Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH RISIKO KREDIT, LIKUIDITAS, PROFITABILITAS PADA KINERJA KEUANGAN PERBANKAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BEI

ABSTRACT This study aims to examine whether credit risk, liquidity and profitability affect financial performance. This study took a sample of banking companies listed on the Indonesian stock exchange from 2016-2018 and the sampling technique used purposive sampling. The amount of data processed is 45 data. The results showed that credit risk has a negative and significant effect on financial performance, liquidity has a negative and significant effect on financial performance, and profitability has a positive and significant effect on financial performance. Keywords: Credit Risk, Liquidity, Profitability, Financial Performance. ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji apakah risiko kredit, likuiditas dan profitabilitas mempengaruhi kinerja keuangan. Penelitian ini mengambil sampel perusahaan perbankan yang terdaftar di bursa efek Indonesia dari tahun 2016-2018 dan teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling. Jumlah data yang diolah adalah 45 data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa risiko kredit memiliki pengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja keuangan, likuiditas memiliki pengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja keuangan, dan profitabilitas memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja keuangan. Kata kunci: Risiko kredit, Likuiditas, Profitabilitas, Kinerja keuangan.
The Mira Distance Ladder

Here we provide a review of Mira variables, their basic properties, and Period-Luminosity Relations with an emphasis on their role in measuring the Hubble Constant. The usage of multiple independent distance indicators and methods is crucial to cross-checking systematic uncertainties in distance measurements and in reinforcing previous findings of the Hubble tension. To this end, Mira variables serve as an alternative Type Ia Supernova calibrator to the more commonly-used Cepheid variables or Tip of the Red Giant Branch method. They also have the potential to expand the number of local SN Ia calibrators by calibrating previously-inaccessible SNe Ia. Short-period ($P \lesssim 400$ d) O-rich Miras are a ubiquitous older population that can reach galaxies not hosting the younger Cepheids variables or out of reach to the old but fainter Tip of the Red Giant Branch. With the current and upcoming focus on infrared observations, Miras, which can be discovered and characterized using exclusively near-infrared and infrared observations, will be particularly useful in obtaining distances to astrophysical objects. Long-period Miras ($P \gtrsim 400$ d) are highly luminous variables that have the potential to measure $H_0$ directly, excluding Type Ia SNe altogether in the distance ladder.
Wpływ biostymulatorów na plon i jakość bulw ziemniaka uprawianego w warunkach suszy i wysokiej temperatury

In the years 2018 – 2019, field trials were carried out on light soil on the effect of foliar fertilization of potato plants with biostimulators: Krzemian (silicon preparation), Naturamin Plus and Naturamin WSP (amino acid preparations) with regard to the yield and quality of potato tubers. Each year, two foliar fertilization treatments were carried in BBCH 19 and 39 phases - Naturamin Plus and Naturamin WSP preparations, and 39 and 70 – silicate preparation. The control was without foliar fertilization, water being used instead. The soil was amended each year by incorporating through ploughing, straw from winter triticale and green intercrop from white mustard, while mineral fertilization was applied in the following doses: 100 kg·ha-1 N, 26.2 kg·ha-1 P and 99.6 kg·ha-1 K. Under the influence of the preparations used in the studies, a similar increase in tuber yield was obtained, higher by 17.3% compared to the control. A greater increase in tuber yield under the influence of preparations was obtained in the year of 2018, with less rainfall deficiency and higher air temperature than in the year of 2019. Under the influence of the preparations used, a significant increase in the content of starch, dry matter and vitamin C in tubers was obtained, but the preparation of Krzemian caused a decrease in the level of nitrates (V) in tubers, compared to the control.
Effect of Feeding of Bypass Fat Mineral Mixture on Productive Performance and Quality of Milk of Buffaloes in Gadchiroli Tahsil

Most of the animals in developing countries including India are fed on agriculture byproducts and low quality crop residues, which have got low inherent low nutritive value and digestibility. High producing buffaloes in early lactation do not consume sufficient dry matter to support maximal production of milk (Goff and Horst, 1997). Demand for energy is very high during early stage of lactation but supply is not commensurate with demand due physiological stage or limited intake may The present investigation was carried out at Gadchiroli Tahsil of Gadchiroli Dist. during the year 2016–17 under sanctioned project by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi entitled as “Hope generation in livestock owners of tribal area under two blocks of Gadchiroli district through training and demonstration of scientific livestock management practices” to the Section of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, Nagpur. Dairy Farming Practices Adopted For Buffaloes Around Gadchiroli Tahsil, were evaluated in project implementing areas of Gadchiroli Tahsil of Gadchiroli Dist. Five villages namely, Wasa, Wakadi, Pulkhal, Kaneri and Kharpudi were randomly selected. The data on productive performance and quality of milk was collected by contacting with 200 buffalo owners and chemical quality in terms of fat, SNF and TS percentage in milk of buffaloes were evaluated and analysed statistically to see the productive performance and to know the chemical quality of milk. Average maximum weekly milk yield was recorded in Kharpudi village (60.04±0.67) and minimum in the Wasa village (59.01±0.66) buffaloes supplemented with Bypass fat mineral mixture. Average maximum weekly milk yield did not show in all average weekly milk yield performance remains constant with respect to weekly milk yield for a period of four weeks from 8 th to 11 th week after attaining peak milk yield. Thereafter declining trend was upto 12 th week of lactation. In relation to chemical quality the overall fat, SNF and TS were recorded as 8.63 %, 9.86 % and 18.49 % respectively. These three components in milk of buffaloes were greatly affected due to supplemented with Bypass fat mineral mixture in different selected villages. The results indicated that the milk production increased all selected village due to supplementation of Bypass fat mineral mixture. The chemical quality of milk of buffaloes in terms of fat, SNF and TS percentage also improved. K e y w o r d s
Differences in Fracture Healing Between Female and Male C57BL/6J Mice

Background Mice are increasingly used in fracture healing research because of the opportunity to use transgenic animals. While both, male and female mice are employed, there is no consensus in the literature whether fracture healing differs between both sexes. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyze diaphyseal fracture healing in female and male C57BL/6J mice, a commonly used mouse strain in bone research. Methods For that purpose, 12-week-old Female (17–20 g) and Male mice (22–26 g) received a standardized femur midshaft osteotomy stabilized by an external fixator. Mice were euthanized 10 and 21 days after fracture and bone healing was analyzed by biomechanical testing, μCT, histology, immunohistochemistry and qPCR. Results Ten days after fracture, Male mice displayed significantly more cartilage but less fibrous tissue in the fracture callus compared to Female mice, whereas the amount of bone did not differ. At day 21, Male mice showed a significantly larger fracture callus compared to Female mice. The relative amount of bone in the fracture callus did not significantly differ between both sexes, whereas its tissue mineral density was significantly higher in Male mice on day 21, indicating more mature bone and slightly more rapid fracture healing. These results were confirmed by a significantly greater absolute bending stiffness of the fractured femurs of Male mice on day 21. On the molecular level, Male mice displayed increased active β-catenin expression in the fracture callus, whereas estrogen receptor α (ERα) expression was lower. Conclusion These results suggest that Male mice display more rapid fracture healing with more prominent cartilaginous callus formation. This might be due to the higher weight of Male mice, resulting in increased mechanical loading of the fracture. Furthermore, Male mice displayed significantly greater activation of osteoanabolic Wnt/β-catenin signaling, which might also contribute to more rapid bone regeneration.
Polylactic acid functionalization with maleic anhydride and its use as coupling agent in natural fiber biocomposites: a review

Abstract Due to its renewability and biodegradability, biopolymers have developed interest in order to substitute oil-derived plastics. In particular, polylactic acid (PLA) is a promising biopolymer in terms of mechanical and biodegradable properties that is used for different applications. Nevertheless, PLA has some disadvantages like brittleness and processing instability. In order to overcome these drawbacks, it has been blended with natural fibers, leading to a fully biodegradable biocomposite material with enhanced properties. However, blending a hydrophobic biopolymer with hydrophilic fibers leads to poor interfacial adhesion producing interfacial voids, cavities and defects and consequently low performance properties. In this sense, this article reviews different strategies of biopolymer functionalization to improve compatibility in biocomposite materials. First, the effect of different parameters on biopolymers functionalization via melt and reactive extrusion processes is discussed. Finally, coupling efficiency of functionalized biopolymers is analyzed in terms of mechanical and thermal properties.
INDICADORES DA QUALIDADE QUÍMICA E FÍSICA DO SOLO SOB DIFERENTES SISTEMAS DE MANEJO

A conversao da condicao natural para a agricultura, em destaque para a monocultura de cana-de-acucar impoe mudancas drasticas nos atributos fisicos e quimicos do solo. Com o objetivo de estudar estas alteracoes em Latossolo Vermelho distrofico, causadas pelo cultivo continuo de cana-de-acucar, selecionaram-se tres areas (mata, cana-de-acucar e area reflorestada) adjacentes, no municipio de Guariba (SP). Em cada area, foram coletadas, aleatoriamente, quatro amostras (compostas por quinze pontos), nas camadas de 0-10 cm, e 10-20 cm. Foram avaliados os atributos quimicos: pH, teor de materia orgânica (MO), fosforo (P), potassio (K), calcio (Ca), magnesio (Mg), aluminio (Al), acidez potencial (H+Al), saturacao por aluminio (m%), enxofre (S), manganes (Mn), zinco (Zn), cobre (Cu), boro (B), ferro (Fe), e calculados os valores, capacidade de troca de cations (CTC) e saturacao por bases (V%); e tambem os fisicos, como: macro e microporosidade, densidade do solo, porosidade total e textura (areia fina, areia grossa e argila) de cada amostra nas duas profundidades estudadas. Os dados foram submetidos a analise de variância e as comparacoes das medias das variaveis dentro de cada ambiente estudado foram feitas pelo teste de Tukey a 5 %. Os atributos quimicos, fisicos do solo e a materia orgânica sao fortemente alterados pelo uso e manejo do solo, tendo como referencia a vegetacao nativa, o que permite o uso desses atributos como pedoindicador ambiental da qualidade fisica e quimica do solo. A qualidade do solo para as areas avaliadas segundo os metodos utilizados esta assim ordenada: Mata Nativa> Reflorestamento> Cana-de-acucar.
The intent and extent of collective threats: A data-driven conceptualization of collective threats and their relation to political preferences.

The purpose of the present article is to systematically investigate how people perceive collective threat and how such threat perceptions relate to political preferences. Existing threat taxonomies are mostly derived from top-down analyses and little attempt has been made to examine bottom-up how people spontaneously perceive threats. One area where this is of central importance is the relationship between political preferences and threat perception. Prevailing theories in social psychology primarily study security and stability threats and conclude that conservatives are more sensitive to threats than liberals. Other perspectives, however, have criticized this position and maintain that the relationship between threat and political preferences depends on how both constructs are defined. To resolve this issue, we carried out a systematic, data-driven investigation of how collective threats are perceived. In five preregistered, data-driven studies, carried out on representative cross-cultural samples (aggregate N = 24,341), we show that people tend to categorize collective threats along two dimensions-their intent (omission/commission) and extent (local/global). We show that whereas liberals are more concerned than conservatives by omission-based and global threats, conservatives are more concerned than liberals by commission-based and local threats. These results suggest that collective threat is a multidimensional construct and that political leftists and rightists do not necessarily differ in the extent to which they perceive threats, but rather in the way they prioritize different threats facing society. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
Structure of Polylactide-Based Materials Obtained by Reactive Extrusion : Formation and Thermomechanical Transformations

Le polylactide (PLA) est un polymere a la fois biodegradable et biosource focalisant l'attention des chercheurs pour le remplacement des plastiques conventionnels. A la temperature ambiante, le PLA est fragile et necessite d’etre modifie par plastification physique afin d’augmenter sa ductilite, mais dans le meme temps sa rigidite chute fortement. Une alternative a cette plastification physique est la plastification par extrusion reactive. L’extrusion reactive du PLA avec l’acrylate de poly(ethylene glycol) (acrylPEG) donne lieu a un PLA plastifie nomme pPLA. Cette these a pour objectifs l’identification de la structure du pPLA et l’etude de son evolution lors de transformations thermomecaniques d’etirage et de recyclage. La structure du pPLA a ete analysee par une approche multi-echelles et multidisciplinaire. L’acrylPEG polymerisant et formant des inclusions, est partiellement greffe au PLA et partiellement libre. De plus, les reactions conduisent a une legere reticulation de la matrice. La presence de plastifiant conduit a un bon equilibre entre rigidite et ductilite. Les mecanismes de deformation du pPLA sous etirage ont montre que les mecanismes d’orientation moleculaire sont preponderants par a l’endommagement, qui lui predomine dans le PLA. L’analyse du recyclage thermomecanique du pPLA a mis en evidence une degradation du materiau dependant du type de procede utilise. L’utilisation de la compression a chaud est le procede le plus defavorable, conduisant a une degradation plus importante du pPLA par rapport au PLA. Ces travaux ont permis de developper des methodologies de caracterisation permettant une meilleure identification structurale des biopolymeres
The Influence of Self-construal on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Growth of Micro-enterprises

Literature acknowledges the critical role of self-construal in shaping entrepreneurial orientation and behaviour. While explanations for societal differences in entrepreneurial behaviours vary at organisational level, limited attention has been devoted to explaining the influence of self-construal on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and growth of micro-enterprises. This study examined the influence of self-construal of micro-enterprise owners on their EO (risk-taking and innovativeness) and growth of their firms. Data collected using structured interviews administered on 80 micro-enterprise owners from Roma, Maseru, and Teya-Teyaneng in Lesotho were analysed using descriptive correlations, hierarchical regression analyses and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings show that the independent self-construal had positive and significant influence on the EO of micro-enterprises but the inter-dependent self-construal construct did not have a positive and significant effect on the EO. While independent self-construal negatively and significantly influenced enterprise growth, the interdependent self-construal did not have any influence on growth of micro-enterprises. the study recommends that universities and government departments such as Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing must provide entrepreneurial training to micro-enterprise owners on how to improve enterprise-oriented cultures and self-confidence in independent decision-making for the growth and survival of their enterprises.
The Association between heart diseases, social factors, and physical frailty in community-dwelling older populations: SONIC study

Objectives Physical frailty is geriatric syndrome and can increase the risk of adverse outcome in the older population. Heart diseases are associated with physical frailty but a few studies in community-dwelling old population. Therefore the aim of this study was to examine the association between heart diseases, social factors, and physical frailty in community-dwelling older populations including the oldest old people. Methods The cross-sectional study included 1882 participants in community-dwelling older and oldest-old people in three age groups: 73 (±1), 83 (±1), and 93(±1) from both urban and rural areas of Japan. Questionnaires on medical history, psycho-social factors, blood samples, physical examinations, the hand grip strength test, and gait speed were measured at the venue. Physical frailty was defined based on a slow gait speed or weak grip strength. Heart diseases were assessed by self-reported questionnaires. Social interaction was based on the frequency of going outdoors and direct social contact. Analyses were conducted mainly using multiple logistic regression with adjustments for physical frailty risk factors. Results Heart disease subjects had a higher prevalence of physical frailty than those without heart disease (slow gait speed: 69.6 vs. 56.2%, p<.001; slow gait speed or weak grip strength: 80 vs. 69.6%, p=.002). After adjusting the covariate factors, heart diseases were associated with a slow gait speed (OR=1.5; 95%CI: 1.03-2.20, p=.035). Social interaction was associated with a slow gait speed (frequency of going outdoors: OR=0.87, 95%CI 0.79-0.9, p=.008; frequency of direct social contact: OR=0.88, 95%CI 0.82-0.95, p=.001), a weak grip strength (frequency of going outdoors: OR=0.86, 95%CI 0.77-0.96, p=.005), and with physical frailty (frequency of going outdoors: OR=0.84, 95%CI 0.75-0.94, p=.002; frequency of direct social contact: OR=0.89, 95%CI 0.82-0.97, p=.007). Living alone and frequency of direct social contact were associated with physical frailty among heart disease patients. Conclusions Our findings indicate that in community-dwelling older people, heart diseases and social interaction were associated with physical frailty. Older people with heart disease, those living alone and the frequency of direct social contact were associated with physical frailty. Future research must involve a longitudinal study to clarify the causal relationship.
Prevalence of excess weight gain and associated risk factors among postmenopausal women: a population-based study in Ghana.

Background: Excess weight (obesity and overweight) is a pervasive condition that is considered a global epidemic and a threat to public health. Furthermore, numerous changes in fat deposits occur with the advent of menopause, leading to a change in the distribution of body fat. Therefore this study determined the prevalence of excess weight gain and associated risk factors among postmenopausal women (PW) in Ghana.Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted over five months at Bono-East regional capital, Techiman in Ghana. A total of 378 postmenopausal women were recruited for this study. Structured questionnaires were administered to obtain the socio-demographic data from each study participant. Anthropometrics such as body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) among participants were also determined. Data were inputted into excel, and analysis was done using IBM SPSS 25.Results: BMI, WHtR and WHR recorded participants with the excess weight of 73.2%, 91.8%, and 91.0% respectively out of the total study participants and there was no significant difference among the stratified study participants. Participants age ≤50 years were at a high risk of been obese even though it was not significant. Study participants with > 15 years of the postmenopausal stage have a high chance of been obese for BMI and WHtR but not WHR. The mean age of study participants was 60.09±6.24 years with the 51-60 years age group having the highest frequency (48.8%). Out of the total study participants, 26.8%, 8.2% and 9.0% with desirable weight were recorded using BMI, WHtR, and WHR respectively. And there was no significant difference (P=0.999) between the proportions for WHtR and WHR. However, the distribution of study participants with desirable weight by BMI was significantly higher than that of WHtR (P=0.0031) and WHR (P=0.0063). Conclusions: The prevalence rates of obesity and overweight were higher among postmenopausal women using the WHR than BMI and WHtR. Participants age ≤ 50 years, parity and those from the Ga tribe were also at a higher risk of having abdominal obesity.
Expanding the gestural model of lexical tone: evidence from two dialects of Serbian

Featural and gestural models of tone differ on the degree to which they include timing information in the representation. However, both assume some kind of simultaneity between tones and their tone-bearing units, where featural models emphasize the role of acoustic relationships and gestural models instead emphasize articulatory coordination. We present the results of two acoustic production studies on two dialects of Serbian, a lexical pitch accent language. In the Belgrade dialect, pitch accents are aligned relatively late in the tone-bearing unit, while in the Valjevo dialect, pitch accents are phonetically retracted, sometimes into the preceding syllable. We varied the syllable onsets of tone-bearing units in falling (experiment 1) and rising (experiment 2) pitch accents, and measured the effects on F0 contours. Despite these differences in phonetic alignment, the phonological system is the same in both dialects. We argue that this apparent mismatch between the phonology and phonetics can be expressed straightforwardly in the Articulatory Phonology framework by allowing tone gestures to coordinate with other gestures in all the ways that segmental gestures can, rather than restricting tone to c-center coordination.