Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Organic Nutrient Management on Soil Physical and Chemical Properties in South Gujarat Condition

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of organic nutrient on soil properties. During rabi season of 2016-17 at Organic Farm (F block), Aspee College of Horticulture and Forestry Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari Gujarat. The experiment was laid out in a Factorial Randomizes Block Design, comprising fifteen treatment combinations. The results indicated that significantly higher organic carbon content (1.22 %), available Nitrogen (229.52 kgN/ha), phosphorus, P2O5 (106.51 kgP/ha), potassium, K2O (599.60 kgK/ha) and Zinc (0.61 mgZn/kg) were found with the treatment O1 (100 % Nadep compost) and at par with O2 whereas, treatment O2 (75 % Nadep compost) registered significantly higher DTPA-Fe (15.35 mgFe/kg) and Manganese (17.27 mgMn/kg). No significant effect of different levels of Nadep compost was observed on pH, electric conductivity (EC), copper, DTPA-Cu and soil physical properties. Application of liquid organic manure failed to generate any significant effect on soil physic-chemical properties. Original Research Article Safiullah et al.; ASRJ, 1(1): 1-8, 2018; Article no.ASRJ. 41037 2
Analysis of Economy and Trade among China, India, and Russia under the Belt and Road Initiative

The Belt and Road Initiative advocated by China is expecting to assist in the infrastructure and financing of participating countries and promote free trade through cooperation with countries along the Belt and Road. China hopes to lead the regional economic integration process through investment-driven trade. Out of geopolitical considerations, Russia and India initially held a relatively negative or cautious attitude towards the Belt and Road Initiative. Therefore, Russia proposed the concept of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in 2011 in order to unite the other independent ASEAN countries based on the customs alliance consisting of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, and thus create a supranational consortium, which in turn have the ability to compete and cooperate with the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China. In 2014, India launched the Indian version of the Belt and Road Initiative, named Project Mausam, expecting to promote the integration of economic and trade exchanges around the Indian Ocean with India as the center. However, after recent strikes by the trade war, China actively seeks assistance from India and Russia in order to break through the US trade blockade. During the G20 summit held in Japan in June 2019, China, India, and Russia held a three-party talk. After the talk, the three countries issued a joint statement claiming that “they shall undertake more global responsibilities to protect the fundamental and long-term interests of the three countries themselves and the world”, which seems to have opened up opportunities for future cooperation among the three countries. Therefore, this paper explores the competitive and cooperative relationship among China, India, and Russia under the Belt and Road Initiative.
Effect of Waste Type on Liquid Products Yields and Quality Obtained by Co-Liquefaction of Coal and Waste

The need to find alternative liquid fuels more environmental friendly and with a more secure supply, has led to the idea of studying the conversion of carbonaceous wastes, like plastics, used tyres and biomass into liquid products to be used as fuels or as raw materials for several industries. As coal liquefaction is a well-known process to produce liquid products, coal blended with used tyres and plastic wastes was co-liquefied. Coal impregnated with 1 % wt. of molybdenum was used in co-liquefaction tests blended with 50 % wt. of used tyres or with the main plastics present in municipal solid wastes: PE (polyethylene), PP (polypropylene), PS (polystyrene) and a mixture of these plastics. The results obtained showed that all wastes promoted coal liquefaction. However, liquids yield and quality improved with the presence of plastics, while more solids were obtained when used tyres were used. Coal blends with PS wastes led to the highest liquid yield (74 % wt.) and conversion (88 % wt.) The presence of PE favoured the formation of linear alkanes, while PS promoted the formation of more aromatic compounds, which is in agreement with these plastics initial molecular structure. Some co-liquefaction tests were done in presence of tetralin, a hydrogen donor solvent that promoted the formation of liquids. Tetralin allowed increasing liquids yields obtained with plastics to values higher than 90 % wt. , while in co-liquefaction of coal with used tyres led to liquids yields around 77 % wt.
Effects of yoga on patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain: A PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis. Li Y1,2, Li S3, Jiang J4, Yuan S1,2

Now that we’ve covered basic anatomy of understanding research, it’s time for a deeper dive into dissecting a journal article! For example, I did a quick search on pubmed [https://www.ncbi. nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/ ] (“yoga and neck”) and was delighted to see an article about the effects of yoga on patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain. It’s a recent (2019) systematic review! Let’s take it apart together, shall we? Below is the abstract, which summarizes the article. It’s what you’ll see when you click on the name of the article, from the pubmed link. [Accessed 8/12/19 from: https://insights.ovid. com/pubmed? pmid=30813206 ] First you take a look through on your own, making a few notes for yourself if you wish. And then read on, and I’ll point out a few things that I see here.
The Impact of Gender and Task Nature on Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Corrective Feedback Preferences

This study examined Iranian EFL learners’ preferences regarding oral Corrective Feedback (CF) in a TOEFL speaking course. A 30-item questionnaire was administered to 32 participants in a TOEFL preparation course to elicit EFL learners’ views concerning their CF expectations. The results showed that based on the nature and objective of the course, students cared about their accuracy while fluency for these students was of secondary importance. Therefore, CF was regarded as crucial and necessary by the participants and they considered their grammatical errors as the most important one to be corrected followed by vocabulary and pronunciation errors. In terms of CF type, explicit and delayed corrective feedback were the most preferred error correction forms. Furthermore, males preferred their teacher to correct them, females favored self-correction and peer correction more than males. Finally, it can be concluded Attitudes to different feedback types and types of errors that they prefer to be corrected were mostly affected by the nature and the objective of the tasks and the course in general.
A detailed inventory of medium to high-rise buildings in Wellington's central business district

Recent earthquakes in New Zealand not only highlighted the vulnerabilities of the existing building stock but also the need for: (i) a better understanding of the building inventory, and (ii) easy access to information for quicker response after an event. In the case of Wellington, efforts over the years by the City Council and other stakeholders have produced a number of useful datasets about the building inventory. These available datasets when put together are critical in understanding the composition and characteristics of the building inventory in Wellington. This paper describes the available information, and the process to combine the different strands of data possessed by multiple stakeholders into an effective and usable multi-disciplinary building inventory database for Wellington’s CBD. The uses and future directions for this collated database are also discussed.
α-synuclein pathology does not predict extrapyramidal symptoms or dementia

Intracytoplasmic aggregation of α  synuclein protein as Lewy bodies in the brainstem neurons is diagnostic for Parkinson s disease, whereas if this proc ess also occurs in the cortical neurons, it is considered pathognomonic for deme ntia with Lewy bodies. However, the link between α synuclein incorporation into inclusions, neuronal dysfunction, and clinical symptoms needs to be clarified. Another important issue of the pathogenetic puzzle is to understand where α  synuclein pathology begins and how it progresses in the brain. To study this, we collected all cases from autopsy material (N = 904) that had α  synuclein pa thology in the dorsal motor nucleus of vagus,substantia nigra, and/or basal fore brain nuclei. In this way, our study has a unique design because the selection o f material is entirely based on the presence of α  synuclein pathology regard less of clinical phenotype. Retrospective clinical assessment then showed that o nly 32 (30% ) of 106 α  synuclein positive cases were diagnosed with a neu rodegenerative disorder. The distribution or load of α  synuclein pathology d id not permit a dependable postmortem diagnosis of extrapyramidal symptoms or co gnitive impairment. Some neurologically unimpaired cases had a reasonable burden of α  synuclein pathology in both brainstem and cortical areas, suggesting t hat α  synuclein positive structures are not definite markers of neuronal d ysfunction.
Resolving the size of ice-nucleating particles with a balloon deployable aerosol sampler: the SHARK

Abstract. Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) affect cloud development, lifetime, and radiative properties, hence it is important to know the abundance of INPs throughout the atmosphere. A critical factor in determining the lifetime and transport of INPs is their size; however very little size-resolved atmospheric INP concentration information exists. Here we present the development and application of a radio-controlled payload capable of collecting size-resolved aerosol from a tethered balloon for the primary purpose of offline INP analysis. This payload, known as the SHARK (Selective Height Aerosol Research Kit), consists of two complementary cascade impactors for aerosol size-segregation from 0.25 to 10 µm, with an after-filter and top stage to collect particles below and above this range at flow rates of up to 100 L min−1. The SHARK also contains an optical particle counter to quantify aerosol size distribution between 0.38 and 10 µm, and a radiosonde for the measurement of temperature, pressure, GPS altitude, and relative humidity. This is all housed within a weatherproof box, can be run from batteries for up to 11 h, and has a total weight of 9 kg. The radio control and live data link with the radiosonde allow the user to start and stop sampling depending on meteorological conditions and height, which can, for example, allow the user to avoid sampling in very humid or cloudy air, even when the SHARK is out of sight. While the collected aerosol could, in principle, be studied with an array of analytical techniques, this study demonstrates that the collected aerosol can be analysed with an offline droplet freezing instrument to determine size-resolved INP concentrations, activated fractions, and active site densities, producing similar results to those obtained using a standard PM10 aerosol sampler when summed over the appropriate size range. Test data, where the SHARK was sampling near ground level or suspended from a tethered balloon at 20 m altitude, are presented from four contrasting locations having very different size-resolved INP spectra: Hyytiälä (southern Finland), Leeds (northern England), Longyearbyen (Svalbard), and Cardington (southern England).
Effects of the Summer Savory (Satureja hortensis L.) Powder and Extract on the Performance of Male Broiler Chicken

Summer savory (Satureja hortensis L.) is an aromatic medicinal plant native to southern Europe, and one of the 12 Satureja species has been classified in Iran [1]. Carvacrol and thymol (isomer) are the major active compounds in this plant, which has numerous health benefits for humans and animals [2]. Several primary references on this plant are available. For instance, Funke (1943) examined the effects of Satureja hortensis on Allium cepa [3], while Suchar (1955) assessed the ethereal oil and properties of Satureja hortensis L. cultivated at various levels [4]. In addition, Felklova (1958) elaborated on the contents of the ethereal oil of Satureja hortensis during vegetation [5], and Thieme (1972) investigated the accumulation and composition of the volatile oils in Satureja hortensis, Satureja montana, and Artemisia dracunculus during ontogenesis [6]. Some studies have also been focused on the essential oil composition of Satureja hortensis in various regions [7]. Summer savory and its active essential oils have recently been experimented as food additives and in alternative to antimicrobial agents in order to determine their effects on broiler performance. For instance, Hashemipour et al. (2014) [8] reported the improvement of body weight gain (BWG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR), while the feed intake had no increase in the female broilers receiving 100 and 200 mg/kg of carvacrol with thymol from a commercial feed additive product. However, the feed intake linearly decreased when the concentration of thymol and carvacrol increased to zero, 60, 100, and 200 mg/kg in the basal diet. Journal of Human, Environment, and Health Promotion
A time-frequency analysis of sovereign debt contagion in europe

This paper adopted a wavelet approach to investigate the financial contagion in the Eurozone debt market during various crisis-ridden periods in the zone. We used weekly 10-year bond yield data and showed that until the onset of the fi nancial crisis of 2007/2008, bond yields were highly synchronised among all countries. However, the bond yields in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Portugal became unsynchronised with core countries after 2008. Similarly, there was no synchronisation among the periphery countries during this period, except for Italy and Spain. We found evidence of contagion emanating from Ireland during the fi rst part of the sovereign debt crisis until around 2010, and from Greece afterwards. We also established that contagion spread to Portugal, Greece and Ireland, and can be observed at high frequencies. However, Italy and Spain were not affected. At business cycle frequencies, we found that the Greek crisis propelled a flight-to-quality flow to Belgium, Finland, France and Germany.
Data synthesis methods for semantic segmentation in agriculture: A Capsicum annuum dataset

This paper provides synthesis methods for large-scale semantic image segmentation datasets of agricultural scenes with the objective to bridge the gap between state-of-the art computer vision performance and that of computer vision in the agricultural robotics domain. We propose a novel methodology to generate renders of random meshes of plants based on empirical measurements, including the automated generation per-pixel class and depth labels for multiple plant parts. A running example is given of Capsicum annuum (sweet or bell pepper) in a high-tech greenhouse. A synthetic dataset of 10,500 images was rendered through Blender, using scenes with 42 procedurally generated plant models with randomised plant parameters. These parameters were based on 21 empirically measured plant properties at 115 positions on 15 plant stems. Fruit models were obtained by 3D scanning and plant part textures were gathered photographically. As reference dataset for modelling and evaluate segmentation performance, 750 empirical images of 50 plants were collected in a greenhouse from multiple angles and distances using image acquisition hardware of a sweet pepper harvest robot prototype. We hypothesised high similarity between synthetic images and empirical images, which we showed by analysing and comparing both sets qualitatively and quantitatively. The sets and models are publicly released with the intention to allow performance comparisons between agricultural computer vision methods, to obtain feedback for modelling improvements and to gain further validations on usability of synthetic bootstrapping and empirical fine-tuning. Finally, we provide a brief perspective on our hypothesis that related synthetic dataset bootstrapping and empirical fine-tuning can be used for improved learning.
Cloudy-sky contributions to the direct aerosol effect

Abstract. The radiative forcing of the aerosol–radiation interaction can be decomposed into clear-sky and cloudy-sky portions. Two sets of multi-model simulations within Aerosol Comparisons between Observations and Models (AeroCom), combined with observational methods, and the time evolution of aerosol emissions over the industrial era show that the contribution from cloudy-sky regions is likely weak. A mean of the simulations considered is 0.01±0.1 W m−2. Multivariate data analysis of results from AeroCom Phase II shows that many factors influence the strength of the cloudy-sky contribution to the forcing of the aerosol–radiation interaction. Overall, single-scattering albedo of anthropogenic aerosols and the interaction of aerosols with the short-wave cloud radiative effects are found to be important factors. A more dedicated focus on the contribution from the cloud-free and cloud-covered sky fraction, respectively, to the aerosol–radiation interaction will benefit the quantification of the radiative forcing and its uncertainty range.
Leader Empowering Behaviors and Psychological Empowerment as Perceived by Young Hospital Staff Nurses: A Pilot Study

Introduction: Empowerment has become an important concept in nursing that has gained acknowledgment in theories and practice of leadership and management. A positive organization espouses empowerment to attract and retain employees. While it is not new to nursing, there is little published research on empowerment among nurses in the Philippines. This study aimed to measure young staff nurses’ perception of leader empowering behaviors and psychological empowerment.Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey design participated by 44 conveniently chosen staff nurses in a private teaching and training hospital in Iloilo City, Philippines. The participants were asked to answer 5-point Likert scale questions utilizing adopted instruments. Descriptive and non-parametric statistical stools were used with Mann-Whitney U test to determine differences and Spearman’s rank correlation to establish relationship between variables.Results: Overall, young staff nurses perceived their leaders’ behaviors to be highly empowering (M=3.89). Staff nurses also had a high level of psychological empowerment (M=4.07). Leader empowering behaviors was significantly related to staff nurses’ perception of psychological empowerment (p=.001). Staff nurses’ level of psychological empowerment were significantly different in terms of employment status (p=.020) and years of work experience (p=.014). Conclusion: This study highlights the positive influence of the empowering behaviors of leaders in enhancing staff nurses’ level of psychological empowerment. It is vital for nurse managers to continually demonstrate leadership behaviors that empower staff nurses at the unit level.
Theoretical Modelling Analysis on Tensile Properties of Bioepoxy/Clay Nanocomposites Using Epoxidised Soybean Oils

A theoretical modelling framework was proposed to predict tensile moduli and tensile strengths of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites in terms of clay content and epoxidised soybean oil (ESO) content, which could be influenced by properties of blended matrices in nanocomposites, clay filler type, orientation and dispersion status, clay morphological structures, and filler-matrix interfacial bonding. The random orientation of dispersed clay fillers played a significant role in predicting elastic moduli of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites at clay contents of 1-8 wt% (ESO content: 20 wt%) according to Hui-Shia (H-S) laminate model and Halpin-Tsai (H-T) laminate model. In addition, when clay content was fixed at 5 wt%, H-S laminate model coincided well with the experimental data of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites at the ESO contents of 0-40 wt%. Whereas, Hirsch model showed closer estimated values with experimental data at the ESO content of 60 wt%. Finally, Turcsanyi-Pukanszky-Tudos (T-P-T) model predicted better tensile strengths of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites at clay contents of 1-5 wt% (ESO content: 20 wt%) and at an ESO content of 20-60 wt% (clay content: 5 wt%).
Relationship between Insider Ownership and Sales Growth with Dividend Policy and Leverage (Study on Manufacturing Company in Indonesia Stock Exchange)

This study aims to: (1) examine effect of insider ownership on leverage, (2) examine effect of sales growth on leverage, (3) test effect of insider ownership on leverage mediated by dividend policy; (4) test effect of sales growth to leverage mediated by dividend policy. This research was conducted at manufacturing companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange with observation period 2007-2011. Based on population criteria, companies number that meet the criteria are 22 companies. Method of data analysis is Path Analysis.Study findings are: (1) insider ownership has significant effect on leverage, (2) sales growth has insignificant effect on leverage, (3) insider ownership has significant effect on leverage mediated by dividend policy, strengthening agency theory and pecking order theory in Indonesia manufacturing companies, (4) sales growth has a significant effect on leverage mediated by dividend policy, strengthening pecking order theory for informasi manufacturing companies. Originality this study is to fill previous research gap using dividend policy as a mediating variable in relationship between insider ownership with leverage and sales growth relationships with leverage
EFFECT OF GRINDING AND PARTICLE SIZE ON SOME PHYSICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CHITOSAN

The present study was conducted to prepare nano-chitosan particles (CN) by ultrafine grinding from crude chitosan powder (CC) using a ball mill with 130 numbers of zirconia beads in range from 0.5 to 1.5 mm diameter (75 beads 0.5 mm diameter, 30 beads 1.0 mm diameter and 25 beads 1.5 mm diameter). In addition, physical and rheological properties of chitosan solutions were determined. The results revealed that ultrafine grinding has effectively milled the chitosan particles to nanoscale. Prepared chitosan nanoparticles were characterized by devices X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Zetasizer particle sizes and Zeta potential of chitosan particles (after milling for 30, 60 and 90 minutes). The particle size of nano-chitosan was distributed in a range of 250-600 nm. with a polydispersity index use as an anti-oxidant and antimicrobial with reducing the amount used to deliver the desired purpose. Additional research is required to further investigate the potential value-added utilization of these chitosan derivatives in improving the quality and safety of some food products.