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Amelioration of Acid Upland to Increase Soil Productivity and Soybean Yield

The space between young rubber plants can be utilized for growing soybean. The aim of this study was to quantify the effectiveness of some soil ameliorants applied in combination with a reduced dosage of NPK fertilizer on soil properties and soybean yield. in a young rubber and soybean intercropped system on acid upland soil. The study was conducted in East Lampung Indonesia from April to July 2013. The plots were designed in a split-plot with three replications. The main plots were the level of NPK fertilizer recommendation dosage (100% and 75%). The subplots were soil ameliorants. The results showed that a 25% reduction of NPK did not significantly affect the soil properties and soybean yield when applied with soil ameliorants. Application of dolomite 2 t/ha and Biochar SP50 2.5 t/ha reduced soil exchangeable Al content by 25.3% and 20.8% respectively. Dolomite was the most effective to increase soil pH, whilst Biochar SP50 provided the highest soil available water pores (15.25% vol.). Soybean gave better yield when the soil was treated with dolomite, Biochar SP50, and organic fertilizer plus. Reduction in soil acidity and improvement of soil available water pores most likely were responsible factors to give better yields of soybean planted on acid soil.
The Relationship between Summated Tissue Respiration and Metabolic Rate in the Mouse and Dog

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Effect of Brassinolide and other Growth Regulators on the Germination and Growth of Pollen Tubes of Prunus avium using a Multiple Hanging-drop Assay

A new multiple hanging-drop assay has been tested with a growth inhibitor, cycloheximide, and a growth-promoter, fusicoccin. This assay has been used to examine the growth-response of pollen-tubes of Prunus avium to brassinolide, a naturally occurring promoter of plant growth. This response is compared with that of indol-3-ylacetic acid, gibberellic acid, and kinetin. Pollen tubes responded to brassinolide and fusicoccin at 1 nM and above, a concentration one order of magnitude lower than that for indol-3-ylacetic acid and gibberellic acid. Kinetin did not stimulate growth of the pollen tubes.
Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism ( SNP )

Goat is one of the most adaptable animals with different environmental conditions (Bahrampour and Mohammadi, 2017). In Indonesia, the growth rate of goat meat production is considered quite low which was 3.8% per year (Tarigan et al. 2018). So far, goat genetic improvement scheme in Indonesia has involved the crossbreeding trials and conventional breeding methods. Boerka goat is a newly introduced meat-type goat, which developed by crossbreeding of the Boer buck and Kacang does. Boerka has 33-48% higher growth performance and greater carcass characteristics (carcass weight and length, comparable pH and protein contain, and lower fat contain) compared to Kacang goat (Ginting and Mahmilia, 2008). Carcass and meat traits are one of the major concern of profitability which is controlled by many genes. Calpastatin (CAST) gene is a potential candidate gene for meat traits. CAST gene is located in chromosome 7 of goat sized 134 Kb length (14434087.14568155 based on GenBank Acc. No NC_030814.1) consist of 34 exonic regions. CAST gene encoding a specific inhibitor of the calpain, affecting the decrease rate of myofibrillar protein degradation during post-mortem (Koohmaraie et al. 1995; Goll et al. 2003; Corva et al. 2007; Singh et al. 2012). Correlation between the depravity of myofibrillar proteins in the muscle and calpain system has proven gives a strong impact on the variation of meat characteristics (Asadi and Khederzadeh, 2015). The associations of CAST gene variation and meat traits have been reported in cattle, sheep, pig, and chicken Calpastatin gene has been known as a candidate gene for meat quality in cattle, sheep, and chicken. The purpose of this study was to identify CAST gene polymorphisms and its association with meat traits in Boerka goat. The data of pH, cooking loss (CL), warner-bratzler shear force (WBSF), water holding capacity (WHC), cholesterol, water, ash, fat, and protein contains were recorded. Sequencing of 21 samples revealed five polymorphisms of CAST gene in intron 12 within Boerka goat, namely g.146C > A, g.224A > G, g.281G > A, g.737C > T, and g.431G > A. Only single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) g.281G > A was used for genotyping. The genotype and allele frequency based on g.281G > A showed 14.29% (GG genotype) and 85.71% (GA genotype) followed with 57% G allele and 43% A allele. The chi-square test showed deviation from HWE (P<0.05) in Boerka goat. The SNP g.281G > A revealed having significantly effect to CL. The GA animals had lower CL percentage compared to the GG animals. In conclusion, the SNP selected may be used for identify meat having low CL in Boerka goat.
Structural imaging in the Rocky Mountain Foothills with magnetotelluric exploration

The Rocky Mountain Foothills are the focus of ongoing hydrocarbon exploration in Western Canada. This fold and thrust belt was formed by crustal shortening in the Middle Jurassic to Eocene as terrane accretion occurred on the western margin of North America (Price, 1994; Wright et al, 1994). To date most exploration in the Rocky Mountain Foothills has used seismic exploration, as described by several case studies (Yan and Lines, 2001; Grech et al., 2003). The geological structure presents a number of challenges that include the high velocity contrasts beneath carbonate thrust sheets, and the effects of seismic anisotropy (Yan et al, 2004). The magnetotelluric method has proven to be a useful complement to seismic exploration in fold and thrust belts in other regions (Christophersen, 1991; Watts and Pince, 1998; Bedrosian et al, 2001). This paper describes the results of a pilot magnetotelluric survey that was conducted in the Foothills in 2002.
IoT Based Human Activity Recognition System Using Smart Sensors

Article history: Received: 24 May, 2020 Accepted: 19 July, 2020 Online: 09 August, 2020 Internet of Things provides a virtual view of real-life things by guiding challenges faced by persons in daily life. It is reforming our world with trillions of sensors and other IoT enabled devices by creating a smart environment. Effective use of IoT sensors in various smart IoT applications is very important. After analyzing different sensor applications, this paper presents various types of wearable sensors used for monitoring of human activities along with different locations optimal for their placement. This paper enlightens sensors suitable for any particular application. IoT has opened up a new avenue of research in the field of human activity recognition using wearable sensors. It provides an individual's valuable information regarding functional ability and lifestyle. Human activities are monitored automatically to provide personalized support to different individuals. Recently, various researchers presented different human activity recognition systems, a few are cumulated in this paper. Furthermore, a Human Activity Recognition (HAR) system is also proposed in this paper for a smart IoT environment that would be secure enough to use.
The value of ASCAT soil moisture and MODIS snow cover data for calibrating a conceptual hydrologic model

Abstract. Recent advances in soil moisture remote sensing have produced satellite data sets with improved soil moisture mapping under vegetation and with higher spatial and temporal resolutions. In this study, we evaluate the potential of a new, experimental version of the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) soil water index data set for multiple objective calibrations of a conceptual hydrologic model. The analysis is performed in 213 catchments in Austria for the period 2000–2014. An HBV (Hydrologiska Byråns Vattenbalansavdelning)-type hydrologic model is calibrated based on runoff data, ASCAT soil moisture data, and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow cover data for various calibration variants. Results show that the inclusion of soil moisture data in the calibration mainly improves the soil moisture simulations, the inclusion of snow data mainly improves the snow simulations, and the inclusion of both of them improves both soil moisture and snow simulations to almost the same extent. The snow data are more efficient at improving snow simulations than the soil moisture data are at improving soil moisture simulations. The improvements of both runoff and soil moisture model efficiencies are larger in low elevation and agricultural catchments than in others. The calibrated snow-related parameters are strongly affected by including snow data and, to a lesser extent, by soil moisture data. In contrast, the soil-related parameters are only affected by the inclusion of soil moisture data. The results indicate that the use of multiple remote sensing products in hydrological modeling can improve the representation of hydrological fluxes and prediction of runoff hydrographs at the catchment scale.
The Contribution of Coaching and Mentoring to the Development of Participants in Entrepreneurial Development Programmes

A significant need among small and medium enterprises is the transfer of skills, specifically business acumen, through mentorship and coaching. Despite the similarities between coaching and mentoring, it is important to understand the different contributions that coaching and mentoring can make to the development of entrepreneurs. The findings of this qualitative study acknowledge the different contributions of coaching and mentoring to participants at the University of Stellenbosch Business School’s (USB) Small Business Academy. It is therefore recommended that coaching and mentoring should be defined separately and differently within the context of the USB Small Business Academy’s Development Programme and similar entrepreneurial development programmes.
Predicting fertilizer treatment of maize using decision tree algorithm

Machine learning approaches are progressively successful in image based analysis such as different diseases prediction as well as level of risk assessment etc. In this paper, image based data analysis with machine learning technique were used for fertilizer treatment of maize. We address this issue as our country depend on agricultural field rather than others. Maize has a bright future. To predict fertilizer treatment of maize dataset were comprised of ground coverage region which highlights the green pixels of a maize image. For calculating green pixels from an image we used “Can Eye” tool. The achievement of machine learning approaches is highly dependent on quality and quantity of the dataset which is used for training the machine for better classification result. For this perseverance, we collected images from the maize field directly. Then processed those images and classified the data into four classes (Less Nitrogen=-N, Less Phosphorus=-P, Less Potassium=-K and NPK) to train our machine using decision tree algorithm to predict fertilizer treatment. We got 93% classification accuracy for decision tree. Finally, the outcome of this paper is the fertilizer treatment of a maize field based on the ground cover percentage, and we implemented this whole work using an android platform because of the availability of android mobile phone throughout the world.
Aquatic Surface Robots: the State of the Art, Challenges and Possibilities

In this paper, a survey of the state of the art, challenges, and possibilities for aquatic surface robots is presented. To this end, a survey and classification of aquatic surface robots is first outlined. Then, different levels of autonomy are identified for this typology of robots and categorised into environmental complexity, mission complexity, and external system independence. From this perspective, a step-wise approach is adopted on how to increment aquatic surface robots abilities within guidance, navigation, and control in order to target the different levels of autonomy. Possibilities and challenges for designing aquatic surface robots as carriers for conducting research activities are discussed. The main goal of this paper is to further increase global efforts to realise the wide range of possible applications offered by aquatic surface robots and to provide an up-to-date reference as a benchmark for new research and development in this field.
CAT Scan: A Critical Review of the Critical-Thinking Assessment Test

The CAT is entirely dedicated to assessing the critical-thinking skills involved in scientific reasoning and practical problem solving. While the test is found to have reasonable content validity, various issues with its prompts are discussed, along with significant issues with its scoring. The CAT’s recommended use as a “model” for curricular changes, called CAT Apps, is criticized as “teaching to the test. ”
Effect of Audit Quality on Earnings Quality Given Firm`s Operational Characteristics: An Empirical Study on Companies Listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange

This study examined the interrelation between audit quality and earnings quality given different operational characteristics. I investigate the impact of certain audit quality proxies on earnings quality indicators for a sample of 74 listed Egyptian firms during the period from 2011-2016. Research hypotheses are premised on the widely held belief that auditing quality is a value driver for financial reporting quality, and thus, predict a positive significant association between audit quality proxies and earnings quality indicators. Two measures were selected to assess audit quality; audit firm size and market-to-book ratio MTB. For earnings quality, three accounting-based measures were selected; persistence, predictability, and smoothness. The research predicts a positive significant association between audit quality indicators and earnings quality proxies. The results reveal that audit firm size is positively and significantly associated with earnings persistence. This is not true for predictability and smoothness. Moreover, evidence does not lend credence to the hypothesis predicting a positive association between MTB and earnings quality proxies. Sensitivity and additional analyses, further, support results of fundamental analysis.
Opportunities and chal lenges in real time data capture : Methods in Health Psychology Symposium I I EHPS conference 2012

volume 1 4 issue 4 Following the successful first symposium on “Current issues in Randomized Controlled trials” at the EHPS conference in Crete (2011), the decision was made to organize a yearly state-of-theart and thought-provoking symposium on methods in health psychology (a collaborative initiative by Marie Johnston and Marijn de Bruin). This year’s symposium was on a topic that has the potential to radically alter the way in which we collect our data, to enhance the validity and reliability of the data collected, to advance our statistical approaches and theories, and to allow the design of individually-tailored interventions in real-time with exciting technological advances: Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA). Fairly straightforward applications of this approach in other domains, like the electronic monitoring of medication intake behaviours in drug trials, have revolutionized models for understanding complex processes and opened up opportunities for intervention as problems occur in real-time within people’s normal, everyday context (e.g., Blaschke, Osterberg, Vrijens, & Urquhart, 2012; de Bruin, Hospers, van Breukelen, Kok, Koevoets, & Prins, 2010; Haberer, Robbins, Ybarra, et al. , 2012). The many advantages of using real time data capture techniques are best summed up in the words of Affleck and colleagues (1999), who argued that these approaches allow researchers “(a) to capture as closely as possible the “realtime” occurrences or moments of change (in study variables); (b) to reduce recall bias; (c) to mitigate some forms of confounding by using participants as their own controls, and (d) to establish temporal precedence to strengthen causal inferences” (p. 747). Moreover, techniques such as EMA can be used not just to record on-going daily processes but also to examine how the co-variation between important behavioural processes (e.g., effects of daily stressors on food intake; see O’Connor et al. , 2008) varies as a function of psychological interventions and different personality traits.
Provision mechanism of authenticity of data origin in cloud environment based on Blockchain technology

This work is devoted to the problem of ensuring authenticity of data origin in cloud environments. A Blockchain-based protocol is proposed to solve this problem. Proposed protocol makes possible to use logging data as evidence in cybercriminal cases and mitigate possibility to modify logs by attackers. Scope of usage of proposed protocol is mainly internal audits in cloud environments.
The helminth parasitofauna of Bufo regularis (Reuss) in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.

- The term "toad" tends to refer to the "True Toads". which are members of the family Bufonidae , containing more than 300 species. One hundred specimens of Bufo regularis (67 males and 33 females) were collected between June 2006 and August 2006 in Awka metropolis of Anambra State of Nigeria and examined for helminth parasites or for non-protozoan gut and tissue parasites. Seventy one percent (71%) (48 males and 23 females) of the specimens were infected by five hundred and forty-three (543) parasitic helminthes made up of 475(89%) nematodes, 6(2%) pentastomids and 62(14%) trematodes. These seven species collected include Nematoda: Ascaridoid larva (12%), Rhabdias bufonis (30%), Camallanus sp. (10%), Amplicaecum africanum (31%), Ascaridoid(6%); Trematoda: Messocoelium monodi (14%); Pentastomida: Raillietiella sp. (6%). Amplicaecum africanum was most prevalent in males with 24% than in females 7%. Also Rhabdias bufonis was most prevalent in males with 19% than in females 11% and the differences were statistically significant. also varied with length and weight. Male toads in the length classes of 11.0-11.9cm and 12.0-12.9cm had the highest prevalence of 100% while those in 7.0-7.9cm length class had the least prevalence of 60%. Females in the 10.0-10.9cm length class had the highest prevalence of 81.82% while those in 9.0-9.9cm length class had the least prevalence of 50% (P<0.05). Males in 101-120g weight class had the highest prevalence of 100% while those in the 61-80g weight class had the least prevalence of 63.64%. Females in 141-160g weight class had the highest prevalence of 100%while those in the weight classes of 41-60g, 61-80g and 81-100g had the least prevalence of 75% and the differences were statistically significant. (P<0.05). All the helminths exhibited site preferences except one nematode, Amplicaecum africanum , recovered from rectum, intestine and stomach of both male and female toads. Parasite abundance was variable from one toad size class to another. It appeared that there was a general tendency for the prevalences to increase with increase in size of the host. s p and Amplicaecum africanum were found in the intestine of both male and female toads. Amplicaecum africanum was found in the rectum of both male and female toads. Rhabdias bufonis and Mesocoelium monodi were found in the lungs of both sexes. The differences were statistically significant.
Aspects of Avian Island Biogeography in New Zealand

Native land and freshwater birds, lizards and some groups of insects on New Zealand's offshore and outlying islands conform in their area/ species-number relationship to Preston's equation S=CAZ. A distance speciesnumber relationship also exists for birds but the correlation coefficient of the regression is not significant. As far as birds are concerned at least, islands are not at equilibrium in the MacArthur & Wilson sense (with an appreciable immigration rate balanced by a corresponding extinction rate and with a marked turnover of species). Instead, on unmodified islands, species complements are stable and turnover rates very low. Habitats and niches remain unfilled because of the limited number and range of propagules available from the mainland islands. Furthermore, many of the exotic species established by European man on the mainland islands have become self-established on offshore and outlying islands, including the least modified and the most remote. The three main reasons for some birds being absent from islands (aside from that of having perhaps once been present but now extinct or of not making a landfall under favourable circumstances) are: (i) some species are physically incapable of crossing the water gaps; (ii) others are psychologically incapable of committing themselves to such a crossing; (iii) islands are ecologically unsuitable for some species. Among endemics, the longer a form has been present in New Zealand (or the higher its taxonomic status), the more restricted is its distribution, and this applies to birds even when allowance is made for those which are flightless. The generalization may also apply at least to lizards, freshwater fish and some groups of insects. However, this tentative extension of it needs to be critically checked. Changes wrought by man, particularly European man, are sufficient to account for most, if not all, of the extinctions of native species which have occurred in human times.