Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Off-flavour in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cultured in an integrated pond-cage culture system

Thai farmers are shifting to cage farming in ponds due to drastic fluctuations in production in river cages resulting mainly from deteriorating water quality and diseases. Cage culture of tilapia in ponds has its merits but it is not immune to off-flavour problems. This study compares the levels of off-flavour compounds: geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (MIB), in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cultured alone in ponds (T1), alone in pond cages (T2), in ponds with caged catfish (T3), and in pond cages with catfish in ponds (T4). Off-flavour levels of caged tilapia in the Ping River were similarly determined for comparison. Analysis of geosmin and MIB by HS-SPME-GC/MS revealed that fish in all pond treatments were found to be off-flavoured. At harvest, Nile tilapia in pond cages had significantly higher geosmin and MIB levels (P<0.05) compared to tilapia from the Ping River cages. No significant differences were observed in both geosmin and MIB levels among the treatments for Nile tilapia and hybrid catfish. The levels of MIB were generally higher than those of geosmin in fish, pond water and sediment. The prevalence of MIB could be partly due to the presence of MIB-producing actinomycetes in the ponds as revealed from their isolation in tilapia's stomach from T4 case. Microcystis aeruginosa and known off-flavour producers, Anabaena spp. and Oscillatoria spp. , colonised the ponds,
Functional Neurological Disorder Presenting as Stroke: A Narrative Review

Functional neurological symptom disorder (FNSD) represents one of the disorders that are continuously being revised by the diagnostic and statistical manual of disease (DSM) due to the lack of certainty of some of its clinical characteristics. In the last 5th edition (DSM5), 7 subtypes have been proposed, but not all of them potentially present as stroke mimics. Though both FNSD and stroke are common in clinical practice, the prevalence of functional stroke is not well-known. The diagnosis of FNSD does not rely on the mere absence of medical explanation, but on active demonstration of symptom incompatibility with a medical disorder. In this narrative review, we explore the literature on the prevalence of functional stroke, its clinical presentation and the validated clinical signs of incongruity, the risk factors and cultural differences of clinical presentation and differentiation of FNSD from malingering. We also review the role of neuroimaging in establishing the diagnosis as well as the evidence of thrombolysis safety and some of the psychosomatic models of disease.
Effect of Seaweed Extract on Fruiting of Hindy Bisinnara Mango Trees

Yield quantitatively and qualitatively of "Hindy Bisinnara" mango trees in response to foliar application of seaweed extract (SWE) twice, thrice or four times at 0.0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 % were investigated during 2010 and 2011 seasons.Results showed that using seaweed extract(SWE) spraying at 0.1 to 0.4 % twice, thrice or four times was essential in enhancing growth, different nutrients, yield as well as some physical and chemical characteristics of the fruits rather than non-application. The promotion was associated with increasing concentrations and frequencies. No major differences were observed among the higher two concentrations and frequencies.The best results with regard to yield and quality of "Hindy Bisinnara" mango trees were obtained with spraying seaweed extract (SWE) three times (growth start, just after fruit setting and 21 days later) at 0.2 %. (Ahmed Y. Mohamed and Osama A. M. El- Sehrawy. Effect of Seaweed Extract on Fruiting of Hindy Bisinnara Mango
Business Analytics and Organizational Value Chains: A Relational Mapping

ABSTRACT Given the increased interest and investment in business analytics (BA) applications, it is important to have an understanding of what analytics capabilities firms use to enhance value through their value chain activities. We illustrate exemplar uses of BA applications, tools, and technologies by presenting a mapping of the (BA) capabilities of a firm from a value chain perspective espoused in Porter’s [52] internet capabilities framework. The mapping of BA capabilities was carried out based on the generally accepted classification of analytics – descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive. The study uses both secondary and primary data sets. Results suggest that organizations currently focus on application of analytics where outcomes are easily measurable in terms of direct value creation/addition.
Ecolabels information and consumer self-confidence in decision making: a strategic imperative

ABSTRACT The effectiveness of ecolabels influencing consumers’ intention to purchase green products in the area of consumer self-confidence in decision making remains limited. It raises the question whether consumer’s self-confidence on green/ecolabels mediates purchase intent. These insights influence how marketers can position ecolabel information as a communication-strategy to influence purchase intent. A survey questionnaire was designed and investigated 202 responses. It uses structural equation modelling (SEM) (AMOS) to estimate the associations hypothesised and to analyse the data.This research makes the following contribution, first this research is unique as it explicitly examines and validates measures for consumer self-confidence in ecolabels based on the scales developed by authors drawn from the literature. Second, it informs the theoretical foundation for future marketing studies related to consumer self-confidence, green purchase intent and ecolabel information. Lastly, the findings show strong evidence that ecolabel information can provide information which is a necessary step for consumers making informed choices.
Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for fast emergence of visual consciousness

Abstract A fundamental unsettled dispute concerns how fast the brain generates subjective visual experiences. Both early visual cortical activation and later activity in fronto-parietal global neuronal workspace correlate with conscious vision, but resolving which of the correlates causally triggers conscious vision has proved a methodological impasse. We show that participants can report whether or not they consciously perceived a stimulus in just over 200 ms. These fast consciousness reports were extremely reliable, and did not include reflexive, unconscious responses. The neural events that causally generate conscious vision must have occurred before these behavioral reports. Analyses on single-trial neural correlates of consciousness revealed that the late cortical processing in fronto-parietal global neuronal workspace (∼300 ms) started after the fastest consciousness reports, ruling out the possibility that this late activity directly reflects the emergence of visual consciousness. The consciousness reports were preceded by a negative amplitude difference (∼160–220 ms) that spread from occipital to frontal cortex, suggesting that this correlate underlies the emergence of conscious vision.
Pengaruh Intervensi Diet dan Olah Raga Terhadap Indeks Massa Tubuh, Lemak Tubuh, dan Kesegaran Jasmani pada Anak Obes

Latar belakang. Obesitas telah berkembang menjadi epidemi baik di negara maju maupun negara berkembang. Diduga bahwa intervensi diet dan olah raga dapat menurunkan risiko obesitas. Tujuan . Mengetahui pengaruh intervensi diet dan olah raga terhadap indeks massa tubuh, lemak tubuh dan kesegaran jasmani pada anak obes Metode. Uji intervensi one group pre and post test design pada anak SD usia 9–10 tahun di SD Bernardus Semarang pada bulan Juni-September 2009. Intervensi diet berupa konseling pada anak dan orangtua. Intervensi olahraga tiga kali 45 menit per minggu selama 8 minggu. Pengambilan data pada awal dan akhir penelitian berupa data antropometri dengan menggunakan timbangan Tanita BC 545 Inner Scan Body Composition dan tingkat kesegaran jasmani diukur menggunakan 20 meter shuttle run test, kemudian dilakukan analisis data dengan t-test berpasangan dan analisis multivariat. Hasil. Dua puluh subjek (17 laki-laki dan 3 perempuan) menyelesaikan penelitian. Didapatkan penurunan rerata indeks massa tubuh 0,6 kg/m2 (p=0,006) dan peningkatan rerata tingkat kesegaran jasmani sebesar 1,66 ml/kg/menit (p=0,000), tetapi tidak didapatkan perbedaan secara bermakna terhadap lemak tubuh. Asupan diet harian berkurang 421,3 kkal/hari. Berdasarkan analisis multivariat, asupan makanan merupakan variabel yang lebih berpengaruh dibandingkan dengan olahraga (rsquare=0,33, p=0,018). Kesimpulan. Intervensi diet dan olahraga selama 8 minggu menurunkan indeks massa tubuh, meningkatkan tingkat kesegaran jasmani, tetapi tidak didapatkan pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap lemak tubuh. Asupan diet merupakan variabel yang paling berpengaruh.
Characterization of cattle husbandry practices in Essera Woreda, Dawuro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

This study was conducted in Essera Woreda, Dawuro Zone of South Nations Nationalities and People Region with the objectives of characterizing cattle husbandry practices as well as identifying and prioritizing cattle production constraints of the study area. Ninety households (HHs) owning cattle were selected randomly. A semi-structured questionnaire was prepared and used to collect data on cattle production system, production constraints and available feed resources. The average family size was 6.74±0.32 per HH. Crop-livestock mixed farming was the commonly used farming system (95.5%). The mean total land holding was 2.91±0.18 ha per HH and there was no significant (P>0.05) difference in total land holding among three agro-ecologies. The average land allocated for crop production, fallow land, others and grazing land were 1.00 ± 0.26, 0.92 ± 0.20, 0.46 ± 0.19 and 0.42 ± 0.19, respectively. The results of this study showed that the average cattle herd size per HH was 11.12 ± 0.69 and was significantly (p<0.05) varied across agro-ecologies. The purpose of keeping cattle in Woreda was for milk (46.7%), meat (44.4%), manure (100%), traction (4.4%), and others (37.8%). Natural mating (82.2%) was the most widely used breeding practice and was significantly (p<0.05) differed among agro-ecologies. Trypanosomiasis was the first ranked disease in the study area. The first three major feed resources were natural pasture (54.4 and 90%), crop residues (63.3 and 100%), and crop aftermath (65.5 and 90%) during dry and wet season, respectively. Grazing on natural pasture was the commonly used feeding system. Majority (93.3%) of HHs kept their cattle in their living house. The sources of water for cattle were river (75.5%), spring (13.3%) and tap (11.1%). The survey showed the major constraints of cattle production to be shortage of feed, diseases and shortage of water with indices of 0.385, 0.367 and 0.111, respectively. It was concluded that more emphasis should be given to improve cattle production through strong extension services in delivery of veterinary services, feed conservation and improved fodder cultivation and improved availability of water. Key words: Cattle production, Essera Woreda, feed resources, Husbandry practices, production constraints.
Factors contributing to prosthodontic exam anxiety in undergraduate dental students

Introduction Prosthodontics is a challenging subject for dental students. This study explores the incidence of exam anxiety among prosthodontics students and the variables that moderate it. Methods A cross-sectional, self-administered questionnaire was distributed to fourth-year undergraduate students immediately before examinations, with a 77% response rate (55.7% female, 44.3% male). Results A lack of time to prepare before exams and an inability to recall before exams were the main factors affected by gender. In addition, 63.5% of male students agreed that social media and mobile phones are distractions, while 81.8% of female students disagreed (P<0.001). Within the removable prosthodontic courses (preclinical or clinical), 61.0% of students agreed that a lack of time to prepare before exams is an issue with the clinical course, while 58.5% of the students moderately agreed it is an issue with the preclinical course (P=0.044). A lack of time to prepare, fear of failure, and the time of the examination were of greater concern with regard to quizzes than with mid-term examinations. Conclusion This study highlights the presence of exam anxiety among prosthodontics students, as well as how that anxiety is influenced by gender, clinical courses, and the type of exam. This study suggests that students should be taught strategies to improve their study, life and time-management skills in order to overcome exam anxiety. This study additionally suggests that improving success rates in dental school requires placing an increased focus in the curriculum on test competency and examination patterns.
Prospect of Nutrition and Feeding for Sustainable Buffalo Production

Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is known as efficient convertor of poor quality forages into high quality milk and meat. Buffalo is mainly categorized as Asian and Mediterranean with two main sub Species (River and Swamp type) present in Asia. At present, around 95% of the world buffalo population is contributed by Asia; where animals are mostly fed on low quality roughages and crop residues with poor nutritive value resulting in poor production, reproduction with delayed onset of puberty in heifers and high mortality in young stock. Recent investigations showed that use of bST in buffalo fed high energy density diets and increasing the level of rumen un-degradable proteins in the diets of lactating dairy buffalo, improved the production and reproduction performance. Furthermore, use of stair step feeding system in growing heifer reduced the age at puberty with significant reduction in the cost of feeding. Further, milk fed calves can be successfully and economically weaned as early as 8 weeks of age without any adverse effects on growth when given free access to good quality starter diet. Despite the recent developments in buffalo nutrition, a number of other areas; like establishment of nutrient requirements for lactating buffalo according to stage of lactation and production status, requirements for growing heifers aimed to reduce age at puberty, development of milk replacer for young buffalo calves, use of various feed additives and performance enhancers, changes in rumen microbial ecology and reduction in methane production, still need considerable attention.
CAN MANDATORY DIVIDEND POLICY REDUCE THE AGENCY COST OF LISTED COMPANIES? MODEL ANALYSIS AND EMPIRICAL TEST IN CHINA

In this research, the mixed strategy complete information static game was adopted to explain the effect of mandatory dividend policy on agency cost, and Chinese mandatory dividend policy introduced in 2011was regarded as the institutional background, and whether mandatory dividend policy can reduce the agency cost of listed companies as an accidental impact was studied. Empirical test indicates that mandatory dividend policy significantly inhibits the agency cost of enterprises. Further research finds that the mandatory dividend policy has a better effect on reducing agency costs for the companies listed on the main board and those with normal dividends, while it has no significant effect on restraining agency costs for the companies with micro-dividends and small and medium-sized boards. The study supports the dividend agency cost theory and provides empirical evidence for the regulating departments to improve the follow-up policy of capital market governance.
The Impact of Emotion Regulation Training on Social Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Background and Purpose: Since children with autism spectrum disorder are at risk for emotional and social problems, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional regulation training on social skills of children with autism spectrum disorder. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group design. For this purpose, 25 children with autism spectrum disorder were selected and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received emotional regulation training in eight sessions, but the control group did not receive this training. Both groups were evaluated in the stages of pretest and post-test by social skills questionnaire (Stone, 2003). For analysis of data, covariance analysis was used. Results: The results of data analysis indicated that after the intervention, the experimental group had a better performance compared to the control group in the areas of emotional perception, initiation and maintenance of interaction (P <0.01). Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, training of emotional regulation by improving the emotional adjustment skills in social relationships and emotional and cognitive perspective taking, improves the emotional understanding, initiation and maintenance of social interaction in children with autism spectrum.
Neutron spectroscopic study of crystalline electric field excitations in stoichiometric and lightly stuffed Yb2Ti2O7

Time-of-flight neutron spectroscopy has been used to determine the crystalline electric field Hamiltonian, eigenvalues and eigenvectors appropriate to the J=7/2 Yb3+ ion in the candidate quantum spin ice pyrochlore magnet Yb2Ti2O7. The precise ground state of this exotic, geometrically frustrated magnet is known to be sensitive to weak disorder associated with the growth of single crystals from the melt. Such materials display weak “stuffing,” wherein a small proportion, approximately 2%, of the nonmagnetic Ti4+ sites are occupied by excess Yb3+. We have carried out neutron spectroscopic measurements on a stoichiometric powder sample of Yb2Ti2O7, as well as a crushed single crystal with weak stuffing and an approximate composition of Yb2+xTi2–xO7+y with x = 0.046. All samples display three crystalline electric field transitions out of the ground state, and the ground state doublet itself is identified as primarily composed of mJ = ±1/2, as expected. However, stuffing at low temperatures in Yb2+xTi2–xO7+y induces a similar finite crystalline electric field lifetime as is induced in stoichiometric Yb2Ti2O7 by elevated temperature. In conclusion, an extended strain field exists about each local “stuffed” site, which produces a distribution of random crystalline electric field environments in the lightly stuffed Yb2+xTi2–xO7+y, in addition to producing a more » small fraction of Yb ions in defective environments with grossly different crystalline electric field eigenvalues and eigenvectors. « less
Predictive model assessment in PLS-SEM: guidelines for using PLSpredict

Purpose Partial least squares (PLS) has been introduced as a “causal-predictive” approach to structural equation modeling (SEM), designed to overcome the apparent dichotomy between explanation and prediction. However, while researchers using PLS-SEM routinely stress the predictive nature of their analyses, model evaluation assessment relies exclusively on metrics designed to assess the path model’s explanatory power. Recent research has proposed PLSpredict, a holdout sample-based procedure that generates case-level predictions on an item or a construct level. This paper offers guidelines for applying PLSpredict and explains the key choices researchers need to make using the procedure. Design/methodology/approach The authors discuss the need for prediction-oriented model evaluations in PLS-SEM and conceptually explain and further advance the PLSpredict method. In addition, they illustrate the PLSpredict procedure’s use with a tourism marketing model and provide recommendations on how the results should be interpreted. While the focus of the paper is on the PLSpredict procedure, the overarching aim is to encourage the routine prediction-oriented assessment in PLS-SEM analyses. Findings The paper advances PLSpredict and offers guidance on how to use this prediction-oriented model evaluation approach. Researchers should routinely consider the assessment of the predictive power of their PLS path models. PLSpredict is a useful and straightforward approach to evaluate the out-of-sample predictive capabilities of PLS path models that researchers can apply in their studies. Research limitations/implications Future research should seek to extend PLSpredict’s capabilities, for example, by developing more benchmarks for comparing PLS-SEM results and empirically contrasting the earliest antecedent and the direct antecedent approaches to predictive power assessment. Practical implications This paper offers clear guidelines for using PLSpredict, which researchers and practitioners should routinely apply as part of their PLS-SEM analyses. Originality/value This research substantiates the use of PLSpredict. It provides marketing researchers and practitioners with the knowledge they need to properly assess, report and interpret PLS-SEM results. Thereby, this research contributes to safeguarding the rigor of marketing studies using PLS-SEM.
Investigating the effect of motivation on entrepreneurial intention: three different approaches

This study aims to measure the impact of entrepreneurial motivation on the entrepre- neurial intention of Muslim vocational school students. There is a lack of scholarly attention focusing on the Muslim students in the entrepreneurship field of the study. There were three models to be tested in this study. The first model covered six dimensions of motivation linked directly to entrepreneurial intention. The second model grouped the dimensions under the motivation variable. The third model linked taking motivation to giving motivation and giving motivation to entrepreneurial intention. Data were collected from 626 vocational school students in Jakarta. The exploratory and structural equation models were used for data analysis. This study found that, in the first model tested, “entrepreneur is cool” dimension had a significant effect on en- trepreneurial intention. In the second model tested, “entrepreneurial is cool”, “financial freedom”, and “public service” dimensions represented entrepreneurial motivation that could predict Muslim students’ entrepreneurial intention. In the third model, taking motivation significantly affected giving motivation and giving motivation significantly affected intention. Recommendations for educators and future study are discussed.