Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact of Drip Fertigation on Yield and Nutrients Uptake by Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)

Water and nutrient management are the key factors for successful cultivation of vegetable crops, which responds well to nutrient and irrigation regime. In crop intensive agriculture, both irrigation and fertilizer management have contributed immensely in increasing the yield and quality of crops. Water plays vital role in improving plant growth and crop production; it is the most limiting factor in Indian agricultural scenario. In India, the potential for the drip irrigation system is estimated to be 21.27 mha (Narayanamoorthy, 2008). Water saving from drip irrigation system varied from 12 to 84% for different crops besides increasing the production of crops. Due to water scarcity, the available water resources should be very effectively utilized through water saving International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 8 (2017) pp. 1409-1416 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Adding a Different Taste: EFL Teachers’ Experiences with Collaborative Writing

In the middle of writing pedagogy mainstream which places writing as solitary activity, collaborative writing has been emerged as a promising activity. This study reveals EFL teachers’ experiences in teaching using collaborative writing. Giving them space to share their experiences becomes an academic effort to make their voice to be heard by other EFL writing practitioners. The study is approach through narrative inquiry which primarily focuses on EFL university teachers’ experiences in firstly engaging with collaborative writing, and in managing collaborative writing. Three EFL writing teachers who have had process pedagogy and have intensively applied collaborative writing for some years, were asked to write their experiences in the narrative frame and interviewed to gain deeper information about their experiences. The findings reveal about the teachers’ main reasons of applying collaborative writing, the teachers’ dynamic feelings on teaching using collaborative writing, and teachers’ way in managing the collaboration. Recollecting those important experiences becomes intellectual resources for better collaborative writing class. Further exploration on effective patterns of collaborative writing will be worth investigating.
7-1-2013 Motivations For BYOD : An Investigation Of The Contents Of A 21 st Century School Bag

Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) is an emerging socio-technical phenomenon in both businesses, and increasingly, in schools-where it is being advocated for ICT enabled learning. The later has not, to date, received as much research attention as the former. Despite accelerating adoption, the factors that affect students’ use of BYOD are still not well articulated. This research determines those factors that affect secondary school students’ use of BYOD. We used a modified version of Taylor and Todd’s (1995) decomposed Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to evaluate antecedents to behavioural intention to BYOD. We received 386 responses from 9 New Zealand secondary schools. The results show that students’ behavioural intention to use their own device is substantially influenced by their attitude and moderately influenced by their subjective norms and perceived behavioural control.
Social networks as centres of language codification : Romani on YouTube

nominal marker -ipen north of Great Divide -ipe south of Great Divide -imos Romania, Moldova and Ukraine Consonant Prothesis jnorth of Great Divide None south of Great Divide Vowel Prothesis aRomania, Moldova and Ukraine, out-migrant Vlax None other 2SG.PERF marker -al western and central Europe, Finland -an other Copula root hSinti-Manouche, some dialects of Transylvania, Macedonia, (all persons); central Europe, Finland, Balkans (third person) sother Intrusion in copula -ij-/-insouthern Europe None elsewhere Subjunctive copula ovBalkans, Romungro avelsewhere; Vlax Demonstrative pronouns kada, kava, kado, akava, ada, kadava, etc. Dialect specific Table 2: Dialectal features investigated
Hitting the Jackpot or Hitting the Skids: Entertainment, Poverty, and the Demand for State Lotteries

State-sponsored lotteries are a lucrative source of revenue. Despite their low payout rates, lotteries are extremely popular, particularly among low-income citizens. State officials laud the benefits of lottery proceeds and promote the fun and excitement of participation. This entertainment value is one explanation for lottery demand by the poor: individuals with lower incomes substitute lottery play for other entertainment. Alternatively, low-income consumers may view lotteries as a convenient and otherwise rare opportunity for radically improving their standard of living. Bad times may cause desperation, and the desperate may turn to lotteries in an effort to escape hardship. This study tests these competing explanations. We examine lottery sales data from 39 states over 10 years and find a strong and positive relationship between sales and poverty rates. In contrast, we find no relationship between movie ticket sales, another inexpensive form of entertainment, and poverty rates.
Asymmetry, Loss Aversion, and Forecasting

Conditional volatility models have been used extensively in finance to capture predictable variation in the second moment of returns. However, with recent theoretical literature emphasizing the loss-averse nature of agents, this paper considers models that capture time variation in the second lower partial moment. Utility-based evaluation is carried out on several approaches to modeling the conditional second-order lower partial moment. The findings show that when agents are loss averse, there are utility gains to be made from using models that explicitly capture this feature. These results link the theoretical discussion on loss aversion to empirical modeling.
GRB 170817A: a short GRB seen off-axis

The angular distribution of gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets is not yet clear. The observed luminosity of GRB 170817A is the lowest among all known short GRBs, which is best explained by the fact that our line of sight is outside of the jet opening angle, θobs > θj, where θobs is the angle between our line of sight and the jet axis. As inferred by gravitational wave observations, as well as radio and X-ray afterglow modeling of GRB 170817A, it is likely that θobs ∼ 20° – 28°. In this work, we quantitatively consider two scenarios of angular energy distribution of GRB ejecta: a top-hat jet and a structured jet with a power law index s. For the top-hat jet model, we get a large θj (e.g., θj > 10°), a rather high local (i.e., z < 0.01) short GRB rate ∼8–15×103, Gpc−3, yr−1 (estimated to be 90∼1850 Gpc−3, yr−1 in Fong et al.) and an extremely high Epeak,0 (on-axis, rest-frame) > 7.5 × 104, keV (∼500, keV for a typical short GRB). For the structured jet model, we use θobs to give limits on s and θj for typical on-axis luminosity of a short GRB (e.g., 1049 erg s−1 ∼ 1051 erg s−1), and a low on-axis luminosity case (e.g., 1049 erg s−1) gives more reasonable values of s. The structured jet model is more feasible for GRB 170817A than the top-hat jet model due to the rather high local short GRB rate, and the extremely high on-axis Epeak,0 almost rules out the top-hat jet model. GRB 170817A is likely a low on-axis luminosity GRB (1049 erg s−1) with a structured jet.
SPP ?? FROM FAECAL SAMPLES OF CRACKED EGG FED HENS AND POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) CONFIRMATION

At 56 weeks of age, 30 Hyline (W-377) laying pullets were randomly distributed in individual (1 pullet per cage) 45×45×35 cm cages. Cracked egg was used as protein supplement to the diet. Three groups of 10 Hyline laying pullets each were formed. Three isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets were prepared from different protein sources as followed: ration 1 (control) − soybean meal; ration 2 (experiment 1) – soybean meal + cracked egg (3.25%), ration 3 (experiment 2) – soybean meal + cracked egg (7.50%). A total of three feed and 30 faecal samples, were examined for the presence of Salmonella spp. The isolates were identified by both conventional methods and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Salmonella spp. strains were isolated and identified in 2 out of the 3 diets (ration 3 – soybean meal + cracked egg 7.50% and ration 2 – soybean meal + cracked egg 3.25%), as well as in the faeces of 5 hens fed on ration 3 and 3 hens fed on ration 2. This study showed an increased prevalence of Salmonella spp. in the faeces of hens fed diets supplemented with different amounts of cracked egg.
The Effects of Inorganic Additives on the Nucleation and Growth Kinetics of Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate Crystals

The effects that 50–500 mM aqueous Li+, Na+, K+, and Mg2+ have on the crystallization kinetics of calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum; CaSO4·2H2O) were determined by in situ and time-resolved UV–vis spectrophotometry. The mechanisms of surface or structural associations between these additives and the end-product gypsum crystals were evaluated through a combination of inductively coupled plasma mass and/or optical emission spectrometric analyses of digested end-products and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the surface of the solids. Furthermore, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were utilized for determining any changes in phase composition and growth morphologies of the formed crystals. Our results revealed that Mg2+, even at low concentrations, decreased the nucleation and growth kinetics 5–10 fold more than Li+, Na+, and K+. In all cases, the additives also changed the shapes and sizes of the formed crystals, with Mg2+ and Li+ resulting in longer and narrower crystals compared to the additive-free system. In addition, we show that, regardless of concentration, Mg2+, Li+, and K+ only adsorb to the newly forming surfaces of the growing gypsum crystals, while ∼25% of Na+ becomes incorporated into the synthesized crystals.
P2M.3 WRF MODEL SIMULATIONS OF A QUASI-STATIONARY, EXTREME-RAIN-PRODUCING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM

Extreme rainfall is responsible for a variety of societal impacts, including flash flooding that can lead to damage, injury, and death. In the United States, flash flooding is responsible for more fatalities than any other convective storm-related phenomenon, including tornadoes, hurricanes, and lightning (NOAA 2005). Despite the great need for accurate forecasts and warnings of extreme rainfall that can produce flash flooding, the prediction of warm-season heavy precipitation continues to be one of the most difficult challenges in operational forecasting (Fritsch and Carbone 2004). In an attempt to understand more about how these extreme-rain-producing weather systems are organized and the conditions in which they occur, Schumacher and Johnson (2005, hereafter SJ05) examined radar data and other observations for 116 extreme rain events in the eastern two-thirds of the United States over a three-year period. Among the types of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) that commonly produce extreme rainfall, they identified one that may present significant forecast challenges, which they termed the “backbuilding/quasistationary” type (BB, Fig. 1). BB MCSs occur when convective cells repeatedly form upstream of their predecessors and pass over a particular area, leading to large local rainfall totals. They were found to occur in environments characterized by weak synoptic forcing, with storm-generated outflow boundaries often providing the lifting for repeated cell development. In this study, one of the BB MCSs identified by SJ05 will be examined in further detail using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. This MCS, which produced rainfall amounts of up to 309 mm (12.2 in) and record flooding in Missouri on 6–7 May 2000, was characterized by an area of
EXTERNAL PHOTOEVAPORATION OF THE SOLAR NEBULA. II. EFFECTS ON DISK STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION WITH NON-UNIFORM TURBULENT VISCOSITY DUE TO THE MAGNETOROTATIONAL INSTABILITY

The structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks, especially the radial flows of gas through them, are sensitive to a number of factors. One that has been considered only occasionally in the literature is external photoevaporation by far-ultraviolet (FUV) radiation from nearby, massive stars, despite the fact that nearly half of disks will experience photoevaporation. Another effect apparently not considered in the literature is a spatially and temporally varying value of α in the disk (where the turbulent viscosity ν is α times the sound speed C times the disk scale height H). Here we use the formulation of Bai & Stone to relate α to the ionization fraction in the disk, assuming turbulent transport of angular momentum is due to the magnetorotational instability. We calculate the ionization fraction of the disk gas under various assumptions about ionization sources and dust grain properties. Disk evolution is most sensitive to the surface area of dust. We find that typically α ≲ 10−5 in the inner disk (<2 AU), rising to ∼10−1 beyond 20 AU. This drastically alters the structure of the disk and the flow of mass through it: while the outer disk rapidly viscously spreads, the inner disk hardly evolves; this leads to a steep surface density profile ( &Sgr; ∝ r − ⟨ p ⟩ ? > with ⟨ p ⟩ ? > ≈ 2–5 in the 5–30 AU region) that is made steeper by external photoevaporation. We also find that the combination of variable α and external photoevaporation eventually causes gas as close as 3 AU, previously accreting inward, to be drawn outward to the photoevaporated outer edge of the disk. These effects have drastic consequences for planet formation and volatile transport in protoplanetary disks.
Response prediction in chronic hepatitis C by assessment of IP-10 and IL 28 B-related single nucleotide polymorphisms LAGGING

High baseline levels of IP-10 predict a slower first phase decline in HCV RNA and a poor outcome following interferon/ribavirin therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Several recent studies report that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) adjacent to IL28B predict spontaneous resolution of HCV infection and outcome of treatment among HCV genotype 1
Iron Acquisition in Rhodococcus erythrolpolis: the Isolation of Mutant(s) that Do Not Produce a Siderophore.

2 DEDICATION 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4 LIST OF FIGURES 8 Chapter 1. LITERATURE REVIEW 9 Introduction 9 Characteristics of Rhodococcus 10 The Importance of Rhodococcus 12 Rhodococcus and Disease 15 2. IRON ACQUISITION IN MICROORGANISMS 17 The Importance of Iron 18 Siderophore Mediated Iron Acquisition 20 Regulation of Siderophore Production 28 Regulation by the Ferric Iron Uptake Regulator 28 Regulation by the Diphtheria Toxin Repressor 28 3. HYPOTHESIS 31 Research Proposal 35
VALUE OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL ON CORPORATE PERFORMANCE: An African experience

Drucker (1992) views intellectual capital as the only major source of capital that can create productivity and contribute towards profits for corporations. The problem statement refers to lack of recognition about this significant contribution of intellectual capital towards corporate performance by some organisations in Africa. Thus, the objective of the research was to focus on the intellectual constructs in order to fully understand its dynamics within an African framework. The study drew corporate data from different companies using structured questionnaires. The data was analysed through the use of univariate and correlation analysis. It is found that some corporations are not still aware of the importance and necessity of intellectual capital that brings innovation and profitability. Many managers in Africa still tend to put much emphasis on the other four sources of capital as comprising labour capital, natural resource capital, financial capital and debt capital more than the intellectual capital. Thus, recognition of intellectual capital is still in the transitional stage amongst many organisations in Africa. It is expected that the results of this research will enhance knowledge and recognition of intellectual capital value as another source of productivity and a contributor towards corporate performance and profitability.
Factors Determining the Technical Efficiency of Rural Households in Dak Lak Province of Vietnam

Most agricultural programs generally aim at helping poor households.They become the cornerstone to enhance some self-employed activities. Thus, identifying factors which are significant to extend their existing skills and income-generating opportunities is considered an important step in designing a program to improve performance of rural households. This paper derives some statistically significant determinants of the technical efficiency of rural households and gives some implications for poverty reduction efforts in rural areas of Ea H’leo district, Daklak province.The Journal of Development and Administrative Studies (JODAS)Vol. 24 (1-2), pp. 17-24
Evacuation of pelleted feed and the suitability of titanium(IV) oxide as a feed marker for gut kinetics in Nile tilapia

The present study assessed the suitability of titanium(IV) oxide, TiO 2 , as a digesta passage marker in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus and studied the shape of the evacuation curve in this species. In three separate trials, fish were given one dose of either 0.5, 0.25 or 0.1% of their body mass (% BME) of feed marked with 1% TiO 2 or 0.5% BME of the solute feed without marker. The fish were serially slaughtered at intervals after feeding and the stomach contents analysed for dry mass and marker content. The data for individual trials were analysed with the linear, square root, surface area and exponential evacuation models and parameter comparisons showed that, although the marker interfered slightly with the evacuation process, true meal size could he predicted more accurately from the marker data. The results of an analysis of the combined data sets suggested that stomach evacuation in this species is dependent more on food particle surface area (surface area model) than on stomach content mass (exponential models as is generally assumed. On the basis of these results. it was concluded that TiO 2 at an inclusion level of 1% is an acceptable marker for quantifying evacuation with a view to predicting food consumption but should be used with caution in digestibility studies.
Weak lensing shear calibration with simulations of the HSC survey

We present results from a set of simulations designed to constrain the weak lensing shear calibration for the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) survey. These simulations include HSC observing conditions and galaxy images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with fully realistic galaxy morphologies and the impact of nearby galaxies included. We find that the inclusion of nearby galaxies in the images is critical to reproducing the observed distributions of galaxy sizes and magnitudes, due to the non-negligible fraction of unrecognized blends in ground-based data, even with the excellent typical seeing of the HSC survey (0.58" in the $i$-band). Using these simulations, we detect and remove the impact of selection biases due to the correlation of weights and the quantities used to define the sample (S/N and apparent size) with the lensing shear. We quantify and remove galaxy property-dependent multiplicative and additive shear biases that are intrinsic to our shear estimation method, including a $\sim 10$ per cent-level multiplicative bias due to the impact of nearby galaxies and unrecognized blends. Finally, we check the sensitivity of our shear calibration estimates to other cuts made on the simulated samples, and find that the changes in shear calibration are well within the requirements for HSC weak lensing analysis. Overall, the simulations suggest that the weak lensing multiplicative biases in the first-year HSC shear catalog are controlled at the 1 per cent level.
Computation of the spectral density of two-point functions: complex masses, cut rules, and beyond

We present a steepest descent calculation of the Kaellen-Lehmann spectral density of two-point functions involving complex conjugate masses in Euclidean space. This problem occurs in studies of (gauge) theories with Gribov-like propagators. As the presence of complex masses and the use of Euclidean space brings the theory outside of the strict validity of the Cutkosky cut rules, we discuss an alternative method based on the Widder inversion operator of the Stieltjes transformation. It turns out that the results coincide with those obtained by naively applying the cut rules. We also point out the potential usefulness of the Stieltjes (inversion) formalism when nonstandard propagators are used, in which case cut rules are not available at all.
Trust-based social capital, institutions, and development

We estimate fixed-effects and Arellano–Bond GMM equations using panel data from a large group of developing countries and test whether trust-based social capital, proxied by contract-intensive money, complements the role of institutions in promoting development. The results we obtain provide robust evidence that social capital enhances the contribution of institutions when we focus on political institutions and weaker evidence when we use civil liberties. Both social capital and institutions have positive effects on income but the relationships these variables have with income tend to be non-monotonic. Moreover, social capital has a positive influence on the effectiveness of human capital. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Mitigating Default Risk in the Consumer Credit Market

This paper aims to evaluate recent policy updates in a credit scoring model and determine if the new model is efficient, as well as further investigate other potential risk factors. In order to evaluate the policy changes, the proprietary dataset is first categorized and estimated by a logistical regression model and secondly the dataset is transformed according to new policies and then simulated in a second regression. The choice of variables is further tested to ensure robust result of the identified risk factors and best fitting of the model. The discoveries points towards efficient implemented policy changes to the scoring model, and the identification of other potential risk factors which leads to a set of managerial suggestions.
Evaluation of a suitable thin layer model for drying of pumpkin under forced air convection

The thin layer drying kinetics of pumpkin slices (Cucurbita moschata) were experimentally investigated in a convective hot air dryer. In order to select the appropriate model for predicting the drying kinetics of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata), twelve thin layer semi theoretical, theoretical and empirical models, widely used in describing the drying behaviour of agricultural products were fitted to the experimental data. The Page and Two term exponential models showed the best fit under certain drying conditions. The Hii et al. (2009) model, which was adopted from a combination of the Page and Two term models was compared to the other 11 selected thin layer models based on the coefficient of determination (R2) and sum of squares error (SSE). Comparison was made between the experimental and model predicted moisture ratio by non-linear regression analysis. Furthermore, the effect of drying temperature and slice thickness on the best model constants was evaluated. Consequently, the Hii et al. (2009) model showed an excellent fit with the experimental data (R2 > 0.99 and SSE < 0.012) for the drying temperatures of 50, 60, 70 and 80 °C and at different sample thicknesses of 3 mm, 5 mm and 7 mm respectively. Thus, the Hii et al. (2009) model can adequately predict the drying kinetics of pumpkin.