Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Growth performance of feedlot weaners cattle fed diet containing different levels of cold press soya bean oilcake

The value of cold press soya bean oil cake (CPSBOC) as the source of protein in beef cattle was evaluated. CPSBOC was included in the diets of beef weaners at different levels i.e. 0%, 6%, 13% and 20%. The control diet contained cotton seed oil cake (CSOC) as a protein source. The diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous. A total of 40 weaners (20 heifers and 20 steers) at an average weight of 192.3 ± 20 kg were used. The experiment was a randomized block design with ten replicates per treatment and was conducted over 98 days. The group mass of the steers (700 ± 7.80 kg) was significantly heavier when compared with the heifers (6480 ± 7.80 kg). The average daily gain (ADG) (1.5 ± 2.72) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) (5.5 ± 0.051) of the steers was significantly better than the heifers (1.35 ± 2.72 and 5.7 ± 0.051, respectively) while the steers consume more feed (8.2 ± 14.4 kg) per day as compared to the 7.4 ± 14.4 kg consumed by heifers. The weaners that were fed the diet containing 6% and 13% inclusion of CPSBOC grew significantly better than the other treatments. According to this study, an inclusion level of CPSBOC of between 6 and 13% will yield suitable growth in feedlot cattle. More research is needed to determine the optimum inclusion level of CPSBOC. _______________________________________________________________________________________
Applicant Attraction Strategies: An Organizational Perspective

Labor shortages, which are predicted to last into the next century, are expected to increase the importance of applicant attraction for organizations. Unfortunately, previous research has provided little unified theory or operational guidance for organizations that are confronted with such difficulties. In part, this is because much research has been framed from the applicant's, rather than the organization's, perspective. In addition, attraction-related theories and research are scattered across a variety of literatures, and often are identified with other topics (e.g., wage, motivation, or discrimination theories). Drawing on multiple literatures, this article develops a model of applicant attraction from the organization's perspective, which (a) outlines three strategies for enhancing applicant attraction, (b) proposes categories of contingency factors that are expected to affect the choice (and potential effectiveness) of alternative strategies, (c) suggests probable interrelationships among the strat.
CAPM in Up and Down Markets

The pricing of equity in six European emerging capital markets is analysed using both the conventional CAPM and a ‘conditional’ CAPM wherein up and down markets are separated. International influences on the stock markets are also analysed. The empirical evidence from a sample of 1,131 firms from the six markets indicates that there exists a significant relationship between beta and returns when up and down markets are separated. The international CAPM performs well in some markets that have become increasingly integrated with the world market. The general implication of the analysis is that beta can be a useful risk-measure for investors and portfolio managers considering investments in emerging markets.
Native parasitoids associated with Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Tuscany, Italy

The invasive Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera Cynipidae) is a major pest of Castanea spp. in Asia, the USA and Europe. The aim of this study is to characterize the parasitoid community associated to D. kuriphilus in Tuscany and determine their relative occurrence, before the introduction of the exotic parasitoid Torymus sinensis Kamijo. Ten hymenopteran parasitoids were collected from D. kuriphilus galls. Mesopolobus fasciiventris Westwood is reported for the first time as a D. kuriphilus asso- ciate in Italy. Torymus flavipes (Walker) specimens accounted for more than 50% of all collected parasitoids. Facultative hyper- parasitoid species were also collected. Furthermore, a higher overall parasitism rate was found on wild chestnut galls (with respect to cultivated ones) and where oak trees were more abundant.
Adaptive genetic variability and differentiation of Croatian and Austrian Quercus robur L. populations at a drought prone field trial

Provenance trials, where populations of different geographical origin are tested in a common environment (common garden test), are a tool suited to allow the study of intraspecific adaptive genetic variation. Research of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) adaptive genetic variability through analyses of populations in common garden tests has a long tradition. However, pedunculated oak populations originating south-eastern from the Alps have been scarcely studied in this way. This study addresses the adaptive genetic variability and differentiation of pedunculate oak populations originating from Austria and Croatia in a provenance/progeny field trial. Studied plants were six years old and were growing at the trial for three years. After two years of unusually low precipitations height and survival were analysed. The total mean height of all plants in the trial was 137.8 cm and ranged from 123.0 cm to 151.8 cm. The overall mean survival rate was rather high (0.85). Mean population survival ranged from 0.64 to 0.94. Individual narrow-sense heritabilities (hi2), family mean heritabilities (hf2), the coefficients of additive genetic variation (CVA) and quantitative genetic differentiation coefficients (QST) were calculated. A multivariate regression tree (MRT) analysis was used to determine the pattern of genetic differentiation of the populations. Individual heritabilities for height ranged between 0.00 and 0.39. Family mean heritabilities for height were rather low in most populations as well (<0.5). Family mean heritabilities for survival were higher than for height (ranging between 0.00 and 0.77). Calculated QST coefficients (0.25 for height and 0.14 for survival) indicated between-population genetic differentiation. The populations were separated into two clusters by MRT analysis regarding a climatic variable, namely Hargreaves’ reference evapotranspiration. Populations originating from comparatively more humid habitats were grouped in the first cluster. The first cluster had a lower mean height and survival compared to the second one. The differences between these clusters were highly statistically significant. The observed quantitative genetic differentiation might have been driven by natural selection caused by differences in the relative moisture of the habitats from which the progeny populations originate. The results suggest ecotypic pattern of the quantitative genetic differentiation among studied populations.
Can You Tell Me That Story Again? The Need for a Counter Story of the Teacher-Child Relationship

This paper explores the pedagogical relationship as conveyed by a particular body of literature: the teacher-child relationship in the early years, particularly in early childhood education (ECE) settings (from preschool to elementary classrooms with children up to 8 years old). I critique this body of literature by asking two simple questions: What is the role of children and teachers in informing this body of research? and how does this body of literature refer to the role of children and teachers in the enhancement of positive relationships? I draw on the concept of performativity used by Stephen Ball (2003) to develop this analysis of a review of the teacher-child relationship literature that includes studies published from 1992 to 2015 mostly, but not solely, in North American journals. I analyze how this body of literature works as a vehicle of dominant discourses in which I highlight mainly two narratives: the child as voiceless and the teacher as a hero. This paper argues that the study of the teacher-child relationship in ECE research reinforces the discourse of performativity embedded in a neoliberal governance model and reforms not only teachers' practices but also their identities. A critical examination of the research literature encourages researchers and teachers to interrupt narratives that promote a superficial engagement between educators and young children and that overlook important considerations regarding the role of the wider socio-political context of schools in children and teachers’ lives. The purpose of this paper is twofold: 1) to contribute to the debate on the role of academia in reinforcing or contesting dominant discourses in educational policy and teaching practices in ECE by 2) initiating a dialogue on why a counter-story of the relationship between teachers and children is needed.
GENETIC STRUCTURE OF CZECH AND SLOVAK POPULATIONS OF THE

In 2003, a project aiming to assess Eurasian otter population size and structure in 2 different habitats in the Czech and Slovak Republics using genetic typing of spraints was started. Initial testing showed that analysis success rate was significantly influenced by (1) type of sample (anal jellies better than spraints); and (2) weather (negative impact of increasing temperature). Therefore, samples were collected in cold months only, and jelly samples and spraints with jelly or mucus were taken in preference. Samples need to be very fresh (≤18 hrs) and should be sub-sampled into several tubes to obtain sufficient amount of DNA. In general, around 70% of all samples were successfully genotyped. To date, 11 different genotypes, corresponding to 11 otter individuals (5 females and 6 males), have been identified in the mountainous area of the Slovenský Raj National Park, Slovakia. Tissue samples from carcasses from the Czech (n = 57) and Slovak (n = 22) Republics, and genotypes identified from spraints (n = 11), were used to study genetic diversity. Most of the Czech population formed part of a relatively strong but isolated Czech-Austrian-German population; while the Slovak population formed part of the Central and Eastern European otter distribution range. A relatively narrow (50-80 km) region with no otter presence separated the populations; however, the Czech population has very recently reconnected with the otter population in Eastern Europe through Poland. Values of allelic richness (Rs) and observed heterozygosity (Ho) were similar for both populations (Rs: Czech = 4.21, Slovak = 4.33; Ho: Czech = 0.643, Slovak = 0.565). The overall Fst (fixation index) value was significant (Fst = 0.128; P < 0.001), indicating the existence of a gene flow barrier between populations and confirming their moderate genetic differentiation. Both Czech and Slovak populations, however, exhibited a Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (Fis = N.S.), i.e. there was no evidence for inbreeding in these populations.
JOINT MOVEMENT BETWEEN JORDANIAN AND FOREIGN INTEREST RATES UNDER FIXED EXCHANGE RATE

Interest rate by and large is one of the important economic variables which may have a significant impact on the economy. This study examines, in particular, the nature of the relationship between the local and foreign interest rates due to the fixed exchange rate between the Jordanian dinar and the U.S. dollar. In addition, it investigates the role of the relationship between interest rates with respect to the independence of monetary policy. Stationarity tests for two scenarios of the U.S. interest rates are used to verify the applicability of the theory of interest rate parity to the Jordanian economy. This theory includes an assumption of a joint movement between local and foreign interest rates. Cointegration test was also used to indicate the extent to which the two rates are cointegrated over the time. The results of stationarity of time-series test and their differences were contrary to the theory of interest rate parity that assumes a domestic interest rate is affected by the foreign interest rate. Thus, the results do not indicate a joint movement between the domestic and foreign interest rates in the long term. Despite this result, the study recommends maintaining an adequate margin between the rates of domestic and foreign interest, which allows the policy makers monetary independence.
The relationship between knowledge intensity and market concentration in European industries: An inverted U-shape

This paper is motivated by the European Union strategy to secure competitiveness for Europe in the globalising world by focussing on technological supremacy (the Lisbon - agenda). Parallel to that, the EU Commission is trying to take a more economic approach to competition policy in general and anti-trust policy in particular. Our analysis tries to establish the relationship between increasing knowledge intensity and the resulting market concentration: if the European Union economy is gradually shifting to a pattern of sectoral specialisation that features a bias on knowledge intensive sectors, then this may well have some influence on market concentration and competition policy would have to adjust not to counterfeit the Lisbon-agenda. Following a review of the available theoretical and empirical literature on the relationship between knowledge intensity and market structure, we use a larger Eurostat database to test the shape of this relationship. Assuming a causality that runs from knowledge to concentration, we show that the relationship between knowledge intensity and market structures is in fact different for knowledge intensive industries and we establish a non-linear, inverted U-curve shape.
ASSESSMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL STORE MANAGEMENT IN WOREDA HEALTH OFFICES OF WEST HARARGHE ZONE, ETHIOPIA

In order to ensure the prompt availability in adequate quantity of drugs at the time of need, they must be kept ready in stock. This requires good pharmaceutical store management and planning. The main purpose of this study was to assess the pharmaceutical store management practices in Habro, Darolebu, Odabultum, Gemechis and Chiro Woreda Health office pharmaceutical stores, West Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. A district based prospective crosssectional study design was conducted using check lists prepared based on WHO criteria to assess the pharmaceutical store management. A total of five Woreda health office pharmaceutical stores were included in the study with response rate of 100 %. In all (n = 5) of the study stores, there were no fire extinguisher, ladder, refrigerator/ freezer/, ventilators, wall thermometers and computer. All the study stores had adequate lighting, functional locks, protected from direct sun light, roof ceiling and windows in a good repair and 4 of them were dry, adequately ventilated and shady. The study findings show that the drug storage, arrangement and issuing practice were found good in Habro, Darolebu and Gemechis and Chiro store but poor in odabultum store. There were no sufficient storage and reception area, in Habro, Darolebu and Odabultum, shelves in Habro, Odabultum and Chiro and floor pallets in Gemechis, Odabultum and Chiro stores. Bin cards and stock cards were used only in Habro and Chiro stores. There were no means of maintaining and recording the room temperature of the drug store in all of the study stores.
The optical behaviour of ON 231 (W Comae) during and after the great outburst of spring 1998

We present the results of the optical monitoring of the BL Lac object ON 231 from 1997 to the spring 2001, including the large outburst of spring 1998. After this event the mean source luminosity declined slowly and continued to show changes greater than one magnitude. A simple analysis of the variability time scales in the best-sampled segments of the light curve reveals that the luminosity changes were faster during the burst and slowed down in the subsequent years.
Improving speech intelligibility in hearing aids. Part II: Quality assessment

Subjective tests are the most reliable methods for quantifying the perceived speech intelligibility, but the process to perform these tests usually is time consuming and cost expensive. For this reason, different objective measures have been proposed in the literature to evaluate the intelligibility and/or quality of speech in such a way that cooperation of human listeners is not necessary. In this paper, we describe a wide range of subjective tests reported in the literature, focusing on those proposed to evaluate speech intelligibility of Spanish language, not only for normal hearing listeners, but for hearing impaired as well. Afterwards we summarize the most common objective measures of speech quality, and finally we perform a comparison between them and some subjective speech intelligibility tests. In the subjective tests, clean Spanish speech material has been contaminated with different real background noises: cafeteria and outside traffic noise. Results show that Short-Time Objective Intelligibility (STOI) and Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) indices present a better correlation and a lower mean square error when predicting intelligibility compared to other objective measures tested.
Decentralizing Anti-Poverty Program Delivery in Developing Countries" and C98-104.2 "Corruption and Decentralization of Infrastructure Delivery in Developing Countries

Corruption and targeting failures in the delivery of public services in developing countries has frequently been argued to result from absence of controls on the behavior of central bureaucrats delegated authority over service delivery. This has motivated recent initiatives towards decentralization of service procurement and delivery to elected local governments expected to be more accountable to user interests. However if local democracy is prone to capture by local elites, decentralization can also be subject to diversion and targeting failures. This paper presents a simple analytical framework to evaluate the resulting trade-off, and predict the effects of decentralization on volume and allocation of service delivery under different financing mechanisms. Consistent with existing cross-country empirical evidence, we find that greater fiscal autonomy of local governments expands the volume of service delivery, but this tends to be accompanied by service overprovision to local elites at the expense of non-elites. Restrictions on the ability of local governments to raise local taxes can accordingly be justified on efficiency and equity grounds. User fee mechanisms ensure that decentralization welfare dominates centralization, irrespective of the degree of local capture.
Effect of Seed Rate and Nitrogen Level on Growth and Yield of Fodder Sorghum under Custard Apple Based Horti-Pastoral System

Combination of fruit trees and pasture (Hortipastoral) in an agroforestry system increases overall production besides imparting stability to the farming. The general perception of farmers is not to grow agricultural crops in combination of the trees (Bargali et al., 2004). Horti-pastoral systems are popular worldwide and promising option due to their increased return per unit area, high market value of product and contribution of fruits to household dietary needs. In India, custard apple (Annona squamosa) is cultivated in an area of 22,000 ha with production of 1, 65,000 tonnes (Anonymous, 2015a). Demand for food and fodder shows an ever increasing trend because of the growing population. Interspaces between fruit trees may be utilized for growing short duration crops like fodder sorghum under rainfed condition. Rainfed areas with fluctuation in rainfall pattern needs appropriate crop selection and sorghum is most suitable because of its relative drought tolerance.
Effect of Phosphate Fertilizer and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on The Nutrient, Phosphateuptake and in Vitro Digestibility of Alfalfa

This study aimed to determine the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and phosphate (P) fertilizer on the nutrient content, phosphate uptake and in vitro digestibility of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L. ). The research was conducted at green house of Forage and Pastures Science Laboratory, Faculty of Animal Science Universitas Gadjah Mada. The experiment was arranged in Completely Randomized Design using 3x4 factorial patterns with four replications. The first factor was dosage of phosphate fertilizer SP 36 (0, 60, and 120 kg/ha). Second factor was the dosage of AMF (0, 0.8, 1.6, and 2.4kg/ha). The variable measured was nutrient contents (crude protein, dry matter, and organic matter), total P uptake and dry matter and organic matter in vitro digestibility. The results showed that the interaction of AMF and P fertilizer had no significant effect on crude protein and total P uptake, but highly significant effect on the parameters of dry matter, organic matter and dry matter and organic matter in vitro digestibility.
Utterance-final particles in Taiwan Mandarin: Contact, context, and core functions

The use of utterance-final particles (UFPs) is a salient feature of Taiwan Mandarin, a Mandarin variety spoken in Taiwan. Despite their widespread use, Taiwan Mandarin UFPs have not attracted much attention in previous research. One reason for this neglect is that previous studies focus on UFPs that can be found in all Mandarin varieties and take the general validity of the findings for granted. By contrast, this study explores regional variation in the use of UFPs. Analyzing spoken Taiwan Mandarin data recorded from spontaneous conversations, it focuses on the three particles a, la and e. It examines the core function of these particles in the interaction between the participants in various types of conversational contexts. Besides determining their core-function, this study looks into the differences with respect to UFPs between Taiwan Mandarin and in the Mandarin spoken in mainland China. The properties that are specific to Taiwan Mandarin are analyzed as resulting from long-term contact with different Sinitic varieties, especially Southern Mǐn and Jiāng-Huai Mandarin. Hypotheses about language contact influence on the use of Taiwan Mandarin UFPs are tested using actual language data, and discussed against the historical background of migration of Mandarin speakers to Taiwan in the 20th century.
Illite “Crystallinity” Revisited

The Kübler Index (KI) is defined as the full width at half-maximum height (FWHM) of the 10-Å X-ray diffraction peak of illite-smectite interstratified (I-S) clay minerals. The only parameters controlling the Kübler Index are assumed to be the mean number of layers (N) in the coherent scattering domains (CSD), the variance of the distribution of the number of layers of the CSD, the mean percentage of smectite layers in I-S (%S), and the probability of layer stacking (Reichweite). The Kübler-Index measurements on air-dried (KIAD) and ethylene-glycolated (KIEG) samples were compared to N and %S using the NEWMOD computer program to simulate X-ray diffraction patterns. Charts of KIAD versus KIEG corrected for instrumental broadening were made and isolines were mapped for constant N and %S. Isolines allow a direct and rapid determination of N and %S from KI measurements.The method allows quantification of the metamorphic anchizone limits by considering mean thickness of fundamental particles in MacEwan crystallites. The transition from diagenesis to the anchizone and from the anchizone to the epizone of low-grade metamorphism corresponds to thicknesses of 20- and 70-layer fundamental particles, respectively.