Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MULTIOBJETIVE SUPPLY CHAIN DESING WITH DIRECT SUPPLY

This paper reviews the problem of designing a multi-objective supply chain called Capacitated Fixed Cost Facility Location Problem with Transportation Choices (CFCLP-TC). The problem is formulated as a bi-objective optimization model with objective functions based on cost and time. The problem has twoechelons with plants that supply to distribution centers and these distribute the product to customers. In this problem there are various transportation channels between different nodes. This work contributes to extend the existing literature by incorporating the flow of products from plants to customers. We solve this bi-objective problem through the epsilonconstraint approach. We compare the sets of efficient solutions and computational time required. The models are implemented in GAMS and solved with CPLEX for a set of instances to evaluate the effectiveness of this option.
Effects of Time and Severity of Pruning on Growth and Branch Development of Rose (Rosa spp.)

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of time and severity of pruning on growth and branch development of rose, at the Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran in 2012. The experiment was designed based on Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). This study was replicated four times (January, February, march, April) and 2 type of pruning (heavy and light) and the rose cultivar used was miniator. Results of pruning- experiments showed significant differences in the parameters. Among the type of pruning, heavy pruning was produced maximum results for all the mentioned parameters. Among the time of pruning, maximum number of flowers (188.75) and plant height (63.9 cm) were recorded in January month. Minimum flowers (136.25), with smallest size (1.95 cm in diameter) were observed in April month. On the basis of the results obtained it is concluded that winter pruning had a substantial effect on certain important parameters i.e., flower diameter and flower number.
Social Environment and Decisions, Factors in Organizational Behavior of a Business School in Mexico

The study addresses some of the organizational climate taking into account only with two factors that makes it up: Social Environment and Decision Making. The objective of this research is to identify and document the relationship of these factors on the subjects of the Unidad AcadA©mica de ContadurA­a y AdministraciA³n de la Universidad AutA³noma de Zacatecas in Mexico. This is a follow-up study to the prior research that address the organizational behavior, yet taking into account other factors that constitute it. This study is important because it is known that the organizational behavior provides information to administrators about the conditions in which they may change the strategy of working group, so they should guide the actions leading to direct the course of the subjects towards the goals of the organization, so that this situation, allows for the continuous improvement of relations in an organization. The organizational behavior has been studied since the late sixties of last century, but now we integrate various factors that identify areas of opportunity for companies and institutions to achieve the full potential of which they are capable to do collective work. It is a study based mainly on qualitative analysis to perform descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and finalizes with factorial analysis. The results with which we conclude identify the best conditions of the factors in the measuring organizational work behavior; work with appropriate recommendations for each factor is concluded.
International visitor encounters with local food: A preliminary conceptual framework

Visitors are increasingly travelling to destinations for culinary experiences. Many destination marketing organisations have capitalised on the appeal of local food and associated dining opportunities to stimulate visitation. Such initiatives require a thorough understanding of visitor responses to their travel-related dining experiences. The present paper, which forms part of a doctoral investigation, aims to develop a comprehensive conceptual framework of international visitor dining experiences with local food by analysing the pre, during and post experience stages. The framework incorporates the influence of internal and external factors on visitor experiences. It is anticipated that the proposed framework will provide a more holistic understanding of visitor dining experiences in destination settings.
Evaluation of the biological activity of some Cupressus semprevirens (Cupressaceae) extracts against the mosquito vector Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae)

Ethanolic, acetone and petroleum ether extracts of leaves from the Egyptian plant Cupressus sempervirens (Cupressaceae) were tested against 3 rd instar larvae of the mosquito Culex pipiens L. The obtained results indicated that petroleum ether extracts were more efficient than ethanolic and acetone extracts. The toxicity, based on Lc50 values, are arranged in a descending order as follows: ethanolic (Lc50 263.6ppm) > acetone extract (Lc50 104.3ppm) > petroleum ether extracts (Lc50 37.8 ppm). As shown by the present results, a remarkable reduction in both the pupation percent and adult emergence was obtained. Moreover, all plant extracts exerted a delayed toxic effect on the pupae and adults after treatment of larvae. Also, various degrees of morphogenic abnormalities were observed in the immature and adult stages. Thus, these results may provide an opportunity to develop alternatives to costly organic pesticides and environmentally hazardous chemicals with some available cheap plants which are uaually environmentally safe to different living organisms.
Endomorphisms of regular rooted trees induced by the action of polynomials on the ring ℤd of d-adic integers

We show that every polynomial in [Formula: see text] defines an endomorphism of the [Formula: see text]-ary rooted tree induced by its action on the ring [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text]-adic integers. The sections of this endomorphism also turn out to be induced by polynomials in [Formula: see text] of the same degree. In the case of permutational polynomials acting on [Formula: see text] by bijections, the induced endomorphisms are automorphisms of the tree. In the case of [Formula: see text], such polynomials were completely characterized by Rivest in [Permutation polynomials modulo [Formula: see text], Finite Fields Appl. 7(2) (2001) 287–292]. As our main application, we utilize the result of Rivest to derive the condition on the coefficients of a permutational polynomial [Formula: see text] that is necessary and sufficient for [Formula: see text] to induce a level transitive automorphism of the binary tree, which is equivalent to the ergodicity of the action of [Formula: see text] on [Formula: see text] with respect to the normalized Haar measure.
Melting experiments on komatiite analog compositions at 5 GPa

Abstract The results of multi-anvil melting experiments are reported for a wide range of komatiite analog mixes with compositions in the system CaO-MgO-FeO-Fe2O3 ± Fe0-Al2O3-SiO2 at 5 GPa (CMAS and CMFAS ± Fe0). The liquidus crystallization fields for olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, and garnet were mapped out, as were their intersections at various cotectics and invariant points. For the assemblage L + Ol + Opx + Cpx + Gt, the compositions of liquids at the invariant point in CMAS and at several pseudoinvariant points in CMFAS were determined to within ± 0.50 wt% (1σ). The effect of FeO is to expand the liquidus crystallization fields in the following relative ways: garnet at the expense of all other crystallizing phases, pyroxenes at the expense of olivine, and clinopyroxene at the expense of orthopyroxene. The results reported here are in excellent agreement with previous determinations (Fujii et al. 1989; Herzberg 1992; Trønnes et al. 1992), but the uncertainties are much lower. It is demonstrated that the multi-anvil apparatus is capable of yielding crystal-liquid phase-equilibrium information at 5 GPa with an accuracy that is comparable to those at lower pressures.
Real-Time Information And Control System For Urban Vehicle Traffic

The solutions of urban vehicle traffic problems imply the description of the system, the evaluation of its behaviour, the control algorithm design and implementation. For better results, the traffic control system must be enhanced with an advisor, able to communicate via mobile phones with the drivers, for providing best route information and acting as a primary traffic formatter. In the paper a real-time control and information system for urban traffic is presented. The control part uses a two levels structure connecting controllers and supervisors. The controllers implement extended state machine. The supervisors implement an algorithm that negotiates the granted rates of the car flows using their prices. The goal of the research is to obtain a control system that is able to adapt to the significant changing of the vehicle traffic characteristics, to increase the system throughput and to avoid or delay congestions. The information part uses different routing algorithms and provides best route information for the drivers.
Municipal wastewater treatment and associated bioenergy generation using anaerobic granular bed baffled reactor

This study assesses a modified anaerobic granular bed baffled reactor (GRABBR) which was assessed for wastewater treatment at high organic loading rates (chemical oxygen demand > 1100 mg/l) under varying temperatures. For the two mesophilic temperatures tested (37 ˚C and 25 ˚C) under steady state conditions, the removal of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) was 80 to 90 %. At lower organic loadings, the reactor operated as a completely mixed system with most of the treatment occurring in the first two compartments. The GRABBR also showed very high solids retention with low effluent suspended solids concentration for all organic and hydraulic conditions. Applications of GRABBR as a single unit, two-phase treatment system could be an economical option reducing the cost to achieve similar treatment goals of high strength wastewaters. The findings of this research suggest that the application of GRABBR is suitable for treatment of multiple pollutants present in wastewater where each compartment acts as a specialised treatment stage with biogas production
Cann Functional vs . lexical : a cognitive dichotomy Functional vs . lexical : a cognitive dichotomy

This paper explores the nature of the distinction b etween lexical and functional expressions within natural languages. It discusses some of the linguis tic properties that have been said to distinguish the two types and concludes that there are no neces sary or sufficient linguistic conditions that identify an expression as being of one type or the othe r, a conclusion that indicates that the difference between them is not categorial. A review of experim ntal evidence concerning human processing of language and observed behaviour in language acqu isition and breakdown, however, supports the idea that the distinction is categorial. This contr adiction between the results of linguistic and psycholinguistic reasoning is argued to reflect a diff erence between properties of E-language and Ilanguage and that the functional/lexical distinctio n holds of former but not necessarily of the latter . It is argued that E-linguistic concepts, such as lo cal syntactic distribution, are linguistically sign ficant and should be incorporated into theoretical an yses of natural language. A theory of categorisation at different levels of the grammar is propos ed that allows language specific, E-linguistic, expressions to be related to universal (I-linguisti c) categories that can be manipulated by principles of Universal Grammar. The hybrid syntactic framewor k that results is shown to provide a basis for the explanation of the psycholinguistic and linguis tic properties of functional expressions and brings into question whether the functional/lexical distinction is significant at the level of I-language/Universal Grammar.
Interventions for Stigma Reduction-Part 2: Practical Applications

This paper reports the endeavours of the Working Group assigned to develop guidelines for interventions to reduce stigma. The group was comprised of academics and experienced field personnel, all of whom had either investigated stigma, implemented actions to address stigma, and/or had experienced stigma. The group’s mandate was to develop an intervention to reduce the stigma of leprosy, but while accepting that there are commonalities relating to stigma that cut across different health conditions, it was hoped that a generic intervention might be developed. This goal proved to be unattainable in the time given: condition-specific peculiarities and the diversity of cultural contexts presented significant challenges. The group agreed, however, that a considerable body of theory and expert opinion does exist, and that general strategies might be developed from this. The Working Group discussed a systematic review of such material. It also discussed other material that was considered to be important but had not met the criteria for the systematic review. One conclusion of the group’s deliberations was that a “Stigma Intervention Matrix” could be a useful guide for cross-checking the development of situation-specific stigma interventions. The Stigma Intervention Matrix is presented in this paper. DOI: 10.5463/dcid.v22i3. 72
EFFECT OF PROCESSED BERBERIS VULGARIS IN APPLE VINEGAR ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS

Background: Hypertension and increased inflammatory markers in type 2 diabetic patients are two major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, management of these two cardiovascular diseases risk factors is of the first magnitude in type 2 diabetic patients. This study was aimed to determine effect of processed Berberis vulgaris on blood pressure and inflammatory markers in type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: Type 2 diabetic patients were recruited into a clinical trial (n =57) and randomly assigned into 3 groups: 1) processed B. vulgaris (n =19), daily consumption of 1 Tsp processed B.vulgaris in apple vinegar, 2) apple vinegar group (n =19), daily consumption of 2 Tsp apple vinegar and 3) control group with no intervention. Nutritional intake, anthropometric indices, inflammatory markers and systolic- and diastolic blood pressure were measured at the baseline and the end of 8 th week. Results: At the end of 8 weeks, mean of nutritional intake, anthropometric indices, hs CRP concentration, systolic- and diastolic blood pressure did not change in processed B.vulgaris, apple vinegar and control groups significantly. Interleukin-6 concentration did not shift in processed B.vulgaris and control groups but in apple vinegar group decreased significantly. Conclusion: These findings had shown processed B.vulgaris had no effect on systolic- and diastolic blood pressure but apple vinegar had positive effect on interleukin-6. Nevertheless, further investigations about B.vulgaris effect on blood pressure and inflammatory markers are necessary.
Enhancement of Power System Voltage Stability Using SVC and TCSC

Voltage stability analysis is essential for a secure power system operation. A lot of works have been developed for this analysis method to improve voltage stability. This paper investigates the enhancement of voltage stability using base case and FACTS devices. The objective of this paper is to enhance voltage stability based on static analysis. The continuation power flow methods are proposed in case of the increasing loading of contingency. The WSCC 9 bus system is simulated to test the increasing load ability. The advantage of this simulated method is to develop a simple, fast and convenient procedure which can be applied effectively to enhance the voltage stability.
Fine-scale structure of thin vortical layers

A class of exact solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations is derived. Each of them represents the velocity field v=U+u of a thin vortical layer (a planar jet) under a uniform strain velocity field U in three-dimensional infinite space, and provides a simple flow model in which nonlinear coupling between small eddies plays a key role in small-scale vortex dynamics. The small-scale structure of the velocity field is studied by numerically analysing the Fourier spectrum of u. It is shown that the Fourier spectrum of u falls off exponentially with wavenumber k for large k. The Taylor expansion in powers of the coordinate (say y) in the direction perpendicular to the vortical layer suggests that the solution may be well approximated by a function with certain poles in the complex y-plane. The Fourier spectrum based on the singularities is in good agreement with that obtained numerically, where the exponential decay rate is given by the distance of the poles from the real axis of y.
Effects of Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) Waste Silage and Polyethylene Glycol on Ruminal Fermentation and Blood Components in Cattle

The effects of green tea (Camellia sinensis) waste silage and supplemental polyethylene glycol (PEG) on rumen fermentation and blood components were studied in cattle. Six Holstein steers were fed three diets in a 3x3 Latin square design, replicated twice. One diet was a control with no added silage, and the other two diets were supplemented (20% of the dry matter) with green tea waste silage either with (PEG) or without PEG (tea). Most of the fermentation parameters including major volatile fatty acids (VFA) were not affected by the diet treatments. The concentrations of high density lipoprotein cholesterol in the PEG group and urea nitrogen in the tea and PEG groups were greater than those in the control before morning feeding. The plasma 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid equivalent concentration was not different before morning feeding, but 3 h after morning feeding, its concentrations in both the tea and PEG groups were higher than in the control. Although the concentration of plasma vitamin A in the animals was not affected by feeding green tea waste silage, the concentrations of plasma vitamin E were significantly higher in the tea and PEG groups than in the control, both before and 3 h after morning feeding. The results from the present study suggest that feeding diets containing 20% of the dietary dry matter as green tea waste silage to Holstein steers has no negative impact on their ruminal fermentation, and increases their plasma antioxidative activity and concentration of vitamin E.
Participatory health information systems: Theory and applications: Special section

The graduation of healthcare delivery from its foundational mainstay into patient-centred care has widespread implications for health and wellbeing. Information systems and technology are front-runners in necessitating this transition. In its ideal form, patient-centred care is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, values and ensures that patient values guide all clinical decisions (Epstein et al. 2010). In both its ideal and actual forms, preferences, needs and values connote the significance of information in enabling patient-centred care.
Observational evidence for the mechanism of the poleward propagation of zonal wind anomalies over the North Atlantic

This study examines the physical mechanisms that drive the poleward propagation of zonal‐mean flow anomalies over the North Atlantic during the boreal winter with ECMWF ERA40 reanalysis data that spans the years 1958–2001. An empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis is performed on the zonal wind anomalies for the North Atlantic domain. Based on time‐lag correlations between the first two EOFs, 14 poleward propagation events are identified.
Detection and analysis of chatter occurrence in micro-milling process

An experimental study to understand the characteristics related to chatter occurrence in micro-milling operations is presented. Accelerometers are used to measure the vibration signals in the machining process. The acceleration signals are then analysed in the time domain and the frequency domain. Along with the onset of chatter, it is found that there is a characteristic shift of the dominant frequency components in addition to the change of vibration amplitude. A modulation of the spindle frequency around the chatter frequency is also found to be present in the vibration signal. A dimensionless chatter indicator based on revolution root-mean-square values is designed and used to evaluate the stability of the micro-milling process. It is shown that the proposed indicator provides a simple, but effective way to detect chatter onset.
Conceptions of adulthood among migrant women workers in China

The experiences of emerging adulthood may vary in different historical and cultural contexts. Little research has been dedicated to how non college students view adulthood in developing countries. Currently, millions of young people are migrating from rural villages to industrial cities in China. The purpose of this study was to investigate conceptions of adulthood among Chinese migrant women workers, using mixed methods. One hundred and nineteen women workers (aged 18–29 years) from a factory in Guangdong, China, completed a questionnaire of markers for adulthood. Then, 15 of them were interviewed regarding their understanding of the transition to adulthood. The results showed that the majority of the young Chinese migrant women workers believed they had reached adulthood in some ways but not others. Married women and women with children were more likely to perceive themselves as adults, even controlling for age. Learn to care for parents, settled into a long-term career and become capable of caring for children were ranked as the most important markers for adulthood. Participants were least likely to feel adult when they were with their parents. The migrant women workers’ conceptions of adulthood reflected the traditional Chinese emphasis on family obligations, social relations and role transitions.
Transfer and ramified coverings

Abstract In this note we introduce a general class of finite ramified coverings π X˜ ↓ X. Examples of ramified covers in our sense include: finite covering spaces, branched covering spaces and the orbit map Y ↓ Y/G where G is a finite group and Y an arbitrary G-space. For any d-fold ramified covering π: X˜ ↓ X we construct a transfer homomorphism with the expected property that is multiplication by d. As a consequence we obtain a simple proof of the Conner conjecture; viz. the orbit space of an arbitrary finite group action on a ℚ-acyclic space is again ℚ acyclic.