Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Accounting graduates with both online and traditional coursework: impact on hiring decisions

ABSTRACT With the growth of online education, many students enrolled in traditional accounting programs are taking a portion of their coursework online. Accounting students, educators, and administrators in traditional programs want to select a mix of coursework that avoids sending a negative signal to recruiters and harming job prospects. Given that accounting is a specialized profession, the signal may vary with the type of coursework (accounting, non-accounting business, non-business) taken online. First, we use a sample of 546 U.S. Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) to determine the portion of coursework taken online needed to make a difference in evaluations of job candidates. Then, using an additional sample of 286 U.S. CPAs, we test whether the type of coursework taken online makes a difference in the evaluation of a job candidate. Taking accounting courses online tends to adversely affect evaluations while taking non-accounting business courses or non-business courses online does not.
Biological control of sheep gastrointestinal nematode in three feeding systems in Northern China by using powder drug with nematophagous fungi

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of the powdered formulation with the nematophagous fungi Duddingtonia flagrans against gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep under three feeding systems in Northern China. Each animal in the treatment group received approximately 5×105 spores/kg live weight at twice a week for 6 months. The control group received an equal amount of feeds without fungus. In the grazing system, two herds were selected in the Tongyu County in Northeast China. Among them, 70 sheep as the treatment group and 100 sheep as the control group. These results revealed that fungal group showed a greater reduction in eggs per gram of feces (EPG), infective larvae (L3) per kilogram in pasture and larvae per gram of feces (LPG) after administration and lower parasitic load burden in the tracer lambs compared with the control group (p<0.05). In the semi-confinement system, 20, 15, and 15 sheep from three individual farmers were selected from Zhangye City of Northwestern China; 20 sheep as the control group and the remaining sheep as the treatment group. The fungal group showed a greater reduction in EPG after 150 and 180 days and LGP from 60~180 days after administration (p<0.05). In the confinement feeding system, 40 lambs were randomly divided into the treatment and control groups. The results showed that no differences in EPG and LGP were observed in the two groups (p>0.05). In conclusion, the powder was efficient in controlling sheep gastrointestinal helminths under three feeding systems in Northern China.
Transformational leadership and core self-evaluation: The roles of psychological well-being and supervisor-subordinate guanxi

Core self-evaluation (CSE) is malleable. However, little is known about leadership qualities for facilitating CSE. This study investigated the mediating role of psychological well-being (PWB) on the relationship between transformational leadership and CSE with supervisor-subordinate guanxi (SSG) or non-work social relationship qualities. A convenience sample of 406 employees (54.2% = female; mean age = 34.81 years, SD = 7.6 years) responded to questionnaires on demographic variables, transformational leadership, SSG, PWB, and CSE. Multiple regression and bootstrapping analyses showed transformational leadership to enhance both CSE and PWB. Further, PWB mediated the effect of transformational leadership on CSE. In addition, SSG positively moderated the direct effect of transformational leadership on PWB. SSG also positively moderated the indirect effect of transformational leadership on CSE via PWB. Our findings suggest transformational leadership and SSG are resources for employee well-being.
The larger the cause, the larger the effect: evidence of speed judgment biases in causal scenarios

ABSTRACT When two motions appear to be causally related, the spatiotemporal features of motions are sometimes distorted in order to increase the consistency with causal impressions. Here, in four experiments, we tested if varying the speed of an object A could affect the judged speed of an object B that appeared to be causally related to A. Participants were presented with classic launching stimuli (Experiment 1), a variant of launching stimuli in which A could move with uniformly accelerated or decelerated motion (Experiment 2), non-launching stimuli that elicited a causal impression (Experiment 3), and stimuli showing a three-object launching event (Experiment 4). Main results showed that the judged speed of B was systematically biased towards the speed of A, and moreover that the judged speed of B depended on the average speed of A, rather than on the speed of A at the moment of collision as it would be predicted by Newtonian mechanics. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that internal representations of causal events based on property transmission (for instance, impetus) can affect judgments of the low-level properties of causal scenarios.
Beneficial effects of Versazyme, a keratinase feed additive, on body weight, feed conversion and breast yield of broiler chickens

Abstract Versazyme (VZ) is a keratinase-based feed additive. Broiler diets were formulated with low (95%), medium (100%), or high (105%) CP and amino acid levels relative to US Poultry Industry Reporting Service averages (2003). In each diet, amino acid minimums were maintained relative to the percentage of CP. The protein levels were as follows: starter—21, 22, 23%; grower—19, 20, 21%; finisher—17, 18, 19%; and withdrawal—16, 17, 18%. Mixed sex broilers 0 to 48 d of age were fed the 3 protein levels with and without VZ (0.10%) in a 3 × 2 factorial experiment. Statistical main effects indicated 48-d BW was greater on the high protein diets (2.42 kg) compared with low protein (2.36 kg), with the medium protein diet being intermediate (2.40 kg). Overall, VZ significantly (P
Faba bean (Vicia faba minor)and pea seeds (Pisum sativum) as protein sources in lactating ewes’ diets.

Abstract 18 Massese lactating ewes, divided into 3 homogeneous groups for parity and milk yield, were used to evaluate the replacement effects of soybean meal by Faba bean (Vicia faba minor) and Pea (Pisum sativum) seeds. During a 70 days trial (beginning after weaning: 30±1.5 days after lambing) animals were fed three isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets. Each diet was characterised by the presence of only one protein feed. The diets consisted of alfalfa hay (1.1 kg/head/d) and a decreasing amount of mixed feed (from 1.1 to 0.7 kg/head/d) to fit animals’ requirements. Milk yield, milk chemical composition, animals live weight and BCS, health state and hematochemical parameters were regularly monitored. No diets palatability problems were detected. No significant differences resulted for live weight, BCS, milk yield and milk chemical composition, except for milk protein: higher for faba bean (6.54%) and soybean (6.39%) respect pea (5.66%) diets, P<0.05. No differences resulted for blood parameters too and no clinical signs of illness were observed. Therefore faba bean and pea seeds seem to be able to replace the soybean well.
Onttrekking en natuurlijke productie van schelpdieren in de Nederlandse Waddenzee in de periode 1976-1999

Onderzocht is in hoeverre de factoren die de draagkracht van het Waddenzee-ecosysteem voor schelpdieren bepalen onderhevig zijn aan lange-termijnveranderingen. Draagkracht is hierbij gedefinieerd als de maximale biomassa van schelpdieren die in de Waddenzee kan bestaan. Gebruik is gemaakt van het dynamische simulatiemodel EcoWasp; het systeemgedrag is doorgerekend voor de periode 1976-1999. Daarnaast is met behulp van een statistische toetsing de relatie tussen de conditie van schelpdieren en het gehalte aan chlorofyl onderzocht. Het onderzoek heeft zich beperkt tot de westelijke helft van de Nederlandse Waddenzee.
What are “opossum-like” fossils? The phylogeny of herpetotheriid and peradectid metatherians, based on new features from the petrosal anatomy

The phylogenetic relationships of “opossum-like” metatherians, Herpetotheriidae and Peradectidae, continue to be debated, and yet they are key taxa in the evolutionary history of the crown-group Marsupialia. With state-of-the-art technologies such as X-ray computed tomography (CT scanning), it is now possible to access the inner anatomy of the skull and particularly the ear region, which is more and more frequently used in phylogenetic analyses. Here we describe for the first time the petrosal and inner ear anatomy of the type species Peratherium elegans from the early Oligocene of Ronzon, together with Amphiperatherium elegans from the Eocene of the Montmartre Gypsum. A parsimony analysis of cranial (including petrosal), dental and postcranial characters in 25 metatherians (extant and fossil taxa including the four herpetotheriids studied herein) does not support inclusion of herpetotheriids or peradectids within Didelphimorphia. The results indicate the monophyly of Peratherium cuvieri, P. elegans and A. minutum, but the other herpetotheriid in the analysis, Herpetotherium cf. fugax, is more closely related to the crown-group clade Marsupialia. Peradectids and herpetotheriids, traditionally considered as “opossum-like”, are here found to be stem metatherians and stem marsupials, respectively. The hypothesis in favour of an ancient origin of opossums (Didelphidae) is therefore questioned.
Evaluation of Genetic Damage to Workers in a Nickel Smelting Industry

Objectives: Occupational exposure to nickel is affecting millions of employees around the world. Potential alterations in the genetic material of workers in the mining and processing of nickel, possibly resulting from exposure to nickel in the production process, were investigated. The study focused on assessing the percentage of induced micronuclei, as well as on changes in the various cell types of oral mucosa epithelium. Methods: The buccal micronucleus assay was employed to assess possible induced genetic alterations to production line workers in comparison to office employees of the same nickel mining and pyrometalurgic processing industry. Subjects were also compared with regard to their smoking habit. Results: Very low soluble nickel levels were measured in certain workplaces and only in one workplace insoluble nickel was above the acceptable level. Statistically significant micronuclei differences among smokers and non-smokers, in both study groups as well as in total, were observed (p less than 0.01). Production line workers appeared with statistically significant induced micronuclei compared to office employees. Non-smoker production line workers compared to non-smoker office employees revealed statistically significant induced micronuclei. Statistically significant cell lesions were detected between non-smokers and smokers among office employees and production line workers documenting Ni engagement in their induction. Conclusions: The observed frequencies of micronuclei and cell lesions in the oral mucosa of workers, in certain positions of the production line, in relation to their smoking habit document the synergistic effect of Ni and cigarette smoking as effectors in their induction.
Ecology of Heteropsylla cubana (Homoptera: Psyllidae): Psyllid Damage, Tree Phenology, Thermal Relations, and Parasitism in the Field

Abstract The fast-growing Central American tree Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit (Leguminosae: Mimosoidaeae) has been widely planted in the tropics since the 1970s for agro-forestry, reforestation, and fodder. Since the mid-1980s the tree has suffered serious damage throughout its exotic range from the psyllid Heteropsylla cubana Crawford, which is also native to Central America. This article summarizes field studies on the tree and the psyllid conducted at 2 sites in north Thailand: a cool highland and a warm valley site. In the highlands, mean psyllid densities per shoot were slightly higher, defoliation was greater, and dry matter production losses due to the psyllid were >3 times higher than those at the valley site (62.5 and 18.3% losses, respectively). Using field data, the lower thermal thresholds for tree growth and psyllid development were 11.2 and 9.6°C, respectively. Psyllid abundance was negatively correlated to temperature. When maximum temperatures exceeded 36°C, psyllid abundance fell dramatically, mortality increased, and body size decreased. These data suggest that the tree and the psyllid are climatically mismatched. H. cubana prefers new shoots, and population cycles were related to tree growth cycles. Finally, populations of the introduced parasitoid Psyllaephagus yaseeni Noyes (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), native coccinellids, and spiders showed little correlation to the psyllid population’s intrinsic rate of increase. Percentages of parasitism by P. yaseeni were low (mean = 1.2–1.9%, maximum = 6.0%) and no evidence of density dependent regulation was found.
Perception of the ternary arch-form in Western concert music: evidence from college music education

ABSTRACT This study focuses on listeners’ form perception as they encounter Western concert music. The general aim was to investigate college music students’ form perception as they listen to five long-range concert works of different styles, all analyzed by the author as having an overall ternary ABA’ arch-form. Five groups of college music students (N=126) listened respectively to five ternary arch-form compositions by Chopin, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Bartók and Schönberg. Each group was required to identify the musical form of one test-piece and convey responses both through written notes and self-invented notations. Significant differences were found between the five test-pieces in the percentage of participants who confirmed the ternary form analysis and participants who interpreted the form as binary. Also, significant differences were found in (i) five cue-parameters contributing to form detection: tempo, timbre, pitch, articulation and mood; (ii) in emotional and metaphoric responses evoked by the music; and (iii) in the use of colour in visual representations of musical form. A significant association between auditory/ternary perception and graphic/ternary designs was found in works by Chopin, Mussorgsky and Bartók. Results bear implications for the teaching and learning of structural listening in Western concert music.
The use of hollow-bearing trees retained in multi-aged regenerating production forest by the Tasmanian common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus)

Context Hollow-bearing trees are frequently retained in timber-production areas as part of measures to mitigate against the impacts of forest harvesting on fauna, yet few studies have investigated the effectiveness of such measures. Such studies are essential for adaptive forest management. Aims The main aim of the present study was to evaluate the use of hollow-bearing trees retained in harvested and unharvested forest as den sites by the Tasmanian common brushtail possum. In particular, we examined the distribution and types of hollow-bearing trees used as den sites and whether or not their use in harvested sites was influenced by time since harvest. Methods Thirty brushtail possums were radio-tracked to their day-time den sites between March 2007–July 2007 and July 2008–October 2008, at five dry Eucalyptus forest sites (three regenerating after partial harvest with hollow-bearing trees retained inside the coupe and two in relatively undisturbed forest) in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia. Key results The brushtail possums tracked in the study denned primarily in hollow-bearing trees at both the harvested and unharvested sites. At sites regenerating 8 and 10 years after harvest, most den site locations were in trees retained outside the harvest area, in large patches. In contrast, at the site regenerating 17 years after harvest, isolated trees and small patches within the harvested area were used. Conclusions Hollow-bearing trees retained within harvest areas do provide habitat for hollow-dependent fauna such as the common brushtail possum and enable recolonisation of harvested areas in the medium term. However, in the short term these trees may not be used and hollow-bearing trees retained in the surrounding landscape are important for providing refuge as the harvested area regenerates. Implications The retention of hollow-bearing trees in harvested areas may be an effective measure at enabling recolonisation of harvested areas once suitable habitat regenerates, but it is also important to ensure that large patches of mature forest (containing hollows) are retained in the surrounding landscape to ensure the persistence of hollow-using fauna.
Time to unconsciousness from sportive chokes in fully resisting highly trained combatants

ABSTRACT Sportive chokes are neck compression techniques applied with the goal of ending a fight by causing loss of consciousness (LOC) or voluntary submission prior to LOC. Time to LOC has been established in compliant volunteers but not in trained resisting opponents. The objective of this study was to determine the time to LOC following full establishment of chokes in trained resisting opponents. A secondary objective was to describe timing to LOC in separate choke categories. An internally validated panel of 17 sportive choking experts evaluated 89 choke sequences; 81 were included as chokes to LOC. Overall, chokes in our sample had a mean time from the establishment of a choke to LOC of 9.0 s [95% CI = 8.3, 9.9]. The choking categories of neck-only chokes and arm-in chokes were virtually identical to one another: neck-only M = 8.9 s [95% CI = 8.0–10.2]; arm-in M = 9.0 s [8.1–10.3]. These times to LOC correlate with previous studies using compliant volunteers.
University‐industry links and the determinants of their spatial scope: A study of the knowledge intensive business services sector

This paper examines the determinants of the spatial scope of collaborative linkages between knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) firms and universities in the UK. Drawing on data on knowledge transfer partnerships (KTPs), it is found that the geographic scope of these linkages is determined by a complex mix of the particular characteristics of firms and universities, as the well the location of the firms. In particular, proximity increases with the participation of smaller firms, and firms located within areas with higher densities of KIBS employment. In contrast, the participation of larger firms or a university with greater levels of research activity increases the geographic scope of a linkage.
A multi-level weighted transformation based neuro-fuzzy domain adaptation technique using stacked auto-encoder for land-cover classification

ABSTRACT In this manuscript, a neuro-fuzzy domain adaptation (DA) technique has been proposed for a multi-level incremental transformation of the source-target features to find an intermediate space with lesser cross-domain distribution difference at each level. In the present investigation, the unsupervised layers of a stacked auto-encoder are used for granular transformation of the weighted samples (or group of samples) at every level. Out of the three, the first two layers of the stack involve unsupervised weighted transformation of source-target samples without using any labelled information from the target domain. After that, a fuzzy membership-based transfer learning scheme has been used to capture the target-distinctive information thereby facilitating a selective transformation between matching source-target sample groups in the third level. Finally, more accurate class-label predictions for the unknown target samples are obtained using the labelled source samples in the transformed (source-target) feature space. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, experimentation has been carried out using samples collected from various multi-spectral satellite images captured over various source and target regions of India. The attained results show superior performance in target class prediction for the proposed DA scheme when compared to other state-of-the-art DA techniques for land-cover classification.
Effect of Spatial Resolution, Algorithm and Variable Set on the Estimated Distribution of a Mammal of Concern: The Squirrel Sciurus aberti

ABSTRACT Most potential habitat models have been built from WorldClim using low resolution variables, even for areas of high heterogeneity with few weather stations. The resulting models can be too general and lead to erroneous decisions when used for conservation purposes. Sciurus aberti is a tree squirrel inhabiting highlands in the SW US and the Sierra Madre Occidental (SMO) in Mexico, where it is considered a species of low concern. We examined the effect of resolution, variables, and algorithms on the predicted potential habitat of S. aberti in Mexico and compared the resulting models against a previous one created from WorldClim variables using GARP (Genetic Algorithm for Rule Set Production). Our best model, using Maxent, 30 m spatial resolution and topographic variables, predicted a fragmented distribution in pine and pine–oak forests, consistent with what is known about the species' natural history. The area represented only 2% of the SMO (compared to 28% for the GARP model), of which only 0.33% lies within protected areas. The model suggests that the habitat is highly fragmented, which threatens population continuity. Therefore, we propose that the conservation status of Sciurus aberti must be reassessed and that forest management better consider the conservation of arboreal species.
A preliminary assessment of coastal GI’s role during Hurricane Sandy: a case study of three communities

ABSTRACT New York City’s coastlines are a mosaic of natural and man-made habitats intermixed with housing and industry, all of which are extremely vulnerable to flooding, storm surge, and damaging wave action. Risks are projected to increase over time as sea levels rise, population grows, and the frequency and severity of extreme events increase. This paper investigates the potential role of green infrastructure (GI) as a risk reduction measure, using Hurricane Sandy as a case study. Specifically, this research examines whether the type, size, and configuration of GI played a role in determining the odds of building damages. Results suggest that proximity to different GI types did affect the odds of damage, both positively and negatively, and that the impacts of both small-scale and large-scale natural features varied geographically. Results suggest that nature-based solutions to coastal flooding must be tailored to specific local conditions in order to be effective.