Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
DNA Sequences of Ca 2+ -ATPase Gene in Rice KDML 105

Total RNA isolated from the leaves of KDML 105 rice was used as template to make complementary DNA (cDNA). Primer combinations of CA1-CA10 which were designed from Lycopersicon esculentum and Arabidopsis thaliana Ca 2+ -ATPase gene sequence were used. The nucleotide sequences amplified from 7 primer combinations gave 2,480 bp (fragment A). This fragment was found to be 99% homology to that of the putative calcium ATPase of Oryza sativa (Japonica cultivar-group) as shown in the GenBank. Amplification of 3′ end fragment done by Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (3′RACE) technique using 3′GSP1, 3′GSP2, and 3′UAP as primers gave a DNA fragment of 933 bp having an overlapping region with DNA fragment A, which resulted in the combined length of 2,944 bp (fragment B). To find the sequence of 5′ end, 5′RACE technique was used having 5′GSP1, 5′GSP2, 5′ AP and 5′UAP as primers. It gave a DNA fragment of 473 bp showing an overlapping region with DNA fragment B, which ultimately resulted in the combined length of 3,331 bp (total CA). The deduced 1,008 amino acid sequence of total CA showed 99% homology to putative calcium ATPase of O. sativa (Japonica cultivar-group) cv. Nipponbare. The higher percent homology of this Ca 2+ -ATPase gene in KDML105 to that of O. sativa cv. Nipponbare (99%) than to O. sativa cv. IR36 (89%) was not as anticipated since both KDML105 and O. sativa cv. IR36 belong to the same Indica type while O. sativa cv. Nipponbare is a Japonica. Analysis of the amino acid sequences of Ca 2+ - ATPase gene indicated that
Temperature Variation of Magnetic Anisotropy in Pt / Co / AlO x Trilayers

Hysteresis-loop measurements using an extraordinary Hall effect are carried out at different temperatures (4.2–300 K) in Pt=Co=AlO x trilayers. The AlO x layer is prepared by plasma oxidation of the Al capping layer during various oxidation times. The samples are subsequently annealed at different temperatures ð300 °C–450 °CÞ. Most of the samples exhibit perpendicular anisotropy of increasingly high amplitude as the measurement temperature decreases. In addition, some samples exhibit unusual phenomena such as a temperature-induced reorientation of anisotropy from in plane to out of plane or a large increase of anisotropy at low temperature associated with the onset of exchange bias. The perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, coercivity, thermally induced anisotropy reorientation, and exchange-bias effects are explained by the influence of different chemical bonds, namely, Co─Al, Co─O, and Co─Pt, which appear and/or evolve as a function of oxidation time and annealing temperature. They are linked to the formation of new phases such as CoO or CoPt alloy and to the evolution of the Co=AlO x , Co=Pt, and Co=CoO interfaces modified by the oxidation time and the interdiffusion between species taking place during the anneals.
Maternal Age at First Birth and Childhood Mortality in Yoruba Society: The Case of Osun State, Nigeria

This paper examines the nexus between maternal age at first birth and level of childhood mortality most especially within the socio-economic structure of Yoruba society in Nigeria. The understanding of this relationship is of direct relevance to governments and non-State actors working on child health with the aim to achieve the stated MDGs goal and its associated targets. To achieve the objective of the study, quantitative data were generated from 1,000 women in one of the six Yoruba speaking States in Nigeria: Osun State. A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted to select the respondents, while percentages, means, standard deviation, Pearson chi square, t-test, analysis of variance and post hoc test of homogeneous were adopted to analyze generated data. Findings of the study show significant relationships between maternal age at first birth and childhood mortality level within the socio-demographic characteristics of women (such as place of residence, current age, occupational status, educational level, marital status, form of marriage and number of children ever born). Specifically, women who had their first birth below age 20 years exhibit significant higher number of childhood mortality in comparison with women who had their first birth by age 20 years and above at P<0.01 most especially when the later were at similar categories to the former. Thus, age at first birth is a strong determinant of relatively high childhood mortality level in the study area. Consequently, it is imperative for government and non-State actors working on child health in the region to develop appropriate policies and programmes that will address and inhibit early age at first birth in order to reduce significantly the level of childhood mortality in Yoruba society of Nigeria. Key words: Childhood Mortality, Maternal Age at First Birth, Yoruba society, Osun State, Nigeria
The Restorative Effect of the Environment on Organizational Cynicism and Work Engagement

The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between restorativeness, work engagement and organizational cynicism. A positive effect of restorativeness on work engagement and a negative effect on organizational cynicism are hypothesized. A self-report questionnaire was filled out by 247 employees. Results of hierarchical linear regression supported a positive effect of restorativeness in reducing both organizational cynicism and in fostering work engagement. The original contribution of this research is the analysis of the multivariate relationship between restorativeness (which is a relevant construct in environmental psychology) and relevant constructs deriving from the work and organizational psychology field (i.e., work engagement and cynicism in the workplace).
ADMINISTRATOR’S ROLE IN PERFORMANCE BASED REWARD AS A DETERMINANT OF EMPLOYEE OUTCOMES

According to the recent literature pertaining on workplace compensation program, administrators often play two important roles in planning and implementing performance based reward: communication and performance appraisal. Recent studies in this field highlights that the ability of administrators to appropriately communicate pay information and appraise employee performance may have a significant impact on employee outcomes, especially job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the relationship between administrator’s role in performance based reward and employee outcomes using self-administered questionnaires collected from employees at a district council in Malaysia. The outcomes of the SmartPLS path model analysis showed that pay communication does not act as an important determinant of job satisfaction, but performance appraisal does act as an important determinant of job satisfaction. Conversely, both pay communication and performance appraisal act as important determinants of organizational commitment. Hence, discussion, implications and conclusion are elaborated.
Does Scientific Productivity Influence Athletic Performance? An Analysis of Countries' Performances in Sciences, Sport Sciences and Olympic Games

Physical Education being applied in nature, the role of scientific research has been widely challenged in this field. Applying a bibliometric analysis method, the present study tries to investigate scientific achievement in sports and exercises and examine its relation to practical performance, using scholarly papers indexed in ISI as substitutes of scientific productivity and medals won in olympic competitions for representations of athletic performance. The results showed that Sport Sciences is a small scientific community with a limited body of literature but a great number of contributing countries. The counts of sports scientific publications revealed to be exponentially increasing, signifying a stable annual growth comparable to that of the global science system. There is also a significant correlation between countries' success in olympic games and their scientific productivity. However, the former is found to have no significant correlation with the counts of sports-specific publications. It implies that though the scientific productivity in sports have no direct effect on athletes' performance in olympic games, the overall development of countries determine their performance in competitions. Consequently, to reach superiority in sports a complete evolution in all aspects of science, sports, economy and human development is necessary.
ASAC 2009

Does corruption in a target country create a similar effect on foreign direct investments (FDI) by firms from a developed and a developing country? Based on a combined sample of 10,236 completed CBAs over the period of 1990-2006, the authors find that both Chinese and U.S. firms make significantly more number of acquisitions in less corrupt countries. However, unlike the U.S. firms, the Chinese firms make significantly larger sized acquisitions in more corrupt countries.
Calcareous Nannofossils from the Cretaceous of the Deep Ivorian Basin

Micropaleontological investigation of four sites drilled by Ocean Drilling Program Leg 159 on the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Margin indicates that the initial invasion of oceanic surface waters into the Deep Ivorian Basin, as indicated by the presence of calcareous nannofossils, occurred during the late Albian. The nature of these assemblages suggests that these first Cretaceous oceanic surface waters were warm and relatively high in nutrients. These upper Albian sediments were deposited prior to significant tectonism at some of the sites, as indicated by their structurally deformed nature. The likely age of this tectonism is C e omanian. The Upper Cretaceous consists of condensed sequences of hemipelagic carbonates and phosphatic hardgrounds with very low sediment accumulation rates overlain, at Site 959, by non-calcareous claystones. These Turonian through Santonian hemipelagic carbonates contain nannofossil assemblages that suggest low surface water nutrient content, resulting in starved basin conditions.
Evaluation of plant products and antagonistic microbes against grey blight (Pestalotiopsis theae), a devastating pathogen of tea

The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of different oils (lemongrass, neem, karanj, zinger, eucalyptus and patchouli oils), different plant product extracts (garlic, zinger, false ashoka and datura) and different antagonistic microorganisms (different species of Trichoderma spp., Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.) on grey blight of tea, Pestalotiopsis theae. Results reveal that eucalyptus oil and neem oil (0.05%) showed 98.1 and 94.3% inhibition of mycelial growth over the control, respectively. Although, both of them at 0.1% showed 100% inhibition for the pathogen. Similarly, plant extract garlic and datura showed 98.2 and 95.4% inhibition of mycelial growth over control. Among the different antagonistic agents, Trichoderma viride showed 74.3% inhibition of mycellial growth over the control. Among chemical fungicide, bavistin showed 100% inhibition over control. The various antifungal extracts showed inhibitory/fungicidal effect against grey blight of tea. These could serve as sources for development of new antifungal agent. Key words: Plant products, antagonistic microorganism, grey blight of tea, mycelial growth.
SURFACE CIRCULATION

T H E SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL is an elongated basin -100 km by 40 km lying between the California coast, where it trends westward from greater Los Angeles to Pt. Conception, and the east-west trending Channel Island chain of four offshore islands (San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa) -50 km offshore (Fig. 1). A 500-m deep basin occupies the western center of the channel, and narrow continental shelves with depths the order of 100 m border its northern and southern boundaries. The channel is separated from the Southern California Bight to the east by a sill ~200 m deep between Anacapa and Port Hueneme. A sill ~400 m deep between Pt. Conception and San Miguel Island separates the channel from the open ocean to the west. The Santa Maria Basin is around the corner, north of Pt. Arguello. The surface waters of the channel are primarily mixtures of warm and saline waters from the Southern California Bight with colder and fresher waters upwelled near and poleward of Pts. Conception and Arguello. The California current flows equatorward past the western mouth of the channel, but its greatest speeds and most pronounced water properties (higher temperatures and lower salinities than those of the upwelled water) are usually found several hundred kilometers to the west of the channel. Prevailing winds around Pt. Arguello are equatorward, strong and steady in the summer, weaker but far more variable in the winter. The channel itself is a relatively sheltered region. The transition from sheltered to exposed wind conditions occurs over a few kilometers in the western channel. These conditions all make the circulation in the channel and adjoining regions more comp l e x a n d less well understood--than anywhere else along the west coast of the United States. At the same time, the Santa Barbara Channel and the Santa Maria Basin comprise a region of intense exploitation of known local oil and gas re-
Profitability and Adoption of Watermelon Technologies by Farmers in Moro Local Government of Kwara State, Nigeria

The study was carried out to determine the adoption rate of watermelon as an alternative crop to the melon the farmers in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State Nigeria are used to grow traditionally. Unfortunately, melon had remained a poor marketing commodity over a long period of time due to price fluctuation. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and gross margin. The results indicate that the majority (80.87%; n = 93) trained in year 2007 are still active in watermelon cultivation. The adoption of watermelon technologies was influenced by extension packaging styles, compatibility with known methods of melon cultivation, relative advantages, good market price and ready market. Budgetary analysis revealed a profitability of watermelon with gross margin of ? 253,850.00 per hectare. The benefit/cost ratio (BCR) was 3:1. The study identified poor extension visit to the farmers after the training. It therefore recommended that the local government should acquire more tractors for hiring to the farmers while subsidy is required in other to reduce the cost of land clearing. Finally, government should as a matter of urgency repair, grade and open up more road network that will facilitating easy transportation of farm produce and reduce cost of transportation.
Fair prices, sticky information, and the business cycle

A fair price model in which firms are hesitant to raise their prices due to concerns about adverse consumer reactions is developed and integrated into the standard New Keynesian framework. In the model, monetary neutrality arise as a combination of a fairness constraint putting a limit on how high prices can be set over households’ projections of firms’ marginal cost, and households’ limited ability to accurately observe marginal cost. I show analytically that the model is consistent with a plethora of outcomes, ranging from complete monetary neutrality to generating substantial real effects. When plausible values are assigned to parameters and prices are strategic complements, business cycle dynamics closely resembles that in the sticky information model proposed by Mankiw and Reis (2002).
INFLUENCE OF TASK INFORMATION ON DESIGN IDEA GENERATION PERFORMANCE

The design brief encapsulates the essential information concerning the design problem to which a designer seeks a solution. The general objective of this paper is to demonstrate the coupled nature of problem formulation and conceptual design activities. We present a design experiment that highlights the importance of brief structuring, by demonstrating how changes in design brief content affect succeeding idea generation. More precisely, we study the effects of two information-objects: the requirements list and visual description of use context. The results of the experiment clearly demonstrated that design idea generation performance is affected by the information contents of the design brief.
Development and Crisis in Ancient Rome: the Role of Mediterranean Trade

Between the second and the third century A.D., after centuries characterized by nearly continuous growth, the Roman Empire experienced a profound crisis. Evidence of this crisis comes from important economic signals, such as the fineness of coins and the number of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea. After showing that the empire’s economic decline had already begun in the second century A.D., we will outline a hypothesis about the causes of the fall, based on the de-specialization of the Roman economic system, which prevented it from continuing its evolution towards modernity, leading it instead along a path of progressive implosion.
CD27 Promotes CD4+ Effector T Cell Survival in Response to Tissue Self-Antigen

Key Points The CD27 pathway on CD4+ T cells plays a role in driving skin autoimmunity. CD27 signaling promotes survival by suppressing cell-extrinsic apoptosis. Signaling through CD27 plays a role in T cell activation and memory. However, it is currently unknown how this costimulatory receptor influences CD4+ effector T (Teff) cells in inflamed tissues. In the current study, we used a murine model of inducible self-antigen expression in the epidermis to elucidate the functional role of CD27 on autoreactive Teff cells. Expression of CD27 on Ag-specific Teff cells resulted in enhanced skin inflammation when compared with CD27-deficient Teff cells. CD27 signaling promoted the accumulation of IFN-γ and IL-2–producing T cells in skin draining lymph nodes in a cell-intrinsic fashion. Surprisingly, this costimulatory pathway had minimal effect on early T cell activation and proliferation. Instead, signaling through CD27 resulted in the progressive survival of Teff cells during the autoimmune response. Using BH3 profiling to assess mitochondrial cell priming, we found that CD27-deficient cells were equally as sensitive as CD27-sufficient cells to mitochondrial outer membrane polarization upon exposure to either BH3 activator or sensitizer peptides. In contrast, CD27-deficient Teff cells expressed higher levels of active caspase 8. Taken together, these results suggest that CD27 does not promote Teff cell survival by increasing expression of antiapoptotic BCL2 family members but instead acts by preferentially suppressing the cell-extrinsic apoptosis pathway, highlighting a previously unidentified role for CD27 in augmenting autoreactive Teff cell responses.
Impact of seasonal grazing on udder health of cows

FRELICH J., SLACHTA M. : Impact of seasonal grazing on udder health of cows. Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun. , 2011, LIX, No. 1, pp. 53–58 The somatic cell count (SCC) in individual cow milk was used as an indicator of the udder health of cows in the mountain area in the Czech Republic. The monthly test-day records on SCC in milk of total 12,788 cows from 26 herds were scrutinized in order to elucidate the impact of the seasonal grazing on occurrence of milk secretion disorders. The interaction between the season (summer: May−October; winter: November−April) and the feeding system (seasonal grazing; permanently-indoor feeding) eff ects was used as a measure of the eff ect of pasture on SCC. The eff ect of season signifi cantly interacted with the eff ect of farm (P 0.05). The Holstein cows had on average higher SCC than the Czech Fleckvieh cows (P 0.05). The results indicated a higher importance of the management and the genetic factors for the occurrence of milk secretion disorders in comparison to the seasonal factors. No negative eff ect of the seasonal grazing on udder health was identifi ed.
CENTRE OF MASS MOTION DURING THE PUNT KICK

Centre of mass (COM) motion has been linked to performance in kicking and cricket bowling. The aim of this study was to examine COM motion during the punt kick. Five elite Australia Footballers performed maximal and sub-maximal punt kicks. Optotrak Certus (200Hz) collected kinematic data and COM and foot speed were calculated. Greater COM deceleration was linked to faster foot speeds. Large effects existed between maximal and sub-maximal kicks for change in COM velocity and average impulse as well as for correlations between these parameters and foot speed within the maximal kick. Approach speed was significantly larger for maximal kicks but the relationship was unclear with a negative correlation with foot speed existing within maximal kicks. More work with larger N examining COM deceleration is recommended.
Cointegration, Error Correction and the Demand for Money in Bangladesh

The demand for money is a critical component in the formulation of and implementation of monetary policy. A well-defined and stable money demand function is a necessary condition for monetary policy to have predictable effect on the macroeconomic variables. This paper applies the advanced technique of cointegration to estimate the demand for money balances in the case of Bangladesh and evaluates stability of the equations. The analysis shows that there exist a long-run relationship between real money, real income, inflation, and interest rate that remains stable over time. The long-run properties emphasize that both inflation and interest rate have negative effects on real money demand, whereas real income has positive effects. The long-run relationship is finally embedded in a dynamic equilibrium correction model. The short-run dynamic parsimonious error correction models for both money demand functions were estimated and these were free from the conventional econometric problem faced by other studies. The stability of the equations and coefficients were highly encouraging.
Utilizing Empirical Eigenfunctions and Neural Network to Describe and Model RI Coastal Morphology

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.iv TABLE OF CONTENTS.vi LIST OF TABLES.viii LIST OF FIGURES.ix UTILIZING BEACH PROFILE TIME-SERIES AND EMPIRICAL EIGENFUNCTIONS TO ASSESS RI COASTAL MORPHOLOGY
Notions and subnotions in information structure

Three dimensions can be distinguished in a cross-linguistic account of information structure. First, there is the definition of the focus constituent, the part of the linguistic expression which is subject to some focus meaning. Second and third, there are the focus meanings and the array of structural devices that encode them. In a given language, the expression of focus is facilitated as well as constrained by the grammar within which the focus devices operate. The prevalence of focus ambiguity, the structural inability to make focus distinctions, will thus vary across languages, and within a language, across focus meanings.