Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Washings and cryoprotectants for the production of Tilapia Surimi

Fish is considered a valuable source of protein in the diets of many countries (Burger, 2008), representing 17% of the world`s animal protein intake and 6.7% of all the protein ingested by the population (Food and Agriculture Drganization, 2016). According to FAD (Food and Agriculture Drganization, 2016), the world fish consumption per capita increased from 9.9 kg in the 1960`s to 19.7 kg in 2013, reaching the record level of 20 kg in 2014, and aquaculture has come to comply with this increasing demand (Lem et al., 2014).
The effects of promoting reading on children’s education outcomes: a case study of public kindergartens in Yunlin County, Taiwan

his study explores the educational effects of promoting reading at public kindergartens in Yunlin County, Taiwan. The research subjects were the teachers and parents of upper-kindergarten students (5-6 years old) from 10 public kindergartens in Yunlin County, to which 400 questionnaires were distributed; 322 valid questionnaires were collected for analysis. Data analysis was conducted using a linear regression model and a multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network model. The study found that the total amount of reading was a factor affecting “reading habits”, “language proficiency,” “comprehension abilities”, “independent reading proficiency”, “conscious behavior”, and “reading interest”. This study’s results and recommendations can serve as reference for professionals in preschool and kindergarten education.
Associations between gene polymorphisms, breeding values, and glucose tolerance test parameters in German Holstein sires

Čítek J., Hanusová L. , Brzáková M. , Večerek L. , Panicke L. , Lískovcová L. (2018): Associations between gene polymorphisms, breeding values and glucose tolerance test parameters in German Holstein sires. Czech J. Anim. Sci., 63, 167–173. The association between several gene polymorphisms, the estimated breeding values for milk performance traits, and glucose metabolism measured by the glucose tolerance test (GTT) in German Holstein sires were evaluated. Polymorphisms in DGAT1, GH1, GHR, FASN, and OLR1 genes were not associated with the GTT. A significant relationship was obtained for the DGAT1 AA/GC polymorphism and estimated breeding values for milk performance (milk yield, fat and protein yield, fat and protein percentage). The polymorphism in GHR was significantly associated with estimated breeding values for fat yield, and the polymorphism in OLR1 with estimated breeding value for protein yield. It shows the importance of the polymorphisms and makes their use in the breeding possible. GTT may be helpful in metabolic analyses, but the gene polymorphisms assessed in our study were not associated with GTT traits and further studies should examine other gene polymorphisms to support the role of GTT for potential breeding purposes.
Transition from quantum to classical behavior for some simple model systems

Hay actualmente interes en el problema de por que propiedades tipicas de mecanica cuantica, tales como las conectadas con la superposicion de estados o esquemas de difraccion para sistemas de materiales, no se observan en el nivel macroscopico clasico. Discutiendo dos modelos simples de problemas conectados por el propagador de particula libre, mostramos bajo que circunstancias efectos cuanticos tipicos que surgen en esos sistemas pueden alcanzar magnitudes significativas que dan la posbilidad de ser observables. La influencia de la interaccion con un entorno disipativo sera tambien considerada y la escala de tiempo donde los efectos toman su valor maximo y como decaen posteriormente tambien sera discutida. Ademas la comparacion con experimentos recientes de dispersion sera analizada.
Polyphenol Compounds of Mahkota Dewa (Phaleria macrocarpa [Scheff.] Boerl) Up-regulated Caspase-3 and Apoptosis Index in Balb/c Strain Mice

Background : Polyphenol compounds of Mahkota Dewa ( Phaleria macrocarpa [Scheff.] Boerl)(PMD) are potentially to be used as anticancer by scavanging radical molecules. The effect in vivo is still limited in Indonesia. Purpose : The research was aimed validate the activity of PMD in increasing caspase-3 expression and apoptosis in Balb/c mice induced by Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP). Methode : Posttest control group was implemented and used by 40 Balb/c mice at the age of 1-2 week with body weight of 20-30 g. The tumor induction was done mice by using BaP. The animals were randomized into 2 groups, called the control group and PMD treatment group by given dosage 50mg. Lung tumor growth was assessed by surgery at week of 8 th , 17 th , and 26 th . The results of caspase-3 expression and apoptotic index from IHC-TUNEL staining were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney, One-way ANOVA, and Post hoc test LSD with significant level of p<α (0,05). This research was approve by Ethical Clearance Results : Oral administration of 50mg PMD was significantly increased caspase-3 expression and apoptotic index by treatment group animal at week of 8 th , 17 th , and 26 th . Carcinogenesis incidence in control group were respective found about 2,32±0,26 and 3,93±0,46 at 8 th and 26 th week, respectively, while in treatment group were 1,88±0,38 and 0,88±0,22 (p=0,000). The apoptotic index in control group was 0,00±0,00 at 8 th week and 0,92 + 0,22 at 26 th week, whilst in treatment group were 1,12±0,71 and 2,02±1,05 (p=0,000). In control group, the caspase-3 expression at 8 th and 26 th week were 0,28±0,17 and 0,56±0,16, respectively, then in treatment group were 0,60±0,14 at 8 th week and 2,52±0,33 at 26 th week (p=0,000). Conclusion : The treatment of PMD was effectively induce in Balb/c mice cell apoptosis via up-regulation of caspase-3 expression and thus increased apoptotic index. It shows that PMD have anticancer activity to inhibit lung carcinogenesis in Balb/c mice. Keywords : polyphenol, mahkota dewa ( Phaleria macrocarpa [Scheff.] Boerl), cell proliferation, apoptotic index, Balb/c strain mice, Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP).
The art of getting funded: How scientists adapt to their funding conditions

Shrinking university budgets make university researchers more and more dependent on external funds. As a response, they develop specific strategies for selecting external funds and for adapting their research. In a comparative interview-based study of experimental physicists working at Australian and German universities, connections between their funding conditions and adaptation strategies were analysed. Strategies differ between scientists in the two countries because of different funding conditions; and they differ between top scientists and others. The adaptation affects the content of research, for instance, its quality and innovativeness. The findings can be generalised to resource-intensive fields that underwent a shift from recurrent to external funding. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.
Hydrodynamic Variability in a Microtidal Coastal Bay Geographically Susceptible to North East Trade Winds

A bstrAct : The ecological integrity and overall health conditions of natural coastal systems are largely based upon the balance among physical processes. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of tides and winds on the water level variability, circulation patterns, and turnover time in Bahia de la Ascension (BA), a shallow, tropical coastal bay in the Mexican Caribbean prone to the influence of Trade winds due to its geographical location. The analysis of the hydrodynamics of BA using a 2D numerical model indicates that the tidal flow in the inlets and central basin of the bay vary by tidal phase. An averaged seawater inflow through the south inlet and outflow through the north inlet is observed for every simulated case, while peak instantaneous current velocities are evident in the northern entrance. Winds play a dominant role in the water turnover from the system’s interior to the main bay. The model shows an average turnover time of 45 days for the whole bay, with shorter turnover when Trade winds impart stress along the main northeast–southwest axis in the bay. Since the tidal signal is attenuated in the southwest endpoint of the bay, the relevance of winds in the transport phenomena was considered fundamental to preserve the ecological heterogeneity of BA.
On the Removal of MT Signals from SBL Data

When performing a seabed logging (SBL) survey during a period of high magnetotelluric (MT) activity, it is not uncommon for MT signals - due to their highly variable and nonstationary nature - to significantly reduce the quality of SBL data. In the most dramatic instances, this can create the need for retowing some SBL lines at a high additional cost. We propose and describe a simple method to partially remove MT signals that may be superimposed to SBL data acquired during periods of high MT activity, and subsequently illustrate the method's performance with a real data example.
Impact of Innovative Learning Environment Based on Research Activities on Secondary School Students' Attitude towards Research and Their Self-Efficacy

Advanced and free learning environment coupled with the creative learning activities is assumed to be a motivational variable. In the present study, we applied an innovative learning strategy involving students in order to achieve positive impact on their attitude towards science, desire to learn science and future career choices. The study experiment was focused on enhancing the research skills of the students; apply knowledge for solving real world problems, positively changing the students’ attitude towards science, raising students’ self-efficacy and enhance positivism toward science related subjects. This research assumes that if the attitude and perception of post-secondary students is changed and made positive about science, then they might choose to study related science subjects for example, mathematics, engineering and science at university level studies. Therefore, it will also impact students’ career choices after university studies and they might enter scientific careers. Our study focused on evaluating various changes in the attitude, desire and self-efficacy of participating students when traditional instruction is replaced through the innovative learning environment. A total of 120 students participated in our experiment where researchers assisted students to experience hands on different research activities. Pre and posttest were used to evaluate the change in students’ attitude and desire towards science, knowledge and self-efficacy. The study results have shown that significant changes in the performance of students’ for-example, student noticed positive attitude towards their own research abilities, desire to learn science, self-efficacy, learning and career choices. However, results did not show any differences based on gender as such.
Towards automatic tracking of lexical change: Linking historical lexical resources

In the field of historical linguistics, large-scale corpora studies are a key component in identifying phenomena such as language variation and language change. Manually performed corpora studies are very time consuming and may obscure interesting changes in the sense that phenomena that are not being specifically searched for easily are overlooked. During the last couple of years the potential of language technology tools has been put forward in relation to historical linguistic research. This paper is based on an experiment of linking up several lexical resources in Swedish, which together reflect a vocabulary from Old Swedish to Contemporary Swedish. The link-up aims at identifying potential lexical change such as cases of grammaticalization and it may further be of use in other language technology applications. In our case study we are linking lemmas together with part-of-speech information given in each entry for all the lexical resources. This paper describes our first results, where we focus on the cases when information about word class differs in one of the resources. In future studies it is necessary and desirable to include more digitalized lexicon resources and confirm the analyses with corpora research. Still, the current result already shows some interesting cases of semantic change and grammaticalization. Changes in the content word system such as generalization and specialization of meaning are also exemplified in our data. Even though the links sometimes show errors that at first sight lead us towards a wrong conclusion we believe that methods like the one used here may be very fruitful to future research to reach more efficiency in historical linguistics research.
Design of a Dual-Band Bandpass Filter Using an Open-Loop Resonator

In this paper, we present a novel design for a dual-band bandpass filter (BPF) based on the conventional second-order, open-loop BPF. By adding series resonant circuits to the open ends of the resonator, we can create two resonant modes from the even and odd modes. One pair of the even and odd modes constitutes the upper passband, while the other pair constitutes the lower passband. By adding another series resonant circuit to the open-loop resonator, we can control the bandwidth of either the upper passband or the lower passband. We can replace the series resonant circuits with simple microstrip line resonators. A dual-band BPF working at both Wi-Fi bands (2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands) is designed based on the proposed method and is tested. The measured and simulated results show excellent agreement.
A tool for managing Complexity in Logistic Systems under Mass Customization

The logistic process of a manufacturing company can be regarded as a complex system since it involves many and different actors interconnected by a high number of non linear relationships. More precisely, a logistic process constitutes a Complex Adaptive System. Complexity is a particularly important feature of logistic systems in companies pursuing mass customization strategies. As a matter of fact, mass customization triggers considerable complexity owing to different and constantly varying products, markets, processes, customers and customers’ requirements. Traditional logistic management approaches are based on Newtonian and mechanistic principles, such as perfect rationality, determinism and linear causality. However, global competition and changing demands make markets more and more turbulent and nowadays logistic systems are characterized by uncertainty, non linearity and heterogeneity. Therefore, there is a need for managerial models able to capture and understand these drivers of complexity in logistic processes. The paper suggests the integration between performance measurement and Systems Dynamics to control complexity of logistic systems under mass customization conditions. A case study from the automotive industry is detailed. The authors are currently refining the model presented in this paper and trying to extend the approach to study the complexity of a supply chain as a system.
DISTRICT, KENYA BY AKINYIJENIPHER ADERO RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

While many researchers have in the recent past focused attention on studies relating resources and performance in organizations, findings in this important area have remained inconclusive. This study investigated the influence of tangible and intangible resources on the performance of public secondary schools in Bondo District. Cross sectional descriptive survey design and a structured questionnaire was used in gathering data in 28 public secondary schools. Using multiple and hierarchical regression analysis the results indicated that tangible resources accounted for the highest portion of school performance. At the same time different performance dimensions were affected by specific sets of resources and the level of effect varied widely. Tangible resources that indicated strong positive effect included library and teaching and learning facilities, ICT and co-curriculum facilities. Financial resources showed positive effect on growth. Intangible resources that indicated strong positive effect on more than on performance dimension included organizational culture and structure, reputation, access to information and change readiness. More resource variables indicated positive effect on the various performance dimensions when tangible and intangible resources were combined. This implies that resources were more productive when combined which showed consistency with existing RBV empirical literature. The study also revealed disparities in resource endowment across schools at all levels with provincial and national schools that were better resourced performing better compared to district schools with low resource levels. This finding is useful to school mangers and education policy makers in identifying currently productive resources and the need to optimize the use of available scarce resources to help improve performance at secondary school level.
INTERRELATED PROCESSES OF DIGITALIZATION OF THE MODERN RUSSIAN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

Introduction. The article was prepared in continuation of the discussion of the topical aspects of the reform of science and education in the Russian Federation, considered in the article by Professor I. P. Smirnov [1]. The aim of the publication is to express criticism about the management methods in the Russian science and education. Methodology and research methods. The methods involve comparative analysis, generalization and synthesis. Results. The background of the “digitized society” formation is considered from the positions of educational practice. On the basis of specific examples, the author confirms the conclusions drawn by I. P. Smirnov about inadequacy of administratively imposed formalized qualimetric apparatus for objective assessment of the work of scientists and teachers, and that “digital indicators” (first of all – number of publications and the index of citing) set the false orientations which seriously prevent performance of scientific studies demanded by economy and society. The author provides a basis for a skeptical attitude towards the application of similar digitized technologies in education management. The possibility of operating with digital data at different levels does not enable to estimate the real edu-
Antioxidant Activity of Senna alata Root Extracts

Senna alata is used traditionally to treat various ailments. The antioxidant potential of acetone, ethanol and aqueous root extracts of Senna alata was studied by measuring its DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging abilities, its ferric reducing power and metal chelating activity as well as its polyphenolics content. The ethanol extract had high content of total phenolics and flavonoids with values of 78.21 mgGAE/g and 39.29 mgQE/g and exhibited the best antioxidant activity in the DPPH and ABTS assays (IC50 = 45.18 and 39.14 μg/mL respectively). In addition, the aqueous extract had more potent metal chelating and reducing power than the other extracts. These results suggest that Senna alata root could serve as new sources of antioxidants that can help prevent oxidative stress.
Tectonic stress and the spectra of seismic shear waves from earthquakes

An earthquake model is derived by considering the effective stress available to accelerate the sides of the fault. The model describes near- and far-field displacement-time functions and spectra and includes the effect of fractional stress drop. It successfully explains the near- and far-field spectra observed for earthquakes and indicates that effective stresses are of the order of 100 bars. For this stress, the estimated upper limit of near-fault particle velocity is 100 cm/sec, and the estimated upper limit for accelerations is approximately 2g at 10 Hz and proportionally lower for lower frequencies. The near field displacement u is approximately given by u(t) = (σ/μ) βr(1 - e−t/r) where. σ is the effective stress, μ is the rigidity, β is the shear wave velocity, and τ is of the order of the dimension of the fault divided by the shear-wave velocity. The corresponding spectrum is Ω(ω)=σβμ1ω(ω2+τ−2)1/2(1) The rms average far-field spectrum is given by 〈 Ω(ω) 〉=〈 Rθϕ 〉σβμrRF(e)1ω2+α2(2) where 〈Rθϕ〉 is the rms average of the radiation pattern; r is the radius of an equivalent circular dislocation surface; R is the distance; F(e) = {[2 – 2e][1 – cos (1.21 eω/α)] +e2}1/2; e is the fraction of stress drop; and α = 2.21 β/r. The rms spectrum falls off as (ω/α)−2 at very high frequencies. For values of ω/α between 1 and 10 the rms spectrum falls off as (ω/α)−1 for e < ∼0.1. At low frequencies the spectrum reduces to the spectrum for a double-couple point source of appropriate moment. Effective stress, stress drop and source dimensions may be estimated by comparing observed seismic spectra with the theoretical spectra.
The Development on Component-based Environment Information Monitoring System

Environmental information monitoring system with a control system and a sensor node transfers real-time collected data from sensor node to the remote control system. Operability of the control system can significantly decrease depending on its operating environment, type of sensor and the number of sensor installed on the sensor node and the communication environment between the control system and sensor node. In this study, we proposed and implemented component-based environmental information monitoring system using the appropriate components depending on operating environment in order to increase operational efficiency.
Effects of Chitosan on retrogradation properties of wheat starch

Starch retrogradation could increase foodÂÂs hardness and reduce foodÂÂs digestion rate, which had bad influence on the food quality. Chitosan is the only natural cationic polysaccharide which could inhibit starch retrogradation. The effects of chitosan on retrogradation properties of wheat starch were studied and the possible influence mechanism of chitosan on wheat starch was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) in the paper. Results showed that iodine blue value increased while gel strength of wheat starch decreased with increasing chitosan content. Meanwhile the gelatinization temperature, retrogradation enthalpy and retrogradation rate of wheat starch reduced slightly from 62.71 to 55. 85âÂÂ, 4.68J/g to 2.41J/g and 54.47% to 19.87% respectively. Distinctive differences between wheat starch gels without or with chitosan were observed. Furthermore the intensity of a peak close to 16.9° of wheat starch samples with chitosan were decreased and narrowed compared with the native starch, indicating the disappearance of the typical B-pattern, which implied that chitosan could retard the recrystallization or the retrogradation behavior of gelatinized starch. After blended with chitosan, the stretching vibration peak of hydroxyl of wheat starch shifted from 3427.78 to 3419.65, which indicated more hydrogen bonds formed between chitosan and wheat starch
Explaining the Failure of an Online Citizen Engagement Initiative: The Role of Internal Institutional Variables

This article presents an exploratory case study based on fieldwork consisting of in-depth, semistructured interviews and group discussions with administrative, legal, political, and technology staff involved in an online citizen engagement initiative in “TechCounty,” a pseudonymous U.S. local government authority operating in one of the most favorable sociodemographic and technological contexts imaginable. In contrast with many of the dominant approaches in the literature, the article reveals how a rich, complex, and sometimes surprising array of internal institutional variables explains the initiative's failure. The article highlights the fragile and uncertain adoption of online engagement by public organizations and the significance of this study's method for building theory and guiding future research.