Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis of reported animal abuse in Campo Magro , Paraná , Brazil

Animal abuse is a criminal offense in Brazil and can be dealt with by several government agencies, including municipal ones. Cases of animal abuse reported to the Department of Health Surveillance, of the Municipal Health Secretariat of Campo Magro, Paraná, Brazil, between March of 2019 and December of 2020 were analyzed to assess the most common forms of abuse and animals involved. A total of 140 complaints were received in this period; 132 were investigated, of which 81 were considered authentic. The most common form of abuse was neglect 64.2% (52/81). Cases of neglect were further classified into four types (although cases may be classified with more than one type), resulting in 106 classifications of neglect. Behavioral neglect was the most common form of neglect 33.9% (36/106). As more than one animal could be involved in each report, the 81 authentic cases involved a total of 471 animals. Dogs were the species most commonly affected 78.5% (370/471). The vast majority of animal abuse was perpetrated against adult animals. Statistically significant correlations were found between the sex and age of dogs and abuse and between species and the different forms of abuse for dogs and cats.
Studies on development of squash from mango (Mangifera indica L.), Citrus (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle), Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller.) and ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) blends

The present investigation was carried out at Post Graduate Laboratory of Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, A.N. D. University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (U.P.) during the year 2019-2020. Mango (Mangifera indica L.), Citrus (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle.), Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller.) and Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) have nutritional, spicy, medicinal and therapeutic values. In the present study, the mango pulp, kagzi lime juice, aloe vera gel and ginger juice were blended in different ratios viz., 100:00:00:00 (T1), 00:100:00:00 (T2), 00:00:100:00 (T3), 00:00:00:100 (T4), 25:25:25:25 (T5), 40:20:20:20 (T6), 70:10:10:10 (T7), 20:40:20:20 (T8), 55:25:10:10 (T9) and 50:20:15:15 (T10) for the preparation of squash. The squashes were prepared using 50% TSS, 1.20% acidity, 350 ppm SO2 and 25% blend from each blend combination. Among different proportions, the treatment (T9) comprising 55 percent mango pulp, 25 percent kagzi lime juice, 10 percent aloe vera gel and 10 percent ginger juice was found best on 9-point hedonic scale for the preparation of squash by the panel of semi trained judges during organoleptic evaluation. The squash were filled into glass and polypet bottles and stored at ambient conditions (20.1-29.4C), and subjected to chemical and organoleptic evaluation at an interval of 30 days for a period of 150 days (5 months). During the storage period Total Soluble Solids, acidity, reducing sugars and total sugars increased whereas vitamin-A, vitamin-C, non-reducing sugar and organoleptic score decreased with the advancement of storage period. The beverage was organoleptically acceptable upto 5 months of storage in case of both glass and polypet bottles. This study indicated that mango, kagzi lime aloe vera and ginger can be utilized for palatable squash making which can be beneficial for the consumers in terms of taste, colour, flavour and overall acceptability.
Germination Characters as Affected by Seed Priming of some Turnip and Radish Native Cultivars under Different Levels of Salinity

A laboratory experiment was conducted at vegetable seed production laboratory in Sabahiya Horticulture Research station during February until August 2021, to study induce salinity tolerance in some native cultivars of turnip and radish through seed priming with solution of (H2O2, KNO3, NaCl and tap water), then examine the possibility of seed priming on the germinate under different levels of NaCl. Finally study the genetic diversity of turnip and radish cultivars and genetic relationships among the genotypes based on molecular characterization using RAPD PCR analysis. Results showed varietal differences on germination parameters among the five-turnip and radish genotypes. In general, germination parameters were decreased as salt level increased up to 4000 ppm NaCl, however, control treatment was significantly equal to that obtained by salt level at 2000 NaCl in some germination parameters, Effect of seed priming substances on germination parameters were differed, generally, seed priming with H2O2 (0.5%) or tap water gave the best results, meanwhile, seed priming with NaCl (3%) gave the worst results. Regarding the study of genetic diversity among the studied Brassicaceae family members, a cluster analysis divided the five turnip genotypes into two main groups and one sub-cluster. Concerning the five radish genotypes, cluster analysis divided the genotypes into two main groups with one subcluster. It can be concluded that the morphological and molecular markers could be a better tool for studying the genetic diversity.
Effect of different novel establishment methods of rice (Oryza sativa) and nutrient management practices for productivity and profitability: A review

Rice (Oryza sativa) is the staple food for more than half of the population of the world. The productivity and sustainability of rice-based systems are threatened by the inefficient use of inputs (fertilizer, water, and labour), increasing scarcity of resources, especially water and labour; climate variability, emerging energy crisis and rising fuel prices, rising cost of cultivation and emerging socio-economic changes such as urbanization, migration of labour, preference for nonagricultural work, and concerns about farmrelated pollution. Method of establishment influences the performance of rice through its effect on growth and development. At transplanting time, acute labor shortage results in increased labor wages and delay in the transplanting operation. Manual transplanting also results in a non-uniform and inadequate seedling population. These problems necessitated the introduction of mechanized rice transplanting to achieve timely planting and better crop stands.
Factors Influencing ESL Learners’ Behavioural Intention in Using Edmodo: An SEM Approach

This study examines factors influencing ESL learners’ behavioural intention in using Edmodo, a social learning network, as a virtual learning community platform under the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use Technology (UTAUT) model with gender as the moderator variable. A total of 200 English language learners from one of the public universities completed a five-point Likert questionnaire based on the UTAUT constructs: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions. The collected data were analysed using the structural equation modelling (SEM), and the results showed that facilitating conditions were the major predictor of learners’ behavioural intention. Besides, the learners’ gender had a significant moderation effect on social influence and behavioural intention. The findings of this study have the potential to enable English language educators to take into account the importance of the UTAUT factors and gender differences while developing an engaging and active virtual learning community.
Development and characterisation of a modified multi-purpose pine oil detergent for a small-scale manufacturer in Lesotho

The interest in small-scale manufacturing of simple products seems to be growing in Lesotho. However, this could have undesirable effects without insights into the chemical processes involved in such presumed simple processes. This manuscript reports the partnership between the National University of Lesotho and a small-scale manufacturer in the preparation and characterisation of a simple pine oil-based detergent, popularly known as Pine Gel, as a response to calls for relevant and responsive research by the higher education sector. This project reduced the input cost by about 31% on raw materials, and an overall profit margin improvement of 11% through the net production line. This was achieved through the reduction of pine oil, the most expensive component in the whole process, and its replacement with 3.5% of “Reagent X” (identity withheld for commercial purposes). The modified detergent was characterised for efficiency employing the critical micelle concentration (CMC) technique showing a CMC of 0.0683 g/cm3 – a superiority of about 29% over the commercially available parent product (CMC of 0.0953 g/cm3). The new formulation has already been commissioned to the manufacturer. These results demonstrate the importance of the much touted partnerships between academia and private sector in economic development of a country.
Human Resource Development Mechanisms and Organizational Performance: Measuring a Causal Link

A good research base asserts that effective performance is more often driven by organizational environment, size, design, strong organizational cultures, good management practices, effective communication networks, and also by rules and regulation, procedures and pay scales. However, a very sparse and scant research is available that has investigated the effects of a particular system or process or set of mechanisms on the performance of an organization. This particular research is therefore, intended to study HRD in relation to performance. It is aimed at creating a measurable link between HRD systems and performance of an organization. The underlying consideration is that since human resources in any organization occupies a pivotal place and are considered as the primary source of competitive advantage, it becomes inevitably important from managerial as well as research point of view to judge the viability of existing HRD systems within organizations and the impact such systems have on overall performance. Two hundred and eighty five (285) employees working in ten selected district hospitals of Kashmir actively took part in research. The analysis of responses revealed positive influences of various HRD mechanisms on the overall performance of the organizations under study. Accordingly, it is concluded that any significant change in the existing structure of HRD in hospitals would respond significantly by way of performance
Does the Tail Wag the Dog? How Options Affect Stock Price Dynamics∗

I demonstrate empirically that the existence of options affects the autocorrelation of stock returns in the cross section. When the underlying price rises, option writers must buy more stock to re-hedge. Trading costs cause slow re-hedging, leading to increased return autocorrelation. “Hedging demand” quantifies the sensitivity of the option writers’ hedge to underlying price changes. Moving from the lowest to highest quintile of hedging demand increases daily return autocorrelation from -5.0% to -1.6%. The associated trading strategy’s gross alpha is 18% annualized. For causality, I use an instrumental variable, which uses the institutional idiosyncrasy of round number
Historical Prices

We investigate the dynamic pricing strategy of a durable good monopolist in a new setting that assumes away perfect consumer information on arrival time and historical prices. We first show that when consumers with heterogeneous tastes are all uninformed of historical prices, the monopolist charges a high price for most of the time and periodically holds low-price sales. Then we consider the case in which a small fraction of consumers become informed about historical prices (such as price tracker users). We find that in equilibrium the seller lowers the high price and keeps it for a shorter period in each price cycle. With the presence of price trackers, the monopolist profits less while consumer welfare increases. We contribute to the literature by illustrating the informational role of historical prices and understanding how price tracking websites affect the market equilibrium. Our findings also provide microfoundations of price stickiness and have important managerial implications for sellers and platforms on historical price disclosure.
HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station: Architecture and Applications to Radio Astronomy

The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) Personal Space Weather Station (PSWS) project is a citizen science initiative to develop a new modular set of ground-based instrumentation for the purpose of studying the structure and dynamics of the terrestrial ionosphere, as well as the larger, coupled geospace system. PSWS system instrumentation includes radio receivers sensitive to frequencies ranging from the very low frequency (VLF) through very high frequency (VHF) bands, a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver to provide Total Electron Content (TEC) measurements and serve as a precision time and frequency reference, and a ground magnetometer sensitive to ionospheric and geospace currents. Although the PSWS is designed primarily for space weather and space science, its modular and open design in both hardware and software allows for a variety of use cases. The core radio instrument of the PSWS, the TangerineSDR, is a wideband, direct sampling 100 kHz to 60 MHz field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based software defined radio (SDR) receiver with direct applicability to radio astronomy. In this paper, we describe the PSWS and TangerineSDR architecture, show examples of how the TangerineSDR could be used to observe Jovian decametric emission, and discuss the applicability of the TangerineSDR to radio astronomy in general. ∗nathaniel.frissell@scranton.edu
Recovery and recycling practices in municipal solid waste management in Lagos, Nigeria

KOFOWOROLA, O.F. Recovery and recycling practices in municipal solid waste management in Lagos, Nigeria. in Waste Management, Vol. 27, Issue 9, 2007, p.1139-1143 This paper examines the status of recovery and recycling in current waste management practice in Lagos, Nigeria. Existing recovery and recycling patterns, recovery and recycling technologies, approaches to materials recycling, and the types of materials recovered from MSW are reviewed. Based on these, strategies for improving re.
Incorporating engineering process improvement activities into production planning formulations using a large-scale wafer fab model

In most semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities (wafer fabs), both production and engineering lots share the same expensive equipment. Production lots will be shipped to customers whereas engineering lots are used to support production and process development efforts. While production activities might lead to large revenue, engineering activities result in increased future output. In the present paper, we propose three different production planning formulations. The first formulation assumes a reduced available capacity for production due to engineering activities. Costs for production products are minimised. The second formulation is based on the idea that aggregated demand is available for engineering activities for the entire planning window. Costs for production and engineering products are minimised. Learning effects are incorporated to model the capacity increase due to engineering activities. The third model assumes that demand information for engineering activities is available only for the first period. In addition to learning effects, forgetting effects are modelled to provide an incentive to plan releases of engineering lots in later periods. Costs for production and engineering products and forgetting effects are minimised. The performance of the production planning models is assessed using a simulation model of a large-scale wafer fab including specific dispatching strategies to deal with production and engineering lots. The simulation results demonstrate that the second model slightly outperforms the third one when a rolling horizon approach is taken, while the second model provides significantly higher profit than the first one.
Does Gender Matter? Evidence from Investor Behavior in Indonesia Capital Market

This study aims to examine the heuristic behavior of male investors (availability, representativeness, and hindsight) in Indonesia on the formation of technical anomalies in the capital market. The results obtained from 316 male investors prove that availability is not the cause of the formation of technical anomalies in the capital market, but that representativeness and hindsight have a positive effect on the occurrence of technical anomalies in the capital market. This study is the first study conducted by focusing on men as the object of research related to research that discusses heuristics and technical anomalies. The results of mediation exploration which were used as additional testing found that technical anomalies were unable to explain the relationship between availability variables and investment performance, but technical anomalies partially mediated the relationship between representativeness, hindsight and investment performance.
DEFERRED ACCEPTANCE AND REGRET-FREE TRUTH-TELLING

A BSTRACT . The deferred acceptance mechanism has been widely adopted across centralized matching markets despite the fact that it provides participants with opportunities to “game the system. ” I show that participants optimally choose not to manipulate the deferred acceptance mechanism in order to avoid regret given the information structure typically observed in practice. Moreover, the deferred acceptance mechanism is the unique mechanism within an interesting class to induce truth-telling from participants in this way. The notions of regret and regret-free truth-telling are novel. In the absence of information about the other rank lists, ranking one’s true preferences remains the best strategy.
The Pennsylvania State University The Graduate School STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF CONVECTIVE UPDRAFTS IN TROPICAL CYCLONE RAINBANDS OBSERVED BY AIRBORNE RADAR

Ten years of airborne Doppler radar observations are used to study the kinematic and reflectivity structures of convective updrafts in tropical cyclone (TC) rainbands. An automated algorithm is developed to identify the strongest rainband updrafts across 12 TCs. The selected updrafts are then collectively analyzed by their frequency, radius, azimuthal location (relative to the 200-850 hPa environmental wind shear), structural characteristics, and secondary circulation (radial/vertical) flow pattern. Rainband updrafts become deeper and stronger with increasing radius. A wavenumber-1 asymmetry arises showing that in the downshear (upshear) quadrants of the TC, updrafts are more (less) frequent and deeper (shallower). Low-level radial flows near the updrafts correspond to the background vortex-scale radial flow asymmetry, being predominantly inflow (outflow) in the downshear (upshear) quadrants. Moreover, the downshear inflow layer decreases in depth traveling from the downshear-right to downshear-left quadrants. In the right-of-shear quadrants, updrafts tend to have either in-up-out or in-up-in secondary circulation patterns, with the in-up-out circulation generally having the deepest updraft and reflectivity tower. In the downshear-left quadrant, the dominant updraft circulation type shifts from primarily in-up-out to out-up-out. It is hypothesized that this shift is due to the decrease in radial inflow layer depth, the bottom-up decay of older updrafts, and the increase in stratiform precipitation surrounding the updrafts. In particular, the stratiform region encourages cold-pool dynamics that support new convective updrafts with a preferred out-up-out circulation. The findings presented in this study support the previous literature regarding organized rainband convection in a mature and sheared TC.
Airport Ground Holding with Hierarchical Control Objectives

—Disruptions in the air transportation system, perhaps due to extreme weather, often result in unexpected, or off-nominal, delays at airports. A resilient air trafﬁc management system seeks to restore airport delays to their nominal values quickly after such disruptions. Two primary factors make the design of efﬁcient recovery algorithms for air transportation networks challenging: the lack of a high-ﬁdelity model for predicting and controlling airport delay dynamics, and poor computational tractability of large-scale ﬂight rescheduling optimization problems. We propose a two-stage hierarchical control strategy for rescheduling aircraft (i.e., assigning delays) after network disruptions. Our high-level planner leverages a low-ﬁdelity approximation of airport delay dynamics to propose a reference plan based on user preferences. This reference plan accounts for complex objectives such as ensuring a “smooth” redistribution of delays across airports (quantiﬁed by the total variation). The low-level controller then solves the multi-airport ground holding problem (MAGHP), augmented to track the reference plan. The solution to the augmented MAGHP yields a revised ﬂight schedule with lower total variation than the original MAGHP, while still satisfying operational constraints. We illustrate the beneﬁts of our proposed methodology using six disruption case studies of the National Airspace System (NAS).
The genomic landscape across 474 surgically accessible epileptogenic human brain lesions

Understanding the exact molecular mechanisms involved in the etiology of epileptogenic pathologies with or without tumor activity is essential for improving treatment of drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Here, we characterize the landscape of somatic genetic variants in resected brain specimens from 474 individuals with drug-resistant focal epilepsy using deep whole-exome sequencing (>350 x) and whole-genome genotyping. Across the exome, we observe a greater number of somatic single-nucleotide variants (SNV) in low-grade epilepsy-associated tumors (LEAT; 7.92{+/-}5.65 SNV) than in brain tissue from malformations of cortical development (MCD; 6.11{+/-}4 SNV) or hippocampal sclerosis (HS; 5.1{+/-}3.04 SNV). Tumor tissues also had the largest number of likely pathogenic variant carrying cells. LEAT had the highest proportion of samples with one or more somatic copy number variants (CNV; 24.7%), followed by MCD (5.4%) and HS (4.1%). Recurring somatic whole chromosome duplications affecting Chromosome 7 (16.8%), chromosome 5 (10.9%), and chromosome 20 (9.9%) were observed among LEAT. For germline variant-associated MCD genes such as TSC2, DEPDC5, and PTEN, germline SNV were frequently identified within large loss of heterozygosity regions, supporting the recently proposed second hit disease mechanism in these genes. We detect somatic variants in twelve established lesional epilepsy genes and demonstrate exome-wide statistical support for three of these in the etiology of LEAT (e.g., BRAF) and MCD (e.g., SLC35A2 and MTOR). We also identify novel significant associations for PTPN11 with LEAT and NRAS Q61 mutated protein with a complex MCD characterized by polymicrogyria and nodular heterotopia. The variants identified in NRAS are known from cancer studies to lead to hyperactivation of NRAS, which can be targeted pharmacologically. We identify large recurrent 1q21-q44 duplication including AKT3 in association with focal cortical dysplasia type 2a with hyaline astrocytic inclusions, another rare and possibly under-recognized brain lesion. The clinical genetic analyses showed that the numbers of somatic SNV across the exome and the fraction of affected cells were positively correlated with the age at seizure onset and surgery in individuals with LEAT. Finally, we report that identifying a likely pathogenic variant enabled us to refine or reclassify previous histopathological classifications post hoc in 20.5% of diagnoses. In summary, our comprehensive genetic screen sheds light on the genome-scale landscape of genetic variants in epileptic brain lesions, informs the design of gene panels for clinical diagnostic screening, and guides future directions for clinical implementation of epilepsy surgery genetics.