Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Biology and Morphometrics of Pulse Beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) on Chickpea

The biology and morphometrics of pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis were studied on chickpea cultivar ICCV 2 under laboratory conditions at ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India during 2018-19 and 2019-2020. The experiments were carried out in the BOD incubator at temperature of 28 ± 2ºC and relative humidity of 65 to 70%. The life cycle of C. chinensis included four stages egg, grub, pupae and adult. The data revealed that eggs incubation period in 4-5 days, the grub stage consisted of four instars and its development ranged from 20-25 days, pupation lasted for 6-7 days, whereas, female adult longevity ranged from 9-12 days. The morphometric measurements revealed that the average length and breadth of eggs were 0.62 ± 0.03mm and 0.34 ± 0.02 mm respectively. The length and breadth (mm) of four grub instars G1, G2, G3 and G4 were 0.58 ± 0.02 and 0.30 ± 0.01, 1.53 ± 0.06 and 0.92 ± 0.04, 2.71 ± 0.10 and 1.47 ± 0.06, 3.59 ± 0.14 and 1.96 ± 0.08 respectively. The average length and breadth of pupa were 3.72 ± 0.12 mm, 2.15 ± 0.09 mm. Whereas, the length and breadth (mm) of adult male and female bruchids were 3.87 ± 0.08, 2.07 ± 0.05 and 4.23 ± 0.14, 2.31 ± 0.07 respectively. The total life cycle of C. chinensis ranged from 33-42 days.
Translanguaging for intercultural communication in international higher education: transcending English as a lingua franca

ABSTRACT This article seeks to explore intercultural communication among a group of students with diverse linguistic and sociocultural backgrounds in an English-medium transnational university in China, focusing on multilingual students’ practices and perceptions of English as a lingua franca (ELF). Informed by an expanded understanding of translanguaging from a spatial perspective, this study explores multilingualism, multimodality, and spatiality in linguistic practices related to ELF in an international education context. Drawing upon multiple data sources including ethnographic observations, interviews facilitated by language portraits, recordings of interactions, and policy documents, findings of the study show that ELF communication was understood and practiced by multilingual students as a translanguaging act based on (partially) shared repertoires and beliefs about language and communication. It is also found that the monolithic and monolingual model of language policy in English-medium higher education ran counter to the students’ daily communicative practices and language development needs. Implications are suggested for how international universities can account for translanguaging in fostering linguistic diversity and preparing students for the practical realities of a multilingual world.
Strategizing in agency reform: a longitudinal case study from The Netherlands

ABSTRACT This paper presents a longitudinal case study of a series of reforms affecting Dutch government agencies. It contributes to the developing literature on strategizing in processes of agency reform by identifying and explaining several tactics that agencies use to influence these reforms. Several previous findings on agency strategizing were replicated in the research, but the paper also presents new observations—most notably about the effect of the procedural legitimacy of a reform process and processes of learning. Furthermore, it shows that a parent ministry will also employ its own tactics to affect reforms imposed by a supranational body and will sometimes partner with agencies in doing so.
The Role of Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Pollination in Enhancing Seed Yield and Yield Related Parameters of Coriandrum sativum L

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) is one of the most important annual spice and medicinal herbplant. It is an open pollinated crop and honeybees are effective pollinators for open pollinated crops because of a lot of nectar and pollens are available on the flowers of Coriandrum sativum. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of honeybees pollination on Coriandrum sativum seed yield and yield related parameters at Sinana Agricultural Research center at on-station. The study had three experiment; these includes plots caged with honeybees (T1), plots caged without honeybees (T2) and open pollinated plots (T3). All collected data were analyzed using One-way-Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). There were no significant different (P>0.05) on Date of blooming, Date of flowering,, Primary and secondary branches among the three treatments. Whereas, there were a significant difference (P<0.05) on Flowering period, shading time, Number of capsule, Thousand kernel weight and total seed yield per hector. The result also revealed that about 29.70% of seed yield advantage of Coriandrum sativum pollinated by honeybees over control/un pollinated by any insect. From this result it was concluded that visits of honeybees at flowering time of Coriandrum sativum have very helpful in increasing seed yield and yield related components of this crop.
Concrete Based on Clinker-Free Cement: Selecting the Functional Unit for Environmental Assessment

Improving the environmental situation and obtaining cement composites with new properties for various operating conditions is possible with the use of secondary resources. The paper is devoted to the criteria for evaluating the impact of clinker-free cement on the environment. The methodological approach to the selection of a functional unit for comparative assessment of the ecological footprint of clinker-free cements is justified. The results of studying the properties determining the concrete durability in the aggressive environment of livestock farms and in transport construction are given. The results will contribute to the development of an ecological approach to the components selection for clinker-free cements and to the adoption of design decisions in construction, as well as to the expansion of the field of using clinker-free cements in transport and industrial construction.
Determining the thermal resistance of a highly insulated wall containing vacuum insulation panels through experimental, calculation and numerical simulation methods

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential for calculation methods to determine the thermal resistance of a wall system containing vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) that has been experimentally characterised using a guarded hot box (GHB) apparatus. The VIPs used in the wall assembly have not been characterised separately to the wall assembly, and therefore exact knowledge of the thermal performance of the VIP including edge effect is not known. The calculations and simulations are completed using methods found in literature as well as manufacturer published values for the VIPs to determine the potential for calculation and simulation methods to predict the thermal resistance of the wall assembly without the exact characterisation of the VIP edge effect. The results demonstrate that disregarding the effect of VIP thermal bridges results in overestimating the thermal resistance of the wall assembly in all calculation and simulation methods, ranging from overestimates of 21% to 58%. Accounting for the VIP thermal bridges using the manufacturer advertised effective thermal conductivity of the VIPs resulted in three methods predicting the thermal resistance of the wall assembly within the uncertainty of the GHB results: the isothermal planes method, modified zone method and the 3D simulation. Of these methods only the 3D simulation can be considered a potential valid method for energy code compliance, as the isothermal planes method requires too drastic an assumption to be valid and the modified zone method requires extrapolating the zone factor beyond values which have been validated. The results of this work demonstrate that 3D simulations do show potential for use in lieu of guarded hot box testing for predicting the thermal resistance of wall assemblies containing both VIPs and steel studs. However, knowledge of the VIP effective thermal conductivity is imperative to achieve reasonable results.
Water and Energy Consumption in Domestic Laundering Worldwide – A Review

Abstract A literature review was executed to collect data on the resource consumption connected to domestic laundering processes. Data from literature on water and energy consumption were collected. The study focussed on Europe, as for Europe enough date could be collected for a thorough analysis. However, the limited data available for Japan and the USA were also included and discussed.
Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Creative Behaviour of Primary School Teachers

There is a certain amount of research that proves that positive emotions and mood play an important role in creative human activity (Abele-Brehm, 1992; Tokarz, 2011; Kunat, 2015). Particularly valuable is ability to recognise emotions and communicate them. It is also important to accept experienced emotions, gain a skill to react accordingly as well as ability to evoke and regulate emotions. According to Salovey and Mayer’s model, the aforementioned dispositions are elements of emotional intelligence. It turns out that emotional intelligence can stimulate creative activity since it enables management of emotional expenditure (Nęcka, 2001). The paper presents results of research conducted among teachers of primary schools. It was assumed that there is a correlation between emotional intelligence and creative activity of teachers. The research can contribute to development of emotional skills of teachers and to intensify their creative activity. That, in turn, can translate into shaping of innovative school environment that fits the needs of contemporary young person – a student.
Chiral symmetry breaking : asymmetry and origin of chiral molecules relevant in prebiotic evolution

Since the Pasteur’s discovery of chirality more than 150 years ago, the origin of homochirality remains to be an unresolved mystery, which is probably linked to the origin of life-itself. This puzzle was named by the journal Nature as one of the five biggest unresolved puzzles in modern science.Today there exist two ways to address the question of the origin of molecular homochirality. It implies either deterministic or chance scenario. The latest is based on the spontaneous resolution of enantiomers by phase transition, and in consequence, it cannot be tested. On the other hand, deterministic theories can be subjected to experimental confirmation, since if there was, in fact, a chiral influence that imposed its chirality this should in principle be reproducible.The presented manuscript is a synthesis of bibliographic research and experimental studies that focus on the interaction of CPL with chiral molecules which are put in the context of the origin of homochirality of life. This work is aiming to advance our understanding of chiroptical properties of chiral molecules as well as to determine chiral species susceptible to be present in cometary ice
Report 41: The 2020 SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England: key epidemiological drivers and impact of interventions

We fitted a model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in care homes and the community to regional surveillance data for England. Among control measures implemented, only national lockdown brought the reproduction number below 1 consistently; introduced one week earlier it could have reduced first wave deaths from 36,700 to 15,700 (95%CrI: 8,900-26,800). Improved clinical care reduced the infection fatality ratio from 1.25% (95%CrI: 1.18%-1.33%) to 0.77% (95%CrI: 0.71%-0.84%). The infection fatality ratio was higher in the elderly residing in care homes (35.9%, 95%CrI: 29.1%-43.4%) than those residing in the community (10.4%, 95%CrI: 9.1%-11.5%). England is still far from herd immunity, with regional cumulative infection incidence to 1st December 2020 between 4.8% (95%CrI: 4.4%-5.1%) and 15.4% (95%CrI: 14.9%-15.9%) of the population.
Modelling Blood Flow & Oxygen Transport in the Active Brain

The brain is critically dependent on the supply of oxygen and glucose from the bloodstream. When a brain region is activated, blood flow to that area increases; this phenomenon is termed functional hyperemia, but it remains incompletely understood. In this thesis, a novel mathematical model of blood flow and oxygen transport in the active brain is developed and used to investigate three aspects of the functional hyperemia response. First, while it is known that activation-induced dilation occurs in cerebral arteries, there is conflicting evidence about the presence of volume changes in post-arteriole vessels. A model was developed and used to reconcile these competing observations. The model predicted that arteries are responsible for the majority of volume changes during brief activation, but that dilation in capillaries and veins becomes increasingly important during longer activation. These results suggest that the apparent discrepancies between the observations were methodological—rather than physiological—in origin. Secondly, based on experimental observations and previous mathematical modelling, it is thought that functional recruitment, whereby under-utilised capillaries are enlisted during neural activation, may be an important mechanism for oxygen delivery. The model was extended to include oxygen transport, and subsequently used to test this hypothesis. The results suggested that a mechanism with effects similar to functional recruitment is required in order to produce model predictions that are consistent with in vivo data. Finally, the model was used to investigate the validity of a widely-used method to calculate activation-induced changes in the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption, an important measure of brain function, using indirect data. Predictions from the model showed a significant discrepancy between values calculated using this approach and the true rate of oxygen consumption imposed on the model. These results suggest that more sophisticated approaches are required to estimate dynamic changes in oxidative metabolism. The model presented here provides a sound basis for extension and/or application to new research questions in physiology or biomedical imaging. Furthermore, the conclusions from the model predictions may serve as the foundation for future experimental investigations.
Body Composition and Proportionality of Base and Top in Acrobatic Gymnastics of Young Portuguese Athletes: Short Report

In a sport where athletes have different roles, it is common to find specific morphological characteristics, such as acrobatic gymnastics[1-4], where there are those who support (baseB) and those who are supported (topT), particularly in women [3,4]. Female T are less tall, less heavy and have less fat mass than their base pairs, a difference that was not found for male pairs. The competitive level also shows anthropometric differences [4] With this study we intend a preliminary characterization of young Portuguese athletes of Acrobatic Gymnastics, of both genders; exploring potentialities and limitations of body composition formulas [2] and height and weight proportions between T and B. ABSTRACT
Palaeozoic and Pliocene tectonic evolution of the Salt Range constrained by low‐temperature thermochronology

The Salt Range in Pakistan exposes Precambrian to Pleistocene strata outcropping along the Salt Range Thrust (SRT). To better understand the in‐situ Cambrian and Pliocene tectonic evolution of the Pakistan Subhimalaya, we have conducted low‐temperature thermochronological analysis using apatite (U‐Th‐Sm)/He and fission track dating. We combine cooling ages from different samples located along the thrust front of the SRT into a thermal model that shows two major cooling events associated with rifting and regional erosion in the Late Palaeozoic and SRT activity since the Pliocene. Our results suggest that the SRT maintained a long‐term average shortening rate of ~5–6 mm/yr and a high exhumation rate above the SRT ramp since ~4 Ma.
The Impact of Quranic Therapy in Treatment of Psychological Disease and Spiritual Disease for Adolescents of Divorce Parents

Alquran has since been revealed to have defined itself as "Syifa" or a healer. Healing is intended not only as a cure for various physical diseases but is very intense in declaring itself as a cure for people with psychological disorders. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Qur'anic therapy on psychological illnesses for adolescents who experience the effects of trauma from divorced parents. Experiments have been carried out on several students in "X" high school taken using a snowball sampling technique, obtaining 9 students as the sample. This study used quantitative methods with experimental research type; the design used is OneGroup Pretest-Posttest design. Data collection was carried out using various questionnaire instruments and strengthened by depth interviews with several questionnaire instruments, interviews, and observations. The results showed that the Qur’anic therapy had a significant healing effect on people with psychological and spiritual illnesses. This research empirically proves that Qur'anic therapy is an effective treatment for child victims of divorce. This research theoretically and practically contributes to practitioners assisting children and adolescent victims of divorce, children, or adolescent victims of domestic violence as well as children and adolescent victims of bullying which are increasingly happening and must be addressed immediately.
How Students’ Perspectives about Online Learning Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic?

This exploration study inspects the perspectives of Indonesian junior high school students towards learning courses amid Coronavirus (COVID-19). Secondary students were overviewed to discover their viewpoints about online training in Indonesia. The discoveries of the investigation featured that web-based learning cannot create wanted outcomes in immature nations like Indonesia, where a larger part of understudies cannot get to the web because of specialized just as money-related issues. The absence of eye-to-eye connection with the educator, reaction time and nonattendance of conventional homeroom socialization were among some different issues featured by advanced education understudies.
Filtration properties of nanofiber/microfiber mixed filter and prediction of its performance

ABSTRACTThere is an increasing demand of air filters with a high collection performance, i.e., high collection efficiency and low pressure drop, for the application to indoor air cleaning. Air filters consisting of nanofibers have attracted great interests since they may have a low pressure drop because of slip flow effect and high collection efficiency due to interception. Although various nanofiber filters are available on the market, their collection performance is not as high as expected by the conventional filtration theory because non-uniform packing of fibers plays a significant role. In the present work, the collection performance of nanofiber (780 nm) and microfiber (11.2 µm) mixed filters with various mixing fractions was studied in order to maximize the quality factor of filter, qF, as a function of mixing fraction of nanofibers. The collection performance of mixed fiber filters was predicted by using theoretical equations reported by Bao et al. (1998) for bimodal distribution of fibers. As a result, it was found that the mixed fiber filters had a uniform fiber packing compared to laminated filters and that the collection efficiency was well predicted by introducing the inhomogeneity factor calculated for the filter consisting of two distinct fiber sizes. Furthermore, we found that the mixed fiber filter with the nanofiber mixing fraction of 5% in mass had the highest quality factor.
Gross Osteology and digital radiography of the common Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), Carl Linnaeus, 1766 for scientific and clinical application

Ser capaz de estudar estruturas anatomicas dos animais da fauna para fins cientificos e pratica clinica e de grande importância. Objetivamos descrever a osteologia geral normal de capivaras adultas Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766), usando amostras de ossos macerados e radiologia digital de alta resolucao. O esqueleto axial e apendicular foi posteriormente comparado a achados anatomicos reportados anteriormente. Para esse fim, nos utilizamos de tres cadaveres de capivaras adultas (duas femeas e um macho) com peso medio de cerca de 50 kg. cada. Algumas caracteristicas morfologicas de cavidade especificas, especialmente na regiao do crânio, evidenciam a adaptacao a vida aquatica, como o formato alongado da cabeca, com olhos, orelhas e nariz localizados dorsalmente, para permanencia sobre a agua. O completo desenvolvimento morfologico osseo e evidencia de tamanho e suporte de peso do maior roedor, assim como de seus habitos de alimentacao e locomocao, sendo um herbivoro semiaquatico, classificado como cursorio (tendo membros adaptados a corrida), caso em que os autores acreditam deveria ser reclassificado como cursorial-natacao/ mergulho. Alem disso, argumentamos que deve ser considerada uma diferenciacao entre H. hydrochaeris silvestris e H. hydrochaeris sinantropo, devido ao fato da variacao substancial de peso, em alguns casos> 100%, inevitavelmente tera um impacto no desenvolvimento da estrutura ossea, influenciando, assim, a adaptacao habitual e, consequentemente, suas implicacoes clinicas e manejo animal. A radiografia auxiliou na correlacao e identificacao de estruturas osseas que nao observadas em especimes anatomicos, como o osso sesamoide, incluindo o ossiculo lunar. Ademais, as radiografias foram particularmente uteis para uma melhor compreensao geral de procedimentos de intubacao e cateterizacao. Acreditamos que este trabalho possa contribuir como referencia de estudos anatomicos para estudantes e profissionais atuantes em clinica, cirurgia e pesquisa.
Environmental Effects and Management Strategies of the Herbicides

India has wide range of agro-climates and soil types and highly diverse agriculture farming systems with different types of weed problems. So, herbicides are the integrated part of the general cropping systems. In general, herbicides are formulated in such a way that they degrade from the environment after completion of their intended work, but a few of them persist in the environment and cause a serious hazard to the succeeding crop and also to the surrounding environments. Hence, a proper knowledge of herbicides is important to understand the management procedure, organization and hierarchy of the herbicides. It also provides an imminent idea to herbicide resistance, which continues to be a problem in sustainable agricultural management. In this review, the herbicides used in India, negative impact of herbicides on the environment, persistency of herbicides, their dissipation methods and different management practices to avoid/minimize herbicide carry-over effects were discussed. The combine effects of bioaugmentation and biostimulation along with organic matter addition might be a promising technology to accelerate the biodegradation. Apart from these, extensive field evaluation studies with other tools like crop rotation and increment of the organic matter content is definitely a promising technique for managing the herbicide persistence. Bioherbicides, a biological control agent for weeds, and transgenic approaches can be a good alternative for chemical herbicides in future. They provide high degree of specificity of target weed and have no effect on non-target, beneficial plants or man and do not form any residues in the environment.