Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Russian Far East: diversity and zoogeography

Based on an extensive field survey of stoneflies in mountain streams and rivers across the different climatic zones of the Russian Far East (from polar deserts in the north to the subtropics in the south), we describe the diversity of the stonefly fauna and analyse its zoogeography. The stonefly fauna of the Russian Far East is rich and unique; it includes 139 species from 45 genera and eight families, with endemism at the generic level. By stonefly distribution patterns, the 24 zoogeographical districts to which Russian Far Eastern streams are assigned can be consolidated into Beringian, East Siberian and East Asian Subregions. Similarities between the local stonefly faunas of the 24 zoogeographic districts were evaluated using Sorensen's coefficient of similarity, and the resulting similarity matrix then subjected to UPGMA cluster analysis. The non-relict stonefly fauna originated from three primary sources: a southern source on the Asian mainland by way of the Amur River Basin; a northeastern Asiamerican source from across the Beringian Bridge, and a western source in Siberia, including a few European taxa.
Influence du taux d'incorporation de la pulpe de caroube sur la digestibilité et l'utilisation des rations par des ovins à l'engraissement

Matériel et méthodes. Dans un ler essai, 30 agneaux mâles croisés D’man x Sardi, âgés en moyenne de 9 mois, sont répartis au hasard en 3 lots de 10 et affectés à 3 régimes alimentaires A, B et C. Ces derniers, calculés pour être isoazotés, contiennent 30 % de foin de luzerne haché, 10 % de pulpe sèche de betterave et 2 % de complément minéral vitaminisé. Le régime A contient en outre respectivement 37,9 et 0 % de PSA et de PC contre 21,8 et 15 % pour le régime B et 5,8 et 30 % pour le régime C. Le reste de la ration est apporté sous forme de tourteau de coton. Les agneaux sont nourris individuellement et à volonté (10 % de refus) avec un contrôle quotidien des consommations. A la fin de la phase d’engraissement qui a duré 70 jours, 5 agneaux choisis au hasard dans chaque lot sont utilisés pour mesurer la digestibilité des 3 régimes à l’entretien (40 g MS/P°. 75 ) ; la période de collecte des fèces dure 7 jours. Les autres animaux sont abattus pour déterminer le poids de carcasse chaude et le contenu des réservoirs gastriques. Les aliments et les fèces de chaque mouton
Prevalence of Parasites in the Indian Major Carp, Labeo rohita (Hamilton) in Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Key words: Labeo rohita; parasite; prevalence; abundance; mean density; infestation. DOI: 10.3329/ujzru.v28i0. 5290 Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 28, 2010 pp. 65-68
Soft-bottom fauna and oxygen minima in sub-arctic north Norwegian marine sill basins

Marine sill basins are generally characterized by vertically stratified water masses. During periods of water stagnation, the bottom fauna may be severely affected by the depletion of oxygen. In northern Norway, stratification is less and water exchange processes stronger than in topographically similar boreal basins, which would generally imply better oxygen conditions. In this study the soft-bottom macrofauna (>1 mm) of three northern Norwegian sill basins was examined with respect to species diversity, abundance and functional relationships. Simultaneous data for hydrographical parameters (salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen) and sediments (total organic carbon, fine fraction) were recorded. All basins were subject to discharges of municipal wastewater. In the basins, the water masses were stratified from spring to late autumn, but apparently freely circulating in winter. During stratification the oxygen content fell to 22–55% saturation in the bottom water. The fauna was generally species rich and diverse, but the number of species was lower than outside the basins. Polychaetes feeding at or just above the sediment surface were numerically dominant. The proportion of detrivorous polychaetes feeding below the sediment surface decreased in relation to oxygen minimum levels. The study suggests that, due to relatively strong water exchange dynamics, northern sill fjords are less vulnerable to organic discharges than more southerly located sill fjords.
NUTRIENT INTERACTIONS IN CROP PLANTS

Balanced supply of of essential nutrients is one of the most important factors in increasing crop yields. The objective of this review is to discuss interactions among major and minor nutrients in crop plants. In crop plants, the nutrient interactions are generaly measured in terms of growth response and change in concentration of nutrients. Upon addition of two nutrients, a increase in crop yield that is more than adding only one, the interaction is positive (synergistic). Similarly, if adding the two nutrients together produced less yield as compared to individual ones, the interactions is negative (antagonistic). When there is no change, there is no interaction. All the three interactions among essential plant nutrients have been reported. However, most interactions are complex. A nutrient interacting simultaneously with more than one nutrients. This may induced deficiencies, toxicities, modified growth responses, and/or modified nutrient composition. Better understanding of nutrient interactions may be useful in understanding importance of balanced supply of nutrients and consequently improvement in plant growth or yields.
Environmental‐ and parental condition‐related variation in sex ratio of kestrel broods

Variation of brood sex ratio was studied in a Finnish population of Eurasian Kestrels Falco tinnunculus breeding in an unpredictably variable environment. From those young that survived until 2-4 weeks of age, blood was collected and their sex determined from polymorphic DNA profiles produced by hybridisation with a human minisatellite probe. The sex ratio was male-biased during a year of food (vole) scarcity. Furthermore, in broods without mortality, contrasting seasonal trends in sex ratios emerged. In this subsample, the proportion of males increased with later laying date during years of low and moderate food supply, whereas the opposite was true in a year of relatively high food supply. These trends may indicate circumstances that favour the raising of different sex. The proportion of males in the brood was also negatively correlated with body condition of both male and female parents, reflecting an adaptive condition-dependent sex-ratio adjustment, or alternatively the inability of the parents to meet the requirements of the more energetically expensive female offspring. We discuss the limitations that unpredictable conditions during brood raising can impose on adaptive sex-ratio manipulation, particularly in species with sexual size dimorphism and consequent differences in the cost of raising the two sexes.
Methane emission from stored dairy manure slurry and slurry after digestion by methane digester

To examine the effect of storage temperature on the emission of methane (CH) and carbon dioxide (CO) and on recovery of nutrients from raw dairy manure slurry (RS) and slurry digested in a methane digester (DS), both slurries were stored in closed 100 L steel tanks under psychrophilic conditions (5, 10, 15 and 20°C) for a 150 day period. As the storage temperature increased, total methane emission increased in both types of slurry. The amount of methane emitted per unit of volatile solids of the RS and DS was 0.19 L/g and 0.10 L/g, respectively. The respective carbon dioxide emissions were 0.20 L/g for RS and 0.12 L/g for DS at 20°C of storage temperature. At temperatures greater than 15°C, the methane concentration in the emitted gas remained more than 40% of the total gas. During the experimental period, in excess of 90% of the total Kjeldahl nitrogen in these slurries was recovered (91.4-93.7% for RS and 93.7-98.4% for DS) after storage, and ammonium nitrogen was recovered in excess of 100% (100.1-143.2% for RS and 106.7-143.2% for DS storage tanks) because of the mineralization of organic nitrogen in the influent. These results indicate that manure slurry characteristics and storage temperature have significant impacts on methane emission. It can be concluded that on typical farms located in northern Japan, methane emission from manure storage tanks during late fall, winter and early spring may be negligible, because of manure temperatures less than 10°C. During late spring, summer and early fall, methane emissions can be substantially reduced by using underground storage to maintain lower manure temperatures.
Prestige Planning and the Welsh Language: Marketing, the Consumer-Citizen and Language Behaviour

This paper comprises a brief examination of the approach taken by the Welsh Language Board, as the principal language policy and planning body in Wales, with regard to aspects of prestige planning and the Welsh language. It describes how devolution and the recent, and first ever, national review by the Welsh Assembly Government of Welsh language policy provides the immediate context for the work of the Welsh Language Board. The key policy document resulting from that review, Iaith Pawb, is critically analysed and the relationship to it of prestige planning identified. The practice of prestige planning by the Welsh Language Board is discussed with regard to ideological concerns with notions of audience – citizens and consumers, addressing the discourses of neo-liberalism and post-colonialism along with the concept of the communitarian social state.
Pet lizard conditions and syndromes

The popularity of reptiles has increased tremendously in the last 2 decades. Over this time, many species of lizards have become routinely available, and their uniqueness and personality have resulted in their becoming mainstream pets. With so many species of lizards (>3000 species), it is difficult for the reptile clinician to be familiar with each species that is presented. This paper will provide the veterinarian with a reference for the most common problems seen in common species or groups of lizards. The number of conditions and syndromes described for these lizard species will increase as we continue to see more of these patients in practice and to share our clinical experiences, and as diagnostic capabilities improve. The complexity of care necessary for these diverse lizard species is at the root of most problems seen with pet lizards. A primary goal is to improve husbandry by attempting to provide a captive environment and diet that is similar to the natural history of the lizard. References for the natural history, husbandry, and captive breeding information for the species of lizards described in this paper are cited in the initial heading for each species.
Assessment of vegetative compatibility and virulence of Verticillium dahliae isolates from Idaho potatoes and tester strains.

Thirty-three wild-type strains of Verticillium dahliae were isolated from potato stems from 25 fields in southern Idaho. These strains were all assigned to vegetative compatibility group (VCG) 4 based on pairings of nitrate-nonutilizing mutants induced on medium containing chlorate. The Idaho strains and VCG 4 testers were divided into nine subgroups. These subgroups relate to previously designated VCG 4 subgroups as follows: 4A=4A1, 4A2, 4A3, 4A4, 4A5, and 4A6; 4A/B=4A/B1; and 4B=4B1 and 4B2. Subgroup 4A contained 29 of the 33 Idaho strains. All subgroup 4A strains and most of the strains from subgroups 4A/B and 4B were pathogenic in greenhouse studies [. ]
FLUXNET and modelling the global carbon cycle

Measurements of the net CO2 flux between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere using the eddy covariance technique have the potential to underpin our interpretation of regional CO2 source–sink patterns, CO2 flux responses to forcings, and predictions of the future terrestrial C balance. Information contained in FLUXNET eddy covariance data has multiple uses for the development and application of global carbon models, including evaluation/validation, calibration, process parameterization, and data assimilation. This paper reviews examples of these uses, compares global estimates of the dynamics of the global carbon cycle, and suggests ways of improving the utility of such data for global carbon modelling.
Butyrate and propionate production from D-mannitol in the large intestine of pig and rat

Fermentation of D-mannitol and the bacteria responsible for it were analyzed by 13C-NMR spectroscopy and amplified ribosomal restriction analyses (ARDRA) on intestinal bacteria in pig cecal digesta and in a rat in vivo feeding trial. [1-13C]-Mannitol was fermented by pig cecal digesta mainly to [2-13C]-propionate, [3-13C]-propionate, [2-13C]-butyrate, and [4-13C]-butyrate. Dietary D-mannitol at a 5% level induced significantly higher cecal butyrate concentration in the rat model. The evolution of rat fecal bacteria due to feeding with D-mannitol suggested the involvement of a lactate-utilizing butyrate producer, Clostridium indolis, in the stimulation of butyrate production. Rat intestinal microbiota is often difficult to extrapolate to that of humans, but the stimulation of the lactate-utilizing butyrate producers and propionate producers was suggested by the 13C-NMR spectroscopy of the end products of pig cecal fermentation and ARDRA on rat fecal bacteria. These results suggest the potential of D-mannitol as a prebiotic, which modifies large intestinal fermentation to produce more butyrate and propionate.
Understanding the production of ‘strategy’ and ‘organization’ through talk amongst managerial elites

The paper draws upon ethnographic research that also placed centre‐stage the recording of managerial elites' everyday naturally occurring talk‐based interactive routines over time/space. To understand these routines, a number of theoretical and analytical ‘paths’ were deployed. Conversation analysis, as one branch of ethnomethodological study, provided one crucial basis for fine‐grained analyses of the ‘methods’ and reasoning procedures utilised by the managerial elites. Equally, though, in conducting analyses of human activity, elusive notions such as interests, preferences, goals, power and their biographies of prior dealings also surface. The ethnographic component can provide one means for careful considerations of history, culture, and politics. The theoretical and analytical issues when attempting to encompass both transcript‐intrinsic and transcript‐extrinsic ‘data’ are then considered here against one small strip of interaction. It was one occasioned moment in a stream of interactions where the managerial elites ostensibly sought to shape strategic direction. What they do, of course, is always produce ‘organization’, which they then work with for next‐time‐around actions. The paper also includes a brief commentary upon the issue of linkages between what has been termed micro and macro aspects of ‘reality’.
Evidence of Impaired Reproduction by Western Mosquitofish Inhabiting Seleniferous Agricultural Drainwater

Abstract Western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis from the San Luis Drain (SLD), a major conveyance system for seleniferous agricultural subsurface (tile) drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley, California, experienced lower reproductive success than did mosquitofish from a nearby reference area (Pond 26 at the Volta Wildlife Area, VOLTA) that had no history of receiving tile drainage. At birth, mean survival of SLD fry was 70% in 1984 and 77% in 1985, whereas mean survival of VOLTA fry was greater than 99% in 1984 and 97% in 1985. Measurements of total length (TL) of offspring born to SLD females in 1985 showed that stillborn fry (mean TL, 7.5 mm) were significantly shorter than live fry (mean TL, 9.4 mm). In addition, most stillborn fry were at earlier stages of development (contained prominent yolk sacs or occasionally resembled eyed embryos) than most live fry (yolk sacs were fully resorbed). In comparison, stillborn and live fry born to VOLTA females did not differ significantly in TL (mean for stillb.
Evaluation of Chemopreventive Potential of Garlic Extract on N-Nitrosodiethylamine-Induced Hepatocarcinoma in Rats

The protective effects of garlic (Allium sativum) were investigated against N -nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA)-induced hepatic tumourigenesis by assessing tumour marker enzymes; gamma glutamate transpeptidase (GGT), glutathione S -transferase (GST), glucose 6-phosphatase (G6Pase), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), 5'-nucleotidase, aspartate (AST) and alanine transaminases (ALT). The changes in the activities of these enzymes is proportional to the extent of malignancy; thus, they were useful to assess the antineoplastic potency of garlic extract. An elevation in the activities of GGT, GST, 5'-nucleotidase, ALP, AST and ALT and reduction in the activity of G6Pase were observed in rats bearing carcinoma. Oral administration of garlic extract normalised the activities of tumour marker enzymes.
Diversity and composition of dung beetle (Scarabaeinae) assemblages in a heterogeneous Andean landscape

in a montane region of Colombia, the diversity and composition of the dung beetle (Scarabaeinae) assemblages were sampled and analyzed in natural and anthropogenic habitats: primary forest, secondary forest, pasture and cropland. The total number of species per habitat was similar (between 10 species in cropland and 13 in secondary forest). Inventory completeness was over 90%, except for cropland where over 82% of the true species richness was recorded. Greater numbers of species and individuals were found in primary forest than in secondary forest and pasture. Fifty-five percent of all individuals were captured in cropland where the number of species was similar to that recorded for secondary forest. Species turnover was highest between primary forest and cropland (of 18 species, 4 were present in both). Primary and secondary forest had the lowest turnover of species (of 14, 11 species present in both). Guild distribution depended on habitat type: in primary and secondary forest, the most common species were nocturnal tunnelers, while in pasture and cropland, there were more diurnal species of various habits. These results support the idea that regeneration areas and certain land use systems can mitigate the detrimental effects that clearing the original vegetation has on biodiversity.
A peculiar behaviour for cell death induced by weak carboxylic acids in the wine spoilage yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii

In glucose‐grown cells of Zygosaccharomyces bailii, ISA 1307 acetic acid and other carboxylic acids enhanced death. The effects were much lower than those described for Saccharomyces cerevisiae, being only detectable at higher acid concentrations. In Z. bailii, acetic acid and other weak acids also induced intracellular acidification, but this effect was less pronounced than that of death and no relationship was found with death enhancement. The results suggested that in Z. bailii, unlike S. cerevisiae, intracellular acidification induced by weak acids is less pronounced and appears not to have a significant role in death at the temperature range used.
Morcegos (Mammalia, Chiroptera) em restinga no município de Jaguaruna, sul de Santa Catarina, Brasil

Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in restinga in the municipality of Jaguaruna, south of Santa Catarina, Brazil. This study aimed to elucidate the diversity of bats in two forest fragments in an area of restinga in the municipality of Jaguaruna, south of Santa Catarina. We performed 18 nights of sampling between November 2006 and September 2008, using in each night’s collection five mist nets installed at ground level, open for six hours after sunset. The Shannon index of diversity (H’) and the expected richness (Jackkinife first order) were calculated for the total sampled area. We captured 135 individuals belonging to nine species and two families (Phyllostomidae = 5; Vespertilionidae = 4). Sturnira lilium was the most abundant species (40% of the sample).
Issues surrounding English, the internationalisation of higher education and national cultural identity in Asia: a focus on Japan

The English language is significant to the internationalisation of higher education worldwide. Countries in Asia are proactive in appropriating English for their national interests, while paying attention to associated national cultural identity issues. This article examines the ways in which the role of English is interpreted and justified in different countries in Asia, with a particular focus on Japan, as these nations attempt to internationalise their higher education within the broader processes of regionalisation and globalisation and their own nationalist discourse. Through critical analyses and discussions of Japan's two major government initiatives, the Action Plan 2003 to ‘Cultivate Japanese with English Abilities’ and the ‘Global 30’ Project 2008, the article investigates how cultural national identities are shaped, are altered and are put ‘at risk’ in policies and practices for the internationalisation of higher education and the overemphasis on English. It argues for the importance of understanding the intersections of English language policy, the internationalisation of higher education and national cultural identity and also considers how the over-promotion of English in the case of Japan has been energetically driven by the nation building agenda that tends to undermine local languages and what this might mean for internationalisation.
Othering the ‘leaky body’. An autoethnographic story about expressing breast milk in the workplace

In this paper, I present an autoethnographic story about my experiences of expressing breast milk at a Dutch university department. My story illustrates how interrelated and conflicting discourses about gender, motherhood, breastfeeding, embodiment and professionalism raised issues about (in)visibility, embodied control, spatiality and discipline of my body and shaped my experience as a newly maternal employee. This paper thus aims to include bodies and embodied experiences in organization studies and highlights the need to consider spatiality as an important topic of research. I address these issues in my writing and use insights from feminist poststructuralism to show how the experiences I describe are part of a larger cultural framework of power structures that produce the ‘leaky’ maternal body as the Other, subject to (self-)discipline and marginalization. I hope my story inspires reflexivity and empathic understanding of the complex reality of experiences related to expressing breast milk in the workplace.
Creating knowledge and promoting innovation in logistics services with “personal-touch”: a case of Yamato transport

ABSTRACT “TA-Q-BIN” parcel delivery service by Yamato Transport Co., Ltd (hereafter Yamato Transport) is regarded equivalent to a social infrastructure in Japan. Since its start in 1976, Yamato Transport has extended services’ reach and volume, realising nationwide coverage in 1997 and achieving around 30 billion accumulated deliveries by the end of March 2017. Behind this achievement is the company’s continuous innovation of their service offerings not only by enhancing its digital information systems and its physical logistic networks but also by keeping analogue “personal-touch” and improving the service beyond customers’ expectation. Personal touch at the point of delivery triggers new knowledge which becomes the source of competitiveness. Grounding on the organisational knowledge creation theory, this paper aims to explain how Yamato Transport was able to enhance competitive advantage through creating new knowledge by pursuing both the “personal-touch” and the digitalisation, and ultimately realising innovation, and ultimately co-creating value for the society.
The animal

Nothing, as a matter of fact, is more closed to us than this animal life fromwhich we are descended. The animal opens before me a depth that attracts me and is familiar to me. In a sense, I know this depth: it is my own. It is at the same time that which is farthest removed from me, that which deserves the name depth, which means precisely that which is unfathomable to me. Georges Bataille, in Theory of Religion (1989: 20–22)