Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Elementary pre-service teachers’ practice of racial literacy: analysis of small stories in online critical inquiry communities

ABSTRACT Despite pedagogical efforts to promote preservice teachers’ racial literacy, preservice teachers may resist critical racial pedagogies. Such resistance has serious, detrimental consequences in classrooms populated with students of Color. To study how interracial groups of preservice teachers (PSTs) engage with issues of race outside of their coursework and fieldwork, I investigated preservice teachers’ engagement with race in discussing Claudia Rankine’s Citizen in an informal online space. The preservice teachers were embedded in an urban emergent elementary school in a predominantly African-American community in the Southeastern U.S. I asked: (1) how do PSTs use their racial literacy in an online critical inquiry community? (2) how might we understand the possibilities and constraints of PSTs’ practice of racial literacy? I found that some students continued to see issues of race and racism as an intellectual rather than a lived problem. Other students wrestled with their lived experiences of racism and those shared by their peers in response to their text. This work provides insight into how informal online spaces and small storytelling can be used to teach racial literacy, understand resistance, and implement antiracist action within teacher education.
Intraguild predation between Macrolophus pygmaeus and Aphidius ervi

This work investigates the intraguild predation (IGP) between the predator Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur (Hemiptera Miridae) and the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera Braconidae). In particular, predation on parasitized Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Hemiptera Aphididae) aphids was studied at two different stages of parasitism. It is known that A. pisum parasitized by A. ervi exhibits a „suicidal‟ behaviour in presence of a coccinellid. This behaviour may be linked to an increased risk of being preyed, since it has been observed that parasitized A. pisum suffers greater predation rate by Harmonia axyridis (Pallas). The escape response in A. pisum is affected by predator species and hemipterans cause a small disturbance of aphid colony. We hypothesize that parasitized A. pisum at an early stage of parasitization would suffer higher predation risk also if the predator is a hemipteran. We used the generalist predator M. pygmaeus to test this hypothesis. Predation on newly parasitized aphids was tested by offering groups of twenty 2 instar aphids composed of parasitized and unparasitized individuals in different proportions to the predator. The relative proportion of the healthy and parasitized aphids did not change the total prey consumption. Increased susceptibility to predation for parasitized aphids at an early stage of parasitism was observed. This result is discussed on the basis of the kin selection theory. Predation on pre-mummified and mummified A. pisum aphids was also studied. Our results show that M. pygmaeus preys, on average, about two A. pisum mummies in 24 h, which is fully in line with the consumption of fourth instar aphids. Pre-mummies killed by M. pygmaeus always showed visible damage while mummies did not always show visible signs of the predator feeding activity. The possible consequences of the mass release of generalist predators on parasitoid natural populations are briefly discussed.
Production technology and mathematical method for modeling the formulation of fruit and jelly candies enriched with collagen

Mathematical methods for designing recipes for various food products including fruit-jelly sweets of a given composition are based mainly on the methods of linear and experimental statistical programming. The use of the linear programming method made it possible to simulate the recipe for fruit-jelly sweets enriched with collagen. In the mathematical modeling of sweets, we were guided by a unified recipe for fruit-jelly masses, with a partial replacement of granulated sugar with strawberry powder and a solution of collagen hydrolyzate, replacement of fruit and berry cooking with strawberry puree. The requirements of GOST 4570-2014 for sweets were taken into account, according to which the mass fraction (ppm) of fruit raw materials should be at least 7%, ppm. moisture - no more than 32.0%, ppm reducing substances - no more than 60.0%. White sugar (x1), molasses (x2), strawberry puree (x3), agar-agar (x4), citric acid (x5), strawberry powder (x6), collagen hydrolyzate solution (x7) were used as prescription ingredients. As a result of calculating the program, the shares of prescription ingredients were obtained: x1 = 0.45; x2 = 0.24; x3 = 0.25; x4 = 0.016; x5 = 0.005, x6 = 0.05; x7 = 0.18. In this case, the goal function tends to the maximum, i.e. to obtain a product of high nutritional value. The data obtained made it possible to compose the recipe composition of enriched fruit-jelly sweets for the production of 1000 kg of product. The technological process for the production of sweets included sequentially performed operations that allow obtaining a product with a high nutritional value, the required content of biologically active substances and good organoleptic properties that meet the requirements of regulatory documents.
‘Beyond Boundaries or Best Practice’ Prayer in Clinical Mental Health Care: Opinions of Professionals and Patients

The use of prayer in mental health care is controversial. Several scholars in the field have emphasized possibilities, whereas others have expressed clear disapproval. The aim of the current study was to describe opinions about prayer of mental health professionals (MHPs) and patients in a Christian (CC) and a secular (SC) mental health clinic. Content analysis was applied to 35 patient interviews and 18 interviews with MHPs. Most of the nurses in both clinics were open to the possible use of prayer, frequently argued by assisting patients in case of inability, but also by personal belief in its potency. Practitioners in both clinics were sometimes reticent or reluctant towards prayer. In the CC the nurses practiced prayer regularly, but all of them mentioned preconditions (like a similar outlook on life) and patients were stimulated to pray themselves. All patients in the CC and most of the patients in the SC had no objections against prayer and tended to focus on the benefits, like tranquility and relief. Prayer in mental health care could be practiced, especially by nurses, in cases of inability of patients, when considered beneficial and when a similar religious background is present.
Long term prognostic significance of thrombolysis in myocardial infarction risk score after revascularization in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome

Background: Non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) patients are complex and varied population. Primarily thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) risk score was developed to guide therapy and assess the short term (14 days) prognosis of these patients. However, few studies have evaluated the long term prognostic significance of TIMI risk score after revascularization. This study aims at assessing the long term prognostic significance of TIMI risk score, 36 months after revascularization in NSTE-ACS. Methods: This was a retrospective observational cohort study of consecutive NSTE-ACS patients (n=150) treated by percutaneous coronary intervention between January 2017 to June 2017 in a tertiary care center. TIMI risk score was calculated for each patient at admission. The primary endpoint was a composite of MACE (death, repeat target-vessel revascularization, and non-fatal recurrent MI) at the end of 36 months of follow up. Clinical secondary endpoints included the individual components of the primary endpoint, death, nonfatal recurrent MI, and repeat target vessel revascularization. Results: Baseline characteristics for 150 participants were as follows, age 56±9.5 years, 78.7% male, 25% diabetics, 82% hypertensives, and 36% had hypercholesterolemia. The event rates of the primary endpoint and its components after 36 months were 26.6%. Event rates increased significantly as the TIMI risk score increased as determined by regression analysis (p=0.004). The relative risk increased by 66% as the TIMI risk score increased from low risk category (TIMI score 0-2) to high risk (TIMI score 5-6). Conclusions: TIMI risk score can be used for long term prognostication of NSTE-ACS patients after revascularization, and thus can be used by clinicians for therapeutic decision making.
How Does Performing Demanding Activities Influence Prospective Memory? A Systematic Review

This paper is the first systematic review on the role of ongoing task load in prospective remembering, which was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA). Forty articles published between 1995 and 2020 were included. They evaluated prospective memory (PM) performance (i.e., the ability to remember to execute a delayed intention) in adult samples aged between 19 and 50 years old when the PM cue appeared under cognitively demanding conditions. The results revealed that people are more likely to fail to remember to perform a delayed intention at the appropriate circumstances or time in the future when their cognitive resources are taxed by demanding ongoing activities. We conclude the review by highlighting that the degree of working memory and executive resources seems to account for some of the discrepant findings and by proposing directions for future research.
Nanostructured Titanium for Improved Endothelial Biocompatibility and Reduced Platelet Adhesion in Stent Applications

Although coronary stents have improved the early and long-term consequences of arterial lesions, the prevention of restenosis and late stent thrombosis is key to prevent a new obstruction of the vessel. Here we aimed at improving the tissue response to stents through surface modification. For that purpose, we used two different approaches, the use of nanostructuration by electrochemical anodization and the addition of a quercitrin (QR) coating to the Ti surface. Four surfaces (Ti, NN, TiQR and NNQR) were characterized by atomic force microscopy, scanning electronic microscopy and contact angle analysis and QR content was evaluated by fluorescent staining. Cell adhesion, cytotoxicity, metabolic activity and nitric oxide (NO) production was evaluated on primary human umbilical cord endothelial cells (HUVECs). Platelet adhesion, hemolysis rate and Staphylococcus epidermidis CECT 4184 adhesion at 30 min were analyzed. Nanostructuration induced an increase on surface roughness, and QR coating decreased the contact angle. All surfaces were biocompatible, with no hemolysis rate and lower platelet adhesion was found in NN surfaces. Finally, S. epidermidis adhesion was lower on TiQR surfaces compared to Ti. In conclusion, our results suggest that NN structuration could improve biocompatibility of bare metal stents on endothelial cells and reduce platelet adhesion. Moreover, QR coating could reduce bacterial adhesion.
The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland, with a note on Molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya

Records of 31 species of fresh-water Mollusca (20 Gastropoda and 11 Lamellibranchiata) from Tongaland are collated. Attention is drawn to the differences between the aquatic malacofaunae of the Pongola River floodplain in the west and the coastal lake systems in the east. Only 10 species (9 Gastropoda and 1 Lamellibranch) are common to both environments. It is suggested that the relationship between Caelatura framesi and C. mossambicensis (Unionidae) should be investigated. Brief descriptionptions of some waterbodies are included. A comparison is made between the vertical distribution of Mollusca in submerged weed beds in sheltered and exposed situations in Lake Sibaya. In the former situation Biomphalaria pfeifferi (intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni) was most abundant at 1,4 m but extended to 4,5 m. Bulinus (Physopsis) globosus (intermediate host of S. haematobium and S. mattheei) did not extend beyond 1,4 m at which depth it was also most abundant. In the latter situation B. pfeifferi was found to 0,4 m and B. (Ph.)globosus to 0,3 m. The diversity of Mollusca in detached waterbodies adjacent to Lake Sibaya decreased with increasing distance from the present lake shore. B. (Ph.)globosus has however spread into much of the peripheral grassland recently inundated by a rise in lake level.
In These Uncertain Times: Fake News Amplifies the Desires to Save and Spend in Response to COVID-19

COVID-19 is changing human history. However, it arrived on the heels of another crisis: fake news. We examine how fake news influences consumers’ spending intentions in response to COVID-19. Across three studies we find that concerns about COVID-19 engender uncertainty, and that exposure to fake news amplifies this effect. This uncertainty increases consumers’ tendency toward two competing goals: compensatory consumption and resource conservation. We present three studies in which we measure consumers’ general preferences (study 1), their specific preferences with respect to buying food at a restaurant (study 2), and their choices when selecting from a meal delivery service (study 3). Our findings have important implications for both marketing practitioners and policy makers, which we discuss throughout.
Identifying Barriers to Development of the Public-Private Partnership in Providing of Hospital Services in Iran:A Qualitative Study

Background: In recent years, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been used to expand hospital services in many countries. Despite the achievements and implications, there have always been many challenges in implementing it. The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers and challenges in the development of public-private partnerships in hospital services in the country of Iran. Methods: This is a qualitative study conducted in 2015- 2016 by the content analysis method. The research population included experts and health professionals and those who have contributed to the development of PPPs model in hospital services (public and private). Of these, eighteen were selected using a purposive sampling approach and were interviewed semi-structured. The MAXQDA10 software was used to analyze the transcribed interviews. Results: Four main themes and sixteen sub-themes were identified concerning the barriers to developing public-private partnerships in the provision of hospital services in the country. They are cultural and social barriers, political and legal barriers, financial and investment barriers, and structural and process barriers. Conclusion: Officials and policymakers should identify the obstacles facing participatory patterns and then provide a suitable platform for nongovernmental organizations. This action can lead to an increase in the level of readiness of hospitals in Iran to implement this model.
MOLECULAR AND GENETIC STUDIES ON TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS RESISTANCE GENES Tm-1, Tm-2 and Tm-22 IN SOME LOCAL AND EXOTIC TOMATO ACCESSIONS

Three genes Tm-1, Tm-2 and Tm- 22 are known to confer resistance to tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) plants. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based codominant marker was developed to be linked to these genes (Tm-1, Tm-2 and Tm-22) using sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers. The polymorphic markers co-segregated with susceptibility or resistance, as determined by biological assays for ToMV resistance. Accordingly, the homozygous genotype will show the intact fragment (950 bp) alone the heterozygous; will show the intact fragment in addition to several smaller fragments (150-800 bp) and the homozygous recessive will show only the smaller fragments. This method enables the distinction of homozygous and heterozygous individual plants in segregating populations for Tm-22, and provides a convenient and rapid assay for mosaic virus resistance to be used in tomato breeding programs and hybrid seed production.
Measurement of the 
Pu239(n,f)
 prompt fission neutron spectrum from 10 keV to 10 MeV induced by neutrons of energy 1–20 MeV

Although the prompt fission neutron spectrum (PFNS) is an essential component of neutron-driven systems that has been measured for decades, there are still multiple glaring unknowns regarding the PFNS of major actinides in the fission neutron incident energy range, specifically with regard to multichance fission and pre-equilibrium neutron emission processes. The only impactful experimental $^{239}\mathrm{Pu}$ PFNS measurements included in recent nuclear data evaluations were measured over a limited outgoing neutron energy range at thermal and 1.5-MeV average incident neutron energy, while other potentially impactful measurements have been shown to contain errors that resulted in either large uncertainty increases or in complete exclusion from nuclear data evaluation. We report here a measurement of the $^{239}\mathrm{Pu}$ PFNS over a wide range of incident neutron energy (1--20 MeV) and three orders of magnitude in outgoing neutron energy (0.01--10 MeV) resulting from the Chi-Nu experiment at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. These results are the combination of separate PFNS measurements in the same experimental area, one using a Li-glass and the other a liquid scintillator detector array. Covariances between all PFNS data points from each detector and within each incident energy range were generated between all other data in both detector arrays and within all other incident neutron energy bins, yielding a single covariance matrix for all 1300 PFNS data points reported here. These covariances are based on a thorough assessment of systematic bias and uncertainties associated with the measurement, PFNS extraction technique, combination of data from each detector type, and other aspects of the analysis. The existence of covariances between PFNS data points in different incident neutron energy ranges yielded covariances between average PFNS energy values at each incident energy to be reported here as well, which allowed for firm statements to be made regarding a shape of a purely experimental mean PFNS energy trend for the first time. Although minor PFNS shape differences exist between the results reported here and recent nuclear data evaluations, the ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3 PFNS evaluations agree reasonably well with the present results from 1-to 10-MeV incident neutron energy, which spans the well-measured 1.5-MeV incident neutron energy PFNS from Lestone and Shores as well as the onset of second-chance fission. However, while the pre-equilibrium component of the PFNS above 12-MeV incident neutron energy roughly agrees in position and magnitude with ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF-3.3, clear differences relating to the relative magnitude of third-chance fission PFNS features are present in the PFNS shape and in the mean PFNS energy trends.
Effect of plant density on growth and yield of new soybean genotypes grown under early planting condition in southwestern Japan

Abstract Soybeans planted in early to mid-June (early) are less affected by rainfall during rainy season than those conventionally planted in early to mid-July in southwestern Japan. Also, narrow row cultivation is expected to increase soybean yield and save labor for inter-tillage and ridging. Field experiments were performed in 2014 and 2015 to test the effect of plant density (high, middle, and low) under early planting condition on growth, yield, and several agronomical traits of Sachiyutaka A1 and three new genotypes (Sakukei 155, Kanto 127 and Shikoku 15). Early planting was performed in mid- to late June, even though rainy season started in early June. Higher plant densities produced 13% greater yield than low plant density through an increase in biomass accumulation, especially at R5. Among yield components, only pods m−2 was significantly and positively correlated with yield, indicating that an increase in pods m−2 led to a greater yield with higher plant densities. The yields of Sachiyutaka A1 were relatively stable for two years, but the lodging resistance should be further improved. Shikoku 15 had greater yield potential and lodging resistance, but its resistance to damping-off disease should be improved. Sakukei 155 with medium plant density produced relatively high and stable yield with less lodging. Although the yield of Kanto 127 fluctuated between experimental years, this genotype showed higher yield potential in higher plant densities with less lodging in 2015. Thus, Sakukei 155 and Kanto 127 with high or medium density may be suitable for early planting in this region.
Distribution of the Red-Backed Shrike Lanius Collurio at Its Western Range Boundary: Patterns and Conservation Prospects

Summary. This note examines the effects of habitat, landscape, climate and geographical situation on the occurrence probability of the Red-backed Shrike at its westernmost range boundary. The results from 127 sampling localities distributed east-to-west along 600 km in northern Spain reflect local and regional effects on species distribution. Habitat patch size (the species prefers large patches) and summer temperatures (the species avoids warmer sites) are the two main environmental correlates of species distribution. In addition, the occurrence of the Red-backed Shrike decreased in the westernmost sectors of the study area. This result could be related to a peninsula effect potentially reinforced by the atypical migratory circuit of this summer passerine (birds arrive from the east). The conservation prospects of this peripheral population suggest a retreat to cold highlands as global warming increases, a reduction in suitable habitat patches due to forest encroachment resulting from rural abandonment and the reduced availability of individuals to offset local extinctions in the westernmost border of its European range. —Tellería, J.L. (2018). Distribution of the Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio at its western range boundary: patterns and conservation prospects. Ardeola, 65: 221–232.
Maritime Risk Research and Its Uptake in Policymaking: A Case Study of the Baltic Sea Region

The literature on maritime risk management is rich and the findings are pertinent to maritime authorities in the Baltic Sea region; however, little is known regarding how much of the available research is actually utilized. This paper aims to evaluate the uptake of maritime risk research by maritime authorities in the Baltic Sea region and to propose recommendations for its improvement. An existing model to evaluate research uptake was adopted. The factors that could improve research uptake were identified and built into a framework of research institutions’ push of research and its pull by the maritime authorities and industry. The level of research uptake and the utilization of push and pull factors were examined using an online survey questionnaire and in addition, policymakers and researchers were engaged in a workshop to identify the best practices and opportunities for research uptake in the Baltic Sea region. The results show that the overall research uptake level is reasonably good, although factors that increase research utilization are not wholly taken up. Policy recommendations are provided to improve research uptake and science communication. The emergent framework of improvement factors and best practices should serve as a guide to policymakers and researchers to optimize the uptake of research, regardless of discipline.