Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Partial root drying irrigation technique: Practical application of drought stress signaling mechanism in plants

Partial root-zone drying (PRD) technique, a novel approach to watering crops, was developed on the basis of knowledge of root-to-shoot signaling in drying soil. The aim of the present paper was to investigate the effects of the PRD treatment on tomato growth and the water regime. The obtained PRD results showed significant reduction in shoot but not fruit growth in the absence of any changes in shoot water status, indicating the involvement of chemical root-to- shoot signals. Higher water use efficiency (WUE) results mean that the PRD technique can be used to reduce irrigation water without significant reduction of tomato yield.
Against Unattainable Models . Perfection , Technology and Society Contra los modelos inalcanzables

The present article deals with the subject of the contemporary concern towards recent technological developments, starting with the current discussion about the topic of perfection. Precisely, one of the hypotheses regarding the causes of this concern is the model of perfection that the society of the technological civilization is promoting: an unattainable model. Once we have clarified the fact that the idea of perfection, which inspires contemporaneity, is an “intramundane metaphysical perfection” that seeks to eliminate certain undesired corporeal aspects, we can argue that the current social and cultural models cannot be attained for four main reasons: they are extrinsic, globalized, unreal, and dependent on the logic of technology. In this context, and based on these models, the main ethical objective of human beings becomes impossible: to be oneself. Palabras clave: Perfection; Biotechnology; Society; Human Enhancement Resumen: El presente artículo aborda el tema de la preocupación contemporánea por los desarrollos tecnológicos recientes, comenzando por la discusión actual sobre el tema de la perfección. Precisamente, una de las hipótesis con respecto a las causas de esta preocupación es el modelo de perfección que promueve la sociedad de la civilización tecnológica: un modelo inalcanzable. Una vez que hemos aclarado el hecho de que la idea de perfección, que inspira la contemporaneidad, es una "perfección metafísica intramundana" que busca eliminar ciertos aspectos corporales no deseados, podemos argumentar que los modelos sociales y culturales actuales no pueden alcanzarse por cuatro razones principales: son extrínsecos, globalizados, irreales y dependen de la lógica de la tecnología. En este contexto, y en base a estos modelos, el principal objetivo ético del ser humano se vuelve imposible: ser uno mismo.
The Effect of Economic Freedom on National Competitiveness: Causality from a Panel of Countries

The paper deals with economic freedom and its effect on national competitiveness. There are two goals examined within the paper. At first, I examine if economic freedom causes national competitiveness by means of the Granger causality test. Secondly, the effect of economic freedom on national competitiveness is tested using panel data for the period 2004-2011. Three groups of countries were selected: economic free, Visegrad four and repressed countries. Economic freedom and national competitiveness are quantified by comprehensive indicators: Index of economic freedom and Global competitiveness index. The results suggest that economic freedom causes national competitiveness in countries with higher degree of economic freedom. Positive effect on national competitiveness was found out.
Study of the hepatoprotective effect of ginger aqueous infusion in rats

The present study aimed to evaluate the hepatoprotective effect of ginger aqueous infusion on the paracetamol induced hepatotoxicity in rats. Different groups (1, 2, 3) of rats were given ginger in three doses (100,200 and 400 mg /kg at 12 hours intervals for 48 hours prior to single paracetamol dose (640 mg /kg ), group 4 rats were given silymarin (25mg/kg ) as reference hepatoprotective drug, group 5 rats were given paracetamol alone(positive control group),group 6 rats were given distilled water(negative control group ). Blood was collected from all teated groups for determination of liver enzymes:- alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alanine aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and total bilirubin after that rat were sacrificed and the livers were excised for the histopathological study in which the examination of liver tissue for rat treated with paracetamol and extract at dose of 200,400 mg/kg and also with silymarin revealed normal hepatic architecture than liver for rats treated with extract at a dose 100 mg. In vitro bioassay on primary culture of rat hepatocytes monolayer revealed that the LC50 of ginger extract was at 750μg/ml while the hepatoprotective activity of the extract concentration at which extracts exhibit a hepatoprotective activity was of (15 μg/ml).
Leadership training and delivery prospects of team leaders in Communication Network Support Services Limited, Ilorin

Training and development of staff has been one of the key focuses of every human resources department of any formal work organisation. This is as a result of the realisation that training is an important determinant of people’s behaviour as well as their general delivery ability at work. In realisation of this, intellectuals and researchers in industrial relations generally have put vested interest in the phenomena of training and work delivery ability. However, despite the enormous volume of literatures available in this regard, very few among them have specifically examined the importance of leadership training as a possible determinant of work delivery. Thus, this study is an attempt to cover this gap. In order to achieve this objective, survey design was used as the research design for the study. A questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents, while simple random sampling technique was used to select the study sample. Frequency distribution and percentage were used as descriptive tools, while chi-square was used as an inferential statistical tool in the study. The study found out that leadership training has a significant relationship with the identified work delivery elements measured in the study. The study concluded that leadership training has a significant effect on delivery ability of team leaders and thus recommended that leadership training should be given utmost priority in work organisations so that work delivery prospects of the employees could be realised.
Protestant Work Ethic, Gender Role Attitudes, Ethnicity and Class: Case of Iran

This study investigates the relationship between sex, gender role attitude, social origin and ethnicity with Protestant Work Ethic (PWE). There are evidences of higher PWE in lower socio-economic status in PWE literature. These studies are mainly carried out in western societies and are few in developing societies, especially in Islamic ones. This study wants to answer this question: Does PWE correlates with socio-economic status in an Islamic developing society or still traditional variables such as sex, gender role attitude, ethnicity are determinant factors for most of the behavioral characteristics of people in these societies? Results of this national study on 266 highly educated employed individuals shows that the amount of PWE in people from high class origin is higher than those from middle class origin. Furthermore, the results show that PWE construct has no significant relationship with ethnicity. Though the results shows no significant relationship between sex and PWE, gender role attitudes which demonstrates gender cliches, have positive relationship with PWE. The results derived from regression model shows that social origin and gender role attitudes have effects on PWE and the other variables (sex and ethnicity) remained out of regression model.
Composition, yield, texture and aroma compounds of goat cheeses as related to the A and O variants of αsl casein in milk

Sainte-Maure soft chee ses were prepared from two goat milks with extreme com- position regarding asl casein (CN), one having a high a~l CN level (A variant), the other having no asl CN in its casein (0 variant). A and 0 cheeses trom four successive experiments were analyzed after 2 and 13 days of ripening and compared for their characteristics. A milk had a higher total nitrogen matter level, compared to 0 milk (30.9 versus 23.3 g kg-l), due to the presence of asl CN (4.7 versus 0.0 g kg:") and had also a higher fat level (28.5 versus 25.1 g kg :'). The resulting A and 0 cheeses had the same gross composition at day 2: total solids (TS) =37.9% (stan- dard deviation 0.1 %) and fat/TS = 45.8%. Cheese yields at day 2 were higher by 26% in A cheeses than in 0 cheeses (15.15 versus 12.00 kg cheese/luu kg milk). The fatty acid distribution in the total fatty acids of A and 0 cheeses reflected the specifie differences already described be- tween A and 0 milks. Free fatty acid level at day 13 amounted to 3.5% and 3.9% respectively for A and 0 cheeses. In the free fatty acid fraction at day 13, the distribution of fatty acids was the same as in the TFA of the respective A and 0 cheeses, meaning that no specificity occurred in the hydrolytic activity of the main working lipase, the Penicillium candidum lipase of the surface flora. The texture of the A and 0 cheeses was different, A cheeses being firmer as determined by orga- noleptic tests as weil as by two types of rheological measurements (Young modulus determina- tion and characterization by penetrometry). Determinations were made on cheeses at day 2 and day 13 and the results showed that the differences at day 13, while already significant, were lowered by the ripening process. The typical goat aroma was significantly lower in A cheese than in 0 cheese as shown by the results of the organoleptic tests at day 2 (P = 0.05) and at day 13 (P = 0.01). This was confirmed by the chemical determination (gas chromatography/mass spec- trometry) of the goaty volatile aroma compound levels in the chee ses at day 13: these com-
A Robust Power Control of a DFIG used in Wind Turbine Conversion System

This paper presents a robust power control of a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) used in Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) based on the active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) connected to the grid power. In this article we present the performance and robustness of ADRC compared to other controllers regulators such as the polynomial controller RST applied to powers control for DFIG. The proposed control strategy employs ADRC based on Extended State Observer (ESO) scheme to directly calculate the required rotor control voltage in order to eliminate the instantaneous errors of active and reactive powers. Listed in this paper are the advantage, performance and robustness of the Active Disturbance Rejection Control. First, we present a model of wind turbine and DFIG machine, then a synthesis of the controllers and their application in the DFIG power control. Simulation results on a 1.5MW grid-connected DFIG system are provided by MATLAB/Simulink.
Controls insensitizing the norm of the solution of a semilinear heat equation in unbounded domains

We consider a semilinear heat equation in an unbounded domain Ω with partially known initial data. The insensitizing problem consists in finding a control function such that some functional of the state is locally insensitive to the perturbations of these initial data. For bounded domains Bodart and Fabre proved the existence of insensitizing controls of the norm of the observation of the solution in an open subset of the domain. In this paper we prove similar results when Ω is unbounded. We consider the problem in bounded domains of the form Ωr = Ω ∩ Br where Br denotes the ball centered in zero of radius r We show that for r large enough the control proposed by Bodart and Fabre for the problem in Ωr , provides an insensitizing control for our problem in Ω.
Variation in the slope coe cient of the Fama regression for testing uncovered interest rate parity : Evidence from xed and time-varying coe cient approaches 1 January 30 , 1997

We investigate the potential presence of time variation in the coe cients of the "Fama regression" for Uncovered Interest Rate Parity. We implement coe cient constancy tests, rolling regression techniques, and stochastic coe cient models based on state space modelling. Among six major US bilateral exchange rates we nd signi cant evidence for stochastic time variation. Using the statistical equivalence between stochastically varying coe cients and conditional heteroscedasticity we derive a proxy for time-varying 'risk', and investigate whether it explains the well known "negative bias" or "foreign discount bias puzzle" in the foreign exchange rate literature. We contrast our identi cation scheme to the ARCH-in-mean approach for empirically identifying risk premia. keywords : Uncovered interest parity, time-varying coe cients, state space modelling We are indebted to Casper de Vries for his helpful comments. Department of Applied Economics, Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-Mail : dekoning@tir.few. eur.nl Department of Applied Economics, Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-Mail : straetma@tir.few. eur.nl
Towards higher accuracy and better frequency response with standard multi-hole probes in turbulence measurement with remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)

Abstract. This study deals with the problem of turbulence measurement with small remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). It shows how multi-hole probes (MHPs) can be used to measure fluctuating parts of the airflow in flight up to 20 Hz. Accurate measurement of the transient wind in the outdoor environment is needed for the estimation of the 3-D wind vector as well as turbulent fluxes of heat, momentum, water vapour, etc. In comparison to an established MHP system, experiments were done to show how developments of the system setup can improve data quality. The study includes a re-evaluation of the pneumatic tubing setup, the conversion from pressures to airspeed, the pressure transducers, and the data acquisition system. In each of these fields, the steps that were taken lead to significant improvements. A spectral analysis of airspeed data obtained in flight tests shows the capability of the system to measure atmospheric turbulence up to the desired frequency range.
Religious Orientation and Suicidal Thoughts among Students

Background and Purpose : Students are one of the groups most at risk of suicide. Suicide of mental health priority issues to be considered by the World Health Organization. It seems that religious beliefs and religious beliefs are in direct contact with the mental health, Adaptive mechanisms to increase and improve the disorders caused by traumatic events in the cooker. The aim of this study was to assess religious orientation and suicide ideation in university students Jiroft was in 2014. Materials and Methods : In this descriptive study, 338 university students from different disciplines participated in Jiroft. Data collected by questionnaire Allport Religious Orientation Inventory and the Beck Suicidal thoughts were performed. Data spss software using descriptive statistics, inferential statistics (test-T, ANOVA, etc.) were analyzed. Results : In this study, 3/76% of female and 23.7% male, mean age students (82/1 ± 68/20), respectively. 17.8% of students have had suicidal thoughts or severe low risk. There was no significant difference between gender and suicidal thoughts. (p = 0/16) But between religious orientation, there was a statistically significant association with suicidal ideation. (p=0/020) Conclusion : Due to the necessity of further research on mental health Support and counseling for mental health screening program to include religious Educational and psychological tests for students of classes will be emphasized.
Genetic Parameters of Milk Yield and Milk Fat Percentage Test Day Records of Iranian Holstein Cows

Genetic parameters for first lactation milk production based on test day (TD) records of 56319 Iranian Holstein cows from 655 herds that first calved between 1991 and 2001 were estimated with restricted maximum likelihood method under an Animal model. Traits analyzed were milk yield and milk fat percentage. Heritability for TD records were highest in second half of the lactation, ranging from 0.11 to 0.19 for milk yield and 0.038 to 0.094 for milk fat percentage respectively. Estimates for lactation records for these traits were 0.24 and 0.26 respectively. Genetic correlations between individual TD records were high for consecutive TD records (>0.9) and decreased as the interval between tests increased. Estimates of genetic correlations of TD yield with corresponding lactation yield were highest (0.78 to 0.86) for mid-lactation (TD3 to TD8). Phenotypic correlations were lower than corresponding genetic correlations, but both followed the same pattern. For milk fat percentage no clear pattern was found. Results of this study suggested that TD yields especially in mid-lactation may be used for genetic evaluation instead of 305-day yield. (Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2005. Vol 18, No. 9 : 1231-1236)
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with molecular variations more than ABC and GCB classification

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common type of lymphoid malignancy in adults, is highly heterogeneous at the clinical and genetic level. The landmark study by Alizadeh et al . almost 20 years ago that used gene expression profiling identified three DLBCL subgroups: activated-B-cell-like (ABC), germinal-center B-cell-like (GCB) and an unclassified group subsequently referred to as the cell-of-origin (COO) classification (1).
Entrepreneurial Entry: Which Institutions Matter?

In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become an entrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights and the size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically by combining country-level institutional indicators for 44 countries with working age population survey data taken from the Global Enterprise Monitor. A methodological contribution is the use of factor analysis to reduce the statistical problems with the array of highly collinear institutional indicators. We find that the key institutional features that enhance entrepreneurial activity are indeed the rule of law and limits to the state sector. However, these results are sensitive to the level of development.
Frameworks for Analyzing Conflict Diasporas and the Case of Zimbabwe

This article examines debates over conflict diasporas’ relationships to theAfrican crises that initially produced them. It investigates the difference that crisis makes to frameworks for thinking about diasporic entanglements with political, economic and cultural change in sending countries. We argue that the existing literature and dominant approaches are partial, ahistorical, and constrained in other ways. The special issue contributes to new strands of scholarship that aim to rectify these inadequacies, seeking historical depth, spatial complexity and attention to moralalongside politicaleconomies. To achieve these aims, the special issue focuses on one country – Zimbabwe. This introductory article provides an overview of the themes and arguments of the special issue, revealing the multitude of ways in which diasporic communities are imbricated with political-economic, developmental, familial, and religious change in the homeland.
Borut Mikulec VALIDATION OF NON-FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING FROM A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE – LINKING VALIDATION ARRANGEMENTS WITH NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS

The paper analyses European policy on the validation of non-formal and informal learning, which is presented as a “salvation narrative” that can improve the functioning of the labour market, provide a way out from unemployment and strengthen the competitiveness of the economy. Taking as our starting point recent findings in adult education theory on the validation of non-formal and informal learning, we aim to prove the thesis that what European validation policy promotes is above all economic purpose and that it establishes a “Credential/Credit-exchange” model of validation of non-formal and informal learning. We proceed to ecxamine the effect of European VNIL policy in selected European countries where validation arrangements are linked to the qualifications framework. We find that the “Credential/ Credit-exchange” validation model was first established in a few individual European countries and then transferred, as a “successful” model, to the level of common European VNIL policy.
COLLECTIVE EVIDENCE FOR INVERSE COMPTON EMISSION FROM EXTERNAL PHOTONS IN HIGH-POWER BLAZARS

We present the first collective evidence that Fermi-detected jets of high kinetic power (Lkin) are dominated by inverse Compton emission from upscattered external photons. Using a sample with a broad range in orientation angle, including radio galaxies and blazars, we find that very high power sources (Lkin > 1045.5 erg s−1) show a significant increase in the ratio of inverse Compton to synchrotron power (Compton dominance) with decreasing orientation angle, as measured by the radio core dominance and confirmed by the distribution of superluminal speeds. This increase is consistent with beaming expectations for external Compton (EC) emission, but not for synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) emission. For the lowest power jets (Lkin < 1043.5 erg s−1), no trend between Compton and radio core dominance is found, consistent with SSC. Importantly, the EC trend is not seen for moderately high power flat spectrum radio quasars with strong external photon fields. Coupled with the evidence that jet power is linked to the jet speed, this finding suggests that external photon fields become the dominant source of seed photons in the jet comoving frame only for the faster and therefore more powerful jets.
Technological Innovation in Services and the Efficiency of Malaysian . Commercial Banks ( Inovasi kknologi dalam

This paper revisits relative efficiency of commercial banks in Malaysia using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) over the 2004-2012 periods. We take into account technological innovation in bank services, a new dimension that were not investigated by any previous literature. Our main findings are: (1) Commercial banks in Malaysian have higher pure technical efficiency as compare to scale efficiency. (2) Foreign banks are relatively inefficient but the gap has been gradually closing after the end of the capital control by the Malaysian government in 2005. (3) Excess numbers of Branches, Cash Deposit Machine and Cheque Deposit Machine appeared to be the major weakness of the inefficient banks. Our result implies technological innovation in bank services is one important dimension in addressing the relative efficiency of commercial banks. Banks that provide better technological services do acquire competitive advantage against their peers.