Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
First Results from Insemination With Sex-Sorted Semen in Dairy Heifers in Macedonia

Abstract Science has been searching for a long time for a reliable method for controlling the sex of mammalian offspring. Recently, the application of specific modern cellular methodologies has led to the development of a flow cytometric system capable of differentiating and separating living X- and Y-chromosome-bearing sperm cells in amounts suitable for AI and therefore, commercialization of this sexing technology. The aim of this work was to present the first results of heifers that introduce bovine AI with sex sorted semen, for the first time in Macedonia. Insemination with sex sorted cryopreserved semen (2×106 spermatozoa per dose) imported from the USA was done at two dairy farms in ZK Pelagonija. In total, 74 heifers (Holstein Friesian) were inseminated. Inseminations were carried out in a timely manner following a modified OvSynch protocol. During the insemination, the sperm was deposited into the uterine horn ipsi lateral to the ovary where a follicle larger than 1.6 cm was detected by means of transrectal ultrasound examination. Pregnancy was checked by ultrasound on day 30 after the insemination. Overall, the average pregnancy rate in both farms was 43,24% (40,54% and 45,95%, for farm 1 and farm 2, respectively). All pregnant heifers delivered their calves following a normal gestation length (274,3 days in average) and of the 32 born calves, 30 (93,75%) were female. In conclusion, since the first results from inseminations with sex-sorted semen in dairy heifers in Macedonia are very promising, the introduction of this technique may bring much benefit to the local dairy sector. Average pregnancy rate seems similar with results obtained following ‘regular’ inseminations, notwithstanding the relatively low number of spermatozoa per insemination dose. Due to the latter, we however recommend inseminations only to be carried out by experienced technicians followinga TAI protocol and ultrasound examinations of the ovaries prior to insemination.
Designing of Internetworking simulator to enhance GSM/WCDMA Internetworking

A connector with breaking of current for leak useful to implementation to a printed circuit board which is incorporated into a variety of electric appliances. It comprises a connection part for connecting a source and a load, a leak current detection sensor generally in a ring form which receives an extension of the connection part, a breaker part for breaking current between the source and the load in response to a leak detection, an assembly box which stores the leak detection sensor and the breaker part, and the leak detection part is fitted under the assembly box. The breaker part includes a coil to be excited in response to a leak current by the leak current detection part, and an actuator to displace in response to excitement of the coil. Therein the connection part includes a pair of movable strips and a pair of stationary strips each contactable to one of the movable strips, and either of the paired movable strips or the paired stationary strips, or one movable strip and one stationary strip other than contactable to the one movable strip are extended to run through the leak detection sensor, and the movable strips disconnect from the stationary ones in response to displacement of the actuator.
Interactive visualisation for CAT model sensitivity analysis

We demonstrate how visual interactive graphics can support both spatial and aspatial model sensitivity analysis, using a Venezuela-based earthquake CAT model as a case study. We identify the model inputs that drive the model’s estimated losses using interactive maps, treemaps to give overviews and linked barcharts, spineplots and maps to explore the effects of specific input combinations on the estimated loss outputs. Interactively linking these methods allow them to be integrated into the workflows of analysts.
Impact of embryo transfer phenotypic records on large-scale beef cattle genetic evaluations

ABSTRACT We aimed to evaluate the impact of using embryo transfer (ET) information on weaning weight estimated breeding values (EBV) and its accuracy. Data from Hereford and Braford cattle, raised under extensive conditions in Southern Brazil, were used. A model that included ET information in addition to maternal (genetic and permanent environmental) effects as a function of foster dams was compared to a model without ET information. Accuracy of both bulls and calves increased due to inclusion of ET records [. ]
Plural Forms Of Organization: Where Do We Stand [Les formes plurielles d'organisation: où en sommes-nous?]

This paper addresses a puzzling problem: why do parties often choose to combine alternative modes of organizations simultaneously while dealing with identical or almost identical transactions? I propose a model to capture these so-called ‘plural forms' and to explain the choice of such non-standard arrangements. Three determinants are identified as playing the major role: ambiguity surrounding the fitness of a mode of organization to the transaction at stake; complexity of a transaction or a set of transactions; and strategic behavior. Propositions are derived that are confronted to empirical data coming out of the agrifood industry.
C-terminally truncated Amyloid-β peptides in Alzheimer’s dementia: Deposition of Aβ37, Aβ38, and Aβ39 in the brains of patients with sporadic and familiar Alzheimer’s dementia and in transgenic mouse models.

Alzheimer's dementia is a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized by profound neuropathological changes of the brain. Imbalances in the production of aggregation-prone Amyloid-Beta Peptides are believed to play a pivotal role in disease pathogenesis. These peptides are generated by subsequent proteolysis of the Amyloid Precursor Protein by a Beta and a Gamma-Sekretase. This Proteolysis yields peptides of differing length with varying C-termini. While the presumably most toxic species Abeta42 and the most produced species Abeta40 have been subject to intensive research, C-terminally truncated Peptides have not received much attention. This study investigates the contribution of Abeta37, Abeta38, and Abeta39 to the neuropathological changes in sporadic and familial Alzheimer's dementia. C-terminally truncated Abeta peptides were found to be deposited primarily to the vasculature in sporadic cases, while familial cases presented more intense depositions that included neuritic plaques. Moreover, this study analyzed commonly employed transgenic mouse models for depositions of the C-terminally truncated Abeta peptides.
Sensory Integration from an Impossible Source: Perceiving Simulated Faces

Recent research has shown that aero-tactile cues influence speech perception without the presence of an acoustic signal (Bicevskis, Derrick & Gick, 2016); when participants viewed a bilabial articulation that co-occurred with a puff of air felt on the skin, they were significantly more likely to perceive it as aspirated. These results and others (Gick & Derrick, 2009, etc.) suggest that this integration is relatively automatic, enough so that it does not require the physical presence of the source to arise. However, it may be that perceivers are willing to extend physical capabilities to these non-present sources because they are human and therefore possible sources of the aero-tactile cue. The current study examines whether aero-tactile information from an impossible source—a computer-animated face on a computer monitor—can affect perception of aspirated consonants. Sixteen native English speakers are shown an animated video of a computer-animated head performing a bilabial plosive but hear only babble noise through headphones. Some of the presentations are accompanied by a light, synchronous puff of air on the neck. They are asked to identify the syllable as either /ba/ or /pa/. Analysis of this two-alternative forced choice response task will be presented. Evidence of integration from an impossible source would support the idea that visual-tactile integration is an automatic process that occurs even in the absence of an interlocutor capable of producing the stimuli.
REVIEW EFFECT OF SERVICE BRAND ORIENTATION ON EQUITY AND THE BRAND-ORIENTED BEHAVIOR OF STAFF: A CASE STUDY OF MELLAT BANK OF IRAN

Mellat Bank of all banks in the Islamic Republic of Iran was named the most popular bank in terms of "banking service" and "Internet Banking" in 2014 that is the result of brand orientation in banking services in the fields. The present study aims to assess the impact of brand orientation in Mellat Bank on equity and brand-oriented behavior of staff in Torbat Heidarieh. The research method is descriptive - survey and the field method is used to collect data. The results show that the impact of brand oriented services on the brand-oriented behavior of staff is equal to 0.09 and on equity equals to 0.01. The influence of brand equity on the brand-oriented behavior of staff is 0.07. Finally, the research causal model (direction model) presented the relationship between the research variables.
Agile Assessment Methods and Approaches

Agile methods are widely used in software companies in recent years. Many software companies are replacing their traditional development methods with agile methods. Nonetheless, measuring agility that they have achieved has been a topic of debate. Software teams and companies need to know how agile they are or how much is the agility degree of their organization. Unlike traditional methods in software development, there is no standard or universal model (like CMM/CMMI) to measure maturity of agile teams and software companies. So far, only a few methods and tools have been proposed to measure the agility of software companies. The main aim of this chapter is introducing the structure and main features of the existing agile assessment methods and providing a brief discussion on drawbacks of these methods. This chapter tries to elucidate the actual position of agility measurement methods in measuring agility degree of companies who are trying to adapt to agile methods and practices.
Migraine and Risk Factors of Vascular Diseases

Migraine is a common neurological disease that affects both women and men in a dif - ferent age. It is believed that migraine is a multifactorial disease with strong genetic and environmental factors. Current molecular studies in migraine are focused on biochemical (homocysteine, asymmetric dimethylarginine) and genetic ( ACE , MTHFR , MTR , MTRR , CBS , eNOS , NOTCH3 ) risk factors associated with vascular diseases. Polymorphisms and mutations in mentioned genes predispose to migraine as well as cardiovascular diseases and stroke. According to the literature data, 13–15% of migraine with aura patients suffer from vascular diseases, too. The strict relation between migraine with aura and stroke is observed in cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy. Lifestyle plays an important role both in the pathomechanism of migraine and vascular diseases. Hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mel - litus are the important risk factors for those pathological conditions. Therefore, early diagnosis of migraine and the implementing effective pharmacotherapy can lead to the prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Perception des émotions non verbales dans la musique, les voix et les visages chez les adultes implantés cochléaires présentant une surdité évolutive

Le benefice de l’implant cochleaire pour la comprehension de la parole en milieu calme, et meme dans certains cas pour des situations auditives complexes telles que les environnements bruyants ou l’ecoute de la musique est aujourd’hui connu. Si la comprehension de la parole est necessaire a la communication, la perception des informations non verbales transmises par la voix de meme que des expressions faciales est fondamentale pour interpreter le message d’un interlocuteur. Les capacites de perception des emotions non verbales en cas de surdite neurosensorielle evolutive ont ete tres peu explorees. Les travaux menes dans cette these ont pour objectifs d’evaluer la reconnaissance des emotions non verbales dans les modalites auditive et visuelle afin de mettre en evidence d’eventuelles specificites chez les adultes presentant une surdite evolutive. Pour cela, nous avons realise quatre etudes comportementales dans lesquelles nous avons compare leurs performances a celles de sujets controles normo-entendants. Nous avons evalue le jugement des emotions portees par la musique, la voix et les visages a partir d’un paradigme experimental impliquant la reconnaissance de categories emotionnelles (i.e. joie, peur, tristesse.) et la perception des dimensions de valence et d’eveil de l’emotion exprimee. Les etudes 1 et 2 ont porte sur la reconnaissance des emotions auditives apres implantation cochleaire en examinant tour a tour la reconnaissance des emotions portees par la musique et la reconnaissance de celles portees par la voix. Les etudes 3 et 4 ont porte sur la reconnaissance des emotions visuelles et, en particulier, des expressions faciales avant et apres implantation cochleaire. Les resultats de ces etudes revelent l’existence d’un deficit de reconnaissance des emotions plus marque dans le domaine musical et vocal que facial. Il apparait aussi une perturbation des jugements d'eveil, les stimuli etant percus moins excitants par les patients que par les normo-entendants. Toutefois, la reconnaissance des voix et des musiques, bien que limitee, etait superieure au niveau du hasard demontrant les benefices de l'implant cochleaire pour le traitement des emotions auditives. En revanche, quelle que soit la modalite etudiee, les jugements de valence n'etaient pas alteres. De maniere surprenante, les donnees de ces recherches suggerent de plus que, chez une partie des patients testes, la reconnaissance des emotions faciales peut etre affectee par la survenue d'une surdite evolutive suggerant les consequences de la perte auditive sur le traitement des emotions presentees dans une autre modalite. En conclusion, il semblerait que la surdite, de meme que l'insuffisance d’informations spectrales transmises par l’implant cochleaire, favorisent l'utilisation de la communication verbale au detriment de la communication non verbale.
Self-Generated Validity, Framing Effects, and Survey Research in IS

Based on the accessibility-diagnosticity cognitive framework, we discuss self-generated validity and framing effects as two method biases that can threaten the validity of survey research results. Two empirical studies are used to establish their presence in IS research. We discuss their research implications, with a focus on model comparison and the testing of new instruments or theories. We also suggest a number methodological remedies that can control these method biases, including randomization or partial randomization of question items, temporal separation of construct measurements, replication of research studies, experimental methods and multilevel analysis with split-sample design.
The innovative performance of German multinationals abroad

This paper analyzes cross-country differences in innovation behavior of subsidiaries of German multinational enterprises. The analysis is based on data from Community Innovation Survey (CIS4) and covers 16 European countries. We find considerable differences in innovation input intensity and innovation output intensity between German subsidiaries located in different European countries. Multivariate analysis reveals that these differences are largely related to firm characteristics. A significant relationship between firm-level innovation and host country characteristics can only be found for innovation output.
The effect of cyberloafing on employee productivity

The aim of this paper is to explore the cyberloafing behavior and its effect on employees’ productivity. A total of 250 employees were asked to participate in a survey of 20 companies in Saudi Arabia, in which a controlled experiment was conducted to collect and analyze data. From the results, the odds of a person spending zero hours using the internet were seen to be more productive. An increase of 1 hour using the internet for educational activity will increase the odds of being productive by three times. It is deemed important to allow an employee to engage in recreational activities. In addition, employers who restrict Internet services on Social Networking and Web Browsing will see an increase in the Work/Educational activities from their employees.
Comparison of Aerosol Single Scattering Albedos Derived by Diverse Techniques in Two North Atlantic Experiments

Aerosol single scattering albedo v (the ratio of scattering to extinction) is important in determining aerosol climatic effects, in explaining relationships between calculated and measured radiative fluxes, and in retrieving aerosol optical depths from satellite radiances. Recently, two experiments in the North Atlantic region, the Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment (TARFOX) and the Second Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-2), determined aerosol v by a variety of techniques. The techniques included fitting of calculated to measured radiative fluxes; retrievals of v from skylight radiances; best fits of complex refractive index to profiles of backscatter, extinction, and size distribution; and in situ measurements of scattering and absorption at the surface and aloft. Both TARFOX and ACE-2 found a fairly wide range of values for v at midvisible wavelengths (;550 nm), with 0.85 # vmidvis # 0.99 for the marine aerosol impacted by continental pollution. Frequency distributions of v could usually be approximated by lognormals in vmax 2 v, with some occurrence of bimodality, suggesting the influence of different aerosol sources or processing. In both TARFOX and ACE-2, closure tests between measured and calculated radiative fluxes yielded best-fit values of vmidvis of 0.90 6 0.04 for the polluted boundary layer. Although these results have the virtue of describing the column aerosol unperturbed by sampling, they are subject to questions about representativeness and other uncertainties (e.g., thermal offsets, unknown gas absorption). The other techniques gave larger values for vmidvis for the polluted boundary layer, with a typical result of vmidvis 5 0.95 6 0.04. Current uncertainties in v are large in terms of climate effects. More tests are needed of the consistency among different methods and of humidification effects on v.
LYMPHANGIOGENESIS REVIEWS THE EMERGENCE OF MOLECULAR AND TRANSGENIC LYMPHOLOGY: WHAT DO WE (REALLY) KNOW SO FAR?

Since its first sequential visualization in1902 by Florence Sabin, the development andmaintenance of the lymphatic system hasintrigued scientists and clinicians worldwide.Its close ties to the vascular network, relevancein the spread and control of parasiticand cancerous diseases, and involvement inthe development of other disease statesmanifested by lymphedema are well known.What is still not clear is how the systemdevelops in the first place, and this limits itseffective manipulation for the managementof disease states. The aim of the currentarticle is to summarize advances that havebeen made via genetic approaches usingtransgenic and knockout mice. It should benoted that studies of lymphatic vessel growthutilizing protein reagents or transgenictechnology alone, in a tissue/cell cultureenvironment, during tumor metastasis, in alymphatic disease paradigm, or during tissuerepair, have shown that various growthfactors, such as platelet-derived growth factorBB (1), hepatocyte growth factor (2),fibroblast growth factor (3), and VEGF-A (4)appear to play a role. This article is acommentary on the usefulness of specific genetic engineering tools in understandingthe development of the lymphatic system —with a focus on the questions that have beenaddressed using these tools, the extent towhich the questions have actually beenanswered, and the questions that havesubsequently been raised. It is not meant tobe a discussion of protein reagents or ofspecific biological situations that exhibitlymphangiogenesis (see reviews 5-7).
Standardization of a Multiplex Magnetic Bead-based for Simultaneous Detection of IgG to Plasmodium Antigens

Standardization of a Multiplex Magnetic Bead-based for Simultaneous Detection of IgG to Plasmodium Antigens Multiplex assays are currently used to facilitate the evaluation of antibody (Ab) responses to multiple Plasmodium falciparum antigens from large field-based epidemiological studies. The present study aimed at (i) optimizing parameters of a novel cost-effective, compact and reliable magnetic bead-based multiplex immunoassay (MBA) carried out with the MAGPIX®-Luminex system and (ii) comparing the results with those obtained using standard ELISA technology.
Asymptotic and Periodic Boundary Value Problems of Mixed FDEs and Wave Solutions of Lattice Differential Equations

Abstract We discuss the existence and approximation of solutions of asymptotic or periodic boundary value problems of mixed functional differential equations. Our approach is via monotone iteration and non-standard ordering in the profile set for asymptotic boundary value problems and viaS1-degree and equivariant bifurcation theory for periodic boundary value problems. Applications will be given to wave fronts and to slowly oscillatory spatially periodic traveling waves of lattice delay differential equations arising from population genetics, population dynamics, and neural networks.
The Effect of the Mutual Coupling on a Small Reconfigurable Patch Antenna

Patch antennas suffer from narrow bandwidth which can limit their uses in some modern wireless applications, therefore there is an increase in the demand for low profile, easy to manufacture and multiband / wideband antennas which can be easily integrated within communication systems. A variety of studies have come up with different solutions to achieve a wide bandwidth for patch antennas. Some of the techniques employed are: changing the physical size of the antenna; modifying the shape to allow the current path to travel longer which sometime make the antenna large in size; adding additional parts such as multi layers or gaps which also make the antenna large and of a high profile [1]-[3]. A reconfigurable antenna is another solution to achieve wider impedance bandwidth by switching ON and OFF some parts of the antenna. Electronic reconfigurability is usually achieved by incorporating switches, variable capacitors or phase shifters in the topology of the antenna. PIN diodes, varactor diodes, or MEMS switches are the most frequently used components in the design of reconfigurable antennas [4]-[5].
Dynamic Bradley–Terry modelling of sports tournaments

Summary. In the course of national sports tournaments, usually lasting several months, it is expected that the abilities of teams taking part in the tournament will change over time. A dynamic extension of the Bradley–Terry model for paired comparison data is introduced to model the outcomes of sporting contests, allowing for time varying abilities. It is assumed that teams’ home and away abilities depend on past results through exponentially weighted moving average processes. The model proposed is applied to sports data with and without tied contests, namely the 2009–2010 regular season of the National Basketball Association tournament and the 2008–2009 Italian Serie A football season.