Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Deposition of transparent , hydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane-nanocrystalline TiO 2 hybrid films on glass substrate

Transparent, hydrophobic hybrid films were deposited on glass substrate from solution containing hydroxyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and TiO2 sol by using a dip coating method. The effects of the film heat-treatment temperature and PDMS/TiO2 component on surface properties of the hybrid films were investigated by water drop contact angle measurement, and by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) analyses. Surface morphology of the hybrid film changed from smooth surface containing tiny spikes to rougher surface containing large protrusions during heattreatment temperatures of 60 300°C and became smooth surface containing very fine spikes at 500°C, corresponding to a change hydrophobicity behavior from contact angle measurement. The suitable condition for preparation of hydrophobic coating from this current recipe was at the PDMS/TiO2 volume ratio of 1.00 2.33 and heat-treatment temperature of 60°C. All the films were transparent regardless of post heat-treatment temperature. However, the films containing higher content of PDMS were slightly more transparent.
Effect of nitrogen sources on durum wheat ( Triticum durum desf . ) yield and yield components under Mediterranean rainfed environment

Nitrogen (N) fertilization constitutes one of the most important wheat cropping practice. In addition to ammonium-nitrate which was the most used In Tunisian agriculture, many N chemical sources were introduced recently. A field study was conducted on three durum wheat genotypes. Ammonium sulfate nitrate (ASN) and urea fertilizers N source were used to generate seven N levels. The experiment was designed as a split-split-plot arrangement with three replications. In addition to plant high (H), yield and yield component parameters were measured as: number of spike per m (NS), number of grains per spike (NG), thousand kernel weight (TKW), average yield (Y). The results showed a positive correlation between N levels and all measured parameters. Only thousand kernel weight (TKW) was significantly affected by the interaction of genotypes, N sources and levels. In addition, ASN was more efficient than urea as N source. ASN Nitrogen source was more efficient with an average yield increase of 6.05% for ‘Karim’, 3.70% for ‘Om Rabia’ and 8.98% for ‘Nasr’ compared to urea. The highest yield (40.86 qx/ha) was obtained by ‘Om Rabia’ under the highest ASN treatment (93.8 KgNha). This efficient genotype under ASN showed an increase of H (22.67%), TKW (2.57%), NS (1.28) and NG (1.61) compared to urea. Our results showed that ASN was a more efficient N source than urea due mainly to its mineral and available form for wheat roots.
ASSESSMENT OF EJACULATE QUALITY IN ROOSTERS OF THREE LAYING LINES

The aim of this study was to examine the semen quality in roosters of three laying lines used in breeding in Czech Republic. The maternal lines Bar Plymouth Rock (BPR – 08) and Rhode Island Red (RIR – 05), and the maternal line Light Sussex (SU – 07) were used. Ejaculates were collected four times during laying period of hens by dorso-abdominal massage. The following parameters were determined: volume, concentration of spermatozoa, motility and total sperm abnormality. Statistically significant differences were found in volume of ejaculate between all three lines (from 0.55 to 0.80 cm3). The highest volume as well as the highest concentration of spermatozoa (2.39 × 106/mm3) were found in BPR. Statistically significant differences were found also in motility of spermatozoa between BPR and RIR (68.59 vs. 77.19%). However, very high percentage of sperm abnormality were found in all three lines (from 56.29 to 72.63%). This phenomenon may be caused by transportation of ejaculate into laboratory. It was concluded that ejaculate quality varied widely among examined lines, although the maternal line SU seemed to be the weakest of all three lines.
Clinical outcome in neurally adjusted ventilatory assist: A review

Background: Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a support mode of mechanical ventilation in which the ventilator is triggered by an electrical signal from the diaphragm (EAdi). Beneficial effects on physiological parameters are unequivocal. However, the effect of NAVA on clinical endpoints is unclear. The aim of this review was to assess the effect of NAVA on clinical endpoints. Methods: A systematic review was performed using PubMed. Inclusion criteria were: Adult intensive care population, comparison between NAVA and other modes of ventilation and clinical outcome parameters or patient-related outcome measures (PROMs). Exclusion criteria were: Animal studies, paediatric studies and language other than English, German or Dutch. Results: 538 articles were screened and six articles remained. Three used clinical outcome measures and three reported PROMs. No difference in mortality or other primary endpoints could be shown, but beneficial effects in secondary endpoints were seen. In one study positive effects of NAVA seemed to be more associated with measurement of EAdi than with NAVA mode itself. This effect might have biased the results of the other included studies. Regarding PROMs, no clinically relevant increase in comfort could be shown. One study revealed an increase in quality and quantity of sleep. Conclusions: Studies regarding clinical outcome with NAVA are sparse. No robust advantage of NAVA on primary endpoints was shown. The presented advantages were possibly attributed to asynchrony detection, instead of NAVA mode itself. Future research should aim to differentiate between recognition of asynchrony and the effects of NAVA mode itself.
Evaluation of Characteristics of Knowledge Base Completion Models

As the backbone of the semantic web, knowledge graphs are emerging as important sources for machine readable applications. As a consequence, the utility of those applications will depend on the quality and completeness of knowledge bases. Large and especially non-curated knowledge bases are prone to containing false facts as well as missing facts which is why the completion and refinement of knowledge bases is increasingly getting in the focus of industry and research. Given an existing knowledge base the task of predicting new facts (Link Prediction) as well as detecting false facts is known as Knowledge Base Completion (KBC). KBC and related inference and reasoning tasks on knowledge graphs are successfully addressed by feature models for relational data which embed entities and relations in vector spaces of low latent dimensions. With the advantage of a common framework we implemented and evaluated low-complex state of the art models and based on our extensive empirical results on two benchmark datasets drew conclusions for best practices and configurations. Apart from Link Prediction we employed a classification task to verify the soundness and usefulness of the learned embeddings.
Effective Feedback in Second Language Acquisition : Oral Feedback vs . Written Feedback

The role of corrective feedback (CF) is debated in second language acquisition (SLA). It has not been unequivocally shown that corrective feedback is effective in SLA, in particular not in the case of on-line processing, as in writing second language (L2) proficiency. Hence, the way in which it is provided for the learners should be taken into account as it makes an impact on the learners' comprehension of the presented comments (Ferris, 2003; Thonus, 2002). The central question in this project is whether oral or written feedback has a significant effect on increasing the knowledge of EFL learners‘writing production. Based on this, the present study aimed at identifying the types of teacher corrective feedback based on its form and purpose, investigating the effects of different types of teacher corrective feedback on Iranian EFL learners‘ writings and determining the types of revisions that the language learners make to their writings as a result of TCF they receive. To this end, this study was conducted among 58 advanced EFL learners studying General English classes. The present study has qualitative and quantitativeexplored fifty EFL learners‘ preferences for receiving error feedback on different grammatical units as well as their beliefs about teacher feedback strategies. Finally, the findings of the study show that the L2 learners‘level of writing ability influences by written feedback on errors pertinent to particular grammatical units and their writing performance.
Gender Disparity in the Development of Coronary Vasospasm Without Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Artery Disease

Objective: To determine gender differences in the risk factors for coronary vasospasm (CVs) and the effect of hypertension associated with inflammation on the prediction for CVs in patients without hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and Results: We examined 722 patients (39% women) who underwent diagnostic coronary angiography with or without proven CVs and without CAD (>50% stenosis) during an 8-year period. The levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), measured immediately before coronary angiography, were examined in a subset of 375 patients. For women, only the highest hs-CRP tertile (>3 mg/L) was independently associated with CVs (odds ratio [OR]: 3.21; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.28 to 8.07), while hypertension was negatively associated with CVs (OR: 0.42; 95% CI: 0.19 to 0.94). For men, age (>58 years) and the highest hs-CRP tertile were independently associated with CVs, with the highest tertile being the most significant factor (OR: 2.88; 95% CI: 1.35 to 6.18). The ORs (95% CI) of CVs in the highest hs-CRP tertile for both women and men reduced from 6.01 (1.45 to 24.88) to 1.48 (0.48 to 4.51), and 6.35 (1.96 to 20.56) to 2.69 (1.00 to 7.21), if they had hypertension, respectively. Conclusions: We found gender disparity of risk factors for developing CVs; additionally, hypertension was negatively associated with CVs development. The study population had a negative interaction between hypertension and hs-CRP for CVs.
MODELLING NAPL SOURCE ZONE FORMATION IN STOCHATICALLY HETEROGENEOUS LAYERED MEDIA – A COMPARISON WITH EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

Understanding and characterisation of subsurface occurrences of DNAPLs are important for the assessment of mass transfer from entrapped sources. Subsurface NAPL migration and the formation of immobile source zones of groundwater contamination were studied using soil flume experiments. The saturated medium is a two-layered mildly dipping system with known, stochastically generated, heterogeneity. Spatial NAPL distributions were monitored continuously using multiple energy x-ray attenuation techniques, which allows precise measurements of fluid saturations. Digital images were also taken. Experimental results are compared to preliminary modelling results using two constitutive models: BCB by Brooks and Corey (1964) and Burdine (1953) and VGM by van Genuchten (1980) and Mualem (1976), both including a simple model of NAPL entrapment. Results indicate that the final immobile NAPL distribution is largely governed by capillary barriers during, infiltration, displacement and immobilisation of the NAPL. The description capillary pressure – fluid saturation relations is therefore a key factor in the modelling of NAPL source zone formation. Both constitutive models reproduced the main features of the NAPL migration but overestimated immobile NAPL saturations in coarse sands enclosed by capillary barriers as well as the speed of migration. A hysteretic constitutive model is deemed likely to improve model results.
2 . 3 Prospects and Challenges of Using Microbial Inoculants in the Mountain Ecosystem with Reference to Indian Himalayan Region

During the past few decades, agricultural production has increased on account of the use of high yielding varieties and chemical fertilizers and pesticides, to supplement nutrition and control phytopathogens, respectively. Although the use of chemicals has several advantages, such as ease of handling and predictable results, several problems related to the continuous addition of chemical fertilizers to the soil have also been recognized, such as deleterious effect on soil ecology, high irrigation needs, as well as effect on human health (Pandey and Kumar 1989; Gloud 1990; Harman 1992). Excessive use of chemicals and change in traditional cultivation practices have caused deterioration in the physical, chemical, and biological health of cultivable land (Paroda 1997). Therefore, the health of a wide range of agricultural production systems, in the wake of shrinking land resources and diminishing biological potential of the soil, and overall biological wealth need to be suitably addressed. There is no simple or single solution to these complex ecological, socioeconomic, and technological problems, facing those engaged in promoting sustainable advances in agricultural biotechnology (Swaminathan 1999). The agricultural policy in India has undergone a major change in recent years to meet the increased demand of food through diversification and emphasis on sustainable production systems. The latter is a consequence of problems associated with the nonjudicious use of fertilizers and pesticides, as well as low purchasing
Theoretical Views of Autonomy and Autonomy Development

This article was originally published in the online Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, published by Elsevier, and the attached copy is provided by Elsevier for the author's benefit and for the benefit of the author's institution, for non-commercial research and educational use including without limitation use in instruction at your institution, sending it to specific colleagues who you know, and providing a copy to your institution's administrator.
The Effectiveness of Physics Mobile Learning (PML) with HomboBatu theme to Improve the Ability of Diagram Representation and Critical Thinking of Senior High School Students

Citation: Saputra, M. R. D. , & Kuswanto, H. (2019). The Effectiveness of Physics Mobile Learning (PML) with HomboBatu theme to Improve the Ability of Diagram Representation and Critical Thinking of Senior High School Students. International Journal of Instruction, 12(2), 471-490. https://doi.org/10.29333/iji.2019. 12230a Received: 22/09/2018 Revision: 01/02/2019 Accepted: 11/02/2019 OnlineFirst:17/03/2019
Why Encode Limb and Body Displacements in the Velocity Domain ? Neurophysiological and Behavioral Evidence

Performing voluntary actions often requires using more than one sensory modality. However, different modalities provide information in different domains. For example, vision primarily gathers information in the positional domain while the inner ear primarily encodes information in the acceleration domain. This chapter presents neurophysiological and behavioral evidence for the use of visual and vestibular information in the velocity domain during perceptual and sensorimotor activities. Specifically, for activities of daily living requiring the use of visual and vestibular information, it is argued that the central nervous system preferentially converts sensory cues into the velocity domain prior to implementing the multisensory combination and integration processes relevant to perception and action.
Provincial and Regional Capital Mobility in China : 1978-2006 February 18 , 2011

We examine provincial and region capital mobility in China and track how the degree of mobility has changed over time from 1978 to 2006, during periods of economic reform. The effects of fiscal and redistributive activities of different levels of government in China on private capital mobility are taken into account. Our results show that there is a significant improvement in capital mobility over time in China, particularly for private capital in the more developed regions. The central and provincial governments, via their taxation, spending, and transfers, loosen the relationship between private saving and investment and appear to promote capital mobility, particularly for less developed regions. JEL classification: C22, C23, F21
Paper 2004-06 Intra-Industry Trade Liberalization , Wage Inequality and Trade Policy Preferences

This paper presents a simple theoretical model that connects the prevalence of intra-industry trade (IIT) with increased wage inequality from trade liberalization in skilled and unskilled countries. Provided that a country is diversified, skilled workers gain at the expense of unskilled workers from symmetric multilateral trade liberalization. Based on the theoretical results, we empirically examine whether skilled labor is more supportive of trade liberalization than unskilled labor across 24 countries with different levels of IIT activity and skill endowments. The empirical results suggest that skilled workers in twenty-two of the twenty-four countries surveyed are more likely than unskilled workers to oppose protection and by extension favor trade liberalization. The marginal effects on opposition to protectionism by skilled labour are the largest in those countries that are most abundant in human capital and that have the largest proportion of intra-industry trade within the skill-intensive sector but still positive in the majority of the least human capital endowed countries. Further, the results from our pooled regressions confirm our prediction that intra-industry trade and exports of high-tech goods have an impact on the trade policy preferences across both skilled and unskilled labour. JEL Codes: F11, F12
A Game-Based Learning Model

The purpose of this research is to design a conceptual model and develop an implementation as a proof of concept of game-based learning (GBL)to support linguistic skills acquisition. Our model lays the foundations of game-based learning by defining methods, processes, and procedures to support the development of game-based learning systems. Integration of learning and gameplay raises various issues, among them the learning process, learning content, and game characteristics. Language competency is fundamental to academic and social success. Vocabulary acquisition is a primary basis for language competency. Word lists and dictionaries have been used as a resource to enrich vocabulary. The general trend in dictionary development is towards the introduction of interactivity and visualization. Not only do they effectively capture the traditional didactic concepts, modern e-dictionaries provide structures and functions that support and encourage learning. To a certain extent, they can be viewed as a scaled down version of game-based learning, in which we see effective alternatives to acquire linguistic skills, specifically in the context of the Arabic language. GBL supports a multi-modal learning environment and various forms of learning strategies, such as exploration, interactivity, and active participation. A basic issue we are facing is the definition of a model of GBL. To delimit the progress in GBL modeling, we review some existing Arabic games intended for education of children. We found that there are very few games for learning Arabic dedicated to children. We analyzed several games for learning Arabic in terms of the nature and organization of the contents, gameplay, interactivity, graphics and assessment. Generally, they are simplistic and tend to revolve around the same trivial idea. Overall, there is a lack of quality in the presentation in terms of graphics, animation, colors, and voice-over. None of these Arabic games shows a systematic design process. Moreover, to synthesize the dominant features and trends, we conducted a comparison of current dictionaries features in different
Filtering safe drinking water through granulated ceramics

Introduction Worldwide, the predominant problem with drinking water is a prevalence of pathogen contamination. According to a United Nations fact sheet, 80 percent of wastewater reenters the environment untreated. An estimated 1.8 billion people use water sources contaminated with pathogens from untreated urban wastewater, agricultural runoff, and other contaminated water sources, which expose them to increased risk of water-borne pathogens such as cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio. The problem is most pronounced in countries at the lower end of the economic spectrum that tend to lack wastewater management infrastructure such as sewer systems and water treatment plants. Modular filters based on silver-coated ceramic granules
The role of exosomal microRNAs; focus on clinical applications in breast cancer

Despite several advances in targeted therapies for breast cancer, breast-cancer-associated death remains high in women. This is partially due to the lack of reliable markers predicting metastatic disease or recurrence after initial therapy. Recent research into the clinical validity of circulating cancer-specific biomarkers as a “liquid biopsy” is of growing interest. Of these, exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) are promising candidate biomarkers for clinical use in breast cancer. In addition to their diagnostic value, exosomal miRNAs play an important role in predicting clinical outcome or treatment response. In this review, it is focused on the findings concerning exosomal miRNAs in relation to disease detection, prognostic impact and therapeutic effect in breast cancer, and discuss their clinical utility.
Twice-universal coding

Assume that A is a finite alphabet; Ωi is a set of Markov sources of connectedness i that generate letters from A (i = 1, 2, . . .) and Ω0 is a set of Bernoulli sources. A code is proposed whose redundancy as a function of the block length on each Ωi is asymptotically as small as that of the universal code that is optimal on Ωi (i = 1, 2, . . .). A generalization of this problem to the case of an arbitrary countable family of sets of stationary ergodic sources is considered. Problems of Information Transmission, 1984, 20:3, 173–177
Contribution LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES ON ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE OF HORSES AFTER VACCINATION AGAINST EQUINE INFLUENZA VIRUS AND EQUINE HERPES VIRUS 4 / 1

PURPOSE: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of booster vaccination of horses with multivalent vaccine against equine herpes virus 4/1 and equine influenza virus (EIV) on some acute phase response indices – classical pathway of complement activation (CPCA), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and some clinical parameters. METHODS: Nine Hanoverian geldings were divided into two groups: group А – 3 non-vaccinated animals and group B – 6 revaccinated animals. Horses from group B were vaccinated one year ago against EHV 4/1 and EIV. CPCA was assayed as per the method of Mayer, modified for horses and ESR – by the method of Westergren. Pulse rate (PR), respiratory rate (RR) and rectal temperature (RT) were also monitored throughout the 14-day experimental period. RESULTS: In horses from group B, a substantial increase in haemolytic activity of CPCA was established (24 -72 h), enhanced ESR (by the 72 nd h), accelerated PR by the 24 th h within the reference range, no statistically significant changes in RR and absence of fever. CONCLUSIONS: The changes in acute phase response parameters CPCA, ESR, PR, RR and RT after revaccination of horses could provide information for their health status with respect to their performance and participation in competitions.
A Long-Swing Model of the Inflation-Deflation Cycle in Hong Kong *

This paper examines inflation in Hong Kong. Unit root tests suggest that the inflation series is non-stationary. However, the unconditional distribution of inflation appears to change culminating in the current deflation. We employ a two-regime Markov-Switching model to decompose price dynamics into a sequence of stochastic segmented time trends. The non-linear specification appears to provide a superior conditional characterisation of the data over the more usual random walk. There is strong evidence of asymmetric persistence as the inflationary regime is relatively more volatile and persistent than the deflationary regime.