Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Psycho‐Social Factors Influencing Forest Conservation Intentions on the Agricultural Frontier

Remnant forest fragments are critical to conserve biological diversity yet these are lost rapidly in areas under agricultural expansion. Conservation planning and policy require a deeper understanding of the psycho‐social factors influencing landholders’ intentions towards conserving forest fragments. We surveyed 89 landholders in an agricultural frontier of the South American Gran Chaco and employed survey data to test three social psychological models: the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and two modified versions of it, one integrated to the Norm Activation Theory (TPB‐NAT) and one including the effect of identity (TPB‐NAT‐Identity). The TPB was the most parsimonious model and explained a large variance of conservation intentions (41%). Social norms and attitudes had the largest direct influence on intentions across the three models, and identity had a significant role in shaping social norms and attitudes. Interventions aimed at building social capital within landholder networks provide the best hope for influencing pro‐conservation norms.
YouTube channels influence on destination visit intentions

With the usage of social media and Web 2. 0, YouTube channels currently play a pivotal role in supporting a traveler’s destination visit. Travelers create their YouTube channels and share their past experiences in the form of videos, which helps other potential travelers to support their destination visit. The purpose of this paper is to understand how travelers adopt information through YouTube channels and how it influences the traveler’s intention to visit a destination. ,A research model was constructed and empirically tested by using a sample of 486 respondents who watch YouTube channels before visiting a destination. Further, the hypotheses of this study were validated with the help of structural equation modeling using partial least squares. The respondents in this study were from Delhi. ,This paper found comprehensiveness, relevance, timeliness, source expertise and attitude as the most significant predictors of a traveler’s destination visit intention through YouTube channel adoption. Further, source trustworthiness and accuracy were not found to be statistically significant. ,The findings of this paper were based on data taken from the local respondents in Delhi. Further, it analyzed the influence of only seven dimensions on destination visit intention, which could have excluded some important factors that influence tourists’ destination visit intention. ,This paper has provided implications for YouTube vloggers and tourists. The result proves that while making decisions regarding destination visit, tourists thinks critically and scrutinize the content of YouTube channels prior to deciding a destination. So, vloggers should provide relevant, comprehensive and accurate destination information through their videos to tourists. ,To the best of authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first in the Indian context to examine the adoption of YouTube channels before visiting destinations through information adoption models with additional constructs.
Compact FeFET Circuit Building Blocks for Fast and Efficient Nonvolatile Logic-in-Memory

Due to their CMOS compatibility, hafnium oxide based ferroelectric field-effect transistors (FeFET) gained remarkable attention recently, not only in the context of nonvolatile memory applications but also for being an auspicious candidate for novel combined memory and logic applications. In addition to bringing nonvolatility into existing logic circuits (Memory-in-Logic), FeFETs promise to guide the way to compact Logic-in-Memory solutions, where logic computations are examined in memory arrays or array-like structures. To increase the area-efficiency of such circuits, a dense integration of FeFETs and standard FETs is essential. In this paper, we show that the ultra-dense co-integration of FeFETs and nFETs (28nm HKMG) with shared active area does not alter the FeFET’s switching behavior, nor does it affect the baseline CMOS. Based on this, we propose the integration of a FeFET-based, 2-input look-up table (memory) directly into a 4-to-1 multiplexer (logic), which is utilized directly in a 2TNOR memory array or stand-alone circuit. The latter one dramatically reduces the transistor count by at least 33% compared to similar FeFET-based circuits. By storing values of the look-up table in a nonvolatile manner, no energy is consumed during standby mode, which enables normally-off computing. To take another step towards novel Logic-in-Memory designs, we experimentally demonstrate a very compact in-array 2T half adder and simulate an array-like 14T full adder, which exploit the advantages of the array arrangement: easy write procedure and a very compact, robust design. The proposed circuits exhibit energy-efficiency in the (sub)fJ-range and operation speeds of 1GHz.
MINERAL, PROTEIN, AND ENERGY SUPPLEMENTATION IN HEIFERS IN A NATIVE PAMPA BIOME PASTURE DURING WINTER

This study evaluated the effect of different supplements during winter on the performance of heifers in a native Pampa biome field using deferred grazing and evaluated the economic viability of each treatment. A total of 124 heifers from Brangus and Angus breeds, 18 months old, and with an average weight of 301.6 kg were included in this experiment. The treatments applied were: control with only native grassland, native grassland + 80P mineral salt treatment (MS), native grassland + protein salt treatment (PS), and native grassland + protein/energy salt treatment (PES). Besides the productive, botanical, and bromatological characteristics of the pasture, the average daily gain and the live weight gain per hectare were evaluated. The economic viability of the treatments was evaluated through partial budgeting. Weight loss was observed in all treatments. However, only the PES treatment differed from the others, with an average daily gain of -0.046 kg dia -1 (p value < 0.005). The MS treatment was the best regarding economic viability. Despite that, the smallest weight loss was observed in the PES treatment, which may be a determinant in the development and future performance of heifers. Despite the small net margin, this treatment did not incur additional costs to the system.
Intestinal Resection in Children: Our Experience in Enugu, Nigeria

Background: Intestinal resection in children is an important surgical procedure because of the possible complications that may arise from it. Late presentation and ignorance in developing countries have made intestinal resection a frequent surgical procedure. Methods: This was a retrospective study of children that had intestinal resection in the pediatric surgery unit of Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria. The medical records of the pediatric patients that underwent intestinal resection over a 10-year period were evaluated for the indications that prompted the surgery. The other parameters that were assessed included the patients’ demographics, the duration of symptoms before presentation, the time interval between presentation and intervention, the complications arising from the intestinal resection, and the outcome. Results: There were 52 cases of intestinal resection with an age range of 1–168 months (median 10 months) and a male to female ratio of 2.25:1. There were 9 neonates (less than one month of age), 29 infants (greater than one month but less than one year of age) and 14 children (older than 1 year of age). The following were the indications for intestinal resection: gangrenous/irreducible intussusception (28 or 53.8%), strangulated external hernia (7 or 13.5%), typhoid intestinal perforation (6 or 11.5%), intestinal atresia (3 or 5.8%), gastroschisis (3 or 5.8%), midgut volvulus (3 or 5.8%), and abdominal trauma (2 or 3.8%). The following definitive surgical procedures were performed: right hemicolectomy with ileotransverse anastomosis (28 or 53.8%), segmental resection with end-to-end anastomosis (20 or 38.5%), and massive intestinal resection with end-to-end anastomosis (4 or 7.7%). The median duration of symptoms prior to presentation and the median duration from presentation to surgery were 3 days and 2 days, respectively. The mean duration of hospital stay was 15 days. Twenty patients (38.4%) developed complications, which included surgical site infection (8 or 15.4%), enterocutanous fistula (6 or 11.5%), intra-peritoneal abscess (4 or 7.7%), and adhesive intestinal obstruction (2 or 3.8%). There were 8 deaths, which accounted for 15.4% of the patients. Conclusion: Intestinal resection was performed most often for intussusception. Late presentation and ignorance contributed significantly to the number of intestinal resections required. Keywords: Children; intestinal resection; experience; intussusception; hernia
Utilization of entrepreneurial information among rural women farmers in Akinyele Local Government Area Oyo State

Entrepreneurship on a small scale is the only solution to the problems of unemployment and proper utilization of both human and non-human resources and improving the leaving conditions of the poor masses. Therefore, Utilization of entrepreneurial information among rural women farmers in Akinyele Local Government Area Oyo State was investigated. 200 respondents with the aid of well structured questionnaire were selected through Multi-stage sampling technique. Data were analyzed using frequency counts, percentage and means and PPMC at 0.05% level of significance. The result of analysis revealed that most 45.5% of respondents are in their active age, married with majority (41.5%) had farming experience between 16 years and above. Also, utilization of entrepreneurial information among women farmers is high. However, Securing working capital, lack of transportation, lack of information and delay of payment, high cost of labor and high cost of inputs are major constraints faced by rural women farmers in the study area. PPMC Analysis reveals that there is significant relationship between constraints faced by rural women farmers and utilization of entrepreneurial information (r-value =0.365and p- valve = 0.000). It is therefore recommended that Rural women farmers should be introduced to the internet, in order to get more information on entrepreneurship. And also, various tiers of government should create programs that will catalyze entrepreneurial development with the aid entrepreneur information (with special focus for women) in the rural areas.
HspB8 protein expression in pregnant rat myometriumthroughout pregnancy

Heat shock protein (Hsp) B8 is highly expressed in smooth muscle, but the expression and function in uterine smooth muscle, or myometrium, during pregnancy remains unknown. The goal of this project was to characterize the myometrial expression of HspB8 protein in pregnant rats during myometrial programming. Immunoblot analysis determined that HspB8 and the co-chaperone Bcl2- associated athanogene (Bag) 3 protein expression was elevated at mid-gestation at day (d)15 and d17 (p<0.05; n=4). The intracellular localization of HspB8 and Bag3 has not been well characterized; therefore, spatiotemporal expression in pregnant rat myometrium was also determined by immunofluorescence analysis. HspB8 and Bag3 were predominantly localized to the cytoplasm of myometrial cells and were not found in nuclei. To determine whether an HspB8-Bag3 complex existed in myometrial cells during pregnancy, co-immunoprecipitation assays were performed. The results demonstrated that an HspB8-Bag3 complex was present in vitro and in vivo, at nonpregnant, d15 and d23. This investigation provides valuable insights into the spatiotemporal expression of HspB8 and Bag3 and evidence of formation of a heteromeric signaling complex, HspB8-Bag3, in uterine musculature during pregnancy. With known roles of these proteins in macroautophagy activation, these results suggest that HspB8 and Bag3 could have similar function(s) during myometrial hypertrophy.
Egg & Ego: An Almost True Story of Life in the Biology Lab

1. The Experiment. - What we did in the slaughterhouse, and afterwards. - 2. The Greasy Pole. - How I got up it myself. - 3. The Growth Factors. - The most expensive substances in the world. Postscript: Molecular Biology, BC and AC. - 4. On the Catwalk: Publication and Presentation. - What scientists and actors have in common. - 5. The Frog and Its Spawn. - From pregnancy test to the cover ofCell. - 6. Who's Who in the Lab. - From the candidate to the chairman, who they are, what they do, and why. - 7. Laboratory Life and Death. - Radiation, genetic engineering, animals, computers, technology transfer. - 8. The Ground Plan of Evolution. - Why all animals are really the same. - 9. Paying for It All. - Where satisfaction means unending exponential growth. - 10. The Case of the Headless Frog. - Science and the media. - Epilogue.
Association of Differing Qatari Genotypes with Vitamin D Metabolites

Objective Genetic studies have identified four Qatari genotypes: Q1 Arab, Bedouin; Q2 Asian/Persian; Q3 African; and a fourth admixed group not fitting into the previous 3 groups. This study was undertaken to determine if there was an increased risk of deficiency of vitamin D and its metabolites associated with differing genotypes, perhaps due to genetic differences in skin pigmentation. Methods 398 Qatari subjects (220 type 2 diabetes and 178 controls) had their genotype determined by Affymetrix 500 k SNP arrays. Total values of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D), 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (24,25(OH)2D), and 25-hydroxy-3epi-vitamin D (3epi-25(OH)D) concentrations were measured by the LC-MS/MS analysis. Results The distribution was as follows: 164 (41.2%) genotyped Q1, 149 (37.4%) genotyped Q2, 31 (7.8%) genotyped Q3, and 54 (13.6%) genotyped “admixed. ” Median levels of 25(OH)D and 3epi-25(OH)D did not differ across Q1, Q2, Q3, and “admixed” genotypes, respectively. 1,25(OH)2D levels were lower (p < 0.04) between Q2 and the admixed groups, and 24,25(OH)2D levels were lower (p < 0.05) between Q1 and the admixed groups. Vitamin D metabolite levels were lower in females for 25(OH)D, 1,25(OH)2D (p < 0.001), and 24,25(OH)2D (p < 0.006), but 3epi-25(OH)D did not differ (p < 0.26). Diabetes prevalence was not different between genotypes. Total 1,25(OH)2D (p < 0.001), total 24,25(OH)2D (p < 0.001), and total 3epi-25(OH)D (p < 0.005) were all significantly lower in diabetes patients compared to controls whilst the total 25(OH)D was higher in diabetes than controls (p < 0.001). Conclusion Whilst 25(OH)D levels did not differ between genotype groups, 1,25(OH)2D and 24,25(OH)2D were lower in the admixed group, suggesting that there are genetic differences in vitamin D metabolism that may be of importance in a population that may allow a more targeted approach to vitamin D replacement. This may be of specific importance in vitamin D replacement strategies with the Q2 genotype requiring less, and the other genotypes requiring more to increase 1,25(OH)2D. Whilst overall the group was vitamin D deficient, total 25(OH)D was higher in diabetes, but 1,25(OH)2D, 24,25(OH)2D, and 3epi-25(OH)D were lower in diabetes that did not affect the relationship to genotype.
Thinking with theory as a policy evaluation tool: The case of boarding schools for remote First Nations students

Many recent policy documents have outlined the challenges of delivering high-quality education in remote First Nations communities and proposed that boarding schools are one important solution. These documents have influenced the increasing uptake of boarding options and there has been considerable public investment in scholarships, residential facilities and transition support. Yet the outcomes of this investment and policy effort are not well understood. The authors of this article came together as a collaboration of researchers who have published about boarding school education for First Nations students to examine the evidence and develop a theory-driven understanding of how policies drive systems to produce both desirable and undesirable outcomes for First Nations boarding school students. We applied complexity theory and post-structural policy analysis techniques and produced a useful tool for the evaluation of boarding policy and its implementation.
Genotoxic effects of organophosphate pesticide phorate in some exotic fishes of Kashmir.

Genotoxic effects of phorate, a commonly used pesticide were evaluated in two exotic sub-species of fish, Cyprinus carpio L. (family Cyprinidae) namely Cyprinus carpio specularis and Cyprinus carpio communis using micronucleus test. Genotoxicity of said pesticide was confirmed by incidence of micronucleus in peripheral erythrocytes using three sub-lethal concentrations viz 0.2ppm, 0.4ppm and 0.6ppm of phorate after 24, 48 and 72 hours. All the three concentrations were able to induce micronuclei formation in erythrocytes of both fish species. However, after 48h and72h, a statistically significant increase was found in the frequency of micronuclei in peripheral erythrocytes of both fish species. The percentage of single micronuclei in Cyprinus carpio specularis (0.03 ± 0.01 in control) increased to 1.15 ± 0.32 from low to high concentrations after 24h and 2.74 ± 0.52 in longer exposures. In Cyprinus carpio communis somewhat similar results were observed with increase in percentage of single micronuclei (0.03 ± 0.01 in control) to 1.30 ± 0.23 at 24h from low to high concentration and this percentage continued to increase by 2.08 ± 0.31 and 2.91 ± 0.39 after 48 and 72 h respectively (Mann-Whitney U test; p< 0.05). [Maraj-ud-din Malik, Zeenat Nisar. Genotoxic Effects Of Organophosphate Pesticide Phorate In Some Exotic Fishes Of Kashmir. Biomedicine and Nursing 2015;1(1):13-17]. ISSN 2379-8211. http://www.nbmedicine. org. 3. doi:10.7537/marsbnj010115.03
Description of achene damage by the red sunflower seed weevil, the banded sunflower moth, and the sunflower moth

There are four major insect pests attacking achenes of sunflower in the Great Plains of North America (Charlet et al., 1987); the red sunflower seed weevil, Smicronyx fulvus LeConte (Cole? ptera: Curculionidae), the gray sunflower seed weevil, S. sordidus LeConte (Cole? ptera: Curculionidae), the banded sunflower moth, Cochylis hospes (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera: Cochylidae), and the sunflower moth, Homoeosoma electellum (H? lst) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Identification of achenes damaged by larvae of these species is important for assessment of yield loss caused by each species (Peng and Brewer, 1995). Achenes infested by the gray sunflower seed weevil are easily identified because they are enlarged and protrude above the surrounding achenes on intact sunflower heads and the kernel is entirely consumed (Brewer, 1991). Descriptions of achenes infested by larvae of the other three species are similar (Carlson, 1967; Oseto and Braness, 1979; McBride and Charlet, 1991) except for the location of feeding/exit holes on the surface of the achenes infested by the red sunflower seed weevil and banded sunflower moth (Charlet and Gross, 1990). The red sunflower seed weevil oviposits in the de veloping achenes. The larvae feed on the developing kernels and when mature chew emergence holes in the pericarp (hull) (Oseto and Braness, 1979). The banded sunflower moth and sunflower moth oviposit on the bracts and florets. Early instars feed on the pollen and florets, later instars penetrate into achenes and feed on the developing kernels (Charlet et al., 1987, Charlet and Gross, 1990). In this study, we describe achenes infested by the red sunflower seed weevil, banded sunflower moth and sunflower moth and provide characters for separation of achenes infested by each of these pest species. Achenes from artificially infested plants were used to describe and differentiate the damage caused by each species of pest. Plants used for infestation by the red sunflower seed weevil were grown in the field. Field-collected adult weevils were used to infest sunflower heads at the plant stage of R5.4 (Schneiter & Miller, 1981), when 40% of anthesis was completed. Plants were sprayed twice with Bacillus thuringiensis (Acme Division/PBI-Gordon Corporation, Kansas City, KS before infestation, and were in the bud stage (R2-R4) when treated. Plants were covered with Delnet pollination bags (Applied Extrusion Technologies, Middle town, Del) after infestation to prevent infestation by other seed feeding insects. Sunflower heads used for infestation by the banded sunflower moth and the sunflower moth were grown in the greenhouse. We used newly emerged banded sunflower moth larvae (<24 hr old) and sunflower moth eggs to infest plants at the R5.2 stage (20% anthesis). The eggs and larvae were from laboratory colonies maintained on artificial diets. When plants reached physiological maturity, the heads were harvested and hand threshed. We examined pericarps of infested
Sparsity Constrained Recursive Generalized Maximum Correntropy Criterion With Variable Center Algorithm

This brief developed a novel sparsity constrained recursive adaptive filtering algorithm via the generalized correntropy criterion with variable center (GMCC-VC) for sparse system parameters estimation. In order to improve the performance of the adaptive filtering algorithm with GMCC under the non-Gaussian and non-zero mean noise environments, the GMCC is extended by adding a center which can be located at any position in the generalized Gaussian kernel function. Specifically, we proposed a novel adaptive online update method to optimize the kernel method and center. In addition, we mainly derived a recursive GMCC-VC algorithm based on the GMCC with the sparse constraint to exploit sparsity. Numerical simulation results are given to show that the proposed algorithm is efficient for sparse system parameter estimation problems in non-Gaussian and non-mean noise environments.
Ascorbic Acid Distribution Patterns in Human Brain

Neural tissue has been recognized to contain ascorbic acid ( AA) concentrations that rank among the highest of mammalian biological tissue. Autoradiographic studies of labeled AA' and endogenous assays of regional specific area^'^ suggest that varying neuroanatomical locations concentrate AA in differing degrees. Certain brain locations, including the hippocampus and hypothalamus, consistently show high AA values in both man and animals when compared with other structures within the central nervous system (CNS). have traced the entrance of AA from blood to brain. Ascorbate molecules leave the blood and enter ventricular fluids through the choroid plexus. These molecules presumably then diffuse passively across ventricular walls into neighboring CNS tissue. Beyond this, it is not known if brain tissue in close proximity to ventricular walls concentrates high AA levels possibly at the expense of those structures more distant to it. Is it only incidental that these structures lay juxtaposed to the ventricular system containing cerebral spinal fluid? Does the brain in fact resemble a diffusing gradient away from ventricular walls? To address these questions a topographical mapping was undertaken of human brain and small animal brains. In a series of experiments, Spector and
Performance, working capital management, and the liability of smallness: A question of opportunity costs?

ABSTRACT This article studies the relationship between working capital management and firm operating performance and focuses on the moderating effect of size. We use a large sample of 56,221 small, medium, and large firms from France, Germany, and Italy, and our results indicate that the impact of working capital management on performance strongly depends on size. We identify a higher sensitivity of performance to underinvestment in net operating working capital for small firms, but no higher sensitivity to overinvestment. These findings suggest that small firms experience high opportunity costs from lost sales when their net operating working capital is low. Financial constraints and lack of financial management are discussed as potential explanations because both are expressions of the liability of smallness.