Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effectiveness of Sodium bisulfate and Calcium carbonate litter amendments on the Microbial load of Broiler Built-up Litter

In the poultry industry, litter treatment is an effective tool used to control microbial growth, public health risk, and the environmental impact of built-up litter. Our study aimed to compare the efficacy of the two commercial litter amendments, calcium carbonate and sodium bisulfate, to reduce the total aerobic (TAC) and total fungal counts (TFC) of dry and wet-caked built-up broiler litters. Litter samples were obtained from 21 and 35 days two broiler houses, then each sample was divided into three sub-groups (500 g/group): control untreated groups, desiccant treated groups (40g calcium carbonate), and acidifier treated groups (40 g Sodium bisulfate). TAC and TFC and log reduction were determined at zero, 2, and 14 days post-application. Calcium carbonate was highly efficient when applied on the wet litter and achieved a 4.76 log reduction of TAC after 48 h of application. Sodium bisulfate was effective on both litter conditions, with a 3.4 log reduction of total aerobic count in wet litter samples, while higher than 2.47 in the dry litter samples after 48 hrs. Both litter amendments showed low efficacy after two weeks of application, as log reduction ranged from 0.50 to 1.86. The efficiency of calcium carbonate and sodium bisulfate on total fungal count was negligible and ranged from 0.00 to 0.10 log reduction. In conclusion, calcium carbonate and sodium bisulfate are efficient litter amendments that can be used as a preventive measure for minimizing bacterial growth in broiler built-up litter with periodical reapplication to maintain good litter quality.
Klebsiella pneumoniae infection secondary to bovine viral diarrhea in two prematurely born calves

This paper describes the development of neurological signs of two prematurely born calves four days after birth. The pathological examination results indicated fibrinopurulent polyserositis, including meningoencephalitis with suppurative bronchopneumonia. Bovine viral diarrhea virus subtype 2a was detected in most of the internal organs, and the bacterial colonies cultured from the samples were identified as Klebsiella (K.) pneumoniae. Molecular analysis via multilocus sequence typing identified a different K. pneumoniae isolate in each calf-type 14 in calf A and type 65 in calf B. This is the first report identifying K. pneumoniae sequence types 14 and 65 in cattle.
Effect of Water Activity on Reaction Kinematics and Intergranular Transport: Insights from the Ca(OH)2 + MgCO3 → CaCO3 + Mg(OH)2 Reaction at 1·8 GPa

The kinetics of the irreversible reaction Ca(OH)2 + MgCO3 → CaCO3 + Mg(OH)2 were investigated at high pressures and temperatures relevant to metamorphic petrology, using both in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and post-mortem analysis of reaction rim growth on recovered samples. Reaction kinetics are found to strongly depend on water content; comparable bulk-reaction kinetics are obtained under water-saturated (excess water, c. 10 wt %) and under intermediate (0·1–1 wt % water) conditions when temperature is increased by c. 300 K. In contrast, similar reaction kinetics were observed at ∼673 K and 823 K between intermediate and dry experiments, respectively, where dry refers to a set of experiments with water activity below 1·0 (no free water), as buffered by the CaO–Ca(OH)2 assemblage. Given the activation energies at play, this gap—corresponding to the loss of no more than 1 wt % of water by the assemblage—leads to a difference of several orders of magnitude in reaction kinetics at a given temperature. Further analysis, at the microscopic scale, of the intermediate and dry condition samples, shows that intergranular transport of calcium controls the reaction progress. Grain boundary diffusivities could be retrieved from the classic treatment of reaction rim growth rate. In turn, once modeled, this rate was used to fit the bulk kinetic data derived from X-ray powder diffraction, offering an alternative means to derive calcium diffusivity data. Based on a comparison with effective grain boundary data for Ca and Mg from the literature, it is inferred that both dry and intermediate datasets are consistent with a water-saturated intergranular medium with different levels of connectivity. The very high diffusivity of Ca in the CaCO3 + Mg(OH)2 rims, in comparison with that of Mg in enstatite rims found by earlier workers, emphasizes the prominent role of the interactions between diffusing species and mineral surfaces in diffusion kinetics. Furthermore, we show that the addition of water is likely to change the relative diffusivity of Mg and Ca in carbonate aggregates. From a qualitative point of view, we confirm, in a carbonate-bearing system, that small water content variations within the 0–1 wt % range have tremendous effects on both intergranular transport mechanisms and kinetics. We also propose that the water content dependent diffusivity of major species (Mg, Ca) in low-porosity metamorphic rocks is strongly dependent on the interaction between diffusing species and mineral surfaces. This parameter, which will vary from one rock-type to another, needs also to considered when extrapolating (P, T, t, xH2O) laboratory diffusion data to metamorphic processes.
Research on Short-term Tide Forecast Based on Bi-LSTM Recurrent Neural Network

In order to improve the accuracy of tidal forecasting, this paper applies the bi-directional long short-term memory (Bi-LSTM) recurrent neural model to tidal forecasting for the first time. A high-precision Bi-LSTM recurrent neural network tide forecasting model is established, and the tidal water level corresponding to subsequent time points is predicted based on the tidal water level in the first few hours. Taking the Isabel port as an experimental object, the real-time tide forecast simulation was performed using the measured tide data of the Isabel port. Simulation results show: Compared with the traditional harmonic analysis method, BP neural network model, RBF neural network model, traditional RNN model, and LSTM recurrent neural network model, the accuracy of using Bi-LSTM recurrent neural network tide prediction model to predict the tides of the port increased by 99.0%, 89.9%, 93.8%, 79.8%, 29.5% respectively.
Combination of Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin and Finite Difference Methods for Analysis of Transient and Incompressible Navier–Stokes Equations

هدیکچ لح يارب يددع متیروگلا کی ،قیقحت نیا رد مکارت سکوتسا ریوان تلاداعم شور رد . تسا هدش هئارا ایاپان تلاح رد يدعب ود و جزل ،ریذپان هتسسگ يارب و یلحم نیکرلاگ فورتپ ناملا نودب شور ،راشف نوساوپ هلداعم لح يارب ،يداهنشیپ لضافت شور ،تلاداعم ینامز شخب يزاس شیپ دودحم بیرقت زا ،رضاح لیلحت رد . تسا هدش لامعا ور نورد ناونع هب كرحتم تاعبرم لقادح نومزآ عبات يارب یسواگ نزو عبات زا و بای تسا هدش هدافتسا ؛ لاثم رد . تسا هدش هتفرگ راک هب یساسا يزرم طیارش ياضرا يارب همیرج بیرض شور ،نینچمه رثا ،هدش هئارا يددع ياه هرگ دادعت رییغت هرگ عیزوت نینچمه و ینامز هزاب هزادنا ،اه اه یسررب جیاتن یبسن ياطخ رب ،مظنمان و مظنم تروص ود هب و هنماد ریز ياه تلاح رد جیاتن تقد و ظاحل ،عبرم و هریاد لکش ود هب یسواگ یلارگتنا فلتخم ياه هدش هسیاقم رگیدکی اب . دنا لیلحت نیا جیاتن هسدنه يارب فلتخم يزرم طیارش اب يدعب ود هظفحم رایعم هب یم ناشن حوضو هک دهد تقد شور يداهنشیپ یبیکرت رد لح لیاسم طوبرم هب نایرج لایس ت مکار میاد ریغ و زوکسیو ،يدعب ود ،ریذپان ، لااب رایسب و نآ فلاتخا اب اه یلیلحت لح قیقد زیچان رایسب تسا . تاملک يدیلک : شور نودب ناملا فورتپ نیکرلاگ یلحم ؛ لضافت دودحم شیپ ور ؛ لقادح تاعبرم كرحتم ؛ نایرج لایس مکارت ریذپان ؛ نایرج ایاپان .
Town trip forecasting based on data mining techniques

In this paper, a data mining approach is proposed for duration prediction of the town trips (travel time) in New York City. In this regard, at first, two novel approaches, including a mathematical and a statistical approach, are proposed for grouping categorical variables with a huge number of levels. The proposed approaches work based on the cost matrix generated by repetitive post-hoc tests for different pairs. Then, a random forest model is constructed for the prediction of the type of trips, short or long. Finally, based on the trip type and each of the mathematical and statistical approaches, separate artificial neural networks (ANN) are developed to predict the duration time of the trips. According to the results, the mathematical approach performs better and provides more accurate results than the statistical approach. In addition, the proposed methods are compared with some other methods in the literature in which the results show that they perform better than all other methods. The RMSE of mathematical and statistical approaches is, respectively, 4.23 and 4.27 minutes for short trips, and the related value is 9.5 minutes for long trips. In addition, a modified version of the nearest neighborhood approach, entitled modified nearest neighborhood (MNN), is proposed for the prediction of the trip duration. This model resulted in accurate predictions where its RMSE is 4.45 minutes.
The Relationship between Selected Psychological Factors and Female Students’ Choice of Career in Science TVET in Technical Training Institutes in Siaya County, Kenya.

This study aimed at establishing the relationship between selected psychological factors and female students’ choice of career in science TVET in technical training institutes in Siaya County, Kenya. Social Cognitive Theory postulated by Bandura (1986), and Holland's Theory of Occupational Choice (1959, revised 2017) guided the research. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. It is based on the conceptual framework whereby the choice of careers in TVET by female students is assumed to depend on social-cultural, economic, psychological and institutional context factors. The test-retest method was used to test the reliability of the instruments. Cronbach alpha method was also used to test internal reliability. The research instruments were questionnaires for lecturers, female and male students. Piloting was done in the village polytechnics. The sample size was 316 female students sampled using census method. In addition, 291 male students from a total target population of 1136 determined using Krejcie and Morgan Table of Sample Size Determination (1970). Proportionate sampling technique was used to sample respondents in different strata and TTIs. Tools in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 were used to analyse data. Frequencies, percentages and means were computed. Inferential statistics, namely; regression coefficients, T-statistics, F-statistics, correlation of coefficients, were derived. The findings were presented in tables. Further, a negative and non-significant relationship between psychological factors and female students’ career choice in science TVET Programmes (r=- -0.163*; p<0.01) was established. The researcher recommends that principals should institute measures for changing students’ attitudes towards TVET courses.
Abdominal Neuroblastoma and Early Onset Acinetobacter Septicemia in a Newborn

Background: Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the first month of life. The underlying risk factors for early-onset infection (in the first 3 days of life) are prematurity, low birth weight, maternal history of infection, difficult delivery, male gender, twin pregnancy, and congenital malformations. Acinetobacter is a nosocomial infection and rarely caused the early-onset-sepsis and meningitis. The most common neonatal tumor is neuroblastoma; however, it is not defined as a risk factor for early-onset sepsis. Case report: A 13-day-old newborn female was referred to our hospital due to ventriculitis, persistent meningitis, and an abdominal mass. She was a term neonate delivered by cesarean section from a mother with a nearly normal pregnancy with no complications, such as chorioamnionitis, prolonged rupture of membrane, urinary tract infection, preeclampsia, and diabetes. A fetal abdominal mass was detected on the left kidney in prenatal sonography. The patient was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the first minutes of life because of respiratory distress and cyanosis. Subsequently, mechanical ventilation, endotracheal surfactant instillation, and antibiotic therapy were prescribed. Due to the deterioration of the general condition, fever, seizure, and hematuria on the third day, sepsis workup and changing the antibiotics were performed. Blood culture and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were positive for Acinetobacter baumannii. Persistent positive CSF culture led to the diagnosis of ventriculitis which was confirmed by brain computed tomography scan (CTS) and ventricular tap. The condition of the patient got better after intraventricular amikacin injection in addition to intravenous colistin and piperacillin. Postnatal sonography and CTS confirmed the abdominal neuroblastoma. Chemotherapy was initiated after the complete treatment of sepsis, meningitis, and ventriculitis. This case report presents a term and female neonate with early-onset neonatal sepsis and meningitis, caused by an unusual microorganism, and a prenatal history of abdominal neuroblastoma. Conclusion: By this case report, the clinicians are suggested to consider the Acinetobacter baumannii as the cause of fulminant sepsis and meningitis in a term neonate with no underlying risk factors for infection. Keywords
AN ENDOPHYTIC RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER STRAIN CAPABLE OF FIXING N2 IN SALT- STRESSED ENVIRONMENTS

A number of osmophilic diazotrophic bacteria was isolated from saline soil and studied for tolerance to osmotic stress generated by increased concentrations of NaCl (2 10 %). Bacterial growth, nitrogenase activity and production of indole acetic acid (IAA), gibbrelic acid (GA) and abscisic acid (ABA) under osmotic stresses were determined. Only one isolate that successfully showed high tolerance to NaCl was identified as Rhizobium radiobacter using Biolog (Microlog 3.70 database) and confirmed through PCR technique and 16SrRNA gene sequence analysis. The Rhizobium radiobacter strain showed an acetylene reduction activity of 1000.4 nmoles C2H4/100ml/hr in absence of salt, against 100.0 nmoles C2H4/100ml/hr in culture medium containing 6 % of NaCl. The highest amounts of IAA, GA and ABA were produced at 8 , 4 and 9 % NaCl, being 27.5, 4.9 and 2.2 μg/ml, respectively. The N2-fixation efficiency of candidate was very much saltdependent, where the record estimates dramatically decreased from 162 to 50 mg N fixed/g C oxidized as the salt level increased up to 9 %.
IMPACTS OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM VN30 LISTED FIRMS

The research uses data of 30 biggest listed companies in the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE VN30 listed firms) to analyze the effects of ownership structure on the performance of these companies during the period of 2012-2018. After using the panel dataset, the findings show that foreign ownership has a positive impact on ROA and ROE. Also, financial leverage benefits in creating profits on equity while company size is only meaningful to ROE but does not create much impact. Besides, the state ownership and operational efficiency of the company have no relation, and the annual growth or company age is not meaningful for ROA and ROE. Based on these findings, the authors proposed some suggestions to enhance the performance of companies in emerging markets such as Vietnam.
The influence of board structure on corporate performance: a case study of Taiwan's financial industry

This paper aims to further discuss the influence of board governance in the financial industry on corporate performance, and to study the relevant variables of board structure and corporate governance.Taking the listed counter companies of Taiwan financial industry from 1991 to 2018 as the research object, and deleting the companies with extreme value data, the research sample number of this study was 1334 years.Cooperate with panel data analysis and cross analysis to produce more accurate results.The results of this study found that the board size and corporate performance have a negative impact, it said Taiwan's smaller economies is suitable for small size of the board of directors can corporate decisions more flexible control, independent targeting is negative effect proportion, represents the financial management should be more professional people to engage in business activities, has a significant negative relationship targeting part-time status, it also as described earlier, professional management need more focus on financial institutions, targeting a part-time job and can't bring positive influence of corporate performance, and even affect the company's profit.The results of the research on the influence of cross terms indicate that when the company grows larger, the size of the board of directors and the proportion of independent board supervisors can have a positive effect on the company's performance as the company grows larger, and the part-time board supervisors should create more performance and help improve the company's performance as the company grows larger.However, with the increase of the size of the board of directors and the increase of the proportion of independent board supervisors, the financing source of the financial industry should be mainly equity, and should not use debt to raise funds.
MOEED AND MEADS: INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF FOUR TREE SPECIES

Tree trunks are important links between the forest floor and canopy, especially for flightless invertebrates that move from the forest floor to feed or breed in the canopy. Traps were used to sample invertebrates moving up and down on mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus), hinau (Elaeocarpus dentatus), hard beech (Nothofagus truncata), and kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa). In 19 months 22 696 invertebrates were collected. Many unexpected groups e.g. ground wetas, ground beetles, some caterpillars, amphipods, spring-tails, mites, peripatus, and earthworms were caught in up-traps 1.5 m above ground. Overall, up-traps caught more (80%) invertebrates than down-traps (20%) and 16 of 29 groups of invertebrates were caught more often in up-traps. Fewer invertebrates were caught on hard beech than on hinau with comparable catching surface area. The numbers of spiders caught were significantly correlated with tree circumference. The invertebrates caught fell broadly into 3 trophic levels-most were saprophytes, with equal numbers of herbivores and predators. Perched leaf litter in epiphytes and in tree cavities contain invertebrates otherwise associated with the forest floor. Invertebrates in the lowland forests of New Zealand appear to be generalists in their use of habitats (as many of them are saprophytes and predators).
Design and Analysis of a Novel Hybrid Excitation Flux Reversal Machine

─ A novel hybrid excitation flux reversal machine (HEFRM) is developed. The machine has a simple reluctance rotor and a stator, which has both an ac armature winding and a dc field winding. The core on the surface of the pole arc at the centerline of the stator pole and the core on the outer surface of the stator yoke each have a slot along the rotating axis, where the field windings are placed. A permanent magnet (PM) with opposite polarity is placed respectively on each side of a slot in the same stator pole. In this paper, the working principle of the new HEFRM is introduced, the influence of magnetic pole parameters and armature parameters on motor performance are also analyzed, and genetic algorithm (GA) is used for multi-objective optimization of the torque characteristics. Finally, the HEFRM prototype is built, and its theoretical correctness is verified by the finite element analysis (FEA). Index Terms ─ FEA, flux-reverse machine, GA, hybrid excitation, multi-objective optimization.
What Drives Stock Market Development in Arab Countries?

Arab stock exchanges have witnessed tremendous growth in recent decades, and the number of listed companies and the size of stock market capitalization have increased. In the light of this remarkable growth, this study aims to find out what are the most important determinants and economic factors affecting this development during the period 2006– 2017. By employing panel data models, we find that trade openness; market liquidity, money supply and economic growth have positive impacts on stock market development, whereas the global financial crisis has negative impact. Based on these results, measures should be taken to improve market liquidity, control of money supply, and maintain a balanced economic growth rate to promote the development of Arab stock exchanges. Policy recommendations are provided based on these
A comparative study of anti-leukemic effects of kaempferol and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) on human leukemia HL-60 cells

Objective: Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is among the most threatening hematological malignant cancers. Defects in cell growth and apoptotic pathways lead to the pathogenesis of the disease as well as its resistance to therapy; therefore, it is a good model for examining pro-apoptotic agents. The present study compared the molecular mechanism induced by kaempferol and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) as well as all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), in HL-60 leukemia cells during five days. Materials and Methods: Cell viability was determined by resazurin assay following treatment with ATRA (10 µM), EGCG, and kaempferol (12.5-100 µM), and apoptosis was detected by the ANX V/PI kit. Moreover, the levels of genes involved in apoptosis (PI3K, AKT, BCL2, BAX, P21, PTEN, CASP3, CASP8, and CASP9) and multi-drug resistance (MDR, ABCB1 and ABCC1) were assessed by using real-time PCR test. Results: Based on the findings, kaempferol decreased cell viability and increased apoptosis in HL60 cells more than EGCG. Apoptosis was induced via extrinsic and intrinsic pathways in HL60 cells by kaempferol and EGCG. In addition, kaempferol and EGCG increased apoptosis and inhibited MDR in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Conclusion: Kaempferol at high concentrations can be taken into consideration for treating patients with APL as compared with EGCG.
Rapid assessment of urban mega-gully and landslide events with 
Structure-from-Motion techniques validates link to water resources infrastructure failures

Abstract. Mega-gullies and landslides pose significant hazards to urban development on steep terrain. Water resources infrastructure failures (WRIFs), such as leaks and breaks in water supply pipes, have been postulated as a trigger of mass movement events but data for validation has been challenging to acquire since earthwork proceeds quickly after events to repair roads and other infrastructure. Urban development in Tijuana, Mexico was monitored for a five-year period to document the occurrence of mega-gullies and landslides, including sediment volumes. A rapid assessment approach was developed based on photogrammetric observations from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and Structure from Motion (SfM) digital processing. Three hazardous mass-movement events were observed including two mega-gullies and one landslide. Furthermore, all three events were linked to WRIFs. Frequency analysis points to the annual probability of a WRIF-based erosion event in the range of 40–60 %, which is far higher than design levels typically used for urban stormwater infrastructure (5–10 %). Additionally, sediment modelling points to WRIF-based erosion as a non-negligible contributor to sediment generation. These results suggest that WRIFs are a significant contributor to erosion hazards facing urban development on steep terrain, and call for expanded monitoring to characterize the occurrence and modes of WRIF-based erosion events.