Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Department of Pesticide Regulation

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has implemented statewide reporting of all agricultural pesticide use since 1990 (DPR, 2000; DPR, 2017c). Certain non-agricultural uses of pesticides are also subject to pesticide use reporting requirements (Title 3, California Code of Regulations [3 C.C.R.] § 6624-6628). The California Agricultural Commissioner (CAC) in each county is responsible for the collection of pesticide use reporting (PUR) documentation (DPR, 2017c). These PUR records are compiled and maintained by DPR in a PUR database (DPR, 2017c), which is recognized as the most comprehensive database of pesticide use in the world (DPR, 2000; DPR, 2017c; Wilhoit, 2016).
Productive and Reproductive Performance of Farmers Managed Dairy Cattle in Western Chitwan, Nepal

The productive and reproductive performances of dairy cattle along with the management aspects of the farm have a direct effect on farm profitability. The present study was carried out from a sample of 120 dairy herds using pretested and well-organized semi- structured questionnaire in Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Chitwan. Productive and reproductive performances of two common breeds, Jersey Cross and Holstein Cross were analyzed. The average daily milk yield, lactation length, lactation milk yield, peak yield and dry period for Jersey Cross and Holstein Cross with the Nepalese hill cattle were observed to be 7.39±0.87 and 9.30±0.76 L. /day; 303.31±8.12 and 314.18±12.75 days; 2253.39±265.28 and 2936.36±237.55 L. ; 12.77±0.92 and 15.11±0.85 L. and 65.26±7.71 and 70.83±10.27 days respectively. The age at first calving (29.08±1.99 and 30.42±1.81 months), Service period (82.37±10.99 and 100.64±13.44 days), Service per conception (1.71±0.54 and 1.82±0.58 times/cow) and Calving interval (365.37±10.92 and 385.56±13.46 days) respectively for Jersey crosses and Holesteinc crosses. The significant relationship (p<0.05) was found between farms having single breeds and double breeds on the productive performances. Likewise, the significant relationship (p<0.05) was also found between farms having single and double breeds on reproductive performances. The significant relationship (p<0.05) was observed between the herd size and age at first calving on jersey cross and none of the parameters showed significant relationship (p>0.05) between the herd size and productive parameters. Further research on needs to be carried out see the particular relationships among production, reproduction and management aspects.
Online environmental citizenship : blogs, green marketing and consumer sentiment in the 21st Century

Over the last three decades, the rise in consumer generated content has enabled more environmentally conscious points of view to effect mainstream opinion (Kalafatis, Pollard, East & Tsogas, 1999; Barber, Taylor & Strick, 2009). Consequently, more people are buying into environmentalist ideology and organizing themselves to influence social change. Focus has shifted from attracting public awareness to concern for green ideas, discourse, and environmental citizenship, the latter becoming the guideline by which debates on such topics are regulated (Follows & Jobber, 2000; Dobson, 2003).
Burning wetlands : the influence of fire on wetland vegetation structure and composition.

VII ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . IX CHAPTER 1 . 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 BACKGROUND . 1 1.2. RESEARCH GAPS . 5 1.3. AIM AND OBJECTIVES . 7 1.3. 1. AIM: . 7 1.3. 2. OBJECTIVES: . 7 CHAPTER 2 . 9 LONG-TERM LANDSCAPE CHANGES IN VEGETATION STRUCTURE: A FOCUS ON FIRE AS A WETLAND MANAGEMENT TOOL. 9 2.
Pharmacological Characterization of a Novel Nonpeptide Antagonist Radioligand, ( (cid:1) ) -N -[2-Methyl-4-methoxyphenyl]-1-(1-(methoxymethyl) propyl)-6-methyl-1 H -1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-c ]pyridin-4-amine ([ 3 H]SN003) for Corticotropin-Releasing Factor 1 Receptors

The in vitro pharmacological profile of a novel small molecule corticotropin-releasing factor 1 (CRF 1 ) receptor antagonist, ( (cid:1) ) - N -[2-methyl-4-methoxyphenyl]-1-(1-(methoxymethyl)propyl)-6-methyl-1 H -1,2,3-triazolo[4,5- c ]pyridin-4-amine (SN003), and the characteristics of its radioligand ([ 3 H]SN003) are described. SN003 has high affinity and selectivity for CRF 1 receptors ex- pressed in rat cortex, pituitary, and recombinant HEK293EBNA (HEK293e) cells with respective radiolabeled ovine CRF ([ 125 I]oCRF) binding
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Business Administration

This paper examines the impact of director co-option on the relationship between board structures and monitoring efficiency. We show that co-opted independent directors deflate the turnover-performance sensitivity, amplify CEO pay, and increase the likelihood of CEO duality. While non-co-opted independent directors enhance internal monitoring, co-opted independent board members are the worst monitors. We generally do not observe a substantial difference in the monitoring functionality of co-opted and non-co-opted inside board members. Our findings suggest that co-opted independent directors are the main driving factor behind the converse association between co-opted boards and internal monitoring. In addition, we suggest that independent directors appointed after the CEO resumes office are particularly costly to firms since they promote a non-efficient board monitoring environment.
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLID STATE

By using Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) and Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD) techniques, the phase diagram of the MnTe-Sb2Te3 system has been constructed for the first time in the entire composition range. The system features two ternary layered van der Waals (vdW) compounds. Apart from known MnSb2Te4, novel MnSb4Te7 which a structural analogous of the known MnBi4Te7 was found in the system. Crystal structure parameters of both compounds were determined by Rietveld refinement using the fundamental parameter approach. Both compounds were found to decompose via peritectic reactions and possess significant homogeneity ranges. The title system is also characterized by the existence of the wide solid solution field based on the starting Sb2Te3. The present results would be useful for the bulk single crystal growth of both compounds from the liquid phase via the determination of primary crystallization areas.
A Study of Nighttime Seat Belt Use in Indiana

A direct observation study of nighttime seat belt use was conducted in Indiana surrounding the Click It or Ticket (May Mobilization) activities. Two nighttime full statewide surveys were conducted, one in April and the other in June 2006. For this study, the hours between 9:30 p.m. to 5:45 a.m. were defined as nighttime. This time included all hours of darkness between the end of twilight in the evening to the beginning of twilight in the morning during June 2006 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Observations were conducted at roadway intersections, freeway entrance and exit ramps, and road segments using specialized night vision equipment. The nighttime survey waves were designed to coincide with daytime waves already planned for Indiana by the Center for the Advancement of Transportation Safety, and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. The first objective of the study was to determine if there was a differential change in daytime versus nighttime seat belt use surrounding the mobilization activities. A secondary objective was to compare daytime to nighttime seat belt use to see if there was lower seat belt use at night, as has been found by others. The comparisons across the mobilization period revealed a statistically significant increase during the day (79.7% and 84.3%, respectively), and a statistically significant decrease at night (79.0% and 74.0%, respectively). These results suggest that the daytime mobilization activities had a positive effect on daytime belt use, but no effect on nighttime belt use. There is no obvious reason for the belt use decrease observed at night during this period. Comparisons were also made between daytime and nighttime belt use within each time period(pre- and post-mobilization). No differences were observed during the pre-mobilization wave, while a statistically significant difference was observed during the post wave. This difference is jointly attributed to the differential effect of the mobilization activities on daytime and nighttime belt use across the mobilization period, and the decrease observed within the nighttime waves. Finally, many of the common daytime trends in belt use (i.e., lower belt use for males than females) were also found at night, with the exception of the effect of age (typically younger motorists buckle up less often) and seating position (typically drivers display higher belt use).
Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks SCENIHR Possible effects of Electromagnetic Fields ( EMF ) on Human Health

2 About the Scientific Committees Three independent non-food Scientific Committees provide the Commission with the scientific advice it needs when preparing policy and proposals relating to consumer safety, public health and the environment. The Committees also draw the Commission's attention to the new or emerging problems which may pose an actual or potential threat. SCENIHR Questions concerning emerging or newly-identified risks and on broad, complex or multidisciplinary issues requiring a comprehensive assessment of risks to consumer safety or public health and related issues not covered by other Community risk-assessment bodies. In particular, the Committee addresses questions related to potential risks associated with interaction of risk factors, synergic effects, cumulative effects, antimicrobial resistance, new technologies such as nanotechnologies, medical devices, tissue engineering, blood products, fertility reduction, cancer of endocrine organs, physical hazards such as noise and electromagnetic fields and methodologies for assessing new risks. The opinions of the Scientific Committees present the views of the independent scientists who are members of the committees. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. The opinions are published by the European Commission in their original language only.
Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks SCENIHR The safety of dental amalgam and alternative dental restoration materials for patients and users

4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 9 1. BACKGROUND . 12 2. TERMS OF REFERENCE. 13 2.1. Human safety. 13 2.1. 1. Dental amalgam. 13 2.1. 2. Alternative materials. 13 2.2. Oral health and safety . 13 3. SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE. 14 3.
Photovoice: Visualizing the engineering identity experiences of sophomore students

Researchers have shown that students leave undergraduate engineering programs during the first 2 years. Justifiably, many studies have tried to tackle engineering student persistence and attrition, especially during the first year, and then developed interventions to address the challenges. Although those interventions have improved freshmen retention in some institutions, less has been published on the impacts of these interventions on the sophomore student experience.
Grazing induced changes in light interception and radiation-use efficiency of winter wheat

During winter, dual-purpose wheat provides an alternate source of livestock fodder to pastures. Whilst there has been much research on the agronomic effects of grazing on wheat, information on light relations after grazing and its consequences for growth is limited. Three grazing treatments were compared to an ungrazed control (C): low or high intensity for a short period (33.7 or 67.3 dry sheep equivalents (DSE) ha -1 for 31 days, LS or HS respectively) or low intensity for a long period (33.7 DSE ha 1 for 62 days, LL). The HS post-grazing-anthesis growth rate was significantly less than that of the control (9.0 cf. 10.3 g m -2 d -1 ), but was significantly greater than that of the LL treatment (7.4 g m -2 d -1 ). The rate of change of light intercepted with time (df/dt) was greatest for crops that had the lowest LAI after grazing, irrespective of the time of sheep removal. There were no significant differences in RUE in the postgrazing-anthesis period, with values estimated at 1.09, 1.16, 0.98 and 1.11 g MJ -1 for the LS, HS, LL and C treatments respectively. This study has shown that crop growth rates and LAI recovery were greater after early, intense grazing and produced greater biomass than after longer, more lenient grazing.
2 QoS Provisioning and Games in Satisfaction Form 2 . 1 QoS Problem Formulation

In this paper, a behavioral rule that allows radio devices to achieve an efficient satisfaction equilibrium (ESE) in fully decentralized self-configuring networks (DSCNs) is presented. The relevance of ESE in the context of DSCNs is that at such state, radio devices adopt a transmission/receive configuration such that they are able to simultaneously satisfy their individual quality-of-service (QoS) constraints. An ESE is also an efficient network configuration, i.e., individual QoS satisfaction is achieved by investing the lowest possible effort. Here, the notion of effort refers to a preference each radio device independently establishes among its own set of actions. In particular, the proposed behavioral rule requires less information than existing rules, as in the case of the classical best response dynamics and its variants. Sufficient conditions for convergence are presented in a general framework. Numerical results are provided in the context of a particular uplink power control scenario, and convergence from any initial action profile to an ESE is formally proved in this scenario. This property ensures the proposed rule to be robust to the dynamic arrival or departure of radio devices in the network.
Peer Effects and Academics’ Industry Involvement: The Moderating Role of Age on Professional Imprinting

This study explores the interaction between professional imprinting and age in the context of industry-science collaboration. Specifically, we examine the impact of localized and personal peer effects on academics' involvement with industry and how these effects are moderated by the career age of the scientist. We suggest that both localized and personal peer effects drive industry involvement but that the effects from such imprinting are more pronounced for younger researchers, suggesting that professional imprinting takes place in the early stages of a scientist's academic career. Based on a sample of 330 German academics in the field of biotechnology and publication data from the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), we find that scientists with industry-oriented co-authors are more likely to be involved with industry (personal peer effect). Moreover, we find that the scientist's involvement increases with the orientation of the scientist's department towards industry (localized peer effect). Only the latter effect turns out to be moderated by scientist's age. While personal peer effects are independent of the scientist's age, localized peer effects emerge for younger researchers.
Citation frequency and the value of patented innovation

Citation Frequency and the Value of Patented Innovation by Dietmar Harhoff, Francis Narin, Frederic M. Scherer, Katrin Vopel * Through a survey, economic value estimates were obtained on 962 inventions made in the United States and Germany and on which German patent renewal fees were paid to full-term expiration in 1995. A search of subsequent U.S. and German patents yielded a count of citations to those patents. Patents renewed to full term were significantly more valuable than patents allowed to expire before their full term. The higher an invention's economic value estimate was, the more the relevant patent was subsequently cited. results from two wide-ranging surveys, one in Germany and one in the United States, support Trajtenberg's conclusion that patents with greater economic value are more heavily cited in subsequent patents. Our evidence suggests at least a two-stage escalation of economic values and citation counts. First, patents that are renewed to full term expiration in environments such as Germany with highly progressive annual maintenance fees are more valuable and more highly cited than run-of-the-mill patents allowed to expire before running to full term. Second, within the relatively exclusive cohort of fullterm patents, citation frequency rises with economic value, although with considerable noise in the relationship. The most cited patents turn out to be very valuable indeed, with a single U.S. citation implying on average more than $1 million of economic value. These findings provide new support for research seeking to overcome the limitations of simple patent counts as a measure of innovative contribution by acquiring data on citation frequencies and the number of nations in which patent protection is sought. * The authors thank Ulrich Schmoch of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems Technology and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, for help in accessing German citation counts. Grants from the Sloan Foundation and the Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) are gratefully acknowledged.
Behind Closed Doors: Exploring the Consequences of Parents Staying at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Prevalence of Parental Violence Against Children

This study aimed to determine the consequences of parents staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of parental violence against children. The researcher used a descriptive-analytical technique in this study, and the sample consisted of 350 children who were abused by their parents. The researcher designed a questionnaire to identify the most common forms of parental violence (physical, sexual, verbal, economic, and psychological) against children as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that parents staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a high prevalence of risks of parental violence against children, at 79.84%. Verbal violence ranked first at 21.3%, followed by psychological violence at 21%. Physical violence came in third place at 20.5%, economic violence at 18.7%, and sexual violence at 18.5%. One of the most important recommendations of this study is the necessity to take a set of serious measures, such as strengthening family values between parents and children, in order to strengthen the family unit in times of crisis, in general, and during the COVID-19 crisis, in particular.
Influence of Transformational and Transactional Leaderships , and Leaders ’ Sex on Organisational Conflict Management Behaviour

Conflict is an inevitable organisational feature with implications for both functional and dysfunctional effects on organisational life depending on how it is managed. Effective management of organisational conflict is suggested to depend on the quality of organisational leadership behaviour. This study therefore investigated the effects of transformational and transactional leadership styles and leaders’ sex on organisational conflict management behaviour. Data on measures of transformational and transactional leadership styles, leaders’ sex and organisational conflict management behaviours were collected from one hundred and six male and female employees of eights service organisations in Lagos and Ibadan. Employees were accidentally selected. Results revealed that effective organisational conflict management behaviour is more related to transformational leadership than transactional leadership, there is no significant difference between male and female leaders and there is no significant interaction between leaders’ sex and leadership style in effective conflict management behaviour. Implications of these findings for theory and practice are discussed.
Retrosternal dysphagia in immunocompromised patients. Initial imaging.

Procedure Appropriateness Category Relative Radiation Level Fluoroscopy barium swallow modified Usually Appropriate ☢☢☢ Fluoroscopy pharynx dynamic and static imaging May Be Appropriate ☢☢☢ Fluoroscopy biphasic esophagram May Be Appropriate ☢☢☢ Fluoroscopy single contrast esophagram May Be Appropriate ☢☢☢ CT neck and chest without IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢ CT neck and chest with IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢ CT neck and chest without and with IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢ Esophageal transit nuclear medicine scan Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢
Expert Panel on Gastrointestinal Imaging:

Procedure Appropriateness Category Relative Radiation Level Fluoroscopy barium swallow modified Usually Appropriate ☢☢☢ Fluoroscopy pharynx dynamic and static imaging May Be Appropriate ☢☢☢ Fluoroscopy biphasic esophagram May Be Appropriate ☢☢☢ Fluoroscopy single contrast esophagram May Be Appropriate ☢☢☢ CT neck and chest without IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢ CT neck and chest with IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢ CT neck and chest without and with IV contrast Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢☢ Esophageal transit nuclear medicine scan Usually Not Appropriate ☢☢☢
Boundary and Entropy of Space Homogeneous Markov Chains

We study the Poisson boundary (≡ representation of bounded harmonic functions) of Markov operators on discrete state spaces that are invariant under the action of a transitive group of permutations. This automorphism group is locally compact, but not necessarily discrete or unimodular. The main technical tool is the entropy theory which we develop along the same lines as in the case of random walks on countable groups, while, however, the implementation is different and exploits discreteness of the state space on the one hand and the path space of the induced random walk on the nondiscrete group on the other. Various new examples are given as applications, including a description of the Poisson boundary for random walks on vertex-transitive graphs with infinitely many ends and on the Diestel-Leader graphs.
Tropical low formation during the Australian monsoon: the events of January 2013 (paper updated July 2016)

An analysis of tropical low formation in the Australian monsoon during January 2013 is presented based on European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) analyses. The focus is on three lows that developed on the monsoon shear line, two of which eventually became tropical cyclones. One of the disturbances intensified as it made a loop over land. Interpretations of the formation are given in terms of vorticity dynamics. The roll up of low-level absolute vorticity associated with the shear line is a prominent feature of the early development of the lows, a mechanism akin to that believed to operate in the formation of hurricanes from Atlantic easterly waves. A notable feature of the two lows that eventually became tropical cyclones was the occurrence of persistent bouts of deep convection near the circulation centre. The development of the low that didn’t achieve tropical cyclone status was apparently thwarted by strong vertical shear and drying of the middle troposphere.