Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Zooplankton Diversity of a Sub-Tropical Small Urban Wetland of Meghalaya, Northeast India with Remarks on Spatial Variations

Limnological survey of a small urban wetland of Meghalaya state of northeast India (NEI), undertaken at the littoral and semi-limnetic stations, reveals one of the biodiverse zooplankton assemblages (148 species belonging to 72 genera and 30 families) known from any lentic environ of the Indian sub-region. The speciose nature, peak constellation/sample of 83 zooplankton species, and diverse Rotifera (90 species) are hypothesized to environmental heterogeneity of this urban wetland in contrast to the general pattern of reduced richness expected in highly modified urban aquatic environments. The soft and de-mineralized waters are characterized by low zooplankton abundance. This study records high species diversity and evenness, and low dominance attributed to low and equitable abundance depicts ‘generalist’ nature of all species. Rotifera > Cladocera and Chydoridae > Lecanidae > Lepadellidae > Daphniidae are important at both stations, and Testudinellidae, Trichocercidae, and Macrothricidae are notable at the littoral station. Individual abiotic factors exert limited and differential spatial influence on various taxa, while the CCA registers a high cumulative influence of 10 abiotic factors on the littoral (87.37%) and semi-limnetic (75.81%) zooplankton assemblages. The spatial variations of composition, richness, similarities, abundance, diversity indices, and of the influence of individual abiotic factors are hypothesized to habitat heterogeneity amongst the sampled stations.
LOCAL PERCEPTIONS OF DROUGHTS AND CONFLICTS IN LAIKIPIA WEST SUB– COUNTY, KENYA

This study sought to analyse local communities’ perceptions of the relationship between drought and conflicts in Laikipia West Sub County, Kenya. The study examined trends in droughts and conflicts in Laikipia West Sub County between 2007 and 2018 and analysed local views on the relationships between droughts and conflicts. Primary data was collected using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with key informants involving 174 participants. The study also relied on secondary data from the County Government of Laikipia and other government agencies. This study has found that severe droughts in the study area occur in the months of January to March and this also the period when most conflicts happen. An analysis of narratives from participants in the study showed that local perceptions of droughts and conflicts are mostly influenced by ethnicity and livelihood conditions. Residents of Laikipia West Sub County identified at least ten drought adaptations strategies which can be implemented in their localities. This study has revealed many opportunities for collaboration between local communities and governments to address droughts and conflicts in Laikipia West Sub County. The findings of this study will be useful in formulating long term strategies to mitigate droughts and conflicts in the study area.
NUMERICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGGS BUNDLES

We introduce two notions of numerical effectiveness for a Higgs bundle E = (E, φ), in the framework of (compact) Kähler manifolds and complex projective manifolds, respectively. In the first case the definition is given in terms of fibre metrics on the bundle E, in the second in terms of the usual numerical effectiveness of a set of line bundles associated to E. In both cases we establish several properties of these Higgs bundles, including the existence of a special filtration for numerically flat Higgs bundles, which implies that the Chern classes of such bundles vanish. We study the relation between numerical effectiveness and semistability, and apply this to study the semistable Higgs bundles having vanishing discriminant (in the projective case, these satisfy the remarkable property that they are semistable after restriction to any curve in the base manifold). In the case of projective manifolds we compare the two definitions. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 14F05, 32L05.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND LEVELS OF DEPRESSION AMONG PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS

The study aims to assess the relationship between emotional intelligence and levels of depression among patients with depressive disorders. A descriptive correlational study was utilized with a sample of (106) depressed patients who were diagnosed by a psychiatrist with depressive disorders and attend outpatient clinics in Mansoura University Hospitals. Data were collected by using three tools, one for assessing socio demographic characteristics which developed by the investigator, and the second for assessing level of depression using Beck Depression Inventory BDI-II, and the third for assessing emotional intelligence using Barchard emotional intelligence questionnaire. Results revealed a varied, significant negative correlation between level of depression and positive expressivity, attending emotion, responsive joy, emotion and decision making and empathetic concern. In conclusion, there is a highly significant relationship between the level of depression and emotional intelligence. Therefore, it is recommended to use the emotional intelligence in preventing and managing depression.
Hypocholesterolemic and Anti-Obesity Effects of Radish Sprouts (Raphanus Sativus) in Adult Females

Red radish sprouts (RRS) (Raphanus sativus) are rich sources of health-promoting phytochemicals more than in its seeds. The present study aimed to evaluate the protection efficiency of red radish sprouts as hypocholesterolemic and antiobesity agents in adult females. Forty-five females with body mass index (BMI) ≥28 and aged between 25 and 40 years were randomly divided into three groups each one containing 15 females; RRS group and the controls. G1 (the first control) consumed their usual diet, while the second control group includes participants who were subjected to a low-calorie diet individually. The third group includes participants who were subjected to a low-calorie diet with RRS (100 g per day). Participants were initially submitted to anthropometric measurements (weight, body fat %, height, waist circumference, and mid-upper arm circumference ), and blood samples for analysis of serum glucose, lipid profile (total cholesterol, HDL-c, LDL-c, and triglycerides) AST, ALT and TSH levels, total protein, and serum albumin. Then the groups started the intervention protocol lasting 8 weeks. After an 8-week follow-up period, the study results showed that the consumption of RRS significantly (P ≤ 0.05) suppressed the elevations in body weight (~12 %), serum cholesterol (~27.5 % reduction), serum triglycerides (~33 % reduction), AST and ALT (~35 and 21 % reduction respectively) and glucose (~7 % reduction). This work reveals, for the first time, the hypolipidemic and antiobesity potential role of RRS in adult females.
Pre-reading skills in early childhood children

Pre-reading skills are important because they allow developing from an early age the necessary foundations to achieve a clear and fluent understanding of information. This leads the child to infer, analyze and synthesize written texts in various playful situations that stimulate said ability, differentiating written or verbal knowledge, emerging writing and linguistic awareness are gradually being perfected, until the child reaches the skills necessary for the development of literacy. The research described the findings obtained from a comparative study of two educational institutions of the Initial level of the Constitutional Province of Callao and the San Martin de Porres district of Lima. The state of the art is based on the contributions of psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology on the learning of initial reading. A sample of 86 children was considered, the approach was quantitative, non-experimental design. The findings show that there is no significant difference regarding the level of pre-reading skills between both samples. The study's contribution points out the relationship between the development of reading and writing, since by interacting with its various elements, the capacity is developed so that it matures to achieve learning from the reading of written media.
Minimizing Costs, Maximizing Sustainability

Do strong incentives to cut costs lead firms to neglect negative externalities? We find that cost-cutting incentives can be environmentally friendly. To arrive at this conclusion, we examine uniquely detailed plant-level data of private and public firms in the most polluting industry in the US - electric utilities. To establish causality, we exploit the staggered passage of restructuring legislation, which opened the market to competition and incentivized utilities to cut costs. Following the restructuring, plants moved to cheaper but less polluting production processes. In addition, competition forces have improved allocation of operation across competing plants, contributing further to pollution reduction.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE CAUSAL AGENT OF SOOTY STEM AND BRANCHES WILT DISEASE IN SOME TREES IN IRAQ

The study was conducted at the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences-Department of Plant Protection in 2018-2019 Baghdad/Iraq. The research aims to molecular identification of the fungal pathogen Neoscytalidium sp. the causal agent of the wilt branches disease on pomegranate, mulberry, apple, castor, and rubber by 18S ribosomal RNA gene and DNA sequencing, to demonstrate the pathogenicity, and host range of the fungal isolates. Five fungal isolates have been recoverd from the infected branches belonged to the five types of trees such as; apple (Malus domestica), pomegranate (Punica granatum), mulberry (Morus alba), india rubber (Ficus elastica), castor (Ricinus communis). The results showed compatibility of 100% with a standard in Gene Bank from Neoscytalidium novaehollandiae in pomegranate, mulberry, apple, and rubber, while in Castor having nine Trinsvertion C>G, A>T, T>G, T>G, G>C, T>G, A>C, A>T, and T>A, and five Transition G>A, G>A, A>G, A>G, and G>A) having 97% compatibility with standard in Gene Bank . This is the first record of the pathogen , N. novaehollandiae on these host trees in Iraq. The pathogenicity test confirmed their ability to infected all types of trees with different symptoms were observed, the results also, showed difference in infection severity which was found to be higher on the apple trees( 88.09%). This result indicates the more susceptibility of apple trees to fangal sooty stem disease compared to other trees.
Assessing anxiety levels amongst surgeons during covid-19 pandemic

Background: The novel Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) originated from Wuhan in china. This virus has rapidly spread across the borders to several countries in the world affecting many people both young and old, making the spread pandemic. This pandemic has led to a massive public reaction, with the social media creating so much awareness to keep people informed about the situation. The pandemic, with the social media is creating a lot of concern for people leading to some level of heightened anxiety and stressful response. The pandemic has also necessitated some measures by the countries with the disease to control the spread which included locking down of borders and restrictions of human movements and traffic of nonessential goods, closure of places of worship and learning for several weeks to months. The effects have ranged from social impacts to economic affectation of individuals, families and organizations. It has led to overwhelming impact on healthcare workers, making them change their work pattern, increased demand and unavailability of working materials to combat the increased workload and loss of lives. Amongst specialists, surgeons are known to be involved in work related activities that expose them significantly to infection with COVID-19. Objective: This study assessed the level of anxiety in a group of healthcare providers (surgeons) in a tertiary institution in Nigeria during the period of COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This is an observational study. A non-probability snowball sampling technique was used. Consented participants were assessed with an online sociodemographic/clinical and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) questionnaires. Participants with ages ranging from 21-60 years who gave consent were included. The anxiety level was graded using the GADs score. Results: A total of 76 responses were received. All the participants were surgeons of Nigerian origin practicing in Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, with 56 males and 20 females. Of all respondents, consultants were made up of 59.2%, senior registrars :21.1%, registrars:7.9% and post MBBS were 11.8%. Department respondents are surgery: 26.3%, dental/maxillofacial:26.3%, ophthalmology:21.1%, obstetrics and gynaecology:18.4%, and otorhinlaryngology:7.9%. Amongst all the surgeons, 94.7% are anxious of infecting their loved ones with COVID-19. Conclusion: Epidemics and pandemics of community infections periodically occur and the challenges abound ranging from health workers to non-health workers.
9-(2-Phosphonyl-methoxyethyl)-adenine promotes erythrocytic differentiation and disrupts cell replication in chronic myelogenous leukemia K562 cells

Disruption during cellular differentiation can cause hematopoietic stem cells to proliferate uncontrollably, resulting in the development of cancer. Differentiation therapies are being investigated as a type of cancer treatment which involve inducing agents that promote the differentiation of cancer cells into those with similar properties to normal blood cells. These cells can then undergo apoptosis at an accelerated and controlled rate compared to cancer cells, making this a potential therapeutic technique. In this study, the ability of human chronic myelogenous leukemia K562 cells to undergo cellular differentiation in response to the inducing agent 9-(2-Phosphonyl-methoxy ethyl)-adenine (PMEA) is investigated. PMEA has previously been shown to disrupt cell replication, and promote erythrocytic differentiation in K562 cells. In order to further test the effectiveness of this inducer, cell proliferation was measured with a cell growth curve, hemoglobin presence was measured with benzidine staining, and gamma-globin expression (a protein subunit of fetal hemoglobin) was measured in both induced and uninduced K562 cell cultures via RT-qPCR and western blotting. The results indicate that PMEA slows cell replication, and promotes hemoglobin (and subsequently gamma-globin) expression in treated cells. In summary, the findings support the conclusion that PMEA is able to promote erythrocytic differentiation in K562 cells, and provides information that supports differentiation therapies as a method for cancer treatment.
Isolated Metatarsal Artery Balloon Angioplasty for Toe Salvage in Critical Limb Ischemia: A Case Report

Purpose: To report a case of percutaneous balloon angioplasty (PTA) performed in the second metatarsal artery for treatment of a non-healing forefoot wound without proximal intervention. Methods and Results: An 80-year-old diabetic woman with a 1.5-year history of a non-healing right second digit ulcer refractory to conservative management underwent a lower extremity arteriogram. Angiography demonstrated unobstructed flow from the aortic bifurcation through to the pedal arch, with an isolated occluded segment in the second metatarsal artery wound supply. This was treated with 1.5 mm balloon angioplasty, with completion angiography demonstrating restored flow to the wound base. There were no procedural events and the wound completely healed after 9 months. Conclusion: Isolated angioplasty of the arteries distal to the pedal arch may be technically feasible and clinically valuable in selected cases.
Impact Of Playing Video Games On The Social Behavior And Academic Performance Of Medical Student In Taif City

Background: videogames addiction is considered the main entertainment today for both children and adults. Prolonged use of video games resulted in addiction that had an adverse impact on the social behavior and academic performance. Objective: The current study aimed to assess the impact of video games on the social behavior and academic performance among females’ medical students at Taif university, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was carried out using an online questionnaire. A sample random technique was used to select the participants. Data was analyzed using (SPSS program, version 22.0.). For the qualitative data, frequency and percentages were presented in tables. P -value <0.05 was considered significant. Results: Out of 267 participants, 66.29% addicted video games and most of them were at the 3 rd year of study (26.3%), while 93.94% who addicted video games were at the 1 st year of study. Age, year of study, parents’ education, income, living alone were considered thee most prevalent factors significantly associated with video games addiction. Both social behavior and academic performance are negatively affected. Conclusion : Age, family education, income, and living alone are associated with increasing spent time for playing, which in turn adversely impacted the social behavior and academic performance. More educational programs are required to increase people’ awareness of the risks of video games addiction.
The interrelationship of arbitrary surface inter-condylar distance, freeway space, rest vertical dimension and occlusal vertical dimension

Aims: To find the correlation between arbitrary surface intercondylar distance on one hand and freeway space, rest vertical dimension, occlusal vertical dimension on the other hand. Methods: A cross sectional study of randomly selected individuals between 18–56 years old, in a tertiary hospital in Ikeja from September- October 2017. Participants were examined and measurements, arbitrary surface intercondylar distance, rest vertical dimension,and occlusal vertical dimension were taken. Data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS version 20. Level of significance was set at p≤0.05. Results: Of the 48 participants involved in this study, 50% were males. Majority (47.9%) were between 26–35 years old with a mean age of 31 years. Participants in age group 18–25 years and ≥36 years had similar freeway space (FWS) which were 3.43±1.01 mm and 3.45±0.82 mm respectively while 26–35 years old had 3.13±0.87 mm. Mean FWS was 3.29 mm. There was no significant statistical difference in FWS based on gender and age. Spearmans correlation coefficient (R2) analysis revealed a positive correlation of intercondylar distance with freeway space, rest vertical dimension and occlusal vertical dimension. Regression equations were formulated and utilized to calculate concerned parameters. Conclusion: There is correlation between inter condylar distance on one hand and freeway space, rest vertical dimension and occlusal vertical dimension on the other hand. Therefore a regression equation becomes a simple and rapid method of calculating each parameter.
The Effect of Earnings Management on the Relationship between Earnings Forecast Error and Earning Persistence: Test of Management Overconfidence Theory

Earning is one of the most important accounting information as well as a criterion for assessing financial reporting and has always been considered by the various interest groups in the company. Because the change in the balance sheet figures occurs due to the change in the profit and loss statement figures. The existence of an accrual accounting basis has led investors and financial analysts to focus on the quality of their earnings in addition to reported earnings values in determining the company's value. Hence, earnings persistence is one of the important indicators of earnings quality. From the perspective of investors, the earnings that is more stable, the earning is defined by the quality. Therefore, managers as top-level organizations have the power and authority to make decisions and influence financial reporting. As a result of their opportunistic behavior with excessive earning manipulation and confidence, they rely on their own beliefs to reduce their reliance on information and reduce the quality of earning. In this regard, the present study first explores the relationship between the Earnings forecast error and earning persistence in earning management. Then, in the following, the effect management overconfidence on the above relationship has been examined over a 9-year period from 2009 to 2017 in 115 companies from listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. The results of this study show that there is a significant and positive relationship between Earnings forecast error and the earning persistence in earnings management, also the overconfidence has a different significant effect on them.
Peanut allergens in food products

Peanut allergy represents a significant and increasing health problem. This is caused by some severe allergic reactions and the ubiquity of peanut products. Peanuts are a common source of protein, but they can cause mild to life-threatening reactions in peanut allergic individuals. Roasted peanuts are consumed as such or they serve as an ingredient in food products. They may be present in traces in many food commodities such as chocolate, ice cream, breakfast cereals or biscuits. The capability to detect any unintentional contamination of food products that usually do not contain peanuts is especially important for peanut allergic patients. Reliable and validated methods to detect and quantify food allergens are necessary in order to ensure protection of the allergic individuals but also to assess compliance with food labelling. Detection limits for peanut allergens probably need to be 1 ppm or even lower.
The Size of The Company is Moderating Earning Aggresiveness and Return on Asset on The Leverage

This study aims to examine and analyze whether earning aggresiveness affects the leverage, return on asset affects the leverage, the size of the company can moderate the effect of earning aggresiveness on the leverage, the size of the company can moderate return on asset on the leverage. The sample used in the study was 500 observations using data from manufacturing companies for the period 2014-2018. The first model is without moderation variable, while the second model is with moderating variable. The results of the first model and second model show that earning aggressiveness has a significant positive effect on the leverage. Return on asset has a significant negative effect on the leverage. Size strengthens the effect of earnings aggressiveness on the leverage. Size strengthens the effect of return on asset on the leverage. In making investment decisions, investors must evaluate the quality of earnings reporting.
FACTORS AFFECTING FROZEN FOOD PURCHASE INTENTION DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAKIN INDONESIA (CASE OF GREATER JAKARTA)

In early 2020, the first case of CV19 was reported in Indonesia. Frozen food becomes a popular choice for someone who is looking for convenience and practical purpose during the pandemic. This paper aims to reveal the influence of perceived value, brand image, price fairness, product packaging, consumers’ lifestyle on frozen food purchase intention during CV19 in the Greater Jakarta area. This study used quantitative method with multiple regression analysis. An online questionnaire was distributed to respondents. The result from 154 respondents who have ever bought frozen food during CV19 was collected as the primary data. In the data collection process, the convenience and snowball sampling technique were utilized. For data analysis, the researcher used multiple regression analysis. The result shows that perceived value, product packaging, and consumers’ lifestyle significantly influence purchase intention towards frozen food during CV19. However, brand image and price fairness don’t influence purchase intention towards frozen food during CV19.Keywords: Purchase Intention, Perceived Value, Brand Image, Price Fairness, Product Packaging, Consumers’ Lifestyle, Covid-19 Pandemic.