Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of pH on the bacterial community present in larvae and spat of Crassostrea gigas

Marine environmental changes, including pH changes have been correlated to alterations in the physiology and susceptibility to diseases in cultured organisms at the early stages of development. Metagenomic analysis 16S rRNA was done to evaluate the biodiversity of pediveliger larvae and spat of Crassostrea gigas under acidic pH stress compared to that of larvae at normal pH. The evaluation was carried out in an experimental system with continuous water flow and pH manipulation by CO 2 bubbling to simulate acidification (pH 7.384 ± 0.039), taking as reference the current ocean pH conditions (pH 8.116 ± 0.023). The results indicated that a modulation of the bacterial community is present in both pediveliger larvae and spat subjected to acidic conditions. The Rhodobacteraceae and Campylobacteraceae were the most affected families by the change of pH, with increases of Vibrionaceae in pediveliger larvae and of Planctomycetaceae and Phyllobacteriaceae in spat. In summary, this study demonstrates that bacterial communities associated with pediveliger larvae and spat of C. gigas are responsive to changes in acidification.
Parenting Skill Performances of Mothers of Young Children with Developmental Delay in Taiwan

The purpose of this study was to explore the different parenting skills of mothers in various demographics in parenting their young children with development delay. The participants were mothers of 3-6 year old children with development delay (DDC mothers) from a registered preschool in Taiwan. Mothers Parenting Skills Questionnaire (MPSQ) was used as the research tool. A convenience sampling of 199 valid questionnaires was collected. Nearly 80% of the children exhibited developmental delay in language and communications; less prominent developmental delays were in (ranked in descending order by proportion) motor, cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, activities of daily living, and physiological aspects. The results of the present study revealed that the parenting skills of the DDC mothers approached the “moderately to satisfactorily met the criteria” level. The multiple regression analysis results revealed that the DDC mothers whose parenting skills were acquired from “parenting seminars” or “professionals or physicians,” residing in northern Taiwan, and attaining an education level of university or above exhibited higher performance in overall parenting skills, achieving a statistically significant correlation. The research results can serve as a reference for the DDC mothers of young children, educator of preschools, and early-intervention facilities.
Analyzing the factors influencing university students' financial literacy

Financial literacy is necessary skill for life that could be improved through financial education. To enhance financial education, it is important to examine more deeply how students' financial knowledge and personal background affects their views on personal finance issues and financial decision making. This study analyzing the questionnaire survey results of 522 university students to assess the relationships between the financial literacy and students' financial opinions and choices; and the impact of educational and demographical characteristics to the participants' financial literacy, opinions and choices. Results of regression analyze show that statistically significant impact on the financial literacy have factors as gender, nationality, academic discipline, and financial choices and opinion, as holding a debit card, a bank loan, plan the financial affairs in advance on a daily basis and an interest to get more information about financial services and monetary affairs. Students studying in the science or mathematics oriented subjects have more knowledge in finance, especially male students. These results of study enable to develop financial education and give the direction for future research.
3D Blood Vessels Reconstruction Based on Segmented CT Data for Further Simulations of Hemodynamic in Human Artery Branches

Abstract We aimed at the reconstruction of the branches of human aortic arch for blood perfusion analysis used later in the Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD). The reconstruction was performed based on segmentation results obtained from CT data. Two segmentation algorithms, region growing and level set were implemented. Obtained binary segmentation results were next evaluated by the expert and corrected if needed. The final reconstruction was used for preparation of a numerical grid and for further calculation of blood hemodynamic. The collected data composed of blood velocity and blood flow rate in function of time were compared with USG-Doppler data. Results demonstrate that proposed algorithm may be useful for initial reconstruction of human cardiac system, however its accuracy needs to be improved as further manual corrections are still needed.
Numerical Investigation of Effects of Species Specific Characteristics on Community Dynamics Affected by Stream Drying in Rivers with Pools as Refugia

: A mathematical model was presented and parameter studies of the model were performed to investigate changes in the effect of stream drying on aquatic community dynamics in response to species speciﬁc characteristics. The community in the model was composed of producers, grazers and predators, and the river was assumed to have pool- rifﬂe structure. Grazers and predators could move between the rifﬂe and the pool according to their habitat preference. The temporal scale was enough short that grazers and predators did not reproduce. When the ﬂow reduction began, grazers and predators tended to move from the rifﬂe to the pool by the time the rifﬂe dried up. Both of them could survive in the pool during the stream drying. After the stream drying ended and the water depth recovered, they tended to move from the pool to the rifﬂe. The parameter studies on the sensitivity of grazers and predators to the ﬂow velocity and the predation pressure for grazers revealed following: (i) grazers and predators which had the higher sensitivity to the ﬂow velocity had advantage to reduce the decrease in their density due to the stream drying, (ii) predators had advantage to reduce the decrease in their density due to the stream drying if grazers had the higher sensitivity to the ﬂow velocity, (iii) grazer density in the case of the stream drying became larger than that in the case of no ﬂow reduction if predation pressure for grazers was high relative to the natural mortality rate of grazers, and (iv) the lower sensitivity of predators to the ﬂow velocity had positive effects on grazer density after the stream drying if the predation pressure for grazers was high relative to the natural mortality rate of grazers.
The Intention in Online Submission of Micro Credit

Purpose: The research aimed to identify the merchant intention in online submission microcredit through e-marketplace and formulate an online microcredit submission model. Total samples of 235 respondents were selected by convenience sampling method through an online survey of online sellers who were members of the Indonesian Online Business Association (APOI). Design/Methodology/Approach: Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the empirical data derived from surveys with the proposed hypotheses. Findings: The results showed that marketing mix gives a greater influence on intention compared to attitude toward behavior. Practical Implications: The research is one of first attempts to provide valuable insight for an overview of MSME's intention towards micro credit in the framework of planning micro-credit distribution (KUR) in Indonesia through e-commerce media. Originality/Value: The research provided an overview of the intention of online sellers / merchants to online submission systems through e-marketplace media and estimates how far is the persepsion of marketing mix in increasing intention.
The Late Bronze Age ceramic traditions of the Syrian Jazirah

The second hal f of the 2nd mill, BC in Syria has been chronological ly labeled either in t e rms of the system of "meta l epochs" as the Late Bronze Age I and II or else labeled accord ing to a culturally and geographical ly oriented t e rminology as the "Middle-Syr ian" ' per iod (ca 1600/1530-1200/1100 BC). With regard to the strong geographical different ia t ion of mater ia l culture, especial ly pottery, within Syria to be observed in m a n y per iods , it is advisable to in t roduce a chronological periodizat ion on a regional scale. For the Syrian Jazirah, a region with very distinct ceramic repertoires th rough all phases f r o m the Ear ly Bronze to the Iron Age, the "Jazirah chronological sys tem" has b e e n defined . In this article, the Late Bronze Age will be classif ied, for the first t ime, as the "Midd le Jazirah period" . Accord ing to typological criteria that will be explained below, it can be subdivided into phases Midd le Jazirah (mJ) la , lb, Ha, l ib , and III. In addit ion, concerning the region of the Syrian Jazirah, it has always been considered possible and legi t imate to apply a pure ly historical periodizat ion system referr ing to the Mittani per iod fo l lowed by the Midd le Assyr ian period. This assumpt ion is still valid and has been strongly supported by a recent compara t ive analysis of the pot tery associated with the two periods . The polit ical enti ty of Mittani and the succeeding Middle Assyr ian Empi re are clearly ci rcumscr ibed factors in the history and chronology of the Syrian Jazirah. Fur thermore , th rough their specific political and economica l organizat ion they considerably inf luenced the material culture of the Syrian Jazirah. As a consequence , both per iods reveal a distinct ceramic repertoire. These two archaeological phases and ceramic t radit ions can thus be labeled "Mi t tan i" and "Midd le Assyr ian" . In order to avoid misconcept ions of these terms, it is important to note that the terms "Mi t t an i " and "Midd le Assyr ian ceramic per iod" do not imply an ethnic ass ignment of the pot tery concerned. They have a purely politicalgeographical significance. This is to say that any of the Late Bronze Age Jazirah popula t ion groups for example Hurrians , Assyrians , Aramaeans , etc. could theoret ical ly have been producers or consumers of the pottery f rom both ceramic t radit ions ' . The t e rm "Mi t t an i " was used in 2nd mill, BC texts first of all as a geographica l te rm to address the reg ion be tween the Middle Euphra tes in Syria and the Middle Tigris, with the Khabur region in its center. Accord ing to this meaning , the t e rm "Mit tani pot te ry" is employed for the h o m o g e n o u s group of ceramics f r o m the core region of Mittani during the t ime of the Mittani-s tate . "Midd l e Assyr ian pot te ry" is the designat ion for the ceramics in the Syrian Jazirah during the t ime of its incorporat ion into the Middle Assyr ian empire starting with Adad-Nira r i I (1295-1264 BC). The Syrian Jazirah
When Group Means Fail: Can One Size Fit All?

The present study examined whether a cognitive process model that is inferred based on group data holds, and is meaningful, at the level of the individual person. Investigation of this issue is tantamount to questioning that the same set and configuration of cognitive processes is present within all individuals, a usually untested assumption in standard group-based experiments. Search from memory as assessed with the Sternberg memory scanning paradigm is among the most widely studied phenomena in cognitive psychology. According to the original memory scanning model, search is serial and exhaustive. Here we critically examined the validity of this model across individuals and practice. 32 younger adults completed 1488 trials of the Sternberg task distributed over eight sessions. In the first session, group data followed the pattern predicted by the original model, replicating earlier findings. However, data from the first session were not sufficiently reliable for identifying whether each individual complied with the serial exhaustive search model. In sessions six to eight, when participants performed near asymptotic levels of performance, between-person differences were reliable, group data deviated substantially from the original memory search model, and the model fit only 13 of the 32 participants’ data. Our findings challenge the proposition that one general memory search process exists within a group of healthy younger adults, and questions the testability of this proposition at the individual level in single-session experiments. Implications for cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience are discussed with reference to earlier work emphasizing the explicit consideration of potentially existent individual differences. Author Note This study was conducted within the project “Cognitive and Neural Dynamics of Memory Across the Lifespan (CONMEM) ” at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. The work was supported by the Max Planck Society and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2011 of the German Research Foundation awarded to UL. MW-B’s work is supported by a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG, WE 4269/3-1) as well as an Early Career Research Fellowship 2017 – 2019 awarded by the Jacobs Foundation. We thank Lene-Marie Gassner and all research assistants involved in data collection.
Modeling and Recognition of Isolated Words using VQ and Hidden Markov Model

In this paper we present an approach to develop an ASR system for Hindi language. This paper focuses on all digits in Hindi (Zero to Nine), which is based on isolated word structure. The proposed system is based on Vector quantized MFCC as feature vectors and HMM as classifier. Vector quantization of MFCC is done using LBG algorithm. EM algorithm is used to generate HMM models for the spoken words. The experiment database consists of 10 words and its 3 utterances from three different speakers. For each version a three state HMM is trained. Performance of the system is evaluated by accurate Recognition Rate (RR). RR of the system for the speakers involved in the training phase is found to give reasonably good recognition accuracy than that for the speakers who were not involved in the training phase. Word wise RR is observed to be good in some digits with distinct phones.
ANALIZING FACTOR THAT AFFECTING IMPORT OF MAIZE IN INDONESIA ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI IMPOR JAGUNG DI INDONESIA

The purpose of The study is to identify the factor that affecting import of maize in Indonesia, Ana to analyze The factor that affecting import of maize in Indonesia. The data used in The Study is Time series data from 1990 to 2014 sourced from BPS(Badan Pusat Statistik) and Kementrian Pertanian. The method used in The Study is linear regression analysis using SPSS 18 software. Statistics Test that used in this Study including R2 , F-test, and T-test.In this Study we can concluded that R2 test value is 0,703 that means 70,3% import of maize explained by variable that used in model, which is: maize production (produksi jagung), maize consumption (konsumsi jagung), maize domestic prize (harga jagung domestik), maize import prize (harga jagung impor), and Rupiah to US Dollar currency (Nilai tukar rupiah terhadap dollar Amerika), and remaining 29,7% remains explained by another variable that exclude by this model. After all The testing, results shows all variable in The model affecting maize import simultaneously, and partial Test shows maize production, maize consumption, maize domestic prize, and Rupiah to US Dollar currency partially affecting import of maize in Indonesia, and maize import prize variable didn’t affect import of maize in Indonesia.
Review of Building Evacuation Models

Disclaimer Certain commercial entities, equipment, products, or materials are identified in this document in order to describe a procedure or concept adequately or to trace the history of the procedures and practices used. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation, endorsement, or implication that the entities, products, materials, or equipment are necessarily the best available for the purpose. Disclaimer The policy of NIST is to use the International System of Units (metric units) in all publications. In this document, however, units are presented in metric units or the inch-pound system, whichever is prevalent to the discipline. Building Research Establishment provided guidance in the use of their models and egress modeling in general. In addition, the authors acknowledge the support of all of the model developers who aided in the understanding of their individual models by answering emails, phone calls, and/or sending publications.
Traumatic Stressors in the Intensive Care Unit: Viewpoints of Patients and Nurses

Background: Treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU) is both stressful and psychologically traumatic for patients. Many mental disorders can arise following traumatic and stressful events, including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Studies have investigated nurses’ and patients’ views on the stressors in a typical intensive care unit. However, there have been inconsistencies in the results of these studies. Moreover, only a limited number of studies have been conducted on this issue in
DISTRIBUSI LOGAM BERAT PADA AIR DAN SEDIMEN LAUT DI WILAYAH PESISISR KABUPATEN SUMBAWA BARAT

Most of coastal waters of West Sumbawa are wave-exposed areas. As part of Alas Strait this region is located between Lombok and Sumbawa Island. On the land and coastal areas, mineral mining (i.e. gold) activities are operated massively by large private company (i.e. PT. Newmont Nusa Tenggara) and traditional mining by local communities. These activities (especially for traditional mining) are expected to increase the content of heavy metals in the marine and coastal waters surrounding. A residual of mining processing will produce heavy metals disposal. In this study, the distributions of heavy metals (i.e. Hg, Cr 6+ , Cu, As, Ni, Zn, Pb, and Cd) were measured in the water column and bed sediments of coastal waters of West Sumbawa. This study was conducted during dry season in July 2011. The results show the heavy metal concentrations in water column were mainly within the permissible limits (based on Keputusan Menteri Lingkungan Hidup No. 51, 2004). Except for Cu, the concentration was highest found on most of the stations. The heavy metal contents in bed sediment were low, but varied among sampling points. Furthermore, Cu content in bed sediment also found remarkably high (101,7 mg/Kg) with additionally Zn content was closed (10,6–105,5 mg/Kg) within the permissible limits (based on criteria by Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council – ANZECC, 2000).
Pérez THE PRODUCTION OF ESTERS AND GENE EXPRESSION BY Saccharomyces cerevisiae DURING FERMENTATION ON Agave tequilana JUICE IN CONTINUOUS CULTURES PRODUCCIÓN

Volatile esters are formed during alcoholic fermentation, particularly performed by yeasts. These compounds confer “fruity" attributes to drinks. Fermented beverages contain namely two groups of esters: acetate esters formed by alcohol acetyltransferase enzymes (ATF1 and ATF2) and ethyl esters produc d by t e acyl-CoA ethanol O-acyltransferase en ymes (EHT1 and EEB1), encoded by the ATF1, ATF2, EHT1 and EEB1 genes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of nitrogen addition, aeration and low temperatures on ester production during fermentation on Agave tequilana juice in a continuous system. Low temperatures increased ethyl esters production (4.5-fold) and enhanced the expression of the involved genes (more than 3.5-fold). Conversely, when compared to aeration, the effect was negative as esters producti n decrease (75%) whereas the ATF1, ATF2 and EHT1 genes were repressed. On the other hand, the addition of nitrogen favored the production of ethyl acetate. The results obtained during continuous culture with Agave tequilana juice showed that an increase in gene expression favored mainly the production of ethyl esters and not so much the production of ethyl acetate. Therefore, the three genes evaluated do not seem to be the only ones involved in the production of ethyl acetate, they are more related to the production of ethyl esters. So, even though all these compounds belong to the same family, the regulation of their production, as well as their synthesis pathways, seem to
Relationship between Learning Styles & Academic Achievement in Mathematics of Grade 8 Students

The study was conducted to find out the learning styles of the 179 Grade 8 students as correlates of their academic achievement in mathematics. The student respondents were enrolled in Palayan City National High School in Nueva Ecija during S.Y. 2018-2019. The findings of the study showed that: the students’ average academic achievement was 87.4, which was interpreted as Approaching Proficiency (Satisfactory) . In terms of learning styles, students were the mostly divergent type of learners. The learning style of the respondent is significantly related to academic achievement. Assimilator learners have better academic achievement than other learners with different learning styles. Keywords— Academic achievement, accomodator, assimilator, converger, diverger, learning styles.
Performance Contracting : What Is Their Efficacy in Management of Secondary Schools in Makueni County , Kenya ?

This study examined the efficacy of performance contracting in public secondary schools in Makueni County, Kenya. The study employed the Taylor’s scientific classical management theory which advocates for job specialization and training employees for a single task. The study employed a descriptive survey design. Both purposiveand simple random sampling were used to select 36 principals and 216 members of Board of Management yielding an overall sample size of 256. The major finding was that a majority of teachers and BoM members were in agreement that performance contracting could enhance service delivery especially in external relations, human resource management, financial management and internal organizational management . Nonetheless, the overall practice of performance contracting was critically low and dodged with contradictions in most schools. It was concluded that although the performance contracting has been accepted as a viable means of enhancing service delivery, some teachers were still jittery regarding the object of the exercise. Given this emerging mixed support for performance contracting, it was recommended that the Government through the Ministry of Education and the County Education Officers should closely monitor the practice and assure teachers regarding its efficacy in enhancing quality service delivery in the public service
An experimental analysis of the sources of inaccuracy occurring in hip strength measurements conducted by hand held dynamometry

Abstract Background Hand held dynamometers (HHDs) are often the preferred choice for the clinical evaluation of muscle strength, although they can be inaccurate. The aim of this study was to quantitatively investigate the causes of deviation and error in the strength assessment of the hip joint. Methods Twenty-two healthy adult participants were tested for hip extension and hip flexion strength by a ‘make test’ method. Forces and moments were measured by a multi component load cell held by an expert operator. Position and motion were concurrently recorded by an optoelectronic system. Ideally, neither the sensor nor the limbs should move during the measurements. The setup allowed to quantify the angular displacement of the sensor and the undesired motion. From such measurements, an estimation of accuracy and quality was derived. Results Observed accuracy was <4% for forces and <14% for moments. The overall quality of the measurements was ∼80% for both flexion and extension. The lower accuracy observed in hip moment was attributed to the method used to measure the lever arm. Conclusions The quantitative measurement of the sources of inaccuracy showed that HHD hip assessment is reliable for both flexion and extension. Correct HHD positioning and correct measure of the lever arm are crucial.