Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of polyherbal mixture supplementation during transition period on colostrum production and somatic cell counts of Sahiwal cows

The present investigation was conducted at LRC, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal to find out the effect of polyherbal mixture supplementation on colostrum production and SCC of the Sahiwal cows during the transition period. For that 32 multiparous Sahiwal cows were selected and divided into four groups, Eight cows in each group. Control (T0) group of cows were offered the ration as per the standard feeding schedule (NRC, 2001). The treatments group (T1, T2 and T3) cows were offered the same ration and with additionally in T1 group 200 g poly-herbal (50 g each Shatavari, Methi and Jeera; 25 g each Dalchini and Tulsi; added with 250 g jaggery) mixture was offered for 30 days before and 60 days after calving and in T2 group 150 g poly-herbal (25 g each Ajwain, Fennel, Ginger, Black cardamom and Black seeds, 20 g Turmeric and 5 g Clove; boiled with 25 g Black salt and jaggery) mixture was offered from parturition to 7 days postpartum and in T3 group the poly-herbal mixture combination was given as a treatment. The colostrum yield and SCC of Sahiwal cows were recorded on 1, 3 and 5 day after calving. The analysis of variance of data revealed that, the cows of T1, T2 and T3 groups had significantly (P≤0.05) higher colostrum yield on 5 day. The SCC of colostrum was lower (P≤0.05) at 5 day in T3 followed by T1, T2 and T0 groups of Sahiwal cows. The combination of poly-herbal supplementation had better effect on the colostrum production and quality of the Sahiwal cows during the transition period.
Firm size, business sector and quality of accounting information systems: Evidence from Vietnam

Article history: Received November 28 2019 Received in revised format December 26 2019 Accepted January 28 2020 Available online February 2 2020 This paper increases the understanding of the quality of accounting information systems in emerging economies, using data from Vietnam as an example. The quality of accounting information systems is a measure combining system quality and information quality. It is important to figure out what aspects of this measure are critical for business to enhance firm performance. This research investigates the level of accounting information system quality and examines the relationships between system quality and firm size, information quality and firm size, system quality and business sector as well as information quality and business sector, respectively. We employed descriptive statistics to illustrate the quality of accounting information systems and One-Way ANOVA to test four hypotheses. The descriptive statistics results demonstrate the level of system quality and information quality, in general, is not excellent. And there are differences in system quality and information quality in each business sector groups and firm size groups. The test result highlights a relationship between system quality and firm size but there are no links between information quality and firm size, system quality and business sector, and information quality and business sector. In conclusion, the paper extends the literature of the quality of accounting information systems and assists state agencies and executives to have a framework to improve the business performance as well. by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada 20 © 20
Bulgarian political parties and European integration: from anticommunism to Euroscepticism

ABSTRACT In this article, we review the political developments in Bulgaria since the fall of communism in 1989, including the process of European integration that it underwent. We pay a particular attention to the positions that political parties in the country take with respect to the country’s membership in the European Union (EU). The place of the EU in the profiles of Bulgarian political parties is assessed through quantitative data available from the Manifesto Project. The qualitative discussion of the extent of European Union support within each of the major players in Bulgaria’s party system adds to the quantitative data and provides the details on the specifies of Bulgarian socio-economic and socio-cultural Euroscepticism. We conclude that although Bulgarian political elite continues to have a pro-European orientation, Bulgarian Euroscepticism is already part of the party competition, and it is here to stay.
Discovery of a new de novo originated Robertsonian translocation rob (11;22) in Indian cattle

Present address: 1Quality Control Officer (joydipb13@ gmail.com), Frozen Semen Bull Station, Salboni, West Bengal. 2Block Live Stock Development Officer (udaysankard @ymail.com), Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. 3,4 Senior Scientist (ajoymandal@rediffmail.com, drmmondal @rediffmail.com), National Dairy Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station, Kalyani, West Bengal. Robertsonian translocation especially rob (1;29) is the most common structural chromosomal aberration identified in different breeds of cattle (Bos taurus) throughout the world (Popescu 1978). Since its detection in Sweedish red breed of cattle by Gustavsson and Rockborn (1964) many rare translocations involving other chromosomes have also been reported widely in more than 60 different breeds of cattle (Popescu and Pech 1991). Compared to the European breeds of cattle (Bos taurus), fewer cases were reported in Indian cattle breeds (Bos indicus). On the other hand sex chromosome chimerism (60, XX/XY) is a very common chromosome abnormality in multiple pregnancy of cattle where a female calf born co-twin to a male calf (KozubskaSobocinska et al. 2011, Biswas et al. 2014). Evidences from the previous studies suggested that freemartin condition with serious reproductive disorder is the possible outcome of sex chromosome chimerism. However, occurance of Robertsonian translocation along with the sex chromosome chimerism is extremely rare event. The present study confirmed the occurrence of a new Robertsonian translocation, rob (11;22) in chimeric triplets (59, XX/XY) of Indian non-descript cattle (Bos indicus) originated “de novo” by cytogenetic investigation. The present study was carried out in the karyotyping laboratory, Frozen Semen Bull Station, Haringhata Farm, West Bengal, India. Blood samples (5 ml) of each of triplet calves (two females and one male) along with their sire and dam of Indian non-descript cattle (Bos indicus) were collected in vacutainer tubes containing heparin from jugular vein of animals. Cytogenetic study of the somatic chromosomes was conducted by using the improved technique of in-vitro whole blood lymphocyte culture following the protocol of Halnan (1977) with some modifications. The lymphocyte culture media was Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 85 (8): 867–869, August 2015/Short communication https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v85i8. 50969
University of Birmingham Interdependency in coordinating networked maintenance and modification operations

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to detect, through applying a process-based view, how to manage economisation of the maintenance and modification operations in offshore petroleum logistics operations. Design/methodology/approach: A single case study of engineering services, more specifically, maintenance and modification service operations, on a Norwegian Sea oil platform reveals the dynamics of building network capabilities in a consistent network structure. Two layers of coordination are studied: the engineering process and its context, represented by its network of interconnected firms. This case study empirically grounds how engineering service involves managing reciprocally interdependent exchange processes in the network structure. Findings: Pooled interdependencies are vital in understanding the nature of service provision and use, and sequential interdependencies are vital in narrating the timing of processes to reveal the nature of process emergence to coordinate strings of production events. Furthermore, the network structure, when characterised by multiple interdependent projects, is also dynamic but at a slower pace. Originality/value: Through the case study, operations management is revealed to be associated with project emergence at two levels: the core process level regarding daily continuous change, including the changing interaction of multiple different and interdependent projects, and the contextual level, where features of interdependency and integration change, affecting engineering service production. This provides guidance as to the economisation of engineering services. They change not only interactions in the flow of production but also its context.
e-Learning readiness and perceived learning workload among students in an Indonesian university

e-Learning has been widely used in educational settings especially in developing countries like Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to investigate e-learning readiness among Indonesian university students and to compare students’ perceptions of their workload (including mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance, effort, frustration, and sleepiness) in e-learning and classical learning settings. A survey was conducted with students in an Indonesian university. The results show that students have a high level of e-learning readiness. Mental workload is significantly higher in e-learning than in face-to-face learning. No significant difference in sleepiness was found between e-learning and face-to-face learning. The correlation between e-learning readiness and the mental workload was not significant. Implications of the results are discussed.
Scale dependence of temporal biodiversity change in modern and fossil marine plankton

AIM: Biodiversity dynamics comprise evolutionary and ecological changes on multiple temporal scales from millions of years to decades, but they are often interpreted within a single time frame. Planktonic foraminifera communities offer a unique opportunity for analysing the dynamics of marine biodiversity over different temporal scales. Our study aims to provide a baseline for assessments of biodiversity patterns over multiple time‐scales, which is urgently needed to interpret biodiversity responses to increasing anthropogenic pressure. LOCATION: Global (26 sites). TIME PERIOD: Five time‐scales: multi‐million‐year (0–7 Myr), million‐year (0–0.5 Myr), multi‐millennial (0–15 thousand years), millennial (0–1,100 years) and decadal (0–32 years). MAJOR TAXA STUDIED: Planktonic foraminifera. METHODS: We analysed community composition of planktonic foraminifera at five time‐scales, combining measures of standing diversity (richness and effective number of species, ENS) with measures of temporal community turnover (presence–absence‐based, dominance‐based). Observed biodiversity patterns were compared with the outcome of a neutral model to separate the effects of sampling resolution (the highest in the shortest time series) from biological responses. RESULTS: Richness and ENS decreased from multi‐million‐year to millennial time‐scales, but higher standing diversity was observed on the decadal scale. As predicted by the neutral model, turnover in species identity and dominance was strongest at the multi‐million‐year time‐scale and decreased towards the millennial scale. However, contrary to the model predictions, modern time series show rapid decadal variation in the dominance structure of foraminifera communities, which is of comparable magnitude as over much longer time periods. Community turnover was significantly correlated with global temperature change, but not on the shortest time‐scale. MAIN CONCLUSIONS: Biodiversity patterns can be to some degree predicted from the scaling effects related to different durations of time series, but changes in the dominance structure observed over the last few decades reach higher magnitude, probably forced by anthropogenic effects, than those observed over much longer durations.
The Prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum in Lambs around Konya

This study was conducted between January and May 2003 in small-holder sheep farms in Konya. A total of 471 faecal specimens obtained from 1-60 – day-old lambs were examined for the oocysts and coproantigens of Cryptosporidium parvum by Modified Ziehl Neelsen (MZN) staining technique and ELISA. The oocysts and coproantigens of C. parvum were identified in 14 (2.97%) and 43 (9.13%) of the 471 lambs, respectively. The infected lambs examined in the study were asymptomatically infected with C. parvum.
Scalable and Fast Optical Circuit Switch Created with Silicon-Photonic Tunable-Filter-Based Local Oscillator Bank and Colorless Coherent Detection

We propose a large-scale fast optical circuit switch created with Silicon-photonic tunable-filter-based LO bank and colorless coherent detection. Experiments verify 475.1-Tbps switch bandwidth (1,856 × 1,856 at 256 Gbps) and switching times under 3.52 μs.
Gene Expression in Embryonic Neural Development and Stem Cell Differentiation

The concept of neural induction, i.e. the definition of the neural plate domain in the ectoderm, was first proposed by Spemman and Mangold after the classic experiment in which transplantation of the frog embryo’s dorsal blastopore lip induced a complete neural axis from the acceptor embryo’s ectoderm. Since then, much effort has been made aimed at identify the signals that confer the neural bias to the ectoderm. The resulting picture clearly indicates that neural induction is a multi-step process that requires the interplay of various pathways. The result of neural induction is the definition of a neural plate composed by proliferating neuroepithelial cells expressing pan-neural genes.
Proposal for a Methodology Based on XRD and SEM-EDS to Monitor Effects of Lime-Treatment on Clayey Soils

The aim of this paper is to present the results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) tests and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) analyses on a natural and lime-treated clay, in order to determine the percentage of lime able to stabilize soil. For this reason, XRD test analyses have been conducted on natural soil (TQ0) and on two different mixtures (TQ3 and TQ5): The former with 3% and the latter with 5% by mass of quicklime. These mixtures have been analyzed at different curing times: At the addition of lime (0 d), and after a mellowing period of 7 and 28 d. The obtained results show that 3% of CaO is the percentage of quicklime able to modify the material (initial consumption of lime (ICL)) and 5% of CaO is the percentage able to stabilize it (lime stabilization optimum (LSO)). Finally, SEM images allowed for the monitoring of the process of reactions between the soil and lime during the mellowing period, while EDS analyses validated the XRD results in terms of chemical composition of the examined soil. For the examined natural clay, statistical analysis of the obtained EDS results identified a linear regression curve between the added quicklime and the after-treatment Ca content. The proposed approach could be adopted to calculate the content of calcium after the treatment and verify the in situ-added CaO during roadworks or at the end of them.
Effect of explosion source location on tunnel damage

The experimental study, the results of which are presented in this article, focuses on the shock wave behavior in scale models of tunnel structures and their consequences on the damage of tubes simulating tunnel lining. The source of the explosion is located either on the longitudinal axis of the tunnel or it is located near the bottom of the tunnel. The second case is more akin to reality. This article analyzes the consequences of the location of explosion sources and the influence of their brisance. In order to compare the effects of explosions on the tunnel lining, the effect of the charge deposited on the axis of the tunnel is investigated on a 0.5-m-diameter tube, while the effect of the charge deposited outside the tunnel axis is monitored on a 1-m-diameter tube. Thus, the magnitudes of the brisance may be comparable for both cases. The characteristics of the shock waves are described. The mass of the charges is graded so as not to allow a total collapse of the structure, but to manifest its damage.
Contamination Delays the Release of Laricobius osakensis for Biological Control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: Cryptic Diversity in Japanese Laricobius spp. and Colony-Purification Techniques

Abstract Laricobius osakensis (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) was imported from Japan to the United States in 2006 for study in quarantine facilities as a potential biological control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. Laricobius osakensis was released from quarantine in 2010, but it was soon discovered that the colony also contained a cryptic species, Laricobius naganoensis. This led to the placement of L. osakensis back into quarantine and development of a method to purify the colony. To distinguish the two species, we designed a restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay using mitochondrial DNA sequences and developed a non-lethal testing method. Twenty-one diagnostic nucleotide sites separated the two species, and they both exhibited extraordinary intra-specific haplotype diversity. Sequencing the ITS2 nuclear region did not produce evidence of hybridization between the species in the field or in the lab colony. Splitting the colony into small groups and testing their species composition was successful in isolating L. osakensis. Efforts should be made to maintain high genetic diversity in L. osakensis colonies. Continued genotyping of new colony stock will be necessary to fully characterize the diversity within both species.
Wandering Astray: Teenagers' Choices of Schooling and Crime

We build and estimate a dynamic model of teenagers' choices of schooling and crime, incorporating four factors that may contribute to the different paths taken by different teenagers: heterogeneous endowments, unequal opportunities, uncertainties about one's own ability, and contemporaneous shocks. We estimate the model using administrative panel data from Chile that link school records with juvenile criminal records. Counterfactual policy experiments suggest that, for teenagers with disadvantaged backgrounds, interventions that combine mild improvement in their schooling opportunities with free tuition (by adding 157 USD per teenager‐year to the existing high school voucher) would lead to an 11% decrease in the fraction of those ever arrested by age 18 and a 13% increase in the fraction of those consistently enrolled throughout primary and secondary education.
Where day trippers and tourists go: comparing the spatio-temporal distribution of Mainland Chinese visitors in Hong Kong using Weibo data

ABSTRACT This article compares the spatio-temporal concentration and dispersion of day trippers and tourists from Shenzhen as well as from the rest of Mainland China in Hong Kong using Weibo check-in data. The results show that hotspots of visitors from the rest of Mainland China are mostly concentrated in downtown areas, while visitors from Shenzhen also generate hotspots closer to the border. The activity pattern of day trippers is more spatially dispersed and more likely to form local hotspots than tourists. The visits of day trippers are more concentrated during weekends and daytime whereas tourists are more evenly distributed in time.
Nanobubbles Interaction on Flat Plates Affecting Volumetric Gas Flux and Local Void Ratio

A pipe has a great significance to deposit fluid from one place to another. Distributing solution to the engine, cooling system, and ballast system are crucial for a ship to operate correctly. Drag is one of the obstructions in the internal flow of the pipeline, restricting the fluid to stream smoothly. Majority studies use numerous methods to reduce the effect, such as using microbubble, minimizing the length of pipe installation, and injection of nanobubble. Bubble drag reduction is one of the most modern methods; the previous study showed that 2mm bubble size has a lot less beneficial for decreasing drag than a 40 µm bubble at the same fluid velocity. Based on previous research, this study will show the impact of nanobubble in reducing drag produced by a carbon-ceramic nozzle. This research studies the nanobubble influence explicitly by using diverge types of conditions such as various injection distance, several areas of the plates, and analyze the utilization of nanobubble and microbubble within the boundary layer. The boundary layer investigated by circumscribing volumetric gas flux and gas flux injection and then scrutinize the findings providing a local void ratio. Research towards the boundary layer used a shred of photographic evidence, examine by using Jimage processing to view the distance between the exterior of the plates and the current generated by nanobubble injection. Flux ratio created from the resulting multiplier constant, which is the ß factor that expresses the effectiveness of the nanobubble drag reduction technique. Finally, the result obtained that nanobubble is 0.82912 times more efficient than using microbubble with an injection range of 80mm and a local void ratio of 2.1.
Influence of Local Habitat and Climatic Factors on the Distribution of Fish Species in the Tonle Sap Lake

Tonle Sap Lake (TSL) is a highly productive system and hosts a high fish diversity and is of paramount importance for sustaining protein supply for over 15 million Cambodians. Nevertheless, the ecology and factors influencing the spatial distribution of many fishes within the lake remain poorly understood. Using commercial fishing lot catch data from 1994/1995 to 1999/2000, fishing seasons and environmental data (land cover and bioclimatic variables), we describe spatial distribution of the eight most commercially important fish species, and investigate the effects of environmental factors on their distributions in the TSL. We found a strong variability in fish biomass across areas and between species. Specifically, Channa micropeltes was most abundant in the southern and northern sections of the TSL. Channa striata and Trichopodus microlepis were more common in the northern part of the TSL. Cyclocheilos enoplos, Barbonymus gonionotus, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, and Gymnostomus spp. were abundant in the southern areas of the TSL while Phalacronotus spp. were abundant in few areas in both the north and the south. Flooded forest positively explained the variation in the biomass of P. hypophthalmus, C. striata, C. enopolos, and Phalacronotus spp. Likewise, the lake’s open water positively affects the biomass of P. hypophthalmus, C. enopolos, and Phalacronotus spp. , while the agricultural field negatively impacts Gymnostomus spp. biomass distribution. We also found that some areas consistently hosted high fish biomass (e.g., lot 2, Kampong Thom; lot 6, Pursat; lot 2, Battambang, etc.). We, therefore, suggest that fisheries management and conservation planning focus on those areas, considering those areas significance as core fish habitat and important for catching fish.