Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
MICROENCAPSULATION : OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND NUTRITION

Microencapsulation is a technology that has increasing application in animal nutrition. This technology affords the protection of sensitive compounds through feed processing and storage conditions, yet maintaining high bioavailability and impact on the animal and tastemasking of unpalatable compounds. Time-release throughout the digestive tract gives the ability to allow for nutrients to be released when they can be utilized best. It also can deliver functional ingredients that can improve formulation and safety of certain finished products. Compounds to consider for microencapsulation include certain vitamins, amino acids, fatty acids, organic acids and live microorganisms. Understanding the interface between substrate, coating technology and environment is the key to successful application of microencapsulation in animal nutrition.
The Biology of Religious Behavior

Offers a fresh and detailed take on the evolution of religious behavior from a biobehavioral perspective, promoting a new understanding that may help build bridges across the religious divide. There has been much recent interest in the study of religion from the perspective of Darwinian evolution. The Biology of Religious Behavior: The Evolutionary Origins of Faith and Religion offers a broad overview of the topic, written by internationally recognized experts. In addition to its primary focus on religious behavior, the book addresses other important aspects of religion, such as values, beliefs, and emotions as they affect behavior. The contributors approach the evolution of religion by examining the behavior of individuals in their everyday lives. After describing various religious behaviors, the contributors consider the behaviors with reference to their evolutionary history, development during the lifetime of the individual, proximate causes, and adaptive value. Happily, this foray into understanding religion from a biobehavioral perspective demonstrates that, at the biological and behavioral levels, what unites the different religions of the world is far greater than what divides them.
EFFECT OF VAGINAL SILDENAFIL ON IN VITRO FERTILIZATION SUCCESS RATES IN WOMEN WITH PREVIOUS FAILED IN VITRO FERTILIZATION ATTEMPTS

Objectives: Endometrial thickness of <9 mm is a predictor of in vitro fertilization (IVF) failure, although neither pregnancy rates nor the pregnancy outcomes are dependent on the endometrial thickness alone. The impact that uterine artery blood flow has on endometrial growth is dependent on nitric oxide which concentrations could be altered by halting a cyclic guanosine monophosphate-mediated pathway with a phosphodiesterase type 5 selective inhibitor such as sildenafil.Methods: In this clinical trial, 72 patients aged below 45 years which have had at least two earlier failed IVF attempts were randomly split into two groups each consisting of 36 patients. Both groups were started on a long IVF protocol. The case group was also administered 100 mg vaginal sildenafil suppositories daily, starting on day 3 of menstruation which was continued until human chorionic gonadotropin administration. Endometrial thickness was measured using ultrasonography in both groups plus pregnancy rates were assessed in both groups.Results: The mean age of the patients in Group A who received sildenafil; in this clinical trial, 72 patients aged below 45 years which have had at least two previous failed IVF attempts were randomly split into two groups each consisting of 36 patients was 33.8±4.8 in contrast to Group B (control group) with the mean age of 33.8±4.8. Mean endometrial thickness of 8.6±0.1 mm was recorded in Group B compared to 9.0±0.7 mm in Group A (p=0.03). Of all the 36 participants who received sildenafil citrate during the IVF cycle, 12 (33.3%) patients had successful pregnancies while 24 (66.7%) failed to get pregnant. In the control group, out of the 36 participants, 10 (27.8%) patients got pregnant while 26 (72.2%) failed the cycle (p=0.9). Conclusion: This study showed that although using vaginal sildenafil during the IVF cycle does improve endometrial thickness before implantation, this does not necessarily lead to higher pregnancy rates.
Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma arising after CO2 laser therapy of an unknown lesion: case report and review of the literature

We report the case of a Caucasian man that presented with a cutaneous leiomyosarcoma (cLMS) on the medial surface of the right knee. Eight months before, a similar lesion was excised by a CO2 laser treatment in the same anatomical area. Histology and immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis of cLMS. We performed a Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) to enlarge the surgical scar and we staged the tumor. Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare mesenchymal tumor originating from smooth muscle cells and cLMS represents its superficial form. cLMS appears as a smooth nodular cutaneous lesion but clinically should be differentiated with other cutaneous tumors. It requires histology and immunohistochemistry to confirm the diagnosis. Heterogeneity of the data make it difficult to establish biological behaviour, prognosis and response to therapy. The recommended therapy is surgical but guidelines are not plainly defined. We believe that the best surgical therapeutic approach is MMS. Adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy have not shown any advantages in patients’ survival. Long-term follow-up is requested for the frequent recurrences.
Clean Audio for TV broadcast: an object-based approach for hearing impaired viewers

A significant proportion of any population suffer from some form of hearing loss, and age demographics mean that this proportion is increasing. A prominent effect of hearing loss is an increased difficulty to pick out speech signals in the presence of background noise or music, which can be particularly problematic for broadcast audio content. Consequently a common subjectofcomplaints tobroadcastersisthatthedialogueismaskedbybackground noise/music or that speech intelligibility is poor. This paper presents these issues, reviews previously proposed solutions, and presents an object-based approach that can be implemented within MPEG-H that can give users control of their audio mix and hence facilitate enhancements to be made for hearing impaired viewers.
Finite element model of the human lower extremity skeleton system in a lateral impact

This paper presents a finite element model (FEM) of the human lower extremity skeleton system to facilitate the investigation of dynamic responses of the lower extremity to lateral impact loading. The model consists of the femur, the tibia, and the knee ligaments. The geometry and mass distribution of the model were chosen to represent a 50th percentile male lower extremity skeletal structure. Boundary conditions were defined in accordance with the configuration of a car-pedestrian lateral collision. The model was implemented by means of the DYNA3D FE program. The tibia segment of the model was validated against the published three-point bending test with human leg specimens. The whole model was validated against previously performed tests with lower extremity specimens at impact speeds of 30 and 17 km/h. A stress analysis was performed in terms of the injury mechanism of the lower extremity to a lateral impact loading. The calculated peak tensile stress in the model at impact speed of 30 km/h is 160 MPa which corresponds to the stress level of failure of the tibia. At impact speed of 17 km/h the peak tensile stress is 102 MPa that is lower than the ultimate tensile stress of the tibia. The model facilitates the calculation of detailed physical quantities such as stress distribution within simulated structures, and contributes to a better understanding of injury mechanisms at the level of stress analysis. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD E201282.
How does the price of electricity aect imports? A study of Swedish manufacturing …rms

This paper examines the heterogeneous eects of a domestic electricity price increase on the structure of imports. We develop a simple analytical model of heterogenous …rms, which predicts that higher electricity prices lead …rms to increase their demand for imported intermediate inputs. At the same time, we predict that higher electricity prices lead …rms to increase their demand for electricity intense imports. The model is estimated using detailed …rm level data for Swedish manufacturing that includes the products they import, over the years 1997-2007 inclusive. Our identi…cation strategy uses variation in the price of Swedish electricity to estimate how the structure of electricity intense imports respond at the …rm level. Our empirical results identify the magnitude of the impact of the electricity price increase on the structure of …rm imports. Our …ndings agree with the predictions of our theoretical model.
Characteristic of Lamb Sausages Fermented by Indonesian Meat-Derived Probiotic , Lactobacillus plantarum IIA-2 C 12 and Lactobacillus acidophilus IIA-2 B 4

Probiotic is a group of microorganism, mainly from lactic acid bacteria (LAB), widely used to increase functionality of various foodstuffs, including lamb which was limited by its goaty odor and short life issue. This study aimed to evaluate the characteristic of lamb sausages fermented by either Lactobacillus plantarum IIA-2C12 or L. acidophilus IIA-2B4 isolated from local cattle in Indonesia, and stored for 21 days at low temperature (4oC). Fermented lamb sausages were made with the addition of L. plantarum IIA-2C12 and L. acidophilus IIA-2B4 with three replications. The result showed that pH value, protein, and cholesterol contents of the sausages with addition of L. acidophilus IIA-2B4 were higher (P<0.05) than that of L. plantarum IIA-2C12. Meanwhile, the sausage fermented with L. plantarum IIA-2C12 had higher titratable acid (TA) value, texture, and the content of fat, carbohydrate, tyrosine, lysine, myristoleic (C14:1), pentadecanoic (C15:0), heneicosanoic (C21:0) and cis-11-eicosatrienoic (C20:1) as compared to that of L. acidophilus 2C12-2B4. Final population of LAB in the sausage fermented by L. plantarum IIA-2C12 was also higher than that of L. acidophilus IIA-2B4, yet both can be categorized as a probiotic. The differences between characteristics of the physicochemical traits and microbiological quality of the sausage fermentation associated with the addition of L. plantarum IIA2C12 or L. acidophilus IIA-2B4. The 21 days of storage at cold temperatures with probiotics addition could extend shelf life and maintain quality of fermented sausage.
Greedy Pairing Prediction-error Expansion for Reversible Data Hiding

Reversible data hiding (RDH) is a method to embed messages in an image that human eyes are difficult to recognize the differences between the original image and the embedded image. But the method has to make sure that the original image and the embedded information can be exactly recovered. Then, prediction-error expansion (PEE) is a successful way to realize RDH. However, it is fixed when pairing the conventional 2D PEH. So, the capacities and embedding distortion is not ideal. In this paper, we propose a method called greedy pairing prediction-error expansion (GPPEE) based on the method called pairwise reversible data hiding in Ou 􀝁􀝐 􀜽􀝈. GPPEE can achieve more efficient embedding and can improve the embedding distortion.
A Meta-Analysis of Geographical Indication Food Valuation Studies: What Drives the Premium for Origin-Based Labels?

We conduct a meta-analysis of studies estimating price premiums for agricultural products differentiated by Geographical Indication (GI). Models accounting for differences across product characteristics (food categories) and institutions (PDO, PGI, trademarks) explain a large portion of the variance in estimated premiums. Specifically, GIs capture the highest percentage premium in markets for products with short supply chains and relatively low added value (e.g., agricultural commodities). The premium is lower for wine and olive oil, where alternative means of product differentiation (e.g., branding) exist. Controlling for product characteristics, GIs adopting stricter regulations (PDO) yield larger premiums than less regulated ones (PGI).
DESIGN OF HIGH-SPEED LOW-POWER PULSE- TRIGGERED FLIP-FLOP USING TSMC-CMOS TECHNOLOGY

Practically, clocking system like flip-flop (FF) consumes large portion of total chip power as high as 50%. In this brief, a novel low-power pulse-triggered flip-flop (P-FF) design is presented. Here an explicit type pulse-triggered structure and a modified true single phase clock latch based on a signal feed-through scheme is used. Pulsetriggered FF (P-FF) is a single-latch structure which is more popular than the conventional transmission gate (TG) and master-slave based FFs in high-speed applications by solving the long discharging path problem in conventional explicit type pulse-triggered FF(P-FF). All low power flip flops (FF) proposed are supplied with a supply voltage( VDD) ranging from 0.6v to 1.2v. Based on post-layout simulation results using TSMC CMOS 90-nm technology, the proposed design outperforms the conventional P-FF design. This paper concludes with the future challenges that must be met to design low power, high performance systems.
Hybrids performance of doubled haploid lines derived from 10 tropical bi-parental maize populations evaluated in contrasting environments in Kenya

The doubled haploid (DH) technology enables maize breeders to develop a large number of homozygous lines rapidly and test them in hybrid combinations early in the breeding cycle. The objectives of this study were to evaluate testcross performance of 556 DH lines derived from 10 diverse tropical backcross (BC1) populations, and to estimate variance components and broad-sense heritability under both well-watered and managed drought-stress conditions in Kenya. The 556 DH testcrosses were divided into six trials, with each trial comprising 84 to 126 entries and six commercial checks developed through conventional pedigree method. Trials were evaluated at 3 or 4 well-watered (WW) and two managed drought-stress (WS) sites in 2012 using an alpha lattice design with three replications per environment. Test crosses of the DH lines showed significant differences in grain yield and other agronomic traits. In the combined analysis across the WW locations, the top 10 DH testcrosses from each trial gave 0.6 to 32.7% higher grain yield than the best commercial check. Under managed drought-stress condition, the top 10 DH testcrosses from each trial gave 11.8 to 40.9% more grain yield than the best check. The best DH lines identified in the study could be used in tropical maize breeding programs in Africa for improving grain yield and drought-tolerance. Following evaluation in advanced testing and national performance trials (NPT), a total of 36 hybrids involving DH lines from this study were recommended for commercial cultivation in east and southern Africa. Key words: Africa, heritability, managed drought-stress, testcrosses.
Dynamic Placement with Virtual Machine Splitting for Fault Tolerance in Cloud Computing

Cloud computing provides resources and remain significant part of modern computing. Cloud computing resources lacks as requirements corresponding to the clients increases. In such a situation VM management in cloud computing will required. This paper proposed a mechanism to manage resources within the cloud . Resource management utilized comparison form techniques. Client pass on the request for resources and if available resources are allotted . resources will be allotted simultaneously . This technique will be increase capacity of virtual management in cloud computing. In case deterioration does occur, VM migration strategy is in place. This will enhance the final production of the organization. Results are obtained in respect of their cost, and fault tolerance degree. Overall result shows improvement by 5%.
Comparative Complementation Mapping of Methylophilus spp. Using Cosmid Gene Libraries and Prime Plasmids

SUMMARY: Cosmid gene libraries of the obligate methylotrophs Methylophilus viscogenes and Methylophilus methylotrophus AS1 were generated by ligating Sau3A partial digests of chromosomal DNA into the broad-host-range cosmid vector pLA2917. Genetic linkage groups were identified for each organism by complementation following mobilization of the recombinant cosmids to a wide range of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli auxotrophs. The linkage data thus obtained confirmed and extended those previously established by prime plasmid complementation, and the two methylotrophs showed very similar arrangements for four of the gene clusters studied. However, comparison of DNA sequences which complemented the same auxotrophic markers failed to demonstrate restriction fragment identity or substantial DNA-DNA homology between the two methylotrophs.
Development of the digestive organs in piglets born from sows consuming probiotic before farrowing and during lactation

Morphometry characteristics of the digestive organs were determined in 24 piglets of 68 d of age and 21 kg of live weight, from a commercial cross and born from sows treated with Bacillus subtilis , before farrowing (0, 21 and 30 d) and during lactation (33 d). There was no effect of treatment on the relative fresh weight of the tract and digestive organs, although the small intestine showed low correlation (r = 0.237; P < 0.10), weighing less as the treatment days elapsed from 44.8 to 40.9 g/kg LW. The relative fresh weight of the small intestine was correlated with the gastrointestinal tract (r = 0.936, P < 0.001) and represented, as average, 59.1 % of the weight of the entire tract in this life stage of the animals. The linear density of the small intestine showed significant decrease (P < 0.05) when the treatment was extended in time from 0.60 to 0.53 g/cm. It is suggested that morphometry measurements of the alimentary canal could constitute an indicator of the response of piglets born from sows treated with Bacillus subtilis before farrowing and during lactation. Key words: piglets, Bacillus subtilis, probiotic, gastrointestinal tract, morphometry
Effect of Conductive Additives on Performance of CaCl 2-Silica Gel Sorbent Materials

Several CaCl2-silica gel composite samples were prepared with a range of added carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphite flakes (GF). Water uptake, thermal conductivity, and thermal diffusivity of the samples were tested to establish an optimum composition for the consolidated composites. Results indicate that: i) GF and CNTs have various structural effects and different optimum loadings to improve the performance of the composites, ii) thermal conductivity and diffusivity of the composites increases up to 376% and 483% by addition of conductive additives; iii) thermal property improvement associated with CNT addition is limited due to possible agglomeration of CNTs within a specific binder volume in the composite matrix while the increase in thermal properties with GF shows linear relationship; iv) water uptake reduces by increasing additives. The results show potential for optimization of sorption composite using conductive additives for various applications ranging from thermal storage to chillers.
Texture and Rheology in Food and Health

The importance of texture control in food and health in Japan was discussed on the occasion of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Brazil. Dietary patterns in both countries, recent research activities, and governmental recommendation of food intake are also described, including some historical changes. Recent advances in study on texture terms, functional foods, food gels, and gelling process in the food science and technology in Japan are also reviewed.
On the Regularization of Chattering Executions in Real Time Simulation of Hybrid Systems

In this paper we present a new method to perform the higher order sliding modes analysis of trajectories of hybrid systems with chattering behavior. This method improves our previous work [AC15] as it modifies numerical simulation algorithms to make them compute the higher order terms of the normal unit vectors of the systems dynamics whenever the first order sliding mode theory cannot be applied. Such modification does not affect the generality of our previous contribution in [AC15]. Our algorithm is general enough to handle both chattering on a single (n−1) switching manifold (i.e. chattering between two dynamics) as well as chattering on the intersection of finitely many intersected (n−1) switching manifolds. In this last case, we show by a special hierarchical application of convex combinations, that unique solutions can be found in general cases when the switching function takes the form of finitely many intersecting manifolds so that an efficient numerical treatment of the sliding motion constrained on the entire discontinuity region (including the switching intersection) is guaranteed. Illustrations of the techniques developed in this article are given on representative examples.
Exploring Parents’ Experiences of Raising a Child with Sensorimotor Impairments and Expectations for Leisure Participation

Background: The objective of this descriptive study was to study parents’ experiences of raising a child with sensorimotor impairments and how leisure pursuits impact their expectations of their children. The development and participation in leisure activities is different for these children and could affect the parents’ hopes and dreams for their child’s future. Method: Six children between 5 and 8 years of age, with sensorimotor impairments, participated in a movement program that was held for eight sessions at an outpatient pediatric clinic to address praxis and sensory processing impairments. Six parent dyads were interviewed during the fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth session of the program. Areas addressed in the semi-structured interviews included parenting challenges, school experiences, and sensorimotor impairments effect on the child’s leisure participation. Results: Five themes emerged following the interviews: (a) nobody prepares you for sensory problems, (b) positive and negative school support, (c) when they already feel left out or behind, (d) I know the team sports are 100% sensory, and (e) life challenges. Conclusion: The parents provided the practitioners with insight into their everyday lives, and this information is essential for making occupational therapy services more family-centered. Comments The authors disclose no conflicts of interest.
WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTION AMONG AGRICULTURE TEACHERS

Teachers distribute their time in many ways. The study sought to determine how agriculture teachers distribute their time among 11 selected teacher activities (i.e., preparation for instruction; classroom/laboratory teaching; laboratory preparation and/or maintenance; grading/scoring students’ work; administrative duties-program management; professional activities; Supervised Agricultural Experience observations and recording; local FFA activities; non-local FFA activities; Career Development Events preparation; and adult education) over a 15-week period. Additionally, comparisons were made for three teacher types (i.e., studentteachers, first-year teachers, and experience teachers). An additional time category (observation) was observed for student teachers. It was concluded that of the 11 selected areas, all teachers spend the majority of their time planning and providing classroom and laboratory instruction. The least amount of time was spent on adult education. Further, it was concluded that first-year teacher and student teachers display similar use of time in the 11 selected areas over the 15-week period. Recommendations cited include the need for personal development efforts in time-management and a need to better reflect on priorities for distributing time.