Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparative effectiveness of some host plants on the general body metabolism of black blister beetle Meloe proscarabaeus (Coleoptera: Meloidae).

The black blister beetle Meloe proscarabaeus is firstly recorded in Egypt during 1970s. The present work was carried out aiming to investigate the effects of feeding on different host plants, viz. Vicia faba , Trifolium alexandrinum , and Lactuca sativa , on the general body metabolism of adult females. Concerning the carbohydrate content (CC) in haemolymph, feeding on V. faba resulted in unchanged content during the ovarian maturation period and oviposition period but decreased during the postoviposition period. By feeding on T. alexandrinum or L. sativa , CC gradually decreased through the successive time intervals. With regard to CC in the fat body, no change could be detected during the first two successive intervals while a slight increment was estimated during the post-oviposition period, after feeding on V. faba . Another fashion was determined by feeding on T. alexandrinum or L. sativa . The protein content (PC) gradually decreased in haemolymph by the adult age after feeding on V. faba . On the contrary, PC appeared in another course by feeding on L. sativa but no certain trend could be explored after feeding on T. alexandrinum . PC in the fat body turned down by age after feeding on V. faba or L. sativa , but another trend could be conceived by feeding on T. alexandrinum The lipid content (LC) in the haemolymph, after feeding on V. faba , was promoted during the oviposition period and then was prohibited during the last life interval. Feeding on T. alexdandrinum or L. sativa led to gradually increasing LC during the oviposition period and the next period. In the fat body, LC increased progressively by age after feeding on V. faba and a similar approach could be easily seen during the time intervals of adult females fed L. sativa but not fed T. alexandrinum
CCD imaging of twenty nearby isolated irregular galaxies

We present B , V and I CCD stellar photometry for a sample of 20 field irregular dwarf galaxies. Their corrected radial velocity is 500 km s-1 . Most of them have been resolved into stars for the first time. Based on photometry of their brightest blue stars we have derived the following distances: 5.9 Mpc (UGC 685), 5.4 Mpc (UGC 1281), 7.2 Mpc (UGC 3303), 7.0 Mpc (UGC 3476), 7.3: Mpc (UGC 3600), 7.2: Mpc (UGC 3698), 7.9 Mpc (NGC 2337), 8.6 Mpc (UGC 3817), 5.7 Mpc (UGC 3860), 5.6 Mpc (UGC 4426), ≥ 7.9 Mpc , 7.4: Mpc (UGC 5086), 7.1 Mpc (UGC 5272), 5.9 Mpc (UGC 5340), 7.1 Mpc (UGC 5427), 2.7: Mpc (UGC 5456), 6.6 Mpc (NGC 3274), 9.3 Mpc (UGC 5889), 5.2 Mpc (NGC 5238), and 8.0 Mpc (UGC 9405). Our sample exhibits diverse morphological properties evidently caused by their different starburst activity. The galaxy sample has a median integral absolute magnitude MB = -14.6 and a median integral colour . One dwarf, UGC 5340, stands out by its very blue colour, , and by its high M (HI)/L ratio, as expected for young galaxies. Four objects of the sample are IRAS sources. Being well isolated systems, the considered galaxies may be used to estimate a local value of the Hubble parameter, . For half of the sample galaxies their individual H- values are concentrated within [ 58-68] km s-1 /Mpc with a median of 65 km s-1 /Mpc.
Thin layer hot air drying of bael (Aegle marmelos) fruit pulp.

The bael (Aegle marmelos) is an important indigenous fruit and has various nutritional and therapeutic properties. Five air-drying temperatures (60, 65, 70, 75 and 80°C) and five thickness of pulp on the tray (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 mm) were chosen to obtain the drying characteristics of bael fruit pulp. Moisture loss was recorded at every 5 min intervals during drying. The samples were also evaluated for variation in vitamin C and colour. The powder prepared from the pulp dried at 65°C with a drying thickness of 2 mm was found optimum with respect to drying time, colour and ascorbic acid content. Two term model gave the best results for describing the drying kinetics of bael fruit pulp. Temperature at 65°C can be considered as the limiting temperature for drying of bael pulp to observe minimum reasonable change in colour and ascorbic acid content. Loss of vitamins was also more with increase in temperature and thickness of layer.
Beijing Urbanization in the Past 18 Years

Urbanization is a newly emerged problem in developing countries worldwide in nowadays. It has caused many ecological and environmental problems, which make it necessary to describe the process of urbanization to deal with these problems. Beijing, the capital city of China, also experienced a rapid urbanization in the past two decades since the reform and opening up policy launched by the central government in 1980’s. Based on the remotely sensed data of Beijing at the years of 1984, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, and 2002, GIS and Fragstats analysis showed that the landscape metrics indicated a fragmentation of the city during the process of urbanization at both landscape and urban type levels. Transect sampling on the images and urbanization rate analysis showed that the Beijing expansion was different in directions in the past 18 years, which can be described as a West-East direction enlargement in 1980’s, a North-South direction enlargement in 1990’s, and a Northeastern and Southeastern enlargement in 2000’s. The main driving forces of the urban sprawl were population and economy booming and the resulting infrastructural and housing construction, environmental protection policy, and the limitation of regional topography. The case of Beijing gives an example of urbanization study to other developing countries, and will be beneficial to a better understanding on the mechanisms of urbanization quantitatively.
Confirming information flows in networks

Social networks, be it on the internet or in real life, facilitate information flows. We model this by giving agents incentives to link with others and receive information through those links. We consider networks where agents have an incentive to confirm the information they receive from others. Our paper analyzes the social networks that are formed. We first study the existence of Nash equilibria and then characterize the set of strict Nash networks. Next, we characterize the set of strictly efficient networks and discuss the relationship between strictly efficient networks and strict Nash networks. Finally, we check the robustness of our results by allowing for heterogeneity among agents, possibility of bilateral deviations of agents, and decay in the network.
Simulating terahertz quantum cascade lasers: Trends from samples from different labs

We present a systematic comparison of the results from our non-equilibrium Green's function formalism with a large number of AlGaAs-GaAs terahertz quantum cascade lasers previously published in the literature. Employing identical material and simulation parameters for all samples, we observe that the discrepancies between measured and calculated peak currents are similar for samples from a given group. This suggests that the differences between experiment and theory are partly due to a lacking reproducibility for devices fabricated at different laboratories. Varying the interface roughness height for different devices, we find that the peak current under lasing operation hardly changes, so that differences in interface quality appear not to be the sole reason for the lacking reproducibility.
Hop pellets type 90: ESEM studies of glandular trichomes morphological and structural changes during the different phases of hop processing

The results of this study show that the most usual damages of hop glandular trichomes are obtained on tunica of peltate glandular trichomes as well as cracking of bulbous glandular trichomes. In fresh hop cones any sorts of damage of glandular trichomes are obtained, on the other hand frequency of damaged hop glandular trichomes increase after drying (fi=0.08) and after pelletization of hop cones the structure of glandular trichomes is completely destroyed. Volume of hop glandular trichomes of dried hop cones is significantly smaller in the comparison with volume of glandular trichomes of fresh hop cones (D=0.544×10−2 mm3; P<0.01) and a phenomenon of shrinkage on tunica surface of peltate glandular trichomes of dried hop cones is also visible in comparison with the fresh one. The decrease in volume of hop glandular trichomes in dried hop cones is the result of dehydration of hop cones and consequently hops glandular trichomes during the drying process which cause shrinkage of peltate glandular trichomes.
On Social Identity, Subjective Expectations, and the Costs of Control

Controlling employees can have severe consequences in situations that are not fully contractible. However, the perception of control may be contingent on the nature of the relationship between principal and agent. We, therefore, propose a principal-agent model of control that takes into account social identity (in the sense of Akerlof and Kranton, 2000, 2005). From the model and previous literature, we conclude that a shared social identity between the principal and agent has both a cognitive, that is, belief-related, and a behavioral, that is, performance-related, dimension. We test these theoretical conjectures in a labor market experiment with perfect monitoring. Our ndings confirm that social identity has important implications for the agent's decision-making. First, agents who are socially close to the principal (in-group) perform, on average, more on behalf of the principal than socially distant (no-group) agents. Second, social identity shapes the agent's subjective expectations of the acceptable level of control. In-group agents expect to experience less control than no-group agents. Third, an agent's reaction to the monitoring level she eventually faces also depends on social identity. If the experienced level of control is lower than the expected control level, that is, the agent faces a positive sensation, the increase in performance is less pronounced for in-group agents than for no-group agents. In the case of a negative sensation, however, in-group agents react stronger than no-group agents. Put differently, being socially distant from the principal amplies the performance-enhancing effect of a positive control surprise and mitigates the detrimental performance effect of a negative surprise.
Efficient heuristic for non-linear transportation problem on the route with multiple ports

ABSTRACT We need a better transport planning tool for loading maximization and transport cost minimization on the voyage route with multiple loading/unloading (discharging) ports. The implemented heuristic algorithm is able to find out an appropriate routing sequence with maximal earnings and profit. In the same time it looks for minimal loading/discharging and transshipment costs, but with fulfillment of cargo demands in a number of ports on the route. The efficient algorithm for optimal transport of N cargo loads (e.g. contingent of containers) for ships with limited capacity is being developed. This efficient tool may significantly reduce transport costs and ensure maximal profit to freight forwarders. Also, it can be applied for supply chain management of different goods from numerous vendors. The proposed algorithm shows acceptable complexity that means that such optimization tool can be used in shipping supported with limited computing power.
MORPHOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS AND CONDITION FACTORS OF TWO FRESHWATER BARBS, PUNTIUS SOPHORE AND PUNTIUS TICTO FROM THE PADMA RIVER OF BANGLADESH

The present study carried out the length-length, length-weight relationships and condition factors of two freshwater barbs Puntius sophore and Puntius ticto from Padma river of Bangladesh. The length-length relationships with total length among different body lengths for P. sophore and P. ticto were found highly significant with all “r” values ranged from 0.888 to 0.997 for P. sophore and 0.897 to 0.996 for P. ticto. The interrelationships among the length parameters were also found highly significant with all “r” values being >0.872 both for P. sophore and P. ticto. The length-weight relationship equations were obtained as TW=0.00831TL 3.015 for P. sophore and TW=0.00647TL 3.021 for P. ticto and found highly significant. The observed (Ko), calculated (Kc) and relative (Kn) condition factors showed little variation for both the species and maintained fairly same patterns among them. Findings of the present work would be helpful for fishery managers as well as the sustainable management of freshwater barbs of Bangladesh as well as other countries of the world.
Regression model for prediction availability of essential heavy metals in soils

The aim of paper was to compare relationshipsof total and plant available essential heavy metals in soils considering soil acidity and humus impacts. Regression models should provide additional data (EDTA? extractable fraction) from available data (heavy metal total content, soil pH). The 60 soil samples were analysed for pH, humus, phosphorus, potassium, and additionally for essential heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni) by extraction by aqua regia and by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). The heavy metal with highest total content was iron, then manganese, zinc, nickel, and copper regardless of soil pH. The order of EDTA? extracted elements changed with copper jumping from last to third place, but the percentage of total content extracted by EDTA was quite opposite: Cu, Ni, Zn, Mn, and Fe. Soil pH impacted on EDTA? extractable fraction and the regression models can predict the EDTA? extractable fraction of Zn, Cu and Ni with acceptable average errors, but not for Fe and Mn. The obligate input data for models are total soil content of certain heavy metal and pH. Model errors decreased using humus content as additional input data. The lowest model errors were for copper in acid soils and nickel in calcareous soils.
Two roads, one destination: a journey of discovery

The adoption of resource discovery platforms has be en a growing trend in libraries. However, few libraries have reported on the transition from one discovery layer to another, and only a few institutions have discussed two discovery layers available in the same institution at the same time. Bond University Library recently implemented Alma as its library management system, and with this change a new discovery platform, Primo, was implemented to supersede the existing Summon platform. This paper will present the results of a usability study undertaken at Bond University Library in the move from one discovery layer to another.
EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL AND HAEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF PHYTOCHEMICALS FROM FRESHWATER MICROALGA, EUGLENA VIRIDIS (EHREN)

Objective: The main aim of this research work was to evaluate the antibacterial and haemolytic activities of different extracts of Euglena viridis (E. viridis), a freshwater microalga.Methods: The solvent extraction has been followed by a preliminary screening of phytochemicals. The ethanolic extract, Eu(EtOH) was chromatographed on a silica gel column. The column was eluted with hexane and then with ethyl acetate/hexane mixtures of increasing polarity, 16 fractions (Ef1-Ef16) were collected and grouped according to their TLC (Thin layer chromatography). Antibacterial activities of different fractions of E. viridis against Pseudomonas putida (P. putida) ATCC49828, P. aeruginosa MTCC 35672, Aeromonas hydrophila (A. hydrophila) MTCC 646, ATCC 49140, eleven strains of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and thirteen strains of Flavobacterium columnare (F. columnare) was done using disc diffusion methods. Haemolytic activity was carried out by using blood agar plate method. The MIC (Minimum inhibitory concentration) values of active fractions were determined by the broth dilution method.Results: The results showed that the Eu(EtOH) poses significantly (p≤0.5) higher zone of inhibition (14.0±0.28, 13.5±0.28 mm) against FLV8 and FLV9 respectively. Three strains of Flavobacterium (FLV5, FLV6 and FLV10) were highly sensitive (zone size, 17 mm, 17.5 mm) towards 30% EA: Hex chromatographic eluents (Ef11) with lowest MIC values, e. i 60 µg and 30 µg respectively. Two chromatographic fractions, Ef11 and Ef13 were highly effective (zone size, 14.5 mm and 13.5 mm) against S. aureus (SA5) with lowest MIC value (60µg). Haemolytic activities of all the algal extracts were noticed that both Eu(EtOH) and methanolic extract, Eu(MeOH) of Euglena gives negative results.Conclusion: These findings suggest that the extract obtained from E. viridis have active substances contributing to the increasing antibacterial potential.
A comparative citation analysis study of master’s theses at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine and compare the type and age of cited literature in master’s theses of three academic disciplines at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. It also aims to improve the existing monograph and serial collections at AUB. Design/methodology/approach As theses and dissertations present a convenient source of bibliographies for examination, the authors conducted a citation analysis of all master’s theses completed during the period 2004-2013 in the disciplines of biology, mechanical engineering and political science. Bibliographic data were extracted from each citation in the reference list(s) and later analyzed using Microsoft Excel. Availability of all cited books and journals was checked against the library catalog. Findings This case study reveals the extent to which the AUB University Libraries (UL) collections answer the research needs of graduate students. The findings show that engineering and biology students use a significantly greater number of scholarly journal articles than political science students, while all disciplines rely on recent publications. Practical implications This paper’s findings will prove useful to develop lists of core journals for the AUB UL. The findings will help managing existing collections and provide a base for informed decision-making as regards journal subscriptions and cancellations. Originality/value Although many citation analyses of master’s theses have been done around the world, this study is one of the few completed in the Arab world. Hence, it offers useful insight for collection development in Lebanon and the Arab world.
Concept of God and Personal Meaning: Investigating the Perspective of Older Adults

The positive effects of spiritual and religious belief and practice (e.g. church attendance or prayer) and the experience of personal meaning on older adults’ well-being are well documented. However, the associations between specific beliefs about God’s character and specific means of existential resolution have received little attention. The current exploratory study investigated associations between a God Concept Rating Form, generated from open-ended responses to the question “What is God like? ”, and Wong’s seven subcategories of personal meaning. A significant negative correlation is found between salience of belief in a judgmental God and the Personal Meaning Profile subcategories of self-acceptance, self-transcendence and relationship with others. Salience of belief about God’s expectations for human behavior is positively correlated with self-transcendence at a nearsignificant level. Salience of traditional Christian beliefs is positively associated with meaning-finding through religion. Viewing God in relational terms is not associated with greater self-acceptance.
Genetic characterization of the nine medicinal Dendrobium species using RAPD

The nine species of Dendrobium were distinguished from each other by the banding pattern generated by the sixteen 10-mer oligonucleotide primers in the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) reaction. Distinctive bands generated from the nine species were observed. RAPD analysis was also applied to estimate the genetic relationship among the nine species. A dendrogram was constructed based on a data matrix of 323 polymorphic bands originated by the sixteen random primers. Four groups were identified, one consisting of Dendrobium huoshanense and Dendrobium loddigesii, the second consisting of Dendrobium bellatulum and Dendrobium fimbriatum. The third cluster contained Dendrobium candidum, Dendrobium densiflorum and Dendrobium exile. The rest were grouped in the fourth cluster. The principal coordinate analysis (PCA), that is, the plot drawn on the basis of the RAPD data, clearly distinguished the nine species into four groups, which also support the notion in the dendrogram described above.
Psychological Disturbance and Violent Crimes: What do Mentions in JudicialSentences Reveal?

The intersection between immigration and crime has been a focal point scholarly attention since the beginning of the 20th century following the large-scale settlement of migrants in the suburbs of Chicago. Subsequent events stimulated the development of a series of theories related to immigration and crime based around the deregulation of social class. In this context, an analysis was conducted of violent crimes (including murder, robbery, physical assault and rape) in Portugal (Guia, 2015a). The citizenship/ ethnicity of prison inmates, convicted between 2002 and 2011, was assessed to determine if they were in fact Portuguese or foreign nationals (immigrants, third-country circulating individuals, Euro migrants or visitors from EU countries). The analysis did not reveal any significant relationship between immigration and violent crime, with the exception of robbery, where there is a growing overrepresentation of foreign nationals. The findings indicate that the selective policing of foreign nationals and judicial practices that result in the increased application of preventive detention and imprisonment has led to foreign nationals being overrepresented in crime and justice statistics. Nevertheless, and having analysed 116 convictions for violent crimes, psychological disturbances appear be increasingly cited as mitigating reasons for violent crimes. The suggestion of psychological disturbances calls into questions the offender’s capacity and responsibility for the commitment of such crimes. Consequently, more research is needed to determine the prevalence of psychological disturbances among violent criminal aggressors. Consequently, I have analysed judicial sentences for references to psychological disturbances in a bid to answer the following questions: What is the distinction between the burden of responsibility for violent aggressors and those who have mental health issues? Are arguments about mental health issues used to question responsibility or are they really about facilitating access to treatment? This article presents the preliminary results of this analysis and highlights the need for further analysis. Moreover, the outcomes of this study have implication for possible early intervention activities.
Self-Discrepancy in Adolescence:Own and Parental Standpoints on the Self

http://www.jstor. org Self-Discrepancy in Adolescence: Own and Parental Standpoints on the Self Author(s): Marlene M. Moretti and Vaneesa J. Wiebe Source: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly (1982-), Vol. 45, No. 4, Invitational Issue: The Development of Self: New Directions in Theory and Research (October 1999), pp. 624-649 Published by: Wayne State University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor. org/stable/23093375 Accessed: 30-04-2015 20:09 UTC