Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Significant changes to ENSO strength and impacts in the twenty‐first century: Results from CMIP5

Changes to the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and its atmospheric teleconnections under climate change are investigated using simulations conducted for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). The overall response to CO2increases is determined using 27 models, and the ENSO amplitude change based on the multi‐model mean is indistinguishable from zero. However, changes between ensembles run with a given model are sometimes significant: for four of the eleven models having ensemble sizes larger than three, the 21st century change to ENSO amplitude is statistically significant. In these four models, changes to SST and wind stress do not differ substantially from those in the models with no ENSO response, indicating that mean changes are not predictive of the ENSO sensitivity to climate change. Also, ocean vertical stratification is less (more) sensitive to CO2in models where ENSO strengthens (weakens), likely due to a regulation of the subsurface temperature structure by ENSO‐related poleward heat transport. Atmospheric teleconnections also show differences between models where ENSO amplitude does and does not respond to climate change; in the former case El Niño/La Niña‐related sea level pressure anomalies strengthen with CO2, and in the latter they weaken and shift polewards and eastwards. These results illustrate the need for large ensembles to isolate significant ENSO climate change responses, and for future work on diagnosing the dynamical causes of inter‐model teleconnection differences.
Alternative data-analysis techniques in research on student learning: illustrations of a person-oriented and developmental perspectives

Studies on student learning in higher education from a student approaches to a learning tradition have yielded valuable insights, although research remains inconclusive on how to incite a deep approach in students. To broaden our insights into student learning, two alternative research perspectives are explored: 1) a person-oriented approach to data analysis aimed at identifying subgroups of students with similar learning profiles, and 2) a developmental approach interested in the stability and variability of students’ approaches to learning. The usefulness and value of combining these perspectives is illustrated using research findings from two recent studies in a Flemish context. The first study investigated the development of learning profiles in a specific course using the Revised Two Factor Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F), based on the model of John Biggs (2001). The second study explored the evolution in learning patterns throughout a whole teacher-education programme using Jan Vermunt’s Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS) (Vermunt, 1996). Both studies identified the existence of sub-groups of students with similar learning profiles and point towards different developmental trends for these profiles. Moreover, the second study showed that some parts of students’ learning patterns are more prone to changes than others. For educational practice, the exploration of these profiles and the monitoring of their development might prove an interesting diagnostic tool for choosing, designing and implementing adaptive instructional methods and remedial trajectories in an evidence-based way.
Improving employee outcomes in the public sector: The beneficial effects of social support at work and job control

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficacy of the demand‐control‐support model, augmented with employee perceptions of organisational justice and degree of met expectations.Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 128 public sector employees working in a large state police force operating under many of the elements of new public management. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted using four indicators of occupational strain: employee wellbeing, job satisfaction, organisational commitment and intent to quit.Findings – The results of this study suggest that the demand‐control‐support model has great utility in identifying those aspects of the work environment associated with employee strain. Job control and social support at work in particular were the most consistent predictors. In contrast, the expectation and justice variables failed to make significant contributions to the model in all but one analysis providing no support for the “injustice as stressor.
Confirmatory diagnosis of contagious ecthyma (Orf) by polymerase chain reaction at Adet Sheep Research Sub-Center, Ethiopia: A case report

An outbreak of contagious ecthyma (CE) was investigated in June, 2012 with morbidity rate of 22% in Adet Sheep Research Sub-Center, Ethiopia. The results of this investigation indicated that the outbreak was caused by infection with CE virus. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for rapid diagnosis was applied to five scab samples obtained from sheep suspected for CE. To confirm whether the causative agent was present in skin scrapings, PCR of the complete B2L gene to diagnose CE was used in this study. The expected PCR fragments, approximately 1206 bp in length were obtained from DNA which had been extracted from tissue scrapings. All five skin scab samples were confirmed positive to CE by PCR. In conclusion, detailed phylogenetic analysis of CE virus is suggested in order to know the genetic origin of the virus strain as well as for the future choice for immunoprophylaxis. Key words: Adet Sheep Research Sub-Center, B2L gene, contagious ecthyma, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), sheep.
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL FACULDADE DE ODONTOLOGIA PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ODONTOLOGIA Dissertação Candida albicans e cárie radicular: análise do transcriptoma Candida albicans and root caries: a transcriptomic analysis

The microbiota associated with root caries must be acidogenic and aciduric. S. mutans, Lactobacillus, Actinomyces, Veilonella, Bifidobacterium, and other bacteria play important roles in root caries biofilm. Yeasts are also present on carious and non-carious root biofilms, being the specie Candida albicans the most prevalent yeast found in root biofilms. Although the presence of Candida albicans is stablished in the literature, and there are an increasing gradient of Candida species. colonization with caries progression, the role of this microorganism in root caries has not being totally elucidated. The aim of this study is to analyse the role of Candida albicans in root caries thought a transcriptomic analysis of biofilms of sound root surfaces (n=10, SRS) and root caries lesions (n=9, RC) using a highthroughput sequencing of cDNA (RNA-Seq). The differential expression of genes of Candida albicans SC5314, the specific functions and pathways associated with the gene expression of the present study were investigated. The total bacterial RNA was extracted and the mRNA was isolated (Illumina Hi-Seq2500). Samples with low RNA concentration (less than 30ng/RNA) were pooled, yielding a final sample size of SRS=10 and RC=9. Sequence reads were compiled in a count table and mapped to C. albicans SC5314 genome of reference, using the software CLC Genomics Workbench 7.5. 1. Gene expression was calculated in the algorithm DESeq, and the differential expression was calculated with binomial negative (Log2FoldChange) and False Discovery Rate (FDR<0,05). The genes with higher expression in RC and SRS were analysed by the Relative Median Expression (RME), and the virulence factors and pathways and sugar metabolization related with Candida albicans pathogenicity in root caries were analysed. Two genes (CaO19.610, FDR=0.009; CaO19.2506, FDR=0.018) are up-regulated in Sound Root Surface (SRS) have their functions related to biofilm formation and seven (UTP20, FDR=0.018; ITR1, FDR=0.036; DHN6, FDR=0.046; CaO19.7197, FDR=0.046; CaO19.7838, FDR=0.046; STT4, FDR=0.046; GUT1, FDR=0.046) are up-regulated in biofilm of carious dentin (RC) have functions related to metabolic activity, sugar transport, stress tolerance, invasion and pH regulation. Candida albicans is, therefore, important to root caries development. Key-words: RNA-seq; Candida albicans; Root Caries; Transcriptome.
Educational video classification by using a transcript to image transform and supervised learning

In this work, we present a method for automatic topic classification of educational videos using a speech transcript transform. Our method works as follows: First, speech recognition is used to generate video transcripts. Then, the transcripts are converted into images using a statistical cooccurrence transformation that we designed. Finally, a classifier is used to produce video category labels for a transcript image input. For our classifiers, we report results using a convolutional neural network (CNN) and a principal component analysis (PCA) model. In order to evaluate our method, we used the Khan Academy on a Stick dataset that contains 2,545 videos, where each video is labeled with one or two of 13 categories. Experiments show that our method is effective and strongly competitive against other supervised learning-based methods.
Laboratory rivers: Lacey's law, threshold theory, and channel stability

Abstract. More than a century of experiments have demonstrated that many features of natural rivers can be reproduced in the laboratory. Here, we revisit some of these experiments to cast their results into the framework of the threshold-channel theory developed by Glover and Florey (1951). In all the experiments we analyze, the typical size of the channel conforms to this theory, regardless of the river's planform (single-thread or braiding). In that respect, laboratory rivers behave exactly like their natural counterpart. Using this finding, we reinterpret experiments by Stebbings (1963). We suggest that sediment transport widens the channel until it reaches a limit width, beyond which it destabilizes into a braided river. If confirmed, this observation would explain the remarkable scarcity of single-thread channels in laboratory experiments.
Epidemiology and pathology of intestinal helminthiasis in fowls.

Results: Over all 79 (72.47%) fowls were infected with one or more species of helminths. Seven species of helminth including two trematodes (Catatropis verrucosa, Echinostoma revolutum), three cestodes (Raillietina tetragona, Raillietina echinobothrida, Raillietina cesticillus) and two nematodes (Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum) species were identified. Significantly (p<0.01) higher prevalence of helminths were recorded in adults (78.37%) and males (78.43%) than in young (60%) and females (67.24%), respectively. Fowls were 1.85 times more susceptible (p<0.01) to helminth infection in dry season (79.55%) than wet season (67.97%). Intestine became thickened and inflamed with presence of necrotic spots.
The Effect of an Entrepreneurial Training Programme on Entrepreneurial Traits and Intention of Secondary Students

One of the earliest discussions in entrepreneurship literature is whether to be an entrepreneur can be learned or not. This discussion reflects two extreme positions: in one side there are those who defend that “entrepreneurs are born”, on the other side there are those who believe that “entrepreneurs can be made”. In the confront of these positions it seems to win the line that defends that it is possible to learn to be an entrepreneur making use of differentiated policies and instruments in education. The support for this view comes from a widely literature review of entrepreneurship and business creation, which suggest important links between entrepreneurship education, business creation and entrepreneurial performance.
Interactions of Visinin-like proteins with phospho-inositides

The family of neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) proteins comprises five subfamilies, namely recoverins, frequenins, Visinin-like Proteins (VILIPs), GCAPs and KChlPs, which are involved in various signalling cascades in neuronal cells. All members of the NCS protein family are EF-hand proteins and share the typical feature of N-terminal myristoylation at the motif M-G-X3-S, as well as the calcium-myristoyl switch. In response to elevated calcium levels, NCS proteins invoke the calcium-myristoyl switch which is the central mechanism of their involvement in cellular calcium signalling. It has been shown that membrane association of proteins by a myristoyl group alone is very weak and requires further stabilising interactions such as hydrogen bonds between the protein and membrane phospholipids or the involvement of another membrane-associated protein. The subcellular membrane localisation of neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) proteins in living cells, such as VILIP-1 and VILIP-3, differs substantially. We have followed the hypothesis that the differential localisation might be due to specific binding capabilities of individual VILIPs for phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs). Several highly conserved lysine residues in the N-terminal region could provide favourable electrostatic interactions. Molecular modelling results support a binding site for phospho-inositides in the N-terminal area of VILIP-1, and the involvement of the conserved N-terminal lysine residues in binding the phosphoinositol head group. Experimentally, the binding of VILIP-1 to inositol derivatives was tested by a PIP strip assay, which showed the requirement of phosphorylation of the inositol group for the interaction of the protein with PIPs. Monolayer adsorption measurements show a clear preference of VILIP-1 binding to PI(4,5)P2 over PI(3,4,5)P3. Moreover, we found co-localisation of VILIP-1 with PI(4,5)P2 at the cell surface membrane in hippocampal neurons, supporting the notion of interactions between VILIP-1 and PIPs in living cells.
IBL Conference 2017-Proceedings CYP 2 E 1 genotype and transaminase level of tuberculosis patients receiving fixed dose combination of antituberculosis I

Introductions: Antituberculosis drug-induced liver injury (ATLI) had become a common serious side effect regarding anti-tuberculosis use. Isoniazid (INH) was believed as a significant factor related to ATLI incidence. A genetic factor related to INH metabolism (e.g., CYP2E1) was assumed as a major contributor of ATLI. This study aimed to investigate the genotype pattern of CYP2E1 and serum transaminase level on tuberculosis patients receiving a fixed-dose combination of anti-tuberculosis. Methods: As many as 35 tuberculosis patients attending Pulmonary Outpatient Clinic of Sanglah Hospital were included in this crosssectional study. Identification of CYP2E1 genotype was performed with a PCR-RFLP assay using RsaI and DraI restriction enzymes. Results: This study revealed the proportion of c1/c1; c1/c2; and c2/ c2 genotype of CYP2E1 on 5’-flanking region were 62.9%; 34.3%; and 2.8%, respectively; whereas the proportion of DD, CD and CC genotype of CYP2E1 on intron 6 were 60%; 28.6%; and 11.4%, respectively. The proportion of hepatotoxicity was 14.3%, while the average level of AST and ALT were 23.5±13.6 IU/L and 23.3±21.1 IU/L. There was no significant correlation between CYP2E1 genotypes and hepatotoxicity incidence. Conclusions: The dominant proportion of CYP2E1 genotype on 5’-flanking region and intron 6 are c1/c1 and DD. However, we found no significant differences between CYP2E1 genotypes and hepatotoxicity.
Exploring The Social Marketing Impacts of Virtual Brand Community Engagement

The number of people using online communities is rising. The study found that more consumers find and evaluate goods through social media networks. At the same time, marketers continue to promote brand recognition, but more importantly, to increase user engagement. However, the link between the brand community and social media has become the focus of the marketing staff and the public. But the academic research of the brand community and the social media in the past focused on brand loyalty. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore how virtual brand communities could create social impacts on their customers. This study will use a web survey from customers from Insightxplorer’s Cyber Panel who intend to adopt a social network service. Factor analysis will be conducted to confirm the induced factors from literature review. Furthermore, PLS will be used to determine the variation in social networking sites’ quality, brand communities’ engagement, virtual community and equity. Finally, in-depth discussions and conclusions will be provided to inform research and practice. Keywords: Social Media Marketing, Virtual Brand Community, Brand Community Engagement To cite this document: I Ping Chiang, Shou En Tu, and Ling Hui Wang, "Exploring The Social Marketing Impacts of Virtual Brand Community Engagement", Contemporary Management Research, Vol.14, No.2, pp. 143-164, 2018. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi. org/10.7903/cmr.18086
Glass eel (Anguilla anguilla) acclimation to freshwater and seawater: morphological changes of the digestive tract

Glass eels (Anguilla anguilla, L. 1758) caught during ascent at the mouth of the River Tiber were kept in aquaria with freshwater and full strength salinity (35 parts per thousand) for four months. Morphological features of glass eels at capture and after four months of experimental rearing are described. The structure of the gut, an important osmoregulatory organ, observed in glass eels in seawater experimental rearing suggests that they undergo an irreversible process of adaptation to freshwater, despite the fact of survival in seawater.
Evaluation of Remotely Sensed Evapotranspiration Over the CEOP EOP-1 Reference Sites

In this paper, the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP) data during an Enhanced Observing Period (EOP-1) is used to assess the Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) model. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the adaptability of SEBS to different climatic zones and land cover classifications at two different scales. The SEBS model was examined at the field (tower) scale based primarily on in-situ observations from CEOP sites. To examine a broader scale application, remotely sensed land surface temperature (LST) from the MODIS sensor and surface meteorology from the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) were used for the required forcing datasets. Comparisons at tower scale show that the model predictions of the energy fluxes agree reasonably well with the observations. The root mean square error (RMSE) of the ET prediction based on MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) plus CEOP meteorological observations is about 61 W m � 2 at a grassland site (Cabauw) and a needle leaf forest site (BERMS). The RMSE of ET predication at a corn site (Bondville) is 96 W m � 2 and the corresponding percentage error is 28.9%. When GLDAS forcing was used instead of the CEOP tower observations, the RMSEs of ET prediction at Cabauw, BERMS and Bondville are increased to 82, 84 and 140 W m � 2 respectively. The negative bias of surface downward radiative forcing from GLDAS contributed much to the larger deviation of the ET prediction when compared to tower based values. The innovative aspects of our study in this paper are: a) No similar work on evaluating remote sensing based ET model under a diverse climate and land cover condition has been done before; b) ET modeling was assessed in different scales ranging from site scale to GLDAS grid cell; c) The framework of estimating the spatial distribution of ET combining satellite data and available ground meteorology is tested.
Working harder and smarter: investigating an association between physical activity behaviour and social physique anxiety in a naturalistic environment

Social physique anxiety (SPA) is experienced when an individual perceives themselves to be the recipient of negative body evaluation by others, and has been hypothesised to deter physical activity participation for some individuals. Despite the recognised disparity between male and female body-image concerns, with females consistently reporting greater SPA than males, previous literature is yet to demonstrate a significant association between SPA and physical activity behaviour. The current study investigated an association between sex, physical activity frequency, physical activity intensity and SPA. Currently active users (N = 33 males; N = 31 females) of an on-campus university-run gym participated in this study. Participants were required to complete a background physical activity questionnaire and the 12-item social physique anxiety scale (SPAS) before performing an exercise session at a self-selected level of exertion, with the intensity of each session measured via heart rate monitor. An independent samples t-test revealed female participants (M=41.09, SD=10.46) reported significantly higher SPAS scores than males (M=26.96, SD=6.20). Subsequent ANOVA analyses revealed no significant differences in SPA by physical activity frequency, or physical activity intensity, with an interaction analysis also proving non-significant. Males and females differed in terms of physical activity choice, with females more likely to perform aerobic activity and males more inclined to perform anaerobic activity. The finding for female participants to report higher SPA is consistent with previous literature and may reflect a psychological manifestation of a disproportionate cultural emphasis for females to appear attractive. The current findings are also consistent with previous literature in failing to uncover a significant association between SPA and physical activity frequency, suggesting SPA may be able to be successfully negotiated in order to facilitate the performance of regular physical activity. SPA was not significantly linked to how strenuously an individual may exercise despite a tendency for those performing moderate intensity activity to report higher SPA. Findings are discussed in consideration of practical limitations for identifying links between SPA and aspects of physical activity behaviour.
Dwarf galaxies in the Coma cluster – I. Velocity dispersion measurements

We present the study of a large sample of early-type dwarf galaxies in the Coma cluster observed with DEIMOS on the Keck II to determine their internal velocity dispersion. We focus on a subsample of 41 member dwarf elliptical galaxies for which the velocity dispersion can be reliably measured, 26 of which were studied for the first time. The magnitude range of our sample is -21 < MR < -15 mag. This paper (Paper I) focuses on the measurement of the velocity dispersion and their error estimates. The measurements were performed using penalized pixel fitting (PPXF) and using the calcium triplet absorption lines.We use Monte Carlo bootstrapping to study various sources of uncertainty in our measurements, namely statistical uncertainty, template mismatch and other systematics.We find that the main source of uncertainty is the template mismatch effect whichis reduced by using templates with a range of spectral types. Combining our measurements with those from the literature, we study the Faber–Jackson relation (L ? sa) and find that the slope of the relation is a = 1.99 ± 0.14 for galaxies brighter than MR �-16 mag. A comprehensive analysis of the results combined with the photometric properties of these galaxies is reported in Paper II.