Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Genetic competition of lentil genotypes in different environmental condition

An experiment to evaluate performance of newly developed candidate lines of lentil (Lens culinaris) was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Saraiya during 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. Genetic variability and Heritability were evaluated for yield and its attributing traits. The combined analysis of variance indicated that genotype and genotype x environment interaction showed significant mean sum of squares for all the character in the entire environment. The genotype PL-6 was earliest to reach days to 50% flowering. The phenotypic coefficient of variance (PCV) was significantly higher than genotypic coefficient of variance (GCV). High heritability with low genetic advance was observed for most of the traits indicating the presence of additive gene effect for these traits.
Towards Causal Explanations of Property Violations in Discrete Event Systems

Model-Based Diagnosis of discrete event systems (DES) usually aims at detecting failures and isolating faulty event occurrences based on a behavioural model of the system and an observable execution log. The strength of a diagnostic process is to determine what happened that is consistent with the observations. In order to go a step further and explain why the observed outcome oc-curred, we borrow techniques from causal analysis. As opposed to the classical fault diagnosis problem, we consider that a system is failing as soon as a speciﬁc behavioural property is violated by the current run of the system. We then formally deﬁne different notions of explanation for DES in order to extract the relevant part of a property violation that can be understood by a human operator.
Limestones Strata of Poty Quarry, Paulista, State of Pernambuco Evidences of a Catastrophic Event on the First Geological Record of the K-T Boundary in South America

© Albertão,G.A. ; Martins Jr,P.P. 2006. Limestones Strata of Poty Quarry (Paulista), State of Pernambuco Evidences of a Catastrophic Event on the First Geological Record of the K-T Boundary in South America. In: Winge,M. ; Schobbenhaus,C. ; Berbert-Born,M. ; Queiroz,E.T. ; Campos,D.A. ; Souza,C.R. G. ; Fernandes,A.C. S. (Edit.) Geological and Palaeontological Sites of Brazil. Available on line 12/06/2006 at the address http://www.unb. br/ig/sigep/sitio102/sitio102english.pdf [actually http://sigep.cprm. gov.br/sitio102/sitio102english.pdf ]
Current and future perspective on the treatment of ischemic stroke

Stroke is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the world and in recent years. To devastating impact of ischemic stroke on society, the researchers continue to seek strategies to achieve better functional recovery in stroke victims. Great advances have been made in understanding the diverse pathophysiology of neuronal cell death induced by ischemic stroke, clinically effective neuroprotective therapies are limited. The objective of this review article is to summarise facts pertaining to ischemic stroke cover all stages of the ischemic cascades, starting with the primary injury until the tissue regeneration and repair stage. This review summarises possible mechanism of current perspective on the use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), antiplatelets, anticoagulants, antihypertensive, free radical scavengers and stains as a therapeutic target in stroke treatment in reducing stroke risk and improving outcomes. Finally, based on present information, an evidence-based perspective about current and future use of treatment of ischemic stroke is presented.
The Impact of Tax Amnesty on Tax Compliance and Tax Evasion behavior Among SMEs

In light of the rampant increases in tax gap and the need to regularize taxpayers’ affairs, the Zimbabwean Government enacted tax amnesties under the Finance Act, 2 (2014) and Finance Act, 1 (2018) respectively. Despite the granting of the tax amnesty facility, gradual increases in tax debt have been noted and decreases in revenue collections have been recorded since the initial adoption of the program in 2014 denoting a decline in the SMEs’ level of tax compliance and revenue collection. Thus, the study assesses the impact and viability of tax amnesties towards improving SMEs’ level of tax compliance and tax revenue collections in Zimbabwe. Specifically, the objective of the study is to determine the relationship that exists between SMEs’ level of tax compliance and tax amnesties in order to ascertain the impact of the latter on tax compliance. The research employed a quantitative research method utilizing a descriptive research design to establish the association between tax amnesties and tax compliance. The sample population was drawn from SMEs in ZIMRA Region 1 database that are operating in the manufacturing industry using the snowballing technique in order to draw some concealed or hidden SMEs. The researchers adopted the multivariate regression model in order to determine the relationship between tax amnesty and tax compliance. The results from the STATA 11 explained that an inverse relationship exists between tax compliance and tax amnesty basing on the aforementioned objectives. Basing on the findings the researchers suggested publicizing post amnesty sanctions, making amnesties extraordinary rather than routine and assessing the environment in order to make any proposed amnesty worthwhile as strategies that could be implemented in conjunction with tax amnesties in order to deal with non-compliance issues of SMEs.
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

From the behavioural perspective, there is a key problem that needs to be overcome to enable effective action against the HIV epidemic. Why do people who are aware of and understand the nature of the HIV epidemic and how to protect themselves, choose to behave in a manner that puts them at risk? Historically, the social sciences have proposed multiple theories that attempt to explain how people make decisions, about the nature and structure of conscious thought, and how information is processed. There are acknowledged gaps in these theories, but what will be argued here is that an improved application of this theory may give us better direction. This paper will examine how the youth in two communities near Cape Town make decisions about condom usage. Three theories will be employed to attempt to understand the data collected namely Lay Theory, Theory of Reasoned Action and Theory of Planned Behaviour. During the research, information was obtained from 43 depth interviews, two focus groups and a survey of 406 respondents. The theories are able to examine, from different perspectives, problems behind the behaviour choice. Using the data from the depth interviews and the focus groups, Lay Theory offered the following explanations: culture was influential in supporting gender dominance and multi-partner sexuality; and in social situations, both men and women felt a pressure to conform to pre-set roles, to undermine condom usage and to emphasize sexual pleasure. The Theories of Reasoned Action and Planned Behaviour offer more insight into individual decision processes by examining the roles of attitudes, the influence of those close to the person, and perceived controls of behaviour. Factors that were important included sexual desire, love, fear of partner’s anger and whether there was knowledge of where to get condoms and how to use them. The data generally showed a lack of belief on the part of the respondents that
The current practice of social work in pain management: a scoping review on chronic disease

ABSTRACT While social workers have the capacity and scope of practice to make a significant contribution to pain management, little is understood about how they enact these roles. The initial goal of this scoping review was to examine the role of social work in pain management specifically in bleeding disorder care. Due to lack of published data on this topic, the review goal was broadened to chronic disease. Two electronic databases were searched providing a total of 13 published articles meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Instrumental services, clinical services, and assessments were identified as primary roles of social workers, while advocacy, policy development, education, and skill development require further exploration in the literature.
A FINITE VOLUME METHOD FOR HIGH MACH NUMBER FLOWS ON HO GRIDS

We present a spatially High Order cell-centered Fi nite Volume method based on a WLSQ reconstruction of the conservative variables o r the components of the flux density tensor [1]. These reconstructed polynomials are pro jected on the cell interfaces to compute the fluxes. The weight distribution in the WLSQ permits to obtain a stable scheme without the need for a posteriori limiting the higher order der ivatives of the reconstructed fields. The face projected fields and their normal derivati ves can then be associated with the most robust existing flux schemes [2], eventually dealin g with discontinuous solutions for shock capturing. Accurate expressions also of the wall boundary cond iti s enable to reach high grid convergence indices for transonic and supersonic fl ow computations around wing profiles. The formulation could be extended to high order gri ds in a very CPU efficient way. These novel features, in subsonic, transonic and s uper onic situations, could be compared with the element-based spatially HO reference metho ds (DG, Flux Reconstruction, stabilized CG,.) and standard 2 nd Order FV formulations, during the editions of the High Order CFD Workshop [3] and during Onera solver cross comparis on projects.
Thirty-year stand dynamics of an old evergreen coppice forest in Southern Kyushu, Southwestern Japan

ABSTRACT We investigated forest development processes for a period of 30 years (during 87–116-year-old) in an evergreen coppice stand in southern Japan that was highly dominated by Castanopsis sieboldii. Stand age changing developmental stages were verified and compared with the results of a previous case study of evergreen coppices mainly dominated by C. cuspidata, C. sieboldii and Quercus salicina in the same region. A survey plot was established in 1985, and tree height and diameter at breast height of all living stems were recorded. Stems of single-stem individuals and multi-stem individuals were distinguished based on observations of stem bases for each of the overstory and understory. Changes in stem density and species diversity were then evaluated. In the overstory, stem density declined between 92- and 116-year-old. On the other hand, stem density in the understory exhibited a distinct increase during the study period; however, it was primarily single-stem and multi-stem evergreen shrubs, such as Aucuba japonica, and multi-stem evergreen trees, such as C. sieboldii that contributed to this increase. The species diversity index (H’) also indicated the same trends. Therefore, it was concluded that the stand examined in the present study exhibited characteristics of the “understory re-initiation” stage after 92-year-old, and that stand development was delayed compared to development of stands examined in a previous study. These results indicated that the progress of stand development may differ depending on dominant species or forest environment even within evergreen coppices in the same region.
ELM Control Physics with Impurity Seeding and LHCD in the HL- 2A Tokamak

ELM control with impurity seeding and lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) have been achieved in the HL-2A tokamak. The divertor peak heat load released by ELM has been significantly reduced during the mitigation phase. It has been found that the mitigation of ELMs in these experiments is due to the pedestal turbulence enhancement generated by the external source induced. The E×B velocity shear induced by LHCD and impurity seeding modifies the turbulence radial wavenumber (kr) spectrum by varying the averaged radial wavenumber from large negative value to zero, reducing the turbulence dissipation term (~kr ). A modified turbulence spectral shift model has been used to simulate the experimental observations. A critical growth rate γ0 for the turbulence regulation is identified in this model and experimentally determined. Good agreement has been found between experiment and theory for the regulation of the turbulence intensity by its averaged radial wavenumber.
Principal component analysis for productivity and grain quality traits in rabi sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench)

Principal component analysis was carried out involving 24 selected mini core and 16 promising varieties during rabi sorghum. Principal component analysis revealed that, four out of twelve principal components with eigen values >1 were extracted. Among the selected mini core, three components contributed 66.37% of the total variation. Principal components first three contributed 30.55%, 19.74%, and 16.07% toward the variation, respectively. Plant height and true density traits contributed positively in mini core accessions. Whereas, among promising released varieties the three components contributed 66.46% of the total variation and first three contributed, 30.07%, 19.51% and 16.88%, respectively. Ear head width, 100 seed weight, seed volume, true density and seed size has showed positive contribution in all three principal components of variation observed in varieties. So, these characters spread over different principal component and contributing most to explain the variability should be taken into consideration for their utilization in breeding programme.
THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE THIN SLICE TECHNIQUE: OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH ON VIDEO RECORDED MEDICAL INTERACTIONS by TANINA

THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE THIN SLICE TECHNIQUE: OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH ON VIDEO RECORDED MEDICAL INTERACTIONS by TANINA S. FOSTER May 2014 Advisor: Dr. Shlomo Sawilowsky Major: Evaluation and Research Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Introduction: Observational research using the thin slice technique has been routinely incorporated in observational research methods, however there is limited evidence supporting use of this technique compared to full interaction coding. The purpose of this study was to determine if this technique could be reliability coded, if ratings are consistent between the first, second and third slice, and if they are representative of full interactions. Methods: Three 30-second thin slices were sampled from the beginning, middle and end of a full-length video-recorded patient/physician interaction collected a part of a larger research study in a low income urban primary care clinic. Thin slice excerpts and full interactions were rated on five dimensions (liking, attention, coordination, trust and rapport) using a nine point Likert scale ranging from ‘none’ to ‘high’ by eight independent coders. Reliability was assessed using the intraclass correlation measure, validity of thin slices was assessed using the Friedman test (non-parametric equivalent of the Repeated measures ANOVA), and the comparison of thin slice coding to full
Systemic Inflammation: A Risk Factor for Osteoporosis in Pre- and Post-menopausal Women

Background: Inflammatory markers like Interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF α) and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs CRP), play an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between markers of inflammation, BMD and to correlate these markers with estradiol levels in pre- and post-menopausal women. Methods: A total of 169 subjects with low BMD along with 170 age matched controls were studied. Serum concentrations of hs CRP, IL-6, TNF α and estradiol levels were measured by ELISA method. Results: Bone specific ALP, acid phosphatase, hsCRP, IL-6 and TNF α, levels were significantly high in osteoporotic subjects (p<0.05) when compared with controls. hsCRP levels were positively correlated with IL-6 (r = 0.247, p <0.001) and TNF α levels (r =0.397, p< 0.001) in osteoporotic women. Conclusion: Inflammation is associated with low bone mass and therefore an independent risk factor for osteoporosis.
RELATION BETWEEN QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AND NURSES JOB SATISFACTIONATASSIUT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

The quality of work life and job satisfaction is essential for organizations to continue to attract and retain employees and enhancing organizational effectiveness.Aim of the study: todetermine relation between the quality of work lifeand nurses job satisfactionat Assuit University Hospital. Subject and method: Adescriptive design was used in the present study.The study subjects:convenient nurses' sample who they worked in general medical and surgical, emergency and intensive care units (148). A self-administrated questionnaire was used in data collectionit consisted ofthree tools. The first: includes the socio-demographic characteristics of studied nurse's . The second tool, the quality of work life questionnaire. The third tool: job satisfaction questionnaire. Results: Study results showed that (66.7%) of nurses dissatisfied about their quality of woke live, a highly statistically significant relation between socio demographic characteristics and quality of work life, and job satisfaction in age, marital status, year's experiences, nurses qualifications and their income. The high mean score quality work life was related to work context . And,(68.9%) of nurses were job satisfaction. The high mean score in job satisfaction was professional status. Also, there was high positive statistically significant correlation between quality of work life and job satisfaction. Conclusion :( 67.5%) the nurses had low quality of work life. And, there was high positive statistically significant correlation between quality of work life and nurses job satisfaction.Recommendation: Policy maker in nursing need to consider the family aspect of their registered nurses savedchildcare facilities, convenient working hours, and sufficient vacations, encourage the professional growth, and improve their salary.
Evolucion quimica y organoleptica del zumo de naranja pasterizado

Chemical and sensorial stability of a pasteurized hot filled clear glass bottles orange juice was studied along six month of storage in five different conditions: 5°C without light, 5°C with incandescent light, room temperature without light, room temperature with daylight and 30°C without light. Some parameters (pulp, ash, sodium, potassium and phosphorus) didn't have significant (p <0,05) changes during storage in every condition. However, significant (p < 0,05) variation temperature, time and light exposure dependent on titratable acidity, pH, ascorbic acid, sucrose hydrolysis and hydroxymethylfurfural is showed. A significant (p < 0,05) loss of sensorial quality was observed after three months of storage at room temperature and two months at 30°C.
The physiological role of Vitamin D on the female fertility in rats

Objective: this study was set up to assess the role of vitamin D on the female fertility using albino rats in order to get benefit from its use Methods &Measurements: For this study, fifty female albino rats obtained as weanling (21 days old) weighing 30 g , were allocated randomly into 2 equal groups ( First group was vitamin D-deficient rats which fed vitamin D deficient diet and the second group is vitamin D-replete rats which fed the same diet but received 2µg cholecalciferol per week in 0.1ml propylene glycol by a single intra peritoneal injection). A animals were maintained till become adult. The body weight was recorded from the age of 21 till the age of 4 months, the length and regularity of estrus cycle were monitored daily by vaginal smears , sera were used for determination of estrogen level. Tissue samples (ovaries and uteri) were used for histopathological examination. Results: the obtained results showed a significant increase in the body weights of the replete females as compared with the deficient group. Moreover, the deficient females had longer days of estrus cycle. Estradiol level in the deficient females was lower than the replete females. Histopathological examination of the ovary showed abnormal development of the follicles, while uterine hypoplasia was recorded in the deficient females as compared with the replete one. Conclusions: Vitamin D are capable of inducing useful effects on the reproductive systems of female rats .
PENETRATION RESISTANCE OF JACK-UP SPUDCAN ON DENSE SAND OVERLYING LOOSE SAND

This paper presents experimental data associated with the penetration resistance of a conical spudcan penetrating a dense sand layer overlying loose sand. Saturated Ottawa sand was used as the seabed material. The instrumented 1-g physical model spudcan testing facility at National Chiao Tung University was used to investigate the variation of resistance profiles of a spudcan on a dense sand layer overlying a weaker stratum of loose sand. Based on the experimental data, it was found that the measured penetration resistance on the spudcan was in fairly good agreement with that estimated with the equations suggested by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (2008). When the spudcan was extracted from the granular soil, the penetration resistance on the spudcan suddenly vanished. The upward moving spudcan was separated from soil particles below. For the spudcan penetrating a dense sand layer overlying loose sand, no peak penetration resistance and no abrupt post-peak softening was recorded, and no “punch-through” failure happened. The penetration profiles for a single dense sand layer and a single loose sand layer constituted the upper and lower bounds for the penetration curves for all different dense sand thickness conditions. At the critical void ratio, the backflow of soils induced a footprint sloping angle nearly equal to its residual internal friction angle, irrespective of its original density and shear strength.
Preliminary Investigation on the Effect of Centrifugal Force on Germination and Early Growth of Maize (Zea mays L.)

This study aimed to investigate the effect of centrifugal force on the growth of maize, an important cereal crop in Nigeria. The maize seeds were subjected to centrifugation for three revolutions (1000g, 5000g, and 10000g) for 2, 4 and 6 hours. The seeds were planted and observed for germination and early growth for seven days. Results revealed that seeds treated with 1000g centrifugal force for 4hrs had the highest germination percentage (70%), while 50% of the control seeds germinated at the end of the 7th day. The radicle length in the 10,000g/2hrs treatment was also the highest (24 cm). However, the highest shoot length was observed in the control plants. This showed that though centrifugal force triggered a rapid and higher germination rate in the treated maize plants, it still did not result in higher shoot length in those plants. The experiment should be extended until the yield or maturity stage in order to have more profound observation on this centrifugal force effect on the maize plants.