Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Fungal ecology and succession on Phragmites australis in a brackish tidal marsh . II . Stems

Fungal succession and community development has been studied by direct observation for twenty-four months on stems of Phragmites australis in a brackish tidal marsh of the river Scheldt (The Netherlands). In total 49 taxa were found of which 26 taxa (53%) were ascomycetes, 16 taxa (33%) coelomycetes, four taxa (8%) hyphomycetes and only three taxa (6%) basidiomycetes. Fungal sporulation on standing stems started only after a minimum of three months in a standing dead position and showed different fungal assemblages along the vertical axis of the shoots. Cluster analysis and detrended correspondence analysis showed that all investigated microhabitats (middle canopy, basal canopy and litter layer) showed a different species composition that changed during decay. This successional sporulation was described by a three-staged pattern in each microhabitat. For all of the different microhabitats and for the groups recognized by cluster analysis, indicator taxa were pointed. Gradient analysis indicated that cellulose is the controlling factor for fungal sporulation on the stems.
Renormalization and embedded Julia sets in the Mandelbrot set

The decorations of a small Mandelbrot set within the Mandelbrot set M contain embedded Julia sets; these are Cantor sets quasiconformally homeomorphic to a quadratic Julia set. So the local geometry of M shows the shape of corresponding Julia sets. This phenomenon was observed in the 1990s by Munafo and others. Families of embedded Julia sets were obtained analytically by Douady et alii and by Kawahira–Kisaka. The present paper gives an alternative construction by ﬁnding suitable puzzle-pieces with a geometric-combinatorial method. Consider any non-parabolic parameter in the boundary of a small Mandelbrot set, e.g., a Siegel parameter . Then there is a sequence of embedded Julia sets converging to this parameter, whose asymptotic geometry is a conformal copy of the small ﬁlled Julia set. The structure of the Mandelbrot set at an embedded Julia set is described by channels and nodes, which correspond to precritical ray pairs and to precritical points for a Cantor Julia set with dyadic angle. Moreover, relations between embedded Julia sets and other similarity phenomena are explored, including notions of asymptotic and local similarity.
Application of quality intima-media thickness test in assessing carotid vascular function in obese people at high altitudes and risk of coronary heart disease

Objective: Our aim was to investigate application of the quality intima-media thickness (QIMT) technique in evaluating carotid vascular function in obese people who live at high altitudes and correlation between carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) and coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods: People living in high altitude areas were enrolled in our study. There were 228 obese people (obese group) and 150 healthy normal people (normal group). Participants from both groups received measurements of IMT using QIMT method and risks of CHD were evaluated using the 10-year risk prediction model for ischemic cardiovascular diseases (ICVD) in Chinese population. Association between IMT and risk of CHD was studied. Results: We found that the value of common carotid artery IMT in obese group (0.67±0.11 mm) was higher than in normal group (0.55±0.07 mm). Compared to people in normal group, those in obese group had higher risk of CHD with greater risk score (all P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that IMT>0.9 mm was an independent risk factor for CHD (P=0.028, after adjustment OR=3.631, 95% CI=1.152-11.441). Conclusion: QIMT method can effectively measure IMT and assist in predicting risk of CHD for obese people living at high altitudes.
Examining Burnout in School Counseling We began by conducting a formal search of electronic databases —

To prevent school counselors from experiencing feelings of burnout, identifying relevant factors is important. The purpose of this article is to review studies investigating the constructs of burnout and occupational stress in school counseling samples. Eighteen published research articles fit the inclusion criteria for this review. The researchers identified external and internal variables relating to school counselor burnout, as well as protective and risk factors. The review identified that school counselors’ higher level of burnout correlated with having non-counseling duties, being assigned large caseloads, working in schools that did not meet adequate yearly progress (AYP) status, experiencing a lack of supervision, possessing greater emotion-oriented stress coping scores, providing fewer direct student services, and having greater perceived stress. In contrast, feelings of burnout among school counselors were mitigated when counselors received supervision, possessed higher task-oriented stress coping strategies, scored at higher levels of ego maturity, reported greater occupational support at their schools, had greater grit scores, and worked in schools that met AYP.
Effectiveness of Teachers ‟ Education among Novice and Experienced Teachers : A Study

This study investigated the effectiveness of teachers‟ education among novice and experienced teachers. The study involved 24 novice and 31 experienced English teachers teaching in two English language institutes and a university in Shiraz, Iran (Omid, Parsa institutes, and Shiraz Azad University). They were both males and females and were selected through availability sampling procedure. Data were collected through a FLEQ questionnaire which included 32 Likert scale items. The data was analysed using both descriptive (in the form of frequency counts, tables) and inferential statistics (T-Test and ANOVA). Based on the analysis, the following results were obtained: 1) there was positive significant correlation between the experience of the teachers and their level of educations, and 2) The perceptions of novice and experienced males and females English language teachers did not significantly differ regarding the effectiveness of teachers’ education. The results could have implications for teachers, university instructors, syllabus designers and, in general, all those who are involved in the field of education.
Degree of Hydration and Strength Development of Low Water-to-Cement Ratios in Silica Fume Cement System

Hydration of cement is very important to be estimated, since there are a great relation of hydration with the properties of hardened cement paste. Limited information available about the rate of hydration of cement containing silica fume with low water to cement ratio. In this investigation strength development of cement paste with and without silica fume described using gel-to-space ratio concept. Twenty seven mixes of cement paste were prepared with low water-to-cement ratios ranging from 0.23 to 0.35 and different silica fume contents (0, 5, 10, 15, 20) % by weight of the binder. The mixtures were maintained at different curing temperatures (10, 20, and 40 ) oC . Non-evaporable water considered as combined water and compressive strength were determined at different stages of hydration. A best fit power equation used to describe the relationship. Index Term-Degree of hydration, compressive strength, silica fume cement system.
UDK: 371.315.4 Teacher Training Faculty in Uzice DOI: 10.17810/2015.06 ============================================================================== THE POSSIBILITIES OF ENCOURAGING STUDENT’S METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES THROUGH HEURISTIC-METHODOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION

In the era of contemporary society, which revolves around the fast information science revolution, the pupil is no longer just an observer in the educational process but rather an active constructor of one’s own knowledge. Current didactic theories proclaim teaching, in which the teacher is an instructor and a facilitator, and as such should encourage and help develop the pupil’s learning strategies constructed on the basis of intentionality, self-established and selforganized learning. In this explorative research the possible influence of heuristic-methodological instructions on encouraging metacognitive ability is explored, i.e. the metacomponent of elementary school fourth grade pupils. Our goal was to determine to what extent it is possible to encourage the pupil’s metacognitive strategies with didactic-methodological strategies based on heuristics and its methods (discovery learning, project method, problem method, work in small groups, teaching in nature). The empirical research was conducted through an experimental program, realized in the experimental group of pupils, while the control group worked in unchanged conditions. In accordance with the gathered research results, we compared the differences between both groups and came to a conclusion that a statistically significant difference in the results occurred, i.e. through the research of the metacognitive abilities of the experimental group pupils in the segments which referred to elaborating and connecting previously acquired knowledge with new, overcoming work difficulties, checking correct answers, method of checking the validity of the answers and determining the main concepts and ideas from the text.
Perceived Quality , Brand Image and Brand Trust as Determinants of Brand Loyalty

-While the importance of brand loyalty has been recognized in marketing literature for at least three decades, the development of a brand loyalty model had been addressed as an important issue. The purpose of our study was to develop a brand loyalty model. In addition, the interrelationships of perceived quality, brand image and brand trust in building brand loyalty are investigated empirically. The model is tested by structural equations modeling and the sample is 473 students from the higher institute of business administration (HIBA), the finding show that perceived quality has a significant influence on both brand image and brand loyalty, on other hand, the rest of relationship between brand loyalty dimensions and brand loyalty is confirmed. The study finding can be used by Sport-wear market in creating brand loyalty by using some strategies which can lead to the brand loyalty.
Influence of PPg-MAH Compatibilizer Characteristics on Interphase and Mechanical Properties of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites

Although recent publications have discussed the influence of maleated polypropylene (PP) compatibilizer characteristics, such as molecular weight (MW) and concentration of maleic anhydride (MAH) reactive groups, on the mechanical behaviour of PP composites, many aspects related to the interfacial adhesion and nature of the composite interphase have yet to be elucidated. Therefore, using a composite system of PP reinforced with aminosilane pretreated short GF of varying fiber content, the influence of MW and MAH concentration of different grades of the PP-g-MAH compatibilizer was investigated in this work. The compatibilizer efficiency in the fiber-reinforcement mechanism of these PP/PP-g-MAH/GF composites was determined from ultimate tensile strength (TS) and notched Izod impact strength (IIS) tests; the optimum compatibilizer concentration being defined by maximum mechanical properties enhancement achieved with minimum MAH concentration. For a given PP-g-MAH grade, increase in compatibilizer concentration leads to substantial increase in both the TS and IIS up to a minimum critical concentration, above which both properties tend to level off. This optimum concentration corresponds to a saturation level of the GF surface with the PP-gsiloxane copolymer formed at the interphase. Using this optimum concentration criterion, the PP-g-MAH grade with lowest MW and highest MAH concentration indicated the best compatibilizer efficiency. However, when all experimental data is presented as a function of the MAH concentration per unit surface area of GF (mg/m), a single master curve is obtained at a given GF content, independently of the grade of the compatibilizer used. This indicates that the increase in the mechanical properties is essentially a function of the effectively reacted MAH concentration. The simultaneous increase in both the TS and IIS with MAH concentration can be attributed to the high interfacial adhesion and a soft and ductile nature of the interphase. Theses characteristics of the interphase layer were also substantiated by SEM analysis of freeze-fractured composite surfaces.
- 1The Air Chemistry Observatory at Neumayer Station ( Antartica )

The Air Chemistry Observatory at the German Antarctic station Neumayer (formerly Georg von Neumayer) is in continuous operation since nearly 25 years. It thus provided unique records of atmospheric trace constituents of climatic relevance. The focus of the established observational programme is on characterizing the physical properties and chemical composition of the aerosol, as well as on monitoring the changing trace gas composition of the background atmosphere, especially concerning greenhouse gases. Here a brief outline of the technical concept of the observatory and an excerpt of the most relevant results are presented. Zusammenfassung: Das Spurenstoff Observatorium an der deutschen Antarktis Station Neumayer (vormals Georg von Neumayer) ist mittlerweile seit fast 25 Jahren kontinuierlich in Betrieb und liefert einzigartige Messreihen klimarelevanter atmosphärischer Spurenstoffe. Der Schwerpunkt des Messprogramms liegt in der Charakterisierung der physikalischen Eigenschaften und chemischen Zusammensetzung des Aerosols sowie in der Dokumentation der langfristigen Änderung der Spurengas-Zusammensetzung in der HintergrundAtmosphäre, speziell hinsichtlich der wichtigsten Treibhausgase. In diesem Beitrag werden eine kurze Beschreibung der technischen Auslegung des Observatoriums sowie einige der wichtigsten Ergebnisse präsentiert.
A COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR ( SAR ) SENSORS FOR WETLAND CLASSIFICATION

Wetlands are important natural resources which provide numerous advantages to the environment. They play a pivotal role in purifying water, controlling natural hazards, and conserving soil and water. Remote Sensing (RS) is a cost-effective and timely tool which has been long applied for wetland mapping/ monitoring. Furthermore, since the advent of Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) sensors, they have been employed extensively in wetland classification. Due to their day-and-night, all-weather capabilities, their penetration depth, and their sensitivity to moisture, SAR sensors are valuable tools for wetland mapping and monitoring. Currently, there are several active sensors available which differ in terms of their wavelength, revisit time, and accessibility. Therefore, it is important to learn what sensor is more appropriate for wetland classification. This study is a comparison between various available sensors including ALOS PALSAR, ALOS-2, TerraSAR-x, and Sentinel-1 in terms of their potential for wetland mapping. The classification was carried out in both single temporal and multi temporal cases. Random Forest classifier was applied for the object-based mapping of the study area. The result of this study demonstrated that some freely available images including Sentinel-1 and ALOS PALSAR can yield comparable accuracies to that of RADARSAT-2 when combined with optical imagery. It is hoped that the result of this research can be applied in future operational wetland studies for better monitoring of these valuable natural assets.
Population structure and genetic divergence of rainbow and redband trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) in the upper Klamath Basin 10

The salmonid fish species Oncorhynchus mykiss is present throughout the lower 35 Klamath-Trinity River system as anadromous summerand winter-run steelhead as well as freshwater resident rainbow trout, all of which are forms of the coastal subspecies O. m. irideus. Although steelhead and other anadromous salmonids historically migrated into the Upper Klamath Basin and associated tributaries, the construction of Copco Dam in 1918 and Iron Gate Dam in 1962 stopped all upstream migration of fishes past these 40 barriers. In the Upper Klamath Lake Basin, native redband trout (O. m. newberrii) occur along with coastal rainbow trout trapped above the dams or stocked from hatchery sources. However relatively little is known about the genetic relationships among O. mykiss populations within the Klamath Basin. We present a population genetic analysis of O. mykiss samples collected in the Upper Klamath Basin using data from 17 variable 45 microsatellite loci. Samples included rainbow and redband trout presumably representative of ancestral coastal and inland lineages, as well as samples of O. mykiss from neighboring inland lake basins. In addition, the Upper Klamath samples were compared with data from O. mykiss populations below Iron Gate Dam. Results demonstrate the presence of distinct inland and coastal genetic lineages, as well as 50 divergent lineages represented by samples from the inland lake basins, and have significant implications for future restoration of O. mykiss in the greater Klamath-Trinity system.
Constructional Analysis

We describe a unique rule-based language analysis system that performs both syntactic and semantic analysis using construction grammar. The analyzer supports a grammar formalism called the Embodied Construction Grammar (ECG), which is described in the paper along with the computational machinery needed to support such an expressive grammar. We also show how to leverage the rich semantics associated with an ECG grammar. With the rich semantics, the analyzer can place an ordering on competing analyses and can also better respond to unanticipated syntactic patterns. The paper then closes with a description of the analyzer’s current applications.
Effect of Lecturer Certification Allowance , Lecturer Education , and Lecturer Training on Lecturer Performance

This study examines the effect of the certification allowances lecturer, faculty of education, training and lecturer on the performance of the lecturer. This research was conducted using questionnaires to all samples certified lecturer. The data obtained were then processed using regression analysis. The number of questionnaires are processed totaled 75 questionnaire. Hypothesis test results have shown that the benefits of certification lecturers, professors of education, and training faculty positive and significant effect on the performance of the lecturer. Allowances for lecturers who have followed the certification, provide opportunities for continuing education for faculty, and provide training opportunities according to their field can improve the performance of lecturers. The samples in the study have not been evenly distributed and performance assessment are used in the form of self-appraisal, so that further research can be used to sample a wider and performance assessment is done by looking at Work Target Employees for lecturers Civil Servant and the achievement of academic rank private colleges.
Effect of venous sampling methods and sites on thromboelastography for patients underwent thoracic surgery

This study was assigned to assess the influence of different blood collection methods and sites on the results of thromboelastography (TEG) in patients underwent thoracic surgery. Forty patients, who underwent lobectomy or esophagectomy in our hospital from May 2014 to March 2015, were randomly divided into two groups (group A and group B; n = 20 in each group). In group A, blood was collected from femoral vein and internal jugular vein by direct venipuncture. In group B, femoral vein blood was sampled by direct venipuncture, and then blood from internal jugular vein was drawn via a deep venous catheter. Kaolin-activated TEG analyses were performed, and clotting time (R), clot kinetics (K), α angle and maximal amplitude (MA) were compared using paired t-test. All tested parameters were within the normal range. In group A, no significant differences in R, K, α angle and MA values were found between samples obtained by direct venipuncture from femoral and jugular vein (P > 0.05). In group B, however, the R value of blood sample collected by femoral vein puncture was significantly lower than that of sample captured via an indwelling internal jugular vein catheter (P < 0.05), while differences in K, α angle and MA values did not reach statistical significant (P > 0.05). In summary, all of these sampling routes were acceptable for thromboelastographic analysis. Howbeit, to avoid bias, the sampling method and site should be the same when conducting clinical dynamic observation.
Selection possibilities for seed content - a determinant of fresh fruit quality in guava (Psidium guajava L.).

Improvement of guava with regard to less and soft seed content necessitates insight into the magnitude of variability present in the seed characters. Fruit samples were examined for the variability in pulp: seed weight ratio, number and weight of seeds fruit-1, 100seed weight, number of seeds 100g-1 fruit and seed content in fruit in relation with fruit weight during winter seasons of 2003-04 and 2004-05 on sixty-eight genotypes from diverse origin. The differences among the genotypes were highly significant (P< 0.01) for all the characters studied. A wide range of variation (17.10 to 5905.31) was recorded for the pulp: seed weight ratio with the mean value of 123.36 showing very high (241.59%) coefficient of variation. Highest mean (254.64) was recorded for number of seeds fruit-1 (ranging from 2 to 463.0). The high genetic coefficient of variation and heritability estimates associated with greater genetic advance as percent of mean were recorded for pulp: seed weight ratio, 100-seed weight and number of seeds fruit-1, which indicated that these three characters had additive gene effect and therefore effective selections can be made for these characters.
The Relationship between Couples ’ Attachment Style and Self-Efficacy with Happiness and Marital Satisfaction

Introduction: couples’ happiness and marital satisfaction variables in recent years has been of interest to psychologists. Purpose: the purpose of the current study is to investigate the relationship between attachment and self-efficacy styles of the couples and their happiness and material satisfaction (couples that are students of Tehran University). Method: the statistic population of this study includes all the married students of Tehran University in1393. Based on Kerjcie and Morgan table and using convenience sampling, 127 couples were selected as the statistic population. This study is a fundamental and descriptive study and belongs to correlation type which is performed as a field study. The data collection tools are Collins and Reid Adult Attachment test, Schwartz and Jerusalem Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire. For data analysis, descriptive indexes and multi-variable regression are used. Results: the obtained results indicate that a positive significant relationship exists between attachment and closeness indicators and couples’ happiness and material satisfaction and a negative significant relationship exists between stress and couples’ happiness and material satisfaction. It also reveals that between self-efficacy and Tehran University’s couples’ happiness and material satisfaction, a positive significant relationship exists. Conclusion: based on this research’s outcomes, it is concluded that in order to increase couples happiness and material satisfaction, indicators of attachment styles and self-efficacy can be used.