBERS OF ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERCITY

Department of Physical Education, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran Department of Physical Education and sport science, Najaf abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, Iran Department of Physical Education, Naghadeh Branch, Islamic Azad University,Naghadeh ,Iran 4, 6 Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Exploring the relationship between undergraduate education and sustainable transport attitudes

ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to discuss the impact of education and environmental attitudes on the support for sustainable transport policies among civil engineering students. We surveyed a total of 524 students from Kyoto University, Japan, and asked them about the number of environment-related modules they have taken, their attitudes toward environmental issues, and their attitudes toward various transport policies. We first demonstrate that there is a positive relationship between course selection and environmental concern and discuss self-selection issues by comparing civil engineering students with students from other faculties. We then use a structural equation model (SEM) to show that education and environmental concerns also positively influence attitudes to transportation policies aimed at reducing car usage. We conclude that raising awareness of environmental problems and promoting responsibility through the university curriculum is important to educate future transport decision makers as well as to gain general support for sustainable transportation policies.
POINTS OF JOINT CONTINUITY OF SEPARATELY CONTINUOUS MAPPINGS

Let X be a Baire space, Y be a compact Hausdor space and f : X◊Y ! R be a separately continuous mapping. For each y 2 Y , we define a game G(Y,{y}) between players O and P, to show that if in this game either O player has a winning strategy or X is -favorable and P player does not have a winning strategy, then for each countable subset E of Y , there exists a dense G subset D of X such that f is jointly continuous on D ◊ E.
A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF NONLINEAR AEROELASTIC PHENOMENA IN FLAPPING WING MICRO AIR VEHICLES Principal Investigator

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College-aged ageism: A study of the perceptions and discourse surrounding the aging process

Ageism has become a much more prevalent issue in recent years. The biases and prejudices that exist towards the aging only reinforce the narrative that portrays aging as a process of decline. This study aims to discover the perceptions that current college students have towards aging, as viewed through their discourse and manners of speaking about the aging process. In addition, through the use of the Anxiety about Aging Scale (Lasher & Faulkender, 1993) this study highlights the degree of anxieties this age group might have towards their own aging process as compared against similar collegiate-aged data from 15 years ago. Findings show still a significant, articulate level of ageist stereotyping present in current college student’s discourse, most notably in regard to its focus on appearance as central to a person’s value.
THE EFFECTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ON DIVIDEND POLICY AND FIRM VALUE (AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AT BANKS LISTED IN INDONESIA STOCK EXCHANGE FOR THE PERIOD OF 2008-2012)

Penelitian ini menguji hubungan kausal antara Struktur Modal dan Good Corporate Governance pada Kebijakan Dividen dan Nilai Perusahaan di bank yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) untuk periode 2008-2012 menggunakan PLS (Jalur Least Square) analisis. Data dikumpulkan dari laporan keuangan 7 perbankan tahunan yang go public di Bursa Efek Indonesia 2008-2012 yang terpilih sebagai sampel dalam periode pengamatan 5 tahun dengan menggunakan purposive sampling. Ditemukan bahwa Struktur Modal memiliki Kebijakan berpengaruh signifikan Dividen positif, Good Corporate Governance berpengaruh tidak signifikan negatif pada Kebijakan Dividen, Kebijakan Dividen memiliki efek non-signifikan positif terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, Struktur Modal berpengaruh signifikan positif terhadap Nilai Perusahaan, dan juga Good Corporate Governance berpengaruh signifikan positif terhadap Nilai Perusahaan. Hasil ini akan memberikan saran yang baik untuk perusahaan untuk setiap keputusan manajemen. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan kontribusi untuk penelitian manajemen keuangan pembangunan khususnya terkait topik akuntansi keuangan dan keputusan manajemen. Kata kunci: Struktur Modal, Good Corporate Governance, Kebijakan Dividen, Nilai Perusahaan, Bank, Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) ABSTRACT This study examined the causal relationship between Capital Structure and Good Corporate Governance on Dividend Policy and Firm Value at banks listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the Period 2008-2012 using PLS (Path Least Square) analysis. Data were collected from 7 annual banking financial statements that go public in Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2008 to 2012 that chosen as samples in 5 years observation period using purposive sampling. It was found that Capital Structure has positive significant effect Dividend Policy, Good Corporate Governance has negative non-significant effect on Dividend Policy, Dividend Policy has positive non-significant effect on Firm Value, Capital Structure has positive significant effect on Firm Value, and also Good Corporate Governance has positive significant effect on Firm Value. These results will provide a good suggestion to companies for any management decision. This study seeks to contribute to the development financial management research especially related topic on financial accounting and management decision. Keywords: Capital Structure, Good Corporate Governance, Dividend Policy, Firm Value, Banks, Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX)
Monitoring the geologic storage of carbon dioxide using multicomponent SAR interferometry

Monitoring the geologic storage of carbon dioxide using multi-component SAR interferometry Alessio Rucci 1 , D. W. Vasco 2 , and Fabrizio Novali 1 Tele Rilevamento Europa, Milano, Italy Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 SUMMARY Combining interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data from ascending and de- scending orbits we estimate both quasi-vertical and quasi-east-west displacements for a region in central Algeria, an area encompassing an active large-scale carbon dioxide stor- age project, the In Salah gas storage project. The surface deformation associated with the injection into three horizontal wells is clearly visible in the InSAR estimates. We find that the addition of the quasi-horizontal displacement data enables us to discriminate between source models producing similar vertical displacements. In particular, predictions from a model consisting of a distribution of volume changes restricted to the reservoir depth interval satisfies the quasi-vertical data but does not match the quasi-east-west displace- ment data. However, aperture changes on sub-vertical damage zones, intersecting each of the injection wells, give rise to displacements matching both the quasi-east-west and vertical components. In all cases we can match the observations with the most significant volume and aperture changes in regions immediately surrounding the injection wells. Key words: Interferometry, deformation, inverse problem
The Influence of Financial and Non-Financial Rewards; And Employee Empowerment on Task Motivation and Firm Performance of Bangladeshi Front Line Employees: A Critical Approach

Motivated employees play a significant task in organizational achievement, and precedent research points to an optimistic association between acuity of empowerment and motivation. A well known model put forth by Spreitzer (2006) proposes that two major workings of control systems will certainly affect employee feelings of empowerment-performance feedback and performance based reward systems. This investigational study contributes to the behavioural accounting literature studied on the performance of Bangladeshi front line managers by providing how specific types of performance feedback and performance based rewards have an effect on three psychological dimensions of empowerment. Also, a comparatively simple context has been used to examine whether calculations validated on surveys of managers also hold for lower level workers. The results propose that feedback and rewards affect the scope of empowerment in a different way for lower level managers in different industrial sectors of Bangladesh than they do for top level managers. In addition, in general, motivation was not considerably associated with two of the three empowerment scopes. Implications of this study are that methods that work to boost manager perceptions of empowerment may not work at lower organizational levels in Bangladesh, and even if victorious, the related add to in employee motivation may not be momentous.
Matriconditioning integrated with gibberellic acid to hasten seed germination and improve stand establishment of pepper and tomato

A emergencia e o estabelecimento do estande em sementes de pimentao (Capsicum annus L.) e de tomate (Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) (Karsten ex Farw) sao frequentemente lentos e desuniformes, principalmente sob condicoes de estresse. Experimentos de campo as vezes nao tem fornecido resposta ao condicionamento em sementes de pimentao. Este trabalho estudou os efeitos combinados de matricondicionamento e aplicacao de giberelina na germinacao e estande de sementes de pimentao e tomate. Sementes de pimentao e de tomate foram condicionadas com um solido matricial, Micro Cel E, na presenca e ausencia do acido gilberelico, por um, dois, tres e quatro dias, a 15 e 25oC. Os resultados demonstram que, em todos os casos, os tratamentos combinados com a aplicacao de acido giberelico foram eficientes em melhorar a germinacao e a emergencia de sementes de pimentao e de tomate. O tempo para germinacao sofreu reducao, em media, de dois a tres dias, nas sementes matricondicionadas. Assim, o matricondicionamento, durante o qual e suspenso o inicio do processo de germinacao, proporcionou o unico meio para que as enzimas induzidas pela aplicacao de acido gilberelico digerissem eficientemente as celulas do endosperma e reduzissem as barreiras mecânicas, fornecendo, assim, ao embriao, energia para seu desenvolvimento.
Analysis of the effectiveness of farmer field schools in communicating new skills and knowledge to farmers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

The paper focuses on the study conducted in 2010 to analyze effectiveness of Farmers Field Schools (FFS) in communicating new skills and knowledge to farmers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. For this purpose, seven districts from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan including Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi, Kohat and Hangu were selected. Data regarding effectiveness of FFS were obtained from 280 randomly selected farmers through “survey” method and were analyzed using descriptive statistics i.e. means and standard deviations. However, researchers also applied a paired t-test to determine the difference between the pre and post FFS scenarios in the study area. The results show that during the training in crop production technology, the timely and balanced use of fertilizers was ranked 1 st with mean values 3.38 and 3.87 closely followed by High yielding varieties and Soil analysis which were ranked 2 nd and 3 rd by the farmer respondents with mean values of 3.36, 3.89 and 3.35 and 3.94 in the pre- and post-FFS scenarios, respectively. Similarly, during the training in crop protection technology, identification of pest and predator was ranked 1 st with mean values of 3.34 and 3.94, Seed treatment with fungicides was ranked 2 nd with mean values 3.33, 3.74 and Insect pests control by local recipes was ranked 3 rd with mean values of 3.29 and 3.96 in pre- and post-FFS scenarios, respectively. Likewise, manual weed control was ranked 1 st with mean values of 3.41 and 3.94 followed by chemical weed control and cultural weed control which were ranked 2 nd and 3 rd with mean values of 3.33, 3.74 and 3.31 and 3.73 in the pre- and post-FFS scenarios, respectively. In the same way, furrow irrigation technique was ranked 1 st with mean values of 3.44 and 3.88 followed by Boarder and cultural Drip irrigation techniques which were ranked 2 nd and 3 rd with mean values of 3.42, 3.89 and 3.39 and 3.86 in the pre- and post-FFS scenarios, respectively. This situation shows a highly significant difference between the pre and post FFS scenarios which mean that sufficient improvement was made in the skill and knowledge of farmers regarding various farming practices in the study area.