Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Biomanagement of sago bagasse with biogas plant slurry using an indigenous earthworms Perionyx ceylanensis Mich. and Lampito mauritii (Kinberg) fornutrients recovery

This paper reports the recycling of nutrients by vermicomposting of sago bagasse (SB) and biogas plant slurry (BPS) using indigenous earthworms Perionyx ceylanensis Mich. and Lampito mauritii (Kinberg). A total of twelve vermicomposting treatments were established for both worms and dynamics of physic-chemical parameters has been studied for 84 days (12 weeks). The waste mixture containing VT4, VT5 and VT6 for P. ceylanensis and VT10, VT11 and VT12 for L. mauritii had better fertilizer value among studied treatments. At the end of experiment (after 84 day), vermicomposts showed significant decrease in pH and total organic C but increase in total Kjeldhal N, total P and total K, Ca, Mg and Na contents for both worms. The C: N ratio of final vermicomposts also reduced to 11.4±0.19 - 22.6±0.52 for P. ceylanensis and 14.4±0.29 – 26.5±0.41 for L. mauritii from 63.4±5.2 – 87.5±4.5 in different vermicomposting treatments. The results revealed that SB could be converted into good quality fertilizer by vermicomposting if mixed in proper ratio (up to 60%) with BPS. Among the two species of worms, P. ceylanensis exhibits better nutrients recovery rate than L. mauritii.
Integration of multi - source data for the detection and analysis of long term land cover change

China needs further research on land cover/land-use dynamics, its impacts on the environment and human reactions to land use changes to deepen the understanding of human and land interaction, and to serve the sustainable development of China. Remote sensing data, the most useful modern data source for quantitatively measuring land cover, need to be integrated with historical data for the detection and analysis of long term land cover change. However, analysing time series of heterogeneous data without a prior processing would contaminate the detection of land cover change by imprecision and inconsistencies. In this study, a historical topographic map of 1945, a Landsat MSS image of 1978 and a Landsat ETM+ image of 2002 were used to analysis the land cover change pattern around Wuhan city, China, over a period of about 60 year. The objective of this research is to develop a data integration strategy to minimize the inconsistency of the multi-sources and then analysis land cover change based on the integrated data. Three aspects of integration strategy optimal image classification method, optimal data processing approach and optimal integration resolution were explored to minimize the two main inconsistencies: Representation Method Differences and Spatial Detail Differences. Two criteria were defined to determine the strategy identification: Kappa Index of Agreement (KIA) and Euclidean distance in the 5-dimensional space of the landscape metrics. The result shows that the visual interpretation method gave better performance than the digital classification method (supervised classification) and was chosen as optimal image classification method to minimize Representation Method Differences. The majority filter gave the best performance among the four proposed data processing approaches and was chosen as optimal data processing approach to minimize Representation Method Differences. At 80m spatial resolution the optimal integration resolution Spatial Detail Differences can be minimized. The three aspects of data integration strategy were then applied to the historical map and the images to generate the consistent time series of land cover maps in 1945, 1978 and 2002. For the two time intervals (1945-1978 and 1978-2002), the rates of land-cover change, the land cover type conversions, and characteristics of lakes changes were determined. After the change analysis, reliability maps were generated to inform the map end-users about the uncertainty patches which were caused by the data integration process.
1,3-dichloropropene and 1,2-dibromoethane compounds: Part I. Movement and fate as affected by various conditions in several soils

The approximate movement and fate of 1,3-dichloropropene (Telone,® D-D,® or Vidden-D®) and 1-2-dibromoethane (EDB) in two soils were predicted using extrapolations from laboratory experiments and soil-vapor phase concentrations obtained from simulated field experiments. The most far-reaching diffusion patterns in mineral soils are those obtained in soils whose moisture content is nearest the wilting point of plants (15 bars moisture tension). As the moisture content of the soil is increased, the diffusion pattern gradually becomes more limited. This effect is most striking when fine-textured soils have moisture contents in excess of ½ bar moisture tension (at the 30.5 em depth). Fumigation of warm soils (25°C) results in a faster rate and greater distance of nematicide diffusion. In colder soils (5°C), the rate of diffusion is slower, and the persistence of the chemical is longer, but the total distance of diffusion of an effective dosage is decreased. Increased soil temperatures result in increased rates of hydrolysis of cis- and trans-1,3-D. The same is not true of EDB. The soil texture and type determine to a large extent the amount of soil moisture present and the size of the connecting air spaces. Soil-air space and size of pores are important, because these chemicals move primarily in the vapor phase and the smaller pores are most easily blocked when water is present. It is important that fumigant applicators are successful in sealing the soil surface and chisel shank hole after an application. Failure to do this results in significant losses to the atmosphere especially, if the subsoil is in a moist to wet condition.
Supervision, Burnout, and Evaluation of Instruction.

This study sought to determine whether there was a significant difference between Mississippi teachers' perceptions of Principals' supervisory behaviors and teachers' perceptions of burnout. Data were obtained from 120 Mississippi secondary school teachers. Two instruments were used: the Maslach Burnout Inventory Form Ed (MBI) and the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire, Form One (SBDQ). Significant differences were fo6.1d for the Depersonalization subscale of the MBI and both Directive and Collaborative dimensions for the Evaluation of Instruction on the SBDQ. Teachers reported bon high and moderate levels of Depersonalization with Collaborative behavi'lrs and lower levels with Directive supervisory behaviors. The cunciusion was that teachers preferred the principal to evaluate with Directive behaviors. Teachers indicated more depersonalization and, therefore, less satisfaction when required to collaborate. (JD) ***************A******************************************************* * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ********************************************f11************************* ,. 11111.17111MINIMI11111111 Supervision and Burnout 1 Supervision, Burnout, and Evaluation of Instruction Gloria Richardson and Walter E. Sistrunk Mississippi State University Meridian A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Mid-South Educational Research Association U.S. DCPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Oft. of Educational Researth and tr. -movement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERIC) 0 This document has been reproducmd as received from the person or organization or. ,:natin; 0 Minor chancris have been made to Improve reproduction Quality points of view or opmons stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy New Orleans, LA November 13-16, 1990 Running Head: SUPERVISION AND BURNOUT 2 "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE 1 Ms MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC). " "SUPERVISION, BURNOUT, AND EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION" Dr. Gloria Richardson, Adjunct Faculty, Mississippi State University-Meridian and Dr. Walter Sistrunk, Mississippi State University-Meridian The problem in this study was to determine if there was a significant difference between perceived supervisory behaviors and perceived burnout. Data were obtained from 120 secondary teachers in randomlyselected schools having any or all of grades nine through 12. Respondents included two each in English, math, science, and social studies. Two instruments were used: the Maslach Burnout Inventory Form Ed and the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire,
X-ray variability with WFXT: AGNs, transients and more

The Wide Field X-ray Telescope (WFXT) is a proposed mission with a high survey speed, due to the combination of large field of view (FOV) and effective area, i.e. grasp, and sharp PSF across the whole FOV. These characteristics make it suitable to detect a large number of variable and transient X-ray sources during its operating lifetime. Here we present estimates of the WFXT capabilities in the time domain, allowing to study the variability of thousand of AGNs with significant detail, as well as to constrain the rates and properties of hundreds of distant, faint and/or rare objects such as X-ray Flashes/faint GRBs, Tidal Disruption Events, ULXs, Type-I bursts etc. The planned WFXT extragalactic surveys will thus allow to trace variable and transient X-ray populations over large cosmological volumes.
Two-dimensional quantum droplets in dipolar Bose gases

We calculate analytically the quantum and thermal fluctuations corrections of a dilute quasi-two-dimensional Bose-condensed dipolar gas. We show that these fluctuations may change their character from repulsion to attraction in the density-temperature plane owing to the striking momentum dependence of the dipole–dipole interactions. The dipolar instability is halted by such unconventional beyond mean field corrections leading to the formation of a droplet phase. The equilibrium features and coherence properties exhibited by such droplets are deeply discussed. At finite temperature, we find that the equilibrium density crucially depends on the temperature and on the confinement strength and thus, a stable droplet can exist only at ultralow temperature due to the strong thermal fluctuations.
Photosynthetic responses of 15 phytoplankton species to ammonium pulsing

In a series of short-term experiments on marine phytoplankton we found no evidence that transient exposure to high NH,+ concentration led to suppression of initial photosynthesis in 13 species previously grown to steady state under NH,+-limitation in continuous culture. Under similar conditions we found up to 60 % initial suppression of photosynthesis in the chlorophyte Nannochlorissp. and up to 32 % suppression in the prasinophyte Platymonas sp. Recovery followed and was up to 90 % complete by 60 min. These results point toward rather diverse modes of coupling between transient CO, fixation and NH,' uptake, but are consistent with our earlier conclusion that rapid NH,' uptake, but relatively undisturbed photosynthesis is the common response of marine phytoplankton exposed to ephemermal patches of NH,' in the pelagic environment.
Measuring productivity increase by long-run prices: The early analyses of G.R. Porter and R. Giffen

The 19 century economic commentators did not possess a formal measure of the rate at which productivity was increasing during the industrial take-off. Yet they did develop an intuitive method based on the comparative change in prices and wages. This paper reviews the contributions of G.R. Porter and R. Giffen and, in the light of some modern contributions, presents an assessment of their rationality and improvability under current standards. It is argued, in particular, that a proper measure of industrial productivity increase based on the change in real earnings rates is the mathematical dual of a Solovian measure of the industrial Total Factor Productivity growth.
Selected Aspects of Real Estate Appraisers' Professional Training on the background of Economic Theory

Th is study is aimed at presenting the role of economic principles in the real estate valuation process raised in appraisal theory. Th e formulated theses suggest that the reasons for not appreciating economic issues in the appraisal process should be sought in the education system of persons authorised to perform real estate appraisals. In order to research how economy theory was adapted by appraisal theory and practice, several commonly available information sources were reviewed. Th e table shows the kinds of principles, in the order mentioned by the authors of studies. Some information about education system of property valuers in Poland and Lithuania was discussed. In order to verify how the appraisal principles described herein are used in practice, a survey was conducted among Polish appraisers. Th e Polish respondents’ answers confi rm the diagnosis of the article’s authors as to the necessity to devote more time to these issues when preparing candidates for the profession of property appraiser.
Operator’s behaviour measuring methodology inside off-road vehicle cabin, operator’s focusing scheme

Operator’s workplace design takes a priority to be developed in order to reach the highest possible level of Quality, Safety and productivity. Continual improvement of the workplace is yield from studies carried out on different approaches, each approach shall keep into consideration many aspects, in this research; the results will be used for feeding the productivity aspects with valuable and reliable input data using relatively simple engineering solutions. This research is made based on literature of the accumulated knowledge from diverse fields in which different studies and analysis are made to provide the necessary input for Human Centred Design process, adopting the-state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies used for data collection and analysis for Human behaviour inside the dedicated workplace. Better understanding of the operator’s Gaze in addition to the change according to the mental and physical workloads inside the tractor cabin will lead to optimal designs for higher productivity operation.
Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of Material

Access the most recent version at DOI: 2010, 197:20-27. BJP Rajesh Sagar, Kate Scott, Adley Tsang, Svetlozar M. Vassilev, David R. Williams and Matthew K. Nock Florescu, Oye Gureje, Itsuko Horiguchi, Chiyi Hu, Viviane Kovess, Daphna Levinson, Jose Posada-Villa, Matthias Angermeyer, Corina Benjet, Evelyn Bromet, Giovanni de Girolamo, Ron de Graaf, Silvia Hwang, Elie G. Karam, Ronald C. Kessler, Nancy Sampson, Jordi Alonso, Laura Helena Andrade, Ronny Bruffaerts, Koen Demyttenaere, Guilherme Borges, Josep Maria Haro, Wai Tat Chiu, Irving suicidal behaviour Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of
Electron microscopy methods to overcome the challenges of structural heterogeneity and preferred orientations in small (sub-500 kDa) macromolecular complexes

Author(s): Lipscomb, Dawn Michelle | Advisor(s): Nogales, Eva | Abstract: While cryo-EM imaging technology and software suites have led to a “resolution revolution”, the poor reproducibility and inefficiency offered by current specimen preparation techniques remain challenges largely unexamined and under-prized. Regardless of camera or software proficiency, a poor-quality specimen will always produce an equivalently substandard 3D reconstruction. To further advance the high-resolution EM pipeline and establish quality control for grid specimens, we tested three techniques to assess optimum conditions for vitrification of small (l500kDa), multi-subunit biological macromolecular complexes. We performed specimen optimization for a 300kDa, five-component, macromolecular complex, PRC2. PRC2 is a key regulator of gene silencing in eukaryotes and mutations in its catalytic subunit, Ezh2, are linked to a number of human cancers and degenerative diseases. To date, no high-resolution structure of the complete complex has been solved. PRC2 presents a number of unique challenges for the structural biologist, including its small size, highly flexible regions, and conformation heterogeneity. A high-resolution structure of PRC2 would provide unparalleled insight into the biochemical mechanisms that mediate gene silencing by methylation of histone tails. For these reasons, PRC2 is an ideal candidate for optimizing cryo-EM grid preparation techniques translatable to similar complexes and for future research. Previous EM studies of PRC2 revealed a distinct preferred orientation when bound to carbon substrates, necessitating the collection of tens of thousands of images to generate a complete structure containing high-resolution features. To overcome this impediment, we experimented with two other grid specimen preparation techniques. First, we vitrified solution-suspended PRC2 in open holes on carbon mesh support. Despite modifications of chemical and physical buffer and substrate parameters to stabilize the complex, denaturation upon surface binding at the air-water interface and dissociation of the complex during vitrification proved insurmountable. We next tested a method of affinity binding to a streptavidin monolayer substrate covering the holes of a carbon mesh support. We found that chemically biotinylated PRC2 was intact, monodisperse, and bound the grid in random orientations, all factors critical to high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination. Negative stain EM analysis revealed a more even distribution of views for 3D reconstruction. From these results, we conclude that streptavidin monolayer substrates are an option for overcoming the obstacle of preferred orientations for small complexes and provide an easily reproducible protocol for grid preparation.
THE EFFECT OF VOLUNTARY AUDIT FIRM SWITCH ON AUDIT QUALITY

Bu calismanin amaci, gonullu denetim kurulusu degisikliklerinin bagimsiz denetim kalitesi uzerindeki etkilerini incelemektir. Bagimsiz denetim kalitesinin gostergesi olarak ihtiyari tahakkuklarin kullanildigi calisma, 2011-2016 yillari arasinda Borsa Istanbul’da (BIST) islem goren imalat sanayi sirketleri ornekleminde en kucuk kareler regresyon yontemi kullanilarak gerceklestirilmistir. Arastirmanin temel sonucu, gonullu denetim kurulusu degisikliginin denetim kalitesini negatif olarak etkiledigini gostermistir. Ayrica, gonullu degisiklik sonrasinda, hem 4 buyuklerce hem de 4 buyukler disindakilerce denetlenen sirketlerde, pozitif ihtiyari tahakkuklarda artis ve dolayisiyla denetim kalitesinde dusus gerceklesmistir. Diger taraftan, 4 buyuklerden 4 buyuklere gonullu denetim kurulusu degisikliginde, denetim kalitesinde artis; diger denetim kuruluslarindan 4 buyuklere gonullu denetim kurulusu degisikligi durumunda ise denetim kalitesinde azalis gorulmustur.
Early Warning Indicator Model of Financial Developments Using an Ordered Logit

The recent financial crisis has demonstrated in an impressive way that boom/bust cycles can have devastating effects on the real economy. This paper aims at contributing to the literature on early warning indicator exercises for asset price development. Using a sample of 17 industrialised OECD countries and the euro area over the period 1969 Q1 - 2011 Q2, an asset price composite indicator incorporating developments in both stock and house price markets is constructed. The latter is then further developed in order to identify periods that can be characterised as asset price booms and busts. The subsequent empirical analysis is based on an ordered logit-type approach incorporating several monetary, financial and real variables. Following some statistical tests, credit aggregates, the interest rate spread together with the house price growth gap and stock price developments appear to be useful indicators for the prediction of asset price developments.
Influence of vacuum on kinetic of low quality rapeseed oil amidation by aminoethylethanolamine

The process of direct amidation of low­grade canola oil with high free fatty acids content has been researched. Influence of different technological parameters on consumption of reagents and accumulation of reaction products have been established for the temperature of reaction 160 °С. Concentrations of esters, free fatty acids, alkylimidazolines and amine components have been determined during the reaction time. Application of vacuum during the amidation process has great influence on free fatty acids consumption as well as on alkylimidazoline formation. Effective rate constants have been calculated for reactions of conversion of free fatty acids and esters into amides with and without vacuum. It has been determined that effective rate constant of free fatty acids consumption under atmospheric pressure is three times lower than under vacuum 40–60 mm. Hg. as well as those for esters. Along with an increase in free fatty acids consumption, the speed of alkylimidazolines formation rapidly increases with vacuum applying. Such effect is explained by shifting of equilibrium in reactions of free fatty acids consumption and alkylimidazoline formation by removing of reaction water by vacuum. Formation of amides of fatty acids and alkylimidazolines confirmed by IR­spectroscopy.
Egalitarian Aspects of Scale-free Networks

Scale-free networks are frequently described as the zenith of inequality and sometimes even pin-pointed as a natural cause of concentrations, including accumulation of resources in human society. Although coherent with theory and empirical data, there are at least three aspects of scale-free networks that are egalitarian. Using the social network metaphor (which is easier to grasp): 1) the presence of each agent (vertex or component) in diverse networks, while each agent has the same amount of resources (e.g. time) for engaging (establishing links or edges) with other individual agents, ideas or objects; 2) the constant change in the concentration of resources (in this case, links) of each agent; 3) the uniform distribution of resources with respect to the amount of resources per agent (the more resources per agent, the fewer the agents). We also consider the importance of vertices that are not hubs and overstatements on the importance of the hubs. The conclusions suggest the urge of research to better examine and model the relevance of the vertices that are not hubs (i.e. peripheral and intermediary) and verify the need to better weight the emphasis current literature places in the association of inequality to the scale-free networks (and other phenomena in which power laws are found).
Anti-Colitis Effects of Brown Rice Reported by Experimental Studies

Brown (unpolished) rice is a good source of vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber and is consumed as a health food, particularly in Asian countries. Although a limited number of studies have investigated the anti-colitis effects of brown rice, including rice bran and treated brown rice, some have reported the protective effects of brown rice in animal models of dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in the following settings: 1) Rice bran oil, 2) Brown rice fermented by Aspergillus oryzae, 3) Enzyme-treated rice fiber, and 4) Kurozu (fermented vinegar made from brown rice). The possible mechanisms underlying the anti-colitis effects of brown rice include anti-oxidant effects, inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine production, myeloperoxidase activity, neutrophil infiltration in the colonic mucosa, activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), and improvement of dysbiosis. However, the active components in dietary products derived from brown rice or treated brown rice have not yet been identified. This report summarizes the studies demonstrating the anti-colitis effects of brown rice or treated brown rice in animal models of colitis.