Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Microbiological, Chemical and Sensory Properties of Domestic Donkey'S Milk from Autochthones Serbian Breed

The aim of this study was to investigate microbiological, chemical and sensory properties of raw donkeys’ milk from an autochthonous breed originated from Serbia. Changes in microbiota during the six days of storage at 4°C were monitored by enumeration of total count of bacteria, yeasts and moulds, coagulase positive staphylococci, lactic acid bacteria, bacterial endospores, Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens and Salmonella spp. Descriptive method was used for determination of sensory properties. Descriptive terms were developed to describe appearance (colour), flavour, taste and aftertaste. Chemical analyses included determination of protein, milk fat, dry matter, lactose and vitamin C content. After five days of storage at 4°C microbiological quality of the raw Domestic Balkan donkeys’ milk was in accordance with the requirements of European Regulation. The obtained results indicate strong antimicrobial activity of the tested milk and longer shelf-life in comparison to other raw milk sources. Sensory properties of the tested raw milk were acceptable within four days of storage at 4°C. High vitamin C content (32.95 μg/mL), low protein (1.67%, w/w) and milk fat (0.66%, w/w) content make the tested milk as valuable potential component of functional food.
Effects of dietary caprylic and capric acids on piglet performance and mucosal epithelium structure of the ileum

Effects of a diet supplemented with caprylic and/or capric acid on piglet performance, apparent digestibility of nutrients, intestinal microflora and small intestine (ileum) structure were investigated. The experiment was performed on 252 piglets (24 litters) allocated to 4 experimental groups (6 litters each). The animals were fed with a standard feed mixture (control) or the same mixture supplemented with 2 g of caprylic or capric acid (groups C 8 and C 10 , respectively) per 1 kg of feed. Group C 8 +C 10 received 1 g of caprylic and 1 g of capric acid. Apparent digestibility was estimated using Cr 2 O 3 as an indicator, while microbiological analyses were performed using standard agar plates. The short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) content of the ileum and caecum digesta was analysed using Varian 340 analyzer. The piglets receiving caprylic or capric acids grew significantly (P<0.01) faster than the control ones (average daily gains during the whole experiment, i.e. between days 1 and 84 of age, were: 288, 269 and 234 g, respectively). The best feed utilization (1.3 kg per kg) was found in animals receiving caprylic acid. The acids also lowered piglet mortality, while significantly increased protein digestibility (P<0.01) and, to a lesser degree (P<0.05), also fibre digestibility. There was no significant difference in acidity of the digesta between control and experimental groups. Capric acid increased the amount of aerobic bacteria as compared to the control group, but the amount of Escherichia coli remained unchanged. The population of Clostridium perfringens was reduced by both caprylic and capric acids (P<0.01). Acids had no effect on SCFA content of the ileum but lowered the acetic acid content of the caecum digesta. Capric acid had the strongest effect on villi, which were significantly higher (306 μm) than in the control group (233 μm). Differences
Spatio-temporal variations in soil hydrology of a typical semiarid sand-meadow-desert landscape

L. Duan, T. Liu, X. Wang, G. Wang, L. Ma, and Y. Luo College of Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China Hydrology and Watershed Engineering/Management Program, Department of Engineering and Physics, Tarleton State University, Stephenville 76402, USA Inner Mongolia Water Resources and Hydropower Survey and Design Institute, Hohhot 010020, China
The Incentives to Enhance Teachers' Teaching Profession: An Empirical Study in Hong Kong Primary Schools

﻿This purpose of this study is to investigate the incentives to enhance primary teachers’ teaching profession in Hong Kong. The survey technique was employed and 460 questionnaires were collected. The findings showed that ‘asking teachers to get certifiedand get CPD’, ‘financial incentives’, ‘teachers’ subsequent career progression’ ‘initial teacher training, ‘teachers on-the-job training and support’, and ‘sufficient time to teachers to prepare their knowledge and skills’were the most useful incentives to remain primary teachers in teaching profession. The findings also showed that ‘school resources’, ‘principal leadership’ and ‘tending to be employed “close to home” were the least useful incentives to remain primary teachers in teaching profession.
Impact of Technological Alliances Between Asymmetrical Firms on Icts Appropriation

The study evaluates the contribution of technological cooperation between asymmetrical firms to reduce the digital divide. To do this, we assess the impact of technological alliances between Euro-Mediterranean firms on ICTs appropriation by especially Tunisian firms. But it mustn’t be studied independently of strategic and demographic contexts. The article presents a quantitative study based on a survey which was conducted among a sample of 155 companies. We led logistic multinomial regressions to estimate the model and valid the hypothesis.
Problems While Preparing E-Materials for Blended Learning Environments: A Case Study

In this study, lecturers from various universities who utilize the blended learning environments in their courses and prepare distance education materials for this aim are interviewed and the problems they experience while preparing such materials are analyzed. Higher education institutions are evaluated not only with the content, quality and richness of the education they provide but also with different education experiences they offer for students. There are insufficient number of studies regarding how to design, implement and evaluate the blended learning environments in order to improve the effectiveness of education and quality of learning in spite of the increasing interest towards the blended learning environments which are rising to become the shining star of the way of presentation of education. There are a number of factors that must be taken into account to obtain maximum educational benefit from the online education as the main factor of the blended education and one of these factors is to minimize the problems experienced at the stage of preparing the materials. This study aims to draw attention to the problems experienced by the educators while preparing e-learning materials (e-materials) to be utilized in the blended learning environments. It is considered that determination of the view-points of lecturers in preparation of the blended learning environment will provide significant contributions in the process making the prepared materials more qualified and effective. Index Terms - Blended learning environment, e-learning, online education, distance education, e-material
Early Intervention Issues in Autism Spectrum Disorders

The pediatrician’s role in chronic management of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) is now recognized [1]. However, pediatricians and other primary care physicians typically receive little training in long-term behavioral interventions appropriate for these patients, an important medical home issue given that parents seek treatment advice from their child’s doctor. The target audience of this paper includes both physicians caring for children with ASDs and parents who wish to share this ASD behavioral treatment perspective with their child’s doctor. There are more than 25 states that have legally mandated that children with autism receive Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) as per the National Conference of State Legislatures [2]. The necessity of such legislation stems from difficulties families have had historically in obtaining evidence-based EIBI for their children with ASD, an important public health issue [1]. There is growing concern among physicians and families about how to improve the “medical home” for children with autism. Several helpful resources have been developed, yet are limited in addressing complex EIBI issues for physicians, who under new state laws noted above now have the responsibility for authorizing behavioral care such as EIBI. However, most physicians have limited training on behavioral services, especially EIBI. Families typically seek their pediatrician’s recommendations on what interventions to pursue and how to find them. Additionally, funders such as insurers may require referral and progress-monitoring from physicians. Of early intervention services, EIBI is one approach that has generated great interest and is the focus of this review manuscript. In an effort to improve access to evidence-based treatment for autism and inform physicians and parents of children with ASD on treatment options, this article provides an overview of: a) essential components of EIBI, b) EIBI empirical literature and critical analyses; c) common misconceptions about behavioral interventions; and d) critical issues that affect patients’ access to EIBI. Bringing EIBI into the medical home is then summarized to highlight the importance of continuing medical education for physicians on treatment of children with ASDs in order to recognize the public health benefits of evidence-based approaches such as EIBI.
Attachment Styles, Quality of Life and Service Satisfaction Outcomes in People with Schizophrenia in

Aim: To test the hypothesized associations among satisfaction with psychiatric rehabilitation services, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), psychopathology and attachment styles in inpatients with schizophrenia. Methods: One hundred-one patients with International Classification on Diseases, Tenth Edition (ICD-10) diagnosis of schizophrenia and duration of rehabilitation program no less than six months were recruited from the rehabilitation wards of the Sha’ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel. The outcome variablesandattachment styleswere assessed with the standardized questionnaires, and psychopathology severity with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to examine the study hypotheses. Results: Attachment anxiety, dissatisfaction with rehabilitation services and the severity of general psychopathology predicted poorer HRQoL, accounting for 8.7%, 13.9%, and 5.4%, respectively, of the total variance(R 2 =. 30; Adjusted
InVivo Hemozoin Kinetics after Clearance of Plasmodiumberghei Infection inMice

Hemozoin (Hz) is released into the blood stream after rupture of infected red blood cells (iRBCs) at the end of each parasite replication cycle. This free Hz is ingested by circulating and resident phagocytes. The presence of Hz in tissues after clearance of infection has been previously reported. Still, little is known about the kinetics of Hz in vivo, during and after Plasmodium infection. It is particularly important to understand Hz kinetics after malaria infections as it has been reported that Hz is associated with impairment of immune functions, including possible consequences for coinfections. Indeed, if Hz remains biologically active for prolonged periods of time inside immunocompetent cells, the potential consequences of such accumulation and presence to the immune system should be clarified. Here, using several independent methods to assess the presence of Hz, we report the long-term in vivo kinetics of Hz in diverse organs in a murine model of malaria infection.
Viewing time through the lens of the self: The fit effect of self‐construal and temporal distance on task perception

This paper describes how different self-construals influence people’s perception of temporal distance and in turn their task evaluation. We hypothesize that people with a more accessible interdependent (vs. independent) self-construal perceive future events as temporally more proximal, and that people’s reaction toward a task is intensified when the temporal distance to the task matches (vs. mismatches) their self-construal. Across four studies, we showed that individuals with a more accessible interdependent self-construal (Study 1) and East Asians (Study 2) perceived future events as more proximal than those with a more accessible independent self-construal and European Americans. Further, when considering a task at a temporal distance that fits their self-construal, individuals perceived a pleasant task as more motivating (Study 3) and an unpleasant task as less motivating (Study 4).
Threshold studies of the microwave instability in electron storage rings

We use a Vlasov-Fokker-Planck program and a linearized Vlasov solver to study the microwave instability threshold of impedance models: (1) a Q = 1 resonator and (2) shielded coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR), and find the results of the two programs agree well. For shielded CSR we show that only two dimensionless parameters, the shielding parameter {Pi} and the strength parameter S{sub csr}, are needed to describe the system. We further show that there is a strong instability associated with CSR, and that the threshold, to good approximation, is given by (S{sub csr})th = 0.5 + 0.12{Pi}. In particular, this means that shielding has little effect in stabilizing the beam for {Pi} {approx}< 2; for larger {Pi} it is effective, with threshold current depending on shielding aperture as h{sup -3/2}. We, in addition, find another instability in the vicinity of {Pi} = 0.7 with a lower threshold, (S{sub csr}){sub th} {approx} 0.2. We find that the threshold to this instability depends strongly on damping time, (S{sub csr}){sub th} {approx} {tau}{sub p}{sup -1/2}, and that the tune spread at threshold is small - both hallmarks of a weak instability.
Effects of Growing Conditions of Marigold in Ilam District, Nepal

Different growing conditions with temperature and sunlight variation could vary in flower growth and quality of marigold. Plant growth and flowering characteristics are compared in three different conditions viz. plastic house, shade house and open field. Three varieties of marigold viz. Marvel Yellow, Marvel Orange and Marvel Garland with similar cultural practices were grown and observed. Each variety with 6 replications was grown in three different growing conditions. Plant height, leaves formation, length of leaves, number of days to flower, number of flowers per plant and post harvest analysis were recorded. Plant growth characteristics followed by flowering behavior were found significantly better in plants grown under plastic house. During post harvest experiment Marvel Garland variety grown under plastic house with wet post harvest treatment was found significantly better compared to other conditions.
Evaluating the Efficiency of Financial Inclusion (Special reference to Jharkhand, India)

This paper is an attempt to analyze the status of financial inclusion in the state of Jharkhand, India. It tries to evaluate the efficiency of the financial institutions in terms of their outreach to clients and overall client satisfaction. Responses were collected separately from the service providers and customers through two different questionnaires and a convenience sampling method was adopted to select the respondents. Hypotheses development and testing was done to analyze data using a regression model. The first questionnaire examined the relationship between various financial inclusion determinants with “Outreach” and the second questionnaire studied the relationship between financial inclusion determinants with “Customer satisfaction. ” The empirical results of the study exhibit that the financial inclusion determinants have a positive effect on the outreach to clients and overall customer satisfaction levels and improve the customers’ financial as well as their social capital base. This in turn fosters the financial inclusion activity in the region.
Syddansk Universitet Identification of independent association signals and putative functional variants for breast cancer risk through fine-scale mapping of the 12 p 11 locus

Background: Multiple recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs10771399, at 12p11 that is associated with breast cancer risk. Method: We performed a fine-scale mapping study of a 700 kb region including 441 genotyped and more than 1300 imputed genetic variants in 48,155 cases and 43,612 controls of European descent, 6269 cases and 6624 controls of East Asian descent and 1116 cases and 932 controls of African descent in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC; http://bcac.ccge.medschl.cam.ac.uk/), and in 15,252 BRCA1 mutation carriers in the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). Stepwise regression analyses were performed to identify independent association signals. Data from the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements project (ENCODE) and the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) were used for functional annotation. Results: Analysis of data from European descendants found evidence for four independent association signals at 12p11, represented by rs7297051 (odds ratio (OR) = 1.09, 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 1.06–1.12; P = 3 × 10), rs805510 (OR = 1.08, 95 % CI = 1.04–1.12, P = 2 × 10), and rs1871152 (OR = 1.04, 95 % CI = 1.02–1.06; P = 2 × 10) identified in the general populations, and rs113824616 (P = 7 × 10) identified in the meta-analysis of BCAC ER-negative cases and BRCA1 mutation carriers. SNPs rs7297051, rs805510 and rs113824616 were also associated with breast cancer risk at P < 0.05 in East Asians, but none of the associations were statistically significant in African descendants. Multiple candidate functional variants are located in putative enhancer sequences. Chromatin interaction data suggested that PTHLH was the likely target gene of these enhancers. Of the six variants with the strongest evidence of potential functionality, rs11049453 was statistically significantly associated with the expression of PTHLH and its nearby gene CCDC91 at P < 0.05. Conclusion: This study identified four independent association signals at 12p11 and revealed potentially functional variants, providing additional insights into the underlying biological mechanism(s) for the association observed between variants at 12p11 and breast cancer risk.
Contribution to the knowledge of some poorly known lichens in Poland. I. The genus Absconditella

Data on the poorly known lichen genus Absconditella in Poland are presented. A. pauxilla is reported as new to the country. New collections of the rare in Central Europe A. delutula and A. sphagnorum are provided. Additionally, new records of the very much overlooked A. lignicola are presented from many regions of Poland. Taxonomic remarks, known world distribution and habitat preferences for the species are included. Kokkuvote: Panus Poola vahetuntud samblike tundmisse. I. Perekond Absconditella. Esitatakse andmed halvasti tuntud samblikuperekonna Absconditella kohta Poolas. A. pauxilla leid on maale uus. Teatatakse Kesk-Euroopas haruldaste liikide A. delutula ja A. sphagnorum uutest leidudest. Esitatakse ka sageli markamata jaanud A. lignicola uued teated paljudest Poola piirkondadest. Lisatud on taksonoomilised markused, liikide kasvukohtade ja leviku andmed maailmas.
Food supplementation reduces post-release dispersal during simulated translocation of the Endangered pygmy bluetongue lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis

Translocation is among several tools available to conservation managers, either to augment existing populations, or to establish populations in previously occupied habitat, or in habitat identified as suitable for the future persistence of the species. Translocated reptiles do not always become established at the release site. We simulated a translocation site for an Endangered Australian skink, the pygmy bluetongue lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis, to investigate whether adding food would encourage released individuals to disperse less. We provided artificial burrows in a central release area within circular cages and found that lizards were more likely to remain in a burrow, spent less time exposed on the ground surface and were less likely to move out of the central area when food was provided. These modified behaviours are likely to encourage translocation success if lizards with added food expose themselves less frequently to predators, and if fewer of those lizards disperse away from the translocation site in the early days after release. We suggest that the provision of supplementary food will be an important component of any trans location programme for this lizard.
A characterization of extrinsic spheres in a Riemannian manifold

We give a characterization of a totally umbilic submanifold $M^{n}$ with parallel mean curvature vector of a Riemannian manifold $\tilde{M}^{n+p}$ , that is an extrinsic sphere $M^{n}$ of $\tilde{M}^{n+p}$ , in terms of the extrinsic shape of circles on $M^{n}$ in the ambient manifold $\tilde{M}^{n+p}$ . This characterization is an improvement of Nomizu and Yano’s result ([2 }).
Exploring Teachers’ Resilience in Relation to Job Satisfaction, Burnout, Organizational Commitment and Perception of Organizational Climate

This study is a descriptive research study investigating the relationship of teachers’ resilience levels with job satisfaction, burnout, organizational commitment and perception of organizational climate. Within the scope of the study, teachers’ resilience level was also investigated with regard to its relationship with gender, age, experience and the school level they teach. The study group consisted of 581 teachers. The data were collected through “Personal Information Form”, “The Resilience Scale for Adults”, “Job Satisfaction Scale”, “The Burnout Measure Short Version”, “Organizational Commitment Scale for Teachers” and “The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire. ” The results revealed a significant negative relationship between teachers’ resilience levels and burnout; and significant positive relationships between teachers’ resilience levels and organizational commitment, job satisfaction and perception of organizational climate. As a result of the one way ANOVA analysis regarding the differences between resilience levels of the teachers working at different school levels, it was found out that the resilience level of the teachers working at high schools differ significantly from the ones working at secondary schools in the family cohesion subscale, one of the sub dimensions of resilience. Additionally, resilience levels of the teachers who work at secondary schools were found to be significantly lower compared to the teachers who work at elementary schools and high schools. When the level of resilience was examined in relation to gender, it was concluded that there was no significant difference between the mean scores of the male and female teachers. The only significant difference was found in the perception of self subscale, where the mean scores of the male teachers were higher than the female teachers. There was no significant difference in teachers’ resilience or sub-scales of it in terms of age and experience of the participants.