Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Agronomic management for perennial redgram through irrigation and mulching.

Perennial redgram BSR 1 has a long duration of 180 days. It can be kept in fields for more than two years after ratooning. Being a new introduction, no work has so for been carried out to evaluate the irrigation requirement and mulching. Ram babu et al., (1999) reported that among three methods of irrigation scheduling viz., Blanney-criddle, pan evaporation and modified Penman methods in annual redgram crops, pan evaporation showed the least deviation. Venugopal and Rao (1999) also found that the seed and dry-matter yields of redgram were linearly associated with seasonal evapotranspiration. The practice of mulching has been proved to be effective in conserving the soil moisture and improving the yield in many crops. Deho et al. (2002) also claimed that the use of sugarcane trash as a mulch showed the highest cane yield. Therefore, the present study was carried out to assess the optimum irrigation regime and a suitable mulch for increasing the productivity of perennial redgram.
Effect of probiotics intake on constipation in children: an umbrella review

Based on existing systematic reviews and meta-analyse we conducted this comprehensive review to evaluate the quality, effectiveness, and bias of evidence regarding the relationship between probiotic intake and improved constipation outcomes in children. A total of nine meta-analyses and systematic reviews were extracted from 628 articles, summarizing seven effectiveness indicators and the incidence of adverse reactions in the treatment of constipation. According to the results, our study revealed that the intake of probiotics in children with FC significantly improved treatment success rate and defecation frequency, while decreased the recurrence rate of constipation. However, no significant association was detected between probiotics intake and frequency of abdominal pain, stool consistency, frequency of defecation pain, frequency of fecal incontinence of children with FC. The intake of probiotics did not increase the incidence of adverse reactions and demonstrated good safety.
Urban landscape survey in Italy and the Mediterranean

Field survey has been making a major contribution to our understanding of the rural landscapes of the Mediterranean for nearly forty years. During that time the techniques used to map ancient settlement patterns have grown in sophistication from being a process of simply identifying sites in the landscape, to one which provided nuanced understandings of their layouts, chronologies and contexts. This has led to a revolution in how archaeologists approach urban sites, with survey techniques being used increasingly often to generate a plan of a town site prior to excavation as a way of ensuring that the excavation can be used to address site-specific questions in a way that had not been possible before. Most recently, research has begun to reveal the advantages of integrating a range of different non-destructive techniques on urban sites. In combination with exciting new computer-based means of data visualization, all of this work means that it is now possible to virtually reconstruct a buried town within a relatively short space of time, as opposed to the old and destructive excavation-centered approach that could take generations. Unsurprisingly these advances are starting to make a very important understanding to urbanism in general and the Roman Empire in particular. Urban Landscape Survey in Italy and the Mediterranean builds upon all these new developments and is one of the first publications to focus exclusively upon the contribution of survey techniques to our understanding of ancient towns. It addresses methodology led enquiry into the nature of urban settlements primarily in Italy, but also in Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Portugal and Spain. The twenty-two papers from leading specialists in the field focus on two underlying themes. The first deals with the characterization of urban sites and draws upon a wide range of case studies. These range from key protohistoric centres in central and south Italy, to towns that epitomise the contradictions of cultural change under Rome, such as Paestum, Aquinum and Sagalassos, to Roman centres such as Teano, Suasa and Ammaia. The second theme is inter-urban relationships, looking in particular at wider urbanized landscapes in Italy. The fascinating selection of recent and on-going projects presented here significantly moves the limits of our current knowledge about ancient towns.
Impact of the Contamination Method on the Disinfection of N95 Respirators: Drops versus Aerosols

The recent surge in the use of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic triggered economic and environmental concerns with regards to their safe reuse and/or disposal. Their decontamination through ultraviolet (UV) irradiation has proven efficient in bench tests. Nevertheless, no study has yet investigated to what extent the decontamination method’s performance was impacted by the contamination method. In this study, Bacillus subtilis spores were inoculated in three suspensions used to contaminate coupons of FFRs via aerosols nebulisation or 2 µ L drops deposition. The contaminated coupons were then exposed to UV irradiation in a monochromatic UVC lamp collimated beam reactor. The results revealed that contamination and decontamination were more efficient for drops (maximum 0.72 log losses and 3 log inactivation at 150 mJ cm –2 ) than for aerosols (maximum 2.47 log losses and 1.75 log inactivation at 150 mJ cm –2 ). Inactivation was greater in coupons contaminated using artificial saliva, followed by phosphate buffer solution, and finally artificial saliva with mucin which also presented the highest fraction of resistant spores, based on kinetic modeling. Disinfection was determined sensitive to the method of contamination ( p < 0.001). However, the composition of the contaminating suspension was the most important performance predictor for decontamination by UV irradiation ( p = 9.2 × 10 –10 ).
The Impact of Corporate Governance and Liquidity on Financial Distress with Firm Size as Moderating Variable

This study aims to check whether corporate administration and liquidity to some degree, affected monetary pain, with firm size going about as a mediator between liquidity and monetary misery. Gender diversity, managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and independent commissioners were used to execute corporate governance in this study. This study's example incorporates 13 property and land organizations that were recorded on the Indonesia Stock Trade somewhere in the range of 2017 and 2021, with a sum of 65 observational data of interest. The logistic regression analytic technique and moderation regression were used in the inquiry. The findings emphasized the concurrent influence of liquidity and corporate governance on financial stress, whereby managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and independent commissioners positively influence financial distress. , In contrast, gender diversity and liquidity partially do not. Firm size has no effect on the relationship between liquidity and financial distress. Keywords—Corporate Governance; Financial Distress; Firm Size; Liquidity
The effect of COVID-19 on the mental health of the people in the Indian subcontinent: A scoping review

Indian subcontinent has high mental heath burden and low resources to cope the mental health challenges. Assessment of impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health would help to prioritize the resource allocations. We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of people in the Indian subcontinent. Following the PRISMA 2020 guideline, a scoping review was performed by systematically searching the PubMed, Scopus, and Embase databases to identify original studies that assessed mental health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian subcontinent. In this review, a total of 34 studies conducted between 2020 and 2022 were analyzed. The prevalence of anxiety disorders was found to range widely, from 2.5% in North Indian urban slum to 53% in Bangladesh and 21.7% in Pakistan. Similarly, the prevalence of depression varied widely, with rates ranging from 3.5% in North India to 29.8% in Pakistan. The prevalence of stress-related problems ranged from 18.3% in Pakistan to 59.7% in Bangladesh. Factors such as female gender, married status, healthcare workers, and mental illness were identified as important predictors of anxiety and depressive disorders. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in Indian subcontinent varies widely based on study population and methods. Therefore, a cautious interpretation is needed while generalizing the study results.
Imperial citizens: Koreans and race from Seoul to LA

Contents List of Illustrations xxx Note on Terminology xxx Acknowledgments xxx 1 Introduction: Imperial Racialization 1 2 Ethnonationality, "Race," and Color--The Foundation 000 3 Racialization in South Korea 1: Koreans and White America 000 4 Racialization in South Korea 2: Koreans and White-Black America 000 5 Navigating the Racial Terrain of LA and the USA 000 6 Korean Americans Walk the Line of Color and Citizenship 000 7 Visibly Foreign (and Invisible) Subjects: Battling Prejudice and Racism 000 8 Second-Generation "Foreign Model Minorities": Battling Prejudice and Racism 000 9 Transnational Feedback: Racial Lessons from Korean America 000 10 Postlude 000 Appendix 000 Notes 000 References 000 Index 000
A literature review of the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change on women's and men's assets and well-being in developing countries

Climate change increasingly affects the livelihoods of people, and poor people experience especially negative impacts given their lack of capacity to prepare for and cope with the effects of a changing climate. Among poor people, women and men may experience these impacts differently. This review presents and tests two hypotheses on the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change on women and men in developing countries. The first hypothesis is that climate-related events affect men’s and women’s well-being and assets differently. The second hypothesis is that climate-related shocks affect women more negatively than men. With limited evidence from developing countries, this review shows that climate change affects women’s and men’s assets and well-being differently in six impact areas: (i) impacts related to agricultural production, (ii) food security, (iii) health, (iv) water and energy resources, (v) climate-induced migration and conflict, and (vi) climaterelated natural disasters. In the literature reviewed, women seem to suffer more negative impacts of climate change in terms of their assets and well-being because of social and cultural norms regarding gender roles and their lack of access to and control of assets, although there are some exceptions. Empirical evidence in this area is limited, patchy, varied, and highly contextual in nature, which makes it difficult to draw strong conclusions. Findings here are indicative of the complexities in the field of gender and climate change, and signal that multidisciplinary research is needed to further enhance the knowledge base on the differential climate impacts on women’s and men’s assets and well-being in agricultural and rural settings, and to understand what mechanisms work best to help women and men in poor communities become more climate resilient.
In Vitro Characterization of an Anodized Surface of a Dental Implant Collar and Dental Abutment on Peri-Implant Cellular Response

The purpose of this paper was to determine the effect of anodization on the in vitro proliferation and adhesion of immortalized human keratinocytes (HaCats) and mouse bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) in Titanium Grade 23 (Ti6Al4V ELI) discs and to describe the surface topography, roughness, and composition of dental implants (body and collar) and abutments submitted to an area-specific anodization process. HaCat cells and BM-MSCs were seeded onto discs with three different surface treatments: machined, area-specific anodization for abutments, and area-specific anodization for implant collars. Cell proliferation was assessed using a resazurin-based fluorescent dye on days 1, 3, and 7, while cell adhesion was examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Surface topography, roughness, and composition were evaluated for six implant bodies with an anodized rough surface, six anodized implant smooth collars, and six anodized prosthetic abutments. Both HaCats and BM-MSCs showed increased viability over time (p < 0.001) with no statistically significant differences among the different surfaces (p = 0.447 HaCats and p = 0.631 BM-MSCs). SEM analysis revealed an enhanced presence and adhesion of HaCat cells on the anodized surface for the implant collars and an increased adhesion of BM-MSCs on both the anodized and machined surface abutments. The topography characteristics of the treated implants and abutments varied depending on the specific implant region. Chemical analysis confirmed the presence of oxygen, calcium, phosphorus, and sodium on the anodized surfaces. The area-specific anodization process can be utilized to create variable topography, increase the specific surface area, and introduce oxygen, calcium, phosphorus, and sodium to dental implants and abutments. While BM-MSCs and HaCat cells showed similar adhesion and proliferation on anodized and machined surfaces, a positive interaction between anodized Ti6Al4V ELI surfaces and these two cell lines present in the peri-implant mucosa was observed. Due to the limitations of the present study, further research is necessary to confirm these findings.
Robots and shocks: emerging non-herbicide weed control options for vegetable and arable cropping

ABSTRACT For decades, herbicides have provided easy-to-use, cost-effective weed management, but alternatives are desired. Consumer preference for chemical-free food, awareness of environmental impacts, regulation increasingly restricting agrichemical use, and increasing prevalence of herbicide resistance are forcing changes to weed management strategies. New Zealand farming must remain sustainable and profitable while responding to changes in its overseas markets, among which are increasing demands for regeneratively grown, safe, high-quality produce. Current reliance on herbicides should be reduced, with more emphasis on preventative management by cultural means, and weed suppression by alternative technologies. The emergence of agritechnologies incorporating automation, machine vision and artificial intelligence, and development of new techniques for weed destruction, offer alternatives that minimise or avoid the requirement for herbicides, avoid soil disturbance and can work effectively in high crop or crop-residue conditions. We have identified electric weeding as a feasible alternative and pulsed electric microshocks as a very low-energy option requiring a fraction of the energy of any other system. Pulsed microshocks enable an integrated weed management system for vegetable and arable crop production combining cultural controls and inexpensive pre-planting treatments with automated application of chemical-free in-crop weed control. Open-source software enables community development of autonomous deployment for niche crops.
Learning about Grandparents’ Past Life: Reflections of Grandchildren in an Intergenerational Reminiscence Project for Asian American Families

Immigration, aging, and dementia often result in a triple jeopardy for Asian American older adults. To improve the well-being of Asian American older adults as well as generational bonding, an Intergenerational Grandparent–Grandchild Reminiscence Program was developed. This paper qualitatively reports on the weekly reflections from the grandchild participants of this program. Older grandparents received six sessions of life-review discussion with their grandchildren remotely or in person for approximately 1 h each week for 6 weeks. Each grandchild (n = 12) provided a written reflection each week after talking with their grandparent. The qualitative data were organized and analyzed using the five phases of the rigorous and accelerated data reduction (RADaR) technique. The results show three categories of themes, as follows: Category 1—Positive experience: more connection with the grandparent; learning more about the grandparent’s past life experience; and more engagement; Category 2—Challenging experience: over-explaining things; language or vocabulary barriers; and overly-broad topics; Category 3—Strategy to lead the discussion: using guiding questions in the manual; using translators; spending time together; and taking notes. The results show that the intergenerational reminiscence program is promising for bonding and connection in the grandparent–grandchild relationship. Participants also gained knowledge and experienced challenges when talking with their grandparents during the program.
THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE MOTIVATION TO LEARN CHEMISTRY OF UPPER-SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN INDONESIA

The role of motivation in chemistry learning has long been explored and has become an exciting research topic worldwide. The aim of this study was to explore whether gender, class and students' anxiety influenced the motivation to learn chemistry among upper-secondary school students in Indonesia. The Chemistry Motivation Questionnaire II and the Chemistry Anxiety Questionnaire were used to examine the influence of multiple predictors through multiple linear regression analysis tests. Participants in this study were 1,211 upper-secondary school students in Indonesia. This study proves that gender has a significant influence on students' motivation to study chemistry, with female students being more motivated to study chemistry than male students. Interesting research results can be seen in the anxiety variable anxiety, specifically in the chemistry learning anxiety aspect, which has a negative correlation with motivation to study chemistry. The regression model of the three factors revealed in this study accounts for 13.8% of the overall proportion of upper-secondary school students' motivation to study chemistry in Indonesia. The results of this study were corroborated using the interview transcript data with 10 students, who extracted several other predictors to influence motivation to study chemistry, including learning experience, learning environment, and digital literacy. Keywords: chemistry learning anxiety, chemistry motivation, Indonesian upper-secondary school students, cross-sectional research
EFFECT OF FAECAL SLUDGE COMPOST ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF RED AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS)

Worldwide, 2.7 billion people rely on onsite sanitation, which is a big problem in developing countries where the use of human excreta as organic fertilizer can give a solution in waste management as well as improve soil quality and sources of plant nutrition. Thus, a pot experiment was conducted at Soil, Water and Environment Discipline, University of Khulna, from November 2019 to March 2020 to investigate the best dose of faecal sludge application in soil for growth, yield, and nutrient uptake by Amaranthus cruentus. The experiment consisted of four treatments (1%, 2%, 3%, and 4% faecal sludge with soil) and a control (no faecal sludge) with three replications, which were laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The present study revealed that the highest significant variation of germination (98.60%), plant height (36.99 cm), leaf number (14), root length (7.53 cm) fresh weight (8.65 g), yield per pot (8.63 g) was obtained for 4% faecal sludge mixture soil. Moreover, uptake by the plant N (2.90%), P (2.00%), K (5.51%), Ca (0.056%), Mg (0.29%) and Fe (0.036%) was also significantly higher for 4% rather than 1, 2 and 3% sludge treated soil. Therefore, for growth, yield and nutrient uptake of red amaranth, application of 4% faecal sludge compost to soil (faecal sludge compost: soil = 4:96) was the best for uses and it is recommended for the plants.
ON THE ANALYTICAL SOLUTION OF A VOLTERRA INTEGRAL EQUATION FOR INVESTIGATION OF FRACTAL PROCESSES

Context. We consider a Volterra integral equation of the first kind which may be applied to the data filtration and forecast of fractal random processes, for example, in information-telecommunication systems and in control of complex technological processes. Objective. The aim of the work is to obtain an exact analytical solution to a Volterra integral equation of the first kind. The kernel of the corresponding integral equation is the correlation function of a fractal random process with a power-law structure function. Method. The Volterra integral equation of the first kind is solved with the help of the standard Laplace transform method. The inverse Laplace transform leads to the calculation of the line integral of the function of complex variable. This integral is calculated as a sum of a residue part and integrals over the banks of cut. The corresponding integrals are obtained on the basis of the known expansions of special functions. Results. We obtained an exact analytical solution of the Volterra integral equation the kernel of which is the correlation function of a fractal random process. The paper is based on a model where the structure function of the corresponding process is a power-law function. It is shown that the part of the solution that does not contain delta-function is convergent at any point if the Hurst exponent is larger than 0.5, i.e. if the process has fractal properties. It is shown that the obtained solution is a real-valued function. The obtained solution is verified numerically; it is also shown that our solution gives the correct asymptotic behavior. Although the solution contains an exponentially growing function of time, at large times the integral of the obtained solution asymptotically behaves as a power-law function. Conclusions. It is important to stress that we obtained an exact solution of the Volterra integral equation under consideration rather than an approximate one. The obtained solution may be applied to the data filtration and forecast of fractal random processes. As is known, fractal processes take place in a huge variety of different systems, so the results of this paper may have a wide field of application.
Multiple Relaxation Time Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of 2D Natural Convection in a Square Cavity at High Rayleigh Numbers

Natural convection in a square cavity at high Rayleigh numbers is simulated by multiple relaxation time (MRT) lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) with a separate distribution function to solve the temperature. The Rayleigh numbers examined here range from Ra=103 to Ra=108. For Rayleigh numbers below 108, the flow remains stationary and transition occurs beyond Ra=2×108. Unsteady results at higher Rayleigh numbers (Ra=109 and Ra=1010) are also investigated. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first accurate study which involves the high Rayleigh numbers Ra=109,1010. AMS subject classifications: 65Z05, 76N15, 80A20, 82C20