Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The efficacy of vitamin E-polyethylene glycol complex on growth performance, chicken meat quality and immunity in broilers

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin E-polyethylene glycol complex (VE-PEG) in commercial broilers. Three hundred and thirty Ross broiler chickens, 4 days old, were randomly distributed and allotted to 5 dietary treatments for six weeks. The vitamin E (VE) levels in the 5 dietary treatments were, mg/kg: 1. 0 (negative control), 2. 200 α-tocopheryl acetate, 3. 10 VE-PEG, 4. 20 VE-PEG, and 5. 50 VE-PEG. Overall study showed that supplementation of VE has improved the weight gain at 20 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg VE-PEG and 200 mg/kg VE levels, over those fed 0 or 10 mg/kg VE-PEG, but the feed intake and feed conversion efficiency remained unaffected. Bone resistance was improved in all VE supplemented diets than control. Significantly (P<0.05) higher phosphorus content in bone was recorded at 50 mg/kg VEPEG fed group. The carcass traits like dressing percentage, breast meat, abdominal fat and the meat colour did not differ significantly due to treatments. The serum levels of VE and its concentration in the muscle showed positive linear correlation with the levels supplemented. The thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) (mg/kg) levels in meat also suggested that supplemental VE has a protective role in rancidity. The cytotoxic T cells (CD8) and B-lymphocyte cells were higher in 50 mg/kg VE-PEG fed group. VE did not affect the infectious bronchitiserase and Newcastle disease antibody titres. Overall, it can be concluded that VE at higher levels in both α-tocopheryl acetate and VE-PEG form was found beneficial for the growth, immunity and increased the chicken meat quality.
LEVEE PERFORMANCE IN PAST EARTHQUAKES

Levees provide vital functions for water delivery and flood protection. However, they present unique challenges for seismic design because their great length makes engineering evaluation of stability at closely spaced regular intervals impractical. Accordingly, relatively broad, empirically-driven risk assessment tools have the potential to serve as effective screening tools. We are undertaking a large data collection and synthesis effort to support the development of such tools, with the initial focus being on levee performance from the 2007 Mw6.6 Niigata Chuetsu-oki earthquake in Japan. Naturally, ground shaking is a key variable in this process, so the reliable estimation of ground shaking hazards from seismic networks is an essential element of the case history analysis. We postulate that direct application of Kriging techniques can produce biased ground motion estimates due to variable site conditions. Accordingly, we apply Kriging to residuals of ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs), which remove the average site effect. The resulting maps of residuals can be readily applied with the GMPE to produce ground motion maps that properly reflect spatial variations of geologic conditions. The proposed procedure produces ground motions near levees that are lower in some areas than those produced by direct Kriging.
Inhibition of Clostridium perfringens LMG 11264 in Meat Samples of Chicken Turkey and Beef by the Bacteriocin Plantaricin UG1

The inhibition of Clostridium perfringens LMG 11264 (Cl. perfringens) by the bacteriocin plantaricin UG1 in vit ro (brain heart infusion broth and cooked meat broth) and in meat samples (cooked meat, uncooked meat & dry mortadella) of poultry (chicken and turkey) and beef was studied. The inhibitory activity of plantaricin UG1 was apparently more in liquid systems (BHI broth & cooked meat broth) than in mea t samples. The viable cells of Cl. perfringens were increased from 10 cfu/gm to 10 - 10 cfu/gm in almost 5 7 9
Firm Productivity and Importing: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms

This paper investigates various aspects of the relationship between firm productivity and importing for a large sample of Chinese firms between 2002 and 2006 making a distinction between the origin, variety, skill and technology content of imports. Employing a random effects probit model and a propensity score matching with difference-in-differences (PSMDID) approach and treating imports as endogenous in our measure of total factor productivity (TFP) (De Loecker 2007), we test the self-selection and learning-by-doing hypotheses. Our results show evidence of a bi-directional causal relationship between importing and productivity. Although importing firms tend to be more productive before entering the import market, once they start importing firms experience significant productivity gains for up to two years following entry. We also find evidence of learning effects following the decision to import, which is stronger when import starters source their products from high-income economies, import a wider variety of products and import products with a higher skill and technology content. A number of robustness checks confirm the learning effects of importing on TFP growth.
Interactive comment on “Characterizing ecosystem-atmosphere interactions from short to interannual time scales” by M. D. Mahecha et al

The authors are sincerely grateful to the in-depth reviews provided by Dr. Milan Paluš and two anonymous reviewers. Although all reviews advocate the publication of our manuscript in Biogeosciences (BG), some include major comments which (in part) make reference to very different aspects of the work. We have attempted to incorporate all of these concerns into the revised manuscript. Reviewer #1 also asked for a language revision of the manuscript, which has now been performed by a native speaker. In the present responses, letter reviewer concerns are briefly summarized or cited in bold type.
Allozyme Variation in the Large-scale Mullet Liza macrolepis (Perciformes: Mugilidae) fro'm Coastal Waters of Western Taiwan

Sin-Che Lee, Hui-Ling Cheng and Jung-Ti Chang (1996) Allozyme variation in the large-scale mullet Liza macrolepis (Perciformes: Mugilidae) from coastal waters of western Taiwan. Zoological Studies 35(2): 85-92, Allozyme variation was studied in the large-scale mullet Liza macrolepis collected from 4 sites: 3 sites on the west coast of Taiwan, the Tanshui estuary, the Kaohsiung River (Love River) and Dapong Bay (Tungkang); and 1 site about 50 km off the west coast of Taiwan, the Penghu Islands. The genetic similarities among these 4 localities are rather high (0.992-0.999), indicating that they belong to the same population. The inter-sample comparisons of heterozygosity based on 10 polymorphic loci (sAAT-1, CK-B, GPI-A, GPI-B, IDHP-A, LDH-C, sMDH-A, sMDH-B, ME-1 and MPI-1) under the 0,99 criterion revealed that most loci con­ form with the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, except those at GPI-B from Dapong Bay and IDHP-A from the Tanshui estuary, Analysis of overall mean heterozygosities among 4 inter-sample comparisons revealed that the samples from Dapong Bay and the Tanshui estuary have higher values (0.044 and 0.043, respec­ tively) than those from the Kaohsiung River and Penghu (0,029 and 0.028, respectively), probably due to heavy organic pollution in Dapong Bay and colder temperatures in the Tanshui estuary. Comparisons of overall FST (local subpopulation differentiation) of Dapong Bay with those of the three other locations in­ dicate a moderate genetic differentiation which is mainly contributed by the unusually high allele frequency of the MPI locus, A higher inbreeding coefficient (Fls) in the Dapong sample corresponds to the high in­ breeding potential at this site, probably due to its nearly land-locked habitat, which limits the exchange of individual fish between the bay and the open coast.
The Influence of Organizational Culture and Entrepreneurial Orientation on the Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Employee’s Performance

This study aimed to describe and explain the influence of organizational culture and entrepreneurial orientation on the job satisfaction, organizational commitment and employee’s performance.This study was qualitative design with the primary data source was derived from the 120 people on four medium scale (UM) companies which process food and beverage in Pekanbaru. A questionnaire was used as the instrument to gain the data, and the data analysis method employed in this study was the Structured Generalized Component Analysis) GSCA.There were some important findings in this study, namely: first, job satisfaction is a perfect mediation of theinfluence of organizational culture on the employee’s performance; second, organizational commitment perfect mediation of the influence of entrepreneurial orientation on the employee’s performance. Job satisfaction and organizational commitment may affect the increase in the employee’s performance.In general, the results of the analysis showed that the job satisfaction and organizational commitment as determiners in improving the employee’s performance. Organizational culture is the only factor that can increase the job satisfaction which then can improve the employee’s performance. Likewise with the organizational commitment, entrepreneurial orientation is the only factor which can improve organizational commitment which is to improve the employee’s performance. Keywords : organizational culture, entrepreneurial orientation, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, employee’s performance, medium enterprise
Planning of the Agrifood supply chain: a case study for the FVG region

The aim of this paper is to discuss the planning of regional Agri-food supply chain using an integrated database territorial information. The objective is to optimize the chain performance using alternative solutions. Evidences are obtained with a case study performed in FVG region applied to maize-crop. Firstly it is explored the chain network composed by farms, collection points and processing plants; then territorial, agronomic and climate information are integrated to simulate realistic production forecast model applied to maize crop. Finally a program from graph analysis is used to allocate the production through the chain. The economic performance is evaluated using the net revenues varying with the intensification of maize production and adoption of different organization solutions (independent and cooperative). Conclusions are that the chain performance is influenced by a combination of technology and organization decisions and the policy maker can use these results to orient their targets about regional planning.
Driving mechanisms for >40 km of exhumation during contraction and extension in a continental arc, Cascades core, Washington

In the NW North American Cordillera, the Cascades core region of the Coast Plutonic Complex underwent Late Cretaceous (>96 Ma to locally 73 Ma) SW‐NE contraction and crustal thickening followed by dextral transpression (∼73 to 55 Ma), then transtension (<55 Ma). Exhumation occurred during all three phases. During contraction, slow exhumation (∼0.6 mm/yr) occurred along the margins of the core, driven by isostatic rebound and erosion, and faster exhumation (>3 mm/yr) by local thrusting in regions undergoing crustal thickening. In the central part of the core (Chelan block), >40 km of exhumation occurred between 91 and 45 Ma, about half of which occurred during early contraction (driven by thrusting) and half during top‐to‐north, arc‐oblique shear during reactivation of a midcrustal Cretaceous thrust, the Dinkelman decollement. The footwall of this thrust consists of the Swakane Biotite Gneiss, a Cretaceous, metaclastic assemblage with recorded pressures of 10–12 kbar, no arc‐related magmatism, and structures dominated by pervasive top‐to‐north shearing. The hanging wall consists of the Napeequa Complex, an oceanic assemblage with recorded pressures of 6–12 kbar, voluminous arc‐related magmatism, and complex structures indicating early top‐to‐WSW shearing, younger top‐to‐north shearing, and widespread folding. In the Napeequa, top‐to‐north shearing started by 73 Ma during melt‐present conditions at pressures ≥6 kbar. Top‐to‐north shearing in both hanging wall and footwall continued during exhumation (∼1.6 mm/yr) and cooling to greenschist facies conditions during which slip became increasingly localized, eventually resulting in formation of pseudotachylite on discrete slip surfaces. We suggest that arc‐oblique extension was driven by along‐arc heterogeneity in displacements/erosion, initially during transpression and underplating of continental sediments, and later during transtension.
Construction of evaluation index system of petrochemical industry based on material flow analysis method

In order to solve the problems of high energy consumption, low efficiency and serious pollution in petrochemical industry, based on the theory of circular economy, the operation system of circular economy model in petrochemical industry is analysed. Then, the material flow analysis method is introduced, and its meaning and basic framework are explained. Finally, combining with the material flow characteristics of petrochemical industry, the basic framework and specific index content of the circular economy evaluation index system of petrochemical industry are established. It is suggested that petroleum chemical industry should strengthen the development of circular economy. The results show that the evaluation index system of circular economy not only embodies the quantitative index, but also takes into account the efficiency index. Therefore, it is in line with the concept of circular economy.
Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Self-Employment Initiatives among Nigerian Science & Technology Students

Entrepreneurship education is introduced into Nigeria educational system to provide the necessary skills, competence, understanding, and prepare the Nigerian graduate for self-reliant, thereby contributing in nation building. This paper examines the effect of entrepreneurship education on self-employment initiatives among science and technology students of Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. Data obtained for analyses was obtained through self-administered questionnaires. In addition, simple percentage ranking, correlation and regression analysis techniques were used to analyse the questionnaires. The result obtained indicates that entrepreneurship education is a good policy and it has positive effect on self-employment initiatives. This study recommends that students should be encouraged beyond entrepreneurship school training projects to business ventures start-ups at micro and small-levels. Also, the Polytechnic management should collaborate with existing entrepreneurs and business organizations in providing entrepreneurship training to the students. Lastly, the polytechnic management, the government and other stakeholders can give special recognition, awards and sponsorship assistance as motivation to students whose projects are realistically outstanding. This will stimulate self-employment drives among graduates. Keywords : entrepreneurship education, self-employment initiatives, science and technology students.
Study on the Risk Transmission Mechanism of Rural Banks in China

This paper studies the rural banks’ credit risk factors and risk transmission path, sets up a nonlinear differential dynamical system model for the transmission and analyzes its equilibrium by phase-plane method, then discusses how credit risk dynamically configures to reach equilibrium among the nodes in the transmission process. The paper’s main conclusions are as follows: the sources of rural banks’ credit risk are transmitted inside the banks by virtue of the carriers of capital flow and information flow, and the recipients in the banks’ internal credit risk transmission may become new risk sources and lead to regional financial risks; the credit risk dynamic configuration may reach equilibrium among the nodes in the transmission subsystem. Finally, this paper gives suggestions on credit risk management of rural banks in China.
Lesbian and gay couple relationships: When internalized homophobia gets in the way of couple creativity

Many lesbian and gay couples remain cautious in seeking psychoanalytic treatment for their relationship difficulties. The use of psychoanalytic theories, particularly the application of the Oedipus complex to explore homosexuality has been experienced by many as especially damaging. It is regrettable that psychoanalytic theory has too often been used in a restrictive and deterministic way to pathologize sexual orientation. Yet, the concept of the Oedipus complex has also been immensely fruitful for psychoanalysis and remains one of its central tenets. In this paper I use the concept of the Creative Couple, an idea which has evolved from the Oedipus complex, to underpin my thinking in an exploration of some of the issues with which I have observed lesbian and gay couples struggle. One such issue is that of Internalized Homophobia. Using case examples I consider the damage this can cause to lesbian and gay couples, including the sense of paralysis that can pervade both the couple's relationship and the therapy. I reflect on the challenges that internalized homophobia can present for the therapist when manifested in the transference and countertransference, and the need to be aware of the hidden, pernicious ways in which it can interfere with a couple's creativity.
Expanding n-gram training data for language models based on morpho-syntactic transformations

The subject of this paper is the expansion of n-gram training data with the aid of morphosyntactic transformations, in order to create a larger amount of reliable n-grams for Dutch language models. The main aim of this technique is to alleviate a classical problem for language models: data sparsity. Moreover, since language models for automatic speech recognition are usually trained on written language resources while they are tested on spoken language, certain patterns that are typical for spontanous spoken language will be under-represented and patterns characteristic of written language will be over-represented. By adding transformed n-grams, we hope to adapt the language model such that it matches better with spoken language. We investigate whether a language model trained on the expanded data performs better than a baseline n-gram model with modified Kneser-Ney smoothing in terms of perplexity and word error rate. Several alternatives for the probability estimation of the transformed n-grams are explored, and an approach to deal with separable verbs in Dutch is also discussed.
A Comparative Study of Graduate Employment Surveys: 2003–2011

Abstract: Based on data from nationwide surveys of graduates conducted in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 by the Institute of Economics of Education, Peking University, this article provides a statistical comparative analysis of employment results and the job search process. It examines the characteristics of college graduate employment in China, as well as changing trends since the massification of Chinese higher education. Policy implications are raised on the basis of the empirical results.
A heuristic approach to the realization of the wide-band optical diode effect in photonic crystal waveguides

In this paper a highly efficient optical diode is demonstrated in photonic crystal waveguides with broken spatial symmetry. The structure is made of isotropic linear materials and does not need high power optical beams or strong magnetic fields. While the proposed structure shows almost complete light transmission (>99%) in one direction, it blocks light transmission in the opposite direction. This unidirectional transmission is retained within a wide range of frequencies (>4% of central frequency). In order to achieve an optical diode effect, the optical mode of the waveguide is manipulated by designing an ultra-compact mode converter and an efficient mode filter. The dimensions of the proposed mode converter are less than two wavelengths long.
PROTEKER: implementation of a submarine observatory at the Kerguelen Islands (Southern Ocean)

In the context of global climate change, variations in sea surface temperature, sea level change and latitudinal shifts of oceanographic currents are expected to affect marine biodiversity of the sub-Antarctic islands located near the polar front, such as the Kerguelen Islands, particularly in coastal waters. Sampling sites of previous oceanographic programmes focused on the Kerguelen Islands were revis-ited during three scientific summer cruises aboard the trawler La Curieuse (2011–2014). Among 18 coastal sites explored using scuba diving, 8 were selected for monitoring, as representative of the Kerguelen sub-Antarctic marine habitats, to be progressively equipped with sensors and settlement plots. Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) observations and beam trawling (at 50 m and 100 m) have also been used to contextualise them. Eight sites – in the Morbihan Bay (4), and in the north (2) and south (2) of the Kerguelen Islands – are now monitored by photo and video surveys, with temperature loggers installed at 5 m and 15 m depth, and settlement plots at about 10 m depth. Temperature data have been recovered yearly since 2011 at some sites (those equipped first). Biodiversity found on settlement plots will be characterised yearly by metagenomics. The often harsh conditions at sea involve using robust underwater equipment and simple investigation techniques and protocols to ensure the permanence and the reliability of the equipment installed.
Method Engineering; The Open Process Framework and Cassiopeia

The Cassiopeia approach adopts an organization-oriented approach to multiagent systems design. In order to support the concepts in Cassiopeia using an existing process framework (the OPEN Process Framework or OPF), we identify two new Tasks, together with two new subtasks for a pre-existing Task and one additional Work Product, that need to be added to the existing OPF repository. Using method engineering it then becomes possible to generate a tailored agent-oriented methodology from this suite of process components.
Mechanical properties and atomistic deformation mechanism of spinel-type BeP 2 N 4

The anisotropic mechanical properties and atomistic deformation mechanism of incompressible c-BeP2N4 were comprehensively investigated by first-principles calculations. According to the dependence of the Young’s modulus on different directions in crystal, the c-BeP2N4 exhibits a well-pronounced anisotropy which may impose certain limitations and restrictions on its applications. The ideal strength calculations demonstrated that c-BeP2N4 shows substantially lower ideal shear strength than superhard c-BN and diamond, suggesting that it cannot be intrinsically superhard as claimed in the previous studies. Furthermore, the origin of the lattice instability of c-BeP2N4 under large shear strain that occurs at the atomic level during plastic deformation can be attributed to the breaking of P–N bonds in PN6 octahedrons. Crown Copyright 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
A Robot is a Smart Tool: Investigating Younger Users' Preferences for the Multimodal Interaction of Domestic Service Robot

The degree that domestic service robots are generally accepted mainly depends on the user experience and the surprise that the design brings to people. To make the design of robots to follow the trend of interactions of smart devices, researchers should have insights into young people's acceptance and opinions of emerging new interactions. The main content of this study is a user elicitation through which the users' suggestions for commanding a robot in specific contexts are gathered. Accordingly, it sheds light on the features of user preferences for human-robot interaction. This study claims that younger users regard service robots merely as intelligent tools, which is the direct cause of the above interaction preferences. Keywords: Service robot, Interaction design, User preference