Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
COMPARISON OF PLANT EXTRACTS AND COMMERCIAL FUNGICIDE TO REDUCE THE FRUIT DECAY AND MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF KINNOW FRUIT DURING COLD STORAGE

The Kinnow is the extensively cultivated variety of citrus fruit and a common name of mandarin (Citrus reticulate L.) in Pakistan. The Kinnow grown in this region is a result of cross between King Citrus nobilis Lour and Citrus deliciosa Tenora of Riverside California and is the principal citrus commercial cultivar. In Pakistan, Kinnow export increased tremendously in2017-18 and touched a record of 370,000 tons compared to the previous year (TDAP, 2018). Currently 187 varieties of citrus are commercially available in Pakistan and Kinnow is one of the favorite among these citrus varieties. Based on nutritional value, Kinnow possesses enormous quantity of vitamin C, mono and disaccharide sugars, minerals, folate comprising of considerable amount of Calcium and Magnesium (Arowora et al., 2013; Singh et al., 2018) and also contains some phytochemicals like monoterpenes, flavonoids and hydroxycinnamic acid and antioxidant activity which is effective in lowering the risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancer and cataracts (Razzaghi-Asl et al., 2013). Kinnow is cultivated at approximately 60% of the total citrus area (Mustafa and Ahmad, 2006). Inadequate availability of suitable postharvest management approaches, Limited cold chain facilities, unsatisfactory packing houses, and conventionally passive marketing system are the triggering factors of post-harvest losses of Kinnow (Hand et al., 2005; Adetunji et al.,2013;). Among the various approaches applied to enhance the shelf life of fruits, utilization of edible coating (wax, oil, extracts) to fruit has attained a considerable attention worldwide in these days (Tietel et al., 2010; Khan et al., 2015). For the formulation of comestible films and coatings, different kinds of materials are practiced having very indispensable features (Sindhu and Singhrot, 2016). A number of plants have recognized and classified by Grainge et al. (1984) which possess fungicidal and growth regulating properties, as well as some plants such as neem (Azadirachta indicaL.), lantana (Lantana camara L.) and melia (Melia azedarachL.). Commonly, neem based products are present in market because of its active substance “azadirachtin” which has insecticidal and fungicidal properties (Schmutters, 1990). Moreover, neem leaves, fruits and bark have enormous pharmacological properties like antiulcer, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and pesticide (Biswas et al., 2002). Leaf extract of neem was found to be effective to control the fruit rot control in tomato and maintained the postharvest shelf life and quality during storage (Zakki et al.,2017). Aloe vera is a natural product having no taste which is safe and also environment friendly as the alternate for the synthetic preservative. It is used in numerous cases as prevention tool Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 57(2), 361-369; 2020 ISSN (Print) 0552-9034, ISSN (Online) 2076-0906 DOI: 10.21162/PAKJAS/20.9232 http://www.pakjas. com.pk
The First Two-Phase Tracer Tests at the Matsukawa Vapor-Dominated Geothermal Field, Northeast Japan

As injection was practiced in the Matsukawa geothermal field, northeast Japan, the necessity of a tracer test emerged to evaluate the flow paths and recoveries of injected water. The Matsukawa reservoir being vapor-dominated, vaporphase and two-phase tracers were considered for the first tracer test at this field. Sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons (vapor-phase tracers), and alcohols (two-phase tracers) were examined in terms of their practical use. The alcohols (methanol, ethanol, n-propanol and i-propanol) were selected since their properties were suitable for two-phase tracers. The returns of alcohols were detected by five tests from 2000 to 2003 and smooth return curves were obtained. The flow paths and recoveries were evaluated from the tests. The results of the tests using mixed solutions of ethanol and i-propanol showed variation in the ethanol / i-propanol ratios and different peak times of ethanol and i-propanol, which could be caused by the process of boiling and twophase flow in the vapor-dominated reservoir.
Assessment of ecosystem health based on landscape pattern in ecologically fragile regions at different spatial scales: A case study of Dianchi Lake basin, China

In the process of urbanization, maintaining ecosystem health in ecologically fragile regions is an inevitable requirement for sustainable development in the future, but the ecological health status varies greatly at different spatial scales. Determining the appropriate spatial scale of ecological health assessment is the basis and premise of ecological management and environmental protection policy making. Taking Dianchi Lake basin as the research area, based on the vigor-organization-resilience (VOR) model and landscape pattern index, this study established an assessment system of ecological health to evaluate the ecosystem health status from quadrat, ecological and administrative scales, with the aim to determine a reasonable evaluation scale and strengthen regional sustainability. The results show that: 1) The suitable spatial grain of landscape pattern analysis in Dianchi Lake basin is 150 m. 2) The average values of ecosystem health indices at quadrat scale, ecological scale and administrative scale are 0.5466, 0.4977 and 0.5373, respectively, demonstrating a sub-health state. 3) The most suitable scale for ecological health assessment of Dianchi Lake basin is ecological scale, because taking sub-watershed as ecological unit can ensure the integrity of the evaluated ecosystem to the greatest extent. Multiscale assessment is helpful for eco-environmental management departments to understand the ecosystem health status at different scales and provide a scientific basis for regional eco-environmental management decisions.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Using structural equation modeling to investigate change in health-related quality of life

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ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND PRODUCT INNOVATION IN MEXICAN SMALL BUSINESS

Entrepreneurial orientation has become an increasingly popular topic that is receiving more attention from researchers and scholars. It is also more common in published investigations in current literature but it is not often to find published theoretical or empirical researches that relate entrepreneurial orientation with the innovation of products in the environment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This is why it is important to carry out investigations that analyze the effects that the entrepreneurial orientation creates in the innovation activities of products of SMEs. Therefore, SMEs have to adopt and implement entrepreneurial orientation as part of their everyday activities in order to have more opportunities to increase their level of innovation in products. Thus, the main goal of this research is to analyze the existing relation between entrepreneurial orientation and the abilities of products innovation.
A Self-organizing Model of Sequential and Simultaneous Late Language Learning

Language learning is typical a sequential process, in which one language is learned after the other. There is reason to believe however that simultaneous language learning, or learning words from multiple languages for one concept at same time, is more e ﬃ cient. Not only can early learners successfully learn languages simultaneously, associative learning also predicts simultaneous learning to be advantageous in general. Moreover, the integrated nature of the lexicon, with all languages in one storage, seems well ﬁt for simultaneous multilingual learning. To test the likelihood of the hypothesis that simultaneous language learning is indeed beneﬁcial, we developed a model of the lexicon called the Self Organizing Model of MUltingual Processing (SOMMUP) using self-organizing maps. One map successfully learned semantic similarities, the other one orthographic similarities. Importantly, none of the maps developed any language-speciﬁcity. The model was able to successfully predict the patterns in reaction times as found in speciﬁc and generalized lexical decision tasks depending on word frequency, neighborhood density, and neighborhood frequency. Using the validated model, we tested the e ﬀ ect of sequential, mixed, and simultaneous language learning. Due to imbalances in the tests we could not draw conclusions on the results however, though signs of relevant patterns were found. Combined, these results not only warrant further research into the possibility of simultaneous language learning, but also have interesting consequences for our view of the human lexicon and models thereof.
LONGITUDINAL SURVEY ON THE PREVALENCE OF Escherichia coli 0157:H7 IN BOVINE FAECES AND THE SLAUGHTERED CARCASSES FROM MAJOR ABATTOIRS IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Escherichia coli O157: H7 is an emerging foodborne pathogen causing life-threatening disease outbreaks with cattle being the main asymptomatic reservoir. This study investigated the prevalence of E. coli O157: H7 in bovine faeces and slaughtered carcasses from selected abattoirs in Cross River State, Southern Nigeria. A total of 360 samples each of bovine faeces and carcass were collected from abattoirs and examined for E.coli O157: H7 using standard serological and culture methods. The overall prevalence of E.coli O157: H7 in bovine faeces and slaughtered carcasses were 19.72% (71) and 29.72% (107). With regards to sampling areas, the northern, central and southern senatorial districts had the prevalence of 13.33%, 25.80% and 20.0% respectively from bovine faeces while 22.50%, 38.33% and 28.33% was recorded from bovine slaughtered carcasses respectively. The monthly prevalence of E. coli O157: H7 from bovine faeces was high in January (29.73%), December (25.00%) and October (23.26%) while 43.24%, 37.21% and 35.00% was recorded in January, October and December respectively from slaughtered bovine carcasses. The ratio of faeces/carcass contamination was highest in September (1:2.3), June and August (1:1.6). There was a statistically significant difference (p<0.05)in the occurrence of E. coli O157: H7 from bovine faeces and slaughtered carcass samples in the study areas while the faecal/carcass cross contamination ratio among the various sampling areas had no significant difference (p>0.05). The isolation of E. coli O157: H7 from bovine faeces and slaughtered carcasses highlights the potential threat of slaughtered meat topublic health in the sampled communities. Continuous surveillance of this pathogen in the study area and the implementation of good animalhusbandry, pre-skinning decontamination as well asincorporation of hazard analysis and critical controlpoints (HACCP) in the abattoirsare of immense importance.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SLOPE FAILURE. I: WASTE

This paper describes a slope failure in a municipal solid waste landfill, with lateral and vertical displacements of up to 275 and 61 m, respectively. The wasteslide involved approximately 1.2 million m of waste, making it the largest landfill slope failure to occur in the United States. Failure developed through the weak native soil underlying the waste. The analyses and related studies conducted to determine the cause of the failure are the subject of this and a companion paper by Stark et al. (2000). To facilitate the analyses, this paper investigates shear strength of municipal solid waste using field and laboratory test results and back-analysis of failed waste slopes. It also presents details of a geological study and laboratory testing program undertaken to quantify the mobilized shear strength of the weak native soil.
Structural geology of the Aiken River deformation zone, Manitoba (NTS 64A1 and 2)

1 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Summary The Aiken River deformation zone shows evidence for dextral, north-side-up movement. Some of this movement may be related to movement on the gold-hosting Assean Lake deformation zone to the north, suggesting that the Aiken River deformation zone may also have potential for mineralization. This paper discusses the transition of structures from the Central Split Lake Block into the Aiken River deformation zone. The Split Lake Block shows moderately to steeply southeast-plunging folds. Toward the shear zone, the following modifications occur: 1) folds tighten; 2) shear fabrics develop on the fold limbs but not the fold hinges; 3) fold axes start rotating, which is the initiation of sheath-fold development; and 4) dextral, north-side-up shear fabrics are pervasive and sheath folds are present. This sequence of changes may indicate that the pure shear component of this transpressive shear zone is accommodated over a wider area than the simple shear component.
Community Understanding, Perception and Attitude towards Mental Illness among Residents of Enugu North Senatorial District, Nigeria

Mentally-ill patients struggle not only from the symptoms and disabilities of the disease but also the challenges from the stereotypes and prejudice that result from the misconceptions about mental illness. The general objective of this study was to assess peoples’ understanding, perception and attitude towards mental illness in Enugu North Senatorial District, Nigeria. The study was cross-sectional by design, and conducted in Enugu North Senatorial District, Nigeria, from May to August 2016. Data were collected by 36-item structured, interviewer-administered questionnaires and analyzed using the IBM SPSS for Windows, Version 20.0. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized with p-value ≤ 0.05 considered statistically significant. Majority of the respondents had poor understanding (53.7%), wrong perception (55.3%), and bad attitudes (57.3%) towards mentally-ill patients. More males (49.6%) had good attitudes than females (37.6%) (χ = 4.02; df = 1; P = 0.045). There was a positive correlation between perception and attitude (r = 0.262; P < 0.001). Majority of the respondents chose orthodox medicine (33.6%) or its combination with traditional medicine (32.3%) as preferred treatments. In conclusion, the people of Enugu North Senatorial District in South-eastern Nigeria had a fair understanding of the causes of mental illness, but poor perception and attitudes towards the mentally ill.
FT-MID-IR SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF FIBER MATURITY AND CRYSTALLINITY AT SINGLE BOLL LEVEL AND A COMPARISON WITH XRD APPROACH

In previous study (Liu et al., 2011), we have reported the development of simple algorithms for determining fiber maturity and crystallinity from Fourier transform (FT) -mid-infrared (IR) measurement. Due to its micro-sampling feature, we were able to assess the fiber maturity and crystallinity at different portions of a single boll, as demonstrated here. Meanwhile, we attempted to compare the fiber maturity and crystallinity information between FT-mid-IR and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement. Despite considerable efforts in developing the curve-fitting protocol to evaluate the crystallinity index (CI) from XRD, in its present state XRD measurement can only provide a qualitative or semi-quantitative assessment of the amounts of crystalline or amorphous portion in a sample. The greatest barrier to establish quantitative XRD is the lack of appropriate cellulose standards needed to calibrate the measurements. In practice, samples with known CI are very difficult to be prepared or determined. As an approach, we might assign the samples with known CIs from FT-mid-IR procedure. Hence, this study also reported the development of a simple XRD algorithm, over time-consuming and subjective curve-fitting process, for direct determination of cotton cellulose CI by calibrating XRD with the use of CIIR as references.
A Model for the Retention of Particles in Evolving Fibre Networks

A model is presented for the entrapment of a distribution of particles by a distribution of pores. The fraction of particles retained and their distribution of sizes can be calculated for evolving and static porous structures. For evolving structures the change in distribution and fractional retention through the structure can be calculated. Also, the variance in these parameters between zones in the plane of the sheet can be calculated. The agreement between the theory and experimental data is good . The theory has relevance to the retention of fillers and fines in the papermaking process and to more general problems of stochastic porous media.
Nuevos antifúngicos, nuevas dianas y estrategias terapéuticas para el tratamiento de las micosis invasoras: revisión de la bibliografía (2005-2009)

Background: The incidence and prevalence of serious mycoses continues to be a public health problem. Despite aggressive treatment with new or more established licensed antifungal agents, these infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in immunocompromised patients. Aims: To critically review the literature regarding important new developments in the field of antifungal therapy both in the English and Spanish versions. Methods: The search of the literature focused on different antifungal targets or mechanisms of action as well as new agents or strategies that could improve antifungal therapy. Results: The review produced a huge amount of information on the use of virulent factors such as growth, filamentation, pathogen tissue clearance, among others, as putative targets of antifungal activity. More recently, the chemical-genetic relationships for licensed agents as well as for other compounds have been provided by the identification of the genes related to the mechanism of action. Conclusions: Although the antifungal activity of numerous compounds has been examined, most of them are at the in vitro or animal models of efficacy stages. Therefore, further investigation should be carried out to realize the true clinical utility of these compounds. © 2009 Revista Iberoamericana de Micología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved. Nuevos antifúngicos, nuevas dianas y estrategias terapéuticas para el tratamiento de las micosis invasoras: revisión de la bibliografía (2005-2009)
An explicit characterization of admissible linear estimators of fixed and random effects in balanced random models

A necessary and sufficient conditions for a linear estimator of a linear function of fixed and random effects in a balanced random model to be admissible are given. The formulae for admissible estimators depend on certain coefficients from the interval [0, 1], as in well-known results for other models (see e.g. Cohen [3]). 2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 62F10, 62C15; Secondary 62J10.
OP-ICES170052 2249..2261

Wideband (15–260 kHz) acoustic volume backscattering spectra of Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) and butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus) J. Michael Jech*, Gareth L. Lawson, and Andone C. Lavery NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
IMPACT OF SOLID WASTE DUMP-SITES ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN BENIN CITY, NIGERIA

Municipal waste dumpsites contain pollutants which are either water-solution or are capable of being moved along the path of water during percolation through the soil to groundwater. This study was therefore carried out to investigate the impact of solid waste dump-sites in Benin City on the receiving groundwater quality. Four stations were chosen for this study, with each station located within one Local Government Area. These stations were dump-sites at Ikhueniro (station 1), Costain (station 2) and Ugbioyoko (station 3). Omaghe (station 4) was used as the control station without waste dumpsite. Soil samples were collected at three distances from the dump-sites of 0-50m, 50-100m, >100m at 0-30cm depth of top soil and analyzed while the boreholes used were within 120m radius from the dump-sites. This investigation spanned from July 2011 to December 2011. Results showed that water samples were found to be enriched with heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cr, Pb, Ni and V) more than the control water sample; these were however within WHO and FMEnv. regulatory limits for drinking water. The mean pH values of the sampled water fluctuated between 4.50 and 5.57 and were not within the WHO and FMEnv. regulatory limits of 6.5 to 8.5 set for drinking water. ANOVA revealed a highly significant difference (p < 0.01) between the means of the following water parameters; Ca, Na, K, Mg, electric conductivity, Salinity, HCO3, and total soluble solids. The Kruskal-Wallis Test revealed that aerobic bacterial count was significant (p < 0.05) with the highest mean value in station 1 (17.17 x102 cfu/ml) and lowest mean value in station 4 (6.00x102 cfu/ml). Seasonal pattern of variations was observed for water samples examined.
Modern therapy of acute coronary syndromes based on prasugrel — available to Polish patients

Patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention should receive dual-antiplatelet therapy, a combination of acetylsalicylic acid and a P2Y 12 inhibitor. The preferred P2Y 12 inhibitors are prasugrel or ticagrelor. These drugs have a more rapid onset of action, greater potency, and are superior to clopidogrel in terms of clinical outcomes. Prasugrel is contraindicated in patients with previous stroke/transient ischaemic attack, and its use is generally not recommended in patients aged > 75 years or in patients with lower body weight (< 60 kg) as it has not been associated with net clinical benefit in these subsets. If prasugrel is used in these patients after benefits and risks have been weighted, a reduced maintenance dose (5 mg) is recommended. Ticagrelor may cause transient dyspnoea at the onset of therapy, which rarely leads to permanent discontinuation. Neither prasugrel nor ticagrelor should be used in patients with a previous haemorrhagic stroke, in patients on oral anticoagulants, or in patients with moderate-to-severe liver disease. When neither of these agents is available (or if they are contraindicated), clopidogrel should be given instead. In most cases, Polish patients have been deprived of modern treatment strategies using potent P2Y 12 inhibitors for economic reasons, but generic prasugrel is currently available.
Education Occupation Mismatch in Developing countries

This paper contributes to the literature highlighting the cost of education-occupation mismatch in the labor market. Most of the existing literature analyzing the education-occupation mismatch has been focused on the developed economies. Using the Skill Towards Employment and Productivity (STEP) data, this paper analyzes the loss in income as a result of the education-occupation mismatch in developing countries. The results suggest that vertically mismatched (over-educated as well as under-educated) workers earn significantly less than the "matched" workers, whereas there is no significant penalty for being a horizontally mismatched worker. This paper also found the over-educated and horizontally mismatched workers to be significantly less satisfied with their life as compared to the "matched".