Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Inlet Pressure Effects on Subatmospheric Flame Stabilization with an Optimum Size of a Cavity-Based Combustor

Experimental studies are conducted to find an optimum size of the cavity flameholder, which is a new combustion concept of a turbine-based combined-cycle (TBCC) engine with an excellent flame stabilization. Besides, the effect of inlet pressure on the subatmospheric performance is investigated. The experimental results indicate that the increase of the cavity length improves the flame stability with an enlarged fuel/air mixture residence time, which suggests that the big length-height ratio in a proper range of the cavity with a stable dual-vortex should be chosen when designing the cavity-based combustor. In addition, the decrease in lean ignition and the lean blowout equivalence ratios can be attributed by either increase in the inlet pressure and temperature or decrease in the Mach number. The increase in inlet pressure will lead to a linear decrease in the lean blowout equivalence ratio with a slope of 0.66 per 0.1 MPa, whereas the lean ignition equivalence ratio has a rapid drop with the increase of pressure from 0.06 MPa to 0.08 MPa and reduces slowly with the growth of pressure in the range of 0.08 MPa to 0.1 MPa. The detailed analysis of the flow field indicates that the characteristic time-scale theory can ideally explain and predict the change of flame stability in the trapped vortex cavity.
Bioefficacy of oberon 22.9% (spiromesifen) against red spider mite, Tetranychus urticae koch in okra and effect on its natural enemies

The study was carried out to assess the efficacy of Oberon 22.9% (spiromesifen) SC against okra red spider mite at surrounding area of PAU Regional Research Station Gurdaspur. The efficacy of Oberon 22.9% @ 250, 375 & 500 ml was compared along with earlier recommended insecticide Rogor 30 EC @ 675 ml per hectare. The results revealed that all the insecticidal treatment significantly decreased the mite population (1.41 to 2.04 mites/2 cm2 leaf area) as compared to control (21.01mites/2 cm2 leaf area) fourteen days after spray. But Oberon 22.9% @ 500 ml/ha showed high performance with least mite population (1.41) and it was par with its median and lowest doses with mite population (1.71 & 1.93) and Rogor 30 EC (2.04). The maximum fruit yield (100.42 q/ha) was recorded with highest dose of Oberon. All the acaricidal treatments under present study had no any significant impact on population of natural enemies of red spider mite.
DOES HAVING WOMEN ON BOARDS IMPROVE MONITORING ROLE: THE IMPACT OF CONTROL-OWNERSHIP WEDGE IN TURKEY

Many government sought to enforce gender equality on the corporate boards, but the implication of doing it are not obvious and might harm economies and firms. We underline this topic by conceptualizing the relationship as corporation and board-specific and embedded within specific contexts. The theory is developed with reference to developing countries, and tested on Turkish firms. The result reflects that female directors improve monitoring mechanism for some firms and reduce it for others. The influence is different across various monitoring indicators, control-ownership wedge, and board structure. The impact varies across different audit quality indicators. The findings call for nuanced responses in relation to women’s nominations from both governments and firms. JEL Classifications: M48, M42, M41
Respiration Rates of Worker Honeybees of Different Ages and at Different Temperatures

1. The respiration rates of individual adult worker bees confined in small gauze cages were determined over a range of temperatures between 7 and 46° C. The respiration rates usually remained constant over a period of 1 hr. , although at 7, 12° C. , and possibly at 17° C. there were indications of a decrease with time, and at 42 and 46° C. indications of an increase with time. Fluctuations which would have reflected variable activity during any of the experiments were rare. 2. At each temperature studied the respiration rates increased progressively from the youngest adults (newly emerged) to the oldest measured (24-33 days). The increase was particularly marked during the first few days of adult life. 3. The respiration rates of newly emerged and 18 hr. old adults increased progressively between 7 and 46° C. , but 4-33-day-old bees showed two peaks (at 17 and 46° C.) with a depression having a minimum value at 32° C. lying between. 2-day-old bees had similar peaks at 22 and 46° C. 4. It is suggested that the first peak in the respiration rate of the older bees occurred at the lowest temperature at which free movements were possible, and that it indicated an increased body temperature maintained by the bees to combat the effects of the low environmental temperature. The lack of this first peak in the case of the youngest bees is thought to mean that they were unable to raise their temperature above that of the environment. The information obtainable from the literature supported these conclusions; their implications in relation to the regulation of temperature within the colony are discussed. 5. Numerical values for the oxygen consumptions of adult bees are discussed in relation to those found by other workers.
The Impact of the Neuro-Linguistic Programming on the Sales from the Motor Vehicle and Real Estate Area

— The purpose of this article is to research and emphasize the sales efficiency of the car dealers and real estate agents from the perspective of the Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques uses. The importance of the two fields in the Romanian and global economy, the immediate need to maintain and attract new clients on the background of the reduction of the population’s incomes, and the possible success of the NLP techniques in sales and negotiation, represents serious reasons of research for the present article. Acting in the spirit of the NLP concept means conveying both profitability and image capital, to the important companies in the field. The actual situation from the Romanian market seizes and offers a new perspective regarding the fields of car sales and real estate and regarding the efficiency of people from the system.
An ARDL Approach to the Dynamic Linkage between Equity Markets and Long- Term Bond Yield: Pre and Post Period of the Global Financial Crisis

This study examines the impact of the global financial crisis of the year 2008 on the presence of long-run relationships (if any) between the yield on a ten-year government bond and national stock exchange benchmark index nifty by using the monthly observations from December 1995 to July 2019. The key challenge for the study was the availability of suitable literature concerning the preand post-impact of the financial crisis of 2008 on the dynamic relationship between the equity index and government bonds with concern to India. For the study, we constructed two sample periods by using a breakpoint of September 2008 for pre-crisis and post-crisis samples. Firstly, we tested the presence of unit-root in both time series by using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller test. ADF test confirmed both time-series are of integrated order of one, i.e., I (1). ARDL model is used to study the short-run dynamics for both variables’ pre-crisis and post-crisis period, and we find ten-year government bond yield significantly impact nifty with lag 0, lag 1, lag 3. The ARDL bound test results revealed the presence of no cointegration, i.e., the long-run relationship between the ten-year government bond yield and nifty for both pre-crisis and post-crisis period. The study contributed to new insights about interplay between equity market index and government bonds, which is useful for optimizing the portfolio and for the policymakers to fine-tune their monetary policies to minimize the mutual impact on equity markets and yields on government bonds.
Genome-wide Analysis for Variants in Philippine Trypanosoma evansi Isolates with Varying Drug Resistance Profiles

1National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines 2Philippine Carabao Center, Department of Agriculture, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija 3120 Philippines 3Philippine Genome Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines §These authors contributed equally to this work Jose Enrico H. Lazaro1§, Neil Andrew D. Bascos1,3§, Francis A. Tablizo3§, Nancy S. Abes2, Renlyn Ivy DG. Paynaganan1, Michelle A. Miguel2, Hector M. Espiritu2, Mary Rose D. Uy2, Claro N. Mingala2, and Cynthia P. Saloma1,3* Philippine Journal of Science 148 (S1): 219-233, Special Issue on Genomics ISSN 0031 7683 Date Received: 21 Mar 2019
Determinants of Dehydration Status and Associated Risk Factors of Cholera Outbreak in Oromia, Ethiopia

Introductions: Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by infection of the intestine with the gram-negative bacteria Vibrio cholera. According to updated global burden of cholera estimate 2019 in Ethiopia 68,805,272 populations are at risk of cholera with incidence rate of 4 per 1000 population and case fatality of 3.8% estimated annual number of cases 275,221.Methods: The main objective of this study is to identify the significant risk factors of dehydration status of cholera outbreak in Oromia regional state of Ethiopia. Ordinal logistic regression was used to model the data by incorporating the assumption behind this novel model. Results: The results of the study indicated that of the total 965 cholera patients, most of them 560(58%) were severely dehydrated by cholera. The overall goodness of model (p-valu=0.07) shows that the model fits the data well. Besides, the proportional odds assumption also revealed that the slop coefficients in the model are the same across dehydration status (p-value=0.094). For those have history of travel, the odds of severely dehydrated versus the combined some dehydrated and no dehydrated was exp(1.133804)=3.11 times higher than those have no history of travel (p-value<0.01). All the other factors like history of contact with other patients, other sick patients in the family, Intravenous and Antibiotics drugs are statistically significant with 5% level of significance to determine the status of dehydration. Conclusions: The ordinal logistic regression was fitted the data well and most of the included factors were significant for the dehydration status of cholera outbreak.
In Vivo Toxicological and Microbiological Activity of Marrubium vulgare L.on Candida albicans Isolated from Nosocomial Infections

Background: The objective of this study was to test the toxicology and microbiological of methanolic extract of Marrubium vulgare "MEMV" in rat and its efficiency in the treatment of systemic candidiasis. Methods: Forty (40) male rats (Wistar type) were divided into four groups (10 rats /group) where the toxicological, microbiological and histological studies were applied. Later, the infection with 107 cells /ml of Candida albicans and the curative treatment were applied by the daily administration with a gavage of 800 mg/kg of MEMV. Results: The toxicology studies indicated that the dose of MEMV at 800 mg/kg of body weight was not harmful. The microbiological and histological analysis showed that the treatment with MEMV of rat colonized with 107 cells/ml of Candida albicans limits the multiplication of the yeast in the intestine and colon of the colonized rat. The translocation of Candida albicans in liver, spleen and lungs in rat which was treated with 800 mg/kg of MEMV was significantly lower than in controls to seven post-infection days. However, we did not detect yeast in the kidneys and hearts of the infected treated groups and the infected untreated ones. Conclusion: Our results suggest that MEMV limits the gastrointestinal colonization and dissemination of Candida albicans in the other organs.
Learning in the Free Market A Critical Study of Neoliberal Influences on Sweden’s Education System

This paper identifies and critically analyses the key neoliberal policies that have reshaped Sweden’s education system over the last two decades and transformed students’ learning. Since the 1990s and under the influence of neoliberalism, Sweden has introduced market-oriented policies in education and is currently considered to have one of the most decentralized school systems in the western world. The deregulation of public education in 1991 was expected to lead to a more effective allocation of public funds, as well as the development of innovative pedagogies, increased teacher professionalism and improved teaching methods and learning outcomes (Governmental bill 1991 as cited in Arreman & Holm, 2011). However, the intended goals have not been met and learning has instead been seriously compromised. By critically examining the policies of decentralization, free school choice and privatization, the paper discusses how learning has been redefined in terms of values, content, methods, equal opportunities and students’ outcomes. Learning in Swedish schools reflects more and more the ideals of a market-oriented ideology and the overall performance of the system is seriously declining.
Solving discrete time heterogeneous agent models with aggregate risk and many idiosyncratic states by perturbation

This paper describes a method for solving heterogeneous agent models with aggregate risk and many idiosyncratic states formulated in discrete time. It extends the method proposed by Reiter (2009) and complements recent work by Ahn, Kaplan, Moll, Winberry, and Wolf (2017) on how to solve such models in continuous time. We suggest first solving for the stationary equilibrium of the model without aggregate risk. We then write the functionals that describe the dynamic equilibrium as sparse expansions around their stationary equilibrium counterparts. Finally, we use the perturbation method of Schmitt‐Grohé and Uribe (2004) to approximate the aggregate dynamics of the model.
Nutrient uptake as influenced by live mulching and nitrogen management practices in maize-groundnut sequence

A field experiment was carried out during two consecutive kharif and rabi seasons of 2015 and 2016 on sandy loam soils of dryland farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with three replications to study the direct and residual effect of live mulching and nitrogen management practices on nutrient uptake. The treatment with no mulching i.e. sole maize and treatment live mulching with sunhemp recorded higher total N uptake, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), higher total P and K uptake at harvest in maize during 2015 and 2016, respectively. Among the nitrogen management practices, substitution of 25 per cent of RDN through either poultry manure (PM) or FYM along with 75 per cent RDN through urea recorded higher total N uptake, NUE, total P and K uptake by maize at harvest than control. Residual effect of live mulching of sesbania and substitution of 25 per cent of RDN through either PM or FYM showed higher total N, P and K uptake by groundnut, respectively.
Credit Card Usage Among Youth: Are They Using It Responsibly?

DOI: 10.21276/sjbms.2017. 2.10. 1 Abstract: The aim of study is to find out the way credit cards are being used by young people, based on a series of recommendations suggested by Mexico ́s National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Financial Services Users (CONDUSEF for its acronym in Spanish). Also, the paper aims to know if this population has the necessary information to use their credits in a responsible way, because the data from the research by Solano et al. (2015), which identifies the “Determinants of credit card use in Mexico”, lead us to question the role of financial education or lack of it among young Mexicans. Thereby, real tests are carried out to corroborate the afore-mentioned, by means of a survey applied to the young people from Veracruz-Boca del Río metropolitan area.
Effect of Blood Sampling Method During a Mating Time in Male Camels (Dromedary Camels)

This study was to shed light on levels of testosterone and cortisol hormones in male dromedary camels during the mating time, by collection the blood samples using the manual method and compared with the remote-controlled blood sampling (RBS) method, to assess whether either these methods had affected changes in the concentration of the hormones or not. The blood samples were collected from fifteen adult male camels, via two experiment with one-day intervals: first experiment by manual method during three periods (pre-mating, mating, and post-mating) one hour between each period, and the second experiment by the RBS in the same protocol. The serum testosterone and cortisol concentrations of all animals were determined via ELISA technique. The result which appearance a significant difference in the mating time used RBS compared with manual method. These findings might be due to the withdrawal of blood remotely which could cause a reduction of excitement in animals using the manual blood sampling at the presence of veterinarians, so it was considered as an ideal method to measure hormonal concentrations, especially in experiments which need accurate results.
The Influence of Changing Marginals on Measures of Inequality in Scholarly Citations: Evidence of Bias and a Resampling Correction

Scholars have debated whether changes in digital environments have led to greater concentration or dispersal of scientific citations, but this debate has paid little attention to how other changes in the publication environment may impact the commonly used measures of inequality. Using Monte Carlo experiments, we demonstrate that a variety of inequality measures—including the Gini coefficient, the Herfindahl-Hirschman index, and the percentage of articles ever cited—are substantially biased downward by increases in the total number of articles and citations. We propose and validate a resampling-based correction for this “marginals bias” and apply this correction to empirical data on scholarly citation distributions using Web of Science data covering four broad scientific fields (health, humanities, mathematics and the computer sciences, and the social sciences) from 1996 to 2014. We find that in each field the bulk of the apparent decline in citation inequality in recent years is an artifact of marginals bias, as are most apparent interfield differences in citation inequality. Researchers using inequality measures to compare citation distributions and other distributions with many cases at or near the zero-bound should interpret these metrics carefully and account for the influence of changing marginals.
Periodontal Health Status of Patients with Broncho-Pulmonary Diseases at the University National Hospital Center of Fann (Senegal)

1 Service of Periodontology, Department of Dentistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal 2 Service of Periodontology, Department of Dentistry, military hospital of Bamako, Mali 3 Service of Periodontology, Department of Dentistry, Félix Houphouet Boigny University Abidjan-Cocody (Ivoiry Coast) 4 Department of Prosthesis, Training and Research Unit in Health Science (UFR / SDS), Ouagadougou University Pr KIZerbo 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso
Determinants of Share Price Volatility: A Theoretical Review towards Revitalizing Fundamental Analysis

In seeking to explain the determinants of share price volatility, empirical direction has been provided by return generating models. To read these models are used to estimate the expected returns on risky securities. This paper argues that especially in respect to frontier economies such as the ones found in developing countries, the role of fundamentals in explaining share price volatility cannot be gainsaid. This paper therefore attempts to answer a common yet essential question: what are the key theoretical underpinnings which may support an empirical enquiry on share price volatility centred on a fundamental analysis? Based on dividend relevance theory this study posits that dividend expressed either as dividend yield or pay out does not influence share price volatility. Conversely the dividend irrelevance theory does postulate the inverse. When complemented by efficient market hypothesis, this review posits that there is a significant relationship between historical financial performance and share price volatility. In a nutshell these postulations can be transformed into hypotheses for testing towards conducting deductive quantitative study as expected among applied finance scholars. It is expected that the extraction of such empirical evidence will confirm the place of this theories in understanding security market dynamics especially in frontier economies.
Profitability is a Mediation Variable of Debt on Dividend Payout Indonesian Agriculture Companies

Original Research Article Dividend policy is described as one of the difficult challenges for economists in the financial sector. In this study, the debt and profit chosen are the factors that influence dividend payout. The research method uses conclusive causality with data sourced from the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The population of this study was agricultural companies listed on IDX in the period 2009-2016 and used a purposive sampling method for their selection. The results showed that profitability had a positive effect on dividends, while debt had no significant effect. However, debt is found to have a significant positive effect on profitability. Primarily, profitability is found as an intervening variable for dividend payout.