Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Acute and persistence effects of oil of Hippophae rhamnoides and Calendula officinalis on Sitophilus granarius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in stored maize

Herbal oil vapours from Hippophae rhamnoides L. (Elaeagnaceae), and Calendula officinalis L. (Asteraceae) were tested for their toxicity against the adults of Sitophilus granarius L. According to our hypothesis the mentioned oils can become potential bioagents against stored product pests. The results revealed that both studied essential oils exerted strongly toxic effect on S. granarius, but C. officinalis triggered higher mortality. The efficacy (94.62±2.63%) was reached after a 48-h exposure to H. rhamnoides oil at 2 ml kg –1 while the application of 2 ml kg –1 of C. officinalis oil for 24 h produced 98.94±1.00% mortality rate. Insect mortality was hyperbolically-featured, and increased with the duration of the exposure to the examined oils. Mortality was 100% at 5 ml kg –1 of H. rhamnoides after 24-h duration of its application, while with C. officinalis the same value could be reached after a 12-h exposure to the oil. The progeny pronouncedly recovered from the treatment of both essential oils applied.
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2, a hero turned villain in β cells

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing dramatically worldwide. Type 2 diabetes is a major health and socio-economic burden. Genetic predisposition and the obesity epidemic, due to sedentary life style and high caloric food intake, are associated with development of type 2 diabetes. Circulating free fatty acids (FFAs), in particular saturated FFAs, are linked with insulin resistance and β cell dysfunction. Following this background we performed RNA sequencing of human pancreatic islets treated with the saturated FFA palmitate to acquire a global image of the islet response to this insult. We identified several stress pathways induced by palmitate with a major induction of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response. The ER stress response, in particular the PKR-like ER kinase (PERK) branch, has been shown to be induced by saturated FFA. It leads to increased β cell apoptosis both in fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS) purified rat β cells and human islets. We further clarified the role of this pathway by studying the involvement of the constitutive repressor of eIF2α phosphorylation (CReP) in a monogenic form of diabetes. CReP is a repressor of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) phosphorylation. A direct target of PERK, eIF2α is involved in translational attenuation and induction of apoptosis. We have shown that CReP loss-of-function leads to a new syndrome of young onset diabetes, intellectual disability and microcephaly. The identified R658C mutation abrogated CReP activity leading to increased eIF2α phosphorylation and β cell apoptosis. To further demonstrate the importance of eIF2α dysregulation in β cell demise, we used guanabenz, a chemical inhibitor of growth arrest DNA damage inducible 34 (GADD34). GADD34 is an ER stress-induced repressor of eIF2α phosphorylation. Guanabenz potentiated FFA-mediated ER stress and apoptosis in clonal and primary rat β cells and in human islets through the activation of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein homologous protein (CHOP), downstream of eIF2α. Guanabenz administration in mice impaired glucose tolerance and led to β cell dysfunction. In ex vivo experiments guanabenz also induced β cell dysfunction in mouse and rat islets.In conclusion our data demonstrate that the dysregulation of signaling in the PERK/eIF2α pathway is crucial for β cell demise. Together with previously reported monogenic diabetes caused by loss-of-function mutations in PERK in man and the eIF2αS51A mutation in mice, our findings suggest that a narrow regulation of PERK/eIF2α signaling is central for proper β cell function and survival.
More than Words: A Multidimensional Approach to Deliberative Democracy

Since its inception, a core aspiration of deliberative democracy has been to enable more and better inclusion within democratic politics. In this article, we argue that deliberative democracy can achieve this aspiration only if it goes beyond verbal forms of communication and acknowledges the crucial role of non-verbal communication in expressing and exchanging arguments. The article develops a multidimensional approach to deliberative democracy by emphasizing the visual, sonic and physical dimensions of communication in public deliberation. We argue that non-verbal modes of communication can contribute to public deliberation when they (1) are used as part of reason-giving processes, (2) enable the inclusion of marginalized actors in public debates and (3) induce reflection and encourage new ways of thinking about the public controversies at hand.
Effects of sequential winning vs. losing on subsequent gambling behavior: analysis of empirical data from casino baccarat players

ABSTRACT Problem gambling is characterized by intense urges to repeatedly engage in gambling and is highly deleterious to individuals’ financial and social well-being. A fundamental issue in problem gambling is how repeated and risky betting behavior varies as a function of outcome history. We used empirical data on gamblers playing baccarat, one of the most popular casino games, to examine the effects of sequential winning versus losing on subsequent gambling behavior. Specifically, we analyzed data from 7,935,566 games played by 3,986 players at a land-based casino to examine changes in the betting amount and in the rate of betting on hands with different dividend rates according to prior consecutive wins or losses. The results revealed that the bet amount in baccarat gradually increased according to streak length, and this effect was more pronounced after sequential winning than after sequential losing. The proportions of multiple bets, including ‘longshots’ – hands with low winning percentages and high dividend rates – decreased after sequential losing but increased after sequential winning. The present study, as the first attempt to analyze a large dataset on baccarat betting, indicates that gamblers shift their gambling behavior to be more reckless after experiencing consecutive wins more than consecutive losses.
Biostimulating effect of laser beam on the cytomorphological aspects of Lathyrus sativus L.

The pure inbred seeds of grass pea ( Lathyrus sativus L. var Pusa 24) were irradiated with three different doses of laser beams. For the experiment, a helium-neon laser (He-Ne) with the wavelength of 632.8 nm and power density - 1 mWcm-2 was chosen. In theM1 generation, stimulation as well as reduction in morphological and yield-contributing traits was estimated. The results showed that in the M1 generation, lower doses of laser beams (0.5 and 1.0 min) induced biostimulation effect of the analyzed traits. Highest dose (1.5 min) induced reduction of the traits value in comparison to the control. The progeny obtained in M2 generation was comparatively better than M1 progeny for the same traits. Apart from morphological traits, cytological analysis exhibited a number of chromosomal aberrations in both the generations. Stickiness of chromosomes was recorded as one of the prevalent abnormality. The results obtained show that the helium-neon laser with the wavelength of 632.8 nm can be an effective tool for increasing variability of agronomic traits in grass pea.
Learning motivational interviewing: prospects to preserve practitioners' well-being

PurposeMotivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative communication style designed to help clients achieve desired behavior changes. MI includes communication methods along with a mindset that avoids attempting to impose behavior change. Relying on the conservation of resources theory, this research report argues that learning MI helps practitioners communicate more effectively and preserve their own psychological health resources.Design/methodology/approachWe tested whether MI training resulted in beneficial effects on practitioners' resilience and burnout (i.e. exhaustion and disengagement), surveying participants (N = 42) from various disciplines who learned MI at a training institute. Subjects received a questionnaire before and one month after MI training. The post-training questionnaire also assessed whether participants applied the training content in practice.FindingsThe results revealed that the training reduced participants' disengagement. Practical application was a predictor for this decrease as well as an increase in resilience.Research limitations/implicationsDue to the small sample size and self-reported data, this paper should be considered an experimental study that could inspire future research in this area, using more elaborate research designs.Practical implicationsLearning MI not only helps in facilitating behavior change in clients but also in bolstering practitioners' own resources. MI novices should aim to apply their newly acquired skills.Originality/valueThis study is among the first to explicitly hint at the possibility that learning MI helps practitioners preserve their psychological resources.
Postemergence Shattercane (Sorghum bicolor) Control in Corn (Zea mays) in Northern Tamaulipas, Mexico

Field studies were conducted in northern Tamaulipas, Mexico in 1991 and 1992 to determine the effectiveness of POST applications of primisulfuron and nicosulfuron on shattercane control in corn. Primisulfuron at 15 g/ha and nicosulfuron at 30 g/ha were the minimal doses required for shattercane control. Both herbicides applied on 5- to 9-leaf shattercane provided excellent (> 90%) control 35 d after application. No corn injury was evident with any herbicide and rates evaluated. Untreated check plots sustained 30 to 56% of yield reduction as compared to herbicide treatment plots.
Novel hybrid models combining meta-heuristic algorithms with support vector regression (SVR) for groundwater potential mapping

Abstract This study aims to develop three novel GIS-based models combining Genetic Algorithm (GA), Biogeography-Based Optimization (BBO) and Simulated Annealing (SA) with Support Vector Regression (SVR) for groundwater potential (GP) mapping in the governorate of Tafillah, Jordan. Twelve topographical, hydrological and geological factors were considered. The mapping process was done with and without feature selection (FS) conducted by integration of SVR model with GA, BBO and SA algorithms. The accuracy of these models was evaluated using the area under receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve. Comparisons among the models uncovered that the SVR-RBF-GA and SVR-RBF-BBO models performed better than the SVR-RBF-SA. The AUROC for two mentioned models were 0.964 and 0.996 in training and testing runs, respectively, while this metric was 0.953 and 0.986 for SVR-RBF-SA model in training and testing runs, respectively. The results showed that after FS, the models are more accurate in test data than train data.
Social media, interaction information and stock market efficiency: evidence from the Shenzhen stock exchange easy interaction platform in China

ABSTRACT This paper studies the impact of interaction between investors and listed companies on market efficiency from two perspectives of earnings expectation and information asymmetry. We conduct an empirical analysis of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Easy Interaction (SSEEI) platform. The interactive text is used to build interactivity indicators showing that the platform provides an important way to increase stock market efficiency. We further study how the interaction affects market efficiency using the emotion dictionary and the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model. The results show that both good and bad news discussed on the platform are significant to market efficiency.
Service user and carers’ views of best practice in student selection at an English University

ABSTRACT Service users and carers’ (SUACs) inclusion in student selection days at English universities is accepted as standard practice, since such inclusion is mandated by a range of professional health and social work regulators. However, SUACs’ voices are little heard; this study addresses this knowledge gap for the first time. Student selection research was co-produced by a member of an English university’s SUAC group and an academic. A qualitative, semi-structured interviewing approach was undertaken with SUACs (N = 10/14) involved in selection days across social work, nursing, associate nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, paramedicine and physician associate disciplines. Thematic analysis was employed resulting in four main themes-expected contributions of SUACs; perceived: benefits; challenges; and suggestions for areas of improvement. Sub-themes included: perceived benefits and challenges for students, staff and SUACs, respectively. Within these, a rich tapestry demonstrated the ability of SUACs to ‘professionally’ undertake their selection duties by providing realistic insight to candidates into what they might expect working with SUACs, while discerning some candidates’ limitations, for example, emotional strength and personality. Most SUACs thought that their inclusion was valuable and valued, however, they saw much room for improvement in the transparency and logistics of processes; also perceiving and empathising with the challenges faced by academic staff. Greater reintegration into the planning, delivery and decision-making for candidate selection was desired by SUACs, which was perceived to have diminished over time due to a need to increase student numbers. Recommendations are made which may be relevant to other HEIs and professional regulatory organisations.
Potential impact of temperature and atmospheric pressure on the number of cases of COVID-19 in Mozambique, Southern Africa

The potential reasons why COVID-19 is not spreading rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa include sociopolitical, biological and environmental variables. Among the latter, some studies indicate temperature and atmospheric pressure as significantly influential. Could they have impact on the number of COVID-19 cases in Mozambique? The aim of this study is to analyze the relationships between weather and the frequency of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mozambique, Southern Africa. The study was conducted in Mozambique, Maputo area (Province and City) and Nampula Province. Daily history of weather variables – daily maximum and minimum temperatures and atmospheric pressure – was obtained from three online databases (AccuWeather, Time and Date AS and WeatherSpark) and the number of COVID-19 cases from official Government’s daily Bulletins. The main statistical analyses were Pearson correlations between the variables. The first case was observed in the Maputo area on 22 March, 2020 and the cases in Mozambique increased exponentially up to 769 by 24 June, 2020. The first three cases in Nampula province were observed on 24 May 2020 but its frequency surpassed Maputo area’s within one month. Temperatures showed negative correlations with the number of cases in all areas and pressure showed positive correlations in Maputo area and Nampula Province. A bubble chart allowed the visualization of the combined relationship of both weather variables and the number of cases, suggesting that the number of cases increases as temperature decreases and pressure increases. Temperature and atmospheric pressure seems to be correlated with the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Mozambique. Thus, decision-makers should consider weather as a predictor of the rate at which the pandemic is spreading in the country. Key words: COVID-19, Mozambique, Maputo, Nampula, weather, temperature, atmospheric pressure.
Local and regional P-wave spectral attenuation model for Iran.

A robust frequency-dependent local and regional P-wave attenuation model is estimated for continental paths in the Iranian Plateau. In order to calculate the average attenuation parameters, 46 337 vertical-component waveforms related to 9267 earthquakes, which are recorded at the Iranian Seismological Center (IRSC) stations, have been selected in the distance range 10-1000 km. The majority of the event's magnitudes are less than 4.5. This collection of records provides high spatial ray path coverage. Results indicate that the shape of attenuation P-wave curve versus distance is not uniform and has three distinct sections with hinges at 90 and 175 km. A trilinear model for attenuation of P-wave amplitude in the frequency range 1-10 Hz is proposed in this study. Fourier spectral amplitudes are found to decay as R- 1.2 (where R is hypocentral distance), corresponding to geometric spreading within 90 km from the source. There is a section from 90 to 175 km, where the attenuation is described as R 0.8, and the attenuation is described well beyond 175 km by R- 1.3. Moreover, the average quality factor for Pg and Pn waves (QPg and QPn ), related to anelastic attenuation is obtained as Qpg = (54.2 ± 2.6)f (1.0096±0.07) and Qpn = (306.8 ± 7.4)f (0.51±0.05). There is a good agreement between the results of the model and observations. Also, the attenuation model shows compatibility with the recent regional studies. From the results it turns out that the amplitude of P waves attenuates more rapidly in comparison with the global models in local distances.
The anchoring effect of aviation green tax for sustainable tourism, based on the nudge theory

Abstract Anchors functions as a reference point for human behavior to adjust the boundaries of a plausible range of values for a question, assuming that a given anchor is greater than the boundary value for a range of plausible answers. This study tests the anchoring effect on travelers who may need to pay aviation green tax. The analyses results reveal that the anchor had a significant effect on approximately 65% of the total of 333 participants (excluding those who entered the same amount before and after (N = 216). This study contributes to the literature on sustainable tourism by investing the factors that induce voluntary change in consumer behavior. The practical implications are to improve transparency and to minimize tax resistance by positively influencing converting travelers’ perceptions of aviation green taxes. Further, in countries where aviation green tax is not introduced, these results could serve as a guide to encourage travelers’ voluntary participation to pay aviation green taxes. As such, tourists’ voluntary participation will contribute to sustainable tourism in the long-term.
Dark Entrepreneurship, the ‘Dark Triad’ and Its Potential ‘Light Triad’ Realization in ‘Green Entrepreneurship’

This contribution seeks to achieve three main objectives. First it draws on a substantial, but often overlooked literature on wide-scale international decline in entrepreneurship as recorded in the ‘business dynamics’ literature. This has serious implications for academic study of entrepreneurship which must re-direct its focus to problems of entrepreneurial unattractiveness dating from at least the 1980s. More important, public policy makers and political ideologists need further to be apprised of the erroneous nature of many of their beliefs and further change the subsidy regimes they bestow on often unproductive entrepreneurship. Second, the contribution seeks one part of the explanation of the declining attractiveness of entrepreneurship in the psychology of the ‘dark triad’ of negative personality traits that has been connected to the literature on ‘dark entrepreneurship’ as a possible and partial, but important reason for the growing unattractiveness of entrepreneurship. The contribution devotes attention to the ‘Mindfulness’ movement in considering the detoxification of ‘dark entrepreneurship’. Finally, in what may be an original response to this analysis, the contribution draws attention to recent work on a putative ‘light triad’ of personality traits and applies it, possibly for the first time, to secondarily researched accounts of ‘green entrepreneurship’. The conclusion is that there may be a future for green entrepreneurship as a means for recovery in the current status of more traditional ‘business dynamics’.
Immunohistochemical analysis of stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth seeded in carbonate apatite scaffold for the alveolar bone defect in Wistar rats ( Rattus novergicus)

Background: Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) seeded in carbonate apatite scaffold (CAS) may have multiple functions that could be used to regenerate the alveolar bone defects. The purpose of this study is to examine the ability of SHED and CAS in alveolar bone defects using an immunohistochemical analysis. Methods: ten three-month-old healthy male Wistar rats (R. novergicus) that weighed between 150–250 grams (g) were used as animal models. A simple blind random sampling method was used to select the sample that was assigned to the study group for CAS and SHED seeded in CAS (n=5). The animal study model of the alveolar bone was established by extracting the anterior mandible teeth. Rodent anesthesia was applied to relieve the pain during the procedure for all test animals. Immunohistochemistry was performed after seven days to facilitate the examination of the receptor activator of NF-κβ ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegrin (OPG), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteocalcin, and osteopontin expression. The data was analyzed using the unpaired t-test (p<0.01) and Pearson’s correlation test (p<0.05). Results: The OPG, RUNX2, TGF-β, VEGF, ALP, osteocalcin, and ostepontin expressions were higher in SHED seeded in CAS than CAS only with a significant difference between the groups (p<0.01). Furthermore, the RANKL expression was lower in SHED seeded in CAS compared to CAS only. There was a strong reverse significant correlation between OPG and RANKL expression (p<0.05). Conclusions: The number of osteogenic marker expressing cells, such as OPG, RUNX2, TGF-β, VEGF, ALP, osteocalcin, and ostepontin, increased. However, RANKL expression in the alveolar bone defects that were implanted with SHED seeded in CAS did not increase after seven days.
Estimation of Genetic Parameters among Intra and Interspecific Progenies of Tree Willows

In the present investigation seed and nursery parameters were analyzed to determine relative performance of nine hybrids of tree willows. Analysis of variance for different nursery growth traits of the important crosses revealed significant variations among full-sib families. Germination percentage showed the widest range of values (33.40-85.00%, mean 60.84%) whereas internodal length recorded the narrowest range (0.78-2.84 cm mean 1.72 cm). Plant height exhibited the maximum (291.21%) genotypic coefficient of variation while the minimum was noticed for internodal length (39.95%). Maximum phenotypic coefficient of variation (291.52%) was exhibited by number of leaves while the minimum (40.58%) was estimated for internodal length. Heritability percentage (broad-sense) was maximum in plant height (99.79%) whereas, minimum was recorded by number of leaves (87.73%). Germination percentage had the maximum genetic advance (40.86) while the minimum genetic advance was exhibited for internodal length (1.06). Maximum genetic gain was observed in plant height (114.3%) while the minimum was recorded in leaf area (57.56%). Collar diameter was found significantly positive correlated with germination percentage and survival percentage at both genotypic (0.847 and 0.868) and phenotypic (0.838 and 0.861) levels respectively. Cross Salix. matsudana (PN-227) x S. matsudana (PN-722) exhibited maximum magnitude of heterosis for survival percentage, plant height, leaf area, number of leaves and internodal length.