Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
GROWTH, YIELD RESPONSES AND WATER RELATIONS OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES (OLEA EUROPAEA L.) CULTIVATED UNDER TWO WATER CONDITIONS IN SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS OF TUNISIA

Water is the most important environmental constrain determining plant growth and fruit yield of olive tree plantations in arid region of Tunisia. A field experiment was carried out with the aim to study the behavior of local and foreigner varieties under climatic conditions of central Tunisia. Plants were planted in 2002 with a density of 204 tree ha. Trials were carried out over a 2-year period where two different irrigation treatments were applied (little water supply 10% ETc which was closed to rain-fed condition and full irrigated 100% ETc). Vegetative tree responses, as shoot growth and basal diameter, were evaluated. Morphological characteristics of leaves (leaf area, stomata density, number and diameter of the trichomes) and leaf water potential leaf were noted. Yield, fruit characteristics and oil quality indices were determined. The olive tree which received the total quantity of their water requirement, developed more important leaves, a higher stomata density and longer stomata pore. Seasonal dynamics of midday leaf water potential showed large variations over the season than those produced by the irrigation treatments. Then as the season progress, Ψmd European Scientific Journal May 2014 edition vol.10, No.15 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e ISSN 18577431 469 decreased significantly during summer season, from June to September. Ψmd recovered quickly on the end of dry season when autumn rainfall arrived. Shoot elongation seems to be either affected by water status plant or its bearing conditions. Comparing the vegetative growth between 2008 (On year) and 2009 (Off year), it appeared that shoot growth was more important for non-bearing trees. Maximum productions recorded through the growing season (an On year followed by Off year) were given by Picholine, Coratina and Koroneiki irrigated with only 10% Etc which noted a biannual yield varying between 29 kg tree (5919 kg ha) and 34 kg tree (6936 kg ha). Chetoui showed the lowest biannual yield which not exceeds 8 kg tree (1600 kg ha) even for trees which received 100% ETc. It showed poor adaptability in the south of Tunisia even under optimal conditions. Irrigation caused an increase of fruit weight and the pulp:stone ratio. From our results, it seems that water availability did not affect olive oil composition and oil fatty acid ratio.
IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE JORDAN VALLEY UNDER WATER SCARCITY

This paper investigates the deficit in the irrigation demand in the Jordan Valley for several scenarios of water scarcity and looks into possible adaptation options. For this purpose, the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system is implemented to the Jordan Valley basin. Three scenarios were analyzed by the developed WEAP model which are the Business As Usual (BAU) scenario, the climate change scenario, and the Red Dead Canal scenario. The results showed that for the BAU scenario, the deficit in the irrigation demand will grow until the end of the planning period despite the measures implemented which are: improving irrigation efficiency, reducing non revenue water and implementing the Disi project. Under the climate change scenario, the deficit in the Irrigation demand is projected to be the most severe due to demand increase and resources reduction. The results showed that by implementing the Red Dead Canal project, the deficit in the irrigation demand in the Jordan Valley for the year 2050 will drop from about 177 MCM for the climate change scenario to zero for the Red Dead Canal scenario.
Hydroponic culturing upregulates sucrose and glutamine metabolism by enhancing their utilization via intermediates of aerobic pathway in wheat

Two wheat genotypes were grown in hydroponic culture, containing 4 mM KNO3, NH4Cl and NH4NO3. Activities of N metabolizing enzymes, aminotransferases, carbohydrate and TCA cycle enzymes were analyzed along with protein, amino acid, N, sugar content and growth parameters in shoot and root. After 12 days, the size of shoot and root system decreased significantly when plants were supplied with NH4Cl as exclusive N source. Under NH4NO3 growth parameters, N and carbon metabolism were elevated as compared to NH4Cl but less than KNO3 source indicating inhibition of NH4+ toxicity by NO3− uptake. Our results suggested that GDH, aminotransferases and PEPC play an important role in ammonium detoxification by its incorporation into amino acids. Thus, the morphologic differences among plants growing in NH4+ or NO3− nutrition confirm the hypothesis that N source determines the growth habit of plant in wheat by modulating the endogenous levels of protein and sugar content.
An anthology of the arts and crafts movement : writings by Ashbee, Lethaby, Gimson and their contemporaries

Contents: Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: The Development of the Movement 1880-1889: Introduction 1.1 Lewis F. Day: General statements on design and ornament, 1882 1.2 The Century Guild (1882-8) 1.3 The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (1888-1961) 1.4 The National Association for the Advancement of Art and its Application to Industry (1888-91) Chapter Two: The Movement Takes Shape 1890-99: Introduction 2.1 Art and Handicraft by John D. Sedding, 1893 2.2 The Guild and School of Handicraft in London's East End (1888-1902) 2.3 Kenton and Company 1890-2: Suppliers of 'Furniture of good design and the best workmanship' 2.4 Architecture as Craft (2 extracts from Architecture, a Profession or an Art edited by R. Norman Shaw and T.J. Jackson, London 1892) 2.5 'Plain Handicrafts': Practical Advice for Craftsmen and Women (3 extracts from Plain Handicrafts edited by A.H. Mackmurdo, London 1892) 2.6 Art and Dress: The Healthy and Artistic Dress Union and its Journal Aglaia 2.7 The Architect's Role in Interior Design 2.8 Art, Beauty and Utility in Everyday Life (3 extracts from Art and Life, and the Building and Decoration of Cities, lecture series, London 1897) 2.9 A Designer in the Cotswolds: Letters from Ernest Gimson 1894-1899 2.10 Arts and Crafts Aesthetics and the Commercial World: Furniture Chapter Three: Arts and Crafts Practice and Education 1900-09: 3.1 'Text-books of workshop practice': Handbooks on the Artistic Crafts edited by W.R. Lethaby 3.2 Women in the Crafts 3.3 Arts and Crafts Aesthetics and the Commercial World: Domestic Lighting 3.4 Workshops in the Cotswolds: letters from Sidney Barnsley and Ernest Gimson1902-7 3.5 The Guild of Handicraft in Chipping Campden, 1902-8 3.6 C.R. Ashbee: On Arts & Crafts Education 3.7 C.R. Ashbee: On Town versus Country 3.8 Restating the values of the Movement, 1905 3.9 Craftsmanship and Design (3 extracts from The Arts Connected with Building edited by T. Raffles Davison, London 1909) Chapter Four: The Decline of the Movement in England 1910-19: 4.1 Ananda Coomaraswamy: On the Loss of Handicraft and the Destruction of Culture 4.2 C.R. Ashbee: On the Purpose and Future of the Arts & Crafts Movement 4.3 The Craft and Machinery Debate: Letters from Ernest Gimson to W.R. Lethaby 1916 4.4 The 1916 Arts and Crafts Exhibition 4.5 On the Future of the Crafts in the Cotswolds Chapter Five: The Legacy of the Arts and Crafts Movement 1920 and after: 5.1 Roger Fry: On Art in Modern Society 5.2 On Modern Design 5.3 Herbert Read: On Technical Education 5.4 On the Legacy of Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement Biographies Select Bibliography Index.
Using Simulation Approach in an Assembly Line Implementation Project: a General and Qualitative Feedback

In companies, the simulation has been used for over thirty years through analytical support and has improved production, handling and logistics. Simulation tools are very frequent and support the analysis process for the design and control of operations management and distribution. With the recent development of supply chain management, firms are part of more complex supply chains. The modelization and the evaluation of the links of these chains are vital for overall performance and to reveal strategic and inter-organizational issues that may appear. The work described in this paper is the result of a study that was conducted as part of a project to establish a new assembly line in an existing plant. The main objective of this paper is to present a summary review of the simulation potential in the design and the management of an industrial process through feedback. The paper also attempts to highlight mistakes that can be made in such projects.
PCR-based identification reveals unique Southern African internal transcribed spacer (ITS) haplotypes of hookworms ( Ancylostoma ) of dogs from the Durban metropole, South Africa

Previous studies on helminths of dogs have revealed a relatively high prevalence of Ancylostoma spp. in dogs in Southern Africa. Ancylostoma caninum, and to a lesser extent, A. braziliense have been reported as the predominant species in dogs based on either morphology of eggs or of adult parasites. The reliability of both methods is questionable and hence the aim of this study was to identify the species infecting dogs in the Durban metropole, South Africa, by comparing morphology of the eggs and results from a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based test applied to the third stage larvae of the parasites. Morphology of the egg (measurements of width and length of egg) revealed that the mean length and width of all specimens collected were compatible with A. caninum. However, phylogenetic analysis of the ITS-5.8S-ITS2 region of the DNA of third stage larvae of the same specimens revealed the presence of A. caninum and A. braziliense; the most common haplotype of each species had been previously reported, whilst the others were novel. Ancylostoma eggs were identified in 19 of the 63 dogs sampled (30%). Of these, 18 (95%) were infected with A. caninum, whereas 5 (26%) were infected with A. braziliense. Four (21%) of specimens had mixed infections of both A. caninum and A. brasiliense.
Morphological characterization of sweet chestnut fruits from forest plantations in central Chile

The sweet chestnut ( Castanea sativa Mill.) is one of the most important starchy foods worldwide due to its low fat content and high nutritional value. This study is the first analysis of the sweet chestnut fruit in forest plantations where the morphological properties are characterized, in terms of caliber, size, shape, and internal cracking, damage, and cavities. The study was based in three sites in Chile, Los Rios Region (39°S), where most of the forest chestnut plantations are located. Scott and Knott test of variance and contingency tables were used as statistical methods for site comparisons. In general, no significant differences in size were found among sites. Moreover, the Chilean forest sweet chestnut can be defined as a small-caliber fruit with slight internal cracking and internal damage and almost no cavities. Therefore, due to its morphological characteristic (especially caliber), it has the potential to be used for secondary food products.
Organisational change: generational differences in reaction and commitment

Organizational acceptance of change and the willingness to embrace it is largely dependent on employees and their experiences – generations respond to change differently, especially when change is related to information technologies. The paper aims to explore how three major generations of employees – Baby Boomers, Xers and Millennials, react to change and how their commitment to change affect satisfaction and engagement. Data (N = 202) is collected through structured questionnaire and structural equation modelling technique is used for analysis. The results reveal what major differences between generations are in place. Recommendations for managing organisational change across the three generations are provided. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/bm.2016. 10
IS THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG? AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE CARBON FOOTPRINTS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

There is a long-standing debate in the business strategy literature over whether or not firms profit from improving their environmental performance. However, the existing literature has focused mostly on regulated emissions data and few studies have included climate change in this debate or taken a life cycle analysis approach to defining environmental performance. This study investigates the impact of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) on corporate financial performance, and develops complementary hypotheses based on accounting and market based corporate performance measures to represent a short term and long-term perspective on financial performance. Our study also includes both direct and supply chain GHG emissions in calculating a firm’s carbon footprint. In doing so, this paper addresses important questions concerning the profitability of environmental initiatives within the context of supply chain management. Our empirical analysis is based on a novel longitudinal database including over 1100 US firms across a range of industries for the 2004-2008 period. Our results reveal that increasing carbon emissions positively impact financial performance when using accounting based measures (ROA) while it has a negative impact on market based measures of financial performance (Tobin’s q). Importantly, supply chain carbon emissions are shown to significantly drive these findings.
Online Resource Allocation with Customer Choice

We introduce a general model of resource allocation with customer choice. In this model, there are multiple resources that are available over a finite horizon. The resources are non-replenishable and perishable. Each unit of a resource can be instantly made into one of several products. There are multiple customer types arriving randomly over time. An assortment of products must be offered to each arriving customer, depending on the type of the customer, the time of arrival, and the remaining inventory. From this assortment, the customer selects a product according to a general choice model. The selection generates a product-dependent and customer-type-dependent reward. The objective of the system is to maximize the total expected reward earned over the horizon. The above problem has a number of applications, including personalized assortment optimization, revenue management of parallel flights, and web- and mobile-based appointment scheduling. We derive online algorithms that are asymptotically optimal and achieve the best constant relative performance guarantees for this class of problems.
Toward Computational Motivation for Multi-Agent Systems and Swarms

Motivation is a crucial part of animal and human mental development, fostering competence, autonomy, and open-ended development. Motivational constructs have proved to be an integral part of explaining human and animal behavior. Computer scientists have proposed various computational models of motivation for artificial agents, with the aim of building artificial agents capable of autonomous goal generation. Multi-agent systems and swarm intelligence are natural extensions to the individual agent setting. However, there are only a few works that focus on motivation theories in multi-agent or swarm settings. In this study, we review current computational models of motivation settings, mechanisms, functions and evaluation methods and discuss how we can produce systems with new kinds of functions not possible using individual agents. We describe in detail this open area of research and the major research challenges it holds.
Occurrence and Detection of Rice black-streaked dwarf virus in Korea

Until now, occurrence of Rice black-streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV) is observed in Gyeongsang provinces, southeastern part of Korea. However, recently, the occurrence of RBSDV is increasing and spreading in Jeonra provinces including Gochang-gun, southwestern part of Korea. RBSDV infected plants showed typical symptoms including stunted, deformed leaves with white waxy or black-streaked swelling along the veins. We extracted viral genomic dsRNA from infected leaves and analyzed dsRNA pattern by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Ten genomic segments with similar sized dsRNAs were observed. We also detected RBSDV by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR using specific primers for S10 from genomic dsRNA and observed amplified DNA fragment specific for RBSDV S10.
Ocean turbulence at millimeter scales

SUMMARY: The basic theory of turbulence is reviewed, especially as it applies to the smallest scales, in the parameter range typical of the ocean above the thermocline but away from the direct effect of surface waves. The main time and length scales are defined, and related to the environment experienced by particles in the size range of plankton.Two problems are analysed in some detail to illustrate the application of the theory: the differential concentration of almost neutrally buoyant particles, and the size of the sensory and feeding horizon of current feeders.
Can Curriculum-Embedded Measures Predict the Later Reading Achievement of Kindergarteners at Risk of Reading Disability?

This study examined the changing role and longitudinal predictive validity of curriculum-embedded progress-monitoring measures (CEMs ) for kindergarten students receiving Tier 2 intervention and identified as at risk of developing reading difficulties. Multiple measures were examined to determine whether they could predict comprehensive latent first- and second-grade reading outcomes and whether their predictive validity changed concurrent with reading development. CEMs of phonemic, alphabetic, and integrated tasks were given 3 times during the kindergarten year to 299 students. Structural equation modeling indicates that CEMs explained a significant amount of variance on first- (54%–63%) and second-grade (34%–41%) outcomes. The predictive validity of specific measures varied over the kindergarten year with sound and letter identification measures being predictive early and segmenting and word reading becoming important as reading abilities progressed. Findings suggest that CEMs may be viable and helpful tools for making data-driven instructional decisions in a response to intervention framework.
Trading Prior to Takeover Announcements: Insider Trading?

Copyright: © 2018 INFORMS Abstract. We quantify the pervasiveness of informed trading activity in target companies’ equity options before the announcements of 1,859 U.S. takeovers between 1996 and 2012. About 25% of all takeovers have positive abnormal volumes, which are greater for shortdated, out-of-the-money calls, consistent with bullish directional trading before the announcement. Over half of this abnormal activity is unlikely due to speculation, news and rumors, trading by corporate insiders, leakage in the stock market, deal predictability, or beneficial ownership filings by activist investors. We also examine the characteristics of option trades litigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for alleged illegal insider trading. Although the characteristics of such trades closely resemble the patterns of abnormal option volume in the U.S. takeover sample, we find that the SEC litigates only about 8% of all deals in it.
Clustering Real Estate Investment Trusts: Brazil versus United States

This research aims to cluster American and Brazilian Real Estate Investment Trusts – USAREITs and BRREITs, respectively – based on their risk-adjusted measures of performance from January/2003 to August/2013, as well as before, during and after the financial crisis of 2008. Factor and Cluster Analysis pointed out three groups. Afterwards, Kruskal-Wallis and Dwass-Steel-Chritchlow-Fligner pairwise comparisons were adopted to verify the statistical differences between clusters. Overall, BRREITs achieved a better performance before and during the crisis, but an inferior performance after the crisis. USAREITs presented a more aggressive strategy after the crisis, whilst BRREITs presented a more conservative strategy during the same period.
Barriers, recommendations, and strategies for improvement

UK McMillan, R. , & Jayatunga, R. (2012). Reducing non-attendance rates in the general paediatric clinic. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97, A110. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-301885.260 Patients in an NHS general pediatric clinic were given sticker reminders for follow-up appointments, which reduced the non-attendance rate to 9.2% compared to the control group rate of 18.4%.
Disguised‐Face Discriminator for Embedded Systems

In this paper, we introduce an improved adaptive boosting (AdaBoost) classifier and its application, a disguised‐face discriminator that discriminates between bare and disguised faces. The proposed classifier is based on an AdaBoost learning algorithm and regression technique. In the process, the lookup table of AdaBoost learning is utilized. The proposed method is verified on the captured images under several real environments. Experimental results and analysis show the proposed method has a higher and faster performance than other well‐known methods.
Report nslocase of Trypanosomatids Has a Bacterial Origin

Mascha Pusnik,1 Oliver Schmidt,2 Andrew J. Perry,3 Silke Oeljeklaus,4 Moritz Niemann,1 Bettina Warscheid,4 Trevor Lithgow,3 Chris Meisinger,2 and André Schneider1,* 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland 2Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ and BIOSS (Centre for Biological Signalling Studies), Universität Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany 3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia 4Faculty of Biology and BIOSS (Centre for Biological Signalling Studies), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Preliminary study on the application of an electric field as a method of preservation for virgin olive oil

The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of an electric field treatment (voltage: 3 kV cm -1 , frequency: 60 Hz and time: of 5 and 25 min) on the stability of unsaturated fatty acids in virgin olive oil. Unsaturated fatty acid oxidation in the virgin olive oil was analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in the mid infrared region, and by quality parameters (acidity, peroxide and iodine). The electric field is a suitable method to preserve this oil composition with minimal modifications without the synthetic antioxidant addition.
Using MCMC Probit Model to Value Coastal Beach Quality Improvement

Dichotomous choice elicitation technique of contingent valuation method is broadly used in the research fields of environmental resource and recreational activity management. The binary choice type of questions are generally analyzed by using Logit or Probit probability distribution models in which a common analysis procedure is to apply MLE for estimating variable parameters before calculating the respondents’ willingness to pay. In this paper, a MCMC Gibbs sampling Probit model is adopted to maintain the three advantages it has in dealing with heteroscedasticity, high dimension numerical integral and sample size restriction problems. The results revealed that the MCMC model and MLE Probit model are strikingly consistent, which suggests that the former is much simple and reliable estimation method. At the same time, the empirically based existence value estimation of coastal beach quality improvement in Dalian, China is RMB? 168 per person.