Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Determining ethyl methane sulfonate-mediated (EMS) mutagenesis protocol for inducing high biomass yield in fodder barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) has narrow genetic base for selection of promising ideotypes for the following traits: high biomass yield for livestock feed, enhanced agronomic and nutritional traits, and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) mutagenesis offers opportunities for inducing genetic variation for key traits for development of feed barley ideotypes. The objective of this study was to determine optimal EMS dosage and exposure time to induce genetic variation for selection of high biomass yield six-row feed barley mutants. Five EMS dosages (i.e. 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5%, 0.7% and 0.9% v/v) and five exposure times (i.e. 0.5 hr, 1 hr, 1.5 hr, 2 hrs and 2.5 hrs) were used on a six-row fodder barley using a 5 x 5 factorial treatment structure in a complete randomized design with three replications. Non-treated seed were used as a comparative control. Data was recorded for percent germination, seedling survival, shoot height, root height, shoot and root biomass. Significant (p < 0.05) EMS dosage x exposure time was observed for assessed traits indicating their influence on phenotypic variation in feed barley. Overall, a declining trend was observed for assessed traits with increased EMS dosage and exposure time. The LD50 value of 0.64% (v/v) EMS dosage was identified as an optimal dose for large-scale mutagenesis protocol to select fodder barley mutants with high biomass yield
Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Pain Flexibility Scale for Parents of Children with Cancer

ABSTRACT This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Pain Flexibility Scale for Turkish parents of children with cancer. The study was carried out on 240 parents of cancer-stricken children between November 2020 and April 2021. The results were tested with validity and reliability analyzers such as factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha, and item-total score analysis. The scale comprised 24 items including three sub-dimensions. The scales explained 56.93% of the total variance. In both exploratory and confirmatory factor tests, the overall factor loading was greater than 0.30. In the confirmatory factor analysis, all the goodness of fit indexes were greater than 0.91, and the root mean square error of approximation was less than 0.08. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.88, with Cronbach’s alpha values ranging between 0.79 and 0.85 for the subscales. The Pain Flexibility Scale for Parents was found to be a valid and reliable scale for the Turkish population.
EFFECT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF BLACK CUMIN (Nigella sativa L.) AND CINNAMON (Cinnamomum zeylanicum L.) ESSENTIAL OILS ON PERFORMANCE AND EGG QUALITY OF LAYING HENS

: In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of dietary supplementation of black cumin (Nigella sativa L .) (BCEO) and cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum L .) essential oils (CEO) on yield performance, egg quality, and eggshell bacterial contamination of laying hens. A total of 315 Atak-S, 28-weeks-old of age were randomly assigned to three groups with 5 replicates of 21 hens each and fed diets supplemented with 0.5 ml/kg feed black cumin and cinnamon essential oil respectively for 11 weeks. During the experiment performance parameters, egg external and internal quality characteristics, and eggshell bacterial microbial contamination were measured weekly. At the end of the all experimental trial, CEO addition improved feed conversion rate and increased eggshell thickness (P<0.05). Dietary BCEO reduced eggshell Escherichia coli contamination (P<0.05). However, there was no significant statistical difference between the experimental groups in terms of feed intake, egg production, egg weight, and other egg quality characteristics (P>0.05). In conclusion, we found that the addition of CEO may improve the performance of laying hens while the addition of BCEO may reduce the eggshell escherichia coli bacteria contamination.
Numerical Investigation of Enhanced Oil Recovery from various Rocks by Nanosuspensions Flooding

This work is devoted to the systematic numerical simulation of oil displacement using nanosuspension with silicon oxide particles with concentration of up to 1 wt% and particle sizes of 5 nm. The influence of such factors as core wettability, concentration of nanoparticles, capillary number, and oil viscosity on the enhanced oil recovery by nanosuspension has been systematically investigated using the VOF method for 2D-dimensional micromodels. Various rocks were considered: dolomite, metabasalt and sandstone. It is shown that the oil recovery coefficient improves for all considered types of rock with increasing nanoparticle concentration. The most effective application of nanosuspension for enhanced oil recovery is observed at a low capillary number, corresponding to the capillary displacement mode. The addition of nanoparticles facilitates increasing oil recovery factor in a wide range of viscosity ratios between oil and displacement fluid.
Industrial Analysis of Iba Oku Clay Deposit in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

In this work, clay sample excavated from Iba Oku community along Uyo Village road, Akwa Ibom State Nigeria was taken to the laboratory and analyzed using standard physico-chemical tests, for its industrial potentials. In the last thirty years or more, there have not been visible activities demanding clay in its various forms as input material in manufacturing activities in Akwa Ibom or even the adjoining States. The reason for this state of affairs may not be unconnected to either complete lack of information or research data on the abundant clays in Akwa Ibom State, particularly the Iba Oku clay. It is therefore in pursuant of the need to stimulate entrepreneurial interest, besides accumulating academic research data, that the current research became pertinent. The sample was first crushed, soaked and decanted, dried in an oven and then sieved. Thereafter, the plasticity, particle texture, grain volume, linear shrinkage, mineralogy and elemental composition were studied using various techniques. The clay sample is composed of the two minerals quartz (80%) and kaolinite (20%) and two dominant elements, silicon at 45.93 weight % and aluminum at 18.90 weight % both comprised approximately 65% weight content. Furthermore, particle textural distribution classifies the sample as inorganic clay soil, its determined plasticity index is 33.1%, porosity is 51.93%, linear shrinkage is 13% and grain volume is 12.82cm3. The findings show that clay sample from the study area is plastic, whitish to light pink colored, free of accessory mineral impurities, kaolinitic but with very high non-clay quartz content. This makes it suitable as raw material to obtain a triaxial ceramic when mixed with feldspar for industrial production of ceramic floor tiles.
Pricing and cooperative advertising decision models in dual-channel supply chain

To study the influence of cooperative advertising strategy on channel supply chain pricing decision,the two-echelon supply chain system composed of one manufacturer and one retailer was considered.The manufacturer sold the products to end customers both through the direct channel and the traditional retail channel.The demands in two channels were influenced by both prices and advertising investment level.The pricing strategy and cooperative advertising decisions in a centralized dual-channel supply chain and in a decentralized dual-channel supply chain based on Stackelberg game were analyzed.The two-stage optimization technique was utilized to obtain the optimal pricing decisions and advertising investment level.The numerical studies revealed that the manufacturers and the retailers pricing decisions were largely influenced by advertising investment.Customers preferences for the retail channel and the cooperative advertising ratio were closely related to both the optimal pricing decisions and the optimal advertising investment.
The Relationship between Capital Financial, Accounting Capability and Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises' (MSMEs) Financial Performance in Indonesia

This study examines the role of financial capital in mediating the relationship between accounting capability and Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises' (MSME) financial performance. Using Yamane formula, the samples are 407 MSMEs in Central Java Province. Data was collected from questionnaires that distributed to and filled by owners of the sample MSME. WarpPLS was used to analyased the research data. This study found that accounting capability and financial capital have a positive influence on financial performance. Financial capital mediates the relationship between accounting capability and financial performance. Thus, this study confirms the importance of accounting capability to increase financial capital and financial performace of MSME.
Co-producing Human and Animal Experimental Subjects: Exploring the Views of UK COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Participants on Animal Testing

Preclinical (animal) testing and human testing of drugs and vaccines are rarely considered by social scientists side by side. Where this is done, it is typically for theoretically exploring the ethics of the two situations to compare relative treatment. In contrast, we empirically explore how human clinical trial participants understand the role of animal test subjects in vaccine development. Furthermore, social science research has only concentrated on broad public opinion and the views of patients about animal research, whereas we explore the views of a public group particularly implicated in pharmaceutical development: experimental subjects. We surveyed and interviewed COVID-19 vaccine trial participants in Oxford, UK, on their views about taking part in a vaccine trial and the role of animals in trials. We found that trial participants mirrored assumptions about legitimate reasons for animal testing embedded in regulation and provided insight into (i) the nuances of public opinion on animal research; (ii) the co-production of human and animal experimental subjects; (iii) how vaccine and medicine testing, and the motivations and demographics of clinical trial participants, change in an outbreak; and (iv) what public involvement can offer to science.
Ineffective Counsel in Death Penalty Cases and the Promise of Therapeutic Jurisprudence

It is absolutely essential to consider the abject ineffectiveness of counsel in a significant number of death penalty cases involving defendants with serious mental disabilities and how such ineffectiveness is often (scandalously) accepted by reviewing courts. We must also assess all of the concerns raised in this excellent paper by Hiromoto and colleagues through the filter of therapeutic jurisprudence as a way to guide counsel to thoroughly investigate all aspects of such cases (especially those involving defendants with PTSD) and to present substantial mitigating evidence to the fact finders in the sorts of cases the authors are discussing.
The role of contextual knowledge through the eyes of a resettlement social worker

It is commonly known that social workers are required to possess wide-ranging knowledge. Furthermore, a multi-dimensional approach to social work knowledge is required to help social workers make decisions in their practice. Thus, for many social workers, it is almost impossible to emphasise only one dimension of knowledge over others. One area of social work that is of particular interest is resettlement for former refugees. The knowledge required for social workers practising in refugee resettlement must include contextual knowledge of both local and global contexts. This article is a reflection from a resettlement social worker, who shares her own practice journey in working with former refugees in Aotearoa New Zealand. As part of this reflection, the social worker shares her experience in utilising different types of knowledge to inform decision-making processes in her practice. She hopes this article can encourage further reflections in our social work practice with former refugees to become more culturally sensitive, effective and contextual to each social work scenario.
Guidelines for the Seismic Design of Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems

Current knowledge on the practice of earthquake engineering for oil and gas pipeline systems is presented. Such systems typically consist of buried oil, gas, or product pipelines and aboveground facilities, including pumping and compressor stations, storage tanks for hydrocarbon products, and miscellaneous terminal facilities. Topics covered include: Description of seismic hazards; quantification of seismic hazards; design criteria considerations for pipeline systems; differential ground movement effects on buried pipes; wave propagation effects on buried pipelines; seismic response and design of liquid storage tanks; seismic response analysis of structures, equipment, and aboveground pipelines; and operations and maintenance considerations.
Does helping hurt the helper? – An investigation into the impacts of vicarious traumatisation on social work practitioners in Hawke’s Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand

INTRODUCTION: This article is based on the findings of a Bachelor of Social Work Honours student research project investigating the impacts of vicarious traumatisation (VT) on a small sample of frontline social work practitioners in the Hawke’s Bay region of Aotearoa New Zealand.METHOD: Semi-structured, one-to-one interviews with the four participants were used to collect the data and the interviews took place in 2019. A thematic analysis approach was applied to identify key themes within and across the data set.FINDINGS: Three of the four social workers had experienced VT resulting from their work with clients with histories of trauma. Participants, however, were also able to identify a range of self- care management strategies they utilised to support and enhance their health and wellbeing. In addition, several important organisational supports were also identified. These included a workplace culture that recognised VT, clinical supervision, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services and supportive supervisors and managers.IMPLICATIONS: The study demonstrates that VT and its associated impacts on social workers are important issues requiring ongoing acknowledgement and research in the New Zealand social work context.
Haematological profile of West African Dwarf Goats Fed Diets Containing Graded Levels of Eggshell Meal

A 12-week trial was conducted to investigate the effect of incorporating Eggshell meal(ESM) at graded levels into West African Dwarf(WAD) bucks diet. Haematological parameters were evaluated. Twenty (20) growing WAD bucks weighing 5.7kg on the average were caged individually inside a conventional open-sided house. The bucks were randomly divided into four (4) groups, each group consisting of five (5) animals. The animals in groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 were provided with diets containing 0.0%, 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5% ESM respectively with group 1 serving as the control. The animals were given known quantity of supplementary feed, forage (Andropogon gayanus) and water between 8 and 9 am every morning. Initial blood samples were collected and analysed after the acclimatization period of 7days. The same procedure was repeated at the 6th and 12th week marking the end of the experiment. Haematological parameters were compared by weeks, significant difference (P<0.001) was observed on Packed Cell Volume and Haemoglobin. Significant difference (P<0.0001) was also observed on Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin, Mean Cell Volume and Red Blood Cell as well as Monocytes at P<0.05. The animals suffered gastroenteritis between the 9th and 10th week thus the ESM and supplementary feed were cultured. The ESM culture isolated Escherichia coli thus the animals were treated with Streptomycin. It was therefore concluded that ESM may be a rich source of Calcium for growing WAD goats but must be thoroughly sterilized to yield desired result.
Organisational culture and quality management system implementation in Indonesian construction companies

Purpose – The review of literature found that there is a significant correlation between a construction company’s organisational culture and the company quality performance. The purpose of this paper is to assess the organisational culture profiles of Indonesian construction companies, and to examine the influence of the companies’ organisational culture profiles on their quality management systems (based on QMS-ISO 9001:2008) implementation. Prior to conducting the examination, there are examinations of the relationships among the quality management system (QMS) variables. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology employed a survey questionnaire of construction industry practitioners who have experience in building and civil engineering works. The Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument was selected due to its suitability in assessing organisation’s underlying culture. Findings – Within the examination among the QMS variables, it was found that problematic issues associated with the implementati.
An appraisal of an online tutorial system for the teaching and learning of engineering physics in conjunction with contextual physics and mathematics, and relevant mathematics

ABSTRACT The number of students entering engineering schools in Australian universities has increased tremendously over the last few years because of the Australian Federal Government's policy of increasing the participation rates of Higher School Certificate students and students from low social economic status backgrounds in the tertiary sector. They now come with a diverse background of skills, motivations and prior knowledge. It is imperative that new methods of teaching and learning be developed. This paper describes an online tutorial system used in conjunction with contextual physics and mathematics, and the revision of the relevant mathematical knowledge at the appropriate time before a new topic is introduced in the teaching and learning of engineering physics. Taken as a whole, this study shows that students not only improved their final examination results but there was also an increase in the retention rate of first-year engineering students which has financial implications for the university.
Diversity and Phorophyte Preference of Vascular Epiphytic Flora on Avenues within the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

This study evaluated the species composition, diversity and phorophyte preference of epiphytes at the University of Port Harcourt located in southern part of Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select sites representing major avenues in the three campuses (Abuja, Choba and Delta) of the University. Data were collected on species name of phorophytes, number of individuals, diameter at breast height (dbh) and height, and species/number of epiphytes present on them. The points/sections of attachment of epiphytes on phorophytes were also recorded. A total of eight species of epiphyte belonging to six families were recorded in the study. Species diversity was higher in Abuja campus (Simpson 1-D=0.81; Shannon H=1.79), followed by Choba campus (Simpson 1-D=0.73; Shannon H=1.09) and Delta campus (Simpson 1-D=0.56; Shannon H=0.93). Species richness was highest in Abuja campus (n=8) followed by Delta campus (n=4) and Choba campus (n=3). Similarity in epiphyte species composition was highest between Choba and Delta campuses (85.71%), followed by Delta and Abuja campuses (66.67%) and lowest between Choba and Abuja campuses (54.55%). The family-Polypodiaceae, had the highest number of species (n=3). Microgramma owariensis had the highest relative abundance (27%) followed by Platycerium bifurcatum (26%) while Tillandsia utriculata and Peperomia pellucida had the least relative abundance (3%). Epiphyte abundance was weakly correlated with both the dbh and height of phorophytes. However, epiphytes were more abundant on phorophytes with rough/scaly/corky/flaky barks than on those with smooth barks. The planting of avenue tree species with rough barks is recommended to enhance the diversity of epiphytes in the study area.
The Influence of Agent of Socialization on the Sexual Behavior Among the Students of Vocational High School

Agent of socialization is the parties such as family members, peer group, and mass media that are socializing with family, playmates or peer, relatives, neighbors, and schoolmates that can influence the behavior of the adolescents themselves positively or negatively.The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of agent of socialization on the sexual behavior among the students of Amaliah 2 Ciawi Bogor vocational school students. The population of this study was 438 students of Class X and Class XI of Amaliah 2 Ciawi Bogor vocational school students, and 194 of them were selected to be the samples for this study with simple random sampling technique. The data obtained were analyzed through Chi-square test and Multiple Logistic Regression tests.The result of this study showed that peer group had influence on the sexual behavior of the adolescents. The students with bad peer group had a chance to have a severe sexual behaviour were 87.5% twice greater than those with good peer group. Mass media had influence on the sexual behavior of the adolescents. The students who were exposed to the mass media had a chance to have a serious sexual behaviour were 86.2% four times greater than those who are not exposed to the mass media. Mass media was the most dominant variable influencing sexual behavior.
Investigating State-School Synergy for Managerial Efficiency of Headteachers in Public Primary Schools in Abia State, Nigeria

: This study examined the relationship between state-school synergy and managerial efficiency of headteachers in public primary schools in Abia State, Nigeria. The study adopted a mixed method research design. Three research questions were raised and one hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. The population for the study covered all public primary school teachers, headteachers and Education Supervisors in public primary schools in Abia State. A multi stage sampling approach was used to select 499 participants for the quantitative aspect of the study and 18 participants for the qualitative aspect. Two instruments were used for data collection: A self-developed questionnaire titled “State-school Synergy And Managerial efficiency of Headteachers Questionnaire” (SSSAMEHQ) and a key informant interview guide. Research questions were answered with descriptive statistics while the hypothesis was tested with Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Qualitative data were analysed in narrative form and verbatim reports of emerging themes. Findings from the study showed a significant relationship between state-school synergy and managerial efficiency of headteachers. Based on the findings, the study concludes that state-school synergy is a crucial factor for the managerial efficiency of headteachers. The study recommends amongst others that Supervisors should be empowered to actively carry out their responsibilities in schools to ensure that headteachers and teachers do not relent in their efforts.