Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of inorganic and organic selenium supplementation on the laying performance, egg quality and immune status of coloured broiler breeder hen

The present experiment is planned to study the effect of inorganic and organic selenium supplementation on the laying performance, egg quality and immune status of coloured broiler breeder hens. 144 numbers of 40 week-old coloured broiler breeder hens were randomly distributed into 6 dietary treatment groups with three replicates with 8 chicks per replicate. The dietary treatments were: T1 (Control group): Basal diet; T2: Basal diet with 0.3 ppm of inorganic Se (SS-0.3); T3: Basal diet with 0.6 ppm inorganic selenium (SS-0.6); T4: Basal diet with 0.3 ppm of organic selenium(SY-0.3); T5: Basal diet with 0.6 ppm of organic selenium(SY-0.6); and T6: Basal diet with 0.3ppm sodium selenite+0.3 ppm selenium yeast(SS-0.3+SY-0.3). The supplementation was continued for 12 weeks. After 6 and 12 weeks of experimental feeding period body weight, hen day egg production (%), hatchability (%), antioxidant enzymes, immunity parameters and selenium bioavailability in serum and egg was estimated. There was no significant difference in body weight, laying performance of broiler breeder hen between the treatments. Hatchability study in 52 wk birds supplemented with both in organic and inorganic selenium groups showed significantly higher percentage control groups. No significant difference found in egg weight and other egg quality parameters like albumen and yolk height, length and width and shell thickness. Higher GSHPx activities were observed in all the selenium groups but higher SOD was seen in SY-0.3, SY-0.6 and SS-0.3 +SY-0.3 groups in comparison to control but no effect was seen in catalase activity of the birds. In 46 and 52 week there was significantly lower of MDA was seen in all the selenium supplemented groups. Significantly higher CBH response was seen all the selenium supplemented groups and organic and mixed supplemented groups showed higher response than inorganic groups. The titre against SRBC was significantly higher in SS0.6, SY-0.6 and mixed supplemented groups than SS-0.3, SY-0.3 and control groups. Among the supplemented groups organic (SY-0.3 and SY-0.6) and mixed (SS-0.3+SY-0.3) groups showed higher values in serum selenium concentration than the inorganic supplemented groups (SS-0.3, SS-0.6). Higher egg selenium content was observed in SY-0.6 and SS-0.3 +SY-0.3 than other groups. From the above experiment it was found that feeding of organic selenium at both the doses to the coloured broiler breeder hens improved the egg hatchability, antioxidant enzyme activity, immunity and bioavailability of selenium in comparison with inorganic selenium. Therefore it is recommended that 0.3ppm of organic selenium should be supplemented to the broiler breeder hen.
Mesozooplankton and Ichthyoplankton composition in two tropical estuaries of Bahia, Brazil

The objective of this study was to describe the composition of two mesozooplankton and ichthyoplankton estuarine communities in Jandaira, Bahia (Tabatinga River), impacted by a shrimp farm; and in Conde, Bahia (Itapicuru River), a pristine estuary. Samples were collected through horizontal hauls using a net (200 μm mesh size), coupled to a flowmeter, during the ebbing and flooding tides in April, August and December, 2007. In the Tabatinga and Itapicuru Rivers 76 and 92 taxa were registered. The most abundant groups were Pseudodiaptomus richardii and Disco sp. Acartia lilljeborgi was also dominant at Tabatinga, while Temora sp. and decapod larvae were predominant in Itapicuru River, which also presented higher densities for most planktonic taxa, particularly fish larvae. A descriptive analysis of the main taxa´s spatial distribution and new geographical records of Disco sp. , P. richardi , Pontellopsis villosa , Macrosetella gracilis , Microsetella rosea , Gonyiopsillus brasiliensis , Agetus flaccus and Ergasilus caraguatatubensis were presented.
Continuous Decision Making in Optimal Reservoir Operation Using DP-ANN 630

An algorithm of simulated annealing for the job shop scheduling problem is presented. The proposed algorithm restarts with a new value every time the previous algorithm finishes. To begin the process of annealing, the starting point is a randomly generated schedule with the condition that the initial value of the makespan of the schedule does not surpass a previously established upper bound. The experimental results show the importance of using upper bounds in simulated annealing in order to more quickly approach to good solutions. It is demonstrated that the proposed algorithm is quite competitive when is compared with results of other algorithms of simulated annealing reported in literature. Key-Words: Job shop, upper bound, scheduling, makespan, simulated annealing.
THE SINS/zC-SINF SURVEY OF z ∼ 2 GALAXY KINEMATICS: REST-FRAME MORPHOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND COLORS FROM NEAR-INFRARED HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE IMAGING

We present the analysis of Hubble Space Telescope (HST) J- and H-band imaging for 29 galaxies on the star-forming main sequence at z ∼ 2, which have adaptive optics Very Large Telescope SINFONI integral field spectroscopy from our SINS/zC-SINF program. The SINFONI Hα data resolve the ongoing star formation and the ionized gas kinematics on scales of 1–2 kpc; the near-IR images trace the galaxies’ rest-frame optical morphologies and distributions of stellar mass in old stellar populations at a similar resolution. The global light profiles of most galaxies show disk-like properties well described by a single Sérsic profile with n ∼ 1 ? > , with only ∼ 15 % ? > requiring a high n > 3 ? > Sérsic index, all more massive than 10 10 M ⊙ ? > . In bulge+disk fits, about 40% of galaxies have a measurable bulge component in the light profiles, with ∼ 15 % ? > showing a substantial bulge-to-total ratio (B/T) B / T ≳ 0.3 ? > . This is a lower limit to the frequency of z ∼ 2 massive galaxies with a developed bulge component in stellar mass because it could be hidden by dust and/or outshined by a thick actively star-forming disk component. The galaxies’ rest-optical half-light radii range between 1 and 7 kpc, with a median of 2.1 kpc, and lie slightly above the size–mass relation at these epochs reported in the literature. This is attributed to differences in sample selection and definitions of size and/or mass measurements. The ( u − g ) rest ? > color gradient and scatter within individual z ∼ 2 massive galaxies with ≳ 10 11 M ⊙ ? > are as high as in z = 0 low-mass, late-type galaxies and are consistent with the high star formation rates of massive z ∼ 2 galaxies being sustained at large galactocentric distances.
Practical robust MIMO OFDM communication system for high-speed mobile communication

This thesis presents the design of a communication system (PRCS) which improves on all aspects of the current state of the art 4G communication system Long Term Evolution (LTE) including peak to average power ratio (PAPR), data reliability, spectral efficiency and complexity using the most recent state of the art research in the field combined with novel implementations. This research is relevant and important to the field of electrical and communication engineering because it provides benefits to consumers in the form of more reliable data with higher speeds as well as a reduced burden on hardware original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The results presented herein show up to a 3 dB reduction in PAPR, less than 10-5 bit errors at 7.5 dB signal to noise ratio (SNR) using 4QAM, up to 3 times increased throughput in the uplink mode and 10 times reduced channel coding complexity.
C O ] 3 J an 2 01 8 On certain edge-transitive bicirculants

A graph Γ of even order is a bicirculant if it admits an automorphism with two orbits of equal length. Symmetry properties of bicirculants, for which at least one of the induced subgraphs on the two orbits of the corresponding semiregular automorphism is a cycle, have been studied, at least for the few smallest possible valences. For valences 3, 4 and 5, where the corresponding bicirculants are called generalized Petersen graphs, Rose window graphs and Tabačjn graphs, respectively, all edgetransitive members have been classified. While there are only 7 edge-transitive generalized Petersen graphs and only 3 edge-transitive Tabačjn graphs, infinite families of edge-transitive Rose window graphs exist. The main theme of this paper is the question of the existence of such bicirculants for higher valences. It is proved that infinite families of edge-transitive examples of valence 6 exist and among them infinitely many arc-transitive as well as infinitely many half-arc-transitive members are identified. Moreover, the classification of the ones of valence 6 and girth 3 is given. As a corollary, an infinite family of half-arc-transitive graphs of valence 6 with universal reachability relation, which were thus far not known to exist, is obtained.
SCHUR-GEOMETRIC CONVEXITY OF STOLARSKY'S EXTENDED MEAN VALUES

In the recent years, the Schur convexity and Schur-geometrically convexity of Stolarsky’s mean values have attracted the attention of a considerable number of mathematicians and researchers. In this paper, the Schur-geometric convexity of Stolarsky’s extended type mean values are discussed. AMS Subject Classification: 26D10, 26D15
GIANT GAMMA-RAY BUBBLES FROM FERMI-LAT: ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEUS ACTIVITY OR BIPOLAR GALACTIC WIND?

Data from the Fermi-LAT reveal two large gamma-ray bubbles, extending 50° above and below the Galactic center (GC), with a width of about 40° in longitude. The gamma-ray emission associated with these bubbles has a significantly harder spectrum (dN/dE ∼ E−2) than the inverse Compton emission from electrons in the Galactic disk, or the gamma rays produced by the decay of pions from proton–interstellar medium collisions. There is no significant spatial variation in the spectrum or gamma-ray intensity within the bubbles, or between the north and south bubbles. The bubbles are spatially correlated with the hard-spectrum microwave excess known as the WMAP haze; the edges of the bubbles also line up with features in the ROSAT X-ray maps at 1.5–2 keV. We argue that these Galactic gamma-ray bubbles were most likely created by some large episode of energy injection in the GC, such as past accretion events onto the central massive black hole, or a nuclear starburst in the last ∼10 Myr. Dark matter annihilation/decay seems unlikely to generate all the features of the bubbles and the associated signals in WMAP and ROSAT; the bubbles must be understood in order to use measurements of the diffuse gamma-ray emission in the inner Galaxy as a probe of dark matter physics. Study of the origin and evolution of the bubbles also has the potential to improve our understanding of recent energetic events in the inner Galaxy and the high-latitude cosmic ray population.
Comparison of three cell block techniques for detection of low frequency abnormal cells

Correspondence: Steven A Hecht Hologic Inc, 250 Campus Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752, USA Tel +1 508 263 8694 Fax +1 508 263 2970 Email steven.hecht@hologic.com Background: The Cellient Automated Cell Block System rapidly creates paraffin-embedded cell blocks by using vacuum filtration to deposit a layer of cells on a filter and infiltrate those cells with reagents and paraffin. This study used a “tracer” cell model to mimic low frequency abnormal cells and compare detection and representative sampling with simple sedimentation, Richard-Allan HistoGelTM, and Cellient cell block techniques. Methods: Tracer cells were a cultured cell line (CaSki) fixed in methanol, prestained in solution with hematoxylin, and quantified using a hemacytometer. Tracer cells were diluted in a 10-fold dilution series ranging from 100 to 0.1 tracer/mL in a background of pooled clinical serous effusion specimens. Ten replicates of each dilution were processed using each cell block method, and the resulting blocks were cut to produce two slides from each block. The slides were deparaffinized, counterstained with eosin, cover-slipped, and screened for the presence of tracer cells. Blocks were considered to be representative of the specimen if tracer cells were detected on either of the slides. If no tracer cells were observed on either slide, the block was recut to generate a third slide. If tracer cells were seen on the third slide, the block was considered representative of the specimen. Results: Tracer cells were identified on the initial slides for 20 of 40 (50.0%) simple sedimentation, 21 of 40 (52.5%) of HistoGel, and 25 of 40 (62.5%) of Cellient cell blocks. Representative sampling of the 1 tracer/mL specimen was 10.0% for simple sedimentation and 30.0% for HistoGel and Cellient. Only Cellient showed representative sampling of the 0.1 tracer/mL specimen. Conclusion: The Cellient System blocks demonstrated representative sampling at the lowest tracer cell concentration compared with simple sedimentation and HistoGel.
Artistic Research in Music versus Musicological Musicianship

Artistic Research in Music versus Musicological Musicianship Artistic research has fully established itself in the curricula of higher musical education in Europe. The strong associations between artistic research in music and music-making in service of research pose a challenge for those traditional musicologists and ethnomu- sicologists who wish to incorporate music-making in their research practices. Especially with the emergence of an ever stronger artistic research scene in the genre of folk music, it may be argued that the role of music-making as a method for ethnomusicological en-
"LEARNING TO SPEAK WEB 2.0": TEACHER-LIBRARIANS PLAYING WITH 21 ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES

Introduction: This paper presents the initial findings of a study that looked at students‟ experiences with and reactions to learning about Web 2.0 tools. The research questions guiding this study were: How effective is a graduate-level course in helping teachers and teacher-librarians learn about and integrate new Web 2.0 technologies? And, What are the knowledge, skills, and attributes that these teachers and teacher-librarians develop as a result of undertaking this inquiry? Method: Participants were students enrolled in a graduate-level technology course offered through the Teacher-Librarianship by Distance Learning program at the University of Alberta. The major assignment for the course was an inquiry on Web 2.0 and students were required to write blog posts as they explored 10 new tools. Results: The major source of data for this paper came from the first blog posts, which were analyzed and then categorized into four main themes: feelings, experiences, design of the blog, and challenges. Conclusions: Although this paper only reports on the initial stages of the study, early analysis of all the data indicates that this course has been a great success in helping teachers and teacher-librarians learn about and integrate new Web 2.0 technologies into their personal and professional lives.
Title : Diamond-Like Carbon Films for Electroluminescent Applications

approved: Redacted'for privacy Dr. John F. Wger White electroluminescence (EL) was observed for the first time from diamond-like carbon (DLC) films at room temperature. Electroluminescence was observed by the application of ac voltages in excess of 200 V to a metalinsulator-semiconductor (i.e. DLC)-insulator-metal (MISIM) device structure. For EL applications, three types of the DLC films were prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) using a commercially available reactor (Semi-Group System 1000). The plasma excitation frequency was either 13.56 MHz or 100 kHz and the system has a capacitively coupled, parallel plate configuration in which the substrate electrode was either grounded or powered. DLC films were deposited using a source gas mixture of 10 % methane diluted in helium. The critical temperature for obtaining a DLC deposition was found to be a function of the electrode spacing. Using the conventional electrode spacing of 25 mm, it was not possible to deposit DLC films above 200°C. When the electrode spacing was decreased to 14.5 mm, however, DLC films were obtained at substrate temperatures up to 300°C. The optical bandgap of the DLC films could be varied from 2.2-3.0 eV using typical process deposition parameters. In contrast to other reports, the optical bandgap did not strongly depend on the deposition temperature, rf power, or pressure. A reduction in optical bandgap of thermally annealed DLC films was observed, compared to that of the asdeposited DLC films. The films also exhibited photoluminescence (PL) which was observed at room temperature. The EL and the PL spectra were compared. The PL peak energy shifts were observed by decreasing measuring temperature and by changing the deposition power. Periodic oscillations in the PL spectrum were observed when a low optical pumping energy was used; these oscillations were attributed to C-H wagging modes. Diamond-Like Carbon Films for Electroluminescent Applications by Seung-Bae Kim A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Completed July 11, 1988 Commencement June 1989
And Now, The Rest of the News: Volatility and Firm Specific News Arrival

Starting with the advent of the event study methodology, the puzzle of how public information relates to changes in asset prices has unraveled gradually. Using a sample of 28 large US companies, we investigate how more than 3 million firm specific news items are related to firm specific stock return volatility. We specify a return generating process in conformance with the mixture of distributions hypothesis, where stock return volatility has a public and a private information processing component. Following public information arrival, prices incorporate public information contemporaneously while private processing of public information generates private information that is incorporated sequentially. We refer to this model as the information processing hypothesis of return volatility and test it using time series regression. Our results are evidence that public information arrival is related to increases in volatility and volatility clustering. Even so, clustering in public information does not fully explain volatility clustering. Instead, the presence of significant lagged public information effects suggest private information, generated following the arrival of public information, plays an important role. Including indicators of public information arrival explains an incremental 5 to 20 percent of variation in the changes of firm specific return volatility. Contrary to prior financial information research, our investigation favors the view that return volatility is related to public information arrival.
Board of Directors: The Perspective of Independents in the Performance of Private Organizations? Evidences in Brazil

ABSTRACT Purpose: The study seeks to verify the influence of the board of directors’ independence on the performance of BM&FBOVESPA listed companies and to analyse which agency conflicts influence the performance of the board of directors. Originality/value: The factor of Brazil being an emerging country which lacks a strict legal system and control factors against corruption in these environments and the public sectors emphasizes the importance of applying the best corporate governance practice code in the main developed countries, reflecting the need for effective supervisory bodies that contribute to better financial performance of companies. Design/methodology/approach: The study involved a quantitative survey using a sample of 33 companies in the highway operating segment and 220 reports from 2010 to 2016. A fixed-effects regression model with panel data was used for analysis. Findings: The results were statistically significant for the board’s independence variables, which confirm the theory that the presence of independents as members of the board positively influences financial management and the company that holds the executive member and chairman of the board positions has a negative effect. The size of the board did not present statistical significance.
REVIEW 13 c / 12 c fractionation by marine diatoms

The '"C/C distributions in plants record the integrated pattern of photosynthetic carbon acquisition. Most planktonic marine algae arc. small, relatively rare and hard to separate from background particles, so that very few investigat~ons have used 6 ' " ~ to study algal photosynthesis in the sea. Diatoms are perhaps the best studied group among the marine microalgae, and this review summarizes current knowledge of effects of temperature, salinity, pH, growth rate and CO2 conccntrations on diatom 6I3C. External CO, concentrations have the strongest effect demonstrated thus far on 13C/''C distributions and Isotope fractionation, with the largest isotopic discriminations found in high CO2 conditions. Both models and culture studies suggest that 6°C values record the balance between algal growth demand versus supply of inorganic carbon In seawater, and that carbon isotope studies can be used to probe the diversity of algal carbon acquisition strategi.es in the sea.
Thermal unities and yield of pearl millet genotypes sown in two seasons

The aim of this work was to evaluate the accumulation of thermal unities (TU) and biomass on pearl millet genotypes sown in rainy and dry seasons, without fertilization or irrigation, in a randomized complete block design. In the rainy season, the BRS 1501 cycle was 76 days, requiring 1,239 TU, while ENA 1 had a cycle of 82 days, with 1,325 TU, both with the same biomass and grain yield. The genotype Souna III accumulated 1,352 TU; its biomass yield was the highest. At flowering, in the rainy season, BRS 1501 accumulated 517 TU, with the lowest biomass, while ENA 1 accumulated 545 TU and higher biomass. At the dry season, BRS 1501 showed a cycle of 80 days, requiring 1,123 TU, while ENA 1 had a cycle of 76 days, with 1,074 TU, with no significant difference for biomass and grain yield. At flowering, in this season, ENA 1 and BRS 1501 accumulated 447 TU and 461 TU, respectively, and there was no significant difference for biomass. The genotype ENA 1 can be used for biomass production for minimal tillering cultivation, and BRS 1501, for biomass and grain production, especially in the dry season.
Research network position and innovative performance: Evidence from the pharmaceutical industry

This paper explores how and why collaboration with different types of partners and the position within a research network can affect firms’ innovative performance in terms of product innovations. A detailed empirical analysis is carried out in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. This industry is characterized by a rapidly developing, complex, and dispersed knowledge base, where one would expect positive benefits from collaboration and the position within a network for innovative output. The paper uses a unique dataset in pharmaceutical cancer research based on scientific co-publications and new drug approvals. We apply social network analysis and count data regressions. We observe that collaboration with a diverse set of partners from academia and the network position in terms of eigenvector centrality is positively related to product innovation. However, we do not find a general positive association between collaboration, particularly with biotechnology companies, and product innovation or between central network positions and product innovation. Therefore, these results require a re-assessment of the role of scientific collaboration and biotechnology companies in the development of the pharmaceutical industry.