Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lidar Observations in South America. Part I - Mesosphere and Stratosphere

South America covers a large area of the globe and plays a fundamental function in its climate change, geographical features, and natural resources. However, it still is a developing area, and natural resource management and energy production are far from a sustainable framework, impacting the air quality of the area and needs much improvement in monitoring. There are significant activities regarding laser remote sensing of the atmosphere at different levels for different purposes. Among these activities, we can mention the mesospheric probing of sodium measurements and stratospheric monitoring of ozone, and the study of wind and gravity waves. Some of these activities are long-lasting and count on the support from the Latin American Lidar Network (LALINET). We intend to pinpoint the most significant scientific achievements and show the potential of carrying out remote sensing activities in the continent and show its correlations with other earth science connections and synergies. In Part I of this chapter, we will present an overview and significant results of lidar observations in the mesosphere and stratosphere. Part II will be dedicated to tropospheric observations.
Some Psychosocial Determinants of Cyber-Intimate Image Diffusion: A Cross-Sectional Study among In-School Deaf Adolescents

This study determined some psychosocial variables on cyber-intimate image diffusion among in-school deaf adolescents from two states in North-Central Nigeria. A descriptive research design and a multistage sampling procedure were employed in identifying 186 deaf adolescents who participated in the study. Two hypotheses were formulated for the study. The theory of planned behaviour was adopted as a framework for the study. Data generated through the questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency count and simple percentage as well as inferential statistics of bivariate correlation and t-test at . 05 level of significance. Sixty-five percent of the respondents were aged 16-19. All respondents used WhatsApp and 78% had a Facebook profile. Findings revealed a positive significant relationship between emotional intelligence (r = .489; p < 0.05), self-esteem (r = .530; p < 0.05) and cyber-intimate image diffusion. Also, significant differences were found between Christian and Muslim respondents (t = 11.250; p < 0.05); low and high emotional intelligence (t = -2.412; p < 0.05); low and high self-esteem (t = -11.958; p < 0.05) with regard to cyber-intimate intimate image diffusion. The study concludes that emotional intelligence and self-esteem are determinants of cyber-intimate image diffusion among deaf adolescents. This study, therefore, recommends a synergy between parents of the deaf and professionals working with deaf adolescents to develop modalities that enhance psychological wellbeing and reduce cyber-intimate image diffusion among deaf adolescents.
Autonomy and expertise in the English workplace

ABSTRACT Exercising autonomy in the workplace is a prerequisite for the acquisition of complex perceptual, judgement, and decision making skills widely agreed to be criteria of vocational expertise. It has wide workplace relevance. Despite the importance of autonomy for developing vocational expertise there is virtually nothing on methodologies for measuring autonomy in the British workplace in the literature. This article reports on a new approach using an application of the methodology of the Transformers Project to measure workplace autonomy in England. Workplace know how broadly distinguishes into skills required to perform particular types of tasks, and transversal level abilities, both those generally encompassed by planning and individual ones such as communication, critical thinking, evaluation, problem solving and teamwork. Agency in the workplace is the formation and implementation of intentions over relatively extended periods. Such agency is manifested as the ability to form and carry through projects involving planning and other transversal abilities. The conceptual approach to workplace autonomy taken here is that a reasonable proxy for and measure of it is the display of transversal abilities.
The value of voluntary vs. mandatory responsible gambling limit-setting systems: A review of the evidence

ABSTRACT Pre-commitment and limit-setting schemes have been widely discussed as potentially useful responsible gambling tools to minimize the financial harm associated with excessive gambling. Such systems allow gamblers to set time or monetary limits and can be implemented in a voluntary or mandatory form. Previous reviews have suggested that these technologies, particularly when applied as voluntary systems, appear to have little empirical support because of low uptake rates and limitations in research studies. Using evidence drawn from peer-reviewed and online literature, we examine developments over the last decade. We provide an updated appraisal of pre-commitment technology that encompasses more recent trials. We also include studies of online limit setting and the studies of mandatory limits in Norway. The present analysis finds general support for the conclusions of previous reviews and confirms the potential benefits of mandatory systems. It also highlights some potential selective uses for voluntary systems while also noting potential risks associated with implementing mandatory global limits.
Effect of graded levels of raw roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) seed meal on performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality traits of broiler chicken

Means of reducing the rising cost of feed resources in livestock production is a concern in the poultry industry in Nigeria.The study was carried out to investigate the effect of graded level of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) seed meal on performance traits, physical and sensory quality of broiler chicken meat. One hundred and twenty birds at day 28 were used and thirty birds were randomly allotted into respective four dietary treatments [T1 - control diet with 0% inclusion level of raw roselle seed meal (RSM) while T2, T3 and T4 had 25%, 50% and 75% inclusion level of RSM respectively] in a complete randomized design. Each treatment had three replicates with ten birds per replicate. At the end of the 28-day feeding trial being 8 weeks, 24 birds (2-birds/replicate) were slaughtered for physical and sensory meat quality characteristics: colour, appearance, flavor, texture, taste and overall acceptability. Result showed there was not significant (P>0.05) difference for final weight, weight gain and feed intake among T1, T2 and T3 but T4 had significant (P<0.05) least values in final weight (1.58kg) weight gain (1.05kg) and feed intake (3.52kg) among the treatments. The FCR was not significantly different for T1 (3.32) and T4 (3.36) while both T1 and T4 differed significantly from T2 (3.13) and T3 (3.11). There were not significant (p>0.05) differences in the carcass traits that were measured across the treatments. The cooking loss from the thigh meat in T2 (27.55%) was significantly lower in comparison to treatments T3 (36.60%) and T4 (35.62%) but was not significantly different from T1 (30.48%). The cooking loss from breast and drumstick meat showed insignificant (P<0.05) difference among the treatments. The texture of the meat had least scored value in T1 (4.93) which was significantly different from T1 (6.33) but not significantly different from T2 (5.13) and T4 (6.07). The overall acceptability of the meat from the treatments was highest in T1 (7.03) with no significantly different from T3 (6.33) and T4 (6.67) but was significantly different from T2 (5.6). It can be concluded that raw roselle seed meal can be used as a substitute for full fat soybean for use in finisher broiler diets up to 50% inclusion level without adverse effect on the performance traits and some meat quality attributes of chicken.
DOSE-DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF HABITUAL COFFEE AND TEA CONSUMPTION ON SOME RISK FACTORS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN LIBYA

Patients Lifestyle such as habitual consumption of certain meals and beverages plays major role in the development of diabetes. There is strong positive association between overall obesity as measured by Body Mass Index (BMI), blood cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes. Black and green tea and coffee are traditional beverages that are daily consumed by many Libyans. In this study, we studied the relationship between the average daily consumed amount of coffee, green tea, or black tea and fasting blood glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure or Body Mass Index (BMI) as an indicator for obesity in type 2 diabetic patient. Our study included 396 Libyan diabetic patients (292 females and 104 males) with mean age of 49Ã‚Â±17 years from Tripoli center of diabetes. This study performed during a period of 2 years. We also included control patients who were coffee or tea non consumer type2 diabetics. The results of this study showed that as the amount of daily consumed coffee, green tea, and black tea increases there is a marked decrease in fasting blood glucose of type 2 diabetics. In addition, a habitual green tea consumption strongly reduces blood cholesterol, blood pressure and BMI while black tea has weaker effect. In contrast, coffee consumption significantly increases blood cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure of diabetics at higher doses.
Citrus aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae): incidence, population fluctuations, host plant and age preferences

Dogu Akdeniz Bolgesi turuncgil bahceleri pek cok bocek ve hastalik etmeninden dolayi zarar gormektedir. Bunlarin icinde yaprakbitleri (Hemiptera: Aphididae) onemli gruplardan bir tanesidir. Aphis craccivora Koch, Aphis gossypii Glover, Aphis spiraecola Patch, Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe ve Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae (Sulzer) gibi turler genc turuncgil bahcelerinde zarara sebep olabilmektedir. Bu calismada bu yaprakbiti turlerinin bolgesel dagilimi, mevsimsel yogunluklari, turuncgil turleri arasindaki tur ve yas tercihleri Adana, Mersin, Osmaniye ve Hatay illerinde belirlenen 15 alt bolgede 2007 ve 2009 yillari arasinda calisilmistir. Mandarin turuncgil turleri arasinda en fazla tercih edilen tur olurken, altintop ise bu turler arasinda en az tercih edilen tur olmustur. Mersin bolgesi turuncgil turleri icinde A. spiraecola en fazla limonda gozukurken, A. (T.) aurantii tum turuncgil turleri icinde en fazla mandarinde tespit edilmistir. Adana ve Hatay bolgesinde ise mandarin A. craccivora, A. gossypii, A. spiraecola ve A. (T.) aurantii turleri icin en fazla tercih edilen turuncgil turu olmustur. Farkli turuncgil yaslarinda yaprakbiti yogunluklarinda bolgelere gore farklilik gorulmustur. A. (T.) aurantii 11-20 yas araliginda Hatay’da, 21-40 yas araliginda ise Mersin’de en yuksek bulunma oranina sahip olmustur. Turuncgil turlerinin varligina paralel olarak yaprakbiti tur ve dagilimi da etkilenmistir. Limon bu turuncgil turleri icinde A. spiraecola tarafindan en cok tercih edilen tur olmustur. Mersin ve Hatay bolgesine gore daha zengin bir bitki desenine sahip olan Adana’da farkli turlerde en fazla yaprakbiti yogunlugu tespit edilmistir. Aphis goosypii ve A. spiraecola’nin bahcelerde sadece bahar aylarinda degil haziran ve temmuz aylarinda da %30-40’lara varan bulasiklik olusturmalari ve yine sonbahar aylarinda da yogun gozukmeleri bu zararlilari dort mevsimin zararlisi yapmis durumdadir.
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Fish Assemblages in Seti Gandaki River, Tanahu, Nepal

The space and time variations of the fish community structure in hill streams of Nepal are poorly understood. This research aims at studying the space and time variation of fish community structure in the Seti Gandaki River, Tanahu, Nepal. The field survey was conducted from July 2017 to June 2018 and the fishes were sampled from six sites using a medium size cast net of mesh size ranging from 3 mm to 6 mm mesh size, 25-33 feet length and 3.5-5 feet width, with the help of local fisher man. A total of 1,440 individuals were caught representing 46 species belonging to three order, nine families and 23 genera. The analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) showed significant difference in space (R = 0.824, P = 0.001) but not in time (R = 0.135, P = 0.021). On the basis of similarity percentage (SIMPER) analysis, 85.43% similarity was found among the seasons and major contributing species were Barilius bendelisis (8.44%) followed by B. vagra (7.79%), Tor putitora (7.27%), Garra gotyla (7%), Acanthocobotis botia (6.7%), Neolissochilus hexagonolepis (6.64%), Barilius shacra (6%), B. barila (4.5%) and Opsarius barna (4.37%). On the other hand, 85.24% similarity was found among the sites and major contributing species were B. bendelisis (8.8%) followed by B. vagra (7.6%), G. gotyla (7.27%), T. putitora (7.17%), A. botia (6.97%), N. hexagonolepis (6.7%), B. shacra (6.34%), B. barila (4.7%) and O. barna (4.39%). Results from the Canonical Correspondence Analysis indicated that the environmental variables, such as pH, total hardness, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen and water temperature have shown to determine the fish community structure of Seti Gandaki River. Keywords: Fish diversity, freshwater, habitat, spatio-temporal, stream
Effect of 28-homobrassinolide on morphophysiological and yield parameters of sesame

An investigation was carried out to study the influence of 28 - homobrassinolide on morphological, growth, biochemical and yield parameters of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). The plants were sprayed with 0.5 mg/l homobrassinolide on 30, 45 and 60 DAS. Among the treatments, the plants treated with homobrassinolide thrice recorded higher values for all the parameters. The total chlorophyll, soluble protein, sugars and catalase activity were found to be maximum in the HBR treated plants. The application of HBR enhanced the total dry matter production, number of capsules per plant, number of seeds per capsule, capsule weight and 1000 seed weight.
Bonferroni Prioritized Aggregation Operators Applied to Government Transparency

This article applies the Bonferroni prioritized induced heavy ordered weighted average (OWA) to analyze a series of data and focuses on the Bonferroni average and heavy induced prioritized aggregation operators. The objective of the present work is to present a new aggregation operator that combines the heavy induced prioritized Bonferroni and its formulations and represents the Bonferroni mean with variables that induce an order with vectors that are greater than one. This work develops some extensions using prioritization. The main advantage is that different types of information provided by a group of decision makers to compare real situations are included in this formulation. Finally, an example using the operators to calculate the transparency of the websites of the 32 states of Mexico was performed. The main idea was to visualize how the ranking can change depending on the importance of the five components of the methodology. The main results show that it is possible to detect some important changes depending on the operator and the experts considered.
A study of gender differences on mental health and self-esteem among school children of Jammu city

Adolescence is a period in which children are at very sensitive age of their life and show more risk-taking behavior. It is critical stage of developmental task as it includes creation of an organized and encouraging sense of self. The aim of the present is to find out the gender differences and relationship on the domains of mental health and self-esteem among school children. A total sample of 200 school children was collected for the present study. Convenience sampling technique was used for the data collection. Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale was used for measuring self-esteem and general health questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used for mental health. Pearson correlation and t-test were applied for statistical analysis. Findings of the study revealed there was non-significant gender difference on the variable of self-esteem, but mean value show minor difference on the variable. The mean score of boys was higher on self-esteem than girls. While the domain of mental health shows significant difference in the score and mean score of boys was higher than girls. Mental health has positive correlation with self-esteem.
The Stock Market’s Reaction to Unanticipated Catastrophic Event

Article History Received 8 Oct 2020 Reviewed 29 Nov 2020 Revised 11 Dec.2020 Plagiarism Checked 13 Dec.2020 Revised 15 Dec 2020 Accepted 23 Dec 2020 Abstract Several factors influence the stock market; they trigger market over-or under-reactions. The paper aims to identify the effect of a major catastrophic event on stock returns. For this, daily data of stock market indices was used with a total of 210 observations and the effect of catastrophic event, Nepal Earthquake 2015, was tested using the method of event analysis for different event windows. The catastrophic event did not affect stock returns significantly and was resilient to earthquake-induced shocks. The event window (+2, +10) shows the higher and positive abnormal returns which depicts that the market has recovered from the shock in as many as three days. The study shows that stock market in Nepal is semi-strongly inefficient.
Validated method for estimation of curcumin in turmeric powder

Curcumin, the active molecule present in Curcuma longa is known for its antitumour, antioxidant, antiarthritic, antiamyloid, anti-ischemic, anti-inflammatory activities. In addition, it may also be effective in treating malaria, prevention of cervical cancer, etc. An efficient, sensitive, and precise high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) method has been developed for determination of curcumin in several marketed spices sample of turmeric powder and has been compared with an in-house turmeric powder. The HPTLC separation was performed on precoated aluminium backed HPTLC plates of 0.2 mm layer thickness with silica gel 60 F254 with dichloromethane and methanol (99:1) combination as mobile phase. The plate was developed up to 80 mm at temperature of 20 ± 4C with 10 min. of chamber saturation. Under this condition the retardation factor (Rf) of curcumin is 0.43 and the compound was quantified at its absorbance maxima (λmax) at 427 nm. The limit of detection and limit of quantification were found to be 49 ng and 148 ng per spot, respectively. The response of curcumin was linear over the range of 0.8 μg to 1.3 μg per spot with correlation coefficient 0.99395 indicates good relationship between peak area versus concentration. Recovery values from 99.60 to 99.73 % showed that the reliability and reproducibility of the method were excellent. The proposed method may be useful as an accurate, simple, cost effective and sensitive for quantitative estimation of curcumin.
Does pre-processing affect the correlation indicator between Twitter message volume and stock market trading volume?

Motivation: More and more authors empirically verify the relationship between the volume of tweets and the stock market indicators. The patterns explored from Twitter most often take the form of time series that represent user’s activity on different level of granularity (moods, emotions, relevant topic or query-related messages). Sentiment analysis is a technique used to transform text data into information on the mood and related behavioral categories. Supervised machine learning is the most commonly used approach to sentiment analysis. Thus, the results of an empirical analysis of the relationship between social media and stock depend on the quality of results of classification task. The quality of the features used to learn the classifier plays a key role. The feature space is modified using various data pre-processing scenarios that aim to increase accuracy of classification. The impact of pre-processing data on the quality of classification is often discussed in studies. Very few authors discuss the impact of pre-processing on the correlation indicator between Twitter and stock market. Aim: Analysis of the impact of tweets pre-processing on the Pearson correlation indicator between the mood of Twitter users and stock market trading volume. Results: The correlation between the volume of stock market trading and the volume of tweets has been empirically confirmed. The effect of pre-processing on the correlation index was noted for the variables ‘all_tweets’ and ‘negative_tweets’. This is because the training set has a significant amount of tweets with negation. However, the results are not conclusive. The differences between the Pearson correlation index calculated for scenario one and scenario four are not significant. However, this indicates that the effect of noise data may reduce the quality and precision of conclusions. Especially in the case of frequent repetition of a certain category of noise.
Taxonomic Binning Approaches and Functional Characteristics of the Microbial Community during the Anaerobic Digestion of Hydrolyzed Corncob

Maize forms the basis of Mexican food. As a result, approximately six million tons of corncob are produced each year, which represents an environmental issue, as well as a potential feedstock for biogas production. This research aimed to analyze the taxonomic and functional shift in the microbiome of the fermenters using a whole metagenome shotgun approach. Two strategies were used to understand the microbial community at the beginning and the end of anaerobic digestion: (i) phylogenetic analysis to infer the presence and coverage of clade-specific markers to assign taxonomy and (ii) the recovery of the individual genomes from the samples using the binning of the assembled scaffolds. The results showed that anaerobic digestion brought some noticeable changes and the main microbial community was composed of Corynebacterium variable, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, Vibrio furnissii, Shewanella spp. , Actinoplanes spp. , Pseudoxanthomonas spp. , Saccharomonospora azurea, Agromyces spp. , Serinicoccus spp. , Cellulomonas spp. , Pseudonocardia spp. , Rhodococcus rhodochrous, Sphingobacterium spp. Methanosarcina mazei, Methanoculleus hydrogenitrophicus, Methanosphaerula spp. , Methanoregula spp. , Methanosaeta spp. and Methanospirillum spp. This study provides evidence of the drastic change in the microbial community structure in a short time and the functional strategy that the most representative microorganisms of the consortia used to carry out the process.
The effect of IFRS adoption on financial reporting quality: evidence from listed manufacturing firms in Ghana

Abstract This paper sought to examine the pre- and post-IFRS adoption effects on the financial reporting quality (FRQ) of manufacturing firms listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) via means of correlation analysis, as well as regression analysis using a standard Fixed Effect (FE) model and the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) technique. Data was sourced from the audited annual reports of eleven manufacturing firms observed over the period 2001 to 2006 for the pre-adoption era, and 2007 to 2014 for the post adoption era, making 148 firm-year observations. Using earnings management, measured by modified Jones’ discretionary accruals, as a proxy for FRQ, the regression results showed a significant negative effect of IFRS adoption on earnings management, thus indicating an improvement in the FRQ. On the extent of earnings management practices both pre- and post-IFRS adoption, the study finds a decrease in the post-adoption era as against the pre-adoption era, also signifying an improvement in accounting quality after the adoption of IFRS. The findings of this study indicate that, IFRS adoption enhances the quality of firms’ financial reports within the Ghanaian capital market, which is envisaged to boost investor confidence and attract more capital.