Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Response of Gliricidia sepium tree to phosphorus application and inoculations with Glomus aggregatum and rhizobial strains in a sub-Saharian sandy soil

A pot experiment was carried out in a green house at Bel Air station to determine effect of phosphorus on the growth of Gliricidia sepium in presence of rhizobial strains and an arbuscular mycorrhiza fungus. A factorial 3 factors block was designed with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus aggregatum, phophorus fertilization as triple super phosphate and rhizobial inoculation strains ISRA 604 and ISRA 605 applied on G. sepium seedlings. A non nitrogen fixing tree (NFT), Cassia siamea was used as reference tree for estimating the nitrogen fixation using the 15N isotope dilution technique. Mycorrhizal infection, nodulation, plant growth, P and N contents, 15N atom % excess (15Nae) and N fixed were determined. The results showed that the rhizobium strain ISRA 604 induced nodulation more than ISRA 605 in G. sepium with an increase of 38.28% for nodules number. Frequency (%F) and intensity (%M) of mycorrhization were highest at 0, 20 and 40 mg P kg-1 soil applied however rhizobial inoculation has influenced frequency of mycorrhization. In the rhizobium- AM fungus interaction, plant shoot total N content increased when trees were inoculated with G. aggregatum whatever the rhizobial strain inoculated. Roots N fixed (Ndfa) increased when plant was inoculated with ISRA 604 and amended with 20 mg P kg-1 soil. The inoculated plants exhibited the highest total nitrogen in whole plant as well as in shoots and roots than in non-inoculated and reference plants. G. sepium growth benefited from selected rhizobia and AM fungus inoculations and P application in a sandy soil.
Brainstorming In Industrial Design Education: Is there Mediation Effect?

Since Osborn (1957) introduced the technique that was very valuable to create new ideas, the technique has been applied tremendously in various area and disciplines. Without exception, in industrial design practices, group brainstorming is also a tool that is much preferred by designers to elicit creative ideas. Undergraduates also are exposed with this technique to generate the creative ideas. This is because, they are always dealing with the problem of human everyday; make a better design for the sake of human. This technique emphasizes in the group. There are many factors have been determined by prior research. The prominent production loss that is disturbing this technique is Production Blocking. This study examines two main factors, personality traits and Ownership of the topic which influence Production Blocking in group brainstorming. Personality can be referred to as a consistent behavior pattern and intrapersonal processes within the individual. Ownership of the topic relates to the interest of individuals in engaging the brainstorming activities especially in industrial design. Production Blocking includes competition to speak among individuals. 115 groups which consist of 460 Industrial Design undergraduates across 6 public universities have participated in this study. The hypotheses are tested using analysis of Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression. Results show that personality of Extraversion and Openness are negatively significant related to the Production Blocking. However, Emotional Stability is not significantly related to Production Blocking. Results also reveal that Extraversion, Emotional Stability, and Openness are positively significant related to Ownership of the Topic. In accordance with the expectations, Ownership of the topic is positively significant related to Production Blocking. Results also demonstrate that Ownership of the Topic mediates the relationships between personality traits of Extraversion, Emotional Stability, and Openness and Production Blocking. In other words, groups that are high on these three personality traits would owned the topic given subsequently, reduce competition of speaking time during brainstorming session. The results are of potential interest to industrial design context, educators, and researchers.
Association Between Unplanned Pregnancy and HIV Seropositivity Disclosure to Marital/Cohabitating Partner Among Post-natal Women in Lusaka, Zambia

Background: Disclosure of a positive HIV result to partner is an important step towards prevention of infection, early diagnosis and optimum care especially in the context of PMTCT. Little is known about the disclosure patterns of postnatal women in relation to planning status of index pregnancy. This study explored this aspect. Objectives: To determine any association between unplanned pregnancy and HIV seropositivity disclosure to stable partner among postnatal women in Lusaka. Design: Using a cross-sectional study design the disclosure patterns of 100 postnatal women with unplanned pregnancies were compared to a similar group of 100 women with planned pregnancies. Results: The crude OR for disclosure of a positive HIV result to partner (planned pregnancy/unplanned pregnancy) was 1.839 (CI= 1.002-3.372). After adjusting for participant and partner's feelings after pregnancy discovery, partner's occupation, condom use in the relationship and length of stay with partner this OR was 2.835 (CI=0.690 -11.643). 66.7% of those that reported that their partners had worries, depression or sadness after disclosure had unplanned pregnancies whereas 83.3% of those that expressed no emotions had planned pregnancies. Conclusions: Possibility of antenatal HIV seropositivity disclosure to partner is the same whether the pregnancy is planned or not. Unplanned pregnancy is associated with more negative reactions by partner after disclosure.
Lip-density and Algebras of Lipschitz Functions on Metric Spaces

Our aim in this note is to give an extension of the classical Myers-Nakai theorem in the context of Finsler manifolds. To achieve this, we provide a general result in this line for subalgebras of bounded Lipschitz functions on length metric spaces. We also establish some connection with the uniform approximation of bounded Lipschitz functions by functions in the subalgebra, keeping control on the Lipschitz constants.
An Examination of the Impact of Identity Conflict on the Relationship between Sexual and Religious Identities and Mental Health

AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF IDENTITY CONFLICT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEXUAL AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH Amanda E. di Bartolomeo, Ph.D. George Mason University, 2009 Dissertation Director: James E. Maddux, Ph.D. Research using samples of primarily heterosexual participants indicates that identification with a religious community promotes mental health and protects against psychopathology (George, Ellison, & Larson, 2002; Pargament, 2002). Additionally, research on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals indicates that identification with an LGB community provides similar mental health benefits (Bell & Weinberg, 1978; Hammersmith & Weinberg, 1973; Savin-Williams, 1990). However, limited research exists exploring the role of religious identification among LGB individuals. Existing research demonstrates mixed results for the benefits of religious identification among LGB individuals (Allen & Oleson, 1999; Greenberg, 1973, as cited in Rosario, et al., 2006; Mohr & Fassinger, 2000; Shidlo, 1994; Szymanski, Chung, & Balsam, 2001; Woods, Antoni, Ironson, & Kling, 1999). Religious identification may not serve the same protective role for LGB individuals that it does for heterosexual individuals because of the anti-gay dogma professed by many major religious traditions. Previous research has suggested when two communities with which an individual identifies have conflicting values, weakening identification with one of those communities may lead to resiliency (Brodsky & Marx, 2001). However, studies examining the role of religion in the lives of LGB individuals have not investigated the potential identity conflict between religious and LGB identities. The present study examined strength of identification and identity conflict for 174 religiously-identified LGB individuals in a community sample. It was hypothesized that identity conflict would mediate the relationship between the interaction of LGB identity and religious identity and mental health outcomes, specifically, depression, anxiety, and life satisfaction. Although the hypothesis was not supported, conflict did mediate the relationship between both LGB identification and religious identification, independently, and mental health outcomes. The current study demonstrated that as identity conflict increases, LGB and religious identification decrease. Additionally, as identity conflict increases, levels of depression and anxiety increase and life satisfaction decreases. The current study also investigated the mediational model for a subset of participants, those who endorsed belonging to a religious congregation, with similar results. Exploratory analyses investigated an alternative model, in which LGB identification, religious identification, and the interaction between the two mediated the relationship between conflict and mental health outcomes, but found that the hypothesized model demonstrated a better fit. Clinical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Pests and diseases affecting potato landraces and bred varieties grown in Peru under indigenous farming system

The major pests and diseases were identified and quantified on thirteen potato landraces and three bred varieties cultivated in Peru. Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) was the primary biotic constraint affecting plants before flowering with an average severity of 24%. No other pathogens caused severe foliar disease, but black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani) was relatively common on tubers of some genotypes with incidence ranging from 4.30 to 33.33%. The viruses most generally considered important in potato seed degeneration, PVY and PLRV, were extremely rare, with 1.11 and 0.12 % incidence, respectively. Other viruses considered mild, such as PVX and PVS, were more common, with incidence of 28.23 and 22.29 %, respectively. Potato flea beetle (Epitrix spp.), potato leaf beetle (Diabrotica spp.) and Andean potato weevil (Premnotrypes spp.) were common, with incidence of 28.14, 18.75 and 13.61%, respectively. Potato landraces known as Ishkupuru, Lengua de vaca, Chaulina, Chaulina Tajacaja and Negro cayash were identified as potentially resistant to P. infestans.
Perception of muslim consumers towards tax deduction through Zakat in malaysia: an empirical investigation on muslims in Malaysia

The aim of this study is to explore the factors which are affecting Muslim consumers‟ perception towards tax deduction through zakat in Malaysia. A conceptual framework was drawn based on the literature. Six factors were extracted through principal component analysis and SEM was run to test the hypotheses. This research found that halal-haram aspect of Islamic Shariah has a very positive influence on Muslim consumers‟ perception towards the tax rebate system. In addition, legal consciousness and knowledge about tax and zakat have positive significant impact on Muslim consumers‟ perceptions towards this system. Due to the limited literature available on this subject matter, this study offers unique findings that may help in capitalizing the practices in Muslim countries and to understand their consumers‟ perception regarding the tax deduction system. In conclusion zakat institutions in Malaysia will also be better benefitted through this research finding. Keywords: Muslim Consumer, Perception, Tax deduction through Zakat
Geometry of uncertainty relations for linear combinations of position and momentum

For a quantum particle with a single degree of freedom, we derive preparational sum and product uncertainty relations satisfied by N linear combinations of position and momentum observables. The state-independent bounds depend on their degree of incompatibility defined by the area of a parallelogram in an N-dimensional coefficient space. Maximal incompatibility occurs if the observables give rise to regular polygons in phase space. We also conjecture a Hirschman-type uncertainty relation for N observables linear in position and momentum, generalizing the original relation which lower-bounds the sum of the position and momentum Shannon entropies of the particle.
Improved microwave susceptible catalytic diesel particulate filter

Emission standards forced the manufacturers to adopt several aftertreatment devices as effective way to comply with the stringent limits for gaseous and particle emissions. The diesel particulate filter (DPF) is currently the usual aftertreatment system in Diesel engines for soot particle abatement. Among different filter solutions, flow-through filters, such as ceramic foams or open honeycomb structures, are characterized by low pressure drop but by a filtration efficiency of only 40 70%, while wall-flow monoliths, consisting in alternately plugged parallel square channels, so that the exhaust gases flow through the porous inner walls, showed the best balance between filtration efficiency and pressure drop performance. Since pressure loss increases with soot filtration, the DPF needs to be periodically regenerated by burning off the accumulated soot. In our previous work we showed that the simultaneous use of a microwave applicator and a specifically catalysed DPF with a catalyst load up to 30%wt of CuFe2O4, allows to reduce the temperature, the energy and the time required for the filter regeneration with respect to the uncatalysed filter. These results were more evident in particular by adding K to our catalyst formulation and by lowering gas flow rate during the regeneration step. Starting by these very promising results, a procedure to increase the initial medium pore diameter of the bare monoliths was optimized, so aiming at increasing the active species load: in this way the further reduction of soot oxidation temperature is possible, keeping acceptable the pressure drop, and, more important, allowing a decreased regeneration frequency of the filter. The feasibility of the microwave heating technology was also verified by comparing the energy balance of the entire process to the actually employed regeneration technologies.
An ab initio Study of Reduction of V2O5 through the Formation of Oxygen Vacancies and Li Intercalation

Two methods of reduction of V2O5 have been investigated: oxygen vacancy formation and lithium intercalation. The electronic structure, geometry, and energetics of these reduced systems are examined. Oxygen vacancies in bulk α-V2O5 have been investigated by using gradient-corrected density functional theory (GGA) and density functional theory corrected for on-site Coulomb interactions in strongly correlated systems (GGA+U). The GGA calculation predicts a delocalized defect electronic state. This disagrees with experimental evidence, which indicates that oxygen vacancies produce a localized reduced vanadium state in the band gap. The DFT+U results for U = 4.0 eV are consistent with available UPS and XPS data, indicating strong localization on the vanadium atoms nearest the vacancy, and showing reduced V(IV) species. Intercalation of Li in V2O5, which has important potential applications in energy storage devices, is also reported at the GGA+U level, using the value of U obtained from the oxygen-deficient ca.
Realized Beta: Persistence and Predictability

A large literature over several decades reveals both extensive concern with the question of time-varying betas and an emerging consensus that betas are in fact time-varying, leading to the prominence of the conditional CAPM. Set against that background, we assess the dynamics in realized betas, vis-a-vis the dynamics in the underlying realized market variance and individual equity covariances with the market. Working in the recently-popularized framework of realized volatility, we are led to a framework of nonlinear fractional cointegration: although realized variances and covariances are very highly persistent and well approximated as fractionally-integrated, realized betas, which are simple nonlinear functions of those realized variances and covariances, are less persistent and arguably best modeled as stationary I(0) processes. We conclude by drawing implications for asset pricing and portfolio management.
Cervical Cytopathology Pattern Among HIV Seropositive And HIV Seronegative Women In Zaria

Background: Cervical cancer is the second commonest cancer in women worldwide. HIV is suggested to be a co-factor in the association between Human Papilloma Virus HPV and CIN. Objective: To determine the pattern of cervical cytology changes in HIV+ women and characterize the sociodemographic factors that confound the changes seen. Study Design: Cross Sectional Comparative Study Setting: Gynecology Clinic of ABUTH Zaria, Nigeria. Methodology: Following informed consents, 272 HIV positive (HIV+) and 275 HIV negative (HIV-) women were administered questionnaires and Papanicolaou smears were taken. Results: The average age of the respondents was 32.6 +_ 6.8years range (15-49years). Mean parity for HIV+ was 3.28 and 3.36 for HIVwomen, while 70.8% of HIV+ women were married comparable with 72.7% in HIVwomen. Twenty-nine percent of HIV+ women had positive smears for cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CIN) compared with 16.4% in those that were HIV-. This was statistically significant (OR-2.05, p-0.001). The high grade lesions (CINII, CINIII) tended to be higher in the HIV+ women (11.4%) than the HIVwomen (0.7%). Conclusion: HIV+ women in Zaria, Northern Nigeria are at higher risk of severe cervical dysplasia compared with their counterparts who are HIV-. It is recommended that greater effort should be made to make an integrated reproductive health care service a reality within the HIV clinics.
Kibble-Zurek mechanism in a quenched ferromagnetic Bose-Einstein condensate

It is shown that spin vortices are created through the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in the quantum phase transition of a spin-1 ferromagnetic Bose-Einstein condensate when the applied magnetic field is quenched to below a critical value. It is also shown that the spin correlation functions have finite correlation lengths, and that the magnetization at widely separated positions grows in random directions, resulting in spontaneous creation of spin vortices. We numerically confirm the scaling laws that the winding number of spin vortices is proportional to the square root of the length of a closed path and, for a slow quench, is proportional to {tau}{sub Q}{sup -1/6} with {tau}{sub Q} being the quench time. The relevance of spin conservation to the Kibble-Zurek mechanism is discussed.
Early Warning Indicators of Banking Crisis in Asian Countries

>This paper aims to test the relevance of the advanced warning indicators in the prediction of systemic banking crises in 6 Asian emerging countries over the period 1973-2012. Based on multivariate panel logit model, our empirical results suggest that among 6 determinants of banking crises ranged into macroeconomic, financial and external variables, inflation demonstrates the most significant predictive power on systemic banking crises.
The Value Added Approach of Entrepreneurial Philanthropy

Entrepreneurs add value to society beyond the wealth creation process and the creation of new products and services, through their engagement in philanthropy. The increasing prominence of high net worth entrepreneurs engaging in philanthropy, whose focus is typically on global social problems, is worthy of scholarly attention. Accurate reflections of the current practice of entrepreneurial philanthropy are required, in order for researchers to develop knowledge and understand the phenomenon of entrepreneurial philanthropy. Entrepreneurial philanthropy has emerged from practices of entrepreneurship, and the methods and practices associated with venture capital investment. Any analysis of entrepreneurial philanthropy requires careful consideration of the extent to which the practices and behaviours common to entrepreneurship can easily transfer over to the field of philanthropy.
Valuing Default and Defeasence Option for Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

We try to estimate default and deference probabilities of commercial mortgages via an American option pricing framework. In this framework, the borrower is assumed to default either if the price of the real estate drops below the level of the outstanding loan balance or the net operating income of the real estate is less than the periodic payments of the loan. The borrower is assumed to defease when the gain from defeasing to refinance a new project is large enough to cover the loss occurring due to defeasence. To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that simultaneously considers the defeasence and default options of a mortgage borrower.
Epstein-Barr Virus DNA Viral Loads: Is There a Correlation Between Paired Whole Blood and Plasma Collected from a Cohort of Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients?

Monitoring of Epstein-Barr virus DNA viral loads (EBVL) in whole blood and plasma following pediatric kidney transplantation has been routinely employed to facilitate the diagnosis and management of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. However, recent studies from our laboratory and others have demonstrated a number of transplant recipients with chronically high EBVL, thereby calling into question the clinical utility of monitoring EBVL. The aim of this study was to compare the relative diagnostic value of measuring EBV DNA load in plasma and whole blood collected in parallel from 64 pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Thirteen patients had a high EBVL and were characterised in detail and 11 (84.6%) of these were EBV seronegative at the time of kidney transplant. It has been hypothesised that the point immediately before EBV seroconversion can be identified by a peak in plasma EBVL. However, compared to plasma, whole blood EBVL remained fairly constant over time for these patients. Overall, a correlation was observed between whole blood and plasma EBVL in sequential specimens collected post-transplant (r=-0.95, p<0.002), however, there was no consistent ratio between the EBVL and individual time-point EBVL between the two sample types. Our findings indicate that the optimal sample type may vary in different states of infection; however the detection of EBVL, in particular a significant increase in EBVL, provides a clinical trigger to investigate the patient in more detail.
What Determines Adoption of Fertilizers among Rice-Producing Households in Northern Ghana?

Fertilizers remain important in global food production, yet fertilizer application rates in sub-Saharan Africa are far below global average. This study examines determinants of adoption of fertilizers in general and an important fertilizer combination among 820 rice-producing households in northern Ghana. Overall, nearly 67% of rice-producing households use fertilizer. The combination of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK), and ammonium (NH4) fertilizers is the most popular with about 44% adoption incidence rate. Results from Cragg’s two-step regression models show that different sets of factors affect the probability and intensity of adoption. The sets of factors also vary when fertilizer adoption in general is compared to the combination of NPK and NH4 fertilizers. The decisions also vary when whole farm operation is compared to specific farm enterprise. The factors that are found to be important in determining adoption include participation in a fertilizer subsidy program and expectation about yields. Good agricultural practices including, drilling of seeds, and harrowing of fields are also shown to be important determinants of fertilizer adoption. Effective adoption of the combination of NPK and NH4 fertilizers in particular can be achieved by enhancing access to information that will expose farm households to the benefits of these practices and also of complementary technologies such as improved seeds.