Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Experimental Application of Sage in Rabbit Husbandry

Szaboova R. , A. Laukova, Ľ. Chrastinova, M. Simonova, V. Strompfova, M. Haviarova, I. Placha, S. Faix, Z. Vasilkova, M. Chrenkova, J. Rafay: Experimental Application of Sage in Rabbit Husbandry. Acta Vet. Brno 2008, 77: 581-588. Salvia spp. belongs to the Labiatae family and is characterized by antimicrobial and anti- inflammatory effect. The aim of this study was to test its in vitro and in vivo inhibitory effect against bacteria as well as to find an alternative possibility to use sage in the rabbit ecosystem examining biochemical, zootechnical and inmunological indicators, compared to the commercial feed mixture Xtract. Using the sage extract in in vitro tests, its inhibitory effect was noted. Under in vivo conditions, in the experimental group with sage (EG1), reduction of Pseudomonas-like sp. (p < 0.01) and E. coli (p < 0.01) was noted after 7 days of sage application compared to the control group CG2 (with Robenidin) as well as after 21 days of sage extract application, when the reduction of coagulase-negative staphylococci (p < 0.01) was detected (in comparison with the experimental group-EG2, Xtract group). In the caecum of rabbits from EG1, higher values of lactic, acetic and butyric acids were noted. The values of propionic acid were not influenced. Biochemical indicators were not influenced; however, the values of GSH Px were lower in EG1 compared to EG2. Higher phagocytic activity (18%) was noted in EG1 than in EG2 (13%) after 21 days of additives application. The reduction of Eimeria sp. oocysts was demonstrated in EG1 (sage group) after 7 days of sage application comparing to CG2 (217 OPG to 566 OPG). The animals in both experimental groups achieved higher feed consumption and weight gain, lower mortality compared to both controls. Neither of the additives had a negative influence on the health status and growth performance of rabbits.
Evaluation of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory capacities and a possible anti-atherothrombosis activity of the methanol leaf extract of Clerodenrum viscosum.

The shrub, Clerodenrum viscosum Vent. is traditionally used in the treatment of a number of diseases, including oxidative stress, inflammation, gastritis, burns, wounds, headaches, fever, jaundice, organ damage and so on. Oxidative stress and inflammatory events trigger cardiovascular diseases (CVD), which are one of the major consequences in health problems. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible clotlysis activity of C. viscosum leaf (MECVL). The hot MECVL was evaluated for anti-radical (DPPH: 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical), egg albumin protection and inhibition of hemolysis of human erythrocytes (HRBCs), and clotlysis analysis, with ascorbic acid, acetyl salicylic acid and streptokinase as standards, respectively. Additionally, a preliminary phytochemical study was also conducted, which indicated the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, reducing sugars, and gums in MECVL. The MECVL concentration dependently scavenged the DPPH, inhibited protein denaturation, protected HRBCs and caused clotlysis. In the DPPH assay, MECVL at 100 μg/mL scavenged DPPH radical by 47.1 ± 0.8%. The highest activity was observed at the highest concentration of the MECVL (500 μg/mL), at which it inhibited protein denaturation, protected HRBCs and caused clotlysis by 81.5 ± 0.1, 89.4 ± 0.1 and 81.9 ± 4.8%, respectively. Although, in all cases, the standards exhibited better activities, but the effects of MECVL should be considered significant (p <0.05) in comparison to the negative control. The extract exhibited an anti-atherothrombosis capacity possibly via antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and membrane stabilization pathways, recommending C. viscosum as a promising phytotherapeutic tool.
Excitation spectrum and high-energy plasmons in single-layer and multilayer graphene

In this paper we study the excitation spectrum of single- and multi-layer graphene beyond the Dirac cone approximation. The dynamical polarizability of graphene is computed using a full $\pi$-band tight-binding model, considering the possibility of inter-layer hopping in the calculation. The effect of electron-electron interaction is considered within the random phase approximation. We further discuss the effect of disorder in the spectrum, which leads to a smearing of the absorption peaks. Our results show a redshift of the $\pi$-plasmon dispersion of single-layer graphene with respect to graphite, in agreement with experimental results. The inclusion of inter-layer hopping in the kinetic Hamiltonian of multi-layer graphene is found to be very important to properly capture the low energy region of the excitation spectrum.
Akimotoite to perovskite phase transition in MgSiO3

The akimotoite to perovskite phase transition of MgSiO3 is shown by first principles calculations to have a negative Clapeyron slope, consistent with experimental observations. The origin of the negative slope, i.e., the increase of entropy across the transformation, can be attributed to the larger density of states of low frequency vibrations in the perovskite phase. Such vibrations consist of 1) magnesium displacements and 2) octahedral rotations, with the larger magnesium coordination and larger Mg‐O bond lengths, as well as a lower degree of polyhedral connectivity accounting for the existence of low frequency modes. The larger density of states in perovskite in this regime accounts also for the increase in other thermodynamic properties across the phase transition. This ab initio calculation of a solid‐solid phase boundary provides new insights into our ability to predict high pressure‐temperature transformations by first principles.
First Record of Cleantioides planicauda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Holognathidae) from South Korea

Cleantioides planicauda (Benedict, 1899) has previously been recorded in China and Japan. In the present study, to our knowledge, we report for the first time the occurrence of this species in South Korea. Here, we provide detailed descriptions and illustrations of the diagnostic characteristics of C. planicauda. Further, for the first time, we determined the partial sequence of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene of C. planicauda for molecular characteristic. Additionally, we provide a key to the Korean species and distribution of the genus Cleantioides. As a result of this study, four species of the genus Cleantioides, including C. planicauda, have now been recorded in South Korea.
Expression analysis of three phenylpropanoid-related genes during Musa spp.- Mycosphaerella fijiensis interaction and in response to ethephon.

Phenylpropanoid pathway is one of the best-studied, most engineered and frequently induced by pathogens or pathogen elicitors. Patterns of expression of chalcone synthase (CHS), flavonoid 3’5' hydroxylase-like (F3’5’H-like) and isoflavone reductase-like (IFR-like), were analyzed in ‘Calcutta 4’ (resistant) and ‘Grande naine’ (susceptible) plants at 0, 6 and 12 days after artificial inoculation with M. fijiensis and after treatment with 500 ìM ethephon. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) technique with specific primers was used for this purpose. In the face of fungal challenge F3’5’H-like and IFR-like genes had constitutive expression while CHS gene was induced (in a more significant way in ‘Calcutta 4’), in the time range tested for both genotypes. The ethylene producer ethephon induced IFR-like gene in the resistant genotype and in the susceptible one the F3’5’H-like gene. These results will let to continue a deeper study in phenylpropanoid role during Musa-M. fijiensis interaction.
The influence of system quality and information quality on Accounting Information System (AIS) effectiveness in Nigerian bank

Due to advancement in technology and the globalization of large scale organizations, banks are being faced with the issues of how well to design, coordinate and manage their Accounting Information System (AIS) to ensure effective planning and decision making. Banks in Nigeria are plagued with reported cases of persistent systems failures, system error, and inaccuracy of output, which is indeed as a result of the ineffectiveness of the system.However, limited attention has been given to the issues. This paper therefore conceptualizes the influence of system quality and information quality on AIS effectiveness.It is an attempt to develop a conceptual framework for determining AIS effectiveness in Nigerian banking sector.The aim is to provide adequate information to managers within the banks on how to reap the expected benefits of AIS as well as to facilitate prompt decision making.
Developing Authentic-based Instructional Materials for Writing Skill

The overall aim of this study is to develop an authentic-based instructional material for writing skill. Therefore, the research applied Research and Development design and used ADDIE model which consists of five stages namely Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. A Questionnaire was given to the third-semester students in Education Department of UIN Alauddin Makassar as the instrument to find out the students’ need analysis. After designing the product, the material was validated by two experts and then implemented to the students. The implementation process of the authentic-based instructional materials was done twice in a small number of students consisted 10 students as the first try out and in a large number of students consisted of 30 students as the second try out. Then, evaluation of the materials was given by the experts, the lecturers, and the students. Data were analyzed using percentages and charts. In addition, the analysis of the data shows that most students, lecturers, and the experts gave positive responses towards the developed materials. The material was revised three times by considering the comments and suggestions by the experts, lecturers, and the students. The model of the developed materials consisted of some aspects namely goal, topic, activities, approach, media, genres, content, and testing strategy. Moreover, the learning process consisted of four parts namely discussion, pre-writing, writing, and post-writing.
ON THE WISC SCORES OF LOWER-SES SPANISH AMERICAN

THE EFFECTS OF VERBAL AND MONETARY FEEDBACK ON 'THE WISC SCORES OF LOWER-SES SPANISH AMERICAN AND LOWERAND MIDDLE -SES ANGLO STUDENTS BY LAVERNE COOK, B.S., M.S.T. Doctor of Education in Counselidg and Educational Psychology New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1973 Doctor Richard R. DeBlassie, Chairman Since its publication in 1949 the WISC has become one of the most valuable diagnostic tools available to clinicians. Recent surveys have indicated that the special groups of children seen by clinicians contain a majority of individuals from racial and ethnic groups other than Caucasian. Since only white children were included in the standardization sample for the WISC, it is imperative that research be conducted using the WISC and groups of children who differ from the standardization
What Determines Borrowing Costs at the Firm-Level: Firm-Specific and Aggregate Information

We analyze the relationship between firm-specific shocks and aggregate fluctuations. In particular, profitability of firms affected by a negative shock worsens. To the extent that the banks cannot distinguish between aggregate and firm-specific profitability shocks, they will adjust interest rates for all borrowers. We test the influence of individual and bank specific data on lending rate using individual data for firm-bank relationships in Germany between 2005 and 2007. We provide the evidence that firm lending conditions depend on both individual and aggregate profitability. This result is consistent with the interpretation that banks use firm-specific as well as aggregate information when setting corporate lending rates.
dengan hiburan dan telah menjadi salah satu kebutuhan manusia, salah satunya adalah musik. Dewasa ini penikmat musik semakin dimanjakan oleh perkembangan musik. Ditambah lagi dengan tren teknologi internet yang memungkinkan berbagai perangkat tersambung dengan internet, seseorang dapat mendengarkan 

Abstrak Data mining memiliki beragam algoritma klasifikasi yang terus berkembang. Berbagai bidang baik industry maupun akademis telah memanfaatkan teknik klasifikasi dengan berbagai tujuan. Teknik klasifikasi membuat data menjadi berkelompok berdasarkan kategori atau atribut tertentu. Multimedia pun tak luput dari area yang disentuh oleh klasifikasi. Multimedia sangat berkaitan dengan hiburan dan telah menjadi salah satu kebutuhan manusia, salah satunya adalah musik. Dewasa ini penikmat musik semakin dimanjakan oleh perkembangan musik. Ditambah lagi dengan tren teknologi internet yang memungkinkan berbagai perangkat tersambung dengan internet, seseorang dapat mendengarkan musik dari berbagai perangkat kapanpun dan dimanapun. Menikmati musik tentunya tak lepas dari genre yang bersangkutan. Biasanya seseorang dapat dengan mudah mengenali genre berdasarkan pengetahuan yang dimilikinya. Namun dengan teknik data mining, hal tersebut dapat dilakukan dengan beragam teknik klasifikasi. Klasifikasi genre music sebenarnya bukanlah hal yang baru lagi, beberapa peneliti telah mengangkat topik tersebut dengan teknik yang bervariasi. Namun demikian yang membuat penelitian ini berbeda adalah menemukan algoritma dengan performa terbaik melalui proses evaluasi yang sesuai dengan standar data mining. Algoritma yng diujikan adalah: SVM, KNN, Random Forest, Extra Trees, dan Gradient Boosting.
Inorganic and carbonaceous aerosols during the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) experiment: Chemical characteristics, physical properties, and emission data for smoke from African biomass burning

[1] We collected filter samples of the atmospheric aerosol during the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) experiment onboard the UK Met Office C-130 aircraft. The main operational area was the Atlantic Ocean offshore of Namibia and Angola, where biomass-smoke haze at least 1–2 days old was widespread. The size-fractionated aerosol samples were analyzed for the major inorganic ions, carbonaceous material (elemental and organic carbon), and elements with atomic numbers between 11 (Na) and 82 (Pb). The regional haze aerosol was composed mostly of carbonaceous aerosols (on the average, 81% of the submicron mass), with secondary inorganic aerosols (sulfate, ammonium, and nitrate) accounting for another 14%. K+ and Cl−, typical pyrogenic species, constituted only 2% of the mass. The aerosol chemical data were used to estimate mass emission fluxes for various aerosol components. For African savanna/grassland burning, the estimated emission flux of carbonaceous particles (particulate organic matter plus elemental carbon) is 14 ± 1 Tg yr−1, and that of the nitrogen species (nitrate and ammonium) is 2 ± 2 Tg yr−1. For the flight segments in regional haze, the mean particle scattering coefficient at 550 nm was σs = 101 ± 56 Mm−1 and the mean particle absorption coefficient σa at 565 nm averaged 8 ± 5 Mm−1 (mean single scattering albedo of 0.93 ± 0.06 at 550 nm). The dry mass scattering efficiency αs, calculated from the linear regression of the mean scattering versus the estimated submicron mass, is estimated to be between 4.2 ± and 4.6 ± 0.6 m2 g−1, depending on the assumptions made in calculating the aerosol mass. The dependence of the scattering enhancement ratios Δσs/ΔCO on the distance from the burning regions suggests that the evolution of particle size with time influences the light scattering efficiency. Fresh smoke was sampled during a dedicated flight in the proximity and within the plume of an active biomass burning fire. Here the enhancement ratio with respect to CO of particles in the Aitken-size range (5–100 nm diameter) was ΔNAitken/ΔCO ∼25 cm−3 (STP) ppb−1. These particles were removed rapidly after emission, and they were not detectable in the regional haze. The enhancement ratio for accumulation mode particles (0.1–1 μm diameter) ΔNAcc/ΔCO was ∼26–30 cm−3 (STP) ppb−1 in young smoke, and 16 ± 3 cm−3 (STP) ppb−1 in aged haze, suggesting that the number concentration of accumulation mode particles was reduced by about 41% during aging.
SUSTAINED OPHTHALMIC DELIVERY OF LEVOFLOXACIN FROM ONCE A DAY OCUSERTS

Levofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibacterial drug effective in the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis. The objective of the present work was to develop ocular inserts of levofloxacin and evaluate their potential for sustained ocular delivery. Conventional ophthalmic solution shows the poor bioavailability and therapeutic response due to many pre-corneal constraints. These constrains necessitates the controlled and sustained drug delivery to become a standard one in modern pharmaceutical era. Matrix type ocular inserts were prepared by the film casting technique in Teflon coated Petri dishes and characterized in vitro by drug release studies using a flow through apparatus that simulated the eye conditions. Nine formulations were developed, which differed in the ratio of polymers - polyethylene oxide , sodium alginate and ethyl cellulose. All the formulations were subjected to evaluation of thickness, weight variation, folding endurance and drug content uniformity, In vitro release study. On the basis of in vitro drug release studies, the formulation with PEO/EC (3:7) was found to be better than the other formulations and it was selected as an optimized formulation, which was further subjected to in vivo studies and ageing study. In vitro result revealed that formulation L6 followed perfect zero order kinetics release (n=1.03) and rest of formulations released the drug by super case II kinetics (n>1). It was also observed that increasing the proportion of PEO and SA in to EC increases the rate of release of Levofloxacin. On the basis of In vitro, In vivo correlation stability studies, it can be concluded that this ocular inserts formulation can be a promising once-a-day controlled release formulation.
Teachers’ ‘Small Stories’ About Curriculum Reform in South Africa: ‘Square Peg in a Round Hole’

Abstract The impact of neo-liberal curriculum reform policies is explored in the narratives of primary school teachers in South Africa. The central canons of critical theory and cognitive dissonance theory frame this study. The findings unveil ‘small’ stories that teachers tell about their experiences and negotiations with curriculum reform shifts from 1997 to 2012. Globalisation of neo-liberal educational policies has had a negative impact on education systems worldwide and the findings illumine the incongruities teachers encounter between policy and practice and the effect this has on their emotionality and identity. The necessary and crucial role of teachers as guardians of knowledge-power is highlighted amidst their inextricable relationships with globalisation, neo-liberalism, educational reforms and teacher work ‘glocally’.
Global Variations in Oceanic Evaporation (1958–2005): The Role of the Changing Wind Speed

Global estimates of oceanic evaporation (Evp) from 1958 to 2005 have been recently developed by the Objectively Analyzed Air–Sea Fluxes (OAFlux) project at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). The nearly 50-yr time series shows that the decadal change of the global oceanic evaporation (Evp) is marked by a distinct transition from a downward trend to an upward trend around 1977–78. Since the transition, the global oceanic Evp has been up about 11 cm yr 1 (10%), from a low at 103 cm yr 1 in 1977 to a peak at 114 cm yr 1 in 2003. The increase in Evp was most dramatic during the 1990s. The uncertainty of the estimates is about 2.74 cm yr 1 . By utilizing the newly developed datasets of Evp and related air–sea variables, the study investigated the cause of the decadal change in oceanic Evp. The decadal differences between the 1990s and the 1970s indicates that the increase of Evp in the 1990s occurred over a global scale and had spatially coherent structures. Larger Evp is most pronounced in two key regions—one is the paths of the global western boundary currents and their extensions, and the other is the tropical Indo-Pacific warm water pools. It is also found that Evp was enlarged primarily during the hemispheric wintertime (defined as the mean of December–February for the northern oceans and June–August for the southern oceans). Despite the dominant upward tendency over the global basins, a slight reduction in Evp appeared in such regions as the subtropical centers of the Evp maxima as well as the eastern equatorial Pacific and Atlantic cold tongues. An empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis was performed for the yearly winter-mean time series of Evp and the related air–sea variables [i.e., wind speed (U ) and air–sea humidity differences (dq)]. The analysis suggested a dominant role of the wind forcing in the decadal change of both Evp and dq . I t is hypothesized that wind impacts Evp in two ways. The first way is direct: the greater wind speed induces more evaporation by carrying water vapor away from the evaporating surface to allow the air–sea humidity gradients to be reestablished at a faster pace. The second way is indirect: the enhanced surface wind strengthens the wind-driven subtropical gyre, which in turn drives a greater heat transport by the western boundary currents, warms up SST along the paths of the currents and extensions, and causes more evaporation by enlarging the air–sea humidity gradients. The EOF analysis performed for the time series of the global annual-mean Evp fields showed that the first three EOF modes account for nearly 50% of the total variance. The mode 1 variability represents the upward trend in Evp after 1978 and is attributable to the increased U, and the mode 2 variability explains much of the downward trend in Evp before 1978 and is correlated to the global dq variability. The EOF mode 3 of Evp captures the interannual variability of Evp on time scales of the El Nino–Southern Oscillation, with the center of action over the eastern equatorial Pacific.
Assessing aid - what works, what doesn't, and why

This report assesses foreign aid, pointing out that aid is as much a matter of knowledge as it is about money. It discusses the continuing role of financial transfers from rich to poor countries, despite the integrated capital markets; and the role of effective aid in supporting institutional development policy reforms, crucial to a successful development. The report summarizes the findings of recent World Bank research on aid effectiveness. Two key themes emerge from this report: the importance of timing, and the mix of money and ideas in making aid effective. When countries reform their economic policies, well-timed assistance can increase the benefits of reform and maintain popular support for them. On the mix of activities, it is found that money has a large impact, but only in low-income countries with sound management. Without a reform policy, finance has little impact. To be effective in equitable and sustainable development, a three-way partnership among recipient countries, aid agencies, and donor countries is needed. The recipient countries must move toward sound policies. Development agencies must shift away from total disbursements and the narrow evaluation of implementation, instead create high impact assistance. Donor countries should continue to support aid as well. The report concludes that properly managed foreign aid can make a big contribution toward improvement in people's lives.