Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of oxygen supplementation during the last stage of incubation on broiler performance, ascites susceptibility and some physiological traits

La presente etude a ete conduite pour evaluer l'utilisation possible d'un apport supplementaire d'oxygene pendant les trois derniers jours d'incubation sur les performances du poulet de chair, l'apparition d'ascite et quelques parametres physiologiques. Au 18 e jour d'incubation, les oeufs fertiles ont ete divises en deux groupes. De 18 a 21 jours, les oeufs ont ete places dans deux eclosoirs, l'un (groupe temoin) sous conditions atmospheriques normales (20, 9 ± 0,5 % O 2 a 754 ± 2 mmHg) et l'autre (groupe experimental) sous atmosphere enrichie en oxygene a 23,0 ± 0,5 %. L'apport d'oxygene a eu un effet significatif sur le poids initial des poussins. A six semaines d'âge, le poids corporel, la vitesse de croissance et la consommation d'aliments ont ete accrus avec la pression partielle en oxygene la plus elevee, alors que l'indice de consommation a ete diminue. La mortalite en general et la mortalite due a l'ascite en particulier n'ont pas differe entre les groupes. A cinq semaines d'âge, l'apport d'oxygene n'a provoque aucun changement significatif pour la numeration des globules rouges, le taux d'hemoglobine et de glucose. Toutefois, l'hematocrite a ete sensiblement augmente lorsque la pression partielle d'O 2 est passee de 20,9 a 23,0 %. Aucune difference significative n'a ete observee entre les deux groupes pour le poids du ventricule droit, le poids du ventricule gauche + septum interventriculaire, le poids ventriculaire total et le rapport du poids du ventricule droit au poids ventriculaire total (VD/VT).
Multilevel Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive using PWM Technique

This paper makes a humble attempt to design and implement a variable frequency control of three phase induction motor using PWM technique for three phases MOSFET based inverter using three phase induction motor drive. PWM is employed in wide verity of applications like power control and conversion. To handle high voltage, high power and increase levels of inverter diode clamped multilevel inverter is designed here. It fulfills higher torque requirement and reduced total harmonic distortion which are advantageous part of paper. In this paper, a three level multilevel inverter is proposed. This could be extended to higher levels of voltage waveform and can be used in photovoltaic cell. Keywords— Induction motor drive; MOSFET based inverter; PWM; Total harmonic distortion; Variable frequency control.
A Business Approach to Data Driven Science - A Study

Data science provides a platform to extract useful information and derived new knowledge by performing the analysis on the huge data.It is a recently rising field that includes various activities, like data mining and data analysis. It utilizes the concept of mathematics, statistics, and information technology, pattern identification and data representation skills which provides high performance computing. The data scientist that are involved in extracting useful information can increase the value to the business by effectively used their skills.
DESIGN OF AMPLITUDE DEATH IN TIME-DELAY OSCILLATORS COUPLED BY A DELAYED CONNECTION

The present paper considers amplitude death in a pair of identical time-delay oscillators coupled by a delayed connection. A stability analysis allows us to derive a systematic procedure to design the connection (i.e., coupling strength and connection delay) for induction of amplitude death. The main advantage of this procedure is that the designed connection guarantees the induction of amplitude death even if the oscillators have long time delays. Our analytical results are verified by numerical examples.
The Narrative Model of Therapeutic Change: An Exploratory Study Tracking Innovative Moments and Protonarratives Using State Space Grids

Despite the popularity of narrative approaches to the change in psychotherapy, a better understanding of how narrative transformation facilitates therapeutic change is needed. Research on innovative moments (IMs) has explored how IMs in psychotherapy evolve over time. We expand on past studies by exploring how IMs become aggregated in narrative threads, termed protonarratives, which come to constitute an alternative self-narrative at the conclusion of therapy. The results suggest that the good outcome case had a different pattern of IM integration within protonarratives, revealing greater flexibility than the poor outcome case. These results support the heuristic value of the concept of the protonarrative.
A Comparative Study of Allocation of Decision-Making Across Stakeholder Groups: The Case of Personal Care Industries

The article compares the allocation of decision-making across stakeholder groups in for-profit, nonprofit and local government personal care facilities in one state in the United States. We analyze detailed survey data on nursing homes, childcare centers and group homes. We find that in comparison to nonprofit and government organizations, for-profit firms delegate more decision-making power to executives and owners, and less to their employees, consumers, families, boards of directors, and community representatives. The differences, although generally small, support the hypothesis that decision-making is allocated to different groups in accord with the broad objectives of the organization. Copyright © 2010 The Authors Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics © 2010 CIRIEC.
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Farmers Performance: Evidence from Bushehr Province in Iran

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of entrepreneurial orientation on the farmer's performance in Bushehr province, Iran. This study follows a quantitative research design using survey methods with statistical treatment. The data was collected from a survey of a group of farmers in Bushehr province. The entrepreneurial orientation questionnaire distinguishes three sub-dimensions - innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking. Six items were used to measure the performance indicators. They are: growth in sales, growth in profits, growth in employment, overall performance, additional facilities and offices. Results show that farmers with higher entrepreneurial orientation achieved higher performance.
Impact Evaluation of EU Funds: Examples in Infrastructure Projects

Being one of investment areas within EU Cohesion policy the sector of public infrastructure frequently faces the issue of efficiency. This issue largely arises from the lack of theoretical and practical concepts on how the evaluation techniques could achieve rigorous estimations of the investment impact on the current processes in the sector. The present paper seeks to contribute to these discussions by defining crucial problems in developing rigorous estimations relevant to public infrastructure projects and setting the assumptions. The research method is comparative and logical analysis of the theoretical concepts, methods and conclusions, published in scientific literature including policy analysis.
Degradation in a Molybdenum-Gate MOS Structure Caused by N + Ion Implantation for Work Function Control

An Mo gate work function control technique which uses annealing or N + ion implantation has been reported by Ranade et al. We have fabricated Mo-gate MOS diodes, based on their report, with 5-20 nm SiO 2 and found that the gate leakage current was increased as the N + implantation dose and implantation energy were increased. Although a work function shift was observed in the C-V characteristics, a hump caused by high-density interface states was found for high-dose specimens. Nevertheless, a work function shift larger than -1V was achieved. However, nitrogen concentration at the Si surface was about 1x10 20 cm -3 for the specimen with a large work function
Theoretical Investigation of Pressure Distribution in a Multi-Typal Transport Unit

Abstract This article presents the results from the theoretical research of tension loading in a channel of fixing conveyor of the apparatus for flax beating and scutching. The analyses of literature have shown that the quality of flax fibre greatly depends on the conditions of retted straw processing by means of breaking-scutching machines, namely on machine parameters, operating regimes and design characteristics. There are considerable high fibre losses due to inappropriate fixing of straw in the conveyor canal; percentage of these losses is much higher than losses caused by any other reasons. The paper presents equations for calculation of pressure inside the conveyor canal of apparatus for flax breaking and scutching. It investigates the regularities of pressure loading in the sectors which fix the straw according to the aforementioned equation. Research shows that the highest pressure occurs in the area opposite the press-rolls axis; it decreases when distancing from it. Research also shows that pressure in the axis zone is lower when the belt tension and spring compression are low. This pressure loading causes pulling of the strands from the conveyor canal and fibre losses. These theoretical regularities can be utilized for calculation of the fixation force to secure the retted straw between belts in order to reduce the losses.
Capital market integration in a post crisis era: the case of India

Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the co-dynamics of the Rupee and the India stock exchange index, the Senex, have altered. Although emerging markets could have been shielded from the vagaries of financial flows that have plagued the developed world, it is shown that, in the post financial era, rather than a decoupling, India has been integrated further into global capital markets.
A simple statistical model for depicting the cdc-15 synchronized yeast cell cycle-regulated gene expression data

Microarrays are used for identifying cell-cycle regulated genes by Spell- man et al. (1998). In one experiment, a strain of yeast (cdc15-2) was incubated at a high temperature (35 o C) for a long time, causing cdc15 arrest. Cells were then shifted back to a low temperature (23 o C) and the monitoring of gene expression is taken every 10 min for 300 min, using cDNA microarrays. The data are available from their web site (http://cellcycle-www.standford.edu). We find a simple statis- tical model that can be used to describe most of the expression curves. Three ideas are involved in our analysis: (1) the use of principal component analysis to suggest basis curves; (2) the use of nested models for organizing gene expression patterns; (3) the construction of a compass plot using known cycle-regulated genes for phase determination. The first two ideas are mainly statistical in nature, but some biological discretion is necessary for successful application. On the other hand, the third idea uses biological information subject to some statistical discretion. The agreement and the difference between our results and the 800 genes identified by Spellman et al. are discussed. A rather unexpected finding is the existence of over 500 genes whose expression levels oscillate regularly every 10 min from time 70 min to time 250 min like a biological pendulum. Extension of our analysis to other cell-cycle experiments is briefly discussed.
Consumer Brand Loyalty: A Study on FMCGs-Personal Care Products in Rural and Urban Areas of India

The globalization of world economy has increased competition, locally as well as internationally. In such competitive business milieu, organizations need a distinguishing element that will keep consumers identifying and buying their products. With increase in competition annually, the traditional sources of competitive advantage like leadership in price and quality is not enough to ensure the success of a product anymore in both rural and urban markets. In other words, Company executives are recognizing that the true worth of the organization is not the tangible assets it owns, but the value ascribed to the brands it is developing to satisfy the needs of the consumer. This study analyzes brand loyalty for FMCGs in rural and urban markets. For this comparative study, one rural district of Odisha and Bangalore urban district were chosen. The relationship between demographic variables on the brand loyalty of the consumers and consumer's switching factors in respected selected product category was made. A randomly selected sample of 200 each from Keonjhar district, Odisha and Bangalore urban district, Karnataka were selected for this study. To indicate the amount of correlation between the variables, Chi-square test was used. Results show that among the variables namely gender, age, education and occupation, only age and education have the most significant impact on consumer's brand loyalty in urban areas and in rural areas. These variables were found insignificant after the study.
Facile Fabrication of Recyclable, Superhydrophobic, and Oleophilic Sorbent from Waste Cigarette Filters for the Sequestration of Oil Pollutants from an Aqueous Environment

The oil industry is plagued with regular incidences of spills into the environment, causing environmental damage to flora and fauna, especially in marine environments where spills easily travel long distances from their sources. This study was carried out to investigate a simple two-step process for the conversion of waste cigarette filters into a superhydrophobic and oleophilic sorbent for application in oil/water separation and spill clean-up. Ultrasonically cleaned filters were surface modified by chemical vapour deposition using methyltrichlorosilane. The results show that the functionalised waste filters achieved superhydrophobic properties with a water contact angle of 154 ± 3.5°, adsorbing 16 to 26 times their weights in various oils, which is a better oil sorption performance than those of commercially available non-woven polypropylene adsorbents. Also, the sorption capacity did not significantly deteriorate after 20 cycles of reuse, with up to 75% sorption capacity retained. The surface modified filters demonstrated excellent water repellency, oil sorption, and recyclability showing their potential application for full scale oil spill clean-up.
Two gaps make a high-temperature superconductor?

One of the keys to the high-temperature superconductivity puzzle is the identification of the energy scales associated with the emergence of a coherent condensate of superconducting electron pairs. These might provide a measure of the pairing strength and of the coherence of the superfluid, and ultimately reveal the nature of the elusive pairing mechanism in the superconducting cuprates. To this end, a great deal of effort has been devoted to investigating the connection between the superconducting transition temperature Tc and the normal-state pseudogap crossover temperature T*. Here we present a review of a large body of experimental data which suggests a coexisting two-gap scenario, i.e. superconducting gap and pseudogap, over the whole superconducting dome. We focus on spectroscopic data from cuprate systems characterized by , such as Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, YBa2Cu3O7−δ, Tl2Ba2CuO6+δ and HgBa2CuO4+δ, with particular emphasis on the Bi-compound which has been the most extensively studied with single-particle spectroscopies.
Wireless Control System for Six-Legged Autonomous Insect Robot

Insect robots are a special type of robots that designed to imitate the behavior of insects. Insect robots have many advantages such as the ability to move over uneven terrain, less power consumption and smaller in size. This paper shows the progress made during the development of a six-legged robot system inspired by ants and crickets. The resulted robot is able to mimic insects in terms of gait pattern and physical size. The robot is controlled wirelessly by using a Bluetooth xBee module and remote devices including a mobile phone with android application, a personal computer with windows software, and a Bluetooth wireless controller made the Arduino development platform.
On the Design of Wireless Mesh Networks

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are composed of a mix of fixed and mobile nodes interconnected via wireless links to form a multihop ad hoc network. They contain three types of network devices: Mesh Routers (MRs), Mesh Access Points (MAPs) and Mesh Clients (MCs). The functionality of both the MRs and the MAPs is twofold: they act as classical access points towards the MCs, whereas they have the capability to set up a Wireless Distribution System (WDS) by connecting to other mesh routers or access points through point to point wireless links. Both MRs and MAPs are often fixed and electrically powered devices. Furthermore, the MAPs are geared with some kind of broadband wired connectivity (ADSL, fiber, etc . . . ) and act as gateways toward the wired backbone. The structure of a WMN is illustrated in Figure 1.
Understanding spatial distribution of loss ratios in federal crop insurance program

Federal crop insurance program is one of main pillars of U.S. farm subsidy system. However, the program creates significant fiscal burden to federal government, costs a range from 2 to 14 billion taxpayers’ money every year. Meanwhile, there are above one-fourth counties with larger than one average loss ratio over a long period. Farmers in these counties receives extra benefits from the program beyond the initial attempts of its designers. The study on spatial distribution of these high loss ratio counties is a useful first step towards revealing the common features of them, and eventually leads to the re-designation of their policies. This paper offers the first attempt in the literature to examine the spatial pattern of loss ratio. It uses both exploratory spatial data analysis and spatial regression methods to analyze a U.S. county-level loss ratio dataset. ESDA discovers both global spatial autocorrelation and local high loss ratio clusters. Meanwhile, the regression results suggest that hotter place is more likely to have a higher loss ratio.
Acupuncture: Is It Effective for Alleviating Pain in the Horse?

The results of this study indicate that there is evidence to suggest that acupuncture has merit as an alternative source of therapy in the alleviation of equine pain without the use of drugs or chemicals. Because this study used the heart rate as the indicator of pain response, further studies that incorporate additional variables to determine the level of actual pain response as well as the effect of acupuncture on the mediation of that response are needed. Authors’ addresses: El Cajon Valley Veterinary Hospital, 560 N. Johnson Ave., El Cajon, CA 92020 (May) and Dept. of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, CA 91768 (all other authors). r 1997 AAEP.
The household wealth distribution in Spain: the role of housing and financial wealth

We analyse the distribution of household wealth in Spain using the first wave of the Spanish Survey of Household Finances, conducted by the Bank of Spain in 2002. We study the distribution of the different wealth components and, using inequality decomposition techniques, we assess the contribution of each element to overall wealth inequality. We find that wealth is more unequally distributed than income, while housing wealth is much more evenly distributed than financial wealth. Moreover, we identify two groups of wealth components: one disequalizing group, which includes financial wealth, whose value and portfolio share increase with household wealth; and a second more equalizing one, including housing wealth, whose value increases with wealth, but their share in the portfolio does not. Finally, we show that differences between age groups do not explain why wealth is much more unequally distributed than income. Instead, business and home ownership are factors that clearly contribute to explain this feature.
A Relationship Among Public School Leadership, Ethics, and Student Achievement

Historically, it has always been important for school leaders to possess and adhere to high ethical standards. Ethical standards, when demonstrated by school leaders, inspire trust within students, parents and the community in general. This in turn builds support for the school and establishes an environment that is conducive to success. However, with the advent of NCLB and high stakes testing, the pressure on schools to demonstrate improved student achievement has accelerated. Hence, the need for ethical leadership practices within public schools has never been greater. Yet, while much has been done to examine the relationship of various instructional methodologies, staff development programs and curriculum initiatives to student achievement; little has been done to examine the relationship between leadership ethics and student performance at
A case of suspected infective endocarditis with Lactococcus garvieae: lack of in vitro synergy between ampicillin and gentamicin

Introduction: Lactococcus garvieae is an uncommon cause of infective endocarditis (IE) and, despite the fact that synergy between beta‐lactam antibiotics and aminoglycosides has not been demonstrated for lactococci, combination therapy is often used. Case presentation: We report a case of suspected L. garvieae IE in an 82‐year‐old man, which was successfully treated with a combination of ampicillin and gentamicin. Despite careful dosing and monitoring of gentamicin levels, the patient developed a transient decrease in renal function and permanent bilateral vestibular deficiency. The combination of gentamicin and ampicillin did not demonstrate synergistic killing effects in vitro against the L. garvieae isolate from this patient. However, synergy was noted against two of the four L. garvieae isolates tested. Unfortunately, an Etest‐based method, which would be easy to use in a routine laboratory, was unable to predict synergy in the time‐kill methods. Conclusions: The use of combination therapy in IE is based solely on in vitro synergy between beta‐lactams and aminoglycosides. Here we demonstrate that a combination of ampicillin and gentamicin induces synergistic killing only of some L. garvieae isolates. Since synergy does not seem to be omnipresent, the risks for aminoglycoside toxicity must be carefully weighed against the potential theoretical benefit of combination therapy in L. garvieae IE.
Deriving Acceptable Biological Catch from the Overfishing Limit: Implications for Assessment Models

Abstract The recently revised Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires that U.S. fishery management councils avoid overfishing by setting annual catch limits (ACLs) not exceeding recommendations of the councils' scientific advisers. To meet that requirement, the scientific advisers will need to know the overfishing limit (OFL) estimated in each stock assessment, with OFL being the catch available from applying the limit fishing mortality rate to current or projected stock biomass. The advisers then will derive “acceptable biological catch” (ABC) from OFL by reducing OFL to allow for scientific uncertainty, and ABC becomes their recommendation to the council. We suggest methodology based on simple probability theory by which scientific advisers can compute ABC from OFL and the statistical distribution of OFL as estimated by a stock assessment. Our method includes approximations to the distribution of OFL if it is not known from the assessment; however, we find it preferable to have.
Innovation for sustainable urban tourism: some thoughts on best practice

This paper examines a series of strategic initiatives that have been undertaken by Tourism Queensland (TQ), a State Tourism Organization in Australia, to develop tourism and in particular to develop networks in tourism destinations. This paper firstly examines the nature of sustainable urban tourism (SUT) and discusses approaches to defining it. It suggests that developing SUT requires a generic approach to improving sustainable tourism operations amongst all suppliers in an urban area. Further, this approach suggests that best practice in marketing and policy development can be adopted to attract tourists to a SUT destination and examples of this approach are provided.