Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EFFECT OF DIETARY ROCKET SEEDS MEAL AND NANO-CHITOSAN ON PERFORMANCE AND RELATED GENE EXPRESSION TO GROWTH AND LIPID PROFILE IN BROILER CHICKS

This study was carried out to evaluate the impacts of inclusion of two plant proteins (soybean meal or rocket meal) in the starter and growing –finishing diets fed with / without nano-chitosan for 500 one-day old broiler chicks on growth performance and serum parameters as well as expression patterns of target genes (PPARα,PPARγ and IGF-1) in liver tissue. A total of 220 chicks were randomly distributed into four treatment (five replications, each), and housed in a floor pen under hygienic conditions. The results indicated that birds fed 7.5% rocket seed meal (RSM) exhibited the best means of FBW, BWG and FCR. While, least feed intake with higher FBW and BWG was found in nano-chitosan fed birds. RSM fed chicks had a significant decrease in serum levels of TG, LDL, total lipids, AST and ALT with insignificant changes in serum albumin, total Cholesterol and HDL compared with the control group. Furthermore, significant increases in serum levels of IgG, IgM, IgA, CAT, TAC, SOD, T3, T4 and FSH were found in RSM fed birds as compared to the control group. Insignificant differences were noted in the fold changes of gene expression among the different experimental groups of chicks with regard toIGF-I and PPARα genes, but the RSM-diet insignificantly increased in the transcript level of the IGF-I gene and improved the IGF-1 gene expression. Our findings declared that RSM can be used in chicks diet up to 7.5 % singly or in combination with nano-chitosan without any adverse effect on performance, blood parameters and related gene expression in broiler chicks.
Barriers to Geography Teachers’ Engagement with Research in Selected Secondary Schools of Serenje District in Central Zambia

The purpose of this study was to establish the barriers to geography teachers’ engagement with research in selected secondary schools of Serenje district. Interviews were conducted with fourteen geography teachers, two heads of social sciences departments, and one official each from Provincial Resource Centre (PRC) and District Resource centre (DRC) respectively. Purposeful sampling was used to select the participants. Two focus group discussions were also conducted with teachers of geography. Data was analysed thematically. Findings showed that teacher engagement with research was constrained by barriers such as lack of time, lack of support from administrators, financial constraints, lack of access to relevant research literature, and societal and organizational culture. Therefore, to establish and sustain research engagements of geography teachers in the district attention is needed in the following areas: policy, job description and schedules of the teachers, school culture, libraries, and funding for research.
Microbiome and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases-

of thesis This report is a summative review of research literature pertaining to the therapeutic strategies in treating gut Microbiota in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Intestinal Microbiota has demonstrated some role in treating IBD and in pathogenesis. There are two debatable theories on this subject. The first one advocates a causal relationship with dysbiosis as a cause for IBD. The second theory states that a decrease in Microbiota diversity (dysbiosis) is a secondary phenomenon caused due to intestinal inflammation. This report has reviewed multiple reliable and credible research papers and publications and has concluded that the cause-effect relation is still controversial as it is could not be empirically established how dysbiosis leads to mucosal inflammation. Moreover, therapeutic treatments in correcting deficient microbial diversity through the use of antibiotics, probiotics and Faecal Microbiota transplantation (FMT) is studied and evaluated in detail for its merits and demerits. This review concludes that antibiotics and probiotics have their minor role in specific IBD
NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF QUINOA (CHENOPODIUM QUINOA WILLD) CROP AS UNCONVENTIONAL FORAGE RESOURCE IN FEEDING RUMINANTS

Twenty lactating Ossimi ewes were randomly distributed according to weight and their average milk yield into 4 groups, (5 ewes each). One group fed berseem hay (BH) (Triforum alxanderinum); the second group fed, quinoa hay (QH); the third group fed corn silage(CS), while the fourth group was fed quinoa silage (QS). All groups were offered similar amounts of barley grains (500 g/h/d) as concentrate feed, while hay or silage was offered ad lib. Results showed that silage characteristics of quinoa and corn at opening time were good. Fiber fractions (%) as NDF, ADF, ADL, hemicellulose and cellulose were higher for quinoa hay followed by quinoa and corn silages, while berseem hay recorded the lowest values. Digestion coefficient of DM, OM, CP and nutritive values (TDN% and DCP%) were higher (P<0.05) for corn silage and berseem hay rations compared with quinoa. Nitrogen intake (NI), retention (NR) and as (NR), percentage of N-intake (NI), was significantly (P<0.05) different in favor of berseem hay; 4% fat corrected milk (FCM) and protein yields were higher (P<0.05) for corn silage and berseem hay rations, followed by quinoa. It was concluded that quinoa can be cultivated during forage scarcity in drought affected regions, as well as in an infertile lands. And from nutritional point of view, quinoa silage or hay are valid substitutions to medium quality roughages in feeding ruminants.
The Effect of Taxpayer Awareness, Service Quality, Taxation Understanding, and Application of E-Filling System on Corporate Taxpayer Compliance

The purpose of this study was to determine taxpayer awareness, service quality, understanding taxation, and the application of the E-Filling system to affect compliance with corporate taxpayer reporting at the North BadungPratama Tax Service Office. The population in this study were all effective corporate taxpayers registered at the North BadungPratama Tax Office. The research instrument used was a questionnaire with data analysis techniques, namely multiple linear regression analysis. The sample used was determined using incidental sampling technique. The number of samples in this study was determined by the Slovin formula. Based on the results of this study it was found that taxpayer awareness, service quality, taxation understanding, and the application of the E-Filling system had a positive effect on corporate taxpayer reporting compliance at the North BadungPratama Tax Service Office. Keyword: taxpayer awareness; service quality, understanding of taxation, e-filling
Firm Subsidies and Resource Misallocation

Governments in developing and advanced economies subsidize firms in a discretionary fashion. Do such policies mitigate or exacerbate the misallocation of resources across firms? I analyze a typical EU policy using novel data on applicants and recipients of capital subsidies in Greek manufacturing. In my framework, firms face existing distortions that subsidies can correct or exacerbate. The actual policy exacerbates misallocation, decreasing aggregate total factor productivity (TFP) by 0.15%. The policy's potential effects are large as reallocating subsidies among firms can increase TFP by 2% or decrease it by 3%. The actual policy's effect is small because firms facing high distortions are as likely to receive a subsidy as those facing low distortions.
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Coverage, Tax Avoidance and Financial Crisis

With firms facing an increasing range of exposures and the resultant surging risks, directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance are available for corporations in order to mitigate or avoid potential litigation risks. However, this behaviour may cause a “moral hazard” problem in return, because insuring D&O “misbehaviours” mitigates the supervision effect of stakeholder litigation and encourages corporate risk-taking behaviours. Based on fixed effect models, this study investigates the effect of purchasing D&O liability insurance coverage on corporate tax avoidance behaviours. We find that higher insurance coverage encourages tax avoidance behaviours in non-crisis periods, instead of crisis periods. In addition, our findings document that this negative relation becomes inapparent in companies with higher profitability and lower default risk.
1 Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology

In this book we attempt to provide the reader with a wide-ranging introduction to the relation between culture and a number of core subjects in the field of psychology. This aim requires that we begin by defining culture and the intersection between culture and psychology—the discipline we know today as cross-cultural psychology. Although all psychological research takes place in a cultural context, psychological scientists have not always taken account of the influence of culture on psychological processes, or the generalizability of those processes across cultures. This chapter provides a brief overview of these ideas as an introduction to the varied topics that follow in the remainder of the book.
CONTINUITY IN THE ACQUISITION OF CONSONANTS BY TODDLERS WITH CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA

This longitudinal study investigated the continuity of acquisition of the English consonant inventory from babbling to sound-bysound correspondences with the adult form in 5 children with chronic otitis media (COM). Language samples were examined to determine consonants produced from ages 10-21 months. Results showed that consonants in babbling were the first to appear in quasi-words and to be used correctly relative to the adult form. In 4 of the children, babbling inventories contained glides, nasals, and labial and coronal stops. Subsequent acquisition followed patterns reported for normal development. One child used an atypical babbling inventory (dorsals and glottals) in quasi-words and did not produce any real words until age 21 months. Results of audiologic testing, pneumatic otoscopy, and tympanometry indicated this child had the highest mean hearing thresholds and the most bouts of otitis media. Results suggest a relationship among COM, hearing and early phonetic development.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY IN VIETNAM

Literature on organizational culture constantly reinforces the notion that organizational culture is necessary for firm performance. Nevertheless, limited studies have been conducted in Vietnam. This study aims to examine the relationship between components of organizational culture and firm performance. Primary data were collected through questionnaires answered by 982 employees in Vietnamese enterprises. Multiple regression was used to test the proposed model. The results show that consistency and involvement are the highest influencing factors of firm performance, while adaptability is the lowest. Thus, managers and leaders are recommended to develop a strong culture in the organization to improve their firm performance.
The Effect Of Employee Engagement And Organizational Citizenship Behavior On The Performance Of Employees Of The Research & Development And Education & Training Agency Of The Ministry Of Religion Of The Republic Of Indonesia

The management of human resources at the Secretariat of the Research and Development and Training Agency (a public organization that is identical to religious values) experiences problems because the importance of employee performance, employee engagement, and organizational behaviour are still below 75. This study aims to determine whether employee engagement and organizational citizenship behaviour positively and significantly impact employee performance. This research finds that employee engagement has a positive and significant impact on employee performance, while organizational citizenship behaviour has a negative and insignificant impact on employee performance. This research supports previous research, which states that employee engagement positively and significantly impacts employee performance. However, this research refutes previous research applied to private organizations, which states that organizational citizenship behaviour has a significant positive impact on employee performance.
CUE197-IS THE INVESTMENT RISK REDUCED BY CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES? AUTORIA

Accounting conservatism was estimated through a model that corrects the assumption of cost asymmetry in these models, and then empirically test whether those companies that adopt conservative practices have lower idiosyncratic risk. The survey sample comprised 265 companies listed on B3 that had all the data required for the survey in the period between 2012 to 2017. The results indicate that accounting conservatism has an inverse relation with idiosyncratic risk, and that companies adopting conservative practices decrease investment risks, thus having a better view of investment. This result confirms that the conservative practice as a mechanism of governance that reduces information asymmetry, controlling the excess recognition of uncertain financial performance and consequently reduces the opportunism of management, implying a lower investment risk. It should be emphasized that, in the possession of the present results, shareholders will be better aware of their exposure to risk, so that they may opt for their investments better and also position themselves efficiently regarding conservative company management and their specific investment risk. Since volatility, risks, and influences on stock returns are of great importance, we find in the present study relevance for the financial area and its users. Key-words: Idiosyncratic Risk; Investment Risk; Accounting Conservatism.
Nose color of Charolais × British crossbred beef steers alters marbling score and body weight at a common degree of fatness in steers reared under similar management from birth through finishing

Steers (n=180) were received at the Ruminant Nutrition Center (RNC) from a single ranch in Western South Dakota. These steers arrived at the RNC on October 23, 2019 and were harvested 244 days later. While at the RNC these steers were group housed in concrete pens and were administered a steroidal implant 14 days post-arrival and a terminal implant 132 days before harvest. Steers were shipped on the same day when they were appraised to have 0.50 in of rib fat. At harvest, hot carcass weight, longissimus muscle area, rib fat, kidney-pelvic-heart fat, and USDA marbling scores were recorded.
Expecting, Expressing and Exploiting Trust: water allocation, efficiency and equity in NE Brazil

We explore efficiency and equity in the allocation of a fixed resource. To fit the realities of local water allocation in NE Brazil, we employ Ultimatum bargaining games (UG) modified by adding a surplus-sharing last step. The final sharing step is relevant when expectations of compensation for surrendering resources to others, or trust, is critical. Our generically framed experiments had 358 participants in Ceará State from the endpoints of a large canal that soon will run to Fortaleza, the capital city, from the largest agricultural valley, the Jaguaribe. Our novel design has 3 steps: [1] proposers suggest a division of the resource; [2] responders accept or reject; rejecting yields a low payment for all; thus accepting creates surplus and, per local reality, proposers earn more per resource unit; then [3] if a division is accepted, proposers choose whether to share their incomes. We consider No Communication as a benchmark – in addition to comparing to prior UG games – and then communication in which a proposer sends a non-binding written Message about sharing when initially requesting resources. Proposers ask for, and responders accept, resource divisions that initially earn responders less than with rejection. Thus trust is both expected and expressed and such beliefs are productive (bigger pie). Then in the final step, some surplus sharing occurs. This justifies some trust as it brings responders’ average earnings above earnings from rejection. Also, if more trust has been shown, to some degree reciprocally more is shared. Yet often trust is barely repaid to the level of the default plus the Message has little impact and often it is not true. In sum, while average trust is well beyond neoclassical predictions, it remains a limited solution.
Effects of yoga on the psycho-physiological components of the adolescent fencers

The aim of the present study is to assess effect of yogic exercises on the psycho-physiological components of the adolescent fencers. Total sixty male fencing players (n=60) belonging to Pune (Maharashtra, India), having age ranged from 14 –18 years were selected randomly. All the subjects were further divided equally into two groups i.e. Group –A and Group B. Pre and post test selected psychological viz. concentration & mood states and physiological variables viz. systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate & vital capacity were evaluated after 8 weeks of yoga exercises and fencing training for group A fencers and only fencing training for group B fencers. Result shows that the training intervention of yoga practices had statistically significant effects on selected psychological and physiological components. Further, yoga practices plays vital role in improving psychological and physiological components of the Fencing players.
Professional Characteristic Development of Occupational Therapy Students in Traditional vs. Hybrid Pathways

The development of professional characteristics is crucial to becoming a well-rounded, competent occupational therapist. An exploratory sequential mixed method design was used to determine if there was a difference in the growth of professional characteristics of students in a three-year entry-level Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program who attended a traditional on-campus program compared to a hybrid program. Ten second and third-year occupational therapy students from the traditional and hybrid pathways participated in a focus group related to cultivating professional characteristics. The themes that evolved from the focus group included: teamwork/team player, time management, communication, self-awareness, critical thinking, and leadership. The themes were then used to create survey questions related to the development of professional characteristics. Twenty first-year, 23 secondyear, and 25 third-year students completed the survey. Twenty-seven of the 68 survey participants attended the program in the traditional pathway, and 41 of the 68 survey participants attended the hybrid pathway. Outcomes from the survey data suggest that there are significant differences in professional characteristics between traditional and hybrid students in the areas of listening (p-value = 0.024) and assertive communication (p-value = 0.003), in which traditional students rated their agreement of the development of these characteristics higher than the hybrid students. The results of this study emphasize the importance of professional occupational therapy education regardless of the delivery model (hybrid or traditional) to help mature professional characteristics in students and prepare them for clinical practice.
Institutional Quality and Economic Performance in Nigeria: A New Evidence

The question of whether institutional quality is an important driver of growth has been the subject of a growing literature in both developed and developing economies across the globe. This study revisits this relationship in Nigeria from 1981Q1 to 2016Q4 and discusses the relevant policy implications for post Covid-19 Nigeria. The study adopted the ARDL approach which uses a bounds test approach based on unrestricted error correction model (UECM) to test for a long run relationship among the relevant variables. The findings indicate that institutional quality impacts negatively but insignificantly on growth in Nigeria, both at the aggregate and sectoral levels. However, initial output growth levels, capital and labour were found to be important drivers of growth in the country, while trade is growth-retarding. The study concludes that in this post Covid-19 era in Nigeria, there is need to improve the quality of socio-economic and political institutions in the country so that a more robust impact of these institutions can be felt in the economic performance of the country both at the aggregate and sectoral levels.
Assessment of reading comprehension, use of strategies and their relationship with academic and sociodemographic variables in university students

The aim of this research was to identify the levels of reading comprehension, the use of strategies and the motivation towards reading, and to relate them to different sociodemographic and academic variables, in students of the Biology career of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Campus Iztacala. Fifty-four students participated and were remotely applied the Instrument for Assessing Reading Comprehension in University Students, the Inventory of Metacognitive Strategies and Reading Motivation and a self-report to measure various academic and socio-demographic variables. The results showed a low level of reading comprehension, given that only 45% of the test was answered correctly; they reported a high use of strategies, -those related to reading analysis, identification of information and motivation towards reading general texts- and only statistically significant relationships were found in reading comprehension and parent's schooling (F(2-51)= 3,303, p= . 045) and also with having access to text markers [t(52)= -2,155, p= . 036] and Post it® [t(52)= -2,466, p= . 17]. It is concluded that these results, although they should be taken with caution, are evidence of comprehension and reading strategies in Biology students.
A DARWINIAN DYNAMIC MODEL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF POST-REPRODUCTION SURVIVAL

We derive and study a Darwinian dynamic model based on a low dimensional discrete time population model focussed on two features: density dependent fertility and a tradeoff between inherent (density free) fertility and post-reproduction survival. Both features are assumed to be dependent on a phenotypic trait subject to natural selection. The model tracks the dynamics of the population coupled with that of the population mean trait. We study the stability properties of equilibria by means of bifurcation theory. Whether post-reproduction survival at equilibrium is low or high is shown, in this model, to depend significantly on the nature of the trait dependence of the density effects. An Allee effect can also play a significant role.