Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of some Natural Coating Materials on Storability and Fruit Quality of Zaghloul Date Palm cv . under Cold Storage

This experiment was carried out during two successive 2013 & 2014 seasons in the post-harvest laboratory of Agricultural Development System (ADS) project in Faculty of Agric. Cairo University, Giza Governorate, Egypt to investigate the efficiency of using some natural substances i.e., gelatin at 1,2,4 %; lemongrass oil at 0.25, 0.5 % and peppermint oil at 5 and,10%, beside untreated fruits as control on storability of Zaghloul date palm fruits and their quality under cold storage (0.0 °C ± 2 and 90 – 95 % R.H.). It was quite evident that two conflicted trends were detected with the advancement of storage duration during both seasons. Hence, percentage of (fruit weight loss, decay, fruit juice total soluble solids and total sugars were increased, however flesh firmness, titratable acidity % and tannins contents were relatively reduced. Moreover, the response of different Zaghloul fruits measurements to various investigated dipping treatments varied not only from one treatment to other from one hand, but also each characteristics reflected its own trend from the other side. So, it could be generally concluded that all dipping treatments significantly decreased percentage of both fruit weight loss and decay below control (water dipping), whereas 0.50 % lemongrass oil treatment was the superior, while 1 % gelatin ranked last. On the other hand, fruit juice total acidity was slightly responded by different treatments and difference was more pronounced particularly with both 0.25 and 0.50 % lemongrass oil during two seasons. In addition, fruit flesh firmness, fruit juice total sugars and tannins content did not significantly respond to various treatments. Meanwhile, fruit juice total soluble solids% of Zaghloul date palm fruits showed different considerable influence to most investigated treatments in both seasons of study.
Effect of Phoenix dactylifera fruit wine produced by Saccharomyces cerevisae on the haematological and some biochemical parameters in albino rats

The effect of date palm fruit wine on the haematological and some biochemical parameters (lipid profile, lipid peroxidation and protein) was investigated Date fruit wine was produced by fermenting the fruit must with Saccharomyces cerevisiae from Guangxi Danbaoli, China aerobically for 6 days and anaerobically for four weeks at 28 O C. During both fermentation processes alcohol content, total yeast counts and total heterotrophic counts were monitored. A total of 30 albino rats were divided into six (6) groups of 5 animals each. Group 1 (control) received the normal rat feed and water; while groups 2 – 5 were administered date fruit wine at 0.3ml/kg, 0.6ml/kg, 0.9ml/kg and 1.5ml/kg body weight respectively and group 6 (standard) received white wine (carlorossi) 1.5mg/kg body weight for a period of 28days.During the aerobic fermentation. Alcohol content increased from 0 to 5.5%, total yeast counts increased from 4.69×10 2 to 15.39×10 2 cells/ml while total heterotrophic bacterial count ranged from 2.0 to 9.0 cfu/ml. Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus spp. were encountered. During anaerobic fermentation . Yeast population dropped from 8.90×10 2 cells/ml to 0.92×10 2 cells/ml. The final percentage alcohol was 9.2%. The result after the experiment showed a general decrease in body weight across the groups compared to the control. Haematological indices showed no significant difference (p<0.05) in PVC, RBC, WBC and Hb of the groups treated with Phoenix dactylifera (PD) compared to the control. There was also a significant decrease (p<0.05) in lipid peroxidation in the liver homogenate across the groups and also in the serum of the PD treated animals relative to the standard control. There was no significant difference (p<0.05) in total cholesterol, LDL-C but elevated HDL-C in the PD administered groups compared to the control. Triglyceride was significantly reduced (p<0.05) in the PD treated groups compared to the standard control. The results of the present study showed that date fruit wine has no harmful effect on the blood tissue and vital organs such as liver etc. Thus, if properly processed and refined, it could be a good source of commercial fruit wine, with immense nutritional and health benefits.
Impact of Employee Empowerment on Organisational performance Case of Automobile Industry in Chennai city of Tamil Nadu in India

The purpose of this paper is to contribute towards the important aspects of Employee empowerment and Organisational performance. It shows the relationship between Employee empowerment and its effects on Organisational performance in Indian firms; narrowing down the scope to Chennai venues of Tamil Nadu state. The ultimate objective is to determine the impact of Employee empowerment on Organisational performance. The focus is on Employee empowerment and its impact on Organisational performance for a sample of Indian firms in the city of Chennai of Tamil Nadu in India.
Response Selection of Emotional Expressions for Persuasive Dialog Systems

Emotional expressions is an efficient way to convey one’s thoughts each other. Especially, in persuasive situations, emotional expressions of persuader may give a strong main effect on recipients attitude. Although there exist several studies on incorporating emotion factor in a dialog response selection, most past attempts focused only on user’s emotional states for constructing user's goal-oriented dialog systems. In this research, we aim to realize emotionally rich persuasive dialog system. Therefore, it is important to consider not only user’s emotional states but also system’s emotional expressions. In this study, we first collect dialog data including emotional expressions. Second, we analyze the dialog data and define system’s emotional states and dialog acts to implement into the dialog system. Finally, we construct an example-based persuasive dialog system.
Dermatoglyphics in Patients of Schizophrenia in Kashmiri Population . A Comparative Study

Background: It is believed that the combination of genetic and environmental factors plays important role in development of schizophrenia. Many structures of the body like the brain, lips, alveoli, etc. develop during the same period as the finger ridges. An abnormal developmental insult on these structures in uterus is likely to be reflected in the dermatoglyphic patterns. Aims: Study the finger and palm dermatoglyphic pattern of schizophrenic patients for quantitative as well as qualitative features and compare with the normal persons. Material and methods: A total of 200 subjects were used for the study. Out of 200 subjects, 100 were taken as cases and 100 as controls. Palmar and fingerprint patterns of both hands were taken and analyzed of all participants of two groups. The parameters studied were finger ridge pattern, palmar pattern of interdigital areas, a-b ridge count, TFRC, palmar creases, atd angle and adt angle. Results: Frequency of mean pattern of arches were less and statistically significant in schizophrenia patients when compared to controls. The frequency of mean pattern of whorls was higher and statistically significant in schizophrenia patients when compared to controls. Statistically non-significant differences were seen in frequency and palmar patterns of I2, I3, I4 and hypothenar areas (I5) in schizophrenia patients when compared to controls. The results revealed statistically significant differences regarding the frequency of different types of palmar creases in schizophrenia patients when compared to controls. The mean values of ‘atd’ and ‘adt’ angles were higher and statistically significant in schizophrenia patients when compared to controls. Frequency of AB ridge count was seen lower and statistically significant in schizophrenia patients when compared to controls. TFRC were higher and statistically significant in schizophrenia patients when compared to controls. Conlusion: Dermatoglyphics is a promising method to study schizophrenia. Dermatoglyphics being an unique and cost effective method can be used for identification of such psychiatric disorder for an early diagnosis, treatment and better prevention whose etiology may be influenced directly or indirectly by genetic inheritance.
Greedy Algorithm using K-Means to Identify Similar Documents based on Granular Computing

It is a franticprocess to identify similar documents or near documents from a huge repository. In this paper, we propose a Greedy algorithm based on granular computing as a solution to identify the similar documents from a large collection. The bench mark K-Meansclustering algorithm has been utilized to split the whole dataset into several information granules. The distance between the centroid of each granule and the features or vector generated from the test document is measured. The granule with minimum distance is chosen and this granule is again split into another set of granules. This process is repeated until arriving at a set of documentsor a document which are/is nearer or more similar to the test document. In-order to assess the efficiency of the proposed method, the abstracts of the 100 documents which are related to the research area inmachine learning is taken.
Nutritional status of selected obese school going children in Western Maharashtra

Nutritional status of obese school going children were assessed in Western Maharashtra i.e. Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts. For this study, 600 obese school going children were selected, from which 224 boys and 376 were girls in 616 age group of 6-16 years. The obesity of these children were assessed by using BMI. The nutritional status of these children were examined by using questionnaire and dietary recall method. It is found that the food intake especially cereals, pulses and fat based foods are found significantly excess and vegetables and fruits consumption noted less by these children. However, the nutrients intake like energy and protein were noticed excess than that of their standard level. Whereas vitamins and minerals intake were found less among these children which were as correlating factors for its effect on overweight and obesity in children.
The potential of a novel β-specific dehalogenase from Bacillus cereus WH2 as a bioremediation agent for the removal of β-haloalkanoic acids

Aims: This study aims to describe the biochemical and kinetic properties of a dehalogenase produced by a bacterium, Bacillus cereus WH2 (KU721999), that is uniquely adept at degrading a β-haloalkanoic acid, i.e., 3-chloropropionic acid (3-CP), and using it as the bacterium’s sole carbon source. The bacterium was isolated from abandoned agricultural land in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia that was previously exposed to herbicides and pesticides. Methodology and results: The B. cereus impressively removed 97% of 3-CP after 36 h of culturing. The intracellular WH2 dehalogenase of the bacterium was purified 2.5-fold and has an estimated molecular mass of 37 kDa. The highest activity of the dehalogenase was achieved under conditions of 30 °C and pH 7. The metal ions Hg and Ag substantially repressed the enzyme’s activity, but the enzyme’s activity was uninhibited by dithiothreitol (DTT) and EDTA. The WH2 dehalogenase showed a higher affinity for 3-CP (Km = 0.32 mM, kcat = 5.74 s) than for 3-chlorobutyric acid (3-CB) (Km = 0.52 mM; kcat = 5.60 s). The enzyme was ~1.6-fold more catalytically efficient (kcat/Km) in dehalogenating the three-carbon substrate 3-CP (17.8 mM s) than the four-carbon 3-CB (11.2 mM s). Conclusion, significance and impact of study: The novel B. cereus bacterium isolated in this study may prove applicable as a bioremediation agent to cleaning environments that are polluted with β-halogenated compounds. Furthermore, such an approach to treat polluted environments is more sustainable and potentially safer than chemical treatments.
Influence of VEGF polymorphisms on ischemic stroke in Chinese Han population : a case-control study

Aim: Our aim was to investigate the association of interactions between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene rs3025039 and rs3025021 polymorphisms and environmental factors with ischemic stroke (IS) and its subtypes in Chinese Han population. Methods: We adopted a case-control study in 120 IS cases and 140 healthy controls frequency-matched in age and gender. Taqman probe allelic discrimination technique was used to detect the genotypes of VEGF polymorphisms (rs3025039 and rs3025021) and conduct the genotyping. The χ2 test conducted the differences comparison in genotype and allele frequencies of the two polymorphisms between the case and control subjects. The association strength of gene polymorphism and disease was evaluated by odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). In addition, crossover analysis was conducted to detect the potential gene-environment interaction. Results: The differences in distributions of CC and CT+TT genotypes of VEGF rs3025039 polymorphism between the case and control groups were found statistically significant (OR=2.25, 95% CI=1.29-3.94), after adjusted by clinical basic information. Subtype analysis indicated that CT+TT genotype of VEGF rs3025039 was also associated with large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) risk (P=0.036). Interactions existed between VEGF rs3025039 polymorphism and smoking and drinking. Conclusions: In Chinese Han population, VEGF rs3025039 may be correlated with the increased risk of IS and LAA, especially in smokers and drinkers. More geneenvironment association studies are hoped to further explore this issue.
New Miocene fossil Allodelphinidae ( Cetacea , Odontoceti , Platanistoidea ) from the North Paci fi c Ocean

Species in the extinct platanistoid family Allodelphinidae are dolphin-like odontocete (echolocating) cetaceans known by fossils from early and middle Miocene marine deposits around the eastern and western margins of the North Pacific Ocean. Allodelphinids were relatively large animals, having estimated adult total body lengths of approximately 3 to 5 meters, a long rostrum, the mandible extending to the end of the rostrum with a fused mandibular symphysis, large and anteroposteriorly elongated cervical vertebrae, and elongated humerus. The previously named allodelphinid species, all from California, are early Miocene Allodelphis pratti Wilson, 1935, and A. woodburnei Barnes and Reynolds, 2009, and middle Miocene Zarhinocetus errabundus (Kellogg, 1931). Additional new species belonging in the family are Goedertius oregonensis Barnes and Kimura, new genus and new species, from the early Miocene Nye Mudstone in Lincoln County, Oregon, U.S.A. ; Ninjadelphis ujiharai Kimura, new genus and new species, from the early Miocene Awa Group in Mie Prefecture, Japan; and Zarhinocetus donnamatsonae Barnes, new species, from the late early Miocene to early middle Miocene Astoria Formation in Grays Harbor County, Washington State, U.S.A. Goedertius oregonensis is more derived than the species of Allodelphis. Ninjadelphis ujiharai is more derived than Goedertius oregonensis and has anteriorly retracted posterior ends of its premaxillae. Species of Zarhinocetus Barnes and Reynolds, 2009, have a maxillary tuberosity on each side of the base of the rostrum and a maxillary crest over the orbit. Zarhinocetus donnamatsonae is more derived than N. ujiharai, but more primitive than Zarhinocetus errabundus, which is the most derived species in the family. Contrary to the general evolutionary trend in cetaceans, allodelphinids evolved secondarily enlarged and anteroposteriorly elongated cervical vertebrae, and all cervical vertebrae remained un-fused to one another. Their elongated necks, combined with a large occipital shield and thick nuchal crest on the cranium, indicate that allodelphinids had well-developed muscles for movements of the head. Their extremely long and slender rostra may have allowed either raptorial or benthic feeding, and niche partitioning can explain the diversity that is now being documented within the family. Their swimming methods likely favored maneuverability but not speed.
When Fido Sees Red: Aggressive Behaviour in the Domestic Dog

In the United States, an estimated 0.5-4.5 million people are bitten by dogs each year. Between 1992-1994, around 333,687 Americans attended emergency departments annually as a result of dog bites; and 316,200 in 2008. Of these, 9,500 people were admitted to hospital (Holmquist & Elixhauser, 2010; Weiss et al., 1998). Each year, at least 15 American dog attacks prove fatal: 70-80% are children aged under 10 years (Ozanne-Smith et al., 2001; Sacks et al., 1996).
Effect of Breed and Non-genetic Factors on Lactation Length of Dual-purpose Cattle in Ashanti Region

The study was conducted to determine the effect of genotype and non-genetic factors on lactation length (LL) of on-farm dual-purpose cows at smallholders’ farms in Ashanti-Region. The dates of calving to the time of drying-off of milk in 124 cows were monitored from June 2012 to April 2013. Analysis of data indicated that breed, feed supplementation and body condition score (BCS) significantly (p<0.01) influenced LL. Average LL across breed was 246.4 days with minimum and maximum being 155 and 303 days, respectively. Mean LL for Sokoto Gudali, White Fulani, SangaGudali cross, Sanga, WASH and N’dama were 278.1, 255.7, 262.5, 260.7, 214.5, and 261.2 days, respectively. WASH had the least LL whilst similar (p>0.05) observations were made in all the other breeds. Cows that were provided with regular, occasional, and no feed supplementation recorded mean values of 265.7, 259.1 and 241.5 days (p<0.01), respectively. The least mean LL was observed in cows provided with no supplementation whilst regular and occasional supplemented cows had similar (p>0.05) LL. Lactation length of 270.7, 257.6 and 237.9 days (p<0.01) were recorded for BCS 4, 3, and 2, respectively. Thus, LL significantly increased as body condition score increased. Farm location, season of lactation, parity of cow and sex of calf had little (p>0.05) effect on LL. It was concluded that breed had great influence on LL and could be considered when selecting dairy cows for breeding. Adequate feeding by way of providing feed supplementation is necessary to increase LL, and therefore milk production.
Contrasting Dynamics in Education Politics of Extremes School Choice in Chile and Finland

This book aims to enhance understanding of school choice as a supra-national travelling policy, explored in two strikingly different societies: Latin American Chile and North European Finland. Chile was among the first countries to implement school choice as a policy, which it did comprehensively in the early 1980s through the creation of a market environment. Finland introduced parental choice of a school on a very moderate scale and without the market elements in the mid-1990s. Predominant aspects of Chilean basic schooling include provision by for-profit and non-profit private and municipal organisations, voucher system, parental co-payment and ranking lists. Finland persists in keeping education under public-authority governance and free-of-charge, and in prohibiting profit making and rankings.
YOLO : A New Security Architecture for Cyber Physical Systems

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are defined by their unique characteristics involving both the cyber and physical domains. Their hybrid nature introduces new attack vectors but also provides an opportunity to design of new security architectures. In this work, we present YOLO,— You Only Live Once — a security architecture that leverages two unique physical properties of a CPS, inertia: the tendency of objects to stay at rest or in motion, and its built-in reliability to intermittent faults to survive CPS attacks. At a high level, YOLO aims to use a new diversified variant for every new sensor input to the CPS’. The delays involved in YOLO, viz., the delays for rebooting and diversification, are easily absorbed by the CPS because of the inherent inertia and their ability to withstand minor perturbations. We implement YOLO on an open source Car Engine Control Unit, and with measurements from a real race car engine show that YOLO is imminently practical.
FY 09 Second Quarter Performance Measure

The FY09 ERSD Overall PART charge to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Environmental Geophysics Group is to ‘test geophysical techniques that measure parameters controlling contaminant movement under field conditions in at least two distinct subsurface environments’. In this second of four quarterly reports, we describe how geophysical data can be used to estimate subsurface properties that influence flow and transport.
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNTS : APPLICATION OF PVAR MODELS FOR NASDAQ INDICES

The importance of firm-based empirical evidence is crucial for the last decades for capturing the relationship between macroeconomic and financial data. In order to present the financial and economic relationship between US biotechnology, telecommunications and transportation sectors, this paper tests whether the liquidity, leverage and profitability preferences of the firms in the specific sectors have impact on the investment behavior. As a result of PVAR estimations, it can be revealed that there exists interdependence between liquidity and leverage effect whereas direct evidence supporting the profitability in biotechnology, telecommunications and transportation sectors can’t be exposed.
Risk Factors for Delinquency among Adolescent Boys in Trinidad and Tobago

Objective: Various risk factors for juvenile delinquency have been identified but the extent to which they are applicable in Trinidad and Tobago has not been investigated. We conducted a case-control study comparing risk factors in delinquent and non-delinquent boys. Methods: Assessment of delinquent behaviour over the course of the preceding year was undertaken via the self-report delinquency scale while the Rosenberg self-esteem scale was used to assess self-esteem. Results: We found low academic achievement, living environment and family arrests positively correlated with delinquency in adolescent boys in Trinidad and Tobago. However, contrary to our hypotheses, self-esteem, punishment and family structure (single parent families) were found to be unrelated to the development of juvenile delinquency. Conclusion: We recommend interventions at the community and family levels. Rehabilitation and academic programmes may help to directly address the issue of juvenile delinquency in Trinidad.
企業情報システムの全体最適化のマネジメントに関する一考察 A consideration in total optimization management of Enterprise Information Systems

[-1-] 要旨 本論文では、事業の多角化やグローバル化を展開している大企業の情報システムとそのマネジメントに着目する。 実務的な問題意識である企業情報システムの全体最適化について、情報システム部門の組織形態及び組織間関係に 着目し、経営学の関連理論のレビューを通じて、理論が示唆する点と理論的な問題の所在を明らかにする。 大企業において、多角化やグローバル展開の際に事業間の情報システムを全体最適化することが共通的な経営課 題となっている。 企業の経営戦略や経営課題への対処方法を理解する手段として、組織構造を分析することにより 当該企業の経営戦略の一端が明らかになると考えられるが、企業ごとに多様な情報システム部門の形態(内部化、 機能分担会社・子会社、ITベンダーとの資本提携、ITベンダーへの包括アウトソーシング等)があり、この形態を 分析する十分な枠組みが無い中において、組織形態等を選択している現実があると捉えている。 筆者はこの共通的 な課題に対して、経営戦略の有効性を検討する分析枠組みが求められていると考えている。 経営者がどのような視 角からこの課題を捉えることが有効であるか、有益な示唆を与えてくれる分析枠組みである。 この課題は、主に経営戦略論に端を発しつつも事業システム論、組織間関係論を射程に入れた内容と想定してい る。 本論文では、主要な関連理論として、取引コスト/資源依存/協同戦略/資源ベース/学習の5つのパースペ クティブを簡潔にレビューし、本テーマの検討に有効な基礎となる理論枠組みについて提案する。
Comparison of Several Turbulence Models as Applied to Hypersonic Flows in 2D – Part I

In the present work, the Van Leer flux vector splitting scheme is implemented to solve the two-dimensional Favre-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The Cebeci and Smith and Granville algebraic models and the Jones and Launder and Coakley two-equation models are used in order to close the problem. The physical problem under study is the “cold gas” hypersonic flow around a reentry capsule configuration. The results have demonstrated that the aerodynamic coefficient of lift is better predicted by the Coakley turbulence model; However, the stagnation pressure ahead of the reentry capsule configuration is better predicted by the Granville turbulence model.