Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
METHODS OF DRYING OF TOMATO SLICES AND THE EFFECT OF THE USING OF ITS POWDER ON THE PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF EXTRUDED SNACKS

In this study, tomato samples were subjected to different pre-treatments (0.2 % sodium meta bisulphate (Na2S2O5), 1 % calcium chloride (CaCl2)and steam blanching. Untreated samples served as control. After pretreatment, tomato slices were subjected to three different drying methods (oven air, solar and microwave / hot air) and milled in grinder to powder. Tomato powder had been packed in multilayer films consists of low density polyethylene, aluminum and Polyester. Physical properties and bioactive compounds (total phenolic compounds, total flavonoids, β- carotene, lycopene, and ascorbic acid) of tomato powder were studied. The powder produced was used in functional food (extruded snacks). Dried tomato powder was added to corn grits flour at levels of 3 and 6% and extruded in a single screw extruder to produce healthy extrudes. Sensory characteristics and physical properties of snacks were evaluated. The studied parameter (moisture, total phenolic, total flavonoids lycopene and β-carotene) were significantly (p ≤ 0.05) affected by different pretreatments processes and drying methods. The results showed that solar drying had negative effect of all characteristics of tomato slices and the color was dark. The sensory analysis findings showed that, extrudes contain 3 and 6% tomato powder (dried by oven and microwave/hot air) had significant higher color and taste scores. Adding tomato powder at level 6% led to increment in scores of crispness, flavor and overall acceptability.
Fintech in the eyes of Millennials and Generation Z (the financial behavior and Fintech perception)

This study investigates the Millennials and Gen Z perception toward Fintech services, their usage intention, and their financial behavior. The study took place in the Palestinian context with a global comparison among these generations. The authors used the questionnaire-based technique to meet the study objective. West Bank respondents were selected for this purpose; the study instrument was distributed through different social media channels. The findings show that reliability/trust and ease of use are the main issues in using a financial service. Millennials are more aware (48%) of Fintech services than Gen Z (38%), which is different from the global view where Gen Z is the highest. The smartphone penetration rate is 100% among both generations, while the financial inclusion ratio in Palestine is around 36.4%; these clear indicators are the main Fintech drivers to promote Fintech services in Palestine, and these are global indicators for Fintech adoption intention. Both generations (84%) intend to use e-wallet services, Millennials (87%) and Gen Z is (70%) prefer using real-time services. Half of the respondents see that Fintech plays a complementary role with banks. The majority see that Fintech services are cheaper than bank services. Wealth management, and robot advisor services, and both generations are looking to acquire them in the long run. The authors revealed that 85% of respondents from both generations trust banks, so it is recommended that banks digitize their financial services to meet the customers’ needs, considering that 90% of respondents see that promotions are a key issue in adopting Fintech services. Promoting e-wallet services by banks is highly recommended due to the massive rivalry with Fintech parties.
Student Motivation and Assessment of Applied Skills in an Equine Studies Program

Student motivation is a universal teaching challenge. A holistic approach to assessment was developed for cognitive and psychomotor tasks in equine studies. First-year students (n=55) were either randomly provided (PR) or not provided (NP) a rubric 3 weeks prior to skills testing. The PR students earned lower total scores (p < 0.05) than NP students (12.8 and 17.1 ± 5.3, respectively). In individual categories, PR and NP students had similar (p > 0.05) pass superior scores. Third-year students (n = 7) self-rated task performance using an affective rubric and reflection exercises. Although the original goal was to promote standardization of hands-on skills, these data indicate that students are more goal-oriented than process-oriented; furthermore, use of affective rubrics for self-assessment promoted a learner-centered approach to motivation.
UAV IMAGES AND DEEP-LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR DETECTING FLAVESCENCE DOREE DISEASE IN GRAPEVINE ORCHARDS

Abstract. One of the major challenges in precision viticulture in Europe is the detection and mapping of flavescence doree (FD) grapevine disease to monitor and contain its spread. The lack of effective cures and the need for sustainable preventive measures are nowadays crucial issues. Insecticides and the plants uprooting are commonly employed to withhold disease infection, even if these solutions imply serious economic consequences and a strong environmental impact. The development of a rapid strategy to identify the disease is required to cover large portions of the crop and thus to limit damages in a time-effective way. This paper investigates the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), a cost-effective approach to early detection of diseased areas. We address this task with an object detection deep network, Faster R-CNN, instead of a traditional pixel-wise classifier. This work tests Faster R-CNN performance on this specific application through a comparative analysis with a pixel-wise classification algorithm (Random Forest). To take advantage of the full image resolution, the experimental analysis is performed using the original UAV imagery acquired in real conditions (instead of the derived orthomosaic). The first result of this paper is the definition of a new dataset for FD disease identification by UAV original imagery at the canopy scale. Moreover, we demonstrate the feasibility of applying Faster-R-CNN as a quasi-real-time alternative solution to semantic segmentation. The trained Faster-R-CNN achieved an average precision of 82% on the test set.
Sampling Problems with Tsetse Flies (Diptera: Glossinidae)

(1) Studies were made of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. and G. pallidipes Aust. captured from (a) stationary sources of ox odour (electric trapping); (b) natural refuges and branch resting places (hand-net catching); (c) artificial refuges (curtain trapping): (d) a mobile ox (hand-net); and (e) mobile screens (electric and hand-net). (2) Temperature, time of day, type of refuge, and site affected the magnitude or composition of some of the catches, but generally the odour sources and refuges gave samples which roughly represented the sex and species composition of the wild populations, whereas mobile baits gave catches with low proportions of females and relatively few G. pallidipes. (3) Refuges collected samples with a wide range of nutritional states, but electrocuting grids used in conjunction with odour sources caught samples which were in a late stage of the hunger cycle. All mobile baits collected few flies which had fed recently, but the balance between flies in intermediate, late and very late stages of the hunger cycle varied according to bait or catching method. (4) The convenience of odour-baited traps and their ability to produce large samples with representative sex and species composition indicated their value for ecological studies.
Influence of Circulation Fans on the Distribution of Air Temperature and Air Velocity in a Greenhouse

This paper shows how airflow and air temperature distribution in a greenhouse are influenced by the number and position of circulation fans. As a first measure, the influence of air movement produced by a circulation fan on the distribution of airflow was examined in greenhouses with no plants and tomato plants at the harvest stage of development. The air velocity measured at 2 m from the center of the fan was 6.04 m s-1 in an empty greenhouse. In general, the air velocity decreased with an increase in distance from the fan. The air velocity measured at 22 m from the fan was 0.33 m s-1 in the empty greenhouse. Moreover, the fully developed tomato plants caused a large decrease in air velocity, for example the air velocity measured at 22 m from the fan was 0.04 m s-1. As a second measure, the influence of different combinations of fan positions and numbers of fans was investigated in a greenhouse with fully developed tomato plants. At the top of the tomato canopy, the air velocity increased with an increase in the number of fans. However, the air velocity decreased at the bottom of the tomato canopy. These results indicate a gradual decrease in airflow on the leeward side caused a non-uniform air temperature distribution in the greenhouse. On the other hand, when the fans were set at 5, 10 and 15 per 1000 m2, the measured average air velocities were 0.24, 0.36 and 0.44 m s-1, respectively. Therefore, we conclude that 10-15 fans per 1000 m2 are necessary to produce an average air velocity of 0.3 m s-1, when a fully developed crop is in the greenhouse.
The systematic significance of seed morphology in Stenocereus (Cactaceae)

Seed morphology of 24 species of Stenocereus was examined by scanning electron microscopy. Quantitative and qualitative features were evaluated to identify groups of species using a phenetic analysis. Two groups were distinguished based on morphological variations of seed size, luster, multicellular sculpture, keeling, cell-size, periclinal wall sculpture, microrelief and HM complex shape and position relative to rim. All species studied were keeled, with isodiametric cells in the lateral region. Stenocereus alamosensis, S. kerberi and S. beneckei are unique among Stenocereus species in that their seeds are flat but lack micro-relief. Stenocereus aragonii and S. eichlamii have large, glossy seeds lacking micro-relief unlike other Stenocereus species, but like most Pachycereus, are unique in that cells in the lateral region display partly convex, low domes. Quantitative and qualitative congruence and discordance among characters that determine species groups in Stenocereus are discussed.
Punitive Violence against Children: A Psychoeducational Parenting Program to Reduce Harsh Disciplining Practices and Child Beating in the Home

Abstract. While parental harsh disciplining of children is a global concern, children living in Nigeria often experience particularly high levels of harsh discipline. Constrained by the lack of parenting skills to eﬀectively manage children, most Nigerian parents rely too heavily on the use of violent methods in the disciplining of their children, which poses a huge threat to their well-being and development. Given the high levels of harsh parenting and the lack of understanding of its harms, we set out to develop a program of intervention called Psychoeducational parenting program to prevent violence against children (PEPVAC), guided by psychological principles of social learning theory, to help parents reverse the trend. We tested the eﬀectiveness of the program using a quasi-experimental design with questionnaire and observation as data collection tools. Participants were 300 parents of children age 3-12 years, who endorsed using harsh discipline. Parents (n = 150) who received the 8-week intervention were compared with parents in the control group (n = 150). A mixed-model ANOVA revealed that the PEPVAC parents demonstrated a reduced use of harsh disciplinary tactics and a decreased incidence of parents beating their children compared to parents in the control group who continued with business-as-usual. Findings suggest that PEPVAC can be a useful intervention tool in the prevention of punitive violence against children, especially in a culturally-oriented country like Nigeria with over 91 million population of children who are at risk of disciplinary violence in the home.
The Effect of Religiosity on Poor Adult Woman’s Meaningfulness of Life

Having a meaningful life is a part of a happy, vigorous, anxiety-free life. Various factors, such as poverty and religiosity, may affect an individual's meaningfulness of life. Grounded from the phenomenon, the present study aims to find out the effect of poor adult women’s religiosity on the meaningfulness of life. The samples of the study were 123 women who were selected using cluster random sampling. The selected samples were women who met the criteria of “poor” according to the National Family Planning Coordination Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BKKBN RI), which is categorized as prosperous family 1. This study used meaningfulness of life scale and religiosity scale authors had developed. The data were analyzed using simple linear regression. The result showed that religiosity significantly affects the meaningfulness of life (F=55.659, p<0.005), meaning that the higher the religiosity, the higher the meaningfulness of life. The result of the study may provide a depiction of the effect of poor adult woman’s religiosity on the meaningfulness of life, which can be used as a reference for the government or community observer on how to make a meaningful life by strengthening the religiosity.
Differential expression of miR-1297, miR-3191-5p, miR-4435, and miR-4465 in malignant and benign breast tumors

Objective(s): MicroRNAs (miRs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs which are associated with tumor growth and progression. In the present study, we assessed the expression of selected miRs in malignant, benign, and adjacent normal breast tissues. Materials and Methods: The expression of miR-1297, miR-3191-5P, miR-4435, and miR-4465 were evaluated in malignant (n=50), benign (n=35), and adjacent normal breast tissues (n=20) using qRT-PCR. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) were generated for evaluating the diagnostic values of miRs. To evaluate diagnostic efficacy, miRs-based score was obtained using the logistic regression model. Results: Among malignant tumors, the expression of miR-1297, miR-3191-5p, and miR-4435 was significantly lower (P=0.024, P<0.001 and P=0.031), respectively. The expression of miR-4465 was higher (P=0.023) than that of normal tissue. The expression of these miRs was lower than those of benign tumors (P<0.01, P<0.001, P<0.0001, and P<0.01, respectively). We observed a positive correlation between miR-4465 expression levels and tumor stage (P=0.042) and a negative correlation with grade and Ki-67 score (P<0.05). The AUCs for miR-1297, miR-3191-5p, miR-4435, and miR-4465 in malignant tumors versus normal tissues were 0.784, 0.700, 0.976, and 0.865 and versus benign tumors they were 0.938, 0.857, 0.981, and 0.785, respectively. The optimal logit(P) value of 0.262 distinguished malignant from normal subjects with a sensitivity of 0.91, specificity of 0.85, and an overall accuracy of 0.89. Conclusion: The panel of these miRs are suggested as possible onco-miRs(miR-4465) or tumor suppressor-miRs (miR-3191-5P, miR-1297, miR-4435). Overall, our results indicated that these miRs could be introduced as diagnostic biomarkers in breast cancer patients.
To What Extent Does the Open Access Status of Articles Predict Their Social Media Visibility? A Case Study of Life Sciences and Biomedicine

This study aimed to determine whether, and to what extent, the OA status and OA type of articles can predict their social media visibility, when controlling for a considerable number of important factors. Those factors, which previous research confirmed their positive association with altmetric counts, were journal impact, individual collaboration, research funding, number of MESH topics, topic, international collaboration, lay summary, being a mega journal, F1000 Score, and gender of first and last authors. The data for this study comprised 83,444 articles and reviews in the research area of Life Sciences and Biomedicine from 2012–2016, retrieved from Medline in November 2018. The results showed that the percentage of OA articles mentioned on altmetric platforms was significantly higher than those of the non-OA articles. Furthermore, Open Access was significantly associated with a higher probability of a paper being mentioned on the studied social media platforms. Compared to non-OA articles, the OA articles had a higher average of tweets, Facebooks posts, news posts, and blog posts. By increase of a unit in the OA status, the average number of tweets, Facebooks posts, news posts, and blog posts increased by 92.7%, 25.7%, 83.9% and 48.4%, respectively. Regarding the OA types (studied as Gold vs non-Gold), our findings showed that the Gold OA articles had a higher average number of Tweets and a higher probability of being mentioned in tweets and blogs.
Talent development practices and work engagement of in-service teachers at a private university in Western Uganda

Work engagement is the positive fulfilling work-related state of mind that is characterised by vigour, dedication and absorption. This study investigated factors that promote work engagement of teachers in schools looking at talent management practices. The talent management practices considered were performance appraisal, training and promotion. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between talent development practices and work engagement of in-service primary teachers at a private university in Western Uganda. In particular, the study sought to establish the relationship between performance appraisal, training, promotion and work engagement of in-service teachers. The study adopted a correlational research design to carry out the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 120 in-service teachers. The study findings revealed that for work engagement aspects, employee vigour and dedication of in-service teachers were high whereas absorption was moderate. With respect to talent management practices, performance appraisal and training were high but promotion was moderate. Regression analysis revealed that performance appraisal, training and promotion had positive and significant relationships with work engagement. It was concluded that performance appraisal, training and promotion are important for work engagement of teachers. Therefore, it was recommended that practitioners and head teachers ensure that the performance appraisal requirement is implemented effectively. Practitioners and head teachers should also ensure that teachers are offered regular training and are encouraged to go for further studies. Additionally, practitioners should implement a transparent promotion process that is regular. Keyword: Work engagement, in-service teachers, performance appraisal, promotion, training.
Incidences and Management of Ulcerative enteritis in two Japanese quail Farms of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India

A quail farm at Dharkavalasai had two times of disease occurrence during October 2018 and November 2018 with 38% and 61.3% mortality respectively. A farm maintained at Kalugoorani had experienced the same disease condition during December 2018 with 80% mortality. All the affected flocks of Japanese quails were maintained under deep litter system. The birds at the age group of 9 to 12 weeks suffered much and the birds at laying stage showed higher mortality. The symptoms noticed were droopiness, ruffled feathers, weakness, in appetence, soiled vent with greenish white watery diarrhoea in both the farms. On necropsy the bodily condition was thin, body cavity contained little amount of serosanguineous clear fluid. Intestine was ballooned with congestion of serosal vessels. Intestinal mucosa was found to be eroded and the lumen contained mucosanguineous material mixed with desquamated materials. The intestinal wall was very thin. In some cases the liver and spleen were congested and enlarged. Cultural examination of intestinal contents showed black coloured colonies suggestive of Clostridium colinum infection. Direct microscopic examination of the intestinal content showed no oocysts /schizonts of coccidial organism. Therapeutic management of the condition in the farm at Dharkavalasai, with 2.5g of Tetracyclin powder (Tetracyclin Hydrochloride, Intervet®) in 1litre of drinking water for 5 days did not yield encouraging response. Megadox-N (Doxycycline with Neomycin water soluble powder) @ 1 gm in 5 litres of water for 5 days showed a slight improvement in controlling the mortality. However the problems were found to relapse. The treatment with LINCO-N (Lincomycin Hcl with Neomycin Powder) in feed @ 250 gm/ metric ton of feed for a continuous period of 1 week could completely stop the mortality. Hence, the second incidence at Kalugoorani was also treated with LINCO-N in the same dose rate and succeeded. In the adoptive period it was advised to treat the flocks with Ethnoveterinary medicinal preparations and insisted to follow strict bio-safety measures.
Variation of GPS- Tec Measurements of the Year 2014: A Comparative Study with IRI - 2016 Model

Total Electron Content (TEC) measured from Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers at latitude of 29.17°N and longitude of 80.62°E in Bardiya and TEC derived from IRI2016 model is compared for the year 2014, which is geomagnetically active year. To find out the reliability of IRI-2016 model, comparative study of GPSTEC and IRITEC is very helpful for the study of TEC variations. In this work diurnal, day to day, month to month and seasonal variations of GPSTEC and IRITEC are analyzed. The comparative study shows that the highest value of VTEC (53 TECU) is found on the day of 61 and over estimation of IRI-TEC over GPS TEC were found from day 151 to day 258. Similarly, months of March and December are the highest and lowest values of VTEC obtained respectively. For monthly variation, IRI-TEC is followed by the pattern of variation with GPSTEC, where peak value is found to be around 0800 UT to 1100 UT (0145 LT to 0445 LT). The higher values of both GPSTEC and IRI TEC have been found in spring season, while the lower values are in winter season in case of IRI TEC and partially in summer (before 1000 UT) and winter (after 10UT) in case of GPS TEC. The maximum difference between the value of IRI modeled TEC and GPS TEC has been found to be around 15 TECU, whereas the minimum value is almost around 1 TECU. The correlation between IRI2016 modeled TEC and GPSTEC has been found to be positive (0.57) showing good matching on variations of GPS TEC and IRI-model results.
Performance of Male Camel Calves Fed on Pelleted Rations with Two Levels of Protein

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of feeding two types of complete feed pelleted diets containing two levels of protein on nutrient utilization, growth performance and blood profile of male camel calves for 165 days. Nine healthy male camel calves (age 3.5 years; 430 kg BW) of Bikaner/Kutchchi breeds were randomly allotted to 2 groups, 5 calves in group P1 fed 8.34% CP pellets and 4 in group P2 which were fed 10.40% CP pellets but similar level of total digestible nutrients (65%). The growth rate, feed conversion ratio, digestibility of nutrients (DM, OM, CP, EE, CF, NDF and ADF), DM intake and TDN intake were similar in both the groups. However, DCP intake (g/kg W0.75) was higher (P<0.05) in group P2 (4.78) as compared to that in group P1 (3.67). The levels of blood glucose, total protein, albumin, triglycerides, cholesterol and creatinine in two groups showed no difference whereas concentration of serum urea, calcium and phosphorus was higher (P<0.05) in group P2 as compared to P1. It was concluded that camel calves can be successfully reared on pelleted diet containing 8.34% CP and 65.01% TDN with 50: 50 roughage to concentrate ratio.