Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
What Drives the Nominal Yield Curve in Brazil?

This paper describes the dynamics of the level, slope and curvature of the Brazilian nominal yield curve using only observable macroeconomic indicators. The model is able to explain 94.5% of the variation in the yield curve. We find that the main drivers of the level factor is the Brazil risk premium (5-year CDS spread) and the unemployment rate. In turn, the slope steepens with increases either in the SELIC rate or in the spot exchange rate, and flattens with increases in unemployment rate and commodity returns. Lastly, the curvature increases with the unemployment, inflation and SELIC rates, but decreases with changes in the exchange rate.
Study on management of extra articular distal tibial metaphyseal fractures by intramedullary interlocking nailing

Background: Fractures of the tibia remain a controversial subject despite advances in both non-operative and operative care. The goal in expert care is to realign the fracture, realign limb length, and early functional recovery. To analyze the short-term results of intramedullary interlocking nailing in the management of extra-articular distal tibial metaphyseal fractures done. Methods : This is a prospective comparative on-randomized study of 28 patients with distal tibial metaphyseal fractures in govt. dist. headquarters hospital Nagapattinam with a follow-up ranging from September 2018 to january 2019 4 months. Injury With more than 3 weeks, nonunion, and patient with multiple injuries or a history of previous knee or ankle pathology were not included as were patients who sustained high energy axial load injury-causing disruption or impaction of the ankle plafond. Results: The average distance between the distal tip of the nail and the articular surface of the plafond was 12 mm (range, 4 to 15 mm). Fibular plating was done in 10 patients. Two distal locking bolts were used in 26 patients; 2 patients had three distal locking bolts. Conclusions: Intramedullary nailing is a safe and effective technique for the treatment of extra-articular distal metaphyseal tibial fractures if careful preoperative planning is allied with the meticulous surgical technique.
Are Indonesian Farmers a Good Manager? A study on Entrepreneurial and Marketing Orientation to Farm Business Performance in Indonesia

Farming is including a business entity because its activities include not only planting on land but also being able to maintain relationships that focus on business interests, such as increased sales and income. As the actor in the business, they are required to be able to have marketing and entrepreneurial skills so that their business performance can be sustainable. The purpose of the research is to understand the relationship between marketing and entrepreneurship to the farming performances, with organization innovation as intervening variables. It is quantitative research and has been conducted in Singosari sub district Malang, Indonesia. Analysis was done by SEM-PLS while 40 farmers were chosen purposively as respondent. The result shows that the Indonesian farmer has basic marketing and entrepreneurship orientation. Both of them has positive and highly significant with the value of 0,41 and 0,53 to farming performance. As an intervening variable, Organizational innovation has positively associated with farmer’s performance. Improving the human resources of farmers has been a very important aspect of sustainable business and human resources itself in Agriculture. An experienced and trained farmer will be able to keep working event in an unstable situation.
Experimental Study of Carbon Black and Diesel Engine Soot Oxidation Kinetics Using Thermogravimetric Analysis

Non-catalytic oxidation kinetics of diesel engine soot and more than a dozen commercial carbon black samples was investigated using non-isothermal and isothermal thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) experiments. The effect of various operating parameters, such as oxygen flow rate, initial sample mass, oxygen partial pressure, crucible type, and ramp rate, on the oxidation rate was investigated. Three types of TGA experiments (non-isothermal single-ramp rate, non-isothermal multiple-ramp rates, and isothermal) were conducted and analyzed to extract the kinetic parameters for oxidation. Activation energies for oxidation of carbon black samples ranged from 125 to 257 kJ/mol, whereas that for soot oxidation was ∼155 kJ/mol. Furthermore, oxidation rate trends were explained on the basis of structural characteristics, such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM)-based average particle size and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area. In general, a low particle size and high surface area were associated with a highe.
A Short Review of the Methods for Determining Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity and a Comparison of Large and Small-Scale In-Situ Methods

Saturated hydraulic conductivity (KS) can be determined with correlation or hydraulic methods. Hydraulic methods can be classified as laboratory and large-scale or small-scale in-situ methods. Auger-hole, inversed auger-hole and Guelph Permeameter are the most common small-scale in-situ methods. The KS determined by small-scale methods has high spatial variability, has different values in the horizontal and vertical directions, and varies in different depths. Large scale methods enter an extensive soil body into the measurement process to eliminate variation. This paper aimed to evaluate the conventional field methods of measuring KS using the drain outflow as the reference method and investigate the effect of initial soil moisture on KS’s measuring accuracy by the inversed auger-hole method. Experiments were conducted in two 10-hectare research fields in south Khuzestan. KS was measured by the inversed auger-hole method in barren, dry soil before constructing the irrigation and drainage network. After the construction, the KS was measured by drainage water outflow as a largescale method, as well as by auger-hole and inversed auger-hole methods in moist soil after several irrigations. The KS measured by conventional small-scale in-situ methods in Fields One and Two were respectively 42.5% and 62.9% lower than the drainage water outflow method. Considering the drain outflow as the reference method, there is no significant advantage between the auger-hole and inverse auger-hole methods. As in Field One, the values obtained from the auger-hole method were closer to the reference method, and in Field Two, the values obtained from the inversed auger-hole method were closer.
Wearable Bioimpedance Monitoring: Viewpoint for Application in Chronic Conditions

Currently, nearly 6 in 10 US adults are suffering from at least one chronic condition. Wearable technology could help in controlling the health care costs by remote monitoring and early detection of disease worsening. However, in recent years, there have been disappointments in wearable technology with respect to reliability, lack of feedback, or lack of user comfort. One of the promising sensor techniques for wearable monitoring of chronic disease is bioimpedance, which is a noninvasive, versatile sensing method that can be applied in different ways to extract a wide range of health care parameters. Due to the changes in impedance caused by either breathing or blood flow, time-varying signals such as respiration and cardiac output can be obtained with bioimpedance. A second application area is related to body composition and fluid status (eg, pulmonary congestion monitoring in patients with heart failure). Finally, bioimpedance can be used for continuous and real-time imaging (eg, during mechanical ventilation). In this viewpoint, we evaluate the use of wearable bioimpedance monitoring for application in chronic conditions, focusing on the current status, recent improvements, and challenges that still need to be tackled.
Application of Geographical Information System in Animal Disease Surveillance and Control: A Review

Animal disease patterns are changing because of climate change and there is a continuous occurrence of re-emerging and emerging types of diseases. So, new and modern tools are essential for monitoring and surveillance of these diseases. This review was done to give an insight on the applications of GIS in animal disease surveillance, reporting and control. Geographic information systems (GIS) provide the easy access, utilization and manipulation of geospatial information. The advantage of GIS is mapping the many different locations of farms and other facilities with animals on a single map which helps in better monitoring and surveillance. GIS also provides detailed information on disease forecasting, prediction of outbreaks, identification of disease clusters or hotspot, creation of buffer zones and to evaluate different strategies to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Moreover, it provides an ideal condition for the collection of disease related data and their analyses in relation to population distribution, surrounding social and health services and the natural environmental conditions. Keywords: Animal diseases; Control; GIS; Surveillance
Visual merchandising: A bibliometric analysis and future research proposals

Ricardo Limongi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3231-7515 Professor at Federal University of Goiás PhD in Business Administration from Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EAESP) ricardolimongi@ufg.br ABSTRACT This work aimed to investigate the studies on visual merchandising in theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects. Bibliometric research was carried out based on 35 articles published in journals. The analyzes present the number of articles per year, main journals, most cited references, most used keywords, in addition to the methodology, considering the approach, research method, data collection and analysis technique. It was possible to conclude that the theme is relatively new, justifying an opportunity for future research. In this sense, a research agenda is proposed with three possible paths to be followed by future studies, namely: studies with a qualitative approach, comparison between different countries and comparison between sectors and intersector.
THE CONSTITUTION OF A STOCK PORTFOLIO BY APPLYING A MULTICRITERIA DECISION AID APPROACH: THE CASE OF CASABLANCA STOCK EXCHANGE Par

The purpose of this paper is to apply multi-criteria decision aid to build an attractive stock portfolio of companies listed on the Casablanca stock exchange. The sample consists of annual observations of fifty-nine companies, observed over the period from 2010 to 2018. Thus, we used an outranking method ELECTRE IV, and we applied Mathematical Programming with Multiple Objectives (MPMO). That permitted the selection of the best-ranked shares on the basis of the chosen criteria, the determination of capital proportions to invest in each alternative, and the selection of more profitable, more liquid and less risky portfolios. The results obtained show the ranking average of fifty-nine stocks and the selection of only two portfolios P3 and P6 that allow the manager to maximize his satisfaction functions.
The Effect Of Lifestyle And Local Food On Selction Of Tourist Destinations In Malang City Through Eating Experience As A Mediation

Malang City is one of the tourist destinations in East Java, Indonesia which has a significant increase in tourist arrivals. The increase in tourist visits shows that the needs and desires of so-called tourist lifestyles are increasingly diverse. The local food of a tourist destination is one component that affects the quality of travel. Eating experience (eating experience) which is influenced by the lifestyle of tourists and local food is an important factor in the selection of tourist destinations. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of lifestyle and local food on the selection of tourist destinations in the city of Malang through eating experience. The method used in this research is Path Analysis. The results of the analysis show that eating experience is an intervening variable that can mediate lifestyle variables. Eating experience has the status as an intervening variable that can mediate local food variables on the selection of tourist destinations. This means that the selection of tourist destinations can be built if tourists have an appropriate lifestyle and culinary attractions have quality local food and are easily accessible. The development of marketing strategies, additional product innovations that exceed the expectations of tourists, the development of gastronomic culinary models that are adjusted to the times needs to be done to encourage the interest of tourists visiting Malang and referring others to travel to Malang.
Effect of precooling and storage temperature on physical parameters of Alphonso mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruits

Mango is considered as choicest fruit all over the world. Indian mangoes especially Alphonso, Kesar are having large demand worldwide because of their unique taste and flavour. Short period of season and less shelf life of mango are the major constraint in increasing the export market. For increasing shelf life and quality, treatment of precooling followed by cold storage is very much essential. It was observed by many of the farmers that mango showed chilling injury when stored below 12 C, hence performance of mango fruits at higher temperature ranges of precooling and cold storage need to be evaluated. Hence, the experiment was carried out at Post-harvest Technology Laboratory of College of Horticulture, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri during the year 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. The experiment was laid out in factorial completely randomized design (FCRD) with number of treatment combinations 16, replicated thrice, comprising four temperature ranges of precooling and storage temperatures: Ambient Temperature (Control), 16 ± 2 ̊C, 14 ± 2 ̊C, 12 ± 2 ̊C. Among sixteen precooling and storage temperature interactions, fruits stored and precooled at 12 ± 2 C scored highest weight, volume and lowest PLW of mango fruits followed by 14 ± 2 C at the end of the experiment at 35 DAS.
Effect of different level of organic manures and inorganic fertilizers on growth, yield and quality of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

The present experiment was carried out during November, 2019 to January, 2020 in Research Field, Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (RBD), with ten treatments replicated thrice with (FYM+Vermicompost+NPK) and variety on Hybrid palak. The treatments were T1 (RDF (NPK60:60:60 kg/ha) FYM (10 ton/ ha), T2 (NPK (45:45:45 kg/hac) + 2.5 ton FYM), T3 (NPK (45:45:45 kg/hac) +1.5 ton VC), T4 (NPK (45:45:45 kg/hac) + 1.5 ton FYM +0.75 VC), T5 (NPK (30:30:30 kg/hac) +5 ton FYM), T6 (NPK (30:30:30 kg/hac ) +2.5 tonVC), T7 (NPK (30:30:30 kg/hac) + 2.5 ton FYM +1.5 ton VC), T8 (NPK (15:15:15 kg/hac) +7.5 ton FYM) T9 (NPK (15:15:15 kg/hac) +3.5 ton VC) and T10 (NPK (15:15:15 kg/hac) + 4 ton FYM +2.25 ton VC). From the present investigation it is concluded that the treatment T5 (NPK (30:30:30) + 5 ton FYM) was best in growth, yield and quality parameters of Spinach, followed by treatment T6 (NPK (30:30:30) + 2.5 ton VC) and minimum growth, yield and quality was recorded in treatment T1 (NPK (60:60:60) + 10 ton FYM), in terms of economics treatment T5 was best with benefit cost ratio 2.43.
Development of vegetation based soil quality indices for mineralized terrane in arid and semi-arid regions

Soil quality indices (SQIs) are often management driven and attempt to describe key relationships between aboveand below-ground parameters. In terrestrial systems, indices that were initially developed and modified for agroecosystems have been applied to non-agricultural systems in increasing number. We develop an SQI in arid and semi-arid ecosystems of the Western US impacted by different types of geologic mineralization using the relationship between vegetation community parameters and soil abiotic and biotic properties. We analyze these relations in soils associated with three different mineralization types: podiform chromite, Cu/Mo porphyry, and acid-sulfate gold vein systems at four different sites in California and Nevada. Soil samples were collected from undisturbed soils in both mineralized and nearby unmineralized substrates as well as from waste rock and tailings. Aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP), canopy cover and shrub density were measured for the vegetative communities. Minimum data sets were developed based on correlations between the soil and vegetation parameters, refined using principal components analysis, scored using non-linear functions, and combined into an overall SQI. The indices are comprised of one or two microbial parameters and three to six abiotic parameters, the latter consisting of nutrients and metals. Given the preliminary development of this approach, the parameters and combinations to arrive at an SQI for a given site cannot at this time be correlated or compared with that of another site. This SQI approach provides a means of quantifying disturbed ecosystem recovery resulting from mining, and could be applied to other disturbances in a way that readily distills the information for potential use by land managers. However, severely disturbed areas with little to no aboveground biomass, such as unreclaimed tailings, have likely crossed an precl ecological threshold that
The spatial Lambda-Fleming–Viot process: An event-based construction and a lookdown representation

We construct a measure-valued equivalent to the spatialΛ-Fleming–Viot process (SLFV) introduced in (Banach Center Publ. 80 (2008) 121–144). In contrast with the construction carried out there, we fix the realization of the sequence of reproduction events and obtain a quenched evolution of the local genetic diversities. To this end, we use a particle representation which highlights the role of the genealogies in the attribution of types (or alleles) to the individuals of the population. This construction also enables us to clarify the state-space of the SLFV and to derive several path properties of the measure-valued process as well as of the labeled trees describing the genealogical relations between a sample of individuals. We complement it with a look-down construction which provides a particle system whose empirical distribution at time t , seen as a process in t , has the law of the quenched SLFV. In all these results, the facts that we work with a fixed configuration of events and that reproduction occurs only locally in space introduce serious technical issues that are overcome by controlling the number of events occurring and of particles present in a given area over macroscopic time intervals. Résumé. Nous construisons un processus à valeurs mesures équivalent au processus Λ-Fleming–Viot spatial (SLFV) introduit dans (Banach Center Publ. 80 (2008) 121–144). Contrairement à la construction effectuée dans (Banach Center Publ. 80 (2008) 121–144), nous fixons une réalisation de la suite d’événements de reproduction et obtenons une évolution quenched des diversités génétiques locales. Pour ce faire, nous utilisons une représentation particulaire qui met en avant le rôle des généalogies dans l’attribution des types (ou allèles) aux individus de la population. Cette construction nous permet également de clarifier l’espace d’états du SLFV et d’obtenir plusieurs propriétés trajectorielles du processus à valeurs mesures, ainsi que des arbres étiquetés qui décrivent les relations généalogiques liant un échantillon d’individus. Nous complétons ces résultats avec une construction lookdown fournissant un système de particules dont la mesure empirique au temps t , vue comme un processus en t , a même loi que le SLFV quenched. Dans tous ces résultats, le fait que nous travaillions à configuration d’événements fixée et que les reproductions ne se produisent que localement (en espace) introduisent de sérieuses difficultés techniques qui sont surmontées en contrôlant le nombre d’événements et de particules présentes dans une zone donnée de l’espace pendant un laps de temps macroscopique. MSC: Primary 60J25; 92D10; 60K37; secondary 60J75; 60F15
Decision to Incision for Surgical Emergencies: The Practice and Challenges in a Low-Income Setting

Prompt attention to surgical emergencies has always been the standard of care intended to improve outcome and forestall negative consequences. Patients feel dissatisfied when delay is encountered in the care of their love ones. The objectives of this study were to investigate the awareness, practice and challenges associated with response to emergency surgical conditions at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital during the study period (April 2020 to January 2021). A mixed-method prospective/cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out between the months of April 2020 and January 2021 in a multispecialty tertiary healthcare facility using a proforma (for prospective data collection) and semi-structured questionnaires. A total of 105 respondents were recruited in the questionnaire survey, and 86 surgical procedures were recorded in the study proforma. All the respondents (100%) asserted positively to awareness of medico-legal issues in surgical practice and 96 (91.4%) were also aware of violence against health workers following perceived injustice to patients. There was significant prolongation of surgical intervention time was occasioned by occurrence of patient-related and hospital-related factors. The findings from the questionnaire-based survey was to a large extent corroborated by the data obtained from direct observation of practical experiences at the point of duty using study proforma. Emergency response practice was hindered by the challenges encountered at the point of duty, despite the high awareness of the caregivers. Insurance coverage for surgical patients and reduction in hospital-related sources of delay will improve emergency surgical services.
Molecular epidemiology of helminth diseases of the humpback grouper, Cromileptes altivelis, as a pattern for mapping fish diseases in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia

Background and Aim: Neobenedenia girellae and Haliotrema epinepheli are important but neglected helminth parasites of marine fish. The humpback grouper, the most relevant definitive host, harbors several Neobenedenia and Haliotrema spp. simultaneously on body surfaces and gills. These species can be distinguished morphologically This study aimed to identify Neobenedenia and Haliotrema spp. infestations in monogenean humpback grouper by multiplex polymerase chain reaction method, which seems to be widely distributed in the study area. Data can be used as a basis for mapping disease patterns in Strait waters. Materials and Methods: Eighty humpback groupers (Cromileptes altivelis) were collected from eight different areas in the Sunda Strait and examined using scrapings from body surfaces and gill lamellae followed by multiplex PCR for identification. Results: Parasites on body surfaces were recovered from 49 fish (61.2%) and were found on gill lamellae in 72 fish (90%) by microscopic examination. Endoparasites were absent. Ectoparasites identified included, N. girellae, Neobenedenia melleni eggs, Neobenedenia pasifica, Neobenedenia longiprostata, Haliotrema eukurodai, H. kurodai, Haliotrema leporinus, Haliotrema dongshaense, Haliotrema angelopterum, Haliotrema aurigae, Haliotrema scyphovagina, and H. epinepheli. Conclusion: The distribution of trematode disease in humpback grouper in Sunda Strait waters was revealed. All parasites were from genera, Neobenedenia and Haliotrema. Risks associated with these parasites should not be overlooked. Prevention and control programs need to be extended to other marine fish. Humpback grouper should be dewormed more frequently.