Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Experiment study on the corrosion mechanism of mortar anchor solid

With the wide application of anchored structures in various engineering, their durability and service life have become an important issue in the development of anchoring technique. The cement mortar is an important constituent of anchored structures, and the durability of the cement mortar is one of the main factors influencing anchored structures. In this paper, the method of indoor accelerated test is adopted, various unfavourable factors in the actual environment are simulated, the test data of cement mortar corrosion are obtained in a relatively short time. The research results of this thesis can provide scientific basis for the corrosion resistance of anchor cement mortar.
Effect of Sexual Deprivation Stress on Bone of Albino Female Rats

Sexual deprivation stress leads to mental or sexual disorder that can occur after exposure to relative long period of not having sexual relation. Objective: The present work was undertaken to evaluate the possible effects of sexual deprivation on bone remodeling. Materials and Methods: Forty mature adult rats (twenty males and twenty females), of local strains were chosen to be the model of this work , 120-140 gm and aged two months old . They were kept on special formulated diet and tap water was freely allowed. The rats were housed in a wire mesh cage with plastic floor. Each cage was 25 Χ 25 Χ 30 cm . All rats were housed in a laboratory room subjected to normal light dark cycle, All rats were kept for 21 days in the laboratory room at comfortable room temperature for adaption before any experimental interference and to allow a copulation between male and female before deprivation. The whole length of experiment was two months i.e. twelve estrous cycle. The rats were randomly divided into two equal groups, control group, experimental group. Experimental group were exposed to sexual deprivation for 40 days. Vaginal smear examination, was performed approximately at the same time each day over the course of study for detection of acopulatory plug or by observation of spermatozoa in the vaginal smear . Also determination of serum estrogen, progesterone, calcium, phosphorus, parathormone and alkaline phosphatase enzyme in all female rats was done at the end of experiment. Also, morphology of bone and ovary in all female rats were evaluated at the end of experiment. Results: Experimental group showed significant decreased in serum calcium, estrogen and progesterone hormones compared to control group and significant increased in serum parathormone hormone, blood phosphorous level and alkaline phosphatase enzyme compared to control group. As regard histological picture of bone, our results showed that abnormal structure of bone that consisted of discrete cortex and epiphyseal plate (cartilage). Conclusion: The female rats alleged to sexual deprivation may suffer from alteration in the metabolism of bones which may lead to pathological disease called osteoporosis. Bull. of Egyp. Soc. Physiol. Sci. (Official Journal of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences) (pISSN: 1110-0842; eISSN: 2356-9514) Corresponding author: Ahmed Gadalla, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Assuit, Egypt. Email: ahmedgadeallah@gmail.com – phone: 01006563412 Keywords
Etablissement des valeurs de référence de l’électrocardiogramme du singe Cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) provenant de l’île Maurice

Macaca fascicularis est un primate non humain frequemment utilise en experimentation animale comme modele de toxicologie cardiaque. L’utilisation de l’ECG comme indicateur de repercussion cardiovasculaire d’un principe actif est tres repandue. Le but de ce travail a ete de determiner des valeurs de reference de l’ECG de singes Cynomolgus vigiles provenant de l’ile Maurice a posteriori pour les derivations DI, DII, DIII, aVR, aVL et aVF, ainsi que l’axe cardiaque. Un effectif de 164 animaux sains (aucune anomalie clinique ou biologique) a participe a cette etude. Les intervalles de reference ont ete determines selon une methode non-parametrique a l’aide du graticiel Reference Value Advisor. L’effet sexe a ete etudie.
Causal Recipes Sufficient for Identifying Market Gurus versus Mavens

Prior research focusing on the market maven (MM) neglects to consider the possible existence of people who may represent an important source of marketplace information for MMs—the market guru (MG). A “market guru” is a consumer others frequently seek out for advice but who does not seek advice from others. In contrast to MG, a MM is a consumer who other consumers frequently ask for advice and who frequently seeks advice from others. This study raises the proposition that a greater share of MGs versus MMs are innovators, that is, individuals who rely on technical reports to become the first to adopt new products in her or his community. This study applies fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fs/QCA) to distinguish between MMs and MGs using multi-year data from a national U.S. omnibus survey. The findings support several propositions distinguishing MGs from MMs. MMs evaluate themselves as great influencers of consumers, highly sensitive to normative susceptibility, and possessing superior taste. However, MGs evaluate themselves exactly the opposite from MMs on these conditions. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0095-9.ch014
A Critical Evaluation of ESL Learners in Iran Context

the present research, using a researcher-made questionnaire which was validated in a pilot study, was first to evaluate second language learners’ critical thinking disposition who are learning English at different levels In Iran’s private English institutes (elementary, intermediate and advanced levels) and their teachers’ critical thinking disposition towards social problems such as religious and ethnic minorities, social inequality, power dominance, culture diversity, gender differentiation and colonialism and second to see if the participants’ critical thinking disposition was negatively or positively oriented. Findings of the study in case of research question one shows that only regarding religious and ethnic minorities based on the ChiSquare . 020 which was less than the critical value . 05, there are significant differences among the four groups’ critical thinking disposition, while there have been no significant differences among the four groups regarding other variables. Regarding the second question of the study which asked if the participants’ critical thinking disposition was negatively or positively oriented based on the binomial test result for all variables which was . 000 less than the critical value . 05, it was shown that second language learners and their teachers were significantly and positively critical thinkers towards social problems mentioned in the first question. This study can improve ESL scholars' conception of an ESL/EFL learner and further promote ideas in regard to material development in ESL/EFL context.
Southern Ocean bottom water characteristics in CMIP5 models

Southern Ocean deep water properties and formation processes in climate models are indicative of their capability to simulate future climate, heat and carbon uptake, and sea level rise. Southern Ocean temperature and density averaged over 1986–2005 from 15 CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) climate models are compared with an observed climatology, focusing on bottom water. Bottom properties are reasonably accurate for half the models. Ten models create dense water on the Antarctic shelf, but it mixes with lighter water and is not exported as bottom water as in reality. Instead, most models create deep water by open ocean deep convection, a process occurring rarely in reality. Models with extensive deep convection are those with strong seasonality in sea ice. Optimum bottom properties occur in models with deep convection in the Weddell and Ross Gyres. Bottom Water formation processes are poorly represented in ocean models and are a key challenge for improving climate predictions.
Key contextual success factors for employee innovative behavior: A study in a foreign manufacturing subsidiary in China

Abstract Employee innovative behavior has been recognized as a key enabler for competitiveness in China. As more and more foreign multinational companies (MNCs) are setting up innovation activities in China, fostering employee innovative behavior is playing an increasingly central role in their development strategies. However, while there is an abundance of literature on contextual success factors to foster employee innovative behavior set in Western contexts, there has been little attention on the impact of culture-specifics in China. Also, there has been limited effort to determine the relative importance of the factors and define which ones are key. We address these gaps by conducting a Delphi study set in a foreign manufacturing subsidiary in China. Among a list of 24 success factors identified in extant literature, our results reveal reward and pay, cross-functional cooperation and company innovation strategy as the three most important factors to foster employee innovative behavior in China. We discuss these factors as to why they play a vital role for Chinese employees and finally we provide practical suggestions for implementing them. These include the set up of transparent guidelines for rewards, enhancing cross-functional cooperation and setting aligned goals among different functions.
The Scientific Study of Judicial Activism

Claims of judicial activism are common, from both the right and the left, but they are seldom scrutinized closely. Prior tests of judicial activism have involved simply counting the number of cases in which justices vote to invalidate statutes. This data provides a rough guide but omits any consideration of the judicial legitimacy of the statute - a decision to strike down a plainly unconstitutional statute is appropriate judicial behavior. To provide a better test, we adjust the count of statutory invalidations for each justice of the Burger Court, based upon the degree to which the votes show a consistent ideological direction, the degree to which the votes ignore the Solicitor General's position, and the number of justices who joined the decision that the statute was unconstitutional. This provides a somewhat more refined measure of the comparative activism of the recent justices. We conclude that the conservatives of the Rehnquist Court tended to be the most activist justices, but their activism paled next to the liberal activism of some justices of the Burger Court.
A New Transient Impedance-Based Algorithm for Earth Fault Detection in Medium Voltage Networks

This paper presents a new earth-fault detection algorithm for unearthed (isolated) and compensated neutral medium voltage (MV) networks. The proposed algorithm is based on capacitance calculation from transient impedance and dominant transient frequency. The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) method is used to determine the dominant transient frequency. The values of voltage and current earth modes are calculated in the period of the dominant transient frequency, then the transient impedance can be determined, from which we can calculate the earth capacitance. The calculated capacitance gives an indication about if the feeder is faulted or not. The algorithm is less dependent on the fault resistance and the faulted feeder parameters; it mainly depends on the background network. The network is simulated by ATP/EMTP program. Several different fault conditions are covered in the simulation process, different fault inception angles, fault locations and fault resistances.
Contribution à l'évaluation objective de la qualité d'images couleur estimées par dématriçage

Les travaux menes dans cette these portent sur le dematricage d'images integre dans une camera couleur mono capteur. Ce type de camera acquiert une seule composante couleur en chaque pixel grâce a un filtre CFA (Colour Filter Array) spectralement selectif. La procedure dite de dematricage consiste a estimer les deux composantes couleur manquantes en chaque pixel pour obtenir une image couleur. Nous proposons donc de determiner, parmi les methodes de dematricage, celles qui fournissent des images couleur les mieux adaptees a l’analyse automatique des images. Dans un premier temps, nous presentons les principes de l’acquisition d’images numeriques couleur par les cameras mono capteur. Apres avoir explique l’influence de la structure du CFA sur la performance du dematricage, nous focalisons nos etudes sur le dematricage d’image issue du CFA de Bayer. Une formalisation mathematique du dematricage de l’image CFA en image couleur est ensuite proposee avant de presenter les nombreuses methodes de dematricage parues dans la litterature ainsi que les post-traitements qui corrigent les couleurs estimees par dematricage. Puis, nous nous interessons aux criteres d'evaluation de la qualite des images estimees par dematricage. En premier lieu, nous decrivons les differents artefacts pouvant etre generes par le dematricage ainsi que la formation de ces artefacts, ce qui permet de bien cerner les limites atteintes par les criteres classiques d’evaluation de la qualite des images estimees. Nous proposons alors deux mesures originales qui quantifient la presence de chaque type d'artefacts (fausse couleur et effet de fermeture eclair). Enfin, nous presentons de nouveaux criteres bases sur l’analyse de primitives extraites des images, en mesurant la qualite des contours qui y sont detectes.
Is there Dependence Between Process Maturity and Process Performance?

During recent years the world has seen rapid changes such as globalization, the Internet, and the rise of new economies. To survive these changes organizations need to be in control of their processes, and be able to continuously improve the process performance. Therefore many organizations are increasingly adopting Business Process Management (BPM). However, it is not clear if the implementation of BPM(S) is really adding value to an organization. Consequently, in this paper, we try to answer the following research question: ‘Does adoption of Business Process Management lead to a higher process performance? ’ Based on quantitative research we show that there is dependence between the performance of processes within an organization and the BPM maturity of that organization. As a result we conclude that improvement in process performance can be attained by increasing the BPM maturity of an organization.
An Improved Double-threshold Cooperative Spectrum Sensing Algorithm

In order to improve the detection performance of double-threshold cooperative spectrum sensing scheme (DCSS), we provide an improved double-threshold cooperative spectrum sensing algorithm (IDCSS). Differing from DCSS, IDCSS doesn't always need all CR users send their local sensing message to FC. In IDCSS, fusion center (FC) successively merges the sensing results from each Cognitive Radio (CR) user and meanwhile makes the decision that whether the primary user (PU) is present or not depending on current-received sensing results. Once FC can determine that PU is present, it will broadcast this message to all CR users. Then those users which still wait for sending their sensing results will stop the sending behavior. Otherwise, FC receives and merges the next CR user's sensing result continuously. Simulation results show that the IDCSS can achieve better detection performance with smaller data overhead than the DCSS.
Young Muslim Women Participating in School Sport

This paper explores the participation of Muslim girls in Health, Physical Education (HPE) and Sports in Brisbane Muslim and non-Muslim schools. The debate of Muslim women's' participation in sports is strongly entwined with firmly held beliefs inherited through culture, religion, politics and tradition regarding the female body. Specifically, this study examines how Muslim female students interpret their participation in HPE and other school sporting activities. Muslim women experience certain difficulties, including undertaking strenuous exercise during the fasting month of Ramadan, mixed-gender participation and problematic dress codes. Additionally, because of reasons of religious and cultural ethnicity, they could confront certain constrictions in extracurricular activities. This paper seeks to develop an understanding of the importance of HPE and other sporting activities in the lives of Muslim girls accompanied by the views of parents and teachers; informed by in-depth, open-ended and semi-structured interviews with Muslim girls, their parents and teachers from Muslim and non-Muslim schools of Brisbane. Essentially, this paper presents the views of high school girls about their own involvement in HPE and other sporting activities. A phenomenological approach is adopted and the data is analysed using the Grounded Theory approach. Some of the findings of this study reveal that Muslim girls who attended the non-Muslim schools, in general are struggling between the cultural and religious limitations when it comes to their participation in sporting activities. The schools are making efforts to accommodate the needs of Muslim students but appear to be constrained by views of Muslim modesty impacting on their capacity to undertake many of the activities associated with HPE/Sport. However, this study reveals that the Muslim girls in Islamic schools are interested in participating in sport. Indeed, female students and their parents are very happy with their participation and encourage it. The insights gained from this study contribute to fostering a better understanding of the challenges Muslim girls face when it comes to their participation in HPE/Sport. Furthermore, it could also assist school leaders to make changes in educational settings, so as to enable Muslim girls to participate in HPE/Sport.
Emotion Classification and Detection

Energy-in-Motion is symbol of living hoods. This Energy-in –Motion is also knows as emotion. Digitization and Globalization change our traditional ways of living . This change are not only in physical but also physiological and hence , new generation is in a dilemma of unfit and unequipped also this has not a mental and physical strength to face and handle the emotional phases in for example stress or negative emotion . Now everyone is a part of race of success, from day one of school students enters in a world of in competition and stress. From the Kids to the youth are in stress of examination. Kids are missing there childhood. To bring their original age on their face is a need of understanding, Communication between the parents, teachers and friends. Right actions at can pull out them from the stress. Hence researchers are working with this area of stress management. For our research work we simply tried to build a system ‘Emotion Analysis using Rule base system. ’ Which can help to detect and classify the emotions?
POLLUTION AND HUMAN HEALTH

Over the last three decades there has been increasing global concern over the public health impacts attributed to environmental pollution, in particular, the global burden of disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about a quarter of the diseases facing mankind today occur due to prolonged exposure to environmental pollution. Recent reports have shown that approximately around 50,000 people dies daily due to water pollution only. The main reason behind this rapid increase in pollution is the Human greed of development and industrialization. Recent reports have shown that with this rapid rate of conservation of natural sources of energy, natural biomass sources would completely vanish from the earth in less than 20years. Clearly, Human Greed has taken over human need of development. In this blind race of industrialization, mankind has forgotten that how much it is affecting our environment and what drastic results would occur if we continue to disrespect the nature. With this rate of pollution, many severe issues such as Global Warming and depletion of ozone layer etc. In the 8 years that have passed, the political context of environment and health has evolved. As highlighted in EEA's The European Environment— state and outlook 2010 the policy focus is increasingly shifting from single environmental pollution issues towards systemic challenges regarding the maintenance of ecosystem resilience and the delivery of ecosystem services to human society. Environment and health is not just 'an aspect' of environmental policy, it is at the heart of it. In fact, it is central to Europe's ambition to move towards a Green Economy. With this report, taking stock of the most pertinent environment and health issues, and combining the expertise of our two institutes in environmental reporting and scientific research, we hope to contribute to this goal.
A REVIEW OF GERARDIIDAE (ANTHOZOA: ZOANTHARIA) FROM THE MACARONESIAN ISLANDS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

We describe the new species of the zoanthid Gerardia macaronesica exclusively known from Macaronesian islands (Azores, Madeira, Canarias y Cabo Verde). Moreover, we offer diagnostic data in order to distinguish properly G. macaronesica from G. savaglia which is the other known species of the family Gerardiidae. The ecological requirements and the nature of the association between G. macaronesica and the antipatharians are discussed. A complete study of the cnidom measurements of both species is offered; in addition, the cnidom images of G. savaglia are also showed and some biogeographycal considerations are taking in account.
Natural History and Ecology of the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Plains Coquí, Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi Ríos-López and Thomas, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) 1

3 Abstract: We documented the population dynamics and reproductive biology of Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi from a fresh water herbaceous wetland. The species' population density increased only during the rainy months (May to November) and decreased during the dryer months (January to April). The species showed microhabitat selection for perching/calling, and for egg clutch deposition. Egg clutches were exclusively found on leaf axils of large individuals of Sagittaria lancifolia (bulltongue arrowhead). Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi has the second highest proportion of multiple clutches produced among Puerto Rican Eleutherodactylus. The species displays no parental care, making it the third species in the genus with no parental care. Egg masses in clutches are enclosed in a thick jelly layer, which is unique among Puerto Rican Eleutherodactylus. The species' population dynamics is influenced by a synergism between availability of suitable sites for reproduction, rainfall seasonality, and a presumable important contribution from the species' egg morphology as a reproductive strategy leading to high hatching success without parental care.
Car-free urban areas

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