Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Taxonomic Transfer of the Red Algal Genus Gloiosaccion to Chrysymenia (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodymeniales), Including the Description of a New Species, Chrysymenia pseudoventricosa , for the Gulf of Mexico

Gloiosaccion Harvey, with type G. brownii (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodymeniales), is a red algal genus characterized by the presence of large, hollow and saccate vesicle-shaped thalli arising from small solid axes. Whereas Gloiosaccion has traditionally been viewed as being closely related to Botryocladia (Agardh) Kylin, a multi-marker phylogenetic analysis based on chloroplast-encoded rbc L and UPA and nuclear LSU rDNA sequences instead places Gloiosaccion brownii and G. pumila in the Chrysymenia clade that includes the generitype C. ventricosa (Lamouroux) J. Agardh. Gloiosaccion is reduced to synonymy with Chrysymenia J. Agardh, a taxonomic move first advocated by De Toni in 1900. In addition to C. brownii (Harvey) De Toni, “Gloiosaccion” brownii var. firmum Harvey and “ G. ” pumilum J. Agardh are recognized as the distinct species Chrysymenia coriacea comb. et stat. nov. and C. pumila ( J. Agardh) Weber-van Bosse, respectively. A new species, C. pseudoventricosa sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate specimens going under the name C. ventricosa (J.V. Lamouroux) J. Agardh from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
The role of pre‐event canopy storage in throughfall and stemflow by using isotopic tracers

Stable isotopes can be a valuable tool for tracing the redistribution, storage, and evaporation of water associated with canopy interception of rainfall. Isotopic differences between throughfall and rainfall have been attributed to three mechanisms: evaporative fractionation, isotopic exchange with ambient vapor, and temporal redistribution. We demonstrate the potential importance of a fourth mechanism: rainfall mixing with water retained within the canopy (in bark, epiphytes, etc.) from prior rain events. Amount and isotopic composition (18O and 2H) of rainfall and throughfall were measured over a 3‐month period in a Douglas‐fir forest in the Cascade Range of Oregon, USA. The range of spatial variability of throughfall isotopic composition exceeded the differences between event‐mean isotopic compositions of rainfall and throughfall. Inter‐event isotopic variation of precipitation was high and correlated with the isotopic deviation of throughfall from rainfall, likely related to a high canopy/bark storage capacity storage bridging events. Both spatial variability of throughfall isotopic composition and throughfall–precipitation isotopic differences appear to have been controlled by the temporally varying influence of residual precipitation from previous events. Therefore, isotopic heterogeneity could indicate local storage characteristics and the partitioning of flow‐paths within the canopy. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Knowledge Angels: fostering innovation in knowledge-intensive business services through creative individuals - Observations from Canada, China, France, Germany and Spain

Our paper focuses on the role and function of individuals with specific characteristics and talents that are working in so-called knowledge-intensive business services or KIBS. The most interesting aspect of KIBS with respect to innovation is the fact that they are not only highly innovative companies, but additionally foster innovation activities in their client firms, i.e. in other services or – particularly – in manufacturing companies. They are achieving this through delivering special knowledge to their clients, i.e. knowledge that is tailored to the specific demand of client firms.
Website Design and Mobility: Culture, Gender, and Age Comparisons

Anytime/anywhere services offered through mobile commerce hold great potential to serve customers in wireless environments. However, there is limited understanding of how to best tailor mobile interaction and design for individual differences. This paper seeks to explore the influence of individual differences (namely culture, gender and age) on the design (namely information design, navigation design and visual design) and satisfaction of mobile devices. Sixty subjects who differ on cultural, gender and age dimensions were tested in a controlled laboratory experiment on a mobile product, an Internet enabled phone. The results of this exploratory analysis were inconclusive in terms of cultural and gender differences, but significant differences were found between older and younger subject groups. Consistent with findings in the stationary Internet domain, design elements were found to impact satisfaction with mobile services. Implications and limitations of this research are presented, emphasizing the importance of additional investigations.
Trinidad selected hybrids: An investigation of the phenotypic and agro-economic traits of 20 selected cacao cultivars

A recurrent breeding programme was very successfully conducted over a period of 60 years by the Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs (MFPLMA) Trinidad and Tobago, and has resulted in the production of the Trinidad Selected Hybrid (TSH) varieties. The aims were to obtain Ceratocystis wilt (CR) and Witches’ Broom (WB) resistance, large bean size and low pod index (PI) while maintaining the traditional fine or flavour bean quality. The parental types used were ICS 1 (for large bean size), SCA 6 (for Witches Broom (WB) resistance), POUND 18 (strong vigour, CR) and IMC 67 (CR, high yielding). Other types used, to a lesser extent, were ICS 95 and POUND 7. The objectives of this study were to facilitate the identification of 20 selected TSH varieties in the field and to examine the phenotypic diversity among them. In addition, evaluation of their commercial and breeding value, in terms of yield potential, compared to the parental types was undertaken. Morphological characterization of the TSH varieties was based on 23 fruit and 12 flower traits. Traits observed for the 5 parents included 9 based on fruits and 7 on flowers. The coefficient of variation of the quantitative flower and fruit traits of the TSH varieties ranged from 6.9% to 11.5% and 5.4 % to 16.6%, respectively. The characteristics of economic interest, viz. bean number, cotyledon weight and Pod Index (PI) ranged from 42.2 ± 2.42 to 61.4 ± 2.89; 0.74g ± 0.02 to 1.49g ± 0.06 and 12.0 ± 0.67 to 26.1 ± 0.7, respectively. The varieties with the best yield potential were TSH 730, 1095, 1102, 1104, and 1362. TSH 1102 was outstanding with the largest number of beans and ovules. A large improvement in bean traits and PI has been observed in the TSH progeny. Principal Components Analysis revealed a clear separation of the parental types from the progeny that was also found using Cluster Analysis. Wet bean weight, PI, pod width, number of beans and cotyledon weight contributed significantly to the separation of the varieties in the first plane of the Principal Component plot.
AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CULTURE-IFRS MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP IN JORDAN

This paper investigates the mutual relationship between Jordanian practitioners’ individualistic/collectivistic cultural orientation and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). It explores Jordanian accountants’ perception of the importance of IFRS, the IFRS-embedded cultural values attributed to those accountants, and whether adopting IFRS has contributed to change their cultural orientation. A three-part questionnaire distributed to 81 Jordanian accountants reveals that their cultural orientation is more collectivistic than individualistic. Moreover, accountants who have practiced only IFRS have a more individualistic orientation than those with long experience with the pre-IFRS standards. As the paper analyses only one cultural dimension (i.e., collectivistic versus individualistic), further research should explore other cultural dimensions, such as power distance, masculinity and uncertainty avoidance, religion and language, and their interrelationships with IFRS. Our findings should be relevant to other countries, especially those with developing or emerging economies, as they strive to improve the effectiveness of their corporate financial information.
Differential loggerhead by-catch and direct mortality due to surface longlines according to boat strata and gear type

Surface longline gears are used to fish different species, mainly albacor e Thunnus alalung a (Bonnaterre, 1788), bluefin tun a Thunnus thynn us (Linnaeus, 1758), and swordfish Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, and are considered highly dangerous for threatened marine turtles. Loggerheads Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) can be incidentally captured by surface longlines. A number of captured individuals die during the fishing operation, which we consider direct mortality due to fishing. We analysed the relative loggerhead by-catch and direct mortality associated with each type of boat and gear from April to December during the period 1999-2004 in the Spanish surface longline fleet that fishes in the western Mediterranean Sea, an important fishing area for this fleet. We used different indices to compute the catch per unit effort (CPUE) according to the number of hooks and to the number of fishing operations for each type of boat and gear. Both by-catch and direct mortality differed significantly according to the type of boat and gear. With respect to the number of hooks, boats longer than 12 m not using a roller and targeting bluefin tuna captured the highest number of loggerheads, whereas boats longer than 12 m with a roller that targeted swordfish caused the highest direct mortality. With respect to the number of fishing operations, boats longer than 12 m without a roller that targeted albacore captured the highest number of loggerheads; the highest direct mortality was caused by this type of boat and by boats longer than 12 m using a roller and targeting swordfish.
Forensic use of Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819): the first cases indicating postmortem interval for human corpses in Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia is a country on the Balkan Peninsula without any history of forensic entomology use even when insects are the only available indicators of time since death. Here, we report forensic entomology cases in which the necrophagous blow fly Chrysomia albiceps was used for the first time to estimate the time between death and the discovery of the corpse or the postmortem interval (PMI). This is the first record of this species in Macedonia.
Spatial variability of stream bed scour and fill: a comparison of scour depth in chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) redds and adjacent bed

Scour depth in egg pockets of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) egg nests (redds) in a short gravel-bed spawning reach (45 × 20 m) of Kanaka Creek, British Columbia, was not significantly different from that in the adjacent bed during 1997-1998 winter flood events, whereas the scour depth in tailspills of redds was greater. Over the course of the incubation period, none of the egg pocket locations (zero of four), all of the tailspills (three of three), and 17% of the immediately adjacent bed locations (three of 18) scoured to the assumed egg burial depth of 15 cm below the initial postspawning surface elevation. Egg pocket scour depth has not previously been monitored, and the reliance of earlier studies on tailspill monitoring as an indication of redd scour may have led to faulty assessment of embryo loss. Only one flood event, which exceeded bankfull, caused widespread and deep scour and fill. Despite implementation of the most spatially intensive array of wiffle-ball scour monitors to date, scour was so .
The role of bacillus pasteurii on the change of parameters of sands according to temperature compresion and wind erosion resistance

Microorganisms have played a critical role in geological processes and in the formation of soils throughout geological time. It is hypothesized that biological activity can also affect soil properties in short engineering time-scales. Nowadays, Bio-grout is a new soil improvement method based on microbiologically induced precipitation of calcium carbonate. For this purpose, bacteria, which are able to convert urea into ammonium and carbonate, are injected into the soil, followed by a solution containing urea and calcium chloride and therefore it is produced carbonate precipitates with calcium. The calcium carbonate crystals form bridges between the sand grains, which increases the strength of the sand mass. In this study, focus is placed on bio-mediated calcite precipitation of sands and Sporosarcina pasteurii was chosen for the experimental part of the study. This study has examined the effect of temperatures and the soil compaction amount on optimising calcite precipitation induced by sporosarcina pasteurii. The result demonstrated that most bacterial activities were seen on 60◦C and according to the tests result, medium compaction (Dr 56%) is the best case for compatibility between the soil grain characteristics and bacteria size for transportation. It seems bio-mediated treatment techniques can result in the improvement of soil properties and increased the soil strength in wind erosion resistance test.
Anemia in the Elderly Population

Anemia is a clinical condition whose incidence increases with age. It represents a severe risk factor with adverse outcomes, including hospitalization and mortality. In population-based studies, the incidence of anemia in the elderly was found to be 16.8% in women and 17.5% in men, but 30.7% in men of 85 years and older. The aim of the study was to identify the most important factors responsible for the incidence of anemia in the elderly. Pubmed was used, and we searched for the most important epidemiological and clinical studies conducted over last 10 years on anemia in the elderly population. After a comprehensive and standardized evaluation, only studies that accurately determined the causes of anemia and their proportion in older adults were considered. Anemia has been classified into three major classes: nutrient deficiencies, chronic disease or inflammation, and unexplained anemia. Malnutrition is a frequent, underevaluated clinical condition, including iron, folate or B 12 deficiencies, and accounts for one-third of all anemia in the elderly. The anemia of chronic disease (ACD) develops specifically in patients suffering from chronic inflammatory diseases, such as auto-immune disorders, cancer or chronic infections, or in patients undergoing dialysis. In ACD, cytokines and macrophages play a fundamental role. Unexplained anemia (UA) is the most relevant group, due to the reduction of hypoxia/erythropoietin-sensing mechanisms, oxidative stress, sarcopenia, and sex hormone reduction accounting for more than one-third of all anemia. The correct diagnosis allows physicians to perform the best therapeutic strategies that include energy, protein diet, and iron supplementation, erythropoietin, androgen administration and blood transfusion. J Hematol. 2014;3(4):95-106 doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.14740/jh182w
PROBABILISTIC EVALUATION OF SEISMIC PERFORMANCE FOR A STEEL MOMENT FRAME USING DAMAGE INDICES

Reliable predictions of seismic structural damages are of essential importance in earthquake engineering. In order to make proper and effective decisions in post-earthquake situations, it is necessary to have realistic estimations of the extent of seismic damages occurred in individual structures. For this purpose, structural damage indices can be very useful. Defined in a variety of forms, they can serve as strong analytical tools needed to calculate different aspects of structural damages caused by earthquakes. This study aims to provide a comparison among some of the well-known analytical damage indices, within the scope of seismic performance evaluations, and using a probabilistic framework. A sample 5-storey special moment-resisting frame is modeled using OpenSees. Damping, seismic mass, yield strength and ultimate strength of steel are described as probabilistic variables, and random realizations of the structure are generated using Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) method. Sample frames are then analyzed through Extended IDA. Increasing levels of damage, due to increasing levels of strong ground motion intensity, are described with the selected set of seismic damage indices. Considering the results, each damage index displays a different pattern for IDA curves based on the response parameters used in it. Seismic performance levels, as defined in some seismic design criteria, are correlated to the order of damage indices’values. Also, statistical dispersion in a set of damage values corresponding to a particular performance level is different for each index, indicating different levels of sensitivity to epistemic uncertainties among damage indices. 1779 Available online at www.eccomasproceedia. org Eccomas Proceedia COMPDYN (2017) 1779-1796 © 2017 The Authors. Published by Eccomas Proceedia. Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of COMPDYN 2017. doi: 10.7712/120117.5528. 17007 Behrouz Asgarian, Behnam Ordoubadi
Laboratory Study on Grout Injection for Improving Subgrade of Airfield Pavements

This paper shares the authors' experience of using low pressure grouting to improve the subgrade performance. The first part of the paper introduced a case history where low pressure grouting was applied in weakened subgrade of the active airport pavements in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). The treated areas seemed to have been improved and only one of all eight treated areas had reoccurrence of depression. However, the performance of the treated area was difficult to be evaluated. The latter part of the paper investigated the effectiveness of grout injection through laboratory experiments. The laboratory equipment used for the grout injection tests included an injection mold and a steel tank of 1 m length x 0.6 m wide x 0.6 m depth for subgrade soil sample. Three grout types namely neat cement grout, fly ash cement grout, bentonite cement grout were used for this study. Six tests were conducted on sandy soil samples to examine the effect of grout type on the effectiveness of injection. The sandy soil was compacted to approximate 80 % of the maximum dry density. The injection pressure was fixed at 0.5 MPa. Insitu CBR test was also conducted to determine the strength of the grouted sample. The results showed that the fly ash cement grout could penetrate further than the neat cement grout; however its strength was lower than the neat cement grout.
The influence of performance-based management on teaching and research performance of Finnish senior academics

Despite the widespread use of performance-based management in higher education, empirical research on its actual impact has remained scarce, particularly in Europe. With agency theory as a framework, our study utilised survey data collected from Finnish universities in order to explore the influence of performance management on perceived teaching and research performance of senior academics. Our findings suggest that, although academics hold a quite positive view of performance measurement as such, this attitude does not correlate with perceived high performance in either teaching or research. Moreover, our results suggest that perceived high performance among academics still relates primarily to acknowledgement from the academic community and academic achievement rather than to measurement and financial incentives.
INTERACTION OF NAD+AND NADP+WITH NATIVE AND PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE-MODIFIED GLUCOSE 6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE PURIFIED FROM STREPTOMYCES AUREOFACIENS

Interaction of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase from S. aureofaciens with NAD+, NADP+and glucose 6-phosphate were investigated using different fluorescent probes. Binding of NAD+, NADP+and S-NADPH to the native enzyme quenched intrinsic protein fluorescence by 100%, 10% and 21%,respectively, from which Kd values of NAD+ (6.5 mM), NADP+ (92.0 μM) and S-NADPH (122.0 μM)were calculated. Binding of NAD+, NADP+ and S-NADPH to the pyridoxylated enzyme in whichpyridoxal 5`-phosphate occupied a glucose 6-phosphate site, quenched the fluorescence of the pyridoxalgroup on the enzyme by 20%, 57% and 96%, respectively. Kd values for the pyridoxylated enzyme werealso calculated for NAD+ (1.0mM), NADP+ (301.0μM) and S-NADPH (151.0μM). When NAD+ wasbound to the native enzyme-S-NADPH complex, to which S-NADPH was bound to only one subunitleaving the other free, the S-NADPH fluorescence was quenched with a 10 nm blue shift in its emissionspectrum. NADP+ binding, however, enhanced S-NADPH fluorescence. The fluorescence of S-NADPHbound to the pyridoxylated enzyme was enhanced upon NAD+ binding with a 5 nm blue shift, whileNADP+ binding had no effect. A substrate analog, glucose 1-phosphate, inhibited the enzymecompetitively with respect to glucose 6-phosphate and uncompetitively with respect to NAD+. Bindingof NAD+ to enzyme-glucose 1-phosphate complex quenched protein fluorescence (44%) with decreasingKd value from 6.5 mM in the absence of glucose 1-phosphate to 2.2 mM in its presence. NADP+,however, showed opposite effects. The data demonstrated that S.aureofaciens glucose 6-phosphatedehydrogenase undergoes different conformational changes upon NAD+ and NADP+ binding, andmodification of glucose 6-phosphate binding site by pyridoxal 5`-phosphate pulls the enzyme in aconformation suitable for NAD+ binding.
Evaluation of Triticale Genotypes in Terms of Yield Stability for the Southern Marmara Region

This research was conducted in three different locations of, Turkey, during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 growing seasons. In this study, eight triticale genotypes were used as trial material. The triticale genotypes C9, C11, Nx2015(17) and Nx2003(12), based on high grain yield and high stability, were identified as promising genotypes for the region. In particular, genotypes C9 and Nx2003(12) were considered to be stable genotypes, in terms of grain yield, for the southern Marmara region of Turkey because of their minimal Sdi2 and bi values near 1. In addition, genotype Nx2003(12) had a higher grain yield than the general mean. Accordingly, this genotype is recommended as having especially good adaptability in all environments.
Knowledge management performance measurement: A review

This paper presents a review on performance measurement of knowledge management (KM). The purpose of this paper is to provide an overall picture of the various types of approaches for KM performance evaluation. Different tools or models published in the literature are described and compared, and research directions are discussed. Future development directions for KM performance evaluation identified from this review include: (1) consideration of external factors, (2) integration of multiple methods, (3) development of external benchmarking tools, and (4) application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) in KM. Key words: Knowledge management, performance measurement, literature review.
Managing the dimensions of relationship marketing in the food service industry

The present paper proposes a new instrument for measuring relationship marketing that is uniquely designed for the foodservice industry. In particular, the underlying dimensions of relationship marketing as perceived by customers are identified. The proposed 31-item instrument is empirically tested for unidimensionality, reliability and validity using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. A factorial analysis suggests that relationship marketing is a multidimensional construct consisting of four key dimensions: trust, communication, empathy and commitment. A subsequent multiple regression analysis reveals that all of the dimensions are positively correlated with customer loyalty and trust is the most important dimension.