Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Quantifying Feeding Regimes on Weaned Sows Under Tropical Papua Pig Keeping Systems

Body weight measurement of weaned sow using several feeding regimes was done under traditional pig keeping systems in West Papua, Indonesia. Feeding quantification using local and non-conventional feeds applied by pig farmers were rationed. Feeds used were 1, 2 and 3 kg in fresh basis. Energy contents of each ration were 34.73, 32.63 and 36.39 MJ kg DM, respectively and protein rations were of 0.62, 0.34 and 0.99 kg CP DM. Initial sow’s body weight was in the average of 87 kg. The second feeding regimes with 2 kg day -1 on offer, obtained ransom with quality of balance, energy rich and protein rich, i.e. 22.69, 21.99 and 24.92 MJ kg DM, respectively and protein in ransom of 0.35, 0.26 and 0.72 kg CP DM. Feeding regimes with 1 kg day -1 on offer, we obtain ration with quality of balance, energy rich and protein rich, i.e. 12.04, 11.34 and 12.46 MJ kg DM, respectively and protein in ransom with 0.27, 0.18 and 0.36 kg CP DM. Initial weaned body weight was 87 kg. A simulation using one factorial of feeding regimes was established, which was drawn and simulated using Simile version 4.7 and no environmental factors were incorporated in this model simulation. The results of this study showed the increasing body weight of sows was detected by using 3 kg of feed daily in 14 days after weaning. While 2 kg feed day -1 only met the maintenance requirement. Therefore, there were no meat or fat deposition. Feed of 1 kg per day could induce negative impact in starvation and body weight lost. Insufficient feed intake can induce negative impact on physiological mechanism of the sows. This is at risk while weaned sow would enter mating season and gestation period. Feeding regimes with more that 3 kg and energy ration of 34.73 MJ kg DM and digestibility of 0.82 resulted in a positive effect on sow body weight gain. Animal Production 15(2):106-118, May 2013
A Concerning View In The Liquidity Crisis Through The Game Theory

The aim of this paper is to provide a substantiating view on the crises started in 2007 and of which consequences transcended around the world recession. The paper is, essentially, based on a static game theory managing the limits of classic finance theory to provide satisfactory explanations of different financial events. Our intention was to analyze two cases of application of the game theory in the financial intermediation, with impact on the crisis. The proposed games correspond to deposits and loans. The end of the game managed to the idea that balance is reached only when the players (both deponent and borrower) will withdraw money from the bank together. This will have a major impact on the bank resources. The approach path manages to the idea that new considerations may come near the current crises through the game theory.
AGRICULTURAL POLICY OUTCOMES

This paper tests predictions from recent political economics literature about the effect of different forms of democracy on public policy outcomes. We identify the effect of different electoral rules and government systems on agricultural protection, by exploiting democratization episodes in a sample of 74 countries over the 1955-2005 period. Results from difference-in-difference regressions show that a democratization process induces an increase in agricultural protection that is strongly conditional to the specific nature of the political reform. Indeed, what matter are reforms into proportional democracies (vis-à-vis majoritarian democracies) and, to a lesser extent, reforms into presidential democracies (vis-à-vis parliamentary democracies). Moreover, our analysis suggests that the magnitude of the political reform effect is ‘sectors’ specific, with import-competing sectors and staple food crops being significantly more sensitive to the institutionally induced policy changes.
A Dynamic Security Protocol for Face Recognition Systems Using Seismic Waves

Face recognition system is one of the robust means of authentication. It involves comparing the faces of an individual against a set of images in the training database. Thus the security issues pertaining to the training database is very critical. This paper aims at providing security to the images in the training database by empowering the encryption algorithms using a secure Random Number Generator (RNG). To facilitate this, the seismic waves are used as seeds to drive the PseudoRandom Number Generators (PRNGs). The efficiency of seismic waves as a True Random Number Generator (TRNG) was evaluated using two statistical suites. Also, the proposed TRNG is compared against other existing RNGs. It was found that the degree of randomness rendered by the proposed system was in good agreement like the other existing generators. The proposed system was found to be cost-effective, portable and easy to maintain.
Does improved sanitation reduce diarrhea in children in rural India

Almost nine million children under five years of age die every year. Diarrhea is considered to be the second leading cause of under- five mortality in developing countries. About one out of five deaths is caused by diarrhea. In this paper, we use the newly available data set DLHS-3 to quantify the impact of access to improved sanitation on diarrheal morbidity for children under five years of age in India. Using Propensity Score Matching (PSM), we fi nd that access to improved sanitation reduces the risk of contracting diarrhea by 2.2 percentage points. There is considerable heterogeneity in the impacts of improved sanitation. We neither fi nd statistically signi cant treatment eff ects for children in low or middle socioeconomic status (SES) households nor for girls, however, boys and children in high (SES) households experienced economically signifi cant treatment effects. The magnitude of the treatment e ffect also di ffers largely by behavior.
Some unresolved physical problems in turbomachinery flows

Even for the ostensibly two-dimensional (2D) flow through cascades of blades, much of the basic flow physics is not well understood or predicted. A principal research focus in turbomachinery flows is presently on the computation of three dimensional (3D) flows. This paper is a reminder that 2D flows are also important and their problems are also not resolved. In cascade tests on a turbine nozzle vane many flow features have been identified in the 2D flow through the blade passage that require further attention. Of the issues identified, the focus of this paper is on three of these. The chosen topics are boundary layer transition, wake interaction effects including the calmed region, and shock-boundary layer interactions. The emphasis is on continuing to understand and represent the flow physics.
Oblique Incidence and Polarization Insensitive Multiband Metamaterial Absorber with Quad Paired Concentric Continuous Ring Resonators

Simulation and experimental measurement of a new design of an oblique incidence and polarization insensitive metamaterial absorber with multiband absorption is presented in this paper. The unit cell of the proposed metamaterial absorber comprises concentric continuous rings of different radii and widths placed in four different quadrants with identical pair of rings placed diagonally opposite, with each ring responsible for high absorption. The calculated dispersion behavior of MM absorber in terms of effective permittivity (εeff ), effective permeability (μeff ), and refractive index (ηeff ) shows the metamaterial characteristics. The surface current and field distributions in MM absorber are simulated to understand the occurrence of absorption bands. The measured results show the absorption peaks of 99.5%, 99.8%, 99.5% and 99.9% at 7.20 GHz, 9.3 GHz, 12.61 GHz, and 13.07 GHz, respectively. The simulated results are well supported by the experimentally measured performance of the fabricated metamaterial absorber. It offers multiband absorption with bands lying in C-band, X-band and Kuband for mobile communication, satellite communication and radar applications. With merged third and fourth absorption peaks, the proposed metamaterial absorber structure exhibits a broadband absorption.
Strength Performance of Blended Ash Based Geopolymer Mortar

Geopolymer is a based on inorganic alumino-silicate binder system. Geopolymeric materials are formed using materials that containing silica and aluminium such as fly ash and rice husk ash, which activated by alkaline solution. This paper presents the study on the effect of replacement of SSA in RHA based geopolymer, types of curing and different molarity of NaOH used on the strength of Sewage Sludge Ash (SSA) and Rice Husk Ash (RHA) based geopolymer mortar incorporating with three (3) different mix proportions. Based geopolymer mortar was synthesized from treated sewage sludge and rice husk undergoing incineration process in producing ashes, activated with sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide solution by ratio of 2.5:1 and solution to ash ratio of 1:1. Molarity of 8M and 10M NaOH were used. The percentages of SSA replacement were 0%, 10% and 20% by weight. Compressive strength was conducted at age 7, 14 and 28 days to see the development of strength with two curing regimes, which are air curing and oven curing (60°C for 24 hours). From the research conducted, the ultimate compressive strength (6.28MPa) was obtained at zero replacement of SSA taken at 28 days of oven curing with 10M of NaOH. This shows that RHA, which is rich in silica content is enough to enhance the strength of geopolymer mortar especially with high molarity of NaOH.
Late Complications of Cancer in Childhood and Adolescence

Overall survival for all childhood cancers has substantially increased with nearly 80 % of children surviving to five years following diagnosis, compared with 30 % 50 years ago. Unfortunately this comes at a cost; the overall Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) was 8.4 for childhood cancer survivors compared with the general population and increases in cause-specific mortality were seen for deaths due to second malignancy and cardiotoxicity. The incidence of chronic morbidities in the US Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) cohort was 62.3 % after follow-up for 26.6 years. While many children will escape these organ toxicities, a significant proportion will require surveillance and management of treatment morbidities. It is the responsibility of those who treat childhood cancer to understand the effects of treatment and provide effective services to maximise the potential of these young people.
Effect of Three Sources of Fibre and Period of Feeding on the Performance, Carcase Measures, Organs Relative Weight and Meat Quality in Broilers

One hundred and fifty male broilers were used in a 3 x 3 factorial design to evaluate the effect of 3 periods (4, 8 and 12 weeks) and 3 fibre sources namely; brewer’s dried grain (BDG), palm kernel meal (PKM) and corn bran (CB) in place of maize on the performance, carcase measures and meat quality in the birds. A sensory evaluation to determine the overall acceptability of the meat was also carried out. Four diets were formulated consisting of a basal diet containing none of the test fibre ingredients. In the remaining 3 diets, either of BDG, CB or PKM was used to replace 40% of the maize. A separate balance study was also carried out to determine the digestibility of nutrients in the birds. BDG, CB and PKM significantly (p<0.01) reduced the weight and feed conversion in the birds but period of feeding resulted in increased body weights of the birds. BDG, CB and PKM significantly (p<0.01) reduced the eviscerated weights and the weights of carcase parts but period significantly (p<0.01) increased them. Dietary treatment, period and their interaction significantly (p<0.01) reduced the abdominal fat in the birds and caused a significant (p<0.05) increase in the lengths of the duodenum, ileum, caecum and colon as well as the weight of the intestines. Digestibility of nutrients was significantly (p<0.1) reduced in birds on the fibre diets. The shear force values in carcase parts were significantly increased in the BDG, CB and PKM diets while the cooking loss was significantly (p<0.05) reduced in these diets. Period and interaction with dietary treatment also caused a significant (p<0.01) reduction in cooking loss. Tenderness, flavour and juiciness were significantly (p<0.01) influenced by period and not treatment but overall acceptability of the meat was significantly (p<0.05) increased by both factors. Results of the study suggest 1) 40% BDG, CB and PKM replacement of maize has a negative effect on the weight gain and feed conversion of broilers, 2) 40 % level of BDG, CB and PKM caused an increase in the weights and lengths of the visceral organs and reduced carcase weight in broilers, 3) production of broilers up 10-12 weeks on 40% BDG, CB or PKM diet resulted in creased flavour, juiciness, higher shear force, reduced tenderness, reduced cooking loss but increased general acceptability of broiler meat.
Blockchain and Its Applications – A Detailed Survey

Blockchain is being termed as the fifth disruptive innovation in computing. In simplest words, it is a distributed ledger of records that is immutable and verifiable. Since its advent in 2008, blockchain as a concept has been used in various ways. The largest impact or application is seen as a multitude of cryptocurrencies that have sprung up. However, with time, it has become clear that blockchain as a technology is likely to have an impact much wider than just the cryptocurrency domain and much deeper than simple distributed ledger storage. This detailed survey intends to bring together all the key developments so far in terms of putting blockchain to practice. While the most common adoption of blockchain is in finance and banking domain, there are experiments being conducted by many big players in various other domains. This paper will explore the various domains where blockchain has had an impact and where future implementations may be expected.
Long-term in vitro Treatment of Metformin Altered Biological and Biochemical Properties of Cardiac Cells

A cardiovascular complication from diabetes, especially ischemic heart disease (IHD), is a major cause of death in diabetic patients. Metformin is an effective anti-diabetic drug that has been used worldwide. Several studies have reported the cardioprotective effect of Metformin in an in vivo and ex vivo model. However, information on the biological alterations of long-duration treatment with Metformin at the cellular and molecular levels is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effects of long-duration cardioprotective doses of Metformin treatment on the biological, biochemical and proteomes characteristics of cardiac cells. Rat cardiac myoblast cell lines (H9c2) were cultured for 30 days in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) in both the presence and absence of 3mM Metformin, which was optimized as a cardioprotective dose, in a simulated ischemia/reperfusion model. The changes in cell proliferation were determined by the characteristic of the growth curve and calculated populations doubling time (PDT). The cellular morphology was measured by F-actin cytoskeleton staining with phalloidin conjugated with TRITC and visualized under a fluorescence microscope. The phosphorylation of p38 MAPK was demonstrated by western blotting. The alteration of the expressed cellular protein was determined by a proteomics technique. The results showed that the long term effects of 3 mM Metformin was an increase of cell proliferation, decreased populations’ doubling time, slight disorganized actin, and decreased phosphorylation of the p38 MAPK level. In conclusion, the data suggested that the in vitro effect of long-duration Metformin treatment altered the biological, biochemical and proteome characteristics of the cardiac cells. Keywords: diabetes, metformin, longterm effects of metformin, cardiac cell, proteomics
Cloning, Identification and Characterization of a Repetitive Sequence Flanking Telomere and Homologous to canrep in Brassica napus

Satellite DNAs consist of long tandem arrays of short or large repeated sequences that form the centromeric and sometimes also subtelomeric regions of all higher eukaryote chromosomes. Telomeres and centromeres are the most important elements involved in the structure and function of chromosome. Telomeric DNA sequences are conserved among nearly all plant species. Although centromere-specific DNA sequences have been isolated in a wide range of plant species, almost no conservation was found in their DNA sequences. Here, we utilized the cassette-ligation-mediated PCR approach for cloning the sequence near the telomeric repeats of Brassica napus. Sequences analysis showed that one sequence was highly homologous to the centromeric satellite DNA sequence reported. FISH revealed that this satellite was located primarily at centromeric regions of most chromosomes, and also at some chromosome ends. The sequence was a subtelomeric satellite DNA which possessed variability in the evolution of chromosomes of Brassica species. The phylogenetic tree analysis of the satellite showed its sequence was conservative in Brassica. We discussed why the centromeric satellites appeared in the subtelomeric region.
NIR IS DEGRADED BY THE ANAPHASE-PROMOTING COMPLEX PROTEASOME PATHWAY

Novel INHAT Repressor (NIR) is a histone acetylation inhibitor that can directly bind histone complexes and the tumor suppressors p53 and p63. Because NIR is mainly localized in the nucleolus and disappears from the nucleolus upon RNase treatment, it is thought to bind RNA or ribonucleoproteins. When NIR moves to the cytoplasm, it is immediately degraded; this degradation was blocked by MG132, a proteasome inhibitor. Furthermore, the central domain of NIR specifically bound APC-CCdh1. These data show that the stability of NIR is governed by the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway.
The Policy Value of Quantitative Atrocity Forecasting Models

It is time to integrate quantitative atrocity forecasting more directly and systematically into the foreign policy processes of middle and major powers interested in preventing these terrible but all too common events. Sascha Nanlohy, Charles Butcher and Benjamin E Goldsmith discuss the potential utility of relatively reliable mid-to-long-term forecasts, using a number of examples to illustrate the main points.
Islam - Science Integration Approach in Developing Chemistry Individualized Education Program (IEP) for Students with Disabilities

The paper is based on a research which tries to explore, explain and describe Islam - science integration approach to develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for students with disabilities in chemistry lesson. As a qualitative case study, this paper is aimed at investigating how Islam - science integration approach can be underpinned for developing the IEP for Chemistry. Participants were recruited purposively and data were collected by interviews; documents’ analysis; and experts’ assessment (i.e. material experts, inclusive education experts, media experts, chemistry teachers and support teachers), then analyzed using content-analysis. The result shows Islam - science integration approach can be a foundation to develop the chemistry IEP by seeking support for the verses of the Qur'an and corresponding hadiths. Even although almost all the subject matter in chemistry can be integrated with Islamic values, this study only developed two contents, namely Periodic System of Elements and Reaction Rate.
On the mathematical form of CVA in Basel III.

Credit valuation adjustment in Basel III is studied from the perspective of the mathematics involved. A bank covers mark-to-market losses for expected counterparty risk with a CVA capital charge. The CVA is known as credit valuation adjustments. In this paper it will be argued that CVA and conditioned value at risk (CVaR) have a common mathematical ancestor. The question is raised why the Basel committee, from the perspective of CVaR, has selected a specific parameterization. It is argued that a fine-tuned supervision, on the longer run, will be beneficial for counterparties with a better control over their spread.
New approach to talent identification in combat sports the case of fencing

Annotation. The research was based on extensive studies of fencers at the introductory and specialist training stages. The impact of formerly emphasized somatic and psycho-physiological factors on the level of sport mastery in fencing was sidelined in favor of psycho-motor factors. The latter, especially choice reaction time and spatial anticipation are considered to be the major predictors of talent in fencing. The application of the noviceexpert paradigm allowed assessment of developments of these traits as well as correlations between the information processing speed and the motor phase of sensor motor responses. A significant reduction of decision-making time in complex motor tasks was observed in expert fencers. Following opinions of the leading fencing coaches, reaction time should be treated as a significant factor of effectiveness of learning complex motor habits and their successful implementation in sport combat.
Pressures on the Stability and Growth Pact from asymmetry in policy

We identify pressures on the SGP that stem from asymmetries in economic behaviour and macroeconomic policy in the euro area. The asymmetry in the way the euro economy operates with respect to inflation, growth and unemployment merits an asymmetric policy response. While Eurosystem monetary policy appears to match the concerns, the asymmetry of fiscal policy in the member states means that they tend to develop their stance in a way that is inconsistent with a long-run sustainable balance and debt ratio. This could be because they are persistently too optimistic about growth, thus generating pressure on the deficit limit which they then blame on cyclical causes. However, the main asymmetry is a failure to adjust sufficiently in the up phase of the cycle, either by cutting taxes less or controlling expenditures to offset the unwillingness to raise taxes and control expenditures in the down phase. The asymmetry in the SGP through the excessive deficit procedure helps to offset this political problem.
Revealing the spatial variability of water fluxes at the groundwater‐surface water interface

There is widespread recognition that the groundwater‐surface water interface can have significant influence on the pattern and form of the transfer of nutrient‐rich groundwater to rivers. Characterizing and quantifying this influence is critical for successful management of water resources in many catchments, particularly those threatened by rising nitrate levels in groundwater. Building on previous experimental investigations in one such catchment: the River Leith, UK, we report on a multimeasurement, multiscale program aimed at developing a conceptualization of groundwater‐surface water flow pathways along a 200 m reach. Key to this conceptualization is the quantification of vertical and horizontal water fluxes, which is achieved through a series of Darcian flow estimates coupled with in‐stream piezometer tracer dilution tests. These data, enhanced by multilevel measurements of chloride concentration in riverbed pore water and water‐borne geophysical surveying, reveal a contrast in the contribution of flow components along the reach. In the upper section of the reach, a localized connectivity to regional groundwater, that appears to suppress the hyporheic zone, is identified. Further downstream, horizontal (lateral and longitudinal) flows appear to contribute more to the total subsurface flow at the groundwater‐surface water interface. Although variation in hydraulic conductivity of the riverbed is observed, localized variation that can account for the spatial variability in flow pathways is not evident. The study provides a hydrological conceptualization for the site, which is essential for future studies which address biogeochemical processes, in relation to nitrogen retention/release. Such a conceptualization would not have been possible without a multiexperimental program.