Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Therapeutic and Diagnostic Value of Caspase-12 and Study of Growth Differentiation Factor-15 in Patients with Acute Myocar-dial Infarction

Background: To investigate the therapeutic and diagnostic value of caspase-12 and study of growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods: Overall, 78 patients with AMI admitted to Weifang People's Hospital Brain Hospital, Weifang, China from Apr 2016 to Apr 2019 were enrolled as AMI group. Seventy-five non-AMI people undergoing physical examination during the same period were enrolled as non-AMI group. The expression levels of caspase-12 and GDF-15 were detected and compared. The correlation between the expressions of GDF-15, caspase-12 and clinical characteristics and efficacy was detected. Single and combined detection of GDF-15 and caspase-12 were performed analyze their role in the early diagnosis, the prediction of efficacy, and the guidance of clinical therapy. Results: After treatment, the levels of GDF-15 and caspase-12 in AMI group were significantly lower than those before treatment (P<0.001). The expression levels of GDF-15 and caspase-12 were significantly correlated with blood pressure (P<0.05). The expression levels of GDF-15 and caspase-12 were significantly negatively correlated with clinical efficacy in AMI group. The diagnostic value of combined detection of GDF-15 and caspase-12 was higher than that of single diagnosis. The levels of serum caspase-12 and GDF-15 proteins were significantly up regulated in AMI patients. With the better therapeutic effect, the levels of serum caspase-12 and GDF-15 proteins decreased significantly. Conclusion: The levels of serum caspase-12 and GDF-15 proteins may be a key indicator in the clinical diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction and may be used to guide the treatment of AMI patients and predict the therapeutic efficacy.
International Journal of Instruction

This study aims to determine the effect of reading and critical thinking techniques on students' reading comprehension skills. This study uses quantitative research methods with experimental methods with treatment with a 2 x 2 level design with 40 samples. The data used analysis variance and continued with Tukey and Least Square Differences (LSD) tests. The results showed that: (1) reading comprehension skills of students who learn to use reading techniques Directed Reading Thinking Activity is higher than students who learn to use reading techniques Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, and Review, (2) there is no interaction effect between reading and critical thinking techniques to students' reading comprehension skills, (3) for groups of students who think highly critically and use the technique of reading Directed Reading Thinking Activity higher than students who use reading techniques Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, and Review, (4) for groups of students who think critically low and use the techniques of reading Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, and Review are not higher than students who use the technique of reading Directed Reading Thinking Activity. Subsequent experiments are expected to find the right reading technique for students who think critically low on comprehension reading skills.
Thermal and mechanical properties of acrylated expoxidized‐soybean oil‐based thermosets

A series of epoxidized-soybean oil (ESO) with different epoxyl content were synthesized by in situ epoxidation of soybean oil (SBO). The acrylated epoxidized-soybean oil (AESO) was obtained by the reaction of ring opening of ESO using acrylic acid as ring opener. The acrylated expoxidized-soybean oil-based thermosets have been synthesized by bulk radical polymerization of these AESOs and styrene. The thermal properties of the resins were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TG). The results showed that these resins possess high thermal stability. There were two glass transition temperature of each resin due to the triglycerides structure of the resins. The tensile strength and impact strength of the resins were also recorded, and the tensile strength and impact strength increased as the iodine value of ESO decreased. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010
IUGS Task Group on Igneous Rocks TGIR

1 Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy 2 Université Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France 3 Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk, Russia 4 Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China 5 Cardiff University, UK 6 Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 University of Washington, USA 8 Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia 9 Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 10 Hokkaido University, Japan 11 University of Miami, USA 12 Cardiff University, UK 13 Scott-Smith Petrology Inc., Vancouver, Canada 14 Baranas Hindu University, Varanasi, India 15 University of Johannesburg, South Africa 16 Leeds University, UK 17 Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
The Perception Of Stakeholders On Studentification In Malang City, Indonesia

Rahel Situmorang, Antariksa, Surjono, Agus Dwi Wicaksono ahSitumorang, Antariksa, Surjono, Agus Dwi Wicaksono Abstract— The growing number of students continuing their study to higher education creates a high demand for student housing and its supporting facilities in a college town. Residential areas near the campus become the main choice for students because it saves their cost and time, besides the wide selection of housing amenities and price becomes their consideration. Changes in the campus neighborhood area can lead to socio-cultural, economic, and physical impacts, which called as studentification. Therefore, this research aims to identify the perceptions of stakeholders about the impact of studentification in Malang City, as the most preferred college town in Indonesia. Descriptive qualitative research is based on a case study and the information obtained from in-depth interviews with stakeholders who engaged directly in the research area (namely students, boarding house owners, residents, and business actors). The results show that most of the socio-cultural, economic, and physical impacts that are found in other studies also occur in the research site. In this case, one of the differences can be seen in the socio-cultural character of students who always try to adapt to the habits of the local community, and on the other hand, residents try to understand how to treat students. This research shows that the presence of students has a positive impact on the area. Local people feel happy because the area becomes lively and more dynamic, and also improved the population welfare in the research area.
Role Conflict, Training, And Participative Leadership On Teachers’ Performance: Lesson From Junior High School In Mojokerto Of Indonesia

This Study Aimed To Examine The Relationship Between Role Conflict, Training, Participative Leadership Styles Toward Teachers’ Performance. This Research Applied A Quantitative Method Using Regression Analysis. The Population Was About 55 Teachers, While The Sample Was About 42 Respondents. This Study Was Conducted In The Junior High School (SMPN) 2 Mojosari In Mojokerto Of East Java. The Findings Showed That Role Conflict Of Teachers Is Categorized As Sufficient, While The Training Result Was Categorized As High, Which Means That The Training Was Successful For Teachers. In Addition, Participative Leadership Is Categorized As High. It Implies That The School Principal Strongly Applies Participative Leadership. From The Analysis, It Is Known That Role Conflict Did Not Affect Teachers’ Performance Whilst Training Results Positively Affect Teachers’ Performance. Lastly, The Participative Leadership Style Has A Positive Impact On The Teachers’ Performance In SMPN 2 Mojosari In Mojokerto Of East
STUDY OF SOME TAXONOMIC ASPECTS FOR SOME SPECIES OF CUCURBITACEAE IN IRAQ

The current investigation deals with few systematic parameters, which include morphology, anatomy study of tendrils, anatomy study of seeds and palynology for different species of the family Cucurbitaceae (Citrullus lanatus (Thumb.) Mastum, Cucumis melo L. , Cucumis melo. var. flexuosus Naudia, Cucumis sativus L. , Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne) poir, and Luffa cylindrica L. ) in Iraq. The results showed some distinct morphological, anatomical and palynological characteristics. This work has not studied previously.
prognosis: a systematic review

7 8 1 Programa de Mestrado em Ciências Ambientais e Saúde da Pontifícia Universidade 9 Católica de Goiás Laboratório de Genética e Biodiversidade, Escola de Ciências 10 Médicas, Farmacêuticas e Biomédicas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 11 Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil 12 Escola de Ciências Médicas, Farmacêuticas e Biomédicas, Pontifícia Universidade 13 Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil 14 2 Laboratório de Virologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, 15 Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil 16 3 Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Collective Action and Policy Implementation: Evidence from Salvador Allende’s Expropriations

The Cold War triggered the appearance of U.S.-sponsored re-distributive policies in Latin America with the goal of decreasing the influence of the Soviet Union. We study how organized groups of workers increased the intensity of one of the largest programs of the time, Salvador Allende’s land reform in Chile (1970–1973). Using original data in an event study research design, we find that the local political actions of workers—proxied by land invasions—affected the intensity and location of expropriations. We argue this result can be explained by a threat of political unrest.
Equation of state of the NaCl-B2 phase up to 304 GPa

We compressed NaCl-B2 to 304 GPa and presented a pressure scale based on the Birch–Murnaghan and Vinet equations of state for this phase. The pressure difference between the two formulations of the equation of state was less than 2.0% within the pressure range of 50–364 GPa. The present data indicates that the uniaxial stress of the platinum used in the sample is 2.4 GPa and comparable with that of runs using a helium pressure medium. The compression curve of NaCl-B2 was expressed by the Birch–Murnaghan equation of state with fixed volume at ambient pressure, where V0 = 37.73(4.05) A3, K = 47.00(46) GPa and K′ = 4.10(2) based upon Matsui et al.’s platinum scale.
VARIABILITY ANALYSIS AND CHARACTER ASSOCIATION FOR SODICITY TOLERANCE IN F2:3 BIPARENTAL POPULATION OF RICE UNDER SODIC CONDITION

The present investigation was under taken with the objectives to estimate genetic variability for sodicity related traits and its association with grain yield in F2:3 segregating population under slightly sodic condition. The experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Research Farm of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U. P.), India during kharif, 2018. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences for the traits studied indicating the existence of high genetic variability among the lines. Estimates of phenotypic coefficients of variation (PCV) were higher than genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) for all the characters studied, indicating considerable effect of environment. Tolerant parent CSR 43 performed better than sensitive parent Pusa 44 for all the traits studied under sodic stress. CSR 43 and the F2:3 lines which showed tolerance response, recorded low shoot Na+ concentration and Na+ : K+ ratio, high shoot K+ concentration, total chlorophyll content and all together respond to gain higher yield than susceptible lines. Heritability was highest among the traits studied for total chlorophyll content. Selection for shoot Na+ concentration, Na+ : K+ ratio and shoot K+ concentration, total chlorophyll content will support the breeder in any breeding program for further improvement of the traits under sodic condition as these traits showed significant association with grain yield per plant in favorable negative and positive direction, respectively. The present investigation was under taken with the objectives to estimate genetic variability for sodicity related traits and its association with grain yield in F2:3 segregating population under slightly sodic condition. The experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Research Farm of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U. P.), India during kharif, 2018. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences for the traits studied indicating the existence of high genetic variability among the lines. Estimates of phenotypic coefficients of variation (PCV) were higher than genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) for all the characters studied, indicating considerable effect of environment. Tolerant parent CSR 43 performed better than sensitive parent Pusa 44 for all the traits studied under sodic stress. CSR 43 and the F2:3 lines which showed tolerance response, recorded low shoot Na+ concentration and Na+ : K+ ratio, high shoot K+ concentration, total chlorophyll content and all together respond to gain higher yield than susceptible lines. Heritability was highest among the traits studied for total chlorophyll content. Selection for shoot Na+ concentration, Na+ : K+ ratio and shoot K+ concentration, total chlorophyll content will support the breeder in any breeding program for further improvement of the traits under sodic condition as these traits showed significant association with grain yield per plant in favorable negative and positive direction, respectively.
Preparation and characterization of amphiphilic starch nanocrystals

In this article, amphiphilic starch nanocrystals were synthesized by graft copolymerization of starch nanocrystals with styrene in aqueous emulsion system. The starch nanocrystals of size around 50 nm were used, which were prepared by acid hydrolysis of corn starch. The structure of starch-g-polystyrene nanocrystals was characterized by Fourier transform infrared and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR). The crystalline structure as well as its particle morphology was studied by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The results indicated that the amphiphilic starch nanocrystals obtained exhibit the size around 80–100 nm. Its crystalline structure is basically not changed after grafting polystyrene suggested that the polystyrene was essentially grafted on the surface of starch nanocrystals. Wettability experiments indicated that the prepared starch-g-polystyrene nanocrystals can be uniformly dispersed both in water phase and oil phase revealing excellent amphiphilicity. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008
Co-investment and risk taking in private equity funds∗

Private equity fund managers are typically required to invest their own money alongside the fund. We examine how this co-investment affects the acquisition strategy of leveraged buyout funds. In a simple model, where the investment and capital structure decisions are made simultaneously, we show that a higher co-investment induces managers to chose less risky firms and use more leverage. We test these predictions in a unique sample of private equity investments in Norway, where the fund manager’s taxable wealth is publicly available. Consistent with the model, portfolio company risk decreases and leverage ratios increase with the co-investment fraction of the manager’s wealth. Moreover, funds requiring a relatively high co-investment tend to spread their capital over a larger number of portfolio firms, consistent with a more conservative investment policy.
Market Power and Exchange Rate Dynamics

The huge trading volumes in the foreign exchange rate markets are highly concentrated among few financial players. The presence of large investors has been advocated for rejecting the assumption of perfectly competitive financial markets. We develop an international portfolio choice model with noise shocks and traders’ heterogeneity in market power. Large non-competitive traders internalize the impact of their portfolio decisions on the determination of prices. We find that higher market power i) amplifies (dampens) the response of the exchange rate to non-fundamental (fundamental) shocks; ii) destabilizes the exchange rate, increasing its volatility; iii) increases exchange rate predictability; iv) makes the exchange rate more disconnected to fundamentals. Our theoretical predictions are empirically confirmed on a cross-section of 18 currencies. Welfare analysis suggests that the consolidation in the financial sector in the last three decades increased investors’ welfare by 30%. JEL Codes: F31, G11, G15
EFFECT OF DIET DILUTION BY DRIED GREEN PEAS HUSKS POWDER ON SOME PRODUCTIVE AND CARCASS TRAITS OF BROILER CHICKENS

This study was conducted in the poultry field of the Animal Production Department in Agriculture College, Al-Muthanna University to investigated the effect of dried green peas husks powder on feed in some productive and carcass traits of broiler chickens. For this purpose, 300 chicks, one day old, were assigned to 4 treatments. Each treatment had 3 replicates (contained 25 birds) under a completely randomized design (CRD). Four treatments were included, the first treatment was control (T1), second treatment 15% dried green peas husks powder (T2), third treatment 30% dried green peas husks powder (T3), and forth treatment 45% dried green peas husks powder (T4) to 7-14 days for all treatment. The results of these study revealed that T2 not differ significantly with control group (T1) in all treat, while the results showed that T3 and T4 significantly decreased at (P0.05) in all traits when compared with T1 and T2 groups.
Global vs. Regional and Economic vs. Financial Integration in European Stock Returns*

This paper analyses global vs. regional and economic vs. financial integration in European equity markets. In general, both the US and European markets have gained considerably in importance for individual European financial markets, though Europe has not taken over from the US as the dominant market in Europe. Therefore, this paper also investigates to what extent the increased exposure of 21 local European equity markets with respect to global shocks is the result of a convergence in cash flows (`economic integration') or a convergence in discount rates (`financial integration'). In a first step, we decompose monthly US equity market returns into a component due to revisions in future cash flows (cash-flow news) and a component due to revisions in future discount rates (discount-rate news) using the VAR framework of Campbell and Shiller (1988). Second, we decompose the total US market exposure or beta into a cashflow and discount-rate component. We find that the increased exposure of local European equity markets to US equity market shocks is nearly entirely due to increasing discount rate betas. JEL Classification: G11, G12, G15, C32, F37
Studies of Formalin Application and Drug Residue Analysis in the Cultured Hybrid Tilapia, Oreochromis Hybrids by High Per- formance Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet Detection

Engineering and Science Research Article Studies of Formalin Application and Drug Residue Analysis in the Cultured Hybrid Tilapia, Oreochromis Hybrids by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet Detection Hung YW, Chang CH, Wang WS, Lin YH, Chiu CF, Chiu CC, Chiu HW, Tsai WH and Hung SW Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350, Taiwan Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan; Nursing Department of Yuanpei University, Xiangshan, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Metabolism and Obesity Sciences, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan Division of Animal Industry, Animal Technology Laboratories, Agricultural Technology Research Institute, Xiangshan, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan Department of Science and Technology, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taipei 100, Taiwan
Technical Analysis and Stock Return Predictability: An Aligned Approach

This paper provides an empirical evaluation of the U.S. aggregate stock market predictability based on a new technical analysis index that eliminates the idiosyncratic noise component in technical indicators. I find that the new index exhibits statistically and economically significant in-sample and out-of-sample predictive power and outperforms the well-known technical indicators and macroeconomic variables. In addition, it can predict cross-sectional stock portfolio returns sorted by size, value, momentum, and industry and generate substantial utility gains for a mean-variance investor. A vector autoregression-based stock return decomposition shows that the economic source of the predictive power predominantly comes from time variations in future cash flows (i.e., the cash flow channel).
Religion and Gender Policy Implementation in Zimbabwe

African women’s histories show that economic marginalisation of women is rampant. This article evaluates how the implementation of African Traditional Religions, Christianity and the new National Gender Policy (2013–2017) impact on women’s access to land ownership in the Gwanda district of Zimbabwe. The land reform programme, initiated by the Zimbabwean government, endeavoured to alleviate the limited access to land by women through a quota system. The new National Gender Policy (2013–2017) asserts that women should constitute 20% of all recipients of A2 farming land. Women now have the right to apply for A1 and A2 agricultural land, and it gives women authority to control land as a means of production. This marks a departure from the traditional custom where women would acquire land only through their husbands, fathers or any male relative. In this study, a mixed-method approach and case study design were applied to explore if this could eradicate gender inequality caused by religions on women’s access to land ownership? The instruments were questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions and document analysis. Purposive sampling was used to select a sample of 80 participants. The findings are that the patriarchal system and cultural practices of African Traditional Religions and Christianity hinder women from accessing land. Some women have a fear of the unknown. The study recommends that women should be conscientised against the marginalising effects of religious, cultural and patriarchal practices, and informed on the contents of the current National Gender Policy (2013–2017). There should also be more female representation on the Land Allocation Committee.
Aplicação de dejetos de suínos na cultura do milho cultivado em sistema de plantio direto - doi: 10.4025/actascitechnol.v32i2.5312

This work evaluated the productivity and the nutrient absorption by a corn crop using manure of swine reared in a full-cycle system. The experimental design used was completely randomized, with 4 replications. The treatments were arranged in a 4 x 2 + 2 factorial scheme, with 4 doses of swine manure (20, 30, 40 and 50 m 3 ha -1 ), applied before sowing and two forms of cover fertilization (90 kg of N in urea form and 20 m 3 ha -1 of swine manure); and two additional treatments, with NPK chemistry fertilization, in the ratios of 10, 100 and 45 kg ha -1 , respectively, with two forms of cover fertilization (20 m 3 ha -1 of swine manure and 90 kg of N in urea form), totaling 10 treatments and 40 parcels. Productivity in kg of grains ha -1 and nutrients concentration in the leaf were evaluated. The treatments that received urea in cover were superior to treatments that received swine manure in cover. There was no statistically significant difference among treatments that received chemistry fertilizer (NPK) and swine manure, which indicates that the utilization of swine manure as a biofertilizer can be one of the alternatives for its use.