Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Genetic Evaluation for Fertility Traits in Austria and Germany

Breeding values for fertility are estimated jointly for Austria and Germany since 2002. A single trait (non-return rate 90) was used in the genetic evaluation until 2008. A new multiple trait model was developed for dual purpose Fleckvieh (Simmental) and Braunvieh (Brown Swiss) considering five fertility traits: non-return rate 56 for heifers and cows, days from calving to first insemination and interval from first to last insemination for heifers and cows. Genetic evaluation is carried out with the program MiX99. The fixed effects region*year*month, herd*year, parity*age, inseminator*year and service sire as well as the random genetic animal and the random permanent environmental effects are included in the model. A female fertility index is calculated from the single EBVs except days from calving to first insemination. Genetic trends for the fertility traits are quite stable during the last years.
Vowel but not consonant identity and the very informal English lexicon

This paper studies the phonological properties of shitgibbons , a class of insulting English compounds made up of a monosyllabic obscenity followed by a trochaic innocuous noun. Our experimental data shows that in addition to these categorical prosodic requirements, there are gradient segmental requirements: native speakers judge shitgibbons as more wellformed when their two stressed vowels are identical (e.g. shit-whistle is better than fuck-whistle ), but matching word-initial consonants do not improve wellformedness. A corpus study of English compounds shows that both vowel identity and initial consonant identity are overrepresented in the lexicon. Our explanation for the mismatch between the lexicon and the experiment relies on a typological asymmetry: vowels interact across intervening consonants in many languages, but consonants do not selectively interact across other intervening consonants in this way, e.g. the two matching [f]’s in fuck-frisbee cannot be compelled to match while ignoring the intervening coda [k]. The analysis is implemented as a MaxEnt grammar, with a locality bias that prevents assigning weight to the constraint that demands initial consonant matching.
Developing the Factors for Management Practices for the Deployment of Green Policy in the Malaysian Construction Industry

This research paper aims to ascertain the different factors for green policy between the internal and external factors. Although previous studies have tried to address the different factors that affect management practices, however the emphasis has being more on qualitative whereas this study bridges the knowledge gap by providing a valid methodology for assessing the 'management and factors' readiness of the Green policy deployment within the Malaysian construction industry through the general application of management practices and important factors identified. The findings of the paper are based upon a comprehensive literature search and empirical studies conducted with 102 Malaysian Construction Organisations currently utilising various modes of quality systems within their construction projects. Through a survey of data collected, this study empirically refines and validates 6 internal and external factors and 3 management practices deemed necessary for the deployment of Construction Green Policy. The study reports on the operational framework of Management Practices and internal with external factors ( MP& IEF ) model, which can be used to examine the levels of critical factors relating to the deployment of Green policy. The findings indicate that the MP&IEF model is both reliable and valid. All the Management Practices scored medium levels (means score > 3.00) with the highest being 'Vision’ and ‘Quality and Behaviour’. On the other hand, the most important internal factors for Green policy deployment were found to be 'Environmental/Green Technology’, ‘Training’ and resistance to change. Whilst external factors were found to be ‘Integration with Environmental Management’, ‘New Approaches to Management’ and ‘Shifting Customer Expectation’. The findings suggest that the internal and external factors as the mediator between management practices and green policy observed within the Malaysian construction quality can be transferred within the green policy environment with quality as the leverage for the deployment of green policy. This would contribute to the enhancement of the quality performance within the Malaysian Construction Industry. This paper concludes by presenting a new methodology for assessing the 'management and internal external factors' readiness of Green policy deployment for the Malaysian Construction Organisation. The frameworks presented in form of a hexagonal profile can be used to depict the levels of consideration of the management practices and internal external factors desirable for the Green policy deployment. Keywords: Malaysian Construction Industry, Sustainability, Quality Systems, Construction Organisations, Green Management/Technology, Total Quality Management (TQM)
Pressurized System and Microwave-Assisted Extraction for Rapid Analysis of Fiber in Animal Feedstuffs

Abstract A pressurized system under microwave radiation and filter bags to contain the samples was proposed as an alternative to Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF) determination in animal feed. After optimization by a 23 factorial design, the procedure was applied to nine forage and cereal bran with different amounts of starch (supplied by proficiency testing at various nutrition laboratories). Recoveries from 93 to 110% (0.7 to 7.4 RSD) were obtained. The proposed system allows the NDF simultaneous extraction from 18 samples, increasing the samples throughput from 6 or 40 day−1 to approximately 280 day−1, with low consumption of energy and reagents, producing low amounts of residue.
ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING PARTICLE SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION FROM FRAUNHOFER DIFFRACTION PATTERNS

Abstract : The location and size of particles within a volume which is stationary or dynamic can be found by two techniques of coherent optics. In the first technique the volume is illuminated with coherent light and the resulting diffraction patterns are recorded in the far-field (Frauhofer region) of the particles. The particle information is found from the resultant density variations on the film. In the second technique the developed negative (a Fraunhofer hologram) is illuminated with coherent light and the particle field is reconstructed in three dimensions. This investigation is an analysis of these two techniques and their relative merits. Because magnification is important in the second technique the methods of magnifying the volume are discussed. It is found that reconstructing the volume from the hologram yields particle information which is easier to obtain than the information resulting from the diffraction patterns. The volume is also found to be easily and uniformly magnified by an imaging lens in the reconstruction process.
Momentum-space evolution of chiral three-nucleon forces

A framework to evolve three-nucleon (3N) forces in a plane-wave basis with the Similarity Renormalization Group (SRG) is presented and applied to consistent interactions derived from chiral effective field theory at next-to-next-to-leading order (N$^2$LO). We demonstrate the unitarity of the SRG transformation, show the decoupling of low and high momenta, and present the first investigation of universality in chiral 3N forces at low resolution scales. The momentum-space-evolved 3N forces are consistent and can be directly combined with the standard SRG-evolved two-nucleon (NN) interactions for ab-initio calculations of nuclear structure and reactions.
An Improved ML-kNN Algorithm by Fusing Nearest Neighbor Classification

Based on the ML-kNN multi-label classification algorithm of probability and statistics, the k neighbors of unclassified sample are implicitly deemed that they have the same effect on classification result while ignoring the influence of the distances between k neighbors and unclassified sample. This paper proposes an improved ML-kNN algorithm by fusing nearest neighbor classification: IML-kNN. On the basis of the traditional ML-kNN algorithm, the algorithm considers the influence of the nearest neighbor and k neighbors of unclassified sample. Numerical simulation results show that the IML-kNN algorithm can have a good classification effect on the multi-label evaluation metrics.
Utilization of Fruit Processing Wastes in the Diet of Labeo rohita Fingerling

A feeding trial was conducted for 60 days to study the utilization of fruits processing wastes as feed ingredient in the diet of Labeo rohita fingerlings. One hundred and sixty fingerlings (av. body weight, 1.65 g±0.03) were equally distributed in four experimental groups having 4 replicates each. Four different experimental diets were prepared by replacing wheat flour and rice bran with either orange (T2) (Cirtus qurantium), pineapple (T3) (Ananas spp. and Pseudananas spp.) or sweet lime (T4) (Citrus sinensis) wastes to the basal diet along with the control (T1, without any fruit wastes) keeping the CP level at around 40%. The water quality parameters like DO, CO2, pH, total alkalinity, total hardness, ammonia and water temperature were recorded within the optimum range. The diet containing 25% pineapple wastes (T3) showed significantly higher growth in terms of SGR (1.50), FCR (2.09) and PER (1.19) than the other groups. However, growth of T4 and T2 groups were not significantly different than the control group (T1). Protease activity (17.17 unit/mg protein), protein digestibility (91.57%) and carbohydrate digestibility (41.62%) were not significantly different among the different groups. Survival of the fingerlings were not significantly different among the experimental groups. It concludes that waste of orange, pineapple and sweet lime can be used at 25% level as a substitute of wheat flour and rice bran in the diet of Labeo rohita. (Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2003. Vol 16, No. 11 : 1661-1665)
Multiscale CAFE for fracture in heterogeneous materials under dynamic loading conditions

This paper describes a multi-scale fracture framework, for modelling dynamic fracture in polycrystalline materials. The motivation behind developing such an application is to provide a high fidelity tool to model and capture dynamic structural deformations, at the macro scale, undergoing fracture at the micro scale. The application links two highly scalable applications ParaFEM and CASUP, that model continuum using the finite element method and fracture using cellular automata respectively. Linking the two is done through a initial coupling step assigning the cellular automata to appropriate finite elements. Each time step the application passes data between the two packages, a stress tensor from ParaFEM to CASUP and a damage variable from CASUP to ParaFEM. If the maximum resolved normal stress on any cleavage plane exceeds fracture stress, crack propagation is induced through the material in the cellular automata, and the damage variable changes appropriately, updating the macro properties of the structure, modelled using finite elements. An example test case is shown, considering the degradation of a structure using material with differing critical stresses. The case showed materials undergoing permanent damage without failure and complete failure. Finally the parallel scalability of the application was explored and found to scale to 1000’s of cores. Improved fidelity from coupling multiple scales in simulations has a wide range of applications in energy, aerospace and naval industries.
Relationship of Pb in House Dust and Ambient Air

We evaluated the relationship of lead (Pb) using high precision Pb isotopes from ambient air particulates and dust fall accumulation in 59 residences in Sydney New South Wales Australia by the Petri Dish Dust method (PDD) to determine if the dust is a reliable indicator of exposure in cases where air Pb data may not be available. Over the period 1993-2002, Pb values in air samples were higher in winter whereas the Pb loadings for PDD values were slightly higher in spring and summer. These differences are probably the result of differences in sampling times of the air particulates (24-h) and PDD (~3 months). There was no seasonal or suburb effect for the isotopic ratios. Both air and PDD samples showed a strong increase in 206Pb/204Pb over time. PDD data were predicted by the air data (p <0.001) and provide a useful adjunct in monitoring exposures.
The influence of fungal β-glucan on nonspecific immunity in broiler chicks.

The influence of β-1,3/1,6-D-glucan isolated from Pleurotus ostreatus added to the diet at a level of 20 g/t (group B20) and 40 g/t (group B40) for the whole trial and 40 g/t from the 1st to the 14th day and 20 g/t from the 15th to the 42nd day of the trial (group B40+20) was examined on some immune markers in hybrid Ross 308 chicks. A significantly higher number of monocytes (p<0.01, p<0.05) and significantly higher phagocytic indiced of leukocytes (p<0.01) and heterophiles (p<0.001) after 35 days of the trial were observed in group B40 in comparison to the control group and group B20. Significantly higher phagocytic indices of leukocytes (p<0.01) and heterophiles (p<0.001) in comparison to the control group and group B20 was found also in group B40+20. The total number of leukocytes, heterophiles, eosinophiles, basophiles and lymphocytes were not significantly influenced, but heterophil/ lymphocyte ratio was significantly lower in group B40 (p<0.05) in comparison to the control group. These results show that β-glucan from Pleurotus ostreatus can stimulate nonspecific immunity and reduce the susceptibility of stress in broiler chicken, whereas higher concentrations have a stronger effect.
Environmental quality and economic growth: A panel analysis of the \U" in Kuznets

The primary motivation behind this study was to search for evidence of the link between environmental quality and economic growth so as to answer the relevant question of whether economic growth alone could serve as a long-run solution to environmental damage as implied by the EKC hypothesis. Here we analyze the relationship using a panel of 47 countries over the period 1970 -2008. Using Random-effect estimation and two-stage least squares, our results lead to the following conclusions: relying on a quadratic model can easily mislead researchers to ratify the existence of EKC; the EKC hypothesis ceased to hold whenever an alternative functional form (cubic) is employed. At best, the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality is shown to be typified by an N-shaped curve. The paper maintains that simply waiting for an automatic arrival of a delinking point for environmental damage given long-run growth will not be a feasible solution to environmental quality. Proactive policies and measures are required to mitigate the problem.
DETERMINANTS OF CULTURABLE BIOAEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS IN DAIRY BARNS

The concentration of bioaerosols to which dairy farmers are exposed is potentially related to environmental factors, such as climatic conditions and individual management practices. An unprecedented heavy rainfall that was 250% of normal during the growing season of feed and bedding materials provided an unique opportunity for study. Individual dairy management practices differ as to barn construction, type of ventilation system, storage moisture of feed rations, quality of bedding materials, and animal density. The aim of this study was to identify the environmental factors affecting the concentrations of culturable bioaerosols in dairy barns. In this cross-sectional study of 48 dairy barns, area samples were collected using all-glass impingers. Culturable bioaerosols were analyzed to determine airborne concentrations of yeasts, molds, mesophilic bacteria, and thermophilic bacteria. The time-weighted geometric mean concentrations of these bioaerosols collected over the work-shift were 1.8 × 10 4 cfu/m
FABRICATION OF X-BAND ACCELERATING STRUCTURES AT FERMILAB

The RF Technology Development group at Fermilab is working together with the NLC and GLC groups at SLAC and KEK on developing technology for room temperature X-band accelerating structures for a future linear collider. We built six 60-cm long, high phase advance, detuned structures (HDS or FXB series). These structures have 150 degrees phase advance per cell, and are intended for high gradient tests. The structures were brazed in a vacuum furnace with a partial pressure of argon, rather than in a hydrogen atmosphere. We have also begun to build 60-cm long, damped and detuned structures (HDDS or FXC / FXD series). We have built 5 FXC and 1 FXD structures. Our goal was to build six structures for the 8pack test at SLAC by the end of March 2004, as part of the GLC/NLC effort to demonstrate the readiness of room temperature RF technology for a linear collider. This paper describes the RF structure factory infrastructure (clean rooms, vacuum furnaces, vacuum equipment, RF equipment etc.), and the fabrication techniques utilized (the machining of copper cells / couplers, quality control, etching, vacuum brazing, cleanliness requirements etc.) for the production of FXB and FXC / FXD structures.
IN VITRO ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF N-BUTANOL EXTRACT OF CURCUMA LONGA AND ITS POTENTIAL TO PROTECT ERYTHROCYTES MEMBRANE AGAINST OSMOTIC-INDUCED HAEMOLYSIS

Antioxidant activity of Curcuma longa rhizomes (Turmeric) has been widely investigated in Asia. This work evaluated the antioxidant potential of Nigerian variety of Curcuma longa with the main hypothesis that variation in plant phytochemicals in type and/or amount is a function of geographical location/soil type. The experimental models used for the antioxidant studies include: iron (III) reducing capacity, total antioxidant capacity, 1,1-diphenyl-2picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging assay and in vitro inhibition of osmotic-induced haemolysis. The extract was found to reduce osmotic pressure-induced haemolysis of mammalian erythrocytes in a dose-dependent manner and also gave high total antioxidant capacity. At 1000 μg/mL concentration, its DPPH radical scavenging ability compared favourably well with those of the standard compounds ascorbic and garlic acids. The implications of these findings in the usage of Curcuma longa as food additives and ethnomedicinal practice in Nigeria are discussed.
Microstructures associated with the Sottunga-Jurmo shear zone and their implications for the 1.83-1.79 Ga tectonic development of SW Finland

This petrographic study of rock samples from the area of a large-scale shear zone, the Sottung-Jurmo shear zone, in SW Finland, illuminates the thermal development of and strain distribution within the rocks during the last development stages of the shear zone. The results indicate relatively high temperatures during the deformation phases that created the gneisses and the mylonites, strain partitioning through time and continued transpression from S-SW until at least c. 1.79 Ga. This has implications to the latest tectonic models since the results together with previous studies suggest a compartmentalisation of regional stresses between the area SW of the shear zone and central Fennoscandia. The results also suggest that the uplift rate increased during the late stage of the transpression.
Illiquidity as risk factor in stocks Name student : Pelle Ferment Student number : 400683 Supervisor :

This paper analyses the effects of static and dynamic illiquidity risks of stocks in the period between 1995 and 2016. The methods employed are portfolio sorts and cross-sectional Fama-MacBeth regressions on firm characteristics. The illiquidity level premium seems persistent over time, but decreased in magnitude contemporaneously with lower market-wide illiquidity. Market-wide liquidity appears not to be a priced state variable, as exposure to market-wide liquidity is not compensated by a risk premium. The illiquidity level is not strongly related to this dynamic channel of illiquidity risk, as adding the dynamic risk factor to asset pricing models does not explain abnormal returns. List of contents
KNOWING AND TIDNKING: A NEW THEORY OF CREATIVITY

Elements of previous models and concepts of cognition, intelligence and learning are integrated with a number of significant themes in creativity research. A simplifying theory of creativity is presented which identifies four basic underlying mental operations (two modes of knowledge apprehension and two modes of knowledge utilization). These four operations in turn are the basis for a dynamic model of the creative process that describes the stages of problem discovery, definition, solution, and solution implementation. The development of a psychological instrument that measures the constructs of the theory is discussed and empirical evaluations of the instrument's psychometric properties in terms of both reliability and validity are presented. Individual preferences for particular stages of this process were found to be related to occupation and to level of organizational responsibility. It was also found that preference for problem discovery, the first stage of the creative process, may be underrepresented in industrial and business organizations. Implications are discussed. KNOWING AND THINKING 3 Knowing and Thinking: A New Theory of Creativity
Wanita dan penjagaan warga tua: satu kajian awalan di daerah Tuaran, Sabah

Secara tradisi, keluarga luas memberikan sokongan kepada warga tua. Tetapi disebabkan faktor-faktor urbanisasi, migrasi generasi muda ke bandar-bandar besar bagi mencari pekerjaan menyebabkan tugas penjagaan warga tua diberikan kepada kaum wanita yang sememangnya memegang peranan tradisi dalam keluarga. Tugas penjagaan warga tua ini mungkin membebankan kaum wanita yang juga bekerja di luar rumah, dan menguruskan rumahtangga. Kajian ini bertujuan meninjau pandangan dan persepsi kaum wanita mengenai penjagaan warga tua dan mencadangkan langkah-langkah bagi penjagaan warga tua secara berkesan. Seramai 197 orang wanita telah ditemuduga di daerah Tuaran, Sabah yang meliputi 3 kampung iaitu Kg. Serusup, Kg. Pekan Nabalu dan Kg. Laya-Laya. Wanita yang dipilih secara rawak ini terdiri daripada etnik Bajau, Kadazan, dusun dan Melayu. Soalselidik yang digunakan untuk temuduga mengandungi 10 item merangkumi penjagaan warga tua. Had kajian menunjukkan 59.4 peratus wanita memberikan bantuan kewangan dan barangan kepada ibu bapa mereka. Bantuan dalam penjagaan warga tua yang sakit amat diperlukan seperti rawatan kesihatan dan ubat-ubatan. Anak lelaki dan perempuan biasanya bersama-sama menjaga warga tua yang sakit. Walaupun mengalami kesulitan menjaga warga tua, namun 52.3 peratus wanita sanggup meluangkan masa selama lima jam sehari bagi penjagaan warga tua. Seramai 87.3 peratus wanita menyatakan mendapat pertolongan daripada ahli-ahli keluarga dalam penjagaan warga tua selain bantuan daripada jiran dan kakitangan perubatan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan 85.8 peratus wanita tidak terfikir untuk menghantar ibu dan bapa mereka ke rumah orang tua. Seramai 75.1 peratus wanita menyatakan mereka melibatkan warga tua dalam membuat keputusan dan 70 peratus wanita berpendapat kerenggangan hubungan keluarga masa kini adalah disebabkan oleh kesibukan mencari nafkah dan mengejar kebendaan. Beberapa langkah dan cadangan bagi mempertingkatkan usaha penjagaan warga tua disarankan untuk kajian lanjutan pada masa hadapan.
Influence of NaCI and pH on intracellular enzymes that influence Cheddar chee se ripening *

1 Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-8700; 2 Western Center for Protein Research and Technology, Utah State University, Lagan, UT 84322-8700; 3 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-8700; 4 Center for Dairy Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, W153706; 5 Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, W153706, USA