Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Screening of wheat genotypes for stress tolerance under field condition

An experiment was conducted to study “Screening of wheat genotypes of stress tolerance under field condition. ” was carried out at P.G. I. Farm, Department of Agricultural, Botany, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Dist. Ahmednagar (MS) India during the year 2015-2017. The experiment was carried out by using 14 wheat genotypes were selected after analysing the data for moisture stress tolerance and the second experiment on “Screening of wheat genotypes for stress tolerance under field condition. ” In moisture stress conditions, irrigation was given at the time of sowing and at crown root initiation stages and in non-stress conditions irrigation was given at critical growth stages. Soil moisture conditions were considered as main plot treatments, Irrigation and 14 genotypes FRBD design with three replications. Plant height, number of tillers plant-1, at 50% flowering. The daily observations were recorded for phenological studies. The physiological parameters were recorded at 50% flowering. Grain yield data were used to calculate drought (moisture). Yield and yield attributes were recorded and calculated after harvesting. The results generated through the investigation are summarized as below: Under moisture stress conditions soil moisture content decreased continuously in all Moisture Regimes from sowing up to harvest. Under moisture and stress conditions available moisture and stress day factored AL declined continuously from sowing to onwards. Under non stress conditions it depends upon irrigation scheduling. The morphological or plant growth traits like plant height, number of tillers area decreased with increase in moisture stress. The maximum reduction in morphological traits caused due to moisture stress. The genotypes NI-5439 recorded maximum plant height under moisture stress conditions, whereas minimum values were reported in genotypes NIAW-3217. The genotype NIAW-3183 recorded maximum number of tiller under moisture stress conditions. Phenological study indicated that NIAW-3183 took minimum days to flower initiation, 50% flowering under moisture stress conditions. The significantly highest photosynthetic rate at 50% flowering was recorded in the genotype NIAW-3170 stress condition. The genotype NIAW-3170 showed maximum number of grains per spike, and grain yield/ha under moisture stress condition. The genotypes HD-2189, NIAW-3161 and NIAW-3166 were moisture stress susceptible genotypes. The genotypes NIAW-3170, NIAW-1415, NIAW-1994, NI-5439 and NIAW-3183 were moisture stress tolerant.
Analysis of Factors Affecting Auditor Switching on Manufacturing Issuers

The study is aimed to analyze management substitution, company size, public accounting firm size, financial distress, and auditor specialization on auditor switching. The sample in this study is a manufacturing companies sited on the IDX. The secondary data used is the financial statements that include the auditor’s report within 2014 to 2017. The sample obtained through purposive sampling method. This research belongs to a quantitative research. The data analysis technique used is logistic regression analysis. The data that was successfully processed showed that the variables of management substitution company size, public accounting firm size, financial distress, and auditor specialization did not support the occurrence of auditor switching.
Psychometric properties of the mini peer assessment tools (Mini-PAT) in emergency medicine residents

Background: A few studies have been done regarding the validity and reliability of the Mini-Peer Assessment Tool across various specialties. This study was conducted to determine the reliability, content and construct validity of Mini-Peer Assessment Tool to assess the competency of emergency medicine residents. Methods: This study was carried out to investigate the psychometric properties of the mini-PAT tool to evaluate the professional competencies of emergency medicine residents in educational hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The initial Mini-Peer Assessment Tool was translated into Persian. After that, the content validity index and content validity ratio determined by consulting 12 professors of emergency medicine. The construct validity was determined with exploratory factor analysis and investigation of the correlation coefficient on 31 self and 248 peer assessment cases. The reliability of the mini peer assessment tool was determined by internal consistency and item deletion by using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Reliability was also assessed by determining the agreement between the two tools of self-assessment and peer assessment by using the diagram Bland and Altman. Results: The results showed content validity ratio (CVR) of the items ranged from 0.56 to 0.83, and the content validity index (CVI) of the items ranged from 0.72 to 0.90. The reliability of the self-assessment and peer-assessment tools were 0.83 and 0.95 respectively and there was a relative agreement between the self-assessment method and the peer assessment method. Finally, the tool underwent exploratory factor analysis resulting extraction into two factors namely ‘clinical competencies’ and ‘human interactions’ in the peer assessment tool. In the self-assessment tool, the factors of ‘good practice’ and ‘technical competence’ were extracted. Conclusion: The results of the present study provided evidence of the adequacy of content validity, reliability of the contextually customized mini-peer assessment tool in assessing the competencies of emergency medicine residents.
THE DEVIL LIES IN DETAILS: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY OF INTERTIDAL FORAMINIFERA

The motion behaviour of three species of intertidal foraminifera, Ammonia tepida , Cribroelphidium excavatum and Haynesina germanica , was investigated continuously in the laboratory. We first infer the presence of geotactic and phototactic responses. Significant geotactic responses were observed for all three species; A. tepida was found to be negatively geotactic while C. excavatum and H. germanica showed positive geotaxis. In contrast, no response to light was ever observed. The detailed nature of motility, investigated in terms of both geometric and stochastic complexity of their motion behaviour, was consistently characterised by a strong inter-specific, inter-individual and intra-individual variability. Specifically, A. tepida and H. germanica were characterised by an intensive search behaviour (they explore their environment slowly with straighter trajectories), while C. excavatum adopted an extensive search strategy (it moves more rapidly with more convoluted trajectories). These observations are discussed in the specific context of the ecology of these species. We see their responses as adaptive advantages in spatially and temporally complex environments prone to a range of both predictable and unpredictable rapid stressors. From a methodological point of view, we showed that previous methods used to infer foraminiferal motion behaviour are likely to have systematically underestimated their speed and distance travelled by a factor ranging from 2 to 80.
Growth, yield attributes and yield of foxtail millet as influenced by varieties and integrated nutrient management

A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2019 at College farm, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The soil of the experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, neutral in soil reaction, low in available nitrogen and organic carbon, low in available phosphorus and high in available potassium. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with 14 treatments and each treatment replicated thrice. Among the two varieties tested viz., SiA 3085 and SiA 3156, there were no significant difference in growth and yield of foxtail millet, both the varieties performed equally and found to be equally effective and remunerative with respect to different organic and inorganic sources of nutrients. Among integrated nutrient management practices, 25% RDN through Vermicompost + 75% RDF recorded significantly higher growth, yield attributes, grain yield and straw yield over other combinations of organic and inorganic treatments and 100% RDF.
Foraging activity of stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) during summer season in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, India

The climate variables have influence on the foraging performance of stingless bees. Studies were conducted at Insectary of Department of Agricultural Entomology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India from March to May of 2018, to study the impact of abiotic factors viz., maximum temperature, minimum temperature, relative humidity, rainfall and wind speed on the seasonal and diurnal variations in foraging activity of stingless bee during summer. The activity of worker bees was recorded maximum (57.3 numbers of incoming bees/5 min) during the morning hours between 8.00 am to 9.00 pm. Overall foraging activity was gradually decreased in the evening hours with minimum of 14.74 bees per five minutes. In summer from 9th to 14th standard week the foraging activity of stingless bee showed higher total activity (115.04 to 130.5 bees/5 min) with the pollen gatherers peak activity of 13.33 bees per five minutes during 9th standard week. The mean climatic factors, minimum temperature of 23.27 °C, maximum temperature of 36.01 °C, relative humidity of 61.83%, rainfall of 12.36 mm and wind velocity of 1.15 kmph. Minimum temperature had negatively affected foraging bee activity with correlation coefficient of r = -0.82, r = -0.69 and r = -0.50 for outgoing bees, incoming bees and pollen collectors respectively. Contrary to this, the relative humidity showed positive impact on the frequency of worker bees going out of hive (r = 0.14) and those incoming bees (r = 0.03) but negatively affected the pollen collectors (r = - 0.06).
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Teenage Pregnancy among Secondary and High School Students in the Tiko Health District, South

Introduction: Teenage pregnancy is a common public health problem with global estimates of 16 million teenage births yearly. It is one of the major causes of maternal and neonatal mortality worldwide with the majority of the cases seen in the low and middle-income countries. Cameroon has recorded the highest fertility rate among teenagers in the entire Central African region as of 2017. Notably, there are limited data available on assessing the awareness and prevention of teenage pregnancies among secondary and high school students in Cameroon. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the prevalence and associated factors of teenage pregnancy among secondary and high school students in the Tiko Health District, South West Region, Cameroon. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted whereby data was collected using self-administered questionnaires from 250 systematically sampled participants from five teaching institutions in the Tiko Health District. Data was analysed using the EPI Info software, version 7.0. The study was carried out from the 15 November 2018 to the 20 of May 2019. Results: We had a total of 250 participants. The prevalence of teenage pregnancy was 5.20% (95% CI 3.34 9.1). A total of 47.20% (95% CI: 37.56 53.6) of participants were sexually active. Having multiple partners was a major risk How to cite this paper: Gabriel, E.S. E. , Halle-Ekane, G.E. , Isah, M. , Wirsiy, F.S. , Lebaga, M.L. N. , Siysila, N.D. , Musi, C.B. , Chia, N.C. and Victor, M.N. (2020) Prevalence and Associated Factors of Teenage Pregnancy among Secondary and High School Students in the Tiko Health District, South West Region, Cameroon. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 8, 99-113. https://doi.org/10.4236/jbm.2020. 89008 Received: June 28, 2020 Accepted: September 11, 2020 Published: September 14, 2020 Copyright © 2020 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access E. S. E. Gabriel et al. DOI: 10.4236/jbm.2020. 89008 100 Journal of Biosciences and Medicines factor for teenage pregnancy (AOR: 3.2, 95%CI: 1.75 4.03, P-value: 0.03). After adjusting for confounders educational level was a risk factor for the awareness of teenage pregnancy (AOR: 0.54, 95%CI: 0.30 0.92, P-value: 0.04). Poor communication skills, social shyness, and lack of knowledge were potential barriers to contraceptive use. Conclusion: Having multiple sexual partners was a risk factor to the prevalence of teenage pregnancy. The majority of adolescents had considerate ideas of teenage pregnancy, its prevention, and its consequences. However, a good number of them lack adequate knowledge of a comprehensive sexuality education. Thus, measures have to be put in place to provide better sex education to adolescents.
ACOUSTIC POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER NEUTRINO TELESCOPES

Neutrinos are elusive particles expected from a multitude of astrophysical sources. There is increasing demand and effort for the building of large neutrino ‘telescopes’ which might provide new insights not only in classical astronomy, but also in dark matter searches and studies in cosmic ray and high energy physics. Most of the telescopes are based on the underwater or under-ice detection of the Cherenkov light produced by muons; charged particles into which neutrinos can decay. For the underwater facilities, it is essential to have a position calibration system based on acoustics with which to monitor the position of the optical sensors with 10 cm precision. Constraints such as deployment in deep water, a very large instrumented volume and a large number of elements to be monitored at reasonable cost with minimum system complexity make the positioning system a challenge in itself. As a start point, the system for the 0.1km ANTARES telescope is presented, followed by details of some concepts and R&D activities for the design of the acoustic positioning system of a much larger, cubic kilometrescale neutrino telescope.
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1 coastal mesocosm experiment 2 3 M. Rosario Lorenzo, María Segovia, Jay T. Cullen, and María T. Maldonado 4 5 Department of Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Málaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur s/n, 29071-Málaga, Spain 6 School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, A405, Victoria BC V8P 5C2 7 Canada 8 Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver 9 BC V6T 1Z4, Canada 10 11 Correspondence to: María Segovia (segovia@uma.es) and María T. Maldonado (mmaldonado@eoas.ubc.ca) 12 13 Abstract. Rising concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide are causing ocean acidification and will influence 14 marine processes and trace metal biogeochemistry. In June 2012, in Raunefjord (Bergen, Norway) we performed a 15 mesocosm experiment, comprised of a fully factorial design of ambient and elevated pCO2 and/or an addition of the 16 siderophore desferrioxamine B (DFB). In addition, the macronutrient concentrations were manipulated to enhance a 17 bloom of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi. We report here the changes in particulate trace metal concentrations 18 during this experiment. Our results show that particulate Ti and Fe were dominated by lithogenic material while 19 particulate Cu, Co, Mn, Zn, Mo and Cd had a strong biogenic component. Furthermore, significant correlations were 20 found between particulate concentrations (mol L) of Cu, Co, Zn, Cd, Mn, Mo, and P in seawater and phytoplankton 21 biomass (μgC L), supporting a significant influence of the bloom in the distribution of these particulate elements. The 22 concentrations of these biogenic metals (mol L) in the E. huxleyi bloom were ranked as: Zn > Cu ≈ Mn > Mo > Co > 23 Cd. Changes in CO2 affected total particulate concentrations (mol L) and biogenic metal ratios (Me:P) for some 24 metals, while the addition of DFB only affected significantly the concentrations of some particulate metals (mol L 25 ). Variations in CO2 had the most clear, and significant effect on particulate Fe concentrations (mol L), decreasing its 26 concentration under high CO2. Indeed, high CO2 and/or DFB promoted the dissolution of particulate Fe, and the 27 presence of this siderophore helped maintaining high dissolved Fe. This shift between particulate and dissolved Fe 28 concentrations, in the presence of DFB, promoted a massive bloom of E. huxleyi in the treatments with ambient CO2. 29 Furthermore, high CO2 decreased the Me:P ratios of Co, Zn and Mn, while increased the Cu:P ratios. These findings 30 support theoretical predictions that the Me:P ratios of metals whose seawater dissolved speciation is dominated by free 31 ions (e.g. Co, Zn and Mn) will likely decrease or stay constant under ocean acidification. In contrast, high CO2 is 32 predicated to shift the speciation of dissolved metals associated with carbonates, such as Cu, increasing their 33 bioavailability, and resulting in higher Me:P ratios. 34 35 36
Management of Fusarium wilt of bell pepper through fungicides

Eight fungicides were evaluated in vitro and in vivo against of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. capsici, causal agent of Fusarium wilt of bell pepper. Mycelial growth of pathogen was significantly inhibited by all tested fungicide. carbendazim at 50, 100, 150 ppm and tebuconazole + trifloxystrobin at 500 ppm were found most effective and resulted in complete inhibition in mycelial growth of the pathogen. mancozeb was found to be less effective as compared to others and resulted in 51.85 per cent mycelial growth inhibition even at high concentration of 750 ppm. Under field evaluation of fungicides against Furasium wilt disease of bell pepper, all fungicides reduced disease incidence compared to the untreated control. Soil drenching of carbendazim (0.2%), carbendazim + mancozeb (0.25%) and tebuconazole + trifloxystrobin (0.1%) were found most effective in reducing the disease completely and increasing the fruit yield. mancozeb was found least effective with 58.83 per cent reduction in disease.
E ective asymptotic analysis for nance

It is known that an adaptation of Newton's method allows for the computation of functional inverses of formal power series. We show that it is possible to successfully use a similar algorithm in a fairly general analytical framework. This is well suited for functions that are highly tangent to identity and that can be expanded with respect to asymptotic scales of exp-log functions . We next apply our algorithm to various well-known functions coming from the world of quantitative nance. In particular, we deduce asymptotic expansions for the inverses of the Gaussian and the Black Scholes functions.
Long term effect of integrated nutrient management on crop productivity, soil fertility and nutrient balance in vertisols under cotton + greengram (1:1) intercropping system

A field study was conducted during kharif 2018 at Research field of AICRP for Dryland Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra to assess the long term effect of integrated nutrient management on soil fertility and yield of cotton+greengram intercropping system in Vertisols. The soil of the experimental site was Vertisol which was moderately alkaline in reaction, low in available nitrogen, medium in available phosphorus and high in available potassium. The eight treatments replicated three times in randomized block design comprised of control, 50% and 100% RDF, 50% N ha-1 through gliricidia/FYM, 50% N fertilizers + 50% N ha-1 through gliricidia/FYM + 100% P2O5+ 100% K2O ha-1 fertilizers, 100% N ha-1 through gliricidia + 100% P2O5+ 100% K2O ha-1 fertilizers. The results indicated that the application of 50% RDN through FYM/gliricidia in combination with 50% N + 100% P2O5 + 100% K2O ha-1 through inorganics resulted in higher crop productivity, improvement in soil fertility with higher nutrient balance in Vertisols under cotton+greengram (1:1) intercropping system.
Angler Behavior Studies The Ability of Southwest Idaho Anglers To Identify Five Species of Trout

We quantified regulation awareness and rates of trout species identification by 671 anglers along eight sections of the Middle and South forks of the Boise River drainage as well as two adjoining reservoirs. When not considering the statewide no-harvest regulation for bull trout Salvelinus confluentus, between 32.7% and 69.2% of anglers interviewed on general regulation study sections could successfully recite the sole restriction, the six-fish bag limit. Section-specific regulation awareness increased to 74.2%-79.6% on two special regulations sections despite more complex restrictions. Bull trout regulation awareness ranged from 50.0% on Arrowrock Reservoir to a high of 82.1% on the Middle Fork Boise River (MFBR) above Kirby Dam. About one-third of anglers interviewed on both streams were able to correctly recite both the appropriate sectionspecific regulation and the statewide bull trout regulation. During interviews, anglers were asked to identify five different trout replicas using either color prints or fish mounts. On five MFBR sections, we obtained a correct identification by the majority of anglers interviewed for only one of five species, the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss at 80.7%. Bull trout were correctly identified the least (30.0%), a value nearly identical to that of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis. Identification rates for brown Salmo trutta and cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki were intermediate at 44.0% and 44.5%. Only 10.4% of all MFBR anglers interviewed were able to correctly identify all five species of trout and a nearly equal number of anglers (8.7%) identified them all incorrectly. The species most often incorrectly associated with the bull trout replica was the brook trout at 8.4%. However, a greater proportion of anglers incorrectly identified the bull trout mount as a variety of other species, many of them vastly different from bull trout in appearance. We found strong statistical associations between angler trout identification ability and most demographic variables examined; results were similar for regulation awareness. Female anglers were 3.7 times less likely to correctly identify the bull trout image than their male counterparts. Anglers less than 25 years of age were significantly less likely to recite the bull trout regulation and only about half as likely to correctly identify the bull trout. These two variables may hold promise in directing mass mailing of education information in the future. Additional variables associated with regulation awareness or identification ability included gear type used, years of education, and years of angling experience. Despite the poor bull trout identification rates above, only 1.5% of MFBR anglers and 0.9% of South Fork Boise River anglers had creeled bull trout. Few anglers catch bull trout; they therefore have limited opportunity to misidentify them and violate the no-harvest regulation. Authors: Daniel J. Schill Principal Fisheries Research Biologist James A. Lamansky, Jr. 1 S:\Schill\99 Report.doc Senior Fisheries Technician 2 S:\Schill\99 Report.doc