Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mechanical and Durability Properties of Concrete Made with Used Foundry Sand as Fine Aggregate

In recent years, the construction industry has been faced with a decline in the availability of natural sand due to the growth of the industry. On the other hand, the metal casting industries are being forced to find ways to safely dispose of waste foundry sand (FS). With the aim of resolving both of these issues, an investigation was carried out on the reuse of waste FS as an alternative material to natural sand in concrete production, satisfied with relevant international standards. The physical and chemical properties of the FS were addressed. The influence of FS on the behaviour of concrete was evaluated through strength and durability properties. The test results revealed that compared to the concrete mixtures with a substitution rate of 30%, the control mixture had a strength value that was only 6.3% higher, and this enhancement is not particularly high. In a similar manner, the durability properties of the concrete mixtures containing FS up to 30% were relatively close to those of control mixture. From the test results, it is suggested that FS with a substitution rate of up to 30% can be effectively used in concrete production without affecting the strength and durability properties of the concrete.
Effect of Binary Combinations of Buffalo, Cow and Goat Dung with Different Agro Wastes on Reproduction and Development of Earthworm Eisenia fetida (Haplotoxida: Lumbricidae)

The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of binary combination of different animal dung with agro-wastes on the reproduction and development of earthworm Eisenia fetida. There was significantly increase in reproduction rate as cocoon production in binary combination of buffalo dung with wheat straw 0.160±0.016 cocoons worm day . The net weight gain by E. fetida was significantly highest in buffalo dung 11
Physicochemical characteristics of commercial coconut oils produced in India

The physico-chemical characteristics and phytonutrient compositions of commercially available coconut oils [prepared from either copra (unrefined coconut oil- UCNO; Refined Bleached and Deodorized coconut oil- RBDCNO) or from milk extracted from wet mature coconut (virgin coconut oil- VCNO)] were analyzed and compared with the quality of VCNO. The color (2.6, 0.0, 1.6 lovibond units), free fatty acid value (0.61, 0.58, 0.53%), and peroxide value (1.35, 0.0, 0.0 meq.O 2 Kg −1 ) of UCNOs, VCNOs, and RBDCNOs, respectively, indicated higher units of color and peroxide value for UCNOs, and similar free fatty acid values to the other two oils. The UCNOs showed a slightly lower saponification value and higher iodine value as compared to VCNO. The composition of lauric acid (55.8%), medium chain fatty acids (69.65%) and medium chain triglycerides (59.27%) mainly dicapricmonolaurin (14.32%), dilauricmonocaprin (18.89%) and trilaurin (21.88%) were significantly higher in VCNO. The % phytosterol, phenolics and tocopherol + tocotrienol contents of UCNOs, VCNO and RBDCNO were 83.7, 54.9 and 81.4 mg; 9.4, 1.8 and 2.1 mg; 4.9, 2.8 and 4 mg, respectively. In UCNOs the values were significantly higher than in VCNO and RBDCNO. These results showed that UCNOs have more phytonutrients compared to VCNO and RBDCNO.
A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility: Different Signals in Different Industries

This study investigates the relation between individual dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance in different industries. Using Kinder, Lydenberg and Domini (KLD) social ratings, we find that investors seem to be more sensitive to the dimension “Environment” in mining and manufacturing sectors while they seem to be more sensitive to the dimension “Employees’ welfare” in the service industry. Our results also suggest that investors perceive an additional financial risk from firm’s irresponsible behavior and consequently, they are more pre-occupied by eventual losses caused by firms’ social irresponsibility than by potential financial gains from corporate social performance.
Incentive-Restricted Mechanism to Department Manager in the Process of Knowledge Transfer in the Guarantee Enterprise Under Condition of Asymmetric Information

Guarantee industry is recognized as the high-risk industry in the world, and business risks and personnel risks are two main risks that guarantee enterprises face. Nowadays, guarantee enterprises in China, have great requirements for high quality and ability of the business personnel, but the labor market cannot supply enough talented guarantee people, and this phenomenon highlights the importance and urgency for the guarantee enterprises to provide business personnel training programs. This paper uses the principal-agent theory to explain the incentive-restricted mechanism of preventing department managers’ moral hazard under the real condition of information asymmetry, and verify the validity of theory model of mathematical analysis through an empirical research.
Magnetic behaviour of thin films produced by depositing pre-formed Fe and Co nanoclusters

We have studied the magnetic behaviour of ultra-thin films produced by depositing pre-formed gas phase Fe and Co nanoclusters, containing typically a few hundred atoms, in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions. Two types of sample were prepared, that is, clusters embedded at very low volume fractions (⩽2%) within Ag matrices to obtain the isolated particle properties, and pure cluster-assembled films with no matrix that were transferred without a capping layer into the magnetometer in UHV. The dilute assemblies both display ideal superparamagnetism, with an H/T scaling of the magnetization curves, above 50 K for Fe clusters and 150 K for Co clusters. Fitting the magnetization data above these temperatures to Langevin functions enabled an accurate determination of the size distribution and gave a median size of 3 nm for the Fe and 2.8 nm for the Co clusters. At 2 K the magnetic isotherms are characteristic of assemblies of blocked particles with a uniaxial anisotropy axis and anisotropy constants of 2.6×105 and 7.7×105 J m-3 for Fe and Co particles respectively. The magnetic behaviour of the pure cluster films was analysed using a random anisotropy model including parameters determined from the isolated cluster films. The approach to saturation of the Fe and Co cluster films indicates that the ground state is a correlated super-spin glass over the temperature range 10-300 K in both cases.
Agency problems and capital expenditure announcements

This article examines the market valuation of announcements of new capital expenditure. Prior research suggests that the firm's growth opportunities and cash flow position condition the market response. This study jointly examines the role of growth and cash flow, and the interaction between them. Using a new data set of Australian firms that avoids problems associated with expectations models, the results are remarkably strong and support a positive association between growth opportunities and the market valuation, in addition to supporting the role of free cash flow. The findings have implications for the relationship between general investment information and stock prices.
THE EFFECT OF HYDROALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF OAK FRUIT HUSKS ON LIVER IN RAT (WISTAR)

Introduction: The revitalizing properties of medicinal herbs have long been an interest of human beings. Oak (Quercus castaneifolia) is a tree that is widely used in herbal medicine in addition to boasting some nutritional values. Given that some medicinal plants have certain side effects, the present study investigates the effect of the hydroalcoholic extract of oak fruit husk on liver function in rats. Materials and Methods: In the present study, 50 Wistar rats weighing approximately 200 ± 15 g were taken and housed under standard conditions. After determining the lethal dose of the hydroalcoholic extract of oak fruit husk and consequently its preparation, 30, 60 and 120 mg/kg/w.bt doses of the extract were selected and injected intraperitoneally to the treatment rats on a daily basis. The rats were divided into five groups, including the negative control group (receiving no treatments), the sham control group (receiving oak fruit husk solvent) and three treatment groups. After 21 days, the blood samples of rats were collected and the serums were biochemically analyzed. Data obtained were then analyzed in SPPS-17 software using the ANOVA test and the groups were compared with each other using Duncan's post hoc test. Results: According to results obtained, the serum levels of all three liver enzymes (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase) had significantly increased in the treatment groups compared to the negative and sham control groups (p<0.01). In the treatment group, with the maximum dose of the extract, protein, cholesterol and LDH had significantly decreased. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the hydroalcoholic extract of oak fruit husk disrupts liver function, and this disruption appears to be due to the doses used. It is therefore recommended to remove the oak fruit husk from the acorn prior to consumption.
Investigation of Home Agent Load Balancing, Failure Detection and Recovery in IPv6 Network-based Mobility

Mobile IPv6 came as an extensively acknowledged technology to support mobility in networks. Home agents are in charge for the registration of mobile devices and act as a key entity for the tunneling of data packets to the corresponding registered mobile nodes. A single home agent has an administrative control over the critical tasks including home agent registration management, maintenance of cache data and tunneling of data packets to the mobile nodes that are away from their home networks and so on. However in this approach, home agent act as the sole failure point, which gave rise to the placement of multiple home agents to overcome this issue. The load balancing mechanism for multiple home agent deployment faces the problem of improper load sharing, signaling overhead and synchronization issues. Moreover, failure detection and recovery mechanism is inefficient in nature. It experiences a significant delay in tunneling of data packets and suffers from disconnection making it incompetent for the use in real time applications. Hence, this paper investigates and analyzes the various load balancing mechanisms of mobile IPv6. In addition, it presents the comparative study of the failure detection and recovery mechanism of existing methods. Finally, it concludes that future work can be extended in the domain of distributed active load sharing mechanism and proactive failure detection.
Underlying tonal representation of Kagoshima Japanese accentual contrast

Kagoshima Japanese (KJ) is a so-called two-pattern Japanese dialect which exhibits a two-way accentual contrast. This two-way accentual contrast is [LHL] (i.e. sakura LHL ‘cherry blossom’, kagaribi LLHL ‘watch fire’) and [LH] (i.e. usagi LLH ‘rabbit’, kakimono LLLH ‘document’), where n = zero or a positive integer. Although the details of the KJ accentual contrast can be easily expressed, as seen from the above examples, different phonological approaches have produced different analyses of KJ’s accentual contrast. Some treat KJ as a pitch-accent dialect like Standard Japanese (SJ), whereas others treat KJ as a tone dialect (McCawley, 1970; Haraguchi, 1977; Shibatani, 1979; Hayata, 1987; Smith, 1997). Based on the acoustic-phonetic descriptions of KJ’s tonality using the z-score normalisation technique, Ishihara (2004) discussed the surface tonal representations of KJ’s accentual contrast using the Autosegmental-Metrical (AM) model of intonation (Pierrehumbert and Beckman, 1988). In the current study, I use the AM model to discuss the underlying tonal representations of KJ’s accentual contrast with particular focus on the derivational process leading to the surface tonal representations and the fundamental frequency (F0) differences of KJ’s accentual contrast. Using the lexical tonal representations of KJ’s accentual contrast as evidence, I demonstrate that in a comparison of SJ and KJ, KJ is closer to proto-typical tone languages. Finally, I argue that the F0 realisation differences of KJ’s accentual contrast can be phonetically explained by the proposed underlying representations.
Designing milk fat for the new Millennium by dietary strategies.

The nutritional value and the physical characteristics of milk fat can be enhanced by the inclusion of rumen protected lipid supplements in the diet of lactating ruminants. Feeding protected canola/soybean (70/30; w/w), significantly increased the proportion of C18:1 cis (oleic acid), C18:2 (linoleic acid) and C18:3 (linolenic). Feeding protected soybean/tuna oil (70/30; w/w) significantly increased the proportion of C18:2 (linoleic acid), C18:3 (linolenic), C20:5 (EPA-eicosapentaenoic acid) and C22:6 (DHAdocosahexaenoic acid) while, feeding conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) /casein (1:1; w/w) supplements protected from ruminal hydrogenation increased the CLA isomers 9cis 11trans, 10trans 12cis. There was a reduction in the C16:0 (palmitic acid) by feeding protected supplements. Feeding rumen protected fat supplements enables the dairy industry to provide consumers with milk products containing structurally important dietary fats that are required for specific biological processes including vision and neural development, anticancer substances and the dietary modification of genetically linked disorders ie, heart disease.
A Marrella-Like Arthropod from the Cambrian of Australia: A New Link Between “Orsten”-Type and Burgess Shale Assemblages

An isolated exopod in uncompressed three-dimensional “Orsten”-type preservation from the Cambrian of Australia represents a new species of Marrellomorpha, Austromarrella klausmuelleri gen. et sp. nov. The exopod is composed of at least 17 annuli. Each of the proximal annuli carries a pair of lamellae: one lamella on the lateral side and one on the median side. The distal annuli bear stout spines in the corresponding position instead of lamellae, most likely representing early ontogenetic equivalents of the lamellae. The new find extends the geographical range of the taxon Marrellomorpha. Additionally, it offers a partial view into marrellomorph ontogeny. The occurrence of a marrellomorph fragment in “Orsten”-type preservation provides new palaeo-ecological insights into the possible connections between the “Orsten” biotas and other fossil Lagerstätten. Finding such connections is necessary for understanding the complex ecosystems of early Palaeozoic times.
Performance of real-time and post-IHOP mesoscale models in determining storm type and evolution for the IHOP-2002 experimental period

During the International H2O Project (IHOP), held in the Kansas/Oklahoma area during the late spring of 2002, the NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) ran special configurations of the RUC (Rapid Update Cycle, Benjamin et al. 2004) and MM5 models in real-time to support IHOP forecast and nowcast activities, as well as to assess the ability of such models to capture the variety of convective storms that can occur in the Southern Plains in the spring. A new set of model runs was initialized every 3 h, and the runs for the most part extended through a 12-h forecast period. After an examination of the IHOP runs some changes were made to the MM5 model package, and it was rerun for the entire IHOP period at 6 h intervals. In addition, the WRF model, which had also been run for IHOP but unavailable in realtime, was similarly rerun.
Unrestricted call-by-value recursion

Call-by-value languages commonly restrict recursive definitions by only allowing functions and syntactically explicit values in the right-hand sides. As a consequence, some very appealing programming patterns that work well in lazy functional languages are hard to apply in a call-by-value setting, even though they might not be using laziness for any other purpose than to enable the desired form of recursion. In this paper we present an operational semantics as well as a straightforward implementation technique for unrestricted recursion under call-by-value. On that basis we are able to demonstrate that highly recursive programming idioms such as combinatorbased parsing are indeed compatible with call-by-value evaluation.
Thin Film ZnO as Sublayer for Electric Contact for Bulk GaN with Low Electron Concentration

S. Grzanka, G. Łuka, T.A. Krajewski, E. Guziewicz, R. Jachymek, W. Purgal, R. Wiśniewska, A. Sarzynska, A. Bering-Staniszewska, M. Godlewski and P. Perlin TopGaN Ltd., Sokolowska 29/37, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland Institute of High Pressure Physics, Sokolowska 29/37, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotnikow 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Science, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University
THE ASSESSMENT OF MAGNETIC IMAGERY FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED SPINAL SURGERY

Introduction: In order to minimize radiation exposure to patients, surgeons are examining the use of magnetic resonance (MR) images for computer assisted spinal surgery. This paper will present a method for assessing the use and accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for computer assisted surgery of the spine. A secondary objective is to compare absolute orientation methods for use in the Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm. Methods: Titanium screws were placed in a cadaver spine, which was subsequently imaged using MRI, CT, and digital photos. The digital photos were processed using a photogrammetric bundle adjustment to establish ground truth. As a first approximation, registrations were performed using the nine titanium fiducials. A three dimensional model was formed from the CT images using the fully automatic Marching Cubes algorithm. A dense set of surface points were extracted from the surface of the MR after performing a correction for the non-linear attenuation. These images are to be registered using an iterative closest point algorithm. Accuracy is to be assessed using the magnitude and direction of the resulting residuals, as well as visual examination of fused CT and MR images. Results: Registration using only titanium fiducials gave an RMS error of 2.90 mm for CT-MR registration. Further results on registration using the ICP algorithm are pending.
Colloquium: Measuring and understanding the universe

Revolutionary advances in both theory and technology have launched cosmology into its most exciting period of discovery yet. Unanticipated components of the universe have been identified, promising ideas for understanding the basic features of the universe are being tested, and deep connections between physics on the smallest scales and on the largest scales are being revealed.
Embodied Cognition and New Product Design: Changing Product Form to Influence Brand Categorization

This article explains how embodied cognition and perceptual symbol systems enable product designers to influence consumers by communicating key perceptual features through subtle changes in product design elements. In this way, managers can change perceptual design elements to support line extension strategies. More specifically, design changes can be used as a tool to help evolve consumer perceptions of a product's uses and brand category membership. The role of perceptual symbols in product design is illustrated by a well-known off-road motorbike brand that planned to extend into the street motorbike segment. In order to facilitate consumer acceptance of a street motorbike from this off-road brand, the firm gradually introduced models containing an increasing number of elements of street motorbikes over a period of several years. The authors use this example to show how typical design elements of the target product category can be effectively integrated with design elements of the current product category by simply modifying key characteristics of product-shape attributes. This process is further tested in an experiment, where motorbike models differing slightly in key product features (e.g., product shape) were rated on their resemblance to street or off-road motorbikes. The results show a strong effect of these design changes on brand-category membership. Managerial implications of this approach and future research directions are discussed.
WORKERS’ HEALTH: AN ANALYTIC TOOL FOR EVALUATING THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF URBAN PLANNING DECISIONS

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of aircraft noise pollution on community and workers’ health near Abu Dhabi International Airport. This study was conducted in residential neighborhoods and employment areas living and working within a 25-km radius of the airport with high exposure to aircraft noise and in matched control areas far from the airport (outside the 25-km radius) and are unaffected by aircraft noise. Binomial Logit Regression Model was used to determine the impact of aircraft noise on community and workers’ health. After controlling for confounders, the health of the residents adjacent to the airport who have been chronically exposed to high aircraft noise level are found to be worse than the control group. The results show that residents from the noise exposure area have a high level of noise stress, hypertension, headache, general disturbance, loss of sleep/insomnia, and hearing problems than the matched control area. On the other hand, aircraft noise pollution near Abu Dhabi Airport has no negative impact on workers adjacent to the airport.
Modeling the partitioning of organic chemical species in cloud phases with CLEPS (1.1)

Abstract. The new detailed aqueous-phase mechanism Cloud Explicit Physico-chemical Scheme (CLEPS 1.0), which describes the oxidation of isoprene-derived water-soluble organic compounds, is coupled with a warm microphysical module simulating the activation of aerosol particles into cloud droplets. CLEPS 1.0 was then extended to CLEPS 1.1 to include the chemistry of the newly added dicarboxylic acids dissolved from the particulate phase. The resulting coupled model allows the prediction of the aqueous-phase concentrations of chemical compounds originating from particle scavenging, mass transfer from the gas-phase and in-cloud aqueous chemical reactivity. The aim of the present study was more particularly to investigate the effect of particle scavenging on cloud chemistry. Several simulations were performed to assess the influence of various parameters on model predictions and to interpret long-term measurements conducted at the top of Puy de Dome (PUY, France) in marine air masses. Specific attention was paid to carboxylic acids, whose predicted concentrations are on average in the lower range of the observations, with the exception of formic acid, which is rather overestimated in the model. The different sensitivity runs highlight the fact that formic and acetic acids mainly originate from the gas phase and have highly variable aqueous-phase reactivity depending on the cloud acidity, whereas C3–C4 carboxylic acids mainly originate from the particulate phase and are supersaturated in the cloud.
Value of Admission HbA 1 c Level in Non-diabetic Patients With Unstable Angina

Introduction: There have been incompatible evidences about the prognostic value of HbA1c on the adverse outcomes in acute coronary syndrome. Also, these data are so limited in nondiabetic patients with unstable angina. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, HbA1c level of 231 nondiabetic patients admitted with unstable angina, was measured using high performance liquid affinity chromatography (HPLC) at admission. Then transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) was performed for evaluation of ejection fraction (EF) using Simpson method. Results: Our data revealed that HbA1c was significantly higher in patients with EF≤ 50% in comparison with EF>50% group (P value=0.01). Conclusions: HbA1c may be a helpful prognostic marker in nondiabetic patients admitted in emergency department with diagnosis of unstable angina. © 2016. International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice. Submited: 01.09. 2015 Accepted: 20.09. 2015