Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Potential of Using Cost-Effective Compost Mixtures for Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus spp) Cultivation in Sri Lanka

Edible mushroom cultivation is a profitable cottage industry, in which oyster mushroom occupies a prominent place in Sri Lanka. A good substrate is a key factor that determines the profitability of the mushroom cultivation. The Department of Agriculture recommends soya flour as a nitrogen supplement for mushroom substrate. Nonetheless production cost could be minimized if cheaper nitrogen sources could replace the traditional ingredients. Therefore the relative efficacy of six compost mixtures, each amended with one of the following nitrogen sources (viz-gliricidia leaf powder, poultry litter and urea) were compared with the standard soya flour amended compost mixture to study their suitability as potential substitute/s. The addition of gliricidia leaf powder and urea were determined by the percentage nitrogen (%N) of each compound. Percentage N of well-decomposed poultry litter was calculated by using kjeldhal method (Available N =%N*6.25). The experiment was laid in Complete Randomized Design with seven treatments and fourteen replicates. The mycelia growth rate after spawning, mush-room yield, and the duration for the first frutification were used as indicators. The results revealed that the most suitable compost mixtures for higher mushroom yields were those containing 6.6% poultry litter. Keywords: oyster mushroom; culture substrate; mycelial growth; frutification DOI: 10.4038/tare.v10i0. 1868 Tropical Agricultural Research & Extension Vol.10 2007 29-32
LONG-TERM VARIATIONS OF SUBANTARCTIC MODE WATER AT 32 ° S IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

Long-term variations of Subantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) at 32°S in the Indian Ocean were examined for 1950-2008 using a time-series mapped objectively from historical hydrographics and Argo data. In the lighter SAMW (<26.7σθ), saltier water distributed widely in 1960s was replaced with fresher water in the late 1980s after large-amplitude (>0.1 in salinity) oscillations with 5 to 10-year time-scales. After 1995 saltier SAMW occupied again. Freshening trends in the density range were difficult to be conclusively identified now because of the large variations there. Meanwhile, the denser SAMW (>26.8 σθ) showed freshening trends clearly; its salinity decreased by over 0.1 since the 1960s. SAMW had a thick pycnostad in 1960s and then became the thinnest in the 1980s. Recently, the thick core recovered and became less dense slightly. These features seem consistent with recent model runs under global warming scenarios.
Variability in Micro-level Innovation Performance in Natural Resource-processing Industries

This paper explores the relationship between micro-level innovation performance, changes in institutional frameworks and the mediating role of strategy embeddedness in the context of firms from emerging economies (known as latecomer firms). The paper is based on a multiple case-study design that draws on first-hand longitudinal evidence gathered during a three-year fieldwork campaign centered on 13 firms from the forestry, pulp and paper industries in Brazil (1950-2009). The results suggest that variability in the firms‟ innovation performance, proxied as capability levels, across changing institutional frameworks was mediated by degrees of strategy embeddedness. Specifically, the following applied to firms that pursued proactive strategy embeddedness: (i) their innovation performance was significantly higher over time than firms that pursued active and/or reactive strategy embeddedness; (ii) they faced whatever discontinuities with progressively higher levels of innovation performance than firms that pursued an active and/or reactive strategy embeddedness; (iii) they sought to shape their institutional frameworks to overcome hurdles inherent to their latecomer condition and negotiate their transitions into world-leading technological and commercial positions. Although macro- and meso-level institutional frameworks are necessary for industrial growth, innovation and competitiveness, these achievements largely depend on the nature and dynamics of firms‟ own strategic choices and related innovation efforts. Policymaking should therefore involve coordinated efforts between government and firms. Based on a novel theoretical framework and rich empirical assessment, this paper contributes to advancing our understanding of factors affecting the innovation performance of latecomer firms, especially in natural-resource processing industries.
Diagnosis and Management of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

To make a diagnosis of AML at least 20% blasts must be documented on a bone marrow aspirate smear. Common morphological features of AML include large blasts with abundant basophilic cytoplasm often containing azurophilic granules and perinuclear clearing. Auer rods are frequently found; they appear as long and sharp rods in the cytoplasm and are diagnostic of AML. Cytochemistry reveals that greater than 3% of the blasts are myeloperoxidase or Sudan black positive; in case of M4 and M5 variants these can be negative but are classically nonspecific esterase positive. Morphological variations such as increase in monocytoid forms, abnormal erythroblasts or abnormal megakaryocytes are seen in different subsets of AML that can be diagnostic or may require additional cytochemistry or immunophenotypic information for accurate subtyping.
Multiple Stress Creep and Recovery of Nanosilica Modified Asphalt Binder

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of nanosilica (NS) concentration on the rutting parameter of based asphalt binder using the multiple stress creep and recovery (MSCR) test. NS with concentrations between 1% to 5% (1% increment) was used to modify asphalt binder. The nanosilica modified asphalt binder (NSMB) were aged using rolling thin film oven (RTFO) before tested. MSCR test was conducted at 64°C with two stress level (100 Pa and 3200 Pa). The results found that the addition of NS reduced the accumulative strain of NSMB. Besides that, non-recoverable creep compliance decreased and recovery strain increased, which indicates an improvement of rutting resistance and elasticity of the binder, respectively. The grade of asphalt binder also improved from heavy (H) grade to extreme (E) grade. Overall, NSMB 2% show the best improvement in terms of Jnr and %R, thus NSMB 2% considered as a optimum percentage.
The Effectiveness of Magnetic Shielding in High-Isp Hall Thrusters

A series of numerical simulations and experiments have been performed to assess the effectiveness of magnetic shielding in a Hall thruster operating in the discharge voltage range of 300-700 V (Isp 2000-2700 s) at 6 kW, and 800 V (Isp 3000) at 9 kW. In this paper we report on the simulation results and their validation with experimental measurements. At 6 kW the magnetic field topology with which we recently demonstrated highly effective magnetic shielding at 300 V was retained for all other discharge voltages; only the magnitude of the field was changed to achieve optimum thruster performance. It is found that magnetic shielding remains highly effective for all discharge voltages studied. Maximum erosion rates that remain fairly constant across the range of 300-700 V are computed, with values not exceeding 10-2 mm/kh. Such rates are ~3 orders of magnitude less than those observed in the unshielded version of the same thruster at 300 V. At 9 kW and 800 V, saturation of the magnetic circuit did not permit us to attain precisely the same magnetic shielding topology as that employed during the 6-kW operation since this thruster was not designed to operate at this condition. Consequently, the maximum erosion rate at the inner wall is found to be ~1 order of magnitude higher (~10-1 mm/kh) than that at the 6-kW level. At the outer wall the ion energy is below the sputtering yield threshold so no measurable erosion is expected. The reasons behind the effectiveness of magnetic shielding at higher discharge voltages are discussed.
GOODS-Herschel: identification of the individual galaxies responsible for the 80–290 μm cosmic infrared background

We propose a new method of pushing $Herschel$ to its faintest detection limits using universal trends in the redshift evolution of the far infrared over 24$\mu$m colours in the well-sampled GOODS-North field. An extension to other fields with less multi-wavelength information is presented. This method is applied here to raise the contribution of individually detected $Herschel$ sources to the cosmic infrared background (CIRB) by a factor 5 close to its peak at 250$\mu$m and more than 3 in the 350$\mu$m and 500$\mu$m bands. We produce realistic mock $Herschel$ images of the deep PACS and SPIRE images of the GOODS-North field from the GOODS-$Herschel$ Key Program and use them to quantify the confusion noise at the position of individual sources, i.e., estimate a "local confusion noise". Two methods are used to identify sources with reliable photometric accuracy extracted using 24$\mu$m prior positions. The clean index (CI), previously defined but validated here with simulations, which measures the presence of bright 24$\mu$m neighbours and the photometric accuracy index (PAI) directly extracted from the mock $Herschel$ images. After correction for completeness, thanks to our mock $Herschel$ images, individually detected sources make up as much as 54% and 60% of the CIRB in the PACS bands down to 1.1 mJy at 100$\mu$m and 2.2 mJy at 160$\mu$m and 55, 33, and 13% of the CIRB in the SPIRE bands down to 2.5, 5, and 9 mJy at 250$\mu$m, 350$\mu$m, and 500$\mu$m, respectively. The latter depths improve the detection limits of $Herschel$ by factors of 5 at 250$\mu$m, and 3 at 350$\mu$m and 500$\mu$m as compared to the standard confusion limit. Interestingly, the dominant contributors to the CIRB in all $Herschel$ bands appear to be distant siblings of the Milky Way ($z$$\sim$0.96 for $\lambda$$<$300$\mu$m) with a stellar mass of $M_{\star}$$\sim$9$\times$10$^{10}$M$_{\odot}$.
Biocatalysis of H. sabdariffa during ‘dawadawan botso’ production and biogeneration of volatile compounds

The analysis of free amino acid and volatile compounds were conducted to understand how the fermenting organism’s biocatalyse H. sabdariffa seeds and its role in the biogeneration of free amino acids and flavour compounds in “dawadawan botso”. Fermentation increased the quantity of all essential amino acids except of threonine which decrease by 1.23 g/100 g protein. Arginine had the highest increase with a value of 3.06 g/100 g protein while proline had the least value of 0.22 g/100 g protein. Fermentation increased the total free amino acid from 68.32% to 76.79%. The values of bitter, sweet and MSG-like free amino acids in the unfermented seeds and “dawadawan botso” were different. A total of 22 compounds were identified from the fresh “dawadawan botso” and locally produced dried “dawadawan botso”. Predominant among them are Methyl (9Z) – 12- hydroxyl -9 –octadecenoate (40.66%) in fresh, Methyl (14E) – 14, 17- Octadecadienoate (33.97%) in dried and Cis -9- Hexedecenal (19.96%, 15.13%) in both samples. The compounds include alcohols, acids, esters, aldehydes, and alkanes. In this study, fermentation increased the bioavailability of free amino acids and volatile compounds in “dawadawan botso”. Keywords : “Dawadawan botso”, Fermentation, Free amino acids, GC-MS analysis, H. sabdariffa , Volatile flavor compounds
Antibiotic susceptibility of Escherichia coli strains isolated in a pediatric population from South Eastern Romania

Abstract In Constanta during the summer hospital admission of children especially with diarrheal diseases is increased because of the influx of tourists. We determine retrospectively the antibiotic susceptibility of E. coli strains isolated from a pediatric population hospitalized during 2012 at Constanta Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital. Microbiology samples were inoculated on selective media (Blood Agar and Drigalscki Lactose Agar) and incubated at 37°, for 16 h, and subsequently on average multitest media (MIU, TSI, and Simmons). For the final identification we used API 20E Biomerieux tests. During 2012 we isolated 112 strains of E. coli – 85 strains from stool, 16 from urine, 10 from gastric fluid, 8 from throat, and 3 from other secretions. All E. coli strains isolated from our patients were E. coli enteropathogens. Male: Female ratio was 1:1.33. Median age was 5.5 years (range from 3 months – 17.4 years). The antibiotic sensitivity of E. coli revealed a low sensitivity to ampicillin (19.6%), tetracycline (29.5%), and amoxicillin (37.5%). The highest sensitivity was to Carbapenems (93%). Among diseases caused by E. coli in children hospitalized at Constanta Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital during 2012 intestinal tract infections were the most frequent, followed by urinary tract infections. Antibiotic susceptibility of E. coli was low to ampicillin, and tetracycline, while the majority of E. coli strains were sensitive to carbapenems.
The Impacts of Marketing Mix on Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in Honey Product

Consumer satisfaction is one parameter to measure the success of product marketing strategy. High levels of customer satisfaction will encourage the emergence of loyalty, which can affect the sustainability of consumers purchasing history. This study aims to see the factors that influence the marketing mix (7P) to customer satisfaction and loyalty of PT. Madu Pramuka, one of honey producer company with modern beekeeping in Indonesia. Since five years ago, the sales of three superior products have not increased as well as the production volume. The study was conducted at the largest outlet of PT. Madu Pramuka whom respondents are former consumers and have made purchases at this outlet in the last three months. The data analysis using SEM gives result that physical evidence, product and location from the marketing mix influence consumer satisfaction significantly. Consumer also significantly influence the formation of consumer loyalty. Based on customer satisfaction index, honey product’s consumers belong to satisfy category with value of 72.13% and fall into neutral category on customer loyalty index with value of 40.69%.
Interactive Effects Of Rhizobium And Virus Inocula On Symptomatology And Nodulation In Cowpea

A study was carried out to evaluate the interactive effects of rhizobium and virus inocula on three cowpea cultivars: Ife brown, Owode and IT90K-277-2 on sterilized soils in the greenhouse. The cultivars were inoculated with two strains of rhizobium, R25B and IRj2180A, and two strains of virus, cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV) and cowpea yellow mosaic virus (CYMV), 7 days after planting (DAP) regarded as early inoculation and 21 DAP as late inoculation. The trial was a factorial experiment fitted into split-split plot design. Viral inoculation significantly reduced the numbers of nodules and nodule weight, biomass production and grain yields of all the three cowpea cultivars. Maximum reductions were obtained with the viral infections where rhizobium inoculants were absent. Time of inoculation also had a significant impact on the effect of the inoculums strains. Early inoculation provided a significant result than late. The interaction of rhizobium and virus inoculums strains indicated that the severity of infection by the viral strain was not in any way depressed by the presence of rhizobium inoculums strains. There were no variations in varietal reactions. Cultivar IT90K-277-2 possessed a superior genotype while Ife brown cultivar exhibited the least performance in terms of most parameters measured.
Prediction of bending rigidity for laminated fabric with adhesive interlining by a laminate model considering tensile and in-plane compressive moduli

The purpose of this study is to predict bending rigidity of laminated fabric with adhesive interlining considered tensile and in-plane compressive moduli. The predicting method considering those moduli was proposed by theoretical derivation based on laminate model. Tensile and in-plane compressive moduli of neutral surface for face fabric and adhesive interlining respectively before laminating and modulus for bending rigidity were considered independently. The calculating equation for in-plane compressive modulus was proposed from the relationship between bending rigidities and tensile properties. The proposed predicting method was verified experimentally. Bending rigidities, tensile properties and thicknesses of adhesive interlinings, face fabrics and laminated fabrics with adhesive interlinings were measured by KES-FB system. The in-plane compressive moduli of adhesive interlinings were calculated by the proposed equation with the results of tensile properties for face fabrics. With the results of tensile and in-plane compressive moduli, the bending rigidities of laminated fabric with adhesive interlinings were calculated. The predicted bending rigidities considered with measured tensile properties and calculated in-plane compressive moduli were precisely closer to experimental results than the ones of the laminated model from our previous study. Therefore, this model gives a new way to predict bending rigidity of laminated fabric with adhesive interlining.
Design, Processing, and Characterization of High Frequency Flip Chip Interconnects

The demands for high frequency interconnect techniques for microwave integrated circuits (ICs) are growing with increasing operating frequencies of wireless communication systems. Interconnects have significant effect and impact on the overall system performance at high frequencies. To provide good performance in high frequency packaging, flip chip interconnect is one of the most attractive candidates compared to other schemes with low reflection and low insertion loss due to the lower parasitics involved. The widely used bond-wire interconnect suffers from serious parasitics when operating frequency reaches the gigahertz range. The tolerances such as the wire length and loop are very tight to enable an acceptable transition. At high frequencies, however, it still encounters stronger parasitics no matter how well it is controlled. This thesis deals with the design, processing, and characterization of flip chip interconnects at high frequencies. The main issues of the flip chip interconnect are described before the design criteria of the conventional flip chip interconnect are reviewed. In the following, the work of the hot-via transition is presented. It is a solution to the detuning effect of the microstrip (MS) flip chip assembly. The designs of the hot-via transition for the MS-to-CPW (coplanar waveguide) are presented; the results presented are currently world record for this technique to our knowledge. Another part of work in this thesis is the coaxial transition developed for the CPW-to-CPW flip chip interconnects. The coaxial-type transition was successfully fabricated in-house and demonstrated excellent transition performance up to 60 GHz. The entire fabrication processes for all demonstrated flip chip interconnect structures have been in-house developed and are described in details. All the design rules regarding to the different architectures for the flip chip interconnects are described and verified with the measured results. The main contributions of this thesis work are the innovative designs and the developments of both the hot-via transition and coaxial transition for the flip chip interconnects.
Differenz in der Einheit: Ein ostdeutscher Sonderweg im betrieblichen Gesundheitsschutz

Zwischen gesetzlich formuliertem Anspruch und betriebspraktischer Wirklichkeit im deutschen Arbeitsund Gesundheitsschutz klafft eine Lücke. Für Ostdeutschland stellt sich dieses Defizit noch deutlicher dar, wie wir anhand verschiedener empirischer Befunde aus Beschäftigtenund Betriebsratsbefragungen zeigen. Im Licht der Erfahrungen aus DDR-, Transformationsund Konsolidierungszeit diskutieren wir die Voraussetzungen für eine gezielte Gesundheitsschutzpolitik: Durch die strategische Beteiligung von Beschäftigten und ihrer Interessenvertretungen kann der gesetzliche Anspruch betriebliche Wirklichkeit werden.
Combined hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma : WHO classification-based analysis of long-term prognosis after surgery

Background and aims: As a rare hepatic malignancy, combined hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma (CHC) is poorly understood. Research into its clinicopathological characteristics and the factors that affect its prognosis may improve clinical outcomes in this condition. Methods: The clinicopathological data of 58 surgically treated CHC patients were retrospectively reviewed according to the 2010 WHO classification scheme. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed for risk factors related to mortality and recurrence. Results: There were 7 patients with the classical subtype of CHC (12.1%) and 51 patients with the stem cell subtype (87.9%), 8 with typical subtype (TS) (13.7%), 22 with intermediate cell subtype (INT) (37.9%) and 21 with cholangiolocellular subtype (CLC) (36.2%). Multivariable analyses revealed that the disease-free survival (DFS) rates of patients with the classical subtype was lower than for patients with the stem cell subtype (P = 0.032). The overall survival (OS) and recurrence rates of patients with the TS, INT and CLC subtypes did not differ (all P > 0.05). Sex (P = 0.003), satellite nodules (P = 0.003) and lymph node metastasis (P = 0.040) were independent risk factors for overall survival of CHC. Preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were an independent risk factor for OS (P = 0.017) and DFS (P = 0.020) of CHC. Conclusions: The classical subtype of CHC exhibits earlier recurrence than the stem cell subtype after surgical treatment. Preoperative serum CEA levels were an independent predictor for CHC prognosis.
Plasma Sprayed Biocompatible Coatings on PEEK Implants

New advanced polymeric biomaterials such as implantable poly(etheretherketone) (PEEK) are changing the face of the implantable medical device industry. Due to its bioactive behavior in vivo, hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings are used to improve the bone growth and to repair around metallic implant. The objective of this work is to study the feasibility of plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coating on PEEK material. Different PEEK (unfilled and composite) specimens were successfully coated with a 150 µm thick coating. Chemical and crystallographic compositions, adhesions and microstructures of HA coatings on PEEK and on Ti-6Al-4V were compared. The results showed that the structure of HA coatings were appreciably equivalent. Mechanical tests showed that the plasma spraying process did not severely degrade the initial properties of the PEEK substrate.
Individual inventors and market potentials: Evidence from US patents

This paper examines the commercialization propensities of individual inventors' patents. Exploiting a peculiarity of the US patent system, concerning patent renewal fees in order to obtain small or large entity status, we are able to distinguish patents that become part of a large corporation's patent portfolio. Using an extensive dataset of US patents, both for domestic and foreign individual inventors, we find that patent characteristics, size of research teams, prior experience and past corporate patenting activity are positively associated with increased likelihood of transferring patent rights to large corporations.