Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mothers ’ attitudes towards advertisements and food-related parent-child conflict

Purpose This exploratory study investigated the extent to which mothers’ attitudes towards TV advertisements and other factors (e.g. mothers’ employment and involvement in their children’s lives) influence the frequency of mother-child conflict over children’s food choices. To identify relationships between diverse variables, the ecological model of child development was applied as a theoretical framework. Methodology A purposive convenience sample of mothers with sevento twelve-year-old children completed a survey including questions concerning demographic information and mothers’ opinions and perspectives regarding TV advertisements and mother-child conflict. Findings Results indicated that mothers’ employment status and attitudes towards advertisements targeting children significantly influenced the frequency of mother-child conflict, which was ultimately related to children’s obesity. Research limitations/implications The most important factor contributing to mother-child conflict was mothers’ attitudes towards TV food advertisements. More negative attitudes increased the likelihood of mother-child conflict. Although the variables used in the present study were major factors in mother-child conflict, other factors, such as presence of siblings, parental health-related behaviour, parental attitudes towards food, and instructions provided at school, should be considered in future. Originality/value The influence of mothers’ attitudes towards TV advertisements on motherchild conflict over food choices is a rarely studied but important issue. These findings offered some useful insights including the need for examination of diverse environmental factors, such as children’s media usage and mothers’ employment status and attitudes towards TV advertisements, when examining the effects of TV advertising on children.
DNA Barcoding of Genus Empoasca Walsh , 1862 ( Hemiptera : Cicadellidae ) Based on COI Gene Sequences

Small green leafhoppers (Genus Empoasca) comprise of several species, with similar morphology or largely similar morphological characteristics, thereby making the identification of the different species difficult. In this study, the 683-bp sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene was used as a DNA barcode to accurately identify species of small green leafhoppers. Results showed that among the 683 bases of COI gene, 483 conserved sites, 192 variable sites, 182 parsimony-informative sites, and 10 singleton sites were present, accounting for 70.72%, 28.11%, 26.55% and 1.46% of the total bases, respectively. Of the COI sequence, AT content was 70.44%, and GC content was 29.56%, demonstrating a significant bias toward AT richness. The average genetic distance within species was 0.0116, and the average distance between species was 0.160, showing that the intraspecific differences are significantly lower than the interspecific differences and that obvious barcode gaps existed among the different species. Phylogenetic analysis showed that phylogenetic trees could distinguish well the five species of small green leafhoppers from each other; that is, five species of leafhoppers each formed an independent branch with a high degree of support (100% bootstrap value for two trees). The small green leafhoppers exhibited a significant “hot area” for intraspecific sequence alignment comparison, suggesting that the intraspecific similarity degree of the sequence was significantly higher than the interspecific similarity degree, making these results consistent with those of the phylogenetic analysis. The results indicated that short sequences of the COI gene could be used to identify the different species of small leafhoppers with similar morphology and provide a reliable method for the accurate identification of this genus. © 2019 Friends Science Publishers
Identification of MicroRNA-148 a-3 p with a Role in Transcriptional Regulation of TGF-β 2 and its Relationship with Antler Cell Proliferation

Deer antler is the only regenerative organ with bone tissue among mammals. In the process of angiogenesis, transforming growth factor (TGF-β) plays an important role. The purpose of this study was to explore the microRNA-mediated regulation of TGFβ2 expression during rapid antler growth and antler cell proliferation in sika deer. Total RNA was extracted from cartilage cells and mesenchymal cells, present on the antler tip tissue using Trizol reagent, and deep sequencing of miRNAs was performed via Hiseq. Then, using bioinformatics software, we identified the miRNAs that specifically bind to the TGF-β2 3’-UTR among which the differentially expressed miRNAs were subsequently verified by qPCR. The results indicated that miRNA-148a-3p exhibited highest upregulation among the differentially expressed miRNAs. We also found that the TGF-β2 3’-UTR contains a binding site for miRNA-148a-3p by transfection of wild-type and mutant dual luciferase reporter vectors into antler cartilage cells. Meanwhile, the overexpression of miRNA-148a-3p significantly inhibited the proliferation of cartilage cells in vitro and decreased the level of TGF-β2 protein expression. Furthermore, the protein expression of IGF-1 and TGF-βRII, which are associated with TGF-β2, also reduced after transfection of cartilage cells with miRNA-148a-3p mimics. Our results indicate the important role of miRNA-148a-3p in antler cell proliferation and its potential application. Thus, miRNA-148a-3p is a potential novel regulator of TGF-β2 protein in antler development in sika deer. © 2019 Friends Science Publishers
Up the Cascade : Framing of the Concession of the Highway between San José and San Ramón

This dissertation is intended as a contribution to the debate on power and media power, by focusing particularly on the power of the press relative to that of political elites. Through a conceptual framework built around the concepts of framing and the cascading activation model, the main objective of this research is to analyze how the press framed the concession of a highway in Costa Rica. Using content analysis, this dissertation identifies the main frames deployed by different political actors in order to spread their preferred interpretation of the concession. These results were then analyzed with the theoretical framework, in order to understand the most prominent frames deployed in terms both of their strength, functions and spreading activation. The main conclusion of this dissertation is that the press had the upper hand in determining the dominant frame for the concession, by spreading the negative counter frame put forth by organized groups of citizens opposing the concession, rather than the positive frame put forth by the administration; and therefore demonstrating that it is indeed possible for frames to spread up from the lower and less powerful levels of the cascade, through the news texts and up to the political elite. MSc Dissertation of Marie Garnier Ortiz
When Science Counts as Much as Reading and Mathematics: An Examination of Differing State Accountabi

Although only results from mathematics and reading assessments are required to be used when Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) of schools is calculated, some states have elected to include science achievement results either in their AYP calculations or as part of a separate dual accountability system. This study examined 2009 National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) results based on how states use, or do not use, science in their accountability programs. Consideration was given to the idea that including science achievement might detract from efforts, and consequently results, in mathematics and reading. Results from both fourth- and eighth-grade data indicated that states choosing to use science in their accountability calculations did not lose ground in those other subjects. Fourth-grade data indicates that the states using science in their accountability programs additionally had significantly higher science achievement than the other states.
The role of high-resolution oil spill response models in emergency scenarios , The ATLANTIC POLEX . PT 2017 example

The Portuguese coast is strongly vulnerable to sea hazards, particularly oil spills, due to intense vessel traffic and sea conditions. In this article, an operational integration of high-resolution oil spill response models is presented, supporting the ATLANTIC POLEX.PT 2017 exercise. Simultaneously two surface drifting buoys were deployed. The MOHID Lagrangian Oil Spill Model was used, forced by two different sets of forcing fields: One based on CMEMS and other based on SOMA. Results prove the adequacy of the method in supporting emergency responses. Standard error parameters obtained from comparison with buoy positions show good results, with errors of the same order of magnitude of those encountered in the literature. Comparison of trajectory distances with available operational forcing models highlighted the inadequacy of current operational met-ocean products. An evolution is proposed towards a set of integrated local high resolution models, covering the coast of Portugal.
Fruit and vegetables and cancer risk: a review of southern European studies q

High intakes of fruit and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer at several sites. Evidence has been derived mainly from case–control studies. We reviewed the relationship between consumption of vegetables and fruit and the risk of several common cancers in a network of Italian and Swiss case–control studies including over 10000 cases of fourteen different cancers and about 17000 controls. Data were suggestive of a protective role of vegetable intake on the risk of several common epithelial cancers. OR for the highest compared with the lowest levels of consumption ranged from 0·2 (larynx, oral cavity and pharynx) to 0·9 (prostate). Inverse associations were found for both raw and cooked vegetables, although for upper digestive tract cancers the former were somewhat stronger. Similar inverse associations were found for cruciferous vegetables. Frequent consumption of allium vegetables was also associated with reduced risk of several cancers. Fruit was a favourable correlate of the risk of several cancers, particularly of the upper digestive tract, with associations generally weaker than those reported for vegetables. A reduced risk of cancers of the digestive tract and larynx was found for high consumption of citrus fruit. Suggestive protections against several forms of cancer, mainly digestive tract cancers, were found for high consumption of apples and tomatoes. High intakes of ﬁbres, ﬂavonoids and proanthocyanidins were inversely related to various forms of cancer. In con-clusion, data from our series of case–control studies suggested a favourable role of high intakes of fruit and vegetables in the risk of many common cancers, particularly of the digestive tract. This adds evidence to the indication that aspects of the Mediterranean diet may have a favourable impact not only on CVD, but also on several common (epithelial) cancers, particularly of the digestive tract.
Effect of I I P-HSD I dehydrogenase activity on bone histomorphometry of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporotic male Sprague-Dawley rats

Introduction: Glucocorticoids cause osteoporosis by decreasing bone formation and increasing bone resorption activity. Glucocorticoid action in bones depends on the activity of I I -betahydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I (I I (3HSD I) enzyme, which plays an important role in regulating corticosteroids. 1113-HSD I is expressed by human and rat osteoblasts. We aimed to investigate the relationship between 1113-HSD I dehydrogenase activity and bone histomorphometric changes in glucocorticoidinduced osteoporotic bone in rats. Methods: A total of 30 male Sprague-Dawley rats (aged three months, weighing 200-250 g) were divided into three groups of ten each. Group I rats were the baseline control, which were sacrificed untreated at the beginning of the study. Group 2 rats underwent sham operation and were administered with vehicle olive oil intramuscularly at 0.05 ml/kg. Group 3 rats were adrenalectomised and administered with an intramuscular injection of dexamethasone 120 pg/kg body weight/day. The treatment was started two weeks after the operation, for a duration of two months. Plasma osteocalcin, plasma pyrodinoline, plasma corticosterone and 1113-HSD I were measured, and bone histomorphometry analysis was performed. Results: Dexamethasone treatment caused an increase in plasma corticosterone level, together with a significant reduction in 1113-HSD1 dehydrogenase activity of the bone, along with a higher plasma level of the bone resorption marker, pyridinoline. Dexamethasone treatment also caused a reduction in trabecular volume, number and thickness, and an increase in trabecular separation. Conclusion: Long-term glucocorticoid treatment reduces the 11(3-HSD1 dehydrogenase activity in the bone, which can otherwise lead to bone loss due to the increased level of active glucocorticoids.
Resource selection in an apex predator and variation in response to local landscape characteristics

Habitat loss and fragmentation represent major threats for the conservation of apex predators, such as the jaguar (Panthera onca). Investigating species' resource selection behavior in response to landscape alteration is critical for developing relevant conservationmanagement plans. The jaguar is found across a variety of habitats with different gradients of human disturbance, making them a good candidate to study how apex predators respond to increasing intensity of human land use. We developed resource selection models to characterize patterns of jaguar resource selection at two different spatial scales, home range (coarse) and foraging scale (fine). This analysis was based on the largest existing GPSlocation dataset for jaguars (n=40 individuals, n=87,376 locations), spanning the species' geographic range in Brazil and Argentina. We found that bothmales and females jaguars exhibited an overall preference for forests and areas close to watercourses at both the home range and foraging scale. At the foraging scale, areas of high livestock density “attracted” male jaguars. We also performed a follow-up analysis to test for context-dependent resource selection (i.e., functional responses) by relating individual behavior to local habitat characteristics. We found that jaguars in heavily-forested landscapes showed strong avoidance of non-forest. Furthermore, we found that only the individuals in closest proximity to watercourses showed positive selection for water. Our results highlight that jaguars display different patterns of resource selection in different areas, demonstrating a considerable ability to use or tolerate a wide variety of different conditions across the species geographic range. This plasticity may allow jaguars to adjust their behavior according to land use changes but also increases human-jaguar conflict and jaguar mortality, especially in areas with high livestock density. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon. 2018.10. 022 Received 5 May 2018; Received in revised form 17 August 2018; Accepted 19 October 2018 ⁎ Corresponding author at: ICMBio-CENAP, Estrada Municipal Hisaichi Takebayashi 8600, 12952-011 Atibaia, SP, Brazil. E-mail address: ronaldo.morato@icmbio.gov. br (R.G. Morato). Biological Conservation 228 (2018) 233–240 0006-3207/ © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. T
THE MESSUM IGNEOUS COMPLEX IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA

The Messum complex belongs to the line of the big late-Karroo volcanoes and plutons which stretches from Cape Cross at the coast to Okorusu north of Otjiwarongo. Messum shows a greater variety of igneous rocks and a more complex structure than the other plutons. The following sequence of events can be recognised: (1) Extrusion of basaltic Stormberg lavas, (2) Building up of a huge volcanic cone containing acid tuffs, basaltic and rhyolitic lavas, and coarse agglomerates, (3) Intrusion of a massive gabbro lopolith and differentiation of anorthosites from the thickest gabbro sheets, (4) Cauldron subsidence of the whole volcano, intrusion of apIagranite on the ring-faults and granitisation of tuffs and lavas, (5) Cooling and subsequent intrusion of radial dolerite dykes, (6) Cauldron subsidence of the core, intrusion of microsyenite followed by uprising of a tinguaitic ring-dyke, (7) Intrusion of a foyaite into the vent accompanied by nephelinisation and ;syenitisation of the agglomerates, (8) Cooling and subsequent intrusion of nepheline basalt, nephelinite and nepheline-basanite dykes. The other big plutons show the same connection of intrusion and cauldron subsidence. Cone sheets are not developed, and this is explained by the assumption that the whole region was probably in a state of undirected tension. Such a state can be deduced from the distribution of the Karroo beds and of the dolerite dykes. Probably the granite magma was not differentiated from the basalt magma. The granites of the Jurassic plutons may be composed of sial molten through a rise of the ,geoisotherms in connection with the wide spread Stormberg volcanism.
Competition and Earnings Management

We examine the relation between industry product market competition and the extent of earnings management. We use several determinants of competition (product substitutability, market size, and entry costs), and use accruals’ based measures as well as the incidence of accounting irregularities (AAERs and restatements) to proxy for the extent of earnings management. Cross-sectional tests suggest a significant positive relation between the levels of competition and earnings management in an industry. We provide confirmatory evidence of this positive relation by showing that an exogenous increase in competition, via deregulation in the telecommunications industry and tariff reductions due to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), results in a significant abnormal increase in earnings management levels. We add to the nascent literature that documents perverse effects of competition.
A Comparison of Parametric Optimization Techniques for Musical Instrument Tone Matching

Parametric optimisation techniques are compared in their abilities to elicit parameter settings for sound synthesis algorithms which cause them to emit sounds as similar as possible to target sounds. A hill climber, a genetic algorithm, a neural net and a data driven approach are compared. The error metric used is the Euclidean distance in MFCC feature space. This metric is justified on the basis of its success in previous work. The genetic algorithm offers the best results with the FM and subtractive test synthesizers but the hill climber and data driven approach also offer strong performance. The concept of sound synthesis error surfaces, allowing the detailed description of sound synthesis space, is introduced. The error surface for an FM synthesizer is described and suggestions are made as to the resolution required to effectively represent these surfaces. This information is used to inform future plans for algorithm improvements.
Extracellular HMGB 1 , a signal of tissue damage , induces mesoangioblast migration and proliferation

1 Department of Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics, 2 Stem Cell Research Institute, and 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, San Raffaele Research Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy 4 Institute of Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, San Raffaele Biomedical Science Park of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy 5 Department of Histology and Medical Embryology, University La Sapienza, 00161 Rome, Italy 6 San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy
UDC : 519 . 8 Hybrid models in biomedical applications

Гибридные модели в биомедицинских приложениях Н. М. Бессонов1,a, Г. А. Бочаров2,b, А. Бушнита3,c, В. А. Вольперт4,5,6,7,d 1Институт проблем машиноведения РАН, Россия, 199178, г. Санкт Петербург, Большой проспект В. О. , д. 61 2Институт вычислительной математики им. Г. И. Марчука РАН, Россия, 119333, г. Москва, ул. Губкина, д. 8 3Факультет информационных технологий, Уппсальский Университет, Швеция, SE-752 37, г. Уппсала, ул. Лагерхидсваген, д. 2 4Институт Камиля Жордана, УМР 5208 НЦНИ, Университит Лион 1, Франция, г. Вилеурбан, бульвар 11 ноября 1918 года, д. 43 5ИНРИА, Институт Камиля Жордана, Университит Лион 1, Франция, 69603, г. Вилеурбан, бульвар Нильса Бора, д. 56 6Российский университет дружбы народов, Россия, 117198, г. Москва, ул. Миклухо-Маклая, д. 6 7Центр Понселе, УМИ 2615 НЦНИ, Россия, 119002, г. Москва, Большой Влассиевский пер. , д. 11 E-mail: a nickbessonov@yahoo.com , b bocharov@m.inm. ras.ru, c anass.bouchnita@it.uu. se, d volpert@math.univ-lyon1.fr
The nutritional potential of Senna alata seed

The nutrients and some anti-nutrients in the seed of Senna alata linn were investigated using standard procedures. Findings from the proximate analysis revealed high content of carbohydrate (58.44±0.16 g/100g) and low moisture content (2.90±0.01 g/100g). The antinutritional analysis prefigures low content of alkaloid (2.00 g/100g) while saponin was not detected. Mineral analysis revealed respectively excellent source of K (1356.74mg/100g), Ca (288.55 mg/100g), Mg (134.00 mg/100g) and Fe (14.50 mg/100g). The GC/MS analysis on the seed oil yield reasonable percentage of linoleic acid (53.80%), and the least was recorded for behenic acid (1.34%). The high nutrient content in the seed of this plant suggest it could be used as an alternative feed source for livestock.
SOYBEAN ( Glycine max L . ) RESPONSE TO MICRONUTRIENTS

Soybean (Glycine max L.) generally respond to micro-nutrients by enhanced nodulation and more seed yield. A field trial was carried out to evaluate the response of soybean to micronutrients viz. iron (Fe), molybdenum (Mo) and cobalt (Co). Results indicated that iron applied at the rate of 400 g ha and molybdenum @ 20 g ha had a significant effect on shoot length, shoot dry weight, number of nodules plant, nodules fresh weight and thousand seed weight. The highest seed yield 42.28% over control, dry matter yield , seed nitrogen and seed protein content was recorded by combined application of Fe at the rate of 400 g ha and Mo @ 20 g ha.