Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predictive Value of miRNA-181a in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a common pediatric malignant neoplasia, showed high relapse rate after induction therapy. Some miRNAs have been shown to regulate normal hematopoiesis and their disruption could contribute to leukemogenesis: Recently, specific miRNA, including miR-181a, was shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of ALL, serving as a biomarker for diagnosis and relapse of ALL. Aim of the Study: To evaluate miR-181a expression level as a predictive marker for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Patients and Methods: 40 pediatric ALL patients were included in this study. miR-181a expression was assessed at diagnosis before start of treatment. Samples were either peripheral blood or bone marrow aspirate sample. Patients were evaluated clinically and laboratory after the induction therapy. Results: The remission rate was significantly higher in patients with high miR-181a expression compared to those with low expression (p Conclusion: The expression level of miR-181a was significantly higher in remission group than in non-remission group was and predict good response to induction therapy.
Development of a robust fabrication process for single silicon nanowire-based omega gate transistors on polyamide substrate

Single silicon nanowire (SiNW) omega-gate field-effect transistors have been fabricated using a standard photolithography method on a Kapton flexible polyamide thin film attached to a sacrificial silicon substrate. SiNWs have been grown by the chemical vapor deposition method using a vapor–liquid–solid mechanism and gold as the catalyst. A key step for proper SiNW integration, Kapton surface flattening, was performed via an innovative method based on soap. Contrary to a previously reported integration process on flexible substrates, this flexible/rigid hybrid substrate is compatible with temperature as high as 400 ∘C , allowing the formation of low-resistive nickel silicide at the source/drain contacts. As a consequence, our devices can exhibit excellent electrical properties such as 22 cm2 V−1s−1 hole mobility, 105 ION-to-IOFF ratio and subthreshold slope of about 340 mVdec−1 . These parameters can compete with those of organic transistors or in some aspects even exceeding electrical parameters of similar single SiNW transistors fabricated onto flexible substrates. In addition, after separation from the rigid silicon substrate, devices on Kapton experience a significant improvement in their performance, such as two orders of magnitude for ION/IOFF ratio and halving the subthreshold slope. This flexible/rigid hybrid substrate, offering high chemical and thermal stability, as well as preserving good electrical features and even improving them, after detaching and transfering the polyamide layer to a plastic substrate, which opens up a new route for the integration of further nanostructures.
Board Governance, Business Ethics, and Firm Social Responsibility Disclosure

This paper wants to investigate the impact of board control on social responsibility disclosure. The duration of this study covers three years, i.e., from 2014 until 2016. The population is from public manufacturing companies in Indonesia, and the samples are taken by a simple random sampling method. To analyze the data, the regression model gets used. This research concludes that a positive influence of the supervising board size and the woman portion in this board on the firm social responsibility disclosure is available. Also, business ethics positively affect it.
Cryopreservation of seeds from endangered Brazilian bromeliads - Dyckia brevifolia Baker and D. delicata Larocca & Sobral

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of different solutions that cryopreserve, in liquid nitrogen, seeds from Brazilian bromeliads species threatened with extinction, the Dyckia brevifolia Baker and D. delicata Larocca & Sobral. Ten treatments and four replicates per treatment were used, namely, without adding the cryoprotective solution and no immersion in liquid nitrogen; immersion in liquid nitrogen without adding cryoprotectant; 1 M glycerol; 2 M glycerol; 0.4 M sucrose; 0.8 M sucrose; PVS1; PVS2; PVS2 + 1% phloroglucinol and PVS3. The seeds remain frozen for 15 days until the evaluation of germination percentage, abnormal seedlings, germination speed index, and seedling length and dry mass took place. After cultivation in a greenhouse for six months, the length and the dry weights of the shoot and the root system were evaluated, as well as the total dry weight and the shoot/root ratio. Concerning the treatment without using cryoprotectants, D. brevifolia and D. delicata seeds attained, respectively, 92% and 79% of germination. Using cryoprotectants did not impair seed viability. Dyckia brevifolia seeds with 6.8% water content and Dyckia delicata with 8.9% can be cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen without needing cryoprotectant solutions.
Models transport Saharan dust too low in the atmosphere: a comparison of the MetUM and CAMS forecasts with observations

Abstract. We investigate the dust forecasts from two operational global atmospheric models in comparison with in situ and remote sensing measurements obtained during the AERosol properties – Dust (AER-D) field campaign. Airborne elastic backscatter lidar measurements were performed on board the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements during August 2015 over the eastern Atlantic, and they permitted us to characterise the dust vertical distribution in detail, offering insights on transport from the Sahara. They were complemented with airborne in situ measurements of dust size distribution and optical properties, as well as datasets from the Cloud–Aerosol Transport System (CATS) spaceborne lidar and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). We compare the airborne and spaceborne datasets to operational predictions obtained from the Met Office Unified Model (MetUM) and the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). The dust aerosol optical depth predictions from the models are generally in agreement with the observations but display a low bias. However, the predicted vertical distribution places the dust lower in the atmosphere than highlighted in our observations. This is particularly noticeable for the MetUM, which does not transport coarse dust high enough in the atmosphere or far enough away from the source. We also found that both model forecasts underpredict coarse-mode dust and at times overpredict fine-mode dust, but as they are fine-tuned to represent the observed optical depth, the fine mode is set to compensate for the underestimation of the coarse mode. As aerosol–cloud interactions are dependent on particle numbers rather than on the optical properties, this behaviour is likely to affect their correct representation. This leads us to propose an augmentation of the set of aerosol observations available on a global scale for constraining models, with a better focus on the vertical distribution and on the particle size distribution. Mineral dust is a major component of the climate system; therefore, it is important to work towards improving how models reproduce its properties and transport mechanisms.
PARENTING STYLES RELATED TO BEHAVIOR AUTONOMY ON TEENAGER AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 26TH, MALANG CITY

Background: Parenting styles is the parent’s model in parenting. By choosing one of parenting styles will influence the relationship between parent and kid. Especially when they started to grow up and became a teenager (McClure et al., 2004). Objectives: This research aimed to analyze correlation between parenting styles and behavior autonomy of teenager at Junior High School 26th, Malang City.Methods: This research used cross sectional approach, by observing the relationship between parenting styles and behavior autonomy of teenager at SMP 26 Malang city. The research was located at SMP 26 Malang city, on October 2019. They filled in the research questionnaire. The population of research was the female student grade-XIII at SMPN 26 Malang city. The Parenting Styles questionnaire was modified from the Parenting Style Questionnaire likewise for The Behaviour Autonomy from Behavioral Autonomy Questionnaire with an acceptable level of reliability score (α = 0,8; Cronbach’s alpha ≥ 0.6). The study population was 80 students from grade XIII SMPN 26 Malang. In a total of 77 students recruited using purposive sampling as the study participant. The univariate data is analyzed using distribution frequency analysis, and the chi-square test (sig level α = 0.05; CI = 95%) is used to analyze the correlation between variables. SPSS is used for whole data analysis.Results: Univariate analysis used an analysis by looking at frequency-distribution. Bivariate analysis knew the relationship of independence variable towards dependence variable with statistical-exam chi-square and the limit was (α=0,05) or confidence Interval (CI)=95% processed by using SPSS program. The result of chi-square was gotten p value = (0,002) < (0,050) so that H1 was received.Conclusion: Parenting styles related to behavior autonomy of teenager at Junior High School 26th, Malang City. The study results are expected to increases the relationship between parenting styles and behavior autonomy among adolescents. Keywords: Parenting Styles, Behavior Autonomy, Teenager, Junior High School 26th of Malang City.
Phytohormones on the germination and initial growth of pumpkin seedlings under different types of water

ABSTRACT Pumpkin (Curcubita moschata Duchesne) production in quantity and quality is often restricted due to adverse environmental conditions. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the action of phytohormones as stress attenuators on the germination and initial growth of pumpkin seedlings, cv. Sergipana, under different types of water. The design adopted was completely randomized, in a 3 × 4 factorial scheme, with four repetitions. In addition to the control, the seeds were treated with the gibberellic and salicylic acids and irrigated with the supply water, fish farming wastewater, artesian well water and solution of the mixture of fish farming wastewater + artesian well water, in a 1:1 ratio. The variables evaluated were germination, first germination count, germination speed index, length of shoots and roots, dry mass of shoots and roots, soluble sugars, amino acids and proline. Treatment of pumpkin seeds, cv. Sergipana, with gibberellic and salicylic acids improved germination kinetics and attenuated the effects of water salinity during the initial growth of pumpkin seedlings.
Well-defined high refractive index poly(monothiocarbonate) with tunable Abbe's numbers and glass-transition temperatures via terpolymerization

The synthesis of thermoplastics with high refractive index (n) and high Abbe's number (Vd) is rarely reported. This work describes well-controlled synthesis of a soluble poly(monothiocarbonate) with high n and Vd values by using carbonyl sulfide (COS) as a source of sulfur. The alternating COS/cyclohexene oxide (CHO)/propylene oxide (PO) terpolymerization was performed by using a tetradentate Schiff base chromium chloride complex (SalenCrCl) and bis(triphenylphosphoranylidene) ammonium chloride (PPNCl) as a catalyst at 40 °C, yielding terpolymers with 100% poly(monothiocarbonate) selectivity based on the 1H NMR spectra. The turnover frequency (TOF) of the SalenCrCl/PPNCl catalyst system was 323 h−1 for COS/PO/CHO terpolymerization at 40 °C. The terpolymers possess number-average molecular weight (Mn) up to 22.3 kg mol−1 with a narrow polydispersity index (PDI) of 1.16. These terpolymers exhibited high refractive indices (n) of 1.55–1.56. Of importance, by varying the feed ratio of PO and CHO, Vd of the resulting terpolymers was adjustable from 32.1 to 43.1, and the glass-transition temperature (Tg) varied from 43.7 to 93.4 °C. This poly(monothiocarbonate) might be used as optical plastics with tailored optical and thermal properties.
Morphological characterization of diploid and triploid Acorus calamus (Acoraceae) from southern Western Siberia, parthenocarpy in sterile plants and occurrence of aneuploidy

Finding morphological differences between cytotypes that are stable throughout their geographical range is important for understanding evolution of polyploid complexes. The ancient monocot lineage Acorus includes two groups, of which A. calamus s.l. , an important medicinal plant, is a polyploid complex with a centre of diversity in Asia. European plants are sterile triploids introduced by humans. An early study suggested that plants from temperate Asia are tetraploids, but subsequent work revealed diploids and triploids rather than tetraploids in Asiatic Russia; however, cytotype diversity in Western Siberia is insufficiently known. We document the occurrence of diploids and triploids in Western Siberia. Triploids that do not differ in genome size from European Acorus are abundant in the valley of the river Ob where the ability for extensive vegetative propagation provides ecological advantages. An isolated population of aneuploid triploids with 33 chromosomes is found outside the Ob valley. Flow cytometry provides an efficient tool for identification of aneuploid plants in Acorus. All triploids are sterile, but their flowers develop uniform parthenocarpic fruits. Fruits of diploids usually vary in size within a spadix depending on the number of developing seeds. In contrast to North America, where the native diploid plants differ from the introduced triploids by the absence of a secondary midrib of the ensiform leaf blade, Siberian diploids are similar to triploids in possessing a secondary midrib. We confirm that diploids differ from triploids in the size of air lacunae in leaves, which is determined by cell number rather than cell size in septa of aerenchyma. A combination of spathe width and spadix length measured after the male stage of anthesis shows different (slightly overlapping) patterns of variation between diploids and triploids in our material.
Acute responses of muscle oxygen saturation during different cluster training configurations in resistance-trained individuals

This study compared the perceptual responses, physiological indicators and technical parameters between different training protocols focused on upper body exercises. A randomized crossover design was performed, and 12 trained individuals (age: 27.1 ± 5.7 years; height: 173.7 ± 10.7 cm; BMI: 23.9 ± 2.3) completed three resistance training sessions under different protocols separated by at least 72 h: traditional training (TT) (4 x 6 repetitions at 85% of 1RM with 120 s of rest between sets), cluster 1 (CL1) (4 x 2+2+2 repetitions at 85% of 1RM with 15 s of intra-rep rest and 80 s between sets), and cluster 2 (CL2) (24 repetitions at 85% of 1RM with 15 s of inter-set recovery). Before training, arterial blood pressure (BP) and repetitions to failure of pull-up and push-up (FT) were collected. Muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2) in the chest and movement velocity were evaluated in barbell bench press during the training session. After finishing, lactate, BP, rate of perceived exertion and FT were assessed. The percentage of velocity loss (TT: 19.24%; CL1: 5.02% and CL2: 7.30%) in the bench press and lactate concentration (TT: 8.90 mmol·l-1; CL1: 6.13 mmol·l-1 and CL2: 5.48 mmol·l-1) were significantly higher (p < 0.05) for TT compared to both CLs. RPE values were higher (p < 0.05) in TT compared to CL1 (7.95 a.u. vs. 6.91 a.u., respectively). No differences (p > 0.05) were found between protocols for SmO2, BP, FT, pain or heart rate between set configurations. Cluster configurations allow one to maintain higher movement velocity and lower lactate and RPE values compared to a traditional configuration, but with similar concentrations of SmO2.
Unanswered questions on the Budyko framework

Landscapes and their hydrology are complex and sui generis. As a result, few theories exist that (without calibration) usefully describe or predict catchment-scale hydrological behaviour (Beven, 2000; Sivapalan, 2005). The Budyko hypothesis (Budyko, 1951, 1974) is a rare exception: its simple parameterization of how aridity (the ratio of long-term mean precipitation to long-term mean potential evapotranspiration) controls the long-term mean partitioning of precipitation into streamflow and evapotranspiration captures the behaviour of many catchments around the world. In recent years, the Budyko framework has increasingly being used to interpret and predict (often non-stationary) water balances. While uses of the framework have become diverse and widespread, they are typically founded in common principles that rely on largely untested assumptions and strongly relate to questions for which no clear answers exist. Therefore, we believe that answering several basic questions around the Budyko framework can strengthen (or invalidate) many old, recent, and future applications. We realize that similar questions have been contemplated by others, but we hope that presenting them in the following manner may prove useful.
Mysterious iodine-overabundance in Antarctic meteorites

Halogen as well as other trace element concentrations in meteorite finds can be influenced by alteration processes on the Earth's surface. The discovery of Antarctic meteorites offered the opportunity to study meteorites which were kept in one of the most sterile environment of the Earth. Halogen determination in Antartic meteorites was compared with non-Antarctic meteorites. No correlation was found between iodine concentration and the weathering index, or terrestrial age. The halogen measurements indicate a contaminating phase rich in iodine and also containing chlorine. Possible sources for this contamination are discussed.
Efficient up-conversion of triplet excitons into a singlet state and its application for organic light emitting diodes

A material possessing a very small energy gap between its singlet and triplet excited states, ΔE1−3, which allows efficient up-conversion of triplet excitons into a singlet state and leads to efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), is reported. The compound, 2-biphenyl-4,6-bis(12-phenylindolo[2,3-a] carbazole-11-yl)-1,3,5-triazine, breaks the restriction of a large energy gap, with a ΔE1−3 of just 0.11 eV, while maintaining a high fluorescent radiative decay rate (kr∼107). The intense TADF provides a pathway for highly efficient electroluminescence.
Pregnant Aboriginal women self-assess health risks from smoking and efficacy to quit over time using an adapted Risk Behaviour Diagnosis (RBD) Scale

During pregnancy, the imperative to stop smoking becomes urgent due to health risks for mother and baby.Explore responses to a smoking-related, pregnancy-focused Risk Behaviour Diagnosis (RBD) Scale over time with Aboriginal1 pregnant women.Six Aboriginal Medical Services in three states recruited 22 eligible women: ⩽28 weeks' gestation, ⩾16 years old, smoked tobacco, pregnant with an Aboriginal baby. Surveys were completed at baseline (n = 22), 4-weeks (n = 16) and 12-weeks (n = 17). RBD Scale outcome measures included: perceived threat (susceptibility and severity), perceived efficacy (response and self-efficacy), fear control (avoidance), danger control (intentions to quit) and protection responses (protecting babies). At baseline, the total mean threat scores at 4.2 (95% CI: 3.9–4.4) were higher than total mean efficacy scores at 3.9 (95% CI: 3.6–4.1). Over time there was a non-significant reduction in total mean threat and efficacy; fear control increased; danger control and protection responses remained stable. Reduction of threat and efficacy perceptions, with raised fear control responses, may indicate a blunting effect (a coping style which involves avoidance of risks). In 22 Aboriginal pregnant women, risk perception changed over time. A larger study is warranted to understand how Aboriginal women perceive smoking risks as the pregnancy progresses so that health messages are delivered accordingly.
Air concentrations and transport of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in mountains of southeast and southern Brazil

Abstract As part of the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) Network, this study investigates the occurrence and transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in mountainous regions of southern and southeastern Brazil. Measurements of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the atmosphere were made along altitudinal gradients at the Serra dos Orgaos national park (Rio de Janeiro state) and Sao Joaquim national park (Santa Catarina state) over summer (December to March) and winter (June to August) periods in 2007 and 2008. PCB concentrations (sum of about 30 congeners) ranged from a few tens to a hundreds of picograms per cubic meter and were dominated by the tri– and tetra–PCB homologue groups. These concentrations are considerably higher than those reported in mountain studies from other parts of the world. The highest PCB concentrations were observed at the lower altitude sites (400 to 1 000 m a.s.l.) with a strong negative correlation between air concentration and altitude (Spearman test, p −3 . PUF disk passive samplers are demonstrated as a cost–effective tool for investigating the effectiveness of PCB regulation and management efforts in Brazil and for monitoring the POPs contamination of pristine and sensitive environments.