Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bayesian spatio-temporal approach to identifying fish nurseries by validating persistence areas

: Spatial and temporal closures of fish nursery areas to fishing have recently been recognized as useful tools for efficient fisheries management, as they preserve the reproductive potential of populations and increase the recruitment of target species. In order to identify and locate potential nursery areas for spatio-temporal closures, a solid understanding of species− environment relationships is needed, as well as spatial identification of fish nurseries through the application of robust analyses. One way to achieve knowledge of fish nurseries is to analyse the persistence of recruitment hotspots. In this study, we propose the comparison of different spatiotemporal model structures to assess the persistence of a spatial process. In particular, we apply our approach to a 2-stage Bayesian hierarchical spatio-temporal model that describes both the occurrence and the abundance of European hake Merluccius merluccius recruits in the western Mediterranean Sea. Results clearly show areas of high occurrence and abundance, mainly along the shelf break and the upper slope of the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Understanding the distributional patterns associated with key life stages such as recruitment is essential for appropriate spatial management, including the implementation of Fisheries Restricted Areas and/or Marine Protected Areas that improve the management of fishery resources.
Modelado de la vida útil de piña (Ananas comosus) mínimamente procesada empacada en atmósferas modificadas a partir de propiedades indicativas de calidad y condiciones de almacenamiento

Esta tesis presenta un modelo para predecir la vida util de pina minimamente procesada a partir de las propiedades indicativas de calidad como funcion de la temperatura y la concentracion de gases en un sistema de empaque con atmosferas modificadas (MAP). Para esto, primero se desarrolla un modelo matematico para describir las velocidades de respiracion (consumo de O2 y produccion de CO2) y de transpiracion de la pina procesada minimamente (cortada en rodajas) en funcion de la temperatura, la humedad relativa (HR) y la configuracion geometrica. Para ajustar experimentalmente los modelos adecuados para la respiracion y la transpiracion, la pina (Ananas comosus) minimamente procesada se almaceno en rebanadas de tres tipos de configuracion (media rodaja con 1 cm de espesor, una rodaja completa con 1 cm de espesor y una rodaja completa con 2 cm de espesor) a diferentes temperaturas y HR. El consumo de O2 y la produccion de CO2 se modelaron utilizando una cinetica enzimatica de Michaelis-Menten. A lo largo de los diferentes experimentos, las velocidades de respiracion fueron mayores al aumentar la temperatura de almacenamiento. Los datos de transpiracion muestran que la perdida de peso es lineal para todas las muestras durante todo el tiempo de almacenamiento. Los resultados muestran una alta bondad de ajuste entre los datos experimentales y los valores estimados con los modelos de respiracion-transpiracion (R2 0,89). En segundo lugar, las rodajas completas de pina minimamente procesada con 1 cm de espesor se almacenaron a diferentes temperaturas y concentraciones de gases para determinar los cambios de firmeza, color y otras propiedades fisico-quimicas a traves del tiempo de almacenamiento con el objetivo de representar la vida util en funcion de la temperatura y concentraciones de gases a partir de estas propiedades de calidad. A partir de los datos experimentales, los modelos se ajustaron adecuadamente para representar el cambio de cada una de estas propiedades en funcion de la temperatura y las concentraciones de gases mediante el uso de un modelo de potencia para la firmeza y un modelo de primer orden para representar el color (coordenadas L*, a* y b*). Desde el modelo de firmeza fue posible obtener una ecuacion adecuada para predecir la vida util de la pina minimamente procesada a partir del almacenamiento de temperatura y concentracion de gases, obteniendo coeficientes de regresion superiores a 0.90. Con el modelo de vida util desarrollado en este estudio es posible configurar condiciones de empaque adecuadas dependiendo de las necesidades especificas del mercado a lo largo de la cadena logistica y de distribucion.
How to Increase E-Repurchase of E-Pay Consumers in Purwokerto

The purpose of this study is to explain the effect of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived risk on e-repurchase using e-pay. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test the empirical model. The number of samples in this study was 114 e-pay users in Purwokerto. The results indicate that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use have a positive effect on e-repurchase. In addition, researchers can also prove that perceived risk has a negative effect on e-repurchase.
Study of major and minor components of uroliths in canine urolithiasis: Risk assessment in different breeds of dogs

Urolithiasis is relatively common disease in dogs. The most common form of mineral crystals that precipitate in urine are calcium oxalate monohydrate (whewellite), calcium oxalate dehydrate (wedelite), calcium phosphate as hydroxyapatite (HAP), cystine urate (ammonium urate or uric acid) and magnesium ammonium phosphate hexa hydrate (struvite). In the reported study struvite is the most commonly found mineral components of urolith seen both in male and female patients. An accurate analysis of urinary calculi is essential for understanding the etiology of urolithiasis and establishing the correct medical treatment to prevent recurrence or therapeutic management. The purpose of study reported here was to analyze major and minor elements in the stone and their percentage (%) and quantity (g/g) of major and minor minerals in the urinary calculi in different breeds of 26 numbers of dogs. i.e. GSD, Doberman, Spitz, Dalmatian, Boxer and Dachshund. The crystallographic results were used to classify the prevalence and type of mixed uroliths. The term crystallographic analysis is used for petro graphic microscopy and physical methods including AAS, UVS and flame photometry.
Survival Outcomes in Patients with Breast Cancer: Low Volume Single Center Study

Purpose: Breast cancer is the second most common malignancy in Korean women, and its incidence has increased rapidly. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the treatment outcomes of patients with breast cancer treated at a low volume center. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 401 patients with stage I-III breast cancer at Chosun University Hospital from January 1998 to December 2013. We reviewed medical records including clinical information and pathologic reports. Results: We found 401 cases of newly diagnosed breast cancer, including 5 (1.2%) male breast cancer patients. According to histological features, there were 43 cases (ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): 35 cases [8.7%], lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS): 8 cases [2.0%]) of non-invasive carcinoma, 350 cases (87.3%) of invasive carcinoma, 2 cases (0.5%) of Paget’s disease, 1 case (0.2%) of malignant phyllodes tumor, 3 cases (0.7%) of sarcoma, and 2 cases (0.5%) of other types. With respect to disease stage, 117 (29.2%) patients were in stage I, 176 (43.9%) in stage II, and 78 (19.4%) in stage III. The type of surgical approaches were breast-conserving surgery (153, 38.2%), modified radical mastectomy (243, 60.6%), wide excision (4, 1.0%), and others (1, 0.2%). Five-year disease-free survival rates were 100% (stage 0), 95.4% (stage I), 91.4% (stage IIa), 75% (stage IIb), 78% (stage IIIa), 50% (stage IIIb), and 59.2% (stage IIIc). Overall survival rates were 100% (stage 0), 96.2% (stage I), 94.3% (stage IIa), 85.4% (stage IIb), 84.8% (stage IIIa), 50% (stage IIIb), and 55.5% (stage IIIc). Conclusion: Although the patients were treated at a low-volume center, their favorable survival outcomes are notable. Further multicenter (low-volume centers) research is warranted.
THE CRISIS OF DIVORCE AND THE NATURE OF THE EXPERIENCED LIFE CHANGES

In this study, divorce is understood as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon. 10 Furthermore, divorce is one of the most stressful life events – an event which changes almost 11 every aspect of life. It has been assumed that for majority of people, divorce is related to a crisis 12 or is viewed as a turning point in life. 13 The aim of this study is to verify whether the assessment of the impact of divorce on various 14 spheres of life (housing situation, work, friends, children, etc.) is associated with different 15 magnitude of experienced life changes (positive or negative). Positive changes may signify 16 individual's ability to cope with critical life events (such as divorce); negative changes mean 17 that people after divorce experience the negative impact of it on fundamental beliefs about the 18 self as well as the value and meaning of life. 19 In this study, the Life Changes Scale (LCS), demographic data and divorce-related data were 20 used. The difference significance tests were conducted between the groups. A total of 157 21 divorced individuals participated in the research. Three out of four participants were women 22 (76.40%); a quarter of the group comprised of men (23.60%). The respondents’ average age 23 was 41 years. 24 Analyses have shown differences in the assessment of changes after divorce. The most 25 important results include the occurrence of significant differences in experienced life changes 26 (positive or negative) among divorced individuals, depending on the sphere of life in which the 27 changes occurred. 28
New and little-known Nostoceratidae and Diplomoceratidae (Cephalopoda: Ammonoidea) from Madagascar

Examination of the Madagascan material in the collection of the late General M. Collignon, currently housed in the Centre des Sciences de la Terre, Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, and specimens in the private collection of W.E. Grulke, allow us to comment on, or add to, the descriptions of little-known species from that region, as well as to describe several new taxa belonging to the heteromorph ammonite families Nostoceratidae Hyatt, 1894 and Diplomoceratidae Spath, 1926. For comparison, some specimens from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa are included. The following are described: Nostoceras malagasyense (Collignon, 1971), Nostoceras collignoni sp. nov., Anaklinoceras sp. aff. budayi Foldyna & Vasicek, 1977, Jouaniceras sp. , Madagascarites andimakensis Collignon, 1966, Eubostrychoceras indopacificum Matsumoto, 1967, Amapondella amapondense (van Hoepen, 1921), Ankinatsytes yabei Collignon, 1965, Eodidymoceras enigma sp. nov., Pseudoxybeloceras stoliczkai sp. nov., Pseudoxybeloceras sp. , Schlueterella compressum Klinger, 1976, Schlueterella sp. aff. S. pseudoarmatum (Schluter, 1872), Schlueterella sp. aff. S. tenuiannulatum Collignon, 1969. In addition, dimorphism is demonstrated in Amapondella amapondense.
Evaluation of agro-industrial residues produced in Costa Rica for a low-cost culture medium using Bacillus subtilis 168

Agro-industrial residues correspond to all the materials generated from activities that involve the transformation of both crops and livestock to obtain processed or semi-finished products. In Costa Rica, the primary sector of economy generates more than 6.3 trillion tons of organic residues per year. The daily generation of this residues pose environmental and economic problems. In recent years, biotechnological-based alternatives have emerged with the purpose of taking advantage of the high nutritional content of these residues to cultivate microorganisms capable of producing compounds with high demand at a commercial level. The present study evaluates six agro-industrial residues produced in Costa Rica, in order to growth Bacillus subtilis 168. An optimization of the culture medium was carried out under a complete factorial design 23, where the variables evaluated were carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus sources. Molasses at 10% m/v, wheat bran at 0.5% m/v, and K2HPO4 at 0.01%, as a carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus sources, respectively, were identified as optimal for the growth of Bacillus subtilis 168.
Effect of Sowing Methods on Growth and Yield of Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Through Zero and Other Tillage Method

The study was carried out during the year 2017-18 to check the effect of sowing methods on growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through zero and other tillage methods, variety Sunheri was sown through different sowing methods. Randomized complete block design (RCBD) was used with three treatments T1 = Drilling zero tillage, T2 = broadcasting after tillage and T3 = drilling after tillage. The experiment was replicated three times. The observations were recorded on plant height (cm), tillers m-2, spike length (cm), spiklets spike-1, grains spike-1, seed index (1000-grain wt., g), biological yield (kg ha-1) and grain yield (kg ha-1). The results of the study summarized that the wheat variety sown by drilling (after tillage) showed remarkably superior performance with 81.03 cm plant height, 452.67 tillers m-2, 14.46 cm spike length, 17.33 spikelets spike-1, 45.33 grains spike-1, 50.66 g seed index (1000-grain weight), 6866.7 kg ha-1 biological yield and 3595.50 kg ha-1 grain yield. Drilling after tillage was followed by sowing method broadcasting after tillage with 77.06 cm plant height, 313.33 tillers m-2, 9.26 cm spike length, 14.66 spikelets spike-1, 36.00 grains spike-1, 40.00 g seed index (1000-grain weight), 6533.3 kg ha-1 biological yield and 3060.0 kg ha-1 grain yield. On the other hand drilling with zero tillage sowing method showed small 76.10 cm plant height less number of 320.67 tillers m-2, 8.00 cm spike length, 12.00 spikelets spike-1, 33.66 grains spike-1, 36.00 g seed index (1000-grain weight), 6500.0 kg ha-1 biological yield and 3071.7 kg ha-1 grain yield. It is concluded that the crop sown by drilling after tillage produced more grain yield of 3595.50 kg ha-1 as compared to drilled with zero tillage 3071.7 kg ha-1 and broadcasted after tillage (3060.0 kg ha-1).
Maturity, Condition and Feeding of Stone Flounder Kareius bicoloratus in Tokyo Bay.

東京湾のイシガレイの成熟とそれに伴う肥満度, 摂餌強度等の変化を調べた。 生殖腺指数の季節変化から産卵期は12-2,3月であると推定された。 標本中の最小成熟体長は雄で130mm, 雌で183mmであった。 0歳の成熟個体の出現率は雄では69. 1%であったが, 雌では4. 5%と低かった。 1歳以上の出現率は雌雄ともほぼ100%であった。 成魚の肥満度と肝量指数は冬季に最低となることが明らかとなった。 その後, 肥満度と肝量指数は摂餌強度のピークから1,2ヶ月遅れて春季に最高となり, 夏季から冬季にかけて低下した。 産卵期には特に成熟の進んだ個体で摂餌強度が低かった。 主な餌料生物は多毛類, 二枚貝類, 甲殻類, クモヒトデ類であった。
Assessing the Effectiveness of Peer Instruction in Students’ Understanding of Electric Circuits Concepts

This paper describes the implementation of an active learning strategy, called Peer Instruction, in an undergraduate electric circuit analysis course offered at a large public university in Colombia. Peer Instruction is an instructional approach that fosters students’ collaboration to increase conceptual understanding. Data was collected from three sections of the course mentioned above. In two sections, students attended a traditional class format (51 students) while another section (15 students) implemented the Peer Instruction methodology. The research question driving this project was whether Peer Instruction would produce significantly higher learning gains than the traditional blackboard and chalk approach. A difference was determined using a quasi-experimental study comparing the learning gains of the students in the traditional sections (i.e., the control group) versus those of the students in the Peer Instruction section (i.e., the experimental group). The learning gains were measured by pre/post application of an adapted version of the DIRECT concept inventory which was translated into Spanish. Preliminary results suggest that the implementation of a Peer Instruction approach in an electric circuit analysis course improves the performance of students on the adapted version of the DIRECT test.
Changes in life-history traits in the Fall Webworm within half a century of introduction to Japan

1. The Fall Webworm, Hyphantria cunea, introduced into Japan from North America in 1945, was bivoltine until the early 1970s throughout its distribution area, but thereafter shifted to be trivoltine in south-western areas of Japan. 2. To clarify changes of life-history traits in relation to the shift in voltinism and to delineate the boundary between bi- and trivoltinism, the developmental rate and photoperiodic response controlling the induction of pupal diapause were investigated in 13 geographic populations. 3. Geographic variation in the critical photoperiod for diapause induction was not a simple cline, but shifted step-wise. The critical photoperiod was longer in populations north of 36 °N than in populations south of 36 °N, and the interpopulation variance for the critical photoperiod was small in each area. 4. The duration of the larval stage was significantly shorter in the southern populations than in the northern ones, but there was no conspicuous break point in its cline. 5. Geographic variation in pupal development followed a similar pattern to that observed for larval development, although the variation was comparatively small. 6. Thus, both critical photoperiod and developmental rate decreased when the shift in voltinism from bivoltine to trivoltine occurred as this insect expanded its range. The transitional zone between bi- and trivoltinism was around 36 °N.
Age-specific differences in settlement rates of saddlebacks (Philesturnus carunculatus) reintroduced to a fenced mainland sanctuary

Mortality and/or dispersal immediately after release can cause translocated populations to fail over both the short and long term, particularly at mainland sanctuaries. However, post-release mortality and dispersal can be limited by releasing individuals with an increased probability of survival and site attachment. We monitored a South Island saddleback (tieke; Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus) population, translocated to a mainland sanctuary, for one year after release to understand the combined influence of post-release mortality and dispersal on initial establishment. We related settlement propensity to three individual characteristics (sex, age class, and previous pairing history) that are known to play a role in the success of reintroductions of other species. Observations of 38 individually marked birds within the sanctuary declined sharply immediately after release, similar to a pattern of post-release mortality observed after a saddleback translocation onto an offshore island. Thereafter, observations declined more gradually until after the start of the first breeding season (5 months after release), likely due to dispersal out of the sanctuary. By the middle of the first breeding season, significantly more subadults than adults survived and remained at the release site, which we attribute to differences in territorial status prior to translocation. Although only 18% of the released birds survived and settled inside the sanctuary at one year after release, our results suggest that, for saddlebacks, releasing a greater proportion of subadults than adults could have a positive effect on reintroduction outcomes at mainland sites where dispersal is of concern.
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE RELEVANCE OF EQUITY FINANCING IN EUROPEAN SMES

This paper contributes to the academic debate on the pecking order theory and SMEs equity financing, in this equity financing gap. In order to address this problem, this study relies on the empirical design that is driven by the premises of the pecking order theory and distinguishes between the relevance of internal funds vs. external equity. The main aim of this study is to investigate whether the relevance of equity financing for European SMEs is driven by the country-specifics (captured by the clusters of the EU countries) and whether there are any other factors that may potentially explain the relevance of internal funds or external equity, with respect to SMEs performance and characteristics. For that purposes the SAFE survey data were used to run non-parametric and correlations analysis. The results have clearly indicated that there are statistically significant differences between the clusters of the EU countries (if we differentiate between core and peripheral EU countries in particular). It was also found that there is no unified pattern of the associations between the relevance of equity financing and SMEs performance and characteristics, thus these associations seem to be influenced by the country-specifics as well.
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anaemia among Pregnant Women in Migratory Community, Narok County

Globally, Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA) has been known to have negative effects on the lives of more than 2 billion people. Currently, pregnant women are the most vulnerable population corresponding to 24.8% of 3.7 billion people. The highest prevalence of anaemia exists in the developing world which is thought to be associated with the following factors; socio-economic factors, inadequate food intake, cultural taboos that hinder intake of certain foods known to be good sources of iron, infections, multiple pregnancies and low contraceptive prevalence use. However, there is limited published data on prevalence of Iron deficiency anaemia and possible risk factors among pregnant women attending Antenatal clinics in Kenya including Narok County.Therefore, the aimof this study was to establish the haemoglobinlevels of pregnant women in the migratory community, Narok County.In this cross-sectional study, pregnant women aged 15-49 years and wereattendingantenatal clinic at EwasoNgiro Health Centre in Narok Countywere randomly enrolled into the study using the clinic registers and table of random numbers generated using Micro Soft Excel 2007.Pregnant women who had Severe low haemoglobin levels were 3.0%, Moderate Haemoglobin levels 19.6%, while Mild haemoglobin levels were 38.9%. Those who had low haemoglobin levels were 61.5%, while normal haemoglobin levels above 11g/dL were 38.5%. The prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anaemia from the findings was reported to be at 61.5%, which was much higher than the national figure of 55.1% according to KDHS, 2014. This depicted that IDA is still a major concern in the migratory community. The County Ministry of Health should strengthen the policies for combating micronutrient deficiencies through integration of programmes and services at the community levels. In addition, review of the IFA policy should be done to incorporate early screening and management of IDA.
EVALUATION OF DIGESTIBLE LYSINE NEEDS FOR MALE BROILER

This study was performed to evaluate the effect of feeding digestible lysine (Dig. Lys) levels in excess of NRC (1994) requirements in standard corn-soy rations from one to 42 d of age. A total of 960 one d old (Cobb 500) chicks were obtained from a commercial hatchery and randomly distributed in a randomized complete block design among 16 floor pens with four replicate pens/treatment. Diets were formulated to provide a minimum of 100% of NRC recommendation levels of amino acids other than Lys. Diets were fortified with L-lysine HCL to provide four levels of Lys (T1 = 100, T2 = 110, T3 = 120 and T4 = 130% of NRC recommendation). Birds received starter diet from 1-10 d, grower diet from 11-21 d and finisher diet from 22-42 d of age. Four pens of 60 male birds were fed one of the four experimental diets. There was a hierarchy of Lys requirements: the requirement for maximum gain was achieved when feeding T2 or T3, the requirement to maximize Breast Meat (BM) yield or Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) was achieved when feeding T3; lastly, the requirement for percentage of minimum Abdominal Fat (AF) was achieved when feeding T4. Body weight, FCR and BM yield in birds responded quadratically while AF responded linearly to incremental Dig Lys levels. Thus, Lys requirement may be increased according to whatever criteria are desired.