Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Different Water and Nitrogen Levels on the Yield and Periodicity of Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.)

The effects of 2 irrigation intervals (If1: 7 days and If2: 14 days), 4 nitrogen doses (Ng, N0, N1, N2 and N3) and 2 crop coefficients (Kpc1: 0.60 and Kpc2: 0.90) on pistachio nut fertigation were studied to establish suitable irrigation and fertigation scheduling. The nitrogen levels were 0, 10, 15 and 20 mg L-1. In the traditional treatment, Ng, each tree received 500/600/400 g of NPK fertilizer at the beginning of February. Other fertilizer doses were applied in the irrigation water through a drip system. Irrigation water amount was calculated based on Class A-Pan evaporation. Wetted percentage in each irrigation was 30%. Irrigation treatments were watered 15(I1) and 8(I2) times in both years based on the irrigation intervals. Irrigation depths ranged from 324 to 907 mm for the wetted area in 2001 and from 311 to 837 mm in 2002. Evapotranspiration for the corresponding areas ranged from 586 mm to 1133 mm and 721 mm to 1212 mm for the 2001 and 2002 growing season, respectively. The maximum nitrogen amount (18.1 g m-2 in 2001 and 15.9 g m-2 in 2002) was applied to the treatment with high nitrogen and high water (If1N3Kpc2). In 2001, all pistachio trees received 4.9 and 3.2 g m-2 phosphorous and potassium while in 2002 these values decreased to 4.2 and 2.8 g m-2. The maximum yields were harvested from If2N3 with an average of 11.7 kg per tree in 2001 and from If1N0 with an average of 11.6 kg per tree in 2002.
Notas sobre la estructura poblacional del tiburón Squalus megalops en el sureste de Australia Notes on the population structure of the piked spurdog (Squalus megalops) in southeastern Australia

Opportunistic sampling suggested a complex population structure for Squalus megalops in southeastern Australia. A total of 929 sharks were analyzed. The sex ratio was biased towards females and there was sexual size dimorphism, with females attaining a larger maximum size than males. Individual analysis of selected fishing shots suggested that S. megalops had a complex population structure, and was segregated by sex, size and breeding condition. Small females and males segregated from large females. In addition, large females in the first year of pregnancy seemed to be separated from those in the second year of pregnancy.
The Determinants of ICT Competencies Among Employees

This study aims to explain employees' adaptability to information and communications technology (ICT), using a representative sample of 713 employees in the Netherlands. The willingness to acquire ICT competencies and the mastery of equipment and software are primarily affected by intensity of ICT use, an informated ICT strategy of the organisation and an intensive personnel policy.
Modeling Digestibility and Rate of Passage in Horses

OF THESIS MODELING DIGESTIBILITY AND RATE OF PASSAGE IN HORSES Horses consume large amounts of fiber in their diet, which may affect digestibility and digesta rate of passage. The objective of these studies was to assess the effects of diet composition on digestibility and rate of passage in horses using mathematical models. Using previously published data, forage dry matter digestibility (DMD) was related to forage neutral detergent fiber (NDF) concentrations and crude protein (CP) concentrations (DMD = 66.1178 – 0.3410*NDF + 0.6356*CP, DM basis; P < 0.001). In a second experiment, horses were fed diets formulated to have high fiber (HF, n= 3; NDF = 55.3%, CP = 11.8%) or low fiber (LF, n = 3; NDF = 40.5%, CP = 13.3%) concentrations. The LF treatment had greater DM, organic matter, and gross energy digestibilities (P < 0.05), whereas the HF treatment had greater NDF digestibility (P < 0.05). Mathematical models were useful to determine mean retention time (MRT) and there were no differences between model MRT and algebraic MRT, or treatment. Some compartmental parameters were different between treatments (P < 0.05), indicating that dietary fiber may alter some components of digesta passage in horses.
Purity through Factorisation

We give a construction that identifies the collection of pure processes (i.e. those which are deterministic, or without randomness) within a theory containing both pure and mixed processes. Working in the framework of symmetric monoidal categories, we define a pure subcategory. This definition arises elegantly from the categorical notion of a weak factorisation system. Our construction gives the expected result in several examples, both quantum and classical.
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF SOME WILD MUSHROOM EXTRACTS AGAINST PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

Mushrooms synthesize a multitude of low-molecular-weight secondary metabolites that have an important role as communication signals, to defend mushroom habitat or to inhibit the growth of competitors. Investigations have shown that some of these metabolites have potent antimicrobial activity and could be beneficial for humans. In this study, antimicrobial potential of the extracts from six wild mushrooms: Amanita echinocephala, Russula medulata, Cerena unicolor, Hericium erinaceus, Ishnoderma benzoinum and Laetiporus sulphureus was evaluated against Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The antimicrobial activities of the methanolic mushroom extracts were investigated by the microdilution method. All the extracts that demonstrated inhibitory activities were further tested for bactericidal activity and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values were determined. Antimicrobial activity was observed in all species included in the study, while the activities depended on the type and concentration of extract. The tested microorganism was more sensitive to the examined extracts from the polypore fungi (C. unicolor, H. erinaceus, I. benzoinum and L. sulphureus). The highest antibacterial activity was obtained in the extracts from polypores I. benzoinum and L. sulphureus (MBC=15.625 mg/mL). This study demonstrated that the analysed wild macrofungi have the potential to accumulate bioactive metabolites that possess antimicrobial activity.
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection of cells: characterization of the early stages of virus infection and the major structural proteins of the virus

vi CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 Thesis organization 3 CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 5 Historic and economic impact of PRRS 5 Etiologic agent 7 Physico-diemical properties of the vims 7 Viral genome organization and replication 8 Viral proteins 12 The N protein 12 The M protein 13 The E glycoprotein 14 Other viral structiiral proteins 15 Genotypic and phenotypic diversity among PRRSV isolates 15 Biological features 17 Epidemiology 24 Clinical signs of infection 28 Pathogenesis 29 Lesions 32 Macroscopic lesions 32 Microscopic lesions 33 Immunology 36 Diagnostic 38 Treatment, control and prevention 41 Virus-cell interaction: a general view 44 Virus binding 44 Virus entry 46 Entiy of pH-independent group of virus 46 Entry of pH-dependent group of virus 48 Statement of the problem 51 CHAPTER 3. PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VIRUS ENTERS CELLS THROUGH A LOW PH-DEPENDENT ENDOCYTIC PATHWAY 53 Abstract 53
The Effects of Food Quality and Temperature on Mesozooplankton Physiology

This study assesses the physiological responses of copepods to variations in the quality of their diet and temperature and explores the variability of food quality in the field. Laboratory experiments were used to constrain the effects of food quality in terms of phytoplankton organic ratios N:P, C:N and C:P and fatty acid content, on Temora longicornis feeding, respiration, and egg production rates (EPR). Maximum metabolic rates, assimilation efficiency and gross growth efficiency coincided with an optimum diet of ~16N:1P defining it as the copepod threshold nutrient ratio. In the field, a response of zooplankton biomass to temporal variations in seston N:P ratio was found in the North Sea and in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Field measurements revealed latitudinal and temporal changes in food quality at the chlorophyll maximum along an Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT). Better quality food was found in the Temperate and Upwelling domains and included seston with lower C:N ratios, N:P ratios closer to Redfield values and a higher proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), essential fatty acids such as 20:5(n-3) and 22:6(n-3), high (n-3):(n-6) ratios and lower proportion of saturated fatty acids (SAFA). Time-series data showed that food quantity and quality declined over time in the temperate North region of the Atlantic Ocean. Ship-board experiments were undertaken to determine the effects of temperature on respiration and EPR of some mesopelagic copepod species along an AMT. 75-85% of the variation in routine metabolic rates was explained by allometric and thermodynamic relationships. Within the range of temperatures measured, estimates of Ea (activation energy) and Q10 suggested high sensitivity to temperature variation. Our results highlight the importance of quantifying the effects of a variety of ecological parameters on the physiological responses of copepods to understand the processes that regulate zooplankton dynamics and their effects on biogeochemical cycles and trophic transfer of energy.
Impact of Using Flipped Classrooms On Developing the Skill of Mathematical Problem Solving and Mathematical Communication among Female Ninth Graders in Gaza

هدف الدراسة: معرفة أثر توظيف الفصل المنعكس على تنمية مهارات حل المسألة الرياضية والتواصل الرياضي لدى طالبات الصف التاسع الأساسي بغزة. أدوات الدراسة: إختبار مهارات حل المسألة الرياضة وإختبار مهارات التواصل الرياضي . عينة الدراسة: طبقت الدراسة على عينة بلغ عددها (89 ) طالبة من مدرسة بنات دير البلح الاعدادية "ب"، المجموعة التجريبية وعددها (42) طالبة. المجموعة الضابطة وعددها (47). منهج الدراسة: إعتمدت الباحثة على المنهج التجريبي في دراستها. أهم نتائج الدراسة: توجد فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى دلالة ( 0.05=( α بين متوسطي درجات طالبات المجموعة التجريبية والمجموعة الضابطة في اختبار حل المسألة الرياضية واختبار التواصل الرياضي لصالح المجموعة التجريبية. أهم توصيات الدراسة: 1- ضرورة الاهتمام بنشر ثقافة استخدام الفصل المنعكس شأن أي تجديد تربوي يعتمد على خلق الوعي به من خلال نشر المعلومات عنه. ثم تنمية هذا الوعي والتشجيع على تجربته وتبنيه من خلال استراتيجيات مخططة. لذلك يجب على المتخصصين التربويين التخطيط لتعزيز هذا الوعي لدى المشرفين والمعلمين من خلال نشر المعلومات عن الفصل المنعكس من خلال الندوات والمحاضرات وورش العمل. 2- تضمين المحتوى الدراسي وتحويله إلى الأنشطة التي تعزز التواصل الرياضي وحل المسألة الرياضية. 3- توفير البيئة التعليمية المناسبة والداعمة والمشجعة للمعلمين على استخدام الفصل المنعكس. كلمات مفتاحية : الفصل المنعكس، التواصل الرياضي، حل المسألة الرياضية
Crescimento, distribuição do sistema radicular em amendoim, gergelim e mamona a ciclos de deficiência hídrica

Foram estudados em casa de vegetacao, o crescimento da parte aerea e o crescimento e estratificacao do sistema radicular do amendoim, gergelim e mamona, sob irrigacao diaria e ciclos de deficiencia hidrica. O amendoim apresentou a menor particao de materia seca para as raizes; o gergelim ficou numa posicao intermediaria (entre o amendoim e a mamona) e a mamona destinou a maior porcao de biomassa para as raizes. A materia seca da parte aerea, sistema radicular e total foram reduzidas nas tres especies em resposta a deficiencia hidrica. A relacao raiz/parte aerea aumentou em resposta ao estresse hidrico nas culturas do amendoim e gergelim, enquanto na mamona essa relacao permaneceu inalterada. O amendoim apresentou a maior modificacao da estratificacao do sistema radicular em resposta ao deficit hidrico. A mamona apresentou a menor resposta e o gergelim ficou numa posicao intermediaria. O numero de folhas e a area foliar foram reduzidos nas tres especies em resposta ao deficit hidrico.
Effects of drying temperature on the flavonoid, phenolic acid and antioxidative capacities of the methanol extract of citrus fruit (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) peels

Summary There are many active functional compounds in citrus peels, such as flavonoid and phenolic acid. Scientists tried to obtain more bioactive components from citrus peels by various methods. This research investigated the effects of different drying temperatures (50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 °C) on changes in the flavonoid, phenolic acid and antioxidative activities of citrus fruit (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) peels. The total phenolic and flavonoid contents of drying treated orange peels were decreased by lower drying temperature (50 and 60 °C) and increased by higher drying temperature (70, 80, 90 and 100 °C). Amounts of phenolic compounds in the 100 °C treated sample extract were significantly higher than the amounts in the samples heated at other temperatures (P < 0.05). EC50 values of orange peel extracts by DPPH radical scavenging effects and ABTS·+ scavenging effects were increased with lower drying temperature and decreased with higher drying temperature, and the values of 100 °C treated sample extract were significantly lower than the samples heated at other temperatures (P < 0.05). However, the chelating Fe2 + activities of samples showed the opposite trend.
Goat marketing practices in southern Rajasthan.

Livestock marketing plays an important role in the economy of farmers in the country. A sizable rural population, especially the economically and socially backward classes, maintains goats in less fertile, arid and semi-arid areas of country. The study revealed that trade is not monopolistic and farmers did not complain about price fixing. The reason for selling is largely financial although sale is also done due to other reasons. Majority of the goat farmers in the village sold their goats to petty traders. However, a small percentage of farmers sold their goats directly to rural and semi urban butchers. The income from goat rearing was mainly utilized to fulfill the family needs.
Caractérisation des familles de facteurs de transcription ARF et Aux/IAA chez l'eucalyptus, rôles dans la formation du bois

L'auxine est une hormone centrale du developpement chez les vegetaux et joue un role cle dans la regulation de la formation du bois. Les ARFs (Auxin-response factors) et les Aux/IAAs (Auxin/Indole acetic acid) sont des regulateurs importants de la voie de signalisation de l'auxine. La disponibilite de la sequence du genome d'Eucalyptus grandis nous a permis d'etudier les caracteristiques et l'histoire evolutive de ces deux familles de genes. Nous avons identifie et caracterise 17 EgrARFs et 24 EgrIAAs. Des analyses d'expression sur un large panel d'organes et de tissus et en reponse a des signaux environnementaux, ont mis en evidence des genes candidats preferentiellement exprimes dans le xyleme. La caracterisation fonctionnelle de EgrIAA4, 9 et 20 a ete realisee par surexpression chez Arabidopsis. Les analyses des lignees transgeniques ont montre des modifications evidentes dans la differentiation des cellules du xyleme et/ou des fibres interfasciculaires. En conclusion, cette etude offre une caracterisation complete de deux familles de regulateurs importants de l'auxine chez l'Eucalyptus et met en evidence l'implication de certains membres dans la regulation de la formation du bois.
Ethnobotanical studies of Shompens- a critically endangered and degenerating ethnic community in Great Nicobar Island

Shompens, a dwindling and critically endangered Mongoloid aboriginal tribe inhabiting the Great Nicobar Island, indicate poor prospects of population growth in the near future. Ethnobotanical studies conducted among the Shompens inhabiting Jhaunala, Laful, Shompenhut and Kopenheat areas have revealed some interesting plants used for food, medicine, hut construction, canoe making and honey collection. Botanical name, family, Shompen name and plant parts used are recorded along with their unique usage.
Effect of Tree Leaves Containing Plant Secondary Metabolites on In vitro Methanogenesis and Fermentation of Feed with Buffalo Rumen Liquor

The leaves of Mangifera indica (mango), Eugenia jambolana (jamun), Aegle marmelos (bel), Zyzipus jujuba (ber), Azadirachta indica (neem) and Ficus religiosa (peepal) extracted in three solvents (water, ethanol and methanol) were tested for their effects on gas and methane production, in vitro true digestibility (IVTD) and rumen fermentation characteristics in an in vitro gas production test. Gas production per gram dry matter (DM) of a substrate (wheat straw and concentrate mixture in 1:1 ratio) reduced (P<0.05) with leaf extracts of E. jambolana and Z. jujuba. The highest inhibition of methane production was observed with methanol extract (35.7% inhibition) followed by ethanol extract (23.2% inhibition) and water extract (9.2% inhibition) of M. indica leaves, but there was no effect on acetate to propionate ratio and IVTD of the feed with these extracts. Methanol extract of E. jambolana also inhibited methane emission by 24.1%. IVTD of the feed decreased (P<0.05) with addition of the extracts of E. jambolana, A. marmelos and Z. jujuba leaves. Antiprotozoal activity was observed with M. indica, E. jambolana and A. indica leaf extracts which was mainly due to a reduction in spirotrichs counts, however, holotrichs were not affected. The results indicated that methanol extract of mango leaves (M. indica) appeared to have a potential to inhibit rumen methanogenesis without adversely affecting other rumen fermentation characteristics.
Organisational Factors Influencing E-business Adoption in Zimbabwe's Manufacturing Sector

Creating and sustaining competitive advantage through the adoption and implementation of innovative technologies is a strategic imperative for all learning organizations. Despite this, manufacturing companies in developing countries such as Zimbabwe are confronting challenges in implementing e-business practices. Against this background, the objective of this study was to understand organizational factors influencing e-business adoption in Zimbabweâ€™s manufacturing sector. The study was motivated by the need to appreciate factors that facilitate or inhibit the adoption of e-business in the context of developing countries such as Zimbabwe. A questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 118 companies registered by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries in 2015. Regression analysis was used to test the posited hypotheses. Results revealed that manufacturing companies in Zimbabwe differ significantly in their inclination to adopt and implement e-business strategies. Innovation orientation, financial resources, perceived usefulness and size of the firm were found to be positively associated with e-business adoption. The study also found that technological resources did not have a statistically significant relationship with e-business adoption. The study furthers current debate on e-business adoption by identifying the drivers of e-business adoption in the manufacturing sector in the context of a developing country. The importance of this study lies in its contribution to theory and practice. In terms of theory, this study contributes to the body of knowledge on organizational factors influencing e-business adoption and provides avenues for further studies. In practice, the findings of this study add to the insights of managers in the manufacturing sector in developing countries, which influence the adoption of e-business practices.
Five new Sorbus (Rosaceae) taxa from the Avon Gorge, England.

One new Sorbus species and four new hybrids are described from the Avon Gorge, Bristol. Sorbus × avonensis is a hybrid between S. aria and S. porrigentiformis . Sorbus × houstoniae is a hybrid between S. aria and S. bristoliensis . Sorbus leighensis is a distinct clone of S. aria × S. porrigentiformis and is locally frequent in the Avon Gorge; it is treated as a species. Sorbus × robertsonii is a hybrid between S. aria and S. eminens . Sorbus × proctoris is a hybrid between S. aucuparia and the cultivated S. scalaris .
The Role of FGFR4 in Trigeminal Placode Cell Development

THE ROLE OF FGFR4 IN TRIGEMINAL PLACODE CELL DELAMINATION Stephanie B. Reynolds Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology Master of Science In vertebrate embryos, the ophthalmic trigeminal (opV) placode contributes sensory neurons to the trigeminal ganglion during development of the peripheral nervous system. FGFR4 is expressed transiently in the trigeminal placode as cells undergo an epithelial-mesenchymal transition and begin to migrate toward the condensing ganglion. Because of the restricted spatiotemporal expression of FGFR4 in the opV placode, it was hypothesized that FGFR4 is necessary for the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the opV placode. Using electroporation, an FGFR4 inhibitory gene construct was introduced into 6–10 somite stage chick embryos. This secreted inhibitory form of the FGFR4 gene blocked endogenous FGFR4 signaling, which resulted in trigeminal placode cells remaining in the ectoderm that would have normally begun migration into the mesenchyme. These results show that FGFR4 plays a necessary role in trigeminal placode cell delamination.
ANALISIS PENGARUH BUDAYA ORGANISASI DAN DUKUNGAN ORGANISASI TERHADAP ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR DENGAN KOMITMEN ORGANISASI SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING (Studi pada Karyawan bagian antaran PT. Pos Indonesia Processing Center Semarang)

This study aims to analyze the i mpact of organizational culture and organizational support toward organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) with organizational commitment as an intervenning variable. The result’s differences among past researches and the upgrade of the law n o. 38 of 2009 relating to the postal matter indicate the need to improve the performance and the quality of human resources of PT. Pos Indonesia Semarang. This study uses two independent variables and one interve nning variable. This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of organizational culture and organizational support on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), with organizational commitment as intervening variable. Data collection methods used in this study are questionnaires using census method, with the respondents of all the employees from the delivery section of PT. Pos Indonesia (Persero) Central Processing Unit Semarang, and the statistical analysis by using SPSS. This study uses data analysis methods include validity test, reliability test, classic assumption test, multiple linear regression analysis, path analysis, sobel test, coefficient determination test, F test and t test. The result show that the effect value of organizational culture and organizational support toward organizational citizenship behavior with organizational commitment as intervening variable equal to 48,64% While 31,16% is explained by the factors out of the variable. From the result of Multiple Regression Analysis analysis of organizational culture and organizational support have a positive impact toward organizational commitment and organizational culture, organizational support and organizational commitment have a positive impact toward organizational citizenship behavior.