Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
VOLCANIC LANDSLIDE HAZARDS AT MOUNT MEAGER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Landslides are frequent on the unstable slopes of the Mount Meager volcanic massif in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia. We compile data on historic and prehistoric landslides to determine the risk to people involved in recreation, geothermal power development, and forestry in valleys proximal to Mount Meager, and also to residents in the Lillooet River valley at distances up to 75 km from the volcano. Landslides 10-10 m in size will have direct impacts in Meager Creek and upper Lillooet River valleys and indirect impacts, including channel aggradation and flooding, at more distant locations. Landslides larger than 10 m, although relatively rare, may trigger volcanic debris flows that will reach populated areas in the Lillooet River valley, 32-75 km downstream from the source. Without advance warning, the loss of life from such an event could be high. RESUME Les glissements de terrain sont fréquents sur les pentes volcaniques du massif du mont Meager sur la côte sud de la Colombie-Britannique. Nous compilons de l'information sur les éboulements historiques et préhistoriques afin de déterminer le risque vis-à-vis les personnes impliquées dans le domaine de la récréation, des développements géothermiques et de l'industrie forestière tout au long de la vallée de Lillooet jusqu'à une distance de 75 km du volcan. Les glissements de terrain classé 106-107 m3, auront un impact direct dans la région du ruisseau Meager et de la partie supérieure de la vallée de la rivière Lillooet et un impact indirect, sur les inondations et la dégradation des sols en avale. Les glissement de terrain supérieurs à 107 m3, quoique rares, peuvent occasionner le déplacement des débris volcaniques pouvant rejoindre les endroits peuplés de la rivière Lillooet, à une distance de 32 à 75 km à partir de la source. Sans avertissement au préalable, les pertes de vie pourraient s'élever considérablement.
XNorthwind: Grammar-driven Synthesis of Large Datasets for DB Applications

—Relational databases often come with sample databases. One known example is the Northwind database, often used as data repository for software testing and development purposes. The Northwind database includes hypothetical records of customers, companies, products, employee and so on. The number of records in the Northwind is however considered inadequate for large applications, where a developer or user may need a lot more, possibly, millions of records. In this paper, we have used a Context-free Grammar in describing the rules for the synthesis of exponentially many hypothetical datasets that are similar to the Northwind database. We referred to the resulting database as XNorthwind (Extended Northwind). The new grammar was implemented, resulting in thousands of unique data values across the eight different Northwind Data Tables. These datasets will ﬁnd applications in training and development environments. A survey of 112 participants’ perceptions showed that 94.6% agreed that the XNorthwind can be useful.
Supplementary Data File Fault and fracture scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin and implications for the offshore Clair Field, Scotland

Mitzenmacher (2004) showed that difference in the tail of the power-law, log-normal and double Pareto (a distribution with the body of a log-normal and tail of power-law distribution) are may be better visualized in complementary cumulative distribution plots at logarithmic scale (ccdf, Fig. S1). Legitimate data points (data occurring in the yellow box in Fig. S1) are well fitted by power-law, log-normal and double Pareto distribution (Mitzenmacher, 2004). However, when data are affected by censoring and truncation effects, the power-law distribution type shows the least similarity to the biased data. More specifically, when datasets include truncated data (blue box in Fig. S1), both log-normal and double Pareto distributions fit the data (see Truncation blue box in Fig. S1a) and therefore it is not correct to base the distribution choice on these biased data (Mitzenmacher, 2004).
Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizer and Inter Row Spacing on Leave Length and Width of Rhodes Grass (Chloris gayana) Tan in the Dry Sub Humid Zone of Sokoto Nigeria

A field experiment was conducted during the 2016 and 2017 rainy seasons at Centre for Agriculture and Pastoral Research (CAPAR) of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria to study the effect of nitrogen fertilizer and inter-row spacing on Leave length and Leave width of Rhodes grass as indices of growth. A factorial combination of five fertilizer levels (0, 100, 120, 140 and 160 kgNha) and three inter row spacing (30, 50 and 70 cm) were used, making fifteen treatments combinations, which were laid out in a RCBD replicated four times. Determination of leave length and leave width was done at 3, 6, 9 and 12WAS using a meter rule. The data obtained were statistically analyzed by using analysis of variance (ANOVA), using the GenStat 64bit Release 17.1 (software) to elucidate the valid information from the data. The result revealed that, application of 160 KgNha generally produced plants with longer and broader (P<0.05) leaves Original Research Article Isa et al.; AJARR, 8(2): 30-38, 2020; Article no.AJARR. 53806 31 compared to the rest of the treatments, however there was generally significant (P>0.05) effect of inter row spacing in both 2016, 2017 and the years combined, inter-row spacing of 70 cm showed superiority amongst the treatments in the leaves length and leave width parameters investigated as compared to 50 and 30 cm spacings.
Effect of legume intercropping on N2O emissions and CH4 uptake during maize production in the Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Abstract. Intercropping with legumes is an important component of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in sub-Saharan Africa, but little is known about its effect on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) exchange. A field experiment was established at Hawassa in the Ethiopian rift valley, comparing nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) fluxes in minerally fertilized maize (64 kg N ha−1) with and without Crotalaria (C. juncea) or lablab (L. purpureus) as intercrops over two growing seasons. To study the effect of intercropping time, intercrops were sown either 3 or 6 weeks after maize. The legumes were harvested at flowering, and half of the aboveground biomass was mulched. In the first season, cumulative N2O emissions were largest in 3-week lablab, with all other treatments being equal to or lower than the fertilized maize mono-crop. After reducing mineral N input to intercropped systems by 50 % in the second season, N2O emissions were comparable with the fully fertilized control. Maize-yield-scaled N2O emissions in the first season increased linearly with aboveground legume N yield (p=0.01), but not in the second season when early rains resulted in less legume biomass because of shading by maize. Growing-season N2O-N emission factors varied from 0.02 % to 0.25 % in 2015 and 0.11 % to 0.20 % in 2016 of the estimated total N input. Growing-season CH4 uptake ranged from 1.0 to 1.5 kg CH4-C ha−1, with no significant differences between treatments or years but setting off the N2O-associated emissions by up to 69 %. Our results suggest that leguminous intercrops may increase N2O emissions when developing large biomass in dry years but, when mulched, can replace part of the fertilizer N in normal years, thus supporting CSA goals while intensifying crop production in the region.
Hippocampal and Parahippocampal Gray Matter Structural Integrity Assessed by Multimodal Imaging Is Associated with Episodic Memory in Old Age

Maintained structural integrity of hippocampal and cortical grey matter may explain why some older adults show rather preserved episodic memory. However, viable measurement models for estimating individual differences in grey matter structural integrity are lacking; instead, findings rely on fallible single indicators of integrity. Here, we introduce multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) methodology to capture individual differences in grey matter integrity, based on multimodal structural imaging in a large sample of 1,522 healthy adults aged 60 to 88 years from the Berlin Aging Study II, including 331 participants who underwent MR imaging. Structural integrity factors expressed the common variance of voxel-based morphometry (VBM), mean diffusivity (MD), and magnetization transfer ratio (MT) for each of four regions of interest (ROI): hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus, prefrontal cortex, and precuneus. Except for precuneus, the integrity factors correlated with episodic memory. Associations with hippocampal and parahippocampal integrity persisted after controlling for age, sex, and education. Our results support the proposition that episodic memory ability in old age benefits from maintained structural integrity of hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus. Exploratory follow-up analyses on sex differences showed that this effect is restricted to men. Multimodal factors of structural brain integrity might help improve our biological understanding of human memory aging.
Chemical Constituents of the Roots Extract of Dryopteris schimperiana and Evaluation for Antibacterial and Radical Scavenging Activities

Dryopteris schimperiana (Dryopteridaceae) is traditionally used in folk medicine of Ethiopia against bacteria and internal parasites. In view of its traditional use and absence of scientific reports, an attempt was made to explore the chemical constituents, antibacterial and radical scavenging activities of the solvent extracts of the root of Dryopteris schimperiana. In this regard, the root was successively extracted with n-hexane, CHCl3 and methanol to afford 5 g (2%), 2 g (0.8%) and 26.6 g (10.6%), respectively. The n-hexane and CHCl3 extracts showing similar TLC profile were mixed and fractionated over silica gel column chromatography which led to the isolation of two compounds identified as heptacosanol (1) and isorhmentin (2). The structures of the isolated compounds were accomplished using spectroscopic methods including UV-Vis, IR and NMR. To the best of our knowledge, these compounds have not been reported from the genus Dryopteries. The extracts and isolated compounds were evaluated for their antibacterial activities using agar well diffusion method against two Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtitis) and two Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli and Salmonella). The results showed that the n-hexane extract, methanol extracts and isolated compounds were active against all tested bacteria, with compound 2 shown to have an inhibition zone of 17 mm which is comparable with the positive control. Furthermore the extracts and isolated compounds were assessed for their radical scavenging activity using DPPH assay. Isorhmentin (2) displayed pronounceable % radical scavenging activity (82.8%) compared with ascorbic acid indicating its strong ability to act as radical scavenger. This study demonstrated that the antibacterial and radical scavenging activity of the root of D. shimperiana is accounted to the presence of isorhamnetin. Therefore, the biological activity displayed by the constituents of the roots of D. shimperiana corroborates the traditional use of this plant against bacteria.Key words: Dryopteris schimperiana, NMR, antibacterial activity, antioxidant
Bio-guided Fractionation of the Ethanolic Extract from Leaves of Trema orientalis Blume (Cannabaceae), a Presumed Antihypertensive Plant from Congo-Brazzaville

Unit of Chemistry of Plant and of the Life, Faculty of Sciences and Technics, Marien Ngouabi University, B.P. 69, Brazzaville, Congo. Superacid Group-Organic Synthesis Team, IC2MP-UMR CNRS 7582, University of Poitiers, 4 Rue Michel Brunet TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France. 3 STIM EA 7349 Laboratory, University of Poitiers, 1 Rue Michel Brunet TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France. 4 Biochimy and Pharmacology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences of Health, Marien Ngouabi University, B.P. 69, Brazzaville, Congo. 5 Higher National School of Agronomy and Forestry, Marien Ngouabi University, B.P. 69, Brazzaville, Congo.
Problems with Activity-Based Costing Implementation in Polish and Lithuanian Companies

The research purpose was to examine the problems of companies in implementing Activity-Based Costing and, in particular, to analyze the differences in assessing the level of these problems perceived by organizations using the system, considering its implementation, those which had not considered it, and those which had rejected it. The research showed that the problems with ABC implementation seen by adopters were considerably smaller compared to the other groups. A similar difference was noted between enterprises that were considering the implementation of the ABC system (and not considering it at all) and those that rejected it. The last group perceived implementation problems to be bigger than was the case in the groups which were still considering implementation or had not considered it at all. The findings seem to support the view that companies are making ABC implementation decisions rationally. On the one hand, when the problems perceived during implementation are relatively small, the company adopts ABC. On the other hand, when a company perceives the implementation problems as being quite significant, it rejects the implementation. In the middle of the scale are companies considering the implementation of ABC and others that are not thinking about it at all. They assess the perceived problems as moderate and are not in a position yet to decide for or against ABC implementation. There could also be an alternative explanation for the research results. It may be the case that companies, which have not implemented ABC overestimate the implementation problems.
Evaluation of yield and yield components of some groundnut genotypes under rainfed condition in Mali using biplot analysis

Sixteen groundnut genotypes were evaluated under three different environmental conditions of Mali during 2015/2016 rainy season. The environments were Tioribougou, Djijan and Samanko affiliated at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). The experiments were conducted in a 2×8 alpha lattice with three replications. Within the environment, the main effect of a genotype was significant. Genotypes by environmental interaction were also significant. Results showed that three genotypes ICGX-IS 13005F2-B1-287-1 (grain yield 2,197.1 kg/ha), ICGX-IS 13005F2-B1-205-1 (grain yield 1,922.3 kg/ha) and ICGX-IS 13012F2-B1-29-1 (grain yield 2,106.0 kg/ha) were found to be stable across environments. The genotypes with high pod yield for each specific environment were ICGX-IS 13005F2-B1-287-1 with 2197.1 kg/ha in Tioribougou and ICGX-IS 13005F2-B1-252-1 with 2382.8 kg/ha in Samanko. Key words: Groundnut, yield, genotype × environment interaction.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation . —

Purpose: This paper details an experimental study (N=197) that explores how different types of managerial change justifications affect employees’ reactions. The objective of this study is to explore the impact of managerial justification of a controversial decision in referential terms, ideological terms, or a combination of the two. Design/methodology/approach. A randomized controlled experiment was used applying casebased video clips to ensure vividness and realism in the experimental manipulation. Findings. The results show that referential justification caused a drop in the perceived trustworthiness of management, such that it reduced employees’ perceptions of the manager’s integrity. The effect was most pronounced in participants having elevated levels of dispositional resistance to change. The drop in perceived integrity was indirectly associated with reduced intention to support the change together with adverse affective and cognitive reactions to change. Originality/value. A robust test of different change justifications in a randomized, controlled setting, which also highlights the psychological mechanisms through which referential change justifications reduce follower trust. This result should help managers more readily understand the components of successful communication in organizational change.
Comparative Assessment of Speech Perception, Phonological Information Processing, and Syntactic Skills in Normal and Dyslexic Children of Second and Third Grade

* Corresponding Author: Zahra Soleymani, PhD. Address: Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98 (912) 2036683 E-mail: soleymaniz@sina.tums. ac.ir Introduction: Many studies have claimed that speech perception in dyslexic children is impaired in comparison to normal children in a way that dyslexic children are weaker in the discrimination and identification of phonemes. In this research, we study speech perception, syntactic skills, and phonological processing in the normal and dyslexic Farsi-speaking children.
Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Pseudomonas fluorescens on growth, physiological parameters and essential oil content in Ocimum basilicum L.

A pot experiment was performed to see the interactive potential of Glomus mosseae and Acaulospora laevis alone or in combination with Pseudomonas fluorescens on Ocimum basilicum L. under glass house conditions. Various morphological and physiological parameters were measured after 120 days. Although, all co-inoculation treatments showed beneficial effects but G. mosseae is found to be the most compatible strain found in the rhizosphere of basil plant. G. mosseae alone or in combination with other bioinoculants showed maximum increase in all the different parameters studied (plant height, fresh weight, dry weight, leaf number, inflorescence height, root and shoot phosphorus, acidic and alkaline phosphatase and oil content). The overall results demonstrate that the co-inoculation of P. fluorescens with AM fungi promotes higher mycorrhizal colonization enhancing nutrient acquisition especially phosphorus (P), producing plant growth hormones resulting in improvement of rhizospheric condition of soil, altering the physiological and biochemical properties of sweet basil.
Using of Some Agro-industrial Wastes for Improving Carotenoids Production from Yeast Rhodotorula glutinis 32 and Bacteria Erwinia uredovora DSMZ 30080

Some agro-industrial wastes such as clarified cane molasses, high test molasses, sweet whey, potato starch and corn steep liquor were tested as carbon sources or nitrogen source for growth and carotenoid accumulation using bacteria Erwinia uredovora DSMZ 30080 and yeast Rhodotorula glutinis number 32. Erlenmeyer flasks containing 100 ml of production media, the flasks were inoculated with 1 ml of standard inoculum and incubated at 150 rpm for 4 days at 30C. Samples were collected periodical every 24h, cell dry weight and carotenoids concentration were determined. Sweet whey and highest molasses gave the highest growth being 2.85 and 7.34 gl -1 , respectively and scored the same layout on carotenoids conc. which reach the peak during stationary phase (72 h of fermentation). Using of high test molasses and sweet whey as carotenoid production media were incremented carotenoid conc. about 1.7 and 2 fold (with respect to reference media). Original Research Article Gala and Ahmed; MRJI, 30(1): 15-25, 2020; Article no.MRJI. 54465 16 Increasing high test molasses conc. to give 5% initial sugar led to up great growth, carotenoids conc. , productivity, yield and Yc/x from Rhodo. glutinis 32 to be 7.31 gl -1 , 2.67 mgl -1 , 0.037 mgl -1 h -1 , 0.067% and 0.365, respectively. Furthermore, using corn steep liquor (30%) as nitrogen sources augmented carotenoids concentration about 3.8 and 4fold for incomplete and complete production media using Rhodo. glutinis32. Also, a negligible effect on growth was observed with dark incubation with both strains which dropped about 75 and 48% with regard to control for E. uredovora DSMZ 30080 and Rhod. glutinis 32, respectively, whereas, carotenoids conc. was increased about 21% for E. uredovora DSMZ 30080 in dark condition.
STRESS SIGNALS DETERMINATION IN DIFFERENT SWEET POTATO CULTIVARS AT SEEDLING STAGE UNDER SALT STRESS CONDITIONS

The first action taken by plant to cope with salt stress is producing fast action substances, i.e., proline, malondialdehyde, peroxidase activity, etc, which produced during the first phase of stress as a temporary defence response against stress. Sensitive and tolerant sweet potato cultivars are different in response to salt stress. Four sweet potato cultivars (Xu-28, Xu-Zi-3, Xu-22 and Yan-Zi-3) were used in this study to identify the differences in response to salt stress between tolerant and sensitive cultivars. Seedlings were treated with 200 mM of NaCl and samples were collected at 0, 30 min., 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72-hours after treatment. A modified standard evaluation score (SES) of visual salt injury was used to measure the degree of salt tolerance after 14 days of salt stress treatment. SES results indicated that Yan-Zi-3 and Xu-22 were salt sensitive cultivars, while Xu-28 and Xu-Zi-3 were tolerant cultivars. During the first phase of salt stress exposure, the proline accumulation in leaves of the two tolerant cultivars (Xu-Zi-3 and Xu-28) was higher than in sensitive cultivars (Yan-Zi-3 and Xu-22). Malondialdehyde level started to increase at 30 minutes after salts stress treatment and it was higher in Xu-22 and Yan-Zi-3 (9.253 and 9.590 nmol/ml, respectively) than those recorded in Xu-28 and Xu-Zi-3 (4.368 and 4.466 nmol/ml, respectively). In addition, protein synthesis was more pronounced in tolerant than sensitive cultivars. Peroxidase responding to salt stress in sweet potato appeared at only one time point differed according to cultivars. Furthermore, the increment level in both of tolerant cultivars was higher than that of sensitive cultivars.
Photochemistry of ozone over the Western Pacific in Winter and Spring

Author(s): Kondo, Y; Chen, G; Hudman, R; Jacob, D; Koike, M; Nakamura, K; Takegawa, N; Kita, K; Miyazaki, Y; Blake, DR; Shirai, T; Kawakami, S; Takigawa, M; Akimoto, H; Ogawa, T
Title : Post-exercise supplementation of sodium bicarbonate improves 1 acid base balance recovery and subsequent high-intensity boxing 2 specific performance

Affiliations: 8 1 Research Centre for Life and Sport Sciences (CLaSS), School of Health Sciences, Department 9 of Sport and Exercise, Birmingham City University, B15 3TN. 10 2 Human Sciences Research Centre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB 11 3 Sports Nutrition and Performance Group, Department of Sport and Physical Activity, Edge 12 Hill University, Lancashire L39 4QP, UK 13 4 Department of Sport and Movement Studies, Faculty of Health Science, University of 14 Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. 15 16