Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Photogrammetric Reconstruction with Bayesian Information

Abstract. Nowadays photogrammetry and laser scanning methods are the most wide spread surveying techniques. Laser scanning methods usually allow to obtain more accurate results with respect to photogrammetry, but their use have some issues, e.g. related to the high cost of the instrumentation and the typical need of high qualified personnel to acquire experimental data on the field. Differently, photogrammetric reconstruction can be achieved by means of low cost devices and by persons without specific training. Furthermore, the recent diffusion of smart devices (e.g. smartphones) embedded with imaging and positioning sensors (i.e. standard camera, GNSS receiver, inertial measurement unit) is opening the possibility of integrating more information in the photogrammetric reconstruction procedure, in order to increase its computational efficiency, its robustness and accuracy. In accordance with the above observations, this paper examines and validates new possibilities for the integration of information provided by the inertial measurement unit (IMU) into the photogrammetric reconstruction procedure, and, to be more specific, into the procedure for solving the feature matching and the bundle adjustment problems.
Effect of different carbon sources on in vitro regeneration of Brahmi Bacopa monnieri (L.) An important memory vitalizer

Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri) is an important medhyarasayan plant and it is widely used in Indian traditional system of medicine for the improvement of memory/brain function. This medicinal herb is exploited from the wild population all over world so there is need to develop the in vitro protocol for the mass multiplication under various conditions and its conservation. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) has a long time ago listed B. monnieri as a threatened species. MS medium containing 8.9 μM BA was found most suitable for induction of high frequency shoot buds from different explants e.g., leaf and node. We had evaluated different concentration range (0.5-10%) of different carbon sources (sucrose, mannitol and glucose) for enhancement of this regeneration event. It was observed that MS media modified with 5% sucrose was found most effective for shoot bud induction and shoot regeneration from nodal explants and it ranges 22.6 shoots/explants and for leaf explant 3% sucrose was found effective with 20.6 shoots/explant. These shoots were further elongated on MS basal media without growth regulator. For getting maximum rooting these elongated shoots were transferred on MS media containing 4.9 μM IBA. The plantlets after acclimatization transferred into field with 90% survival rate. Thus the present study could be utilized for better multiplication and conservation of this important threatened species.
TBS-behandeling geprofileerd: een gestructureerde casussenanalyse

Na enkele ernstige incidenten met tbs-gestelden tijdens onbegeleid verlof besloot de Tweede Kamer in 2006 een parlementair onderzoek in te stellen naar het functioneren van het tbs-systeem. Hieruit volgde o.a. de aanbeveling om meer wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van behandeling in de forensische psychiatrie uit te voeren. Dit rapport vormt de weerslag van een inventariserend, beschrijvend onderzoek en een kwantitatieve analyse van een representatieve steekproef van tbs-gestelden. In het eerste deel zijn de kenmerken van de onderzoekspopulatie, de tenuitvoerlegging van de tbs-maatregel, de vormgeving van de tenuitvoerlegging, het formele wettelijke kader, knelpunten en de vraag hoe de tenuitvoerlegging - en meer bepaald de behandeling- aansluit bij het wetenschappelijk onderzoek, beschreven. In het tweede deel zijn profielen van de groep onderzochte tbs-gestelden opgesteld.
The art of poetry : how to read a poem

Anyone who has been asked to read and understand a poem has probably wondered: What does this really mean? Have I understood this the way I was supposed to? Did I get it? As the least literal of all of forms of creative writing, poetry is for many readers also the most cryptic. Confronted by the mysteries of poetic interpretation, some people are intrigued, some become addicted, others are left frustrated. Shira Wolosky's accessibly written book, The Art of Poetry, provides a road map of the poetic form that will help its readers understand and enjoy poetry. The Art of Poetry offers a step-by-step introduction to skills for reading poetry, working progressively from smaller units such as the individual word, the line, and the image to larger ones, such as verse forms, voice and gender, and metrical patterns. These basic skills of poetic analysis are presented in conjunction with a selection of poems that acquaints the reader with the great lyric poets in the English and American tradition. As a whole, The Art of Poetry presents a vision of poetry as dynamic, historical, and culturally engaged.
The Male and Female Employment Effect of Compensation in Korea's Manufacturing Industry: Gender Differences in the Workplace

This paper reports a study on the demand for male and female workers in Korea’s manufacturing industry. The labor-output elasticities were estimated using annual time-series data (1972-1989) for durable and non-durable manufacturing. We found that the potential for substitution among male production, female production, and office workers is severely restricted. This is because of the rigid institutional factors in educationally and culturally based work rules. On the flip side, this suggests that the firm's ability to shift work tasks between genders or between job classifications is also restricted significantly. A finding like this, for example, can serve as a useful message from which developing countries can learn how to improve the usage of their female workers. 1
Dietary knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Diabetes Patients at Services Hospital Lahore

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is growing fastly the world is witnessing. The incidence of alarming concern to health care providers is rapidly rising. The main burden of this disease will fall on all developing countries. The number of diabetic patients will reach 300 million by the end of 2025 it is known through the estimation mostly developing countries will have such a dramatic and significant impacts. Methodology: The quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study design was used with convenient sampling (n=142) from Services Hospital Lahore. Using the questioner consist of 34 items data was analyzed through spss21 version descriptive analyses and the chi-square test with ( p =<0.05) was used. Results: Findings of the study that only 19% had good knowledge they answered 8 or more correct responses remaining 81% participants answered less than 50% correct responses had poor knowledge. The 41.5% had positive attitude with diabetic diet while the remaining 58.5% were having negative attitude. The findings also revealed that only 17.6% had good practices they answered 50% and above correct responses while the others 82.4% participants answered less than 50% correct responses and were doing poor practices about the diabetic diet. The significant association was found between the gender and patient’s knowledge and no significant association between the education and patient’s dietary knowledge. Conclusion: The diabetes type 2 patients should have up to mark dietary, knowledge, and keep it in practicing well. It will, prevent from diabetes complications. There is need to improve the patients knowledge and provide education them. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 5(2): 227-236
Inhibiting Effect of Swietenia Macrophylla Leaf Extract on Zinc Corrosion in Hydrochloric Acid Solution

Zinc is a very important metal used in a wide range of applications by various industries, e.g.as a construction material for roofs and facades in structural and civil engineering or as a sacrificial coating to protect iron and steel producing and processing industry, especially the automotive industry [1]. Zinc is a very active metal so that it corrodes quickly in aqueous solutions. The zinc coated steel materials provide a greater resistance to corrosion but when exposed to humid atmosphere, they undergo rapid corrosion with the formation of a corrosion product known as white rust[2].
Morphological and physiological responses of oak seedlings (Quercus petraea and Q. robur) to moderate drought.

Afin d'etudier leur reaction face a une secheresse moderee, des plantules de chene sessile (Quercus petraea [Matt.] Liebl.) et de chene pedoncule (Q. robur L.) ont ete cultivees a l'exterieur, dans une cuve lysimetrique permettant un developpement illimite des racines. Le regime de secheresse moderee leur a ete applique de mi-juin jusqu'a fin aout. La conductance foliaire stomatique n'a guere ete affectee par la secheresse. Le degre du deficit hydrique foliaire relatif des plantules stressees par la secheresse avait augmente de facon significative alors que le potentiel hydrique foliaire mesure avant l'aube fut plus bas que celui des plantules temoins. La diminution des pressions osmotiques en pleine turgescence et au point zero turgor des plantules stressees indiquerait un ajustement osmotique. Les plantules stressees ont montre un ratio de la biomasse foliaire par rapport a la biomasse des racines fines qui avait baisse de maniere significative. Les resultats completent ainsi des etudes anterieures indiquant que pour les chenes europeens le changement de la compartimentation de la biomasse serait le processus predominant dans l'acclimatation a la secheresse. En effet, ce phenomene surgit egalement lors d'une secheresse excessive tandis que l'ajustement osmotique n'a ete constate que lors d'une secheresse moderee.
Participative Practices and In-Role Performance in the Korean Local Government: Focusing on an Individual`s Perceptions of Human Resource Development Practices

Considering inconsistent results in the extant literature regarding whether participative practices improve performance, we focused on the mediating roles of an individual`s perception of human resource development practices, including training and career development, on the relationship between the two constructs. We began by examining the validity of the constructs under the study. Next, using structural equation modeling, we found that an individual`s perception of career development fully mediates the relationships between the two participative practices, including participation and empowerment, and in-role performance. In addition, the findings indicated that individuals` perception of training fully mediates the relationship between empowerment and performance, but failed to play a mediating role on the relationship between participation and performance.
Estimations of Durability of Fracture Mineral Buffers in the Olkiluoto Bedrock

This study attempts to make scenarios for the geochemical effects that the underground excavations in the Olkiluoto bedrock have on naturally occurring fracture mineral buffers. The excavations of underground research facilities and final repository galleries probably cause steep hydraulic gradients in some bedrock fractures. These gradients likely draw surficial waters within the fracture network and activate weathering processes deeper in rock fractures than in the natural undisturbed conditions. The present studies concentrate on the meteoric infiltration in a single rock fracture, and on the selected set of minerals believed to be significant buffers against pH/redox variations in groundwater. The modelling considers the possibility that the infiltrating meteoric water is soil water rich in dissolved inorganic carbon. Calcite, pyrite, quartz, amorphous silica, cordierite, hornblende, albite, K-feldspar, kaolinite, and illite are taken into account as reacting minerals. Simulations are done by varying the flow rate of water from 1 L/h to 100 L/h. The effects of mineral reactions onto porosity and permeability values are monitored as well. In the present study, however, the changes in physical properties of the fracture channel do not affect the flow rate of water. Furthermore, calculations also describe how cation exchange affects the studied fracture channel system. The simulations coupling the hydraulic flow and water-rock interaction were done with TOUGHREACT V1.0 code and with the EQ3/6–database implemented in the code. In part, the simulations were evaluation of the code capabilities, and verification of results to earlier PHREEQC-2 simulation results. The calculation results confirm the assumption that principal buffer against pH changes is calcite. All silicate reactions, with considered reactive surface areas, are by comparison of marginal importance. The only redox buffer in the calculations is pyrite, and consequently significant amounts of oxygen runs through the channel in all studied cases. This condition is unrealistic. In real, there are likely other oxygen consumers as well. With a significant probability no oxygen breakthrough can be detected at the depth of 500 metres with the studied flow rates. The potential redox buffers not taken into account are e.g. matrix diffusion and the microbiological redox processes that dominate within the soil layer and upper parts of bedrock. Cation exchange studies indicate that cation exchange has only a minor effect on the water composition running through the fracture channel. However, there is no experimental cation exchange capacity estimates available from the Olkiluoto fracture clays.
Breeding biology and nest characteristics of the Eurasian Kestrel in different environments on an Atlantic island

We studied reproductive parameters, nest-site characteristics and breeding success of the Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus canariensis) on Tenerife Island, Canary Archipelago. Kestrels typically breed in cliffs cavities (79.4%), and were present in all habitats from sea level to 2,400 m, except in shrubby heaths (rich in Myrica faya and Erica arborea) and laurel forests. The breeding cycle was variable and dependent on altitude. Mean laying date for the island was 21 March and we found a significant delay of 31 ± 7 days in mean laying dates in habitats above 1,000 masl, probably due to weather conditions. No interannual differences were found in mean laying dates between habitats. We found no differences in clutch size (mean 4.41, n = 133) between habitats or altitude. Laying date and mean clutch size were correlated under 1,000 masl. Mean brood size at hatching was 3.48 (n = 124). Mean brood size at fledging was 2.99 (n = 124) with no differences between habitats or years. Our results suggest that the stability of the island habitats of Tenerife favours stability of reproductive parameters between years.
Membrane Transporter Families of Metal Microelements make Plants Grow Better and Healthier

Appropriate supplies of metal microelements, such as Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Mo, are essential for plant normal growth and development. Plants can also uptake toxic metals, such as Cd, Pb, Hg, when they are exposed to contaminated soils. In response to external fluctuations of these metal element supplies, plants have developed an active and complex network of membrane transport system for optimizing the nutrient uptake, translocation and compartmentalization to maintain their cellular homeostasis. The application of powerful genetic and molecular techniques has contributed a lot to the identification and characterization of gene families that are involved in membrane transport of metal elements. In this review, we summarized recent advances in the functional analysis of transporters involved in the essential metal microelements as well as the toxic metals, including ZIPs, MTPs, HMAs, NRAMPs and YSLs, in both dicot Arabidopsis and monocot rice together with other plants especially the metal hyper-accumulating plants. Well understanding of this complicated but effective membrane transport system provides us a foundation for the development of novel strategies to increase the acquisition and distribution of beneficial elements for crop production as well as the efflux and sequestration of toxic elements for human health.
Effects of Dietary Enterococcus faecium SF68 on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Blood Characteristics and Faecal Noxious Gas Content in Finishing Pigs

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of feeding probiotic (Enterococcus faecium SF68, EF) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood characteristics and faecal noxious gas content in finishing pigs. A total of eighty ((Landrace×Yorkshire)×Duroc) pigs with an initial BW of 50.47±2.13 kg were used in this 8-week experiment. Pigs were allotted to four treatments (4 replicates per treatment and 5 pigs per pen) according to a randomized complete block design. Dietary treatments were: 1) CON (control; basal diet), 2) CTC (control diet+0.1% antibiotic, chlortetracycline), 3) EF1 (control diet+0.1% probiotic, EF) and 4) EF2 (control diet+0.2% probiotic, EF). During weeks 0-4, ADG was not affected by the addition of antibiotic or EF (p>0.05). In weeks 4-8, ADG tended to increase in CTC and EF treatments compared to CON treatment (p 0.05). Digestibilities of DM and N were higher in EF supplemented treatments than in CON and CTC treatments (p 0.05). Supplementation of EF in the diet decreased faecal ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) and hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentrations (p<0.05). Faecal acetic acid concentration tended to decrease (p<0.10) while propionic acid and butyric acid concentrations were significantly lower on diets with EF supplementation than on the diet containing antibiotic (p<0.05). In conclusion, dietary supplementation of EF can increase nutrient digestibility and decrease faecal NH3-N, H2S and volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations in finishing pigs. (Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2006. Vol 19, No. 3 : 406-411)
Management forecasts and the cost of equity capital: international evidence

We examine international differences in the effect of management forecasts (which we use to proxy for voluntary disclosure) on the cost of equity capital (COC) across 31 countries. We find that the issuance of management forecasts is associated with a lower COC worldwide but that the effect of management forecasts on the COC depends on country-level institutional factors. Specifically, management forecasts have a stronger effect on the COC in countries with stronger investor protection and better information dissemination and a weaker effect in countries with higher mandatory disclosure requirements. Further analyses reveal that these relations are more pronounced when management forecasts are more frequent, more precise, and more disaggregated. Overall, our findings suggest that the ability of management forecasts to reduce firms’ COC derives not only from country-level factors that enhance the credibility of their forecasts but also from factors that reflect the quality of the information environment in terms of the distribution of news and the availability and quality of alternative information. Thus, investor protection, media penetration, and mandatory disclosure requirements have an important effect on the ability of management forecasts to lower the COC.
Exploiting Predictability in the Returns to Value and Momentum Investment Strategies: A Portfolio Approach

There is now widespread evidence that investment strategies based on value and momentum have been profitable in the past. Moreover, combining value and momentum into a single investment strategy provides investment performance that is less sensitive to market cyclicality. However, portfolio managers may be reluctant to implement such strategies as they can lead to substantial departures from client-assigned benchmarks. In this paper, we implement a combined value-momentum strategy using the Black-Litterman portfolio optimisation framework, applied to a single global market comprising 177 national industry indices of the US, UK and Japan. We develop forecasting models for zero-investment value and momentum strategies, and incorporate the out-of-sample forecasts from these models into the Black-Litterman approach. The combined value-momentum strategy yields a significant improvement in performance relative to the underlying benchmark. Using the Black-Litterman model, we can effortlessly track the benchmark at the desired tracking error level under full investment, long-only and beta-neutral constraints, while producing an average annual investment outperformance of up to 0.7 percent, even after allowing for substantial transaction costs.
Collectivist Value Orientations among Four Ethnic Groups: Collectivism in the New Zealand Context

In this paper we present findings on individual level variation in individualismcollectivism (IC) among four ethnic groups (New Zealand European-NZE, Māori, Pacific Islanders-PI and Chinese) within the New Zealand context, using the Individualism-Collectivism Interpersonal Assessment Inventory (ICIAI) developed by Matsumoto, Preston, Brown and Kuppersbusch (1997). The investigation tested the reliability of the ICIAI instrument with different ethnic groups in a unique national context as well as prevalent value orientations and behavioural implications for those ethnic groups, measured across three social contexts (family, friends and strangers). There were a total of 400 participants (36% NZE, 20.8% Māori, 18.5% Chinese and 14.3% PI). The scale has proven to be cross-culturally valid and reliable in the New Zealand context, contributing to the development of cross-culturally equivalent measures for individual variations. In accordance with our predictions, family proved to be the most important social context for all ethnic groups and NZE indicated the least collective preferences in all domains. Interestingly, Pacific Islanders showed the most collective preferences and distinguished the least between family, friends and strangers. The differences between NZE and Māori were smaller, and the similarities between Māori and Chinese were closer than expected. The findings, their interpretation and implications for inter-group relations add to the available body of international and intranational multi-ethnic data on IC.
GU Monocerotis: A high-mass eclipsing overcontact binary in the young open cluster Dolidze 25 ?

Context. The eclipsing binary GU Mon is located in the star-forming cluster Dolidze 25, which has the lowest metallicity measured in a Milky Way young cluster. Aims. GU Mon has been identified as a short-period eclipsing binary with two early B-type components. We set out to derive its orbital and stellar parameters. Methods. We present a comprehensive analysis, including B and V light curves and 11 high-resolution spectra, to verify the orbital period and determine parameters. We used the stellar atmosphere code FASTWIND to obtain stellar parameters and create templates for cross-correlation. We obtained a model to fit the light and radial-velocity curves using the Wilson-Devinney code iteratively and simultaneously. Results. The two components of GU Mon are identical stars of spectral type B1 V with the same mass and temperature. The light curves are typical of an EW-type binary. The spectroscopic and photometric analyses agree on a period of 0:896640 0:000007 d. We determine a mass of 9:0 0:6 M for each component and for temperatures of 28 000 2000 K. Both values are consistent with the spectral type. The two stars are overfilling their respective Roche lobes, sharing a common envelope and, therefore the orbit is synchronised and circularised. Conclusions. The GU Mon system has a fill-out factor above 0.8, containing two dwarf B-type stars on the main sequence. The two stars are in a very advanced stage of interaction, with their extreme physical similarity likely due to the common envelope. The expected evolution of such a system very probably leads to a merger while still on the main sequence.