Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Thermal stress and physiological reaction of broiler chickens after injection of linseed oil into the yolk sac.

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of injecting linseed oil into the yolk sac of chicks on the physiological reaction of birds exposed to elevated air temperature. Day-old chicks were assigned to 4 groups: 1 – chickens reared under standard thermal conditions; 2 – on the first day of rearing, 0.25 ml of linseed oil was injected into the yolk sac of chicks, which were reared under standard thermal conditions; 3 – at 4 weeks of rearing, chickens were exposed to a 5-day increase in air temperature to 30°C; 4 – on the first day of rearing, 0.25 ml of linseed oil was injected into the yolk sac of chickens, and at 4 weeks of rearing chickens were exposed to a 5day increase in air temperature to 30°C. Bird productivity was recorded throughout the experiment. Before, during, and after the period when experimental factors were applied, as well as on the last day of rearing, the rectal temperature and radiation temperature of feathered and unfeathered parts of the skin were measured in 10 birds from each group. The plasma levels of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) and corticosterone were determined before and after the experimental factor was applied and on the last day of the experiment in 10 randomly chosen birds from each group. The results were analysed using two-factorial analysis of variance. It is concluded that the use of a thermal experimental factor resulted in a stress reaction, as confirmed by the elevated corticosterone level and the reduced T3 level in blood. However, the injection of linseed oil into the yolk sacs of day-old broiler chicks increased their resistance to thermal stress, as evidenced by their ability to maintain constant rectal temperature.
A Novel Uniplanar Electromagnetic Bandgap (EBG) Structure with a Tunable Open Stub

An improved uniplanar electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure with good performance is proposed. Also, a novel tunable open stub and a useful formula between frequency shift and impedances are found herein. Further, the air-bridges and a special method of step compensation in the angle bends are employed to overcome as more disagreement in the radiation effects as possible. From the measured results, The insertion loss and return loss at center frequency are measured as –0.26 dB and –43 dB, respectively. More, the return loss of the lower and upper passband are below –14 dB, which is a very good performance in the practical usage. Key terms: uniplanar, electromagnetic bandgap (EBG), tunable, open stub
Notice of RetractionStudy on the relations among knowledge integration capacity, organizational learning orientation and core competence after M&A of enterprises

Effective integration of knowledge from merged enterprises is an important means to improve M&A performance in the integration process afterwards. This paper discusses the connotation and measurement of knowledge integration capability, organizational learning orientation and core competence after M&A of enterprises, analyzes relations among them and lastly proposes a concept model and underlying assumptions of the relations, together with some thoughts on the prospect of future research in this area.
A Mathematical Model of Economic Growth of Two Geographical Regions

A mathematical model of coupled differential equations is proposed to model economic growth of two geographical regions (cities, regions, continents) with flow of capital and labor between each other. It is based on two established mathematical models: the neoclassical economic growth model by Robert Solow, and the logistic population growth model. The capital flow, labor exchange and spatial heterogeneity are also incorporated in the system. The model is analyzed via equilibrium and stability analysis, and numerical simulations. It is shown that a strong attraction to the high capital region can lead to unbalanced economic growth even when the two geographical regions are similar. The model can help policy makers to decide whether the region should have an open economy or a more closed one. The results of the model can predict the trend of the trade between regions and provide a new insight into some hotly debated contemporary controversial topics.
Beyond API Signatures : An Empirical Study on Behavioral Backward Incompatibilities of Java Software Libraries

To make sure that existing client software applications are not broken after a library update, backward compatibility has always been one of the most important requirements during the evolution of software libraries. However, due to various reasons, backward compatibility is seldom fully achieved in practice, so it is important to understand the status, major reasons, and impact of backward incompatibilities in real world software. Previous studies related to this topic mainly focus on API signature changes between consecutive versions of software libraries, while in this paper, we mainly consider behavioral changes of APIs. Specifically, we performed large-scale cross-version regression testing on 68 consecutive version pairs from 15 most popular Java software libraries. Furthermore, we collected and studied 144 real world software bugs caused by backward incompatibilities of software libraries. Our major findings include: (1) more than 1,000 test failures / errors and 280 groups of behavioral backward incompatibilities are detected from 52 of 68 consecutive version pairs; (2) a large portion backward incompatibilities causing real-world bugs are related to user interface, which may be difficult to be detected by current automatic regression testing techniques; (3) the majority of backward incompatibilities are not well documented; and (4) there exists a number of fix patterns for behavioral backward incompatibilities.
Upstream Bioprocessing in Food and Feed Applications Executive Summary

Bioprocessing has been used for decades for the industrial production of beverages and for the production and preservation of food and feed ingredients. While these applications are still crucial, new ones are being added, such as the production of new food and feed additives, functional foods and various types of novel foods. Many interventions are needed to improve product characteristics, ensure consistent quality, and reduce production costs: strain engineering, optimization of process parameters, handling of difficult process conditions, and more. There are many interesting examples in the literature of how researchers tackle the challenges in food and feed applications, both old and new. In this white paper we introduce several of them that provide valuable insights and ideas. WHITE PAPER No. 20 I February 2019
Non-nesting emergence by Green Wrtles Chelonia mydas at the Cunene River mouth , South West Africa / Namibia

P.W. Thrr Directorate of Nature Conservation Private B& S018 The p e n turtle is the only marine turtle known to emerge from water for reasons other than nesting (Garnett et al. 1985). These authors report that behaviour of this type has been observed along'the northern Australian coast and in the Pacific, while detailed observations of non-nesting emergence have been made on the north western Hawaiian Islands, the Gdapagos Islands and the Wellesley Islands.
How should an autonomous vehicle overtake a slower moving vehicle: design and analysis of an optimal trajectory

Over the past few years, there has been much research on various aspects of control of autonomous vehicles. However, it seems that the problem of overtaking a slower moving vehicle has been somewhat neglected. This note deals with the three-phase overtaking maneuver and with designing a smooth and ergonomic optimal lane-change trajectory to be used under normal conditions. It is shown that the absolute shape, size, and time of the first-phase trajectory do not depend on the velocity of the leading, slower moving vehicle. Only the absolute point for initiating the diversion is affected. The relatively simple mathematical model for each lane-change trajectory is based on minimizing the total kinetic energy during the maneuver, superimposed on a "minimum-jerk trajectory. " For high enough initial velocities, explicit formulas are obtained for the optimal distance and the optimal time of the maneuver. It is also shown that the total time is bounded from above and below, regardless of the velocity. By using the results of the suggested model, an autonomous vehicle, equipped with appropriate sensors, can estimate the best time and place to begin and end the overtaking and its total time and distance. This may help to make a decision whether to overtake or not.
Negotiating Relation Work with Telehealth Home Care Companionship Technologies 103 : 3 unfolded over time

In response to a perceived caregiver shortage and need to support aging in place, telehealth home care systems are being developed to provide remote care and monitoring to older people. Tough research has examined the experiences of teleoperators delivering care through these systems, we know less about the experiences of older adults receiving this care. We report findings from a three-month study of a tablet-based telehealth home care system that provides support for aging in place. We find that there is a mismatch between the designer’s conception of how care should be delivered and the ways that participants were interested in using the system. Tis mismatch exists in four areas: participants’ interest in geting to know the human teleoperators and rejecting the virtual avatar, interrogating the interface to figure out the inner workings of the platform, pushing for a more symmetrical relationship, and negotiating the relation work that they were willing to perform in the “sacred space” of their homes. We draw on the concept of heteromation to understand the political dimensions of telehealth aging in place technologies. We also provide implications and future directions for technologies requiring relation work as well as the design of avatar-based remote companionship.
Factor analysis as a tool to estimate association among individual proteins and other milk components with casein micelle size and cheese yield

The present study attempted to identify individual milk proteins and other milk components that are associated with casein micelle size (CMS) and dry matter cheese yield (DMCY) using factor analysis. Here, we used 140 bulk tank milk samples from different farms. Milk composition was determined using a Fourier transform infrared equipament. The individual milk proteins were (αS-casein, β-casein, κ-casein, β-lactoglobulin and α-lactoalbumin) measured by their electrophoretic profile. The CMS was estimated by photon correlation spectroscopy, and the DMCY was determined using reduced laboratory-scale cheese production. Factor analysis partitioned the milk components into three groups that, taken together, explain 68.3% of the total variance. The first factor was defined as “CMS”, while the second as “DMCY” factor, based on their high loadings. The CMS was positively correlated with protein, casein, non-fat solids and αS-casein and negatively associated with κ-casein and β-lactoglubulin. DMCY was positively correlated with fat, protein, casein, total solids and negatively correlated with αs-casein. These results indicate that the variation of individual milk proteins may be an important aspect correlated to milk quality and cheese production.
Policy influence of indicators – POINT

Indicators and indicators sets are increasingly bei ng supplied for communicating evidence to policy processes and to the broader public. The paper pres ents an EU-FP7 project, POINT (Policy Influence of Indicators) which has aimed to elucida te the roles indicators may play in policy processes and contexts, and some of the factors tha t may
PEDAGOGICAL DIMENSION IN VET DELIVERY OF THE TRAINING PACKAGES

Application of the Double Heuristic Method (DHM) tohe delivery of programs in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Queensla d (Azemikhah 2010) has been implemented in this research resulting in the emerg ence of a new theorising of the pedagogical engagement in the VET sector. Key eleme nts of the findings will be shared in this paper, and it will be argued that th ese elements and the grounded theory that emerges are central to the heart of VET pedago gy. The DHM graphical interface template (GIT) was desi gned as central to doctoral research conducted by the presenter. The template w s designed to bring about the pedagogical clarity that was much needed in the VET community. This paper discusses the two inter-related theories that have em rged from this research, i.e., Meta competency theory (MTC) and Confusion to Clari ty theory (CTC). While the Meta-competency theory argues that synthesis of the segmented component parts leads to meaning making and pedagogical clarity, CT C establishes that pedagogical misunderstanding in VET delivery leads to clarity o nly through implementation of a way of working where elements are pedagogically def ined and synthesized.
DEER DENSITY ESTIMATION IN WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS: OLD VERSUS NEW GROUND TECHNIQUES WITH MARK-RESIGHT AS A COMPARATIVE BASELINE

Population estimation is an important yet often difficult task for wildlife managers. Convenience methods such as spotlighting deer (Cervidae) from roads are often used as trend indices, but with nonrandom survey design, inference is restricted to the area adjacent to roads. The relationship to a greater spatial extent remains unknown. Our primary objective was to examine ‘presumable biases’ in density estimates from road-based nighttime deer surveys in west-central Texas using an area-conversion technique assuming 100% detectability and linetransect distance sampling. We used mark-resight, demographic, and radiotelemetry data to generate a population-level density estimate as an independent comparative standard at the study-site spatial extent. We also compared spotlighting (SL) and thermal infrared imaging (TIR) methods. We hypothesized that deer habituation behavior interacting with roads as semipermeable barriers to movement would cause clustering near roads at a spatial extent greater than the effective strip width of road survey transects. We predicted that deer density estimates by distance sampling, although descriptive of the area next to roads, would be biased high in comparison to the mark-resight estimate at the spatial extent of the study site. Also, areaconversion density estimates, although biased low due to incomplete detection, may actually provide accurate density estimates at the study-site spatial extent due to deer clustering near roads. We falsified the latter prediction but found support for the former. For inference to the study-site spatial extent, area-conversion estimates consistently appeared biased low, but distance sampling by TIR appeared biased high. Mean group size was greater by TIR than SL affecting density estimates by distance sampling similarly, thus increasing positive bias over SL. Spotlight distance sampling with the hazard-rate model appeared to provide the least biased deer density estimate at the study-site spatial extent. Similar results may be expected in other areas where habituated terrestrial mammals are surveyed from roads. Further study is needed to investigate road effects on deer distributions both within and beyond the effective strip width. This pilot study may be used to design and make predictions for a broad-scale calibration study relating nonrandom survey data to more defensible population estimates. WESTERN STATES AND PROVINCES DEER AND ELK WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS 7:30-47.
Neurological Complications of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) involves the intravenous infusion of hematopoietic progenitor cells from the patient (autologous) or a human leukocyte antigen-matched donor (allogeneic). Before transplantation, the recipient undergoes a conditioning regimen with high-dose chemotherapy or radiotherapy (or both) to destroy a defective bone marrow or residual cancer cells. After allogenic HCT chronic immunosuppression is needed to prevent graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease. The frequency and type of neurological complication depends on the type of HCT, the underlying disease, and the case ascertainment. In this review the neurological complications are presented according to the stage of HCT that they are most likely to occur: (1) conditioning: drug-related encephalopathies and seizures or complications secondary to medical procedures; (2) bone marrow depletion: metabolic and drug-related encephalopathies and seizures, septic cerebral infarctions, and hemorrhages; (3) chronic immunosuppression: infections by viruses and opportunistic organisms; and (4) late events: central nervous system relapses of the original disease, neurological complications of graft versus host disease, and second neoplasms.
A transcultural conceptual framework for corpus-based translation pedagogy

Corpus-based translation pedagogy is a thriving subfield of Applied Translation Studies, as testified by the rising number of publications in recent years ranging from practical guides on how to use corpora in the LSP classroom (e.g. Bowker and Pearson 2002) to scholarly volumes that examine and illustrate the use of corpora for a variety of teaching and learning purposes (e.g. Granger et al. eds. 2003; Zanettin et al. eds. 2003; Gavioli 2005). These works draw on the theoretical and descriptive branches of Translation Studies as well as neighbouring areas of scholarship such as Corpus Linguistics, Information and Communication Technologies, Computational Linguistics, Machine (Assisted) Translation, Contrastive Linguistics, Terminology, Lexicography, and LSP studies. This paper takes stock of this important development and examines the main methods currently employed in corpus-based translation pedagogy using an adapted version of the three-level model elaborated by Richards and Rodgers (2001) for the analysis of language teaching methods. This investigation brings to light significant differences between translator training, where corpora are well established, and translator education, where they have just started to make inroads. Arguably, one of the reasons for this gap lies in the lack of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks conceived specifically for translator education. On the basis of these considerations, I will explore, in the second part of my paper, the principles underlying an envisioned transcultural conceptual framework, within which corpora can play a significant role in equipping students of language and translation with the competences and capacities
1 Switches between Comparable Products : Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Many of the best-selling ‘blockbuster’ biological medicinal products are, or will soon be, facing competition from similar biological medicinal products (biosimilars) in the EU. Biosimilarity is based on the comparability concept, which has been used successfully for several decades to ensure close similarity of a biological product before and after a manufacturing change. Over the last 10 years, experience with biosimilars has shown that even complex biotechnology-derived proteins can be copied successfully. Most best-selling biologicals are used for chronic treatment. This has triggered intensive discussion on the interchangeability of a biosimilar with its reference product, with the main concern being immunogenicity. We explore the theoretical basis of the presumed risks of switching between a biosimilar and its reference product and the available data on switches. Our conclusion is that a switch between comparable versions of the same active substance approved in accordance with EU legislation is not expected to trigger or enhance immunogenicity. On the basis of current knowledge, it is unlikely and very difficult to substantiate that two products, comparable on a population level, would have different safety or efficacy in individual patients upon a switch. Our conclusion is that biosimilars licensed in the EU are interchangeable.
Current address: Shinji Tomita, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Level 4, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Background The present study examined whether a bioengineered polyglycolic acid cloth (PGAC) impregnated with bone marrow cells (BMC) improved the function and angiogenesis of the infarcted heart. Methods and Results The coronary artery was ligated in Lewis rats and the infarcted area was covered with a PGAC in group 1 (n=8), with a PGAC containing basic-fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF) in group 2 (n=11) and a PGAC containing b-FGF and freshly isolated BMC in group 3 (n=10). In addition, BMC derived from transgenic mice expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP)-BMC were seeded into a PGAC, which was sutured over the infarcted area of C57BL/6 mice (n=5). In the rat study, developed and systolic pressures, dp/dt max and dp/dt min) were the highest in group 3, as were the capillary density in the PGAC and infarcted area. In the mouse study, there were few GFP-BMC in the PGAC, but none in the infarcted area. Conclusions A PGAC with BMC improved cardiac function by inducing angiogenesis without migration of BMC. Freshly isolated BMC work as angiogenic inducers and a PGAC is useful as a "drug delivery system". (Circ J 2005; 69: 850 - 857)
VOLTAMMETRIC DETERMINATION OF CLOZAPINE FROMITS DRUG FORM

A voltammetry method was developed for the direct quantitative determination of clozapine in tablet dosage forms based on its oxidation behavior. The electrochemical determination of clozapine was easily carried out on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) using a variety of voltammetry techniques. The electrochemical measurements were carried out on GCE in various buffer solutions in the pH range from 3.00 to 12.00 by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) techniques. The dependence of pH on the anodic peak current and peak potential was investigated. Acetate buffer (pH 5.50) was selected for analytical purposes. The diffusion-controlled nature of the peak was established. A linear calibration curve for DPV analysis was constructed in the clozapine concentration range from 3x10mol L to 1x10mol L. Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) were obtained as 4.082x10mol Land 1.361x10mol Lrespectively. The applied voltammetric method was validated.