Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Work placement reflective assessments and employability enhanced through highlighting graduate attributes.

This paper reports on a study which investigated the effect of activities to promote awareness of specific prioritised graduate attributes on the quality of reflection displayed in student work-placement reflective blog assessments. The focus of the paper is on the results from a thematic analysis of reflective writing assisted by NVivo software from a control and research group, using the a priori codes of ‘reflection’ and ‘graduate attributes’, as part of a Participatory Action Research study. The findings show an increase in reflection associated with graduate attributes in the research group compared to the control group. More importantly, there is evidence of an increase in the variety of graduate attributes being discussed by the research group, with the specifically prioritised attributes featuring most frequently. Additionally, the research group were much more likely to explicitly identify the skill or attribute by name. This shows that activities that emphasise graduate attributes within a curriculum in advance of entering an internship or work-placement can help students by providing a focal point to frame their work-placement experiences in their reflective assessments. Students have an increased tendency to frame their placement experiences in terms of graduate attributes, as well as core skills developed in the curriculum. This consequently broadens their reflection and advances their employability, particularly initially securing employment, through improved articulation and evidencing of their transferable skills. It also provides a means of assessing the development of graduate attributes, which is a challenging but necessary academic task in a modern professional curriculum.
High resolution agarose-based system for single-tube genotyping of fgr and Waxy genes in rice: MAGE to displace PAGE?

Aroma and amylose content are the key determinants of grain quality and commercial value in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Here, we report a novel agarose-based multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-assay for the unambiguous identification of genes controlling aroma (fgr) and amylose content (Wx) traits in rice. The multiplex assay was developed following the validation of two previously reported gene-specific primers, namely, the fgr-SNP and Wx-SSR. Twenty aromatic and non-aromatic rice genotypes with a wide range of variation in amylose content were used in this study. Optimization of primer concentration and critical parameters for thermal cycling, inclusive of cycle number and annealing temperature, were performed to obtain optimal results for the multiplex amplification. The resulting amplification products displayed well-differentiated allelic variants of both fgr and Wx genes on a 3% MetaPhor agarose gel, at the cost of less than $0.15 per sample. MetaPhor agarose gel electrophoresis (MAGE) was effectively employed as a genotyping method which offers an alternative to polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE); a system, commonly used in rice research, that can be technically challenging and time-consuming. Without the need of expensive probes or specialized equipment, this newly developed multiplex assay is suitable for researchers, whose studies are dependent on mass genotyping, and in molecular laboratories with limited resources.
EGIPSYS: AN ENHANCED GENE EXPRESSION PROGRAMMING APPROACH FOR SYMBOLIC REGRESSION PROBLEMS †

This paper reports a system based on the recently proposed evolutionary paradigm of gene expression programming (GEP). This enhanced system, called EGIPSYS, has features specially suited to deal with symbolic regression problems. Amongst the new features implemented in EGIPSYS are: new selection methods, chromosomes of variable length, a new approach to manipulating constants, new genetic operators and an adaptable fitness function. All the proposed improvements were tested separately, and proved to be advantageous over the basic GEP. EGIPSYS was also applied to four difficult identification problems and its performance was compared with a traditional implementation of genetic programming (LilGP). Overall, EGIPSYS was able to obtain consistently better results than the system using genetic programming, finding less complex solutions with less computational effort. The success obtained suggests the adaptation and extension of the system to other classes of problems.
Advances and links between ecological niche models and phylogeography

Phylogeography and ecological niche modelling are two key approaches advancing biogeography. A special issue of Folia Zoologica (64: 2015) considers these advances in eight articles, including two reviews—on Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Ecological Niche Modelling (ENM)—and six research articles, plus two book reviews. The reviews on NGS and ENM stand out as the main interests of the issue. The six research articles provide different biogeographical case studies in which phylogeography and ENM are used together, representing a timely comparison of the current most common practices and the advances highlighted by the reviews.
Mental Accounting: A Closed Form Alternative to the Black Scholes Model

The principle of no arbitrage says that identical assets should offer the same returns. However, experimental and anecdotal evidence suggests that people often rely on analogy making while valuing assets. The principle of analogy making says that similar assets should offer the same returns. I show that the principle of analogy making generates a closed-form alternative to the Black Scholes formula that does not require a complete market. The new formula differs from the Black Scholes formula only due to the appearance of a parameter in the formula that captures the risk premium on the underlying. The new formula,called the analogy option pricing formula, provides a new explanation for the implied volatility skew puzzle in equity options. The key empirical predictions of the analogy formula are discussed. Existing Empirical evidence strongly supports these predictions.
Virulence Determinants of Candida Infections in High Risk Neonates and Infants in a Tertiary Hospital of North India

Introduction: Candida spp. are considered as opportunistic pathogens because they posses many virulence factors which contributes in the pathogenesis of Candida infections. The virulence of Candida spp. is attributed to certain factors like biofilm formation, and the production of hydrolytic enzymes. Objective: To study the virulence factors of Candida infections among high risk neonates and infants. Materials and methods: Samples were collected aseptically from 128 high risk neonates and infants.They were cultured and identified by standard microbiological techniques and their virulence factors such as biofilm formation was demonstrated by tube method, egg yolk agar for proteinase activity, bovine serum albumin agar for phospholipase activity and sabouraud dextrose agar with sheep blood for haemolytic activity. Results: All the virulence markers were significantly associated with the development of candidiasis among neonates and infants. However among all these factors biofilm and hemolysin production were found to be highly significant. Biofilm formation in this study was more often found in the non albicans Candida spp. (95%) as compared to Candida albicans. C. tropicalis produces stronger biofilms (40% were 3+ & 10% were 4+) than C. albicans (10.3% produced 3+ and 4+ biofilms). Phospholipase activity was noted in 34.7% of Candida spp. , Maximum phospholipase production was seen in NAC spp. (65%) as compared to C. albicans (13.6%). Proteinase activity was seen 38.8% of Candida isolates. Conclusion: As non-albicans Candida infections are on the rise, microbiology laboratories should go for complete identification of all yeast isolates and their virulence.
elationship between moonlight and nightly activity patterns of the celot ( Leopardus pardalis ) and some of its prey species in Formosa , orthern Argentina

The moon can profoundly influence the activity patterns of animals. If predators are more successful under bright moonlight, prey species are likely to respond by shifting their own activity patterns (predatoravoidance hypothesis). However, the assumption that prey will necessarily avoid full-moon nights does not take into account that moonlight also allows prey to more easily detect predators, and to forage more efficiently. Thus, nightly activity patterns could depend on night vision capabilities (visual-acuity hypothesis). To consider the possible influences of moonlight and to distinguish between these hypotheses, we used camera-trapping records of a predator, the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), and several of its night-active prey to compare activity patterns under different moonlight conditions. The ocelots’ activity patterns were not strongly related to moonlight, but showed a slight tendency for higher activity during brighter nights. Tapeti rabbits (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) and brocket deer (Mazama americana) showed a clear preference for brighter nights. White-eared opossums (Didelphis albiventris) also showed a trend to be less active in new moon light. In contrast, smaller grey four-eyed opossums (Philander opossum) and the poor eye-sight nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) showed similar activity patterns across all moon phases. Since activity patterns of most prey species were not shifted away from the activity of the ocelot, the differences between species are probably linked to their night vision capabilities, and emphasise the need for more information on the visual system of these taxa. Their activity patterns seem to be less strongly linked to avoidance of predation than previously thought, suggesting that foraging and predator detection benefits may play a more important role than usually acknowledged. © 2016 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Antimicrobial Activity of a Commercially Available Plant-Based Product

In the US, organic dairy cattle cannot be treated with antibiotics and maintain their organic status. There are no alternate products approved by US FDA to treat bovine mastitis on organic farms. Therefore, herbal treatments must be investigated for mastitis control. National organic dairy regulations allow the use of herbal products to prevent and manage bacterial mastitis. Phyto-mast is one botanical phytoceutical, composed of five plant extracts in a canola oil base, commonly used on organic dairy farms to manage mastitis and maintain organic status. Unfortunately, there are no data regarding in vitro bacterial activity of Phytomast®; therefore, five different potential mastitis-causing bacteria were tested for their susceptibility to Phyto-mast® in vitro according to the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute techniques. Based on our results Phyto-mast® appears bacteriostatic to E. coli and S. agalactiae, but is ineffective in decreasing the growth of Staphylococcus species and S. bovis.
PREVALENCE OF SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS IN LACTATING COWS AND EFFICACY OF INTRAMAMMARY INFUSION THERAPY

The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of subclinical mastitis (SCM) in lactating cows of Mymensingh and Lakshmipur sadar upazilas and to evaluate the efficacy of intramammary infusion in subclinical mastitis affected cows. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 78 smallholder dairy farms using a pretested questionnaire to collect data from June 2011 to May 2012. Milk samples from 139 lactating cows were screened for SCM by California Mastitis Test. A total of 72 cows was found positive for SCM and treated with the Neomastipra-JR5 ® intramammary infusion tube (Hipra, Spain). The overall prevalence of subclinical mastitis in lactating cows was 51.8%, of which 51.4% at Mymensingh sadar and 52.2% at Lakshmipur sadar upazilas. The prevalence of subclinical mastitis was significantly increased with age and parity of cows. In left hind quarter, the prevalence of subclinical mastitis was significantly higher (33.1%) than those of other quarters. The efficacy of intramammary infusion with Neomastipra-JR5® in lactating cows was 66.7%. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.3329/bjvm.v12i1. 20464 Bangl. J. Vet. Med . (2014). 12 (1): 55-61
Diurnal and seasonal variations of black carbon and PM 2 . 5 over New Delhi , India : In fl uence of meteorology

Article history: Received 22 March 2012 Received in revised form 16 January 2013 Accepted 23 January 2013 Black carbon (BC), which is one of the highly absorbing capacities of solar radiation, reduces albedo of atmospheric aerosol. BC along with fine particulate matters (PM2.5), which play crucial role in climate and health,wasmonitored online for an entire year of 2011 at anurbanmegacity of Delhi, situated in the northern part of India. Daily mass concentration of BC varies from 0.9 to 25.5 μg m−3, with an annual mean of 6.7±5.7 μg m−3 displayed clear monsoon minima and winter maxima; however, PM2.5 concentration was ranging from 54.3 to 338.7 μg m−3, with an annual mean of 122.3±90.7 μg m−3. BC typically peaked between 0800 and 1000 LST and again between 2100 and 2300 LST, corresponding to themorning and evening traffic combinedwith the ambient meteorological effect. During summer and monsoon, the BC concentrations were found less than 5 μg m−3; however, the highest concentrations occurred during winter in segments from b5 to >10 μg m−3. In over all study, the BC mass concentration was accounted for ~6% of the total PM2.5 mass, with a range from 1.0% to 14.3%. The relationship between meteorological parameters and BC mass concentrations was studied and a clear inverse relationship (r=−0.53) between BC andwind speedwas observed. Relation between visibility and BCmass concentrations was also significantly negative (−0.81), having relatively higher correlation during post-monsoon (−0.85) and winter (−0.78) periods and lower during summer (−0.45) and monsoon (−0.54) periods. Themixed layer depths (MLDs)were found to be shallower during postmonsoon (379 m) and winter (335 m) as compared during summer (1023 m) and monsoon (603 m). The study indicated that during post-monsoon season, the impact of biomass burning is higher as compared to combustion of fossil fuels. Results are well associated with the rapid growth of anthropogenic emissions and ambient meteorological conditions over the station. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Anticipation and visual search in elite sport; the effects of anxiety, training and expertise

The aim of this thesis was to examine the influence of high-anxiety, training and expertise-level on perceptual-cognitive skills in the sport of badminton. First, the coupling between observed badminton serves, visual search behaviour and anticipation judgements of athletes ranging in expertise was investigated. Expert players produced more accurate anticipation judgements compared to novice athletes. Experts fixated vision upon body areas containing the discriminating kinematic information between serve- types more frequently and for a longer duration compared to novice players. A subsequent case-study highlighted the relationship between expertise, visual search and anticipation judgement extended to a world-class athlete. Second, the role of skill level in mediating the effects of high anxiety on anticipation and the capacity to allocate attentional resources to a secondary task was examined through high- and low-anxiety conditions. Skilled players made more accurate anticipation judgements compared to their novice counterparts, regardless of anxiety conditions. High-anxiety resulted in a decrease in secondary task performance for the novice, but not the skilled group, when compared to low-anxiety. Finding demonstrates that skilled athletes can effectively allocate attentional resources during performance, leading to the effects of anxiety being negated, whereas novices cannot. Third, a perceptual-cognitive intervention consisting of simulation training under high-anxiety conditions led to greater anticipation performance under high-anxiety and field-based conditions compared to pre-test and training under low-anxiety conditions. Overall, expert athletes make superior anticipation judgements due to different visual search behaviours and attentional resources, all of which are robust to high anxiety, when compared to lesser-skilled players, with these abilities being trainable.
Perfectionism, mood, and memory for positive, negative, and perfectionistic content.

The current study examined how negative and positive mood influence the recognition memory of people with varying levels of perfectionism. An experiment was conducted in which 314 students were assigned randomly to either a positive, negative, or neutral mood induction condition. Participants completed measures of perfectionism cognitions and trait perfectionism and were tested for their ability to accurately recognize and remember previously presented words that varied in type of content (i.e., positive, negative, neutral, or perfectionism-related words). Analyses revealed that while in a negative mood state, participants high in the cognitive salience of perfectionism (as reflected by the experience of automatic thoughts) and participants high in socially prescribed perfectionism had enhanced recognition memory for negative words. The results suggest that certain perfectionists are cognitively predisposed to process negative information that will highlight discrepancies from perfectionistic standards and ideals. The cognitive processes and structures involved in perfectionism are discussed.
ER, PR, HER2/NEU STATUS AND RELATION TO CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN BREAST CARCINOMA Original Article

Objective: The role of hormone receptors as a prognostic and therapeutic tool in breast cancer is widely accepted. The aim of this study was to the analysis of steroid receptor status in breast cancer with clinic pathological characteristics. Methods: In the present study, immunohistochemical assay of two hundred tumor block of patients of breast carcinoma was performed to know the hormone receptor status as well as histological examination. Results: 150 samples were grouped to study hormonal status and their relation with clinic-pathological factors. The results in the present study documented the 42.3 %, 37.6 % and 56.2 % expression rate of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (Her2/neu) (. The negative expression of ER, PR receptors found higher (57.7 %, 62.4 % respectively). However, Her2/neu positive expression found higher than negative expression (43.8 %). An inverse correlation of Her2/neu expression with ER and PR expression was observed (p=0.007). A significant association of tumor size was observed with ER and PR expression (p=0.02 & p=0.04 respectively). However, no statistically significant association was observed between Her2/neu expression and tumor size (p=0.84). 4 positive lymph nodes. No significant association of lymph node status and histological types was found with receptor expression. Conclusion: In conclusion further functional analyzes of ER, PR and Her2 receptors are needed to investigate the effects of compounds in inhibiting cancer in humans.
The role of the Beaufort Gyre in Arctic climate variability: Seasonal to decadal climate scales

This paper presents a new hypothesis along with supporting evidence that the Beaufort Gyre (BG) plays a significant role in regulating the arctic climate variability. We propose and demonstrate that the BG accumulates a significant amount of fresh water (FW) during one climate regime (anticyclonic) and releases this water to the North Atlantic (NA) during another climate regime (cyclonic). This hypothesis can explain the origin of the salinity anomaly (SA) periodically found in the NA as well as its role in the decadal variability in the Arctic region.
Asymptotic structure of counterflow diffusion flames for large activation energies

The structure of steady state diffusion flames is investigated by analyzing the mixing and chemical reaction of two opposed jets of fuel and oxidizer as a particular example. An Arrhenius onestep irreversible reaction has been considered in the realistic limit of large activation energies. The entire range of Damkohler numbers, or ratio of characteristic diffusion and chemical times, has been covered. When the resulting maximum temperature is plotted in terms of the Damkohler number (which is inversely proportional to the flow velocity) the characteristic S curve emerges from the analysis, with segments from the curve resulting from: (a) A nearly frozen ignition regime where the temperature and concentrations deviations from its frozen flow values are small. The lower branch and bend of the S curve is covered by this regime. (b) A partial burning regime, where both reactants cross the reaction zone toward regions of frozen flow. This regime is unstable. (c) A premixed flame regime where only one of the reactants leaks through the reaction zone, which then separates a region of frozen flow from a region of near-equilibrium. (d) A near-equilibrium diffusion controlled regime, covering the upper branch of the S curve, with a thin reaction zone separating two regions of equilibrium flow. Analytical expressions are obtained, in particular, for the ignition and extinction conditions.
Consumer Acceptance of Biofortified Iron Beans in Rural Rwanda: Experimental Evidence, HarvestPlus Working Paper No. 18

We examine consumer acceptance of two iron bean varieties in Rwanda: red iron bean (RIB) and white iron bean (WIB). Using the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism, we investigate the effect of (1) nutrition information; (2) information frame (information emphasizing negative consequences of not having enough iron in diets versus information emphasizing benefits), and (3) the frequency of providing the information, on consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for iron bean varieties. Results indicate that in the absence of information about their nutritional benefits, consumers are willing to pay a large premium for RIB, but not for WIB, relative to the local variety. Nutrition information has a positive effect on the premium for each of the iron bean varieties. We find that the way in which the information is framed has no significant effect on this premium, whereas provision of the information three times versus once significantly increases WTP for WIB.