Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SMART FARMING- PRECISION AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES

According to the current increase rate of the world population it is expected to reach 10 billion people in 2050. In addition, agricultural production area and agricultural labor force is constantly decreasing with the migration of rural population to the city with the use of agricultural areas for residential and industrial purposes. Therefore, it is a necessity to develop and disseminate systematic and efficient production techniques that will provide sufficient nutrition for humanity. The agricultural sector also benefits greatly from what Industry 4.0 brings. IoT (Internet of Things), AI (Artificial Intelligence), Remote Sensing & ImP (Remote Sensing and Image Processing) techniques have been integrated with GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and have been actively used in agriculture in recent years. In addition to the soil characteristic and meteorological data collected by sensors, high resolution multi-band images taken from satellite systems and unmanned aerial vehicles are transferred to decision support platforms and artificial intelligence support can be used to determine the stress factors of crops and propose instant solution alternatives. Within the scope of this paper, in a study carried out by HEKTAŞ R & D Center which develops innovation projects in the agricultural sector with the motto of “Pioneer of smart agriculture” general information will be given on the practical use of some of the above mentioned precision agricultural techniques during phenological growth stages of the wheat in Thrace region.
Population dynamic of Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822) living along the Hau River, Vietnam

The exploitation rate estimated from the analysis of the yield-per-recruit has a strong relationship with fisheries management (Beverton and Holt, 1957). The growth and mortality parameters are used to assess the fish population (Ricker, 1975). The growth performance with combined analysis of growth and asymptotic length relationship are related to the variations of fish growth rate between genders and locations (Pauly and Munro, 1984). In the Mekong Delta, the gobies diversify yet the data on the population is fragmented for some gobiid species such as Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Tran et al., 2007) and Parapcryptes serperaster (Dinh et al., 2015b). Due to the overexploitation with various fishing gears (Trinh and Tran, 2012), it leads to the reduction of fish species in the Mekong Delta including the gobies (Diep et al., 2014). For example, the population of Glossogobius giuris (Dinh et al., 2017), Boleophthalmus boddarti (Dinh, 2017), Stigmatogobius pleurostigma (Dinh and Nguyen, 2018) and Trypauchen vagina (Dinh, 2018a) have been subjected to overfishing. There is a need for studies on fishing status of gobiid species. The genus of Periophthalmodon (Gobiidae: Oxudercine) has three species including P. freycineti, P. schlosseri and P. septemradiatus (Murdy, 1989; Murdy, 2011; Murdy and Jaafar, ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: February 6, 2020 Accepted: April 28, 2020 Online: May 2020 _______________
Dying in hospital in Ireland; an assessment of the quality of care in the last week of life. Report 5, final synthesis report

The context of this report is set by the fact that most people die in a hospital or similar setting, outside the home. When you consider that most people are also born in hospital, and may spend some time there over the course of a lifetime, it becomes clear that hospitals are central to our passage into life and out of it, touching people at the most important and intimate moments of their lives. In this sense, the work of hospitals mirrors the cycle of life and the expectations of society about its role at each stage of the life cycle. The report assesses the quality of care provided by Irish hospitals in the last week of life. The word ‘hospital’ shares a common linguistic root with words like hospice and hospitality. Hospitality – understood as being welcomed and cared for with kindness and attentiveness - is still what everyone seeks when they come to hospital, including patients and their families who are going through the journey of dying, death and bereavement. That is why the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme (2007-2012) commissioned this first ever national audit of end-of-life care in Irish hospitals. This report contributes to the growing practice within the Irish hospital system of auditing performance against standards in order to ensure that every aspect of its work meets, and even exceeds, the highest standards of care and excellence. The quality of care for people who die in an Irish hospital compares favourably to other hospitals in the US, the UK, and France, the main countries for which we have comparative data. At the same time, the audit identified significant weaknesses in how the hospital system responds at each stage of the patient’s journey from admission through to death. These weaknesses also contain the seeds for improvement since the substantial variation in quality of care offered to patients and relatives at the end of life – not only between hospitals, specialties and wards but within them as well - demonstrates the scope for improvement that already exists, and that better and best are possible and within reach. The audit, along with the Quality Standards for End-of-Life Care in Hospitals are offered by the HFH Programme to each hospital in order to support it to become a hospice friendly hospital. In this way, each hospital can become a more hospitable place to die, as the term hospice friendly hospital suggests.
Effect of micro-irrigation and nutrient management on quality parameters and economics of potato

The present study was conducted at experimental farm of CSK HPKV, Palampur, with the objective of evaluating the effects of micro-irrigation and nutrient management on quality and economics of drip based irrigation and fertigation. Ten treatments comprised three drip irrigation levels viz., 0.4 PE, 0.6 PE and 0.8 PE corresponding to 40, 60 and 80 per cent of cumulative pan evaporation, respectively, three fertigation levels viz., 50% RDF, 75% RDF and 100% RDF equivalent to 50, 75 and 100 per cent of recommended dose of NPK, respectively and RP i.e. recommended practice (recommended dose of fertilizers was applied through conventional methods and 6 flood irrigations of 50 mm). Fertigation level of 75% RDF was statistically at par with 100% RDF but significantly better than 50% RDF with respect to quality parameters. Drip irrigation and fertigation was better than the recommended practice as combination of irrigation level of 0.6 PE and 75% RDF recorded better quality parameters. Also, the highest gross return (Rs. 285200 ha), net return (Rs. 153949 ha) and B:C ratio (2.17) were obtained by applying drip irrigation @ 60 per cent of cumulative pan evaporation (0.6 PE) and 75 per cent recommended dose of NPK (75% RDF).
Comparison of Alvarado score and ultrasonography in diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Background: Appendicitis is a common cause of acute abdomen in all age groups and a simple appendicitis can progress to perforation which is associated with much higher morbidity and mortality. Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical condition and appendectomy is the most common operation done on emergency basis. This study aims at studying diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography and Alvarado score for acute appendicitis and decreasing the negative appendectomy rate in cost effective manner. Methods: In all 200 patients suspected to have acute appendicitis were examined and evaluated with modified Alvarado scoring and ultrasonography. Accuracy of alvarado scoring and ultrasonography in diagnosing acute appendicitis was calculated after correlating with the histopathological finding. Results: The sensitivity and specificity of clinical diagnosis i.e modified alvarado scoring and ultrasonography were 89.17, 44.44 and 94.26, 88.88 respectively. Conclusion: The diagnostic accuracy of clinical diagnosis was 84.57 and that of ultrasonography was 88%. Thus ultrasonography may be suggested as a useful diagnostic method for acute appendicitis . However the difference in their diagnostic values is not statistically significant.
The Impact of the Strategic Supplier Partnership, and Strategic Outsourcing on the Supply Chain Performance: The Mediating Role of Customer Relationship

Abstract- The main focus of the current study is to examine the impact of the strategic supplier partnership, and strategic outsourcing on the supply chain performance. Additionally, the study has mediating role of the customer relationship in the relationship between the strategic supplier partnership and the organizational performance and in the relationship between the strategic outsourcing and the organizational performance. The study is carried out on the manufacturing firms in the Indonesia. The final sample comprises of the 310 questionnaire and the response rate is turned out to be 65.12 percent. In order to examine effects within the construct and to carry out hypotheses testing, this study employed Partial Least Square (PLS) path modeling, has developed PLS, as a procedure to determine path model involving indirectly measured latent constructs by a set of indicators. It is suitable to apply PLS when there is large number of exogenous latent constructs to estimate a few endogenous constructs. The findings of the current study, view supply chain management as a strategic and operational tool to integrate business operations in building capabilities for customization which promises a sustainable customer satisfaction by effectively manages the total flow of inventory from ultimate supplier to the end user The findings of the study would also be useful in identifying and developing assistance and consultancy programs needed by automobile firms, especially those that are important for improving their skills and knowledge that they need for competing in the marketplace.
Consumo de alcohol en población trabajadora española y repercusiones metabólicas

Objetivos: identificar diferencias en indicadores analiticos y de sindrome metabolico entre consumidores o no consumidores de alcohol y poblacion trabajadora espanola como base para planificar actuaciones preventivas en las empresas. Metodos: estudio descriptivo realizado en 929 personas del sector de servicios en Espana, sin seleccion previa. Se valoro el consumo de alcohol referido y se relaciono con indicadores del sindrome metabolico, hepaticos, de obesidad, con edad y sexo. Las diferencias entre las medias se valoraron mediante la prueba t student y las diferencias en las proporciones mediante tablas de contingencia. Resultados: participaron 546 (58,77 %) hombres y 383 (41,23 %) mujeres, media de edad 45 anos. Menor consumo de alcohol en mujeres. No se observaron diferencias estadisticamente significativas en los indicadores analiticos en relacion con el consumo de alcohol. Es importante valorar la tendencia positiva en las concentraciones de trigliceridos y el sindrome metabolico en mujeres (p= 0,007). Conclusiones: los resultados obtenidos orientan a realizar estudios mas precisos y con mayor tamano muestral en apoyo a politicas preventivas de consumo de alcohol y mejora de la salud de los trabajadores.
Integrated Disease Management of Rhizoctonia Root Rot of Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) Incited by Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn in vivo

Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) is one of the most important commercial crop of India belongs to the Solanaceae family mainly cultivated for its green fruits as vegetable and dry chilli as spice purpose. Chilli is commercially important for two qualities, i.e., International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 4 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Impact Assessment of Front Line Demonstrations on Musard (Brassica juncea) in Bhiwani District of Haryana, India

The Front Line Demonstration (FLD) is an applied approach to accelerate the dissemination of proven technologies at farmers’ fields in a participatory mode with an objective to explore the maximum available resources of crop production and also to bridge the productivity gaps by enhancing the production in national basket. Rapeseed-mustard comprising eight different species viz. Indian mustard, toria, yellow sarson, brown sarson, gobhi sarson, karan rai, black mustard and taramira, are being cultivated in 53 countries spreading all over the globe . Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) is one of the major edible oilseed crops after soyabean and accounts for about 75-80 % of International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 4 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Are Migrant Firms Actually Different From Native Firms

A matched-pair analysis was performed to verify the existence or not of significant differences between native and migrant companies regarding firm-specific variables and the governance structure. Controlling for firm size, industry and geographical location, we found that proxy values for efficiency, capital intensity of production and services and profitability are not significantly different (or not lower) than those of native-owned small business. Evidence shows that previous studies concerning the diversity of immigrant-owned businesses are likely marked biased by methodological choices that did not take account of the concentration of these companies in “disadvantaged” firm size categories, industries or geographical locations.
A Cognitive-Affective-Behavioral Responses of Customer Experience (CAB-CE) Model for Service Delivery Improvement in the Healthcare Industry

The healthcare industry is shifting towards customer-focused similar to other service industries. The healthcare service providers and theorists have developed various measurement tools of customer experience (CE) to sustain the business. However, there are still unresolved issues related to CE measurement tools in the healthcare context need to be addressed. First, CE measurement tools still fail to capture the customers’ journey towards healthcare service experiences truly. Second, the relevant variables representing each phase of CE, as well as their interrelationships, have rarely been explored and examined in the healthcare service industry. Thus, this research aims to develop and validate a CE measurement model by considering the relevant variables by representing three phases of customers’ journey towards healthcare service delivery, namely cognitive, affective, and behaviour responses (CAB-CE). This research was conducted at Malaysian public hospitals. The customers who experienced service delivery at Malaysian public hospitals were selected as the respondents. The data were gathered via a questionnaire sent to the respondents using the convenience sampling technique. In total, 215 completed questionnaires were then proceeding to the data analysis stage. The structural equation modelling (SEM) using AMOS was performed to test the applicability of the model developed. SEM was also performed to simultaneously test the relationships among the variables of CE in a single model. The results revealed the validity and applicability of the CAB-CE model in measuring the CE in the healthcare service industry. Besides, the structural analysis has proven the relationships among the variables of customers’ journey phases. Developing a CAB-CE model is hoped to contribute to the improvement of the existing CE measurement tools, both practically and theoretically, within the context of healthcare service.
Impact of approximate oscillation probabilities in the analysis of three neutrino experiments

As neutrino oscillation data becomes ever more precise, the use of approximate formulae for the oscillation probabilities ${\mathcal P}_{\alpha\beta}$ must be examined to ensure that the approximation is adequate. Here, the oscillation probability ${\mathcal P}_{ee}$ is investigated in the context of the Daya Bay experiment; the oscillation probability ${\mathcal P}_{\mu\mu}$ is investigated in terms of the T2K disappearance experiment; and the probability ${\mathcal P}_{\mu e}$ is investigated in terms of the T2K appearance experiment. Daya Bay requires ${\mathcal P}_{ee}$ in vacuum and thus the simple analytic formula negates the need for an approximate formula. However, improved data from T2K will soon become sensitive to the hierarchy, and thus require a more careful treatment of that aspect. For the other cases, we choose an expansion by Akhmedov et al. which systematically includes all terms through second order in $\sin\theta_{13}$ and in $\alpha =: \Delta_{21}/\Delta_{31}$ ($\Delta_{jk} =: m^2_j - m^2_k$). For the T2K disappearance experiment the approximation is quite accurate. However, for the T2K appearance experiment the approximate formula is not precise enough for addressing such questions as hierarchy or the existence of CP violation in the lepton sector. We suggest the use of numerical calculations of the oscillation probabilities, which are stable, accurate, and efficient and eliminate the possibility that differences in analyses are emanating from different approximations.
Effect of Maize + Pigeonpea Intercropping System on Yield, Equivalent Yield of Maize and Economics under Delayed Onset of Monsoon in Northern Transition Zone of Karnataka, India

Globally maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the important cereal crops. In India, it ranks third after rice and wheat. In India, it is grown on an area of 8.81 million ha with a production of 22.57 million tons and with a productivity of 2563 kg ha -1 . In Karnataka, maize is grown on an area of 1.36 million ha with a production of 4.09 million tons and a productivity of 3020 kg ha -1 (Anon., 2016). Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L Mill sp.) is an important food-legume and pulse crop of India. In India, pigeonpea occupies an area of International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 4 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
The Political Economy Of Structural Reforms

Do economic structural reforms have electoral consequences? This paper studies whether voters reward or punish governments for introducing structural economic reforms. Drawing on data from a sample of 122 democratic countries over the 1975-2006 period, I note—at first glance—that no significant relationship can be discerned between the probability of a government’s being voted out of office and its having put in place economic reforms in the areas of international trade, product markets, and domestic finance. However, such reforms do appear to have an impact on the outcome of subsequent elections, but to varying degrees, based on the factors of macroeconomic stability, institutional development, and a wise sequencing of proposed reforms. In other words, voters will tend to reward reformist governments if macroeconomic stability is attained, a certain threshold level of institutional quality is achieved, and an optimal sequencing of structural reforms is followed.
The Citizen Versus Consumer Hypothesis: Evidence from a Contingent Valuation Survey

This paper examines the criticism of contingent valuation put forth by Blamey, Common and Quiggin (Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1995, vol. 39, pp. 264–288). They argue that households have consistent preferences over private goods but not jointly consistent preferences over public and private goods and, hence, contingent valuation cannot uncover meaningful responses for the valuation of public goods. In this paper we argue that the motives that are manifested in choices for public goods can be explained in two ways. One is the model of the citizen, proposed by Blamey et al. (1995). The second is a model of neoclassical preferences with altruism. Given these alternative and competing explanations of choices for public goods, what matters is whether they imply differences in willingness to pay for public goods. We provide statistical evidence from a contingent valuation study of the control of deer in the USA that there is no difference in willingness to pay between those who profess ‘citizen’ or altruistic preferences and the rest of the presumably purely private respondents.
A Vacuum-driven Origami “Magic-ball” Soft Gripper

Soft robotics has yielded numerous examples of soft grippers that utilize compliance to achieve impressive grasping performances with great simplicity, adaptability, and robustness. Designing soft grippers with substantial grasping strength while remaining compliant and gentle is one of the most important challenges in this field. In this paper, we present a light-weight, vacuum-driven soft robotic gripper made of an origami “magic-ball” and a flexible thin membrane. We also describe the design and fabrication method to rapidly manufacture the gripper with different combinations of low-cost materials for diverse applications. Grasping experiments demonstrate that our gripper can lift a large variety of objects, including delicate foods, heavy bottles, and other miscellaneous items. The grasp force on 3D-printed objects is also characterized through mechanical load tests. The results reveal that our soft gripper can produce significant grasp force on various shapes using negative pneumatic pressure (vacuum). This new gripper holds the potential for many practical applications that require safe, strong, and simple grasping.
Evaluation of Sustainability of Maize Cultivation in Poland. A Prospect Theory—PROMETHEE Approach

This study aims at exploiting research outcomes concerning tillage practices in order to make solutions available to farmers to mitigate negative environmental impact to soils. Two alternative practices have been analysed against conventional full tillage based on data provided by a long-term experiment conducted at the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (IUNG) farm in Grabów, Central Poland. Reduced Tillage and Direct Sowing are evaluated against Full Tillage on the basis of socio-economic and environmental criteria. Multi-criteria decision analysis undertaken using the PROMETHEE method provided evidence that the ‘optimal’ maize cultivation system depends on the decision maker’s viewpoint and preferences. In fact, criteria selected and related weights elicited from representative farmers, as well as from an expert agronomist, reveal different viewpoints. Direct sowing was the most preferable for the large farm and expert perspective, whereas in case of small farm reduced tillage ranked first. Prospect theory developed by behavioural economists was incorporated to take into account decision biases. As a matter of fact, based on Prospect Theory-PROMETHEE from the small farm and the expert perspective, the conventional system was now ranked first, while for the large farm, the most preferable practice was still direct sowing.
The passive voice in scientific writing through the ages: A diachronic study

Abstract Diachronic studies on scientific writing have indicated an increase in the use of passives from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. With the current shift in focus towards making scientific writing more accessible, there is less certainty on the extent of passive use in the modern era. Although the use of the active voice is presently encouraged, the findings from available studies are mixed. There are also few diachronic studies involving recent articles. This present study investigated the trend in passive use from the nineteenth century to the present day using 80 articles from a multidisciplinary science journal covering four time periods (1880, 1930, 1980, and 2017). The study found that the extent of passive use was stable from 1880 to 1980 (occurring in about 29–36% of all clauses) but declined in 2017 (averaging below 25%). The study also found a decline in the use of finite passives to describe methodological actions and a corresponding increase in the use of first-person pronouns in the 2017 articles. Further work involving a larger corpus and an understanding of writer decisions in the composing process is needed.