Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Matsumuratettix hiroglyphicus ( Matsumura ) ( Homoptera : Cicadellidae ) Color preference and flight ability of the sugarcane white leaf insect vector , Matsumuratettix hiroglyphicus ( Matsumura ) ( Homoptera : Cicadellidae )

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the trapping efficiency of colored sticky traps to insect vectors, Matsumuratettix hiroglyphicus (Matsumura) in Kumpawapi, Udon Thani Province. In this experiment, sticky board traps with colors of blue, yellow, green, white, orange and colorless (control) were used. The result indicated that the blue and yellow color sticky trap showed the same efficiency in catching M. hiroglyphicus followed by the orange, white, green and colorless (control) sticky trap. The experiment on flight ability of M. hiroglyphicus was investigated by conducting the mark-release-recapture method in a sugarcane field in Tha Phra, Khon Kaen Province. Field collected adult vectors were marked with fluorescent dye powder, released and recaptured on the sticky traps in sugarcane filed. A total of 60 traps were placed at distances of 5, 10, 20, 30 and 50 m. in six directions radiating from the release point in the field. All traps were examined at two day intervals until 20 days after release. The actual field data of simple mean natural flight distance per day of M. hiroglyphicus was 4.0 m and the estimated mean natural flight distance using Yamamura method, within 20 days after released was 162.1 m. In conclusion, the results of color preference and flight distance of sugarcane white leaf insect vector would be useful for disease epidemiology study and for developing a spread-estimation insect and disease models for sugarcane white leaf disease control.
The Relationship between Mental Health and Physical Exercise among Male College Students

To compare the mental health condition of male college students with that of those who participate sports team, and discuss how to adopt better physical exercise method to improve the mental health of college students. The 480 male college students were tested and surveyed by using Symptom Check List90( SCL-90 )table and other means. The results demonstrate (1) The mentality of the male college students who participate sports team is obviously better than normal male college students. (2) In sports team, the mentality of the male college students who take part in collective items is better than that of those who take part in individual items. Therefore, long time and multiform physical exercise are beneficial to the development of students’ mental health. Keywords-Different levels; College students ; sports team; mental health
Improving Ad Click Prediction by Considering Non-displayed Events

Click-through rate (CTR) prediction is the core problem of building advertising systems. Most existing state-of-the-art approaches model CTR prediction as binary classification problems, where displayed events with and without click feedbacks are respectively considered as positive and negative instances for training and offline validation. However, due to the selection mechanism applied in most advertising systems, a selection bias exists between distributions of displayed and non-displayed events. Conventional CTR models ignoring the bias may have inaccurate predictions and cause a loss of the revenue. To alleviate the bias, we need to conduct counterfactual learning by considering not only displayed events but also non-displayed events. In this paper, through a review of existing approaches of counterfactual learning, we point out some difficulties for applying these approaches for CTR prediction in a real-world advertising system. To overcome these difficulties, we propose a novel framework for counterfactual CTR prediction. In experiments, we compare our proposed framework against state-of-the-art conventional CTR models and existing counterfactual learning approaches. Experimental results show significant improvements.
Assessing the Pozzolanic Reactivity of Recovered Stockpile Fly Ash for Use in Concrete

With power plants gradually being taken out of service in some countries, sourcing of fly ash is increasingly likely to include recovery of material from wet holding areas, such as stockpiles, for use as a cement component in concrete. The nature of fly ash stored under these conditions means techniques for assessing reactivity are likely to be required to establish suitability for recovery. Recent work by the Authors examined various methods of measuring this for dry fly ash and found that certain properties associated with the material, e.g. measures of fineness and the EN 196-5 lime consumption test (sometimes known as the Frattini Test), which can be completed relatively rapidly, have potential for this. A study was, therefore, set up to investigate these methods for wet stored fly ash. Several low lime fly ashes, which were (i) moistened/stored in the laboratory and (ii) recovered from site stockpiles, were investigated. The materials were physically and chemically characterized and EN 196-5 lime consumption tests carried out. Evaluation of these was made against the EN 450-1 activity index. The study demonstrates that assessment of reactivity may be possible (using fineness) for a single source of wet stored material, but variability is likely to affect wider applicability. Tests examining processed material suggest that pre-conditioning could overcome this. It is also shown that if processing is carried out on recovered fly ash, these tests may be used to assess reactivity for material originally in wet form. A pilot scale trial is also considered to explore the tests for stockpile materials following different types of processing.
THE PARADOX OF ACCRUAL-BASED ACCOUNTING INFORMATION IN THE MALAYSIAN PUBLIC SECTOR

In the past three decades, accrual accounting approach appeared as an essential ingredient in transforming a landscape of financial management in public sector environment across the world. Through the New Public Management (NPM) programme, it reflected the belief that this is the key to resolve various financial management deficiencies in public sector for better economic health. Moreover, the growing attention given to public governance demands an accounting approach that could disclose resource utilisation in a more transparent manner and stimulate public performance effectively (Ball, 2012; Hyndman et al., 2014). Hence, the government for most developed countries including New Zealand and the United Kingdom have transformed their financial reporting basis from cash to accrual accounting since 1980s (Lapsley, 1999; Ellwood and Newberry, 2007; Pollanen and Lapointe, 2012). This trend has spread to ‘developing countries’ 1 including Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Predicting academic results in a modular computer programming course for engineering freshment

At present, computer programming skills are essential in engineering curricula and professional practice. In spite of this, and after decades of research in programming pedagogy, academic success in introductory programming courses continues to be a challenge for many students. In this research we explore the feasibility of predicting academic results in a modular computer programming course in a Chilean university (N=242), through measurement of psychometric variables linked to implicit theories of intelligence, error orientation, and students attitudes towards programming. Coincidentally with other recent studies conducted in Finland and Turkey, early measurement of implicit theories of intelligence did not emerge as a predictor of academic performance in the programming course. As for error orientation, students exhibiting mild measures of an error strain construct did seem to perform better than students with extreme measures. The variables with the highest predictive potential were found to be students’ attitudes towards programming; namely, their perceived value of programming skills, and perception of programming self-efficacy. Substantial differences were noted in both latter constructs among male and female students. We discuss implications of our findings and future research prospects.
STUDY ON FAIRNESS AND INDIVIDUAL TAX COMPLIANCE IN MALAYSIA : PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

The objective of this study is to examine the effect of fairness on tax compliance in Malaysia. Besides examining the overall effect of fairness on tax compliance in Malaysia, this study also segmentized fairness to distributive fairness, procedural fairness and retributive fairness. The distinction is to emphasize the relation between fairness and inconsistent tax compliance behavior. This study was conducted using questionnaires, with participation of 82 academician respondents. Result shows that the respondents believe in perception that fairness could influence their tax compliance behavior. However, only procedural fairness have positive and significant correlation with tax compliance. Meanwhile, distributive and retributive fairness only bear positive but insignificant correlation.
Comparison of quality of life in haemodialysis and renal transplantation pateints

Aims: In renal replacement therapies, increaseing the life expectancy and keeping health is not the only goal, rather it involves keeping and increasing quality of life. The aim of this study was to measure and compare the quality of life in renal transplantation and haemodialysis patients. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study performed on renal transplantation and haemodialysis patients reffered to one of the Tehran city hospitals in 2008. 76 haemodialysis and renal transplantation patients were selected by purposeful sampling method. For data collection, demographic and SF-36 questionnaires were used. Data was analyzed by SPSS 15 software and paired T-test and ANOVA with repeated measures methods. Results: Economic, family and job satisfaction (1=very satisfied; 5=very unsatisfied) for haemodialysis patients were 3.2 (relative satisfied), 2.34 (satisfied) and 1.36 (very satisfied) and for transplantation patients were 2.75 (relative satisfied), 2 (satisfied) and 3.10 (very satisfied), respectively. Two groups had significant differences in quality of life in general health (p=0.004) and physical health (p=0.01). Conclusion: Transplantation patients with higher score in quality of life in general health and physical health have better life than haemodialysis patients.
Combining agro-ecological functions in grass-clover mixtures

Grass-clover mixtures show many benefits for sustainable agriculture. In the Netherlands, organic farmers often work together in a so-called partner farm concept, with the aim to close nutrient cycles on a regional level. In this system, arable farms grow one-year grass-clover leys, as fodder for a livestock farm, in exchange for, e.g., manure. This practice could also be used in the transition of conventional farms towards a more circular regenerative and nature inclusive agriculture. In the current experiment we assessed the effect of a range of grass (Lolium perenne: Lp, Lolium multiflorum: Lm) and clover (Trifolium pratense: Tp and Trifolium repens: Tr) monocultures and mixtures on both below- and aboveground parameters in light of benefits for livestock and arable farms, and biodiversity. The grass monocultures showed good weed suppression, high root density, and especially Lp had a positive effect on soil structure. Clover, on the other hand, showed high herbage dry matter yield (particularly Tp) and Nitrogen (N) yield, and Tr showed high digestibility. Moreover, clover had a positive effect on the soil mineral N, and earthworm abundance tended to be higher in the clover monocultures. When (some of) the four species were combined in grass-clover mixtures, they combined the positive effects of the species and often even outperformed the (best) monocultures. We concluded that grass-clover mixtures increased agro-ecological functions.
Big Five Personality Traits and Test Anxiety among English as a Foreign Language Learners

This study investigated Big Five Personality Traits and test anxiety of Turkish EFL learners. The data were gathered via two questionnaires, Goldberg’s (2001) International Personality Item Pool and adapted version of Sarason's (1984) Test Anxiety Scale. The main objectives were to find out participants' test anxiety and to identify personality traits predicting students’ test anxiety. Descriptive statistics showed that students had a moderate level of test anxiety. It was obvious that students had a confidence problem. Students believed that they would do better after the exam. On the other hand, the participants were found to be less anxious about the motivation related items. Pearson product moment analyses yielded negative relationships between test anxiety and personality traits of ‘emotional stability’, ‘imagination’, and ‘extraversion’. Regression analyses significantly identified ‘emotional stability’, and ‘imagination’ personality traits as predicting test anxiety.
Entrepreneurial Mind-Set Among Female University Students： A Study of University of Jos Students, Nigeria

In today’s world, entrepreneurship is seen as the vital source for economic growth, and education in the creation and development of entrepreneurial attitudes. It is, therefore, natural to consider female students as the primary resource of future entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship as a career option is becoming increasingly desirable. Responding to this need, many colleges and universities around the world have significantly increased their offerings of entrepreneurship courses over the past 25 years. Entrepreneurship courses are not only offered by Business Institutes, but other faculties like Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Information Technology are also offering these courses in their syllabus. The problem under focus was to examine entrepreneurial mindset among female university students, a study of University of Jos. The study also ascertained the rate at which variables like: perception of entrepreneurship, role model and university’s role to promote entrepreneurship are translated into entrepreneurial mindset of female students of University of Jos. A sample size of about 400 was adopted from the three Faculties of Management Science, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences which were selected at random. Furthermore, the data obtained were analyzed using simple percentage and presented in tables and charts, the hypothesis which states that there is no significant relationship between the teaching of entrepreneurship and university female students’ entrepreneurial mindset which was tested using z-test analyses of population proportion earlier conducted. This implies a weak relationship between the teaching of entrepreneurship and university female students’ entrepreneurial mindset. Based on the above inference, the research recommended that, as providers of entrepreneurship trainings, universities must create entrepreneurship supportive environment that could encourage entrepreneurial activity which would in turn help develop an enterprise culture among the female students.
Operators obeying $a$-Weyl's theorem

This article treatises several problems relevant to a-Weyl’s theorem for bounded operators on Banach spaces. There are presented sufficient conditions for an operator T , such that a-Weyl’s theorem holds for T . If a-Weyl’s theorem holds for an a-isoloid operator T , and F is a finite rank operator commuting with T , then a-Weyl’s theorem holds for T +F . The algebraic view point for a-Weyl’s theorem is considered in the sense of the spectral mapping theorem for a special part of the spectrum. If T ∗ is a quasihyponormal operator on a Hilbert space, f is a regular function in a neighbourhood of the spectrum of T and f is not constant on the connected components of its domain, we prove that a-Weyl’s theorem holds for f(T ). The article also contains some related results.
Effect of sowing methods , NPK levels and zinc sulphate on grain yield and its attributing traits in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L . )

For utilizing the full potential of wheat variety PBW 502, two consecutive experiments were carried out at Crop Research Station, Masodha of N. D. University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad (U.P.) during rabi season of 2012 and 2013 to study the effect of sowing methods, NPK levels and zinc sulphate on grain yield and its attributing traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The experimental field was laid out in Split Plot Design with three replications keeping two methods of sowing viz. S 1 (Ridge method) and S 2 (Flat method) in the main plot and three fertilizer doses viz. F 1 (Recommended dose of fertilizers), F 2 (RDF + 25% higher dose) and F 3 (RDF + 50% higher dose) in sub plot. The four levels of zinc sulphate (@ 10, 20, 30 and 40 kg ha ) were also applied in the sub plots. Periodical observations were recorded on growth, yield attributing characters and grain yield. The results revealed that various methods of sowing had significant effect on plant height at all the stage of crop growth (except at dough stage), days to 50% heading, yield attributing traits and grain yield. The varied doses of fertilizers had significant response on all the stages of crop growth as well as days to 50% heading. Increasing levels of NPK and zinc sulphate significantly influenced most of the yield components. Maximum yield potential can be obtained under ridge method of sowing along with the application of RDF + 25% higher dose and zinc sulphate @ 30 kg ha which also improved the yield attributing traits like number of productive tillers/plant, spike length (cm), number of spikelets/spike, number of grains/spike, test weight (g) and seed recovery (%). Keyword: Wheat, NPK, Zinc, Showing methods, Grain yield
Effects of exercise on appetite, food intake and the gastrointestinal hormones Ghrelin and Peptide YY

Gut hormones are implicated in the regulation of energy balance. The studies in this thesis have examined the effects exercise on gut hormones (acylated ghrelin and peptide YY3-36), appetite and food intake, over extended durations. Sixty-nine young, healthy, predominantly Caucasian males were recruited to six studies. The age, height and body mass of the participants were: 22.4 ± 0.3 y, 1.80 ± 0.1 m, 76.2 ± 1.0 kg (mean ± SEM). In study one, 90 min of resistance exercise did not influence appetite or energy intake over 24 h of assessment, yet stimulated a latent preference for carbohydrate rich foods. Study two demonstrated that appetite was suppressed during 60 min of swimming but was elevated after consuming a post-exercise meal. Plasma acylated ghrelin was suppressed during swimming but was unaltered after. Energy/macronutrient intake remained unchanged. In study three, 60 min of brisk walking (45 ± 2% of max) did not influence appetite, energy/macronutrient intake or plasma concentrations of acylated ghrelin during an eight hour observation period. Study four showed that 90 min of treadmill running (69 ± 1% of max) transiently suppressed appetite and acylated ghrelin but did not influence these variables, or energy/macronutrient intake within 22.5 h after exercise. The findings of study five suggest that the suppression and subsequent rebound in plasma acylated ghrelin after exercise may be related to a delayed voluntary decision to eat after. Finally, study six showed that appetite, food intake and circulating concentrations of acylated ghrelin and peptide YY3-36 are responsive to acute deficits in energy induced by food restriction but are not sensitive to equivalent energy deficits induced by exercise. This thesis has shown that exercise transiently alters circulating levels of acylated ghrelin and peptide YY3-36 in directions expected to inhibit appetite however no changes are seen after exercise. Conversely, food restriction elicits marked compensatory changes in circulating acylated ghrelin and peptide YY3-36. This thesis also demonstrates that resistance exercise, brisk walking and running do not stimulate appetite or energy intake over defined periods, even when the energy expenditure elicited is high. Swimming appears to increase appetite in the latter hours after exercise.
Neurobehavioral , refl exological and physical development of Wistar rat offspring exposed to ayahuasca during pregnancy and lactation

Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic beverage prepared by the decoction of plants native to the Amazon Basin region. The beverage has been used throughout the world by members of some syncretic religious movements. Despite the recent legalization of ayahuasca in Brazil for religious purposes, there is little pre-clinical and clinical information attesting to its safety, particularly in relation to the use during pregnancy. The aim of the current work was to determine the effects of perinatal exposure to ayahuasca (from the 6th day of pregnancy to the 10th day of lactation) on physical, reflexology and neurobehavioral parameters of the Wistar rat offspring. The offspring showed no statistically significant changes in the physical and reflexology parameters evaluated. However, in adult rats, perinatally exposed to ayahuasca, an increase in frequency of entries in open arms in elevated plus-maze test, a decrease in total time of interaction in social interaction test, a decrease in time of latency for the animal to start swimming and a decrease of the minimum convulsant dose induced by pentylenetetrazol were observed. In conclusion, our results showed that the use of ayahuasca by mothers during pregnancy and lactation reduced the general anxiety and social motivation of the rat offspring. Besides, it promoted a higher sensitivity for initiation and spread of seizure activity.
Intergenerational transmission of education in Norway , Portugal , Spain and Sweden-How much of the parents ́ education does the children inherit ?

This essay studies the intergenerational transmission of education in four European countries, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Ordinal variables are used to distinguish between low, middle and high education for both the respondent and the respondent ́s parents. The main findings are that Portugal has the highest intergenerational transmission of education from parents to children. Spain is on a second place, Norway on a third and on a last place, Sweden. Another finding is that the respondent ́s that are 50-60 years old have a significantly higher risk of being low educated and a lower chance of being highly educated in comparison to the respondent ́s that are 30-40 years old. Having a highly educated parent increases the chance of being highly educated and decreases the risk of being low educated in comparison to having a low educated parent. Having a low educated parent decreases the chance of being highly educated and increases the risk of being low educated in comparison to having a highly educated parent. Keyword: Intergenerational transmission, education, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.
METALLOPHTHALOCYANINES: SYNTHESIS, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS – A REVIEW

Phthalocyanines (Pcs) are an exciting class of molecules that exhibit appreciable physical and chemical stabilities. The Pc macrocycle can host most metal ions in its cavity; hence numerous metallophthalocyanines (MPcs) have been synthesized, characterized, studied and assessed for their potential applicabilities in diverse areas of mankind. The nature of the metal ion encapsulatede within the Pc cavity plays a crucial role in the properties, reactions and of course, applications of the resulting MPc. MPcs exhibit a wide range of applications ranging from industrial, technological to medical, especially in oncology. A review of the chemistry of MPcs (synthesis, properties and applications) is hereby presented.