Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
On Strichartz estimate for many body Schr\"odinger equation in the waveguide setting

In this short paper, we prove Strichartz estimates for N-body Schr\"odinger equations in the waveguide manifold setting (i.e. on semiperiodic spaces $\mathbb{R}^m\times \mathbb{T}^n$ where $m\geq 3$), provided that interaction potentials are small enough (depending on the number of the particles and the universal constants, not on the initial data). The proof combines both the ideas of Tzvetkov-Visciglia \cite{TV1} and Hong \cite{hong2017strichartz}. As an immediate application, the scattering asymptotics for this model is also obtained. This result extends Hong \cite{hong2017strichartz} to the waveguide case.
Social capital affects job performance through social media

This study aims to explore the impact of social capital on job performance when workers interact with coworkers through social media in organizations. ,Structural equation modeling was conducted, and a sample of 230 workers in Taiwan was investigated. ,This study found that bonding social capital has a greater impact on job performance than bridging social capital for interactions among coworkers through social media in organizations. Moreover, bridging social capital affects job performance more strongly for male workers than for female workers, but bonding social capital affects job performance more strongly for female workers than for male workers. ,This study extended social capital theory by adding the mediating effects of job satisfaction and relational satisfaction and the moderating effect of gender into the model. ,This study suggests that company managers need to train workers how to use social media to appropriate their affordances and consider the work team relationship to position adequate strategies for male and female workers. ,This study advances the previous knowledge of social capital theory for workers interacting with coworkers through social media in organizations.
Relative Efficiency of Canadian Banks: A Three-Stage Network Bootstrap DEA

In this study, we focus on how banks can enhance their efficiency in the utilization of resources to ensure their economic sustainability. We propose a novel three-stage (production, investment, and revenue generation) network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with bootstrapping to evaluate the performance of the six big Canadian banks for the period 2000–2017, amid the 2007 financial crisis and the increasing competition level due to new technologies. We identify the best practices in each stage that can be used as benchmarks by other banks to improve their economic sustainability. Our results indicate that the 2007 financial crisis resulted in lower efficiencies in the performance of Canadian banks. This decline was not substantial for the production and investment stages when the revenue generation stage received the greatest hit. In addition, we observed that the individual banks did not have consistent performance in the different stages. Finally, we compared our model with the black box DEA model and concluded that the network DEA provides more insightful and accurate results in terms of banks’ efficiencies.
The effect of dietary supplementation of probiotic, prebiotic and acidifier in comparison to antibiotic on performance and carcass traits of broilers

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of probiotic, prebiotic and acidifier either individually or in combination for comparing the performance and carcass traits of broiler chickens with antibiotic and control. For this, 270 day-old commercial male broiler chicks were randomly divided into nine treatment groups with six replicates of five birds each. The experimental design consisted of; a control diet (maize-soya based), Antibiotic (Virginiamycin @ 500 g/ton), Probiotic (Protexin @ 500 g/ton), Acidifier (Biotronic SE @ 3 kg/ton), Prebiotic [Mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) 500 g/ton], and combinations of Probiotic + Acidifier, Probiotic + MOS, Acidifier + MOS, Probiotic + Acidifier + MOS at their respective inclusion rates. The results indicated that Acidifier alone had significantly (P 0.05) difference was recorded among other groups at 42 d of age except probiotic + acidifier group which recorded the lowest body weight gain (1939 g). No significant (P>0.05) difference was observed on feed intake with all treatment groups. But, feed efficiency was significantly (P 0.05) effect on various carcass parameters studied, except for abdominal fat percentage, which was significantly (P<0.05) lower in probiotic alone and acidifier + MOS groups, while the rest of the treatment groups did not differ from control. It can be concluded that acidifier alone and probiotic + MOS combination can be used as alternates to antibiotic for improving performance of broiler chicken.
Navigating netnography: A guide for the accounting researcher

: Netnography (Kozinets, 2002) is a new research method that has become increasingly popular within the social sciences. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the accounting scholar to this new methodology and suggest its role in researching issues of accountability. The paper first advocates the significance of the online world as a research site for the accounting scholar and provides a review of the extant accounting literature that has used the internet as a data source. It then summarises the key components of netnography and reviews the recent scholarship in qualitative accounting that has used this new methodology. Opportunities for future research are subsequently discussed. In particular, the paper promotes the use of netnography for furthering an understanding of accountability, whether that be in private, public, or non-profit organisations. Advances in technology have created new forms of engagement between corporates and stakeholders and between government and citizens. It has launched new arenas to complain and voice opinion and a plethora of new performance metrics. Netnography offers scholars the methodological tools to research such new modes of accountability in the digital age.
Development and evaluation of African palmyra palm (Borassus aethiopum) fruit flour–wheat composite flour noodles

Abstract Borassus aethiopum (African palmyra palm (APP)) fruit is an underutilized tropical fruit but has potential food applications. In the present work, the suitability of APP fruit–wheat composite flour in the development of noodles was investigated. The fresh APP fruit pulp was separated, oven-dried at 60°C and milled into flour. The obtained flour was mixed with commercial wheat flour to obtain three composite flours with 5%, 10% and 15% of APP fruit flour. The functional properties and proximate composition of the composite flours were determined. The cooking properties and consumer preference of the noodles developed were also evaluated. The cooking yield, water uptake and gruel solid loss ranged from 259.81% to 300.97%, 159.81% to 200.97% and 11.52% to 17.11%, respectively. The water absorption capacities, swelling power and the solubility indices of the flours ranged from 197.10% to 492.66%, 621.99% to 734.91% and 4.53 to 26.48%, respectively. On the 7-point hedonic scale, the flavour, smell, colour and overall acceptability ranged between 4.2 and 5.3, 4.8 and 5.65, 4.05 and 5.3 and 4.10 and 5.03, respectively. The inclusion of APP fruit flour at 5% level yielded noodles with enhanced nutritional quality and highest overall consumer acceptability.
Constraining Properties of Sedimentary Strata Using Receiver Functions: An Example from the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the Southeastern United States

Thickness and seismic velocities of sedimentary sequences strongly affect their response during earthquakes, which can prolong and amplify groundmotions. We characterize shallow structure of Atlantic Coastal Plain (ACP) sediments using a passive-seismic approach based on high-frequency P-to-S receiver functions. We map the site-specific fundamental frequency for 64 USArray Transportable Array stations and confirm that the method yields results similar to those from traditional spectral ratio techniques, with fundamental frequencies between 0.1 and 1 Hz. In addition, using sediment S-wave reverberations and P-to-S phase arrival times measured directly from the receiver functions, we invert for average Sand P-wave velocity profiles of the ACP sedimentary strata. We find that VS increases with depth following a power-law relationship (VS ∝ z p ) whereas the increase of VP with depth is more difficult to constrain using converted wave methods; therefore, we choose to use the Brocher (2005) relationship to obtain VP through a VP= VS relationship. Finally, we use the variation of measured S-reverberation amplitudes with depth to validate these velocity profiles. These results have implications for seismic shaking across the ACP, which covers large portions of the eastern United States.
THE ROLE OF BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC AGENTS IN THE CONTROL OF DAMPING-OFF AND WILT OF BEAN PLANTS -

A potential of five rhizosphere biocontrol agents (BCAs), Acremonium zonatum, Aspergillus niger , Chaetomium globosum , Penicillium herquei and Trichoderma viride were studied under in vitro and in vivo experiments for controlling damping-off and wilt pathogens (Fusarium moniliforme, F. oxysporum, F. solani and Rhizoctonia solani) of adzuki bean (Phaseolus angularis L.) and snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Aqueous neem leaf extract 40% and benlate (fungicide) were tested for comparison. In vitro experiment showed that all the bioagents as well as neem extract and benlate inhibited the growth of the damping-off and wilt pathogens with various ratios. T. viride causes the highest growth inhibition values while P. herquei gave the lowest ones. In vivo experiments showed that all the BCAs reduced the disease incidence with damping-off and wilt of both bean varieties. T. viride was the most efficient BCA against all pathogens, while neem extract and benlate were less effective. Application of T. viride culture or culture filtrate by soil infestation or seed dressing significantly reduced disease incidence and in some cases completely eradicated the disease especially when seeds soaked for 20 or 30 min in T. viride filtrate. Neem extract and benlate were less significant. Results showed that T. viride was more virulent in controlling Fusarium spp. and Rhizoctonia solani the causal agents of damping-off and wilt of bean plants in comparison with neem extract and benlate.
Effect of crossing between the local Black Baladi (Bronze) and White Nicholas turkeys on productive and reproductive traits. 2 - Effect of repeated backcrossing for two generations on growth traits.

A backcrossing experiment was carried out between two strains of turkey, Black Baladi (BB) and commercial White Nicholas (WW) as well as their reciprocal crosses through three successive years. Results were as follows: -White Nicholas birds were significantly the heaviest at the first generation compared to birds of both BB and the reciprocals crosses at either the second or the third generation, repeated crossing with WW as a sire improved body weight of progeny (3/4 w x 1/4 B and 7/B w x 1/8 B) at all ages studied to be the best averages. Males of the same genotypes had the best weights compared to males or females of the other genotypes in all ages studied. Same trend was found concerning body weight gain, where WW birds had the best weight gains in most ages studied in the 1 st generation, while those of (3/4 W x 1/4 B) in the 2 nd generation and (7/8 W x 1/ 8 B) in the 3 rd generation had the highest averages compared to the other genotypes. The BB birds grew faster than those of pure WW and the reciprocals birds in the growth period studied in the 1 st and 2 nd generations. In contrary at the rearing period (12-20 weeks of age), BB birds had the lowest growth rate compared to the other genotypes. Males surpassed females in growth rate at 4-12, 12-20 and 4-20 weeks of age. The (3/4 W x 1/4 B) backcross had superior heterotic effect than the (3/4 B x 1/4 W) backcross for body weight at 8 week of age while the (3/4 B x 1/4 W) backcross had higher heterosis percentage than the (3/4 W x 1/4 B) backcross for body weight at 4 week of age. The (3/4 W x 1/4 B) backcross had higher potency ratio values than the (3/4 B x 1/4 W) backcross at all ages studied. Potency ratio values for
Study on isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamics of adsorption of crystal violet dye by calcium oxide modified fly ash

The natural Fly ash modified with calcium oxide has been employed to eliminate the crystal violet dyestuff from the simulated solution. Herein, the effect of different physicochemical factors like primary dye concentration, sorption contact time, the quantity of the adsorbent, temperature, along with initial simulated solution pH, evaluated for illustrating the mechanism of adsorption. Furthermore, the equilibrium study was conducted, and equilibrium models like Langmuir, Freundlich, and DubininRaduskevich (D-R) were fitted to obtain analytical results to endow with more insight into the process. The results acknowledged that the Langmuir model is well apt and suggests that the adsorption mechanism happens in a monolayer on the fly ash surface. Pseudo-first order, Pseudo-second order, and the intraparticle diffusion model evaluated, and the interpretation suggests the sorption method is obeying the Pseudo-second order and intraparticle diffusion model. The ascertained negative values of Gibbs free energy affirmed the unconstrained process for all symbiotic associations, and the obtained data 78.70 kJ mol enthalpy values manifested that exothermic mechanism was governing the reaction. The above assessment confirms the application of Calcium oxide pre-treated fly ash as a cheap adsorbent to eliminate the crystal violet dyestuff from the simulated solution.
When FinTech Competes for Payment Flows

We study the impact of FinTech competition in payment services when banks rely on consumers' payment data to obtain information about their credit quality. Competition from FinTech payment providers disrupts this information spillover, reducing the bank's loan quality and profit. FinTech competition benefits consumers with weak bank affinity (financial inclusion improves), but may hurt consumers with strong bank affinity. We consider three regimes in which payment information flows back into the credit market: FinTech lending, data sales, and consumer data portability. All three regimes improve the quality of loans, although their effects for bank profit and consumer welfare are ambiguous. Our results highlight the important and complex trade-off between consumer welfare and the stability of banks following FinTech competition in payment.
Readout Range and Sensing Resolution Optimization of a Reader for Fully Passive Wireless Sensors

The zero-power sensor network is a platform that facilitates fully passive wireless sensing based on third-order intermodulation. This article describes the development, optimization, and evaluation of the reader for the interrogation of zero-power sensor devices. Detailed hardware architecture of the reader is included, along with the introduction of two different signal synthesis techniques for applications that require long readout range with lower resolution, or high resolution with shorter range. The reader is characterized with respect to the two critical limitations: 1) maximal readout distance due to the readers’ own self-intermodulation and 2) sensor readout resolution based on the minimal synchronized intermediate frequency step. The readout range is extended by applying signal isolation strategies, and the system is evaluated with respect to the signal-to-noise ratio demonstrating an extension of the readout range to a maximum of 15 m. A new approach to signal synthesis is implemented, which enhances the readout resolution of a sensor capacitance from 2.2% to 0.3% resolution. The enhancement is demonstrated at a readout distance of 5 m.
Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas: Experience of a Tertiary Hospital

Background: Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of pancreas is a rare tumor, predominantly affecting young women, usually with a favorable prognosis. Methods: We present a retrospective observational case-series study of eight patients diagnosed and treated in a dedicated hepatobiliary and pancreatic unit, describing the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features. Results: seven patients were female, with a mean age of 31 years; the most frequently performed procedure was distal pancreatectomy in six cases. The lesions were well defined, with solid or mixed aspects, with 57,6 mm average size. Average follow-up is 88 months without disease recurrence or mortality records during that period. Conclusion: Given the rarity of these neoplasms, its orientation should be made only in referral centers, with multidisciplinary teams committed to pancreatic pathology.
Processing and Reporting of Cytology Specimens from Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Collected using Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: A State-of-the-Art Review

Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is presently the preferred modality for sampling mediastinal lymph nodes. There is an unmet need for standardization of processing and reporting of cytology specimens obtained by EBUS-TBNA. The manuscript is a state-of-the-art review on the technical aspects of processing and reporting of EBUS-TBNA specimens. A literature search was conducted using the PubMed database, and the available evidence was discussed among the authors. The evidence suggests that at least one air-dried and one alcohol-fixed slide should be prepared from each lymph node pass. The remaining material should be utilized for microbiological analysis (in saline) and cell block preparation (10% formalin or other solutions). Wherever available, rapid-onsite evaluation should be performed to assess the adequacy of the sample and guide the need for additional material. The lymph node aspirate should also be collected in Roswell Park Memorial Institute solution in cases where lymphoma is under consideration. The use of liquid-based cytology provides good quality specimens that are free from blood and air-drying artifacts and can be used wherever available. Sample adequacy and the diagnostic category should be furnished separately in the cytology report.
Demonstration of 214Gbps Per Lane IM/DD PAM-4 Transmission using O-Band 35GHz-Class EML with Advanced MLSE and KP4-FEC

A single-wavelength single-polarization 35GHz-class (112Gbps-class) commercial EML-based IM/DD 214Gbps PAM4 signal transmission is experimentally demonstrated. By using advanced MLSE with low complexity and power consumption, the BER is below standard KP4-FEC requirement of 2×10−4.
Adaptation and Natural Selection. (Book Reviews: Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought)

Biological evolution is a fact--but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. In 1966, simple Darwinism, which holds that evolution functions primarily at the level of the individual organism, was threatened by opposing concepts such as group selection, a popular idea stating that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. George Williams's famous argument in favor of the Darwinists struck a powerful blow to those in opposing camps. His "Adaptation and Natural Selection, " now a classic of science literature, is a thorough and convincing essay in defense of Darwinism; its suggestions for developing effective principles for dealing with the evolution debate and its relevance to many fields outside biology ensure the timelessness of this critical work.
On the growth of the scaldfish Arnoglossus laterna (Walbaum, 1792) from İzmir Bay, central Aegean Sea

Scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) (n = 1892) were caught in Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea) from January 2005 to December 2006. Total length and weight of all specimens ranged from 3.9 to 16.0 cm and from 0.47 to 41.63 g, respectively. The overall ratio of females to males was 1:1.91. The length-weight relationships for females, males, and all specimens combined were estimated, respectively, as W = 0.0096 × L2.921, W = 0.0111 × L2.857, and W = 0.0096 × L2.917; and the parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth equations were, respectively, L\infinity= 17.58, 15.36, and 17.19 cm; k = 0.412, 0.461, and 0.495 year-1; and t0 = -0.379, -0.332, and -0.380 year. The growth performance index values (F') were 2.105, 2.036, and 2.165, respectively.
Observations on the effect of glyphosate based herbicide on ultra structure (SEM) and enzymatic activity in different regions of alimentary canal and gill of Channa punctatus (Bloch).

Glyphosate is the isopropyl amine salt of N(Phosphonomethyl)-glycine, a broad-spectrum nonselective herbicide, which has been extensively used to control annual and perennial weeds in agricultural, forest and aquatic systems. The ultrastructural changes in different regions of alimentary canal and gill were observed by Scanning Electron Microscopic study on a non-target aquatic teleostea fish, Channa punctatus. Fishes were exposed to herbicide at a dose of 4 mgl generally used by farmers to control weeds in water bodies for a period of 45 days in laboratory condition with a control. Severe damage, shrinkage and degeneration of pentagonal cellular contour of stratified epithelial cells (SEC) were observed in gill. Shrinkage of SEC resulting in degeneration of microridges was observed in buccopharynx. Slight necrosed and distorted SEC was observed in oesophagus. Severe mucus secretion was observed in stomach. Erosion on the apical surface of mucosal folds and columnar epithelial cells (CEC) and necrosis of CEC was also noticed in stomach. Obliteration of CEC along its entire length from basement membrane was observed in the intestinal portion. After 45 days treatment by glyphosate protease activity was slightly reduced in stomach and intestine in comparison to control fish. Amylase activity reduced in oesophagus and intestine in treated condition. Lipase activity was also reduced slightly in stomach and intestine of glyphosate treated fish.
Microbiology, an Introduction

Section I: Basic Principles. 1. Microorganisms. 2. Cells. Section II: Growth and Metabolism. 3. Microbial Growth. 4. Microbial Metabolism: Energy Conservation. 5. Microbial Metabolism: Biosynthesis. 6. Controlling Microbial Growth. Section III: Genetics. 7. Microbial Genetics: Basic Considerations. 8. Microbial Genetics: Gene Transfer. 9. Microbial Genetics: Genetic Engineering. Section IV: The Microorganisms. 10. Classification of Microorganisms. 11. The Bacteria. 12. Eucaryotic Microorganisms: Protists and Fungi. 13. Viruses. Section V: Pathogenesis and Immunity. 14. Microbial Pathogenicity. 15. Epidemiology. 16. Natural Immunity. 17. Acquired Immunity. Section VI: The Pathogens. 18. Foodborne and Waterborne Pathogens. 19. Airborne Pathogens. 20. Sexually Transmitted Pathogens. 21. Pathogens Transmitted by Close, Person-To-Person Contact. 22. Zoonoses and Arthropodborne Pathogens. 23. Wound Infections. 24. Nosocomial Diseases. Section VII: Final Perspectives. 25. Food Microbiology and Industrial Microbiology. 26. Microbial Ecology.