Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of non-genetic factors on growth traits of Horro (Zebu) and their crosses with Holstein Friesian and Jersey cattle

The present study was carried out to determine non-genetics effects on the growth performance (birth, weaning, one year weight and weight gains) of Horro cattle and their crosses (Friesian-Horro (FH) and Jersey-Horro (JH)) at Bako Agricultural Research center. The data used in the study included weight records of animals born between 1980 and 2008. Least squares means were analyzed using General Linear Model (GLM) of Statistical Analyses System (SAS). Apart from Breed effects, sex, year of birth and parity were the main non genetic effects that influenced birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), one year weight (YW), pre-weaning average daily gain (DG) and post-weaning average daily gain (PDG). The overall mean of birth, weaning and one year weight and pre-weaning and post-weaning average daily gains of Horro and their crosses were 19.6±0.16 kg, 43.8 ±8.5 kg and 84.8±21 kg, 407.4±20.6 g and 263.7±54.3 g, respectively. The least squares means birth weight, weaning weight and one year were: 18.34±0.14 kg, 39.8±0.39 kg and 70.5±1.14 kg for Horro, 22.13±0.14 kg, 47.5±0.38 kg and 94.7±1.14 kg for Friesian-Horro and 19.1±0.19 kg, 42.9±0.5and kg, 85.5±1.5 kg for Jersey-Horro breeds, respectively. From the results suggests that birth weight of the calves doesn’t affect the weaning weight and the subsequence growth performance. This could point to an opportunity for much improved weaning and one year weight by improving the management practices of calves. The higher growth performance observed for the crossbred calves in comparison with the purebred Horro (Bos indicus) cattle. Key words: Crosses, fixed, growth, Horro, non genetic, traits.
Hormonal Effect on Mandarin Orange (Citrus reticulata Blanco) Micro-propagation

Tissue culture is the best option to produce disease free seedling of the fruit crop rapidly. Micro-propagation and use of the in-vitro grafting (micro-grafting) is very helpful for production of virus free planting materials in mandarin. Different levels of the in-vitro hormone affect the success of callusing, shooting and plant regeneration in mandarin. Shoot bud, flower bud and in-vitro seedling epicotyl was used as explants to study the hormonal effect on mandarin micro-propagation. Similarly, 10 levels of BAP and IAA combination on MS media for mandarin tissue culture were used. Observation was done for 100 test tubes per treatment combination after 4, 8 and 12 weeks of culture. Data was arc sine transformed for analysis. Shooting from explants was significantly higher (71.72%) on medium level of the BAP (0.5 mg/L) and IAA (0.2 mg/L) using in-vitro seedling stem as explant, however, it was 27.91% for stem bud as explant. Stem bud showed higher level of callusing (6.15%, p<0.001) in mandarin orange. However, flower bud didn’t develop shoot in mandarin tissue culture. Increment of the in-vitro regeneration of the shooting and callusing was observed by the increment of the in-vitro incubation duration in mandarin orange tissue culture.
Solid-state Slit Camera (SSC) on Board MAXI

Solid-state Slit Camera (SSC) is an X-ray camera onboard the MAXI mission of the International Space Station. Two sets of SSC sensors view X-ray sky using charge-coupled devices (CCDs) in 0.5--12\,keV band. The total area for the X-ray detection is about 200\,cm$\rm ^2$ which is the largest among the missions of X-ray astronomy. The energy resolution at the CCD temperature of $-$70 \degc is 145\,eV in full width at the half maximum (FWHM) at 5.9\,keV, and the field of view is 1\deg . 5 (FWHM) $\times$ 90\deg for each sensor. The SSC could make a whole-sky image with the energy resolution good enough to resolve line emissions, and monitor the whole-sky at the energy band of $<$ 2\,keV for the first time in these decades.
Assessment of vasculogenic impotence in diabetic men: Using color Doppler flow sonography

We evaluated 26 male diabetics for sexual dysfuntion. We used color Doppler flow sonography to assess the hemodyna­ mic function of the penis in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) to detect the presence of arterial disease or venous incompetence. In addition, penile venous competence of all patients were also assessed with dynamic cavernosography/cavernosometry. Mean peak-systolic and end-diastolic velocities were measured for each cavernosal artery before and after the intracavernosal injection of papaverine. A peak systolic velocity of less than 25 cm/sec was used as the threshold for arterial insufficiency. An end-diastolic velocity of greater than 5 cm/sec was used to predict venous incompetence. Among the 26 patients with diabetes mellitus, 8 patients (30.70%) had venous leakage, 16 patients (61.53%) had arterial insufficiency and 2 patients (7.69%) had normal color Doppler flow ultrasonographic findings. [Turk J Med Res 1993; 11(3): 136-139]
Effects of Plasma Resonance on Surface Waves in Axially Non-Uniform Plasmas

Surface waves were studied in cold cylindrical plasmas with axially non-uniform density profiles, and the eigenfrequencies and eigenfunctions for the transverse-magnetic modes of pure and hybrid surface waves were obtained numerically for collisional plasmas. The analysis of the wave equation takes into account the singularity caused by plasma resonance at which the wave frequency is equal to the local electron plasma frequency. It is shown that the axial eigenfunction of the pure surface mode peaks at the position of the plasma resonance layer, whereas the axial eigenfunction of the hybrid surface mode has two peaks at the plasma resonance layer and at the interface of the plasma and a quartz plate. Transverse-electric surface modes in axially non-uniform plasmas without plasma resonance are also analyzed.
The Influence of Consumption Value on Choosing Smartphones Among College Student in Manado

Smartphones are the common mobile phone as we know, also a new kind of technology that have a capability equal as computer to do every day job. Values from using smartphones influence college student to choose which smartphones to use as the best choice and the right tools to use. The purpose of this study to analyze influence of consumption value on choosing smartphones among college student in Manado. Where the independent variables are conditional value, functional value, emotional value, and epistemic value influence the consumer choice as the dependent variable. This research aim college student use smart phones in Manado. This study has been conducted through literature study as well as questionnaire administered survey. The research method associate with multiple regression analysis method with 100 respondent of different age groups, income and occupation have been consider for the survey. The collected data were analyzed to comply with the objectives and also to draw conclusions. Conditional value influence college student to choose smartphones especially phone itself. Most of college student choose Iphone because its simplicity in extent, features that are used, and nature. Consequently, in general, the researcher believes that analysis of the demographic characteristics can explain the research findings of the influential factors and the ones insignificant to the decision making process. From this research are most of the consumers choose the smart phone based on conditional value concluded that consumption values do influence consumer choice within the college student that uses smart phone in Manado. Keywords : consumption values, consumer behavior, consumer choice
Correction to "Electromagnetic energy propagation in power electronic converters: toward future electromagnetic integration"

Historically, it came about that the analysis and design of the power electronic converter center around currents and voltages in the circuits. During the last decade, the electromagnetic character of power electronic converters became more important due to the noise that the switches generates and electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standards have been put in place to control the electromagnetic noise levels. In this contribution, it is argued that coming to grips with the electromagnetic operation of switch-mode power conversion presents a barrier of knowledge that will have to be crossed in order to achieve future meaningful innovation in switch-mode power conversion. Rigorous electromagnetic analysis using realistic parameters are used to indicate important issues relating fundamental limits and technological paths for future generations of power electronic converters. Electromagnetic integration in three dimensions creates new possibilities to increase power densities.
A novel LBP-Mean shift segmentation algorithm for UAV remote sensing images based on LBP textural features and improved Mean shift algorithm

The proposed method deals with the joint use of the textural features and the image edge by the remote-sensing images.A definition of an adaptive segmentation algorithm is considered.Based on LBP features detecting,the textural information associated with each cell images is extracted as the set of connected cell with an similar flag value to which the cell belongs: The cell's neighborhood is characterized by the color space and light intensity distribution of the corresponding flag zone.The textural information is the original cell's value,be it a distinctive characteristic.Using Mean shift algorithm,the edge information are jointly used for the segmentation through a change of distance formula. Experiments on hyperspectral and panchromatic images are presented and show a significant increase in segmentation accuracies for village area:For instance,with the overall accuracy is increased from smash with a conventional algorithm to integrity with the proposed approach. Comparisons with other related software methods show that the method is competitive.
Historical trends in the jet streams

Jet streams, the meandering bands of fast winds located near the tropopause, are driving factors for weather in the midlatitudes. This is the first study to analyze historical trends of jet stream properties based on the ERA‐40 and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis datasets for the period 1979 to 2001. We defined jet stream properties based on mass and mass‐flux weighted averages. We found that, in general, the jet streams have risen in altitude and moved poleward in both hemispheres. In the northern hemisphere, the jet stream weakened. In the southern hemisphere, the sub‐tropical jet weakened, whereas the polar jet strengthened. Exceptions to this general behavior were found locally and seasonally. Further observations and analysis are needed to confidently attribute the causes of these changes to anthropogenic climate change, natural variability, or some combination of the two.
Presence of Additional Head of Pronator Teres Muscle and Associated Neurovascular Variations: A Rare Case Report

Arm is a site for frequent injuries and it is involved in many surgical procedures. Variations in the arm have immense clinical significance. During the dissection of a right upper limb, brachial artery was found to divide into radial and ulnar arteries, 3cm above the inter-epicondylar plane. The ulnar artery and the median nerve were then passing through a tunnel formed by an extensive additional humeral head of the pronator teres muscle. Two centimetres long fibromuscular tunnel formed by the humeral head of the pronator teres was found to arise from the medial intermuscular septum and also from the fibrous arch form the shaft of the humerus to the medial intermuscular septum. In the same cadaver, the superior ulnar collateral artery was found to arise from the profunda brachii artery which is otherwise a branch of the brachial artery. Accurate knowledge of these variation patterns is of considerable clinical significance in conduct of surgeries of arm, fracture management of humerus and diagnosis of various compressive neuropathies.
Impact of Flow of FDI & FII on Indian Stock Market

Unprecedented globalizations have witnessed double digit economic growth resulting in fierce competition and accelerated pace of innovation. As a result inflow of Foreign Direct investments has become a striking measure of economic development in both developed and developing countries. FDI and FII thus have become instruments of international economic integration and stimulation. Fast growing economies like Singapore, China, Korea etc have registered incredible growth at onset of FDI. Though US captures most of the FDI inflows, developing countries still account for significant growth of FDI and rise in FII. FDI not only gives access to foreign capital but also provides domestic countries with cutting edge technology, desired skill sets, tools of innovation and other complementary skills. The policies drafted to stimulate the flow of foreign capital in to India provided much needed impetus for India to emerge as an attractive destination for foreign investors. External factors such as global economic cues, FDI & FII, Exchange rate and Internal factors such as demand and supply, market cap, EPS generally drive and dictates the Indian stock market. The current paper makes an attempt to study the relationship and impact of FDI & FII on Indian stock market using statistical measures correlation coefficient and multi regression. Sensex and Nifty w ere considered as the representative of stock mar ket as they are the most popular Indian stock market indices. Based on 11 years data starting from 2001 to 2011, it was found that the flow of FDI & FII was moving in tandem with Sensex and Nifty. The
A Rule based Approach to Mitigate DDoS attack in IoT Environment

Nowadays, there are lots of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are used in Industry, Home appliances, Automobile industry and many more places. Issues regarding security of the IoT are the primary reason why it fails to attract more people. Each day, beside the new technology comes a millions of vulnerabilities waiting to be exploited. IoT is that the latest trend and like all technology, it's open for exploitation. In IoT environment, Distributed Denial of service attack (DDoS) could be a major issue, because of the limited computing and power resources of standard IoT devices are prioritized in implementing functionality instead of security features. DDoS attack is the most common attack which is used to bring down the whole network without having any loophole in the network security. The main purpose of this work is to mitigate DDoS attacks against the IoT using honeypot model in Raspberry Pi. Honeypots are the network setup with intentional loopholes. The purpose of honeypot is to invite attackers, so the activities and methods used to attack can be studied and it can also help to increase network security. Conclusion came out after reviewing some research papers that there are lots of DDoS attack mitigation techniques are proposed by many researchers, but very few are proposed for IoT environment. Primary focus of this dissertation work is to proposed mitigation techniques of DDoS attack on IoT device using honeypot and IDS with low cost and high performance resources.
Mapping social enterprises: past approaches, challenges and future directions

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how mapping of social enterprises has been carried out in the past, and the challenges being faced by current studies. It pays particular attention to the definitions used and how these definitions are operationalized. The challenges and future opportunities are examined, and recommendations are made for policy makers commissioning studies.Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a range of different approaches, namely literature reviews, interviews with key informants, focus group type discussions with social enterprise support providers and researchers in different UK regions (in 2004), and focus group type discussions with policy makers in 2008.Findings – There has been a variety of approaches with different definitions and politically‐driven interpretations of definitions, which limits the ability to compare results. A particular challenge has been in interpreting what is meant by “trading income” or “social” aims. This presents interesting pol.
Multitarget Direction Measurement Based on Bistatic Radar

In recent years, multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) radar has been widespread concern in the domestic and foreign researchers. Bistatic radar draws on the great success of MIMO technology in the communications field, and it has many advantages over conventional radar. The direction angles estimations of bistatic MIMO radar are researched in this paper. To contrast traditional radar DOA estimates, the direction vector of the bistatic MIMO radar is the Knonecker plot of the emission vector and reception vector, that two- dimensional direction angles is estimated. To solve this problem, the principle of bistatic MIMO radar signal model is in-depthly researched. By proposing Capon dimensionality reduction method, the two-dimensional directions of the dual-based MIMO radar are estimated, and computer simulation is to verify the effectiveness of the method. Copyright © 2014 IFSA Publishing, S. L.
CHANGES OF AGAR-AGAR GEL PROPERTIES AFTER REPLACING SUCROSE BY INULIN SYRUP

A lot of research has been carried out to substitut e the sugar in food products by other sweeteners si nce sugar consumption is directly related to diabetes and oth er illnesses such as obesity. Inulin is more common ly known as a prebiotic, soluble dietary fiber. In literatur e there is comparatively little information about i nulin as a sweetener. Inulin syrup used in the research was ob tained from the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) tubers. Therefore the aim of the research work was to evaluate properties of agar-agar gel when sucrose was replaced by inulin syrup. Agar -agar gel samples were prepared with different concentrations of inulin syrup to replace sucrose: 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%. Gel samples were prepared by adding inulin syrup at specific tempera tures: 65 °C and 105 °C. To analyse the texture of the gel samples the Texture Analyser Model TA.XT Plus was used by slicing samples with a wire cutter (A/BC) wh ile the colour was determined in the system of CIE L* a * b* by using the Colour Tec-PCM, and for pH measurements ‐ a pH-metre Jenway 3510 with a combined glass electrode was used. The results of texture analysis show that strength (hardness) of the gel is influenced by the temperat ure as well as the concentration of the inulin syrup added to the gel samples. In the structure analysis the strengt h of the gel samples ranges from 7.406±0.656 N to 10.001±0.730 N and the strength increases in samples when a highe r concentration of inulin syrup is added at a tempera ture of 65 ˚C, but an opposite situation is observe d in the gel samples when prepared at a temperature of 105 ˚C. The colour parameter L*, which describes lightness of the sample, ranges from 20.92 (20% of inulin) to 18.11 (100% of inulin) while pH of the gel samples ranges from 3.29 (20% of inulin) to 4.18 (100% of inulin).
Applying artificial neural networks to the classification of wheat varieties processed via MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

With the advent of new bio-technologies there is a significant increase in both the variety and amount of data that needs to be analysed in order to extract biological meaning. This is evident from the masses of molecular data being produced as a result of the numerous genome sequencing projects as well as from data now produced from DNA microarray/chip technologies. In this paper, we describe analysis of data obtain from recent advances in time-of-flight mass spectrometry which is a new method for rapid, high-resolution separation of protein mixtures. We employ a feedforward artificial neural network to train the resultant protein profiles processed from a number of varieties of wheat in order to classify them. The results of this study are extremely positive with results ranging from 87.5% to 100% accuracy, and we discuss them in context with a number of challenging problems for further studies.
Do Socioeconomic Regulations Discriminate against Small Firms

Federal procurement laws subject all government contractors and subcontractors to a complex maze of what have become known as socioeconomic regulations. Purportedly, these regulations are a means by which the government can use its power as a large buyer-sometimes the only buyer-to force the business sector to help implement a variety of social policies, such as increasing employment opportunities for the handicapped and the minorities, raising wage rates in some specific industries, stimulating small business creation, reducing regional inequalities, decreasing national dependence on imports, and numerous others. In all, there are currently no fewer than 4,000 provisions of Federal Law and more than 64,000 pages of regulations affecting procurement. Consider, for instance, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which, in most respects, is a prototype of 37 major socioeconomic regulations. Aimed at expanding employment opportunities for the handicapped, this act requires businesses selling products and services to the Federal government to make "reasonable accommodations," such as job restructuring, physical access, and job counseling for the handicapped. Failure to do so could result in the loss of Federal contracts and possibly court litigation. According to its critics, the Rehabilitation Act unfairly imposes additional costs of hiring and training the handicapped workers onto firms participating in the Federal contract market. (In fact, the Act does not require an estimate of costs nor an assessment of the ability of firms to pay.) Moreover, the critics contend that the socioeconomic regulations place small firms at a disadvantage relative to large firms, a consequence that appears to run counter to other economic objectives. Several reasons have been cited to support this latter contention. First, large firms supply unique products to the Federal government. The Stealth bomber, MX missile, Trident submarine, and space shuttle are examples of unique products procured from the large business sector. With their strong market power, these businesses are in a better position to pass the additional costs of hiring the handicapped onto their suppliers, the general taxpayer, or both. Second, large firms
Epstein-barr virus positive primary sinonasal nasopharyngeal-type undifferentiated carcinoma: a distinct entity

Primary sinonasal nasopharyngeal-type undifferentiated carcinoma (PSNPC) is a rare variant of the sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC). The histological classification has implications on its management. We report a case of a 32 year old lady who presented with progressive nasal obstruction due to a sinonasal tumour. Endoscopic excision was performed and examination confirmed PSNPC with positive Epstein Barr virus in-situ hybridisation. Identification and recognition of PSNPC as a separate clinicopathological entity from SNUC is important as it dictates the management of this rare variant. Immunohistochemical analysis is invaluable in this endeavor.
New Perspectives in Mathematical Modeling Focusing on the Type of the Immune Response and Cancer Eradication

Tumor progression is characterized by the interaction between the tumor and immune system cells in a particular microenvironment. Recently, the involvement of immune cells either favorably or unfavorably was confirmed; and it seems that much would depend on the type of the immune response generated for each individual patient. This note deals with the perspective of modeling of the onset and the progression of cancer, depending on the nature of the patient’s immune response, using tools of kinetic theory for active particle, developed recently to overcome the complexity of biological systems. Mathematical models can act, once validated, as in silico laboratories. This approach would result in a less expensive design of new treatments, based on specific stimulation of the patient’s efficient type of the immune response against tumors.