Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of dietary fermented corn in different energy dense diets on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, ileal microorganisms, and fecal noxious gas emission of growing pigs

Abstract: This study evaluated the efficacy of fermented corn (FC) in growing pigs. One hundred twenty-eight growing pigs [(Landrace × Yorkshire) × Duroc)] with an initial body weight of 29.59 ± 1.34 kg were used in a 6 wk experiment. Pigs were assigned into one of four dietary treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with two levels of nutrient density (high energy: 3.37 Mcal kg-1, or low energy: 3.29 Mcal kg-1) and FC (0% or 20% substitute for corn). Pigs fed diets with FC increased (P < 0.05) average daily gain (ADG) overall. Pigs fed with high-density (HD) diets increased (P < 0.05) ADG and gain to feed (G/F) ratio overall. Apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of dry matter (DM), gross energy (GE), and nitrogen (N) increased (P < 0.05) in pigs fed with FC diets compared with pigs fed the diets without FC. In addition, pigs fed with HD diets increased (P < 0.05) ATTD of DM and GE compared with low-density (LD) diets. Furthermore, pigs fed with HD diets had a higher (P < 0.05) ATTD of DM and GE than those fed with LD diets. Both LD and FC supplementation led to lower (P < 0.05) fecal gas emission content. Pigs fed FC diets increased ileal Lactobacillus concentration and decreased Escherichia coli concentration. An interactive effect between nutrient density diet and FC was observed on the G/F, Lactobacillus on ileal microorganisms, and nutrient digestibility. In conclusion, the results indicated that dietary supplementation of HD diets and FC improved performance in growing pigs.
Asymptomatic cardiac manifestations in CKD

Background: Chronic kidney disease is recognised as health concern globally with more than 40 percent of morbididty and mortality. CKD is one of the independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and its unfavourable health outcomes. The risk factors like smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes which are highly prevalent in CKD. The therapeutic interventions in CKD patients to reduce CVD events does not hold a desired effect and has bad prognosis in end stage renal disease. The initial evidence indicating a relationship between CKD and CVD is more apparent in patient with dialysis. The aim of the study was to evaluate the asymptomatic cardiac manifestations in 2-4 stages of CKD through non-invasive methods like ECG and Echocardiography. Methods: It is a cross sectional study investigated on 250 CKD patients receiving care in JSS hospital, Mysore. For the primary objective, correlational analysis were performed to evaluate the association of renal functional parameters like serum creatinine, urine albumin, eGFR with cardiac parameters through ECG and Echocardiographic changes. Results: ECG revealed LVH with pressure overload pattern in 36%. 25% patients had ST-T changes. Echocardiography revealed LVH and diastolic dysfunction as abnormalities. LVH has significant p value. Conclusions: CVD is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients of CKD who succumb to Cardio vascular deaths before reaching the end stage renal disease. Thus, focus of patient care in early CKD stages should be directed to prevention of cardiovascular complications through early ECG and Echocardiography.
SMALL-SCALE PLANKTONIC STRUCTURE: PERSISTENCE AND TROPHIC CONSEQUENCES

M O S T CONVENTIONAL s a m p l i n g m e t h ods limit our ability to resolve planktonic distributions over vertical scales less than a few meters. Estimates of in situ biological rates also are limited by equipment and sampling resolution. It has been obvious to plankton researchers for decades that the uncertainties created by sampling limitations are complicated further by vertical and horizontal variability in plankton distributions (often called patchiness). Although patches of phytoplankton (usually undetected) were recognized as essential for zooplankton growth and survival (e.g., Mullin and Brooks, 1976: Dagg, 1977), the distribution, size, and concentration of phytoplankton patches have been viewed as random or stochastic (e.g., Fasham, 1978). If phytoplankton patchiness is characterized by randomness, the contribution of this variability to our estimates of phytoplankton biomass may be removed by averaging over larger scales, and samples obtained with conventional sampling equipment can be used with some confidence. On the other hand, if patchiness is nonrandom on spatial or temporal scales that are difficult to resolve with conventional methods, then conventional sampling may alias estimates of planktonic distributions and rate processes such as grazing and growth. It is generally thought that biological structure is linked to physical processes (Denman and Powell, 1984; Mackas et al., 1985; Owen, 1989) including surface waves (and wave breaking), internal waves, Langmuir circulation, horizontal
Bicovariant differential calculi and cross products on braided Hopf algebras

In a braided monoidal category C we consider Hopf bimodules and crossed modules over a braided Hopf algebra H . We show that both categories are equivalent. It is discussed that the category of Hopf bimodule bialgebras coincides up to isomorphism with the category of bialgebra projections over H . Using these results we generalize the Radford-Majid criterion and show that bialgebra cross products over the Hopf algebra H are precisely described by H-crossed module bialgebras. In specific braided monoidal abelian categories we define (bicovariant) braided differential calculi over H and apply the results on Hopf bimodules to construct a higher order bicovariant differential calculus over H out of any first order bicovariant differential calculus over H . This object is shown to be a bialgebra with universal properties.
Contextual and Personal Factors Contributing to the Mental Health of Norwegian Professional Musicians

This master’s thesis investigates the contributing factors to Norwegian professional musicians’ psychological distress. Several researchers have pointed out that musicians seem to be a risk group in regards to mental health and work environment. In contrast, research regarding the explanatory variables of their mental health is scarce. Recently, a study indicated a high prevalence of psychological distress in Norwegian musicians. A qualitative study on Norwegian musicians reported a combination of family, social, and personal factors to be of particular importance regarding their mental health. The present study adds to the accumulated research base by conceptualizing contributing factors of musicians’ health in a job demands–resources framework, in which the total model as well as individual predictors are tested with a survey on 1,365 Norwegian professional musicians. Five out of ten hypotheses were supported using a hierarchical multiple regression procedure. Job demands and job control were positively related to psychological distress, whereas job-related social support, emotional stability and sense of mastery were negatively related to psychological distress. Work–nonwork interference, effort–reward imbalance and conscientiousness were not significantly related to the outcome. Unexpectedly, job control was positively related to psychological distress, which may have been influenced by the subjects’ levels of personal resources. Overall, the main findings was that a combination of contextual and personal variables were most influential, but that the work environment concepts investigated were only weakly or non-significantly related to musicians’mental health. The highest single contributors were emotional stability, sense of mastery and general social support, indicating that personal dispositions of emotionality, a strong sense of control over one’s life, and perceived social support from family and friends are of high significance for Norwegian professional musicians’ experience of anxiety and depression-like symptoms.
Inclusion of Switching Behaviour into Relationship Marketing Model: A Theoretical Model

Relationship marketing authors have attempted to develop distinct models suitable for investigating relationship marketing in different contexts. However, there is no agreement as yet about the antecedents that best capture the characteristics of the relational exchange that influences relationship marketing. Maintaining a long-term relationship with a customer is one of the fundamental factors determining the value that the customer provides to the company. A serious threat to achieving a long-term relationship is the customer's switching behaviour. This study develops a theoretical model of relationship marketing, which includes customers' switching behaviour (switchers and stayers), as a vital construct to understand the relationship development process between customers and service providers. Also, hypotheses to specify the association between the underlying models' constructs were presented as a basis for further study.
The role of mdr1 gene polymorphisms in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Objective: The ABCB1/MDR1 is a 170-kDa transporter protein called P-glycoprotein (Pgp) which has been associated with the transport of cellular lipids and drugs. Recent studies focused on MDR1, and its effects on lipid transport, show that the constitutive expression of P-gp transporter in normal tissues plays an important role in drug disposition and response. In addition, it is known that some polymorphisms on the MDR1 gene alter the expression of the P-gp. This study aims to investigate the effects of the MDR1 C3435T and the C1236T gene polymorphisms on the dyslipidemia of diabetic patients. Material and methods: The PCR-RFLP method has been used on 77 patients and 75 controls in order to determine the MDR1 genotype. Results: There are no statistical differences for the MDR1 C3435T and the C1236T genotype ranges among between our inspected groups. However, the C1236T mutant type T allele ratio increases statistically in the patient group (p = 0.026 OR: 1.679 % 95 CI: 1.062 – 2.652 ). A weak connection has been observed between the MDR1 C3435T C and the C1236T C alleles, according to the linkage disequilibrium analysis. Conclusion: This study is one of the preceding studies, which examines the relationship between MDR1 polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes. Studies on MDR1 genotypes, and their effects on lipid levels are new in literature, hence our study proves to be unique when it comes to both the C3435T and the C1236T polymorphisms in type 2 diabetes patients; however, further research is still needed for the confirmation of our findings.
X-RAY EMISSION AND CORONA OF THE YOUNG INTERMEDIATE-MASS BINARY θ1 Ori E

θ1 Ori E is a young, moderate mass binary system, a rarely observed case of spectral-type G-giants of about 3 solar masses, which are still collapsing toward the main sequence, where they presumably become X-ray faint. We have obtained high-resolution X-ray spectra with Chandra and find that the system is very active and similar to coronal sources, having emission typical of magnetically confined plasma. It has a broad temperature distribution with a hot component and significant high energy continuum; narrow emission lines from H- and He-like ions, as well as a range of Fe ions, and relative luminosity, Lx/Lbol = 10−3, at the saturation limit. Density, while poorly constrained, is consistent with the low density limits, our upper limits being ne < 1013 cm-3 for Mg xi and ne < 1012 cm-3 for Ne ix. Coronal elemental abundances are sub-solar, with Ne being the highest at about 0.4 times solar. We find a possible trend in Trapezium hot plasmas toward low relative abundances of Fe, O, and Ne, which is hard to explain in terms of the dust depletion scenarios of low-mass young stars. Variability was unusually low during our observations relative to other coronally active stars. Qualitatively, the emission is similar to post-main-sequence G-stars. Coronal structures could be compact or comparable to the dimensions of the stellar radii. From comparison to X-ray emission from similar mass stars at various evolutionary epochs, we conclude that the X-rays in θ1 Ori E are generated by a convective dynamo, present during contraction, but which will vanish during the main-sequence epoch possibly to be resurrected during post-main-sequence evolution.
Unseen and Underserved: A Content Analysis of Wellness Support Services for Bi + People of Color and Indigenous People on U.S. Campuses

Abstract Bi-erasure and color-blind racial ideologies (CBRI) are two systems of oppression that create barriers to wellness for bisexual + People of Color and Indigenous People (bi + POCI). The authors posited that, for college students, these forms of invisibility may be experienced in campus wellness support centers, including university counseling centers, multicultural centers, and centers for sexual and gender diversity. The authors explored the extent to which these wellness support centers’ web-based messages (e.g., identity-based group offering across centers, counseling staff interest listed in biographies, counseling center based resource lists) erase or affirm bi + POCI. This content analysis, guided by Neuendorf’s methodology, was delimited to universities that have American Psychological Association-accredited counseling centers (N = 139). Findings revealed that none of these centers’ websites housed messages acknowledging bi + POCI specifically, disparate affirmation was offered to POCI as compared to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) students through staff biographies irrespective of university type, and minority-serving institutions affirmed POCI and LGBT-identified POCI through their web-based resource lists at significantly higher rates than historically White institutions. These and other finding are discussed in the context of intersectionality and practical recommendations to increase the visibility of bi + POCI are offered.
ASSESSMENT OF WETTING PATTERN AND MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION UNDER POINT SOURCE DRIP IRRIGATION IN NYAGATARE - RWANDA

A study was conducted to assess the performance of surface and subsurface drip irrigation systems using different irrigation water levels on water distribution in soil and wetting pattern and in order to establish relationship of moisture content, distance and depth relationship. The field experiment was conducted in sandy loam soil from October, 2014 to May, 2015 in the farm of University of Rwanda (UR) Nyagatare Campus. The experiment was laid out in strip plot design with three replications to study the effect of depth of placement of drip lateral and different levels of irrigation water. The treatments are three levels of depth of laterals i.e. at surface, 10 cm depth from surface and 20 cm depth from surface. Soil moisture content at 0, 20 and 40 cm distances from emitter, and depths at 0 - 15, 15 - 30 cm depths was determined every 30 days before and 24 hours after irrigation to estimate soil profile moisture depletion. Based on wetting pattern radius, a linear equation was developed to evaluate relationship at the surface drip irrigation and subsurface drip irrigation at two considered depths (10 cm and 20 cm). For Vertical wetted depth, they were: Y (0 cm) = 0.217X + 5.2203, R2 = 0.9532 (surface drip), Y (10 cm) = 0.2996X + 5.8946, R2 = 0.9647 (subsurface drip, 10 cm depth) and Y (20 cm) = 0.2927X + 6.7402, R2 = 0.957 (subsurface drip, 20 cm depth). In case of horizontal wetted radius, the obtained equations were: Y (0 cm) = 0.217X + 5.2203, R2 = 0.9532 (surface drip), Y (10 cm) = 0.2996X + 5.8946, R2 = 0.9647 (subsurface drip, 10 cm depth) and Y (20 cm) = 0.2927X + 6.7402, R2 = 0.957 (subsurface drip, 20 cm depth). All these values of regression coefficients indicated that the variation of vertical wetting front and horizontal wetted radius was highly correlated to the time increase.
Do “Young-Old” Exercisers Feel Better Than Sedentary Persons? A Cohort Study in Switzerland*

ABSTRACT From a “successful aging” perspective, the subjective feeling of well-being is as important as “objective” health. Physical exercise is seen as being an effective way of staying healthy, but its link with well-being in a normal aging population remains largely unexplored. Based on two randomized surveys of the aging population, conducted in 1979 and 1994, respectively, with questionnaires including retrospective questions on activities and health, two cohorts of young-old (aged 64–74) were selected (cohort 1, born 1905–1914, N = 949; cohort 2, born 1920–1929, N = 602) and split into four groups, corresponding to their exercising trajectories (long-term exercisers LE, new exercisers NE, quitters Q, sedentary S). The link between the four trajectories and two indicators of well-being (self-rated health, self-assessed depression scale) was examined by means of regression analyses. In both cohorts, the LE group had a higher level of well-being than the Q and the S. The study also throws light on the case of the quitters (Q), who showed the lowest level of well-being. Scant research has hitherto been done on the causes and repercussions of abandoning exercise. RÉSUMÉ Selon le paradigme du « vieillissement réussi », le sentiment de bien-être est aussi important que la sant é «objectiv e. » L'exercice physique est considéré comme un facteur important de la santé ; cependant, son lien avec le bien-être au sein de la population vieillissante n'a été que peu exploré. Sur la base de deux enquêtes sur échantillons aléatoires de la population âgée menées l'une en 1979 et l'autre en 1994, qui comprenaient des questions biographiques, deux cohortes de personnes de 65 à 74 ans ont été sélectionnées (cohorte 1, née en 1905–1914, N = 949 ; cohorte 2, née en 1920–1929, N = 602) et réparties en quatre groupes selon leur trajectoire sportive (sportifs constants LE ; nouveaux sportifs NE ; anciens sportifs Q ; sédentaires S). Le lien entre ces trajectoires et deux indicateurs de bien-être (santé auto-évaluée et échelle de dépression auto-évaluée) a été examiné au moyen d'analyses de régression. Dans les deux cohortes, LE présente un niveau de bien-être supérieur à Q et S. Cette étude attire également l'attention sur les anciens sportifs (Q), qui ont le plus faible niveau de bien-être ; l'abandon de l'exercice physique et ses causes étant jusqu'à ce jour négligés par la recherche.
The effect of the method of application and concentration of asahi sl on the response of cucumber plants to chilling stress

In pot experiments conducted on cucumber cv. Śremski F1, the effect was studied of short-term chilling stress on plants which had grown from seeds germinating in the solution of Asahi SL or treated with this biostimulator during the early growth period. The plants were grown in a phytotron at an air temperature of 27/22°C (day/night), using fluorescent light with FAR flux density of 220 μmol x m -2 x s -1 and with a photoperiod of 16/8. The biostimulator was applied using the following methods: a) germination of seeds in 0.01% and 0.05% solution, b) watering of plants twice with 0.01% or 0.05% solution, c) spraying leaves with 0.3% or 0.5% solution. Plants sprayed with distilled water were the control. After 24 hours from foliar or root application of Asahi SL, one half of the plants from each experimental series was treated for a period of 3 days at a temperature of 12/6°C, with all the other growth conditions unchanged. The obtained results show that short-term chilling stress caused a significant increase in electrolyte leakage, free proline content and in the activity of ascorbate peroxidase in leaves, but a decrease in the content of chlorophyll, its maximum fluorescence (Fm) and quantum yield (Fv/Fm), carotenoid content, stomatal conductance, transpiration, photosynthesis, leaf biomass and in the activity of catalase in leaves. Foliar or root application of Asahi SL in the pre-stress period decreased the values of the traits which increased as a result of chilling or increased those which decreased. Higher concentrations of the biostimulator solutions, applied using this method, were more effective. The application of the biostimulator during seed germination did not result in significant changes in the response of plants to chilling stress.
Tailoring properties of borohydrides for hydrogen storage: A review

Hydrogen is recognized as a possible future energy carrier, which can be produced from renewable energy and water. A major challenge in a future ‘hydrogen economy’ is the development of safe, compact, robust, and efficient means of hydrogen storage, in particular for mobile applications. The present review focuses on light metal boron based hydrides, for which the general interest has expanded significantly during the past few years. Synthesis methods, physical, chemical and structural properties of novel boron based hydrides are reviewed along with new approaches for improving kinetic and thermodynamic properties: (i) anion substitution, (ii) reactive hydride composites and (iii) nanoconfinement of hydrides and chemical reactions. The light metal borohydrides reveal a fascinating structural chemistry and have the potential for storing large amounts of hydrogen. A combination of the different approaches may provide a new route to a wide range of interesting energy storage materials in the future.
Learning Conceptions and Strategies N. Purdie - AARE, 1994 WHAT DO STUDENTS THINK LEARNING IS AND HOW DO THEY DO IT? A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON

This study examines differences between Australian and Japanese secondary school students' conceptions of learning and their use of self-regulated learning strategies. For a variety of reasons, there is an increasing number of overseas students, particularly from south-east Asian countries, who are being educated in Australian schools. Differences in schooling and cultural traditions lead to different understandings of what learning actually is and to the strategies students use to regulate their own learning. If educators are to cater successfully for students from other cultures, it is important to develop a better understanding of differences in the ways in which students conceive of learning and how they go about doing it. In one sense, a major finding of the study confirms the stereotypical view of Japanese students as rote memorizers. On the other hand, it is the Australian students who are found to have a narrow, school-based view of learning. The Japanese students view learning from a much broader perspective. For them, learning is not only related to what happens at school; it is seen also as a lifelong, experiential process leading to personal fulfilment. The findings from this study also indicate that the strategies that have been previously identified as being used by students in Western learning contexts are the same strategies in use by students in Japanese schools. Despite significant differences in the emphases that students placed on the use of some of the strategies, two of the three most consistently used of the strategies by both Australian and Japanese students were the same.
Institutions and the Long-run Impact of Early Development

We study the role of institutional development as a causal mechanism of history affecting current economic performance. Several indicators capturing different dimensions of early development in 1500 AD are used to remove the endogenous component of the variations in institutions. These indicators are adjusted with large-scale movements of people across international borders using the global migration matrix of Putterman and Weil (2010) to account for the fact that the ancestors of a population have facilitated the diffusion of knowledge when they migrate. The exogenous component of institutions due to historical development is found to be a significant determinant of current output. By demonstrating that the relationship between early development and current economic performance works through the channel of institutions and that better institutions can be traced back to historical factors, the results of this paper shed some light on how history has played a role in shaping long-run comparative development.