Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Systematic Literature Review Of Sustainable Fashion Consumption From 2015 To 2019

This systematic review was designed to assess the previous studies related to consumers’ behaviours towards sustainability in a fashion that covers various fashion items including clothing, jewellery, general products, luxury items, and cosmetics. By following the PRISMA table, the reviewers had initiated this systematic review using the two databases which include Scopus and WOS. All the available articles were selected based on publications from the year 2015 to 2019. After reviewing the keywords, abstracts for the inclusion, exclusion process, and careful reading, a number of 45 papers were selected for reviewing. Further, the reviewer identifies and categories the selected articles based on four main themes of sustainable fashion namely, collaboration, eco-conscious, ethical or slow fashion and recycled and upcycled. The results from this review indicate that there is still a lack of research on sustainable fashion that covers clothing, jewellery and luxury items, as compared to cosmetics and general products such as food and cars. This review provides fruitful directions for future research on sustainable fashion.
Study of Performance, Emissions, and Combustion of a Common-Rail Injection Engine Fuelled with Blends of Cocos nucifera Biodiesel with Diesel Oil

Renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as biodiesel, are necessary to lessen emission of greenhouse gases that are causing climate change. Using a high-pressure, medium-duty, common-rail, turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engine, this work studies the effect of adding Cocos nucifera biodiesel to conventional diesel on exhaust emissions, engine performance, and combustion characteristics. An analysis and characterization of the key physicochemical properties of diesel, biodiesel, and biodiesel–diesel blends were carried out. The engine was fuelled with pure petroleum diesel and blended diesel containing a 10%, 20%, 30%, and 50% volume of coconut oil at full throttle and six different speed settings, respectively. The results showed relatively close physicochemical properties between the biodiesel blend and conventional petroleum fuel. Observations made over the entire speed range indicated that a higher coconut oil biodiesel (COB) content lowers the torque and brake power compared to diesel. In the case of engine exhaust gas, a reduction in carbon monoxide (CO) and smoke emissions were observed. Notably, COB50 gives out the highest nitrogen oxides (NOx) but it is raised even for other blends. The experimental results also demonstrated that a higher COB content achieves a lower peak pressure while the peak heat release rate (PHRR) was lower than that of conventional diesel as the speed of the engine increases.
Frontline Nursing Care: The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Brazilian Health System

Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases are constant challenges for global public health. After the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been the focus of attention for scientists, governments and populations worldwide. In Brazil, the first case of COVID-19 was identified on February 26 2020, being the first country in Latin America to have affected patients. Almost four months later, more than one million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the country, and the virus has spread across all 27 states and is responsible for at least 48,954 deaths until June 19, 2020. In addition, a global outbreak requires the active participation of the nursing workforce in clinical care, education, and sharing of accurate information of public health and policies. This year is particularly important for Nursing, as 2020 is the international year for Nursing and Midwifery Professionals. Nursing professionals corresponds to more than half of the health workforce in the country, being crucial in implementing public health policies and programs. Nurses and frontline health care workers have a critical role in the COVID-19 prevention and response, not only by providing direct assistance to patients and communities, but also in the implementation of health promotion and prevention strategies. Hence, we provide a reflection on the strengths and weaknesses of how the nursing profession is engaged with the COVID-19 response in Brazil.
Transplacental Transfer of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies

We measured SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels in serum samples from 1,471 mother/newborn dyads and found efficient transplacental transfer of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in 72 of 83 seropositive pregnant women. Transfer ratios >1.0 were observed among women with an asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection as well as those with mild, moderate and severe COVID-19. Our findings demonstrate the potential for maternally-derived antibodies to provide neonatal protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Advanced yield potential test on synthetic genotype of maize tolerant to drought and low nitrogen

Increased productivity of maize with intensification can be achieved through the release of tolerant varieties to drought and or low nitrogen conditions while supporting extensification to marginal land. During 2013-2015, previous studies had obtained three candidates of maize new superior varieties (NSV) tolerant to drought and low nitrogen (N) (Syn2-4, Syn2-8, and Syn2-16); and six varieties tolerant to drought or low N (Syn2-1, Syn2-2, Syn2-4, Syn2-8, Syn2-15, and Syn2-16). The potential yield of these genotypes under drought or low N conditions was 6.5 t Ha-1. To examine the potential yield of these 6 genotypes, advanced test was conducted using three maize varieties (Lamuru, Sukmaraga and Bisma) as comparison. The results show that the genotypes of synthetic maize which gave the highest and better yield potential compared to the three comparators varieties of Lamuru, Sukmaraga and Bisma were Syn2-4 (8.13 t Ha-1), Syn2-15 (8.21 t Ha-1), and Syn2-16 (9.23 t Ha-1). While the other three genotypes only gave higher yields than the varieties of Bisma and Lamuru with potential yield of Syn2-1, Syn2-2 and Syn2-8 were 6.74, 7.06 and 7.78 t Ha-1, respectively. Increased production was more dominant due to the difference in the number of cob at harvest and weight of 1000 seeds.
Diagnostic significance of adenosine deaminase in pleural effusate for primary effusion lymphoma–like lymphoma

Our case and review of the literature suggests the possibility that pleural effusate adenosine deaminase levels in patients with primary effusion lymphoma–like lymphoma (PEL‐LL) might be much higher than those in patients with other types of lymphomas and those with tuberculous pleural effusion.
CHARACTERIZATION OF A LARGE VERTEBRATE GENOME AND HOMOMORPHIC SEX CHROMOSOMES IN THE AXOLOTL, AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM

The Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a member of the amphibian lineage, which diverged from all other tetrapods approximately 300 million years ago. Like other Urodele amphibians, the axolotl possesses a massive genome (~32Gb). Despite its size, the genome consists of only 14 pairs of chromosomes, and its gene orders are highly conserved with reptilian and mammalian genomes. As such, the axolotl has served as an important model organism for studying evolution of vertebrate genomes, particularly with respect to the changes in gene order, chromosome structure and genome size. Due to current limitations on assembling large genomes with many repeats and lengthy introns, an alternative approach was developed in order to better resolve the structure and content of the genome; sequencing one chromosome at a time (Smith et al. 2009). This approach involves the isolation of single dyads from axolotl chromosome spreads via laser capture microdissection (LCM). Captured dyads are then amplified and used to prepare sequencing libraries (Illumina HiSeq). The initial experiments largely targeted a single, morphologically distinct chromosome (chromosome 3). The resulting reads from this pilot study were aligned to a set of genes that were previously placed on the Ambystoma linkage map, and the resulting alignments revealed a strong enrichment for genes on linkage group 3 (LG3), covering more than 80% (75/92) of the markers on that LG. Sequence data from other individual chromosomes (dyads) either mapped to entire linkage groups or provided evidence for the splitting or merging of parts of linkage groups, both validating and improving the linkage map These findings indicate that our LCM based approach yields robustly targeted sequencing, which builds on our existing linkage map and provides scaffolding data for our genome assembly. The results from this pilot study demonstrate that laser-capture sequencing is a useful approach that, in
A Multi-Scale Daily SPEI Dataset for Drought Monitoring at Observation Stations over the Mainland China from 1961 to 2018

Abstract. The monthly Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) can monitor and assess drought characteristics with one month or longer drought duration. Based on data from 1961 to 2018 at 427 meteorological stations across the mainland China, we developed a daily SPEI dataset to overcome the shortcoming of coarse temporal scale of monthly SPEI. Our dataset not only can identify the start and end dates of drought events, but also can be used to investigate the meteorological, agricultural, hydrological and socioeconomic droughts with different time scales. In the present study, the SPEI data with 3-month scale were taken as a demonstration example to analyze spatial distribution and temporal changes in drought conditions for the mainland China. The SPEI data with 3-month scale showed no obvious intensifying trends in terms of severity, duration, and frequency of drought events from 1961 to 2018. Our drought dataset serves as a unique resource with daily resolution to a variety of research communities including meteorology, geography, and natural hazard studies. The daily SPEI dataset developed is free, open and persistent publicly available from this study. The dataset is publicly available via the figshare portal (Wang et al, 2020), with https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare. 12568280.
IMPACT OF OIL PRICE SHOCKS ON SECTORAL RETURNS IN NIGERIA STOCK MARKET

This paper investigates the impact of oil price shocks on stock returns in Nigeria using monthly data on four sectoral indices – Banking, Insurance, Food, Beverages, and Tobacco (FB&T) and Oil and Gas (O&G) – over the period January 2010 to December 2018. The oil price shocks are decomposed into precautionary demand, aggregate demand, and supply sources. The outcome of the estimation of a Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) model suggests that precautionary demand oil shock had negative and significant impact on the sectoral returns except for FB&T whose response was insignificant; aggregate demand oil shock had a negative but insignificant impact on the sectoral returns but for the O&G sector whose response was positive although insignificant; whereas oil supply shock had a positive but insignificant impact on the sectoral returns in the Nigerian stock market. However, O&G sector was the only exception with negative response to oil supply shock, albeit, insignificantly.
Optimized production, purification and molecular characterization of fungal laccase through Alternaria alternata

Abstract Objective Industrial effluents and agriculture biomass are main environmental hazards which are facing by developing country like Pakistan. Along with various other industrial applications, laccases are also involved in the oxidation of various industrial hazardous compounds to detoxify them. This study was designed to produce and purify laccase from ascomyceteous fungi, i.e. Alternaria alternata through solid stat fermentation. Materials and methods Abundantly available Sarkanda grass “Saccharum spontaneum” was used as agro-waste substrate for laccase production from fungus A. alternata. Previously only white rot fungi are familiar for laccase production and almost no work has been done on laccase production by A. alternata. In this research work, different physical and chemical parameters were optimized for maximum laccase production through solid state fermentation (SSF). Results Enzyme was purified and its molecular weight was determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Maximum laccase activity (21.87±0.0115 unit/mL) was detected on 7th day of incubation having pH 5 of the medium at 35°C. None of the added metal ions increased laccase production. Galactose and “yeast extract” used as optimum carbon and nitrogen source for highest laccase production. Conclusion A monomeric protein (laccase) having approximately 51 kDa molecular weight obtained after SDS-PAGE.
Molecular insights into the neutrophils activation in zebu cattle during seasonal variation

Abstract Earlier, we reported the impact of season on neutrophils’ functional competence and also hypothesized that it could be the impact of different seasons on neutrophils’ activation. In cerebration, the present study aimed to provide insights into neutrophils’ activation in terms of phosphorylation of tyrosine containing proteins during different seasons. Ten Hariana cows participated in the study and eight times blood samples were collected from each animal (twice in each month) during each season. Phosphorylation of tyrosine proteins was evaluated using western blotting and immunolocalization using a fluorescent microscope. Immuno blotting identified six tyrosine-phophorylated proteins p28, p42, p44, p58, p84, and p104 in winter and rainy seasons, whereas, p84 protein was absent in summer season. Immunolocalization revealed positive immune reactivity (IR) for tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins and significantly (p < 0.05) lower percent of neutrophils showed positive IR during the summer season as compared to winter and rainy seasons. The results of the study evidently indicate the activation of neutrophils is mediated through tyrosine phosphorylation and this may be a probable reason behind the decreased neutrophils’ functional competence during the summer. Further studies are warranted to decipher the possible association between tyrosine phosphorylation and expression of surface receptors required for the recruitment of neutrophils.
Canids : foxes, wolves, jackals and dogs : status survey and conservation action plan

The new Canid Action Plan synthesizes the current knowledge on the biology, ecology and status of all wild canid species, and outlines the conservation actions and projects needed to secure their long-term survival. Aiming at conservation biologists, ecologists, local conservation officials, administrators, educators, and all others dealing with canids in their jobs, the authors aspire to stimulate the conservation of all canids by highlighting problems, debating priorities and suggesting action.
Outdoor transportation of influenza virus under natural wind field

The transportation of influenza virus in a group of buildings under the condition of natural wind field was studied. The curves of natural wind power spectrum and the velocity field with respect to time were simulated by the improved weighted amplitude wave superposition with fast Fourier transform. According to Davenport spectrum, the approximation function of wind velocity field with respect to time was used to simplify the calculation efforts. The average wind field and natural wind field were adopted to simulate the microbial contamination diffusion in a group of buildings. In the case of natural wind, the virus particles are dispersed faster from buildings, and the contamination concentration is low. However, the large downwind area may face the threat of virus contamination.
Synthesis of Alkynyl Ketones by Sonogashira Cross-Coupling of Acyl Chlorides with Terminal Alkynes Mediated by Palladium Catalysts Deposited over Donor-Functionalized Silica Gel

Palladium catalysts deposited over silica gel bearing simple amine (≡Si(CH2)3NH2) and composite functional amide pendants equipped with various donor groups in the terminal position (≡Si(CH2)3NHC(O)CH2Y, Y = SMe, NMe2 and PPh2) were prepared and evaluated in Sonogashira-type cross-coupling of acyl chlorides with terminal alkynes to give 1,3-disubstituted prop-2-yn-1-ones. Generally, the catalysts showed good catalytic activity in the reactions of aroyl chlorides with aryl alkynes under relatively mild reaction conditions even without adding a copper co-catalyst. However, their repeated use was compromised by a significant loss of activity after the first catalytic run.
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of medicinal plant Conyza blinii H.Lév

Abstract Conyza blinii is a widely used medicinal plant in the southwest of Sichuan with great economic value. Its chloroplast (cp) genome was 152,503 bp in length with the typical quadripartite structures of the large (LSC, 84,210 bp) and small (SSC, 18,257 bp) single-copy regions, separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs, 25,018 bp). The genome contains 114 encoding genes, including 80 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNAs and 4 rRNAs. The overall GC content of the whole cp genome is 37.4% which is similar to the other reported asteridae cp genomes.
Effects of Fixed and Removable Space Maintainers on Dental Plaque and DMFT/dft Values

Purpose: Space maintainers are important for the health and placement of children’s primary and permanent teeth. However, plaque and caries levels can be negatively affected when a dental appliance is in the mouth. This study aims to evaluate the oral health of pediatric patients that have space maintainers applied as a result of early tooth loss. Methods: This study included 100 systemically healthy patients between the ages of 4-15 years that were treated with space maintainers due to early loss of teeth. Decayed, missing, filled tooth index values and dental plaque status of the participants were recorded. Controls were performed in the 6th and 12th month. The index results were compared and evaluated statistically using ANOVA and paired-t-tests. Results: A total of 116 space maintainers, including 36 band and loops, 16 lingual arches, 21 palatal arches, 43 removable appliances, were evaluated in the study. Statistically significant differences were found between the pre-treatment and post-treatment index values (p<0.001). In the group of band and loops and removable space maintainers; the increases in DMFT/dft values of 6th month and 12th month according to initial DMFT/dft values were statistically significant (p<0.05). For plaque index, the increase in 12th month of all types of appliances were found statistically significant (p<0.001). The greatest increase in plaque index level was seen in the teeth of patients that had been treated with a lingual arch. Conclusions: Incompatible space maintainers can lead to caries, increased plaque accumulation, demineralized areas, and periodontal problems. The accumulation of plaque and difficulty of cleaning the teeth, especially in the fixed space maintainers, negatively affects the health of teeth. For this reason, good oral hygiene should be provided to patients and controls should be regularly performed. GURCAN A.T. , KORUYUCU M. , KURU S. , SEPET E. , SEYMEN F. , 2021: Effects of Fixed and Removable Space Maintainers on Dental Plaque and DMFT/ dft Values. -ODOVTOS-Int. J. Dental Sc. Received: 15-XII-2019 Accepted: 27-II-2020 Published Online: 6-X-2020 CLINICAL RESEARCH DOI: 10.15517/IJDS.2021. 44115 ODOVTOS ODOVTOS-International Journal of Dental Sciences Gurcan et al: Effects of Fixed and Removable Space Maintainers on Dental Plaque and DMFT/dft Values ODOVTOS-Int. J. Dent. Sc. | ISSN: 2215-3411. 229
EFEK PAPARAN DEKOK BIJI PINANG (Areca catechu) TERHADAP MOTILITAS SPERMATOZOA TIKUS (Rattus norvegicus): UPAYA MENEMUKAN KANDIDAT ANTIFERTILITAS PRIA (The Effect of Betel Nut Extract (Areca catechu) on Mice Spermatozoa Motility (Rattus norvegicus: Effort to Find Out Man Antifertility Candidate)

This research was conducted to prove the ability of betel nut extract (Areca catechu) in causing degradation of sperm motility on rats (Rattus norvegicus) strain Wistar. This research used 2-3 months age, 200-250 g body weight of male white rats Rattus norvegicus strain Wistar. The rats were divided into 5 groups in equal number, 3 rats each group. They were a control group without treatment and 4 treatment groups which were given different doses of betel nut extract for 7 days, i.e., 1, 2, 3, and 4 g/200 g body weight respectively. The result showed that increasing doses of betel nut extract can result in degradation of sperm motility significantly (P<0.05). Keywords: Areca catechu, Rattus norvegicus, sperm motility
Effect Size and Power in fMRI Group Analysis

Multi-subject functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis is often concerned with determining whether there exists a significant population-wide ‘activation’ in a comparison between two or more conditions. Typically this is assessed by testing the average value of a contrast of parameter estimates (COPE) against zero in a general linear model (GLM) analysis. In this work we investigate several aspects of this type of analysis. First, we study the effects of sample size on the sensitivity and reliability of the group analysis, allowing us to evaluate the ability of small sampled studies to effectively capture population-level effects of interest. Second, we assess the difference in sensitivity and reliability when using volumetric or surface based data. Third, we investigate potential biases in estimating effect sizes as a function of sample size. To perform this analysis we utilize the task-based fMRI data from the 500-subject release from the Human Connectome Project (HCP). We treat the complete collection of subjects (N = 491) as our population of interest, and perform a single-subject analysis on each subject in the population. We investigate the ability to recover population level effects using a subset of the population and standard analytical techniques. Our study shows that sample sizes of 40 are generally able to detect regions with high effect sizes (Cohen’s d > 0.8), while sample sizes closer to 80 are required to reliably recover regions with medium effect sizes (0.5 < d < 0.8). We find little difference in results when using volumetric or surface based data with respect to standard mass-univariate group analysis. Finally, we conclude that special care is needed when estimating effect sizes, particularly for small sample sizes.
Grafting influence on the weight and quality of tomato fruit under salt stress

1 University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Novi Sad, Serbia