Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Studying Resistance of Some Dairy Cattle Breeds to Heat Stress in Relation to Milk Yield

The objective for our work was to estimate the milk yield and blood biochemical constituents of and weight daily gain of calves recently born from imported cows under hot summer conditions in Egypt. Thirty late- pregnant cows, aged 22-24 months, chosen randomly were used in this study. Experiment was carried out during the period from third stage of pregnancy and continued to 8 weeks postpartum. Imported late-pregnant cows divided into three groups, each group was 10 cows. 1st group was Brown Swiss (BS) cows, 2nd group was Simmental (S) cows and 3rd group was Holstein (H). Results showed that H cows have a lowest rectal temperature (RT) and respiration rate (RR) in compare with BS and S cows. Results showed that H cows have a highest daily milk yield while S cows have lowest values. BS and H cows have significantly higher total protein, albumin and urea concentrations than S cows. While, globulin and glucose concentrations were significantly higher in BS than its concentrations in S and H cows, respectively. Total cholesterol, phospholipids and creatinine concentrations showed the lowest values in BS cows as compare with S and H cows. Otherwise, BS cows have the highest triglycerides concentration as compare with H and S cows. About liver function showed the highest activity for AST in S cows and for ALT in H cows as compared of other groups. BS cows have significantly higher T4 and Estradiol17β levels than its levels in S and H cows, respectively. Birth weight of newborn both male and female calves as well as daily body weight gain of calves produced from the three imported cows were not differs Significantly. Two months weight of calves produced from S cows was significantly higher than BS and H cows, respectively. In conclusion, the three imported breed cows appears good resistance to heat stress effects under hot summer conditions in Egypt with extremely resistance for H cows.
Temperature Variation in Breast Tissue Model With and Without Tumor Based on Porous Media

The human body is made by 200 different types of cells, which are separated by voids. Blood supplies the nutrients and minerals to all cells within the tissue through these voids. The breast tissue is treated as a porous media in the study. Tumor includes the vascular (blood) and the extra-vascular (solid) regions. The porosity of a tumor is higher than normal tissue. The present work deals with the temperature variation of normal and tumorous breast tissue based on porous media. The finite element method is used to solve the two-dimensional bio-heat equation. The results show that the temperature profile of normal breast tissue in the porous media model is almost identical with the conventional bio-heat model at correction factor is equal to 0.6. The temperature of tumor region in the porous media model is slightly lower than the conventional bio-heat model. When the porosity is increased, the temperature of normal breast tissue is increased. But in tumorous breast tissue, the temperature is slightly increased in skin surface to anterior part of the tumor and slightly decreased in tumor region. The temperature of normal and tumorous breast tissue is increased when metabolism, blood velocity, and room temperature are increased in the porous media model. The central temperature of the tumor region reaches a steady state faster than anterior and posterior temperature of both normal and tumorous breast tissue in conventional bio-heat model and porous media model.
TCAD device simulation of novel test structures for determining the lifetime in solar cells

In this work a new device test structure for determining the charge carrier lifetime in solar cells is investigated using device simulations. This structure comprises a pnp phototransistor structure, which allows to determine the recombination or (effective) lifetime at the surface or in the shallow junction of the transistor. Several separate current components can be investigated, including that component solely determined by recombination at the surface, not possible in a standard diode or solar cell. Yet, the heart of this transistor basically imitates the solar cell. Investigating the current characteristics of the given structures and calculating the lifetime gives a clear explanation of the recombination process in solar cells, which is one of the main factors influencing the efficiency of solar cells. By examining the current density values calculated and simulated with different methods, the test structure is proven to be valid for the carrier lifetime investigation. A different outcome between a cylindrical and a 2D structure is observed, which can be attributed to base current spreading. The results indicate that a less uniform current flow is obtained for a wide cylindrical structure making this structure less suitable for lifetime extraction. The re- lation between current density and effective recombination along with the calculations of the sheet resistance are also presented. This work is important for improving the solar cell efficiency.
Response-Aware Scheduling of Big Data Applications in Cloud Environments

The cloud infrastructures afford a proper environment for the execution of large-scale big data application. The scheduling of a substantial number of tasks in the heterogeneous multi-tenant cloud environment is one of the most significant research challenges in the current era. The major challenges of task allocation are to optimize the overall completion time, cost of execution, tardiness and utilize idle resources of cloud effectively. In this paper, we have proposed a novel scheduling algorithm for task allocation of the cloud resources to optimize the overall execution time by minimizing response time. In order to find the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm, we have compared our solution with six standard competing algorithms for the optimization of performance metrics in the cloud environment. The results confirm that our proposed algorithm operates better than the other state-of-the-art algorithms in terms of response time (allocation time), makespan and the total execution time. Keywords—Scheduling; cloud computing; task allocation; allocation time; execution time
Recent Developments in Flexible Thermoelectric Devices

thermoelectrics, including ﬂ exible thermoelectric materials and devices, can directly convert the from body into useful electricity, providing a promising for uninterrupted power to wearables. ﬂ exible thermoelectrics has achieved notable progress. Various kinds of ﬂ exible thermoelectric materials have been developed and some of them have been fabricated into ﬂ exible thermoelectric devices, showing the ability to generate nW-level or even μ W-level electricity. Herein, the basic design principles and typical con ﬁ gurations of ﬂ exible thermoelectric devices, as well as the requirements on thermoelectric materials to achieve high performance ﬂ exible thermoelectric devices, are ﬁ rst introduced. Then, the recent progress achieved in ﬂ exible thermoelectric devices based on organics materials, traditional inorganic materials, other organic/inorganic composites/hybrids, and plastic deformable inorganic semiconductors, respectively, are summarized. Finally, an outlook on the future development of ﬂ exible thermoelectrics is brie ﬂ y given. This study sheds light on the further development of ﬂ exible thermoelectrics.
Refractive index change mechanisms in different glasses induced by femtosecond laser irradiation

Tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses can be used to alter the refractive index of virtually all optical glasses. As the laser-induced modification is spatially limited to the focal volume of the writing beam, this technique enables the fabrication of fully three-dimensional photonic structures and devices that are automatically embedded within the host material. While it is well understood that the laser-material interaction process is initiated by nonlinear, typically multiphoton absorption, the actual mechanism that results in an increase or sometimes decrease of the refractive index of the glass strongly depends on the composition of the material and the process parameters and is still subject to scientific studies. In this paper, we present an overview of our recent work aimed at uncovering the physical and chemical processes that contribute to the observed material modification. Raman microscopy and electron microprobe analysis was used to study the induced modifications that occur within the glass matrix and the influence of atomic species migration forced by the femtosecond laser writing beam. In particular, we concentrate on borosilicate, heavy metal fluoride and phosphate glasses. We believe that our results represent an important step towards the development of engineered glass types that are ideally suited for the fabrication of photonic devices via the femtosecond laser direct write technique.
Economic Stability and Growth: The Case of Turkey

As the theory of economy began to mature, unemployment and economic growth became one of the fundamental macroeconomic indicators. Price stability, full employment and economic growth constitute the basic conditions of economic stability. If, in an economy inflation and unemployment rates reach to high levels and economic growth rates reach to low levels, economic instability will arise. In order to overcome these problems, a series of models are developed and they have taken their place in the history of economic thought. While existence of an inverse relationship was accepted between inflation and unemployment, in the 1970s and especially as the Petroleum Crisis was lived through, the concept of “stagflation” emerged. Therefore, the opinion that the thought to make a choice between inflation and unemployment should be abandoned has become widely accepted. The aim of this study is to investigate how inflation and unemployment affects economic growth in Turkey between for the period of 2008:1 and 2017:3. In this context secondary data has been taken from Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The study differs from the previous ones because it provides research related to issues that were not investigated in previous studies related to Turkey with regards to the Industrial Production Index (IPI), Product Price Index (PPI) and the relationship of unemployment data for the long term and being related with reasoning. According to the Johansen cointegration test, there is a long term relationship between series. An increase of 1 percent in UNMP reduces IPI by 1.7 percent. Consequently, the paper recommended that in order to ensure economic growth in Turkey, especially policies that would reduce unemployment should be preferred.
A Human-Inspired Control Strategy for Improving Seamless Robot-To-Human Handovers

One of the challenging aspects of robotics research is to successfully establish a human-like behavioural control strategy for human–robot handover, since a robotic controller is further complicated by the dynamic nature of the human response. This paper consequently highlights the development of an appropriate set of behaviour-based control for robot-to-human object handover by first understanding an equivalent human–human handover. The optimized hybrid position and impedance control was implemented to ensure good stability, adaptability and comfort of the robot in the object handover tasks. Moreover, a questionnaire technique was employed to gather information from the participants concerning their evaluations of the developed control system. The results demonstrate that the quantitative measurement of performance of the human-inspired control strategy can be considered acceptable for seamless human–robot handovers. This also provided significant satisfaction with the overall control performance in the robotic control system, in which the robot can dexterously pass the object to the receiver in a timely and natural manner without the risk of harm or injury by the robot. Furthermore, the survey responses were in agreement with the parallel test outcomes, demonstrating significant satisfaction with the overall performance of the robot–human interaction, as measured by an average rating of 4.20 on a five-point scale.
Mid-Scale Drivers of Variability in Dry Mixed-Conifer Forests of the Mogollon Rim, Arizona

The structure and composition of southwestern dry mixed-conifer forests have changed significantly, decreasing forest resiliency to uncharacteristic disturbances which also threaten ecosystem services. Restoration of these forests can be informed by historical conditions; however, managers and researchers still lack a full understanding of how environmental factors influence forest conditions. We investigated historical and contemporary variability in dry mixed-conifer forests in northern Arizona and identified important environmental drivers. We utilized forest sample plots and dendrochronological reconstruction modelling to describe forest conditions in 1879 and 2014, respectively. We used correlogram analysis to compare spatial autocorrelation of average diameter, basal area and tree density, and structural equation modeling to partition the causal pathways between forest structure, forest composition, and a suite of environmental factors reflecting climate, topography, and soil. Historical (1879) reconstructed forests had significantly fewer trees, lower basal area, and higher average diameter than contemporarily (2014). Composition has shifted from ponderosa pine dominance towards a more mixed-species composition. Historically, forest structure did not exhibit strong spatial autocorrelation, but contemporary tree density and diameter were strongly autocorrelated. Environmental factors described little variation in historical forest conditions but are more important for contemporary conditions. Managers can utilize this increased understanding of variation to tailor silvicultural prescriptions to environmental templates.
Performance of some purple-fleshed Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas L.) as influenced by different storage conditions

Sweet potatoes are becoming a research focus in recent years due to their unique nutritional and functional properties. Purple sweet potato is a special type having high anthocyanin pigment and phenol content in the root. Sweet potato physiological parameters and biochemical constituents were evaluated to study the comparative performance in five cultivars (X-9, TSP-12-10, Cross 4, Sree Kanaka and Kishan) at harvest and after storage for 30 days under ambient, cool and refrigerated storage condition. All cultivars in different storage conditions exhibited steady weight loss and sprouting from the beginning and the tubers kept in refrigerated storage significantly least PLW%, followed by cool storage and ambient storage. Results of different storage conditions indicated that, there was a downward trend in starch, ascorbic acid and anthocyanin content with the increasing of storage time while total sugars and phenol contents gradually increased. Sugar content of the tubers tended to increase due to hydrolysis of starch which is responsible to enhance sprouting. Increase of total sugar content and retention of anthocyanin was highest in refrigerated storage followed by cool and ambient storage. After 4 weeks exposure to 5C, the rate of increase of phenolic content of sweet potato tubers was significantly higher whereas loss of ascorbic acid was minimum than tubers stored in cool (20C) and ambient condition (3035C). The highest starch, ascorbic acid and antioxidant property viz., anthocyanin and total phenol were obtained from Cross-4 which also attained a promising performance in morphological characteristics. So it is identified to be superior considering all qualitative aspects which can be selected for further improvement and can be promoted for cultivation.
Persepsi Dukungan Organisasi dan Karakteristik Pekerjaan Terhadap Knowledge Sharing: Organizational Citizenship Behavior Sebagai Mediasi

Organizational citizenshipxbehavior has been recognized as an important variable for every organization both in academicians and practitioners. Thexpurpose of this study is to investigate thexrole of organizatinal citizenship behavior as mediator onxthe relationshipxbetween perceivedxorganizational support, job characteritics and knowledge sharing. The number of respondents that could be used in this study was 37 employees of the CivilxServants inxthe Public Works andxPublic Housing Agencyxof the West Sumatra Region of Padang City. The resultsxof analysis showedxthat the perceived organizationalxsupport and jobxcharacteristics did not affect significantly knowledge sharing. Perceived organizationalxsupport wasxfound to have positive effect onxorganizational citizenship behavior and jobxcharacteristics did not influencexorganizational citizenship behavior. Furthermore,xorganizational citizenship behaviorxwas found to havexpositive effect on knowledgexsharing. In addition, organizationalxcitizenship behavior wasxproven to mediate thexrelationship between perceived organizationalxsupport and knowledge sharing.xHowever, it did notxmediate the relationship between jobxcharacteristics and knowledge sharing.
Law Firm Lawyers ’ Work Experiences Differ Significantly Along Certain Ideals of Professionalism ?

Traditionally, the literature assumed that solo practitice best exemplifies the ideal professional work arrangement and that when professionals become salaried employees their professionalism is seriously threatened. The primary goal of this paper is to examine lawyers’ sense of professionalism across two work contexts: solo practitioner offices and law firm settings. We also examine status distinctions within law firms, between associates and partners, and compare both to independent practitioners. Solo practitioners and law firm partners are similar on most key dimensions of professionalism, whereas the greatest contrasts occur between partners and associates within law firms. Partners and solo practitioners share similar experiences of autonomy and service as owner-managers, whereas partners and associates share greater collegiality among professionals, perhaps fostered through law firm cultures. All three groups report comparable amounts of variety in their work and are equally committed to the practice of law. The key factors that account for gaps in professionalism reflect the nature of law practices, primarily through time spent with corporate clients and pressure to generate profits. We conclude that different versions of lawyers’ professionalism are influenced by the everyday aspects of their work and one version is not necessarily more professional than the other. Copyright # 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A comparative scrutiny of the effectiveness of Emotionally-Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) and Narrative Couple Therapy (NCT) in the marital quality and emotional, cognitive and behavioral impaired functioning of distressed couples

Distress in couple relationships is one of the most prevalent concerns in the recent decades that has considerable negative impacts on the biopsychosocial health of couples and their offspring. The present research aimed to compare the effectiveness of emotionally-focused and narrative couple therapy on the marital quality and emotional, cognitive and behavioral impaired functioning of distressed couples. The research design was randomized controlled trial and the sample consisted of 18 distressed couples who were randomly assigned to either NCT or EFCT as experimental groups and received between 8-12 weekly sessions of emotionally-focused couple therapy and narrative couple therapy. Also they were assessed in the screening, pre and post treatment, and follow-up stages utilizing Dyadic Adjustment Scale, The Experiences in Close Relationship Scale-Short Form, Relationship Attribution Measure, Rahim Organizational conflict Inventory-2, and Millon Clinical Multiaxail Inventory-III. Results revealed that NCT leads to significant change in the marital quality and behavioral impaired functioning by the end of the treatment, but the improvement was not steady at follow-up. EFCT led to significant changes in the marital quality, emotional and cognitive impaired functioning at the posttreatment. Also, in this group, behavioral impaired functioning was significantly improved at the follow-up. This improvement was steady except the attachment avoidance. Furthermore, outcomes for clinically significant changes favored EFCT both at the posttreatment and follow-up, but there were no significant differences between EFCT and NCT in the recovery rates in both assessment points.
The Three Tevaram theories and principles of God

The Thirumurai are specially in Tamil literature, especially in bhakti literature. The first seven of them are called thevaram. The authors of these books are called the Principal Nayanmars. He is the first to be born in The Hawks. During the 6th century jainism, the temples visited the saivism and sang the saivite saints in Tamil Nadu. The devara songs sung in the same way are the ways of worshipping God, the principles of life, the principles and theories of gods. The three principles are that the deity can be attained by singing the devara and worshipping Lord Shiva. The saints of those days thought that the best way to guide people through devotion was to guide them.
Effective Oversight Roles of Board of Directors - The Case of Listed Firms on Bursa Malaysia

This study investigates the influence of strong committee of independent directors on the board of directors on firm value. We focus on the factors that strengthen independent directors’ performance of fiduciary duties notably the presence of independent financial expert, senior independent director, independent board’s chairman, and absence of top management executives and presence of family members on the board of directors. We conduct our research using 221 samples of Malaysian listed companies. This study extends prior research by emphasizing the significance of regulating the appointment of independent financial expert and the support of independent director with in depth corporate governance experience on the board. The results show that board oversight roles enhanced firm performance when a senior independent director and an independent board’s chairman were present on the board where CEO, CFO, COO or MD was not a board member. Furthermore, the negative relationship between the proportion of family member director on the board and firm performance supported the imperativeness of higher independent director presence on the board. These findings provide empirical evidence in support of the significance of board independence as an effective governing mechanism for monitoring family-member director influence on board decisions. On the other hand, the negative relationship between the presence of more than majority independent director on the board and firm performance signifies their productivity is valued more than numbers.
Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Ethnic Vegetables Osonshak (Spilanthes calva) and Chikipung (Rumex vesicarius) in Animal Model

The aqueous leaf extract of ethnic vegetables Osonshak (Spilanthes calva), Chikipung (Rumex vesicarius) and Kochi ampata (Mangifera indica) widely consumed by the ethnic people of Chittagong Hill Tracts was investigated for their anti-inflammatory activity. Carrageenan induced rat paw edema model was employed to test the anti-inflammatory property. The plant extract (500 mg/kg body weight) was given orally to the rats. Diclofenac sodium (50 mg/kg) was used as the positive control. Osonshak and Chikipung showed significant anti-inflammatory activity.