Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A configurational approach to the adoption of management innovation . The case of a lean transformation in the food industry

This paper examines how the interplay between individual behaviours and organisational practices support the successful introduction of management innovation, namely the transformation of the production process according to the principles of lean management. The investigation concerns specifically how the efficacy of training, pro-change and anti-change behaviour and experience of employees combine into configurations leading to the change in the work practices according to the lean principles. This conceptual model has been empirically explored by means of a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis conducted on the behaviours and perceptions of operators of an Italian SME in the food processing industry that has completed a lean transformation project. The study finds that to improve organisational performance it is sufficient that a critical mass of operators changes their work practices. It also finds four equifinal configurations leading to a change of operators’ work practices. Specifically, training emerges as a critical variable for the success of a lean transformation, but its effect may be replaced by pro-change behaviour. Under specific conditions, the operators’ experience fosters the transformation. This paper contributes to the literature on the people-related drivers of lean transformation by considering the systemic interplay among its drivers. Furthermore, it brings together the literature on lean management and change management.
studij engleskog jezika i književnosti – nastavnički smjer i Diplomski studij filozofije – nastavnički smjer

Aesthetics is a philosophical discipline dealing with the sensory cognition of the truth realized as beauty. According to Kant, a beautiful work of art is created by a genius in the free use of her cognitive powers of imagination and understanding. The present study attempted to apply Kant’s aesthetic insights to FL vocabulary learning. A theoretical design of an aesthetic vocabulary strategy was offered and the additive effect of its application as opposed to imagery technique was tested in a young learners classroom. Thirty-five first-year EFL learners aged six to seven were taught six new vocabulary items out of which the aesthetic strategy was applied to one item only, whereas the rest were treated using the imagery strategy. The retention of the experimental item was measured against the retention of the control items using a simple word-picture matching test at three different occasions following the instruction. The third test was followed by a test in which the participants had to match their drawing of the referent of the experimental word to its written form. The results show that the experimental word did not test statistically significantly better against the control words. However in the drawing stimulus test, the experimental word did outperform three out of five control words from the third test, including the experimental word, with a statistically significant difference. This indicates that the aesthetic strategy might have an advantage over the imagery strategy in the written form retention and meaning association.
Development of mitochondrial 12 S rRNA gene for identification of dog and rat in beef using multiplex PCR

The 12S rRNA gene is one of unique regions in mitochondrial genome usually used for phylogenetic studies and species identification. The objective of present study was to develop species specific primers from mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene for identification of dog and rat in beef by using multiplex PCR assay. Three primer pairs of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene specific for bovine, dog and rat were designed and selected to evaluate their specificity and fidelity. Moreover, a total of twelve DNA samples extracted from meat tissue were also prepared to test those primers using simplex and multiplex PCR. The PCR products were then visualized using 2% of agarose gel under the UV light and three of them were sequenced. In addition, sequence data were analyzed using Clustal Omega software and BLAST. The result showed that simplex PCR assay successfully amplified DNA targets which are respectively indicated by 155 bp (bovine), 244 bp (dog), and 491 bp (rat) of DNA bands. Furthermore, 10 J.Indonesian Trop.Anim. Agric. 44(1):10-18, March 2019 DNA sample sequences were identically similar to reference sequence used in this study. Multiplex and simplex PCR analyses also indicated that these primer pairs specifically amplified DNA target for each species in the samples containing various species. The results suggested that designed primers in this study could be used to identify dog and rat in raw beef containing these species meat. Further experiment should be conducted using meat-processed products and commercial meat products as samples.
Interactive comment on “ Phytoplanktonic response to contrasted Saharan dust deposition events during mesocosm experiments in LNLC environment ” by C .

The title has been changed into ‘Contrasted Saharan dust events in LNLC environment: impact on nutrients dynamics and primary production’ to be more representative of the scientific content of the paper. Indeed, the main goal of this study is to explain why different phytoplanktonic responses (stimulation or no change) were observed after contrasted Saharan dust deposition event (wet versus dry; single deposition versus two successive deposition events) through the changes in the atmospheric supply of
FLOATING VETIVER ISLAND ( FVI ) AND IMPLICATION FOR TREATMENT SYSTEM DESIGN OF POLLUTED RUNNING WATER

Floating Vetiver Island (FVI) system has been investigated in this study as a relatively new technology of artificial wetland treatment. Vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides) was used as the treatment vegetation in the FVI owing to its high tolerance to various types of contaminants. Performance of the FVI was tested on actual polluted running water having characterized by a Class III-Class IV river according to water quality index (WQI) classification. Field trial of FVI over a six-week installation demonstrated an improved water quality with significant increase (92%) of dissolved oxygen and great removals of chemical oxygen demand (77%) and nitrate (73%), resulting in 14% increase of the overall WQI. It was proposed that treatment system performance for FVI can be reflected by the number of pontoons (FVIs) and treatment distance required to achieve desired water quality improvement. The calculated pollutant removal rates were incorporated into the estimation of treatment system requirements. Field installation guide for FVI system is also presented along with treatment system maintenance. For such an FVI system, vetiver grass pruning (trimming) at 2-month intervals is recommended for promoting the growth of the plant and for mediumto long-term FVI performance.
10 THE EFFECT OF FEED RICH IN DHA ON EGG PRODUCTION , EGG COMPONENTS AND DHA CONTENT IN YOLK

The effect of diets rich with DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) on egg production, the influence on egg structural components and DhA deposition in egg yolk were investigated on hisex Brown laying hens. The experimental groups were fed with diets rich with 792 mg DhA kg-1 and 1180 mg DhA kg-1. The control group received commercial diets with no content of DhA. Throughout the experiment there were no statistically significant differences in live weight of laying hens (g) and feed conversion ratio (FCR:g) between control and experimental groups (P>0.05). The structural components of eggs (egg weight, white weight, yolk weight and shell weight) were also not statistically significant (P>0.05), but only the egg yolk:white ratio was statistically different (P<0.01). The concentration of DhA in 100 g yolk was 818 mg and 974 mg in group 2 and 3, respectively. The transfer of DHA was significantly higher in the experimental groups fed with supplemented diet with higher amount of DhA (P<0.01).
New Zealand Society of Animal Production online archive

The decline in wool growth in long-woolled sheep breeds during winter is associated with a reduction in follicle mitotic rate that is comparable to early catagen, the regressive stage of the follicle growth cycle. The identification of morphological or biochemical markers which indicate the onset of catagen would be facilitated by an experimental protocol that induces a synchronous entry into catagen. Four different photoperiod manipulations were compared, all involving short-to-long day transitions with New Zealand Wiltshire sheep. The percentage of primary (P) and secondary (S) follicles in the growth and resting phases of the cycle were assessed histologically from skim biopsies, and blood samples were collected to determine circulating prolactin (PRL) by radioimmunoassay. Incontrolsheep,plasmaPRLlevels increasedoverthespringtoamaximum inDecember (254f45 ng/ml). Inshortday (8L: 16D) treated sheep, plasma PRL levels were suppressed (< 23 @ml) but rose rapidly after photoperlod treatment was terminated. In sheep maintained in short-days from 25 July to22 October and released into either natural photoperiod, or into artificial long days (16L:8D), mean follicle activity declinedby58f14%~)and49flO%(S)duringNovemberandDecember.Thisreductionw~co~cidentwi~,~ddidnotdiffersigni~c~tly from, a natural spring decline in follicle activity observed in control sheep (55 f 2% P; 56 Jz 18 % S). Short day treatment beginning on either 25 July or 5 October and ending on 6 January caused a rapid synchronised drop in follicle activity of 65 f 7% (P) and 58 f 7% (S) 6 weeks after exposure to natural long-day photoperiod. Contemporary P and S follicle activities in all untreated sheep remained at 100%. Conditioning with short days for 3 months in late spring and early summer followed by sudden exposure to long days increased PRL and induces synchronous entry of wool follicles into catagen.
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING : UTILIZING SOCIAL MEDIA TO ADVANCE BRAND AWARENESS AND INCREASE ONLINE SALES

Social media is increasingly important as a marketing tool, but small businesses may be underutilizing it. To date, a small number of studies have investigated the impact of social media marketing on small businesses in the hotel industry. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of social media on the bed and breakfast (B&B) industry segment, as measured by the influence of social media outreach on brand awareness and online sales. The results of this study indicated strong correlations between the social media outreach efforts, and both brand awareness and online sales.
Quantifying forest carbon stocks by integrating satellite images and forest inventory data

Reliable biomass and carbon stock estimation are central to obtain reference levels for quantifying carbon emissions. Forest inventory data combined with remote sensing data provides opportunities to map and monitor forest areas at various spatiotemporal scales. The current research is a pilot study focussed on the biomass and carbon estimation and mapping of subtropical scrub forests of Khanpur range, Haripur Forest Division, Pakistan considering 20 inventory plots using Sentinel-2A and Landsat-8 data. Six forest areas (Garamthun, Chhoi, Moharagutta, Sanaba, Dobandi and Saradana) were considered covering a total area of 697.3 ha. Average biomass of Seite 94 A. Ali, S. Ullah, S. Bushra, N. Ahmad, A. Ali, M. A. Khan the assessed plots was 104.6 t/ha and mean carbon stock was 49.7 t/ha. Garamthun forest had the highest values for both biomass (187.30 t/ha) and carbon (87.98 t/ha) followed by Choi with 148.22 t/ha of biomass and 69.6 t/ha carbon respectively. The total estimated carbon stock for these six forest types was 43570.9 t. The biomass was then correlated with spectral indices computed from Sentinel 2 image (NDVI, SAVI, DVI, PVI and MSAVI). NDVI performed significantly well among five other indices with the values of R2 of 0.81 followed by 0.7 and 0.58 for SAVI and DVI respectively. PVI and MSAVI responded poorly to biomass as compared to the other indices with the value of R2 of 0.20 and 0.11 respectively. Spatial distribution of biomass was mapped using NDVI, which was selected as the best model based on the values of R2. Further, Landsat-8 was also used and the similar five indices were derived for Landsat-8 imagery. Finally, both the indices derived from Sentinel-2A and Landsat-8 were compared. Scrub forests of Khanpur showed the largest potential for carbon sequestration and storage. It is suggested that this method is not only used for the Haripur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, whose forest division extends merely over the area of 42491 ha; rather it should be applied to the entire forest area of Pakistan for national forest inventory. The research concluded that Sentinel 2 has the best combination of spectral capabilities and broad spectrum of applicability.
research paper series Globalisation , Productivity and Technology Research Paper 2010 / 22 Input Characteristics and the Mode of Offshoring : Evidence for French Firms By

Using rich data on the international transactions of intermediate inputs by French firms we investigate the determinants of the choice between vertical integration and outsourcing at the international level. Our results show that the probability of vertical integration is reduced by the extent of asset specificity of imported inputs and enhanced by the significance of the inputs in the cost share of the firm. Our findings provide support for the property right models of offshoring and also for the knowledge capital model. JEL classification: D23, F14, L22, L23, L60
Response of Chara hispida L . to restoration treatments using iron and aluminium coagulants

7 Wstęp . 8 Cele pracy i hipotezy badawcze . 9 Obiekt badań i metodyka . 10 Wyniki i dyskusja . 13 Podsumowanie . 19 Literatura . 21 Publikacje składające się na cykl rozprawy doktorskiej 5 | PUBLIKACJE SKŁADAJĄCE SIĘ NA CYKL ROZPRAWY DOKTORSKIEJ A1 Experimental investigation into disturbance of Ca-Mg equilibrium and consequences for charophytes after iron and aluminium coagulants
Parasitic fauna of the marine greater lizard fish Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848)

Through examination of 125 specimens of the marine greater lizard fish Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) obtained from Zagazig fish market and its source from Gulf of Suez, the overall prevalence was 44.8%. The parasitic fauna was composed of Acanthocephala; Serrasentis sagittifer (prevalence: 12.8%), Cestoda; Oncodiscus sauridae (prevalence: 5.6%), Nematoda; Echinocephalus species larvae (prevalence: 4%), female of Philometra species (prevalence: 13.6%) and Trematoda; Lecithochirium grandiporum (prevalence: 16%) and juvenile didymozoid; Neotorticaecum (prevalence: 2.4%). The most prevalent parasitic fauna was nematodes followed by trematodes then acanthocephala and cestodes. The detected parasitic fauna was morphologically described by light microscope.
Supervised Learning for Relationship Extraction From Textual Documents

—Information Extraction (IE) is the task of automatically extracting structured information from unstructured data, aiming to facilitate the use of said data by other applications. A typical sub-problem is the extraction of relationships from textual documents, which aims at identifying and classifying the relationships expressed between entities mentioned in the texts. Supervised machine learning techniques can be applied to relationship extraction. We used Support Vector Machines (SVM), which we trained with basis on online methods. Two speciﬁc modeling choices have been tested. The ﬁrst one is a simple online solution that trains SVM models considering a single kernel. The second approach is based on the idea of online multiple kernel learning. With existing datasets and common pre-processing tools, we formulated a benchmark, which was then used to evaluate kernel-based methods. We then implemented state-of-the-art kernels, speciﬁcally designed for relationship extraction. The results show that an online multiple kernel learning solution obtains the best performance and that multiple kernel online solutions can perform better than heuristics solutions using a linear combinations of the same kernel sets.
The prevention of healthcare associated urinary tract infections from the point of view of nursing care

The goal of this study was to summarize the conclusions of the studies on the efficiency of measures regarding the prevention of healthcare associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and to focus on the specifics of nursing care in this area. The included studies and articles were searched for in the electronic databases focused on nursing and other medical fields. The sources were in full text (Cinahl, Ebsco, NursingOvid, ProQuest STM + Hospital Colection – Medline, Science Direct) and citation texts (PubMed, Scopus). They were used for secondary searching of relevant sources. We searched for the selected studies using the following keywords: prevention, risk, infection, urinary tract, efficiency, nursing, as well as according to our criteria (full text, reviewed periodicals, English language) and the period of publishing research results in the last 7 years (2011–2018). We finally included 11 studies that fulfilled the required criteria. The studies (qualitative, observational, quasi-experimental, descriptive) mostly specify the risky areas regarding healthcare associated urinary tract infections and deal with the efficiency of implemented preventative measures which arise from the recommended preventative guidelines CAUTI. Multifactorial measures seem to be positive – education of medical workers regarding the given issue, starting protocols regarding the care of patients with a urinary catheter, standards of care and accepting relevant indications regarding the catheterization of urinary bladder
WHAT MAKES INVESTORS SHORT SELL ETFs ? [ Proč investoři shortují ETFs ? ]

Short selling exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has become a common means of speculating or hedging in response to pessimistic expectations about a specific market or sector, as the short interest of ETFs is more than 10 times that of individual stocks, on average. The study determines the specific characteristics of globally available ETFs, which influence the level of short interest (such as trading volume, price stability, market capitalization, expense ratio, geographical focus, investment strategy and the availability of derivatives for the underlying index), and tests three most common short sale motivation hypotheses (overpricing, arbitrage and hedging and transaction costs). Using the monthly short interest ratio and the characteristics of ETFs traded in the US market, empirical evidence to support all three short sale motivation hypotheses is provided. The possibility of achieving abnormal returns based on previous levels of short sale is also tested.
Agricultural education and technical competency of development agents in Ethiopia

Agricultural education is basic to the development and maintenance of competency of development agents. The purpose of this research was to explore and describe empirically the perceived competency level of agricultural development agents working in four districts of North Gondar Administrative zone. A descriptive survey type of research was conducted to determine competency level and training needs of 100 development agents in technical competency. Findings showed that development agents were competent theoretically in technical competency and they were in need of training in the use of their technical competences. Recommendations include employers have to designed competence strengthen programs through seminars, workshops, and in-service training. Key words: Agricultural education, competency, technical, training need.
Sims, D and Onambélé-Pearson, G and Burden, A and Payton, C and Morse, C (2019)Whole-body and segmental analysis of body composition in adult males with achondroplasia

Achondroplasia is a condition characterized by a genetic mutation affecting long bone endplate development. Current data suggests that the bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) of achondroplasic populations are below age matched individuals of average stature (controls). Due to the disproportionate limb-to-torso length compared to controls however, the lower BMC and BMD may be nullified when appropriately presented. The aim of this study was to measure whole-body and segmental body composition in adult males with achondroplasia (N = 10, 22 ±3 yrs), present data relative to whole-body and whole-limb values and compare all values to age matched controls (N = 17, 22 ±2 yrs). Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) was used to measure the in vivo mass of the whole-body and 15 segments, from which BMD, BMC, fat free mass (FFM) and body fat mass were measured. BMC of lumbar vertebrae (L1-4) was also measured and presented as a volumetric BMD (BMDVOL). The achondroplasic group had less BMC, BMD and FFM, and more body fat mass than controls as a whole-body measure. The lower achondroplasic BMC and BMD was somewhat nullified when presented relative to whole-body and whole-limb values respectively. There was no difference in lumbar BMDVOL between groups. Whole-body BMD measures presented the achondroplasic group as ‘osteopenic’. When relative to whole-limb measures however, achondroplasic BMD descriptions were normal. Further work is needed to create a body composition database for achondroplasic population’s, or for clinicians to present achondroplasic body composition values relative to the whole-limb.
National Innovation System : an account of Thailand

The study of National Innovation Systems (NIS) is quite recent and Lundvall suggested a first integrated framework in 1988. Most of the previous studies on NIS examine the roles, interactions of various institutions such as government, universities, private firms, financial intermediaries to study the NIS of a nation. Whilst discussing the attributes of NIS and analysing the Thai innovation system the systematic problems of the Thai NIS are explored. A framework is presented which mainly focuses on building the capabilities of Thailand to increase its economic performance.
Syddansk Universitet Macrophage migration inhibitory factor ( MIF ) modulates trophic signaling through interaction with serine protease HTRA 1

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor, MIF, is a highly conserved 12.5-kDa cytokine-like protein that exhibits a unique combination of hormone-, cytokine-, and enzymelike properties. It operates via intraand extracellular protein–protein interactions as well as via CD74/CXCR2/ CXCR4/CXCR7 receptor-mediated pathways regulating immune and inflammatory responses, cell growth, migration and apoptosis [1–7]. MIF was originally studied in the immune system where its expression is high, but MIF is, in fact, expressed in many different tissues and cells [8]. In the endocrine system, for example in the healthy pancreas, MIF is secreted together with insulin. Here MIF acts as an autocrine factor to stimulate insulin release [9]. It also binds to insulin and promotes its stability [10]. During development of the central nervous system (CNS), MIF acts as a neurotrophic growth factor and is involved in stem cell proliferation and neurogenesis as well as inner ear development [4–6, 11, 12]. Deletion of MIF in the mouse CNS results in increased anxiety and depression-like behaviors, as well as impaired hippocampus-dependent memory, likely connected to its influence on stem cells [4]. MIF mediates Abstract Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a small conserved protein, is abundant in the immuneand central nervous system (CNS). MIF has several receptors and binding partners that can modulate its action on a cellular level. It is upregulated in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer although its function is far from clear. Here, we report the finding of a new binding partner to MIF, the serine protease HTRA1. This enzyme cleaves several growth factors, extracellular matrix molecules and is implicated in some of the same diseases as MIF. We show that the function of the binding between MIF and HTRA1 is to inhibit the Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences