Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
International Human Resource Management

Despite over 20 years of academic hype, international human resource management (IHRM) literature has been only partly successful in its original claim to offer a universal panacea for complexities of managing people that can transcend national, cultural and economic divides. This paper provides evidence from earlier studies on limited nature of geographic coverage of the mainstream IHRM writing and surveys the editorial membership, policies and guidelines of a select number of journals with a view to contribute to our understanding of North American and Western European domination in this field. Exploring the major constraints in geographical and cultural reach of the IHRM journals and the geographic homogeneity in the membership profiles of their editorial boards, the paper offers strategies for change towards a more inclusive approach to research and writing in the field of IHRM.
Facilitating Productive Work Life with Respect to Life-orientation, Gender and Occupational Stress

Job involvement in simple terms refers to the commitment that a person shows to his job or work. An employee needs to have mental and physical healthiness along with optimum level of occupational stress to give his full worth to the work. In an organization, on one hand, there are family oriented persons with focus on welfare of their family members and on the other hand, there are individuals who are career concious and look for rewarding career keping in mind the stress factors on tight lease . Bray, Campbell and Grant (1974) identified two distinct patterns of life orientations: the one associated with career/job success was called enlarging style while the other, associated with less success, was called enfolding style. In this study 400 (140 females, 260 males) steel industry executive's life-orientation, gender and occupational stress were empirically treated to explore their impact on their work involvement. Results of 2×2 ANOVA show significant interaction effect of life-orientation and gender on job-involvement F-77.3(P<.001), whereas life-orientation, sex and occupational stress in 2×2×3 ANOVA was not significant, F-2.66(P<.05). Results support reconceptualizing the major determinants of healthy work life in terms of various mental aspects .
Admixture mapping in interspecific Populus hybrids identifies classes of genomic architectures for phytochemical, morphological and growth traits

The genomic architecture of functionally important traits is key to understanding the maintenance of reproductive barriers and trait differences when divergent populations or species hybridize. We conducted a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) to study trait architecture in natural hybrids of two ecologically divergent Populus species. We genotyped 472 seedlings from a natural hybrid zone of Populus alba and P. tremula for genome-wide markers from reduced representation sequencing, phenotyped the plants in common gardens for 46 phytochemical (phenylpropanoid), morphological, and growth traits, and used a Bayesian polygenic model for mapping. We detected three classes of genomic architectures: (1) traits with finite, detectable associations of genetic loci with phenotypic variation in addition to highly polygenic heritability, (2) traits with indications for polygenic heritability only, (3) traits with no detectable heritability. For class (1), we identified genome regions with plausible candidate genes for phenylpropanoid biosynthesis or its regulation, including MYB transcription factors and glycosyl transferases. GWAS in natural, recombinant hybrids represents a promising step towards resolving the genomic architecture of phenotypic traits in long-lived species. This facilitates the fine-mapping and subsequent functional characterization of genes and networks causing differences in hybrid performance and fitness.
Can Malachite Green Concentrations in Edible Fish Cause Genetic and Hepatic Toxic Effects? An Experimental Study on Adult Albino Rats

Malachite green (MG) has been widely used as the most efficacious antifungal agent in the fish farming industry. The aim of this study is to evaluate hepatotoxicity of different MG concentrations in edible fish, its mutagenicity and DNA damage on adult albino rats for 4 weeks. Forty eight adult male albino rats were utilized and equally divided into 4 groups, each contains 12 rats. Three concentrations 2.2, 30 and 60 μg/kg body weight (MG) were tested in three independent experiments for 4 weeks. Mutagenicity and hepatotoxicity were evaluated by biochemical, cytogenic, histopathological examination and DNA fragmentation. MG caused an increase of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate amino transferase (ALT and AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels, and decrease in total protein in animals treated with MG as compared to control. Also, all concentrations of MG were found to induce significant DNA damage in bone marrow cells as assessed by chromosomal aberration. The histopathological changes were highly significant in rats treated with higher doses than other groups and persist even after 2 weeks from MG stoppage. We can conclude that MG and its residues in the edible tissue of fish could not be ignored due to their suspected genotoxicity, hepatotoxicity and DNA fragmentation with apoptotic changes even at lower doses, posing a potential risk for human consumption. This leads us to put strict limitations on its use in the fish farming industry in Egypt.
Introductory Chapter: Application Fields of Cryopreservation Biotechnology

and the cells lively. The critical issues for prevention of ice formation are the freezing rate and freezing medium composition. The freezing medium is known as a cryoprotectant containing extender solution. The choice of cryoprotectant and its concentration show differ ences between cells and species and influence the cryoprotection results.
Management of Garlic Rust (Puccinia allii) Through Fungicide at Bale Highlands, South Eastern Ethiopia

Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is one of the most important crops in worldwide. Despite its importance, production and productivity of this particular crop is highly constrained by several biotic and abiotic factors among which fungal diseases are very devastating. Garlic rust which is caused by Puccinia allii is the most common and economically important fungal disease. F ield experiments were conducted with the objective to study the effects of natura spray at rates of 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 L/ha and frequencies of application (at 7, 14, 21, 28- day and no spray) on the spatial epidemics of garlic rust. The experiments were conducted in the main cropping seasons (August–December) in 2017 at Madda Walabu University Research Site (MWURS) and Sinana Agricultural Research Center (SARC) in Bale highlands, Ethiopia. Percentage severity index (PSI), disease progress rate (DPR) and area under disease progress curve (AUDPC) were used to evaluate the effects of the treatments. The final levels of disease severity were about 89.9% at MWURS and 87.2% at SARC on unsprayed plots.The disease developed at a rate of -0.011 units per day at weekly interval when 0.75L/ha natura sprayed and 0.075 units per day under natural disease epidemics at MWURS. Marketable yield harvested from sprayed plots was consistently greater than the yield harvested from unsprayed plots. Since the study was conducted for one season at two locations, similar study need to be conducted at different locations with similar agro-ecologies and more number of seasons. Keywords : Allium sativum; Disease progress rate; Fungicide; Puccinia allii; Bale highlands, AUDPC
EVALUATION OF STRAWBERRY (FRAGARIA × ANANASSA DUCH.) CULTIVARS FOR MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE: Horticultural Research Institute, AARI, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

A field experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Institute Faisalabad, Pakistan for selection of suitable cultivar of strawberry in subtropical climate. Two cultivars of strawberry (Chandler and Henyo) were grown under randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. Runners were planted in the month of October-November. Some morphological and physicohemical traits were evaluated. It was observed that the cultivar Chandler displayed good success (45.50%), with more leaves (7.67) and roots (41.33). Chander cultivar produced heavy and lengthy fruit with more Juice, hence it gave more fruit yield (16.26 g), length (3.56 cm), juice contents (64.78 %) and gave more yield (371.43 g). On the other hand, the maximum total soluble solids (TSS) 7.90% was observed in Henyo with highest acidity (0.91%) and high pH (4.56). Therefore, it is recommended that Chandler cv. is most suitable for cultivation in subtropical climate of Pakistan.
Smooth Muscle Electrical Activity in the Oviduct, and the Effect of Oxytocin, Prostaglandin F2α, and Prostaglandin E2 on the Myometrium and the Oviduct of the Cycling Mare1

Myoelectrical oviductal activity was evaluated during the estrus cycle in the mare using electromyography. The effects of 20 IU oxytocin (i.v.), 10 mg prostaglandin (PG) F2a (i.m.), and 10 mg PGE2 (i.m.) on electrical activity of the myometrium and myosalpinx were investigated. Electrodes were surgically implanted in the myosalpinx and in the myometrium of the uterine horn and body. Myoelectrical activity was analyzed for total activity, frequency and duration of activity bursts, intensity, and amplitude. Spontaneous myoelectrical activity of the oviduct was not affected by the stage of the estrous cycle. Significantly more activity was recorded from the myosalpinx than from the myometrium throughout the estrous cycle (57.3 ± 2.7% vs. 28.8 ± 1.6%). All treatments resulted in increased activity in the myometrium and myosalpinx. The duration of the effect was 1 h for oxytocin, 5 h for PGF2a, and 2 h for PGE2. Oxytocin and PGF2a treatment during estrus resulted in an increased number of uterine activity bursts of high intensity and amplitude, whereas these treatments during diestrus, compared to those during estrus, resulted in less frequent uterine activity bursts of longer duration. Characteristics of PGE2-induced myometrial activity were similar to those of oxytocinand PGF2a-induced myometrial activity. Myoelectrical activity in the oviduct following treatments with oxytocin, PGF2a, and PGE2 was characterized by an increased duration of activity bursts, intensity, and amplitude. Oxytocin and PGF2a caused a decline in the number of oviductal activity bursts, while PGE2 treatment resulted in an increased number of activity bursts. Oxytocin treatment during diestrus resulted in longer duration of bursts compared to PGE2 treatment, and a higher intensity compared to PGF2a and PGE2 treatment. It was concluded that oxytocin, PGF2a, and PGE2 affect both the myometrium and the myosalpinx in the mare.
Effects of aquatic exercise on the pain, symptoms, motor performance and quality of life of elderly women with knee osteoarthritis

مقدمه: امروزه شرکت در فعاليت بدني در پيش‌گيري از بیماری‌های مزمني همچون استئوآرتريت پيشنهاد می‌شود. هدف پژوهش حاضر، بررسی تأثیر یک دوره تمرینی ورزش در آب بر شدت درد زانو، ميزان علایم و عملكرد حركتي در فعالیت‌های روزانه، ورزشي- تفريحي و کيفيت زندگي زنان سالمند بود. مواد و روش‌ها: 12 زن سالمند مبتلا به استئوآرتریت زانو با ميانگين و انحراف استاندارد سن 4/70 ± 52 سال، قد 6/45 ± 163/17 سانتي‌متر، وزن 6/69 ± 67/83 کيلوگرم به صورت در دسترس هدفمند، به عنوان آزمودني انتخاب شدند. برای جمع‌آوری داده‌ها از پرسش‌نامه جهانی و بومی‌سازی شده پیامد صدمات زانو و استئوآرتریت استفاده شد. نمونه‌ها برنامه تمرینی ورزش در آب را به مدت 8 هفته زیر نظر مربی آب درمانی انجام دادند. براي تجزيه و تحليل داده‌ها از Dependent t در سطح معنی‌داري استفاده گردید (0/05 > P). یافته‌ها: شدت درد زانو (0/019 = P)، عملکرد حرکتی در فعالیت‌های روزانه (0/020 = P)، ورزشي- تفريحي (0/003 = P) و کیفیت زندگی (0/048 = P) پس از اجرای پروتکل به میزان معنی‌داری بهبود یافته بود، در حالی که بین پیش تا پس آزمون ميانگين میزان علایم (0/418 = P) تفاوت معني‌داري وجود نداشت. نتیجه گیری: نتايج نشان داد که برنامه تمرینی ورزش در آب می‌تواند به عنوان یک روش تمرینی ایمن و مؤثر در بهبود درد، عملکرد و کیفیت زندگی زنان سالمند داراي استئوآرتریت زانو مورد توجه قرار گیرد. کلید واژه‌ها: استئوآرتریت، زانو، ورزش در آب
Post - Coital Vaginal Evisceration Following 8 Years in a Patient was Operated for Endometrium Cancer: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Intestinal prolapse through vagina following hysterectomy secondary coitus is rare. It is generally seen in postmenopausal women after vaginal hysterectomy or multiple surgeries performed for pelvic floor disorders. However, in English literature, there are only a few cases of vaginal evisceration after radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy, but all of these cases were cervical cancer. We report a case of a 49-year old woman presenting with evisceration of the small bowel from the vagina eight years after total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), bilateral salpingoopherectomy (BSO) and pelvic-paraaortic lymphadenectomy for stage Ib endometrioid type endometrial cancer.
Soil Fertility and Quality Response to Reduced Tillage and Diversified Cropping under Organic Management

During the past few decades, organic crop production in Canada and beyond has become increasingly widespread. In the Canadian Prairies, organic agriculture has traditionally relied on summer fallow and mechanical tillage for nutrient and pest management. More recently, there has been a substantial increase in the use of legume green manure, diversified crop rotations, and reduced tillage. Our objective was to determine if organic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production using diversified crop rotations and reduced tillage could optimize production while minimizing its environmental impact within the Brown soil zone of Western Canada. A 6-yr (2010 to 2015) field study evaluated two tillage intensities (high and low), and two rotation sequences, simplified (wheat–green manure) and diversified (wheat–oilseed–pulse–green manure). Precipitation throughout the study period was substantially greater than the long-term mean. Spring soil NO₃–N and P content were highest in the first years of this trial. Soil moisture and NO₃–N content were highest in the simplified rotation under high tillage. There were few soil P differences, although levels were higher for the low than high tillage in the simplified rotation. Reduced tillage intensity tended to increase soil organic C and decreased the percentage of erodible soil particles. These soil quality changes would result in an increase in the soil’s resistance to wind and water erosion, thus promoting environmental sustainability.
Kinetics of ultrasonic assisted atmospheric freeze drying of green peas

Atmospheric or convective freeze drying (AFD) is a dehydration process mostly employed in the food industry. It is also a promising process for the freeze drying of high-end products in the biological and pharmaceutical industry. Proteolytic and lipolytic activity as well as changes in lipid classes and lipid oxidation for products from AFD were investigated and the general potential of the drying method is described. The drying rate in AFD is generally low. In order to accelerate the drying process, the application of high intensity, airborne ultrasound in AFD (US-AFD) was investigated for different products and under different drying conditions. The drying rates obtained in AFD and US-AFD show that both processes occur in the falling drying rate period and no drying period with a constant drying rate occurs. A modification of the Weibull model was developed and showed high accuracy for modelling and evaluating drying rates in AFD and US-AFD. In general, US-AFD investigations showed a faster drying rate than AFD. The effective mass transfer for the sublimation of pure ice particles increased by 38% and the effective diffusion for peas is increased by 24.7% at an approach velocity of 1 m sec-1. Airborne ultrasound increased AFD processes especially at low temperatures and low approach velocities during the first hours of drying. Even a minor ultrasonic field increased the effective diffusion significantly. The product quality (shrinkage and colour) is not affected by the application of the ultrasonic field. A higher mass transfer rate at the solid-gas interface, caused by a reduced boundary layer due to a higher turbulent interface, is identified as the cause for the higher effective diffusion in US-AFD. Hence high intensity, airborne ultrasound has great potential to accelerate drying rates and reduce investment and production costs associated with AFD. It can be expected that other low temperature processes that are based on convective heat and/or mass transfer (such as blast freezing) can be improved in presence of airborne ultrasound.
Prevalence and economic losses resulting from parasitic zoonosis on swine and ruminants in Ouagadougou abattoir (Burkina Faso)

Cysticercosis and fasciolosis are zoonosis with public health and economic importance. A retrospective study was conducted with the objective to determine the prevalence and economic losses associated with meat condemnation in Ouagadougou abattoir due to two parasitic zoonosis: fasciolosis and cysticercosis. The meat inspection register was sifted through to collect data on animals slaughtered in the abattoir between 2007 and 2013. Prices of carcasses and organs have been requested from stakeholders in the meat industry. The prevalence and economic losses associated with animal fasciolosis and cysticercosis were calculated. The overall prevalence of fasciolosis and cysticercosis were 0.41% and 0.17%, respectively. The highest prevalence of fasciolosis was observed in cattle (0.82%), while the highest rate of cysticercosis was observed in pigs (0.22%). For both fasciolosis and cysticercosis, the highest number of condemnation was observed during the dry season. Total economic losses due to fasciolosis stemming from seizure of liver and carcass weight loss were estimated at XOF 142 068 284 ($258,423) while losses related to cysticercosis-infected organs and carcasses was estimated at XOF 6 286 000 ($11,434 USD). This study highlights the impact of these diseases in Burkina Faso and proves that the country’s population is facing riks of contamination. Keywords : Public heath, cysticercosis, meat, swine, cattle, Burkina Faso
Home ranges and movements of Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus in relation to rubbish dumps in Oman and the Horn of Africa

ABSTRACT Capsule: Non-breeding Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus tracked in Oman and the Horn of Africa ranged over large areas and made regular use of anthropogenic sources of food. Tracking data provide evidence that vultures monitor the availability of food within their home ranges. Aims: To study home range and movement patterns of non-breeding Egyptian Vultures. Methods: Five non-breeding Egyptian Vultures were tracked using Global Positioning System technology. Home range sizes were estimated using data only from vultures tracked for more than 11 months, and movements described. Analyses sought to determine whether patterns in movement were related to the location of rubbish dump sites and landfills. Results: Home range sizes of non-breeding Egyptian Vultures (95% kernel density estimator), ranged from 4238 to 7323 km2. The average 3-hourly step length ranged from 3106.51 ± 173.16 m (mean ± se; median: 143.72 m; interquartile range, IQR: 2237.41 m) to 6519.46 ± 224.93 m (median: 2131.40 m; IQR: 7098.73 m). Egyptian Vulture activities centred on a few large rubbish dump sites that likely provided perpetually abundant food, but they frequently left those sites and visited other dumps. Conclusions: In line with what is known about Egyptian Vulture ecology, tracked birds ranged over large areas and made use of anthropogenic sources of food. Given the perpetual abundance of food at large rubbish dumps and in the presence of other scavengers feeding at them, there seemed little motivation for Egyptian Vultures to move away from them, unless it was to monitor food resources at other places within their home ranges. This movement behaviour likely reflects the potential benefit to vultures of knowledge about food availability in the wider environment, despite food being abundant at the site at which they are currently located.
Decomposing Semantic Inference

Beside formal approaches to semantic inference that rely on logical representation of meaning, the notion of Textual Entailment (TE) has been proposed as an applied framework to capture major semantic inference needs across applications in Computational Linguistics. Although several approaches have been tried and evaluation campaigns have shown improvements in TE, a renewed interest is rising in the research community towards a deeper and better understanding of the core phenomena involved in textual inference. Pursuing this direction, we are convinced that crucial progress will derive from a focus on decomposing the complexity of the TE task into basic phenomena and on their combination. In this paper, we carry out a deep analysis on TE data sets, investigating the relations among two relevant aspects of semantic inferences: the logical dimension, i.e. the capacity of the inference to prove the conclusion from its premises, and the linguistic dimension, i.e. the linguistic devices used to accomplish the goal of the inference. We propose a decomposition approach over TE pairs, where single linguistic phenomena are isolated in what we have called atomic inference pairs, and we show that at this granularity level the actual correlation between the linguistic and the logical dimensions of semantic inferences emerges and can be empirically observed.
Antioxidant Activity and Cytotoxic Studies of Anogeissus leiocarpous Root, Leaf and Stem

Anogeissus leiocarpus (Combretaceae), is well known for its medicinal uses in African traditional medicine for treating many human diseases and infections. Many antioxidant based drug formulations are used in the prevention and treatment of diseases whose mechanisms involve oxidative stress. Due to the carcinogenic effect of synthetic antioxidants, searching for new sources of naturally occurring antioxidants is of interest. The present study was carried out to investigate and compare the antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity of alcoholic crude extracts and their petroleum ether, chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions of the leaf, stem and root of A. leiocarpus growing in Sudan. The iron chelating and DPPH radical scavenging techniques were used for assessment of antioxidant activity compared to EDTA and Propylgallate as standard antioxidant agents. The brine shrimp standard method was used for the assessment of cytotoxicity of the bioactive extracts. The bioactive fractions were subjected to TLC and HPLC analysis and the results showed remarkable antioxidant activity of the plant extracts in both antioxidant techniques compared to standard antioxidant drugs, in addition to the chloroform fraction which showed the highest antioxidant activity. The cytotoxicity results showed that, there is no cytotoxic effect in all bioactive fractions. A comparison of RP/ HPLC-DAD chromatograms of the bioactive fractions confirmed the presence of different phenolic derivatives of quercetin and ellagic acid known for their antioxidant activity. American Journal of Research Communication www.usa-journals.com Eltayeb, et al., 2016: Vol 4(3) 53