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Relationship between quality of professional capacity building for kindergarten teachers and children’s language development: the mediating role of kindergarten language education activities quality

Strengthening the professional capacity building for kindergarten teachers is crucial for improving the quality of kindergarten education and promoting children’s development. In order to explore the impact of the quality of professional capacity building for kindergarten teachers and kindergarten language education activities quality on children’s language development, a study was conducted. A total of 1,584 children from 90 kindergartens in 5 provinces in China were randomly selected as research participants. Utilizing an independent sample t-test and correlation analysis (with SPSS 26.0 as the tool), the study analyzed the disparities in the professional capacity building for kindergarten teachers of different types, kindergarten language education activities quality, and the children’s language developmental levels, as well as the interrelationships among these factors. A multilevel structural equation model (using MPLUS 8.3 as the tool) was employed to analyze the mediating role that the kindergarten language education activities quality plays between the quality of professional capacity building for kindergarten teachers and children’s language development levels. The results indicate that children in public kindergartens demonstrate significantly higher language development levels than those in private kindergartens. A positive correlation exists between the quality of professional capacity building for kindergarten teachers, kindergarten language education activities quality and children’s language development levels. Furthermore, kindergarten language education activities quality shows partial mediating effects on the relationship between them. These findings highlight the need to enhance the quality of education in private kindergartens, reduce the disparities in language development levels between private and public kindergartens, and reinforce the quality of professional capacity building for kindergarten teachers to provide effective support for children’s language development. Ultimately, the study suggests concentrating on the organization and implementation of kindergarten language education activities as a means of evaluating the quality of professional capacity building for kindergarten teachers.
Forced Swimming-Induced Depressive-like Behavior and Anxiety Are Reduced by Chlorpheniramine via Suppression of Oxidative and Inflammatory Mediators and Activating the Nrf2-BDNF Signaling Pathway

The first-generation antihistamine chlorpheniramine (CPA) is believed to have both anxiolytic and antidepressant properties. The current study sought to assess the mechanisms behind the antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of CPA therapy concerning oxidative stress, inflammation, and nuclear factor p45 for erythroid 2-Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Nrf2-BDNF) signaling pathway in forced swimming-induced depressive-like behavior and anxiety. Eighteen male Wistar rats (180–200 gm) rats were separated into three groups (n = 6): a stressed group (acute stress) that underwent the forced swimming test (FST) and a stressed group that received pretreatment with CPA (10 mg/kg body weight) for 3 weeks (CPA + acute stress). Animals were subsequently put through the following behavioral tests after undergoing a forced swim test (FST) for 5 min: an immobility test, open field test, and elevated plus maze test. Serum cortisol levels were measured when the rats were euthanized at the end of the experiments. Brain neurotransmitters (cortisol, serotonin, and noradrenaline), oxidative stress (SOD and MDA), inflammatory (IL-6 and IL-1) biomarkers, and the Nrf2-BDNF signaling pathway in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex tissues was determined. CPA prevented stress-induced increases in cortisol levels (p < 0.0001), decreased brain neurotransmitters, and increased oxidative stress and inflammation. CPA also upregulated the Nrf2-BDNF signaling pathway. Thus, CPA mitigates depressive-like behavior and anxiety by inhibiting oxidative stress and inflammation and upregulating the Nrf2-BDNF signaling pathway in the brain tissues.
BDNF Unveiled: Exploring Its Role in Major Depression Disorder Serotonergic Imbalance and Associated Stress Conditions

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a neurotrophin that plays a significant role in the survival and development of neurons, being involved in several diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and major depression disorder. The association between BDNF and major depressive disorder is the subject of extensive research. Indeed, numerous studies indicate that decreased levels of BDNF are linked to an increased occurrence of depressive symptoms, neuronal loss, and cortical atrophy. Moreover, it has been observed that antidepressive therapy can help restore BDNF levels. In this review, we will focus on the role of BDNF in major depression disorder serotonergic imbalance and associated stress conditions, particularly hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation and oxidative stress. All of these features are highly connected to BDNF signaling pathways in the context of this disease, and exploring this topic will aim to advance our understanding of the disorder, improve diagnostic and treatment approaches, and potentially identify new therapeutic targets to alleviate the heavy burden of depression on society.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE RECRUITMENT

This research aims to show the perspectives of personnel in various organizations. From senior executives to operational staff responsible for recruiting employees of private organizations in India, 22 people peruse artificial intelligence innovation in human resource recruitment which relies on collecting insights from the sample and theoretical research studies to study the possibility. Advantages and effects of artificial intelligence innovation on human resource recruitment and use it as a recommendation for organizations to apply artificial intelligence innovation to human resource recruitment.
Cannabidiol Oil and Prednisolone Treatment Altered Hematologic Indices, Serum Urea, Creatinine and Cellular Architecture of Kidney on Cadmium Induced Toxicity in Male Wistar Rats

This study investigated the impact of CBD oil and prednisolone on hematologic indices, urea, and creatinine among cadmium-induced toxicity in male rats. Forty male rats weighing 150g to 200g were assigned into 8 groups (1-8) with five rats each. Group 1 served as control, Group 2-8 received 1mg/kg body weight of prednisolone; 1.5mg/kg bw of cadmium; 1mg/kg bw of prednisolone + 0.2mg/kg bw of CBD-oil; 0.2mg/kg bw of CBD-oil + 2mg/kg bw of cadmium; 3mg/kg bw of Pred + 2mg/kg of cadmium; 0.1mg/kg bw of CBD-oil and 0.2mg/kg bw of CBD-oil respectively. The administration was done using gavage for 14 days. The present results revealed that PCV, haemoglobin, and RBC count of the treated groups were decreased significantly (p<0.05) comparedto the control. TWBC count significantly increased in treated groups than in control. Platelet count significantly increased in groups treated with pred+ cd, CBD-oil (0.1ml), and CBD-oil (0.2ml) than control. Neutrophil count was significantly reduced in groups treated with CBD oil (0.1ml) than in control and other groups. Lymphocyte count significantly increased in groups treated with cadmium+ CBD oil and CBD oil (0.1ml) than in other groups. Eosinophil count significantly decreased in groups treated with prednisolone and pred +CBD oil than control. Monocyte count significantly increased in groups treated with cadmium, pred +cadmium, and CBD oil (0.1ml) than in control. There was a significant decrease in groups treated with pred +CBD-oil, cadmium + CBD-oil, and CBD-oil (0.2ml) than control. Serum urea significantly decreased in the group treated with pred + CBD oil than control. Serum creatinine significantly increased in groups treated with cadmium + CBD oil and CBD oil (0.2ml) compared to the control and prednisolone groups. Histology of the kidney revealed mesangial expansion, hypertrophy of renal corpuscle, hemorrhage, and lymphocyte infiltration in groups treated with pred+ CBD oil and CBD oil (0.1ml) compared to the control. We conclude that CBD oil, prednisolone, and cadmium administration at different doses induced biochemical alterations, altered hematologic indices, and cytoarchitecture of the kidney. Therefore, if these results apply to humans, combined use of CBD oil and prednisolone should be supplemented with blood tonics, especially in chronic kidney disease.
Can Measurement Error Explain Slow Productivity Growth in Construction?

Of all major industries, construction is the only one to have registered negative average productivity growth since 1987. One might suspect measurement error to have biased growth downward since the deflators for this sector, which are used to translate nominal construction spending into the real quantity of structures, have risen much faster than those for other sectors. We find evidence of an upward bias in these deflators related to unobserved improvements in structure quality, but the magnitude is not large enough to alter the view that construction-sector productivity growth has been weak. We also find only small contributions from other potential sources of measurement error. We conclude that productivity growth may well have been quite low in construction, even if it has not been as low as implied by official statistics.
Sovereign credit risk , banks ’ government support , and bank stock returns around the world

Banking crises have been largely associated with la rge output and welfare losses, and bank bailouts by the public sector are a recurring feature of financial crises. Such stylized facts underscore the importance of a wellfunctioning financial system for attaining economic stability and growth, as well as the relevance of understanding the relationship between the economic conditions fa ced by the government and the banking sector. In particular, differences and cha nges in explicit (and implicit) government support to banks may affect investors’ i ncentives to hold bank stocks, and thus impact banks’ external financing costs, wh ich may send ripples through the rest of the economy. Similarly, sovereign debt rat ing changes may unveil new information about a country’s fundamentals, generat ing a significant externality for the country’s banking system, and thus they also af fect investors’ incentives to hold bank stocks. We explore the joint impact of sovere ign debt rating changes and government support on bank stock returns from 36 co untries between 1995 and 2011. Our findings show that sovereign rating chan ges have a significant and robust impact on bank stock returns. The impact is nonlin ear and varies across banks and countries. Moreover, we find that the effect is as ymmetric and stronger for downgrades than for upgrades, and that large downgr ades have a particularly strong negative impact on returns. Importantly, this resu lt i significantly stronger for banks with more ex-ante government support, providing evi d nce that investors perceive sovereigns and domestic banks as markedly interconn ected.
Perkiraan Biomasa, Penyimpanan Carbon dan Kandungan Energi dari Tiga Virgin Jungle Reserve di Semenanjung Malaysia

Suatu kajian terhadap biomasa, penyimpanan Carbon dan kandungan energi telah dilakukan di tiga Virgin Jungle Reserve (VJR) yang mewakili zona geografi yang berbeda, yaitu Mata Ayer VJR, Perlis, Bukit Bauk VJR, Terengganu dan Gunung Pulai VJR, Johor, Semenanjung Malaysia. Plot tunggal seluas 2 hektar (100 m x 200 m) telah dibuat di masing-masing VJR. Plot kemudian dibagi menjadi 50 subplot seluas 20 x 20 m. Semua pohon > 5 cm setinggi dada, telah ditandakan dengan alumunium bernomor, diukur dan spesimen voucher dikumpulkan. Hasilnya menunjukkan kepadatan pohon di Mata Ayer VJR sebanyak 1171 individu/ha, Bukit Bauk VJR sebanyak 1351 individu/ha dan Gunung Pulai VJR sebanyak 1035 individu/ha. Jumlah biomasa di atas tanah, Mata Ayer VJR = 402.6 t/h, Bukit Bauk VJR = 551.2 t/ha dan Gunung Pulai VJR = 320.6 t/ha. Sedangkan jumlah penyimpanan Carbon di atas tanah untuk Mata Ayer VJR = 201.3 t/h, Bukit Bauk VJR = 250.6 t/h dan Gunung Pulai VJR = 160.3 t/ha. Kandungan energi di atas tanah untuk Mata Ayer VJR = 154.97 toe, Bukit Bauk VJR=212.17 toe, dan Gunung Pulai VJR = 123.41toe.
High-Dimensional Multiple-Measurement-Vector Problem: Mutual Information and Message Passing Solution

In this paper, we study the high-dimensional multiple-measurement-vector (MMV) problem, which typically arises in massive machine-type communications (mMTC) that operates with massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) in a grant-free manner. We derive an expression for the mutual information (MI) of the MMV channel, considering an input that has i.i. d. rows and a row-wise output that is randomly mapped from a linear combination of the input and the weighting. Our derivation follows from the replica method, a non-rigorous but very powerful approach prevailing in physics society, but unlike the classical treatment, the replica symmetry (RS) structure is extended here to comply with the MMV setting. This new structure requires an additional condition of simultaneously diagonalizability on the matrix parameters if the row-wise output mapping is non-Gaussian. The MI obtained suggests its first-order condition is pointing towards the fixed-point equation of some message passing algorithm. In the case of a correlated Gaussian channel, the MI further gives birth to a new identity on the celebrated MI-MMSE relation. To find an algorithm that matches the MI’s first-order condition, we apply vector-form message passing, and circumvent the difficulty of non-commutable matrix products. We also derive its state evolution (SE), whose fixed-point equation clearly shows it perfectly agrees with the first-order condition of the MI derived.
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity Levels Among Health Care Workers

Total physical activity (PA), was showed a decrease in medical and administrative department staff during COVID-19 lockdown among health care workers (HCWs). Promoting PA at home and leisure time is especially recommended in order to achieve the WHO recommended PA levels. Objective The aim of the present study was to investigate physical activity (PA) changes during the COVID-19 pandemic among health care workers. Methods In a follow-up study, staff PA was compared before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Logistic regression model was used to determine the related factors with PA changes. Results Total PA (MET minutes a week) among participants (n = 449) showed a statistically significant decrease during the pandemic compared with before the pandemic: 3785.5 ± 2237.09 versus 2363 ± 2452.90, P < 0.0001. Although transport-related PA decreased in medical and administrative department staff (3851 ± 22.83.4 vs 2446.7 ± 2477.6, P < 0.0001 and 3593.8 ± 2094.3 vs 2122.6 ± 2373.8, P < 0.0001, respectively), the decrease was associated with employment in the administrative and nonshift sectors with odds ratios of 2.37 (1.38 to 4.08) and 2.04 (1.28 to 3.26), respectively. Conclusion Promoting PA at home and leisure is especially recommended to achieve the recommended PA levels.
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate induced Ca2+ release from chloroquine-sensitive and -insensitive intracellular stores in the intraerythrocytic stage of the malaria parasite P. chabaudi.

Isolated P. chabaudi parasites were permeabilized with digitonin and the function of intracellular Ca2+ stores was studied using the Ca2+ indicators arsenazo III or Fluo 3-acid in the medium. Addition of the second messenger InsP3 (5 microM) to permeabilized parasites leads to Ca2+ release into the medium, with the mean extent of release being 40 nmol Ca2+/10(8) cells. This Ca2+ release was completely abolished in the presence of heparin, an InsP3 receptor antagonist. The amount of Ca2+ released was approximately 50% reduced when InsP3 was added subsequent to the discharge of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ pool with the SERCA (sarcoplasmic ER Ca2+ ATPase) inhibitors thapsigargin and tBHQ (2,5-di(ter-butyl)-1,4 benzohydroquinone). The thapsigargin- and tBHQ-sensitive pool account for 20 nmol of Ca2+/10(8) cells. If InsP3 was added after the discharge of the residual Ca2+ by addition of either the K+/H+ uncoupler nigericin or the antimalarial drug chloroquine, no further Ca2+ release was observed. This is the first report of InsP3-induced Ca2+ release in a parasite protozoa. In addition our finding that chloroquine depletes an InsP3-sensitive Ca2+ compartment, raises the possibility that the InsP3-dependent Ca2+ release from this store might be important for the regulation of growth and differentiation of the parasite.
Lancaster University Management School Working Paper 2004 / 045 Does Financial Development Cause Economic Growth ? An Empirical Investigation Drawing On The Moroccan Experience

This paper explores the causality issue between financial development and economic growth in the Moroccan context over the period 1970-2000 based on Granger causality tests. The evidence presented in this paper suggests a spasmodic short-term, rather than long-term causality relationship between finance and growth. These findings may be attributed to the newness of financial sector reforms in Morocco, along with the absence of an appropriate investment climate required to foster significant private investment and promote growth in the long run. In addition, aggregate data suggest that financial deepening in Morocco benefited household and government consumption more than private sector investment. An empirical investigation of the impact of credit to the private sector on consumption is therefore provided and confirms the hypothesis that the expansion of credit to the private sector witnessed in Morocco since the reforms have helped maintain consumption patterns, even during times of hardship.
Soil, location, and climatic factors influencing available phosphorus level with depth in subsoil horizons of Iowa soils

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Ageing and bilingualism: Absence of a “bilingual advantage” in Stroop interference in a nonimmigrant sample

Previous research has found an advantage for bilinguals relative to monolinguals on tasks of attentional control. This advantage has been found to be larger in older adults than in young adults, suggesting that bilingualism provides a buffer against age-related declines in executive functioning. Using a computerized Stroop task in a nonimmigrant sample of young and older monolinguals and bilinguals, the current investigation tried to replicate previous findings of a bilingual advantage. A bilingual advantage would have been demonstrated by smaller Stroop interference (i.e., smaller increases in response time for incongruent than for neutral trials) for bilinguals than for monolinguals. The results showed that bilingual young adults showed a general speed advantage relative to their monolingual counterparts, but this was not associated with smaller Stroop interference. Older adults showed no effect of bilingualism. Thus, the present investigation does not find evidence of a bilingual advantage in young or older adults and suggests limits to the robustness and/or specificity of previous findings.
Regional differences in returns to education for entrepreneurs vs. wage earners

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Neurocognitive predictors of transition to psychosis: medium- to long-term findings from a sample at ultra-high risk for psychosis

Background Individuals at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis show reduced neurocognitive performance across domains but it is unclear which reductions are associated with transition to frank psychosis. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in baseline neurocognitive performance between UHR participants with (UHR-P) and without transition to psychosis (UHR-NP) and a healthy control (HC) group and examine neurocognitive predictors of transition over the medium to long term. Method A sample of 325 UHR participants recruited consecutively from the Personal Assessment and Crisis Evaluation (PACE) Clinic in Melbourne and 66 HCs completed a neurocognitive assessment at baseline. The UHR group was followed up between 2.39 and 14.86 (median = 6.45) years later. Cox regression was used to investigate candidate neurocognitive predictors of psychosis onset. Results The UHR group performed more poorly than the HC group across a range of neurocognitive domains but only performance on digit symbol coding and picture completion differed between the groups. The risk of transition was only significantly associated with poorer performance on visual reproduction [hazard ratio (HR) 0.919, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.876–0.965, p = 0.001] and matrix reasoning (HR 0.938, 95% CI 0.883–0.996, p = 0.037). These remained significant even after controlling for psychopathology at baseline. Conclusions This study is the longest follow-up of an UHR sample to date. UHR status was associated with poorer neurocognitive performance compared to HCs on some tasks. Cognition at identification as UHR was not a strong predictor of risk for transition to psychosis. The results suggests the need to include more experimental paradigms that isolate discrete cognitive processes to better understand neurocognition at this early stage of illness.