bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Can the Office Environment Be a Motivator? What Makes a Good Enough Working Environment on the Eve of 2020?
Authors: Frankó Luca , Dúll Andrea
Published: December 2019

A well-designed office environment is often touted as a key motivator nowdays, although it is not entirely clear how to use it consciously. Our goal was to understand the role of the physical environment in new generation offices and whether it can be a motivator at all. We asked open-office employees to describe the three main criteria of an excellent work environment. We analyzed 509 participants' 1456 answers and classified them into 146 content codes. These content codes were further categorized based on whether they refer to the physical or/and the social environment, as well as along the eight needs Maslow described. 82.07 % of the answers referred to the physical environment, ambient stimuli dominated the sample with 324 mentions under 6 content codes (eg.: bright (128), quiet (69)). The majority (55.59 %) of the responses could be categorized under Maslow’s safety needs, but 14.15 % of them referred to one of Maslow’s growth needs (eg.: plants (26), decoration (21)). Using the intersection of Maslow's and Herzberg's theory, we argue that certain physical environmental aspects can be considered as a hygiene factor, some of them as a motivator. And some of them as both meaning some aspects can be considered on more level from an emotional-motivational perspective. Planning an office is not just an architectural question, but a psychological one as well. In order to design human-focused work places we need to understand the exact role and the layering of the physical environmental aspects.
How Is Islamic Religiosity Connected with Socioeconomic Development?
Authors: Budiman Mochammad Arif , Dahlan Nurhidayati , Priyougie Priyougie
Published: December 2019

Majority of the Muslim countries around the globe have been still experiencing a low level of development in various aspects of life compared to non-Muslim countries. Indonesia as the most populous Muslim country is not an exception. As far as Islam is concerned, this fact shows an irony for this religion strongly propels its adherents to pursue an excellent life (hayatan thayybah) both in worldly life and hereafter. Moreover in Islam, religion and development are very closely related each other where the level of development is dependent upon the implementation of religion in the society. The existence of Islam in a particular society should ideally lead such a society to be developed. This paper attempts to investigate the connection between Islam and development in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia. The province is selected for the study as it has long tradition of Islam, but it is reported to have a low level development. The objective of this study is to reveal the actual role of Islam on the society and to examine its connection to socioeconomic development using Maqasid al-Shari’ah framework. The survey method was employed for the data collection and Structural Equation Modeling used for the analysis. The findings showed that religiosity was positively related to various aspects of socioeconomic development as measured by the components of Maqasid al-Shari’ah.
Obstacles in Implementing of Tourist Guide Policy: License for Tourist Guides in Bali Province
Authors: Pratiwi Kadek Rianita Indah , Sentanu I Gede Eko Putra Sri
Published: December 2019

The existence of tourist guides in the Bali Province area is regulated by the Bali Provincial Government regarding licenses for tourist guides. However, the implementation of this policy still causes problems such as the problem is the lack of availability of licensed tourist guides compared to the number of tourist visits to Bali Province and still find the practice of tourist guides without a license. This study aims to analyze the factors that hinder the policy of implementing licenses for this tourist guide. The research design was carried out by analyzing case studies through a qualitative approach. The results of the study showed that there were factors that had become obstacles in the licensing policy for tourist guides in Bali Province. Several factors were found, namely the benefits of policy, information, supervision, legal sanctions and social conditions.
Peran Kader, Lingkungan Balita, Peran Orang Tua dan Kebutuhan Dasar Balita terhadap Perkembangan Balita
Authors: Trisna S Nurwita
Published: December 2019

Tujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh langsung dan tidak langsung serta besaran antara peran kader, lingkungan, peran orangtua dan kebutuhan dasar balita terhadap perkembangan balita. Sample penelitian adalah semua ibu yang memiliki balita di Kelas Baca Anakku Sayang Lenteng Agung Jakarta Selatan tahun 2015 sebanyak  85 orang. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan memberikan kuesioner, analisa data dengan SPSS 18 dan SmartPLS 2.0. Hasil penelitian didapatkan ada pengaruh langsung antara peran kader terhadap perkembangan balita sebesar 17.58% dengan koefisien 0.207 dan nilai T-Statistic 2.026, ada pengaruh langsung antara peran orangtua terhadap perkembangan balita sebesar 14.91% dengan koefisien 0.178 dan nilai T-Statistic 2.900, ada pengaruh langsung  antara lingkungan balita terhadap terhadap perkembangan balita sebesar 19.66% dengan koefisien 0.231 dan  nilai T-Statistic 1.981, ada pengaruh langsung antara kebutuhan dasar balita  terhadap perkembangan balita sebesar  26.93% dengan koefisien 0.311 dan nilai T-Statistic 4.15, lebih besar dari nilai a=0,05 (>1,96) maka signifikan (positif). Kesimpulannya bahwa variabel kebutuhan dasar balita merupakan faktor paling dominan dalam mempengaruhi perkembangan balita di Kelas Baca Anakku Sayang Lenteng Agung. Diharapkan dapat menambah ilmu pengetahuan dan  memenuhi kebutuhan dasar anak meliputi asah, asih dan asuh.
Kebijakan Operasional Praktik Khitan Perempuan di Kabupaten Brebes
Authors: Kusumastuti Istiana
Published: December 2019

Khitan perempuan secara umum sebanding dengan khitan terhadap laki-laki. Hanya saja, karena secara anatomis antara keduanya berbeda, maka tata caranya juga berbeda. Khitan laki-laki dilakukan dengan membuang kulup yang menutupi penis, sedangkan pada perempuan dilakukan denga membuang “kulup” yang menutupi klitoris. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menyusun kebijakan operasional praktik khitan perempuan di Kabupaten Brebes tahun 2015. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan kualitatif melalui pendekatan observational serta metode pengumpulan data menggunakan indepth interview (wawancara mendalam) yang dilakukan kepada sumber informasi (informan) yang berhubungan dengan praktik khitan perempuan. Hasil penelitian didapatkan bahwa bentuk kebijakan operasional praktik khitan perempuan berisi tentang status hukum khitan perempuan, tenaga pelaksana khitan perempuan, peralatan khitan perempuan, metode khitan perempuan dan prosedur khitan perempuan. Di Kabupaten Brebes kebijakan operasional praktik khitan perempuan belum dapat direalisasikan pelaksanaannya. Jadi dapat disimpulkan belum membudayanya praktik khitan perempuan di Kabupaten Brebes. Disarankan bentuk Kebijakan Operasional Praktik Khitan Perempuan sebaiknya lebih dipahami dan ditelaah agar dapat digunakan seoptimal mungkin, bagi pemerintah sebaiknya melakukan sosialisasi kepada masyarakat mengenai khitan perempuan yang lebih tepat, selanjutnya Kepala Dinas Kesehatan, Ketua IBI dan petugas KIA hendaknya meningkatkan pemahaman terkait khitan perempuan, kemudian MUI dan Ulama Kabupaten Brebes dapat mengoptimalkan sosialisasi praktik khitan perempuan agar masyarakat memahami manfaat khitan perempuan.
A xiloteca do Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau e as madeiras da Mata Atlântica
Authors: Valle Mara Lucia Agostini , Santos Bianca de Sousa Aleluia , Jardim Jomar Gomes
Published: December 2019

Xiloteca é uma coleção científica de madeiras identificadas com dados de coleta disponíveis e que é representativa da diversidade biológica. É um referencial para estudos e pesquisas na área botânica e tecnológica, tanto para produtores, como para comerciantes de madeira, servindo também para comparação e identificação de novas amostras de madeira. A xiloteca em estudo está associada ao herbário do Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, que atualmente é um dos maiores da região nordeste e conserva a mais importante coleção de espécimes vegetais representantes da Mata Atlântica do sul baiano e norte do Espírito Santo. O objetivo desse estudo é dar visibilidade às informações presentes nessa xiloteca. Com o aumento da visibilidade da xiloteca para uma maior audiência – pesquisadores e público em geral –, espera-se valorizar informações sobre o patrimônio das espécies vegetais do sul da Bahia, resguardando dados de importante relevância para a compreensão da diversidade florestal da região.
THE INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL LENS PROPERTIES IN THE ACTIVE ELEMENT OF LASER AMPLIFIER WITH HIGH POWER DIODE PUMP
Authors: Kuptsov Gleb , Laptev Alexei , Petrov Vladimir , Petrov Victor , Pestryakov Efim
Published: December 2019

A femtosecond laser system with a pulse repetition rate up to 1 kHz is being developed at the Institute of Laser Physics of the SB RAS. The key component of the system is the channel of laser amplification based on media doped with Yb3+ ions. The designed average output power of the channel is 300 W. Thermal effects in high-power laser amplifiers are decisive for the parameters of the radiation at the output of system. In this paper the results of experimental measurements of thermal lens focal distance dependence in Yb:YAG active element on diode pump power using geometric method are given. Calculation of the dependence thermal lens focal distance on the power of pump power and a comparison with experimental data are given.
The Effect of Myostatin Gene Polymorphisms onSome Biochemist Traits for Blood in Broiler Chicken
Authors: Habeeb Ismail Ismail , Hussein Mohammed Adnan
Published: December 2019

This study is conducted at the Poultry Farm of Animal Production Department of College of Agriculture, University of Al-Qadisiyah during the period 9/4/2015 - 20/5/2015 and in a laboratory of molecular genetic analysis of the College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad and Almusayab Bridge Company. The objective of this study is to identify the genotypes for Myostatin gene (GDF-8), and its relationship with physiological traits of broiler chicken. Three hundreds of Ross 308 chicks at day-old were used. The experiment continues until the sixth week of age. Three types of restriction enzymes (Aci I, Bbv I and Bbs I) are used The results of this study could be summarized as follows. The polymorphisms of the Myostatin gene achieves using Restriction enzyme (Aci) are GG, GA and AA respectively. The genotype of  Myostatin gene  has no  effect on   biochemical traits  during 21  and  42 day, except which the effect of the genotypes of the Myostatin gene on the serum albumin is highly significant  (P<0.01) during 21 day. And also the form genotype of the Myostatin gene with Restriction enzyme form (Bbs I) are CC, CT and TT respectively. The genotype of Myostatin gene has no effect on the blood biochemical during 21 and 42 day. The results show that the genotype of the Myostatin gene with Restriction enzyme form (Bbv I) are AA and GA respectively. The effect of has no effect on the blood biochemical during 21 and 42 day.
The Effect of the Degree of Spotting on Some of the Components of Friesian Cows' Milk
Authors: Kawkab Abdul-Hussein Raed
Published: December 2019

The present experiment has been conducted in the livestock field of the  Department of Animal Resources- College of Agriculture /University of Qadissiyah for two months in which 30 Friesian cows are used . Cows are Characterized  by varying degree of spotting of scalp skin (white to black).  All cows of the experiment have undergone under a single food conditions in order to state the effect of  the degree of spotting on  some amino acids and fatty milk cows in the experiment. Results of this study show no significant effect of the level of 5% for the characteristic of spotting on any of the amino and fatty acids under the study. The overall average for the essential amino acids is as follows: methionine 0.16 , leucine 0.44  , Isoleucine 0.28 and phenylalanine 0.26 g / 100 g, respectively. While the overall average for the non-essential amino acids: Glutamic 1.38 , Arginine 0.20 , Glycine 0.19 and Glutamine  0.19 g / 100 g, respectively. The overall average of  the  saturated fatty acids as follows: myristic 1.26, Palmaitic1.22 , Stearic0.65 and Butyric 2.16 g / 100 g, respectively, while the overall average for the unsaturated fatty acids is as follows: linoleic  0.83 , oleic 1.55 , α-linoleic 1.07 and Arachidonic 0.22  g / 100 g on respectively.
Role of Gypsum and Corn Cobs in Linkage of Peds in Cracking Soils
Authors: K. Essa S. , Shaalan Jarallah Raid
Published: December 2019

To study role of gypsum and corn cobs in linkage of fractions in cracking soils. Three soils (Al-Diwaniya , Al-Wihda and college of Agriculture / Abu Ghraib) were chosen for this study . They were  treated with two levels of gypsum (0.5 and 1) % with one level (4%) of corncobs . In this experiment , 2 kg of each studied soil were treated with same levels of corn cobs and gypsum above and incubated at 30 + 2 °C for 90 days and 80% relative moisture content at 33 kpa. And then the soils were sieved with 1 mm sieve to measured the x-ray diffractions . The results showed : The intensity of clay minerals peaks which treated with gypsum and corn cobs were decreased comparing with control sample. We believed that the gypsum should be facculated on clay minerals surfaces and mask them to appear clearly , and suggested that the gypsum was played an important role in conjugated of soil particles. Results of X-ray diffractions showed that there was no evidence of interaction between organic matter (corn cobs) and clay mineral inter layers.
The Effect of Irrigative Quality Water by Addition Various Acids of Growth and Wheat Total (Triticum aestivum)
Authors: A. Al-Khafaji Evan
Published: December 2019

An experiment has been conducted to study the effect of the quality of irrigation water quality and festination with Potassium and KSC in wheat (Triticum aestivum) cv Moelhu growth productivity. Eight treatments were applied ; irrigation with river water , drainage water , river water plus Potassium humate , river water plus KSC , river water plus Potassium humate plus KSC , drainage water plus Potassium humate , drainage water plus KSC , drainage water plus Potassium humate plus KSC . The treatments are put in completely randomized design with three replications . The parameters measured included ; plant height , spike length , total chlorophyll in SPAD , biological yield , grain yield , harwst index and NPK leaves content . The results show outweigh the treatment of river, the added organic matter type Slphoric acid and type Potassium humateas compared with the other proportion like the rate of chlorophyll in the leaves, while not it's significantly different from the treatment by drainage water that added organic matter to both previous properties, but it's significantly different as compared with it by plant height feature . and  the drainage water excelled with added two types of organic matter in the character of the length of the tufts compared with the comparison treatment and treatment of river water that the added matter of both two types of organic material that are used in the experiment.
The Effect of Applying the Bat Guano of Some Yield Traits of Wheat Triticum aestivum L.
Authors: Sarhan Khaleel Sameer
Published: December 2019

Pot experiment is carried out at the greenhouse belongs to the college of Education-university of Al-Anbar during Winter season 2013/2014 to investigate the effect of application of different levels of bat guano (0, 4 and 8gm) on some yield  traits for two bread wheat Triticum aestivum L. Cvs, one is local cv. (Aliz) another one is imported from Australia (Eratom). The experimental treatments are distributed according factorial experiment arrangement using completely randomized blocks with three replicates. Some traits are measured as spikes no per plant, spike length, spike weight, grains nos. per spike and grains weight per pot. Results reveal that bat guano application of 8gm is significantly superior in the average of. It thus could be concluded that the application of bat guano at 8gm alone is the better than 4gm in some traits. However, the genetic affinity of local cv is dominated with 4gm application and of imported cv is to 8gm application. Therefore, it could be recommended to test the application of bat guano on the two cultivars across field environment
Salinity and Compost Amendment Impact on AmidaseActivity in Rhizoshere of Tomato and Beanplants
Authors: K.Al-Rashidi Radhi , S.J.Al-Taweel Luma
Published: December 2019

The aim of this study was to disclosed the activity of extracellular enzyme (amidase) in vertical and horizontal developing directions of rhizosphere (0-5 and 5-10) cm . The plots experiment was performed in Agriculture college / Al-Qadissiyah University for the spring season 2013 ,the sandy loam soil was used and cultivate Tomato (LycopersiconEsculentum mill) and Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) plants under salinity levels (without salinity , 6 , 8 and 10) dS.m-1 and compost levels (0,10 and 20)T.h-1 , and their interactions completely randomized design (CRD) was used with six replicates, and the means of treatments were compared by L.S.D test 5% level .

The results were summarized as :

The enzyme activity were increased with increasing of the adding compost level 20Ton.h-1 and its interactions with salinity levels .

The enzymes activity were varied in rhizosphere development directions and the plants were differed in the site of highest activity , the enzyme activity in horizontal rhizosphere development direction was higher than the vertical direction .

The enzyme activity in tomato rhizosphere was higher than bean rhizosphereinall rhizosphere vertical and horizontal directions .

The high inhibitor percent of enzyme activity was at the level of 10 dS.m-1 salinity and the lowest was at the 6 dS.m-1. The inhibition percent were increased in vertical direction of rhizosphere developing (5-10)cm in tomato plant. The adding compost levels were varied by increasing or decreasing of enzyme activity according to rhizosphere development and it sites .
The Effect of Inoculation byThiobacillusThiooxidans on Phosphorus Availablity in Soil
Authors: AL-Zahra Taha Thaher Abd , Khrabit Hende Huda
Published: December 2019

The aim of this laboratory experiment which includes isolating of sulfur oxidizing bacteria (genus Thiobacillus) fromRhizosphere of some plants and soil treated with sulfur and contaminated with oil and choose the best isolates in reducing the degree of pH and production of sulfate .The isolate T2 is excellent  on the rest of the isolates in reducing the degree of pH (8) to (5.51 , 6.07) and produced sulfate29.1and 114.90 mg.L -1in sulfur and thiosulfate Liquid media as compared with other isolate and used as inoculum in pots experiment .The pots are filled with 4 Kg soil of Qurna Fertilizaedwith nitrogen fertilizer and potassium fertilizer as recommended maize and added the sulfur levels (0,2,4,6) tan S. Ha-1soil and rock phosphate levels (0,400,800,1600) Kg rock.Ha-1.The pots have beendivided into twoparts: one of them is inoculation with 15 ml of T2 isolate and the other is left without inoculated and incubated pots laboratory for a month and moisteur tap water to complete the process of sulfer oxidation. After the end of the incubation the pots trancfered to the wired of the college of Agriculture, University of Al-Basra and planted with seeds of maize by (6) seed .pot-1 and placed according to the design (RCBD) with three replications .After germination with 60 days took samples from the soil14 ,42and exet the experiment and  measurement of avilable phosphorus. The results showed that the treatment of best isolated T2,6 tan.ha-1 1600 Kg rock.ha-1as gived the highest concentration of available phosphorus in the soil 90.60 ,48.43 and 44.75 mg P. kg-1. soil during the two- six-week periods and after harvest as compared to the treatment without inoculation and non treatment with sulfur and rock phosphate.
The Effect of Mineral, Organic and Biofertilizeres on the Growth of Zea mays L.
Authors: Mahmoud Alwan Bushra , Majid Kareem Ahmed
Published: December 2019

An Implemented pot experiment  has been conducted in Al-Qadisiyah city - sadder AL- Yusufiya - District 9 in Spring planting season 2016 to study the effect of the overlap between the mineral , organic and bio fertilization in some  growth indicators to maize crop (Zea mays) in Silt Loam texture soils with factorial experiement according to completely randomize  design (Complete random design) and with  three replicates. The expenneit has been done by adding  mineral fertilizers (240 kg N. ha-1 and 80 kg P. ha-1 and 120 kg K. ha-1) three levels (0, 50% and 100%) respectively; and two levels of organic fertilizer (0 and 10 Mg. ha-1) respectively; and two levels of bio-fertilizer (0 and 2 ml. L-1) respectively to the irrigation water.

The addition of mineral , organic and bio fertilizers has a significant effecct on the dry matter amount  and the treatment (M2O1B1) is given the highest average of  the dry matter,which reaches to 57.27 g.pot-1 as compared with the control treatment (M0O0B0), reacches to 20.46 g.pot-1 and the increasing percentage reach to 179.91%. There are no significant differences between (M1O1B1) and (M2O1B1).

The triple overlap among the metal and organic fertilizers and bio has a significant effect on increasing the percentages of N, P and K in maize plants%, the treatment (M2O1B1) has achieved the highest average of 3.67% N and 0.49% P and 2.19% K respectively, compared with the treatment control (M0O0B0) 2.21% N and 0.23% P and 1.33% K sequentially with  increasing which presentage reached  to  66.06 N% and 113.04 P% and 64.66 K%. There are no significant differences between the treatments (M1O1B1) and (M2O1B1).
The Contribution of the Flag Leaf and the Lower Parts of the Leaves and Inflorescence in the Production of Dry Matter and Composition Holds the Grain for Three Genotypes of Oats.
Authors: .S. Al Hamdaoui Israa Rahi , M. M. Al-Tahir Faisal
Published: December 2019

Tow field experiments have been conducted, during winter season (2015 – 2016) at the agricultural experiments and researsh station (3 km sothern west Al-samawa) of the college of Agriculture – University of Al-Muthanna, Where it was ten inflorescences  conduct transaction in the expulsion of 50% for each expermental unit stag and when reach this stage of transactions conducted a comparsion and removing flag leaf awn and remove the lower leaves and shading of inflorescence,  to study the contribution of flag leaf, other leaves, parts of spike and tips in production of dry matter and composition of grain yield for wheat and oat crop. The experiment has been carried out by using the Split plot with R.C.B. desgin to three replications. Results show the control treatment gave high mean grain yield (5.402 g plant), biological yield (12.473 g plant) and harvest index (49.560 %). Removing of flag leaf, tip and other leaves treatments have led to lower of no. of grains per spike, weight of grain, grain yield, biological yield and percentage of protein. Shadowing of spike treatment has gaven decreasing in yield components and increasing to percentage of protein. Percentage of the contribution of flag leaf, other leaves, tips and spike (13.587 , 25.064 , 23.837 and 34.17) % respectively.
The Study of Corn Cobs and Gypsum AddingIn Some Physical Characters and Organic Matterof Cracking Soils from Middle of Iraq
Authors: Sh. Jarallah Raid , K.Essa S.
Published: December 2019

In order to investigate the role corn cobs and gypsum in some physical charactersand organic matter ofclayey cracks and their properties. Seven soils sites (Afak, Al-Diwaniyah, Al-Taleea, Babel, Agriculture college, Al-Wahda and Al-Raid project)

There are three types of treatments as follows:

-          Corn cobs was applied in four levels (0 . 10 . 20 and 40) g.kg-1

-          Gypsum (calcium sulfate) applied in four levels (0 , 5 , 7.5 and 10) g.kg-1.

-          Treatments of interaction between corn cobs and gypsum.

Corn cobs , gypsum and their interaction were applied in same levels above.

In this experiment , 2 kg of each studied soil were treated with same levels of corn cobs and gypsum above and incubated at 30 + 2 °C for 90 days and 80% relative moisture content at 33 kpa. The results were summarized as :Soil aggregate stability (MWD) and organic matter values were increased , while modules of rupture and (COLE) values were decreased , with increasing of gypsum and corn cobs applying. Also, results showed that the decreasing of (COLE) values were depending on the clay content and interaction treatments , between corn cobs and gypsum. The decreasing of (COLE) values were the highest in the clayey cracks disappeared treatments.
The Effect of Sulfur Sources, Levels and Time of Addition on Kinetics of Sulfur.
Authors: H. Habeeb K. , S. Jabir A.
Published: December 2019

A field experiment has been conducted atSuwera Researches Station in Wasit Governorate in spring season 2015 in clay loam in order to study the effect of sulfur sources R1 agriculture sulfur (90% sulfur) R2-foam sulfur (75% sulfur) at the levels of  0, 2500,  5000 kg,s,ha-1. represented the levels of S0, S1, S2 and time of addition T (30 days before sowing T0), 15 days before sowing (T1) and during sawing (T2) on the availability and release of sulfur in soil extracted by (5*10-4 M) citric acid during the period of plant growth (30, 60, 90, 120 days after sowing) by using kinetics concepts to determine the best kinetics equation that describes well the mechanic of sulfur release in soil which represents the amounts of sulfur availability for the plant.

Results show significant effect on sources, levels and addition time of sulfur availability and release abstracted by citric acid (5*104 M) during plant growth periods. Agriculture sulfur source is the highest level at the addition level S2 (5000 kg S. H-1) at addition time T2. The highest values are achieved at 30 days after sawing, at 376, 382 and 375 mg So=4.kg-1 soil respectively. Also, the triple interaction treatment R1S2T2has achieves the highest values of released sulfur abstracted by citric acid at the same time, at 520 mg So=4.kg-1.soil.

Results show that all kinetics equations of sulfur which is abstracted by citric acids (5*104 M) in soil growth plant periods. Also, all the kinetic are equations clarifying well the mechanism of releasing sulfur from soil and fertilizers and the first order equation is the highest amongst all equations. The values of coefficient of sulfur release speed (ks) between 0.001 – 0.004 Cmolc. Kg-1 day-1
The Status of Temporal Changes in Land Suitability for Wheat Production in Musayeb Project Irrigated from Central Iraq Using GIS
Authors: Farook Nada , S. Muhaimeed Ahmad , A . AL KASSEY K.
Published: December 2019

Musayeb project in Babylon province has been selected in middle of Iraq to represent the irrigated area in order to study land suitability for wheat production and their temporal changes during 1994 - 2013.Soils of Musayeb project consist of undeveloped  belong ,mainly  to Entisols order with about 97% from the total area of the project , while the Arid soils occupied about 3 % from the total area .Data about the soils of the project has been collected from previous pedagogical soil survey works done in 1994 and resampling for soil has been done in 2013 in order to show the temporal changes in land suitability values .Land suitability evaluation values are determined according to Sys et.al.1993 and FAO,1985 to soil depth of 100 cm .The results indicate that soil units have high suitability up to 85 % from the total area of the project and within S1 class in 1994. While , 13% of the total area is unsuitable for wheat production which represent N1and N2 classes due to the effect of salt accumulation.Also , the results show that all soil units have low organic carbon content which affect land suitability values. Land suitability values are temporally  improved from 1994 to 2013 due to the effect of land management practices leading to decrease salinity level and increase land suitability for wheat production
The Effect of Seed Amounts and Nitrogen Fertilization in the growth and Yield the green fodder for a mixture of forage green forage of a Forage Mixture to Alfalfa (Medicagosativa L.) and Oats (Avenasativa L.)
Authors: Ibrahim Shaima' , Majid Hussein
Published: December 2019

A field experiment has been conducted at the agricultural second research station affiliated to College of Agriculture / University of Al-Muthnna, located on Euphrates River in the Al-Bandar village southwestern province of Al-Muthana (800 m away from the city of Samawa/ Al-MuthanaProvince) during the winter season of 2015 to 2016 in order to study the effect of different amounts of seed oats Avena sativa L. (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160) kg. h-1 with a one amount of seed for Medicago sativa L. (40 kg. h-1)] and four levels of nitrogen fertilization (0, 40, 80 and 120) kg.h-1) on the growth traits andsome vegetative traits (high plant and leaf area and weight of leaves and number of branches) and yield green forage for a mixture of forage alfalfa and oats, and three cutting. Applied experience manner split plot, according to randomized complete blocks design (RCBD) with three replications.The  results  showed  moral  superiority  the  third  for  cutting  recorded  by using  the  seed  mixture  for  (40  alfalfa :160  oats)     kg. h-1   higher  averages  of   plant  height  (55.22 cm)  and  the  number  of  tillers  (1058.65 tiller. m-2)  and leaf  area  (98.37 cm)  for  oats  compared  to  that  obtained  jet  at  the  highest  qualitative  weight  (509.74 g. cm-2)as recorded  at  the  amount  of  alfalfa  seed  (40 kg. AH -1)  the  highest  in  the  third  cutting  plant  height  (56.36 cm) and  leaf  area  (207.50 cm 2. plant -1)  and  the  number  of  branches  (1477.84 branch. m -2)While recorded the amount of seed (40 Alfalfa: 80 Oats) kg. H-1 holds the highest green fodder when the third cutting has average of (58.21 tons). H-1  As  for  the effect  of nitrogen  fertilization  level  have  won  80  kg. E -1  highest  averages  for  all  vegetative  traits  studied and yield green fooder to plant  oats  and  alfalfa  inthe third  cutting  as  well  as  the  attainment  of  the  highest  averages  in the  leaf  area  of  ​​Chauvin  specific  weight  of  leaf  alfalfa  forage  in  the  mixture  when nitrogen fertilization is not added (control treatment)
The Effect of Some Primary Tillage Equipment on Performance Efficiency Under Two Level of Soil Moisture Content and Different Machinery Unit Speeds
Authors: A. Alsayyah Yasir , A. Jebur Hussein
Published: December 2019

A field experiment was conducted in the experiment fields of the college of agriculture - University of Baghdad – Abu Ghraib , 2016 in a silt clay loam soil , to Evaluate the effect of some primary tillage equipment and two of levels of soil moisture content in some of performance efficiency indicator for different forward speed , ArmaTrac 845e and ITM 285 New tractor with moldboard and chisel and sweep plow as a machinery unit have been used in this study .

Two levels of soil Moisture content include (18 – 20 % ) and (14 – 16%) represented main plot , three types of plow ( moldboard , chisel and sweep) represent sub plot , five machinery speeds included ( 1.5 , 2.53 , 3.75 , 5.3 and 6.71 km.hr-1 ) represent sub plot , Slippage percentage (%) , fuel consumption (L.hr-1) , drawbar pull (KN) , Field capacity (he.hr-1) are have beenbeen measured in this study  . And the results have been analyzed by using the order of the spilt - spilt - plot with randomize complete block design with three replicates and tested by the way averages less significant difference and the level of probability of 0.05 .

The results show that : the soil  moisture content ( 14 – 16 % ) has got a less value of slippage percentage % , fuel consumption L.hr-1 , drawbar pull Kn and higher field capacity ha.hr-1 , and sweep plow has got a less value of slippage percentage , fuel consumption and drawbar pull , and the chisel plow has got a higher field capacity , and when the tractor speed is increased it leads to aincrease in the slippage and fuel consumption and drawbar pull and field capacity will be anincrease .
A study of the Effect of Adding the Water of the Anise Seeds PimpinellaAnisuml to the Drinking Water on the Characteristics of the Body Weight and Some Carcass Characteristics of the Birds of Quail at the Age of Four and Six Weeks.
Authors: Hussein Khalil al-Hilali Ali , Muhammad Najm al-Badri Zahra
Published: December 2019

This experiment has been conducted in agricultural research and experiences of the college of Agriculture / University of Al-Muthanna station for the period 07/22/2014 - 11/22/2015 in order to study the effect of adding the aquase dressing of anise seed to the drinking water on the body weight dressing percentages, relative weight of carcass cuts (Breast,thigh,hack ,wing and neck) in which 3males and 3females have been slaughterin all treatment . A total of 256 of one day old quails chicks were randomly allocated into four treatment groups.

The Results show that the addition of aqueous extract of anise seeds with a significant effect (P <0.05) in vivo weight and carcass weight and percentages for weights Qtaiat carcass (chest, thighs, back, wings, neck) at the age of (6.4 weeks) . The results also show that gender has a significant effect on the studied traits
Effects of Gibberellic Acid Application after Anthesis on Seed Vigor of Indica Hybrid Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Authors: Wang Xiaomin , Zheng Huabin , Tang Qiyuan , Mo Wenwei , Ma Junjie
Published: December 2019

Gibberellic acid (GA3) application after anthesis is an important practice in hybrid rice seed production, and it plays diverse roles in seed quality and seed yield. The main objective of this study was to determine (1) the effects of GA3 application after anthesis on seed vigor and (2) the optimal GA3 dosage applied to Indica hybrid rice seed production. Field experiments of different GA3 dosages (15 g hm−2 and 30 g hm−2, respectively) after anthesis were conducted in 2016 and 2017, and seed vigor parameters, stigma vigor index, and seed yield were determined. We found that significant differences in seed vigor parameters by a standard germination test and a cool germination test were observed among different GA3 dosages after anthesis. Compared with the water spraying treatment, the germination percentage (GP) increased by 2.5–6.3%, and the vigor index (VI) increased by 8.9–19.8% from GA3 application after anthesis, respectively. Moreover, the stigma vigor index of the female parent was enhanced with an increasing GA3 dosage, and there were significant increases (7.5–16.0%) between the water spraying treatment and GA3 spraying treatments. There were positive significant relationships between the VI and stigma vigor index. Additionally, the seed yield of the GA3 application with 30 g hm−2 was 3.9% higher on average than that of the water spraying treatment. Therefore, our study suggests that seed vigor can be increased by GA3 application after anthesis, and GA3 application should be applied at a rate of 30 g hm−2 to improve seed vigor and maintain seed yield in Indica hybrid rice seed production.
The Effect of Chronic Wasting Disease on Resident Deer Hunting Permit Demand in Wisconsin
Authors: Erickson Dane , Reeling Carson , Lee John G.
Published: December 2019

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has had a negative impact on deer license demand in Wisconsin since it was first found in the state in 2002. Prior work evaluates the effect of CWD on hunting permit sales, but only in the period immediately after the disease was discovered. We use data on hunting permit sales, permit price, and other demand shifters to estimate a model of deer permit demand for the period 1966–2015. We use the estimated model to quantify the effect of CWD on (1) hunter demand for deer permits; (2) hunter surplus from hunting; and (3) lost hunting permit revenues. Hunter participation declined by 5.4% after CWD was detected in 2002. Hunter surplus decreased by $96 million over this period, while permit revenues declined by nearly $17 million. The effect of CWD was greater on demand for firearm permits than for archery permits. We also find that the effects of CWD diminish over time in absolute terms. This is because permit demand would have started to decline in 2008 even in the absence of CWD. This finding implies efforts to control CWD and efforts at hunter recruitment are economic complements and should be pursued jointly to maximize hunter welfare.
Ecological Suitability Evaluation for Conservation and Development in Bac Kan Province, Vietnam
Authors: Ly Trong Dai , Ongsomwang Suwit
Published: December 2019

Ecological suitability assessment is an effective approach to identify and locate the most suitable territories for future development in order to reduce the negative impacts of human activities on the ecosystem for ensuring sustainable development. The study aimed to propose a future direction for sustainable use of natural resources at the district level in Bac Kan province based on the ecological suitability evaluation approach and the trade-off technique. This study firstly applied the Delphi method to identify significant ecological resistance indicators for assessing ecological elements, importance, and resilience, which characterize the resistance of ecological structures, ecological functions, and ecological dynamics to construction and development, respectively. Then, an integrated ecological resistance model was applied to classify ecological suitability for construction and development. Moreover, spatial analysis and trade-off technique were applied to assign a development zone and propose future directions at provincial and district levels in Bac Kan province. The results revealed that the most dominant ecological suitability class for construction and development is the moderately suitable class, and it accounts for about 1948 km2 or 40.30% of the total area. In addition, five development zones were assigned at the provincial level, whereas three future directions for sustainable use of natural resources were proposed at the district level. In a nutshell, the research methodology framework in this study can be used as a guideline to land managers and planners for ecological suitability assessment in Vietnam.
Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Using Current Shapelets
Authors: Hasan Md. Mehedi , Chowdhury Dhiman , Khan Md. Ziaur Rahman
Published: December 2019

Using a single-point sensor, non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) discerns the individual electrical appliances of a residential or commercial building by disaggregating the accumulated energy consumption data without accessing to the individual components. To classify devices, potential features need to be extracted from the electrical signatures. In this article, a novel features extraction method based on current shapelets is proposed. Time-series current shapelets are determined from the normalized current data recorded from different devices. In general, shapelets can be defined as the subsequences constituting the most distinguished shapes of a time-series sequence from a particular class and can be used to discern the class among many subsequences from different classes. In this work, current envelopes are determined from the original current data by locating and connecting the peak points for each sample. Then, a unique approach is proposed to extract shapelets from the starting phase (device is turned on) of the time-series current envelopes. Subsequences windowed from the starting moment to a few seconds of stable device operation are taken into account. Based on these shapelets, a multi-class classification model consisting of five different supervised algorithms is developed. The performance evaluations corroborate the efficacy of the proposed framework.
CyberSPL: A Framework for the Verification of Cybersecurity Policy Compliance of System Configurations Using Software Product Lines
Authors: Varela-Vaca  Ángel Jesús , Gasca Rafael M. , Ceballos Rafael , Gómez-López María Teresa , Torres Pedro Bernáldez
Published: December 2019

Cybersecurity attacks affect the compliance of cybersecurity policies of the organisations. Such disadvantages may be due to the absence of security configurations or the use of default configuration values of software products and systems. The complexity in the configuration of products and systems is a known challenge in the software industry since it includes a wide range of parameters to be taken into account. In other contexts, the configuration problems are solved using Software Product Lines. This is the reason why in this article the framework Cybersecurity Software Product Line (CyberSPL) is proposed. CyberSPL is based on a methodology to design product lines to verify cybersecurity policies according to the possible configurations. The patterns to configure the systems related to the cybersecurity aspects are grouped by defining various feature models. The automated analysis of these models allows us to diagnose possible problems in the security configurations, reducing or avoiding them. As support for this proposal, a multi-user and multi-platform solution has been implemented, enabling setting a catalogue of public or private feature models. Moreover, analysis and reasoning mechanisms have been integrated to obtain all the configurations of a model, to detect if a configuration is valid or not, including the root cause of problems for a given configuration. For validating the proposal, a real scenario is proposed where a catalogue of four different feature models is presented. In this scenario, the models have been analysed, different configurations have been validated, and several configurations with problems have been diagnosed.
Knowledge Absorption Capacity as a Factor for Increasing Logistics 4.0 Maturity
Authors: Stachowiak Agnieszka , Adamczak Michał , Hadas Lukasz , Domański Roman , Cyplik Piotr
Published: December 2019

This research strives to show the importance of knowledge absorptive capacity as one of the most important determinants of successful implementation of contemporary solutions and, consequently, development of a company. In the approach presented, the development leads to excellence and is expressed with subsequent maturity levels. The research is focused on identification of the level of absorption of knowledge of contemporary solutions in logistics, grouped in a concept of Logistics 4.0, and how that upgrades the organizational maturity of a company. The research was conducted with CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview), including three questions and a basic query on experts’ qualifications. The general conclusion from the research was that to reach a higher level of maturity, a higher level of knowledge absorption is required. However, searching for differences in absorption of solutions within physical flows, information flows and managerial methods seem to be an interesting issue and promising field for further research.
Effects of Acoustic Black Hole Parameters and Damping Layer on Sound Insulation Performance of ABH Circular Plate
Authors: Du Xiaofei , Huang Dacheng , Fu Qidi , Zhang Jianrun
Published: December 2019

The acoustic black hole (ABH) can be utilized to achieve aggregation of flexural wave in structures with the feature that the thickness gradually reduced to zero with a power exponent no less than 2. The above characteristics could be applied in vibration reduction, noise attenuation or improving sound insulation. Previous literatures on vibration and acoustic characteristics of ABH structures mainly focus on the structural response under mechanical force excitation, while the transmission loss (TL) of circular plates embedded with two-dimensional ABHs investigated in this paper is a vibro-acoustic coupling procedure under excitation of diffuse sound field. Series of vibro-acoustic coupling finite element models (FEM) for TL analysis of ABH circular plates were established by automatic matched layer (AML) method in this paper and an experimental platform for measuring TLs of ABH circular plates and uniform plates was constructed. The accuracy of the FEM analysis was verified by experimental measurements. To systematically analyze the influence mechanism of parameters of the ABH on TLs of ABH circular plates, the effects of diameter, orientation, number, and truncation thickness of ABHs on TLs of ABH circular plates were further studied. The effect of the damping layer on TLs of circular plates embedded with 1 and 19 ABHs was also analyzed and it reveals that the influence of damping layer mainly concentrates on the first-order resonance frequency and damping-controlled region of the plate, and at some frequencies, the greater the damping layer thickness, the worse the sound insulation performance, despite that the modal damping loss factor has been increased in the whole frequency domain.
A Multi-Branch-and-Bound Binary Parallel Algorithm to Solve the Knapsack Problem 0–1 in a Multicore Cluster
Authors: Zavala-Díaz José Crispín , Cruz-Chávez Marco Antonio , López-Calderón Jacqueline , Hernández-Aguilar José Alberto , Luna-Ortíz Martha Elena
Published: December 2019

This paper presents a process that is based on sets of parts, where elements are fixed and removed to form different binary branch-and-bound (BB) trees, which in turn are used to build a parallel algorithm called “multi-BB”. These sequential and parallel algorithms calculate the exact solution for the 0–1 knapsack problem. The sequential algorithm solves the instances published by other researchers (and the proposals by Pisinger) to solve the not-so-complex (uncorrelated) class and some problems of the medium-complex (weakly correlated) class. The parallel algorithm solves the problems that cannot be solved with the sequential algorithm of the weakly correlated class in a cluster of multicore processors. The multi-branch-and-bound algorithms obtained parallel efficiencies of approximately 75%, but in some cases, it was possible to obtain a superlinear speedup.
A Mining Technology Collaboration Platform Theory and Its Product Development and Application to Support China’s Digital Mine Construction
Authors: Wang Jinmiao , Bi Lin , Wang Liguan , Jia Mingtao , Mao Du
Published: December 2019

At present, data exchange in China’s digital mine construction process is still based on paper media or electronic documents. The problems of “information islands,” “information versions,” “information faults” and “information preservation” are serious. There are many problems associated with across time and space and multidisciplinary collaborations, blocked business processes and unclear job responsibilities. These problems have seriously hindered the construction of China’s digital mine, thus restricting the safe, efficient production and sustainable development of China’s mining enterprises. Therefore, this paper proposes the concept, connotation, characteristics, architecture and technical requirements of the mining technology collaboration platform and uses it to guide the research and development and implementation of the mining technology collaboration platform of Fujian Makeng Mining Co., Ltd. The results show that the mining technology collaboration platform can solve the information and management problems existing in China’s digital mine construction and realize the centralized storage, interoperability and high sharing of all data, the integration of all involved business, business software and its participants, the clarification of responsibilities and its input and output data of each post and standardization and automation of business process. Therefore, it improves the ability to collaborate across time and space and multidisciplinary among participants, departments and professional posts, ensures high-speed flow of business processes and also improves the working efficiency and quality of mining enterprises and significantly reduces the time for business processing and business process flow and reduces production costs.