Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Exploitation of Heterosis in Inter-Varietal Crosses of Urdbean (Vigna mungo [L.] Hepper)

Urdbean (2n=22), popularly known as blackgram or mash is a premier short duration legume crop belonging to family leguminosae. It is an excellent source of high quality easily digestible dietary protein (2528%), oil (1.0-1.5%), fiber (3.5%-4.5%, ash (4.5-5.5%), carbohydrates (62-65%), low flatulence, fairly supplier of lysine, vitamins iron and phosphorus. Being a short duration legume and photo-thermo insensitive nature, it is considered as excellent for crop intensification and diversification. Besides like any other legume, this crop acts as an ameliorator of soil fertility through symbiotic nitrogen fixation as well as a green manure. However in recent years, lack of promising International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 10 Number 01 (2021) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Does Comprehensive Income Provide Value Relevant Information?

Received July 17, 2020 Revised from August 25, 2020 Accepted September 22, 2020 Available online March 15, 2021 The purpose of this paper is to examine the value relevance of earnings, comprehensive income and other comprehensive income components for listed firms on Palestine Exchange. The data was collected from the audited financial statements of the 48 listed companies covering the periods from 2013 to 2018. The study employed balanced panel data regression analysis and utilized 288 firm-year observations as of January 2020. The findings revealed that the book value of equity, net income and comprehensive income are positively and significantly related to stock prices. The study also found that the gains or losses from financial instruments through other comprehensive income has negative and insignificant association with security prices. However, revaluation surplus and foreign currency translation adjustments have positive and insignificant link with stock prices. This study is the first in examining the value relevance of comprehensive income information in Palestine and provides useful information to existing and potential investors to consider comprehensive income information in conjunction with net income in their investment decisions. JEL classification: G10, M41 DOI: 10.14254/1800-5845/2021.17-1.14
A comparative study of type 2 radial head fractures treated by conservative versus operative management

Aims and Objectives 1. To evaluate the clinical and functional outcome in Type 2 Radial head fracture treated with conservative management or operative management. 2. To study the complications, if any with radial head fracture fixation and conservative treatment. Materials and Methods: 50 patients of Type 2 radial head fractures were treated either none operatively or by open reduction and internal fixation. 25 patients underwent conservative treatment and 25 patients underwent open reduction and internal fixation. Patients were divided into study groups by randomisation. Patients were followed up for a period of 6 months following their injury, and overall results were determined by using the Quick Dash scoring system. Institutional ethics committee approval was obtained before proceeding with this study. Results: In our study, no statistically significant differences were found in the study groups in terms of age, sex, side affected or mechanism of injury. Quick Dash scores were not found to vary significantly in either groups at 6 months. One patient in our study had a palsy of the posterior interosseous nerve following surgery. Conclusion: The authors cannot recommend open reduction and internal fixation for type 2 radial head fractures, as conservative management in this study has shown to have equally good results without the possibility of complications of surgery.
Unified and Flexible Online Experimental Framework for Control Engineering Education

This article introduces a unified and flexible experimental framework for massive online experimentation of control education. The new architecture adopts a front-end and back-end separation scheme based on React at frontend and Nginx at backend, and a single page application has been achieved to improve user experience. Multiple features and supporting technologies which provide a flexible, interactive, and real-time platform with enhanced sense of presence and user experience are discussed. The design and implementation of the proposed system are depicted in detail. With the implementation of online algorithm design, the unified framework enables all the functionalities such as web-based algorithm design, parameter tuning, visual configuration of customized user interface, and real-time control with remote and virtual laboratories, which cover the entire process in control education experimentation. A case study with students from two universities shows that the implemented online laboratory framework can support massive students with minimum maintenance required.
Drought Monitoring in Northern Nigeria Using Four (4) Indices.

Drought can generally be defined as the extreme persistence of precipitation deficit over a region for a specific period. Eight study locations were picked from the Sudano-Sahelian agro-ecological zones of Nigeria (Bauchi, Bida. Kaduna, Kano, Maiduguri. Sokoto, Nguru, and Katsina) from 1981 to 2015. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Standardized Precipitation Evaporation IndexThornthwaite (SPEI.T), Standardized Precipitation Evaporation Index-Hargreaves (SPEI-H) and Standardized Precipitation Evaporation Index-penman (SPEI-P) were used as the primary indicators of meteorological and agricultural droughts. The correlation coefficient shows an increasing correlation among the indices with increasing time scale, with SPI and SPEI-H having the highest correlation. The regression analysis shows a monotonic increasing relationship between indices while SPI vs SPEI-H has the highest correlation coefficient. The number of drought occurrences captured by the indices also increases with increasing time scale with SPEIP detecting the highest number of drought events. All the drought indices reflect the historical drought periods between 1982-1989, 1992-2002, and 2008-2011. SPI, SPEIP, and SPEI-H detected similar duration and intensity for the historical drought between 1982 and 1989 while SPEI-P showed the highest intensity and duration for the historical droughts between 1992 and 2002 and between 2008 and 2011.Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) evaluated that SPEI-P was more robust and sophisticated, SPI and SPEIP had the same score for tractability while SPEI-H being the least tractable, and SPI had the highest for transparency and extendibility. KeywordsAnalysis, Drought, Trend, Northern Nigeria.
The atomic business: structures and strategies

Abstract Nuclear energy was one among business opportunities brought by the take off in science and technology after the Second World War. The narratives of the milestones of atomic history neglect the commercial, industrial and organizational aspects that made it possible. This paper concentrates on what makes the nuclear business exceptional (or not). We undertake an analysis of the nuclear supply business (designing, manufacturing and installing nuclear facilities) distinct from the analysis of the demand side (business operating nuclear power plants). We identify a continuing role of the state in civil nuclear businesses and a symbiotic relationship with private atomic business. And yet, for the most part the nuclear business applies the usual criteria of cost minimization and profit maximization within the boundaries of a non-perfectly competitive market. We argue that the development of civil nuclear projects is core not just to business history as a discipline but to post-war history.
Mobility and Bipolar Diffusion Charging Characteristics of Crumpled Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized in a Furnace Aerosol Reactor

Crumpled graphene oxide (CGO) nanoparticles were synthesized by atomizing a solution of graphene oxide sheets (GO) into a furnace aerosol reactor, in which GO was thermally reduced. By using a differential mobility analyzer (DMA), CGO nanoparticles of uniform mobility sizes were classified and collected. The morphology and sizes of these CGO nanoparticles were characterized by transmission electron microscope. The projected area equivalent size of CGO calculated from TEM images (offline measurements) was correlated to the electrical mobility size of CGO measured by a scanned mobility particle sizer system, which consisted of a DMA and a condensation particle counter (online measurements), and a reasonable match between the two sizes was observed. Further, the bipolar diffusion charging characteristics of CGO synthesized at different temperatures were studied with a tandem differential mobility analyzer system, from which the charge fractions of CGO were determined. The synthesis temperature affected the c.
EFFECT OF THE COMBINED NOZZLE ORIENTATION AND TRUCK SPEED ON EFFICACY OF ULTRA-LOW-VOLUME SPRAY AGAINST CAGED AEDES ALBOPICTUS IN URBAN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

A field study was conducted to evaluate the combined effect of nozzle orientation and vehicle travel speed on droplet dispersion and mosquito mortality of an adulticide applied from a truck mounted ULV sprayer in the City of Gainesville, Florida. Three multi-block areas with dense, medium, and sparse vegetation were selected for the study. Aqua-Reslin ® was applied in each area in the following treatment combinations: a) horizontal nozzle at 24 km/h travel speed, b) 45° upward orientation (standard) at 16 km/h, and c) 22.5° upward orientation at 24 km/h. Caged, three to five day old Aedes albopictus females were used in all evaluations. Spray deposition was determined at various locations inside each application area using Florida Latham Bonds droplet impingers. There was a significant difference in 24-h mortality among the 3 nozzle angle and speed treatment combinations, but not in the interaction between those combinations and application distance. The 22.5° nozzle combination resulted in the greatest mosquito mortality (88.3%) while the 45° combination resulted in the least mortality (63.1%). A significant difference in 24-h mortality among the 3 vegetation densities and application distances occurred with no significant interaction among these two parameters. The greatest Ae. albopictus mortality was recorded in the sparse (91.4%) and the lowest in the medium vegetation area (72.2%) at the maximum rate of 0.0015 lb. /acre. Adulticide deposition was not significantly different among vegetation levels, but was significantly different among the distances and interactions of those parameters.
Plasma-Sprayed HA/Sr Reinforced Coating for Improved Corrosion Resistance and Surface Properties of Ti13Nb13Zr Titanium Alloy for Biomedical Implants

Surgical implants are generally made-up of light metal or alloys like titanium and titanium alloys. In this study, attempts are made to enhance the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance by developing a protective layer with plasma-sprayed strontium-reinforced hydroxyapatite (HA-Sr) coatings at three levels (4, 8, and 12%) of weight percent (wt%) of Sr powder. The findings show that the surface hardness increases on increasing the Sr content in HA, whereas the surface roughness tends to decrease on Sr increment. The bare Ti13Nb13Zr substrate shows hydrophobic behavior while all the coated substrates are hydrophilic and give rise to the improved clinical performance of the implant. The electrochemical study showed that HA/Sr coated substrates possesses higher corrosion resistance than bare and pure HA-coated titanium substrate. The outcomes of this study indicated that the Ti13Nb13Zr alloy plasma-sprayed with HA and HA/Sr is beneficial for future bone implant applications.
Working for the best or bracing for the worst? Approach and avoidance motivation in planning

Even though planning is generally helpful in goal pursuit, people do not always choose to plan. The inclination to plan might depend on whether we focus on what we seek to approach or what we seek to avoid. In two pre-registered experiments, we tested the relative effect of approach versus avoidance motivation on willingness to plan (total N=1349). With outcome framing as the experimental manipulation, participants were randomly assigned to either an approach or an avoidance condition, and then indicated their willingness to plan their study activities before an upcoming exam. Contrary to predictions, the results showed no significant difference in willingness to plan depending on condition in either experiment. There was mixed support for the importance of anticipated affect and perceived distance as process mechanisms: While Experiment 1 showed that participants who experienced the day of the exam as closer in time were more willing to plan their study preparations (regardless of condition), we found no mediational effects through perceived distance or anticipated affect. In Experiment 2, anticipated affect intensity mediated the association between motivation and willingness to plan, where participants induced to approach motivation predicted greater intensity of anticipated affect upon achieving their goals, and thus were more willing to plan than participants induced to avoidance motivation. However, such mediation effects without a main effect remain ambiguous and should be interpreted with caution. Seen as a whole, the results suggest that the effect of different motivation types on the willingness to plan may be different than previously thought: They may not influence this aspect of goal striving.
Preferences and Attitude toward English Phonetics Learning: The perspectives of Indonesian EFL Learners

English learners should aware of English sounds, more specifically English phoneme, to comprehending the English language accurately. In order to completing the goal this research aimed to find out students’ preferences and attitude of English Education Program in Universitas Brawijaya. This was a descriptive quantitative research by using a survey design. The participants of this study were 103 (a hundred and three) students of batch 2015 to 2017 in English Language Education Program. The researcher used adopted questionnaire which consist of 8 items preferred themes and 19 statements of attitude in phonetic as the instrument by Lintunen and Makilahde (2013). This research was analyzed using SPSS program. The result of this study revealed student’s preference and attitudes toward phonetics learning. The most preferred topic chosen by the participants are the vowel systems (28.20%), speech rhythm and accent difference (27.20%), and intonation analysis (26.20%). The students performed a positive attitude toward English phonetic learning that can improve their skill in English especially in their pronunciation (98.1%). It is concluded that the students thought English Phonetics is important to increase their knowledge and their skill in learning English. The researcher suggested for future researcher, they can conduct the research by considering the correlation between pronunciation in English phonetics and speaking skill in English language
Diet of the European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) in the southern Pannonian plain

Overwinter survival of hibernators is directly influenced by the fat reserves accumulated during the active season. The European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, an endangered flagship species of the open grasslands of central and southeastern Europe, is no exception. Considering anthropogenic changes affecting its habitats in northern Serbia, we studied the species? feeding habits by subjecting its feces to microhistological examination. In addition to identifying plant remains in the feces, we examined the vegetation of the four study sites located inside a local mosaic of steppe and saline pastures. Our findings indicate that these remaining European ground-squirrel sites are diverse and stable grasslands covered by native flora that represents a complete dietary base for the species. The diet is dominated by a small number of plant species, specifically Achillea millefolium, legumes and grasses, with sporadic contributions from a number of other species. The diet of S. citellus also differs by location and season in that grasses dominate during the early season, while A. millefolium takes precedence later in the year. This dietary information is essential for the development of future species and habitat management strategies. In light of the predicted impact of climate change on grasslands in northern Serbia, our findings will be instrumental for translocations and conservation actions in the future.
Social Cohesion and Cooperation for Public Goods

Abstract A cohesive network keeps groups together and enables members to communicate about and cooperate for public goods. For ongoing cooperation, group members have to know if their group members cooperate or defect, but this information—mostly through gossip—is threatened by noise and biases. If there are redundant information channels, however, errors in monitoring and transmission in one imperfect channel can, to some degree, be corrected by information through another imperfect channel, and may lead to higher levels of cooperation. An influential conceptualization of social cohesion based on redundancy is K-connectivity: the minimum number (K) of node-independent paths connecting pairs of nodes in a group’s network. In a lab experiment, we tested if higher K-connectivity yields higher levels of cooperation for public goods, controlling for a number of other network effects such as density, size, and average distance. We do not find the hypothesized effect, which might be due to a not-earlier-found shortcoming of the concept, and we propose a solution.
Tying multiple installments in a single storyworld: Visiting worldbuilding through Power Sphera Universe in Malaysian animation franchise, BoBoiBoy

This article examines the implementation of worldbuilding in the Malaysian animation franchise, BoBoiBoy, through the portrayal of ‘Power Sphera Universe’ across various installments. Worldbuilding refers to the creation of a fictional storyworld in which a set storyline(s) take place. Within the scope of storytelling, worldbuilding plays an integral role as it enables a storyworld to sustain or encompass multiple storylines that were produced for various media platforms. This study will argue that the portrayal of ‘Power Sphera Universe’ in various installments across the BoBoiBoy animation franchise ensures that the encapsulated and uniquely developed stories remain interrelated to one another, allowing the audience to enhance their understanding and comprehension over the overall transmedia storyworld. The discussion will visit the utilization of contextualizing devices as a primary means of worldbuilding across several storylines within the BoBoiBoy animation franchise
Adaptive fuzzy containment control for nonlinear multi-agent systems with input delay

This paper focuses on a problem of adaptive fuzzy containment control for nonlinear multi-agent systems with input delay. Through the Pade approximation and intermediate variable, the positive constant delays of nonlinear systems inputs are transferred to the coefficients of the next dynamic equation. The phenomenon of “complexity explosion” in traditional backstepping control technique is avoided by introducing first-order filters, in which a new variable replaces the derivative of the virtual controller. In addition, fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) are used to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions of nonlinear multi-agent systems. No matter what the order of the nonlinear multi-agent systems is, only two adaptive laws need to be designed in the adaptive fuzzy containment controller design process for each follower. Using the proposed control method, all followers can converge to the convex hull established by the leaders, and the closed-loop system is stable. The simulation results can further illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.
Comparison of spirometric functions in patients with asthma who underwent laparoscopic gastric bypass versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A retrospective study

Aim: Morbid obesity has become a global problem in our day, and different surgical methods are used in its solution. We aimed to compare the spirometric function results of asthmatic morbid obese who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) versus laparoscopic roux n y gastric bypass (LGB). Materials and Methods: We have retrospectively reviewed seventy two asthmatic patients who underwent LSG and LGB for morbid obesity between march 2016 and january 2020 in pulmonology department. Demographic findings, spirometrıc outcomes, and hospital stay were assessed. Statistically significant results were accepted as p <0.001. Results: The mean age of the participants in the study was 34.13±5.28 (mean age range 25-37), mean BMI 47.3 ± 3.4 kg / m2 (range 43-55). All of the operations were terminated laparoscopically Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified the independent prognostic factors for lung symptoms as age, gender and BMI. Age p:0.064, (OR(95%CI):2.036 [0.955, 4.341]), BMI,p:0.0791. (OR(95%CI): 895 [0.948, 3.789]), gender p:0.110(OR(95%CI):,0.978 [0.951, 1.005]) detected as shown. Conclusion: Although the laparoscopic gastric bypass procedure has a higher morbidity rate than laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, we have concluded that the healing effect in spirometric function tests and improvement in pulmonary outcomes are better.
Effects of individual toxic behavior on team performance in League of Legends

ABSTRACT Toxic behavior in online video games is frequent and problematic. Previous research has linked toxic behavior with worsened performance. No study, however, has investigated a causal relationship between toxic behavior and worsened performance, nor investigated potential moderators such as individual motivation. Using 716 players of League of Legends, a popular team-based video game, the effect of toxic behavior on performance and the influence of motivation was assessed. Players were exposed to either a control condition where a confederate behaved neutrally or an experimental condition where a confederate operationally “flamed” participants. Performance statistics were gathered from the NA.OP. GG database. Motivation was self-reported after matches (N = 139). Toxic behavior significantly worsened the multivariate vector of team and individual performance. Motivation influenced baseline individual performance but did not significantly moderate the effect of toxic behavior on individual performance. These results encourage individuals to refrain from engaging in online toxic behavior and provide motivation for gaming communities to take steps to decrease toxic behavior. Future research should take a closer look at the role of individual differences and underlying cognitive processes involved in toxic behavior.