Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of slow-released fertilizer on maize yield, biomass production, and source-sink ratio at different densities

Abstract Rational plant density and fertilizer application are important crop management practices to improve maize grain yield. A two-year field experiment with maize varieties Suyu29 (SY29) and Suyu30 (SY30) was conducted with three plant densities (Low density, LD-6.0; Medium density, MD-7.5, and High density, HD-9.0 plants m−2) and three fertilization methods (no fertilizer, 0 F; one-off application of slow-released fertilizer, SF; and conventional fertilizer application, CF). Results indicated that the grain number and weight decreased with increasing plant density, and the grain yield initially increased and then decreased. The grain yields under SF with MD were the highest, being significantly higher than that under CF. The pre- and post-silking biomass accumulation and biomass remobilization from stems and leaves under SF were significantly higher than CF, thereby increasing its contribution to the grain and boosting grain yield. The grain-leaf ratios under SF and CF were similar across the three densities, and their source-sink ratios (SSRs) were similar at LD and HD. However, the SSR under SF increased by 8.4% for SY29 and 6.8% for SY30 relative to that under CF at MD. Our results showed that SF promoted biomass accumulation and remobilization to grain post-silking compared with CF at medium seeding density and delayed leaf senescence in the later stage, which increased the grain-leaf ratio, SSR, and harvest index and ultimately increased the grain yield. Consequently, selecting the appropriate density of 7.5 plants m−2 combined with one-off application of slow-released fertilizer is recommended to increase grain yield in the area under study.
NICE guideline for antenatal and postnatal mental health: The health visitor role

When the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline for antenatal and postnatal mental health was updated in December 2014, the intervention delivered by health visitors described as ‘listening visits’ was not included in the recommendations as one of a number of possible evidence-based options of support. Maternal mental health is one of the English Department of Health's six high impact areas designated as a fundamental component of health visiting practice. This review demonstrates how health visitors are uniquely placed to fulfil many of the recommendations in the updated NICE guideline, and have a pivotal part to play in prevention, early identification, prompt treatment and improved outcomes for mothers, their partners and their babies. The review also highlights the challenges of delivering the recommended levels of perinatal mental health information, advice and support amid budget cuts, re-organisation of services and conflicting policy priorities.
What Does the Cross-Section Tell About Itself? Explaining Equity Risk Premia with Stock Return Moments

I propose a new risk-based explanation of momentum. I derive a simple two-factor asset pricing model, which contains the market return and stock return dispersion (RD) as risk factors. This model offers a large fit for portfolios sorted on momentum and industry momentum, with cross-sectional R^2 estimates around 80%. Past losers are more positively correlated with return dispersion, which earns a negative price of risk, and hence the lower risk premia earned by those stocks. The model compares favorably with some of the most popular multifactor models in the literature, and also helps explaining the earnings momentum and profitability anomalies.
Oral Clindamycin and Metronidazole in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis in pregnant black women: Comparison of efficacy and pregnancy outcome

Methodology: Randomized controlled study of 136 pregnant women diagnosed with BV at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. A structured proforma was used to obtain socio-demographic characteristics and other relevant data. Treatment was with either oral Metronidazole or oral Clindamycin for seven days. A secondary test and evaluation of the effect on adverse pregnancy outcomes were determined. Data analysis was done using the SPSS statistical package version 22.0
A portfolio approach to the optimal mix of funded and unfunded pensions

ABSTRACT In this paper, we address the optimal funding of pensions by means of portfolio choice approach. Considering the unfunded (Paygo) pension system as a ‘quasi-asset’ with hedging and diversification properties, we derive the optimal portfolio mix of funded and Paygo systems within a mean variance and Bell linear exponential models. Our analysis involves both analytical computations and empirical estimations of optimal values using real long-term data for equity, bonds and the Paygo asset for several OECD countries and several time periods covering the time span 1897–2016. We find that in most cases a mix of both systems is desirable with a larger magnitude of Paygo system in the case of the Bell framework as we capture attitudes towards asymmetry and tail risks that are typical to equity markets.
Psychological Distress for Divorced Women in Baghdad A Cross-Sectional Study

Objectives: The present study aims to assess the level of psychological distress among divorced women in Baghdad and to find out the significant relationship between psychological and age educational level, Methodology : A cross-sectional descriptive study that carried out for the period from 2nd May to 30th November, 2015. A sample of 50 the period from 2nd May to 30th November, 2015. A sample of 50 divorced women is selected purposively (non probability sample) who were attending the social welfare department at the local municipal council in Al-Sadir city in Baghdad, Al-Rasafa sector. A semi-structured questionnaire was used by the investigators for the present study. The data have been collected through the utilization of the self administrative questionnaire as a mean of data collection. Statistical analyses were conducted such as frequencies, percentage, mean, standard deviation and chi-square by using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 15.0. Results: The results reveal that ages of divorced women were ranged from 20-29 year old, with educational level of primary/secondary school, Conclusions : The study concluded that divorce is highly prevalent at age group 20-40 years old among women who they have moderate to severe psychological distress. Recommendations : The study recommended on emphasis on the role of media to change the negative view towards divorced women, the study also recommended on emphasis of governmental role for supporting these women and providing recreational and rehabilitative programs for them.
Terapi Tadabbur Al-Qur'an untuk Mengurangi Kecemasan Menghadapi Persalinan Pertama

During pregnancy, women experience significant changes in physiological and psychological functions. The research data shows that the process of pregnancy becomes a source of anxiety. This study aimed to examine the effect of Al-Qur'an Tadabbur therapy to reduce anxiety on the first delivery. Subjects are two groups of pregnant women. Measuring instruments used in this study is the Maternal Anxiety Scale were given before and after treatment and during follow-up. The first group received Al-Qur'an Tadabbur therapy, while the second group was the control group (waiting list). The difference (gain score) of pre-test, post-test and follow-up were compared by using Mann-Whitney analysis to determine whether there are significant differences in anxiety gain score. The result is the group who followed the Al-Qur'an Tadabbur therapy has lower anxiety score, p = 0.032 (p<0.05) compared with the control group. This study shows that Al Quran Tadabbur therapy can be used as one of the way to reduce anxiety before delivery. Key Words : Anxiety, Al-Qur'an Tadabbur Therapy, Pregnancy
Fixed-Time Passification Analysis of Interconnected Memristive Reaction-Diffusion Neural Networks

This article deals with fixed-time passification problem of interconnected networks composed of multiple memristive reaction-diffusion subsystems. Different from the finite-time passivity proposed by Wang, Zhang, et al. (2018), a novel concept of fixed-time passivity/passification is proposed by using upper right Dini derivative, where the settling time is independent on initial value. Next, by designing an appropriate controller and utilizing inequality technique, we put forward several sufficient conditions to guarantee the fixed-time passification of the interconnected memristive reaction-diffusion neural networks (MRDNNs). Furthermore, a fixed-time synchronization criterion is proposed for interconnected MRDNNs. The fixed-time passivity/passification of interconnected MRDNNs has important practical significance in the design and implementation of neural network circuits. Finally, a numerical example is presented to substantiate the correctness of the theoretical results.
Physiological Features of Hemostasis in Newborn Calves Receiving Ferroglukin, Fosprenil and Hamavit, for Iron Deficiency

Newborn calves still often suffer from iron deficiency. This state damages their growth and development - to some extent, due to the development of pathological changes in hemostasis. Thereby, both veterinary science and cattle physiology give great scientific and practical significance to the search of approaches to effective correction of new-born calves’ hemostasis pathology connected with iron deficiency. It seemed to be perspective to evaluate the influence degree of ferroglukin, traditionally applied at iron deficiency, in combination with metabolism stimulators (fosprenil and hamavit) on new-born calves’ indices of hemostasis system. During our study it was established that new-born calves with iron deficiency were also characterized by decreased plasma antioxidant protect-ability, intensity of lipids’ peroxidation processes, increase of platelets’ hemostatic activity and blood coagulation system along with the decrease of vascular wall’s ability to bind it. In our study we found that combination of ferroglukin, fosprenil and hamavit given to newborn calves with iron deficiency showed improved plasma antioxidant and lipid peroxidation activity. were also observed. Iron deficiency of new-born calves can be considered as the model of hemostasis abnormality. With its help we could try different means and their combinations to cure the pathology of hemostasis. The obtained results allowed us to consider the usage of fosprenil and hamavit combination on the background of ferroglukin to be sufficient for reducing the pathology of hemostasis in newborn calves with iron deficiency.
Tracking the rate of initiation and retention on isoniazid preventive therapy in a high human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis burden setting of Lesotho

Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health problem, particularly in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV). Yet, efforts to reduce TB incidence using isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) have been curtailed by poor uptake of this intervention. This study reviewed the rate of IPT initiation in the sub-Saharan country of Lesotho, which has one of the highest TB incidences in the world. Methods Time to IPT initiation in randomly sampled medical records of PLHIV was analysed using Cox’s proportional hazards regression. Differences in the periods of enrolment into Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care were controlled for by considering the year IPT was launched (2011) as the base year and stratifying the medical records into the 2004–2010 cohort (before the launch of IPT) and the 2011–2016 cohort (after the launch). Results Out of 2955 patients included in the final analysis, 68.8% had received IPT by the study exit time. However, the overall rate of IPT initiation was 20.6 per 100 person-years, with 135 (6.6%) treatment interruptions. Compared to the 2004–2010 cohort, the 2011–2016 had a significantly (p < 0.05) higher rate of initiation (15.8 vs. 27.0 per 100 person-years, respectively). Age group, district category and duration of antiretroviral therapy emerged as the most significant predictors of IPT initiation, while district category and gender significantly predicted IPT therapy interruption. Conclusion These findings indicate a high uptake of IPT with a slow rate of implementation. Significant factors associated with disparities in the initiation and interruption of IPT therapy in this study are important for policy review.
The pathogenesis of experimental infection by Staphylococcus aureus in rabbits

The present study was carried out on experimental infected rabbit with Staphylococcus aureus to study some aspects of pathogenesis of staphylococcal infection. Twelve rabbit were randomly divided into two equal groups: group1 (treated group) were inoculated subcutaneously with (0.5ml) of bacterial inocula contain (30x1010) CFU and group2 (control). Blood samples were taking to evaluate some of blood parameters include: WBC counts,(LYM., Mon.and GRA.) percentage, Mon.#,GRA. #,RBC counts, HB, PCV, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, PLT counts, MPV, PCT and PDW. Most clinical signs noticed in treated group were: mild fever, depression, decreased appetite, respiratory distress and abscess formation in some cases at site of injection. Also the P.M. lesion included: congestion of internal organs (liver, lung) and signs of pneumonia. Histopathological investigations were carried on liver, lung and bone. The statistical analysis revealed that there were significant increased in WBC count and GRA % (P<0.05) in treated group as compared with control. The MCV, MCH, MCHC and RDW (P<0.05) showed significant differences between groups. The PLT counts and PCT (P<0.05) revealed significant decreased in treated group as compared with control. Other parameters studied did not show significant differences between two groups. Histopathological study revealed that there were: hydropic degeneration, necrosis and occluded of bile sinusoid with bile pigment in the livers of infected animals, in lung: there were edema, hemorrhage and necrosis with thickening of the wall of alveoli and infiltration of inflammatory cells and in bone there were sever necrosis of osteoblast, osteoclast and osteocyte cells in the infected animals.
Motivation, Tax, and Firm’s Condition Effect on Earnings Management

This research purpose is to obtain empirical evidence on the effects of motivation bonus, motivation debt contracts, deferred tax assets, tax planning, firm’s growth, firm’s performance, firm’s size, earnings power, and firm’s sales growth on earnings management. This research’s population comes from the non-financial companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2017. From the purposive sampling method, the samples obtained for the research were 114 non-financial listed companies with 342 data. This research used multiple linear regressions for the method of analyzing data. The results showed that motivation debt contracts, deferred tax assets, firm’s growth, firm’s size, and firm’s sales growth have an influence on earnings management of the non-financial companies in Indonesia. Whereas, motivation bonus, tax planning, firm’s performance, and earnings power did not affect earnings management of the non-financial companies in Indonesia.
Isolated Visual Loss in Thalamic Hemorrhage

237 Dear Editor, It has been estimated that about one-quarter of all intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) cases are thalamic hemorrhage, even though some studies give much lower estimations (1,2). Hypertension is the most important risk factor associated with thalamic hemorrhage (3). The mortality rate among patients with thalamic hemorrhage is substantially high and sensory deficits, oculomotor signs, and language disturbances (if the lesion is in the dominant hemisphere) are three of the most reported clinical signs of patients who survive (2,4). Despite the fact that the clinical presentation of thalamic hemorrhage can vary considerably, there is only one case report of a patient who presented with vision loss due to a thalamic hemorrhage (5). A 46-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department with sudden and incomplete vision loss. Prior medical history included hypertension and coronary artery disease. The patient was non-adherent to the previous treatments. His blood pressure was 220/140 mmHg at the time of admission to the emergency department. During his first neurologic examination, minor dysarthria was reported. He had mild paresis in the left upper extremity and his motor strength in the left lower extremity was 4/5. He had mild hypoesthesia in his left extremities. He had moderate nystagmus while looking right. Right thalamic ICH was reported in his computed tomography (CT) without perilesional edema (Figures 1, 2, 3). On the third day of his admission, apart from a minor hypoesthesia that persisted in the distal parts of his lower left extremity, he had complete remission. However, the patient
Synchronization of Kuramoto Oscillators: A Regional Stability Framework

We develop a novel regional stability analysis framework based on the proposed region-parametrized Lyapunov function to study the synchronization of Kuramoto oscillators. A new synchronization definition is introduced and characterized by frequency boundedness and phase cohesiveness, the latter of which requires phase angles of any two connected nodes rather than any two arbitrary nodes to stay cohesive. This definition allows for time-varying natural frequencies and can lead to less conservative synchronization condition. Applying the analysis framework to Kuramoto oscillators, we derive two algebraic synchronization conditions that relate the underlying network topology and system parameters to the synchronization. Finally, we give estimations of the region of attraction explicitly in terms of phase angles as well as the energy function. They require no calculation for critical equilibrium points compared to traditional methods for power systems. The numerical example shows that two synchronization conditions can complement each other for predicting the synchronization.
Extracting impervious surfaces from full polarimetric SAR images in different urban areas

ABSTRACT Accurate mapping of impervious surface in urban areas is of great demand in environmental and socio-economic studies since impervious surface growth is recognized as an indicator of urbanization. To demonstrate the potential of full polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in impervious surface detection in different urban areas, this study focused on the exploitation of only SAR data. Three cities with different levels of urbanization – Tehran, Kordkuy, and Arak – have been selected to reduce the effect of input data on achieved results. Advanced Land Observing Satellite/Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (ALOS/PALSAR) images have been classified by support vector machine (SVM) with the help of training data from high-resolution satellite images. Quantitative assessment of classification accuracy revealed that Kordkuy, a not fully developed city (i.e. 84.2%) has the lowest accuracy and Arak, a medium urbanized city, has the highest accuracy (i.e. 90.0%). To further explore the efficiency of full polarimetric SAR, grey level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) texture of polarized bands has been extracted and put into the classification procedure. The texture information of SAR data provided positive contribution to the impervious surface estimation in three study cases. The improvement is especially noted in dark impervious surface class. All three study areas show an increase of about 6–8% in classification accuracy. The results prove that single use of full polarimetric SAR images holds high potential in identifying impervious surfaces in urban areas. The findings are of great importance in frequent urban impervious surface mapping and monitoring especially in cloud-prone area, where the use of optical data as well as the fusion of optic and SAR data are limited.
The effects of subordinates’ use of upward influence tactics on their supervisors’ job performance evaluations in Saudi Arabia: the significance of loyalty

Abstract Most research examining the effects of subordinates’ use of upward influence tactics on supervisor job performance evaluations has been conducted in Western countries. In these contexts, it has been suggested that upward influence tactics bias supervisor ratings because they affect the quality of the relationship between supervisors and subordinates. This has primarily been explained in terms of supervisor liking. We suggest instead, that the particular cultural context in Saudi Arabia emphasises loyalty as the primary indicator of relationship quality. Based on data we obtained from 389 matched supervisor–subordinate dyads in Saudi Arabia, we found that five upward influence tactics; rational persuasion, ingratiation, self-promotion, coalition and upward appeal had indirect effects on supervisor job performance ratings through subordinate loyalty. Our findings suggest cultural contexts can emphasise differing aspects of relational quality between supervisors and subordinates that potentially explain bias in supervisor job performance evaluations.
Grit, Self-Regulated Learning, Self-Determination Theory and Academic Performance of Generation-Z

The purpose of this research is to know the influence of GRIT, Self-Regulated Learning (SRL), and SelfDetermination Theory (SDT) of motivation on academic performance of generation Z college students. The research was carried out on 425 college students of Business School at ABC private university in Indonesia. Respondents were collected by using a convenience sampling technique. The CB-SEM approach was used in data analysis of this research with PLS-SEM program to evaluate. The result has shown that both the GRIT and SRL process positively influence academic performance, while SDT motivational process does not influence the academic performance. More, SRL process positively influences GRIT and SDT motivational process positively influences SRL process. This study aims to provide input for educators and education managers to understand generation Z behaviour through GRIT and SDT motivation to achieve academic
A Critical Review of Sibel Tatar’s Article “Why Keep Silent? The Classroom Participation Experiences of Non- Native- English-Speaking Students”

This study explores Sibel Tatar’s contribution to the field of language teaching and learning. The main focus is to understand the functions and interpretations of silence from learners’ insights through the prism of multidimensional factors such as learners’ cultural, psychological and contextual perspectives to ensure a smooth teaching and learning. Tatar’s interview with Turkish learners made us understand that there’s more to silence than the word’s literal meaning suggests it is revelatory. Turkish learners have their own interpretations for their silence and to them, silence is logical. This study basically addresses the needs of the Turkish students and will help instructors to comprehend the background of learners’ silence. Undoubtedly understanding the underlying causes of silence can come in handy in teaching. It also aims to elaborate the impact of learning behavior in the field of second language acquisition. It unfolds silence as an effective learning process. The study traces out the significance of learners’ silence and found both silence and activity as quintessential learning tools. In order to clarify the connection of silent learners with their society and culture, I have taken ideas from Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory of cognitive development and quoted from different other journals and books of the related areas. I have tried also to justify the meaning and function of silence in Tatar’s study based on my classroom observation in secondary schools and in tertiary level institutions. I have compared among the findings of learners’ silence from many studies, analyze them and evaluate learners’ needs.