Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Establishment of Boar Semen Cryopreservation in Thailand: Post-thaw Semen Quality, Sperm Concentration and Variation among Ejaculates

The present study aimed at establishing boar semen cryopreservation in Thailand. Fresh and post-thaw semen quality, sperm concentration and variation among ejaculates were investigated. Forty-five ejaculation of semen from 15 boars were collected. The semen was diluted with an isothermal Beltsville thawing solution (BTS) extender, held at 15°C for 2 h and centrifuged. The semen precipitant was re-suspended with lactose-egg yolk (LEY) extender. The diluted semen was cooled down to 5°C within 90 min. Two parts of semen were mixed with one part of LEY extender containing 9%glycerol and 1.5% Equex-STM Paste. The extended semen samples were loaded into 0.5 mL straws. The straws were placed on liquid nitrogen (LN2) vapor for 20 min, then plunged into LN2 and frozen. Thawing was conducted by immersing the straws in water at 50 °C for 12 sec. Sperm concentration, sperm motility, sperm viability, percentage of normal apical ridge (NAR) acrosomes, sperm plasma membrane function (sHOST) and sperm plasma membrane integrity (SYBR) were evaluated. On average, the sperm concentration post-thaw was 811x10 spermatozoa mL. The motility, the viability, the NAR, the sHOST and the SYBR of boar spermatozoa post-thaw were 28%, 36%, 26%, 19% and 31%, respectively. The motility of frozenthawed spermatozoa significantly correlated with the sperm viability (P<0.001), the NAR (P<0.02), the sHOST (P<0.001) and the membrane integrity (SYBR) (P<0.001). The higher concentration of frozen-thawed semen resulted in the lower membrane integrity (r=-0.3, P=0.04). Post-thaw sperm concentration was significantly correlated with the volume of fresh semen (r=0.30, P=0.04). The breed of boars and the individual boars within the same breed significantly influenced most of the post-thaw sperm parameters.
A NETWORK DESIGN OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM FOR RO-RO FREIGHT TRANSPORT IN THE TYRRHENIAN AREA

Roll-on Roll-of (Ro-Ro) transport is one of the primary options EU policy is focusing on for developing intermodal transport and MOS initiatives, aimed at reducing road transport (especially trucks). In line with EU guidelines, this study proposes an integrated and optimized network scheme for the maritime Ro-Ro freight services currently operating in the Italian Tyrrhenian area to improve the overall supply of shipping services. The methodological approach used is based on the integration of the timetables and frequencies of existing freight shipping services using an original mathematical model that assigns demand flows to the network while trying to minimize a multi-objective function composed of a weighted sum of travel times and tariffs. Quantitative results show the positive impact generated by rescheduling and coordinating liner shipping and demonstrate how a ‘Tyrrhenian network system' considered as a whole would be more attractive than the single services taken collectively.
Comparison of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of plant extracts Centaury (Hypericum montbretii and Hypericum bupleuroides) and Blackthorn (Paliurus spina-christi Mill) in Artvin, Giresun region of Turkey

Abstract Antioxidant activity 13 different samples of medicinal and aromatic plants of Centaury ( Hypericum montbretii) , Centaury ( Hypericum bupleuroides ), Blackthorn ( Paliurus spina-christi Mill), including leaf, flower and stem, was investigated using DPPH, FRAP and CUPRAC methods. Total flavonoid, total phenolic amount and the antibacterial features of extracts from these herbs were also determined. According to the obtained of antioxidant datas, except for the result of total polyphenol assay, the dried leaves of Centuary ( Hypericum montbretii ) had the best antioxidant property that was realized in all results. Accordingly test of total polyphenol, the content of yellow flower of Centuary (Hypericum montbretii) herb was measured as of 22.48±0.66 mg GAE /g dry herb sample and so this herb had the highest total phenolic content. Antimicrobial activity tests were carried out using disc diffusion methods with 12 microbial species and the most of them displayed good-moderate antimicrobial and antifungal activity .
Computational and Numerical Analysis of Ductile Damage Evolution under a Load-Unload Tensile Test in Dual-Phase Steel

DP steels are defined as low carbon steels that have formability, mechanical strength, hardenability, and toughness, enabling them to be used in the automotive industry for light-weight design [1]. The microstructure of DP steels is composed of two phases. Normally, hard martensite islands are embedded in a soft ferritic matrix. This influences the material’s behaviour and, hence, its macroscale response because of the large plastic strains presented by the ferrite [2]. DP steels exhibit features during large plastic strains that make them distinct from other structural steels [3] to [5]. These features include the complex interaction of strain-hardening behaviour between the two phases, developing stress saturation effects during large strains, and dependence on failure modes by different states of stress, among others [3], [6] and [7]. Ductile failure can mainly occur via martensite cracking, martensite-ferrite interface decohesion, or both [3] and [8]. The effects may be considered through damage mechanics by three stages. The first stage is the microvoid nucleation during plastic flow. Next, the voids keep growing with continued plastic strain. Finally, the voids link to produce coalescence, and consequently, complete failure [7] to [9]. Therefore, a complete loss of load-carrying capability of the material occurs, which leads to collapse by ductile fracture [10] and [11]. Traditionally, the methods used to predict failure have been based on systematic and expensive testing of real models under laboratory conditions [12]. However, with the progressively growing knowledge about ductile failure mechanisms in steels, along with the development of computational power, it is becoming possible to define constitutive models that describe the internal behaviour in materials [13] and [14]. Continuum damage mechanics (CDM) has been a reliable tool to predict failure [15] and [16]. The conventional approach to CDM has focused on the interaction of the progressive deterioration of mechanical strength [17], which is formulated within the irreversible thermodynamics framework. This formulation, introduced by Lemaitre in [10], [17] and [18], presents a local damage indicator through an internal variable to describe the progressive deterioration of the ductile behaviour in steels up to fracture. The prediction of ductile damage, fracture, and forming limits in sheet metal forming processes Computational and Numerical Analysis of Ductile Damage Evolution under a Load-Unload Tensile Test in Dual-Phase Steel Anduquia-Restrepo, J. – Narváez-Tovar, C. – Rodríguez-Baracaldo, R. Juan Anduquia-Restrepo1 – Carlos Narváez-Tovar2 – Rodolfo Rodríguez-Baracaldo1,* 1 National University of Colombia, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Group: Innovation in Manufacturing Processes and Materials Engineering, Colombia 2 National University of Colombia, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Modelling Group and Numerical Methods in Engineering, Colombia
A Procedure for Agrobacterium tumefaciens Mediated Genetic Transformation of Sweet Potato

Many sweet potato plants have been successfully transformed but the transgenic plants regenerated, however, have been limited to a few genotypes. Reported in this paper is a procedure in which several explants of three sweet potato genotypes from Papua New Guinea (PNG) were used to transform and regenerate transgenic plants. To achieve stable transformation, an efficient shoot regeneration system for different explants was developed. The shoot regeneration protocol developed enabled for a reproducible stable transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain 1065. The plasmid pVDH65 contains the npt II gene for kanamycin (km) resistance, hpt gene for hygromycin resistance and Gus-intron reporter gene (GUS) for βglucuronidase. Explants inoculated with the bacterial strain were co-cultured for 3, 5 and 7 days (d) in the dark on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium without growth hormones. After co-cultivation, the explants were washed in liquid MS medium containing 500 mg L -1 cefotaxime, rinsed in sterile, deionised water for 10 mins and cultured on km selection medium containing 100 mg L km followed by transfer of explants to 125 mg L km after 14 d of culture. The km-resistant shoots selected on the former km concentration were transferred to the latter for double selection. Kmresistant shoots obtained at 125 mg L were rooted on MS based medium also containing 0.008 mg L -1 IAA, 0.03 mg L -1 kinetin and 0.001 mg L -1 folic acid. This double selection method led to effective elimination of escapes (up to 75%) and successful recovery of transgenic plants from stem explants at more than 25%, leaf discs 10% and petioles 13.3% of each sweet potato cultivar. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of the three km-resistant and GUS-positive plants Original Research Article Michael; AJAAR, 11(4): 1-8, 2019; Article no.AJAAR. 53093 2 revealed the presence of the expected fragment for npt II. This is the first report of successfully transforming sweet potato plants with bacterial strain 1065 and selection of transgenic plants at km concentrations higher than 100 mg L.
The Effects of Psychological Empowerment on Organisational Citizenship Behaviour among Malaysian Nurses

Despite the great attention received by organisational citizenship behaviour in the organisational discussion, little is known about organisational citizenship behaviour among nurses in Malaysian public hospitals. Hence, this study extended the discussion by investigating the effects of nurses’ organisational citizenship behaviour dimensions (altruism, courtesy, civic virtue, conscientiousness, and sportsmanship) on their psychological empowerment (meaningfulness, competent, selfdetermination, and impact). The results also confirmed that psychological empowerment has positive relationship with organisational citizenship behaviour. Theoretically, this study extends Social Exchange Theory and its application to nursing practitioners. The findings may help human resource practitioners understand how psychological empowerment influence nurses’ organisational citizenship behaviour in the hospital. The study recommends the expansion of Social Exchange Theory model in organisational citizenship behaviour research by using longitudinal designs and multiple measures of other variables. Article Information: This paper was first presented at the First International Conference on Management and Social Sciences (ICMSS 2019), organised by the School of Human Resource Development and Psychology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, on 27 April 2019. Published after peer review: July 2019.
AIR-SARShip-1.0: High-resolution SAR Ship Detection Dataset

: Over the recent years, deep-learning technology has been widely used. However, in research based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ship target detection, it is difficult to support the training of a deep-learning network model because of the difficulty in data acquisition and the small scale of the samples. This paper provides a SAR ship detection dataset with a high resolution and large-scale images. This dataset comprises 31 images from Gaofen-3 satellite SAR images, including harbors, islands, reefs, and the sea surface in different conditions. The backgrounds include various scenarios such as the near shore and open sea. We conducted experiments using both traditional detection algorithms and deep-learning algorithms and observed the densely connected end-to-end neural network to achieve the highest average precision of 88.1%. Based on the experiments and performance analysis, corresponding benchmarks are provided as a basis for further research on SAR ship detection using this dataset.
Authentication of Virgin Olive Oil by Using Dielectric spectroscopy combined with Some Artificial Intelligence Methods

Adulteration is a serious problem in the food industry. Olive oil is widely adulterated with other cheap edible oils such as sunflower and canola oils. Therefore, developing a low-cost, practical and rapid analytical method for detecting such adulteration in olive oil would be useful and needed. In this research, we aimed to develop a dielectric measurement based system combined with complementary analytical intelligent techniques to recognize authentication of virgin olive oil from adulterated with vegetable oils (canola and sunflower). 192 sinusoidal signals in the range of 20 kHz and 20 MHz were feed into the cylindrical dielectric sensor filled with oil sample. Correlation based feature selection (CFS) was applied to select the most appropriate dielectric features and eliminate irrelevant data. Support vector machines (SVMs), artificial neural networks (ANNs) and decision trees (DTs) were developed to classify virgin olive oil samples from adulterated ones. The obtained results indicated that ANN with topology of 2-5-3 has the best performance with accuracy of 100%.
Activation of Cement Clinker as Catalysts for Transesterification Reaction of Palm Oil Off Grade to Biodiesel

Calcium oxide (CaO) is a heterogeneous solid base which is generally used as a catalyst in making biodiesel. It is mainly obtained from cement clinker and activated through calcination method. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of using cement clinker catalyst on the yield of the biodiesel. A batch reactor with a condenser was used in making the biodiesel under favorable conditions such as calcination temperatures of 700 °C, 750 °C and 800 °C, time of 5, 6 and 7 hours, and catalyst concentration of 1%-w, 2%-w, and 3%-w oil. The analysis involved X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) for catalysts and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The catalyst calcination temperature determined the optimum conditions. From this study, the conditions necessary for transesterification reaction include the mole ratio of methanol/oil of 6 to 1, the temperature of 70 °C for 2 hours and 700 °C for 5 hours, and catalyst dosage of 2% by weight. Under these conditions, the yield of the biodiesel was 84.26%. Additionally, at the calcination temperature of 800 °C for 7 hours and catalyst dosage of 3% by weight, the yield of the biodiesel was 76.84%. CaO, SiO2, 2CaO.SiO2 and 3CaO.SiO2 were found in the catalyst through XRD analysis. The specific surface areas of the catalyst were 25,497 m2/g (700 °C/5 hours) and 35,879 m2/g (800 °C/7 hours) through BET analysis. According to the GC-MS analysis, the main components of the biodiesel include methyl palmitate, methyl oleate, and methyl stearate.
OpenMAX Compliant Heterogeneous Multimedia Embedded Plaftorm

In multimedia embedded systems, the performance of the interconnection system is key to meet the system requirements due to the hard timing constraints and large amount of data they handle. Since buses are a widely used communication infrastructure in SoCs, this paper describes a Hw/Sw multimedia platform that offers efficient, optimized and dynamically configurable communication mechanisms for bus based systems. Such optimization mechanisms are inspired in an open standard for multimedia systems, which has been adapted and ported to the special needs of embedded systems. At the end, we provide a transparent, homogeneous and decentralized way for efficient data transfers between hardware and software components on this platform, with a minimum overload.
TEACHERS� ATTITUDE TOWARDS PEER OBSERVATION AT NAJRAN UNIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY

The present research paper aims to analyze teachers‟ attitude towards peer-observation and suggest remedies to improve practice of peer-observation. As part of the methodology, the researcher selected twenty questionnaires as a sample of this study. Twenty teachers involved in peer-observation (as observer and participants) were also interviewed and their suggestions and opinions were taken into consideration to improve practice of peer-observation at PYP, Najran University. The analysis of data showed that teachers do not whole-heartedly support peer-observation. The study also found that most of the teachers are not well familiar with the concept and application of peer-observation. They often consider evaluation as an excuse to termination. The study accomplishes that a teachers‟ performance/ability cannot be judged in 20-30 minutes. Therefore, the study recommends that there must be many peer-observations for the same class and the best one must be assessed. The study also suggests organizing seminars and workshops to orient teachers to the process and advantages of peer-observation.
Productivity and Profitability of Elephant Foot Yam under Drip and Flood Irrigation

Productivity and profitability of elephant foot yam under drip and flood irrigation was worked out, based on the data collected from field experiments conducted at ICAR-CTCRI, Thiruvananthapuram, during two years, 2013-14 and 2014-15. The experiment consisted of two methods of irrigation (Drip and Flood irrigation methods ) applied at three periods of growth (first 12 weeks after planting (WAP), 13-24 WAP, 1-24 WAP) along with a rainfed crop for comparison. Whole corm size of 500 g each of the variety ‘Gajendra’ was uniformly used as the planting material. Pooled analysis of the data showed superiority of drip irrigation over flood irrigation. Among the six treatments, drip irrigation during 13-24 WAP resulted in the maximum corm yield (40.59 tha-1). However, corm yield was on par with drip or flood irrigation given during the period of 1-24 weeks. Even though the cost of cultivation was more under drip irrigation, it resulted in more gross (` 12,17,700) and net income (` 8,38,900) and B:C ratio (3.21). Maximum productivity per day and profitability per hectare per day were recorded when drip irrigation was provided during 13-24 WAP corms. Relative economic efficiency was 119 to 275% higher under drip irrigation and 109 to 168% higher under flood irrigation relative to rainfed cultivation. Productivity per mm of water consumption was more under drip irrigation, and the values were less under flood irrigation compared to rainfed conditions.
Spontaneous breathing anesthesia for cervical tracheal resection and reconstruction.

Background Spontaneous breathing anesthesia (SBA) may have advantages over general anesthesia for cervical tracheal resection and reconstruction (TRR), avoiding the difficulties and complication caused by endotracheal intubation and surgical cross-field intubation. This prospective study evaluates SBA for cervical TRR. Methods Date was obtained from 35 patients who had cervical TRR under SBA from May 2015 to March 2019. Intravenous sedation and ultrasound-guided bilateral superficial cervical plexus block (CPB) were applied to maintain effective analgesia and sedation. Results Thirty-two patients with tracheal tumors and 3 patients with post-intubation tracheal stenosis underwent TRR. After the airway was opened, 29 patients resumed stable spontaneous breathing, 1 patient needed high-frequency jet ventilation, and 1 patient needed anesthesia conversion for surgical reasons. Conclusions Spontaneous breathing anesthesia is feasible for the cervical TRR. It can be an alternative anesthetic technique for certain patients.
Office blood pressure-ambulatory blood pressure correlation in chronic renal disease; the relationship between proteinuria- GFR loss

GİRİŞ ve AMAÇ: Hipertansiyon, kronik böbrek hastalığı (KBH)’nın progresyonu ve ayrıca böbrek dışı morbidite ve mortalitede ciddi bir risk faktörüdür. Kan basıncının doğru ölçümü bu nedenle önemlidir. Bu çalışmada KBH olan ve olmayan hastalarda poliklinik kan basıncı ve ambulatuvar kan basıncı monitoziasyon (AKBM) ölçümlerinin, renal komplikasyonlar, kan basıncı paternleri ve diğer klinik ve labaratuvar verileri ile karşılaştırılarak incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Bachelor of Science Thesis in Software Engineering and Management

Continuous Large Scale Software Systems (LS3) development depends on Regression Testing Selection (RTS) to uphold quality of the software in a cost-effective manner. Prioritization-, minimizationand selection techniques are examples of this. We explore an existing technique and then classify it as a selection technique. We design and develop a new artefact, with the purpose of comparing the two Regression Testing Selection Techniques (RTST) with a select number of metrics. We compare the RTSTs using 500 commits with a one-tailed t-test which shows non-significant results. The artefact shows lower standard deviation for all metrics compared to the existing technique. The artefact identified, and removed 151 false positives that the existing technique would perform dependency analysis on. We conclude that the artefact shows improvements over the existing technique, while the random technique performed the worst.
Organizational culture effectiveness in Islamic based broadcast company in Indonesia

This survey aims to assess the effectiveness of Islamicorganizational culture currently applied in a broadcasting company in Indonesia. This study will evaluate its strengths and weaknesses, as future developments and organizational changes references. To achieve this goal, data were collected from all 45 employees, using the Denison Organizational Culture Survey (DOCS). This survey measures cultural indexes incorporated into four organizational cultural traits that have been proven to sustain a strong influence on organizational effectiveness: (i)involvement; (ii)consistency; (iii)adaptability, and (iv)mission (Denison, 2014). The measurement results indicate that measured organizational culture has a greater focus on the internal aspects, like employee performance, than external aspects such as customer satisfaction and innovation. Furthermore, the Islamicorganizational culture used, obtains quite optimal measurement results, at consistency and involvement trait which able to achieve scores at the third and fourth quartiles. However, organizations still need to optimize adaptability and mission traits, which scores only capable to achieve first and second quartiles. The lowest value obtained in the goals and objective index, also shows that organizations need to evaluate the clarity of short-term and long-term goals related to accomplishing the company's vision. Key Words:Organizational Culture, Effectiveness, Islamic Value, Indonesia
Intelligent Load Frequency Control considering Large Scale Photovoltaic Generation.

─Large-scale renewable energy integration involving large scale PV plant is becoming popular in the last decade due to global warming and climate change. PV plant offers clean and environmentally friendly electricity. However, PV plant also provides unwanted impact in term of frequency stability. Hence appropriate, load frequency control due to the integration of PV plant is inevitable. This paper proposed an intelligent approach based on a differential evolutional algorithm (DEA) to optimize the control parameters of load frequency control (LFC) device. Time domain simulation was carried out to analyses, the frequency nadir of the system. The simulation results suggested that a significant enhancement of system dynamic behavior was monitored when the control parameters of LFC were optimized using the proposed DEA. Moreover, the proposed algorithm provided a promising result to improve system dynamic response in the system with high penetration of PV power plant. Index Term─ Load frequency control, pv plant, differential evolution algorithm.