Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors associated with high sedentary behaviour among adolescents and adults with psychological distress in South Africa

The aim of this study was to estimate factors associated with high sedentary behaviour (SB) in adolescents and adults who have psychological distress in South Africa. Data used in this analysis were derived from the cross-sectional South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – 2012. The sample consisted of 2306 participants (42 years median age) who had psychological distress. In all, 16.2% of the study participants engaged in ⩾8 hr SB/day. In unadjusted analysis, functional disability, older age, bodily pain, hypertension, and cognitive impairment was significantly more frequent among those with high SB. In adjusted logistic regression, functional disability and aged 65 years and above were positively associated with high SB. Results seem to suggest that interventions aimed at reducing SB among South Africans who have psychological distress may target the risk groups that were identified.
Light: An Alternative Method for Physical Control of Postharvest Rotting Caused by Fungi of Citrus Fruit

Solar light has fundamental roles in vast chemical, biochemical, and physical process in biosphere and hence been declared as “source of life. ” Solar light is further classified into a broad range of electromagnetic waves, and each region in the solar spectrum bears its unique actions in the universe or biosphere. Since centuries, solar light is believed as a potent source of killing pathogens causing postharvest losses on food products as well as human skin diseases. Citrus fruit crops are widely produced and consumed across the world, but due to their higher juicy contents, Penicillium italicum (blue mold) and Penicillium digitatum (green mold) make their entry to decay fruits and cause approximately 80% and 30% fruit losses, respectively. Agrochemicals or synthetic fungicides are highly efficient to control these postharvest fungal pathogens but have certain health concerns due to toxic environmental residues. Therefore, the scientific community is ever looking for some physical ways to eradicate such postharvest fungal pathogens and reduce the yield losses along with maintaining the public health concerns. This review article presents and discusses existing available information about the positive and negative impacts of different spectrums of solar light exposure on the postharvest storage of citrus fruits, especially to check citrus postharvest rotting caused by Penicillium italicum (blue mold) and Penicillium digitatum (green mold). Moreover, a special focus shall be paid to blue light (390–500 nm), which efficiently reduces the decay of fruits, while keeping the host tissues/cells healthy with no known cytotoxicity, killing the fungal pathogen probably by ferroptosis, but indepth knowledge is scanty. The study defines how to develop commercial applications of light in the postharvest citrus industry.
A Longitudinal Network Analysis of Intergovernmental Collaboration for Local Economic Development

Fragmented jurisdictions in a metropolitan area have found collaborating with others to be not only normatively appealing but also practically beneficial for reducing negative externalities from intense development competition. However, collaboration among communities could involve collective action dilemmas. As an alternative governance mechanism, jurisdictions strategically establish informal networks with others, depending on the conditions where jurisdictions are involved. This study focuses on the strategic behavior of individual jurisdictions for their economic growth: how autonomous jurisdictions have selected collaborative partners and how the collaboration has evolved over time. We apply an institutional collective action framework and a longitudinal network analysis using Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analysis (SIENA). The results indicate that, although there is strong evidence that jurisdictions create mutual and clustered relations with others in collaborative networks, there is relatively less for making ties to a popular actor. In addition, jurisdictions are more likely to collaborate with others who share similar political and socio-economic characteristics.
Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) from Bulgaria and other countries

Abstract Fifty-two species of the Laboulbeniales are reported for the first time from Bulgaria. One new species of Diphymyces, parasitic on Hexaurus schipkaensis is also described. The total number of species from Bulgaria is thus raised from 15 to 68. The first records of any of the Laboulbeniales are reported from Armenia, Eritrea, Georgia and Kazakhstan; more new records are reported also from Albania, China, Cyprus, Hungary, Italy, Mongolia, Namibia, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Yemen. The antheridia of Misgomyces dyschirii are described and illustrated.
Genetic parameters and genetic trends for boar taint compounds in Landrace and Duroc

Boar taint is mainly caused by androstenone, skatole and indole and these three compounds accumulate in fat of mature intact male pigs. Genetic selection against boar taint is a more acceptable alternative in Norway/Europe than surgically castration of piglets or immunocastration pigs by using vaccination. The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for the three boar taint compounds in fat and estimate breeding values for revealing a long time span genetic trends. The heritabilities in the range of 0.25 to 0.50 were detected for androstenone and skatole and indole varied from 0.25 to 0.53 and 0.18 to 0.46, respectively. The estimated heritabilities using log transformed data were higher than using the observations on origin scale. Moderate to high genetic correlations were found between the three boar taint compounds (0.27 to 0.92). Genetic trend for androstenone increased annually 0. 004μg/g and 0. 016μg/g from 2002 to 2016 for Landrace and Duroc, respectively. The correlations between boar taint compounds to Human nose score will be investigated and optionally included in the breeding goal to control the genetic trend of boar taint.
Variability in Some Biochemical and Nutritional Characteristics in Desi and Turkish Kabuli Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Types

Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.), the third most widely produced food legume in all over the world, is consumed for its protein-rich seeds especially in developing countries. According to seed morphology, cultivated chickpeas are of two types as desi and kabuli. There is a growing interest if extracts obtained from chickpea grains might be used as a source of natural antioxidants and antimicrobials such as phenolic or flavonoid compounds. The objective of this work is to investigate the total phenolic, flavonoid and protein contents of a desi (ICC 3996) type and three kabuli (Seckin, Inci and Hasanbey) types of chickpea seeds. Analyses were performed in extracts of 24 hours imbibed grains. The Folin Ciocalteu procedure was used to assess the total phenolic amounts while the total flavonoid content was measured with an aluminium chloride colorimetric assay. Total protein concentration was determined according to the Biuret method. Desi type exhibited the lowest protein content whereas Inci had the highest levels of total protein among kabuli types. Total phenolic content of desi type was significantly higher than other genotypes ( P ≤0.05). Seckin showed lower flavonoid content than all other genotypes including the desi type. The results revealed that despite Turkish genotypes were richer in protein level, desi type was still valuable for its high total phenolic and flavonoid amounts.
Potential Review on Palmyra (Borassus flabellifer L.)

The state tree of Tamil Nadu, Borassus flabellifer L. is a nature’s gift to the mankind. It is plant that serves various ecological, medicinal, economical and sociological benefits to the society. It a plant of heaven that could sustain adverse climatic conditions and withstand natural calamities. It is one among the most beneficial species that has economical and medicinal value for each and every part. It found widely in tropical and arid countries ranging from India through South-East Asia to New Guinea. The plant has a very close connection with the rural livelihood and cottage and agro based industries of Indian economy. The utility of the plant could be widely classified into Non-edible, edible and value addition based uses. This paper attempts to give a birds eye view about palmyra’s distribution, nutritional and medicinal properties, different utility forms and the impact on rural
Molecular characterizations of phosphoprotein of rabies virus circulating in Korea

: Rabies is a major zoonotic disease that causes approximately 55,000 human deaths worldwide on an annual basis. The nucleocapsid protein and glycoprotein genes of the Korean rabies virus (RABV) have been subjected to molecular and phylogenetic analyses. Although the phosphoprotein (P) has several important functions in viral infection and pathogenicity, the genetic characterizations of the P of Korean RABV isolates have not yet been established. In the present study, we conducted genetic analyses of P genes of 24 RABV isolates circulating in the Republic of Korea (hereafter, Korea) from 2008 to 2011. This study revealed that the P genes of Korean RABVs are genetically similar to those of RABV strains of lyssavirus genotype I including V739 (dogs, Korea), NNV-RAB-H (humans, India), NeiMeng925 (raccoon dogs, China), and RU9.RD (raccoon dogs, Russia). Among Korean isolates, the RABV P genes showed low variability in the variable domains among Korean isolates; they had specific consensus sequences and amino acid substitutions capable of identifying geographic characteristics and retained specific sequences thought to be important for viral function. These results provide important genetic characteristics and epidemiological information pertaining to the P gene of the Korean RABV.
Financial Consequences of Identity Theft

We examine how a negative shock from identity theft affects consumer credit market behavior. We show that the immediate effects of fraud on credit files are typically negative, small, and transitory. After those immediate effects fade, identity theft victims experience persistent increases in credit scores and declines in reported delinquencies, with a significant proportion of affected consumers transitioning from subprime-to-prime credit scores. Those consumers take advantage of their improved creditworthiness to obtain additional credit, including auto loans and mortgages. Despite having larger balances, these individuals default on their loans less than prior to identity theft.
Pollinator diversity and relative abundance of insect pollinators on ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) flowers in Bihar (India)

The field experiments were conducted at the University Apiary, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Pusa, Samastipur (Bihar) during the Kharif season to document the diversity and abundance of insect pollinators on ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula). The results indicated that the total eight insect species visited ridge gourd flowers, viz. five hymenopterans, two dipterans and one from odonata. Among these Apis mellifera L. , A. dorsata F. , A. florea F. , Xylocopa fenestrata F. and Polistes sp. were found to be most frequent pollinators. The relative abundance (no. of insect/m/10 minutes) revealed that Apis mellifera was most dominant species and followed by Apis dorsata, Xylocopa fenestrata, Apis florea, Eristalinus sp. , Polistes sp. , Paragomphus sp. and Musca domestica. Irrespective of species, the mean population was maximum at 0700-h and minimum at 1300-h of the day. The coefficient of correlation between mean population of pollinator’s species and temperature was found positive and significant while negative correlation was found with relative humidity indicating that temperature plays an important role on activity of insect pollinators.
How Does Servitization Affect Firm Performance?

Servitization by manufacturing firms has been a growing trend in recent years. However, the literature is unclear on whether servitization improves firm performance. Using survey data from 334 Chinese manufacturing firms, we examine how servitization affects firm performance. We also investigate the contingent role of platform-based innovation. Our results show that servitization enhances latent needs identification and worsens dominant logics conflict. Platform-based innovation is effective in mitigating harm from dominant logics conflict, but it also limits the transfer of latent customer needs. This article contributes to the literature by identifying underlying mediating effects between servitization and firm performance to explain how servitization affects firm performance. The findings also address the “service paradox. ”
Beyond Carrot and Stick: The Effect of Conflict Resolution on Crime Control in China

The question of what works in crime control has been frequently discussed over the past few decades. However, knowledge about and evidence from China is limited. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of three strategies of crime control—the ‘stick policy’, the ‘carrot policy’ and conflict resolution—in China, using a provincial panel data from 1988 to 2014. The results suggest that (1) the ‘carrot policy’ with social welfare provision helps to prevent crime, while the ‘stick policy’ with increasing judicial expenditure does not have a significant effect; (2) conflict resolution functions as an effective strategy of crime control. The policy implication is that, to prevent crime and maintain social order in a transitional society like China, government might need to shift its policy orientation away from strengthening coercive power to focussing on improving people’s livelihood and facilitating conflict resolution.
Blockchain adoption in operations and supply chain management: empirical evidence from an emerging economy

ABSTRACT The adoption of technologies by the operations and supply chain management (OSCM) field is leading to extraordinary disruptions. And with the rapid emergence of cutting-edge and more disruptive technologies, the OSCM is striving to take advantage of such innovations, but they are bringing in their wake a number of challenges. One of those disruptive technologies is blockchain, which is increasingly accepted in virtually all industries. This study aims to investigate the blockchain technology (BCT) adoption behaviour and possible barriers in the Brazilian OSCM context. We developed a model drawing on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model, the supply chain literature, and the emerging literature on BCT. We empirically validated the proposed model with Brazilian operations and supply chain professionals by using the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Our findings revealed that facilitating conditions, trust, social influence, and effort expectancy are the most critical constructs that directly affect BCT adoption. Unexpectedly, performance expectancy appeared not decisive in terms of predicting BCT adoption. This study contributes to advancing and stimulating the theory about BCT adoption behaviour in supply chains, as well as important managerial implications, which may be more critical for emerging economies.
Human Antibody Responses against Virulence Factors of Staphylococcus aureus during Infection

_Staphylococcus aureus_ is an infamous bacterial pathogen which can produce a wide array of virulence factors, enabling it to cause many different infections with significant morbidity and mortality in humans. The ability of _S. aureus_ to form biofilm and its rising resistance against antibiotics further complicate treatment of many infections. Therefore, alternative treatment strategies, such as vaccination, are receiving great scientific and clinical interest. However, despite the many different virulence factors that have been targeted by vaccines and their promising effects in animal models, so far all clinical trials failed to demonstrate any favourable effect in humans. Thus, there remains a need for more insights into the presence of _S. aureus_ virulence factors and their ability to induce an antibody response during infection in humans. The general aim of this thesis was twofold; to provide further insights into the presence of a wide range of well-characterized virulence factors of _S. aureus_ during growth in _in vitro_ and _ex vivo_ infection models, mimicking the _in vivo_ situation during different infection in humans, and to further characterize the human antibody response during these different infections. The high-throughput, bead-based Luminex assay was used together with confirmation by additional techniques such as RT-PCR and mass-spectrometry throughout this thesis to achieve these aims. Data concerning _in vitro_ presence of -and _in vivo_ antibody responses against _S. aureus_ virulence factors are compared and, together, can help in identifying potential targets for novel vaccination strategies.
A ‘place-based’ approach to work and employment: The end of reciprocity for ordinary working families and ‘giggers’ in a place

The authors define ‘place basing’ as the study of work and employment in a particular place. They are interested in understanding the limitations of work opportunities therein and so focus on workers and jobs that are not subject to the threat of off-shoring or relocation elsewhere but which are low paid and insecure. The authors theorize three contributions to new knowledge that flow from a place-based study of work and employment by demonstrating how precarious flexible often zero hour work eschews reciprocity between employer and employees and workers. They focus their research on ordinary working families and the ‘permissive visibility’ of bad work. The research points to an idealized model of individual and family economic functioning that is able to cope with physical and mental challenges individually without burdening the state. As the findings on workers and households demonstrate, this ideal is far from the reality they experience.
Dynamic optimal control of a firm’s product-process innovation with expected quality effects in a monopoly exhibiting network externality

Abstract This paper develops a dynamic model to study a firm’s product and process innovation with expected quality effects in a monopoly exhibiting network externality. The significant features of our work are: (i) considering the customers’ expected quality effects in a monopoly exhibiting network externality; (ii) the demand structure depends on price, product quality, and expected quality; and (iii) discussing a special case where the network size is proportional to the demand. Our results show: (i) there exists a unique saddle-point steady-state equilibrium under monopoly and social planning; (ii) as the forgetting parameter increases, the effort of process innovation is greater than that of product innovation; (iii) the social incentive towards both efforts is always larger than the private (monopolist) incentive; however, when the network size is proportional to demand, the social incentive towards the effort in product innovation (process innovation) is always smaller (larger) than the private (monopolist) incentive; (iv) sensitivity analysis shows that the both efforts and price are more sensitive towards the unit variable strength of network externality than the fixed strength of network externality, while the forgetting parameter has little effect on the both efforts and price; (v) the effort in product (process) innovation is increasing (decreasing) with the proportional coefficient.
Added mass of rising bubble approaching to solid wall – numerical studies

The numerical approach for determination of influence of deformation of the gas bubble (radius 0.74 mm) on added mass coefficient in (i) steady-state conditions and (ii) during approach to the horizontal wall, is proposed. It is shown that the bubble deformation can be tuned numerically (within the range 1.06 1.88) via proper variations of the Laplace pressure, without changing the bubble radius. Influence of the bubble deformation on its motion parameters is discussed and compared to theoretical predictions regarding the bubble drag coefficient and Reynolds number. Moreover, the approach allowing determination of the added mass of rising bubble, on the basis of variations in fluid kinetic energy, is described. It is shown that calculated added mass variations strongly depends on the interplay between (i) the bubble deformation ratio and (ii) its rising velocity. This effect is especially important for added mass of a gas bubble approaching a solid wall, because it can affect the kinetics of drainage of the separating liquid film formed under dynamic conditions, when Re >> 1.
Improving Community-Based Preschool Teacher Confidence

ABSTRACT The project used a mixed quantitative and qualitative pretest-posttest design to determine the impact of consultation and collaboration of occupational therapy services in a faith-based preschool. Preschool teachers were educated on the importance of motor skill development in preschool students, as well as how to create motor skill opportunities within the classroom setting. Preschool teachers who completed the 6-week educational modules with consultation indicated improved confidence in abilities to incorporate motor development activities into the preschool day. The project supported consultation between the occupational therapist and teacher as a successful method of intervention to meet student needs.
Temperature‐dependent current–voltage and admittance spectroscopy analysis on cesium‐treated Cu (In1 − x,Gax)Se2 solar cell before and after heat‐light soaking and subsequent heat‐soaking treatments

Recently, we demonstrated the positive effects of heat‐light soaking (HLS) and subsequent heat‐soaking (HS) on cesium fluoride (CsF) treated Cu(In1‐x,Gax)Se2 (CIGS) solar cells. However, the role of defects formation and its influence on the electronic properties have not been analyzed. With this motivation, here, we analyzed the electronic properties of CsF‐free and CsF‐treated CIGS solar cells before and after HLS and subsequent HS treatments using temperature‐dependent current–voltage (J–V–T), admittance and low‐temperature capacitance–voltage (C–V) measurements. We noticed that CsF‐treated CIGS solar cells form a minority carrier trap level after HLS. The subsequent HS treatment was found to be beneficial to compensate this defect level. The admittance measurement showed a shift of the shallow energy position to a higher value after HLS and subsequent HS treatments, irrespective of Cs incorporation. This is expected to be due to the formation of a secondary diode toward the CIGS/molybdenum contact. The positive and negative effects of HLS and subsequent HS treatments on CsF‐treated CIGS solar cell are discussed using low‐temperature C–V measurements. By optimizing the HLS and HS processes, CsF‐treated CIGS solar cells yielded total efficiencies of over 20%.