Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Étude descriptive de la consommation et de la contamination bactérienne de gibier en zone urbaine au Gabon

Meat poses some risks to human health and meat-borne diseases constitute a high burden worldwide. In central Africa, bushmeat is commonly consumed in the urban setting. A lack of information on bushmeat consumption and contamination limits the evaluation of risks to human health linked to bushmeat. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 205 households of Port-Gentil (Gabon) to quantify relative consumption levels of different meat types and to explore certain determinants of meat consumption. A separate cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella and Shigella within bushmeat sold in markets of Port-Gentil. Based on a three-day recall period, 86% of household consumed poultry compared to 84% for fish, 44% for beef, 25% for pork and 24% for bushmeat. Bushmeat consumption was more important on Sundays and within high monthly income households. Most bushmeat was acquired as whole carcasses without formal meat conservation methods, but all bushmeat was boiled prior to consumption. One Salmonella was detected among one of 128 bushmeat samples, whereas no Campylobacter or Shigella were detected. This study provides useful information to help better understand risk factors associated with the consumption of bushmeat in Gabon. Further studies on bacterial contamination of meat, including bushmeat carcasses, are required to better understand potential health risks specific to different bacterial pathogens.
Characterization of Ichthyoplankton in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico from Seamap Plankton Surveys, 1982-1999

Data for 61 selected ichthyoplankton taxa from 1,166 bongo and neuston net samples at 72 stations comprising the USGS Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Ichthyoplankton Synopsis (UNIS) study area were analyzed. These data were taken during annual spring and fall Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) Gulfwide plankton surveys over the period 1982—1999. The UNIS study area contributed disproportionately more fish eggs, total larvae and net—caught zooplankton biomass to survey totals than would be expected from the number of samples taken in the study area. This pattern was more evident during spring than fall surveys and is probably related to the close proximity of UNIS study area stations to the Mississippi River and the inshore penetration of nutrient rich deep slope water via the DeSoto Canyon. Statistical comparison of the percent frequency of occurrence of the 61 selected taxa revealed that the larvae of many were taken significantly more often in the UNIS study area than expected based on their occurrence Gulfwide. Thirteen of these taxa were taken more often in the study area during the season and collecting gear combination that accounted for the highest catches. These taxa represented fishes from mesopelagic, continental shelf, and reef assemblages reflecting the wide diversity of habitats available in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Distinct distribution patterns were observed among larvae in the UNIS study area that appear to be associated with the presence of the DeSoto Canyon. The consistent presence of fish eggs throughout the UNIS study area at mean abundances exceeding 100 eggs under 10 m2 sea surface indicates that this region of the Gulf of Mexico is an important spawning area.
UNLEASHING THE IMPORTANCE OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL TO ACHIEVE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN SMEs: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION

Taking into account the mediating effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), this study examines the connection between Intellectual Capital (IC) and Competitive Advantage (CA). Given the present economic situation, SMEs ought to implement the necessary measures to develop product distinctiveness, in which EO may play a crucial role. In the present study, data analysis has been performed on 209 participants from the Indian sports goods manufacturing units (SMEs). Using Hayes's process macro, we found evidence supporting the hypothesis that Intellectual Capital has a positive significant relationship with competitive advantage. Entrepreneurial orientation has a significant positive relationship with a competitive advantage and it fully mediates the relationship between intellectual capital and competitive advantage. The study found that intellectual capital helped employees of SMEs to create processes and products that could not be easily replicated by competitors, allowing the company to attain competitive advantage. Organisational entrepreneurship may play a significant role since entrepreneurship is a practical approach that organizations can embrace. In the future, the moderation of organizational capital needs to test for this model so that the contribution of organizational values and background can be explained.
0–5 Hz deterministic 3-D ground motion simulations for the 2014 La Habra, California, Earthquake

We have simulated 0–5 Hz deterministic wave propagation for a suite of 17 models of the 2014 M w 5.1 La Habra, CA, earthquake with the Southern California Earthquake Center Community Velocity Model Version S4.26-M01 using a ﬁnite-fault source. Strong motion data at 259 sites within a 148 km × 140 km area are used to validate our simulations. Our simulations quantify the effects of statistical distributions of small-scale crustal heterogeneities (SSHs), frequency-dependent attenuation Q ( f ), surface topography and near-surface low-velocity material (via a 1-D approximation) on the resulting ground motion synthetics. The shear wave quality factor Q S ( f ) is parametrized as Q S , 0 and Q S , 0 f γ for frequencies less than and higher than 1 Hz, respectively. We ﬁnd the most favourable ﬁt to data for models using ratios of Q S , 0 to shear wave velocity V S of 0.075–1.0 and γ values less than 0.6, with the best-ﬁtting amplitude drop-off for the higher frequencies obtained for γ values of 0.2–0.4. Models including topography and a realistic near-surface weathering layer tend to increase peak velocities at mountain peaks and ridges, with a corresponding decrease behind the peaks and ridges in the direction of wave propagation. We ﬁnd a clear negative correlation between the effects on peak ground velocity ampliﬁcation and duration lengthening, suggesting that topography redistributes seismic energy from the large-amplitude ﬁrst arrivals to the adjacent coda waves. A weathering layer with realistic near-surface low velocities is found to enhance the ampliﬁ-cation at mountain peaks and ridges, and may partly explain the underprediction of the effects of topography on ground motions found in models. Our models including topography tend to improve the ﬁt to data, as compared to models with a ﬂat free surface, while our distributions of SSHs with constraints from borehole data fail to signiﬁcantly improve the ﬁt. Accuracy of the velocity model, particularly the near-surface low velocities, as well as the source description, controls the resolution with which the anelastic attenuation can be determined. Our results demonstrate that it is feasible to use fully deterministic physics-based simulations to estimate ground motions for seismic hazard analysis up to 5 Hz. Here, the effects of, and trade-offs with, near-surface low-velocity material, topography, SSHs and Q ( f ) become increasingly important as frequencies increase towards 5 Hz, and should be included in the calculations. Future improvement in community velocity models, wider access to computational resources, more efﬁcient numerical codes and guidance from this study are bound to further constrain the ground motion models, leading to more accurate seismic hazard analysis.
Plasma environment effects on K lines of astrophysical interest

Aims. In the context of black-hole accretion disks, the main goal of the present study is to estimate the plasma environment effects on the atomic structure and radiative parameters associated with the K-vacancy states in ions of the oxygen isonuclear sequence. Methods. We used a time-averaged Debye–Hückel potential for both the electron–nucleus and the electron–electron interactions implemented in the fully relativistic multiconfiguration Dirac–Fock (MCDF) method. Results. Modified ionization potentials, K thresholds, Auger widths, and radiative transition wavelengths and rates are reported for O I–O VII in plasma environments with electron temperature and density ranges 105−107 K and 1018−1022 cm−3.
Craven Basin and southern Pennines

Carboniferous rocks within this area occupy the region contiguous with the northern Pennines to the north (Chapter 12) and the Peak District to the south (Chapter 10). All of the stages of the Carboniferous are present at outcrop, with the exception of Stephanian strata, which are absent. The oldest Tournaisian strata crop out within the Craven Basin, and are represented by ramp carbonate rocks (Bowland High Group) deposited on the Bowland High and adjacent Lancaster Fells and Bowland sub-basins. These carbonate rocks are overlain by mainly Visean hemipelagic mudstone and carbonate turbidites (lower part of Craven Group). To the south of the Pendle Fault System (Fig. 11.1), further platform carbonate rocks are proved in the subsurface above the Central Lancashire High (Trawden Limestone Group) and the Holme High and Heywood High (Holme High Limestone Group). These carbonate rocks, which developed during the Tournaisian to late Visean, are known only from well records and geophysical information and are not divided into formations. During the Visean, the platform carbonate rocks pass laterally into more basinal successions in the Harrogate, Rossendale and Huddersfield sub-basins (Craven Group). The lithostratigraphical nomenclature for the Tournaisian and Visean strata is that of Waters et al. (2009), adapted from Riley (1990).
RecIoT: A Deep Insight into IoT-Based Smart Recommender Systems

Typically, Internet of Things (IoT) is perceived as the technology for connecting people, devices, vehicles, home appliances, etc., and 212 billion heterogenous devices are presumed to be connected by 2020 under its umbrella. This domain is gaining popularity worldwide because of the wave it has brought in both research and industrial sector. Smart applications of this scenario provide assistance and services to the users in smart homes, smart cities, smart retail, agriculture, healthcare, etc. However, researchers are now exploring the potential of IoT systems in other domains, one of them being recommender systems. In recent years, the focus of researchers has drifted towards utilizing recommender systems to improve o ﬀ ered selections to IoT users. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to study the present practices, approaches, and challenges in the aforementioned domain along with possible solutions. Brie ﬂ y, the contributions of this paper are as follows: (1) providing an overview of the prevailing scenario in a range of application domains associated with IoT based recommender systems, (2) providing a framework of some real-world applications, (3) outlining key areas for the improvement towards context-aware personalized services in the future research, and (4) providing a bibliometric trend analysis prevalent in the concerned domain.
Effects of mining activities on fish communities and food web dynamics in a lowland river

Abstract Fish communities of streams and rivers might be substantially subsidized by terrestrial insects that fall into the water. Although such animal‐mediated fluxes are increasingly recognized, little is known about how anthropogenic perturbations may influence the strength of such exchanges. Intense land use, such as lignite mining, may impact a river ecosystem due to the flocculation of iron (III) oxides, thus altering food web dynamics. We compared sections of the Spree River in North‐East Germany that were greatly influenced by iron oxides with sections located downstream of a dam where passive remediation technologies are applied. Compared to locations downstream of the dam, the abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates at locations of high iron concentrations upstream of the dam was significantly reduced. Similarly, catch per unit effort of all fish was significantly higher in locations downstream of the dam compared to locations upstream of the dam, and the condition of juvenile and adult piscivorous pike Esox lucius was significantly lower in sections of high iron concentrations. Using an estimate of short‐term (i.e., metabarcoding of the gut content) as well as longer‐term (i.e., hydrogen stable isotopes) resource use, we could demonstrate that the three most abundant fish species, perch Perca fluviatilis, roach Rutilus rutilus, and bleak Alburnus alburnus, received higher contributions of terrestrial insects to their diet at locations of high iron concentration. In summary, lotic food webs upstream and downstream of the dam greatly differed in the overall structure with respect to the energy available for the highest tropic levels and the contribution of terrestrial insects to the diet of omnivorous fish. Therefore, human‐induced environmental perturbations, such as river damming and mining activities, represent strong pressures that can alter the flow of energy between aquatic and terrestrial systems, indicating a broad impact on the landscape level.
Stall Design: Enhancing Cow Comfort

In the last century, students in animal science were taught about traditional aspects of animal husbandry, with an emphasis on housing and management skills. Over time the field of animal science has become specialized in several areas, namely nutrition, physiology, veterinary medicine, and agricultural engineering. With specialization, we have seen tremendous advances in these areas. However, some of the more basic aspects of good husbandry, such as creating more comfortable housing systems for the animals, have been left behind in the wake of other scientific advances. Although some techniques have been developed, these are not widely known by producers, extentionists or scientists, and research in the area of cow comfort is in the early stages.
Issue Report Validation in an Industrial Context

Effective issue triaging is crucial for software development teams to improve software quality, and thus customer satisfaction. Validating issue reports manually can be time-consuming, hindering the overall efficiency of the triaging process. This paper presents an approach on automating the validation of issue reports to accelerate the issue triaging process in an industrial set-up. We work on 1,200 randomly selected issue reports in banking domain, written in Turkish, an agglutinative language, meaning that new words can be formed with linear concatenation of suffixes to express entire sentences. We manually label these reports for validity, and extract the relevant patterns indicating that they are invalid. Since the issue reports we work on are written in an agglutinative language, we use morphological analysis to extract the features. Using the proposed feature extractors, we utilize a machine learning based approach to predict the issue reports’ validity, performing a 0.77 F1-score.
Impacts of pinyon-juniper treatments on water yields: A historical perspective

1 Watershed Resources Program, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Abstract—Pinyon-juniper woodlands are not normally considered a high water-yielding type largely because of the low precipitation amounts and high evapotranspiration rates encountered. Nevertheless, a recommendation was made in the 1950s to evaluate the effectiveness of increasing water yields by converting pinyon-juniper overstories to herbaceous covers. A series of process and plot studies and watershed-level experiments were carried out in acting upon this recommendation. It was concluded, however, that the potentials for increasing water yields through conversion treatments is “poor” in the region. A summary of these research findings is presented in this paper.
Parameter testing in bounded degree graphs of subexponential growth

Parameter testing algorithms are using constant number of queries to estimate the value of a certain parameter of a very large finite graph. It is well-known that graph parameters such as the independence ratio or the edit-distance from 3-colorability are not testable in bounded degree graphs. We prove, however, that these and several other interesting graph parameters are testable in bounded degree graphs of subexponential growth. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg. , 2010
Viewpoint: The response of central North American prairies to seasonal fire

Natural fires on the native grasslands of Oklahoma and Kansas were important for maintaining ecosystem structure and function. Today, land managers largely conduct prescribed fires in the late dormant season or they do not burn at all. When wildfires occur in other seasons, conventional wisdom assumes that desirable forage species for cattle are compromised. This assumption is based on a few fire studies limited in breadth and scope. To address this, we revisited numerous data sets to quantify the influence of season of fire on plant production and species composition. Research demonstrates that tallgrass prairie burned in the late spring starts growth earlier, grows more rapidly early in the growing season, and produces more tall grasses than unburned prairie. We contrast this response with the literature reporting the results of fire occurring in other seasons. Fire effects vary with fire frequency, fire-return interval, grazing history, herbicide use, successional stage, weather pattern, edaphic features, and topography. Our review of research suggests that a variety of responses to fire season are possible and rules-of-thumb that generalize responses are misleading. Most of the research on fire also does not report the interaction of fire and herbivory. Thus it is difficult to judge the influence of fire within the context of herbivory. Results from ongoing research suggest that the prairie is far more resilient under the interaction of fire and herbivory than earlier believed.
The role of the physical environment in ancient Greek seafaring

In this study of the world of ancient Greek mariners, the relationship between the natural environment and the techniques and technology of seafaring is focused upon. An initial description of the geology, oceanography and meteorology of Greece and the Mediterranean, is followed by discussion of the resulting sailing conditions, such as physical hazards, sea conditions, winds and availability of shelter, and environmental factors in sailing routes, sailing directions, and navigational techniques. Appendices discuss winter and night sailing, ship design, weather prediction, and related areas of socio-maritime life, such as settlement, religion, and warfare. Wide-ranging sources and illustrations are used to demonstrate both how the environment shaped many of the problems and constraints of seafaring, and also that Greek mariners' understanding of the environment was instrumental in their development of a highly successful seafaring tradition.
Prominence of goat milk consumption and determinants of attitudes towards the milk in five agro-ecological zones of Zimbabwe.

Résumé Research Application Summary This study determined the prominence and determinants of attitudes towards goat milk consumption in agro-ecological zones I to V of Zimbabwe. Data were collected from 545 households and analyzed using SPSS. Generally, milk was consumed at least twice a week (71.8%) especially in regions III and V. Goat (61.7%) and cow (100%) milk consumption was high though cow milk was preferred (57.3%). Higher percentage (67.4%) of respondents above 36 years and those possessing 1-5 cattle and 1-5 goats were associated with likelihood of consuming goat milk. Major causes of negativity were lack of habit (41%), flavor attributes (27%) and nonavailability of goat milk (23%).
Consumption Response to Minimum Wages: Evidence from Chinese Households

The paper evaluates the impact of the Chinese minimum wage policy on consumption of low-wage households for the period 2002-2009. Using a representative household panel, we find that the consumption response to minimum wage income shock is increasing in the minimum wage share of household income and that poorer households fully consume their additional income. The large marginal propensity to consume is driven by households with at least one child, while childless poor households save two thirds of a minimum wage hike. The expenditure increase is concentrated in health care and education with potentially long-lasting benefits to household welfare.
Consumption Response to Minimum Wages : Evidence from Chinese Households Ernest Dautovic

The paper evaluates the impact of the Chinese minimum wage policy on consumption of low income household for the period 2002-2009. Using a representative household panel, we find that the consumption response to minimum wage hikes is increasing in the minimum wage share of household income. In particular, we find that poorer households fully consume their additional income. This large unitary consumption elasticity of income is driven by households with at least one child, while childless poor households save two thirds of a minimum wage hike. The expenditure increase is concentrated in health care and education with potentially long-lasting benefits to household welfare. JEL Classification: E24, J38, C26
NUMERICAL MODELLING OF FREE SURFACE DYNAMICS OF CONDUCTIVE MELT IN THE INDUCTION CRUCIBLE FURNACE

In this work, the flow of Wood’s metal alloy and its free surface dynamics in an external electromagnetic field of an axially symmetric induction crucible furnace is studied. Applying the ANSYS modelling features, a 2D model for phase surface dynamics caused by inductor switch on is developed and current and frequency affect on the dynamics is discussed. The model is verified by free surface steady state result comparison to other models and appropriate experimental data. On the basis of the obtained results the analysis of steady state free surface dependence on the inductor current and frequency is performed.
Scientific and quantitative literacy: a comparative study between STEM and non-STEM undergraduates taking physics

Student attitudes and beliefs in one subject area are known to affect how students learn in that subject, but how much of a crossover these attitudes have with other subjects and the associated effects are not well understood. This study aims to measure how students’ attitudes regarding numeracy affect their scientific literacy and whether students’ quantitative literacy skills correlate with their scientific reasoning skills. This study further investigates students’ scientific literacy skills, quantitative literacy skills and numeracy attitudes via quantitative assessments in introductory physics and astronomy survey courses. We selected students from courses that produced a sampling of students with diverse quantitative and scientific backgrounds. The results from this study suggest that quantitative literacy correlates with scientific literacy, but this correlation decreases as students advance in mathematical proficiency. Student attitudes regarding numeracy were not found to be correlated with scientific literacy. Results also suggest that improving students’ scientific literacy skills within the non-STEM science classroom also requires improving quantitative literacy skills.