Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dialogue to address the roots of resource competition: Lessons for policy and practice

Conflict management is an intrinsic element of natural resource management, and becomes increasingly important amid growing pressure on natural resources from local uses, as well as from external drivers such as climate change and international investment. If policymakers and practitioners aim to truly improve livelihood resilience and reduce vulnerabilities of poor rural households, issues of resource competition and conflict management cannot be ignored. This synthesis report summarizes outcomes and lessons from three ecoregions: Lake Victoria, with a focus on Uganda; Lake Kariba, with a focus on Zambia; and Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia. Partners used a common approach to stakeholder engagement and action research that we call â€œCollaborating for Resilience. â€ In each region, partners assisted local stakeholders in developing a shared understanding of risks and opportunities, weighing alternative actions, developing action plans, and evaluating and learning from the outcomes. These experiences demonstrate that investing in capacities for conflict management is practical and can contribute to broader improvements in resource governance.
Evaluation of Dietary Hydrolyzed Barley on Growth Performance , Nutrient Digestibility , Blood Characteristic , and Meat Quality in Finishing Pigs

A total of 144 [(Duroc × Yorkshire) × Landrace] pigs with an average initial BW of 61.8±1.04 kg were used in this 70-d growth experiment. Pigs were allotted to 4 treatments based on their initial BW using a randomized complete block design. Each treatment consisted of 9 replications (pen) with 4 pigs per pen (2 gilts and 2 barrows). Dietary treatments were: 1) V0, 0% hydrolyzed barley (HB) and 30% de-hulled barley (DB); 2) V1, 10% HB and 20% DB; 3) V2, 20% HB and 10% DB; and 4) V3, 30% HB and 0% DB. In this study, our analyzed data suggested that hydrolyzed barley increased the energy and CP concentration by 50.65% and 18%, respectively, compared with the de-hulled barley. In the feeding trail, Pigs fed the V2 and V3 treatment diet increased (P<0.05) the N digestibility compared with the V0 treatment at the end of 5 week. An increased (P<0.10) tendency was also observed on the energy and nitrogen digestibility at the end of 5 week and 10 week, respectively. Moreover, pigs fed the HB diet tend to increase (P<0.10) the average daily gain (ADG) and average daily feed intake (ADFI). The inclusion of V3 treatment decreased (P<0.05) the blood cholesterol compared with those contain DB. Dietary V3 treatment led to a higher (P<0.05) WHC than the V0 and V1 treatment. Pigs fed V2 and V3 treatment decreased (P<0.05) L* value compared with DB diet. In conclusion, the inclusion of hydrolyzed barley could improve the meat quality without any negative effect on the growth performance and nutrient digestibility, which provide a strong indication that hydrolyzed barley could be used as a good energy source for swine.
MACROECONOMIC (IN)STABILITY OF INTEREST RATE RULES IN A MODEL WITH BANKING SYSTEM AND RESERVE MARKETS

This paper develops a general equilibrium model with a banking system and a reserves market and shows that (i) the macroeconomic stabilizing properties of the nominal interest rate rules change quite substantially when we move from a model without a banking system to one with a banking system and a reserves market; (ii) the interplay between fiscal and monetary policies, in particular inflation-indexed versus non-indexed bonds, is crucial in determining the macroeconomic stabilizing properties of monetary rules; (iii) active rules and passive rules perform equally in regard to their macroeconomic stabilizing properties; (iv) continuous- and discrete-time specifications deliver the same/different (in)determinacy results for both the labor-only model and the endogenous-capital model under forward-looking/current-looking rules; (v) the inclusion of physical investment narrows the indeterminacy region under forward-looking rules; and (vi) current-looking rules make equilibrium determinacy impossible for both the labor-only economy and the endogenous-capital economy. Economic intuitions are provided.
New internal primers targeting short fragments of the mitochondrial COI region for archival specimens from the subfamily Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)

Archival specimens are a great resource for molecular research in population biology, taxonomy and conservation. A primary goal for researchers is to preserve specimens from collections by improving noninvasive methods for DNA extraction and to achieve successful amplification of the short fragments of a target gene in the event of DNA fragmentation. We tested the suitability of a noninvasive method of DNA extraction and amplification of the barcoding region of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I from archival specimens of aphid parasitoids belonging to the genera Aphidius, Lysiphlebus and Praon (Aphidiinae, Braconidae, Hymenoptera). Using a commercial kit as a noninvasive method, we successfully extracted DNA from dry 7 to 41 year old samples of 26 different parasitoid species. However, amplification of the barcoding region failed using the standard primer pair LCO1490/HCO2198. In order to reconstruct DNA barcodes we designed internal genus-specific degenerative primers and a new amplification protocol to target the short fragments within the mitochondrial region. Novel primers were designed using as a template the reference sequences from congeners retrieved from the public database. The combination of standard primers with internal primers, in direct and nested amplification reactions, produced short overlapping subsequences, concatenated to recover long barcoding sequences. Additional analyses also confirmed that primers initially designed for Aphidius, Lysiphlebus and Praon can be combined in a mixture, and successfully used to obtain short fragments of disintegrated DNA from archival specimens of several other braconid species from the genera Ephedrus and Monoctonus.
Whole lake primary production assessment by bio-optical modelling

A hypertrophic lake in Leipzig has been analyzed with respect to the basic limnological parameters, nutrients and phytoplankton community dynamic in the course of the year 2002. A bio-optical model was developed to assess the daily primary production based on the spectrally resolved surface irradiance, the light climate in the euphotic zone of the water column, the quantification of the light absorption by the phytoplankton and its photosynthetic efficiency measured with the help of in-vivo Chl a-fluorescence. Summing up the modeled primary production per day for the whole vegetation period it turned out that the productivity was no limited by the nutrients but by the light only. This is the first report that an adopted bio-optical modeling can be used to assess the annual primary production of a whole freshwater lake.
A floating pulsatile drug delivery system based on hollow calcium pectinate beads

The objective of the present work is to envisage and develop hollow calcium pectinate beads for floating pulsatile release of aceclofenac intended for chronopharmacotherapy. Floating pulsatile concept was applied to increase the gastric residence of the dosage form having lag phase followed by a burst release. The method used for the development of the beads was a simple process of acid-base reaction during ionotropic cross linking. The floating beads obtained were porous, hollow with a bulk density <1 and had an Ft50 of 14-24 h. The floating beads showed a two-phase release pattern with initial lag phase during floating in an acidic medium followed by rapid pulse in phosphate buffer. The approach indicates the use of hollow calcium pectinate microparticles as a promising floating pulsatile drug delivery system for site- and time-specific release of drug acting as per chronotherapy of disease.
Developing innovation capability measures for the services sector: an exploratory study

Innovation Capability (IC) describes the ability of a firm to develop new products, services, processes and systems. There are few published studies of IC and these have been undertaken in the manufacturing sector and have focused on product innovation. This exploratory research is the first stage of a larger study to investigate IC in the services sector with the Australian hotel sector as the case study. In-depth interviews were carried out with 18 hotel owner-managers in South Australia. Analysis of the accounts of innovation activities supported the hypothesis that the dimensions of IC developed in the manufacturing sector appear to apply to the hotel sector. Acknowledgement: This research was carried out with the support of the CRC for Sustainable Tourism and the Australian Hotels Association. INTRODUCTION The importance of innovation to economies and to individual organizations has been addressed in the literature as far back as Schumpeter (1934, p. 142). Writers such as Huber (1984) proposed that in the post-industrial age with increasingly complex and turbulent environments, organisations will need to rely to an increasing degree on innovation and experimentation for their survival and development. In this regard, more recent research has established a positive link between innovation and firm performance (Covin & Slevin, 1989; Zahra & Covin, 1995; Dess et al., 1997). Innovation is the mechanism by which organisations develop value through new products, processes, and systems that are needed to respond to changing markets, technologies, and modes of competition (Utterback, 1994; Dougherty & Hardy, 1996). Innovation is important to firms because innovation and competitiveness are linked (Alvarez & Barney 2001). By itself, one-off innovation is not sufficient for competitiveness. Firms need to be able to innovate on a continuing basis (Kiernan 1996; Slater 1997). In addition, firms compete not just on new products but on their capacity to develop new products (Prahalad & Hamel 1990). Firms are therefore presented with the challenge to build their capacity to support innovation on a continuing basis and, in this way, develop competitive advantage. For this reason, there has been increasing interest in identifying and understanding the attributes of firms that enable them to support continuous innovation (see, for example, Slater 1997). This has led to the development of “innovation capability” (IC) as a construct that describes the capacity of a firm to develop new products, processes, and systems (Prahalad & Hamel 1990). This capacity assists firms to compete in dynamic competitive markets. Research has shown that firms with IC have a sustained competitive advantage and use it to achieve higher levels of performance (Alvarez & Barney 2001). Thus, it is important to understand IC so as to be able to assist firms to improve their ability to innovate and hence their abilities to survive and grow. 305 TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Analysis of Five Parameter Viscoelastic Model Under Dynamic Loading

The purpose of this study is to analysis the viscoelastic models under dynamic loading. A five-parameter model is chosen for study exhibits elastic, viscous, and retarded elastic response to shearing stress. The viscoelastic specimen is chosen which closely approximates the actual behaviour of a polymer. The module of elasticity and viscosity coefficients are assumed to be space dependent i.e. functions of ' ' x in non-homogeneous case and stress-strain are harmonic functions of time ' ' t . The expression for relaxation time for five parameter viscoelastic model is obtained by using constitutive equation. The dispersion equation is obtained by using Ray techniques. The model is justified with the help of cyclic loading for maxima or minima.
Cooperative effects and disorder: A scaling analysis of the spectrum of the effective atomic Hamiltonian

We study numerically the spectrum of the non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonian that describes the dipolar interaction of a gas of $N\gg 1$ atoms with the radiation field. We analyze the interplay between cooperative effects and disorder for both scalar and vectorial radiation fields. We show that for dense gases, the resonance width distribution follows, both in the scalar and vectorial cases, a power law $P(\Gamma) \sim \Gamma^{-4/3}$ that originates from cooperative effects between more than two atoms. This power law is different from the $ P(\Gamma) \sim \Gamma^{-1}$ behavior, which has been considered as a signature of Anderson localization of light in random systems. We show that in dilute clouds, the center of the energy distribution is described by Wigner's semicircle law in the scalar and vectorial cases. For dense gases, this law is replaced in the vectorial case by the Laplace distribution. Finally, we show that in the scalar case the degree of resonance overlap increases as a power law of the system size for dilute gases, but decays exponentially with the system size for dense clouds.
Interactive comment on “Quantifying new water fractions and transit time distributions using ensemble hydrograph separation: theory and benchmark tests” by J. Kirchner

I thank Nicolas Rodriguez (hereafter NR) for his comments. I have reproduced those comments below (in normal type), with my responses (in bold). This paper has been really pleasant to read. The quality of the writing, of the figures, and of the mathematics is really high. The amount of meaningful explanations is impressive. I think the paper will have a strong impact on the isotope hydrology community. I think we need more approaches such as this one in tracer hydrology. Thanks.
Technological innovation and the distribution of employment growth : a firm-level analysis ∗ Preliminary draft

This work studies the firm-level relationship between different types of innovative activities and employment growth rates. Improving on previous investigations on the topic, it combines a dynamic panel analysis of the effects of different types of product and process innovation on employment growth with an outlook on the whole conditional employment growth distribution. Results show that product innovation – especially in terms of good new to the entire market – has a positive effect on employment growth. This role is likely to be particularly relevant for both fast-growing and shrinking firms. Process innovation appears instead to have less clear-cut dynamics, consistently with existing evidence. Among different types of process innovation, the introduction of novel auxiliary processes appears to be more positively linked with employment growth.
Mycorrhizas effects on nutrient interception in two riparian grass species.

Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on plant growth and soil nutrient depletion are well known, but their roles as nutrient interceptor in riparian areas are less clear. The effects of AM fungi on growth, soil nutrient depletion and nutrient leaching were investigated in columns with two riparian grass species. Mycorrhizal and non mycorrhizal (NM) plants were grown in a mixture of riparian soil and sand (60% and 40%, w/w respectively) for 8 weeks under glasshouse conditions. Mycorrhizal colonization, AM external hyphae development, plant growth, nutrient uptake and NO 3 , NH 4 and available P in soil and leachate were measured. Mycorrhizal fungi highly colonized roots of exotic grass Phalaris aquatica and significantly increased plant growth and nutrient uptake. Columns containing of AM Phalaris aquatica had higher levels of AM external hyphae, lower levels of NO 3 , NH 4 and available P in soil and leachate than NM columns. Although roots of native grass Austrodanthonia caespitosa had moderately high levels of AM colonization and AM external hyphae in soil, AM inoculation had no significant effects on plant growth, soil and leachate concentration of NO 3 and NH 4 . But AM inoculation decreased available soil P concentration in deeper soil layer and had no effects on dissolved P in leachate. Although both grass species had nearly the same biomass, results showed that leachate collected from Austrodanthonia caespitosa columns significantly had lower levels of NO 3 , NH 4 and dissolve P than leachate from exotic Phalaris aquatica columns. Taken together, these data shows that native plant species intercept higher nutrient than exotic plant species and had no responsiveness to AM fungi related to nutrient leaching, but AM fungi play an important role in interception of nutrient in exotic plant species.
Software Simulation Method for Digital if GNSS Signal

Data simulation is an important auxiliary method for baseband signal processing algorithm design of digital IF GNSS receiver. Especially when the high sensitivity and high dynamic receivers are developed, or multipath and cross correlation mitigation techniques are considered, exact and complete tests under all kinds of necessary scenes can be carried out with the IF signal data which is generated by software simulation method. With this method, the developing efficiency can be improved and the cost can be cut down. In this paper, precise model of the IF signal is given firstly through analyzing GNSS receivers RF processing flow. Then, considering the discrete characteristic of software processing, the IF signal simulation flow and block of the simulation software are designed. Finally, the specific design process is given through a design example. When the IF signal simulation software is used for testing baseband signal processing algorithms, GNSS receivers IF signal data under every necessary test scene can be generated just by parameter adjustment.
Facial Animation System Design based on Image Processing

Using computer to make face model, establish facial expression animation and exaggerate facial image processing is a hot research topic in the current, which technology has a broad application prospect and huge economic benefits. For example, remote teaching, film and television entertainment, video games and videophone could use the technology. From the current domestic and foreign research related to the subject, there still exists many problems to study because of the complexity of the facial expression.
Perceived Career-Related Practices and Knowledge Sharing Behaviour: A Preliminary Study in Oman

We examine the relationship between career-related practices and knowledge sharing behaviour in Oman. The practices considered in this study are perceived security, employability, and promotion opportunities. Although studies on knowledge sharing behaviour at work are plentiful, limited empirical evidence exists of the role of careerrelated practices in this regard. Hence, in fulfilling this gap, a survey was conducted among 129 employees at both managerial and professional levels across various industries in Muscat, Oman. Using multiple regression analysis, the results showed that all practices significantly predicted the dimension of knowledge collecting behaviour, but not knowledge donating behaviour. The implications of the findings on the importance of putting in place practices to support and develop one's career are discussed as a way to promote knowledge collecting in the organisation.
Molecular Docking of some Herbal-based Potential Anti-psoriasis Agents with Dihydrofolate Reductase

Objectives: To find out the herbal inhibitor for Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) in replacements of some existing drugs like methotrexate to reduce side effects in psoriasis and also to cure psoriasis. Methods: Computational simulation techniques are used for molecular docking of few herbals like beta-santalol, quercetin, carvacrol, curcumin and ferulic acid into DHFR by using AutoDock 4.0. Online tool and databases like Qsite-finder, PDB, and Chemspider are also used to retrieve active sites and 3D structures of enzymes and inhibitors. Parameters like binding energy, intermolecular energy, inhibition constant and H-bonding between ligands and target are used to determine extent of inhibition. Results: This information could be supportive for new drug design for psoriasis, in which these potential inhibitors should interact strongly with above mentioned residues. In our study on the basis of minimum binding energy and inhibition constant we concluded that β-santalol was found to be best. β-Santalol interacted with DHFR and gives minimum binding energy - 6.85 Kcal/mol and inhibition constant 9.48 µm, it is also formed two H-bond with the active site residue Tyr121 of the DHFR. As this study utilized herbals which are unique with respect to inhibit DHFR and it could be better prospect on for methotrexate which is responsible for side effects if alone is used. This is the important initiation to in utilization of herbals for such target inhibition. Conclusion: DHFR is an enzyme that reduces dihydrofolic acid to tetrahydrofolic acid, using NADPH as electron donor. Tetrahydrofolate and its derivatives are essential for purine synthesis, which are important for cell proliferation and cell growth Therefore these herbals will block the reduction of dihydrofolic acid to tetrahydrofolic acid and inhibit the synthesis of nucleic acid precursor in not only psoriasis but in other such disease as well.
Hymer and Uneven Development Revisited : FDI and Regional Inequalities

Picking up on one of Hymer’s key contributions, this paper examines the impact that inward FDI into the UK has on the patterns of development, both within and across regions. Using a panel of data for the manufacturing sector, the paper illustrates that even where one isolates the effect on the domestic sector alone, inward investment acts to increase the demand for skilled, relative to unskilled labour, and also generates the expected agglomeration effects in terms of the demand for capital investment. The paper then goes on to draw certain policy comparisons between these findings and the desired aim of attracting FDI, notably to increase demand for labour in those regions suffering structural unemployment, and secondly to reduce the disparities between regions.
RF-Properties of the VE-RFQ-Injector for the ISL-Cyclotron

The separated sector cyclotron at the ISL (IonenStrahl-Labor, HMI Berlin) [1] will get a new injector. The RFQ-part of the injector consists of two closely coupled VE-RFQs (Variable Energy Radio Frequency Quadrupoles) with an input energy range of 15 to 30 keV/n and an output energy range of 90 to 360 keV/n. For direct injection into the cyclotron a small energy spread and a duty factor of 100 % are needed, which is difficult for RFQs. Calculated rf-properties of the RFQs and the status of the project will be discussed.
The long-run relationship between consumption, house prices and stock prices in South Africa : evidence from provincial-level data

This paper empirically examines the long-run impact and short-term dynamics of housing wealth and financial wealth on household consumption in South Africa using annual provincial-level panel data for the period 1995 to 2011. Based on available data, recently developed econometric techniques for heterogeneous panel cointegration analysis are applied which allows us to circumvent the data restrictions, given that observations are pooled across provinces. The empirical results provide strong evidence of a stable long-run relationship between household consumption, income and (housing and stock market) wealth in South Africa. We then estimate the long-run elasticities of income and wealth with respect to consumption. The results indicate that income elasticity is not significantly different from unity, hence corroborating the permanent income hypothesis. As expected, the marginal propensity to consume out of housing wealth and stock market wealth is positive and significant, implying that consumption spending adjusts to both house price and stock price fluctuations. Interestingly, the marginal propensity to consume out of housing wealth is found to be smaller than that of the stock market wealth. Based on the panel ECM, the causality between consumption and both forms of wealth is bi-directional in the long-run, which contrasts the unidirectional causality running from wealth to consumption in the short run.