Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The role of the OECD in the development of global policies for migrant education

ABSTRACT This paper reports the results of a document analysis study examining the policies, trends, and conceptions developed by the OECD in the last 15 years regarding the development and mainstreaming of globalised policies of migrant education. From the process of the analysis, three thematic categories emerged: (i) Socio-economic aspects of education: International testing and the performance gap; (ii) OECD’s recommendations on Migrant Education; and (iii) Influence mechanisms: Standardisation, benchmarking, and dissemination of suggestions. Findings are discussed in the light of the concepts of neoliberalism, standardisation and soft governance. It is argued that, despite the philology pertaining the promotion of neoliberalism and standardisation through the OECD’s policy suggestions, OECD’s soft governance champions for alternative models, philosophies and practices that may challenge dominant modus operandi towards more just educational policies for migrants.
Biological control of fungi associated with damping-off and root rot disease of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Abstract Damping-off and root rot is a serious disease infecting cucumber on both seedling and adult stages. In this study, fifty-six fungal isolates were restored from cucumber plants showing typical symptoms of damping-off and root rot disease growing in different fields in Assiut governorate. These isolates were Pythium aphanidermatum (8 isolates), F. solani (12 isolates), Rhizoctonia solani (10 isolates), Drechslera halodes (12 isolates) and Macrophomina phaseolina (14 isolates). Pathogenicity tests revealed that these isolates were able to cause damping-off and root rot disease, however the most severe isolates were M. phaseolina isolate No 3 followed by R. solani No. 4, then F. solani isolate No. 6 as they caused root rot severity about 92.75, 91.5 and 76.75% respectively. In this study application of Gliocladium catenulatum, and Trichoderma harzianum proved to be an efficient antagonist to inhibit mycelial growth of plant pathogenic fungi in vitro, and to reduce the disease severity under greenhouse conditions, and significantly reduced the pre- and post-emergence damping off and root rot severity by rate of 50, 43.5, 52.33%, respectively in case of G. catenulatum and 60, 51.5, 53.32% in case of T. harzianum. These results proved that application of T. harzainum or G. catenulatum is an efficient method to control the causal pathogens of damping-off and root rot of cucumber.
Microbial Contamination Potential and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli Isolated from Ipomoea batatas Leaf

Traditional leafy vegetables are recommended because there are important sources of nutrients and they protect against certain non-communicable diseases. This study aimed at assessing the microbiological quality of Ipomoea batatas leaves and evaluating the susceptibility to antibiotics of isolated S. aureus and E. coli strains. Heighten samples of I. batatas leaves collected were analyzed for research / enumeration of mesophilic total aerobic flora, enterobacteriaceae, yeasts, molds, fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Salmonella strains and Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus. The microorganisms were identified using appropriate medium and classical biochemical tests. The susceptibility to eleven conventional antibiotics was investigated by the disk diffusion method. The I. batatas leaves showed high contamination by various flora, in particular flora indicative of general pollution (aerobic mesophilic germs, yeasts and molds, enterobacteria) and flora of fecal origin (fecal coliforms and fecal streptococcus). In addition, the presence of pathogenic species such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Salmonella sp. was noted in the samples analyzed. Globally, the highest resistance proportion has been observed with penicillin (~65%) and none of the S. aureus strains was resistant to vancomycin. From a microbiological point of view, Ipomoea batatas leaf intended for consumption is not suitable for human consumption. It is therefore important to educate producers to improve their production route in order to have better microbiological quality I. batatas leaves.
Post-dispersal seed predation in the hedgerows of agroecosystems in southern Chile

Agricultural ecosystems host a large variety of organisms that can contribute to weed control through seed consumption. However, seed consumption rates in the agroecosystems of southern Chile are virtually unknown. We experimentally evaluate oat seed consumption by birds, rodents and invertebrates, in hedgerows dominated by trees, shrubs and grasses. Seed biomass consumed was not affected by the dominant vegetation present in the hedgerows, but did vary according to the seed consuming animal group. The principal seed consumers were rodents, followed by invertebrates and birds, the latter only appearing to be significant in shrub-dominated habitats. In addition, we observed the exotic slug Deroceras reticulatum consuming seeds in 62% of the experimental stations. Additional studies addressing the spatial-temporal dynamics of interactions between granivores and weed seeds are required to confirm the potential controlling and regulating function of rodents on weeds in the agricultural ecosystems of southern Chile.
Substance and subsidiarity: the economic dimension of conflict in the early warning system

ABSTRACT The Early Warning System (EWS) allows national Parliaments in the EU to issue Reasoned Opinions (ROs) against proposed new legislation. If one-third of them do, a yellow card is triggered. In theory, the goal of this system is for Parliaments to police the subsidiarity principle, and not to address substance. This article confirms quantitatively that the EWS is also about substance by studying the co-issuance of ROs by Parliaments. It finds that similar levels of economic development, rather than ideological or geographical proximity, are most strongly associated with the co-issuance of ROs by pairs of Parliaments. To explain the importance of the economic dimension across topics, we suggest that proposals with an impact along economic lines may be especially likely to trigger opposition in the form of ROs. Increasing co-issuance over the period 2010–2018 suggests that Parliaments are learning to coordinate transnationally, although no yellow cards have materialized since.
Small glaciers in the Dinaric Mountains after eight years of observation: On the verge of extinction?

This study presents results from regular observation of permanent and summer-persisting firn-ice bodies in the highest parts of the Dinaric Alps. The sizes of six small glaciers and two snow patches on the Prokletije Massif (in Albania) and the Durmitor Massif (in Montenegro) were measured from 2011 to 2018. In recent years, specific cycles of interannual behavior have been observed: a year of considerable snow accumulation (a »recharge« phase), followed by two to four years of gradual decrease (a »wastage« phase). At present, the small glaciers studied exist in unbalanced conditions, which in the long term may lead to their degradation. Progressive warming makes short-term cycle minimums increasingly severe. Their retreat after the summer of 2017 was probably the most pronounced since the Little Ice Age, and small glaciers are on the verge of extinction.
Biochar amendment to different paddy soils on CH4 production, labile organic carbon, pH and electrical conductivity dynamics: incubation experiment.

Abstract Today biochar research in agriculture is worldwide interested to mitigate greenhouse gas emission. Application of biochar in anoxic condition to different textured paddy soils was proposed to study. We gave hypothesis that biochar rates in paddy soils will correlate to the changing of CH4 production, soil labile organic carbon (LOC), pH and electrical conductivity (EC), and their interactions. Biochar amendment rates, 6.25, 12.50, 18.75 and 25 t ha were anaerobically incubated in loamy, clayey and loamy sand soils for 28 days. At the end of incubation, biochar amended loamy soils gave the highest cumulative CH4 production followed by clayey and loamy sand soils. CH4 production was enhanced by biochar amendment in loamy and clayey, but suppressed in loamy sand. The highest cumulative CH4, 47.03 mg CH4-C kg, was produced from loamy soil with 12.50 t ha of biochar. The highest LOC was in clayey soil followed by loam and loamy sand in all rates of biochar amendment. Biochar had tendency to enhance soil pH in loam, but not in clay and loamy sand. In addition, highest EC was in clay, especially with 25 t ha of biochar amendment, followed by loam and loamy sand. Through the whole of incubation, biocahar amendment rates significantly negative correlated to CH4 production rates in all soil textures. The positive correlations between LOC and biochar rates were found in clayey and loamy sand soils, while the former was highly significant. However, fluctuated correlations were manifested in loamy soil. Furthermore, in loamy sand, the stronger correlation between biochar rates, and both pH and EC, compared to loamy and clayey soils. Biochar amendments suppressed CH4 production in loamy sand, but enhanced in loamy and clayey soil under anaerobic incubation. Further studies on biochar feasibility should be trialed in paddy-field condition.
Crypt-OR:A privacy-preserving system for exemplar-based object-removal over the cloud

Object removal is a technique for removing the undesired object(s) and then fill-in the empty region(s) in an image such that the modified image is visually plausible. The existing algorithms are unable to provide promising results when the region to be removed - has varying textured-neighborhood, is small in size and the depth of the image and, is of specific geometric shapes such as triangleand rectangle. In this paper, we proposed a new algorithm by incorporating the merits of partial differential equations (PDEs) and exemplar-based schemes to address these challenges. The data term, which measures the continuity ofisophotes in exemplar-based methods, is modified by incorporating a regularizer term and partial derivatives up to second order of the input image. This regularizer enhances the strength of isophotes striking the boundary and booststhe information propagation in an unbiased manner, in terms of pixel intensity values. Additionally, the low-cost, agility, and accessing flexibility benefits of cloud services have attracted user’s attention today. Besides, users are concerned about utilizing them for their data, as they are supported by untrusted third parties. Addressing these privacy concerns for object-removal in an image over the cloud server, we extended and modified our algorithm to make it compatible for (T; N)-threshold Shamir secret sharing scheme (SSS). This privacy-preserving system is an end-to-end system for object-removal in the ED over the cloud server namely Crypt-OR. Crypt-OR is evaluated by removing synthetically imposed objects in real-images. Further, Crypt-OR has proved to be secure under various pixel-based cryptographic attacks such as frequency-known attack and pixel-correlation attack.
INITIAL BEHAVIOR OF ARBOR SPECIES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF THE TERRAIN IN NEUTRALIZATION PLANTS

COMPORTAMENTO INICIAL DE ESPECIES ARBOREAS EM DIFERENTES POSICOES DO TERRENO EM PLANTIO DE NEUTRALIZACAO Motivado pela crescente demanda de projetos de neutralizacao de GEE, o plantio de especies arboreas em areas degradadas tornou-se uma alternativa comumente utilizada, unindo o alto potencial de fixacao de carbono e os beneficios gerados pela recomposicao vegetal dessas areas. Nesse contexto, e de grande interesse o conhecimento da adaptabilidade, comportamento e desenvolvimento inicial dessas especies em diferentes condicoes edafoclimaticas, e como avaliado no presente trabalho, a influencia das posicoes do relevo no desempenho dos individuos arboreos. O estudo foi conduzido em plantio misto com intuito de neutralizar emissoes de GEE gerados em um evento realizado anualmente na UFV. O terreno foi estratificado em tres posicoes de acordo com o relevo e foram avaliadas, quanto a sobrevivencia, Incremento Mensal Medio em Altura (IMMH) e Incremento Mensal Medio em Diâmetro (IMMD), 342 mudas, de 18 especies, aos 17 meses de idade. As variaveis IMMH e IMMD foram submetidas a ANOVA e de acordo com o Teste F apresentaram-se significativas. Este resultado demonstra a importância de estudos como este de modo a identificar o comportamento das especies e permitir a selecao das mais adequadas para projetos de neutralizacao de acordo com seu potencial de estocar carbono. Palavras-chave: adaptabilidade, gradiente, topossequencia. ABSTRACT The rapidly increasing demand for GHG neutralization projects has inspired certain tree species to be planted in degraded regions. This popular option combines the great carbon sequestration potential with the advantages of the recomposition of the vegetation of these regions. From this perspective, information concerning the adaptability, behavior and initial development of these tree species under various edaphoclimatic types of conditions, and as estimated in the current study, the effect of relief locations on their growth, are very essential. This study was performed on a mixed plantation to neutralize the GHG emissions produced in the UFV due to an annual event. The terrain was stratified into three levels based on specific parameters such as relief and survival rate, mean monthly height increase (IMMH) and mean monthly diameter increase (IMMD), 342 seedlings, of 18 types of 17-month-old tree species. The IMMH and IMMD variables were submitted to ANOVA and found significant after being subjected to F-Test. The findings emphasize the significance of studies of this nature as they facilitate the identification of species behavior and enable the selection of trees most suitable for the neutralization projects, based on their carbon-storing potential. Keywords: adaptability, gradient, toposequence. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.5935/2318-7670.v05n02a04
The Structural Model of Social Well-being in workplace based on Bright-side Personality, Dark Triad and Collectivism Culture,Considering the Mediating Role of Social Influence

Introduction: Social well-being is one of three employee well-being dimensions and the missed piece of subjective well-being literature. The purpose of current research was modeling the social well-being in workplace, based on person-situation model and social exchange theory. This mediated-moderated structural model is developed considering the interactive role of bright and dark triad and collectivism organizational culture, besides mediation role of social influence tactics.Method: Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used for analyzing this second-order hierarchical latent variable model. Participants were 292 employees of Iran National oil Company in the summer of 1398.Results: Fitness indices indicates the good fitness of social-wellbeing model (SRMR 0.9). Results showed that bright side of personality and collectivism organizational culture affect social well-being directly. In addition, findings showed that dark triad influences on social well-being is fully mediated by social influence tactics; so that Machiavellianism and narcissism increase the social well-being levels by influencing soft influence tactics utilization; Whereas psychopathy leads to applying hard influence tactics and cause social well-being reduction. Moderating effect of collectivism organizational culture on bright side of personality and social well-being was confirmed as well.Conclusion: Overall findings indicate that personality factors are important determinants of social well-being, but understanding the social well-being construct in workplace requires including the whole image of bright and dark side of personality, as well as organization cultural factors.
On the importance of np-pairs in the isovector pairing model

It is shown that the isovector np-pair number operator can be realized in the O(5) quasi-spin basis. The computation of the isovector np-pair number is demonstrated for even-even and odd-odd ds-shell nuclei described by the charge-independent mean field plus isovector pairing model restricted within the O(5) seniority-zero subspace, thereby binding energies and low-lying excited states of these ds-shell nuclei are fit, along with estimates for the isovector neutron-proton pairing contributions. For reasonable neutron-proton pairing strengths the isovector np-pairing energy contribution to the total binding energy in odd-odd N = Z nuclei is systematically larger than that in the even-even nuclei. In sum, the results suggest that the isovector np-pairing mode is favored in odd-odd N = Z nuclei; and additionally, a decrease in the double binding-energy difference for odd-odd nuclei is primarily due to the symmetry and Wigner energy contributions to the binding energy.
The Effect of School Principal’s Servant Leadership of Vocational Schools in Temanggung Regency

This research aims to examine the effect off school principal's servant leadership, discipline, work motivation, and teacher’s commitment on the performance of vocational school teachers in Temanggung Regency. The findings show that (1) servant leadership has no significant positive effect on performance; (2) servant leadership has a significant positive effect on discipline by 25%, 18% on work motivation, and 20% on commitment; (3) discipline, work motivation, and commitment significantly have positive effect on performance by 71%; and (4) servant leadership has a significant positive effect on performance through discipline, work motivation, and commitment. Significant performance improvement is not influenced by servant leadership. However, servant leadership has a significant positive effect through mediation of discipline, work motivation, and commitment.
Study on Growth Characteristics of Some Brassica Species under Moisture Stress and Elevated Carbondioxide

Brassica juncea and Brassica campestries is two important oil seed crop of North-West India experiences intermittent moisture stress during its growing period. Thus a study was carried out to ameliorate the moisture stress through elevated CO2 applying Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) technology. The consequences of CO2 enrichment were related to the rate of accelerated photosynthesis under both irrigated and moisture stress situation with significant decreases in stomatal conductance. The elevated CO2 brought about a significant enhancement in all the plant growth parameters studied, and also ameliorates the of moisture stress. The carbon dioxide enrichment improves the productivity of Brassica cultivars viz. ‘Pusa Gold’ and ‘RH-30’ through changes in various yield attributes and also nullifying the adverse effect of moisture stress.
Public Service Reform in Post-Conflict Societies

Building a capable public service is a key component of post-conflict state building. An effective public service is fundamental to the regulation of society, to managing public funds, and to service delivery. Yet in post-conflict environments, there is typically a tradeoff between the long-term objective of state building and securing the peace in the short term. To buy peace, political elites hand out public jobs and resources to constituents regardless of merit. Donors frequently rely on “parallel” project delivery structures rather than public servants to address citizens’ pressing service delivery needs. Both of these practices may achieve short-term objectives but undermine state building. In the face of these trade-offs, how can capable public services be built in post-conflict societies? This paper aims to summarize the evidence base regarding this question. It does so by reviewing the evidence from post-conflict settings, and by discussing the validity of findings on public service reform from non-conflict settings. Given the distinctive tradeoffs invoked by securing the peace, and limited prior research on post-conflict settings, this topic presents a wide-open research agenda.
Synthesis and characterisation of NiWO4 nanopowders via simple molten salt route

Abstract A molten salt method employing NiCl2.2H2O and Na2WO4.2H2O as raw materials has been introduced to synthesise NiWO4 nanopowders. LiCl–KCl eutectic with a melting point of 353 °C was employed as the salt media. The displacement reaction (NiCl2.2H2O + Na2WO4.2H2O → NiWO4 + 2NaCl + 2H2O) occurred in the molten salt media during the synthesis. Characterisation of the as-synthesised powder was carried out using of X-ray diffraction, FTIR spectroscopy, Brunner–Emmett–Teller, transition electron microscopy (TEM) and photoluminescence. The results showed that temperature had a strong effect on the crystallite size of the synthesised nanopowders. TEM micrographs illustrated that the nanoparticles synthesised at 500 °C were mostly angular in shape with a grain size of <30 nm. The average activation energy (about 21.51 kJ/mol) of crystallite growth during synthesis indicated that crystallite growth during the synthesis occurred by means of an interfacial reaction.
“Shouldn’t you be collaborative by now?”: Supervisory needs, expectations, and satisfaction across the educational trajectory in speech-language pathology

ABSTRACT In speech-language pathology, models of supervision suggest supervisors should both adjust their supervisory technique to match learners’ needs and provide less-directive support with more experienced learners. This cross-sectional survey design sampled supervisee (N = 61) needs, expectations, reported supervisor behavior, and satisfaction at different points in their career. Results indicated less of a change in needs and expectations over time than was anticipated. In addition, supervisees reported that supervisors used similar supervisory behaviors regardless of learner experience level. We discuss the implications of these results for supervision methodologies.
Water-soluble polysaccharides from Opuntia stricta Haw. fruit peels: recovery, identification and evaluation of their antioxidant activities**

Abstract Opuntia stricta Haw. is considered as one of the most common cactus plant growing in Tunisia. Extracting valuable compounds from its fruit peel, considered as by-product, is drawing more and more attention, making it on the verge of commercialization. Water-soluble polysaccharides were extracted from Opuntia stricta Haw. peels, and their chemical composition assessed using thin layer chromatography. The antioxidant activities of the extracted polysaccharides were assessed using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical scavenging activity, total antioxidant activity and reducing power capacity. The extraction yield of water-soluble polysaccharides was 7.53±0.86%. The chemical composition revealed the presence of rhamnose, arabinose, glucose, mannose, galactose and galacturonic acid. The infra-red spectroscopic analysis showed a similar structure to that of Opuntia ficus-indica polysaccharide peels. Additionally, the extracted polysaccharides exhibited high antioxidant activities. In fact, the free radical scavenging activity (half inhibition concentration = 6.5 mg ml−1 with 94.9% inhibition at 50 mg ml−1), the total antioxidant activity (100 μg ascorbic acid equivalent at 50 mg polysaccharides) and the reducing power capacity (absorbance 700 nm = 0.7 at 50 mg ml−1), appeared to be interesting compared to natural and synthetic antioxidants. Therefore, water-soluble polysaccharides from Opuntia stricta Haw. fruit peels could be a natural alternative to replace synthetic antioxidants.