Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Tank irrigation management as a local common property: the case of Tamil Nadu, India

The objective of this paper is to conduct theoretical inquiries and empirical analysis on the issue of institutional evolution for resource management, focusing on irrigation water, a traditional local common property resource. Two management schemes for inigation water, a community management regime (tank irrigation) and an individualised management regime (well irrigation), are compared in terms of rice production efficiency. Using farm household data collected by the authors in Tamil Nadu, India, it is found that the profit of rice production using well water only is low due to the high labour input required for well irrigation management. Then, estimation of the profit function reveals that the profit of farmers using both tank and well water is statistically significantly higher than that of farmers who use either well water only or tank water only. The result, based on game theoretical inquiries, implies that in equilibrium tank and well inigation can coexist. Moreover, it is calculated that about 90% of farmers will use wells in equilibrium. Considering that well users are only 37% of all farmers at present, the number of wells will increase. © 2001 Elsevier Science B. V. All rights reserved.
Prediction of Strength and Slump of Silica Fume Incorporated High-Performance Concrete

This study describes the development of statistical models to predict strength and slump of silica fume incorporated High-Performance Concrete (HPC). Experimental data of silica fume incorporated HPC mixes were used to develop and validate models. The HPC having compressive strength range of 40-113 MPa and slump range of 180-250 mm were used. Statistical models were developed by regression analysis. The results of prediction by the models showed good agreement with those of experiments and other researchers. The developed models can be used to predict slump and 28 days compressive strength of silica fume incorporated HPC.
SEQUENCE DIVERSITY OF AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER GENES IN CULTURED AND NATURAL SPECIES OF MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON

The sequence database of ammonium transporter (Amt1) genes in eukaryotic phytoplankton was expanded by obtaining new sequences from cultured strains and natural populations collected in the East China Sea (ECS). From unialgal cultures, 6 new Amt1 sequences belonging to the Bacillariophyceae, Dinophyceae, and Prasinophyceae were obtained. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that AMT1s of higher plants were most closely related to those in green algae. In addition, haptophyte and diatom AMT1s formed distinct monophyletic clades. Diatom AMT1s were further divided into 3 orthologous subclasses, and active gene duplications were observed in subclass III. As for mixed-species sequencing using ECS samples, 78 sequences homologous to Amt1 were retrieved, and diatom AMT1s were the dominant group. Our results indicated that eukaryotic phytoplankton Amt1 genes can be cloned at both the DNA and the RNA levels in marine environments, and this information on Amt1 diversity will be useful for quantifying Amt1 expression in the ocean.
Young people’s experiences of parental involvement in youth sport

ABSTRACT Recently parental involvement in youth sport has intensified, challenging the understanding of youth sports as an arena where adolescents can develop their identity and autonomy. On this background, our study explores how adolescents understand and negotiate their parents’ involvement in sport and how they define ideal and undesirable forms of parental involvement. Our empirical setting is Norway, and we draw on data from 16 focus group interviews among 13–14-year-olds (n = 92) recruited from two lower secondary schools. The analysis shows that young people distinguish between different aspects of the sport activity when defining ideal and undesirable forms of parental involvement. When discussing sport as a healthy activity necessary for physical and social development, the young people interviewed approve of parents’ role in regulating and encouraging participation. When considering the athletic aspects and peer sociability, however, they see parental involvement as mostly undesirable. The analysis also shows that the adolescents generally describe their parents as attentive to the boundaries their children draw for them about levels and types of involvement. Therefore, young people should be seen not only as subjected to parental involvement but also as active co-constructors of valid parental roles in and beyond the sporting arena.
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Unveiling the nature of kinematically offset active galactic nuclei

We have observed two kinematically offset active galactic nuclei (AGN), whose ionised gas is at a different line-of-sight velocity to their host galaxies, with the SAMI integral field spectrograph (IFS). One of the galaxies shows gas kinematics very different to the stellar kinematics, indicating a recent merger or accretion event. We demonstrate that the star formation associated with this event was triggered within the last 100 Myr. The other galaxy shows simple disc rotation in both gas and stellar kinematics, aligned with each other, but in the central region has signatures of an outflow driven by the AGN. Other than the outflow, neither galaxy shows any discontinuity in the ionised gas kinematics at the galaxy’s centre. We conclude that in these two cases there is no direct evidence of the AGN being in a supermassive black hole binary system. Our study demonstrates that selecting kinematically offset AGN from singlefibre spectroscopy provides, by definition, samples of kinematically peculiar objects, but IFS or other data are required to determine their true nature.
Gradient Flows: In Metric Spaces and in the Space of Probability Measures

Notation. - Notation. - Gradient Flow in Metric Spaces. - Curves and Gradients in Metric Spaces. - Existence of Curves of Maximal Slope and their Variational Approximation. - Proofs of the Convergence Theorems. - Uniqueness, Generation of Contraction Semigroups, Error Estimates. - Gradient Flow in the Space of Probability Measures. - Preliminary Results on Measure Theory. - The Optimal Transportation Problem. - The Wasserstein Distance and its Behaviour along Geodesics. - Absolutely Continuous Curves in p(X) and the Continuity Equation. - Convex Functionals in p(X). - Metric Slope and Subdifferential Calculus in (X). - Gradient Flows and Curves of Maximal Slope in p(X).
Dietary supplementation with papaya (Carica papaya L.) leaf affects abundance of rumen methanogens, fermentation characteristics and blood plasma fatty acid composition in goats

The objective of this study was to test the effect of feeding papaya leaf (PL) on rumen microbial population, fermentation characteristics, blood fatty acid composition and antioxidant activity in goats. Three rumen fistulated male goats were assigned in a 3×3 latin square design using three levels of PL: no addition of PL in basal diet (control, CON, 50% concentrate + 50% alfalfa hay), 25% of alfalfa hay in basal diet replaced by PL (medium PL, MPL) and 50% of alfalfa hay in basal diet replaced by PL (high PL, HPL). Rumen fluid and blood plasma were sampled from the animals at the end of feeding trial (third week). Papaya leaf treatments (MPL and HPL) showed significant differences (p<0.05) in terms of rumen fermentation parameters as compared to the CON group at different times of measurement. The concentration of methanogenic archaea (log10cell/L) decreased (p<0.05) in both PL treatment groups as compared with CON group at all sampling times. The concentration of α-linolenic acid and total conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) were also higher (p<0.05) in the blood of goats fed PL especially HPL, compared to the CON. Blood plasma malondialdehyde concentration (mM/mL) of PL treatment groups showed a significant reduction as compared with CON. Supplementation of PL allowed the modulation of rumen characteristics which might represent a feeding strategy to reduce methane emission by directly inhibiting methanogens while improving the health benefits of ruminant products.
Impact of Valution Ranking Information on Bidding in First-Phce Auctions : A Laboratory Study DIVISIÓN DE Economía CIDE

Landsberger et al. (20001) identified optimal bidder behavior in fírst-price prívate-value auctions when the ranking oí valuation is common knowledge, and derived comparative-statics predictions regarding the auctioneer's expected revenue and the efficiency of the allocation. The experiment reported here tests the behavioral components of these compative-statics predictions. The results support the prediction that buyers are indined to bid more aggressively when they learn they ha ve the low valué. Contrary to the theory, buyers are indined to bid less when they learn they have the high valué. Consistent with theory, the overall proportion of effident allocations is lower than in the first-price auction before Information is revealed. But as a result of high-value bidders decreasing their bids, the expeded revenue does not increase on a regular basis, contrary to the teory 's predictions.
Can we make remote sensing image classification fast enough

In this paper we would like to shed light over the problem of efficiency and effectiveness of image classification in large datasets. As the amount of data to be processed and further classified has increased in the last years, there is a need for faster and more precise pattern recognition algorithms in order to perform online and offline training and classification procedures. We deal here with the problem of land use classification in middle resolution satellite images in a fast manner. Experimental results using Optimum-Path Forest and its training set pruning algorithm are also provided and discussed.
Recent Advances on Anilato-Based Molecular Materials with Magnetic and/or Conducting Properties

The aim of the present work is to highlight the unique role of anilato-ligands, derivatives of the 2,5-dioxy-1,4-benzoquinone framework containing various substituents at the 3 and 6 positions (X = H, Cl, Br, I, CN, etc.), in engineering a great variety of new materials showing peculiar magnetic and/or conducting properties. Homoleptic anilato-based molecular building blocks and related materials will be discussed. Selected examples of such materials, spanning from graphene-related layered magnetic materials to intercalated supramolecular arrays, ferromagnetic 3D monometallic lanthanoid assemblies, multifunctional materials with coexistence of magnetic/conducting properties and/or chirality and multifunctional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) will be discussed herein. The influence of (i) the electronic nature of the X substituents and (ii) intermolecular interactions i.e., H-Bonding, Halogen-Bonding, π-π stacking and dipolar interactions, on the physical properties of the resulting material will be also highlighted. A combined structural/physical properties analysis will be reported to provide an effective tool for designing novel anilate-based supramolecular architectures showing improved and/or novel physical properties. The role of the molecular approach in this context is pointed out as well, since it enables the chemical design of the molecular building blocks being suitable for self-assembly to form supramolecular structures with the desired interactions and physical properties.
the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on the infertile women depression

Introduction: The complex condition of infertility includes the wide range of mental responses. Depression is considered as the psychological problems that have been estimated in high rate in the infertile women. The present research has been done in order to evaluate the effectiveness of compassion-focused therapy on the infertile women depression reduction in Sanandaj city. Samples and methods: the present research method is the semi-experimental and it is the measuring type and posttest with the control group. So sampling was done from the referred women to the infertility center of Sanandaj, according to the primary information in their medical profile and due to the research subject sensitivity, 18 individuals from women who had the criterions for the studying were selected voluntarily and they were divided in to two testing group (9 individuals) and control group (9 individuals). The depression questionnaire of Back and the compassion short form were used to gather information. In the next level only the testing group was treated during 8 sections each of them took about 120 minutes which prolonged for 2 months of compassion-focused therapy Findings : the result of variation analysis with the continuous measurements in the control and testing groups showed that the treatment by concentration on compassion has been effective on the infertile women meaningfully and P<0.01 was obtained and also it led to depression level meaningfulness at p<0.01. Conclusion : based on the results of this study compassion-focused therapy is the effective method for the depression reduction, also the compassion increasing for the infertile women
Floristic characterization of an Atlantic Rainforest remnant in Southern Sergipe: Crasto forest

O estado de Sergipe sofreu extrema reducao da area de Mata Atlântica nas ultimas decadas. Este trabalho tem como objetivo inventariar a composicao floristica da Mata do Crasto, maior remanescente de Mata Atlântica de Sergipe (aproximadamente 1.000 ha), situada no Municipio de Santa Luzia do Itanhy. Um inventario intensivo foi realizado com coletas floristicas na area de estudo por quatro anos (1995 a 1999). Adicionalmente, exsicatas depositadas em herbarios foram consultadas para complementar a lista de especies. Um total de 324 especies foram identificadas, pertencentes a 84 familias e 193 generos. Este estudo adicionou 96 especies e flora de Sergipe como novas ocorrencias. As familias com maior numero de especies sao Fabaceae (33 especies), Rubiaceae (24 especies), Myrtaceae (23 especies) e Melastomataceae (15 especies), que juntas somam cerca de 30% do total de especies. A distincao taxonomica do remanescente e surpreendentemente similar ao de outras florestas de terras baixas no Nordeste do Brasil embora suas especies sejam bastante distintas.
Gold Composite- and Macroporous Gold Nanoparticle Films by a Vertical Deposition Method

Composite films have been prepared in one step by a vertical deposition method from the aqueous suspension of gold colloids and polystyrene (PS) microspheres. The composite is formed on a glass substrate by convective assembly from the evaporating meniscus of the suspension. Au-PS composite films appear opalescent and SEM observations have shown that the structure of the composite is partially ordered. The film is “stripe” structured and made of closepacked PS microspheres separated by narrow (around 500 nm) gold filaments. The formation of filaments is accounted for by the strong attractive van der Waals forces between Au particles. The formation of Au filaments is also confirmed by the presence of a plasmon resonance band at 690-736 nm. The nonuniform self-assembly is accounted for by the disrupting effect of the gold nanoparticles. The structure of the composite prepared by the vertical deposition is compared to that of the ready made template infiltrated by gold by a chemical or electrochemical method. A macroporous gold film formed by evenly spaced 500 nm wide filament is obtained from the composite after the removal of PS by dissolution. The fabrication of both composites and macroporous gold films may find a range of applications, such as catalytic and SERS supports and optical coatings.
Design of Tunnel Inspection Robot for Large Diameter Sewers

The Singapore used water transport infrastructure comprises of three sewage systems: trunk sewer, link sewer network and the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS). It is a solution towards Singapore’s long-term water needs such as used water collection, treatment, reclamation and disposal. Environmental conditions and activities in and outside the tunnels can lead to deterioration of tunnel assets such as liner cracking, dislocated joints or even collapsed sections over an extended period. Leaks from sewer tunnels may contaminate the surrounding land and pose risks to public health. In order to prolong the service life of sewers and to protect surrounding environment, inspecting the structural integrity of the tunnel is an essential part of infrastructure maintenance. The use of robots is one of the options being explored to assess underground spaces and to achieve enhanced inspection and maintenance capabilities. This option is desirable as it reduces the risk to humans resulting from prolonged incursions into a hazardous environment. The presence of biological contagions, hazardous and explosive gases (predominantly hydrogen sulphide, methane etc.) can pose a threat to the wellbeing of humans. Oxygen deprivation, absence of illumination and slippery conditions can further add to the risk level. In addition, automation promises greater reliability and manpower savings. Deploying robots into modern-day sewer systems are not without its engineering and technological challenges. Frequently there are restrictions to access through manhole openings. Access tunnels may have further structural obstructions to permit the use of launch support mechanisms. In addition, the depth of service tunnels approaches 50 m with distances between adjacent accesses points approaching 2 km. Keeping the robots supplied with power is challenging and with conflicting operational advantages and disadvantages between on-board battery and surface supplied power. The paper provides insights to the identification of design considerations and field trial for our tunnel inspection robot. © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATUS-BASED REJECTION SENSITIVITY AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF GAY MEN

iii ACKNOWELGEMENTS iv LIST OF TABLES v INTRODUCTION 1 Rejection Sensitivity Construct and Etiology 2 Applications of Rejection Sensitivity 7 Sexuality Development 17 Implications of Minority Status for Sexual Minorities 20 Present Study 24 Hypotheses 25 METHODS 26 Participants 26 Measures 27 Procedure 29 RESULTS 30 DISCUSSION 35 REFERENCES 43 APPENDIX 60
ADVANCED MODELS FOR THE LIMIT ANALYSIS OF MASONRY STRUCTURES

We formulate a novel procedure for the limit analysis of masonry structures subject to horizontal loads. The proposed approach works in the framework of free discontinuity methods, on examining collapse mechanisms that exhibit free crack opening discontinuities. Numerical examples illustrate the practical application of the proposed procedure to the limit analysis of masonry structures subject to seismic actions, within a conventional static approach.
VALIDATION OF AN INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE IRANIAN STUDENTS' ENJOYMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM

Enjoyment and satisfaction can be described as effective and positive states which show feeling of, for instance, joy, interest, and entertainment and sport enjoyment, on the other hand, is considered as joy related to physical activity cooperation, backing sport, and increasing spirit. However, unserious attention has been paid to the factors effecting physical activity enjoyment, Social Cognitive Theory by Bandura (1989) has shown theoretical framework for understanding self-efficacy role in enjoying sports activity. Studying and exploring factors effecting sports enjoyment and decreasing sport resignation are crucial. So, regarding the importance of mentioned variables and their psychological outputs for athletes, especially juniors, the present paper was aimed to validate the Persian version of Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) and survey athlete juniors' enjoyment gained by physical activity. 225 athlete students with the age in the rage of 12-14 years from 2 primary schools and 6 football schools of Tehran participated in the present research. The results indicated that research variable had acceptable Alpha's Cronbach coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis showed proper model fit. So, according to the reviewed literatures indicating demographic variables effect on physical activity enjoyment, it is recommended to researchers to validate Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) in various sports, ages' groups, and genders is considerable.
Influence of Work Stress, Self-Efficacy, and Organizational Commitment to Turnover Intention

Turnover is a painful issue in the organizations, in the world of tough competition the organizations try to minimize their turnover ratio and save their cost, turnover cost consists of hiring, recruiting and selecting the employees. The purpose of this study was to explore relations between job stress, self-efficacy, organizational commitment and turnover intention. Participant in the study were 55 nurses from the Patria IKKT Hospital. Data was collected by means of an survey questionnaire. Structural equation models were tested which specified job stress, self-efficacy, and organizational commitment as an exogenous variable and turnover intention as endogenous variables. The data was analyzed by means of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with partial least square (PLS 3.00) methods. The results revealed that job stress was positively related to nurse's turnover intention. Self-efficacy was positively related to nurse's turnover intention, and organizational commitment were negatively related to nurse's turnover intention. Keywords: Job Stress, Self Efficacy, Organizational Commitment, Nurses, Turnover Intention
Status and distribution of non-volant small mammals in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Bintulu Sarawak Campus (UPMKB)

This paper presents basic distribution data on non-volant small mammals derived from four sampling periods (2006-2009) in UPMKB. A total of 22 species belonging to families Tupaiidae, Sciuridae, Muridae, Viverridae, Manidae, Tarsiidae, Felidae and Cercopithecidae were captured and recorded. Planted Forest showed the highest number of species (14), followed by Nirwana Forest (11 species), Campus Zone Area (10 species), and Forestry Park (5 species). Two (2) species have been classified as Totally Protected while seven (7) species are protected under the Sarawak Wildlife Protection Ordinance, 1998. Mapping of the total area showed that the Campus Zone Area contained the highest diversity and the number of non-volant small mammals as compared to other sites in UPMKB. Thus, conservation effort of the area should be given higher priority to ensure that the biodiversity of the area is maintained.