Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Overview of Hofstede-Inspired Research Over the Past 40 Years: The Network Diversity Perspective

Hofstede’s cultural value framework has inspired many empirical studies in various fields. Scholars have advanced our understanding of how the Hofstede value model is used. However, there remain a number of underexplored areas regarding the ways in which Hofstede’s framework has been used over the last decade. Drawing on the co-authorship network and cultural diversity literature, we attempt to make a contribution that goes beyond the existing research by addressing underexplored areas, namely, the network diversity of institutions, authors, and countries engaged in Hofstede-inspired research. As a result, the cultural diversity and diversity of specialization of the networks of institutions, authors, and countries engaged in research incorporating the Hofstede framework are still too Western-based and psychology-oriented to acquire new research directions and increase innovation opportunities in new fields. We summarize the possible limitations of this study and provide some future research directions, including how to expand networks, the influence of author identity on networks, the appropriate number of authors and the diversity level of participants in a network, and the main motivations of author co-authorship networks.
Financial Literacy and Financial Risk Tolerance of Individual Investors: Multinomial Logistic Regression Approach

Financial risk tolerance is one of the important factors affecting the financial investment decisions of individuals and institutional investors and a crucial factor of financial planning and financial counseling. It is therefore necessary to determine the major determinants of risk tolerance. In this article, we researched the impact of financial literacy level and demographic characteristics on the financial risk tolerance of the individuals in the sample of Usak University staff, using a multinomial logistic regression analysis and retrieving data through the questionnaire method. Multinomial logistic regression is an extension of binary logistic regression, allowing for three or more categories of the dependent variable. The findings of the empirical analysis reveal that financial literacy and demographic characteristics of age, gender, education, and income levels are significant determinants of financial risk tolerance. In this regard, the improvements in the financial literacy of the individuals through various education programs will probably raise the demand of financial products with different risk characteristics and in turn contribute to the development of financial sector.
Adaptive Psychological Distance: A Survival Perceived Temporal Distance Effect

Perceived temporal distance is explored using an evolutionary-functionalist perspective. Participants imagine themselves in one of three future scenarios: a survival scenario, a high-effort scenario, and a low-effort scenario. After imagining themselves in a future scenario, participants make a judgment of perceived temporal distance. Results suggest a survival perceived temporal distance effect (SPTD effect). Participants report the survival scenario feels closer to them in time than the high-effort and low-effort scenarios in experiments using a within-subjects design (Experiment 1) and a between-subjects design (Experiment 2). The perceived temporal closeness of a future survival scenario is highly adaptive as it motivates effective preparation for a future event of great importance. Furthermore, the perceived temporal distance findings reported here taken together with past research on perceived spatial distance illustrate the value of the functional perspective when conducting research on psychological distance. The SPTD effect is likely related to the well-documented survival-processing memory effect and is consistent with research demonstrating the cognitive overlap between remembering past events and imagining future events.
The Influence of Participative Leadership on Agricultural Extension Officers’ Engagement

Employee engagement has garnered a great deal of interest because of its positive effect on employee performance, but the interest has not resulted in in-depth studies on how variables such as participative leadership determine employee engagement. In this study, the role of participative leadership on the three dimensions of engagement experienced by agricultural extension officers is examined. Data from a cross-sectional survey of 189 agricultural extension officers from four provinces in South Africa are analyzed using regression analysis. As hypothesized, results show that participative leadership influences the three dimensions of engagement. The implications of the results are discussed, emphasizing possible ways participative leadership practices could be used to facilitate the engagement of agricultural extension officers.
Temporal changes in the dominance of major planktonic bacterial groups in an alpine lake: discrepancy with their contribution to bacterial production

We tested the idea that temporal changes in the numerical dominance of major bacter- ial groups are not necessarily coupled to those in bacterial production. The seasonal dynamics of the bacterial community in the water column of an alpine lake were followed from late spring until the autumn at either bi-weekly or monthly intervals. Changes in community structure were tracked by fluorescence in situ hybridization combined with catalyzed reporter deposition (CARD-FISH); the contribution of the dominant bacterial groups to leucine incorporation was assessed by microautora- diography (MAR). Before ice-out, the bacterial assemblage was dominated by Actinobacteria. Imme- diately afterwards, their relative abundance, and that of Cytophaga-like bacteria, increased in the water column, suggesting that they had taken advantage of the input of dissolved organic matter (DOM) during the melting of the ice. During summer, Betaproteobacteria and Actinobacteria together accounted for >50% of the cell counts; however, their maxima were separated temporally and vertically. Water temperature, DOM, and grazing influenced their antagonistic behavior. Alpha - proteobacteria were consistently present, although their abundance was generally low. Regardless of their relative abundance, Betaproteobacteria dominated the assemblage of leucine-positive cells, and the relative abundance of their R-BT subgroup closely matched that of active Betaproteobac teria. Of the cells positive for leucine incorporation, the contribution of Actinobacteria was lower than expected from their relative abundance. Our results show that bacterial abundance and production are not necessarily dominated by the same phylogenetic groups.
Comparative Analysis of Growth Performance of Broiler Fed with Different Commercial Feeds of Bangladesh

The present research work was conducted to analyze the growth performance of broiler fed with different commercial feeds of Bangladesh. For this purpose, a total of 200 Cobb-500 broiler day old chicks were purchased and divided into four treatment groups and fed with four different commercial feeds produced in feed mills of Bangladesh. Parameters like body weight, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and survivability were observed up to 28 days to compare the performance of different dietary groups. Regarding body weight, the highest body weight was recorded in T3 treatment group which was statistically different from remaining groups (P<.05). Among the four Original Research Article Sabuj et al.; AJRAVS, 3(3): 1-6, 2019; Article no.AJRAVS. 49628 2 treatment groups, highest and lowest total feed intakes were found in T3 (2388.8 g/bird) and T1 (1772.2 g/bird) groups. Average feed intake was found higher at four weeks of age in every treatment groups compared to early one to three weeks and they were statistically significant ((P<.05). FCR value was highest (1.55:1) in T2 dietary group indicated lower feed conversion efficiency and T4 dietary group showed better feed conversion efficiency as the FCR value was lowest (1.33:1). Compare to other treatment groups, T4 group showed 100% survivability. The present study reveals that feeds supplied to T3 and T4 were found to be better than those of T1 and T2 for the production of commercial broiler for the age of duration of day old to 28 days. So, farm owner of Bangladesh needs to check the nutrient content of commercial feed properly before providing it to broiler chickens.
Effects of canopy gap size on the regeneration of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Seite 183

The study was undertaken in Scots pine shelterwood forests in central Anatolia at the edge of the Eurasian distribution of Scots pine and thus adding signi cance in terms of understanding the ecology of this important species. Canopy gap size and the position of the sapling within the regeneration cores were chosen within nine di erent strip-sample plots comprising 20 sapling regeneration cores. Those sapling regeneration cores under the gaps were divided into two portions (individuals at the edge and middle of the regeneration cores) and from each portion three individuals were selected. The growth relationships of individual saplings within the regeneraSeite 184 Süleyman Çoban, Alper H. Çolak, Ian D. Rotherham, Gülen Özalp, Adil Çalışkan tion cores were determined from the age-height graph of 95 sapling-stem analyses. Gap-size classes that compromise a gap size gradient were chosen: small gaps (< 20 m2); intermediate gaps (20 177 m2); large gaps (178 707 m2). Spatial structure of mature trees were determined using the Clark-Evans index. In addition, di erentiation index (diameter, height, crown lenght, and crown radius) were calculated for each stand projections. Gaps with sapling regeneration cores ranged from 15 to 240 m2, with a mean of 91.55 ± 23.69 m2 by Student’s t-test (p = 0.05). The maximal gap-size classes were found in the intermediate (90%), followed by large (5%) and small (5%). Compared with saplings in the middle of regeneration cores, those at the edge were always reduced in terms of mean height. Signi cant di erence was found between the ‘Main crop’ and the ‘Edges 1-2’ of the regeneration cores. There was no signi cant di erence for sapling age in regeneration cores. Fraction of land area in gap regeneration cores was found between 20 and 66% of total stand area. The age-height graph of 95 saplingstems derived from stem analyses showed that the saplings grow very well without any obvious deceleration in the gaps. These ndings can further inform forest managers about how to optimize growth of sapling by means of canopy gap regulation. The results are discussed in the context of future silvicultural modelling and new ways of assessing forest regeneration dynamics when gap-regeneration is important.
The Effects Of Nitrous Oxide On Postoperative Pain, Nausea Vomiting and İntraoperative Haemodynamics in Robotic Gynecologic Surgery SDRP Journal of Anesthesia and Surgery

Published Date:15 th Apr 2017 Mehtap Ozdemir, Nurten Bakan, Murat Haliloglu, Yonca Yanli, Nevin, Kurt Celebi, Zeynel Abidin Erbesler, Tulin Yollu 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul,Turkey 2 Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Marmara University Hospital, Istanbul,Turkey 3 Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Vize State Hospital, Kırklareli,Turkey 4 Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ahi Evran University Hospital, Kırsehir,Turkey 5 Department of Anesthesiology
Colonization of Nitrogen Fixing Bacterial Strain Klebsiella sp. DX120E Labeled with Green Fluorescent Protein(GFP) Gene within Sugarcane Plants

To explore the invasion patterns of N2-fixing bacteria strain Klebsiella sp. DX120E and its colonization in sugarcane, and to determine the optimum concentrations of inoculum, we inoculated tissue culture seedlings of two sugarcane varieties(GT21 and B8) with different concentrations of Klebsiella sp. bacteria strain DX120E labeled by green fluorescent protein(GFP) gene, and with ddH2O as control. The results showed that the strain DX120E propagated in root, leaf sheath and leaf of sugarcane seedlings, and bacteria quantities in different parts were root leaf sheath leaf. There were no differences in the maximum propagation quantity under various inoculating concentrations, with the optimum concentration of 1×102 CFU mL–1. Fluorescence microscope observation indicated that the bacteria could invade root through the surface cracks, generating sites of main root and lateral root, and root fracture, and intensively propagate in intercellular spaces and cells of the root, also transfer to mesophyll cells and vascular bundle sheath cells in leaf.
Histomorphogenesis of the Pharyngeal roof in Muscovy Ducks (Cairina moschata)

This study aimed to investigate the morphological characteristics of the pharyngeal roof of the developmental stages of Muscovy ducks from 1 to 60 days old. The statistical analysis revealed that the ratio of the pharyngeal roof to the total length of the oropharynx decreased with advancement of the age, which was recorded 19.44 % at one-day and 15.19% at 60 days age, as well as the infundibular cleft was increased in length approximately by one and half at 15 days and three folds at 60 days when compared with that of one-day-old. SEM in one-day-old showed that, the fine pharyngeal papillae on each side of the infundibular slit, whereas, two types of the papillae at 15 days but numerous different sized and shape caudally directed papillae at 60 days, some of them which were present at the pharyngoesophageal junction were in appearance of the nails of the carnivores. Numerous openings of the sphenopterygoid salivary glands were scattered between these papillae, which were observed in older ages (60 days old) by few numbers in the shallow groove at the caudal commissure of the infundibular slit. The edges of the infundibular cleft were smooth in all developmental stages except at 60 days old where few, fine and caudally directed papillae were recognized. Histologically, the sphenopterygoid salivary glands were compound tubule-alveolar mucous secretory glands which was surrounded by lymphatic aggregation in older ages. In all examined ages, lymphatic accumulation could be observed in the infundibular cavity which was surrounding the intraepithelial mucous glands.
ASSESSMENT OF INFERIOR VENA CAVA DIAMETER MEASURED BY ULTRA-SONOGRAPHY IN CORRELATION WITH CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE VALUE IN PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS

Background: Bedside ultrasound is potentially a useful noninvasive adjunct to estimate the intravascular volume status in sepsis. Aim of the work: Evaluating the correlation between inferior vena cava diameter measured non-invasively with ultrasonography versus central venous pressure in assessment of intravascular volume status in patients with sepsis.Patients and methods: The study was conducted on sixty patients with sepsis (30 ventilated and 30 non-ventilated) in the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Abbassia Chest Hospital from January 2018 to September 2018. For all included patients demographic data were collected Recording vital sings, mean arterial pressure and Pao2/ Fio2were done. Laboratory investigation including complete blood count, serum lactic acid, arterial blood gas, quantitative C-reactiveprotein were also done. Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (SOFA), Qsofa and Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II score (APACHE II) were recorded. Finally measurement of IVC, CVP and intra-abdominal pressure were done Results: Males represent 75%while female were 25%withmean age of (47.40±14.49) years. The mean CVP was 12.48±3.78 cmH2O with an IVC maximum diameter of 17.95±3.28 mm and collapsibility index of 50.55±11.83 %. There was statistically significant positive correlation between CVP and IVC dmax and statistically significant negativecorrelation between CVP and IVC CI (%)in both ventilated and non ventilated groups. Also, CVP and IVC dmax were significantly correlated with outcome in both ventilated and non ventilated patients. The higher values of CVP and IVC dmax and the lower the value of IVC CI, the higher rates of mortality. Conclusion: US assessment of IVC diameter and caval index are simple and non invasive methods to assess intravascular volume status.
EXTRACTION OF AREAL EXTENTS FOR GNIS SUMMIT FEATURES USING THE EMINENCE-CORE

An important objective of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to enhance the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) by automatically associating boundaries with terrain features that are currently spatially represented as two-dimensional points. In this paper, the discussion focuses on experiments for mapping GNIS Summit features using the eminence core regiongrowing method, which maps the area between a peak and its key col (saddle). A secondary goal of this project is to improve the positional accuracy of GNIS Summit features, since those locations were derived long ago and need to be snapped to local morphometric peaks detected from analysis of the highest-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs). The eminence cores delineated for a subset of GNIS Summit features were compared visually against basemaps and manually digitized polygons created by USGS staff. The comparisons revealed substantial differences between the computationally derived eminence cores and the manually generated polygons. Results clearly suggest that the default core delineation method tested must be modified to “roll back” or truncate growth of unreasonably large cores to smaller extents that would match people’s intuitive expectations. However, these results are far more encouraging than any method tested previously, since this method guarantees a 1-1 correspondence between polygons and GNIS Summit features.
The role of latent Sphaeropsis sapinea infections in post-hail associated die-back of Pinus patula

Sphaeropsis sapinea is an economically important pathogen of pines in South Africa. The most serious disease caused by this fungus is die-back of Pinus patula and Pinus radiata after hail. In this study, we investigate the role of latent S. sapinea infections in seed cones of P. patula in post-hail associated die-back. P. patula seed cones were found to be infected during the second year of development. Extensive colonization of all cone tissues occurred in the third year when cones mature, prior to seed discharge. Vegetative compatibility tests showed that S. sapinea is present as a single vegetatively compatible group in the third year seed cones. The presence of S. sapinea in colonized third year seed cones apparently result from a single successful infection in each cone. The probable role of latent infections by S. sapinea was considered in a case study of haildamaged P. patula trees of three age classes. Mortality was most severe in a stand of 25-year-old trees (92%) followed by a stand of 14-year-old trees (32%) and a 5-year-old stand (9%). Isolations from diseased trees showed that S. sapinea could be recovered from darkly stained branch pith, which was continuous with infected pith in third year seed cones. In contrast, the fungus was absent in the non-discolored pith of branches on healthy trees of the same age. Our results indicate that S. sapinea infects branch pith tissue directly from previously infected, attached seed cones to cause rapid die-back and mortality of hail-damaged trees. # 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Acoustic Environment and Noise Exposure in Fitness Halls

People seek health and leisure in gyms and fitness halls. In this study, interior acoustics including reverberation time (T) and activity noise levels were studied in 20 indoor sports and gymnasium (IS & G) halls in Amman, Jordan. Interviews and questionnaires were also applied to assess the subjective comfort levels of the acoustic environment in these IS & G halls. The measured values were correlated with the subjective evaluations. The range of measured T values was 1.09–5.38 s. The activity noise level, which was measured with LA,eq over 50 min of activity, ranged between 80.0 and 110.0 dB(A). The average personal noise exposure for instructors was 92.6 dB(A), ranging from 81.0 to 108.0 dB(A), whereas 90% of the measurement results were above the occupational exposure limit (OEL) of 85.0 dB(A), and 40% of instructors were potentially exposed to excessive noise levels. The subjective rating of listening conditions correlated significantly with the reverberation time rather than noise level (p < 0.01). In conclusion, the results from this study show that noise levels generated in the studied IS & G halls present a possible workplace noise hazard. Raising awareness of the risk of hearing problems among instructors working in IS & G halls is highly recommended.
Long term effects of untraditional irrigation water qualities on some soil properties and fertilization program

High quality of water has the potential to allow maximum productivity under the good management practices of soil and water. This study objects to investigate the long term effects of different irrigation water qualities: Nile Water (NW), Agricultural Drainage Water (ADW), Nile Water + Agricultural Drainage Water (NW+ADW), Nile Water+ Agricultural Drainage Water + Treated Waste Water (NW+ADW+TWW), and (USW) at AL-Jamalia region, Dakahlia governorate, Egypt. The results showed that the tested water samples belong to C3 and S1 classes of water, where EC values ranged from 0.74 to 2.25dSm-1 and less than 10 of SAR. The concentration of Fe, Mn, Cu, and Cd are recorded in high concentration than permissible limits, while, the concentration of Zn and Pb were found to be within the range of permissible limits. The contribution of different irrigation water qualities on fertilization program, especially NPK was taken into consideration as a seasonal effect of these qualities. The long term effect of different irrigation water qualities on soil properties was based on the comparison between the soil irrigated by NW verses the soil irrigated by other qualities. The content of N, P, K, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb were higher in the soils irrigated by untraditional irrigation water qualities than the soil irrigated by NW, where the increases of these elements were higher in surface layers then subsurface layers for the studied soils. In conclusion the soils under study being heavy clay texture which needs attention to plowing dismantling and improving drainage in order to improve the movement of water, air and nutrients.