Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ruin Hermeneutic

In this essay I shall consider the way in which the nature of writing and inscription suggests a new reading of the ruin, where text is indicative of a fundamental ontological chiasm or flickering. The notion of the Fragment is important here, wrestling it from the domain of the Romantic ruin to review its role in the ruin's being and put forward the fragment as an independent entity, eschewing both totality and linear temporality. In this way, the ruin is seen more as a threshold mandating a different and chiasmic experience of time, including deferral, disruption and incompletion withal. Using the modalities of objects including dust, air and stone, I suggest that the Anthropocene mandates a reappraisal of the standard view of the ruin as a static representative of progress or lack thereof. By using the poetics of Thomas Stearns Eliot, and both Jacques Derrida and Maurice Blanchot's work on the irreducibility and temporal undulation of writing, amongst others, I suggest writing as an object that shares and reflects a deeply shattered ontological state that oscillates in the same space as the fragmented ruin, and further, how writing itself originates in and on stone, the stuff of the traditional ruin. Dust and ash materialize ruin and writing, underlining a fragmented ontological equivocation, where writing could be seen as a performative form of ruin. This is thought additionally to suggest a less anthropocentric view of the human both within and on the earth and how the idea of ruin might be relevant to thinking being, mandating a reappraisal of how non-human objects might think in a possible interconnectedness.
Kalahari vulture declines, through the eyes of meerkats§

Vulture populations are experiencing rapid declines across the globe. While the declines have been most precipitous in Asia, recent reports suggest African populations are likewise imminently threatened. As the factors underlying these general population trends are multifaceted and will vary in their relative intensity spatially, it is imperative that monitoring data across different vulture populations is assimilated if targeted conservation action is to prove most effective. In this study, we highlight a medium-term decline in the African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus population inhabiting the southern Kalahari, South Africa, using a long-term behavioural data set collected from a habituated population of meerkats Suricata suricatta. Meerkats emit an alarm call on sighting airborne vultures, which elicits a group-level response, such that the rates at which this behaviour is recorded in meerkats provides a high-resolution proxy for local vulture abundance. Although unconventional, this sampling method uncovered a steady decline over 17 years in White-backed Vulture numbers that mirrors the temporal decline recently documented in other southern African populations.
Mineral and amino acid composition of wool from New Zealand Merino sheep differing in susceptibility to yellowing

The susceptibility of wool to yellowing was determined on samples from fleeces of 36 Merino wethers by a laboratory procedure involving incubation at 40¦C for 5 days. The sheep, although originating from several different flocks, had been grazing together for 6 years. These susceptibilities were compared with the concentrations of suint and wax in the fleece, with fibre diameter, and with mineral concentrations in suint or yolk from the greasy wool. While the susceptibility of the fleeces was correlated with suint content (r = 0.852), the highest correlations were with the potassium concentrations in either suint before (r = 0.947) or yolk after (r = 0.938) incubation. There were significant differences in the concentration of potassium in the wool after washing, between the four most resistant and the four most susceptible fleeces, and in the effect of incubation on these potassium concentrations. No differences were detected in concentrations of other minerals in the clean wool nor in the relative proportions of amino acids.
Some phytochemical and antioxidant characteristics of wild and cultivated blackberry (Rubus caucasicus) fruits

Empty-gut disease is a common disease of Chinese oak silkworm, Antheraea pernyi (Tussah). The study on the pathogen of the disease is of great help in prevention and cure of the disease. Previous studies showed that the pathogen was a new species in the genus Streptococcus, which was therefore named as Streptococcus pernyi sp.nov. In this study, with the purified pathogen, we performed some physiological and biochemical experiments, and also cloned and sequenced 16S rRNA gene of the pathogen. Subsequently, we analyzed its similarity and genetic distance with other related bacteria by using DNAstar software, and a NJ tree was then constructed for phylogenic analysis by MEGA 3.0. Unexpectedly, the results showed that the pathogen causing empty-gut disease of Tussah belongs to the genus Enterococcus with 99% bootstrap support. Therefore, Streptococcus pernyi sp.nov should be renamed as Enterococcus pernyi. Reclassification of the pathogen should keep pace with the development of modern taxonomy. In doing so, it will better our understanding of the pathogen and contribute to further study of the pathogen.
Self-translation of academic discourse: the attitudes and experiences of authors-translators

ABSTRACT Translation can play an important role in the dissemination of academic discourse. However, the type of translation used in academic settings is often non-conventional, involving partial translation, the combination of translation with other types of language mediation or self-translation. As empirical research into the translation of some academic genres has been restricted by the lack of visibility of translations, the various translation practices employed in academic settings remain largely unexplored – in particular the practice of self-translation. This paper addresses the issue of self-translation in academic discourse, focusing on the experiences and attitudes of Slovene scholars. Data were collected in an interview study involving nine experienced scholars from three different academic disciplines. The interviews reveal the participants’ opinions on translation direction in self-translation, their practices concerning adaptation in self-translation, and their views on self-translation of academic texts. The findings delve into the key issues encountered by authors-translators and highlight the potential of self-translated academic texts for contrastive, intercultural and pedagogical purposes.
Guest Editors’ Introduction

Standards-based school reform is rapidly sweeping across the terrain of U.S. public school education, kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12). Large-scale criterion-referenced and norm-referenced achievement tests have become major barometers of students’ academic achievement and progress. The national limelight is particularly on the use of “high-stakes testing,” which holds important educational and personal consequences for students and sometimes their parents, teachers, administrators, schools, and districts. High-stakes tests are increasingly being used to make decisions about grade promotion, curriculum differentiation (e.g., tracking), and the awarding of a high school diploma. Heubert and Hauser (1999)—editors of High-Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation—noted, “These policies enjoy widespread public support and are increasingly seen as a means of raising academic standards, holding educators and students accountable for meeting those standards, and boosting public confidence in the schools” (p. 1). Regarding the use of exit-level exams that all students must pass to graduate from high schools—which is the subject of this Special Issue of Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (HJBS)—there are currently 27 states and the District of Columbia that have or will soon have such high-stakes tests (American Federation of Teachers, 2000). The set of articles contained in this Special Issue is concerned with a major controversy surrounding the use of high-stakes tests for awarding or denying students a high school diploma—that is, adverse impact on racial/ethnic minority students. At center stage is a lawsuit, considered by many observers to be the one of the most important legal cases in educational history involving testing. Our focus is on the state of Texas and the cornerstone of its presumptive accountability system, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test. Although TAAS is administered annually to students in Grades 3 to 8 and 10, we primarily concern ourselves with the 10th-grade exit-level TAAS test (consisting of reading, mathematics, and writing subtests) that high school students are required to pass (eight attempts allowed) to earn a diploma. Of course, students must also meet other requirements to graduate (e.g., take the required courses). Current TAAS testing has its origins in a 1984 law that mandated basic skills testing of Texas public schools students (Funkhouser, 1990; Haney,
Phosphate Uptake by Spirodela and Lemna during Early Phosphorus Deficiency

Growth, internal P concentration and P, uptake was investigated in sterile cultures of Spirodela oligorrhiza (Kurz) Hegelm. and Lemna major L. plants during early P-deficiency. Within 12 h of transfer to a P-deficient medium, P, uptake rates by P-deficient (- P) plants were enhanced 30-120% compared with P adequate (+ P) controls at 1-1000 p~ external [P,]. The enhancement in P, uptake rates with P-deficiency normally preceded, and was more pronounced than, other effects of P-deficiency such as reduced growth, reduced internal [PI and appearance of visual symptoms. Enhanced Pi uptake rates in - P compared with +P plants resupplied with Pi was more closely correlated with a fall in the internal [Pi] (r = -0.93 to -0.98) than with a fall in the concentration of three other P fractions (i.e. ester P, lipid P, and residual P). The role of tissue [Pi] in Spirodela and Lemna plants as a possible determinant of Pi uptake rates is discussed. Kinetic analysis showed that enhanced Pi uptake in -P compared with + P plants resupplied with Pi was the result of a 2-4-fold increase in Vma, of two firstorder systems and not by an increased affinity (i.e, reduced Km) of the carrier for the phosphate ion.
BIRDOTANAIS SONGKHLAENSIS, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF NOTOTANAIDAE (CRUSTACEA: TANAIDACEA) FROM THAILAND

We establish the new genus Birdotanais, based on the new species B. songkhlaensis collected from brackish Songkhla Lagoon in Thailand. Birdotanais shows close similarity to members of Families Nototanaidae and Tanaissuidae; we place it in former based on the type species having black eyes and the mandibular molar bearing a broad masticatory region. Birdotanais differs from confamilial genera in having an oval pleopodal endopod with one mid-inner plumose seta, and a nearly straight dactylus-unguis bearing a tiny unguis, on pereopods 4-6. We present a key to genera in Families Nototanaidae and Tanaissuidae.
DETECTION OF THE BROKEN BAR FAULT. A CASE STUDY FOR A 3.2 MW INDUCTION MOTOR DETEKCIJA OTKAZA SLOMLJENE ŠIPKE. ANALIZA ASINHRONOG MOTORA 3,2MW

This paper covers a case study for broken bar detection for 3.2 MW motor in a thermal power plant application. One phase current acquisition is considered. Feature extraction is based on transient and steady state analysis. Fourier, Hilbert and Wavelet transforms are used. Working conditions implicate low shaft load setting. It is shown that reliable broken bar detection is possible when contemporary digital signal processing techniques are used.
Stem rust of wheat in Australia

Annual pathogenicity surveys of Puccinina graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), initiated at the University of Sydney in 1919, have continued without interruption to the present day. The population structure of Pgt over the past 85 years has been strongly influenced by exotic introductions in 1925 (race 126), 1954 (race 21), and 1969 (races 194 and 326), subsequent random mutations to virulence, and selection of genotypes with virulence matching resistance genes in cultivars. Pathotypes detected in Australia over the past 10 years trace back to either races 21, 194, or 326. Based on varietal resistance and pathogenic variability, previous workers identified 3 periods between 1919 and 1970: from 1919 to 1938, cultivars lacked effective resistance genes; from 1938 to 1964, cultivars released with single genes for resistance (Sr6, Sr11, Sr9b, Sr36, Sr17), and new pathotypes with corresponding virulences were detected; from 1965 to 1970, and beyond, cultivars with multiple resistance genes were deployed in many regions, significantly reducing yield losses. During this third phase, and until now, cultivars were protected by resistance genes Sr2, Sr9g, Sr12, Sr13, Sr17, Sr22, Sr24, Sr26, Sr30, Sr36, and Sr38, singly or more commonly in combinations. Overall inoculum levels and pathotype diversity in Pgt have declined in all wheat-growing regions since the mid 1970s, likely as a consequence of the release of cultivars with gene combinations. Despite the low levels of stem rust in Australia over the past 30 years, resistance is still a top priority in many breeding programs. The development of virulence for Sr38 in WA in 2001 was a timely reminder of the need for continued vigilance if the sustained genetic control of the past 30 years is to continue.
Estimating the community-level impact of the riparan alien species Mimulus guttatus by using a replicated BACI field experiment

Summary The community-level consequences of the invasion by Mimulus guttatus were studied. Twenty experimental plots were established in May 2006. Mimulus guttatus was removed from 10 plots, the remaining 10 served as control. Species composition was recorded repeatedly in the plots and the cover of all species estimated in order to identify changes following M. guttatus removal from the invaded community. The data were analyzed using split-plot ANOVA, DCA and RDA. The (a) square roots of species numbers (b) Shannon diversity H and (c) Shannon evenness E were used as importance values in the univariate analysis. The multivariate analysis was carried out on (a) species covers, to reveal changes in the proportions of species in the studied plots, and (b) binary data of species presence/absence to reveal the trends in species composition. Neither the univariate (p = 0.947, p = 0.16, p = 0.12141, DF = 3) nor multivariate (p = 0.832; p = 0.986) analysis revealed significant differrences in the community characteristics studied, following the removal of M. guttatus. It remains debatable whether this lack of response is due to the little or no real effect of the removal of M. guttatus or to the limited extent of the data. However, the control (invaded) plots had slightly higher mean number of species than treated plots, so it is very unlikely that the invasion of M. guttatus reduces species richness. The occurrence of M. guttatus in the Czech Republic is limited to sites frequently disturbed by flooding. Therefore, the occurrence of resident species seems to be constrained by the disturbance regime rather than competition with the invasive M. guttatus.
Export, GDP and the Employment Enhancing Effects of Accession to GATT/WTO, a Multi-Country, Multi- Commodity Panel VAR Approach

This paper, using commodity disaggregated data for a group of countries shows, within a Panel VAR methodology and Granger causality with a huge panel of 17063 cross section, that trade liberalization and accession to GATT/WTO will increase the rate of growth of export, GDP, and total employment, and while increased trade flows will improve the situation of un-skilled labors, at the same time, other aspects of globalization (other than trade liberalization) will deteriorate their situation. The study covers the peak era of globalization and heightened debate over the impact of WTO.
Fungal communities in barren forest soil after amendment with different wood substrates and their possible effects on trees’, pathogens, insects and nematodes

Scots pine sawdust, composted bark or coarse, post-harvest woody debris from conifers had been spread over the surface of barren forest soil before planting with Scots pine. The effects of the Scots pine sawdust, composted bark or coarse, post-harvest woody debris from conifers on the abundance and diversity of culturable fungi were investigated. The amendments were aimed at increasing the soil suppressiveness to Armillaria and Heterobasidion. The classical soil-dilution method was chosen for qualitative and quantitative analyses of fungal communities in soils because of its proven reliability and consistency. The soil was inhabited by saprotrophic fungi from Ascomycota and Zygomycota, including species known to be potential antagonists of Armillaria or H. annosum (i.e. Clonostachys + Trichoderma spp., Penicillium commune, P. daleae, P. janczewskii) or stimulants of Armillaria (i.e. Pseudogymnoascus roseus, Trichocladium opacum). Eleven years after treatment, the abundance and diversity of fungi, the abundance of P. commune, and locally the abundance of P. janczewskii increased, while Clonostachys + Trichoderma spp. , and locally, P. daleae and T. opacum decreased. Amending the barren soil with organic matter does not guarantee effective, long-term suppressiveness of the sandy loam soil to Armillaria and Heterobasi- dion. Increased abundance of entomopathogenic and nematophagous species, 11 years after treatment, does suggest the long-term possibility of insect or nematode control in soil.
Enhanced Pre-processing and Parameterization Process of Generic Code Clone Detection Model for Clones in Java Applications

Code clones are repeated source code in a program. There are four types of code clone which are: Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 and Type 4. Various code clone detection models have been used to detect code clone. Generic Code Clone model is a model that consists of a combination of five processes in detecting code clone from Type-1 until Type-4 in Java Applications. The five processes are Pre-processing, Transformation, Parameterization, Categorization and Match Detection process. This work aims to improve code clone detection by enhancing the Generic Code Clone Detection (GCCD) model. Therefore, the Preprocessing and Parameterization process is enhanced to achieve this aim. The enhancement is to determine the best constant and weightage that can be used to improve the code clone detection result. The code clone detection result from the proposed enhancement shows that private with its weightage is the best constant and weightage for the Generic Code Clone Detection Model.
Emerging Amphibian Diseases and Disease Surveillance in Queensland: Stage 2 (February 2007 – April 2010)

The aim of this project was to complete investigations into Emerging Amphibian Diseases and Disease Surveillance in Queensland, a four-year research programme carried out by the Amphibian Disease Ecology Group at James Cook University. There were three general and 14 specific objectives, as outlined below. The project was a direct continuation of Emerging Amphibian Diseases and Disease Surveillance in Queensland - Stage 1 (January 2006 - January 2007) (Young et al., 2007b). This is the final report for the current project and directly follows on from the first progress report (Young et al., 2007c). All research activities were carried out under an approved Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Scientific Purposes Permit (WISP03866106) and James Cook University Animal Ethics Application (A1085). Declines and extinctions of amphibian populations have been increasing globally over the past three decades. Over 30 percent of amphibian species are threatened and at least 43 percent are experiencing population declines (IUCN, 2001, 2004; Stuart et al., 2004). Since 1980, rapid declines have been reported in over 400 species, with just over half of these attributed to habitat degradation and overexploitation (IUCN 2001; Stuart et al., 2004). Until recently, in at least 200 of these species declines had been enigmatic, predominantly affecting stream-associated frogs in forests and tropical montane habitats in the Neotropics and Australia (Stuart et al., 2004). Many of these declines have now been linked to the emerging infectious disease, chytridiomycosis, of which the impact on frog populations is thought to represent the most spectacular loss of biodiversity resulting from disease in recorded history (Berger et al., 1998; Bosch et al., 2001; Carey et al., 2003; Daszak et al., 2003; Lips et al., 2006; Schloegel et al., 2006; Skerratt et al.,2007). Community wildlife care groups exist in many countries throughout the world for the purpose of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. A number of these groups are active in every state within Australia. They play an important but under-utilised role, both directly and indirectly, in wildlife disease surveillance. The Cairns Frog Hospital (CFH) is a small, non-profit community wildlife group that has been receiving injured and diseased amphibians from the public since 1998. Information has been collected by the CFH about cases, individuals have been treated with a view towards recovery and return to the wild, and limited diagnostic pathology has been carried out. A retrospective analysis of submission data from the CFH over a six-year period, from January 1999 through to December 2004, has been carried out as part of this study, which also involves investigating an immunodeficiency-like wasting syndrome in the white-lipped tree frog, Litoria infrafrenata.
Test Review

The Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI) is an individually administered intelligence test that was introduced in 1999. It is a screening instrument intended to be given to individuals from the ages of 6 to 89 years. The WASI consists of four subtests: Vocabulary, Block Design, Similarities, and Matrix Reasoning. The Vocabulary subtest consists of 4 picture items and 38 word items. In the Block Design subtest the examinee uses blocks to produce a series of up to 13 two-color designs. There is a time limit for each design. In the Similarities Subtest the examinee has to either match pictures (Items 1–4) or state how two common objects or concepts are alike (Items 5–26). In the Matrix Reasoning subtest there are four types of nonverbal reasoning items: pattern completion, classification, analogy, and serial reasoning. In these tasks a portion of the item is missing; the examinee completes the item by saying which of the response options is correct. Assessment clinicians in various disciplines could often benefit from a fast and reliable device to assess the major cognitive components of an individual. This is becoming increasingly important in an era of managed-care computerized case management systems. The development of the WASI is propitious because the time and financial constraints on practitioners will continue to increase. The WASI can also be viewed as a screening device; more comprehensive evaluation of the individual’s cognitive sphere may occur at a later date. Historically, assessment clinicians of various disciplines have tried a variety of means to quickly and accurately assess the cognitive functioning of an individual. These methods often included various subtests of one of the versions of the Wechsler intelligence scale. These methods, although creative and having some psychometric basis, lacked the comprehensive approach that resulted from a unified instrument. According to the WASI Manual (Psychological Corp., 1999), there are several limitations to these shortened versions of the Wechsler scales. These include the multiplicity of alternative conceptualizations, the time involved for the individual practitioner to “develop” the alternative method, inaccurate norms, and questionable psychometric properties. The introduction of the WASI resulted in an obvious gap being filled in the assessment device armament.