Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gastrointestinal Helminths Of Cat (Felis catus) In Kashmir Valley, India.

Coprological analysis was conduction during February, 2017 to January, 2019 to evaluate the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in stray cats of Kashmir valley, India. Fecal floatation and sedimentation technique revealed helminths in 349 scats out of 887 scats, with an overall prevalence of 39.43%. The study revealed four species of helminths in scats. Cats harboring one helminth were (6.31%), those harboring two were common (19.16%), than three (13.30%) or four (0.5%). The helminths observed and their respective frequencies detected were: Toxocara cati (26.49%), Dipylidium caninum (19.39%), Spirometra spp. (18.15%) and Taenia spp. (22.50%). Toxocara cati, a nematode with great zoonotic significance, was most common helminth found in scats of cat during the study. We observed significant seasonal variation (p<0.05) of prevalence in the gastrointestinal helminths, with high prevalence during summer followed by autumn, spring and least in winter. The high prevalence of zoonotic helminth species in stray cats in the Kashmir valley indicates that the risk of zoonotic infection may be high. This study will help veterinarians to plan preventative and diagnostic strategies with regard to pet animal intestinal parasites.
Can We Improve Emotional Skills in Older Adults? Emotional Intelligence, Life Satisfaction, and Resilience

Emotional intelligence has been shown to be a relevant resource associated with better personal and social adaptation. In older adults, it has been associated with constructs such as life satisfaction and resilience, which are of interest in the field of gerontology because of their impact during the aging process. The objective of this study is to test an intervention based on emotional intelligence in order to find out whether the levels of these abilities improve, and whether the intervention has an effect on resilience and life satisfaction. The sample was composed of 125 healthy older adults (treatment, n = 57 and control, n = 68). The variables studied were homogeneous between groups. These variables were evaluated using the TMMS-24, SWLS, and BRCS self-report tests. The results showed significant effects of the intervention on the treatment group. Attention levels decreased significantly, whereas clarity and repair increased. In addition, the average scores on resilience and life satisfaction increased. An emotional intelligence-based intervention improves skills of older adults in its three dimensions. In addition, after the intervention, there is an increase in life satisfaction and resilience. Emotional intelligence skills are considered to generate positive, cognitive and behavioral outcomes for adaptation during aging. Thus interventions of this type could contribute to the quality of life of older adults, a topic of great relevance today due to increased longevity.
Opportunities for the Implementation of School-Based Management in the Eastern Area of Indonesia

This study aims to know the implementation of school-based management in the eastern area of Indonesia. The researched areas consist of 10 provinces and 35 respondents (the principals of primary schools). The research sample was determined by using a stratified random sampling technique with representatives from regencies/cities in each province in the eastern area of Indonesia. The data analysis was done descriptively through collecting, arranging, organising, synthesising, presenting and analysing the numerical data. The research results showed that the most compelling indicators of the opportunity to implement school-based management in the eastern area of Indonesia are policy type, policy impact, transparency, task division, policy substance, school independence, the improvement of school quality, policy scope, policy implementation and teacher guiding. The indicators that should be improved are planning, program evaluation, reporting, time suitability, time benefits, utilisation, organising, procurement, people’s participation, decision making, accountability and teacher quality. The indicators that should be restored due to their low quality are the assessment of teachers’ performance, supervision, the number of teachers, time efficiency, cost efficiency, time allocation, cost sources, cost types and cost-effectiveness.
Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Moroccan Meseta: From Late Devonian Forearc Sedimentation to Early Carboniferous Collision of an Avalonian Promontory

The deformed Paleozoic succession of the Eastern Moroccan Meseta crops out in relatively small and isolated inliers surrounded by Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks. Two of the largest inliers (Mekkam and Debdou) are characterized by a monotonous succession of slates and greywackes affected by polyphasic folding that occurred at low‐ to very low grade metamorphic conditions. New U‐Pb ages on detrital zircon grains from the Debdou‐Mekkam metasediments constrain the maximal depositional age as Late Devonian, interpreted to be close to the true sedimentation age. Furthermore, the εHf values of the Devonian detrital zircons, together with the presence of a series of scattered zircon grains with ages between c. 0.9 and c. 1.9 Ga, suggest provenance from a subduction‐related magmatic arc located on the Avalonian margin. The Debdou‐Mekkam massif is characterized by an Early Carboniferous first deformational event (D1), which gave way to a pervasive cleavage (S1) associated with plurikilometric‐scale, tight to isoclinal, overturned to recumbent folds. Later events (Dc) occurred at Late Carboniferous time and generated variably developed crenulation cleavages (Sc) associated with variously oriented metric‐ to kilometric‐scale folds, which complicate the pattern of both D1 intersection lineations (L1) and axial traces. The restoration of this pronounced curved pattern yields originally SW‐NE‐oriented D1 fold axes with regional SE‐vergence. This important Early Carboniferous shortening and SE‐directed tectonic transport can be explained by closure of the Rheic Ocean and the first phases of the collision between the northern passive margin of Gondwana and an Avalonian promontory.
Measuring Edit Efficiency in the Economic Directorate of the U.S. Census Bureau 1

In 2006-2007, the Economic Directorate of the United States Census Bureau conducted a series of studies to assess processing procedures of several of its Economics surveys and censuses in the hope of targeting areas of improvement. A subgroup was assigned to focus specifically on editing and imputation procedures. This subgroup conducted an examination of these procedures in five separate economic programs, with the goal of identifying the size and timing of corrections as well as the sources of change (subject-matter analyst versus machine) to the edited data for each program (Shoemaker, 2006).
Uses And Gratifications In Developing User Satisfaction And Positive Electronic Word Of Mouth (Ewom) On Facebook: A Cross Cultural Study Between South Korea And Tanzania

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the role of the uses and gratifications in developing user satisfaction and hence enhance positive electronic word of mouth on Facebook with national culture as a moderator. Data was collected from an online and offline surveys from a total sample size of 285 respondents from both South Korea and Tanzania. The findings reveal that there is a significant difference in the user‘s motivation of joining and using social networking sites in the two countries. It is also found that culture is a very important antecedent of determining the user‘s gratification of social networking sites. This study offers a vital contribution to understanding the role of culture in SNS use. Index Terms : Uses and Gratification, Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM), Social Networking Sites, Culture ——————————  ——————————
Functional properties of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from colostrum drawn from Thai mothers

Colostrum from Thai mothers who went through vaginal delivery is an abundant source of antibacterial lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Twenty-two strains were isolated and selected according to the antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus TISTR 1466, Escherichia coli TISTR 780, Escherichia coli O157:H7 DMST 12743, Shigella sonnei, Shigella flexneri and Salmonella Typhimurium SA2093. Among the isolates, Enterococcus faecalis was a dominant species. It also exhibited essential probiotic characteristics such as excellent adhesion to mucin and high survival under gut stresses. In addition, the functional characteristic in terms of protein digestibility of colostrum-isolated E. faecalis M125 was observed through the hydrolysis of the major allergenic bovine milk proteins. This strain was susceptible to all tested antibiotics, and had no enterococcal virulence factor encoding genes. These results supported that colostrum is a crucial source of beneficial bacteria for infant. E. faecalis M125 poses to be useful as a potential probiotic candidate for the development of functional infant formula.
Finding magnitude and Identification of factors that are strongly linked with the rural poverty

INTRODUCTION Muhammad Mehboob Alam1 1Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Karachi. Emailmehboobkhan51@gmail.com. Poverty in Pakistan have diverse forms i.e. low income, low expenditure, no access to the resources, no access for any poverty alleviation program to thrive, the questions to be answered are: (i) what proportion of the people are poor? (ii) How far are the poor from the poverty line? (iii) What is the gap between the average poor and the core poor and (iv) what are the determinants of poverty in the given society? During the last few years there has been a lot of interest in the analysis and estimation of poverty in Pakistan. By examining the incidence (Head count index) , depth, severity, and linking them with the factors/correlates of poverty in Atthara Hazari Sub-district , this study will provide answers to the above questions in the context of Atthara Hazari (sub district of Jhang District), contribute to the existing body of knowledge and by implication fill a gap in the literature which is mostly linked with the rural areas of Pakistan and Asia. This study would also serve as a platform for people oriented policy for poverty alleviation in the sub district/district/province and also for state. This particular study is based on the primary data and data is collected through specifically designed questionnaire which was aadopted from the literature and in same questionnaire different amendments are made after considering the nature of the area and people (respondant). This sub-district has population of 523,226 people (approx.) and it is of 1650
Photophoretic spectroscopy in atmospheric chemistry – high sensitivity measurements of light absorption by a single particle

Light-absorbing organic atmospheric particles, termed brown carbon, undergo chemical and photochemical aging processes during their lifetime in the atmosphere. The role these particles play in the global radiative balance and in the climate system is still uncertain. To better quantify their radiative forcing due to aerosol–radiation interactions, we need to improve process-level understanding of aging processes, which lead to either “browning” or “bleaching” of organic aerosols. Currently available laboratory techniques aim to simulate atmospheric aerosol aging and measure the evolving light absorption, but they suffer from low sensitivity and precision. This study describes the use of electrodynamic balance photophoretic spectroscopy (EDB-PPS) for high-sensitivity and high-precision measurements of light absorption by a single particle. We demonstrate the retrieval of the time-evolving imaginary part of the refractive index for a single levitated particle in the range of 10−4 to 10−5 with uncertainties of less than 25 % and 60 %, respectively. The experimental system is housed within an environmental chamber, in which aging processes can be simulated in realistic atmospheric conditions and lifetimes of days to weeks. This high level of sensitivity enables future studies to explore the major processes responsible for formation and degradation of brown carbon aerosols.
The Efficacy of Bupivacaine vs Bupivacaine with Dexamethasone for Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block in Patients Undergoing UpperLimb Surgeries

Original Research Article Objective: Brachial plexus block using bupivacaine as compared to general anesthesia is regarded as a valuable alternative as it induces adequate muscle relaxation, excellent analgesia intra and post operatively. Dexamethasone was combined with bupivacaine to study its effects in terms of onset and duration of sensory and motor block after their administration in patients undergoing upper limb surgeries by implementing the supraclavicular block. Materials and methods: Brachial plexus block is a viable alternative to general anesthesia as it provides adequate muscle relaxation, excellent intraoperative and post-operative analgesia. Dexamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticoid was combined with local anesthetics to study the effects. This study was conducted to compare the onset and duration of sensory and motor block following administration of either bupivacaine and bupivacaine‐ Dexamethasone in patients undergoing upper limb surgeries under USG guided supraclavicular block. Materials and methods: 100 ASA II, III, IV patients between of 18 and 79 years who underwent elective upper limb surgeries randomly allocated into two groups of 50 each by a sealed envelope technique to receive 20 ml of 0.5% Bupivacaine and 2 ml of normal saline in Group BS and 20 ml of 0.5% Bupivacaine with 2ml (8mg) of Dexamethasone in Group BD. The onset and duration of sensory and motor blockade were observed between the two groups in addition to analgesic effect duration. Results: The onset of sensory and motor blockade was faster in Group BD when compared to Group BS (p<0.0001). The duration of sensory and motor blockade was longer in Group BD when compared to Group BS (p<0.0001). There were no significant hemodynamic changes in the study group. Conclusion: Dexamethasone when added to Bupivacaine in supraclavicular block shortens the onset time and prolongs the duration of sensory and motor blockade without any systemic side effects.
The effect of cognate status and proficiency on Voice Onset Time in first and second language

The aims of the present study were to find out whether there was an effect of cognate status on the first and second language Voice Onset Time production and whether there was a correlation between English language proficiency and this effect for Dutch-English bilinguals. The VOT values were gathered using a word naming task and proficiency scores were gathered using an online English LexTALE proficiency test (Lemhöfer & Broersma, 2011). The word naming task consisted of individual words, which were either cognates, non-cognates and filler items, which were read aloud by the participant. The experiment took place in a recording studio, where the pronunciation was recorded, and the recordings of the cognate and non-cognate words were analysed for their VOT values. The present study found that in the first language, Dutch, there is no significant effect of cognate status on the VOT production. In the second language, English, cognates showed a small numerical, but nonetheless also non-significant, decrease in VOT as compared to non-cognates. Finally, in neither Dutch nor in English there was a correlation between English language proficiency and the effects of cognate status. These results suggest a language-specific activation during production at a phonological level in both the first and the second level throughout all levels of proficiency. This information could be useful for the understanding of speech production processing and for language learning and teaching.
Physiologie et metabolisme de rhizopus en culture solide et submergee en relation avec la degradation d'amidon cru et la production d'acide l(+) lactique

Les champignons filamenteux appartenant au genre Rhizopus presentent un grand interet dans differents domaines de l'industrie des biotechnologies. Ce travail concerne l'etude de la physiologie, de la croissance de Rhizopus ainsi que, son metabolisme et sa production d'acide L (+) lactique, en milieu liquide et solide. Il a ete montre que la majorite des souches de Rhizopus tolerent bien des concentrations de 5 a 10% de CO2. Par contre, a partir de 16 a 20% de CO2 , un ralentissement de la vitesse de croissance est observe. Certaines souches peuvent se developper en anaerobiose. Le seigle s'est montre comme le meilleur substrat pour la production massive d'inoculum. La productivite maximale obtenue a ete de 4,8 x 108 sporangiospores / jour et par g de matiere seche. La culture de Rhizopus en milieu solide, sur granules de manioc, nous a montre la capaci¬te importante de certaines souches a degrader l'amidon cru du manioc. La regulation du metabolisme a travers du controle du pH et de l'aeration s'est revelee fondamentale pour la production d'acide L (+) lactique ou d'ethanol par Rhizopus. En aerobiose, dans un milieu tamponne avec CaCO3, le champignon produit en grande quantite de 1' acide L (+) lactique. Par contre, en anaerobiose, son metabolisme est dirige vers la production d'ethanol. L'etude comparative entre la production d'acide L (+) lactique en bioreacteurs (BIOLA¬F11-1'E 2L) et en milieu solide avec comme support la bagasse de canne a sucre a montre que: la concentration optimale de glucose en milieu liquide est de l'ordre de 120 g/l, par contre en milieu solide elle est de 180 g/l; la production maximale d'acide L (+) lactique en milieu liquide est de l'ordre de 94 g/l, par contre en milieu solide elle atteint a 137 g/l; la productivite en acide L (+) lactique en milieu liquide est de l'ordre de 1,38 g/l. H. , par contre en milieu solide elle est de 1,43 g/l. H; le rendement de la fermentation est de l'ordre de 77% soit en milieu solide, sait en milieu liquide. Ces resultats demontrent que la fermentation en milieu solide offre de nombreux avantages par rapport a la fermentation en milieu liquide. L'interet de la FS reside dans les faibles couts de l'operation, les faibles depenses d'energie et dans l'obtention de fortes concentrations d' acide. Son application semble donc interessante dans l'industrie pharmacologique, medicale et alimentaire.
Does School Management Make a Difference?

While implementation research has studied the behaviors of street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) extensively, we have very little knowledge about the role of managers in affecting SLB behaviors during implementation of policy reforms. This report examines the role of managers in the implementation of a major – but contested – public school reform in Denmark. Testing change management theory, we find substantial effects of managerial communication about the change on the implementation of the reform in teaching practices – this concerns both communication of visions and plans for implementation and conversations with employees individually about their future role. However, several other change management aspects have no effect or very slight effects on implementation. We also find substantial implementation effects of managers’ professional leadership when they are involved in teaching, i.e. when they observe classroom teaching, provide feedback and discuss methods. The study finds even stronger implementation effects of distributed leadership/professional learning communities of teachers. Finally, manager qualifications matter – not formal but informal qualifications, as perceived by teachers. The management practices that are close to teachers seem to have the strongest impact on their implementation practices. Whereas the study finds strong and robust impacts of some management practices on implementation of the reform, it does not find any certain effects on school performance in terms of pupil learning and well-being. It might be too early to identify such impacts. The study uses school fixed-effect analyses based on annual panel surveys of school managers and teachers in a sample of schools, combined with administrative registry data from 2014 to 2016.
Impact of triclosan an antimicrobial agent on haematological parameters of fresh water fish Labeo rohita

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products are emerging as class Ⅲ environmental pollutants. Among such pharmaceutical chemicals, Triclosan (TCS) is the most extensively used antibacterial agents, which inhibits the activity of bacteria, virus and fungi. From industrial effluents TCS reach aquatic ecosystem and accumulated in non- target aquatic organisms especially fish. Then, ultimately reach human beings through food chain. In the present study, toxic effect of triclosan on fresh water fish Labeo rohita was evaluated by estimating haematological parameters. Static bio- assay test was performed to determine the median lethal concentration (LC50) of TCS for 24hours, which was 0.9mg/L. Fish were exposed to sub-lethal concentration(0.09mg/L) for 15 days. At stipulated time (5th, 10th & 15th day) haematological parameters were estimated. When compare to control group, there was a significant(p < 0.05) decrease in Haemoglobin (Hb) content, Erythrocyte count (RBC), Haematocrit (HCT) and Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) in TCS exposed fish, which indicates the disruptive action of TCS on erythropoitic tissues, causing shrinkage in RBC cells and making the erythrocytes more brittle and porous. Whereas significant ((p < 0.05) increase in Leucocytes count (WBC), Mean Cell Haemoglobin (MCH) and Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) indicates the direct or indirect responses of structural damage in RBC membranes resulting in haemolysis. Bi-phasic response in WBC count may be due to stimulation in immune system in response to TCS, or hypoxia and gill damage due to accumulation of toxicant in gills, whereas at 15 th day WBC count was declined and the possible reason for such decline may be due to leucocytosis or non-specific decline in immunity (leucopenia) which are the characteristic response in animals exhibiting stress.
Use of Genotype by Yield*Trait (GYT) Analysis to Select Hard Red Spring Wheat with Elevated Performance for Agronomic and Disease Resistance Traits

Elevating resistance levels to bacterial leaf streak (BLS), caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens (Jones, Johnson, & Reddy) and Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe (telomorph Gibberella zeae (Schwein.) Petch) are major objectives of several hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.; HRSW) breeding programs situated in the northern Great Plains of the USA. High grain yield significantly contributes to the success of HRSW cultivars. Other traits, such as disease resistance, are most useful when accompanied by high grain yield in a single genotype. The genotype by yield-trait (GYT) analysis method aids in selecting genotypes with elevated performance levels for traits of consideration in the presence of high grain yield. Replicated yield trial data was subjected to GYT analysis to demonstrate its utility for selecting HRSW genotypes for use as parents and further consideration toward cultivar release. Genotype selections were identified based on overall performance while strong and weak characteristics were also investigated. Several genotypes were selected for potential use as parents while three were chosen for further cultivar release consideration. Performance levels associated with two of the three candidate cultivars were greater than average for all traits considered.