Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PREVALENCE OF COCCIDIOSIS IN SONALI BIRDS IN SIRAJGONJ DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH

The study was conducted to ascertain the prevalence of coccidiosis in Sonali birds in Sirajgonj district of Bangladesh during the year 2015–2016. Diagnosis was made on the basis of history, clinical and post mortem findings. A total of 660 samples (sick and dead birds) were examined where 234 (35.45%) samples were found positive for coccidiosis. The highest prevalence percentage was found in July (53.33%) and the lowest percentage was found in January (16.67%). Birds aged 5 to 6 weeks showed more prevalence percentage (47.50 %), whereas older birds (> 16 weeks) found less susceptible (10%) to coccidiosis. Coccidiosis was slightly more prevalent in female (37.70%) than male (32.22%).
Grain sorghum nitrogen use as affected by planting practice and nitrogen rate

Water and nitrogen supply are often the most critical factors limiting growth and yield in crop production. A study was carried out in 2006 and 2007 to determine N use efficiency of grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in dryland production at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, South Central Agricultural Laboratory. The study evaluated three row planting arrangements (RPA) including all rows planted (s0), alternate rows planted (s1), and two rows planted alternated with two skipped rows (s2) in a complete factorial with plant populations (PP) of 75,000 and 150,000 plants ha-1 and N application rates of 0, 50, 100, and 150 kg N ha-1. The objectives of the study were to determine the optimum N rate, magnitude of N uptake, and N use efficiency (NUE) for grain sorghum under dryland conditions with different row configurations. Conventional planting out-yielded skip-row planting by 23 to 36% in each year. Percent N translocated from biomass to grain at physiological maturity at half bloom ranged from 29 to 35% in 2006 compared with 46 to 51% in 2007. The RPA x PP interaction affected internal NUE (IEN) in 2006 and 2007, and physiological NUE (PEN) in 2006. The RPA x N rate interaction affected partial factor productivity (PFPN) in 2006.
Innocence and Nostalgia in Conversation Analysis: The Dynamic Relations of Tape and Transcript

Die Konversationsanalyse (KA) meint "wissenschaftlicher" zu sein als andere Formen der qualitativen Textanalyse. Dieser Anspruch resultiert aus dem Charakter und den "internen Beziehungen" der methodologischen Verfahren und analytischen Objekte, die in der KA verwendet werden. Dazu gehort vor allem das Vertrauen in Tonbandaufnahmen von "naturlichen" Interaktionen und in detaillierte Transkripte. In diesem Beitrag werden wir die Beziehungen zwischen diesen beiden Elementen untersuchen – zwischen dem Gesprochenen bzw. Gehorten und dem Geschriebenen bzw. Gelesenen. Insbesondere stellen wir den Anspruch – der regelmasig in der aktuellen padagogischen Literatur auftaucht –, dass das Tonband dem Transkript uberlegen sei, in Frage. Diese Uberlegenheit scheint ontologisch und epistemologisch: das Tonband als erste Aufzeichnung und als "Daten"; und die Primarrolle des Tonbandes bei der Beilegung von Kontroversen und bei der Einscharfung einer professionellen KA-Kultur. Wir werden unsere Kritik hieran auf den folgenden drei Wegen umreisen: * Das Tonband – vom Horen zum Lesen : die Grundrhetorik des Tonbandes; die Bedeutung des "Wiederhorens" als empfohlene Analysestrategie; die generelle Epistemologie des "Horens"; * das Transkript – vom Lesen zum Horen (teilweise): das Transkript als ein nicht anerkanntes Analyseobjekt; die rhetorischen Merkmale eines KA-Transkripts; die Unentbehrlichkeit des Transkripts und die ubertriebene Vorstellung der Moglichkeit eines technischen Ersatzes; die generelle Epistemologie des "Lesens"; * der gegenseitige durchdachte (elaborative) Charakter von Tonband und Transkript: die dokumentarische Methode der KA; Wiederhoren wie Wiederlesen; das Tonband verandert sich auch; das Fehlen eines Grundobjektes fur die KA und die Konsequenzen. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs000335
Early development and growth of the eastern rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida splendida (Peters). II: Otolith development, increment validation and larval growth

A method of preparing and interpreting the microstructure of otoliths of the eastern rainbowfish, Melanotaenia splendida splendida, was developed and used to validate the periodicity of increment formation. Otoliths were collected from laboratory-reared M. s. splendida of known age. The sagittal otolith was preferred for ageing because resolving the earliest increments was easier than in the lapillus during an early slow-growth period, up to 15 days after hatching. Increments formed in the sagittae before hatching, and a distinct discontinuity was visible in the otolith sections at a time corresponding to hatching. Another discontinuity occurred at the time of yolk-sac absorption, when larvae became completely reliant on exogenous feeding. After this, increments were clear, regularly spaced and easily resolved. Linear relationships were found between fish size and sagittal length, breadth and perimeter. Observations of the otolith sections confirmed that the increments in sagittae of M. s. splendida were laid down daily. The information provided here enables growth and mortality rates of M. s. splendida to be measured, providing a useful tool for monitoring the impacts of contaminants in tropical Australian waters.
Edge insulating topological phases in a two-dimensional superconductor with long-range pairing

We study the zero-temperature phase diagram of a two dimensional square lattice loaded by spinless fermions, with nearest neighbor hopping and algebraically decaying pairing. We find that for sufficiently long-range pairing, new phases, not continuously connected with any short-range phase, occur, signaled by the violation of the area law for the Von Neumann entropy, by semi-integer Chern numbers, and by edge modes with nonzero mass. The latter feature results in the absence of single-fermion edge conductivity, present instead in the short- range limit. The definition of a topology in the bulk and the presence of a bulk-boundary correspondence is still suggested for the long-range phases. Recent experimental proposals and advances open the stimulating possibility to probe the described long-range effects in next-future realistic set-ups.
Assessment of pain-related fear in individuals with chronic painful conditions

Background Heightened fear and anxiety related to pain may result in emotional and behavioral avoidance responses causing disability, distress, and depression. Fear and anxiety associated with pain can potentially change the course of the pain experience. It is plausible that fear and anxiety related to pain affect the duration and frequency of pain experienced by the patient. Aim The study aimed to examine the applicability of the Fear of Pain Questionnaire-III (FPQ-III) in identifying who are likely to report longer duration and greater frequency of pain experience. Methods To test this hypothesis, a cross-sectional study was conducted with 579 individuals from a community-based sample living with chronic pain. The factor structure and validity of FPQ-III in the community-based sample were also tested. Results The findings suggest higher fear of severe pain but lower fear of medical pain, associated with longer duration and more frequent pain experience. The analysis also confirmed the three-factor structure of FPQ-III, demonstrating good internal consistency for fear of severe pain (0.71) and fear of medical pain (0.73) and acceptable range for fear of minor pain (0.65). Conclusion These findings suggest that the FPQ-III can be potentially applied to identify individuals at risk for prolonged continuous pain and as a screening tool to measure fear and anxiety related to pain.
OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS FOR IMPULSIVE SYSTEMS WITH INTEGRAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

In this article, the optimal control problem is considered when the state of the system is described by the impulsive differential equations with integral boundary conditions. Applying the Banach contraction principle the existence and uniqueness of the solution is proved for the corresponding boundary problem by the fixed admissible control. The first and second variation of the functional is calculated. Various necessary conditions of optimality of the first and second order are obtained by the help of the variation of the controls.
HD 174884: a strongly eccentric, short-period early-type binary system discovered by CoRoT

Accurate photometric CoRoT space observations of a secondary seismological target, HD 174884, led to the discovery that this star is an astrophysically important double-lined eclipsing spectroscopic binary in an eccentric orbit (e ∼ 0.3), unusual for its short 3. 65705 orbital period. The high eccentricity, coupled with the orientation of the binary orbit in space, explains the very unusual observed light curve with strongly unequal primary and secondary eclipses having the depth ratio of 1-to-100 in the CoRoT “seismo” passband. Without the high accuracy of the CoRoT photometry, the secondary eclipse, 1.5 mmag deep, would have gone unnoticed. A spectroscopic follow-up program provided 45 high dispersion spectra. The analysis of the CoRoT light curve was performed with an adapted version of PHOEBE that supports CoRoT passbands. The final solution was obtained by a simultaneous fitting of the light and the radial velocity curves. Individual star spectra were obtained by spectrum disentangling. The uncertainties of the fit were achieved by bootstrap resampling and the solution uniqueness was tested by heuristic scanning. The results provide a consistent picture of the system composed of two late B stars. The Fourier analysis of the light curve fit residuals yields two components, with orbital frequency multiples and an amplitude of ∼0.1 mmag, which are tentatively interpreted as tidally induced pulsations. An extensive comparison with theoretical models is carried out by means of the Levenberg-Marquardt minimization technique, and the discrepancy between the models and the derived parameters is discussed. The best fitting models yield a young system age of 125 million years which is consistent with the eccentric orbit and synchronous component rotation at periastron.
Influence of biofertilizer and inorganic fertilizer in pruned mango orchard cv. Amrapali.

An experiment was carried out at Horticultural Research Station of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Agriculture University), West Bengal, India during 1005-07 to find out the effect of biofertilizer and inorganic fertilizer in Amrapali mango trees of JO years old which were planted in the year 1995 at 5m x 5m spacing and subsequently pruned during January, 2004 at 2.5 m height. Three levels of inorganic fertilizers (100% NPK, 75% NPK and 50% NPK) were applied alone and also in combinations with different bioferti/izers (Azotobacter, Azospirillum and VAM). Among sixteen treatments, all the inorganic and biofertilizer combinations exhibited profound effect on growth, yield and fruit quality and leaf mineral composition than inorganic fertilizer alone. However, the efficiency of inorganic fertilizer at three levels was more when supplemented with both Azotobacter and VAM. Higher fruit yield was obtained when the plants were treated with 100% NPK + Azotobacter + VAM (98.l kg/plant) or 75%NPK + Azotobacter + VAM (93.5 kg/plant) as compared to much lesser yield (60 Kg/plant) with 100% NPK. It was concluded that the treatments 100%NPK + Azotobacter + VAM and 75% NPK + Azotobacter + VAlvf were effective and may be adopted to improve the vegetative growth and productivity with quality fruits.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Personality and European Union attitudes : Relationships across EU attitude dimensions

We still do not fully understand why attitudes toward the European Union differ among citizens. In this study, we turn to the Big Five personality traits: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism as antecedents of European Union attitudes. In a national survey, we focus on attitudes toward widening and deepening of the European Union, trust in European Union institutions, identification with the European Union and negative affect experienced toward the European Union. We theorize that the Big Five traits are heterogeneously associated with the different European Union attitudes. We confirm that the Big Five traits are indeed associated with some but not all European Union attitudes. Accordingly, personality is expected to shape how citizens’ respond to changes in the institutional set-up of the
Neurovascular Compression Syndrome after Coiling Intracranial Aneurysm

Objectives: Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms using detachable coils is an established method by interventional radiologists. Next to prevention of subarachnoidal hemorrhage, prospective and retrospective studies have shown relief of symptoms caused by the mass effect of the aneurysm following this treatment. Patients and methods: We present cases of endovascular treated intracranial aneurysms in patients developing focal neurological symptoms due to a local perianeurysmal inflammation. Furthermore, we review the literature to increase awareness of this complication, its pathophysiology and therapeutic options. Results: Only rare cases of local perianeurysmal inflammation have been reported in literature. Clinical symptoms are heterogenous, up to focal seizures or symptoms of acute hydrozephalus. Pathophysiological, thrombembolism, local inflammatory and mass are possible aetiological factors. However, overall long-term prognosis is good. Conclusion: Neurovascular compression syndrome after intracraniel aneurysm coiling is a rare and possibly delayed complication. With regard to various causes, diagnostic and therapeutic options should be considered.
Analysis of non-compliances in the organic certification system in Turkey

Organic farming in Turkey is experiencing a strong growth in recent years, with a particular attention to export towards Europe. International and domestic trade opportunities require an efficient control system for organic products. In this paper we analyse the data from inspections of two European control bodies in Turkish farms to analyse risk patterns of non-compliance with the organic regulation. A proportion test is performed to identify the types of crops that are more likely related to non-compliant operators.
Agropastoralist Evaluations of Integrated Sorghum Crop ManagementPackages in Eastern Ethiopia

On farm participatory field experiment was conducted in 2013 cropping season in districts located in eastern Ethiopia to evaluate effect of different sorghum crop management packages on grain and fodder yield of improved variety Teshale and local check Elmijam. Six different sorghum management alternatives along with agro-pastoralist indigenous management practice were evaluated in six randomly selected agro-pastoralist fields in Ethiopian Somali province Fafen administrative Zone. The result reviled that compared to agro pastoralist indigenous practices on both varieties improved production practice had significantly increased fodder and grain yield of sorghum by 60- 70%. The result also showed significant varietal differences between improved variety Teshsale and the local check Elimjema in all aspects. Therefore based on agropastoralist interest and rating production packages composed of improved sorghum and local check variety, tide-ridge planting, fertilizer (urea and DAP application at 50 kg/ha and 100 kg/ha), hand weeding once at 45 days after emergence and with recommended seed rate 10 kg/ha were selected as best management package because it balanced both grain and fodder yield with the production costs.
Avian Communal Roosting: A Test of the "Patch-Sitting" Hypothesis

Major starling roosts (2,000 to 100,000 birds) cannot be fully explained on the basis of information transfer, predation, migration, or limited habitat. Radiotelemetry has revealed that each starling returns daily to feed on its own stable diurnal activity center (DAC), but stops briefly at supplemental feeding areas (SFAs) on its way to and from distant communal roosts. We test and find supported a new hypothesis (Caccamise and Morrison 1986) that DAC-based starlings select roosts that reduce commuting costs to SFAs far from their DACs. As predicted, DAC-based adults used SFAs that were nearer their roosts than their DACs, and used more distant roosts where SFAs were more widely spaced. In starlings, major communal roosts appear to be aggregations containing large numbers of "patchsitting" birds roosting near especially rich sources of food.
THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST METAL-POOR STARS

The chemical abundances of large samples of extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars can be used to investigate metal-free stellar populations, supernovae, and nucleosynthesis as well as the formation and galactic chemical evolution of the Milky Way and its progenitor halos. However, current progress on the study of EMP stars is being limited by their faint apparent magnitudes. The acquisition of high signal-to-noise spectra for faint EMP stars requires a major telescope time commitment, making the construction of large samples of EMP star abundances prohibitively expensive. We have developed a new, efficient selection that uses only public, all-sky APASS optical, 2MASS near-infrared, and WISE mid-infrared photometry to identify bright metal-poor star candidates through their lack of molecular absorption near 4.6 microns. We have used our selection to identify 11,916 metal-poor star candidates with V < 14, increasing the number of publicly available candidates by more than a factor of five in this magnitude range. Their bright apparent magnitudes have greatly eased high-resolution follow-up observations that have identified seven previously unknown stars with [Fe/H] ≲ −3.0. Our follow-up campaign has revealed that % of our candidates have [Fe/H] ≲ −3.0 and % have −3.0 ≲ [Fe/H] ≲ −2.0. The bulge is the most likely location of any existing Galactic Population III stars, and an infrared-only variant of our selection is well suited to the identification of metal-poor stars in the bulge. Indeed, two of our confirmed metal-poor stars with [Fe/H] ≲ −2.7 are within about 2 kpc of the Galactic center. They are among the most metal-poor stars known in the bulge.
Banana Farming in Kenya: Options for Rejuvenating Productivity

Résumé Research Application Summary Banana farming in Kenya: Options for rejuvenating productivity Maina Mwangi1 & Mbaka, J.2 1Department of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kenyatta University, P. O. Box 43844-00100 Nairobi, Kenya 2Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, P. O. Box 220, Thika, Kenya Correspondence author email: maina@biosciences.elewa. org Bananas constitute an important component of farm enterprises in the mid altitudes of central and eastern provinces of Kenya. In recent years the crop has steadily gained importance over traditional cash crops, e.g. coffee, and various short season horticultural crops grown mostly for export markets. Despite its increasing importance, the crop’s production faces intractable constraints. Interventions have previously focused on increasing availability of healthy seedlings and strengthening farmer capacity to manage pests. Recent indications are that there is need to re-think current approaches to enhancing productivity. Interventions should consider creating micro-financing and value addition opportunities, and extending technologies to cope with climate change effects.
Multi–Frequency Analysis For Interstitial Microwave Hyperthermia Using Multi–Slot Coaxial Antenna

Abstract The presented paper shows a new concept of multi-slot coaxial antenna working at different frequencies to predict the best solution for interstitial microwave hyperthermia treatment. The described method concerns a microwave heating of unhealthy cells using a thin microwave antenna located in the human tissue. Therefore, the coupled wave equation in a sinusoidal steady-state and the transient bioheat equation under an axial symmetrical model are considered. The 4-Cole-Cole approximation has been used to compute the complex relative permittivity of the human tissues at different antenna operating frequencies. At the stage of numerical simulation the finite element method (FEM) is used. Special attention has been paid to estimate the optimal antenna parameters for thermal therapy for three microwave frequencies mainly used in medical practice and make comparison of the obtained results in the case of single-, double- and triple-slot antennas.
Food Poverty and Livelihoods Issues in Rural Nigeria

The Nigerian food insecurity situation is still described as appalling despite a number of efforts geared towards addressing the problem. Fundamental to the phenomenon of poverty and food insecurity in Nigeria at national, community and household levels are issues of livelihood and agro-ecological diversity. This study investigates the linkage between food poverty and livelihood activities, capabilities and assets; and socio-economic factors; and agro-ecological variations at the household level in rural Nigeria. The study makes use of nation-wide cross-sectional data of the Nigerian Living Standard Survey (NLSS). Results show that, on the whole, farming is the predominant livelihood activity. The distribution of livelihood activities clearly shows that the primary sector of livelihood activities (farming and mining - extraction) is predominantly occupied by men, while the secondary sector (manufacturing - processing) and the tertiary sector (services - trade) are quite favoured by women. Female-headed households are more food secure than their male counterpart. The main determinants of rural household food poverty in Nigeria are: livelihood activities-farming; livelihood capabilities- credit access; socio-economic factors - household size, years of formal education, marital status and age of household head; and agro-ecological variation. The study, therefore, suggests that food security policy that is agro-ecologically specific, with gender-oriented development of primary livelihood (farming) activities should be given paramount attention in the rural sector of Nigeria.
Sport identification and employee pride: key factors in sport employee psychology

The current study used a positive psychology approach to gain insight on employees working within the professional sports industry. While psychological fulfilment has been proposed as a critical area of distinction for managing in the sport environment, there is a need for empirical investigation relating to this proposition. The purpose of the current study was to address this gap in the literature and assess the role of psychological fulfilment in the form of sport employee pride. This study also addresses the role of identification with a specific sport and introduces this concept to the organisational behaviour literature more generally. More than 1,000 employees from five different professional sports leagues participated in the study, with structural equation modelling results providing support for sport identification and employee pride having a positive influence on satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour. Implications for sport managers are that employees working in this environment can have a psychological connection with a particular sport, which in turn augments employee pride and leads to positive attitudes and behaviours in the workplace. The results of this study are significant to sport managers in relation to human resource decisions and promoting positive psychology in the workplace.