Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Spatiotemporal Pattern Analysis of China's Cities Based on High-Resolution Imagery from 2000 to 2015

The urbanization level in China has increased rapidly since beginning of the 21st century, and the monitoring and analysis of urban expansion has become a popular topic in geoscience applications. However, problems, such as inconsistent concepts and extraction standards, low precision, and poor comparability, existing in urban monitoring may lead to wrong conclusions. This study selects 337 cities at the prefecture level and above in China as research subjects and uses high-resolution images and geographic information data in a semi-automatic extraction method to identify urban areas in 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015. City size distribution patterns, urban expansion regional characteristics, and expansion types are analyzed. Results show that Chinese cities maintained a high-speed growth trend from 2000 to 2015, with the total area increasing by 115.79%. The overall scale of a city continues to expand, and the system becomes increasingly complex. The urban system is more balanced than the ideal Zipf distribution, but it also exhibited different characteristics in 2005. Urban areas are mostly concentrated in the eastern and central regions, and the difference between the east and the west is considerable. However, cities in the western region continuously expand. Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Guangzhou are the four largest cities in China. Approximately 73.30% of the cities are expanding in an extended manner; the urban form tends to be scattered, and land use efficiency is low. The new urban areas mainly come from cultivated land and ecological land.
Practicing Justice, Justifying Practice: Toward Critical Practice Teacher Education

Arguments for social justice teacher education and arguments for practice-based teacher education are often seen as incongruous. Drawing on sociocultural theory and theories of justice, our study interrogates this underresearched assumption. We conducted video analyses of teacher education coursework and novice teachers’ K–6 classroom instruction, together with novices’ written reflections on videos. Data were collected during a university-based, accelerated teacher credentialing program. Analyses of videos of teacher education coursework revealed that while teacher educators frequently represented, decomposed, and approximated teaching practice, they rarely did so when discussing social justice issues. In a mirror-image finding, analyses of videos of (and reflections on) novices’ subsequent K–6 teaching revealed that novices rarely identified instructional decisions during which they attended to social justice issues.
Gross and Biometric Studies on Pelvic Bone of the Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

The bones of pelvic girdle of emu were studied. The two large os-coxae were less widely separated. No symphysis was found between two pelvic bones. The fossa renalis was absent. The short pre-acetabular part was in the form of a rough quadrilateral plate, while the long post-acetabular part was in the form of an elongated triangle. The acetabulum was a deep cavity and perforated. The large ante-trochanter was found on caudodorsal part of the acetabulum. The foramen ischiadicum was in the form of a long ilio-ischiatic incisure. Pubis was a thin rod-like bone directed caudally parallel to the ischium. The large ischio-pubic incisure was divided incompletely into oval obturator foramen cranially and elongated slit caudally. The gross anatomy of os coxae of emu bird and its biometry have been described in detail.
STUDIES IN STEROID METABOLISM . XXVIII . THE a-KETO-STEROID EXCRETION PATTERN IN NORMAL FEMALES AND THE RESPONSE TO ACTH 1 By ATTALLAH KAPPAS

An examination of the urinary a-ketosteroids has been made in normal women in order to provide information about this important group of hormone metabolites. These data establish limits of values for the major components of this group of steroids and thus provide not only a suitable comparison for studies in abnormal or altered hormonal physiology, but offer information about possible sex differences in the composition of these hormonal metabolites as well. The qualitative and quantitative a-ketosteroid excretion pattern of a series of normal males has been reported earlier from this laboratory (1). Two of the pre-menopausal women were studied at successive intervals throughout the menstrual cycle. The results provide evidence that the precursors of the major urinary neutral ketosteroids in normal women are secreted independently of this pituitary-ovarian rhythm. In addition, two other normal young women were studied during control periods as well as during successive periods while under vigorous stimulation with adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH). The results provide information on the character of this adrenal response in women, and are thus helpful in the interpretation of abnormal hormonal situations, an example of which is described in a recent study (2). The development of methods for more satisfactory hydrolysis of urinary steroid conjugates, improvement in the techniques of separation, particularly partition column and paper chromatography
Growth, employment and inequality in Brazil, China, India and South Africa: An overview

During the past two decades, Brazil, China, India and South Africa have experienced sustained economic growth, with real GDP growing at above the OECD average, particularly in China and India. The GDP per capita gap with OECD countries is decreasing, although real GDP per capita levels are still low with regard to OECD average: some 10% in India, 20% in China and around 30% in Brazil and South Africa. Strong economic growth has helped to reduce extreme poverty in all four countries, especially in China. Nonetheless, the overall benefits of economic integration have not been shared equally and income (and consumption) inequalities increased, except in Brazil recently.
The optimal choice of a relative performance indicator in product market competition

In this research, we analytically explore what performance indicator is optimal in a market competition when the firm’s owner compensates the CEO based on the relative performance evaluation. The relative performance evaluation considered in previous studies compares the firm’s profit with the competitor’s profit. However, when the firm evaluates the CEO’s performance, another performance indicator is often adopted instead of profit. As a result, we show that given specific economic conditions, the owners adopt sales as a relative performance indicator to evaluate the CEO’s performance. This result has some important implications for the research on relative performance evaluation. First, it will affect future studies showing that there are different possible choices of relative performance indicators in management accounting assuming product market competition. Second, our study has an important implication for empirical research on relative performance evaluation in management accounting, in which a relative performance indicator is adopted as an independent variable.
TIGER SHRIMP (Penaeus monodon) GROWTH AT DIFFERENT STOCKING DENSITIES IN HIGH SALINITY POND USING MANGROVE RESERVOIR

High salinity pond water ranging from 33—45 ppt between July and October is one of the problems occurred in western part of South Sulawesi brackishwater ponds. It is necessary to know if tiger shrimps grow well in such salinity, since the optimum salinity range for the growth of tiger shrimp is 15—25 ppt. The objective of the research is to know the tiger shrimp production at different stocking densities cultured in high salinity pond in mangrove reservoir. Twelve pond compartments of 500 m2 each were arranged randomly for three treatments of shrimp stocking densities i.e. 4 , 6, and 8 pcs. /m2 , where each treatment was in three replications. The result of study showed that shrimp production at 6 pieces/m2 was higher than that of 4 and 8 pieces/m2, with more efficient feed conversion was obtained in this stocking density (1.3) compared to treatment 4 pieces/m2 (1.5) and treatment 8 pieces/m2 (>3).
Mineral and bioactive compound content in plant-based protein - enriched purees

Adequate, well balanced, diverse diet together with regular physical activity is considered to be the key elements for good health. The intake of macro and microelements has an important role in normal function of our bodies, ensuring enzymatic reactions, nerve impulses and other processes. However overly increased amounts of certain vitamins and minerals in the diet can be toxic. Therefore, the amount of certain nutrients needs to be consumed according to the age, gender and health condition. The aim of the research was to create new plant-based protein-enriched purees with increased protein amount, detect bioactive compound and mineral content and compare the mineral content with the recommended daily mineral intake for Latvians. For this research three recipes of new plant-based purees were created and experimentally made using organically grown ingredients from Latvia. Additional ingredients as whey-protein isolate, cod liver oil and sugar were added. Products were processed using cook-vide. All samples were tested on their mineral compound content (Na, K, Ca, P, Mg, Fe, Zn, Cu, Se), total carotene (TC) and total phenol content (TPC), antiradical activity (DPPH). The obtained data in all samples showed only trace amounts of Se per 100 g of product, on average the content of Na was only 1.2% from recommended daily intake (RDI) for Latvians per 100 g of product. The highest RDI was obtained for Fe in sample Sp1 for men 11.8%, however for women only 7.1% of RDI. Overall the highest content of bioactive compounds was found in sample Sp2.
Is School Adjustment Related to Environmental Empathy and Connectedness to Nature?

espanolLa empatia ambiental y la conexion con la naturaleza son dos constructos relevantes para explicar las variaciones en el comportamiento proambiental. Sin embargo, poco se sabe acerca de si la empatia ambiental (cognitiva y emocional) y la conexion con la naturaleza pueden variar en funcion del ajuste escolar. Los participantes fueron 881 adolescentes espanoles de 12 a 17 anos (47.2% hombres). El diseno fue un MANOVA 2 × 2 (ajuste escolar × sexo). Los resultados del analisis de CFA confirmaron los supuestos teoricos sobre dos dimensiones diferentes pero relacionadas de la empatia ambiental (cognitiva y emocional) y la conectividad con la naturaleza como un constructo unidimensional. En general, los resultados mostraron que un alto ajuste escolar se relacionaba con una mayor empatia ambiental (cognitiva y emocional) y una mayor conexion con la naturaleza. Ademas, se observo interaccion entre el ajuste escolar y el sexo. Las mujeres reportaron un nivel mas alto de empatia emocional ambiental y conexion con la naturaleza (independientemente de su ajuste escolar). En contraste, los hombres con ajuste escolar bajo y alto reportaron menor empatia emocional ambiental que las mujeres con ajuste escolar alto. Ademas, solo los hombres con alto ajuste en la escuela informaron de una conexion similar con la naturaleza que las mujeres (independientemente de su ajuste escolar). Se discuten las implicaciones de estos hallazgos para la investigacion y la intervencion psicosocial en el ambito de la educacion ambiental. EnglishEnvironmental empathy and connectedness to nature are two main constructs that explain variations in pro-environmental behavior. However, little is known about whether environmental (cognitive and emotional) empathy and connectedness to nature might vary as a function of school adjustment. Participants were 881 Spanish adolescents from 12 to 17 years old (47.2% males). The design was a 2 × 2 MANOVA (school adjustment × sex). Results of the CFA analysis confirmed the theoretical assumptions about two different but related aspects of environmental empathy (cognitive and emotional) and connectedness to nature as a unidimensional construct. Overall, results showed that high school adjustment was related to higher environmental empathy (cognitive and emotional) and greater connectedness to nature. Moreover, interactions were found between school adjustment and sex. Females reported the highest levels of environmental emotional empathy and connectedness to nature (regardless of their school adjustment). By contrast, males with both low and high school adjustment reported lower environmental emotional empathy than females with high school adjustment. Furthermore, only males with high school adjustment reported similar connectedness to nature to that of females (regardless of their school adjustment). Implications of these findings for research and psychosocial interventions in environmental education are discussed.
ROLE OF SPORTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEACE, EQUALITY AND BROTHER-HOOD AMONG THE STUDENTS

This study was undertaken to create awareness among the students about sports and its role in the development of peace, equality and brotherhood among its participants. In this regard, structured and pre-tested questionnaire was designed to include demographics, socio-economic aspects and set research objectives. All the students of Gomal University Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan were taken as population of the study. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed by using percentile as statistical tool. After data analysis, the researcher arrived at conclusion that sports is a basic tool for promoting social values such as peace, equality, and brotherhood among its participants.
A patient with Korsakoff syndrome of psychiatric and alcoholic etiology presenting as DSM-5 mild neurocognitive disorder

Background: Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) and Korsakoff syndrome (KS) are underdiagnosed. The DSM-5 has raised the diagnostic threshold by including KS in the major neurocognitive disorders, which requires that the patient needs help in everyday activities. Methods: We report clinical, neuropsychological, and radiological findings from a patient who developed Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome as a result of alcohol use and weight loss due to major depression. We assess the diagnosis in the context of the scientific literature on KS and according to the DSM-IV and the DSM-5. Results: The patient developed ataxia during a period of weight loss, thus fulfilling current diagnostic criteria of WE. WE was not diagnosed, but the patient partially improved after parenteral thiamine treatment. However, memory problems became evident, and KS was considered. In neuropsychological examination, the Logical Memory test and the Word List test were abnormal, but the Verbal Pair Associates test was normal (Wechsler Memory Scale-III). There were intrusions in the memory testing. The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test was broadly impaired, but the other test of executive functions (difference between Trail Making B and Trail Making A tests) was normal. There was atrophy of the mammillary bodies, the thalamus, the cerebellum, and in the basal ganglia but not in the frontal lobes. Diffusion tensor imaging showed damage in several tracts, including the uncinate fasciculi, the cinguli, the fornix, and the corona radiata. The patient remained independent in everyday activities. The patient can be diagnosed with KS according to the DSM-IV. According to the DSM-5, the patient has major neurocognitive disorders. Conclusions: Extensive memory testing is essential in the assessment of KS. Patients with a history of WE and typical clinical, neuropsychological, and radiological KS findings may be independent in everyday activities. Strict use of the DSM-5 may worsen the problem of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome underdiagnosis by excluding clear KS cases that do not have very severe functional impairment.
Higher Meta-cognitive Ability Predicts Less Reliance on Over Confident Habitual Learning System

Many studies on human and animals have provided evidence for the contribution of goal-directed and habitual valuation systems in learning and decision-making. These two systems can be modeled using model-based (MB) and model-free (MF) algorithms in Reinforcement Learning (RL) framework. Here, we study the link between the contribution of these two learning systems to behavior and meta-cognitive capabilities. Using computational modeling we showed that in a highly variable environment, where both learning strategies have chance level performances, model-free learning predicts higher confidence in decisions compared to model-based strategy. Our experimental results showed that the subjects’ meta-cognitive ability is negatively correlated with the contribution of model-free system to their behavior while having no correlation with the contribution of model-based system. Over-confidence of the model-free system justifies this counter-intuitive result. This is a new explanation for individual difference in learning style.
Oncolytic Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Inhibits Cancer Cell Invasion Processes

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is being investigated as an oncolytic agent due to its capacity to kill cancer cells while exhibiting low virulence in vivo. A trigger for cancer metastasis is the formation of structures known as invadopodia, which function in extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation. I hypothesized that VSV alters invadopodia structures and inhibits their proteolytic function due to the ability of VSV to inhibit host gene expression. My results showed that, following infection with VSV, Src-transformed fibroblasts formed lowered numbers of invadopodia, but yielded increased numbers of ring shaped invadopodia superstructures called rosettes. Overall, there was a decreased ability of cells to degrade ECM and express the invadopodia marker protein, Tks5, both of which correlated with the suppression of invadopodia. These results suggest that alteration in invadopodia by VSV is associated with its ability to decrease proteolytic degradation of ECM. Interestingly, we found an increase in cortactin expression which may be related to increased rosette structures at later times post-infection. Our results suggest that manipulation of cytoskeletal elements by VSV may be a mechanism by which VSV potentiates the infection process, but may lead to the downstream effect of altering proteolytic activity of cancer cells, inhibiting the invasion process.
DNSS2: improved ab initio protein secondary structure prediction using advanced deep learning architectures

Motivation Accurate prediction of protein secondary structure (alpha-helix, beta-strand and coil) is a crucial step for protein inter-residue contact prediction and ab initio tertiary structure prediction. In a previous study, we developed a deep belief network-based protein secondary structure method (DNSS1) and successfully advanced the prediction accuracy beyond 80%. In this work, we developed multiple advanced deep learning architectures (DNSS2) to further improve secondary structure prediction. Results The major improvements over the DNSS1 method include (i) designing and integrating six advanced one-dimensional deep convolutional/recurrent/residual/memory/fractal/inception networks to predict secondary structure, and (ii) using more sensitive profile features inferred from Hidden Markov model (HMM) and multiple sequence alignment (MSA). Most of the deep learning architectures are novel for protein secondary structure prediction. DNSS2 was systematically benchmarked on two independent test datasets with eight state-of-art tools and consistently ranked as one of the best methods. Particularly, DNSS2 was tested on the 82 protein targets of 2018 CASP13 experiment and achieved the best Q3 score of 83.74% and SOV score of 72.46%. DNSS2 is freely available at: https://github.com/multicom-toolbox/DNSS2.
FOREIGNIZATION AND DOMESTICATION IN TRANSLATING CULTURE-SPECIFIC ITEMS IN THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF AHMAD TOHARI’S LINTANG KEMUKUS

ABSTRACT A good translation has become a bridge among different cultures from different countries. The terms foreignization and domestication have been proposed to deal with culture-specific items found in the source text. Both terms have become the focus of arguement in the recent years. The purpose of this research is to identify translation procedures in translating culture specific items that are termed as foreignizing and domesticating and to identify how foreignization and domestication are applied in translating culture specific items. The method used is qualitative descriptive method. The data analysis shows that in translating the source text, translator prefers to apply domestication. There are 74.64% data which are translated using domestication and only 23.36% data are translated using foreignization. Domestication is prefered as it will allow target text readers to understand the text easily. Moreover, the minority position of the source text cultureof does not allow foreignization to be applied in a greater extent. Foreignization is only applied to translate central culture-specific items in order to bring the local nuanse of the source text culture. Keywords: translation, forignization, domestication, culture-specific items
A decapolar 25‐mm‐diameter circular mapping catheter with improved detection of pulmonary vein potential disappearance in cryoballoon ablation

Disappearance of pulmonary vein (PV) potentials is an important indicator of successful PV isolation during cryoballoon ablation. Conventional octapolar 20‐mm‐diameter circular PV mapping catheters occasionally fail to identify persistent PV potentials. A new decapolar 25‐mm‐diameter circular PV mapping catheter has been introduced to improve the detection of PV potentials and their elimination. We compared the detection rates of PV potential disappearance between the decapolar and the octapolar PV mapping catheters.
METRICS OF PRESENTEEISM AND ITS RELATIONS WITH COOPERATION: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

ABSTRACT Purpose: Diagnose and quantify the presenteeism and its relations with cooperation in the reality of a public research organization. Originality/value: This study is an initiative to face the current challenge of measuring presenteeism through inclusive approaches, providing actionable information about this behaviour and integrating multidisciplinary knowledge in order to understand the factors that influence it and the factors that are influenced by it, as well as how the presenteeism affects productivity at work. Design/methodology/approach: The study was conducted in a public research organization with the purpose of to diagnose the reality of the organization in terms of presenteeism and cooperation by using analytical methods. Findings: The following results were obtained: 1. metrics on the general levels of presenteeism and cooperation; 2. levels of presenteeism and cooperation in each of the studied team; 3. correlations between presenteeism and cooperation; and 4. possible influence factors in the levels of presenteeism and cooperation. In summary, when recognizing the interconnectivity between presenteeism and cooperation and the relevance of a strategic management of the human capital that considers its specificities and integrates its biunivocal and inversely proportional content, this study presents empirical evidence that supports the relation between both phenomena and validates ways to diagnose and quantify their impacts in the organization.