Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Digital Documentation: Using digital technologies to promote language assessment for the 21st century

The article describes how the use of digital technologies such as iPod and iPad contributes to the gathering of tangible evidence of students’ learning, and promotes the emergence of a new means of formative assessment that supports language teaching and learning for the 21st century. In particular, the use of such technologies by Early French Immersion learners promotes digital documentation (audio and video recording) of language learning across the curriculum, to help make the learning and thinking process more visible to teachers and students. The process of revisiting the digital documentation constitutes a new means of formative assessment that informs both the teaching and the learning. Moreover, the use of digital technologies allows students to become active participants in their own learning and assessment process. Finally, the article examines the role of oral language in the digital documentation and revision process and how this enhances the assessment of students’ learning in the 21st century language classroom.
Investigating the role of implicit processes regarding fatigue using a word association test

Objective. In this study, it was investigated to what extent implicit measures are appropriate to measure fatigue, using a Word Association Test. Method. A Word Association Test was compiled to assess fatigue implicitly. In total, 50 participants filled out the implicit measure, additionally to three standardized explicit measures, a Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), the Vitality/Fatigue subscale of the Research and Development 36-Item Health Survey (RAND-36), and the Checklist for Individual Strength (CIS20R). After the completion of these measures, the participant performed a self-coding on his/her answers on the implicit measure. In addition to this, two researchers coded the answers independently. To assess the coding agreement, an interrater-reliability was applied. Afterwards, the implicit test was correlated with each explicit measure to assess possible relations. Results. The analysis showed poor to fair interrater-agreement between the three raters. Furthermore, the correlations between the implicit measures and the explicit measures showed no significant relations. Conclusion. The results gave no indications for implicit testing with regard to fatigue as an appropriate measure. However, more methodologically sound and well-investigated implicit tests could be promising alternative to measure fatigue more accurately and may serve as an addition to the existing standardized explicit measurements.
Linking Ecosystem Health and Services to Inform Marine Ecosystem-Based Management

A growing variety and intensity of human activities threaten the health of marine ecosystems and the sustained delivery of services provided by oceans and coasts. The Gulf of Maine (GoM) is no exception to this trend, and as such, an eco- system-based approach to managing the region has gained traction in recent years. The ultimate aim of marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) is to maintain eco- system health (i.e., structure and function) and to sustain the full suite of ecosystem services on which people rely. Maintaining ecosystem health and sustaining services are related goals, both from a scientific and management perspective, yet in some cases, the interplay between the two is not well understood. Here, we examine relationships between attributes of ecosystem health and ecosystem services. In particular, we explore how outputs from ecosystem models, originally developed for ecosystem-based fisher- ies management (EBFM), can be used to quantify and value services of particular rel- evance to the GoM environments and human populations. We highlight services, such as the provisioning of food from fisheries, that ecosystem models are well equipped to inform and reveal where more work is needed to value other services, such as the pro- tection from erosion and inundation afforded by coastal habitats. EBM also requires knowledge about the costs and benefits of management decisions for humans and eco- systems. We demonstrate how ecosystem models can be used to explicitly illustrate trade-offs between attributes of ecosystem health and ecosystem services that result from alternative management scenarios. By bridging the gap between models devel- oped for EBFM and ecosystem service models, we identify existing science and future needs for informing an ecosystem approach to managing the GoM.
Quantifying Arsenic Metal in Drinking Water, Comments on: Highly Sensitive & Low Cost Colorimetric Method for Quantifying Arsenic Metalin Drinking Water of Malwa Punjab and Comparison With ICAP-AES by Sidhu et al.

Comments on Highly Sensitive & Low Cost Colorimetric Method for Quantifying Arsenic Metal in Drinking Water of Malwa Punjab and Comparison with ICAP-AES, has been presented. There is no validation of this new developed method using recovery/standard addition method, optimization of variables pH, reagent concentration, λ max, nor any study of effect of foreign ions/tolerance limits and its comparison with EPA-standard method reported in the literature, instrument manufacturer/models, etc. Moreover, the procedure described in the manuscript is practically impossible. There is no update of literature survey on arsenic determination in water. The authors claims are selfcontradictory, highly misleading and has no scientific basis.
Osteoporosis Treatment with Functional Food Factor: Vitamin K 2

Bone homeostasis is maintained through a delicate balance between osteoblastic bone formation and osteoclastic bone resorption [1]. Numerous pathological processes have the capacity to disrupt this equilibrium leading to conditions where the rate of bone resorption outpaces the rate of bone formation leading to osteoporosis, a devastating bone disease that is widely recognized as a major public health threat. Bone loss is accelerated with increasing age, inducing elderly osteoporosis. Postmenopausal osteoporosis, a consequence of ovarian hormone deficiency, is the archetypal osteoporotic condition in women after menopause and leads to bone destruction though complex and diverse metabolic and biochemical changes [2]. Moreover, osteoporosis is induced through obesity, diabetes, and inflammation and cancer cell bone metastasis. The most dramatic expression of this disease is represented by bone fractures.
Zootechnical performance and body composition of Perca fluviatilis pelleted diet in a floating cage: Effect of daily ration

Tamazouzt, L. , Laboratoire de Biologie Appliquee, Universite Nancy I, 34 rue Ste Catherine, F-54000 Nancy, France; Present address: Lux Aquaculture, Z. I. Haneboesch, L-4562 Differdange, Luxemburg Dubois, J.-P., Institut de Limnologie, INRA, Thonon-les-Bains, 75 av de corzentB. P. 511, F-74203 Thonons-les-Bains, France Fontaine, P. & Terver, D. , Laboratoire de Biologie Appliquee, Universite Nancy I, 34 rue Ste Catherine, F-54000 Nancy, France Capdeville, B. , Centre Piscicole du Departement de la Moselle, domaine de Lindre, Lindre basse, F-57260 Dieuze, France
Spreading Resistance of Isoflux Rectangles and Strips on Compound Flux Channels

The general expression for the spreading resistance of an isoe ux, rectangular heat source on a two-layer rectangular e ux channel with convective or conductive cooling at one boundary is presented. The general expression depends on several dimensionless geometric and thermal parameters. Expressions are given for some two- and three-dimensional spreading resistances for two-layer and isotropic e nite and semi-ine nite systems. The effect of heat e ux distribution over strip sources on two-dimensional spreading resistances is discussed. Tabulated values are presented for three e ux distributions, the true isothermal strip, and a related nonisoe ux, nonisothermal problem. For narrow strips, the effect of the e ux distribution becomes relatively small. The dimensionless spreading resistance for an isoe ux square source on an isotropic square e ux tube is discussed, and a correlation equation is reported. The closed-form expression for the dimensionless spreading resistance for an isoe ux rectangular source on an isotropic half-space is given.
POINTER-GENERATOR TRANSFORMERS FOR MORPHOLOGICAL INFLECTION A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTERS

A Numerical Method for the Synthesis of Distributed RC Networks by Randy S. McKnight Synthesis of RC distributed networks is considered in this thesis* The behavior of these networks is formulated as a differential equa¬ tion in terms of impedance. Using this behavioral equation and a boundary condition, an optimization problem is constructed so as to yield a solution that approximates a specified impedance character¬ istic. The technique is demonstrated for several example network configurations. By assuming an initial structure, a gradient algorithm is employed to solve the optimization problem. Two S-plane representations of the impedance, one along the oj-axis and the other along the a-axis, were used in the solution. Both representations afforded rapid convergence, with the o-axis examples achieving more accurate structures in less time. These examples clearly demonstrate the effectiveness and practicability of this method.
Replacement of Artemia franciscana Nauplii by Microencapsulated Diets: Effect on Development, Digestive Enzymes, and Body Composition of White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, Larvae

The effects of two microencapsulated feeds were evaluated on development, growth, survival, proteolytic activity, and biochemical composition of white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, larvae. The treatments were: (1) basal microcapsules (BM), (2) microcapsules containing krill hydrolysate (BMK), and (3) live food control (LFC: Artemia franciscana nauplii) with all treatments receiving algae (Chaetoceros ceratosporum and Tetraselmis chuii). No significant differences were found in development index and survival among larvae. Growth rate was significantly higher in larvae fed LFC (15 +/- 0.06%/d) as compared with those offered the BM diet (7.5 +/- 0.5%/d) with the BMK (11 +/- 0.04%/d) treatment producing intermediate results. The activity of total proteases and chymotrypsin decreased significantly after Mysis I (MI) in larvae fed LFC or BMK. Protein content of larvae increased significantly toward PL1. The acylglycerides content in MIII fed on LFC (2.3 +/- 0.2%/dw) was higher than that MI fed BM (1 +/- 0.01%/dw). No difference was observed in the cholesterol (CH) content of the larvae. The acylglycerides/protein and cholesterol/protein ratios showed a decreasing pattern between MI and PL1, indicating that these two ratios were related to ontogenetic shifts. These results demonstrate improvements in microparticulate diets when krill hydrolysates are included in the formulation.
The Effect of Salinity Stress on Germination of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Land Race of Tigray

Salinity is one of the major stresses especially in arid and semiarid regions, which severely limit crop production. It impairs seed germination, reduces nodule formation, retards plant development and reduce crop yield. Salinity affects germination and physiology of crops due to osmotic potential which prevents water up take and by toxic effect of ions on embryo viability. This study was conducted to assess the effect of salinity on germination of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in the laboratory of Mekelle University by using NaCl and Na2So4 to simulate salinity and tape water as control group. The seeds of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) landraces were collected from Hagereselam and Samre. Then 10 seeds of chickpea from both sites were treated in each salt concentration in 3 replications designed by using complete random block design. The result of the experiment showed that the concentrations of salt have a negative impact on the germination and growth of chickpea, as a result when the concentration of salt increases, the germination, water uptake and length of root and shoot decreases. Furthermore we found that different salinity simulated having different impacts on germination. Our result clearly indicated that NaCl highly affects germination and growth of chickpea than Na2SO4. Meanwhile, the effect of salinity for both land race have significance difference in parameters of water up take, % of germination, length of root and shoot (t-test n = 25 p<0.05). Our result further indicated that there is a difference in sanity tolerance level between the 2 land races of chickpea.
The scaphopod foot is ventral: more evidence from the anatomy of Rhabdus rectius (Carpenter, 1864) (Dentaliida: Rhabdidae)

ABSTRACT Scaphopods comprise about 900 described species of elongate infaunal molluscs, separated into two orders. The phylogenetic position of this class is contentious, having been proposed as a sister-group to bivalves or alternatively cephalopods, all groups that notably represent dramatic modifications of the molluscan body plan and historical confusion over the fundamental body axes. The digging scaphopod foot was previously considered to be anterior. Here we use a three-dimensional tomographic reconstruction of digestive anatomy and partial dorso-ventral musculature, to test the hypothesis that the scaphopod foot is ventral. Similar to cephalopods, the body orientation is confounded by ano-pedal flexion, but rationalising scaphopods is perhaps further undermined by their infaunal lifestyle, which confounds comparison of ecological life position. Some scaphopods are locally abundant, providing good quality material for anatomical study. In our focal species, Rhabdus rectius (Carpenter, 1864), sexes can reliably be differentiated in vivo by differential colour of the gonad (yellow in females; white in males). The gut is composed of three complete loops. Based on the orientation of the digestive tract and the dorso-ventral muscles, we find further evidence to support the interpretation that the concave side of the scaphopod shell is anterior (the site of the mouth) and the foot is ventral.
Optimization Of HS-SPME-GC method for detection of stored grain insects

Headspace solid phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography (GC) is a useful sample preparation, volatile extraction and separation method for analysis of volatile compounds from stored grain insects and their hosts. However, for using this high-quality analytical method, there is a need to optimize a range of factors to ensure good extraction efficiency. These factors include fibre selection, column selection and sample preparation. In this paper, six types of polar and non-polar fibre (100µm PDMS, 85 µm PA, 85 µm CAR/PDMS, 65 µm PDMS/DVB, 50/30 µm PDMS/CAR/DVB and 7 µm PDMS) were used to conduct the HS-SPME of volatile chemicals from wheat, wheat flour and two species of stored grain insects Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius). The results showed that the 50/30 µm PDMS/CAR/DVB fibre not only extracted the maximum number of volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), but also captured the largest mass of VOCs for subsequent detection by GC. Optimum sample sealing time, fibre extraction time, desorption time and temperature were 24 h, 4 h, 5 min and 250°, respectively. The GC results of volatiles from different samples gave different patterns of GC spectrum, which indicated that different volatile compounds were released from the different samples. Therefore, this study provides a detailed sequence of HS-SPME-GC optimization steps that can be applied towards the development of HS-SPME-GC methods to detect stored grain insects.
A computer model designed to evaluate the firefighting effectiveness of solid jet produced by water nozzle

The paper begins with a brief introduction and review of international research in the area of water jet streams and their effectiveness in firefighting. Then a general concept of a new numerical model for firefighting process using solid jet produced by water nozzle is presented. The provided description of the model includes main assumptions for extinguishing process and a set of relationships representing a mathematical model. The paper also includes block diagrams of the main program algorithms and procedures designed to determine the value of the surface and sprinkling intensity depending on the input data like nozzle dimensions, position etc. Input parameters which are necessary for the calculation are discussed, together with a general concept of the users input and output interfaces and simulation tests that can be performed using the developed model. Some selected simulation tests in tabular and graphical forms are included. Summary and general conclusions can be found at the end.
MEASURES OF DEPARTURE FROM ORDINAL QUASI-SYMMETRY MODELS FOR SQUARE CONTINGENCY TABLES

For square contingency tables with ordered categories, Agresti (2002) considered the ordinal quasi-symmetry (OQS) model and Iki, Tahata and Tomizawa (2009) considered the ridit score type quasi-symmetry (RQS) model. The present paper proposes measures which represent the degree of departure from each of the OQS and RQS models. The proposed measures are expressed by using the Cressie-Read power-divergence or Patil-Taillie diversity index. These measures would be useful for comparing the degrees of departure from OQS and RQS in several tables. The measures are applied to the data of individual’s education and father’s or mother’s education in Japan.
Innovation in Services: A Literature Review

The article reviews the literature relevant to innovation in services, which has flourished since the 1990s. We discuss the definition of service and to what extent the characteristics of service output have influenced the conceptualization of innovation in services. Then, based on the literature review, we develop a conceptual framework for innovation in service sector, which classifies innovation in service sector into three main approaches: i) assimilation, where innovation in the service sector is assimilated from innovation in manufacturing sector; ii) demarcation, which differentiates innovation in service sector from the traditional conceptualization of innovation in manufacturing sector; and iii) synthesis, which aggregates both assimilation and demarcation approaches within a common conceptual framework. We discuss the relationship between innovation in services and economic performance using productivity and employment as two indicators of performance. The increasingly prominent role being played by service activities in productive systems have combined to make innovation in the service sector an issue of great importance.
ENHANCEMENT OF STATIC & DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF THE THREE PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR UNDER THE EFFECT OF THE EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES AND NOISE BY USING HYBRID FUZZY-PID CONTROLLER

For electrical drives good dynamic performance is mandatory so as to respond to the changes in command speed and torques, so various speed control techniques are being used for real time applications. The speed of a Three Phase Induction Motor can be controlled using various controllers like PID Controller, Fuzzy Logic Controller, Genetic Algorithm (GA) controller and Hybrid Fuzzy-PID Controller. a Ziegler-Nichols (Z-N) based PID plus fuzzy logic control (FLC) scheme is proposed for speed control of a direct field-oriented induction motor (DFOIM). The Z-N PID is adopted because its parameter values can be chosen using a simple and useful rule of thumb. The paper describes application of Hybrid Fuzzy-PID Controller in an enhancement of Static & Dynamic Response of the Three Phase Induction Motor under the effect of the external disturbances and noise that uses the Fuzzy-PID Controller for enhancement of Static & Dynamic Response of the Three Phase Induction Motor under the effect of the external disturbances and noise is implemented in MATLAB/SIMULINK. The simulation study indicates the superiority Hybrid Fuzzy-PID Controller over the PID controller separately. This control seems to have a lot of promise in the applications of power electronics. The speed of the Three Phases Induction Motor Drives can be adjusted to a great extent so as to provide easy control and high performance. There are several conventional and numeric types of controllers intended for controlling the Three Phase Induction Motor speed and executing various tasks: PID Controller, Fuzzy Logic Controller; or the combination between them: Fuzzy-Swarm, Fuzzy-Neural Networks, Fuzzy-Genetic Algorithm, Fuzzy-Ants Colony. We describe in this paper the use of Hybrid Fuzzy- PID Controller for enhancement of Static & Dynamic Response of the Three Phases Induction Motor Drives under the effect of the external disturbances. In this case, the obtained results were simulated on SIMULINK /MATLAB environment.
Checking the effectiveness of Quizlet® as a tool for vocabulary learning

Inspired by the need to aid low-proficiency English users to increase their knowledge of vocabulary, this preliminary study measures the success of digital-flashcard users by comparing their vocabulary test scores to those of non-users in the same class. Thirty-two, low-level, first year students in Tamagawa University’s English as a Lingua Franca program were asked to use Quizlet® to prepare for tests that would recycle fill-in-the-blank contents from the flashcards available on this Web 2.0 application. On average, learners in the class who used gap-fill flashcards with the application scored higher on these tests, and moderately higher on tests with new contents for the same vocabulary. The need for more homogeneous experimentation is acknowledged. In addition, the need for more extrinsic motivation to encourage spaced repetition is considered as means for improving Quizlet-user success on tests of extrapolated knowledge.
ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF THE GLOBAL OCEAN FOR THE CTBT

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) provides for monitoring of the whole globe by a network of stations, using various technologies, in order to verify absence of nuclear explosion tests. The hydroacoustic component of this network, which monitors the major world oceans, is currently under construction. When complete it will consist of eleven stations located with an emphasis on the vast ocean areas of the Southern Hemisphere. At mid 2004, eight stations were transmitting data and construction is well advanced on all but one of the remaining stations. The stations transmit realtime continuous data to the CTBT Organization headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The hydroacoustic network uses two different types of stations. One type is based on hydrophones floated from the sea floor to the SOFAR axis depth, arranged horizontally in a triplet configuration. The other type is based on use of seismometers located on small islands to detect hydroacoustic signals after conversion to seismic signals at the flanks of the island. During the time since completing the first stations, many interesting acoustical phenomena have been observed in the data, including earthquakes, volcanoes, oil exploration, whale vocalizations, Antarctic ice bergs. Also, many interesting physical phenomena have been observed, such as reflections of hydroacoustic energy from the sides of continents. Hydroacoustic path lengths of in excess of ten thousand kilometres are routinely observed.