Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of diets fortified with garlic organic extract and streptomycin sulphate on growth performance and carcass characteristics of broilers

An experiment was carried out to study the comparative effects of garlic organic extract and streptomycin sulphate on growth performance and carcass characteristics of broilers. Forty-eight Hubbard line day-old chicks with equal numbers of males and females were randomly allocated to eight (8) treatment combinations to conduct a 4×2 factorial experiment in a completely randomised design. The diets were supplemented with: no supplement (control), garlic organic extract at 40 ppm/kg (GOE 40 ppm), garlic organic extract at 60 ppm/kg (GOE 60 ppm) and streptomycin sulphate at 30 ppm/kg (SS 30 ppm) administered by oral gavages from day 13 to day 47 of experiment. The results showed that the growth performance attributes of birds on supplementation with streptomycin sulphate and garlic organic extract did not differ, but were significantly better (P<0.05) than the values obtained from birds on control. The same observation was made for the carcass characteristics. Male broilers yielded heavier (P<0.001) carcasses (1748.50 vs 1533.50 g), higher (P<0.05) relative heart weight (0.43 vs 0.40% body weight), and deposited less (P<0.001) abdominal fat compared with the females (0.27 vs 0.76% body weight). Treatment and sex interaction significantly affected all the parameters studied except for the heart, pancreas and head. In summary, diets supplemented with garlic organic extract at 40 ppm could be used as an alternative to antibiotic additives for broiler production.
Antidiabetic bioactive compounds from plants Type of article : Review

Missoun Fatiha, Bouabdelli Fatma, Baghdad Awatif, Amari Nesrine, Djebli Noureddine. 1Laboratory of Pharmacognosy andApi-Phytothérapy (LPAP), University of Mostaganem. Algeria. 2Department of chemistry, University of Mostaganem. Algeria Abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a common and widespread disease that affects citizens in developed and developing countries. Diabetes is a disease that combines inherited and environmental causes that cause high blood sugar levels known as hyperglycemia. Phytotherapy has achieved good clinical practice and shows a bright future in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this review was to provide information about the most useful antidiabetic compounds from plants available through numerous literature sources from various databases. Many researches confirmed the benefits of phytoconstituants with antidiabetic effects in the management of diabetes mellitus. Thus, drugs from plants may control all pathological aspects of diabetes, either by increasing insulin production by the pancreas, helping to lower the body's insulin requirements, or reducing gluconeogenesis in the liver. The effect of these antidiabetic plants has been tested in vivo and in vitro on rats, mice, rabbits and dogs. Very few have been tested on humans for their effectiveness.
8 Advances in Genetics of Non Syndromic Neural Tube Defects

Investigators have focused their efforts in many research fields (developmental and metabolic pathways and animal models) to understand the mechanisms underlying the etiology of these devasting defects. Nevertheless, few candidate genes have proved to have significant impact on the development of NTDs. Moreover, the existing body of literature is still fragmented and constrained by limited size, lack of power, and lack of replicated and independent studies.
RESIDUAL BEHAVIOUR OF IMIDACLOPRID IN THE COUNTRY BEAN GROWING SOIL

The assessment of residual behavior of imidacloprid (Admire 20SL) in the soil of country bean agroecosystem and its risk assessment for consumption was studied. QuEChERS method was used for the extraction and clean-up of samples and the residues of imidacloprid was estimated using Gas Chromatography. The dissipation studies in the soil system were carried out by application of imidacloprid at five different dosages i.e. 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 g a.i. ha. Average initial deposits of imidacloprid were found to be 0.99, 1.33, 1.62, 1.83 and 2.20 mg.kg. The residues reached below determination limit (BDL) of 0.01 mg kg in 9 days for recommended dose and 12 days for remaining higher dosages. Half-life (T1/2)) of imidacloprid in the soil was observed to be 1.88, 1.74, 1.73, 1.56 and 1.52 days for 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 g a.i. ha, respectively. The chemodynamics study of imidacloprid spray indicated that only 27.20 -28.40% sprays were deposited to the target site (plant canopy) and 71.60-72.80% were lost to non-target site such as soil and air. The drift of imidacloprid to soil (39.47-40.20%) was higher than the air (32.1332.60%). Based on degradation pattern and maximum, the recommended preharvest interval (PHI) might be eight 9 days and a waiting period of two days might be suggested for reapplication of the imidacloprid in country bean agroecosystem.
IAPM ANALYSIS OF INTERPRETABLE ANOMALIES AND KINEMATIC PARAMETERS IN LURIA ’ S ALTERNATING SERIES TESTS FOR PARKINSON ’ S DISEASE MODELING

Primary goal of present thesis is to conduct analysis of patterns drawn during Luria’s alternating series tests, extract interpretable feature set and develop machine learning model, capable of correct differentiation of Parkinson’s disease patients from healthy control subjects. Luria’s alternating series fine motor tests are being used in psychology and neurology to assess level of disorder in motion planning and execution during handwriting, which is approved biomarker for Parkinson’s disease. A novel method to analyze Luria’s alternating series patterns drawn during fine motor test constitute main result of the present thesis. Majority of solutions available in the literature are based either on the analysis of entire drawing or individual strokes. Distinctive feature of the proposed approach is that it allows to analyze patterns, considering their logical structure with any required level of detail. To achieve this, unique supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques are applied. Computer vision technique is used to split pattern into logical segments. Based on this information, feature sequences describing different kinematic properties of the drawing are constructed. During next stages, neural-network based models are used to generate feature sequences of the ”expected” normal drawing, which allows to expose ”unexpected” regions with anomalies. Main outcome of current research is classifier model, capable of differentiating Parkinson’s disease patients from healthy controls, providing prediction performance around 91%. Experimental part of the thesis offers technique for explaining individual predictions of obtained classifier by applying recently proposed machine learning meta-algorithm. Present thesis is written in English and is 85 pages long, including 11 chapters, 16 tables and 19 figures. Luria vaheldutavate seeriate tõlgendatavate anomaaliate ja kinemaatiliste parameetrite analüüs Parkinsoni tõbi modelleerimisel
Final response for “ Measurements of aerosols and charged particles on the BEXUS 18 stratospheric ballon ”

This paper describes the aerosol measurements setup and results obtained during the BEXUS18 stratospheric balloon within the “A5-Unibo” (Advanced Atmospheric Aerosol Acquisition and Analysis) experiment performed on October 10, 2014 in northern Sweden (Kiruna). The experimental setup was designed and developed by the University of Bologna with the aim of collecting and analyzing vertical profiles of atmospheric ions and particles together with atmospheric parameters (temperature, relative humidity and pressure) all along the stratospheric ascent of the BEXUS18 15 stratospheric balloon. Particles size distributions were measured with the MeteoModem Light Optical Aerosol Counter (LOAC) and air ion density was measured with a set of two commercial and portable ion counters. Though the experimental setup was based upon relatively low-cost and light-weight sensors, vertical profiles of all the parameters up to an altitude of about 27 km were successfully collected. The results obtained are useful for elucidating the relationships between aerosols and charged particles between ground level and the stratosphere with great potential in collecting and adding useful 20 information in this field, also in the stratosphere where such measurements are rare. In particular, the equipment detected coherent vertical profiles for particles and ions, with a particularly strong correlation between negative ions and fine particles, possibly resulting from proposed associations between cosmic rays and ions as previously suggested. In addition, the detection of charged aerosols in the stratosphere is in agreement with the results obtained by a previous flight and with simulations conducted with a stratospheric ion-aerosol model. However, further measurements under stratospheric balloon 25 flights equipped with a similar setup are needed to reach general conclusions on such important issues.
Seed production of Urochloa plantaginea ( Link ) R . Webster in pure stands and in maize crop

Urochloa plantaginea is an important weed and forage crop in Brazil . To subsidize management strategies for this plant, we studied its seed production in pure stands and infesting maize. The experiments were conducted in Londrina, Brazil , in two growing seasons, on a Red Latosol, under a Cfa climate. Both experiments had a completely randomized design, with four replications. In the experiment of U. plantaginea infesting maize treatments had weed-control periods of zero, 20 (control), 40, and 60 days. In the experiment with pure stands treatments had four emergence dates. When infesting maize U. plantaginea seed production ranged from 0.5 to 281 . 0 kg ha-1 and was enough to perpetuate weed infestation even when the cereal yield was not affected. This indicates that the preservation of crop yield is not enough as a criterium to measure success in weed control. Seed production of pure Urochloa stands ranged from 247.0 and 1 905.7 kg ha-1 and it was affected by the interaction of year and emergence date and tended to decrease as emergence was delayed. Implications of U. plantaginea seed production on its use as a forage crop and its control as a weed are discussed.
Title Physical activity and nutrition behavioural outcomes of a home-based intervention program for seniors : a randomized controlled trial

Background: This intervention aimed to ascertain whether a low-cost, accessible, physical activity and nutrition program could improve physical activity and nutrition behaviours of insufficiently active 60–70 year olds residing in Perth, Australia. Methods: A 6-month home-based randomised controlled trial was conducted on 478 older adults (intervention, n = 248; control, n = 230) of low to medium socioeconomic status. Both intervention and control groups completed postal questionnaires at baseline and post-program, but only the intervention participants received project materials. A modified fat and fibre questionnaire measured nutritional behaviours, whereas physical activity was measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Generalised estimating equation models were used to assess the repeated outcomes over both time points. Results: The final sample consisted of 176 intervention participants and 199 controls (response rate 78.5%) with complete data. After controlling for demographic and other confounding factors, the intervention group demonstrated increased participation in strength exercise (p < 0.001), walking (p = 0.029) and vigorous activity (p = 0.015), together with significant reduction in mean sitting time (p < 0.001) relative to controls. Improvements in nutritional behaviours for the intervention group were also evident in terms of fat avoidance (p < 0.001), fat intake (p = 0.021) and prevalence of frequent fruit intake (p = 0.008). Conclusions: A minimal contact, low-cost and home-based physical activity program can positively influence seniors’ physical activity and nutrition behaviours. Trial registration: anzctr.org. au Identifier: ACTRN12609000735257
2 Finding the way through the ESP maze : designing an ESP teacher education programme

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is an area of language education that has been advancing during the last years due to increased social and professional mobility. Despite this, as shown in the related literature, the area of ESP Teacher Education (TE) is deprived of attention by researchers; as a result, many ESP educators in different countries are General English (GE) teachers with insufficient training in ESP. The present chapter reports on the first findings of a technical action research study, which aims at exploring and addressing the problem of insufficient ESP TE among a specific group of ESP practitioners, suggesting an intervention in the form of an online ESP TE programme. Following the spiral pattern of action research, the study evolves in cycles of continuous improvement. This chapter focusses on the initial stages of the study during which the problem of lack of ESP TE opportunities was identified, and a remedy to this problem, an online ESP TE course, named Online Reflective Teacher Education in ESP (ReTEESP Online), was developed and piloted before its implementation.
Crustal structure of southern Burkina Faso inferred from magnetotelluric , gravity and magnetic data

Understanding the architecture of the West African craton at depth is essential to be able to reconstruct its evolution. Our study focuses on the crustal imaging of structures and geometries characterizing the crust of the Leo-Man shield with broadband and long period magnetotelluric data collected in southern Burkina Faso and covering a 220 km long profile. The resulting 3D resistivity crustal model highlights the distribution of the granite-greenstone assemblages with depth showing excellent correlation with mapped surficial lithologies. The whole crust of southern Burkina Faso is resistive, with lateral as opposed to vertical major resistivity contrasts, reflecting the location of major-scale shear zones characterizing this part of the Baoulé-Mossi domain. Ground gravity data acquired along the same line as the MT data were also modeled and show relatively good correspondence with the resistivity model. The new resistivity and gravity models compared with results from joint inversion of gravity and aeromagnetic data highlight significant changes between the greenstone belts and granitoid domains along the profile. The comparison of the geophysics with the geology enables us to define new depth constraints of the main tectonic features in the area. The observed large scale dipping shear zones favour the model of crustal building through major parallel thrust faults.
They know what the customer wants! Proposal and validation of a scale to evaluate the sales force integration into the product development process

Objetivo: Propor uma escala para mensurar a integração do vendedor ao Processo de Desenvolvimento de Produtos (PDP), considerando a perspectiva deste profissional.Metodologia: Por meio de técnicas de análise fatorial exploratória e confirmatória e estudos de validade foram analisados dados colhidos de 258 vendedores do segmento médico-hospitalar.Principais resultados: A escala desenvolvida apresentou propriedades psicométricas adequadas para a finalidade proposta, com bons parâmetros de confiabilidade e validade. Contribuições: Proposta de uma forma de mensuração da integração do vendedor ao PDP, segundo a perspectiva desse ator, uma vez que muito do que há na literatura se baseia na opinião de gerentes e supervisores. Paralelamente, o estudo poderá ajudar as organizações a projetar e implantar PDPs nos quais a integração do vendedor possa se dar de maneira efetiva, cobrindo uma gama de informações significativa para a empresa, assim como ajudá-la a manter funcionários com uma visão ampliada a respeito da atividade de vendas. Relevância / originalidade: A falta de clareza quanto à integração da força de vendas ao PDP, indica que o vendedor pode receber treinamentos que eventualmente sejam desperdiçados, recursos podem ser investidos nele incorretamente e informações muito ricas podem ser perdidas simplesmente porque não há entendimento por parte do profissional de vendas de que ele é um elemento integrante do processo.
On Robustness for the Skolem, Positivity and Ultimate Positivity Problems

The Skolem problem is a long-standing open problem in linear dynamical systems: can a linear recurrence sequence (LRS) ever reach 0 from a given initial configuration? Similarly, the positivity problem asks whether the LRS stays positive from an initial configuration. Deciding Skolem (or positivity) has been open for half a century: the best known decidability results are for LRS with special properties (e.g., low order recurrences). But these problems are easier for"uninitialized"variants, where the initial configuration is not fixed but can vary arbitrarily: checking if there is an initial configuration from which the LRS stays positive can be decided in polynomial time (Tiwari in 2004, Braverman in 2006). In this paper, we consider problems that lie between the initialized and uninitialized variants. More precisely, we ask if 0 (resp. negative numbers) can be avoided from every initial configuration in a neighborhood of a given initial configuration. This can be considered as a robust variant of the Skolem (resp. positivity) problem. We show that these problems lie at the frontier of decidability: if the neighbourhood is given as part of the input, then robust Skolem and robust positivity are Diophantine hard, i.e., solving either would entail major breakthroughs in Diophantine approximations, as happens for (non-robust) positivity. However, if one asks whether such a neighbourhood exists, then the problems turn out to be decidable with PSPACE complexity. Our techniques also allow us to tackle robustness for ultimate positivity, which asks whether there is a bound on the number of steps after which the LRS remains positive. There are two variants depending on whether we ask for a"uniform"bound on this number of steps. For the non-uniform variant, when the neighbourhood is open, the problem turns out to be tractable, even when the neighbourhood is given as input.
Flammability studies for wildland and wildland-urban interface fires applied to pine needles and solid polymers

This paper presents flammability studies related to wildland fires that have been conducted at the University of Edinburgh and at WPI over the last 5 years. This is the first time that all of the contributions have been put together to present a consistent set of studies geared towards a better understanding of how wildland and solid fuels ignite and burn in the context of wildland and wildland-urban interface fires. The whole approach is based on experiments conducted with the Fire Propagation Apparatus. This experimental device was used due to its versatility, allowing for testing over a wide range of conditions applied to different forest fuels. To simplify the approach, well-characterized fuels were used in the form of dead pine needles and solid polymers. The different sets of results show that this approach enhances our understanding of wildland fire behavior and impact in general but also, more specifically, at the wildland-urban interface. These experimental data, along with the models developed to describe ignition, represent a successful application and extension of approaches and techniques developed for fire safety studies to the topic of wildland fires.
Pricing and Liquidity in Decentralized Asset Markets Semih Uslu

I develop a search-and-bargaining model of liquidity provision in over-the-counter markets where investors differ in their search intensities. A distinguishing characteristic of my model is its tractability: it allows for heterogeneity, unrestricted asset positions, and fully decentralized trade. I find that investors with higher search intensities (i.e., fast investors) are less averse to holding inventories and more attracted to cash earnings, which makes the model corroborate a number of stylized facts that do not emerge from existing models: (i) fast investors provide intermediation by charging a speed premium, and (ii) fast investors hold larger and more volatile inventories. Then, I use the model to study the effect of trading frictions on the supply and price of liquidity. The results have policy implications concerning the Volcker rule. JEL classification: G1; G11; G12; G21; D83; D53; D61
Large and reversible elastocaloric effect around room temperature in a Ga doped Ni-Mn-In alloy

We report a giant elastocaloric effect near to room temperature in a polycrystalline NiMn-In-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloy. A maximum entropy change value close to 32 JK-1kg-1 was obtained by applying a 100 MPa compressive stress. Moreover, we report a value of 4.9 K for a reversible adiabatic temperature change. These values are compared with those reported for the magnetocaloric effect within a high magnetic field. The strong sensitivity in the isothermal entropy change and adiabatic temperature change to the uniaxial stress allow the alloy to present remarkable elastocaloric effect strength values of|ΔSme|/|Δσ|=320 JK-1kg-1GPa-1 and |ΔTad|/|Δσ|= 49.0 KGPa-1.
Can late L 2 learners acquire new grammatical features ? Evidence from ERPs and eye-tracking q

0749-596X/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Inc doi:10.1016/j.jml. 2011.07. 007 q This study was supported by a grant from th Foreign affairs. ⇑ Corresponding author. E-mail address: alfoucart@gmail.com (A. Foucart We report a series of ERP and eye-tracking experiments investigating, (a) whether English– French learners can process grammatical gender online, (b) whether cross-linguistic similarities influence this ability, and (c) whether the syntactic distance between elements affects agreement processing. To address these questions we visually presented sentences which were either grammatically correct or contained noun–adjective gender agreement violations. In response to violations between the noun and a post-posed adjective (the canonical structure in French), both groups revealed a P600 effect. In contrast, violations between the noun and a pre-posed adjective (a less frequent order) triggered a P600 in French speakers but an N400 in L2 learners (implying that learners have not yet fully acquired native-like processing for pre-posed adjectives). Violations between the noun and the predicative adjective showed different effects for the native (P600) and non-native (no effect) groups with ERPs, but a similar pattern with eye-tracking. Overall, these results suggest that late L2 learners can acquire and process new features. 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
– 148 MATCHING METHOD FOR NODAL SOLUTIONS OF BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS WITH INTEGRAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS QINGKAI KONG

In this paper, we study the nonlinear boundary value problem consisting of the equation y + ∫ b a w(t, τ)f(y, τ) dζ(τ) = 0 on [a, b] and a double Riemann-Stieltjes integral boundary condition. We establish the existence of various nodal solutions of this problem by matching the solutions of two boundary value problems, each of which involves one separated boundary condition and open Riemann-Stieltjes integral boundary condition, at some point in (a, b). We also obtain the conditions for nonexistence of nodal solutions of this boundary value problem. AMS (MOS) Subject Classification. primary 34B10; secondary 34B15