Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Digestibility And Nitrogen Balance Studies In West African Dwarf Sheep Fed Fortified Cassava Peel Meal – Poultry Waste Diets

Four West African Dwarf (WAD) rams averaging 10.5 kg of body weight and aged 16 months were used in a metabolism study to determine the intake and nutrient digestibility of potato chips fortified cassava peel poultry waste diets. Four experimental diets were formulated. They include diets A the control made up of 100% dried cassava peel, and diets B, C, and D, consisting of 80: 10: 10; 70:15:15 and 60:20:20 of dried cassava peel, dried poultry waste and dried potato chips respectively. The crude protein (%) content were 4.86, 7.50, 9.18 and 9.83, while the gross energy (MJ/kg/DM) were 1.61, 1.62, 1.64, and 1.50 and for diets A, B, C, and D respectively. The animals were assigned the test diets in a 4 x 4 Latin square experiment. Weekly body weights, feed intake, dry matter intake were recorded, nutrient digestibilities were computed while a nitrogen balance study was also carried out. Results indicate that incorporating potato chips in cassava peel – poultry waste diets generally improved intake in WAD sheep. Respectively the dry matter (53.33, 58.28, 54.71, 64.34), crude protein (24.93, 46.2, 49.24, 66.60), crude fibre (31.84, 27.74, 36.38, 68.12) and gross energy (80.08, 78.51, 77.25, 74.44) digestibility values of diets A, B, C, and D differed significantly (P Journal of Applied Chemistry and Agricultural Research Vol. 7 2000-2001: pp. 69-74
Integrating SIS with the Cloud

Technology and Innovation are the backbone of the services and solutions provided by SIGMA, based on a highly open source development and deployment platform for J2EE5 certified application servers compliant on a multi-tier and high performance proven open architecture. Internationalization is one of SIGMA’s top priorities, as well. For years SIGMA has established relationships with other European universities consortiums. Lately SIGMA has open new strategic areas of interest such as SaaS, BI, eLearning and Mobile. SIGMA focuses the development and support of two main suites of solutions VEGA Student Information System and ARGOS Research Information System. “LMS paradigm, as it has evolved, falls short in three important ways: 1. the organization of learning experiences into discrete, artificially time-bound units, 2. the predominance of instructor-focused and content-centric tools in the CMS,and 3. the lack of persistent connections between learners, instructors, content, and the broader community across semesters and across class, program, and institutional boundaries. ” We find the “open learning network” (or OLN) as an alternative to traditional LMS, (Mott & Wiley 2009). With this approach in mind, SIGMA and UAB have started a project to lightly integrate VEGA Student Information System, FDPMS Final Degree Project Management System, WCMS Work- contract / Internship-contract Management System with the UAB LMS, Portfolio and internal and external MOOC experiences of UAB students.
Internal corporate governance mechanisms and financial performance: evidence from the UK's top FTSE 100 listed companies

: This paper examines the relationship between internal corporate governance mechanisms and the financial performance of the UK’s top FTSE 100 firms listed on the London Stock Exchange. By using a sample of 59 firms from the top FTSE 100 firms over the period from 2013 to 2018, our findings demonstrated that the lower number of board size and independent directors on the board, the better financial performance of the UK’s top FTSE 100 listed firms. However, our study revealed that better financial performance is positively correlated with greater proportion of women on boards. Additionally, we found that board meeting is insignificantly associated with the financial performance of listed firms. This study has important implications for policy makers in the UK to have more women on boards and to decrease board size and the number of independent directors to the optimal size, since there is no one size fits all firms.
Current trends in colistin susceptibility testing methods in enteric Gram-negative bacilli and other non-fermentative pathogens

Polymyxins, an age-old sort of cationic polypeptide antibiotic, are regarded as final-resort drugs in handling infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. An exact assessment of colistin susceptibility is crucial due to increasing colistin resistance and absence of other antibiotics in curing multidrug resistance pathogens. Both Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute and European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing have investigated colistin broth microdilution and offer particular recommendations, but this method has a challenging perform in routine daily practice. It is time consuming and requires ≥48 h. In this issue, several alternative rapid tests are developed such as ResaPolymyxin Acinetobacter/Pseudomonas NP. The sensitivity and specificity of 100% for the Rapid ResaPolymyxin Acinetobacter/Pseudomonas NP test to Enterobacterales have been reported. Colistin broth disk elution test and colistin agar test are another novel potential methods that were validated by the Clinical laboratory standard institutes subcommittee for colistin screening in the Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In addition, recently, Rapid flow cytometry (FASTinov) method was introduced which requires only 2 h compared with conventional methods. This review will take a look at current trends on methods for colistin resistance measurements.
Cutting performance wearing different studded soccer shoes on dry and wet artificial turf

The ability to perform fast cutting manoeuvres is essential in soccer and requires sufficient traction between shoe and surface. Artificial turf (AT) surfaces are widely used in soccer and among others turf moisture and shoe studs can influence traction. The aim of this study was to quantify the influence of moisture (DRY and WET AT), for three realistic shoe stud characteristics sets [Turf Field (TF), Artificial Grass (AG) and Firm Ground (FG)], on cutting performance, executed traction and perception of the players. Twelve experienced soccer players performed 10 × 5 m shuttle run tests. Ground reaction forces of the open stance phase of the 180° turns were measured and required traction was calculated. Players' perception was also measured. A two-way 2×3 analysis of variance (ANOVA) Repeated Measures with Bonferroni correction was conducted. On dry AT no performance differences between the three tested shoe stud characteristics sets could be measured. On wet AT the AG and FG designs performed evenly well but when wearing the TF shoe, equipped with 74 short studs, significant surface x shoe interaction effects indicated decreased performance and traction on the wet surface. The experienced players perceived shoe x surface evoked differences in performance and traction very well.
Seismic Performance of Eccentrically Braced Frames Designed According to Canadian Seismic Provisions

Eccentrically braced frames (EBFs) are very effective lateral load resisting systems against earthquakes because of their hybrid behavior that includes great stiffness corresponding to the bracing actions, and considerable ductility owing to the inelastic activity of a small part of the floor beam called link. Current capacity design approach of EBFs is to confine the inelastic behavior of the frame primarily to the link such that other members remain essentially in elastic range. Limited research works are available in the literature studying the behavior of multi-storey EBFs designed according to the current Canadian seismic provisions. This thesis was aimed to study seismic performance of EBFs through nonlinear time history analysis (NLTHA) of three 4-, 8- and 14-storey chevron eccentrically braced frames. The selected EBFs were subjected to real and artificial ground motion records scaled to match the response spectrum of Vancouver. All the EBFs, designed according to current capacity design provisions, exhibited excellent seismic performance in terms of stiffness, strength, and ductility. It was observed that the inelastic link rotations of all EBFs were lower than the design limit of 0.08 rad, except for the two upper floors in 14-storey EBF where the link rotation slightly exceeded the limit. Seismic analysis also showed that maximum inelastic link shear forces exceeded the values recommended in design for many earthquake records. Although NLTHA can precisely estimate structural seismic responses, it requires high computational demands making it impractical for engineering design offices. On the other hand, the conventional pushover analysis does not consider contributions of higher modes to the structural responses and thus it often does not provide good estimation of seismic responses for taller buildings. Capacity-Spectrum Method (CSM) and modal pushover analysis (MPA) are two simple nonlinear static methods that have been proposed and recently used for seismic performance evaluation of few lateral load-resisting systems. This research further studies the application of CSM and MPA as alternatives for rigorous NLTHA to estimate seismic performance parameters of EBFs. The three selected EBFs were analyzed using MPA and CSM and the results were compared with nonlinear seismic analysis results. It was observed that both CSM and MPA predicted the peak top displacements of EBFs with sufficient accuracy.
Identifying Priority Subwatersheds in the Illinois River Drainage Area in Arkansas Watershed Using a Distributed Modeling Approach

This article describes a modeling approach for prioritizing 12-digit hydrologic unit code subwatersheds for the Illinois River Drainage Area in Arkansas (IRDAA) watershed utilizing the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model output for sediment, total phosphorus (TP), and nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N). The model was calibrated and validated at seven locations for total flow, base flow, and surface runoff and at three locations for water quality outputs. A multi-objective function consisting of percent relative error (RE), Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE), percent bias (PBIAS), coefficient of determination (R2), and ratio of the root mean square error to the standard deviation of measured data (RSR) was used to guide model evaluations. The resulting priority subwatersheds comprised only 24% of the total area of the watershed but contributed 49% of sediment, 33% of TP, and 27% of NO3-N simulated loadings. Statistical relationships between priority subwatersheds and their various characteristics assisted with supporting the prioritization results. For the IRDAA, this approach produced results that could assist watershed management agencies in optimizing allocation of limited resources in addressing water quality issues.
A Numerical Analysis of Dynamic Flight Stability of Hawkmoth Hovering

A numerical analysis of dynamic flight stability of a hovering hawkmoth is presented. A computational fluid dynamic (CFD) method is used to simulate the unsteady flow about a realistic hawkmoth model and to compute the aerodynamic derivatives of the aerodynamic forces and pitching moment in response with a series of small disturbances. With these parameters, the techniques of eigenvalue and eigenvector analysis is employed to investigate dynamic flight stability of the hawkmoth hovering. In the longitudinal disturbance motion, three natural modes are identified of a stable oscillatory mode, a stable fast subsidence mode and a stable slow subsidence mode, which indicate that the hawkmoth hovering flight is stable. In short, a hovering hawkmoth, if the body motion is dynamically stable and hence the disturbance dies out fast, might not need to make any adjustment with wing motions and could return to the equilibrium state ‘automatically’.
ASPIRATION OF AGRICULTURE STUDENTS ABOUT AGRI-ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The present study was conducted in four colleges of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. The findings revealed that half of the Agricultural students (50.43%) studying in all the four faculties of the Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola namely, B.Sc. (Agriculture), B.Sc. (Horticulture), B.Sc. (Forestry) and B. Tech. (Agriculture Engineering) had high level of aspiration about agri-entrepreneurship. A positive and highly significant relationship was noticed with respect economic orientation and resource availability. The partial regression analysis indicated that 10 selected independent variables put together about 27.29% variation in the aspiration of agriculture students about agri-entrepreneurship.
Coping With Destructive Leadership Putting Forward an Integrated Theoretical Framework for the Interaction Process Between Leaders and Followers

The emerging literature on destructive leadership has been mostly leader centric, often reducing followers to passive subordinates. In line with recent follower-focused approaches to leadership, this theoretical contribution aims at shedding light on the interaction process between leaders and followers and on the active part followers can play in triggering as well as curbing destructive leader behavior. Specifically, we analyze in what ways followers can cope with destructive leadership and how the confrontativeness of the chosen coping strategy in turn affects leaders’ perceptions and resultant behaviors. The proposed interaction model – where subordinate coping is both consequence and antecedent of destructive leadership – offers testable propositions for future research and opens up new avenues for understanding and handling destructive leadership.
Modeling of Deformation-Accelerated Breakdown of Polylactic Acid Biodegradable Stents

The use of biodegradable polymers in biomedical applications has been successful in nonload bearing applications, such as biodegradable implants for local drug delivery, and in simple load bearing situations such as surgical sutures and orthopedic fixation screws. The desire to incorporate these materials in more complex load bearing situations, such as tissue engineering scaffolds and endovascular or urethral stents, is strong, but the lack of constitutive models describing the evolution of biodegradable polymers over the course of degradation has severely hampered the rational design process for these more complex biodegradable medical applications. With the objective of predicting biodegradable stent behavior, we incorporated constitutive models of biodegradable polymeric materials in a computational setting and the mechanical response of three different stent designs were analyzed as degradation progressed. A thermodynamically consistent constitutive model for materials undergoing deformation-induced degradation was applied to a commonly employed biodegradable polymer system, poly(L-lactic acid), and its specific form was determined by corroboration against experimental data. Depreciation of mechanical properties due to degradation confers time-dependent characteristics to the response of the biodegradable material: the deformation imparted by a constant load increases over time, i.e. the body creeps, and the stress necessary to keep a fixed deformation decreases, i.e. the body relaxes. Biodegradable stents, when subjected to constant pressure in its exterior, deflect inwards and ultimately fail as the structure loses its mechanical integrity. The complex geometry of endovascular stents and their physiological loading conditions lead to inhomogeneous deformations, and consequently, inhomogeneous degradation ensues. Degradation is mostly confined to the bends of the stent rings and junction points, which are the locations that carry most of the deformation, whereas mostly undeformed connector bars remain less degraded. If failure occurs, it will occur most likely at those sensitive locations and large, nondegraded pieces can provoke severe embolic problems. Highly nonuniform degradation indicates that some stent designs are at higher risk for complications. Deformation patterns of stents made of a material that loses its integrity are different than those of permanent stents. Blind adaptation of permanent stent design concepts is ill-suited for biodegradable stent design. The time-dependent aspect of the implant not only must be taken into account but should also be used to interact with the body’s reaction and to enhance healing.
Procedure for Developing Design Hyetographs for Small Watersheds

ABSTRACT A study of the time-distribution of 43 years of rainfall records revealed an advanced pattern as the most common at Coshocton, Ohio. Intermediate pattern storms, similar to the SCS design mass curves, were second in number. An equation was derived for estimating number of storms required to develop representative rainfall patterns for which intensities fall within a specified confidence interval. A statistical procedure (the bootstrap method) was followed to develop six rainfall temporal patterns of 50% probability. The procedure could be applied at other locations.
An Inquiry into the Perception and Use of Services Provided by Teachers’ Resource Centres by Secondary School Teachers in Biharamulo District, Tanzania

This study intended to examine the perception and use of services provided by teachers’ resource centres (TRCs) by secondary school teachers in Biharamulo District. Specifically, the study aimed to assess secondary school teachers’ perceptions of TRCs in Biharamulo District; establish the role of secondary school heads in promoting access and use of TRCs in Biharamulo District by teachers under their supervision; and identify factors that hinder the attendance of secondary school teachers at the TRCs in Biharamulo District. The study involved 76 participants, being 10 heads of schools, 3 TRCs coordinators and 63 teachers. The study collected quantitative data by questionnaire and qualitative data by focus group discussion and interview. The study found that teachers perceive that TRCs improve their teaching effectiveness despite being intended for primary school teachers. On the other hand, secondary school heads seldom remind teachers to attend TRCs. Secondary school teachers’ absence from TRCs is attributed to the lack of fund, the lack of modern resources at the centres, the long distance between the working stations and TRCs, and the lack of individual teacher’s commitments. The study has significant implications for school heads, teachers, and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in reviving the regular use of TRCs for professional development. The study concluded that heads of schools did not insist teachers’ attendance at TRCs because they do not recognize their role to inspire teachers to attend TRCs regularly. The study recommends seasonal training to heads of secondary schools regarding promoting teachers’ attendance at TRCs under their supervision.
The value of a structured planning practicum program

However, work placement presents both benefits and risks (Baum 1997, Minnery 2000, Ryan et al 1996). On the positive side, it may provide an opportunity for students to leam about and test themselves in a practice environment, while gaining actual practice planning experience. Work placement can build confidence, develop job skills, enhance employment prospects, develop students' interpersonal and social skills, and increase industry contact for academic staff.
A fast design approach of compact microstrip multiband bandpass filters

A simplified technique is used to design multiband bandpass filters using a compact ultrawideband (UWB) microstrip bandpass filter with spiral‐shaped λg/2 resonators, spaced apart by λg/4.Pairs of transmission zeros are generated on predefined locations in the UWB to create dual‐, triple‐, or quad‐band bandpass filters, as desired. The bandwidth and location of the sub‐bands can be easily controlled by the locations of the transmission zeros. These are generated by inserting additional resonators with predicted lengths. Highly selective quasielliptic multiband controllable responses can be achieved. Equations for fast calculations of filter dimensions are derived. Measurements show excellent agreement with the simulations. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:1075–1079, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26742
A Machine-Learning Approach to Predict Main Energy Consumption under Realistic Operational Conditions

Abstract The paper presents a novel and publicly available set of high-quality sensory data collected from a ferry over a period of two months and overviews existing machine-learning methods for the prediction of main propulsion efficiency. Neural networks are applied in both real-time and predictive settings. Performance results for the real-time models are shown. The presented models were successfully deployed in a trim optimisation application onboard a product tanker.
Bacterial Pollution from Agricultural Sources: A Review

T potential for environmental contamination through the indiscriminate handling of agricultural wastes has been a topic of intensive research during the past two decades. The potential for disease transmission is the major bacteriological problem where public health is concerned. Bacterial pollution of the soil through land application of manures and sludges can also affect the indigenous soil populations and change the decomposition and nutrient recycling rates (Doran, 1979). More than twenty diseases have been identified as possibly transferred from animal manures (Azevedo and Stout, 1974). Several reviews have been written dealing with the health aspects of waste application (Sagik and Sorber, 1978; Menzies, 1977; Burge and Marsh, 1978; Diesch, 1970; Weaver et al., 1978; Dunlop, 1976; Strauch, 1976; Rankin and Taylor, 1969). Land application of wastes may spread disease via several pathways. Few disease outbreaks have been caused by bacteria of livestock origin but this possibility was shown by Jack and Hepper (1969) where salmonellosis mortality was traced to seepage from a slurry tank overflow. Rankin and Taylor (1969), studying dairy manure slurry, found several different species of bacterial pathogens in samples from various farms. Beef feedlot runoff has been shown to contain Salmonella infantis in an investigation by Miner et al. (1967). Historically, bacterial indicators have been used to monitor the pollution of surface and ground waters from domestic and animal sources. Total coliforms are used to monitor treated water to determine post treatment contamination. In systems involving pollution from land areas and runoff, many coliform sp. of natural origin (non-enteric) can be introduced so as to make this organism ineffective as a true sign of fecal contamination. Fecal coliforms eliminate this problem because they are only produced in the intestines of warm blooded animals. Fecal streptococci are less specific in nature but are also predominately isolated only from enteric sources (Geldreich, 1976). Problems in identification and specificity of testing methods for elimination of non-enteric fecal streptococci sp. is native to vegetation, soil and insects have been reported (Kibbey et al., 1978; Hunt et al., 1979; Geldreich, 1976). The "best" choice of indicator for any particular study depends on the sample source, environmental conditions and geographic location as well as the use to be made of