Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparative study on morphometric relationships and condition factor of Siganus rivulatus inhabits the Red Sea, Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt

1. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Port-Said University, Egypt. 2. National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Suez, Egypt. 3. Marine Biology Department, Faculty of Marine Science, King Abdul-Aziz University-80207, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (present address) 4. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Egypt. *Corresponding author: elham.aqua@yahoo.com
Anthropometric traits, Body Composition and Physical Fitness Index: A Micro Level Study Among College Students of Haldia, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Please cite this article as: Bhubon Mohan Das, Anthropometric traits, Body Composition and Physical Fitness Index: A Micro Level Study Among College Students of Haldia, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. Antrocom J. of Anthropology 16-2 (2020) pp. 161-172 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Haldia Government College, Debhog, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, INDIA Email: <bmohan07@gmail.com> Anthropometric traits, Body Composition and Physical Fitness Index: A Micro Level Study Among College Students of Haldia, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
Effect of two Computer Instructional Modes on Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Geography, in Lagos State, Nigeria.

There is a growing concern about secondary school students’ poor performance in geography, a subject that is prerequisite for many professional pursuits. To enhance their performance in the subject, several strategies have been adopted. This study is an intervention, which investigated relative effects of computer instructional modes (computer graphics and animations computer) on secondary school students’ achievement in geography. The moderator variable was mental ability. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The pre-test, post-test control group quasi-experimental design, involving 3x2 factorial matrix was adopted for the study. One hundred and four senior secondary two geography students from three secondary schools in Lagos state constituted the sample for the study, which lasted for eight weeks. Two procedural instruments (computer graphics and animation instructional packages) and two measuring instruments, namely Geography Achievement Test r = 0.79, and Mental Ability Test r=0.88 were used. The data collected were analysed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The magnitude of the students’ post-test achievement scores was determined using Multiple Classification Analysis (MCA), while Scheffe post-hoc analysis was used to explain the direction and source of significant effects. Findings showed that there were significant main effects of instructional mode on the students’ achievement in geography (F (2, 91) = 14.414, p< 0.05). There was no significant interaction effect of treatment and mental ability on students’ achievement in geography. Consequently, it was recommended that the computer instructional modes be used alongside with conventional method in the teaching of geography.
An efficient protocol for in vitro propagation of purple-leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera)

The present study aimed to establish an efficient in vitro propagation protocol for purple-leaf plum (Prunus cerasifera Ehrh). Clorox at 15% (v/v) or HgCl2 at 0.1 % (w/v) for 10 min each gave the best results for both decontamination (100 and 90.2) and survival (90 and 92) percentages, respectively. The effect of three cytokinin types (BAP, Kin and 2ip) at four concentrations (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0) mg/L were studied during multiplication stage in comparing with hormonal-free medium. Applying BAP at 1.5 mg/L induced the initiated buds to develop into shoots (100% shooting) during the three successive subcultures. Adding BAP at 1.5 or 2.0 mg/L gave the highest significant shootlets multiplication rate (2.13 and 2.15 shootlet/ explant, respectively). While the longest shootlets (1.92 cm) were recorded on MS medium augmented with 1.5 mg/L of 2ip. Adding 0.4 mg/L of IBA to the culture medium lead to 100% rooting of shootlets. Using peat moss + perlite (1:1 v/v) as a putting medium for ex vitro acclimatization of plantlets resulted in the best results for survival, height, stem fresh and dry weights of acclimatized plantlets. The amplified DNA fragments using 844-A (for ISSR) and A2 (for RAPD) primers to compare between donor and micropropagated plants. Data showed that the maximum number of bands (11 and 9), respectively of DNA fragments with molecular size ranging between 226.981007. 92 and 215.161619. 62 bp. Data indicated that micropropagated plants and donor plant are much closed to each other and the micropropagation protocol genetically safe.
Using Splitting Methods in Multibody Dynamics Animation

Simulation of the movement of multiple rigid bodies are used in a number of ﬁelds, ranging from engineering to computer games. One challenging problem is to handle contact between bodies in a robust fashion at interactive speeds. In this project, the Newton-Euler equations are derived for multiple rigid bodies and rephrased as a non-linear complementary problem. This problem can be reduced to solving the matrix equation A (cid:126) λ + (cid:126) b = 0 for (cid:126) λ . An iterative method to compute an approximate solution can be found by splitting A into a sum of matrices. Methods for improving the convergence of such a method has been considered and tested. Neither of the investigated methods proved to be signiﬁcantly better than the others.
Drivers of Trust Within the Athlete-Online Coach Relationship

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Inbound Halal Logistics Practices: A Case of Local Mosques

The involvement of multiple supply chain players across the mosque food supply chain has led to halal problems, particularly cross-contamination between halal and haram of raw materials during inbound logistics. This study aims to determine factors that influence inbound halal logistics practices among local mosques. Stratified random sampling was used to select the target local mosques in Peninsular Malaysia. Responses from the mosque management committees were obtained through self-administrated questionnaires. Descriptive analysis, mean score analysis, factor analysis, and logistic regression analysis were performed to analyze the data and to determine the factors that mostly influenced inbound halal logistics practices among local mosques. The findings showed that knowledge, dedicated facilities, religious responsibility, management support, financial resources, course and training, and trust were the factors that influenced inbound halal logistics practices among local mosques. This study recommends continuous course and training on halal logistics should be held by the local mosques and specific guidelines on halal logistics should be made available to ensure inbound halal logistics practices could be performed well by the local mosques.
Mismatch between student and university expectations of academic achievement

Student perceptions of their studies and learning are important influencers of academic performance and outcome. Here we find that the grades students anticipate obtaining may differ significantly from grades awarded: students’ perceptions of their studies appear to be at odds with the university’s assessment of their academic worth. A previous study introduced students to the concept of self-efficacy and its effects on academic performance and outcome; we demonstrate that students’ self-efficacy can be raised. Importantly, the focus is not on the validity of the concept of self-efficacy as the guiding or defining principle in this research, but rather a means to potentially identify important student perceptions that may influence academic performance. Moreover, the effect, emphasises a mismatch between student and university expectations of the measure of achievement: students overestimate their anticipated grades against grades awarded. By encouraging improved self-efficacy are we emphasising differences between anticipated and awarded grades? Are we diminishing the student’s sense of achievement and therefore negatively impacting on student performance? To resolve this, in this study we shift the focus from the purely analytical analysis of the impact of self-efficacy and highlight assumptions of the primacy of grades as signifier of academic success. Academic success is motivated by a desire for learning as much as for good grades. Furthermore, a student’s academic success reflects a complex of socio-personal influences. These perspectives allow the effects of improved self-efficacy to be formative in the student’s maturing sense of belonging within education. The survey and concept of self-efficacy is now better understood as the vehicle for improved experiences of learning, becoming potent drivers of student success.
Overconfidence Bias: Empirical Examination of Trading Turnover and Market Returns

Theory of overconfidence states that investors are highly overconfident when valuing the stocks. Self-attribution has been found by the researchers as the root cause for overconfidence bias in investors. Investors attribute the high stock prices and returns with their own art of picking up the stocks, and thus they trade more frequently. In order to test overconfidence and self-attribution Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model has been employed to find out the long-term relationship between endogenous variables: market return and market turnover and exogenous variables: volatility and dispersion. Results revealed that there exists a strong positive relationship between market returns and trading turnover. Also, the crosssectional standard deviation in market prices i-e volatility and the cross-sectional variation in stock returns i-e dispersion has a very strong impact on trading pattern and returns. Since investment decisions made by Pakistani investor largely depend upon psychological factors, giving less weightage to all the fundamentals, the trading pattern exhibited may collectively tend the market behave in an irrational manner.
Characteristic Impedance of Periodically Grounded Power Lines

In the paper the characteristic impedance of a multi-conductor transmission line with one conductor periodically grounded is evaluated. The topic is important in the analysis of the role of the shield wires in power transmission and distribution lines. The problem is here modelled in terms of a nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equation. Some applications will be presented.
Evaluation of the Efficiency of a Septic Tank Combined with Anaerobic Filter, Filled with Plastic Residue, Including a Root Zone

Considering the damage resulting from in natura disposal of waste in soil or water bodies, we installed an alternative system of domestic effluent treatment consisting of a septic tank combined with an anaerobic filter, including a root zone. System efficiency was evaluated based on physical, chemical, and biological analyses, in addition to ecotoxicological tests (toxicity tests with Ceriodaphnia dubia). Conductivity values decreased from 3380 to 561 μS cm-1 (83.4%) after treatment. Average organic matter removal efficiency was 88.75% and there was a significant decrease in BOD. Phosphorus removal percentage was 97.68%, while nitrogen removal percentage was 94.7%. Toxicity tests determined an LC50 = 1.70% for the raw effluent and an LC50 = 16.63% for the treated effluent. The system achieved good efficiency in reducing all analyzed parameters. The use of a plastic residue as a filter element in the anaerobic filter proved to be feasible.
NUMERICAL MODELLING OF AIRFLOW AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION IN HEATED ROOMS

The authors investigate the distributions of temperature and averaged turbulent airflows in living rooms in a 2D approximation using ANSYS/FLOTRAN software. The distributions are calculated depending on the placement and temperature of heaters, heat transfer coefficients of building structures and ventilation conditions. The authors analyse the influence of these factors on the air circulation and the related heat flows through building structures. The thermal balance of a room and its dependence on various external factors is considered. As parameters determining conditions of comfort there are analysed the airflow velocities and indoor temperatures. It is shown that it is possible to save heat, maintaining at the same time the conditions of thermal comfort in a room.
Effect of connectivity and charge density on the swelling and local structural and dynamic properties of colloidal PNIPAM microgels

The structural and dynamic properties of thermosensitive neutral and partially charged colloidal microgels of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) (PNIPAM/AAc) have been investigated by neutron and light scattering techniques. Introduction of cross-linker induces topological constraints into the polymer network, and hence reduces the swelling capability of the particles as expressed in the variation of their hydrodynamic radii. Small-angle neutron scattering experiments reveal that below the transition temperature the inhomogeneous structure of the microgel consists of local solid-like frozen regions and solution-like regions where the polymer chain behaves as in semidilute polymer solution. The temperature-induced collapse leads to a strongly segregated micro-phase separated particle. The swelling of charged microgels is determined by their charge density, controlled through the amount of acrylic acid comonomer, the pH, and the salt concentration.
Nutritional Status among Filipino Elderly: Prevalence and Correlates

Objective: The dual burden of undernutrition and overnutrition has received attention around the world, especially in the Philippines, where malnutrition is an issue that the country is continuously facing. Malnutrition have been prevalent and alarming concerns among the Filipino elderly through the years. Several studies support the claim that the prevalence of malnutrition is associated with factors, such as socioeconomic status, biochemical, clinical, dietary intake, and food security. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with the nutritional status of the Filipino elderly. Materials and Methods: The study utilized the 2013 National Nutrition Survey. Data of the 1,807 sampled Filipino elderly who had no physical defects were considered. The Rao-Scott test and a multiple correspondence analysis were conducted to assess the association of the nutritional status of the Filipino elderly with the socio-demographics, health/clinical conditions, and nutrient intake factors. Results: Majority (54.97%) of the Filipino elderly had a normal nutritional status. However, both the prevalence of underweight and overweight are still alarming with a 20.19% and 24.83% rate, respectively. The socio-demographic characteristics found that are associated with the nutritional status of the Filipino elderly include age, sex, occupation, and education. Health conditions and behavioral risk factors such as smoking and drinking alcohol beverages were also found to have significant association with the elderly’s nutritional status. Lastly, a significant association between the nutritional status and the intake of nutrients such as iron, Vitamin A, niacin, and thiamine was observed. Conclusion: With both underweight and overweight/obesity still rampant among the Filipino elderly, their lifestyle and food intake should be given much attention. Further studies about the nutritional status of the Filipino elderly should be conducted to have a sufficient basis on how society can help the elderly maintain and improve their nutritional conditions.
Effects of Plant Associated Bacteria on Growth of Maize and Rice in Leonard Jar Experiments

The research was conducted to identify the strains of plant associated bacteria possessing positive impact on growth of one month old maize and rice. The sterile seedlings were inoculated with bacteria suspension, then they were cultivated in Leonard jars with half-strength Hoagland's nutrient solution, or half-strength Hoagland's nutrient solution without nitrogen. Sterile distilled water was used as a control. Three out of the 7 bacteria strains were evaluated including BD2, BD3 and MT1 showed the best effect on both rice and maize because of increasing the leaf area, the dry root mass and dry shoot mass about from 39 to 166%, 62 171%, and 50 172%, respectively. These three strains were identified by using the MALDI Biotyper System (Germany) and investigated for their abilities of producing siderophores, and biological antagonism. The identification result indicated that the bacterial strain BD2 was similar to Bacillus pumilus, the other two (MT1 and BD3) were homologous to Bacillus subtilis. All three strains were capable of producing siderophores and inhibiting Gram-negative and Gram-positive indicator bacteria. Specially, the strain BD2 had the best capability of producing siderophores and the strain MT1 had the best capability of inhibiting the growth of indicator bacteria. The results also suggested the possibility of using all three strains coordinately in an inoculant as they did not
Assessment of muscle and fat mass in type 2 diabetes patients by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the quantitative composition of muscle and adipose tissue in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients on the basis of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for the diagnosis of obesity and sarcopenia. Methods: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry was administered to 50 patients with T2DM. Evaluation of the composition of muscle and adipose tissue was performed. Results: The median of Appendicular Lean Mass Index (ALMI) in the general group was 8.04 [7.32; 8.97]. In general, there was a decrease in the appendicular muscle mass with increasing age. According to the results of T-score ALMI and Z-score ALMI, we did not identify patients with sarcopenia. However, the calculation of the T- and Z-criteria, adjusted for fat mass, led to a significant decrease of these parameters and in 98.0% it was possible to identify patients who meet the criteria of sarcopenia. Conclusion: We did not detect patients with sarcopenia on the basis of ALMI, T-ALMI. After revision of these criteria for fat mass, almost all patients started to meet the criteria of sarcopenia (98.0%).
The coalescence of n-hexane droplets in aqueous solutions of n-alcohols†

Coalescence times, measured by high speed cinematography, are reported for n-hexane droplets formed and grown on adjacent nozzles in equilibrated aqueous solutions of ethanol, n-butanol, n-hexanol, n-octanol, n-decanol and n-dodecanol. The drops remained attached to the nozzles throughout the coalescence process. Coalescence times increased when alcohols were added to the system. Very similar results were obtained for the alcohols n-hexanol to n-dodecanol. When these alcohols, which are much more soluble in n-hexane than in water, were present, the observed coalescence times could be accounted for best by considering diffusion processes occurring in the n-hexane. For ethanol and n-butanol, which are more soluble in water, diffusion processes occurring in the water had to be considered as well. On rapporte les temps de coalescence, mesures par cinematographic ultra rapide, dans le cas de gouttelettes d'hexane normal formees et developpees sur des gicleurs adjacents, dans des solutions aqueuses et equilibrees d'alcool ethylique, de n-butanol, de n-hexanol, de n-octanol, de n-decanol et de n-dodecanol. Les gouttes sont demeurees attachees aux gicleurs durant tout le processus de coalescence. Les temps de coalescence ont augmente avec l'addition au systeme de chaque alcool. On a obtenu des resultats tres semblables dans le cas des alcools allant du n-hexanol au n-dodecanol; en presence de ces alcools, qui sont bien plus solubles dans l'hexane normal que dans l'eau, on a pu mieux expliquer les temps de coalescence observes en considerant les processus de diffusion dans le n-hexane. Dans le cas de l'alcool ethylique et du n-butanol, qui sont plus solubles dans l'eau, on a dǔ aussi considerer la diffusion dans l'eau.
Genisteindown-modulatespro-inflammatorycytokines andreversesclinicalsignsofexperimentalautoimmune encephalomyelitis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common non-traumatic, disabling neurological human inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) models MS and is characterized as a CD4+ T-helper type 1 (Th1) cell-mediated autoimmune disease. It is characterized by an influx of activated leukocytes into the CNS. Genistein, occurring abundantly in soy products, has apoptotic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties. In the present report, we investigated the use of genistein for the treatment of the murine model of MS. After induction of EAE with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein 35–55 peptide (MOG35–55), we observed that genistein treatment ameliorated significantly the clinical symptoms, modulating pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Moreover, we analyzed the leukocyte rolling and adherence in the CNS by performing intravital microscopy. Genistein treatment resulted in decreased rolling and adhering of leukocytes as compared to the untreated group. Our data suggest that genistein might be a potential therapy for MS.
Value Relevance of net income, other comprehensive income, and comprehensive income in Brazil

This paper uses the Ohlson Model to analyze whether Net Income (NI), Other Comprehensive Income (OCI), and Comprehensive Income (CI) are value relevant for market value and the return of shares of publicy-traded Brazilian companies. To maximize the robustness of the results, we inserted the following control variables for each model: equity per Share (EqPS), Size (S), Industry (I), EBITDA per Share (EbPS), Revenue per Share (RePS), Liquidity (L), and Gross Domestic Product Growth (GDPG). The control variables S, RePS, and GDPG were significant for the three models related to the value of the company. The control variables EqPS, EbPS, RePS, and L, on the other hand, were only significant for the three models related to stock returns. Our main variables (NI, OCI, and CI) were found to be statistically significant in five of the six regression models after data analysis in a fixed effect panel using robust standard errors. However, only the variables NI and CI were considered to be relevant in the expected direction, meaning that they offered a positive contribution in explaining the value of the company.