Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
AN INNOVATIVE CHANGE IN BROILER BREEDER HENS ~ ENERGY rnSTRICTION FOR S

Continuous but controlled body weight gain of the broiler breeder hen before and during the breeding period has been recommended to prevent obesity and reproductive impairment [l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 61. However, the National Research Council [7] does not recommend body weight and performance standards for broiler breeders. Although experts disagree about a desired body weight at each stage of production, the general consensus is that the broiler breeder must steadily gain body weight throughout its lifetime in order to maintain adequate performance. Regulation of body weight gain has been achieved through limiting the feed intake of broiler breeders, a strategy which has the potential for reducing costs and improving the efficiency of feed utilization [8]. Since the objective is to maximize the number of placeable chicks per hen housed and obtain the highest peaks in egg production over a normal production cycle, broiler breeders should progressively increase body weight in order to achieve these goals. Fattori ef ai. [9] used Arbor Acres broiler breeder chicks through 64 wk of age to evaluate the breeder’s recommended growth curve by determining a correlation between several degrees of severe feed restriction (relative to
USING THE "MR. BIG" TECHNIQUE TO ELICIT CONFESSIONS: SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION OR DANGEROUS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CANADIAN LEGAL SYSTEM?

Canada’s legal system recognizes that police interrogation procedures may contribute to false confessions, and has provided safeguards designed to protect the rights of the accused and reduce the likelihood of these errors. Police in Canada are using a complex noncustodial interrogation procedure called the “Mr. Big” technique, to elicit confessions for recalcitrant suspects. Remarkably, this undercover (in that suspects do not know they are speaking to law enforcement officers) interrogation technique boasts a 75% confession rate and a 95% conviction rate when used (Gardner, 2004). However, it is possible that suspects in these situations may experience undue pressure to confess falsely. The purpose of this paper is fourfold: (1) to explore the nature of the Mr. Big technique; (2) summarize some recent Canadian legal cases relevant to confession evidence (e.g., R. v. Oickle, 2000; R. v. Mentuck, 2000); (3) examine Canadian law and police practices in the context of different jurisdictions around the world; and, (4) discuss the scientific evidence relevant to the Mr. Big procedure. We conclude the paper by discussing recommendations for current and future police practice, directions for future research, and the ways in which psychological research could inform legal policy and procedures in the future.
Reflecting User-Created Persona in Indigenous Namibia: what NOT to do when working in Foreign Land

This paper presents the initial experiences and reflective accounts on the arrival of a European research colleague who recently joined our team of researchers working with Indigenous communities in Namibia. He aims to explore how communities across Namibia take on, understand and create persona artefacts of their own, and whether this may simulate or differ from persona as depicted in literature. We report on the first set of interventions in three pastoral locales where persona creation by Namibian Ovaherero was first attempted. We narrate this as a synchronous dialogue that recounts the blunders, protocol-breakings, misunderstandings, and also some breakthroughs obtained thus-far. Ultimately, we reflect on the importance of the preliminary preparation of the researcher and on the usefulness that local experienced researchers’ guidance provides. We conclude drawing on a series of thoughts on how the overall experience has resulted thus-far.
White and Black Teachers’ Job Satisfaction

Data on the impact of student, teacher, and principal racial and gender composition in urban schools on teacher work outcomes are limited. This study, a secondary data analysis of White and Black urban public school teachers using data taken from the restricted use 2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), examines the effects of relational demography on teacher job satisfaction adjusting for other known determinants of job satisfaction. Relational demography is conceptualized as a set of racial and gender congruency items between teachers and principals, teachers and teachers, and teachers and students. The results of the study show that some components of relational demography directly affect teacher job satisfaction, over and above the effects of work-related attitudes.
Vector Machine Learning Method for Text Mining Indonesian Social Media Named Entity Recognition

Social media named entity recognition (SMNER) is one of the important tasks in social media information extraction, which involves the identification and classification of words or sequences of words denoting a concept or entity. With the extension of named entity recognition to new information areas, the task of identifying meaningful entities has become more complex as categories are more specific to a given domain. SMNER solutions that achieve a high level of accuracy in some language or domain may perform much poorly in a different context. Support Vector Machine (SVM) is rapidly emerging as a promising pattern recognition methodology due to its generalization capability and its ability to handle high dimensional input. However, SVM is known to suer from slow training especially with large input data size. In this paper, we explore the scalability issues for Indonesian social media named entity recognition using high-dimensional features and support vector machines.
MEASURING LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITY: THE CHALLENGE OF BEHAVIORAL LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

The recognition of behavior as a link between process and pattern in land- scape ecology is exemplified by the concept of functional connectivity: the degree to which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches. In this paper, I first argue that the actual operational definitions of this concept as applied to animal move- ment are not fully consistent with its formal definition. For instance, I question that a high likelihood of movement among the different points of primary habitat implies a high con- nectivity and contend that such a view can lead to misinterpretations. I also address two more hurdles to the measurement of functional connectivity: the fact that functional con- nectivity may not be equal along all axes and directions of movement and individual variation in functional connectivity within a given landscape. These points bring me to suggest that the concept of functional connectivity be bridged to the one of travel costs used in behavioral ecology. This would help define unequivocal operational definitions of functional connectivity as its measurement would then be dictated by its ecological role within specific models (e.g., travel costs within group membership models of foraging theory). I argue further that this ecological role shall in turn determine the motivation underlying the movement of individuals, implying that the latter should preferably be standardized when measuring functional connectivity in the field. I finally present some methods to do so. These include translocation and playback experiments, food-titration and giving-up densities experiments, and manipulating feeding and breeding site locations and
School of Hospitality Management and Tourism 2007-0401 Performing tourism in Venice : local residents in focus

In contrast to the growing literature on tourist mobility as a performed art, relatively little attention has been paid to resident mobility in tourism places. This paper examines how residents encounter tourists using the concept of tourism as a performance. Drawing on the case of the historic city-centre of Venice, in north-eastern Italy, it explores the spatialities produced through the embodied practices of local movements. The paper found that local residents’ movements demonstrated a marked degree of agency. It concludes by arguing that the concept of tourism as performance affords useful insights into how local residents are proactively and intricately involved in reconfiguring relationships and mobilities with and within tourism places.
Characterisation and functional analysis of receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase MARIS and protein phosphatases ATUNIS1 and ATUNIS2 in tip-growing plant cells

Pflanzenzellen sind von einer Zellwand umgeben, einer stabilen aber dynamischen extrazellularen Matrix, die viele verschiedene Funktionen fur die Pflanze ubernimmt. Zellwachstum ist ein sehr komplexer Prozess, der die strikte Koordination der Zellwandintegritat (CWI) mit der zellinternen Wachstumsmaschinerie erfordert. Besonders schnell wachsende Zellen wie Pollenschlauche und Wurzelhaare benotigen robuste Wachstumsregulationsmechanismen. Die zugehorigen CWI- Signalwege werden von Rezeptorproteinen der Catharanthus roseus Rezeptorartigen Kinase 1-ahnlichen (CrRLK1L) Unterfamilie mit den Namen ANXUR1/2 (ANX1/2) in Pollenschlauchen und FERONIA (FER) in Wurzelhaaren gesteuert. In dieser Dissertation zeige ich die Entdeckung dreier neuer Signalwegkomponenten auf, die unterhalb von ANX1/2 im CWI- Signalweg in Pollenschlauchen fungieren. In einer EMS-induzierten anx1 anx2 Sterilitats-Suppressorselektion haben wir 32 Suppressormutanten identifiziert, die sogenannten Impotenz Rettungsmutanten (iprs). Zwei dieser, ipr19 und ipr7, wurden zur genaueren Untersuchung ausgewahlt. Die ipr19 Mutation bewirkt einen R240C Aminosaureaustausch in der bis dato uncharakterisierten Rezeptorartigen Cytoplasmatischen Kinase (RLCK) MARIS (MRI). Die ipr7 Mutation fuhrt zu einem D94N Austausch im konservierten Kernstuck der katalytischen Domane einer Proteinphosphatase namens ATUNIS1 (AUN1). AUN1 hat ein sehr nah verwandtes Homolog, AUN2 (TOPP8), das 89.8% Sequenzidentitat mit AUN1 teilt. Wir zeigen, dass alle drei Gene im ANX1/2- abhangigen CWI-Signalweg in Pollen agieren und dass MRI zudem im FER-abhangigen CWI- Signalweg in Wurzelhaaren fungiert. Bei MRI handelt es sich um einen positiven Regulator beider Signalwege, wohingegen AUN1/2 negative Regulatoren des Spitzenwachstums sind. Auserdem zeigen wir, dass es sich bei MRI[R240C] um eine dominant hypermorphe und bei AUN1[D94N] um eine dominant amorphe Mutation handelt.
Specifying An Efficient Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff

Abstract Commonly-employed Feed-in Tariff (FiT) structures result in either investors or policymakers incurring all market price risk. This paper derives efficient pricing formulae for FiT designs that divide market price risk amongst investors and policymakers. With increasing deployment and renewable energy policy costs, a means to precisely apportion this risk becomes of greater importance. Option pricing theory is used to calculate efficient FiT prices and expected policy cost when investors are exposed to elements of market price risk. Expected remuneration and policy cost is equal for all FiTs while policymaker and investor exposure to uncertain market prices differs. Partial derivatives characterise sensitivity to unexpected deviations in market conditions. This sensitivity differs by FiT type. The magnitudes of these effects are quantified using numerical examples for a stylised Irish case study. Based on these relationships, we discuss the conditions under which each policy choice may be preferred.
Complex bundles with Abelian group

We shall be concerned here with certain complex bundles whose bundle groups are Abelian and with some bundle spaces of such bundles, when a particular fibre is employed. We begin with a general definition of complex bundle and attempt to describe some of the work of Kodaira and Spencer in this context. A general theory is then described. This is followed by considering a special case, the group being that of a one dimensional Abelian variety, that is, the additive group of complex numbers reduced modulo a discrete subgroup which is generated by two complex numbers whose ratio is not real. Certain efforts toward an explicit classfication of such bundles are made, together with an attempt to relate the concepts here introduced to some in the Kodaira-Spencer theory, and to some more classical notions. A version of an AbeΓs theorem is given. The last section of the paper is related to the "general theory", mentioned above, only to the extent that the spaces considered are the bundle spaces of bundles with an Abelian group. Most of the results and statements in the last section are not dependent on the earlier sections of the paper, and are perhaps related to the earlier sections only in the author's mind, because they arose at the same time and from the same considerations. The principal result there is a construction, involving Hopf manifolds, which shows that Kahlerian structure is very rare among compact complex manifolds.
Pea Crab, Pinna theres ostreum Say, 1817, in the eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791): prevalence and apparent adverse effects on oyster gonad development

Incidence of pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreun1 Say 1817, infestation in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gn1elin, 1791), was recorded and related to oyster ga1netogenic activity over 18 months. Sampling occun·ed at t\VO tidal heights (high intertidal HI and lo\v intertidal LI) at t\VO sites (House Creek, HC and Skida\vay Rive1~ SR) in Wassaw Sound, Georgia. Overall, incidence rates were 3% HC LI, 1 % HC HI, 8% SR LI, and 4% SR HI. At both tidal heights at HC, no differences \Vere observed in gonad area between those oysters \Vith and without pea crabs. At SR (where overall incidences \Vere higher), oysters \Vithout pea crabs had significantly higher gonad area values than those oysters with pea crabs present. These results suggest that at higher incidences of pea crab infestation, oyster reproductive capabilities could be impacted, and support the claim that the pea crab/oyster relationship is a parasitic one.
TEACHING TO SUPPRESS L 1 PROCESSES in L 2

Advanced second language learners in a formal setting can suppress many L1) processes in L2 pronunciation when provided with sufficient exposure to L2 and metacompetence. This paper shows how imitation in L2 teaching can be enhanced on the basis of current phonetic research and how complex allophonic processes such as nasal vocalization and glottal stop insertion can be suppressed using “repair” – a method of providing learners with adequate input, so that they can use the L1 processes to improve L2 pronunciation.
The influence of legibility on attachment towards the shopping streets of Kuala Lumpur

Research on urban design mainly focuses on legibility of places generated by the physical and visual images, and thus only a few emphasize on its relationship with the psychological sense of place. This study examined legibility and its influence on users’ attachment to the shopping places in Kuala Lumpur city centre, Malaysia. The places comprised of the main shopping streets of Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Masjid India, Jalan Petaling and Jalan Bukit Bintang. Questionnaire surveys and face-to-face interviews were conducted to identify the respondents’ perception of legible elements within the areas. The analysis was supported by evidence gathered from direct observations of the streets’ setting and activities. The findings demonstrated that the legibility of the streets is strongly associated with the users’ functional attachment, dependence and familiarity with the streets’ activities. It is supported by the identifiable activity nodes which make the places vibrant. In contrast, the influence of the physical forms and characteristics on the attachment does not reflect the same level of significance. Improvement of the streetscape and preservation of distinctive features such as old building facade will make places more legible. The findings inform planners and designers of the importance of users’ attachment and recognition of meaningful places in managing changes in the physical environment. The ability of places to support diverse activities will reinforce place attachment particularly in the changing context of multi-cultural city of Kuala Lumpur.
Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016

Abstract. Climate, land use, and other anthropogenic and natural drivers have the potential to influence fire dynamics in many regions. To develop a mechanistic understanding of the changing role of these drivers and their impact on atmospheric composition, long-term fire records are needed that fuse information from different satellite and in situ data streams. Here we describe the fourth version of the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) and quantify global fire emissions patterns during 1997–2016. The modeling system, based on the Carnegie–Ames–Stanford Approach (CASA) biogeochemical model, has several modifications from the previous version and uses higher quality input datasets. Significant upgrades include (1) new burned area estimates with contributions from small fires, (2) a revised fuel consumption parameterization optimized using field observations, (3) modifications that improve the representation of fuel consumption in frequently burning landscapes, and (4) fire severity estimates that better represent continental differences in burning processes across boreal regions of North America and Eurasia. The new version has a higher spatial resolution (0.25°) and uses a different set of emission factors that separately resolves trace gas and aerosol emissions from temperate and boreal forest ecosystems. Global mean carbon emissions using the burned area dataset with small fires (GFED4s) were 2.2 × 1015 grams of carbon per year (Pg C yr−1) during 1997–2016, with a maximum in 1997 (3.0 Pg C yr−1) and minimum in 2013 (1.8 Pg C yr−1). These estimates were 11 % higher than our previous estimates (GFED3) during 1997–2011, when the two datasets overlapped. This net increase was the result of a substantial increase in burned area (37 %), mostly due to the inclusion of small fires, and a modest decrease in mean fuel consumption (−19 %) to better match estimates from field studies, primarily in savannas and grasslands. For trace gas and aerosol emissions, differences between GFED4s and GFED3 were often larger due to the use of revised emission factors. If small fire burned area was excluded (GFED4 without the s for small fires), average emissions were 1.5 Pg C yr−1. The addition of small fires had the largest impact on emissions in temperate North America, Central America, Europe, and temperate Asia. This small fire layer carries substantial uncertainties; improving these estimates will require use of new burned area products derived from high-resolution satellite imagery. Our revised dataset provides an internally consistent set of burned area and emissions that may contribute to a better understanding of multi-decadal changes in fire dynamics and their impact on the Earth system. GFED data are available from http://www.globalfiredata. org .
A preliminary investigation into genotype x environment interaction in South African Holstein cattle for reproduction and production traits

The purpose of the study was to investigate a possible genotype by environment interaction in first calf South African Holstein cows for both production and reproduction traits. Data from 100 975 cows on a total mixed ration (TMR) and 22 083 pasture based cows were used. These cows were the progeny of 4 391 sires and 84 935 dams produced over a period of 11 generations. Traits analysed were milk production (corrected to a 305-day equivalent) and age at first calving (AFC). Both were recorded over a period of 30 years from 1980 - 2010. Production or AFC in each environment (TMR vs. pasture) was treated as a separate trait. Bivariate analyses, fitting an animal model using the ASREML software, were used to obtain genetic correlations between the traits measured in each environment. The fixed factors included were a concatenation of breeder-keeper-year for both milk production and AFC and age at first calving which was fitted as a linear regression for milk production. The random part consisted of the direct additive effects only. The genetic correlation for milk production measured in the two different environments was 0.90 (0.027) and that of age at first calving 0.28 (0.12). The heritability estimates for milk production were 0.23 (0.008) under the TMR system and 0.32 (0.015) for the pasture based system, while the estimates for AFC were 0.063 (0.005) and 0.055 (0.009), respectively. The rather large-scale effect in the heritability (0.23 → 0.32), as well as the correlation of less than one for milk production between the two environments, indicates that a G x E may exist. However, the low genetic correlation between the two environments for AFC is much more real and indicates that G x E should be taken into account when sire selection is performed.
A simple method for geometric modelling of biological structures using image processing technique

The exceptional mechanical performance and outstanding material properties of biological structures have attracted much attention during recent decades. Finite Element (FE) Method is one of the most useful tools for investigating the e ects of di erent parameters on the mechanical behaviour of such complex structures. This method, however, presents a major challenge for engineers and scientists, because many biological structures have complex shapes and geometries that are almost impossible to be modelled by using traditional modelling techniques. In this paper, we present a simple modelling method which is applicable for two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) geometric modelling of planar structures that are mainly made of one or two materials. The results show that the proposed method, which employs a Digital Image Processing (DIP) technique, is successfully able to develop precise FE models of natural structures considering their complex shapes and corrugated patterns.
STAKEHOLDERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE PREVALENCE AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED TO PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCTS IN TANZANIA: THE CASE OF CHAMWINO DISTRICT

This paper presents the findings on stakeholders’ attitudes about the prevalence and problems associated to primary school teachers’ professional misconducts in Tanzania. The purpose of this study was to explore the attitudes among educational stakeholders including parents, students, educational officers and teachers. More specifically, the study explored the dominant forms, factors and problems associated to primary school teachers’ professional misconducts as perceived by educational stakeholders. Data collection methods involved questionnaire, interview and observation methods. A total of 180 informants were involved in this study and these included teachers, parents, educational officers and students. It was found that teacher absenteeism was perceived as the dominant form of professional misconduct at the mean of 3.44. Also poor school management and poor living environment were most preferred by the respondents at the mean of 3.30 and 3.27 respectively as the dominant causative indices of professional misconducts among teachers in public primary schools. The major problem associated with teachers’ professional misconducts in public primary schools was students’ poor academic achievement which was preferred at the mean of 3.57. The implications of the results were critically examined. On the whole, the study’s findings are seen to be of particular relevance to teachers, parents and, indeed, the educational policy-makers in Tanzania.