Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bioprospecting three newly isolated white-rot fungi from Berbak-Sembilang National Park, Indonesia for biodecolorization of anthraquinone and azo dyes

Abstract. Nurhayat OD, Ardiati FC, Ramadhan KP, Anita SH, Okano H, Watanabe T, Yanto DHY. 2021. Bioprospecting three newly isolated white-rot fungi from Berbak-Sembilang National Park, Indonesia for biodecolorization of anthraquinone and azo dyes. Biodiversitas 22: 613-623. Extensive use of textile dyes without proper wastewater treatment may jeopardize the water environment. In this study, bioprospecting newly isolated white-rot fungi from Berbak-Sembilang National Park for decolorizing four synthetic dyes was investigated. A total of 108 wood-decaying fungi were screened by using selective media, resulting in three isolates as the most promising fungal strains (BRB 11, BRB 73, BRB 81). BRB 81 had the best ability to decolorize 91.4% of AB129 and 77.8% of RB5 within 96 hours while the highest removal of RBBR and AO7 was performed by BRB11 around 60% and 37.6%, respectively. The enzymatic degradation was assumed to involve the decolorization process as laccase activities were observed with the highest around 116 UL-1. Based on molecular identification, these three fungal isolates were identified as Phellinus noxius BRB 11, Ceriporia lacerata BRB 81, and Leiotrametes menziesii BRB 73, respectively. In conclusion, P. noxius BRB 11, L. menziesii BRB 73, and C. lacerata BRB 81 could be used as biological agents in textile wastewater treatment and thus, it is important to conserve them as a part of the biodiversity within the local biosphere reserve.
Estimation of Wave in Deck Load Using CFD Validated Against Model Test Data

In this paper, a CFD case study with wave-in-deck loads on a gravitybased structure (GBS) platform is carried out, including validation against model test data. A Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) method that allows for wave breaking and trapped air is applied. The significant diffraction of the incoming wave around the platform is thus accounted for. The Stokes 5th-order wave with a height of 39.5 m is considered. The wave theory is used to define initial and boundary conditions for the simulation. Forcing the solution towards the theory over a 100 m wide zone along vertical boundaries is used to reduce the size of the solution domain (around one wavelength) and avoid wave reflections at solution domain boundaries. For validation, model test data in scale 1:54 are available; the model includes a caisson, 3 columns, a simplified topside and detailed cellar deck girders. Forces and moments on the whole deck, forces on several slamming panels, and wave profiles at various locations are compared. It was found that simulation results match experimental data sufficiently well and simulations can be recommended as a tool for analysis of wave-in-deck loads on offshore structures.
Assessment of floristic diversity in the mountain ecosystem of Marghazar Valley, Hindukush Range, Swat, Pakistan

Abstract. Khan MN, Ali S, Razak SA, Zaman A, Iqbal M, Shah SN. 2021. Assessment of floristic diversity in the mountain ecosystem of Marghazar Valley, Hindukush Range, Swat, Pakistan. Biodiversitas 23: 1000-1013. Marghazar Valley, a part of the Hindukush Range, is an area with a rich diversity of plant resources. Geo-climatically and ecologically, this valley is characterized by a moist temperate and subtropical zone with a Sino-Japanese type of vegetation. A comprehensive survey was carried out from April 2019-June 2020 to explore the biodiversity and ecological aspects of plants in Marghazar Valley, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The study recorded a total number of 307 taxa (161 herbs, 45 shrubs, 46 trees, 37 grasses, 10 climbers, 2 shruby herbs, 1 subshrub, 1 tree-like herb, 1 hollow tufted tree, 1 climbing shrub, 1 parasitic herb and 1 woody climber) belong to 94 families and 236 genera that consisted of Pteridophytes (14 species, 9 genera, 7 families), Gymnosperms (5 species, 4 genera, 2 families) and Angiosperms (288 species, 223 genera and 85 families). Families with the highest number of species were Poaceae (38 species) and Asteraceae (29 species), followed by Rosaceae (22 species), Brassicaceae (13 species) and Lamiaceae (11 species), while the rest of the families had less than 11 species. Dicots were the group with the largest number of genera (75.24 %), followed by Monocots (18.56 %), Pteridophytes (4.54 %) and Gymnosperms (1.62 %). Cousinia bupthalmoides was recorded from the area for the first time and are a novel addition to the flora of Swat. Phenology of vegetation revealed that 173 taxa (56.35%) recorded as perennial followed by 134 taxa as annual plants (43.50%). Bio-spectrum classes were represented by 126 species as therophytes (40.90%) and 122 species as microphylls (39.61%) in life form and leaf size respectively, while 2 species i.e Cuscuta reflexa and Equisetum arvense are aphyllus which possesses no leaves.
DOES CORRUPTION MATTER FOR UNEMPLOYMENT? INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF BRIBERY, FAVOURITISM AND NEPOTISM CORRUPT PRACTICES IN EMPLOYMENT, EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA

Purpose: Is corruption a source of unemployment in Nigeria? Do corrupt practices such as bribery, favouritism and nepotism play a role in employment in Nigeria? Through the aforementioned questions, the objective of this study was to propose good policies that can enable policy makers to reduce the high unemployment rate in Nigeria. Methodology: Through Johansen co-integration, Granger causality and impulse response, our empirical result used time series data collected from Central Bank of Nigeria (2019) statistical bulletin and Bureau of Statistics (2019) covering the period of 1980-2018 reveal that corruption is a source of unemployment. Findings: Specifically, corruption is positively related to unemployment, corruption granger cause unemployment, and unemployment positively responds to corruption respectively. In other words, through our logistic regression model our empirical investigation reveals that bribery, favouritism and nepotism play significant role in employment in Nigeria. Unique Contribution to Practice and Policy: To reduce the high rate of unemployment, setting up an independent anti-corruption body to reduce corruption should be the priority of political and economic decision makers. This will also reduce the rate of bribery, favouritism and nepotism in public places.
Does Coordination Flexibility Mediates the Relationship Between Strategic Orientation and Innovative Performance?

The current global events have posed a great challenge to the survival of SMEs. This study is motivated to identify the factors that enhance innovative performance among SMEs by exploring the path of Strategic orientation (SO) and coordination flexibility (CF). A total of 400 copies of the structured questionnaire was administered to top managers and Supervisors in Nigeria. Out of the 400 copies administered to top managers, 200 were completed, while 217 were completed and returned by the supervisors out of 400 administered to them as well. Partial Least Square (PLS) software 3.3. 3, a variance-based Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the data. The results indicate that SO, CF in employee skill but not HR practice was found to relate significantly with IP as well as mediate the relationship with SO. Thus, we concluded that IP can be enhanced through SO and explained through CF in employee skills.
Evaluating of academic nurses' clinical judgement skills in a critical care unit at Babylon City, Iraq

Clinical judgement is the foundation of nursing practices and recognized as essential skills for all nurses and serves as a distinguishing factor between professional nurses and those in strictly technical roles. Hence, the goal of this study was to evaluate of academic nurse’s clinical judgement skills. A cross-sectional quantitative design is used to conduct this study. The data was gathered during a period of time that started on July 10, 2021, and ended on September 20, 2021, using a non-probability purposive sampling approach that recruited (ninety-one) critical-care nurses from three public governmental hospitals in Babylon City, Iraq. The data was obtained through using a questionnaire format and amended by the researcher, data analyzed was through using (SPSS -version 25). More than half (56.0 %) of the study's participants are between the ages of 25 and 29, and more than two-thirds (61.5 %) are female, single, have a degree of Baccalaureate in nursing, within (1-5) years graduated from nursing, experience in nursing was (1-5 years), and live in urban regions. The results indicated that the majority of participants had average clinical judgement abilities, overall mean was (1.56).
An evaluation of an agroforestry system with 2-year-old sengon (Paraserianthes falcataria) and shade-tolerant upland rice

Abstract. Tsaniya SH, Wijayanto N, Wirnas D. 2022. An evaluation of an agroforestry system with 2-year-old sengon (Paraserianthes falcataria) and shade-tolerant upland rice. Biodiversitas 23: 1159-1166. Sengon is tree species that is often cultivated with upland rice in agroforestry systems. The main obstacle of rice development in agroforestry systems are competition between plants for sunlight and nutrients. 2-year-old sengon has a wider canopy and longer roots, increasing competition between sengon and rice. Planting upland rice in this condition requires strategies, such as selecting shade-tolerant rice varieties and rice plantations inside bamboo. This study aimed to evaluate the agroforestry system of sengon and shade-tolerant upland rice when the sengon plants were two years old and evaluate the effectiveness of using bamboo to reduce the competition between sengon and upland rice. This research was conducted from November 2020 to April 2021 in the Cikabayan Forest, IPB University, Bogor, West Java. This study one-factor completely randomized design to analyze the growth of sengon provenances and a three-factor completely randomized design with three replications to analyze the growth and yield of rice. The first factor was the cultivation system (Solomon F1 agroforestry, Solomon F2 agroforestry, local sengon agroforestry, and rice monoculture), the second factor was the planting method (using bamboo and without bamboo), and the third factor was rice varieties (Rindang 1 Agritan and Rindang 2 Agritan). The results showed that Solomon and local sengon in this study had a growth that was not significantly different and had low diversity. The results also showed that 2-year-old sengon spacing 3 m x 1.5 m caused great shade and high competition, leading to low rice yields.
Spatial Working Memory Counts: Evidence for a Specific Association Between Visuo-spatial Working Memory and Arithmetic in Children

We examined the role of visuo-spatial working memory in different types of arithmetic ability in children. Previous research had suggested that arithmetic is not a single entity (Dowker, 2005, 2015), and also that visuo-spatial working memory is specifically involved in mathematical cognition (McKenzie et al., 2003) There has, however, been little research on the relationships between visuo-spatial working memory and different types of arithmetic. We tested 39 children in Year 2 (6 to 7 years) and Year 4 (8 to 9 years), taking measures of written arithmetic, mental oral arithmetic, and derived fact strategy use (the ability to derive unknown arithmetical facts from known facts, by using arithmetical principles). We also measured visuo-spatial working memory, verbal comprehension, and spelling ability. We investigated the relationships between visuo-spatial working memory and our three arithmetic measures, as well as spelling and verbal comprehension, to test whether these effects were specific to mathematical abilities. We found that visuo-spatial working memory was specifically associated with both verbal oral and mental written arithmetic, and but not with spelling or derived fact strategy use.
How Can Video-Reflexive Ethnographers Anticipate Positive Impact on Healthcare Practice?

Evidence suggests that studies aiming to improve healthcare practice should be flexible and prioritise patient, family and clinician engagement. Video-reflexive ethnography (VRE), a form of qualitative research often employed in healthcare settings, is well-suited to these aims. VRE supplements ethnographic techniques with video-recordings of in situ practices, allowing practitioners to reflect on taken-for-granted practices. Its prioritisation of collaboration, affective entanglement, theory-driven analysis and flexibility – aligned with participatory and post-qualitative inquiry (PQI) – can facilitate reflexivity among researchers and participants for local practice improvement. Yet paradoxically, flexibility can hinder the predictability of impact, and demonstrating likely impact is crucial to securing research funding. This article offers practical advice to qualitative researchers facing this methodological challenge. Using three exemplars, we examine how differing onto-epistemological groundings, conceptualisations of participant engagement and researcher positionings affect the timing, predictability, scalability and transferability of each study’s impact. We show how prioritising affective engagement, flexible goals and collaboration can enable local healthcare practice improvement; prioritising theory generation via consultation can lead to traditional, more transferable, forms of impact. We share insights for researchers seeking to improve healthcare using methods inspired by PQI such as VRE. While predicting impact is fraught, optimising conditions for impactful VRE research can be accomplished by: foregrounding epistemology; prioritising affective engagement; aligning research and stakeholder goals; assessing timing and organisational readiness; and considering researcher and participant positioning.
Clinical characteristics and risk factors for mortality in patients with COVID-19: A retrospective nationwide study in Malaysia

Background Age and multiple comorbidities have been reported to influence the case fatality rate of COVID-19 worldwide, so also in Malaysia; however, to date, no scientific study among the local population has been published to confirm this. This study aimed to determine the overall demographics and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 non-survivors in Malaysia, stratified by age (< 65 vs. ≥ 65 years old). The mortality was also compared between two half-year periods: March–August 2020 and September 2020–March 2021. Method Daily reports containing demographics and medical history of COVID-19 non-survivors from March 2020 to March 2021 were obtained from the Malaysian Ministry of Health website. All information was extracted retrospectively and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS. Results Of 1192 COVID-19 non-survivors, the overall mean (SD) age was 64.8 (15.7) years, with 64.7% male. Death was seen mostly among 50- to 64-year-olds (33.1%) and 65- to 74-year-olds (24.8%). The presence of underlying hypertension (61.8%) and diabetes mellitus (48.2%) were the most common comorbid diseases encountered in the COVID-19 non-survivors. Underlying hypertension, stroke, heart disease and dyslipidaemia were significantly higher among COVID-19 non-survivors who were ≥ 65 years old compared to those < 65 (p < 0.05). Mortality was a lot higher in September 2020–March 2021 compared to March 2020–August 2020 (91.3% vs. 8.3%). Conclusion Older age, male gender and the presence of multimorbidity (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, stroke and heart disease) are risk factors that contribute to mortality due to COVID-19 in Malaysia, especially among those ≥ 65 years old.
An electrostatic vertical microscanner for phase modulating array-type Mirau microinterferometry

We present a micromachined vertical scanner with a 4×4 ? > array of suspended ‘spider-type’ micromirrors which is a key component of a multi-channel ‘active’ Mirau microinterferometer. The microscanner provides for the vertical displacement of the reference micromirrors for the implementation of the phase shifting technique. Vertical comb-drive structures are employed for actuation of the micromirrors (displacement range of hundreds of nm at 500 Hz) as well as for in situ capacitive displacement sensing. Integration of micro-opto-electro-mechanical microscanners in a handheld interference microscope has the advantage of significantly decreasing instrument size because of the small footprint of the microscanner. Particularly interesting applications of the microscanner are low-cost and portable microsystems for the parallel inspection of biological tissues, e.g. for early diagnosis of specific diseases such as skin cancers.
How Credible Are Earthquake Predictions Based on TEC Variations?

The possible relation between pre‐earthquake processes and ionospheric fluctuations is widely investigated and debated. Here, we conduct a numerical experiment to examine two studies that reported preseismic anomalies in the ionospheric total electron content (TEC) and argue for the significance of their respective analyses based on statistical evaluations. The first study is that by Liu et al. (2018, https://doi.org/10.3319/tao.2018.03.11.01), who statistically investigated the relationship between 62 M ≥ 6 earthquakes occurred in China over an 18‐year period and the TEC, which was deduced from the Global Ionospheric Map. According to this study, the TEC showed anomalies with specific polarities at certain days and times that preceded the earthquakes. Earthquake alarms they defined based on these anomalies showed a good performance. We conduct this same analysis using random synthetic earthquakes and obtain results that closely match those by Liu et al. (2018, https://doi.org/10.3319/tao.2018.03.11.01), thus indicating that the good performance of the Liu et al. (2018, https://doi.org/10.3319/tao.2018.03.11.01) alarm is an artifact. The second study is that by Le et al. (2011, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010ja015781), who classified the TEC time series into anomalous and non‐anomalous days based on the TEC perturbation. They found that the anomalous day rate increased as the nucleation time of the earthquakes was approached, especially for larger and shallower earthquakes. We conduct the same analysis using random synthetic earthquakes. The anomalous day rate that is comparable to their result occurs in ∼40% of the 1,000 random trials, thereby suggesting that their result may also be an artifact.
Partisan news versus party cues: The effect of cross-cutting party and partisan network cues on polarization and persuasion

The pervasiveness of partisan media and the 24/7 news cycle allow ample opportunity for partisan-motivated reasoning and selective exposure. Nonetheless, individuals still frequently encounter out-party media outlets and expert pundits through mainstream news and social media. We seek to examine the effects of cross-cutting partisan outlet cues (e.g. Fox News, MSNBC) and direct party cues (e.g. Republican, Democrat) on citizens’ perceptions of ideology, source credibility, and news consumption. Using an experiment that pits outlet cues against direct party cues, we find that cross-cutting outlet and direct party cues lead citizens to perceive pundits as more ideologically moderate. As a result, respondents find out-party pundits on in-party outlets to be less biased, increasing interest in the pundits’ perspectives. However, while cross-cutting pundits gain among the out-party, they lose among the in-party. This trade-off holds important normative implications for individual news consumption and the ability of outlets and pundits to appear unbiased while garnering the largest possible audience.
Parental social class and GCSE attainment: Re-reading the role of ‘cultural capital’

Abstract This paper examines the roles of parental social class and cultural capital in inequalities in English school qualifications. The analytical focus is the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). Integral to Bourdieu’s theory of cultural reproduction is the conception that inequalities in cultural capital explain the unequal scholastic achievements of pupils from different social class backgrounds. This paper is a novel investigation using data from Understanding Society and linked administrative education records from the National Pupil Database. The central empirical findings do not support the Bourdiuesian position, and there is no evidence that the substantial parental social class inequalities that are observed in school GCSE outcomes can be explained by inequalities in cultural capital. Engagement in reading related activities are mildly influential, but engagement in highbrow cultural activities are not influential. This is an important finding as the concept of cultural capital has become more prominent in Government education policy.
Hemodynamic trends in full term newborns versus late preterms during transition

To define hemodynamic changes in the first 15 minutes of life and at one hour after birth in healthy full term and late preterm neonates using electrical cardiometry. This is a prospective observational study using EC in the first 15 minutes of life and one hour after birth. Two hundred newborns were included in the study and divided into two groups. Group A included 100 healthy full term newborns (? 37 weeks gestational age), while group B included 100 late preterms (? 34 weeks up to 366 weeks gestational age). Each group was further subdivided according to mode of delivery to vaginal delivery group and elective CS group. The study included 200 newborns. Higher values of PEP were observed in full term than preterm neonates. TFC is higher in CS group when compared to VD group. SVV tends to decrease over time. Oxygen saturation increases over time. The present study provides normative values for PEP, TFC, O2 saturation and SVV during the first hour of life using electrical cardiometry.
Generalized Prejudice: Lessons about social power, ideological conflict, and levels of abstraction

ABSTRACT Prejudices tend to come as a package deal; people who are more racist tend to also be more sexist, and so on. Documentations of such attitudinal patterns – generalised prejudice – have a rich history, but the theoretical understanding thereof has been lagging. In recent years, we have seen clear theoretical advancement in the understanding of this phenomenon. We discuss classic premises in this research along with newer research that challenges some of the most ingrained ideas about generalised prejudice. For instance, we discuss research challenging the notions that generalised prejudice is an “us” versus “them” phenomenon, as well as a product of conservative ideology. We further argue that prejudice generalisations need to be studied at different levels of abstraction. Finally, we propose integrative perspectives on generalised and target-specific prejudice, with greater emphasis on processes of generalisation, rather than static generalised prejudice factors.
State of the Basin Report 2018

The State of Basin Report (SoBR) is a flagship product and an integral part of the MRC’s strategic planning cycle. Prepared every five years, the report assesses conditions within the basin and the impacts that development and use of the water and related natural resources are having. It is a basis for the Member Countries and other key stakeholders to discuss and determine appropriate actions for ensuring sustainable development of the Mekong basin.