Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Handbook of Food and Bioprocess Modeling Techniques

Mathematical Modeling Techniques in Food and Bioprocesses: An Overview, A.K. Datta and S.S. Sablani Part I: Physics-Based Models Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Microstructures, R.G. M. van der Sman Fluid Flow and Its Modeling Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, A. Kumar and I. Dilber Heat Transfer, A.K. Datta Mass Transfer: Membrane Processes, D. Hughes, T. Taha, and Z. Cui Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer, X.D. Chen Reaction Kinetics, M.C. Giannakourou and P.S. Taoukis Probabilistic Modeling, B.M. Nicolai, N. Scheerlinck, and M.L. A.T. M. Hertog Part II: Observation-Based Models Experimental Design and Response-Surface Methodology, S. Nakai, E.C. Y. Li-Chan, and J. Dou Multivariate Analysis, I.S. Arvanitoyannis Data Mining, G. Holmes Artificial Neural Network Modeling, S.S. Sablani Genetic Algorithms, T. Morimoto Fractal Analysis, M.S. Rahman Fuzzy Modeling, H.M.S. Lababidi and C.G. J. Baker Part III: Some Generic Modeling Techniques Monte Carlo Simulation, K. Cronin and J.P. Gleeson Dimensional Analysis, L.C. Lim, S.S. Sablani, and A.S. Mujumdar Linear Programming, E. Feinerman and S. Saguy Index
Anthropometric Dimensions of Iranian Male Workers and Comparison with Three Asian Countries

Anthropometry is the study of human body dimensions and proportions among different races. In work environments, poorly designed workstations and tools reduce productivity and can lead to fatigue and musculoskeletal injuries. This study aimed to determine the anthropometric characteristics of Iranian workers in comparison to three other Asian countries. This cross-sectional study evaluated 400 male workers between the ages of 25 and 55 yr from all ethnicities working at Iran Khodro Automobile Factory. Results showed that the average height of the Iranian worker is 173.73±6.84 cm and the average sitting height 90.79±3.55 (cm). In comparison to Indian and Philippine workers, Iranian workers are 100% and 83% taller, respectively. This data can be useful for designing workplace space (e.g. height), work levels (e.g. elbow height) and peripheral equipment size, such as chairs (e.g. the width of hips and height of thighs).
Monitoring Of Helicoverpa Armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Through Pheromone Traps In Chickpea (Cicer Arietinum) Crop And Influence Of Some Abiotic Factors On Insect Population

Monitoring of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) male moths through pheromone traps was carried out in chickpea crop field at village Kapren, dist. Bundi during 2011-12. Maximum number of male moths trapped were 105.66/trap/week, while maximum number of larvae was 30.0/10 plants recorded during 12 th standard week (19 March -25 March). Abiotic factors like maximum temperature and minimum temperature had positive correlation with male moth catches and larval population of Helicoverpa armigera while, relative humidity had negative correlation with male moth catches and larval population of Helicoverpa armigera.
SINFONI spectra of heavily obscured AGNs in COSMOS: evidence of outflows in a MIR/O target at z$$\backslash$sim2.5$

We present new data for four candidate obscured Compton-Thick (CT) quasars at z $\sim$1-2.5 observed with SINFONI VLT spectrograph in AO mode. These sources were selected from a 24$\mu$m Spitzer MIPS survey of the COSMOS field, on the basis of red mid-infrared-to-optical and optical-to-near-infrared colours, with the intention of identifying active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in dust enshrouded environments, where most of the black hole mass is assembled in dust enshrouded environments. Near infrared spectra were analyzed in order to check for emission line features and to search for broad components in the [OIII]-H$\beta$ and H$\alpha$-[NII] regions. X-ray spectral analysis, radio and MIR diagnostics, and SED fitting have also been employed to study the nature of the sources. We successfully identified three objects for which we had only a photometric redshift estimate. Based on their emission line diagnostics and on ancillary multi-wavelength constraints, we find that all four targets harbor obscured AGNs. Broad profiles that could be attributed to the effects of outflows are revealed in only one target, MIRO20581. In particular, we clearly resolved a fast ($\sim$1600 km/s) and extended ($\sim$5 kpc) outflow in the [OIII]5007 emission line. This feature, the commonly used indicator for ionised outflowing gas, was sampled and detected only for this target; hence, we can not exclude the presence of outflows in the other sources. Overall, the constraints we obtain from our targets and from other comparative samples from the literature suggest that these optically faint luminous infrared galaxies, hosting obscured AGNs, may represent a brief evolutionary phase between the post-merger starburst and the unobscured QSO phases.
Pattern of Geochemical and Sedimentological Variability of the Albian to Cenomanian Upper Bima Sandstone, Benue Trough, Nigeria: Implications on Tectonic provenance and Source Area Weathering

This study presents the pattern of geochemical and sedimentological variability of the Albian to Cenomanian Upper Bima sandstone in Upper Benue Trough, NE Nigeria. The intent is to apply sedimentological investigations and major element concentrations of the upper Bima sediments (fine grained sandstones) in order to reveal source area weathering, provenance and tectonic setting of inferred source areas. The investigation approach involved field studies and collection of samples from different outcrop locations, followed by laboratory studies involving grain-size analysis (GSA) and major elements analyses using the Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) method. Field studies show that the sandstones are indurated with evidence of soft-sediment deformation and range in color from white in fresh sample to reddish brown on weathering. In addition, the sandstone units are cross-bedded and show graded bedding exemplified by fining upward sequence. Textural examination indicates that the sandstones range from fine to medium to coarse grained, with graphic mean grain size of 0.16 to 2.21 mm. Standard deviation (sorting) ranges from 0.98 to 1.77O and implies moderately sorted to poorly sorted sediments. Inferred from the textural indices, the depositional environmental discrimination of the Bima Sandstone revealed a fluvial/river system-dominated sedimentary process. In addition, major elemental oxides show SiO 2 content greater than 75% for the Upper Bima Sandstone samples with depletion of mobile oxides such as Na 2 O, CaO and K 2 O through weathering and other sedimentary processes. On the basis of the major elements, the sandstones are classified as sublitharenite, and arkose types. Provenance and tectonic setting discrimination using geochemical data revealed typical felsic igneous-dominated cratonic environment while ternary plots (e.g. SiO 2 /20 - K2O+Na 2 O - TiO 2 +Fe 2 O 3 +MgO) reflect passive continental margin setting for the Bima Sandstone. Tectonic setting discrimination diagrams based on major elements suggest a granitic provenance in a passive continental margin. Consequently, the source area is constrained to the Precambrian basement rock units of Adamawa areas to the north and southern parts of the Yola Basin. The Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA, average 79.63) reflects intense degree of chemical weathering in a tropical wet climate, and an A-CN-K plot suggests an upper continental crust provenance dominated by felsic to intermediate igneous rocks (tonalite, granodiorite and granite) of average granitic composition. Keywords: provenance, tectonic setting, sandstone, geochemistry, Upper Bima Sandstone, Benue Trough
Economic Growth in ASEAN-4 Countries: A Panel Data Analysis

This paper examines the impact of economic variables which are foreign direct investment (FDI), openness and gross fixed capital formation to economic growth which indicates using gross domestic product (GDP) over the period 1981- 2008. The impact of variables to GDP is estimated using three panel estimation models which are called pooled model (pooled), fixed effects model (FEM) and random effects model (REM). The findings show that all variables are correlated with each other and also have the positive relationship to GDP. Hence, all variables may lead economic growth boost when they are increase whereas FDI becomes the most efficient variable in order to assist economic growth and followed by openness and gross fixed capital formation. Otherwise, the result in Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) which implies in this study as well test all variables stationary at 5 percent level of significant. These shows only gross fixed capital formation is significant to growth and contributes the positive effect to GDP in each ASEAN-4 countries. However, OLS estimation result for Indonesia shows the other variable has significant to growth which is openness; while it gives the negative affect the GDP. Instead of Indonesia, openness is not significant at other ASEAN-4 countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines. Besides, other variable is FDI also not significant in the case of all ASEAN-4 countries. It means that, openness does not correlated to growth for Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines countries; while FDI is not correlated to growth for all ASEAN-4 countries in this study.
Diving behavior of blue-footed boobies Sula nebouxii in northern Peru in relation to sex, body size and prey type

We studied the diving behavior and diet of the sexually size-dimorphic blue-footed booby Sula nebouxii (BFB) breeding on Isla Lobos de Tierra, Peru, to evaluate whether sexual dimor- phism is associated with feeding niche divergence between the sexes. We also discuss the foraging behavior of BFBs in relation to what is known about the vertical distribution of their main prey, and compare the BFB's foraging behavior with that of other tropical and temperate Sulidae. After analyz- ing data on 23 females and 28 males, we found no sexual differences in diet composition, crop mass, trip length, number of trips per day, proportion of time in flight and on the water, and number of dives per hour. We argue that this is because males and females were foraging in the same areas close to their colony. Conversely, females dived significantly deeper and longer, and consumed larger prey than males indicating that segregation may occur underwater. Body size (regardless of sex) was pos- itively correlated to dive depth and prey size, suggesting that feeding niche separation is mediated by size dimorphism. However, the effects of body size and sex on foraging behavior could not be sep- arated. BFBs and larger temperate gannets attained similar depths, but BFBs dived much deeper than did tropical boobies. The Peruvian anchovy Engraulis ringens was the most important prey consumed by BFBs, accounting over 79 to 97% of the total mass of the regurgitations. The temporal distribution of dives and dive profiles seems to be linked to the behavior and vertical distribution of anchovies.
Consumption and income over the lifecycle in Nigeria

This paper utilises National Transfer Accounts framework to estimate age profiles of consumption and income over the lifecycle in order to determine actual period of dependency in Nigeria. The paper quantifies inter-age monetary flows of consumption and labour income and subsequent economic lifecycle deficit and the implications this will have for social policy and human capital development. The results indicate that given the profiles of consumption and income over the lifecycle in Nigeria, child dependency is for the first 33 years of life while old-age dependency occurs from 63 years upwards. The period of lifecycle surplus span 30 years from 33-63 years. The structure of consumption and income flows reveals that Nigeria has a lifecycle deficit of N3.5 trillion in 2004. Since the population is highly skewed towards children, inter-generational flows are heavily skewed downwards. The deficits must then be covered through age reallocations of transfers and asset income.
Health Effects of Dietary Fermentable Fiber (Resistant Starch)

viii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.1 1.1. Significance of Research.1 1.2. Objectives.3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.4 2.1. Resistant Starch.4 2.2. Gut Microbiota.5 2.3. Antibiotics.7 2.4. Insulin resistance.7 2.5. Intestinal Gluconeogenesis.8 CHAPTER 3: MICROBIOTA REDUCTION WITH LOW POTENCY ANTIBIOTICS AND COMPARISON OF RECOVERY WITH PREBIOTIC (RESISTANT STARCH) AND PROBIOTIC (CECAL TRANSPLANT BY GAVAGE). 10 3.
A Risk-Return Paradox: Risk, Performance-Based Pay and Performance

Excerpt] In recent years, strategy researchers have examined the relationship between business risk and performance. The logic underlying this relationship is that organizations facing greater business risk seek to offset it with the prospect of higher financial returns. The research typically involves various financial measures of organization performance regressed on measures of risk. Surprisingly, the findings are contradictory. While some studies report evidence supporting a positive relationship between the risk organizations face and their performance (Aaker & Jacobson, 1987; Fiegenbaum & Thomas, 1988), others reported an inverse relationship (Bowman, 1982, 1984). These different results called into question the basic premise about the form of the risk-return relationship and left a void in understanding why organization decision makers might pursue more risky strategies. Advancing this line of inquiry, Miller and Bromiley (1990) noted that business risk, like financial performance, is multi-dimensional. Several dimensions of business risk emerged from their work including income stream and strategic or financial risk. They suggested that differences reported in the risk-return relationship resulted from different operationalizations of business risk.
Correlation of Liquid Volume in Stomach to Electrical Transfer Impedance Measurements Using FIM

The present work is directed to the measurement of the absolute volume of secreted acid in the stomach using 6-electrode FIM. Stomach acid is important because it has diagnostic applications in diarrhoeal diseases and in anaemia. Through a simplified resistance model this work has predicted that the variation in (Ze-Zs)/Ze with volume of liquid in stomach should be much greater than that of Zs/Ze . The simple resistance model has also predicted that the normalised change in measured transfer impedance (Ze-Zs)/Ze will be proportional to the volume of liquid in the stomach provided the resistivity of the liquid and the depth of stomach from the frontal skin surface is constant. Both these have been verified through real life measurement on two human subjects. This means that the measured transfer impedance change can indeed be related to the volume of saline in stomach. Together with depth information obtained using anatomical markers, it may be possible to obtain the absolute volume using FIM non-invasively. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.3329/bjmp.v6i1. 19761 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Physics Vol.6 No.1 2013 66-74
Effect of foliar nutrition on reproductive efficiency and grain yield of rice fallow pulses.

Field experiments were conducted during rabi season of 2000 and 2001 to study the effect of various nutrient management practices on growth and yield of rice fallow pulses. Reproductive efficiency of pulses like number of flowers formed, number of flowers shed, flower drop percent number of pods formed and fruit set percent were significantly influenced by various foliar spray treatments. The pre-eminent effect of foliar application of nutrients and growth regulator at pre flowing and flowering stage was seen on reduction in flower shed and flower drop percentage. Foliar application of DAP 2 percent + NAA 40 ppm + ZnSO4 0.5percent + FeSO4 1 percent twice (Pre flowering + Flowering) + soil inoculation of phosphobacteria recorded significantly highest reproductive efficiency and grain yield of rice fallow pulses during both the years.
Apakah yang memuaskan hati pembeli organisasi dengan produk yang mereka beli? Sejauh manakah kepuasan pembeli ada kaitannya dengan kesetiaan pembeli di dalam pasaran barangan industri? Penyelidikan lepas menunjukkan betapa perlunya ahli pemasaran mencari dan menguruskan ramuan yang betul yang menjad

What makes organizational buyers of products satisfied? To what extent does customer satisfaction imply customer loyalty in the industrial goods market? Past research have shown the dire need for marketers to seek and manage the right ingredients of customer satisfaction as a vital means of building customer loyalty. Past satisfaction-loyalty studies were predominantly in the consumer goods and services contexts. This study aims to fill the dearth in research in the industrial goods context. By using evidence from a sample of buyers of one supplier of semiconductor products in the industrial goods market, this study seeks to further understand the dynamics of this complex satisfaction-loyalty relationship. The best predictor of buyer satisfaction in this industrial market is found to be cost of ownership, while other determinants service quality, product quality and delivery aspects are found to be positively linked with overall buyer satisfaction. Suggestions for future research aTe also given to address the present study s limitations.
Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of Lavandula species L.dentata L. , L. pedunculata Mill and Lavandula abrialis essential oils from Morocco against food-borne and nosocomial pathogens

For antiinfectious fight, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, constitute resources to valorize. Six germs belonging to Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae frequently encountered in hospital have been selected to assess antibacterial activity of Lavandula abrialis, Lavandula dentata L and Lavandula pedunculata Mill. Essential Oils (EO). EOs obtained by hydrodistillation were analyzed by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and their antibacterial activity was assessed through discs-diffusion tests. EOs analyses revealed monoterpenes-rich oils. Camphor (49.75%) and 1.8 cineole (39.84%) were found in L. dentata EO while camphor (46.36%) ,fenchone (13.19%) and ? -pinene(10.74%) were observed in L. pedunculata. Linalool (25%), camphor (16.06%), linalool acetate (13.66%) and borneol (11.94%) were the main components in L. abrialis. Biological tests proved EOs' antibacterial power against germs despite resistance to Beta-lactamin antibiotics. The highest inhibition was obtained with L. pedunculata EO.
SNP discovery by resequencing the Agapornis roseicollis (Peach-faced lovebird) genome using Genome Analysis Toolkit

The Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK) presents a method requiring relatively little bioinformatics skills for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) discovery in non-model organisms. The recently assembled de novo reference genome of the peach-faced lovebird (an African parrot) was used to identify SNP markers for application in genetic screening tests for lovebird breeders. The parents of the reference individual were resequenced at a sequencing depth of 30x coverage on an Illumina HiSeq platform. The data generated was used to discover SNPs dispersed throughout the genome using the Genome Analysis Toolkit pipeline. Variants were discovered for the mother and father as well as from the combined genotypes of the two parents. For the mother 1 916 289 SNPs were discovered compared to 1 428 869 for the father indicating she was slightly more heterozygous than him. The number of SNPs discovered compared favourably with previously reported results in other avian genomes. These SNPs can be applied to develop genetic screening (such as parentage verification) tests for domesticated lovebirds, or in conservation strategies, for example species identification.
The visibility of Lyman α emitters: constraining reionization, ionizing photon escape fractions and dust

We couple state of the art cosmological simulations (GADGET-2) with a dust model and a radiative transfer code (pCRASH) to build a complete model for high-redshift Lyman Alpha emitters (LAEs). Identifying simulated galaxies with dust-attenuated UV magnitudes of MUV 6 −17 as Lyman Break Galaxies (LBGs), we successfully validate our simulations by comparing against observed LBG ultraviolet luminosity functions (UV LFs), stellar mass functions, stellar mass densities (SMD) and specific star formation rates (sSFR) at z ≃ 6 − 8. Due to the poor constraints available on the escape fraction of H I ionizing photons (fesc) from galaxies, we use five different values fesc = 0.05,0.25,0.5,0.75,0.95 to post-process the cosmological simulation with pCRASH. Starting from a completely neutral Universe, we run pCRASH until reionization is complete, i.e. the average neutral hydrogen (H I ) fraction drops to hχHIi ≃10 4 . For a given fesc and hχHIicombination, the only free-parameter left to match model results to observations is the relative escape of Lyman Alpha (Lyα ) and continuum photons from the galactic environment (f�/fc). Starting from a scenario wherein dust is homogeneously distributed (f�/fc ≃ 0.68), we find that the observed LAE UV and Lyα luminosity functions (LFs) jointly constrain fesc ≃ 0.05 and hχHIi 6 0.1. In the scenario that dust is clumped, we find a three-dimensional degeneracy between fesc, hχHIi and f�/fc such that a decrease in the intrinsic Lyα luminosity can be compensated by an increase in the Lyα transmission through the intergalactic medium and/or an increasing Lyα escape out of the galactic environment. In the latter scenario, the theoretical model can be reconciled with observations for a much larger parameter space: hχHIi ≃0.5−10 4 , fesc ≃ 0.05−0.50 and f�/fc = 0.6−1.8. In other words, if dust is indeed clumped in the interstellar medium of high-redshift galaxies, we can not differentiate between a Universe which is either completely ionized or half neutral, or has an fesc ranging between 5-50%.
Genotypes of Candida albicans from Stool Samples of HIV Sero Positive and HIV Negative Individuals in Nairobi, Kenya

Candida albicans is one of the commonest opportunistic yeast pathogens that infect both healthy and immune-compromised individuals. Currently there are five recognized genotypes of C. albicans based on the 25 rDNA gene. Different genotypes of C. albicans have been shown to differ in their virulence and susceptibility to antifungal drugs and, thus accurate identification of the infecting genotype is essential for guiding antifungal therapy. The aim of the study was to determine the genotypes of C. albicans from stool samples of HIV sero positive and HIV negative individuals and ascertain whether there is an association between HIV status and genotype distribution. A total of forty four (44) Candida albicans isolates from the stool samples of 28 HIV sero positive patients attending an outpatient HIV/AIDS management clinic and 16 HIV negative individuals attending a hospitality industry support program at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) were genotyped using PCR primer pairs that span the transposable intron region of the 25S rDNA. Genotype A C. albicans was the most prevalent type (61.4%) followed by genotype C (11.4%) and genotype B (4.5%). Genotype B C. albicans was not isolated from HIV negative individuals. There was no significant difference in the genotype distribution of C. albicans isolates from HIV sero positive and HIV negative individuals ( p=0.304 ). Ten (22.7%) C. albicans isolates could not be genotyped using the transposable region primers an indication of possible new genotypes. Genotype A is the most predominant C. albicans isolate both in HIV sero positive and HIV negative individuals and there is no predilation of any genotype to HIV infected. There is a possibility of new genotypes of C. albicans and sequence analysis may be warranted. Keywords : Genotypes, C. albicans , stool, HIV, Kenya.