Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Implementation of blended learning in professional development programmes for school principals: factors affecting the satisfaction of principals from disadvantaged areas in Vietnam

ABSTRACT To support the implementation of Vietnam’s new general education curriculum, Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training is organising a professional development programme integrating blended learning models for principals of general education institutions. In the period of educational reforms, there is a need for high-quality professional development for school principals. The satisfaction level of learners is an important indicator of the quality of a professional development programme. This study proposes a research model to analyse critical factors affecting the satisfaction of principals from disadvantaged areas in Vietnam with the professional development programme. In total, 1036 valid responses were received from 1096 principals (equivalent to 94.53%) of primary, secondary, and postsecondary schools in disadvantaged areas. The collected data set is then evaluated by exploratory factor analysis and regression analysis. The results show that all factors include learning objectives, course content, instructional methods, course assessment, technology support and organising and planning affect learners’ satisfaction, however, at different levels. Organising and planning, course content and instructional methods are the three most influential factors positively affecting learners’ satisfaction. Another finding is that non-minority groups are more satisfied with the programme than ethnic minority groups.
Dietary supplemental synbiotic – yucca extract compound preparation modulates production performance, immune status and faecal microflora diversity in laying hens

ABSTRACT This research was designed to assess the influence of a synbiotic – yucca extract compound preparation (MCC) on production performance, faecal microbiota and immune in laying hens. A total of 180, 27-week-old healthy Hy-Line Brown laying hens were divided into 2 treatments with 6 replicates (15 birds/per replicates), including control group (CN), and treatment group with 3.34 g MCC/kg diet (MCC). The results revealed that supplementation of MCC in diet resulted in a greater laying rate in hens. The concentrations of serum IL-2, IL-6 and TNF-α were lower than CN group, whereas the concentrations of IgG and IL-10 in serum were higher in the MCC group. Furthermore, at the genus levels, the abundance of Romboutsia, and Helicobacter was lower, however, the abundance of Lactobacillus was higher when the hens were fed MCC. Therefore, the addition of MCC positively impacted the production performance, immune and faecal microbial diversity of laying hens.
Effects of Initial Water Temperature and Soaking Duration on the Germination of Canarium (Canarium indicum) Seeds

Canarium (Canarium indicum) seeds have mechanical dormancy, i.e., seeds have a hard outer seed coat, which causes inhibition of germination. Mechanical dormancy can be broken by mechanical and chemical scarification. One way of chemical scarification is water soaking. This study aimed to analyze the initial effect of temperature of the soaking water and duration of soaking on the germination of canarium seeds. The research design used was a two-factor experiment in a completely randomized design. The first factor is the different initial water temperature and the second factor is soaking duration. The initial water temperature consists of 60°C, 70°C, 80°C, 90°C, and 100°C, while the soaking duration consists of 0 h, 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h. The results showed that the initial water temperature had a very significant effect on germination percentage, peak value, mean daily germination, and germination value. The soaking duration did not significantly affect germination percentage, mean daily germination, and germination value, but it significantly affected the peak value. The interaction of initial water temperature and soaking duration significantly affected the germination percentage, mean daily germination, peak value, and germination value. The initial water temperature and soaking duration affected the germination of canarium seeds. Keywords: Canarium indicum, dormancy, germination, initial temperature, soaking duration
Sera Kavun Yetiştiriciliğinde Aşılı Fide Kullanımının Verim ve Kaliteye Etkileri

Bu calismada, 9 farkli kabak anacinin ‘Kirkagac 589’ kavun cesidinde verim ve meyve kalitesi uzerine etkileri arastirilmistir. Bu amacla, 8’i serbest tozlanan (Kudret Nari, Siyah Cekirdekli Lif Kabagi, Beyaz Cekirdekli Lif Kabagi, Cekirdek Kabagi, Gri- Mavi Cekirdek Kabagi, Kucuk Dilimli ve Turuncu Bal Kabagi, Uzun Turuncu Bal Kabagi ve Su Kabagi) ve 1 tanesi ticari anac (TZ 148) olan 9 farkli kabak anaci kullanilmistir. Kontrol olarak kendisi uzerine asili ve asisiz ‘Kirkagac 589’ kavun cesidi kullanilmistir. Calismada, asi tutma orani, bitki yasama orani, bitkilerin gelisim durumlari, ciceklenme durumlari ve bazi meyve ozellikleri, belirlenmistir. Ayrica anaclarin mineral madde alimi uzerine etkilerinin belirlenmesi amaciyla, yapraklarin P, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, B, Mn ve Na icerikleri de belirlenmistir. Calismada, anaclara ait tohumlarin %75 ile %100 oranlarinda cimlendigi ve anaclarin 14 ile 30 gun arasinda asi kalinligina geldigi saptanmistir. Asilama islemi sonrasi asi tutma oranlari %53.4 ile %96.6 arasinda, asili bitkilerin yasama oranlari ise %40 ile %100 arasinda degismistir. En yuksek bitki boyu degerleri asisiz kontrol bitkileri ve ‘TZ 148’ anaci uzerine asili bitkilerde sirasiyla 457.8 ve 456.3 cm olarak belirlenmistir. En dusuk bitki boyu ise (301.8 cm) beyaz cekirdekli lif kabagi uzerine asili bitkilerde elde edilmistir. Calismada ilk disi ciceklerin actigi bogum sayilari anaclara gore 4 ile 12. bogum arasinda degismistir. Calismada bitki basina meyve sayisi degerleri 0.9 ile 1.7 adet arasinda degismistir. Bitki basina verim degerleri ise 1096 ile 4375 g arasinda belirlenmistir. Meyve iriligi ve verim bakimindan ‘TZ 148’ ve kucuk dilimli ve turuncu bal kabagi anaclarinin digerlerine gore onemli oranda artis sagladigi saptanmistir. Makro elementlerden fosfor, potasyum ve magnezyum iceriklerinin anaclara gore onemli farkliliklar gosterdigi, kalsiyum iceriginin ise anaclar tarafindan etkilenmedigi belirlenmistir. Farkli anaclar uzerine asili bitki yapraklarinin demir, bakir, cinko, mangan ve sodyum icerikleri arasinda istatistiksel olarak onemli bir farklilik olmamistir. Bor icerigi bakimindan ise en yuksek deger (43.6 mg/kg) kucuk dilimli ve turuncu bal kabaginda elde edilmistir. Calismada ticari anac olan ‘TZ 148’ anaci yaninda, kucuk dilimli ve turuncu bal kabagi ve su kabagi anaclarinin da ‘Kirkagac 589’ kavun cesidi icin uygun oldugu tespit edilmistir.
Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Gestational Weight Gain Restriction in Overweight/Obese Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

Background: Overweight/obesity is associated with pregnancy-related disorders, such as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and excessive gestational weight gain (GWG). Although multiple interventions have been proposed to prevent GDM and restrict GWG, our knowledge of their comparative efficacy is limited. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and identify the optimal intervention strategy to prevent GDM and restrict GWG among overweight/obese pregnant women. Methods: Randomized controlled trials that recruited overweight/obese pregnant women at <20 gestational week were obtained. Predictive and confidence interval plot and surface under the cumulative ranking (SUCRA) were performed using Stata statistical software to determine and compare the efficacy of interventions (diet, physical activity (PA), diet + PA intervention and medication). Results: 23 studies with a total of 8877 participants were eligible for analysis. Our results indicated that although neither PA, diet + PA, diet nor medication intervention could significantly protect overweight/obese women from the development of GDM, there was a trend that PA and diet + PA intervention were preventive factors of GDM. Of these, PA intervention (SUCRA, 82.8%) ranked as the superior strategy, and diet intervention (SUCRA, 19.7%) was the least efficacious regimen. Furthermore, interventions of diet, PA and diet + PA were significantly beneficial for GWG restriction, whereas medication intervention could not restrict GWG. In detail, diet intervention (SUCRA, 19.7%) ranked as the optimal regimen, whilst PA intervention (SUCRA, 62.3%) ranked as the least efficacious regimen. Conclusion: Although none of the interventions could offer remarkable benefit for GDM prevention, interventions of diet, PA and diet + PA were significant factors to restrict GWG. In aggregate, diet + PA intervention seemed the superior choice for the prevention of both GDM and excessive GWG. Registration: PROSPERO CRD42022313542.
Prevalence of osteoporosis in Eastern Odisha – A cross-sectional study of bone mineral density

Introduction: Osteoporosis is a common metabolic disease of the bone characterized by decreased bone mass and micro-architectural deterioration in bone tissues that results in increased susceptibility to fractures. Osteoporosis is a significant public health problem in many parts of the world, also in India. The primary purpose of the article is to find out the prevalence of osteoporosis in Eastern Odisha through the cross-sectional study of bone mineral density (BMD). Materials and Methods: Two thousand and one hundred individuals within the age range of 20–82 years were included in the study. It was conducted between February 2016 and August 2017. The instrument to measure BMD was the Achilles Express Bone Ultradensitometer. Their average BMD was calculated according to T score by using the World Health Organization guidelines for the classification into normal, osteopenic, and osteoporotic. The findings were statistically analyzed. The results were compared with the results of other authors. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS software version 16 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, New York USA). Results: Prevalence of osteoporosis was found to be 22.4% and osteopenia 37.9%. There was a significant difference in the prevalence of osteoporosis between premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Conclusion: In India, no centralized data are available to show the prevalence of osteoporosis. This study was an effort to find out the prevalence of osteoporosis in Eastern part of Odisha, India. Ultrasonic heel densitometry is a safe and noninvasive method for the assessment of BMD to diagnose and assess the osteoporotic individuals so that adequate steps can be taken in them to prevent fracture and other complications of osteoporosis.
curation and modeling of compositional heterogeneity in insect phylogenomics: a case study of the phylogeny of Dytiscoidea Molecular Phylogenetics

19 Diving beetles and their allies are a virtually ubiquitous group of freshwater predators. Knowledge of 20 the phylogeny of the adephagan superfamily Dytiscoidea has significantly improved since the advent 21 of molecular phylogenetics. However, despite recent comprehensive phylogenomic studies, some 22 phylogenetic relationships among the constituent families remain elusive. In particular, the position 23 of the family Hygrobiidae remains uncertain. We address these issues by re-analyzing recently 24 published phylogenomic datasets for Dytiscoidea, using approaches to reduce compositional 25 heterogeneity and adopting site-heterogeneous mixture models. We obtained a consistent, well- 26 resolved, and strongly supported tree, robust to analyses of various sizes of datasets. Consistent with 27 previous studies, the monophyly of the geographically disjunct Aspidytidae is strongly supported. 28 Our analyses support that Aspidytidae are the sister group of Amphizoidae, and more importantly, 29 Hygrobiidae are sister to the diverse Dytiscidae, as convincingly demonstrated by morphology-based 30 phylogenies. Our new results are congruent with recent morphology-based phylogenies. The 31 phylogeny of Dytiscoidea can be resolved by reducing the effect of among-site compositional 32 heterogeneity and adopting a better-fitting model accommodating site-specific amino acid 33 preferences. Our analyses provide a backbone phylogeny of Dytiscoidea, which lays the foundation 34 for better understanding the evolution of morphological characters, life habits, and feeding behaviors 35 of dytiscoid beetles. paraphyly
Job Resiliency, Work-Life Balance, and Work Values of the Employees in a Catholic College

Employees' job resiliency, work-life balance, and work values may affect their work performance. This study determined the levels and significant differences of the variables when grouped according to age, sex, length of service, and department assigned. Moreover, this study determined the relationship between job resiliency, work-life balance, and work values. This study employed a descriptive-correlational research design. One hundred five employees of a Catholic College were surveyed. Mean, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and Spearman rho were used to analyze the data. Results showed that the employees have a very high level of job resiliency and a high level of work-life balance and work values. There were no significant differences in the employees' job resiliency, work-life balance, and work values across all variables. Lastly, job resiliency was positively correlated with work-life balance and work values. It can be concluded that employees can overcome, adapt, and cope with the different challenges while balancing their work and personal life and displaying positive work values. The management should prioritize maintaining resiliency since it has a significant relationship to their work-life balance and work values.
Development and in vivo evaluation of lipid-based nanocarriers containing Jatropha isabellei dry extract from the dichloromethane fraction intended for oral treatment of arthritic diseases

In this study, a dichloromethane fraction dry extract from the underground parts of Jatropha isabellei (DF Ji ) was used to prepare lipid nanocarriers (LNC Ji ) aimed at providing the oral delivery of terpenic compounds in the treatment of arthritis. The lipid nanocarriers were prepared by the spontaneous emulsification method. The lipid nanocarriers displayed sizes ranging from 180 to 200 nm and zeta potential values of around –18 mV. A high value of entrapment efficiency (> 90%) was obtained for jatrophone, which was used as the chemical marker of DF Ji . LNC Ji stored at 4°C were demonstrated to be stable through measurements of transmitted light after analytical centrifugation of the samples. In vitro drug release studies conducted in biorelevant dissolution media demonstrated that jatrophone release was faster from LNC Ji than from free DF Ji . When tested in an acute arthritis model, the LNC Ji exhibited antinociceptive properties after oral administration of a 50 mg/kg dose, unlike the free DF Ji , although no reduction in articular diameter was observed. These results suggest that an increase in the oral absorption of DF Ji constituents may have occurred through the carrying of this fraction in LNC Ji , thus improving the antinociceptive activity of this compound.
Seizure Onset Zone Identification From iEEG: A Review

This paper discusses the various methods of identifying the seizure onset zone (SOZ) from the intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) data. Epilepsy, also known as seizure disorder, is a neurological condition caused due to disruption in the regular electrical communication within the neuron network. With almost a third of epileptic conditions being drug-resistant and several cases with no known cause, there is a need to resort to alternative treatment methods such as neurostimulation or surgical resection. Both these methods require the identification of regions within the brain that need to be stimulated or resected. For most of the patients, this corresponds to the part that initiates the seizure. These are called seizure onset zone (SOZ) or epileptogenic zone (EZ). Epileptologists locate the SOZ by analyzing the iEEG data of patients suffering from seizures. This, however, is time-consuming and can be prone to human error. Thus, there has been significant research on the automatic detection of SOZ. High-frequency oscillations (HFOs), characterized by iEEG oscillations above 80 Hz, are one of the most promising candidates for identifying SOZ. Functional connectivity and graph theory measures have also distinguished SOZ and non-SOZ regions using different features. Newer works on phase-amplitude coupling have also shown promising results. With the increased data availability, it has also become possible to build supervised learning algorithms to improve the predictive power of anomaly detection algorithms used to localize SOZ.
Uncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models

Large‐scale bioenergy plays a key role in climate change mitigation scenarios, but its efficacy is uncertain. This study aims to quantify that uncertainty by contrasting the results of three different types of models under the same mitigation scenario (RCP2.6‐SSP2), consistent with a 2°C temperature target. This analysis focuses on a single bioenergy feedstock, Miscanthus × giganteus, and contrasts projections for its yields and environmental effects from an integrated assessment model (IMAGE), a land surface and dynamic global vegetation model tailored to Miscanthus bioenergy (JULES) and a bioenergy crop model (MiscanFor). Under the present climate, JULES, IMAGE and MiscanFor capture the observed magnitude and variability in Miscanthus yields across Europe; yet in the tropics JULES and IMAGE predict high yields, whereas MiscanFor predicts widespread drought‐related diebacks. 2040–2049 projections show there is a rapid scale up of over 200 Mha bioenergy cropping area in the tropics. Resulting biomass yield ranges from 12 (MiscanFor) to 39 (JULES) Gt dry matter over that decade. Change in soil carbon ranges from +0.7 Pg C (MiscanFor) to −2.8 Pg C (JULES), depending on preceding land cover and soil carbon.2090–99 projections show large‐scale biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is projected in Europe. The models agree that <2°C global warming will increase yields in the higher latitudes, but drought stress in the Mediterranean region could produce low yields (MiscanFor), and significant losses of soil carbon (JULES and IMAGE). These results highlight the uncertainty in rapidly scaling‐up biomass energy supply, especially in dry tropical climates and in regions where future climate change could result in drier conditions. This has important policy implications—because prominently used scenarios to limit warming to ‘well below 2°C’ (including the one explored here) depend upon its effectiveness.
Diode-Pumped Solid-State Q-Switched Laser with Rhenium Diselenide as Saturable Absorber

We report a solid-state passively Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser adopting rhenium diselenide (ReSe2) as saturable absorber (SA) materials. ReSe2 belongs to a type of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) materials and it has the weak-layered dependent feature beneficial for the preparation of few-layer materials. The few-layer ReSe2 was prepared by ultrasonic exfoliation method. Using a power-dependent transmission experiment, its modulation depth and saturation intensity were measured to be 1.89% and 6.37 MW/cm2. Pumped by diode laser and based on few-layer ReSe2 SA, the Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser obtained the shortest Q-switched pulse width of 682 ns with the highest repetition rate of 84.16 kHz. The maximum average output power was 125 mW with the slope efficiency of 17.27%. Our experiment, to the best of our knowledge, is the first demonstration that used ReSe2 as SA materials in an all-solid-state laser. The results show that the few-layer ReSe2 owns the nonlinear saturable absorption properties and it has the capacity to act as SA in an all-solid-state laser.
Promoting Global Citizenship Education (GCED) in the Sultanate of Oman: An Analysis of National Policies

Global citizenship has recently attracted significant attention from nations for its importance in sustainable development. This study explores the extent of the adoption of global citizenship concepts and principles in Omani education by analyzing the reality of including global citizenship concepts in national policies in Oman. Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) was used in order to establish the support force in achieving the main requirements of GCED in three Omani national policies: Education Philosophy, the Basic Law of the State, and Oman Vision 2040. The results reveal that the Education Philosophy is one of the most comprehensive documents on concepts, principles, and requirements. Additionally, sustainable development issues are among the key principles contained in the analyzed national documents. These are followed by principles of ecological balance, scientific thinking, and technology, with significant interest in other principles as well.
Capillary Polypropylene Membranes for Membrane Distillation

Only nonwetted porous membranes can be used in membrane distillation. The possibility of application in this process the capillary polypropylene membranes manufactured by thermally-induced phase separation was studied. The performance of a few types of membranes available commercially was presented. The resistance of the membranes to wetting was tested in the continuous process of water desalination. These studies were carried out for 1000 h without module cleaning. The presence of scaling layer on the membranes surface was confirmed by Scanning Electron Microscope observations. Both the permeate flux and distillate conductivity were almost not varied after the studied period of time, what indicates that the used membranes maintained their nonwettability, and the negative influence of scaling was limited. The role of surface porosity on the pore wetting and influence of membrane wettability on the quality of the distillate obtained were discussed.
Initiation of safflower sowings in the organic farming system of Western Kazakhstan

We carried out the research in 2020–2021 in Western Kazakhstan on medium-loamy dark chestnut soils. The purpose of the research is to identify changes in physico-chemical, biological parameters of soil cover, productivity, and quality of safflower (Carthamus tincforius L.) under the influence of different technologies of agrarian landscape shaping, for rational management of organic agrocenoses. The field experiments showed that in the conditions of Western Kazakhstan, the use of the biologized technology of organic farming increases the yield of safflower in comparison with the traditional technology by 26.66–35.38%, with a high oil content of 30.0–39.95%. The phytoameliorative role of safflower in improving agrophysical, agrochemical, and biological parameters of dark chestnut soils is proved.