Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Potential distribution of the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in Northeastern Mexico

Introduction: The ocelot ( Leopardus pardalis ) is a Neotropical cat which is threatened by illegal hunt and habitat destruction in the Mexican territory. Mexican and American authorities are interested in promoting their conservation. The MaxEnt algorithm allows modeling the potential distribution of elusive species, for instance, the ocelot. This has been based on trustable presence records and some other information about the habitat condition. This work was developed with the aim of generating important information about the species in Northeastern Mexico, especially, with the purpose of determining its potential distribution. Methods : Our study was conducted in six physiographic subprovinces (PSP) in the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi. Sixty-trhee recent records about the ocelot were obtained, 41 through literature and 22 from field surveys , between May 2006 to May 2009. In order to develop a prediction model which let us know the animal potential distribution, twenty-seven bioclimatic, topographic, vegetation and anthropic variables were used through the MaxEnt software. Results: The model AUC was of 0.8221±0.009. The most related variables about the ocelot presence were: precipitation of wettest month and quarter, human population density, terrain elevation, vegetation type, vegetation cover and distance to roads. The potential distribution area covers 20.8% of the study area. The PSP showing the highest potential distribution were: Llanuras y Lomerios (7.4%), Carso Huasteco (4.8%), Gran Sierra Plegada (4.5%), and Sierras y Llanuras Occidentales (3.4%). The Llanura Costera Tamaulipeca PSP showed lower potential distribution; meanwhile, Llanuras de Coahuila y Nuevo Leon and Sierras y Llanuras del Norte de Guanajuato were not suitable distribution for ocelot. Discussions and conclusions: In order to obtain the ocelot potential distribution model we use recent information collected through field work and surveys. Through this, we could achieve a robust model, where were relevant both bioclimatic and landscape variables. There are patches of habitat important in size and quality for ocelot. The PSP with the roughest landscape were the ones where the highest presence of the species. This study complements the ocelot distributional range in Northeastern Mexico and providing important information about the habitat quality in that portion of the country, as well as the difficulty to possible connectivity between Mexico and USA.
Informes da avaliação de genótipos de girassol 2011/2012 e 2012.

Caracteristicas gerais da Rede de Ensaios de Avaliacao de Genotipos de Girassol. Resultados dos Ensaios Finais de Primeiro e Segundo Ano ? safra 2011/2012: Encruzilhada do Sul (RS), Vacaria (RS), Hulha Negra (RS), Caxias do Sul (RS), Londrina (PR), Curitiba (RS). Locais nao considerados na analise conjunta. Analise conjunta. Resultados dos Ensaios Finais de Primeiro e Segundo Ano ? safra 2011/2012: Passo Fundo (RS), Rio Pardo (RS), Sao Gabriel (RS), Veranopolis (RS), Londrina (PR), Campo Mourao (PR), Umuarama (PR). Locais nao considerados na analise conjunta . Analise conjunta. Resultados do Ensaios Finais de Segundo Ano ? safrinha 2012: Projeto Jaiba (MG), Planaltina (DF), Rio Verde (GO), Vilhena (RO) Ensaio A, Vilhena (RO) Ensaio B, Teresina (PI), Urucui (PI), Sao Joao do Piaui (PI), Mata Roma (MA), Colinas (MA). Locais nao considerados na analise conjunta. Analise conjunta. Resultados dos Ensaios Finais de Primeiro Ano ? safrinha 2012: Nova Porteirinha (MG), Uberlândia (MG), Planaltina (DF), Palmas (TO), Vilhena (RO) Ensaio A, Vilhena (RO) Ensaio B, Vilhena (RO) Ensaio C. Locais nao considerados na analise conjunta. Analise conjunta. Lista dos genotipos de girassol avaliados e registrados no Ministerio da Agricultura, Pecuaria e Abastecimento ? MAPA.
Morphological study of cultivated cowpea Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. Importance of ovule number and definition of cv gr Melanophthalmus

More than 400 cultivated cowpea accessions were studied using 29 morphophysiological characters. The analysis of data contrasts evolved cultivars and more primitive cultivars (and wild forms) according to seed size on the one hand and early and late flowering (under inductive conditions) on the other hand. The latter character is markedly correlated with ovule number. Photosensitive and early-flowering photoindependent cultivars have 11-17 ovules per pod and late flowering photoindependent cultivars have 16-25 ovules per pod. The analysis leads to assigning the accessions studied to the following different cultigroups: cv gr Unguiculata, cv gr Sesquipedalis, cv gr Biflora and cv gr Melanophthalmus, the latter newly separated from cv gr Unguiculata. (O InraElsevier, Paris.)
Frequency of Hearing Impairment among Full-term Newborns in Yazd, Iran

Objective Permanent congenital hearing loss, a common congenital anomaly, may affect speech and language acquisition, academic achievement and social development. Current standards emphasize early recognition of congenital hearing loss. This study was conducted to find the prevalence of hearing impairment in term newborns in Yazd, Iran. Methods This was a descriptive-analytic study conducted in Yazd on 7250 term newborns. Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) test was performed in all newborns during the first 24 hours after birth. Those who failed to respond at the first step were retested 15 days later. Those who failed to respond at the second step too, were tested by acoustic brainstem responses (ABR) test. Chi square test was used for data analysis. Findings From 7250 newborns in the first step 598 (8.2%) and 682 (9.4%) ears (right and left, respectively) failed. In the second step 51 (0.7%) and 58 (0.8%) ears (right and left, respectively) failed. Consanguinity and route of delivery had significant effect on the frequency of hearing loss. Conclusion The overall frequency of congenital hearing loss in this study was found high.
THE DETERMINANTS OF FORWARD-LOOKING DISCLOSURE: A CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE

The main objective of this study is to explore empirically the corporate governance mechanisms in UAE that may affect the extent to which forward-looking information is disclosed. This study utilizes a sample of firms that are listed in either the Dubai Financial Market or the Abu Dubai Securities Market. It uses the accounting and market data available for 2007-2009. This study concludes that three of the corporate governance mechanisms [i.e., institutional investors; ownership (> 10%); debt ratio] have a negative impact on the level forward-looking information disclosure; whereas the governmental investors and ownership (5-10%) are found to have a positive effect on the level of forward-looking information disclosure. These results raise questions about the validity of the "active monitoring hypothesis", which states that the presence of institutional investors should increase the level of disclosure, and also about the agency argument which assumes that debt is a good mechanism to discipline management.
Vibrational excitation of methane by slow electrons revisited: theoretical and experimental study

We have calculated and measured differential and integral cross sections for vibrationally inelastic scattering of electrons by methane molecules. The calculations were carried out using the discrete momentum representation (DMR) method. We solved the two-channel Lippmann–Schwinger equation in the momentum space. The interaction between the scattered electron and the target molecule is described by the exact static-exchange potential. Correlation–polarization forces were included by a simple local density functional theory potential of Perdew and Zunger (1981 Phys. Rev. B 23 5048). The cross sections calculated in this way agree very well with our measurement and with other more recent experimental data, but are larger than some older experimental and theoretical results.
Interweaving Autonomous Learning and Peer-tutoring in Coaching EFL Student-Teachers

In this article we share the findings on the exploration of undergraduate EFL (English as a Foreign Language) student-teachers’ professional preparation and autonomous practices. Participants were tutees who attended tutorial sessions with peers in higher semesters. In this context, tutoring was based on a model we designed. As the model was implemented, they collected information by means of multiple qualitative research instruments. Results indicate that tutees’ learning process was strongly influenced by their personality and attitudes. Similarly, tutees expanded their views in regard to the English language, its learning, and their communicative competence. Finally, we pinpoint some considerations for others interested in adopting this pedagogical strategy.
Do Psychiatric Disorders Affect Color and Number Preferences

Objectives: The relationship between psychiatric disorders and color preference has been an interesting area of investigation. Also, the results of previous studies dealing with the relationship between psychiatric disorders and color and number preference have remained controversial. Comparison of the psychiatric patients and healthy subjects with regard to favorite color and number has not been studied in Turkey. Method: The study group consisted of 464 patients referred to the Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital Psychiatry Clinic and diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder according to the DSM-IV-TR criteria. The control group consisted of 211 healthy subjects. Favorite colors were requested as a selection from the Luscher Color Test. Then, the patients and healthy subjects were told to choose their favorite number between zero and nine. Findings: The most frequently preferred favorite colors were blue for both the patients and healthy subjects. Blue was preferred significantly more frequently by the control group. Regardless of diagnosis group, blue and red were the most preferred colors for all patients and there was no statistically significant significance among the disorders. Seven was the most often preferred favorite number in both the patient and control groups. Although no statistically significant sex differences in favorite number preference were present in the patient group, males in the control group preferred the number 7 significantly more frequently than did females. Among the different psychiatric disorders, there was no significant difference in either color or number preference. Discussion and Conclusion: The results of study were similar to those from other studies, suggesting a relationship between color-number preference and sociocultural content. On the other hand, the present study demonstrates that cultural milieu and gender differences are more important than psychiatric diagnosis in color and number preferences.
Evaluation of pulp wood quality of selected tropical pines raised in the high ranges of Idukki District, Kerala.

The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the pulp wood quality of selected tropical pines viz, Pinus caribaea Morelet, P. patula Schldl. et Cham. and P. oocarpa Schiede, grown in research trials of the Kerala Forest Department. The research plots were located in the humid tropical high ranges of Idukki district of Kerala The objective was to evaluate their wood quality as well as their potential for pulp and paper manufacture based on the wood physical, chemical and anatomical properties including fibre properties and derived fibre ratios. Increment core samples were collected at breast height from trees selected at random from plots of each species belonging to different age classes. These samples were subjected to intensive wood property analysis to find out radial variation (pith, middle, and periphery), species variation and influence of age on different wood properties. The study revealed that Pinus caribaea performed better within the accepted range suitable for pulp and paper making properties for specific gravity, tracheid morphology and fibre ratios. P. patula and P. oocarpa also were also found to be promising species for pulp and paper with better derived fibre ratios. However, in terms of chemical composition, P. oocarpa had an edge over other species with higher cellulose and lower lignin contents .
Cultural and physiological variation among isolates of Fusarium udum (Butler) causing wilt of pigeonpea

The fourteen isolates of Fusarium udum (Butler) were studied for their discernible characters such as the colour of mycelium, pigmentation of substrate, type and amount of mycelia growth, sporulation, virulence and nutritional requirement. All the isolates were found to be pathogenic though they differed in the per cent disease incidence. The isolate DHO was highly virulent as compared to other isolates. The mycelial growth of 14 isolates of Fusarium udum (Butler) on Czapek’s dox agar basal medium with different carbon, nitrogen sources, temperature and pH varied.
Evaluation of the Use of Attitude Resources in the Undergraduate Students’ Argumentative Speech

Appraisal Resources is the developmental theory of Halliday’s interpersonal meaning proposing by Martin and White (2005) in which it evaluates the language meaning in the discourse. This study focused on attitude as a subsystem of appraisal resources. This study investigated comparison of the use of attitude between high and low ability students in argumentative speech. This study employed qualitative research in the form of spoken discourse analysis to examine 16 argumentative speeches within the framework of Appraisal Resources (Martin & White, 2005). The instruments applied Argumentative Speech Rubric adapted by Brown (2003) and Stevens and Levi (2005) to assess high and low ability as well as the appraisal resources checklist to determine the distribution of appraising items of attitude in high and low ability students’ argumentative speech, especially in affect, judgement, and appreciation as the subsystems of attitude. This study revealed that both high and low ability students were more dominant to use appreciation in their speeches. Thus, this study showed that speeches of high and low ability students were more appreciative than emotional or judgemental to align their personal voices in conveying their utterances and building strong persuasion through argumentative speech.
The accretion-ejection connexion in T Tauri stars: jet models vs. observations

Abstract Key observational constraints for jet models in T Tauri stars are outlined, including the jet collimation scale, kinematic structure, and ejection/accretion ratio. It is shown that MHD self-collimation is most likely required. The four possible MHD ejection sites (stellar surface, inner disk edge, extended disk region, magnetosphere-disk reconnexion line) are then critically examined against observational constraints, and open issues are discussed.
An Infrared Rainfall Algorithm for the MCSs Prevailing over the South China Sea in the Mei-Yu Season

The goal of this paper is to evaluate the feasibility of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Precipitation Index (GPI) technique for the mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) prevailing over the northern part of the South China Sea in the Mei- Yu season. The rain rate retrievals using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager were used a~ the oceanic validation data. The global rain threshold, 235 K, and the global GPI coefficient, 3 mm/h, of the GPI technique were adjusted using a method combining the microwave and infrared rain observations from the TRMM satellite. Once the TRMM rainfall observations were not available, IR rain observations from the Japanese Geostationary Meteorological Satellite 5 (GMS-S) provided rainfall information off shore using the adjusted GPI formula. During a period with numerous rainfalls (from 1 May to 12 June 1998), a total of 60 TRMM overpasses were computed in the statistics. Nineteen of these overpasses contained active convections. The average IR rain threshold is 216 K for cases with a spatial averaging scale of 1°. This technique cannot provide adequate rainfall information under such spatial and temporal requirements for the overpasses without active convections. The optimal advantage of the adjusted GPI technique is the simplicity of its calculation and that it demonstrates adequate ability for monitoring MCS induced rainfalls.
YIELD PERFORMANCE OF STRAWBERRY GENOTYPES

Five strawberry genotypes ('Rabi 3', 'Camarosa', 'BARI Strawberry 1', 'BADC Strawberry' and 'Festival') were evaluated for their field performance. The maximum number of leaves/plant (14.2), canopy spread (31.82 cm) and runners/plant (7.2) were found with 'Camarosa', 'Festival' and 'Rabi 3' respectively. Festival took the lowest number of days to flower initiation (32.5). The highest number of flowers (23.64) and fruits/plant (19.98) were found in 'Camarosa'. The heaviest (21.83 g) and the largest sized individual fruit (1539.31 mm 2 ) were produced by 'Festival'. Fruit TSS (%) was the highest (15.83) in BARI Strawberry 1. Genotype 'Festival' gave the highest fruit yield (12.94 t/ha) and 'BADC Strawberry' yielded the lowest (6.15 t/ha). Considering growth, yield and quality of fruit, genotypes 'Festival' and 'Camarosa' were found promising under the climatic condition of Salna.
Depression and playfulness in fathers and young infants: physical play with peaks of emotional excitement in 3-month father-infant interactions

Background: Depression in fathers in the postnatal period is associated with an increased risk of some adverse child developmental outcomes. One possible mechanism for the familial transmission of risk is through the negative effects of depression on parenting and the parentchild relationship. So far, evidence indicates that depressed fathers tend to be more withdrawn in their early interactions. However, the interaction dimensions studied to date may not be able to detect and accurately classify unique features of father-infant play – including physically stimulating and highly rousing episodes of play. Hence, in this matched design comparison study, we set out to examine, for the first time, links between diagnosed paternal depression in the postnatal period and playfulness in father-infant interactions. Methods: Fathers and their infants were assessed when the infants were 3 months old. Paternal depression was diagnosed using a structured psychiatric interview. Currently depressed (n=19) and non-depressed (n=19) fathers were individually matched on age and education. Fathers were filmed playing with their children. Four dimensions were coded for paternal playfulness during free-play: physicality, playful excitation, tactile stimulation and active engagement. Results: Depressed fathers, compared to non-depressed fathers, engaged in fewer episodes of playful excitation (mean scores: 0.71 vs.2.53, p = 0.005), less gentle touch (mean time: 38.57 vs. 53.37, p = 0.015) and less active engagement (mean scores: 2.29 vs 3.24, p = 0.044). When controlling for infant fretfulness, the findings remained largely unchanged. Limitations: The sample size was small and the sample was limited to mostly white, welleducated fathers. Conclusions: Playful paternal behaviours as early as 3 months differ between fathers with and without depression. These changes may help in understanding children’s risk in relation to paternal psychopathology and could be a target for future family interventions.
Non-Chemical Weed Control in Winter Canola (Brassica napus L.)

Cultural practices, management techniques and product quality are important factors which can influence the field heath and food security. Application of low input agriculture strategies, like as organic farming will result to high quality and safe products. In order to reduce herbicide use and enhancing quantity and quality of canola seed (cultivar Hyola308) a field experiment was conducted at Varamin, Iran, on 2007- 2008 growing season. Seven experimental treatments consisted of Chemical weed control using Trifluralin (2.5 l.ha -1 ) + sethoxydim (1.0 l.ha -1 ), integrated reduced dose of the same herbicides to between rows cultivation, twice cultivation, integrated pre-irrigation (25 days before sowing) to cultivation at stem elongation stage, black plastic mulch, weed-free and uncontrolled weed were arranged in randomized complete blocks with four replications. Results indicated that canola grain yield, yield components, oil percent were significantly decreased due to weed interference. The highest crop height, leaf area index, grain and oil yield obtained from black plastic mulch treatment. This non-chemical treatment has also significantly reduced weed density and dry matter. However there was no significant difference between plastic mulch and integrated control treatments (pre-irrigation + cultivation). Since mulching practices in trade canola fields is so difficult and relatively expensive, simple integrated (agronomic and mechanical) weed control treatment including irrigation the field 25 days before planting with the aim of removing emerged winter weeds via seedbed preparation practices + cultivation at stem elongation stage could be recommended.
Hydrological hysteresis in catchments and its value for assessing process consistency in conceptual models

While most hydrological models reproduce the general flow dynamics, they frequently fail to adequately mimic system-internal processes. In particular, the relationship between storage and discharge, which often follows annual hysteretic patterns in shallow hard-rock aquifers, is rarely considered in modelling studies. One main reason is that catchment storage is difficult to measure, and another one is that objective functions are usually based on individual variables time series (e.g. the discharge). This reduces the ability of classical procedures to assess the relevance of the conceptual hypotheses associated with models. We analysed the annual hysteric patterns observed between stream flow and water storage both in the saturated and unsaturated zones of the hillslope and the riparian zone of a headwater catchment in French Brittany (Environmental Research Observatory ERO AgrHys (ORE AgrHys)). The saturated-zone storage was estimated using distributed shallow groundwater levels and the unsaturated-zone storage using several moisture profiles. All hysteretic loops were characterized by a hysteresis index. Four conceptual models, previously calibrated and evaluated for the same catchment, were assessed with respect to their ability to reproduce the hysteretic patterns. The observed relationship between stream flow and saturated, and unsaturated storages led us to identify four hydrological periods and emphasized a clearly distinct behaviour between riparian and hillslope groundwaters. Although all the tested models were able to produce an annual hysteresis loop between discharge and both saturated and unsaturated storage, the integration of a riparian component led to overall improved hysteretic signatures, even if some misrepresentation remained. Such a system-like approach is likely to improve model selection.