Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Using Virtual Reality to Assess Landscape: A Comparative Study Between On-Site Survey and Virtual Reality of Aesthetic Preference and Landscape Cognition

In recent years, research on landscape perception has been generally overoptimistic about the use of virtual reality (VR); however, few have questioned the validity of VR. It is necessary to examine whether on-site stimulation can be substituted by VR. The purpose of this study was to assess the degree of agreement between on-site survey and VR for landscape perception. The sample included 11 representative landscapes from Tsuchiura city and Tsukuba city, Japan. On-site survey data was collected for 17 items related to aesthetic preference and landscape cognition. The same scenes were produced by VR and same survey data as on-site was collected. The agreement of both the overall mean of all landscapes and the ratings of all individuals in each landscape confirmed the high level of concordance of most cognitive attributes between the two stimuli. The findings support immersive VR as a reliable tool for assessing landscape cognition.
Assistive Technology for Students With Disabilities: An Updated Snapshot

Assistive technology can benefit students with disabilities in terms of independence and performance. Yet more research is needed regarding usage of assistive technology. Using the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 database, the authors explored reported use regarding assistive technology by secondary students with disabilities. Overall, the authors found low rates of assistive technology reported use among students with disabilities aggregated, although there were large ranges across disability categories (e.g., 14.5%–74.0% for use of assistive technology). Disability category had a statistically significant relationship with reported assistive technology use for secondary students.
MACROPROLACTINEMIA NUMA COORTE DE MULHERES COM HIPERPROLACTINEMIA: ASSOCIAÇÕES COM VARIÁVEIS CLÍNICAS, HORMONAIS E EXAMES DE IMAGEM DA HIPÓFISE

10 LISTA DE ABREVIATURAS. 12 LISTA DE TABELAS. 14 LISTA DE FIGURAS . 15 INTRODUÇÃO . 16 1 PROLACTINA . 16 1.1 ESTRUTURA DA PRL. 16 1.2 BIOSSÍNTESE, SECREÇÃO E REGULAÇÃO DA PRL. 17 1.3 AÇÕES DA PRL. 18 1.4 RECEPTOR DE PROLACTINA (RPRL) . 18 1.4. 1 Estrutura do RPRL. 18 1.4. 2 Transdução do sinal. 19 1.4. 3 Distribuição do RPRL. 20 1.5 FORMAS DE PRL EM CIRCULAÇÃO. 20 2 HIPERPROLACTINEMIA. 21 2.1 CAUSAS DA HIPERPROLACTINEMIA. 21 2.1.1 Fisiológicas. 21 2.1.2 Fármacológicas . 22 2.1.3 Patológicas . 23 2.2 PROBLEMAS POTENCIAIS NO DIAGNÓSTICO DE HIPERPROLACTINEMIA. 24 3 MACROPROLACTINEMIA. 25 4 OBJETIVOS . 28 5 CASUÍSTICA E MÉTODOS . 29 5.1 POPULAÇÃO EM ESTUDO. 29 5.2 AVALIAÇÃO CLÍNICA . 29 5.3 AVALIAÇÃO HORMONAL. 30 5.4 DETERMINAÇÃO DA MACROPROLACTINA . 31 5.5 AVALIAÇÃO DE EXAMES DE IMAGEM DA HIPÓFISE. 32 5.6 ANÁLISE ESTATÍSTICA . 33 5.7 CONSIDERAÇÕES ÉTICAS. 33 6 RESULTADOS. 34 7 DISCUSSÃO . 46
Initial Conditions for Convection-Allowing Ensembles over the Conterminous United States

Five sets of 48-h, 10-member, convection-allowing ensemble (CAE) forecasts with 3-km horizontal grid spacing were systematically evaluated over the conterminous United States with a focus on precipitation across 31 cases. The various CAEs solely differed by their initial condition perturbations (ICPs) and central initial states. CAEs initially centered about deterministic Global Forecast System (GFS) analyses were unequivocally better than those initially centered about ensemble mean analyses produced by a limited-area single-physics, single-dynamics 15-km continuously cycling ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF), strongly suggesting relative superiority of the GFS analyses. Additionally, CAEs with flow-dependent ICPs derived from either the EnKF or multimodel 3-h forecasts from the Short-Range Ensemble Forecast (SREF) system had higher fractions skill scores than CAEs with randomly generated mesoscale ICPs. Conversely, due to insufficient spread, CAEs with EnKF ICPs had worse reliability, discrimination, and dispersion than those with random and SREF ICPs. However, members in the CAE with SREF ICPs undesirably clustered by dynamic core represented in the ICPs, and CAEs with random ICPs had poor spinup characteristics. Collectively, these results indicate that continuously cycled EnKF mean analyses were suboptimal for CAE initialization purposes and suggest that further work to improve limited-area continuously cycling EnKFs over large regional domains is warranted. Additionally, the deleterious aspects of using both multimodel and random ICPs suggest efforts toward improving spread in CAEs with single-physics, single-dynamics, flow-dependent ICPs should continue.
Effect of Silicon and Seaweed Extract on Physical and Sensory Quality of Papaya cv. Red Lady

Papaya is an evergreen, herbaceous, rapidly growing, short lived perennial tree with upright growing pattern. It is one of the economically and commercially most important fruit crop of the tropical and subtropical region. It belongs to family Caricaceae and believed to have originated from Tropical America. It is one of the most important fruit crop of Hawaii, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Queens Land and South Africa In India, it is successfully grown all over the country and is available round the International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 1 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Morphogen Receptor Genes and Metamorphogenes

Abstract: Morphogen receptors are nodal points in signal transduction pathways that regulate morphogenesis during embryonic development. A recent discovery identified a recurrent missense mutation in a gene encoding a morphogen receptor responsible for the elusive process of skeletal metamorphosis in humans. Metamorphosis, the postnatal transformation of one normal tissue or organ system into another, is a biological process rarely seen in higher vertebrates or mammals, but exemplified pathologically by the disabling autosomal dominant disorder, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). Individuals with FOP experience episodes of spontaneous or trauma‐induced metamorphosis that convert normal functioning aponeuroses, fascia, ligaments, tendons, and skeletal muscles into a highly ramified and disabling second skeleton of heterotopic bone. The recurrent single nucleotide missense mutation in the gene encoding activin receptor IA/activin‐like kinase 2 (ACVR1/ALK2), a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type I receptor that causes FOP in all classically affected individuals worldwide, is one of the most specific disease‐causing mutations in the human genome and the first identified human metamorphogene. These findings provide deep insight into a signaling pathway that regulates tissue and organ stability following morphogenesis, and that when dysregulated in a specific manner, orchestrates the metamorphosis of one normal tissue or organ system into another. The study of skeletal metamorphosis in FOP provides profound insight into the molecular mechanisms that ensure phenotypic stability following morphogenesis and that ordinarily lay deeply hidden in the highly conserved signaling pathways that regulate cell fate. Such insight is applicable to a broad range of human afflictions.
Homeless People in Public Space and the Politics of (In)visibility

Homeless people were a new sight in the post-1989 Czech Republic, as the previous regime effectively criminalized homelessness. Thus, in the 1990s, the new visibility of homeless people was a shock to the public eye. This paper is based on a longitudinal study of how, based on this new visibility, the representations of homeless people developed throughout the 1989–2015 period. The paper focuses on the interplay between physical visibility of homelessness and its visibility for public policy. It introduces a threefold theoretical model of how the former is transformed into the latter: I argue that, to be recognized as “problematic” in public space, a group must (a) be recognized as a distinct category (categorical visibility), (b) be recognized as a threat to the civil order (moral visibility), and (c) that public policy must have legal instruments to perceive and address the issue (the eyes and arms of public policy).
Investigation of the Micromechanical Damage Process in a Granitic Rock Using an Inelastic Bonded Block Model (BBM)

This study numerically investigates the damage process in a granite using an inelastic multiminerallic block model in two‐dimensional Universal Distinct Element Code. In addition to the commonly considered calibration targets like uniaxial and triaxial strengths, tensile strength, and Young's modulus, attention was paid to reproduce additional attributes such as postpeak response, residual strengths, and confinement‐dependent dilatancy to minimize the nonuniqueness potential of the models. The fracture pattern transitioned from axial cracking to shear banding as the specimen confinement was increased from 0 to 60 MPa. Most notably, the model could exhibit the cohesion‐weakening‐frictional‐strengthening behavior that is typically associated with brittle rocks. The progressive damage mechanism in the unconfined bonded block model (BBM) was subsequently studied using the 2‐D digital image correlation (2‐D‐DIC) approach. To date, the application of the 2‐D‐DIC approach has been restricted only to real material testing; this study, therefore, is an attempt to extend its applicability to numerical models. It was found that 2‐D‐DIC is capable of imaging the simulated microcracking process very well and the results were similar to those observed from real testing on a different granitic rock. Lastly, the numerical‐based DIC results were analyzed to clarify that even if the point of axial stress‐axial strain nonlinearity does not coincide with the point of volumetric strain reversal in unconfined BBMs, the axial stress‐axial strain nonlinearity approach should always be used for determining the crack damage threshold in BBMs.
Tension Between Stability and Representativeness in a Democratic Setting

We present a model showing the evolution of an organization of agents who discuss democratically about good practices. This model feeds on a field work we did for about twelve years in France where we followed NPOs, called AMAPs, and observed their construction through time at the regional and national level. Most of the hypothesis we make here are either based on the literature on opinion diffusion or on the results of our field work. By defining dynamics where agents influence each other, make collective decision at the group level, and decide to stay in or leave their respective groups, we analyse the effect of different forms of vertical communication that is meant to spread good practices within the organization. Our main indicators of the good functioning of the democratic dynamics are stability and representativeness. We show that if communication about norms is well designed, it has a positive impact on both stability and representativeness. Interestingly the effect of communication increases with the number of dimensions discussed in the groups. Communication about norms is thus a valuable tool to use in groups that wish to improve their democratic practices without jeopardizing stability.
The role of occlusion on full mouth rehabilitation by adhesive partial crowns. A systematic review.

Aim In the dental literature there are many studies about full mouth rehabilitation. They are mainly focused on the reestablishment of esthetics and function in edentulous patients, or in complex cases in which a multidisciplinary approach is needed. The aim of this study was to systematically review the role of occlusion reported in the literature when full mouth rehabilitations by adhesive partial crowns are made. Methods This report followed the PRISMA Statement. A database search in Medline/PubMed, Cochrane and Researchgate, in addition to other sources and manual searches was conducted, using appropriate key words to identify all kind of studies reporting on occlusion in full mouth rehabilitation with adhesive partial crowns. No language or time limitation was applied. Results Only three papers were selected but no randomized clinical trials were found. Conclusion No randomized clinical trial is available on full mouth rehabilitation with adhesive partial crowns and on the role of occlusion.
Effect of budding performed by hand and with manual grafting unit on kiwifruit propagation in the field

The kiwifruit cultivar Hayward was grafted on three-year-old seedling rootstocks of the same cultivar in field conditions. Inverted T-budding, chip-budding, conventional local T-budding by hand and chip-budding with manual grafting unit were used as budding types. All budding operations were done on the 15 th May in 2002 and 2003. The hand chip-budding gave the highest bud-take (98.34%), sprouting rate (91.67%), shoot diameter (6.84 mm) and shoot length (58.07 cm). The manual chip-budding grafting unit also performed well but it was more time consuming and gave lower graft success.
When Does Corporate Social Irresponsibility Become News? Evidence from More Than 1,000 Brand Transgressions Across Five Countries

Companies are increasingly held accountable for their corporate social irresponsibility (CSI). However, the extent to which a CSI event damages the firm largely depends on the coverage of this event in high-reach news media. Using the theory of news value developed in communications research, the authors explain the amount of media coverage by introducing a set of variables related to the event, the involved brand, and media outlet. The authors analyze a sample of 1,054 CSI events that were reported in 77 leading media outlets in five countries in the period 2008–2014. Estimation results reveal many drivers. For example, the number of media covering the story may be 39% higher for salient and strong brands. 80% more media report the event if a foreign brand is involved in a domestic CSI event. When a brand advertises heavily or exclusively in a news medium, this reduces the likelihood of the news medium to cover negative stories about the brand. The average financial loss at the U.S. stock market due to a CSI event amounts to US$321 million. However, the market reacts to the event only if 4 or more U.S. high-reach media outlets report on the event.
Partitioning of Ozone Loss Pathways in the Ozone Quasi-biennial Oscillation Simulated by a Chemistry-Climate Model

Ozone loss pathways and their rates in the ozone quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO), which is simulated by a chemistry-climate model developed by the Meteorological Research Institute of Japan, are evaluated using an ob- jective pathway analysis program (PAP). The analyzed chemical system contains catalytic cycles caused by NOx , HOx , ClOx , Ox , and BrOx . PAP quantified the rates of all significant catalytic ozone loss cycles, and evaluated the partitioning among these cycles. The QBO amplitude of the sum of all cycles amounts to about 4 and 14 % of the annual mean of the total ozone loss rate at 10 and 20 hPa, respectively. The contribution of catalytic cycles to the QBO of the ozone loss rate is found to be as follows: NOx cycles contribute the largest fraction (50 – 85 %) of the QBO amplitude of the total ozone loss rate; HOx cycles are the second-largest (20 – 30 %) below 30 hPa and the third-largest (about 10 %) above 20 hPa; Ox cycles rank third (5 – 20 %) below 30 hPa and second (about 20 %) above 20 hPa; ClOx cycles rank fourth (5 – 10 %); and BrOx cycles are almost negligible. The relative contribution of the NOx and Ox cycles to the QBO amplitude of ozone loss differs by up to 10 % and 20 %, respectively, from their contribution to the annual mean ozone loss rate. The ozone QBO at 20 hPa is mainly driven by ozone transport, which then alters the ozone loss rate. In contrast, the ozone QBO at 10 hPa is driven chemically by NOx and the temperature dependence of [O]/[O3], which results from the temperature dependence of the reaction O + O2 + M → O3 + M. In addition, the ozone QBO at 10 hPa is influenced by the overhead ozone column, which affects [O]/[O3] (through ozone photolysis) and the ozone production rate (through oxygen photolysis).
IFRS and Financial Performance: Study in the French Context

This article examines the direct and indirect impact of the IFRS mandatory adoption on the financial performance of companies. The structural equation method has been applied to all companies that belong to the CAC All tradable index for the period from 2002 to 2012. By measuring financial performance by three measures, namely the Marris ratio, the Tobin Q and the PER ratio, the results show that the imposition of the international standards has no direct effect on the financial performance, its effect is indirect via the cost of capital.
Individual Morality To Accounting Fraud Tendency At Whole BMTs In Kudus

This research has purposes to find out individual morality to accounting fraud tendency at whole BMTs in Kudus. This quantitative field research uses primary data through survey by using questionnaire distribution. There are two variables (X) individual morality and (Y) accounting fraud tendency. All BMTs’ employees in Kudus joining PBMT, 302 employees are the population. Meanwhile, 173 respondents selected by purposive sampling are the sample. The findings show individual morality influences accounting fraud tendency shown by direct effect coefficient of individual morality to accounting fraud tendency (lance c) of model (1) -0.37 and is significant (0.01).
Effect of medicinal plant extracts on physiological changes in tomato, inoculated with Meloidogyne javanica and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici.

The nematicidal and fungicidal effect of plant materials of two Iranian native plant species, Ferulago angulata and Zataria multiflora was evaluated. The interrelationship between M. javanica and F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in susceptible local tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill, was studied and their management by plant materials was evaluated in glasshouse conditions. The effects of different parts of these two medicinal plants, on growth-related parameters, the chlorophyll content, photosynthesis and gas-exchange parameters of tomato were also determined. Statistical analysis indicated a significant effect of tested plant extracts on all tested parameters. On the basis of these tests, in Meloidogyne infected plants, leaf powder of F. angulata at the rate of 0.4 percent was most effective on tomato growth parameters, whereas in case of plants infected with both pathogens, stem powder of F. angulata at the same rate was the best treatment. Data showed that chlorophyll a, b and total, were significantly increased by treating the Meloidogyne infected plants as well as the plants infected with both pathogens, with leaf powder of Z. multiflora at the rate of 0.2 percent. In this treatment, the amount of chlorophyll was considerably more than the uninoculated control plants. In case of intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), transpiration (E), photosynthesis rate (A), stomata conductance (Gs) and water use efficiency (WUE), the best treatments were leaf extract of Z. multiflora (0.4%), leaf powder of Z. multiflora (0.2%), leaf powder of Z. multiflora (0.4%), leaf extract of Z. multiflora (0.2%) and leaf extract of F. angulata (0.5%), respectively. The findings from this study suggest that the performance of L. esculentum can be improved by soil application of these plant materials. The results for the test of effects of different parts of plants on gall formation and reproduction rate of M. javanica on tomato plants, inoculated with nematode alone or combination of nematode and F. oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici, indicated a significant effect of plant materials on studied characters. On the basis of LSD test, stem powder of F. angulata at the rate of 0.4 percent was the most effective treatment in reducing the reproduction rate of the nematode, whereas the flower extract of this plant at the same rate significantly reduced the gall and egg-mass numbers.
Metabolic Syndrome in HIV Infected Children Receiving Free HAART at a Centre of Excellence in HIV Care in Northern India

Objective: Children and adolescents infected with HIV through mother to child transmission are exposed to HIV related complications and anti-retroviral treatment adverse effects since conception and are more vulnerable to develop the metabolic complications. This study was carried out to assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and associated risk factors in HIV infected children aged 6-15 years using International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria. Methods: A total of 45 HIV infected children in the age group of 6-15 years were enrolled from the Anti-Retroviral Treatment Clinic of a tertiary care hospital in North India. Demographic details, clinical profile, immunological data and treatment details were obtained from clinic records. Anthropometric measurements recorded were weight, height, BMI, waist circumference. Biochemical parameters measured were fasting lipid profile (total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-C, LDL-C), blood sugar, serum insulin level and CD4+ cell count. Results: More than half of the participants were undernourished (57.7% had weight for age <-2z score). Most common metabolic abnormality noted was low HDL cholesterol levels (53.3%). 6.6% patients were noted to have insulin resistance. Significant association of protease inhibitor-based ART regimes with dyslipidemia was observed (p value=0.02). Metabolic syndrome could not be established in any participant as per the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria since all had waist circumference less than the cut off range. Conclusion: Although full blown metabolic syndrome could not be established in the study population, significant metabolic derangements mainly dyslipidemia were noted in them even with concurrent malnutrition. Close monitoring and follow up for metabolic derangements and subsequent development of metabolic syndrome should be actively looked for in these children.
Prospective Study of Domestic Accidents of the Child in Brazzaville, Congo

Background: Home related accidents have emerged as an important public health issue in pediatrics. However, very few studies have been conducted in sub-saharan countries on domestic accidents among children. The purpose of this study was to determine the hospital frequency of domestic accidents in Brazzaville children, the type of accident, establish etiological factors and mortality. Methods: A total of 173 cases of domestic accidents were collected through a prospective study conducted from 1 January to 31 December 2017 in the pediatric intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Brazzaville. Medical records of children victims of unintentional trauma at home or in its immediate surroundings were collected. The following variables were recorded: the age and sex of the child, the hour, day and month of occurrence of the accident, parental attitudes in the management, and the prognosis (mortality). Results: Domestic accidents accounted for 9.2% of all admissions. The average age was 28.8 ± 10.5 months, a male predominance was noted (sex ratio equal to 1.6). Domestic accidents were found in 57.5% of children under two years (p 0.05). These children belong with more than 3 children in 63% of the cases. Accidents were dominated by ingestions (56.1% of cases), followed by falls (16.2%), burns (10.9%) and drug poisoning (9.2%). They often occurred between 12 pm and 8 pm, most often in the yard, the kitchen and the surroundings of the home. Three cases of death (1.53%) were enrolled including 2 cases of burns. Conclusion: domestic accidents are common in Brazzaville but their frequency is underestimated. Accidental ingestion remains the most frequent type of accident and mortality is high. Control of the causative factors is necessary to undertake effective preventive actions.