Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
What Females Tell Males About Their Reproductive Status: Are Morphological and Behavioural Cues Reliable Signals of Ovulation in Bonobos (Pan paniscus)?

In many Old World primate species, female attractivity increases during the tumescent phase of the sexual swelling for a period that lasts considerably longer than oestrus-related attractivity in other mammals. We examined the reliability of the swelling as an indicator of ovulation in captive bonobos, a species with a long and variable phase of maximum tumescence. Using a combined approach of (1) observations of sexual behaviour, (2) visual scoring of the sexual swelling and (3) analysis of faecal progestin to assess the timing of ovulation during 23 ovulatory cycles of eight adult females, we found that in 30% of these cycles the presumed day of ovulation did not fall within the period of maximum tumescence. When ovulation did occur during maximum swelling, it was more closely related to the end rather than the onset of the maximum swelling period. However, the pattern of sexual swelling was not a reliable indicator of ovulation. In addition, sexual behaviour of both sexes increased in frequency with the degree of the swelling but not around the time of ovulation. We conclude that swellings in bonobos provide honest information on the probability of ovulation, but not its exact timing, and that therefore the ‘obvious ovulation’-hypothesis cannot explain the function of sexual swellings in bonobos.
FPGA Can be Implemented Using Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm

This paper mainly focused on implementation of AES encryption and decryption standard AES-128. All the transformations of both Encryption and Decryption are simulated using an iterative design approach in order to minimize the hardware consumption. This method can make it a very low-complex architecture, especially in saving the hardware resource in implementing the AES InverseSub Bytes module and Inverse Mix columns module. As the S -box is implemented by look-up-table in this design, the chip area and power can still be optimized. The new Mix Column transformation improves the performance of the inverse cipher and also reduces the complexity of the system that supports the inverse cipher. As a result this transformation has relatively low relevant diffusion power . This allows for scaling of the architecture towards vulnerable portable and cost-sensitive communications devices in consumer and military applications.
Estimation-based Metaheuristics: A New Branch of Computational Intelligence

In this paper, a new branch of computational intelligence named estimation-based metaheuristic is introduced. Metaheuristic algorithms can be classified based on their source of inspiration. Besides biology, physics and chemistry, state estimation algorithm also has become a source of inspiration for developing metaheuristic algorithms. Inspired by the estimation capability of Kalman Filter, Simulated Kalman Filter, SKF, uses a population of agents to make estimations of the optimum. Each agent in SKF acts as a Kalman Filter. By adapting the standard Kalman Filter framework, each individual agent finds an optimization solution by using a simulated measurement process that is guided by a best-so-far solution as a reference. Heuristic Kalman Algorithm (HKA) also is inspired by the Kalman Filter framework. HKA however, explicitly consider the optimization problem as a measurement process in generating the estimate of the optimum. In evaluating the performance of the estimation-based algorithms, it is implemented to 30 benchmark functions of the CEC 2014 benchmark suite. Statistical analysis is then carried out to rank the estimation-based algorithms’ results to those obtained by other metaheuristic algorithms. The experimental results show that the estimation-based metaheuristic is a promising approach to solving global optimization problem and demonstrates a competitive performance to some well-known metaheuristic algorithms
Fair Value Accounting in the Finance Sector: A Fiji Perspective

In this paper we look at the applicability of fair value accounting in the finance sector of Fiji. We consider the perspectives of both the preparers and the users of fair value information from the finance sector. In looking at these perspectives, we took a sample of four banks and credit institutions and two investment companies. A questionnaire based survey was used to collect data from the preparers and users of fair value accounting information in the finance sector. Results indicate that the users perceive fair value accounting information as useful for their decision making purposes. Furthermore, fair value information is costly to be incorporated into financial reports, however, preparers do find fair value to be applicable and of relevance to them.
Pharmaceutical Industry Wastewater Treatment through Electrocoagulation

The activities in the pharmaceutical industry are classified as large producers of wastewater with high and varied refractory organic compounds content. Wastewater resulting from drug plants are toxic, have intense color and unpleasant odor. In this work we aimed to establish the electrocoagulation process performances in the treatment of a pharmaceutical industry real wastewaters having a high content of organic matter and strongly colored (Indigo Carmine), and also to establish the optimal conditions in order to ensure the highest degree of purification with acceptable costs.
Reporting Meaningful Chinese Words While Listening to the Deutsch WordIllusions in Chinese Patients with Cluster A Personality Disorders

The meaningful words reported by the healthy people when listening to the Deutsch word illusion were correlated with the normal personality traits. Whether the phenomenon would be more pronounced in patients with personality disorders, especially the cluster A types remains unknown. We therefore invited 11 patients with paranoid, 34 schizoid, and 13 schizotypal personality disorders, and 116 healthy volunteers, to report the Chinese words when they were listening to the Deutsch “High-Low” and “Harvey” word illusions. The paranoid and schizoid personality disorder patients reported more meaningful Chinese words than the healthy volunteers did when they were listening to the “Harvey” word illusion, and more meaningful Chinese words which were corresponding to the DSM-5 pathological personality traits than the healthy volunteers did. The study had demonstrated that when interpreting the illusion stimuli, patients with cluster A personality disorders would mobilize more cognitive processes relating to their personality-specific traits.
Application of Fuzzy Logic Concept to Profitability Quantification in Plastic Recycling

This paper aims at applying a fuzzy logic control model to profitability in a case study of the plastic recycling industry in Nigeria. The studies of profitability components of the plastic recycling industry as used to develop a model framework and the application of fuzzy logic control model to the framework are given in this paper. A brief introduction to profitability concepts as well as useful suggestions and conclusions are all integral part of this paper which is based on the application of a fuzzy logic model of control to profitability concept in plastic recycling industry.
Gibrat's Law and Market Selection in the Radio, TV & Telecommunications Equipment Industry.

According to Gibrat’s Law of Proportionate Effect, the growth rate of a given firm is independent of its size at the beginning of the period examined. In contrast to the previous literature on the subject, this paper seeks to test the Law by taking account of both the entry process and the role of survival/failure in reshaping a given population of firms over time. It does so by focusing on the entire population of firms (including newborn ones) in the Italian Radio, TV & Telecommunications equipment industry and tracking them over seven years. Consistently with the previous literature, it finds that - in general - Gibrat’s Law is to be rejected, since smaller firms tend to grow faster than their larger counterparts. However, the paper’s main finding is that this rejection of Gibrat’s Law may be due to market dynamics and selection. In other words, it is due to the entry process and the presence of transient smaller firms. Indeed, whilst it is found that Gibrat’s Law has to be rejected over a seven year period during which both incumbent and newborn firms are considered, for both sub-populations of surviving firms a convergence towards Gibrat-like behavior over time can be detected. Thus, market selection “cleans” the original population of firms and the resulting industrial “core” (mature, larger, well-established and most efficient firms) does not seem to depart from a Gibrat-like pattern of growth.
Effect of Different Power Outputs and Beam Angulations on Bond Strength of Laser Etched Enamel

Çal›flmam›zda farkl› aç›larda lazer ›fl›nlar›n›n, mine yüzeyine farkl› güç ç›k›fllar›yla uyguland›¤›nda makaslama ba¤ dayan›m›n›n ölçülmesi ve yüzey özelliklerini incelemeyi amaçlad›k. Araflt›rmada 90 adet çekilmifl insan premolar difli kullan›lm›flt›. Difller Erbium, Chromium: Yttrium, Scandium, Gallium, Garnett (Er,Cr:YSGG) lazer ile 3 farkl› güç ç›k›fl› (1, 1.25 ve 1.5 watt, 140 μm, 20 Hz) ve 2 farkl› ›fl›n aç›s›nda (450 ve 900) pürüzlendirilmiflti. Gruplar aras›nda makaslama ba¤lanma kuvvetleri ve Art›k Adeziv ‹ndex (ARI) aç›s›ndan istatistiksel olarak anlaml› bir fark yoktur. (p>.05) Lazer ›fl›n aç›lanmas›n›n, bu güç ç›k›fllar›nda bir fark oluflturmad›¤› gözlemledi. 1 watt 90o’lik aç›land›rma haricinde, tüm di¤er güç ç›k›fllar› her iki lazer ›fl›n aç›lanmas›nda benzer pürüzlendirme biçimi oluflturdu. Ortodontik amaç için pürüzlendirilmede Er,Cr:YSGG lazer bafll›¤›n›n difl minesinde farkl› aç›larla kullan›lmas›n›n önemi yoktur. (Türk Ortodonti Dergisi 2009;22:124-133)
The Origins of Gibbon Ape Leukaemia Virus

Gibbon ape leukaemia virus (GALV) was first isolated in the early 1970s after a number of gibbons that were housed at the SEATO medical research in Bangkok, Thailand, were diagnosed with lymphoid tumours including malignant lymphoma. It is a novel gamma retrovirus that has never been isolated from wild gibbons. It appears that GALV occurred as a result of a species jump from another as yet unidentified vertebrate host. The full sequence of GALV suggests that it is related loosely to murine leukaemia viruses and a number of rodent species from Southeast Asia have been suggested as possible hosts of the ancestor to GALV. However, no proviral sequence from any Southeast Asian vertebrate has been so far isolated which could be a candidate virus. More recently, two closely related viruses have been found in koalas and a native Australian rat, the grassland melomys (Melomys burtoni). These are koala retrovirus (KoRV) and Melomys burtoni retrovirus (MbRV). A number of theories have been published recently which endeavour to explain the origins of GALV and its relationship to other viruses including KoRV. Here, the history of GALV is documented and the strengths and weaknesses of current theories on the origin of this virus are discussed.
Role if ATM IVS10-6T?G Polymorphism in Breast Cancer: A Case-control Study in High-risk Kashmiri Population

The provenance of ATM candidacy as a susceptible breast cancer gene stems from two sources. The main task of ATM being that the ATM protein is a fundamental participant in mediating cellular responses to DNA damage, including cellular signaling, DNA double-strand break repair and leading to cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis. From the genetic standpoint, ATM is a gene mutated in ataxia-telangiectasia (AT), an autosomal recessive disorder phenotypically characterised by chromosomal instability and an increased risk for lymphoproliferative tumors in homozygotes. Numbers of studies have suggested that heterozygous carriers of ATM mutations are at increased risk of breast cancer and ATM IVS10-6T→G SNP has been reported to significantly increase the breast cancer risk. In order to shed further light on the putative contribution of ATM to breast cancer risk, we performed haplotyping of the ATM locus in high-risk Kashmiri population. The ATM IVS10-6T→G polymorphism was studied in 130 breast cancer patients and 220 female healthy controls using a PCR-RFLP (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism) and conformation by DNA Sequencing. The PCR-RFLP analysis revealed that 68.4% (89 of 130) breast cancer patients were homozygous for T/T variant, 21.5% (28 of 130) patients were heterozygous for T/G variant and 10% (13 of 130) patients were homozygous for GG variant. The present study concludes that the ATM IVS10-6T→G polymorphism is associated with sufficiently high risk of breast cancer and among the breast cancer cases and controls the heterozygous T/G variant determines the higher risk for initiating and developing breast cancer.
Phenotypic study of egg production curve in commercial broiler breeders using Compartmental function

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of environmental factors on egg production curve traits in broiler breeders. The weekly egg production records of birds collected from four different flocks were used to estimate the egg production curve parameters using the Compartmental function (y = A(1 − exp−b(t − d))exp−ct). The coefficient of determination (R2) obtained by the model was 0.98. Least squares analysis of variance indicated that the environmental factors such as hatchability and flock [. ]
The Cultural Interpretation and Digitalization of Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Painting

Combining the development of digital art design as a new cultural industry and the needs of the market, this paper tends to conduct the case study of Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Painting of Henan province. It aims to analyze the art elements, cultural genes and human environment for the formation of traditional aesthetical style of Zhuxian town woodblock New Year painting and strives to get the overall grasp of its actual basic situation and characteristics. For the purposes of protection, development and utilization, taking about how Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Painting and digital art language are used in practice as an example, this paper discusses how it better meets the needs of modern economy and society as a traditional cultural industry so as to produce greater social, cultural and economic value. Keywords—Zhuxian Town Woodblock New Year Painting; digital art; Central Plains traditional culture
Biochemical Composition Within Coffea arabica cv. Ruiru 11 and Its Relationship With Cup Quality

Biochemical composition appears to be influenced by both genetic factors and plant growth conditions. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the biochemical composition of selected Ruiru 11 sibs and its relationship with cup quality. Thirty four (34) Ruiru 11 sibs grown in three different locations in Kenya were used in this study. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Coffee cherries were picked during the peak harvesting period between 2009 and 2011. The cherries were wet processed and graded into different grades based on size, shape and density. Fifty (50) grams of the dry coffee beans per sib per replication were frozen at -80 oC before grinding (< 0.5 mm particle size) in liquid nitrogen as specified by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). The samples were packed in small plastic bottles and stored at -80 oC awaiting extraction of biochemical components. Caffeine, trigonelline and total chlorogenic acids were extracted and purified using classical methods and analysed using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). For the lipids, the sample was subjected to Soxhlet extraction using n-hexane. The study demonstrated the existence of high variation in biochemical composition among Ruiru 11 sibs. Significant correlations were observed between biochemical and cup quality traits indicating that biochemical composition plays a major role in determining the sensory quality of coffee. The growing environment was also found to have an effect on biochemical composition as portrayed by high locational variations.
Nitrogen abundances in planet-harbouring stars

We present a detailed spectroscopic analysis of nitrogen abundances in 91 solar-type stars, 66 with and 25 without known planetary mass companions. All comparison sample stars and 28 planet hosts were analysed by spectral synthesis of the near-UV NH band at 3360 A observed at high resolution with the VLT/UVES, while the near-IR N i 7468 A was measured in 31 objects. These two abundance indicators are in good agreement. We found that nitrogen abundance scales with that of iron in the metallicity range $-0.6 <$ [Fe/H] $<+0.4$ with the slope $1.08 \pm 0.05$. Our results show that the bulk of nitrogen production at high metallicities was coupled with iron. We found that the nitrogen abundance distribution in stars with exoplanets is the high [Fe/H] extension of the curve traced by the comparison sample of stars with no known planets. A comparison of our nitrogen abundances with those available in the literature shows a good agreement.
Adaptive quantile estimation in deconvolution with unknown error distribution

Quantile estimation in deconvolution problems is studied comprehensively. In particular, the more realistic setup of unknown error distributions is covered. Our plug-in method is based on a deconvolution density estimator and is minimax optimal under minimal and natural conditions. This closes an important gap in the literature. Optimal adaptive estimation is obtained by a data-driven bandwidth choice. As a side result we obtain optimal rates for the plug-in estimation of distribution functions with unknown error distributions. The method is applied to a real data example.
DILEMMAS IN ACCOUNTING RESEARCH AND IMPLICATION FOR MANAGEMENT

This paper engages in a review and discussion of some problems confronting accounting research and the implication for management. It is motivated by seeming doubt regarding the functionality of accounting research in updating accounting information to meet social, environmental and economic challenges that is associated with contemporary managements problems. The methodological approach is rooted in reviews. The dilemmas that the paper revealed are methodological dilemma, curriculum mismatch and application of research to practice. These dilemmas have some tendencies of asphyxiating innovation in accounting research. The paper points out that accounting is deeply implicated in allocation of social and economic resources, hence aligning accounting research purely toward economic bias is asymmetry of accounting function and may be dysfunctional in attending to and assisting with the contemporary management problems. Accounting researchers must therefore wake up to the realities of pluralism in accounting research which may accommodate and contribute to resolving social behavioural and political problems of management. The paper makes modest suggestions for making accounting research meet the exigencies of modern management problems. These includes the need for curriculum redesign to embrace management and social theories and research methodology in first degree accounting curriculum; the need for accounting research to embrace pluralism of paradigms to enhance its ability to assist in solving diverse management problems; and the need for accounting research to reflect management practice to explore the applicability of accounting theories, standards and techniques to management problems. There is scant literature linking accounting research dilemmas to management, hence the budding ideas in this paper offer agenda for a continuing research toward innovation in accounting research.
MRT-LBM SIMULATION OF NATURAL CONVECTION IN A RAYLEIGH-BENARD CAVITY WITH LINEARLY VARYING TEMPERATURES ON THE SIDES: APPLICATION TO A MICROPOLAR FLUID

A two-dimensional numerical simulation is conducted to study natural convection flow and heat transfer characteristics in a square cavity filled with a micropolar fluid. The lower and upper walls of the cavity are respectively subject to isothermal heating and cooling while the temperatures of both vertical sides decrease linearly in the upwards direction. The Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM), with the multi-relaxation time (MRT) scheme for the collision process, is used to solve the problem with the objective to assess the ability and efficiency of this numerical method to describe the micropolar fluid behavior under the effect of the imposed thermal boundary conditions. Computations are carried out for Rayleigh number, , and material parameter (vortex viscosity), , varying respectively in the ranges 103  106 and 0 2. Combined effects of these parameters on the multiplicity of solutions and critical values of from which transitions occur are investigated for Pr 7. An increase of the material parameter is shown to increase the critical Rayleigh numbers, which confirms the stabilizing effect of the micropolar fluid compared to the Newtonian case ( 0). The study covers both steady and unsteady aspects of the problem under consideration. Initial perturbations play an important role in the cooling process of the hot bottom wall in the present configuration. The bicellular ascending and descending flows are two solutions mirror images of each other but they lead to very different quantities of heat from the bottom wall.
Whale distribution in relation to prey abundance and oceanographic processes in shelf waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula

The Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a biologically rich area supporting large standing stocks of krill and top predators (including whales, seals and seabirds). Physical forcing greatly affects productivity, recruitment, survival and distribution of krill in this area. In turn, such interactions are likely to affect the distribution of baleen whales. The Southern Ocean GLOBEC research program aims to explore the relationships and interactions between the environment, krill and predators around Marguerite Bay (WAP) in autumn 2001 and 2002. Bathymetric and environmental variables including acoustic backscattering as an indicator of prey abundance were used to model whale distribution patterns. We used an iterative approach employing (1) classification and regression tree (CART) models to identify oceanographic and ecological variables contributing to variability in humpback Megaptera novaeangliae and minke Balaenoptera acutorstrata whale distribution, and (2) generalized additive models (GAMs) to elucidate functional ecological relationships between these variables and whale distribution. The CART models indicated that the cetacean distribution was tightly coupled with zooplankton acoustic volume backscatter in the upper (25 to 100 m), and middle (100 to 300 m) portions of the water column. Whale distribution was also related to distance from the ice edge and bathymetric slope. The GAMs indicated a persistent, strong, positive relationship between increasing zooplankton volume and whale relative abundance. Furthermore, there was a lower limit for averaged acoustic volume backscatter of zooplankton below which the relationship between whales and prey was not significant. The GAMs also supported an annual relationship between whale distribution, distance from the ice edge and bathymetric slope, suggesting that these are important features for aggregating prey. Our results demonstrate that during the 2 yr study, whales were consistently and predictably associated with the distribution of zooplankton. Thus, humpback and minke whales may be able to locate physical features and oceanographic processes that enhance prey aggregation.