Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EFFICIENCY OF COLLECTIVE ACTIONS OF BEEF CHAIN IN THE SATE OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL EFICIÊNCIA DAS AÇÕES COLETIVAS DA CADEIA PRODUTIVA DE GADO DE CORTE NO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL

Contrary to common-sense beliefs that beef cattle producers have difficulties in cooperating among themselves, cooperation initiatives can be noticed in Brazil, especially in the Midwest region. Built on a theoretical framework of Collective Actions and Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), this work analyzes the horizontal cooperation pattern of beef cattle producers in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). Based on Collective Actions and Transaction Cost Economics theories, we focused on Private Interest Organizations (PIOs) with the purpose of identifying typologies and analyzing beef collective actions efficiency. Case studies with seven PIOs conducted through semi-structured interviews exhibits the efficiency of these organizations regarding the ability to provide collective goods, which vary according to their organizational aspects and typology. Results points out that PIOs were founded to contribute in technology and professionalization, increasing competitiveness and access to new markets, coordinating productive systems, reducing transaction costs among agents, modifying the institutional environment, and, finally, altering the behavior of bovine meat consumers.
Intercultural Competence Gains from Study Abroad in India

Participation in a study abroad program to Zambia with intentional intercultural activities embedded in the course curriculum has been shown to enhance cultural competence as measured by the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI®) (Krishnan, Masters, Holgate, Wang & Calahan, 2017). The purpose of this study was to assess whether a new program to India, developed using a. similar model, was effective in increasing student intercultural competence and to compare student outcomes with the previous program to evaluate possible differences in outcomes related to the destination country. Participants included 21 students who participated in the SLHS in India study abroad program, and 20 students who have not travelled abroad. Quantitative data included a pre- and post-program administration of the IDI® for both groups. Qualitative data included pre-departure and final reflection papers completed by participants in the intervention group. Results indicated a significant increase in intercultural competence in the intervention group and no change in score in the control group participants. The increase in group score is similar to increases seen in students who had travelled to Zambia. Results indicate that an intensive, service learning study abroad program can be a mechanism for students to enhance intercultural competence, possibly regardless of destination country.
DETERMINANTS OF SCIENCE TEACHERS’ HEALTHY EATING BEHAVIORS: COMBINING HEALTH BELIEF MODEL AND THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR

This study was conducted to provide a comprehensive understanding of determinants of science teachers’ healthy eating intentions and behaviors by combining the health belief model and the theory of planned behavior into one conceptual framework and considering the mediating impact of attitude and intention on behavior. This study was conducted based on cross sectional study design between November 2019 and February 2020. A total of 13 hypotheses were tested and data collected from 563 science teachers in Turkey were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results of the study showed that the proposed model explained the variance in intention and behavior at a more satisfactory level than existing theories. The results also revealed that all of the hypotheses were supported. In addition, the mediating role of attitude and intention in understanding science teachers’ healthy eating behaviors was identified. The study can provide important implications for education stakeholders, curriculum developers and science educators. Keywords: health belief model, healthy eating behavior, science education, theory of planned behavior
Workload Evaluation of an E-learning Server

: - This paper presents an analysis of a three months period of workload data from a large web-based e-learning system. This e-learning server provides on-line materials to the UPV campus at Valencia (Spain) and outside access mainly to Universities in South-America. We characterize user requests and file distribution and determine their impact on system performance. The purpose of our study is to assess scalability and support capacity planning.
Pagophagia And Hemoglobin Levels In Pregnant Women

Pica is a behavior characterized by the compulsive, persistent ingestion of non-food substances. It is a longstanding practice that has far-reaching implications for prevention and treatment. Pagophagia, or the excessive, compulsive consumption of ice, is a subcategory of pica. Although pica has been documented for centuries, there are limited studies regarding pagophagia and its effects in pregnant women. A comparative descriptive study was conducted to determine whether pagophagia is related to hemoglobin levels during pregnancy. Becker's Health Belief Model was utilized as the theoretical framework. Data were gathered by means of retrospective chart audit. The hypothesis was there would be no difference in the hemoglobin levels of pregnant women who practiced pagophagia as compared to pregnant women who did not practice pagophagia. The sample included 100 pregnant women, 50 women who practiced pagophagia and 5 0 women who did not. Students t test and descriptive statistics were
Design and Implementation of an Autonomous Waste Sorting Machine Using Machine Learning Technique

— In a world where the population is inevitably increasing, waste produced is progressively increasing as well. In this project, an autonomous waste sorting machine was made which could detect multiple classes of waste materials, and then separate them accordingly. The waste products were taken as input in a funnel-shaped structure and dropped one by one to a conveyor belt where they would be detected by machine learning technique using Faster-RCNN, and then a servo motor would separate them according to the detection result. In rare cases, there are some misdetections of the waste materials, but the reliability of the detection was very high. Our work can facilitate human efforts to separate waste products and can make the waste sorting system completely automatic.
GT BIPLOT ANALYSIS FOR YIELD AND RELATED TRAITS IN SOME SUGAR BEET VARIETIES AS AFFECTED BY COMPOST UNDER SALINE SOIL

Two field trials were carried out during two successive seasons of 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 at farmer’s field, Tamiya, (latitude of 29.58 o N, longitude of 30.96 o E and altitude of 34 m above sea level), Al Fayoum Governorate, Egypt, to evaluate the performance of eight sugar beet varieties under four levels of compost (without, 2, 4, and 6 ton /fed) in saline soil. A split-plot design with three replications was used in both seasons. The results revealed that treating the soil with 6-ton compost/fed significantly increased root diameter, root fresh weight/plant, sucrose and extractable sugar percentages, sodium content, root and sugar yields/fed as well as alpha-amino N content decreased in both seasons. Meantime, the proline, potassium, sodium contents and sugar lost to molasses% were insignificantly affected by compost levels in 1 st season and the second one. Indira-KWS mono-germ variety exhibited superiority over the all other tested varieties, which recorded the highest values of root diameter, root fresh weight/plant, sucrose%, root and sugar yields/fed as well a significant decrease in proline content in both seasons. While, both mono-germ Carma variety and multi-germ Shrb 21802 variety had the lowest value of sodium content without significant difference between them in both seasons, compared with the other varieties. There was a highly significant and positive correlation between root yield and each root diameter and root weight. The genotype by trait (GT) biplot graph was used to compare varieties based on multiple traits. It proved to be a reliable and easy-to-interpret analysis and visualization of the results. interpret analysis and visualization of the results. Under conditions of this work, planting mono-germ variety (Indira-KWS) and fertilized it with 6ton compost/fed can be recommended to get the higher root and sugar yields/fed under saline soil condition. INTRODUCTION Most soils in Al-Fayum governorate are affected by soil salinity very around Lake Qaroun in large areas connected to most of the city, such as Tamiya, also the salt rates range from 2 dsm -1 to 17 dsm -1 and have a significant impact on the growth of crops and reduce agricultural Egypt. J. of Appl. Sci., 36 (3) 2021 66-83
Few-Cycle, μJ-Class, Deep-UV Source from Gas Media

Energetic, few-fs pulses in the deep-UV region are highly desirable for exploring ultrafast processes on their natural time scales, especially in molecules. The deep-UV source can be generated from gas media irradiated with few-cycle near-infrared laser pulses via a third-order frequency conversion process, which is a perturbative mechanism in a relatively weak field regime. In this work, we demonstrate that the deep-UV generation process is significantly affected by also even higher nonlinear processes, such as the ionization depletion of gas and plasma-induced spatiotemporal distortion of propagating light. In the experiment, by optimizing the deep-UV (3.6–5.7 eV) generation efficiency, the highest deep-UV energy of 1 μJ was observed from a moderately ionized 0.8-bar Ar gas target. The observed UV spectra exhibited frequency shifts depending on the experimental conditions—gas type, gas pressure, and the gas cell location—supporting the importance of the highly nonlinear mechanisms. The experimental observations were well corroborated by numerical simulations.
Chemical functionalization of polyethylene surfaces by plasma-assisted carbene insertion

ABSTRACT Controlled surface modification of PE is achieved by an efficient and facile approach via plasma-assisted carbene insertion generated using diazo chemistry. The combination of plasma and carbene insertion shows a synergistic effect, which leads to an obvious enhancement of surface grafting, as shown qualitatively by a combination of IR and UV reflectance spectroscopy, and XPS analysis. The chemical modification may be observed spectroscopically, and the approach provides an opportunity for the convenient modification of low surface energy materials.
Chemistry and biosynthesis pathways of plant oleoresins: Important drug sources

Oleoresins are potential sources of many drugs. However, still comprehensive review articles on oleoresins are still very rarely found in the literature. Oleoresins are terpenoides thought to be produced in specialized epithelial secretory cells. The longlived trees like conifers have potent defense mechanisms against insects and fungi by producing oleoresins. Ethnopharmacological studies of oleoresins indicate many activities that are still not fully understood through pharmacological experiments. Also, the activities of the isolated compounds do not explain the strong activities of crude oleoresins. This review summarizes the literature on biochemical activities of oleoresins which includes mechanism of oleoresins formation, biosynthesis pathways, extraction techniques, quantitative analysis, essential oils, biological activities and uses.
Corporate Taxes, Agency Costs and Dividend Policy of Non-Financial Firms in Nigeria

The study empirically examines the relationship between corporate taxes, agency costs and dividend policy of non-financial firms in Nigeria. Particular changes in dividend payout were considered based on the relative impacts of taxes, agency costs and transaction costs on firms. The study focuses on 48 active non-financial firms listed on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange for a period of 8 years (2008 to 2015). These were drawn from the following ten (10) sectors: Agriculture, Automobile & Tyre, Breweries, Building and construction, Chemical and Paints, Conglomerates, Food/Beverages & Tobacco, Healthcare, Industrial/Domestic Products, and Oil and gas. Both statistical and econometric techniques were adopted for the analysis of the data as well as for investigating the hypotheses of the study. In particular, the Panel data technique was used in the estimation of the specified models. Given that fixed effects were shown to be suppressed in the relationships, the random effects approach was adopted for the empirical modeling and analysis of the equations. The results from the empirical analysis reveal that corporate tax liabilities of non-financial firms do not have significant impact on their dividend pay-out, suggesting that rising taxes may not affect how firms plan their dividend policy in the current period; agency costs in non-financial firms have negative impact on dividend policy of the firms; since only two of the agency cost variables were significant in the model, the results show that larger proportions of institutional and foreign ownership in non-financial firms leads to a fall in dividend pay-out by management; transaction costs do not have strong effects on dividend policy of the firms; a direct relationship exists between dividend pay-out and firm market value; dividend pay-out has strong positive impact on stock price or market value of the firms. Cash flow generally has a strong positive impact on dividend pay-out of the firms. Though, profits were insignificant in the dividend models, retained earnings consistently had positive coefficients in all the estimates in the study. The study recommends among others that tax implications involved in dividend policy formulation should be given adequate attention. Since taxes do not play effective role in dividend policy, the firms should focus more attention on ways of increasing earnings and improving market value for expanding dividends. More importantly, there should be more awareness of shareholders’ preferences and influences in the determination of dividends rather than excessive focus on government-induced corporate tax influences.
Occurrence and molecular characterization of alfalfa mosaic virus in eggplant in Serbia

In the 2018-19 growing season, a total of 51 leaves of eggplant plants grown under field conditions were collected randomly from nine private gardens at four different localities in the Province of Vojvodina. Eggplants with nearly 40% of plants showing bright yellow to white mosaic or mottling of leaves were found throughout the inspected fields (gardens). The collected samples were analyzed for the presence of alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV), cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and potato virus Y (PVY) using commercial double-antibody sandwich (DAS)-ELISA kits. Serological analysis of eggplant samples revealed the presence of AMV in 80.39% collected samples. None of the analyzed samples was positive for CMV and PVY. The virus was successfully mechanically transmitted to test plants including Nicotiana benthamiana, Chenopodium quinoa, C. amaranticolor, as well as eggplant seedlings, confirming the infectious nature of the disease. The presence of AMV in eggplants was further verified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and sequencing, using the primers CP AMV1 and CP AMV2 that amplify part of the coat protein (CP) gene. The phylogenetic analysis showed that Serbian AMV isolates grouped into a separate well-supported group together with AMV isolates from Italy, Croatia and previously characterized isolates from Serbia. To our knowledge, this is the first report of AMV infection of eggplant in Serbia.
Fundamentals of Qur'anic Education Concept: A Critical Conceptualization with Special Reference to Al-Kilȃni’s Thought

There is a firm correlation between the decline of Muslims in the stage of history and Islamic education system’s lack of productivity in generating excellent outputs. This fact originates from Islamic education’s weakness in avoiding the paradox of “historical determinism” tendency and “practical realism”. This fact also has its roots in the dearth of critical Islamic education studies due to intellectual elites paying little attention to eminent investigations. Such problems had troubled al-Kîlânî, as a thinker and a practitioner of Islamic education, and prompted him to critically reflect how he could contribute and participate in solving crucial problems of Islamic education based on Quranic exegesis. Unfortunately, his critical reflection is still less ppreciated by readers of Islamic education because his thoughts have yet to be broadly recognized. In his criticism, al-Kîlânî introduced the “triadic concept”. He had painstakingly carried out an endeavor to link up a spiritual-transcendental vision with an anthropo-cosmological consciousness, which has in most part been dismissed from the viewpoint of modern science.
Detection of Epistasis and Genetic Parameters of Some Quantitative Traits Through Triple Test Cross Analysis in Chickpea (Cicer Arietinum L.)

Triple test cross analysis was carried out to detect the epistasis of thirteen yield and yield components in five chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) crosses. Total epistatic effect was found to be non-significant for all the studied traits. Partitioning of total epistasis indicated the involvement of ‘i’ type (additive  additive) epistasis for DFF, PHFF, PWH, NPd/P, PdW/P, NS/P and SW/P in cross-1; NPBFF and NSBFF in cross-3 and for PHFF, DMF, PHMF and NSBMF in cross-5. The magnitude of additive component (D) was higher than that of the dominance component (H). Partial degree of dominance (H/D) was observed for most of the traits. Both broad (hb) and narrow (hn) sense heritability were found to be moderately high. Positive and significant correlation between sums and differences indicated the direction of dominance towards decreasing parents and vice-versa. Introduction Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an annual legume belonging to Fabaceae and commonly known as gram, Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean and Egyptian pea, widely grown for its nutritious seeds. The seeds are high in fibre and protein and good source of iron, phosphorus and folic acid. It also contains potentially health-beneficial phytochemicals (Wood and Grusak 2007). Chickpea dominates international markets over other legume crops and it is traditionally a lowinput crop and is grown extensively in the moisture stress environments (Yadav et al. 2007). Thus, more importance should be given in the cropping intensity on chickpea in Bangladesh. To formulate an efficient breeding program, it is essential to understand the mode of inheritance, the magnitude of gene effects and their mode of action. Triple Test Cross (TTC) provides precise estimates of various genetic parameters together with the availability of a test for epistasis which is not envisaged in other multiple mating designs. TTC analysis was successfully used in chickpea (Malhotra and Singh 1989) and other genotypes such as in bhendi (Saravanan et al. 2005), in rice (Ram et al. 2007), in wheat (Zafar et al. 2008), in lentil (Kumar et al. 2011, Azad 2012). Therefore, an attempt was made to examine the role of various components of genetic variance in the inheritance of yield and yield components using TTC analysis. Materials and Methods The experiment was conducted in the research field of the Biometrical Genetics Research Laboratory of the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh during the crop season of 2009-2010 to 20122013. Five chickpea genotypes viz., BARI chola-1, BARI chola-4, BARI chola-6, BARI chola-7 and BARI chola-8 were taken as research materials. These genotypes were hybridized to develop F1 seed. From F2 population, 10 plants were randomly selected as male and crossed back to their respective P1, *Author for correspondence: <anil_deb2001@yahoo.com>, <debac@ru.ac. bd>. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v50i2. 54092
Systemic Bank Panics in Financial Networks ∗ Job Market Paper

This paper embeds panic-based runs in financial markets into the analysis of the fragility of financial networks. Panics can be contagious when banks are interconnected. During normal times, when no bank falls into distress before its creditors make their withdrawal decisions, I find a novel mechanism to show that financial networks with weaker connections (corresponding to a more diversified pattern of interbank liabilities) will trigger more panics and, in that sense, be more fragile. When one bank in the network receives a shock that is large enough to make it insolvent, creditors may be uncertain about the financial linkages between their bank and the initial distressed bank. In such a situation, when a crisis is underway, I show that information disclosure is likely to trigger more panics from the initial distressed bank and facilitate financial contagion. In this context, less diversified networks are more sensitive to creditors’ information and beliefs about the location of the initial distressed bank, and could be more fragile. I find that, in core periphery networks, core banks with higher exposures and more counterparties will face more panics from their creditors. Moreover, the financial system becomes more fragile when core banks intermediate more loans with periphery banks. JEL Classification Numbers: D82, D85, G01, G33, L14
SWAP-Fredkin Based Synthesis in Reversible Logic

In recent years, reversible computing has established itself as a promising research area and emerging technology. This is motivated by a widely supported prediction that conventional computer hardware technologies will reach their limits in the near future. This paper proposes a transformation based synthesis approach for realizing conservative reversible functions using SWAP and Fredkin gates. The proposed SWAP and Fredkin gates approach is compared with NOT, CNOT and Toffoli gates approach. Experimental results show that synthesizing conservative reversible functions using SWAP and Fredkin gates is more efficient than comparable approaches using NOT, CNOT and Toffoli gates.
Enhanced Solar-Driven Applications of ZnO@Ag Patchy Nanoparticles

ZnO@Ag patchy nanostructures were demonstrated to be efficient and stable photocatalysts for the photodegradation of organic contaminants in aqueous solutions. The photoinduced charge transfer from the conduction band of ZnO toward the Fermi level of the noble metal was favored and exploited to enhance the photocatalytic efficiency of ZnO, with a mechanism based on hole stabilization. Naked ZnO and ZnO@Ag patchy nanostructures were demonstrated to degrade methylene blue, a model compound, in aqueous solution under 370–800 nm light irradiation (100 mW cm–2); in particular, the introduction of silver nanoparticles allowed one to increment twice the constant rate of the reaction when fitted as pseudo-first-order kinetics. Furthermore, the degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol under direct sunlight irradiation was studied. The photo-oxidation catalyzed by patchy nanostructures was noticeably increased. In fact, the observed half time (t1/2) was reduced by almost 4 times in comparison with the value observed for b.