Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hay Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Alfalfa under Different Irrigation and Fungicide Regimes in a Semiarid Climate

Alfalfa is one of the most nutritive and high-yielding forage legumes planted in rotation with cereal crops across the United States. Under semiarid and arid climates with limited water resources, sustainable management of the available resources is required. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of different irrigation regimes and fungicide applications on alfalfa in the high desert region of the Colorado Plateau of the U.S. Field experiments were conducted during the 2012–2014 period. Alfalfa was planted in fall 2012, uniformly irrigated for crop establishment and subjected to seven different irrigation regimes after the first cut in spring 2013. Alfalfa was treated by fungicide application and was harvested at 10% blooming. The maximum amounts of applied water were 350, 300, 208, and 312 mm, respectively, during the first, second, third, and fourth regrowth cycles in 2013, and 373, 282, 198, and 246 mm in 2014 for the respective regrowth cycles in 2014; the seasonal applied irrigation amount varied from 711 to 1171 mm in 2013 and from 328 to 1100 mm in 2014. The results showed non-significant effect of fungicide application on the forage yield. Alfalfa forage yield was significantly affected by the irrigation regimes and showed a third order polynomial relationship with the applied irrigation amounts during each regrowth cycle and on seasonal scale. Forage yield decreased from the first cut to the fourth cut and the annual forage varied from 10.6 to 25.7 Mg/ha for the treated alfalfa and from 11.5 to 25.6 Mg/ha for the non-treated alfalfa. Forage yield at each cut accounted for 39.6, 24.2, 17.6, and 18.6% of the 2013 season forage yield and 31.4, 23.8, 21.6, and 23.2% of the 2014 season forage yield, for the first, second, third, and fourth cut, respectively. Alfalfa water use efficiency varied from 0.06 to 3.3 kg/m3. The relationships developed in this study could be used by forage growers, crop consultants, and project managers for decision making and planning to improve the productivity of water under the semiarid and arid climate of New Mexico and the surrounding regions.
The Machine Translation of Literature: Implications for Translation Pedagogy

The recent years have witnessed an increasing importance of machine translation systems due to the prolific production on online texts in different disciplines and furthermore, the inability of traditional translation methods in addressing translation needs all over the world. It is even argued that training on translation tools should be integrated into translation pedagogies and ultimately, courses should be provided for students and professionals. In spite of the effectiveness of translation tools and systems in providing solutions in relation to different disciplines and text genres, the usability and reliability of such systems in terms of literary texts, however, is still highly controversial. Many critics and educators still underestimate the usefulness of the machine translation systems in literature, which could be partially attributed to the unique nature of the language of the literary texts. The issue has its pedagogical implications to translation instruction due to the needs to integrate emerging technologies in teaching and learning practices. For proper use of translation technologies in educational contexts, these need to be well evaluated. For this purpose, this study evaluates the usefulness of applying machine translation systems to literature with the purpose of identifying the challenges that may have negative impacts on the reliability of machine translation systems. In order to do this this, two translation systems are selected, namely, Google Translate and Q Translate. By way of illustration, the study is based on a corpus of two English short stories. The study is based on two prose fiction texts. The first is J. K. Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The second is Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Black Cat. Automatic translations generated by the two machine translation systems were compared to human made Arabic translations with the purpose of identifying the problems within these translations. Results indicate that different lexical, structural, and pragmatic errors are encountered by users which negatively impact the reliability of these translations. Educators and translation instructors need to reflect on the challenges of machine translation systems in relation to literature. Software developers need also to address the problems faced by users and students in the translation from and into the Arabic language.
Public Workers’ Perception towards Contributory Pension Scheme: Evidence from Lagos State, Nigeria

This study examines the perception of public workers towards contributory pension scheme with specific reference to Lagos State, Nigeria. The descriptive research design was adopted, while the simple random sampling technique was employed to select 398 respondents as the sample size for the study. Data analysis was performed with the aid of mean and chi-square. The result reveals that perception of workers towards contributory pension scheme encourages workers to save towards future, is convenient for them in the event of changing jobs, their benefits at retirement will not be affected in the event their employer becomes insolvent, it empowers contributor to choose who administers his/her retirement benefits account and provides the opportunity of enjoying some modicum of pension on retirement. Furthermore, the result reveals that non-remittance of pension contribution into retirement saving account and non-compliance of the pension reform as amended by the government at all levels, are the major challenges facing the successful implementation of the scheme. The study concludes that the contributory pension scheme looks bleak for the sustainability in Nigeria. Therefore, government at all levels should do the needful to ensure the full implementation of the scheme.
Break Even Point Analysis As A Basic of Profit Planning In Handal Insan Sentosa Batik Business

Batik is a craft that has high artistic value and has been a part of Indonesian culture for a long time. One of the centers of written batik in Sidoarjo is Reliable Insan Sentosa written batik which is a container in the effort to preserve batik itself. This study aims to analyze the amount of company revenue and production in the state of reaching Break Even Point. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method, to get a clearer and more detailed picture based on the data and information that has been obtained. The results showed that the business of reliable handmade batik sentosa level of profit earned Rp. 12,182,325, where the break even point of sales achieved was Rp.199,000,000 with a total of 199 units. The achieved margin of safety is 10% or Rp.22,200,000 from sales. So that the margin of safety obtained is Rp.199,800,000. In this case the greater the margin of safety the better for the company because the company can experience a significant decline. MSMEs are advised to classify costs to prepare financial reports and apply a BEP analysis to determine financial condition.
İş Güvencesizliği Algısında Sosyo-Demografik Değişkenlerin Etkisi: Otel İşletmelerinde Bir İnceleme

Women entrepreneurship makes significant contributions to the level of economic development in the world. However, different from developed economies women entrepreneurs meet more difficult and challenging situations in developing economies. Further to that women participation in workforce and entrepreneurship process is much lesser in the countries where the gender gap is high. According to some study findings, independently of disadvantageous conditions and the level of economic development, how women entrepreneurs become successful is the issue of concern. Thus, the aim of the study is to explore the experiences, success factors, and personal and social results of women entrepreneurship process. The semi-structured interview method was employed in the study. A total of 30 entrepreneur women participated in the research. The results showed that apart from personal characteristics the environmental support is also significant in the women entrepreneurship process. It was also understood that the self-perceptions change positively with the effects of decreasing inequality attitudes towards women. a Corresponding author, Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi Gastronomi ve Mutfak Sanatları Bölümü, Gümüşhane, Türkiye. E-mail: eraypolat38@gmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0003-1470-4298 242 | İş ve İnsan Dergisi 7(2) 241-253
Two-step annealing treatment for grain refinement of cold-worked AISI 316L stainless steel

Abstract Two-step annealing after cold rolling is proposed for the optimization of the annealing process of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel toward more intense grain refinement. It was revealed that the first step of the annealing process at lower temperatures (i. e. 750 0C) can be used for the reversion of strain-induced martensite to austenite without uninhibited grain growth and recrystallization of the retained austenite. Afterwards, the primary recrystallization of the retained austenite takes place in the second step of the annealing process at higher temperatures (in the range of 850 to 950 0C). Carefully controlling the second annealing step resulted in a finer grain size and better mechanical response compared to those of a conventional one-step annealing approach.
The Influence of Organizational Culture on Organizational Commitment Post Pandemic Covid-19

This study aims to analyze the influence of organizational cultural values of PT. Panca Putri, consisting of Takwa's organizational culture, responsibility, resilience, skill and direct responsibility for organizational engagement after the Covid-19 pandemic. This type of research in this study is the type of explanatory research. The sampling technique is probability sampling. Respondents in this study were the employeeso PT. Panca Putri no less than 59 people. Data collection methods used included interviews, questionnaires and documentation. Validity and reliability tests are performed and then proceed to data analysis using path analysis. The results showed that the post-pandemic covid-19 organizational culture of PT. Panca Putri, namely Takwa, Tough and Responsibility, has a significant influence on commitment. While the organizational culture of responsiveness and skill has an influence, but not significantly on commitment.
A Meta-Analytic Approach to Predict Methane Emissions from Dairy Goats Using Milk Fatty Acid Profile

The aim of this work was to develop an equation to predict methane yield (CH4, g/kg dry matter intake) from dairy goats using milk fatty acid (FA) profile. Data from 12 research papers (30 treatments and 223 individual observations) were used in a meta-regression. Since most of the selected studies did not extensively report milk fat composition, palmitic acid (C16:0) was selected as a potential predictor. The obtained equation was: CH4 (g/kg dry matter intake) = 0.525 × C16:0 (% in milk fat). The coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.46), the root mean square error of prediction (RMSPE = 3.16 g/kg dry matter intake), and the concordance correlation coefficient (CCC = 0.65) indicated that the precision, accuracy and reproducibility of the model were moderate. The relationship between CH4 yield and C16:0 content in milk fat would be supported by the fact that diet characteristics that increase the amount of available hydrogen in the rumen for archaea to produce CH4, simultaneously favor the conditions for the synthesis of C16:0 in the mammary gland. The obtained equation might be useful, along with previous published equations based on diet characteristics, to evaluate the environmental impact of dairy goat farming.
Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Schooling and Learning Outcomes: A Set of Global Estimates

Abstract This paper presents simulations of the potential effect of COVID-19-related school closures on schooling and learning outcomes. It considers four scenarios—varying in both the duration of school closures and the effectiveness of any mitigation strategies being deployed by governments. Using data on 174 countries, the analysis finds that the global level of schooling and learning will fall substantially. School closures could result in a loss of between 0.3 and 1.1 years of schooling adjusted for quality, bringing down the effective years of basic schooling that students achieve during their lifetime from 7.8 years to between 6.7 and 7.5 years. Close to 11 million students from primary up to secondary education could drop out due to the income shock of the pandemic alone. Exclusion and inequality will likely be exacerbated if already marginalized and vulnerable groups, such as girls, ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities, are more adversely affected by school closures. Students from the current cohort could, on average, face a reduction of $366 to $1,776 in yearly earnings. In present value terms, this amounts to between $6,680 and $32,397 dollars in lost earnings over a typical student's lifetime. Globally, a school shutdown of 5 months could generate learning losses that have a present value of $10 trillion. By this measure, the world could stand to lose as much as 16 percent of the investments that governments make in the basic education of this cohort of students. In the pessimistic and very pessimistic scenarios, cumulative losses could add up to between $16 and $20 trillion in present value terms. Unless drastic remedial action is taken, the world could face a substantial setback in achieving the goal of halving the percentage of learning poor by 2030.
Male homosocial bonds and perceptions of human–robot relationships in an online sex doll forum

Debates about human–machine relationships have intensified following the launch of the world’s first commercially available sex robot ‘Harmony’, a hyperrealistic sex doll with AI-capabilities. With the likely consumer market for these devices among white, male, heterosexual sex-doll owners, their views about sex robot technology and the niche online communities in which they discuss their doll relationships have received little scholarly attention. Through a qualitative analysis of the discursive practices of male users of a major sex doll forum, this study found complex and dynamic homosocial relations characterized men’s online interactions. In their discussion of a sex robot future, men negotiate competing structures of masculinity and sexuality and create a safe, online space for others to express their sexual desires and preferences. Using the concept of the ‘seam’ or join, the results reveal the way male users of sex dolls position themselves subjectively and are positioned by technology and the increasingly porous interface between human and machine.
Parahelicops, Pararhabdophis, Paraphyly: Phylogenetic Relationships among Certain Southeast Asian Natricine Snakes (Hebius)

ABSTRACT We investigate the phylogenetic relationships of two poorly known Natricinae, Parahelicops and Pararhabdophis, for which we obtained nucleotide sequence data from one mitochondrial gene (cytochrome b) and three nuclear genes (CMOS, NT3, and RAG1). Maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and combined and partitioned Bayesian analyses suggest that both Parahelicops and Pararhabdophis are embedded within the genus Hebius. To align classification with phylogeny, we synonymize Parahelicops and Pararhabdophis with Hebius.
Prevalence and pattern of echocardiographic abnormalities among patients on haemodialysis at an urban hospital in Central Uganda

Background: Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of morbidity and premature mortality in patients on chronic haemodialysis. There are limited data on cardiac abnormalities among these patients in sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda. We determined the prevalence and patterns of echocardiographic (echo) abnormalities among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on haemodialysis at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Methods: Eighty patients with ESRD on chronic haemodialysis were enrolled in the study over a period of five months from November 2017 to March 2018. We collected data on demographic and baseline clinical characteristics by reviewing charts and conducting patient interviews. Participants had blood pressure measurements performed and blood samples taken for laboratory investigations. We then conducted a cardiac evaluation using standard transthoracic echo protocols. Bivariable and multivariable analysis was performed to study associations with left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction. Results: Fifty-three of the 80 patients (66%) were male, mean age was 49 ± 16 years and the median duration on dialysis was 9.5 months (interquartile range 4–24 months). Twenty-eight (35%) had to travel >50 km to access dialysis. Seventy-four patients (93%) had at least one cardiac echo abnormality and 30% had at least three abnormalities. Left ventricular hypertrophy (68%) and diastolic dysfunction (64%) were the most common abnormalities. There was a high prevalence of factors that have previously been associated with left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction including anaemia (79%), poorly controlled hypertension (79%) and dyslipidaemia (56%) but none of these was statistically significantly associated in this study. Conclusions: Our study confirmed a high prevalence of cardiac abnormalities among a young population of African patients with ESRD on chronic dialysis. We recommend that echocardiography be part of the routine care to help plan early intervention for those at high risk of cardiovascular events.
AMMI Biplot Analysis in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Genotypes for Genotype X Environment Interaction at Four Agro-ecologies in Telangana State

The objective of this study was to determine the genotype × environment interaction (GEI) and stability performance of eight promising cotton genotypes at four agro-ecologies in Telangana State. The experimental material consisting of eight genotypes were planted in randomized block design Original Research Article Lingaiah et al.; CJAST, 39(15): 98-103, 2020; Article no.CJAST. 57432 99 replicating thrice in four diverse environments of Telangana state during 2017, Kharif season. The present investigation was carried out in four diverse environments of Telangana state viz. RARS, Warangal, ARS, Adilabad, ARS, Modhole and RARS, Palem (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University) during 2017, Kharif season. The study was conducted at four diversified agro-ecologies of Telangana State. The experimental material comprised of eight genotypes viz., WGCV-109, ADB-638, WGCV-122, Narasimha, WGCV-119, WGCV-119, Srirama, WGCV-48 and ADB 645. First pooled analysis of variance was carried out to know the significance variation in genotype x environment interaction followed by AMMI analysis for genotype x environment interaction studies. Analysis of variance was significant for environments and (G x E) components indicating the use fullness of AMMI analysis in identifying the stable genotypes. Among the eight cotton genotypes, WGCV-109, Narasimha and ADB-645 were found to be best yielders over environments whereas the genotypes G7 (WGCV-48) and G4 (Narasimha) found to be stable. Most of the genotypes showed environment specificity. As a result, almost all of the evaluated genotypes were affected by the genotype x environment interaction effects, hence no genotype had superior performance in all environments.
The Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 108

Meteoritical Bulletin 108 contains 2141 meteorites including 12 falls (Aguas Zarcas, Benenitra, Jalangi, Komaki, Ksar El Goraane, Mhabes el Hamra, Natun Balijan, Oued Sfayat, Shidian, Taqtaq‐e Rasoul, Tocache, Viñales), with 1640 ordinary chondrites, 149 carbonaceous chondrites, 134 HED achondrites, 45 lunar meteorites, 38 ureilites, 27 iron meteorites, 23 Martian meteorites, 22 primitive achondrites, 19 Rumuruti chondrites, 15 mesosiderites, 10 enstatite chondrites, 7 ungrouped achondrites, 4 pallasites, 4 ungrouped chondrites, and 4 angrites. Nine hundred and nine meteorites are from Africa, 747 from Antarctica, 279 from South America, 148 from Asia, 29 from North America, 18 from Oceania, 6 from Europe (including 2 from Russia), and 5 from unknown locations.
Stability Analysis of Long Combination Vehicles Using Davies Method

The cargo transportation in the world is mostly dominated by road transport, using long combination vehicles (LCV’s). These vehicles offer more load capacity, which reduces transport costs and thus increases the efficiency and competitiveness of companies and the country. But the tradeoff of LCV’s is their low lateral stability and propensity to roll over, which has been the focus of many studies. Most vehicle stability models do not consider the longitudinal aspects of the vehicle and the road, such as the stiffness of the chassis, the gravity center location, and the longitudinal slope angle of the road. But, the use of three-dimensional models of vehicles allows a more rigorous analysis of vehicle stability. In this context, this study aims to develop a three-dimensional mechanism model representing the last trailer unit of an LCV under an increasing lateral load until it reaches the rollover threshold. The proposed model considers the gravity center movement of the trailer, which is affected by the suspension, tires, fifth-wheel, and the chassis. Davies method has proved to be an important tool in the kinetostatic analysis of mechanisms, and therefore it is employed for the kinetostatic analysis of the three-dimensional mechanism of the trailer.
Fund sentiment beta and delegated investment

ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of fund sentiment beta (FSB) in delegated investment, which provides managed funds a novel grasp for formulating investment strategies. In a unified framework, it is shown that fund managers can exploit investors’ sentiment with strategic choice of FSB: when investors are optimistic (pessimistic), the catering (contrarian) strategy delights investors, who are thus willing to invest more and pay more to fund managers. Funds with high sentiment sensitivity tend to have elevated volatility, which warns against its excessive usage. These results provide theoretical support to many empirical findings in literature.
Control of Spinal Motoneurons by Feedback From a Non-Invasive Real-Time Interface

Interfacing with human neural cells during natural tasks provides the means for investigating the working principles of the central nervous system and for developing human-machine interaction technologies. Here we present a computationally efficient non-invasive, real-time interface based on the decoding of the activity of spinal motoneurons from wearable high-density electromyogram (EMG) sensors. We validate this interface by comparing its decoding results with those obtained with invasive EMG sensors and offline decoding, as reference. Moreover, we test the interface in a series of studies involving real-time feedback on the behavior of a relatively large number of decoded motoneurons. The results on accuracy, intuitiveness, and stability of control demonstrate the possibility of establishing a direct non-invasive interface with the human spinal cord without the need for extensive training. Moreover, in a control task, we show that the accuracy in control of the proposed neural interface may approach that of the natural control of force. These results are the first that demonstrate the feasibility and validity of a non-invasive direct neural interface with the spinal cord, with wearable systems and matching the neural information flow of natural movements.