Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MIOCENE OSTRACODA OF THE TRACHYLEBERIDIDAE AND HEMICYTHERIDAE FROM THE MUDDY CREEK AREA, SOUTH-WESTERN VICTORIA

Neil, J.V. , 1994. Miocene Ostracoda of the Trachyleberididae and Hemicytheridae from the Muddy Creek area, south-western Victoria. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 54: 1-49. Eleven samples in a vertical section of the Muddy Creek Marl at Clifton Bank, Victoria, Australia, and one large sample from the Marl at Hentys produced nearly 10000 ostracode specimens. The fauna consists of 186 species from 85 genera. Of the Trachyleberididae and Hemicytheridae, 36 species are present. Of these, 15 species are new: ? Alatahermanites septarca, Deltaleberis warnei, 'Hemicythere' lubrica, H'. temdcostata, Mackenzina fove-olata, Notocarinovalva yulecartensis, 'Hermanites ' thomasi, H. glyphica, Spinobradleya nodosa, Bradleya (Quasibradleya) pyxos, Quadracythere (Hornibrookellina) hentyensis, ? Dumontina cratis, Arculacythereis tatei and 'Ambostracon' recta. Three species are left in open nomenclature. Two previously described species have been reassigned: 'Cytheral-ison' postdedivis (Chapman, 1914) to ? Arculacythereis and Cythere flexicostata (Chap-man, 1914) to Chapmanella gen. nov. Three new genera and one new subgenus have been erected: Chapmanella, Mackenzina, Notocarinovalva and Quadracythere (Hornibrookel-lina). The faunas have a warm-temperate to subtropical character, and indicate a shallow-water, high-energy, near-shore environment of deposition, with abundant phytal associates. The age of the samples ranees from late Early to early Middle Miocene (N8-N10); that is, from late Batesfordian, through the Balcombian to early Bairnsdalian stage, on the basis of plank-tonic foraminifers. The deposition of the beds in the section at Clifton Bank has occupied a period of approximately one million years. The sample from Hentys is a long-ranging thanalacoenosis.
Truncus Arteriosus: Siriraj Experience

Between January 1 st , 1995 and December 31 st , 2004, a total of 30 children (17 girls, 56.7% and 13 boys, 43.3%) were diagnosed to have truncus arteriosus at the Department of Pediatrics, Siriraj Hospital. The ages at the first diagnosis ranged from 1 day to 3 years (median 120 days). The predominant clinical presentations were congestive heart failure (53.3%), cyanosis (30%) and feeding problems (26.7%). All patients had heart murmur. Chest roentgenogram demonstrated cardiomegaly and increased pulmonary vascularity in 86.7% and 83.3%, respectively. Electrocardiogram showed a frontal plane QRS axis in a range of 0-90o in 70% of the patients, left ventricular hypertrophy and biventricular hypertrophy in 50% and 40%, respectively. Echocardiogram revealed type I anomaly in the majority of the patients (80%), and type II in the rest of patients. Ten percent of the patients had right-sided aortic arch. The majority of the patients received more than one medication for controlling heart failure. Sixteen patients (53.3%) were operated at the median age of 133 days and median weight of 3.8 kilograms. Thirteen percent of the patients (2 cases) had palliative surgery (pulmonary artery banding) and 87.5% of patients (14 cases) underwent total correction. All patients who had total repair had immediate complications, of which the majority (57.1%) were pulmonary hypertensive crisis. There were a total of 9 deaths (30%); 7 patients died immediately (<14 days) post total repair, 2 patients died preoperatively. During follow-up (median 57.9 months), all patients were asymptomatic except one patient (90.9%) who was re-operated on for conduit replacement due to severe stenosis and truncal valve repair due to severe regurgitation at 22 months after the first operation. Three patients have been waiting for surgery. In the present study, we could not definitely relate the associated risk factor with mortality such as the age at surgery, preoperatively high pulmonary vascular resistance or truncal valve abnormality. However, it seems that the older age at surgery may be the possible risk factor. Therefore, early diagnosis and surgical intervention for this anomaly should be considered.
PERSONALITY TRAITS AND PATERNAL PARENTING STYLE AS PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF CAREER CHOICE

The paper describes the relationship of Big five personality factors and paternal parenting style to career preference of selected Filipino college freshmen. Two hundred college students (n=200) who were part of the larger population of individuals aged from 15 to 23 at two private collegiate institutions in Metro Manila were selected and asked to answer Big Five Inventory (BFI), Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) and a demographic survey. The study employed a descriptive-predictive research design to measure the degree of correlation among the variables and to identify if what among these independent variables can predict career preference. After subjecting data into statistical analyses via SPSS 17.0 software, it was revealed that career preference is significantly associated with gender (ή=.22, p<.01), neuroticism (r=-.17, p<.05) and authoritarian paternal parenting style (r=.23, p<.05). Neuroticism (ß=-1.14, t=-2.38, p<.05) and authoritarian paternal parenting style (ß=.11, t=3.19, p<.01) were found out to be predictive determinants of career choice. Implications of the findings to the population at hand were also discussed.
A Corpus Based Investigation of Academic Emotions in Foreign Language Learning Environment

Academic emotions refer to various emotions that students experience in their academic activities during their language learning process. Emotions experienced in the learning environment have a great impact on learning. The aim of this project is to investigate students’ emotions in the English Language Department of Amasya University and to identify what emotions students experience most in classroom environment. Within this scope, data are collected via emotional experience diaries in which students write their experiences of various emotions each week in a 14-week academic term. Emotions are tagged and analyzed with the help of UAM corpus software. Dominant emotion types are identified and categorized as positive and negative. Findings demonstrate that negative emotions outnumber positive ones, which needs further investigations. Among 15 types of negative emotions, distress, fear, sadness are found to be the most frequent types students experience, whereas happiness is the most dominant one among 10 positive emotions types. Findings of the study will help foreign language teachers to better understand emotional procedures students pass through, and be aware of particularly negative emotions. In addition, teachers can create an educational atmosphere in which students enjoy language learning and use their cognitive skills effectively. The academic emotions model emerging with this study will be of great use to researchers, foreign language teachers and students. © 2016 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy. org.uk
Assessment of Clinical Applicability of a New Plaque Scoring System Using Quantitative Light-Induced Fluorescence-Digital

The aim of this study was to suggest a convenient method of monitoring the gingival state through plaque detection. Quantitative Light-Induced Fluorescence-Digital (QLF-D), which can assess mature plaque, can be used to assess the oral hygiene status of individuals and to establish an adequate intervention plans for them. The subjects of the study participated in the clinical training at Department of Dental Hygiene, N University. The subjects completed questionnaires on general characteristics and oral hygiene methods. Then, photographs of maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth of the subjects were taken using the QLF-D. After the oral examinations, gingival state was recorded according to the Loe & Silness's Gingival Index (GI). In addition, a plaque control record was calculated in percentage using disclosing agent. The analysis of the relation between the plaque control record and the QLF-D scores showed positive correlation (r=0.638, p<0.001), and the analysis of the relation between the QLF-D scores and the gingival bleeding index scores also showed positive correlation (r=0.562, p<0.001). Besides, the study classified the participants into healthy gingiva group and the gingivitis group according to the classification criteria of GI, and when the difference of QLF-D scores between the groups was analyzed, the QLF-D scores were statistically significantly higher (t=-2.785, p=0.007) in the gingivitis group (1.71±1.545) than the healthy gingiva group (0.74±1.290). When the differences in mean values of the QLF-D scores were analyzed against and the gingival bleeding index scores, the QLF-D scores of 0 and 1 belonged to the category of normal gingival state while the QLF-D scores of 2, 3 and 4 belonged to the category of gingivitis state. Therefore, it is deemed that the red fluorescence detected by the QLF-D from the mature supragingival plaque can be used for monitoring the state of gingivitis.
A Study of Factors Affecting Teachers ’ and Students ’ Satisfaction for Nanzhan Primary School ’ s Service in Kunmming , China

This study aims to improve the students’ satisfaction of Nanzhan primary school, in order to enhance the competitiveness. The students’ satisfaction can increase the school’s brand quality. The rapid expansion of school, and significant increases in education costs combined with demographic shifts in the population, force schools to think differently about the role of student satisfaction for their survival. So it is very important for school to improve it. A total of 420 questionnaires of students and 72 questionnaires of teachers were distributed in Nanzhan primary school. The study gave a valuable insight into how students perceive the quality of the services offered at school. In order to increase the student satisfaction, Nanzhan primary school needs to improve cognitive outcomes, teacher satisfaction and student involvement. To increase teacher satisfaction it needs to increase reward & recognition and teacher’s interesting. The results show that school should not only improve students’ factors but also teachers’ factors in order to increase students’ satisfaction. This paper provides a model in two levels to analysis the students’ satisfaction from teachers and students. Keywords— Student Satisfaction, Teacher Satisfaction, Cognitive Outcomes, Nanzhan Primary School, China.
Pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae 1 1 2 3 4 Pathogenicity and epidemiology of Botryosphaeriaceae species isolated from grapevines 5 in Australia 6 7

Pages: Abstract: Botryosphaeriaceae species are among the most common fungi isolated from grapevine (Vitis vinifera) cankers in Australia. Thirty-eight isolates comprising eight Botryosphaeriaceae species isolated from grapevine cankers throughout New South Wales and South Australia were used in a pathogenicity study on mature wood of 15-year-old Chardonnay grapevines. Experiments showed that all eight species were able to infect grapevines under field conditions causing vascular discoloration and/or staining of the wood (lesions). However, differences in pathogenicity were evident among strains and species (P<0.001). Neofusicoccum parvum and Lasiodiplodiatheobromae were the most pathogenic based on lesion length, followed byNeofusicoccum australe, Botryosphaeria dothidea and Diplodia mutila and thereafterby Dothiorella viticola, Dothiorella iberica and Diplodia seriata, which were the least pathogenic. Growth rates also differed significantly among species depending ontemperature (P<0.001). Lasiodiplodia theobromae and B. dothidea grew optimally between 29 and 30-°C, Diplodia and Neofusiccocum spp. between 25 and 27-°C, andDothiorella spp. at temperatures between 22 and 24°C. Temperature-growth relationships correlated well with previous data on the prevalence and distribution of Botryosphaeriaceae species in Australian vineyards. Due to their pathogenicity,prevalence, distribution and tolerance to a wide range of environmental conditions, the Botryosphaeriaceae pose a significant threat to the Australian wine industry.
Interactive comment on “Hygroscopic behavior of atmospherically relevant water-soluble carboxylic salts and their influence on the water uptake of ammonium sulfate” by Z. J. Wu et al

This manuscript describes hygroscopic growth measurements by H-TDMA. It focuses on the deliquescence and hygroscopic properties of organic salts and their mixtures with ammonium sulfate. It also compares the hygroscopicity parameters of three mixtures calculated based on the measured growth factor against the values predicted from the individual species by simple additive rule. The authors concluded that organic salts have significant effects on the deliquescence of ammonium sulfate and the modeled hygroscopicity parameter is lower than that derived from H-TDMA measurement. The paper is rather straight forward.
The Safety Level of Gated and Guarded Community Scheme in Malaysia

The gated and guarded community is a popular new modern housing concept in Malaysia. Although security has always been one of the most appealing features of gated and guarded communities, several studies showed that there is no significant difference of crime rates in between gated and guarded communities and non-gated neighborhoods. How safe are gated communities? How effective are the security measures of gated and guarded communities in preventing crime? This research aims to find out the understanding level of gated and guarded community scheme among property purchasers and to identify the safety level of the gated and guarded community scheme with the provided security measures. Thus, interview sessions were conducted with the developer companies and questionnaires were distributed to the residents in selected gated and guarded communities in order to achieve the objectives. This research discovered that gated and guarded community scheme in Malaysia is not effective enough in providing a safer living environment where crimes cases still occur. The condition of safety and security of gated and guarded communities as security was regarded as one of the most significant factors for staying in a gated and guarded community. Diverse effort and sophisticated security instruments must be added to improve the safety level of gated and guarded community scheme. © 2016 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy. org.uk
LOKOMAT WALKING IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS

Background: For the development of specialized training protocols for robot assisted gait training, it is important to understand how the use of exoskeletons alters locomotor task demands, and how the nature and magnitude of these changes depend on training parameters. Therefore, the present study assessed the combined effects of gait speed and body weight support (BWS) on muscle activity, and compared these between treadmill walking and walking in the Lokomat exoskeleton. Methods: Ten healthy participants walked on a treadmill and in the Lokomat, with varying levels of BWS (0% and 50% of the participants’ body weight) and gait speed (0.8, 1.8, and 2.8 km/h), while temporal step characteristics and muscle activity from Erector Spinae, Gluteus Medius, Vastus Lateralis, Biceps Femoris, Gastrocnemius Medialis, and Tibialis Anterior muscles were recorded. Results: The temporal structure of the stepping pattern was altered when participants walked in the Lokomat or when BWS was provided (i.e. the relative duration of the double support phase was reduced, and the single support phase prolonged), but these differences normalized as gait speed increased. Alternations in muscle activity were characterized by complex interactions between walking conditions and training parameters: Differences between treadmill walking and walking in the exoskeleton were most prominent at low gait speeds, and speed effects were attenuated when BWS was provided. Conclusion: Walking in the Lokomat exoskeleton without movement guidance alters the temporal step regulation and the neuromuscular control of walking, although the nature and magnitude of these effects depend on complex interactions with gait speed and BWS. If normative neuromuscular control of gait is targeted during training, it is recommended that very low speeds and high levels of BWS should be avoided when possible.
Effect of management system on camel calves growth rate and daily gain

The effect of Management system on growth rate and daily gain in one humped Sudanese camels calves were investigated, twenty four (24) camel calves (12 males and 12 females) at the first day of birth were selected, from the Sudanese Arabi Kababish bred. Camels’ calves with their dams were maintained under semi-intensive and Traditional management system for 18 successive months. Calves in semi-intensive system in addition of their suckling of their respective dams they take supplementation diets (one kg of concentrate/head/day), ad libtium watering, health care and spraying weekly against ticks and external parasite. The live body weight of camel calves were obtained through direct weighing in 6 months interval, through four periods including birthday, 6 month, 12 months and 18 months. The results indicated that there was non-significant difference (P>0.05) in Birth weight of calves raised under semi-intensive and traditional system. In both systems the male (39 ± 0.31 kg) is significantly (P<0.05) heaver than the female (36 ± 0.34 mkg). The body weight of the calves under semi-intensive system during six, 12 and 18 months of age are 123 ± 2.21, 221 ± 2.17 and 326 ± 2.40 kg respectively, and on the other hand the body weight of the camel calves under traditional system during six months, 12 and 18 months are 96 ± 1.59, 159 ± 2.35 and 208 ± 2.50 kg, respectively. The results showed highly significant difference (P<0.01) between systems of management, The over all mean daily gain of camel calves under semi-intensive and traditional system were 535 ± 9.83 gram and 317 ± 5.46 gram, respectively. The average daily body gain from birth to six months, six – 12 month and 12 -18 month of age in semi-intensive system were 477 ± 10.94, 542 ± 8.25 and 585 ± 8.37 gram/day, respectively. On the other hand the results showed that the average daily body gain form birth to six months, six – 12 moth and 12 – 18 months of calves managed under traditional system were 352 ± 10.55, 272 ± 15.98 and 316.71 ± 5.46 gram/day, respectively. We concluded the farming system effect significant on calves’ daily gain growth rate, intensification management system will be improved camel meat production, and also the male was heavier than female on birth weight in all management system.
The conservation biology of the leopard Panthera pardus in Gabon: Status, threats and strategies for conservation

i Acknowledgements . iii Table of contents . vii Chapter 1: General introduction . 1 Some notes the ecology of leopards and their role in the African rainforest . 1 Current knowledge on status of leopards in the Congo Basin rainforest . 3 Why the concern for leopards in the Congo Basin rainforest . 4 The objectives of this study. 5 The structure of this thesis. 6 Chapter 2: Leopard prey choice in the Congo Basin rainforest and competition with hunters. 9 Abstract . 9. 9 Introduction . 10 Methods . 12 Study Areas. 12 Determination of leopard diet at the study sites. 14 Analysis of dietary composition and cross-site comparison . 16 Results . 17 Leopard diet at the study sites . 17 Dietary comparison across sites . 20 Discussion . 23 Leopard response to competition with hunters . 23 Dietary niche overlap between leopards and hunters. 24 Comparison to prior studies on prey choice in large felids at disturbed sites. 25 Conservation implications. 26
Determination of the proportion of the ingested gross energy lost as exhaled methane by dairy goats consuming contrasting concentrate ingredients in mixed rations

Twelve 2 years old and dry Murciano-Granadina dairy goats were selected and divided into four equal groups based on similar body weight (38.41 ± 0.78 kg). The four treatments were mixed diets with approximately 600 g/kg alfalfa hay chopped at 2.5 cm particle size, and 400 g/kg of concentrate. The concentrate has 250 g/kg of cereal grain (corn or barley) and 150 g/kg of protein source (sunflower meal or green peas). Experimental diets were isoenergetics with an average value of 18.9 MJ gross energy (GE) /kg of dry matter (DM). Apparent digestibility, intake, metabolic energy and methane (CH4) production were obtained. The effect of cereal grain was significant for CP (P<0.001) and ADF (P<0.049) digestibility. The effect of protein source was significant for DM (P<0.025), OM (P<0.031) and DEI (P<0.016) digestibilities. CH4 exhaled was determined by an open circuit mask calorimeter system. An average value of 0.8 L CH4 / h was found for these mixed rations. When this expressed as the proportion of the ingested GE lost as exhaled methane, the average value was 4.6. Due to non significant differences observed among these mixed diets studied for CH4 exhaled in non productive dairy goats, diet based in barley and sunflower meal seem to be recommended due to cheaper cost than corn and green peas, because they are produced in Spain and not imported by other countries.
Nano-imprinting technology applied in pentacene films

Abstract Charged carrier transport efficiency and patterned issues in organic semiconductors (OSCs) limit the potential of organic devices toward nanoscale microelectronic and optoelectronic applications. We demonstrate high-performance organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) with mobility of near 2.5 cm2/Vs using a nanogroove gate-dielectrics accomplished by nanoimprinting technology. Meanwhile, the flow of charged carriers in OFETs prefers parallel the nanogrooves to result in high electrical anisotropic ratio (above 200), thus achieving built-in auto pattern OSC function with nanoscale resolution. In this study, we also investigate the impact of nanostructural surface properties in relation to the mechanism of the pentacene growth, the polymorphism of the pentacene films. Interestingly, the polymorphism transported from the thinfilm phase to the bulk phase is significantly affected by the width of the PI-nanogrooves.
PULLBACK OF THE LIFTING OF ELLIPTIC CUSP FORMS AND MIYAWAKI’S CONJECTURE

We construct a lifting from Siegel cusp forms of degree r to Siegel cusps form of degree r + 2n. For r = n = 1, our result is a partial solution of a conjecture made by Miyawaki in 1992. In particular, we can calculate the standard L-function of a cusp form of degree 3 and weight 12, which is in accordance with Miyawaki’s conjecture. We will give a conjecture on the Petersson inner product of the lifting in terms of certain L-values. Introduction Let f(τ ) ∈ S2k(SL2(Z)) be a normalized Hecke eigenform. In [18], we have constructed a lifting to a Siegel cusp form of even degree. Let F (Z) be a lifting of f(τ ). In this paper, we shall consider the pullback of F (Z) to a block diagonal subset. Let us recall the theory of pullback of an Eisenstein series to a block diagonal subset (cf. [3], [16]). Let Mk(Spn(Z)) (resp. Sk(Spn(Z))) be the space of Siegel modular forms (resp. Siegel cusp forms) of degree n and weight k. Assume that g(Z) ∈ S2l(Spr(Z)) is a Hecke eigenform whose standard L-function is L(s, g, st). For m ≥ r, let E 2l (Z) be the Siegel Eisenstein series of degree m + r and weight 2l. Assume, for simplicity, E (m+r) 2l (Z) is absolutely convergent. Put g (Z) = g(−Z̄). Note that g(Z) is the cusp form obtained by taking complex conjugates of Fourier coefficients. Then ∫ Spr( )\ r E (m+r) 2l (( Z 0 0 W )) gc(W )(det ImW )2l−r−1dW The author thanks his seminar members K. Hiraga, A. Ichino, K. Konno, T. Konno, H. Matumoto, H. Saito, T. Takahashi, and T. Yamazaki. He also thanks Prof. Ibukiyama for his suggestions. The author expresses his hearty gratitude to Prof. H. Yoshida and Prof. H. Saito for their continuous encouragement. Earlier version of this paper was prepared during his stay at the Institute for Advanced Study. He wishes to thank the hospitality of the Institute for Advanced Study. 1