Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Third International Workshop on Compound Nuclear Reactions and Related Topics

1936 Niels Bohr: In the atom and in the nucleus we have indeed to do with two extreme cases of mechanical many-body problems for which a procedure of approximation resting on a combination of one-body problems, so effective in the former case, loses any validity in the latter where we, from the very beginning, have to do with essential collective aspects of the interplay between the constituent particles. 1963: Maria Goeppert-Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure. State of the art 2011: – The nucleus is an open quantum system described by a non-Hermitian Hamilton operator with complex eigenvalues. The eigenvalues may cross in the complex plane (’exceptional points’), the phases of the eigenfunctions are not rigid in approaching the crossing points and the widths bifurcate. By this, a dynamical phase transition occurs in the many-level system. – The dynamical phase transition starts at a critical value of the level density. Hence the properties of the low-lying nuclear states (described well by the shell model) and those of highly excited nuclear states (described by random ensembles) differ fundamentally from one another. – The statement of Niels Bohr for compound nucleus states at high level density is not in contradiction to the shell-model description of nuclear (and atomic) states at low level density. – Dynamical phase transitions are observed experimentally in different systems, including PT symmetric ones, by varying one or more parameters.
Functional Roles of the Plasticity in Deep Root System Development in Soil Water Uptake and Dry Matter Production of Doubled Haploid Lines of Rice under Upland Drought Condition

Drought limits production of upland rice. Deep and thick roots are key traits for adaptation to upland drought. However, deep root system development (DRSD) may not only a function of maximum nodal rooting depth (MNRD) but also in combination with the intensity of lateral root development and its branching to maximize the access of soil water from the deep and consequently, maintain greater dry matter production (DMP) under drought. This study aimed to quantify the DRSD in rice and its role in maintaining high water use in deeper soil, and DMP under upland drought using CT9993/IR62266 doubledhaploid lines (DHLs) relative to the recurrent parent IR62226 and identify DHLs with functional DRSD. In the first experiment, 88 DHLs were evaluated in mylar tubes with soil and subjected to progressive drought to identify lines with greater MNRD than IR62266. In the second experiment, the selected DHLs were further evaluated under progressive drought in mylar tubes embedded with 5-cm gravel layer at 30 cm below the soil surface. In the first experiment, 10 DHLs were selected based on their greater MNRD than IR62266 and further evaluated in the second experiment. In the second experiment, the use of 5-cm thick gravel layer blocked the capillary rise of water resulting in two distinct soil layers during drought: dry (4% soil moisture content, SMC) above and wet (>15% SMC) layer below the gravel. Among the selected DHLs, only DHL57 showed a significantly 34% greater shoot DMP than IR62266. Relative to IR62266, DHL57 had greater ability to maintain nodal root production (28%) and greater DRSD based on total root length (1545%) due to the integrated response of greater MNRD (38%), greater deep root (604%) and lateral root length (680%) ratios, and deep root branching index (233%). These integrated root responses contributed to the 25% greater water use from the deeper soil and consequently, 28% increase in shoot DMP under upland drought.
PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF SMALL RUMINANTS FED PRUNING FRUITS TREES BY PRODUCTS. 2- EFFECT OF TREATED PRUNING PEACH TREES BY-PRODUCTS ON GROWING SHEEP.

This experiment was conducted to study the effect of chemical and biological treatments of pruning peach trees by-products (PTBP) on chemical composition, degradability, cell wall constituents, digestibility and nutritive value and its feeding effect on productive performance of growing sheep. Thirty Ossimi lambs with average body weight 18.00±0.20 kg and 4 months old were used in this study for 120 days. Lambs were distributed into five similar groups (6 lambs each) and randomly assigned to five experimental rations. The five respective rations composed of concentrate feed mixture (CFM) + roughage (PTBP), the control ration (R1) contained untreated PTBP; (R2) treatedPTBPwithTrichoderma reesei; (R3)treated PTBP with Trichoderma viride;(R4) treated PTBP with Trichoderma reesei + Trichoderma viride and (R5) 3% urea treated PTBP. The DM, OM and CP disappearance and effective degradability (ED) va lues were in situ determined. The digestibility and nutritive values of experimental rations were determined using fifteen adult Ossimi rams. Rumen liquor and blood samples were collected at the end of collection period. The results showed that fractions of DM (a&b) and (ED) were significantly (P<0.05) increased with treated PTBP either with urea or fungi compared to control (untreated PTBP). The highest degradable values of DM, OM and CP were observed with R4. Nutrient digestibility and feeding values (TDN and DCP) were higher (P<0.05) for rations containing treated PTBP than control. The highest values of TDN and DCP were observed for R4. Digestibility of cell wall constituents (NDF, ADF, cellulose and hemicellulose) were improved by treatments. Concentrations of rumen parameters (NH3-N and TVFA’s) were significantly increased by treatments. However, no significant differences were found in blood constituents (total protein, albumin, globulin, GOT, GPT and urea) among the different experimental groups. Blood constituents were generally normal in all experimental groups. Growth performance with respect to total body weight gain and average daily gain (ADG) were improved by biological treatments. The same trend was observed for feed conversion and economic efficiency and the best values were recoded with R4. It was concluded that inclusion of treated PTBP to rations of growing Ossimi lambs could improve their performance especially treatment of PTBP with fungi.
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE , INTERNATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL DIVERSIFICATION , AND FIRM VALUE : THE MALAYSIA EVIDENCE

This study examines the relationship between firm value and both international and industrial diversification for a sample of 267 public listed firms in Malaysia over a period of 20012009. Our results show that industrial diversification enhances the firm value. However, we find no evidence that international diversification has any significant impact on the firm value. We find the value of domestic industrial-diversified firms slightly increases after controlling for the degree of ownership concentration, but the ownership concentration itself does not significantly affect the firm value. Overall, our results support the beneficial role of internal capital markets which mitigate the agency costs associated with highly concentrated ownership and control. Furthermore, our results show that for domestic industrial-diversified firms, foreign and government ultimate ownerships lead to a reduction in firm value relative to family-controlled firms.
Mycorrhizal fungi isolated from Japanese endangered plant Liparis truncata ( Orchidaceae )

Liparis truncata is endemic to Japan and ranked as critically endangered (CR) in the Red List of Japanese vascular plants. The information of the mycorrhizal fungi is useful for plant conservation because a mycorrhizal association is necessary for seed germination in orchids. We performed a molecular analysis and a preliminary symbiotic germination test using the isolated mycorrhizal fungi. The result suggests that Tulasnella (Tulasnellaceae) is a predominant mycorrhizal partner of L. truncata.
Transplantation of Allogeneic PW 1 pos / Pax 7 neg Interstitial Cells Enhance Endogenous Repair of Injured Porcine Skeletal Muscle

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Online Privacy Policies: An Assessment of the Fortune E-50

Privacy concerns of consumers threaten to stall the growth of e-commerce. Both industry leaders and government officials are struggling with how to address the problem. One solution suggested by both groups is for online companies to comply with the fair information practices of Notice, Choice, Access, and Security, and to post a privacy policy that reflects this compliance. A content analysis of the privacy policies of the firms in the Fortune e-50 indicates that 5.7% of the business-to-consumer firms fully comply with all fair information practices, 62.8% partially comply, and 31.4% fail to comply with one or more fair information practices. In addition 15 of the companies in the Fortune e-50 were identified as business-to-business firms and of these only three posted a privacy policy, all three of which were noncompliant.
CHARACTERISTICS OF EGG-LAYING AND EGGS OF YEARLING PHEASANTS

MONG populations of wild pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) which have A become established in the United States it is not uncommon for two or more females to deposit eggs in the same nest. These communal nests, commonly called “dump nests,” may contain from 20 to 50 eggs (Baskett, 1947:lO; Stokes, 1954:27; Dale, 1956:23). A communal nest is ordinarily identified as such by measuring the rate of egg deposition in the nest. It is impossible to determine whether two or more hens are laying in the same nest if the nest is not under surveillance during the egg-laying period. Usually, dump nests are abandoned voluntarily by the hens; Stokes (1954:33) reported that less than 25 per cent of clutches of 20 eggs or more were incubated, whereas about 60 per cent of clutches containing between 5 and 16 eggs were incubated. Investigations of the nesting ecology of wild pheasants in east-central Illinois durin, m 1957-61 revealed that 57 of 127 nests (45 per cent) that were voluntarily abandoned by the hen, or hens, and 37 of 133 nests (28 per cent) that had hatched, contained eggs of at least two distinctly different colors (R. F. Labisky, unpublished data). These findings of differently colored eggs in nests suggested to us that (1) communal laying might be a factor causing the abandonment of many nests other than the obvious dump nests and (2) two or more hens might be contributing to successful clutches that are normally attributed to single pheasant hens. The objective of this research was to examine egg-laying and egg characteristics of pheasants, and to determine whether the stability of shell color or size of eggs (or both) laid by individual pheasants was a satisfactory criterion for identifying the number of hens contributing eggs to single nests in the wild.
Running head : CHARACTERISTICS OF SEXUAL OFFENSES 1 Distinguishing between True and False Allegations of Sexual Offenses

Trying to understand how false allegations of sexual offenses differ from true allegations of sexual offenses has long been of interest to researchers and law enforcement alike. The aim of the current study was to review currently available literature on what sets apart true from false sexual offenses. This was done by contrasting statement reports made by victims of true sexual offenses with statement reports that were fabricated by pseudo-victims. A total of eight studies were compared in-depth in regards to their methodology and outcome. Three major clusters of behaviors emerged unique to statements of false allegations. First, in true allegations of sexual offenses perpetrators tended to talk a lot more, while in false allegations the perpetrator was mostly silent. Second, true allegations of sexual offenses had a much wider range of sexual acts, such as foreplay and oral acts. These were rarely present in false allegations of sexual offenses. Third, in true allegations criminal acts such as stealing money or items by the perpetrator were common. In false allegations however, such criminal acts were almost never mentioned. The current study concludes that there are viable markers to indicate whether a statement is more likely to be true, but that the research available is still in its preliminary stages and that follow-up studies are required to paint a more complete picture.
Green attitude and purchase intention towards environmental friendly product

In this modern era, societal marketing business ethics and corporate social responsibility has become the guideline for green marketing strategies and practices. Consumer concerns towards the environment are the evidence which steadily increases the ecologically conscious marketplace. Consumers' awareness and attitude on food products which market in green marketing is important in guiding their purchasing intention of environmental friendly food products. The purpose of this research is to determine the moderation of consumer attitude on the relationship of subjective norms and perceived behavioral control and consumer purchase intention towards environmental friendly food products. Simple random sampling was used in this study and 151 respondents were interviewed using structured questionnaires. Descriptive analysis, reliability test and hierarchical multiple regression were used to accomplish the objective of this study. The results indicate that there is evidence to conclude that the consumer attitude is moderator in the relationship between subjective norms and their intention to purchase environmental friendly food products. However, attitude is not a moderator variable in the relationship between perceived behaviour control and consumer intention to purchase environmental friendly food products.
Validity of Nonacademic Facets of Self Description Questionnaire II ®

Recent studies on the validity of the Self Description Questionnaire II (SDQII) have shown a distinction between academic and nonacademic facets of self-concept. Most of these studies have focused on the academic facets than the nonacademic facets. For the academic self-concept constructs, the application of advanced confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has provided particularly strong tests of construct validity. By correlating external criterion variables such as achievement scores and subject selection in specific academic facets to self-concept in corresponding academic facets, the distinctiveness of the self-concept constructs can be more clearly shown. However, few studies have applied a similar approach to testing the validity of nonacademic facets of the SDQII instrument. The present study examined the responses of high school students (N=244) in four nonacademic facets of the SDQII: Same-sex relation, Opposite-sex relation, Parent relation and HonestyTrustworthiness. CFA found the four distinct factors. When nonacademic external criteria including perceived support from family, perceived support from friends and adoption of avoidance coping strategies were added to the CFA model, the distinctiveness of these four self-concept constructs is clearly demonstrated. Perceived support from family was correlated more highly with Parent relation than with other SDQII factors, perceived support from friends was correlated more highly with Same-sex relation and Opposite-sex relation than with other SDQII factors, whereas adoption of avoidance strategies was correlated more negatively with Honesty-Trustworthiness than with SDQII factors. The inclusion of these nonacademic external criteria has provided a strong evidence of the validity of these four nonacademic scales.
Bank Consolidation and Improvement of Shareholder Value : An Empirical Evaluation of Return on Capital Employed Following Bank Mergers in Nigeria

The effects of bank mergers and acquisitions (M & as) on shareholders’ wealth has long been of interest to researchers in the developed economies. However, in emerging economies, especially Africa, similar studies have been very few and the findings are varied and do not point towards one direction. Against this background, this study investigated the post-merger Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) of banks following the 2004/2005 industry-wide mergers and acquisitions in Nigeria. Data were obtained from the audited annual reports of the banks from which mean ROCE ratios of the banks were computed before and after mergers. Paired Sample t-tests and Independent Sample t-tests were performed on the ROCE for the target and control groups. Contrary to the popular findings from most earlier studies undertaken in the developed world, which found positive relationships between bank mergers and shareholders’ value, the findings of this study are more consistent with the less popular opinion that bank mergers at best do not enhance shareholder value, and in some cases, may even diminish it. The study therefore recommends that subsequent reforms of the banking industry should be geared toward creating enabling environment that will usher in banking efficiency which will in the long-run secure and increasingly enhance profitability and shareholder values of the banks.
A STOCHASTIC VARIATIONAL INEQUALITY APPROACH THAT MODELS MICROSWIMMERS NEAR BOUNDARIES AND SUBJECT TO CHEMOTAXIS PROPOSAL FOR CEMRACS 2018 Team:

Biological microswimmers in confined in vitro media tend to concentrate in the vicinity of surfaces [14]. There are two main approaches in modeling the underlying boundary effects, namely a fluid model that describes the interactions between microswimmers and their surrounding fluid [5] and a transport and collision model with reorientation mediated by rotational brownian motion [10]. Each of the two approaches is able to reproduce experimental data observed. However, they describe different mechanisms which occur simultaneously. The relative contribution of these two types of mechanism is not clear, but microswimmer-to-wall contact seems to play a crucial role according to recent 3D microscopy techniques [7]. Our goal of this project is to build a mathematical formalism that is able to describe contact phases by considering the approach developed in [10, 9]. Techniques based on variational inequalities are applied to give a fine description of boundary effects. More precisely, the aims of the project are the following.
Should We Use Characteristics of Conversation to Measure Grammatical Complexity in L 2 Writing Development ?

Studies of L2 writing development usually measure T-units and clausal subordination to assess grammatical complexity, assuming that increased subordination is typical of advanced writing. In this article we challenge this practice by showing that these measures are much more characteristic of conversation than academic writing. The article begins with a critical evaluation of T-units and clausal subordination as measures of writing development, arguing that they have not proven to be effective discriminators of language proficiency differences. These shortcomings lead to the question of whether these measures actually capture the complexities of professional academic writing, and if not, what alternative measures are better suited? Corpus-based analyses are undertaken to answer these questions, investigating 28 grammatical features in research articles contrasted with conversation. The results are surprising, showing that most clausal subordination measures are actually more common in conversation than academic writing. In contrast, fundamentally different kinds of grammatical complexity are common in academic writing: complex noun phrase constituents (rather than clause constituents) and complex phrases (rather than clauses). Based on these findings, we hypothesize a sequence of developmental stages for student writing, proposing a radically new approach for the study of complexity in student writing development. doi: 10.5054/tq.2011. 244483
Prediction of postoperative ambulatory status in patients with spinal cord compression resulted from metastatic cancers

This study aims to create a scoring model with which to predict postoperative ambulatory status and guild surgeons to select the appropriate therapy for patients with metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC). We retrospectively reviewed the records of 104 surgically treated patients with MESCC. Twelve preoperative characteristics were analyzed for postoperative ambulatory outcome. Significant factors were included in the scoring model. The c-statistic of ROC curve was calculated to assess the performance of the scoring model. Survival prognosis was also estimated according to the scoring model. The scoring model included four prognostic factors, namely, primary cancer type (P=0.04), preoperative ambulatory status (P=0.02), visceral metastases (P<0.01), and circumferential angle of spinal cord compression (CASCC, P=0.04). The prognostic scores ranged between 3 and 13 points, and three prognostic groups were designed. There were 3-5 points (group A, n=22), 6-8 points (Group B, n=43), and 9-13 points (group C, n=39). The corresponding postoperative ambulatory rates were 40.9%, 69.8%, and 97.4%, respectively (P<0.01), and the corresponding median survival was 4.1 months, 7.3 months, and 9.0 months, respectively (P<0.01). The ROC curve c-statistic for the prognostic groups as a predictor of postoperative ambulatory rate was 0.79. We created a useful scoring model for predicting postoperative ambulatory status in MESCC patients after surgery. Patients with 3 to 5 points who had relatively poor ambulatory outcome and short life expectancy appeared to be best treated with supportive care, patients with 6 to 8 points should be decompressive surgical candidates because the ambulatory outcome and survival prognosis were acceptable, and in patients with 9 to 13 points who had excellent function and survival outcome, more radical surgery should be considered.
Home Range and Habitat Use of Brown Bear in Bulgaria : the First Data Based on GPS-Telemetry

This is the first GPS-telemetry study based on four brown bears in Bulgaria revealing data about their home range and habitat use. The brown bear is frequently the cause of conflicts with humans. For better understanding of the species needs, investigations on the size of the home range and the habitat use are crucial. Our results showed that the home range of the Bulgarian brown bear was similar to those of bears on the Balkan Peninsula (65 km2 for adult female and 212 km2 for young male in dispersal). Brown bears preferred forest areas and shrubs. They avoided actively open terrains and human-influenced habitats. Size of the core area of bears is around 16% of the home-range size (based on kernel 50% contour).
Numerical investigations of shear lag effect on PZT-structure interaction : review and application

This article deals with the effect of adhesive bond on piezoelectric ceramic (PZT) patch-structure interaction system and the resulting effect on admittance signature, which has a major impact on the electromechanical coupled phenomena pertinent for the electro-mechanical impedance technique. The adhesive bond acts as an elastic medium which facilitates the transfer of stresses and strains developed due to piezo displacement and also couples the impedance of PZT patch with that of the host structure. In this work, the force transfer mechanism is studied along the length of the PZT patch as also the variation of the shear stress and strain along the bond. This article presents a numerical approach to study the inclusion of shear lag in the electro-mechanical impedance model through commercially available finite element (FE) simulation software. The results are compared with existing analytical as well as experimental data. Parametric study of the FE shear lag model is carried out to examine the effect of piezo-mechanical parameters on the admittance signature.