Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Potencial agroindustrial de cáscaras de mango de las variedades Keitt, y Tommy Atkins (Mangifera indica)

El potencial agroindustrial de las cascaras de mango de las variedades keitt y Tommy Atkins fue evaluado, de acuerdo a rendimientos, contenidos en fenoles totales y a su composicion proximal (materia seca, proteina, extracto etereo, cenizas, fibras dieteticas, y energia bruta). Las cascaras se liofilizaron con el fin de preservar sus compuestos antioxidantes. Los datos se presentaron como media ± desviacion estandar (p ≤ 0,05) utilizando SAS 9.3. El procesamiento artesanal genero 13,5 ± 0,48 % de cascaras para la variedad Tommy Atkins y 16,1 ± 0,5 % para la variedad Keitt, con materia seca de 18 y 17% respectivamente. Los contenidos de materia seca hacen que estos residuos agroindustriales sean potenciales para desarrollar productos de valor agregado. Los contenidos en fibra soluble e insoluble coincidieron con la clasificacion de productos de alto contenido en fibra (Keitt 22.1%bs y Tommy Atkins19.9% bs), los resultados fueron superiores a los de productos tradicionales, considerados como buena fuente de fibra. Se concluyo que las cascaras de mango de las variedades Keitt y Tommy Atkins tienen potencial como ingrediente alimentario, suplemento alimentario, y en la formulacion de alimentos funcionales prebioticos, ya que son excelente fuente de fibra dietaria y de compuestos fenolicos (>3000 mg.100g-1).
Is Commitment to One’s Profession Always a Good Thing? Exploring the Moderating Role of Occupational Commitment in the Association Between Work Events and Occupational Health

Using a 12-week experience sampling design, this study examined the interaction between negative and positive events in predicting work engagement and burnout in a sample of nurses. Additionally, this study explored the moderating effect of affective occupational commitment as a moderator of work events and work engagement/burnout relation. Results indicated that positive and negative events, as well as their interactive effects significantly predicted both work engagement and burnout. In addition, occupational commitment moderated the association between negative events and burnout. Specifically, the association between negative events and burnout was stronger for nurses who reported high occupational commitment. Positive events did not interact with occupational commitment to predict work engagement or burnout. Similarly, occupational commitment did not moderate the link between negative events and work engagement. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Are hatching delays a cost or a benefit for Great Tit Parus major parents

We analysed egg-hatching rates, the resulting clutch size and fledging weights in relation to prey abundance in Great Tits Parus major in a mixed deciduous forest in Switzerland. We show that the number of oaks within 20 m from the nest affected both clutch size and fledging weight positively. During a cold spell females delaying the hatching of their clutch incurred a cost in terms of reduced hatching success. On the other hand they readjusted the nestling period of their brood to the delayed caterpillar peak. Thus, fledging weights were higher compared to non-delayed broods. Since fledging mass is a decisive determinant of post-fledging survival and recruitment, we conclude that delaying the hatching of the brood when caterpillars are late yields a net gain in fitness and thus is a strategy rather than the consequence of energy constraints during the laying and incubation period.
A Comparative Study of 10th Grade Turkish Cypriot Students’ Writing Errors

The present study aims to shed light on analyzing the types and the frequency of the written sentence errors committed by 58 tenth grade Turkish Cypriot English as a foreign language (EFL) students in two classrooms, that is, Class A and B at a public vocational high school in North Cyprus. A quasi-experimental design was employed in the study where Class A was the experimental group which was exposed to an audio-visual aid titled “the Little Red Riding Hood” and Class B who acted as the control group. Data were collected from the written sentences produced by the students. All the errors committed by the students were identified and categorized into syntactic, morphological, orthographic, and lexical categories. The results of the study showed that both classes of students committed 11 types of common errors: (a) wrong use of articles, (b) wrong use of prepositions, (c) word order, (d) verb tense, (e) omission of plural –s, (f) misuse of the possessive –s, (g) incorrect use of comparative adjectives, (h) incorrect spelling, (i) punctuation, (j) capitalization, and (k) wrong words. However, the experimental group committed less errors (N = 232, 57.14%) as compared to the control group (N = 320, 78.82%). The findings have implications for EFL teachers to incorporate audio-visual aids into their teaching methodologies when teaching the writing skill.
Systems thinking approach for analysing non-revenue water management reform in Malaysia

High volumes of non-revenue water (NRW) threaten water security in many developing countries. The traditional technocentric water management regime largely neglects social and systemic complexities that need to be addressed for successful reform. This paper explores the challenges of water sector reform and NRW reduction in Malaysia to identify possible drivers that can accelerate the NRW management reform. The analysis uses a system thinking approach, with key systemic relationships represented with causal loop diagrams (CLDs). Findings reveal that the NRW management reform is influenced by technical, environmental, economic, social, institutional, and corporate governance factors. Using the CLDs, leverage points that can accelerate NRW management reform are identified. Policies and strategies that can accelerate the NRW management reform in Malaysia are recommended: (1) water supply security and sustainable development must be emphasised as the main concern for water sector reform; (2) understanding of the socio-economic benefits of water tariff adjustment by stakeholders is necessary to build political alliances for water tariff increments; and (3) the newly privatised water services providers in Malaysia require an integrated NRW reduction plan to optimise the time taken for NRW reduction and at the same time, transforming their current human resources that were inherited from the previous public water utilities.
Hydrodynamic Study and Performance Analysis of the OC4-DeepCWind Platform by CFD Method

(1) The RAOs of OC4-DeepCWind platform motions are more sensitive to the low-frequency wave than the high-frequency wave. The nonlinear motion responses for platform heave and pitch motions are comparatively remarkable. (2) The pitch motion of OC4-DeepCWind platform is much more apparently influenced by the height of center of gravity (COG) than surge and heave motions. The lower COG height within a suitable range leads to a smaller fluctuation amplitude of platform pitch motion in waves. (3) A large horizontal displacement abruptly occurs to the OC4-DeepCWind platform when one mooring line is failure. The risk of failure for the other mooring lines significantly increases. To better understand the hydrodynamic performance of a floating support platform in various wave environments, a two-phase CFD solver naoe-FOAM-SJTU based on the open source CFD toolbox OpenFOAM is applied to investigate the hydrodynamic characteristics and motion performance of the OC4-DeepCWind platform. Moreover, the restoring force and moment of mooring lines are simulated using the solver in time domain. The studies of grid sensitivity and time step refinement are first conducted to determine an appropriate time step and mesh size. Then hydrodynamic responses of the floater in free-decay tests are analyzed and compared with experimental data, and the motion performance of the platform in regular waves with different parameters is also investigated. In addition, the platform motion responses with one mooring line broken and different heights of center of gravity are explored. It is shown that simulation results have good agreement with published data, and several conclusions can be drawn through the study. The RAOs of platform motions are found to be more sensitive to the low-frequency wave than the high-frequency wave. Nonlinear motion responses are comparatively remarkable in platform heave and pitch motions. Besides, the lower height of center of gravity within a suitable range is benefit to the stability of floating platform. Survival condition with broken mooring line should be paid enough attention to avoid the failure of other mooring lines.
The complex information needs of disadvantaged young first-time mothers: insights into multiplicity of needs

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to holistically explore the information needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged young first-time mothers and associated issues of complexity.Design/methodology/approachThis paper used survey and semi-structured field interviews with 39 young mothers (aged 15–23) from UK areas of multiple deprivations.FindingsParticipants reported multiple and complex needs spanning interrelated topics of parenting, poverty and personal development. In the majority of instances, participants were either unsure of their ability to meet their needs or needed help with needs, and several described situations of considerable anxiety and stress. Multiplicity is identified and conceptualised as an important factor contributing to complexity, including three component elements: simultaneous occurrence of needs (concurrency), relationships between needs (interconnectivity) and evolving needs (fluidity). In various combinations, these elements influenced a mother's actions and/or ability to selectively attend to needs, with multiple needs often competing for attention, and compounding issues of cognitive load and affect.Research limitations/implicationsThis study draws attention to multiplicity of needs as an understudied topic within human information behaviour and calls for further research into how people recognise and attend to complex needs and influencing factors.Practical implicationsThis study raises important questions regarding how we approach complexity of information needs in our design and delivery of information systems and services.Originality/valueEvidences disadvantaged young mothers to have more extensive and complex information needs than previously understood, and identifies and conceptualised multiplicity as an important factor contributing to the complexity of information needs during major life transitions such as motherhood.
Timber screw connection: Study of the strain along the interface using optical measurement techniques and simulations

In various engineering applications, self-tapping screws are used to connect timber members. To describe their load-deformation relationship, a better understanding of the strain along the mechanical interface (i.e., timber-screw interface) is required. With a focus on the axial loading of self-tapping screws, only a few studies have dealt with the determination of the strain based on optical measurement techniques. Therefore, in the present study, the strain distribution at the timber-screw interface was monitored during pull-out tests using an optical measurement technique, called electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI). Strains obtained from the ESPI measurements were compared with the results obtained from structural simulations conducted with finite element modelling (FEM). Three different types of solid spruce wood (Picea abies (L.) Karst. ) specimens with different grain orientations connected with self-tapping screws (thread length lg = 130 mm, outer thread diameter d = 12 mm) were tested in withdrawal. There was a good agreement between the ESPI and FEM results, confirming that ESPI was a suitable measurement technique. The study also provided insights and results regarding the region of strain concentrations across the length of self-tapping screws.
Chlorophyll fluorescence responses to application of new herbicide ZJ0273 in winter oilseed rape species.

For suppressing weeds in the rapeseed fields, a newly developed post-emergence herbicide propyl 4-[2-(4, 6dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yloxy) benzylamino] benzoate (ZJ0273) is recently becoming popular in China. To monitor the resistance patterns in crops in a non-destructive, real-time and efficacious way, two cultivars of rapeseed Brassica napus cv. ZS 758 and B. rapa cv. Xiaoyoucai were tested by a foliar spray of ZJ0273 at the rates of 100, 500 and 1000 mg L -1 . The study revealed that maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm), non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), electron transport rate (ETR) and photochemical utilization [Y(II)] inhibition were significantly increased with herbicide application increasing, while photochemical quenching (qP), NPQ, Y(II) and regulated heat dissipation [Y(NPQ)] were significantly decreased with herbicide application and increase in leaf age. However, the resistant B. napus species started to recover after 5 days. Moreover, the concentration-inhibiting curves of Y(II) and ETR suggested that 500 mg L -1 was a safer dose for B. napus. These results showed that NPQ, Y(II) and ETR inhibiting rate could be appropriate for herbicide phytotoxicity detector. They also seem to be the key factors for establishing a prospective resistance monitoring tests in field herbicide bioassays. The 2 nd fully expanded leaf could reflect directly the phytotoxicity of herbicide to the rape plant with more accurate distinction. © 2011 Friends Science Publishers
Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis for Seed Yield and Fibre Traits in Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.)

Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) commonly known as Alsi or Flax, is a multi-purpose rabi oilseed crop, which belongs to the family Linaceae having 14 genera (Gill 1987). Linum has over 200 species with Linum angustifolium Huds (n=15) being its probable progenitor, native to Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia. Linum usitatissimum is the only economically significant species of the family cultivated for oil and fibre. Linseed contains about 36 to 48 % oil content which is high in unsaturated fatty acids, especially linolenic acid (Khan et al., 2010). It has drying and hardening properties which is emanated from its high linolenic acid content, thus is mostly used for industrial purposes such as manufacturing of paints, varnishes, soaps and printing ink. Every part of the linseed plant is utilized commercially either directly or after processing. The fibre extracted from the stem is lustrous and blends very well with wool, silk, cotton etc. Strong twines, canvas, suiting, shirting and various products used for defence purpose are manufactured from linseed fibre. The byproduct, oil cake is a valuable dairy feed International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 2 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Distributed Equalization and Power Allocation For Multi-Carrier Bidirectional Filter-and-Forward Relay Networks

A multicarrier bidirectional filter-and-forward (FF) relay-assisted network in the context of device-to-device communication is investigated. The network consists of two multicarrier-based user devices that can communicate through multiple relay nodes equipped with finite impulse response (FIR) filters to equalize the frequency-selective channels. We jointly design the distributed equalization weight vector and the power allocations at the users to minimize the total transmit power under two quality of service constraints measured by the received sum-rates at the users. We propose a novel semi-closed form sub-optimal solution to this non-convex joint optimization problem. Simulation results show that the proposed design, in conjunction with the FF-based relay nodes, attains substantially better performance than the existing designs associated with amplify-and-forward and multicarrier relay nodes.
Evaluation of geotechnical properties of fused quartz for transparent material

Transparent soil surrogates permit nonintrusive three-dimensional deformational measurements in geotechnical model tests. Fused quartz saturated with a matched refractive index oil blend is an appropriate surrogate for natural sands. This paper carried out oedometer tests, consolidated drained (CD) triaxial tests and permeability tests on loose and dense oil-blend-saturated fused quartz. The geotechnical properties of compressibility, strength and permeability of the fused quartz were investigated experimentally and compared to those of natural sands and other transparent soil materials. An optimum transparency was obtained with a volume ratio of #15 white mineral oil and n-dodecane of 10:7.5 at room temperature. The dense fused quartz was less compressible with the coefficient of compressibility ( α 1-2 ) being 0.192 MPa -1 . The intrinsic permeability ranged from 18.7 to 31.5 darcys and the differences from the natural sands were ignorable. The peak friction angle ranged between 40.9 and 47.3°, which was within the typical range of sands. The test results show that fused quartz serves as an applicable surrogate in scaled model tests such as tunnel face stability experiments.
Parasites with zoonotic potential in canine fecal samples from Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

Among the gastrointestinal parasites of dogs that present public health importance, the species of the genus Ancylostoma and Toxocara are the most frequently detected, and have been important cause of soil contamination. The aim of this study was to detect gastrointestinal parasites in dog’s feces collected in households, streets and public squares of the city of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil. Fecal samples (n = 640) were collected in the environment and evaluated by parasitological methods of Willis-Mollay and Hoffman, Pons and Janer. Out of all samples, 51.09% (327/640) were positive for gastrointestinal parasites. In particular, in 70.94% (232/327) of the samples were detected eggs of Ancylostoma spp. , and in 11.01% (36/327) coinfection by Ancylostoma spp. and Toxocara canis. In conclusion, the presence of eggs of zoonotic parasites in feces collected from the environment in the city of Garanhuns represent a risk for the transmission of Cutaneous Larva Migrans and Visceral Larva Migrans for the human population.
Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Hemagglutinin Gene in H9 Influenza Viruses from Chickens in Morocco from 2017 to 2019

SUMMARY. Since the early 2000s, the avian influenza virus (AIV) subtype H9N2 has been widely circulating in North African countries, including Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt. For unknown reasons, H9N2 was not detected in Moroccan farms until the end of 2016, and at present, it is endemic in poultry. This study was carried out to evaluate the evolution of H9 AIVs in Morocco from 2017 to 2019. In this study, 16 H9 viruses collected from 2017 to 2019 in Morocco were isolated and sequenced. The genomic signatures and protein sequences of these isolates were analyzed. Moroccan H9 viruses were closely related to viruses isolated from African and Middle Eastern countries, and the hemagglutinin gene resembled those of viruses of G1-like lineage, and multiple mammalian host–associated mutations were detected that favor transmission from avian to mammalian hosts. Other mutations related to virulence were also identified. Our findings suggest that attention be given to the control of H9N2 influenza viruses in chickens and continuous monitoring of the prevalence and pathogenic potential of AIV H9N2 in the poultry population in Morocco.
Credit Risk Management and Financial Performance of Listed Banks in Ghana

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of credit risk management on the performance of selected listed commercial banks in Ghana. The study used secondary data collected from seven (7) banks listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange for a period of ten (10) years covering 2007-2016 with a total of seventy (70) observations. The credit risk management variables (independent variables) used were non-performing loans, loan loss provision, capital adequacy, with bank size (as controlling variable) whiles the financial performance of commercial banks (as dependent variable) was measured using return on asset. The data was examined using standard descriptive statistics and fixed effect model for hypothesis testing. Based on the test conducted on the data collected and the analyses of the results, this study found a significant relationship between the credit risk management variables (NPL, CAR and SIZE) and the profitability of listed banks in Ghana. In general, banks need to maintain an optimum level of CAR as per regulatory requirement so that they will not have difficulty in meeting their financial obligations, be able to absorb any financial shocks that may arise, protect their depositors’ investment and thus promotes the stability of the financial system. The study further recommends for banks in Ghana to control and monitor NPL, and keep the level of NPL as low as possible by emphasizing more on the ability of customers to pay back before credit approvals are given, a practice that will enable banks to achieve higher performance. Keywords: Non- Performing Loans, Loan Loss Provision, Capital Adequacy Ratio, Return on Assets, Ghana Stock Exchange, Fixed Effect, Random Effect. DOI: 10.7176/RJFA/11-6-05 Publication date: March 31 st 2020
The effect of the genetic origin of hens on selected egg traits.

BACKGROUND Eggs have been considered an important component of the human diet for centuries. There is currently a wide assortment of eggs available to consumers, varying in terms of weight (from S to XL), housing system (0 to 3), diet, packaging, etc. Although the egg’s nutritional value is most important to consumers, their perceptions are unfortunately generally based not on facts, but on popular opinion. Most commercial lines of laying hens used in Poland are of foreign origin. However, some farms use commercial lines from Polish breeding farms. Therefore, research was undertaken to determine selected characteristics of eggs obtained from hens of different origins raised in an intensive system, i.e. industrial production of eggs. METHODS The research material consisted of eggs from Hy-Line Brown and Messa 43 hens from large-scale production. The eggs were obtained from hens at the ages of 35, 40 and 45 weeks. The analysis included selected external and internal characteristics of eggs laid during the study period. The eggs were evaluated immediately after laying, and the following quality parameters were determined: egg weight, shell weight, shell thickness, white weight, yolk weight, and pH of white and yolk. Chemical analysis of dry matter, total protein, crude fat and crude ash content in the whites and yolks was performed. The cholesterol content and fatty acid profile in the yolk were analysed as well. A statistical analysis of the results was performed. RESULTS The analyses revealed significant differences in the weight and morphological composition of eggs depending on the genotype of the hens. Compared to eggs obtained from Hy-Line Brown hens, eggs from Messa 43 hens had significantly lower shell thickness, greater weight between 35 and 45 weeks of age, a larger proportion of shell, and a smaller proportion of albumen. Yolks and whites of eggs from Hy-Line Brown hens contained significantly more dry matter and total protein than those of Messa43 chickens, while the cholesterol content in the yolks of both groups was similar. The fatty acid profile of the egg yolk was similar irrespective of the origin of the hens. CONCLUSIONS Significant differences in egg weight and the parameters of morphological components of eggs were found between the experimental groups. Genotype did not influence cholesterol content or the fatty acid profile in the yolk.