Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
STRATEGIC INFLUENCE OF PROMOTIONAL MIX ON ORGANISATION SALE TURNOVER IN THE FACE OF STRONG COMPETITORS

This paper aim at study strategic influence of promotional mix on organisation sale turnover in manufacturing organisation. The research data were gathered through the use of secondary data and primary data, secondary data included 6years annual report comprising the sales turnover (2005-2009) and questionnaire which is an instrument of primary data collection. The questionnaires were administered to the workers of 7up Company and some customers in Solebo Estate in Lagos. The researcher adopted the simple percentage and regression model for the analysis of the collected data. The result of the findings revealed that strategic promotional mix influences the sale turnover with little 25% while other variable not included in the variable tested takes the larger 75% that will rapidly lead to organisation growth. Since promotional mix constitute few % of variable that can push an organisation to the highest level, therefore other factors of marketing mix such as product development, effective pricing, distribution of right quality and quantity to the consumers should be appropriately considered.
EFFECT OF PLANTING GEOMETRY, N AND P LEVELS AND HAULMS CUTTING ON THE PRODUCTION OF SMALL SIZE TUBERS OF POTATO

for 40-50% of the total cost of cultivation due to higher seed rate per unit area (2, 3). The cost of seed can be reduced by using small sized seed tubers (4). Under such situations, there is need to develop a seed potato production technology for maximizing yield and number of small tubers. Therefore, the field experiment was conducted to find out the optimum planting geometry, level of nitrogen and phosphorus and time of haulms cutting on production of small size seed tubers.
Assessment of executive functions in children and adolescents with acquired brain injury (ABI) using a novel complex multi-tasking computerised task: The Jansari assessment of Executive Functions for Children (JEF-C©)

ABSTRACT Objectives: The Jansari assessment of Executive Functions for Children (JEF-C©) is a new non-immersive computerised assessment of executive functions. The objectives of the study were to test the feasibility and validity of JEF-C© in children and adolescents with acquired brain injury (ABI). Methods: Twenty-nine patients with ABI aged 10–18 years and 30 age-and gender-matched controls were tested. Participants performed JEF-C©, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) and the Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome for Children (BADS-C), while parents completed the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) questionnaire. Results: The JEF-C© task proved feasible in patients with ABI. The internal consistency was medium (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.62 and significant intercorrelations between individual JEF-C© constructs). Patients performed significantly worse than controls on most of the JEF-C© subscales and total score, with 41.4% of participants with ABI classified as having severe executive dysfunction. No significant correlations were found between JEF-C© total score, the BRIEF indices, and the BADS-C. Significant correlations were found between JEF-C© and demographic characteristics of the sample and intellectual ability, but not with severity/medical variables. Conclusion: JEF-C© is a playful complex task that appears to be a sensitive and ecologically valid assessment tool, especially for relatively high-functioning individuals.
A stochastic approach to standardized precipitation index class transitions

Teresa lajinha Professora Auxiliar Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia (UFP) tlajinha@ufp.edu. pt aBStraCt Floods and droughts are natural phenomena of difficult prevision. Awareness, mitigation and water resource management, depend upon timely information on the beginning of a dry or wet period and on their extension in time and space. This study predicts SPI steady state class probabilities in the Douro region, Portugal, through an empirical and Markov chain approach, expected residence time in each class of severity; expected first passage time, recurrence time and class prediction in a short-term basis. It was verified that all these variables are useful for water resources management.
Sequential development of metamorphic fabric and structural elements in polyphase deformed serpentinites in the Svecokarelides of eastern Finland

ABSTRACT Serpentinites are a major component in a distinctive suite of metasedimentary and metamorphosed igneous rocks, the Outokumpu association, in the early–middle Proterozoic Svecokarelides of eastern Finland. Like the adjacent mica schists and associated supracrustal rocks, they show the effects of at least six phases of deformation (D1–D6). The tectonic history began with the emplacement of the Outokumpunappe (pre-D1), but a study of relict assemblages in the serpentinites and theirenvelope rocks reveals evidence for a complex pre-nappe history involving ultramaficmagmatism with extensive high-temperature hornfels development, and low-temperature serpentinisation contributing to sea-floor exhalation of sulphide ores. The serpentinites subsequently underwent recrystallisation during several phases of regional metamorphism giving rise to mineral fabrics, including a pressure-solution initiated segregation (M1–D1), anthophyllite growth during the thermal climax (D2–M2—600–680°C, 2·5–4 kb), and steatitisation (D2c–M2c). Steatitisation is structurally controlled, occurring where serpentinite bodies impinge upon localised shear zones (wrench faults—D2c). Talc–carbonate–brucite assemblages reflect the influx of CO2 in this environment. Deformation during late metamorphic retrogression (greenschist—D3–D4) has a dichotomous expression with crenulations developed in strongly anisotropic phyllonitised serpentinite and irregular fracturesin massive rock. The implications of such polyphase reconstitution for geochemical and isotopic studies are assessed and discussed.
Transnational Peasants: Migrations, Networks, and Ethnicity in Andean Ecuador

A study of the variety of transnational migrations from Ecuador, providing a historical and sociological exploration of a contemporary migration mystery: why do two groups from the same country pursue radically different economic strategies of transnational mobility? David Kyle examines the lives of people from four rural communities in two regions of the Andean highlands of Ecuador. Migrants from the southern province of Azuay shuttle back and forth to New York City, mostly as undocumented labourers. In contrast, an indigenous group of Quichua-speakers from the northern canton of Otavalo travel the world as handcraft merchants and musicians playing Andean music. In one village, Kyle found that Otavalans were migrating to 23 different countries and returning within a year. Kyle rejects the notion that contemporary globalization through technology is the primary cause of this mobility. He argues that patterns of transnationalism, developed over several centuries and varying by region and ethnicity, continue to play a crucial role in who will leave Ecuador and who will stay. Yet migrants' use of professional "migration merchants", including smugglers, leads to a phenomenon that transcends the original sending conditions of the 1980s; even cash-poor rural small-holders in communities lacking telephone service can but a clandestine passage to Manhattan.
The European Dimension in Education: a new strategy to an ancient theme

Policy Recommendations The European Union must reinvent itself in one of the weakest institutional, political and social moments of its recent history. It has to find innovative political and social strategies capable of reorienting the European debate towards other key dimensions of the political process, beyond economic needs. The aim is to achieve a stronger Union through ideas that will contribute to the stability of the project. We, therefore, propose a joint political strategy of the European Union together with the Council of Europe, fostering the European Dimension in Education. The European Dimension in Education is an original concept of the educational policies of the European Union and the Council of Europe, which never had the approval of the Member States. It is an idea that has had certain importance in politics, considered as a pro-European educational trend, but has had very little impact on real actions and policy. Consequently, a political strategy and a joint roadmap should be established together with Member States. Four main areas of action and three main elements, as well as the launching of a document within the existing regulatory framework, supporting these political and pedagogical trends are suggested.
5000 years of lacustrine ecosystem changes from Lake Petit (Southern Alps, 2200 m a.s.l.): Regime shift and resilience of algal communities

Sediments from Lake Petit (2200 m a.s.l., Southern Alps) are particularly relevant for analysis of coupled landscape palaeoecology and palaeolimnology. Diatom assemblages, organic matter composition of sediments (total nitrogen and organic carbon) and Pediastrum boryanum concentrations were obtained from a 144-cm-long core, enabling the reconstruction of the aquatic ecosystem over nearly the last 5000 cal. BP. From 4800 to 4300 cal. BP, Lake Petit was a stable diatom-productive water body dominated by alkaliphilous diatoms (Staurosirella pinnata). During this period, nutrients and cations were supplied by the chemical weathering of podzols that developed under conifer woodlands. This overall stability was suddenly interrupted at 4200 cal. BP by a major detrital pulse that was probably climate linked (4200 cal. BP event) and that triggered a drop in diatom productivity and diversity. From 4100 to 2400 cal. BP, diatom productivity progressively decreased, whereas Pediastrum developed. Diatom assemblages were more diversified (predominance of Pseudostaurosira robusta, P. brevistriata and P. pseudoconstruens) and reflected a regime of continuous erosion, whereas slopes were colonised by grazed grasslands. Finally, from 2400 cal. BP to the present day, diatom assemblages reveal a slight acidification and nutrient enrichment of waters concomitant with increasing human pressure in the catchment. These results demonstrate the close links between ecosystems and the ready propagation of disturbances throughout watersheds that might lead to abrupt regime shifts in such alpine environments.
Offshore Aeolian Transport across a Low Foredune on a Developed Barrier Island

Abstract Sediment transport across a foredune and beach at Ocean City, New Jersey, was examined to identify the effect of houses, dune topography, sand fences, vegetation, and wrack lines during an offshore wind. Houses are as close as 18 m from the crest of the 2- to 3-m-high foredune and are up to 9.0 m high and 12.8 m wide and spaced 4.0 to 5.0 m apart. Data were gathered during a 1-day study on 3 March 2003 with the use of 15 vertical sand traps, 13 erosion pins, and eight sets of anemometers placed 0.3, 0.6, and 0.9 m above the ground surface. Wind speeds 0.9 m above the ground ranged from 1.61 to 3.75 m/s. Trapping rates were negligible on the vegetated dune crest and up to 2.03 kg m−1 h−1 near mid foreshore. The highest rate of trapping was 2.4 kg m−1 h−1 at a <10-m-wide unvegetated area in the dune. Houses shelter the dune from offshore winds and might contribute to dune stability. Increases in wind speed in the offshore direction cause greater rates of transport on the seaward side of the dune where vegetation has not had time to become established. Dune vegetation, remnant sand fences, wrack lines, and the sheltered area in the lee of the seaward dune ridge can trap sediment moving offshore during relatively low wind speeds. Sediment deposited at these obstacles could contribute to deflation of the backshore, which is the primary source of sediment moved to the inter-tidal foreshore. Losses of sediment from unvegetated portions of the dune to the beach can be overcome by replacing sand fences and suspending beach raking until the calmer summer months.
SELECTING PLANT SPECIES TO OPTIMIZE WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS

This thesis has been read by each member of the thesis committee and has been found to be satisfactory regarding content, English usage, format, citation, bibliographic style, and consistency, and is ready for submission to the Division of Graduate Education. In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a master's degree at Montana State University, I agree that the Library shall make it available to borrowers under rules of the Library. If I have indicated my intention to copyright this thesis by including a copyright notice page, copying is allowable only for scholarly purposes, consistent with " fair use " as prescribed in the U.S. Copyright Law. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this thesis in whole or in parts may be granted only by the copyright holder. providing me the opportunity to learn more about wetland ecosystems and about the research process. I am grateful for their ideas and help designing, analyzing and reviewing this project. Many people across campus assisted me in this research. John Neuman provided technical assistance with ion chromatography. He and Mark Burr's expertise and guidance allowed me to perform root oxygen loss measurements. Tim McDermott's lab provided space and assistance. Thanks to David Baumbauer for maintaining a challenging temperature schedule for experiments in the Plant Growth Center. Rickey Schultz helped me start my work in the greenhouse and introduced me to water chemistry sampling methods. Melissa Schroeder and Jill Flores spent many hours harvesting plants and analyzing roots. Finally, I would like to thank my parents who have provided support and numerous learning experiences that have made me who I am today.
A randomized controlled trial of recombinant interferon-alpha in chronic hepatitis C in hemophiliacs.

Chronic liver disease associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hemophilia. We have used recombinant interferon alpha-2b (IFN alpha-2b) in a randomized controlled liver biopsy trial to treat hemophiliacs with chronic hepatitis. Eighteen patients entered the study, 16 of whom were subsequently shown to have antibodies to the HCV. All underwent liver biopsy at entry and were randomized to either treatment with self-administered IFN alpha-2b, 3 million units subcutaneously thrice weekly (n = 10) or no treatment (control group) (n = 8). Nine subjects had chronic active hepatitis, seven had chronic persistent hepatitis, and two had cirrhosis. Twelve months after entry into the study 17 patients underwent a second liver biopsy. All biopsies were coded, assessed, and scored according to the histologic severity of the liver disease. Ten patients were administered IFN for 1 year, and in four patients normalization of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) occurred compared with none in the untreated group. After the second liver biopsy, six of the eight initial no-treatment patients were treated with interferon 3 million units thrice weekly for 6 months, and normalization of ALT was seen in five patients. Biochemical relapse within 4 months of stopping IFN occurred in one of four patients treated for 1 year and in four of five patients treated for 6 months. IFN treatment was well tolerated. Although the histologic scores of the two groups were similar at entry into the study, after 12 months the biopsy appearances in the treated group were significantly improved compared with the controls (P less than .01). Histologic improvement was noted in the three interferon-treated human immunodeficiency virus antibody-positive patients and also in other patients who had no biochemical response. We conclude that low-dose recombinant IFN alpha is effective in normalizing transaminases and improving the histologic appearances in at least 50% of hemophiliacs with chronic hepatitis C.
Respuesta fisiológica y productiva de novillos engordados con un sistema de enfriamiento a espacio abierto en un clima árido y seco Physiological and productive response of feedlot steers with an open space cooling system in an arid, dry climate

Evaluation of the effects of an open space cooling system on weight gain, respiration rate and serum thyroid hormone (T 3 and T4) levels in feedlot steers was done using 60 Holstein steers (344 kg) allotted randomly in two treatments: a control with only shade in the corral (n=30); and a cooling with an open space cooling system (n=30). Daily maximum temperature-humidity index (THI) ranged from 82 to 88 during the 12-week study period. The open space cooling system consisted of a fan with 2.4 m diameter blade that displaced 1,416 m3 of air per minute and had a 90o oscillation range, and sprinklers. The fan was installed at 8 m distance on the south side of the shade. Water discharge was 12 L per minute over a 7 h period. Body weight and thyroid hormone levels were measured every two weeks and respiration rate twice a week (1400). Data were analyzed by repeated measures, including initial weight as a covariate. Daily weight gain was different (P<0.05) between the cooling treatment (1.43±0.091 kg/d) and the control treatment (1.25±0.091 kg/d). Respiration rate was lower (P<0.05) in steers in the cooling treatment (94±0.74 breaths per minute) than in those in the control treatment (111±0.74 breaths per minute). Levels of T3 were higher (P<0.05) in the cooling treatment (1.7±0.042) than in the control (1.5±0.042). Levels of T 4 were similar between the cooling (79.3±1.82 ng/ml) and control (78.2±1.82 ng/ml) treatments. Use of this cooling system improved production performance and comfort in feedlot Holstein steers in a hot, dry climate.
Magnetic properties of natural goethite. I: Grain-size dependence of some low- and high-field related rockmagnetic parameters measured at room temperature

SUMMARY Five goethite concentrates, separated from natural samples of different supergene geological origin, are sieved in 12 well-defined grain-size fractions ranging from 250 pm down to <5 pm. The goethites show differences in their isomorphous substitution and in their contents of dispersed non-Fe elements. The crystallite size ranges from 240 to 480& which is considerably smaller than the grain size of even the smallest fraction. Nevertheless grain-size dependent trends are present in most observed rockmagnetic parameters. The behaviour in a grain-size dependent framework is reported for the initial susceptibility (Xi"), the high field susceptibility (xhf), the saturation magnetization (J,), the saturation remanence (Jrs; acquired in fields of 16 X lo6 Am-' or 20 T), the coercive force (H,), ferromagnetic coercive force (H, remanent coercive force (Her) and the remanent acquisition coercive force (Her,). X,,, H, and H,, decrease with grain size for each sample. A tendency to decrease with grain size is observed for Jr,. Xi, shows a weak maximum in the intermediate grain-size range. H,,,,,. is approximately constant in the coarse grain-size fractions and falls in the same grain-size range as Xi, rises. No grain-size dependence of J, is observed. Her. does not show a consistent grain-size dependence: in three samples it is grain-size independent and the other two it decreases with grain sue. There is a great variety between the samples in the absolute figures of J, (30-450 X Am2 kg-I), J,, (15-115 X lop3 Am2 kg-I), H, (2-20 x lo4 Am-'), H,,,,,. (2-70 X lo4 Am-'), H,, (40-320 X lo4 Am-') and H,,, (100-550 X lo4 Am-'). Xi, shows smaller differences (0.50-1.50 X m3 kg-I) and Xh, is approximately equal for all samples (varying from 0.40 x lop6 m3 kg-' down to 0.20 x lop6 m3 kg-' with decreasing grain size). Sample differences and some ratios of these parameters are discussed in terms of different goethite chemical composition, crystallite size and the presence of intergrowths. The magnetic properties of mirocrystalline goethite are best understood by taking into account crystallite size and magnetic interaction amongst crystallites.
Characterization of Dusty Debris Disks: The IRAS and Hipparcos Catalogs

Dusty debris disks around main-sequence stars are signposts for the existence of planetesimals and exoplanets. From cross-correlating Hipparcos stars with the IRAS catalogs, we identify 146 stars within 120 pc of Earth that show excess emission at 60 μm. This search took special precautions to avoid false positives. Our sample is reasonably well distributed from late B to early K-type stars, but it contains very few later type stars. Even though IRAS flew more than 20 years ago and many astronomers have cross-correlated its catalogs with stellar catalogs, we were still able to newly identify debris disks at as many as 33 main-sequence stars; of these, 32 are within 100 pc of Earth. The power of an all-sky survey satellite like IRAS is evident when comparing our 33 new debris disks with the total of only 22 dusty debris disk stars first detected with the more sensitive, but pointed, satellite ISO. Our investigation focuses on the mass, dimensions, and evolution of dusty debris disks.
FactRunner: Fact Extraction over Wikipedia

The increasing role of Wikipedia as a source of human-readable knowledge is evident as it contains an enormous amount of high quality information written in natural language by human authors. However, querying this information using traditional keyword based approaches requires often a time-consuming, iterative process to explore the document collection to find the information of interest. Therefore, a structured representation of information and queries would be helpful to be able to directly query for the relevant information. An important challenge in this context is the extraction of structured information from unstructured knowledge bases which is addressed by Information Extraction (IE) systems. However, these systems struggle with the complexity of natural language and produce frequently unsatisfying results. In addition to the plain natural language text, Wikipedia contains links between documents which directly link a term of one document to another document. In our approach for fact extraction from Wikipedia, we consider these links as an important indicator for the relevance of the linked information. Thus, our proposed system FactRunner focusses on extracting structured information from sentences containing such links. We show that a natural language parser combined with Wikipedia markup can be exploited for extracting facts in form of triple statements with a high accuracy.
Limitations of network emulation with single-machine and distributed ns-3

Research on large-scale internet services requires an extensive evaluation prior to deployment. A good analysis must include tests over large networks, using real devices and a considerable number of users. However, how to test in these scenarios with many users is an open question. Network emulation can be a good alternative before real deployments, which are complex and expensive. In this paper, we examine the new ns-3 network simulator/emulator in order to determine its capacity in the evaluation of large scale services. For that purpose, a real client/server video service is deployed over an emulated network. The service is progressively scaled up by increasing the number of clients on a single machine. In addition, we have extended ns-3 to support a distributed architecture for network nodes, thus, we repeat the experiments with a distributed set-up. Advantages, disadvantages, possibilities and limitations of both approaches are thoroughly discussed.