Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The increasing of phosphorus availability and corn growth (Zea mays l.) With the application of phosphate solubilizing microbes and some sources of organic materials on andisol

Andisol is a soil that develops from volcanic ash material, dominated by amorphous aluminium silicate and Al-humus complex. This research was carried out at the Greenhouse and Laboratory of Soil Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. This research used a randomized block design with 2 treatment factors and 3 replications. The first factor was Phosphate Solubilizing Microbial (PSM), namely: without application (M0), 5 g of Mycorrhiza (M1), 5 gr of Talaromyces pinophilus Fungi (M2), 5 g of Burkholderia cepacia Bacteria (M3). The second factor was organic matter, namely: without application (K0), 180 g of cow dung (K1), 180 g of chicken manure (K2) and 180 g of OPEFB (Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch) compost (K3). The research results showed that the administration of phosphate solubilizing microbes and several sources of organic matter could increase the soil pH by 0.61-29.12%, P-available by 1.46-112.64%, plant height by 5.41-19.25% and canopy dry weight by 11.34-65.57%. In general, the best treatment was the application of Mycorrhiza with OPEFB (Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch) compost.
Active outer hair cell motility can suppress vibrations in the organ of Corti

High sensitivity and selectivity of hearing require active cochlea. The cochlear sensory epithelium, the organ of Corti, vibrates due to external and internal excitations. The external stimulation is acoustic pressures mediated by the scala fluids, while the internal excitation is generated by a type of sensory receptor cells (the outer hair cells) in response to the acoustical vibrations. The outer hair cells are cellular actuators that are responsible for cochlear amplification. The organ of Corti is highly structured for transmitting vibrations originating from acoustic pressure and active outer hair cell force to the inner hair cells that synapse on afferent nerves. Understanding how the organ of Corti vibrates due to acoustic pressure and outer hair cell force is critical for explaining cochlear function. In this study, excised cochlear turns were freshly isolated from young gerbils. The organ of Corti in the excised cochlea was subjected to mechanical and electrical stimulation that are analogous to acoustical and cellular stimulation in the natural cochlea. Organ of Corti vibrations including those of individual outer hair cells were measured using optical coherence tomography. Respective vibration patterns due to mechanical and electrical stimulation were characterized. Interactions between the two vibration patterns were investigated by applying the two forms of stimulation simultaneously. Our results show that the interactions could be either constructive or destructive, which implies that the outer hair cells can either amplify or suppress vibrations in the organ of Corti. We discuss a potential consequence of the two interaction modes for cochlear frequency tuning. Statement of Significance The function of the mammalian cochlea is characterized by sharp tuning and high-level of amplification. Both tuning and amplification are achieved mechanically through the action of cellular actuators in the sensory epithelium. According to widely accepted theory, cochlear tuning is achieved by ‘selectively amplifying’ acoustic vibrations. This study presents a set of data suggesting that the cochlear actuators can both amplify and suppress vibrations to enhance cochlear tuning. Presented results will explain why the actuator cells in the cochlea spend energy in the locations where there is no need for amplification.
Laparoscopic abdominal surgery under regional anesthesia: A retrospective evaluation

205 Copyright 2017 by The Medical Bulletin of University of Health Sciences Haseki Training and Research Hospital The Medical Bulletin of Haseki published by Galenos Yayınevi. Telif Hakkı 2017 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Haseki Tıp Bülteni, Galenos Yayınevi tarafından basılmıştır. Ya­z›fl­ma­Ad­re­si/Ad­dress­for­Cor­res­pon­den­ce:­Sinan Uzman Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye Tel. : +90 505 564 52 71 E-pos ta: drsinanuzman@yahoo.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3166-7302 Gelifl­Tarihi/Received:­09 Aralık 2016 Ka­bul­Ta­ri­hi/Ac­cep­ted:­04 Şubat 2017 Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery Under Regional Anesthesia: A Retrospective Evaluation
The Prevalence and Predictors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Bariatric Surgery Candidates

Thirty-five percent of the population that is above 20 years of age has been found to be suffering from obesity. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most common diseases among the obese population. Weight loss is not only a remedy for OSA, it also prevents other complications of obesity. Bariatric surgery is also being used nowadays for weight loss in morbidly obese patients. OSA screening is one of the prerequisites for bariatric surgery. The aim of this study was focused on determining the prevalence and defining predictors of OSA among the multiethnic bariatric surgery patients of New York City. We retrospectively gathered the data of 749 bariatric surgery candidates who were referred in the year 2015. Among all the patients included in the study, 258 patients went for polysomnography. Data were analyzed using Microsoft excel, and the P-value was calculated using the t test where needed. The end result shows that OSA is more prevalent in men (72.7%) as compared with women who have a prevalence rate of 41.37%. Furthermore, symptoms such as snoring, day-time tiredness, and witnessed apnea or choking were more likely to be present in the normal group. The difference in the neck circumference, the body mass index, and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale between both the groups were statistically significant (P<0.05). The final conclusion determined that anthropometric measurements are more beneficial in the diagnosis of OSA than symptomatic questions asked during the evaluation of morbidly obese patients awaiting bariatric surgery.
Medication-Assisted Treatment Models of Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings

AHRQ Publication No. xx-EHCxxx <AHRQ will provide> <Month Year> This information is distributed solely for the purposes of predissemination peer review. It has not been formally disseminated by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality(AHRQ). The findings are subject to change based on the literature identified in the interim and peer-review/public comments and should not be referenced as definitive. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or Department of Health and Human Services determination or policy.
Autonomy‐Supportive Parenting in Adolescence: Cultural Variability in the Contemporary United States

This review focuses on how the expression of parental autonomy support (particularly the promotion of independence and volitional functioning) and its impact on adolescent adjustment varies across cultural groups in the United States. We review history involving the conceptualization of parental autonomy support and its impact on adolescent development, discuss cross-cultural research focused on the expression and impact of autonomy support, review theoretical perspectives suggesting the importance of studying variability in parental autonomy support across cultural groups, and summarize research conducted in the United States across four racial/ethnic groups: European American, African American, Latinx, and Asian American. Much of this research does not adequately reflect current understanding regarding the forms of autonomy support, nor is it grounded in theoretical perspectives recognizing the role of culture in shaping parental behaviors. We conclude by discussing directions for further research to overcome existing shortcomings in this literature.
Impact of Accreditation on the Quality of Healthcare Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Accreditation is usually a voluntary program, sponsored by a non-governmental organization (NGO), in which trained external peer reviewers evaluate a healthcare organization's compliance and compare it with pre-established performance standards. The aim of this study was to study the existing guidelines and systematic review of various studies related to accreditation in healthcare so as to determine various pitfalls associated with implementation in the country in the light of observation made. Material and methods: A systematic review of various studies related to accreditation in healthcare was performed with certain inclusion and exclusion criteria.Conclusion: In accreditation, there should be commitment to quality improvement, patient safety, improved efficiency and the demonstration of accountability which is of urgent need for key decision-makers and the public in today’s dynamic healthcare environment.
ON EXECUTIVE'S RESILIENCE: DOES MENTAL MODEL MATTER?

In facing disruptive environmental changes, companies must cope with unexpected challenges, threats, and opportunities. To succeed, executives need to overcome severe stress to find new ways to survive and thrive. They need resilience, a dyynamic process encompassing positive adaptation within the environment of significant turbulence. Different executives will present different resilience patterns. This paper proposes Mental Models (MM) as a way for explaining these differences. Through the analysis of the 10-item CD-RISC scale by five independent judges, the paper concludes the Strategic MM as presenting a better resilience pattern and proposes its development as a way to enhance executives’ resilience.
Eyewitness descriptions without memory: The (f)utility of describing faces

Eyewitness descriptions provide critical information for the police and other agencies to use during investigations. While researchers have typically considered the impact of memory, little consideration has been given to the utility of facial descriptions themselves, without the additional memory demands. In Experiment 1, participants described face images to their partners, who were then required to select these faces from photographic lineups. Performance was error‐prone when the same image appeared in the lineup (73% correct), and decreased further when a different image of the same face was presented (22% correct). We found some evidence to suggest this was due, in part, to difficulties with recognizing that two different images depicted the same person. In Experiment 2, we demonstrated that descriptions of the same face given by different people showed only moderate agreement. Taken together, these results highlight the problematic nature of facial descriptions, even without memory, and their limited utility.
Large-Scale Analysis of Cell Death Phenotypic Heterogeneity

Individual cancer cells within a population can exhibit substantial phenotypic heterogeneity such that exposure to a lethal agent will kill only a fraction of cells at a given time. Whether common molecular mechanisms govern this fractional killing in response to different lethal stimuli is poorly understood. In part, this is because it is difficult to compare fractional killing between conditions using existing approaches. Here, we show that fractional killing can be quantified and compared for hundreds of populations in parallel using high-throughput time-lapse imaging. We find that fractional killing is highly variable between lethal agents and between cell lines. At the molecular level, we find that the antiapoptotic protein MCL1 is an important determinant of fractional killing in response to mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway inhibitors but not other lethal stimuli. These studies lay the foundation for the large-scale, quantitative analysis of cell death phenotypic heterogeneity.
Carry and Time-Series Momentum: A Match Made in Heaven

This article introduces a novel approach to combining time-series momentum and carry trade by conditioning trading signals of time-series momentum on the sign of the basis, a key input for the carry trade. We find that this new technique applied to four major asset classes improved the Sharpe ratio of time-series momentum by approximately 0.17 net of fees. The improvement in performance is greater during recessions and, therefore, conditioning time-series momentum signals on the sign of the basis improves performance when it matters the most. Thus, the new approach has practical importance for investors and asset managers who attempt to improve their long-term performance without increasing downside risk during periods of market turbulence. TOPICS: Portfolio construction, performance measurement, statistical methods Key Findings • We introduce a new approach that conditions time-series momentum trading signals on the sign of the basis. • Empirical analysis across the four major asset classes of equities, fixed income, currencies, and commodities shows an improvement in the Sharpe ratio of approximately 0.17 net of fees. • The proposed approach is particularly relevant for investors because its performance improvement is greater during recessions.
Visualization Design for Human-Collective Teams

Robotic collectives (i.e., colonies and swarms) are applicable to a wide range of applications, including environmental monitoring, search and rescue, as well as infrastructure monitoring. The presented evaluation focuses on how two visualization designs impact human-collective team performance during a best-of-n sequential decision making task with colonies of 200 agents. Traditional visualizations present all the individual robots that encompass the entirety of the collective, which may cause the human operator to suffer from information overload which hinders understanding the collective’s current state, the reasoning behind actions, and associated predictive future outcomes. Interface designs that abstract the individual collective member details and present the collective’s state are needed to alleviate high workload and mitigate human error. The evaluation determined that an abstract visualization of the collective’s state produced better overall performance than the visualization that showed all the individual agents.
Fostering creativity using robotics among gifted primary school students

ABSTRACT Fostering creativity as an imperative 21st-century skill has attracted increasing attention by educators and researchers in last decades. Many creative activities have been suggested. The current article describes the findings from a pilot study, which investigated the impact of a LEGO robotics intervention on fostering creativity among a sample of gifted, female students (n = 15) in a primary school in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The gifted students participated in a LEGO robotics-based program in a classroom setting for a period of 10 weeks (a total of 20 hours). The study adopted a pre-post test design in which the changes in students’ creativity was examined using the Creativity Assessment Packet (CAP). The results suggested significant differences in terms of creative thinking skills of fluency, flexibility, elaboration, and abstract mindset, prior to and after conducting the study. The results suggested a positive impact of a LEGO robotics intervention on fostering creative thinking skills. Implications for policy makers, school leaders, educators, and parents were indicated.
Corporate Governance an Imperative for Stakeholders Protection: Evidence from Risk Management of Indian Listed Firms

Abstract The central focus of the study is to assess corporate governance effectiveness in mitigating risk and controlling risk behavior of management of Indian firms. From sample of 270 NSE listed Indian firms for period of 9 years ranging from 2007–2008 to 2015–2016 using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method an alternative to covariance-based SEM was applied to test hypothesis. While testing hypothesized negative relationship between good governance and risk-taking as documented in prior research, our results have shown contradictory results only in case of effectiveness of committee level governance especially compensation and risk committee effectiveness has failed to significantly claim causality on compensation risk and other risk measured through financial and investment risk. Similarly, board structure and activities have failed to reduce compensation sensitivity to performance, while as, characteristics like board diversity, expertise, average tenure, and CEO vested power boards have positive inclination to debt financing and spending on research and development. However, using Cohens D, called effect size, all corporate governance constructs have no or very minimal contribution in explaining changes in risk variability, thus creating ample scope for improvements in Indian corporate governance system.
Photoionization of the alkali molecular ions in geo-cosmical plasmas

Opacities of the solar and stellar atmospheres are caused by a large number of radiative processes. Within development of more sophisticated stellar atmosphere models, we can further investigate known processes and include all processes not considered before. We calculate the average cross-section and rate coefficients for the photodissociation of the alkali molecular ions Li+2 , Na + 2 and LiNa ready for further use with a particular accent to the applications for astro plasma research and low temperature laboratory plasma research.
Thalassaemia Prevention: Bangladesh Perspective - A Current Update

Thalassaemias are a group of autosomal recessive disorder and the most common inherited disease worldwide with a wide geographical variation in incidence. Bangladesh, a developing country, having a population over 160 million. World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 3% of our population carries ? - thalassaemia and 4% of population carries Hb-E in Bangladesh. But recently Khan WA showed that carrier status of Hb-E is 6.1% and as high as 41.7% in tribal school children in Bangladesh. Since Thalassaemia is a severe and incurable disease, it is only manageable when it is prevented. The WHO has advocated and promoted the programs for thalassaemia prevention from the early 1970s. Several countries have already set up comprehensive national thalassaemia prevention programs but in our country most of the population is unware of this hereditary disease. The rapidly growing number of children diagnosed as thalassaemia in Bangladesh clearly indicate that thalassaemia will be a emerging health burden for our country. So, we need to prevent thalassaemia before its too late by comprehensive national integrated prevention programs which include public awareness and education, carrier screening, genetic counseling, premarital screening and prenatal diagnosis. Thalassaemia prevention program has become a community concern as it affects marriage practices and reproduction. So, ethical issues need to be addressed for proper implementation of this by government policy, central control and co-ordination according to the local structures, social values, religious laws and cultural tradition of our country. Bangladesh J Child Health 2016; VOL 40 (1) :31-38
Asian women’s paths to office: a qualitative comparative analysis approach

ABSTRACT This paper evaluates existing theories regarding women’s participation in top government positions by applying these theories to Asia through a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). Thus, this paper aims to identify the conditions necessary and/or sufficient for women to break the political glass ceiling in Asia. Overall, the results show that political parties in democratic or hybrid regimes support different types of female candidates depending on the party’s ideology and political scenario. More specifically, there are three alternative pathways for a party to be successful when selecting a female candidate in Asia. Conditions that were previously necessary in the region, such as family ties to political dynasties or contexts of instability or transition, are no longer necessary. New opportunities in specific socio-political contexts are arising for women who aim to reach the highest office in the country but do not belong to political dynasties.
A Rapid Evidence Assessment of the effectiveness of prison education in reducing recidivism and increasing employment

This is a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) of educational programmes delivered within prison. Included in this review are evaluations of vocational, academic, basic skills, accredited and unaccredited educational provision in prison where recidivism and/or employment were measured as outcomes. Initial searches returned 4304 titles and abstracts. Of these, 28 papers met the criteria for inclusion. Only 18 papers provided sufficient information and robust enough research design to be included in the meta-analysis. Meta-analysis on 18 reoffending studies identified that delivering education in prison settings has a positive impact on recidivism. Overall, the pooled odds ratio indicates a reduction in the likelihood of recidivating of approximately one-third (0.64 = 64%∼2/3). Meta-analysis on five employment studies identified that education in prison settings has a positive impact on employment. Overall, odds ratios indicated a 24 per cent increase in likelihood of gaining employment if the prisoner engages in prison education. However, this is based on a small number of papers with statistical findings being less robust and evidence drawn largely from the USA.
Antiparkinsonian Treatment for Depression in Parkinson's Disease: Are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Recommended?

Depression is a frequent comorbid syndrome in Parkinson's disease. It is a difficult symptom to manage, as patients continuously receive antiparkinsonian medication and may also have to be treated for the amelioration of the side-effects of antiparkinsonian therapy. The first-line treatment for depression in Parkinson's disease is the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The clinical efficacy of these medications in patients with Parkinson's disease is questionable. In fact, based on their mechanism of action, which requires at least a functional serotonergic system, it is predicted that SSRIs will have lower efficacy in patients with Parkinson's disease. Here, we consider the mechanism of action of SSRIs in the context of Parkinson's disease by investigating the fall in the levels of serotonergic markers and the inhibitory outcomes of antiparkinsonian treatment on serotonergic nerve activity. Because certain classes of antidepressant drugs are widely available, it is necessary to perform translational research to address different strategies used to manage depression in Parkinson's disease.