Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Collapse Deformation Behavior of a Rockfill Material Using Large Scale Triaxial Tests

An experimental program including dry-saturated large-scale triaxial tests was conducted in order to investigate the effects of gradation curve and dry density on the saturation-induced collapse deformation behavior of a rockfill material. Two large scale triaxial equipments with three different sample diameters of 20, 30 and 80cm were employed and a set of dry-saturated tests were conducted. Specimens with different gradation curves and various initial dry densities were tested. The results indicate that in all of the dry-saturated tests, sudden reductions in the shear strengths and volumes of the specimens were observed during the submerging process. The effects of material maximum particle size, fines content and initial dry density on the value of sudden shear strength reduction, internal friction angle reduction caused by saturation ( c), the change in elasticity modulus of the material due to submerging, i.e., (Ewet/Edry), and also the saturation-induced sudden volumetric strain ( vc) were evaluated and discussed. Based on the results of dry-saturated tests, the intensity of collapse deformation behavior of the rockfill material increases as the material maximum particle size and fines content increases. However, increasing the initial dry density of the material decreases the intensity of collapse deformation phenomenon.
Short Communication: The diversity of termites along the altitudinal gradient in a Karst Area of Southern Gombong, Central Java, Indonesia

Pratiknyo H, Setyowati EA. 2020. Short Communication: The diversity of termites along the altitudinal gradient in a Karst Area of Southern Gombong, Central Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 1730-1734. A karst area of Southern Gombong at altitudes of 0500 m has a porous substrate whose soil content decreases as the altitude gets higher toward the top of the hill. This area is characterized by poor soil nutrient, but it has high CaCO3 and pH, which is not a favorable habitat for many species of termites which depend on soil substrate, as source of nutrient for community development, especially soil-feeding termites, as habitat for fungi as secondary daily diet, and as a stabilizer of the nest humidity. The aims of this research were to determine the diversity of termites along the altitudinal gradient in this karst area, and to determine the correlation between altitude and the termite diversity. The area was divided into 5 segments based on the altitudes, i.e., 0-100 m, 100-200 m, 200-300 m, 300-400 m, and 400-500 m. In each segment, a transect belt, 100 m long and 2 m wide, was made. Each transect was divided into 20 sections. Termites were sampled from living trees, branches, bark, litter and soil for 30 minutes per person in each section. The data were analyzed to determine the Shannon-Wienner diversity index (H), Shannon-Evenness index (E), and Simpson's Dominance index, and to find the correlation between the species diversity and altitude. The results showed that the termite diversity in the study site was low. Only four termite species were found with the indexes of diversity (H’), evenness (E), and dominance (D) of 1.01, 0.73 and 0.44 respectively. There was no linear correlation between termite diversity and altitude; the highest diversity was found in the middle altitudes, following the mid-domain effect model.
Acceptance of Crowdfunding of Entrepreneurs

Crowdfunding is an alternative fundraising method, which draws a small amount of money from each investor, in a pool of investors, via internet. It is a concept that is gaining the attention of both academics and practitioners, as a potential tool to resolve funding problems of startups, which are not financially sound enough to access formal financial markets. However, crowdfunding literature consists more of interdisciplinary researches, especially regarding applicability of it as a funding source for small enterprises. Therefore, studying the factors that affect the acceptance of crowdfunding is an important area of research. Technology acceptance models can be applied in crowdfunding research, since it is treated as a type of information system. Previous studies have used technology acceptance models to explain investor behavior of crowdfunding with technological factors and environmental factors. Furthermore, entrepreneurs or project creators have been ignored by the researchers. Hence, the objective of the study is to perform a desk research on technology acceptance models related to acceptance of crowdfunding of entrepreneurs. The review highlights that there is a limitation of using technology acceptance model to explain the behavior of entrepreneurs, since those theories do not consider individual factors. Accordingly, the study proposes an integrated model of unified theory of acceptance, and use of technology and entrepreneurial potential model, for the purpose of better reflection of entrepreneur‟s attitudes and intention towards using crowdfunding. Future studies can be focused on test the model with empirical data for further development of entrepreneurial crowdfunding acceptance model.
The Role of Corporate Governance as a Moderating Variable on Earnings Management and Carbon Emission Disclosure

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of earnings management on carbon emission disclosure with corporate governance as a moderating variable. The population was companies in the sector of industry and chemical, agriculture, energy, transportation listed on the Indonesia stock exchange (IDX). Based on the purposive sampling method, 12 companies were selected as the samples (60 firm-year observations). The data analysis technique used is the moderate regression analysis (MRA). The results showed that the earnings management has a significant positive effect on carbon emission disclosure. The board of commissioner size moderates the influence of the earnings management on the carbon emission disclosure. The board of directors has a role in affecting the carbon emission disclosure, while the independent commissioners, the institutional ownership, and the audit committee meetings do not have a significant effect on weakening the effect of profit management on carbon emission disclosure
The Effect of Potato Protease Inhibitor II on Gastrointestinal Hormones and Satiety in Humans During Weight Reduction Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy

Context: It is questioned whether the potato protein protease inhibitor II (PI2) reduces appetite and exerts effects on the satiety hormone cholecystokinin (CCK). Objective: To investigate PI2 impact on gastrointestinal hormones and appetite measures during weight reduction. Design: In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial over 20 weeks, ﬁ fty-two overweight/obese participants (BMI 25.2 – 38.0 kg/m 2 ) received a protein-rich diet (30%) adjusted to 500 kcal below their individual daily needs. Subjects ingested a capsule containing either PI2 (150 mg) or placebo twice daily 1 hr before lunch and dinner. At week 0 and week 10 participants joined breakfast test meals to determine CCK, GLP-1, ghrelin, leptin, glucose and insulin concentrations in a time course experimental manner. Appetite sensations were measured on test meal days and in week 4, 9, 14 and 19 using visual analogue scales. Results: Weight loss at week 10 and 20 in the PI2 group was 4.3±3.1 kg and 5.6±4.1 kg, in the control group: 4.7±4.0 kg and 6.8±3.7 kg. A signi ﬁ cant effect of PI2 on circulating CCK levels was observed at week 10. The other hormones were unaffected by PI2. At week 10, PI2 group subjects showed higher satiety and decreased desire to eat compared to placebo. During study duration, PI2 showed a signi ﬁ cant impact on appetite ratings prior to lunch, one hour before dinner and just before dinner. Conclusion: PI2 increased circulating CCK plasma levels during the diet intervention. Likewise, PI2 modulated appetite sensation from week 4 to 20. The study demonstrated that the PI2 can modulate a key satiety signal.
Implementation of the Concept of a Repository for Automated Processing of Semi-Structural Data

Semi-structural data tend to be problematic due to the sparsity of their attributes and due to the fact that, regardless of their type, they are immensely diverse. This means that data storage is a challenge, especially when the data contained within a relational database – often a strict requirement deﬁned in advance. In this paper, we present a thoroughly described concept of a repository that is capable of storing and processing semi-structural data. Based on this concept, we establish a database model comprising the architecture and the tools needed to search the data and build relevant processors. The processor described may assign roles and dispatch tasks between the users. We demonstrate how the capacities of this repository are capable of overcoming current limitations by creating a system for facilitated digitization of scientiﬁc resources. In addition, we show that the repository in question is suitable for general use, and, as such, may be adapted to any domains in which semi-structural data are processed, without any additional work required
A STUDY OF BODY WEIGHT AND MILK TRAITS OF KARADI EWES – SULAIMANI GOVERNORATE, IRAQ

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of some factors on birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), marketing weight (MW), average daily gain (ADG), daily milk yield (DMY), total milk yield (TMY), protein and fat percentage. A 135 ewes from three flocks used, 114 of them were lambed. The mean ± SE of BW, WW, MW, ADG, DMY, TMY, protein percentage and fat percentage were 4.14 ± 0.65, 16.37 ± 2.87, 23.60 ± 4.42, 0.12 ± 0.02, 0.236 ± 0.10, 34.07 ± 5.94 kg, and 5.33 ± 0.62% and 5.30 ± 12.93%, respectively. All studied traits were significantly (P ≤ 0.05) affected by flock except BW, protein and fat percentages. Month of lambing had significant effects (P ≤ 0.05) on MW, ADG and Post daily gain. Stage of lactation had a significant effect (P ≤ 0.05) on daily milk yield and protein percentage. The lowest and highest BLUP values for BW, WW, MW, ADG, DMY, TMY, protein and fat percentages were -1.6411, 1.6889kg, -6.5307, 10.1293kg, -9.9775, 13.1725 kg, -10.5293, 10.7504 kg, -31.02, 7.38kg, -2.0546, 2.0097%, -1.703, 1.40% respectively. These results indicated that there are high genetic variations among animals for all above studied traits. It means that selection can play a big role in improving economical traits.
ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF THE VARIOUS EXTRACTS DERIVED FROM THE LEAVES AND PSEUDOBULBS OF COELOGYNE SPECIOSA (BLUME) LINDL. (ORCHIDACEAE)

The present study was conducted to investigate in vitro antimicrobial activity of various extracts obtained from vegetative parts of Coelogyne speciosa against Grampositive (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923) and Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922). The leaves and pseudobulbs of C. speciosa plants, cultivated under glasshouse conditions, were sampled at M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden (NBG), National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Freshly collected leaves and pseudobulbs were washed, weighted, crushed, and homogenized in 96% ethanol, methanol, ethyl acetate, hexane, and dichloromethane (in proportion 1:19) at room temperature. Antimicrobial activity was determined using the agar disk diffusion assay (Bauer et al. 1966). The present study has shown that ethanolic extracts from leaves and pseudobulbs of C. speciosa exhibited strong activity against S. aureus (inhibition zone diameter were 21.5 mm and 19 mm, respectively), while methanolic extract from leaves and pseudobulbs revealed mild activity (8.1 and 8 mm). Moreover, it has been observed that ethyl acetate, hexane and dichloromethane extracts obtained from leaves and pseudobulbs of C. speciosa revealed no antibacterial
Development of biodegradable silkworm cocoon derived silk membrane for GTR in the treatment of grade II furcation

Thiswas a preliminary study to develop a biodegradablemembrane from silkworm Bombyx.mori. The silk ibroin membrane prepared was analyzed for tensile strength and used in patients with grade II furcation defects, which was compared with collagen membrane. Though collagen is the gold standard, it has disadvantages, one of them being slow biodegradability. Hence this research was carried out to see if silk ibroin was good as a regenerative material in providing bone ill in the furcal area. As it is commonly accepted that treatment in the furcal area is better with bone graft and GTRmembrane compared with just bone graft and lap surgery, this clinical trial with a common bone graft was carried out in addition to barrier membrane, which were of different sources. The patients ful illing the inclusion criteriawere randomized into test and control sites. The test sites received bone graft(colocast) and silk ibroinmembranewhile the control site received bone graft(colocast) and collagen membrane(cologide). The bone ill was analyzed radiographically using AUTOCAD software 2017. The results of the study showed that both the sites did not show any adverse effects, but improvement were noted clinically and radiographically. Radiographically signi icant improvement was seen in silk ibroin sites indicating that silk ibroin with bone graft would be better as a regenerative material.
Effect of Early Enteral Nutrition Guidelines on Occurrence of Gastrointestinal Complications Among Acute Lung Injury Patients

Proper nutrition found to be an essential in health maintenance and restoration in the critically ill patient. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of early enteral nutrition guidelines on occurrence of gastrointestinal complications among acute lung injury patients. Design A quasi-experimental research design was used to conduct this research. This study was carried out at Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Assiut University hospital. Sample: was consisted of 30 patients in each group. Tools: Tool I: Modified patient assessment questionnaire, Tool II: Gastrointestinal complications assessment related to enteral nutrition. Methods: data about 30 patients receiving enteral nutrition before enteral nutrition guidelines were retrospectively compared with data for 30 patients admitted after implementation of the guidelines. Results of the present study showed Patients in the after intervention group had a lower gastrointestinal complications than before intervention group. Conclusion: Implementing early enteral nutrition guidelines reduce occurrence of gastrointestinal complications among acute lung injury patient in ICU Recommendations: Provision an educational programs for nurses about enteral nutrition guideline.
Analysis of Features Dataset for DDoS Detection by using ASVM Method on Software Defined Networking

The impact of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is one of the major concerns for Software Defined Networking (SDN) environments. Support Vector Machine (SVM) has been used in a DDoS attack detection mechanism on SDN. The advantages of SVM algorithms in DDoS attack detections are high accuracy and low false positive rate. However, SVM algorithm takes too long for training and testing time. A large number of literatures have been tried to get better results in a SVM-based DDoS attack detection. They proposed various kinds of SVM-based detection methods. Their results were measuring and evaluating by using various evaluation metrics. As a result, a SVM-based detection performance depends on the nature of traffic datasets. In this paper, our focus is to analyze the extracted features from the SDN traffics dataset resulting on a reduction of bias data from the dataset. SDN traffics features dataset were validated by using 10-fold cross-validation method. The effectiveness of our created dataset was validated by comparing with other dataset, e.g. Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Tools Competition (KDDCUP) 99 dataset. In conclusion, our proposed dataset can be used effectively for SVM on SDN.
Short Communication: Local perceptions about utilization of invasive alien species Opuntia ficus-indica in three Local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Mdweshu L, Maroyi A. 2020. Short Communication: Local perceptions about utilization of invasive alien species Opuntia ficus-indica in three Local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Biodiversitas 21: 1653-1659. Opuntia ficusindica is a succulent plant species categorized as invasive in South Africa but has both commercial and non-market uses. This study evaluated local people’s perceptions about utilization of O. ficus-indica in three local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Data on the local perceptions on O. ficus-indica in the study area were documented through focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews via questionnaires with households between June 2018 and August 2019. A sample of 150 participants chosen using snowball-sampling method provided information on utilization of O. ficus-indica. The importance of O. ficus-indica as a useful plant species was ubiquitously perceived, with all participants reporting its contribution as an important component of their livelihood needs and more than three quarters (88.0%) were using the species on a regular basis. Close to half of the respondents (49.3%) regarded O. ficus-indica as an important source of cash income. The positive socio-economic contributions of O. ficus-indica need to be taken into account when evaluating the costs and benefits resulting from invasions caused by alien plant species.
Author’s response to referee comments on “The Impac t of Future Emission Policies on Tropospheric Ozone using a Parameterised Approach”

20 This study quantifies future changes in tropospheri c ozone (O3) using a simple parameterisation of source-recepto r relationships based on simulations from a range of m dels participating in the Task Force on Hemispher ic T ansport of Air Pollutants (TF-HTAP) experiments. Surface and tropo spheric O3 changes are calculated globally and across 16 regi ons from perturbations in precursor emissions (NO X, CO, VOCs) and methane (CH 4) abundance only,. neglecting any impact from climate change. A source attribution is provided for each source r egion along with an estimate of uncertainty based o n the 25 spread of the results from the models. Tests agains t model simulations using HadGEM2-ES confirm that t he approaches used within the parameterisation are valid. perform well for most regions. The O3 response to changes in CH 4 abundance is slightly larger in TF-HTAP Phase 2 than in the TF-HTAP Phase 1 assessment (2010) and provides further evidence that controlling CH4 is important for limiting future O3 concentrations. Different treatments of chemistry and meteorology in models remains one of the largest uncertainties in calculating the O3 response to perturbations in CH 4 abundance and precursor emissions, 30 particularly over the Middle East and South Asian r egions. Emission changes for the future ECLIPSE sce narios and a subset of preliminary Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs ) indicate that surface O 3 concentrations will increase r gionally by 1 to 8 ppbv in 2050 across different regions . Source attribution analysis highlights the growin g importance of CH4 in the future under current legislation. A change in the global tropospheric O 3 radiative forcing of +0.07 W m -2 from 2010 to 2050 is predicted using the ECLIPSE scenarios and SSPs, bas ed solely on changes in CH 4 abundance and tropospheric O 3 precursor 35 emissions and neglecting any influence of climate c hange. Current legislation is shown to be inadequat e in limiting the future degradation of surface ozone air quality and enhanc ement of near-term climate warming. More stringent future emission controls provide a large reduction in both surface O3 concentrations and O 3 radiative forcing. The parameterisation provides a simple tool to highlight the different impacts and associated uncertainties of local and hemispheric e m ssion control strategies on both surface air quality and the near-term clima te forcing by tropospheric O 3. 40
Evaluation of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Visual Evoked Potential in Patients with Bipolar Disorder

Objective: To evaluate the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness and visual evoked potential in patients with bipolar disorder (BPD). Methods: A comparative cross-sectional, hospital-based study. 61 BPD subjects and 60 controls were recruited. Candidates that fulfilled the criteria with normal ocular examinations underwent Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT) for evaluation of retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) and visual evoked potential (VEP) test of the right eye. Results: There was a statistically significant reduction in average RNFL thickness (adjusted mean 97.22µm vs 102.94µm, P = 0.034), superior RNFL thickness (adjusted mean 121.63µm vs 133.89µm, P = 0.007), nasal RNFL thickness (adjusted mean 69.64µm vs 78.15µm, P = 0.005), and temporal RNFL thickness (adjusted mean 67.18µm vs 75.62µm, P = 0.027) in BPD group compared to the control group. There was a statistically significant delay in P100 peak latency with 60-min of arc (adjusted mean 113.62ms vs 103.44ms, P < 0.001) and in P100 peak latency with 15-min of arc (adjusted mean 120.20ms vs 116.03ms, P = 0.012). There was also a statistically significant decreased amplitude of P100 with 60-min of arc (adjusted mean 8.97μV vs 12.47μV, P = 0.022). However, there was no significant correlation between average RNFL thickness and all parameters of VEP readings among the BPD patients. Conclusion: The mean of the average, superior, nasal and temporal RNFL thickness were significantly lower in the BPD group compared to control. The P100 peak latency with 60-min and 15-min of arc are significantly delayed in the BPD group compared to control. The amplitude of P100 with 60-minute also statistically decreased in the BPD group compared to control. There was no significant correlation between average RNFL thickness and VEP readings in BPD patients. Please click PDF below to download the full paper.
Impact of perceived corporate social responsibility on organizational citizenship behavior: Mediating role of organizational identification

This study extends the research being carried out in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and resulting extra-role employee behaviors. This paper deeply analyzes the process and mechanism through which employee perceptions of two components of CSR i.e. employee and community exhibit rewarding organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Social identity theory presents the basis for predicting primary interventions of CSR initiatives that in this case are affective and evaluative dimensions of organizational identification, which lead towards building behaviors like OCB dimensions of sportsmanship and conscientiousness. This research model relies on a 277 employees’ data, collected from multinational and national companies of Pakistan. The analysis of the study is based on structural equation modelling to test the hypothesized relationships. Both dimensions of organizational identification partially mediate the CSR–OCB conscientiousness and CSR–employee turnover intentions links. However, in case of OCB sportsmanship only the link between perceived CSR towards community through evaluative organizational identification has been established. The other process affecting OCB sportsmanship by perceived CSR towards employees through affective organizational identification does not find any empirical support from the study. Although, all of the hypothesized direct relationships not find any empirical support from the study. Although, all of the hypothesized direct relationships proved significant. The study gives meanings to different processes and mechanisms involved in differently directed CSR initiatives and resulting employee behaviors that can lead to farther organizational success and progress. Therefore, this study is particularly beneficial for policy makers in order understand the value of different CSR initiatives even to have competitive edge as well as for researchers to explore further on different areas of CSR.