Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
“I Don't Like to Make a Big Thing out of It”: A Qualitative Interview-Based Study Exploring Factors Affecting Whether Young People Tell or Do Not Tell Their Friends about Their IBD

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) describes a group of conditions that includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Unlike some chronic conditions, to a greater or lesser extent, IBD is hidden from or invisible to others which enables concealment of the condition, especially when stigma is associated with the condition. Concealment or nondisclosure allows a means of identity management. Disclosure of a chronic condition is not a single event, and it is dependent on many factors. There is little literature that specifically addresses stigma and/or disclosure in relation to children and young people with IBD. An in-depth qualitative study was undertaken, framed by Interpretive Description and using interviews, friendship maps, and photographs within a participatory framework. Public and patient involvement and engagement (PPIE) was undertaken throughout (inception to dissemination) the study. Young people aged 14-25 years with IBD who had participated in the survey phase of the larger study self-selected to participate in interviews that focused broadly on friendship and feelings of social connectedness. Data were analysed using an iterative, interpretive approach. Preliminary themes were developed and these were explored further, and then tentative theoretical connections about friendship were developed. One superordinate theme focused on disclosure. Thirty-one young people (16 males, 15 females, mean age 18.7 years; 24 Crohn's, 7 colitis) participated in the interviews (of these, five created friendship maps and six utilised photographs). Three discrete, but interlinked, themes were generated, revealing young people's experiences of disclosure: to tell or not to tell; controlling the flow: the who, when, what, and how of telling; and reactions and responses to telling: anticipated and actual. Decisions about telling friends about having IBD are challenging for many young people. Having control over disclosure is not always possible, and the potential consequences can feel risky. However, most young people had positive experiences of disclosure and gained support from friends and romantic partners. Most young people downplayed the seriousness of their IBD, revealing some facets of their condition, aiming to sustain their self-identity. Only one young person had been given professional support to disclose. Provision of support and opportunities to discuss whether, when, who, and how to tell friends and what the risks and benefits may be is something that could be woven into an ongoing and wider person-centred dialogue between young people and health professionals within routine clinic visits.
Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) affects anti-oxidant capacity, DNA repair genes expression and, apoptosis in pregnant mouse placenta

Objective(s): The placenta provides nutrients and oxygen to embryo and removes waste products from embryo’s blood. As far as we know, the effects of exposure to Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) signals on placenta have not been evaluated. Hence, we examined the effect of prenatal exposure to Wi-Fi signals on anti-oxidant capacity, expressions of CDKNA1, and GADD45a as well as apoptosis in placenta and pregnancy outcome. Materials and Methods: Pregnant mice were exposed to Wi-Fi signal (2.4 GHz) for 2 and 4 hr. Placenta tissues were examined to measure the MDA and SOD levels. To measure SOD, CDKNA1, GADD45a, Bax, and Bcl-2 expressions were compared by real-time PCR analysis. TUNEL assay was used to assess apoptosis in placenta tissues. The results were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) using Prism version 6.0 software. Results: MDA and SOD levels had significantly increased in exposed Wi-Fi signal groups (P-value< 0.05). Also, quantitative PCR experiment showed that SOD mRNA expression significantly increased in Wi-Fi signal groups. The data showed that CDKN1A and GADD45a genes were increased in Wi-Fi groups (P-value<0.05). The quantitative PCR and the TUNEL assay showed that apoptosis increased in Wi-Fi groups (P-value<0.05). Conclusion: Our results provide evidence that Wi-Fi signals increase lipid peroxidation, SOD activity (oxidative stres), apoptosis and CDKN1A and GADD45a overexpression in mice placenta tissue. However, further experimental studies are warranted to investigate other genes and aspects of pregnancy to determine the role of Wi-Fi radiation on fertility and pregnancy.
Effect of Maturity Stage on Physicochemical Properties of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) Flesh

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) is one of the popular crops in Sri Lanka. This study was carried out to investigate the changes in physicochemical properties including colour, texture, moisture content, total soluble solids, pH, titratable acidity, vitamin C, total starch and total sugar contents in four maturity stages of jackfruit flesh. The results of the study clearly indicate a significant difference (p<0.05) in physicochemical traits at different maturity stages of jackfruit flesh. The colour parameters varied significantly during maturation with a marked increase of a* and b* values and the hardness decreased with maturity. The moisture content ranged between 70.94 89.21%. Total soluble solids increased with maturity from 3.4 to 19.6%, corresponding to the increase of total sugar content. pH increased from the immature stage 1 (5.27) to the mature stage (6.25), then decreased during ripening up to 5.76, while the variation of titratable acidity showed the opposite pattern of pH, ranging between 0.17 0.29%. The vitamin C content increased with maturity with a range of 2.18 8.17 mg 100g . Total starch content increased with maturity from 1.597% to 19.533%, but then decreased with 1 ripening up to 6.237%. The variation of Total Phenolic Content showed a decreasing pattern from the immature stage 1 (46.969 mg GAE/g) to mature stage (3.754 mg GAE/g) and then slightly increased in the fully ripen stage (9.530 mg GAE/g). Abbreviations: Ta-Titratable Acidity TPC-Total Phenolic Content TSS-Total Soluble Solids
Spatial Distribution, Regeneration, Growth and Thicket Formation of Thornless Mimosa tenuiflora in a Caatinga Site of Northeast Brazil

Aims: Percentage of native thorny and thornless Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poiret trees, and their growth, height and/or diameter class distribution and clustering pattern were determined in a pure stand of this species. Study Design: A survey of the adult and juvenile plants was carried out in a 50 m x 50 m site after 10 years of tree cover regeneration. Original Research Article Ferreira et al.; JEAI, 42(3): 137-149, 2020; Article no.JEAI. 56751 138 Place and Duration of Study: The study site was located at Fazenda Nupearido, Patos-PB, Brazil and data collection occurred in September 2017. Methodology: Adult plants with trunk circumference at breast height (1.3 m from the soil) > 6 cm (CBH > 6 cm) were measured for height and CBH, and located within the study area. Juvenile plants (i.e.: CBH ≤ 6 cm) were divided into 4 height classes. The position of only the thornless individuals within the study area was determined. Results: Among the 170 adult plants documented in the area, 95.3% and 4.7% were thorny and thornless, respectively. Height and diameter at breast height averaged higher for thornless than for thorny adult plants (4.13 m and 9.28 cm vs. 3.61 m and 5.90 cm). In contrast, thornless juvenile plants averaged lower for height and basal diameter than the thorny ones. The number of juvenile M. tenuiflora totaled 897 plants, including 58 thornless ones, but percentage of thornless juveniles peaked at 17.6% for 10-to-50 cm high plants. In general, thorny plants showed a clustering pattern of distribution while the thornless plans were randomly distributed. Conclusion: The density, random distribution and growth of the thornless plants suggest the possibility to form thickets of thornless plants in caatinga sites where this tree predominates. Also, these data show that in forested sites with thorny trees that generate thornless mutants, as observed in the Caatinga Biome for M. tenuiflora and other tree species, it is possible to increase the frequency and abundance of the naturally regenerating thornless plants, making easier the exploitation of forest resources, an approach that may be applied in other types of vegetation.
Effect of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) biomass and nitrogen level on weed suppression and yield of transplant aman rice cv. BR11

An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University to study the effect of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) biomass and nitrogen level on weed suppression and yield and yield components of T. aman rice cv BR11. The study consists two treatments, viz. i) cucumber green biomass (0, 2.5, 5.0 t ha ) and ii) nitrogen level (17.5 kg N ha (25% of the recommended dose), 35 kg N ha (50% of the recommended dose), 70 kg N ha (100% of the recommended dose). Cucumber biomass was incorporated in the field as per experimental treatments before 7 days of rice transplanting while urea was applied as per experimental treatments in two equal installments (20 and 40 DAT). Cucumber biomass had significant influence on weed density and dry weight and those parameters were found lowest when 5 t ha -1 cucumber biomass was incorporated in the rice plots. In contrast, highest weed density and dry weight were observed when no cucumber biomass was applied. Cucumber biomass @ 5 t ha -1 with 35 kg N ha showed the best performance in reducing weed density, weed dry weight and increased weed control efficiency. On the other hand, highest grain yield (5.67 t ha) was obtained from the application of 5 t ha -1 cucumber biomass with 70 kg N ha -1 (100% of the recommended dose). Whereas the lowest grain yield (3.07 t ha ) was observed from the treatment of no cucumber biomass incorporation along with 17.5 kg N ha (25% of recommended dose). From the results of the study, it may be concluded that green biomass cucumber @ 5 t ha with 70 kg N ha showed the best performance in weed control and yield of T. aman rice.
Investigation of a PCR-based method for the routine identification of British Armillaria species

Some Armillaria species cause major disease problems in both forestry and gardens. In order to determine routinely and rapidly the identity of an isolate, a PCR-based method was investigated. A fragment, approx. 900 bp, of the IGS region of the ribosomal DNA was amplified from 96 different isolates of six species of Armillaria collected from the U.K. and mainland Europe. Armillaria mellea, A. gallica and A. tabescens produced unique digestion patterns when the PCR fragment was restricted with Alu I. A. ostoyae could be distinguished from A. borealis and A. cepistipes when the PCR fragment was restricted with Bsm I. Previously unreported RFLP patterns were determined for A. mellea and A. gallica . The existence of A. gallica isolates which are putative heterozygotes for the rDNA cluster is also reported. Based on differences in banding patterns. A. mellea, A. gallica, A. cepistipes and A. borealis were subdivided further into groups which correlated with differences in cultural morphology.
Atyid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) of the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, with descriptions of two new species

The freshwater atyid shrimps of Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, are documented and discussed. A total of 21 species of freshwater shrimps, belonging to seven genera is reported. Two new species are here described and illustrated in detail. Caridina sakishimensis Fujino and Shokita, 1975, is synonymized with Caridina prashadi Tiwari and Pillai, 1971. S.ome previous records are revised, viz. Caridina weberi De Man, 1892a is referred to C. laoagensis Blanco, 1939; Neocaridina brevirostris reported from Ishigaki Island by Kubo (1941) is most probably an undescribed species. Caridina hainanensis Liang and Yan, 1983, from China and Caridina blancoi Chace, 1997, from Philippines are also synonymized with Caridina propinqua in the present study.
Data impact studies with the AROME WMED reanalysis of the
HyMeX SOP1

Abstract. This paper presents the results of several observing system experiments (OSEs) performed with AROME-WMED. This model is the HyMeX (Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment) dedicated version (Fourrie et al., 2019) of the French operational meso-scale model AROME. The second and final reanalyses assimilated most of all available data for a 2 month period corresponding to the first Special Observation Period of HyMeX. In order to assess the impact of various observation data set assimilation on the forecasts, several OSEs or also-called denial experiments, were carried out. In this study, impact of a dense reprocessed network of high quality Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Zenithal Total Delay (ZTD) observations, reprocessed wind-Profilers, lidar-derived vertical profiles of humidity (ground and airborne) and Spanish radar data, is thus discussed. Among the evaluated observations, it is found that the ground-based GNSS ZTD data set provides the largest impact on the analyses and the forecasts as it represents an evenly spread and frequent data set providing information at each analysis time over the AROME-WMED domain. The impact of the reprocessing of GNSS ZTD data also improves the forecast quality but this impact is not statistically significant. The assimilation of the Spanish radar data improves the very short term forecast quality as well as the short term forecasts but this impact remains located over Spain. Marginal impact from wind profilers was observed on wind background quality. No impacts have been found regarding lidar data as they represent a very small data set.
European Journal of Special Education Research-ISSN 2501-2428

This study aims to examine general trends in the postgraduate thesis on sexual education carried out in Turkey. Document analysis as one of the qualitative research methods was used in the study. Thesis were obtained by searching “sexual education” keyword in National Thesis Center of YOK (Turkey Higher Education Council). Based on the search, 17 theses between the years of 1990 and 2018 were obtained and included in the study. The theses were examined with content analysis based on certain criteria including year, university, institute, department, title of thesis supervisor, research method, data collection tool, data analysis method, sample group, research subject and province. Results were presented with tables and figures showing the frequencies and percentages. Results showed that most of thesis were carried out in Institute of Educational Sciences and department of psychology. Quantitative research method and scales were the most frequently used research method and data collection tool. Mostly, sample group of theses consisted of teachers.
Wheat breeding II: genetic studies of different sources of dwarfism in wheat

Os cultivares de porte anao Tordo, Vicam-71 e Olesen e o semi-anao 'Siete Cerros' foram cruzados com o cultivar de porte alto IAC-5. Os cultivares pais, os F1's, F2's e retrocruzamentos para ambos os pais foram plantados em um ensaio em delineamento de blocos ao acaso com quatro repeticoes na Estacao Experimental de Itarare. Os dados de altura e producao foram obtidos na base de plantas individuais. Os cultivares escolhidos para este estudo representaram um largo espectro de diversidade genetica para altura das plantas para as nossas condicoes. Foi observada dominancia parcial para porte alto quando os cultivares Siete Cerros, Vicam-71 e Olesen foram cruzados com o 'IAC-5' e dominância parcial para porte baixo quando o 'Tordo' foi cruzado com 'IAC-5'. Os valores da herdabilidade no sentido amplo para a altura e producao de graos foram alto e baixo respectivamente, ocorrendo o mesmo com os valores da herdabilidade no sentido restrito. Esses dados sugeriram que a selecao para altura seria efetiva nas geracoes F2 ou F3 e, para producao, deveria ser postergada para geracoes mais avancadas onde testes de progenies poderiam ser realizados. As correlacoes entre altura e producao dentro de cada cruzamento, devidas ao ambiente, fenotipica e genetica, foram positivas, mostrando haver uma associacao entre os dois caracteres, requerendo, portanto, grandes populacoes F2 para assegurar maior frequencia de recombinantes desejaveis. Todas as fontes de porte baixo foram eficientes em reduzir o porte do cultivar IAC-5, porem Tordo seria a melhor fonte pela ocorrencia de maior frequencia de individuos de porte baixo e com altas producoes, nas populacoes estudadas.
Effects of type, sex and age on goat skin and leather characteristics

This study evaluated the potential of two goat types (hairy and cashmere) for quality and quantity of skin and leather production. Goat skins (200: males n = 80, and females n = 120) of two age groups (<1 year, n = 80; and 1–5 years, n = 120) representing two genotypes (hairy and cashmere) were used. There were significant differences between hairy and cashmere goats for skin area (43.7 ± 0.9 and 41.8 ± 0.9 dm2; P = 0.04). Cashmere goat leather had significantly higher values for thickness (1.01 ± 0.01 vs 0.96 ± 0.01 mm; P = 0.05) and percentage extension (66.4 ± 0.9 vs 63.1 ± 0.9%; P = 0.04) than hairy goat leather. There were no type effects on leather weight (P = 0.3), area or dimension (P = 0.6–0.1), breaking force (P = 0.8), or tensile strength (P = 0.06). Male goats had significantly (P < 0.0001) heavier skins (1288 ± 26.4 vs 804 ± 23.3 g) with greater area (49.2 ± 0.9 vs 35.3 ± 0.9 dm2) and greater thickness at all sites measured than females. In addition, male goats had significantly (P < 0.0001) heavier leather (568.1 ± 13.5 vs 321.2 ± 11.6 g) with greater area (71.4 ± 0.9 vs 53.8 ± 0.9 dm2), length (96.3 ± 1.1 vs 83.1 ± 0.9 cm), and width (65.4 ± 0.7 vs 60.8 ± 0.6 cm). Leather from male goats had significantly (P < 0.0001) higher breaking force (32.9 ± 0.8 vs 23.2 ± 0.7 kg), tensile strength (296.5 ± 5.6 vs 264.2 ± 4.9 kg force/cm2), and percentage extension (68.5 ± 1.0 vs 61.0 ± 0.9%) than females. Adult goats had significantly heavier (P < 0.0001) skins and leather with greater (P < 0.0001) area and greater (P = 0.0006–< 0.0001) leather thickness at all sites measured than kids. Leather from adult goats had significantly higher values for breaking force (29.6 ± 0.7 vs 26.5 ± 0.8 kg; P = 0.001) and percentage extension (66.6 ± 0.9 vs 62.9 ± 1.0%; P = 0.006), but tensile strength was not significantly different (283.6 ± 5.1 vs 276.4 ± 5.1 kg force/cm2; P = 0.3). The region of sampling had significant (P < 0.0001) effects on physical properties of goat leather. The skin form hip, top shoulder, and back regions had highest thickness, followed by the rib and belt. Leather samples from shoulder showed significantly greater (P < 0.0001) breaking force and tensile strength (31.7 ± 0.7 kg, 313.4 ± 4.6 kg force/cm2) than hip (24.7 ± 0.7 kg, 226.6 ± 4.6 kg force/cm2) and rib (25.4 ± 0.7 kg, 294.4 ± 4.6 kg force/cm2), but had less extension (59.0 ± 0.9 vs 68.0 ± 0.9 and 65.4 ± 0.9%; P < 0.0001). Samples taken parallel to the backbone had significantly (P < 0.0001) higher force and strength (31.2 ± 0.7 kg, 314.3 ± 4.3 kg force/cm2) than perpendicular samples (23.4 ± 0.7 kg, 241.9 ± 4.3 kg force/cm2), although they showed smaller (P < 0.0001) percentage extension (59.9 ± 0.9, 68.4 ± 0.9%). Phenotypic correlation estimates among studied traits ranged from +0.4 for physical characteristics of leather with weight and area to +0.9 among weight, area, and thickness of skin and leather. This study showed that skin and leather differences were greater between males and females, and between kids and adults, than between hairy and cashmere goats.
Learning Deep Network for Detecting 3D Object Keypoints and 6D Poses

The state-of-art 6D object pose detection methods use convolutional neural networks to estimate objects' 6D poses from RGB images. However, they require huge numbers of images with explicit 3D annotations such as 6D poses, 3D bounding boxes and 3D keypoints, either obtained by manual labeling or inferred from synthetic images generated by 3D CAD models. Manual labeling for a large number of images is a laborious task, and we usually do not have the corresponding 3D CAD models of objects in real environment. In this paper, we develop a keypoint-based 6D object pose detection method (and its deep network) called Object Keypoint based POSe Estimation (OK-POSE). OK-POSE employs relative transformation between viewpoints for training. Specifically, we use pairs of images with object annotation and relative transformation information between their viewpoints to automatically discover objects' 3D keypoints which are geometrically and visually consistent. Then, the 6D object pose can be estimated using a keypoint-based geometric reasoning method with a reference viewpoint. The relative transformation information can be easily obtained from any cheap binocular cameras or most smartphone devices, thus greatly lowering the labeling cost. Experiments have demonstrated that OK-POSE achieves acceptable performance compared to methods relying on the object's 3D CAD model or a great deal of 3D labeling. These results show that our method can be used as a suitable alternative when there are no 3D CAD models or a large number of 3D annotations.
Community Participation in Monitoring and Evaluation and Sustainability of Rural Piped Water Supply Projects

Sustainability of piped water supply is a major concern in rural areas. This is due to weak community participation, costly and poor maintenance of existing projects. This study sought to examine the influence of community participation in monitoring and evaluation on sustainability of rural piped water supply projects in Siaya County in Kenya. The study was guided by pragmatism and utilized descriptive survey and inferential research designs. Quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis were used. The study population was 282 which entailed 270 active water users registered with the County Water Service Provider, and 12 water management committee members. A sample size of 173 was drawn using random and purposive sampling. The main instrument for quantitative data was a close ended, structured Likert scale questionnaire. To triangulate findings key informant interviews were used. Descriptive statistics and regression model was used in data analysis. From descriptive data, arithmetic mean and standard deviation were generated. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient(r) was computed. Findings revealed that community participation in monitoring and evaluation had significant influence on sustainability of rural piped water supply projects, predicting up to 58.5% variation of sustainability of such projects. It is important for community water users to attend monitoring and evaluation meetings. This gives them the chance to review water projects performance reports, evaluate operation and maintenance processes consequently influencing sustainability. Use of participatory monitoring and evaluation approach is beneficial to all stakeholders and contributes to ownership and holistic sustainability.
ARE ACCOUNTING EDUCATORS READY TO EMBRACE THE CHALLENGES OF INDUSTRY 4.0

Industry 4.0 is changing the structure and scope of accountants’ qualification profile by imposing new challenging requirements regarding their skills and competences. The paper is inspired by the increasing digitalisation of businesses and the impact of technology innovations and their augmented application on the accounting higher education. The aim of the research is to outline and discuss the challenges for accounting educators due to the required knowledge and skills from graduates in the Industry 4.0 context. A special attention is given to the need for building strong and effective communication and information links with the business partners and professional bodies. The benefits for universities of becoming part of clusters are also discussed in more details.