Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Distribution of Coronavirus Receptors in the Swine Respiratory and Intestinal Tract

Simple Summary Overall, viral receptors are cell surface molecules that allow for virus binding and cell entry leading to productive infection. The presence and distribution of these receptors across tissues can determine susceptibility and the outcome of the infection. This study demonstrates the presence of the main protein receptors used by different coronaviruses in the respiratory and intestinal tract of pigs. The present study has important implications for the development of research models and for the assessment of the potential risk and introduction of coronaviruses into the swine population. Abstract Coronaviruses use a broad range of host receptors for binding and cell entry, essential steps in establishing viral infections. This pilot study evaluated the overall distribution of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), aminopeptidase N (APN), carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1), and dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) receptors in the pig respiratory and intestinal tract. All the receptors evaluated in this study were expressed and differentially distributed through the respiratory and intestinal tract. The presence and expression levels of these receptors could determine susceptibility to coronavirus infections. This study may have important implications for the development of research models and the assessment of the potential risk and introduction of novel coronaviruses into the swine population.
Identification of Gene Diversity of Melanocortin-4 Receptor and its Relationship with the Birth and Body Size of Beef Cattle

Melanocortin-4 Receptor (MC4R) expressed in hypothalamus which is part of the brain that are involved in regulation of appetite, metabolism and bodyweight. This study aimed to identify the MC4R gene diversity in the second cross generation of Belgian Blue, Wagyu, and Brahman crossbred and its relationship with the body weight and size birth. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing were used to identify Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP). The result of this study showed that MC4R genes was polymorphic with one SNP at 1133 C>G and included missense mutation. SNP 1133 C>G has two of allels C and G with three genotypes. Test of Hardy Weinberg equilibrium showed that the population of cattle was in equilibrium. The heterozigosity values showed that the population of cattle had a low diversity of genetics. The result of association showed that SNP 1133 C>G in MC4R Genes was not able to indicate the difference between the weight, body length, heart girth and wither’s height at birth. Based on this study, it can be concluded that the polymorphism of MC4R genes can only be used to distinguish cattle genotypes but cannot be used as the selection tools for body weight and size birth. Keywords: Crossbreed beef cattle, Diversity, Heterozigosity, MC4R gene, SNP.
A Neurocognitive Model of Self-Concept Development in Adolescence

When and how do changes in self-concept emerge in adolescence, and which factors facilitate positive self-concept development? This review summarizes recent research findings on self-concept development based on neurocognitive development studies. Self-concept goes through formative changes in adolescence, including linear and nonlinear changes in perspective taking, social comparison, and self-evaluation. In this review we ( a) present a neuroscientific model of self-concept development by relating processes that drive self-concept changes to neuroscience discoveries and ( b) elaborate on the roles of early life experiences and environmental support factors in fostering self-concept development in adolescence. This review concludes that self-concept changes pose vulnerabilities as well as opportunities for adolescent development. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, Volume 4 is December 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews. org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
DMvLNet: deep multiview learning network for blindly accessing image quality

Abstract. In image quality assessment (IQA), the quality of an image is essentially dependent on both semantic contents and image distortions. Conventional nonreference IQA (NR-IQA) methods either encode the semantic contents only or combine them in a straightforward manner without exploring their intrinsic correlation. A unified deep multiview learning network (DMvLNet) is proposed to combine both semantic contents and image distortions for NR-IQA. Using ResNet50 as the backbone, we design IQA-aware semantic features instead of directly using a recognition-specific CNN model for IQA, as in many existing methods. To this end, a high-level feature refining module built on deep layers is developed for generating refined high-level feature maps. Meanwhile, shallow layers are employed for low-level descriptions. Thus, both the refined high-level and low-level features are used for characterizing semantic contents and image distortions, respectively. Furthermore, the refined semantic features and distortion features are simultaneously integrated into DMvLNet by exploring their mutual correlation, leading to the projected multiview embedding passing through the subsequent transformer network for image quality prediction. Extensive experiments conducted on both our assembled large-scale dataset and seven public benchmark datasets demonstrate the superiority of DMvLNet over the state-of-the-art methods.
Sequence evolution in the eastern Chhattisgarh Basin: constraints on correlation and stratigraphic analysis

The Proterozoic succession in the eastern part of the Mesoproterozoic Chhattisgarh Basin comprises two unconformity-bounded sequences. Sequence I represents the Chhattisgarh Supergroup of earlier workers. It overlies rocks of the basement complex with a profound unconformity. Sequence II unconformably overlies Sequnce I, and represents the closing phase of basin evolution during the early Neoproterozoic time. It is unconformably overlain by rocks of the Gondwana Supergroup. The Lohardi and Gomarda formations at the lower part of the Chandarpur Group of Sequence I comprise an immature succession of conglomerate, sandstone and shale deposited in fan-delta - pro-delta environments, marked by rapid facies changes, variable rates of sediment influx, and uneven rates of subsidence and creation of accommodation space. The Kansapathar Sandstone in the upper part of the Chandarpur Group, by contrast, comprises a sheet of mature arenite deposited in a macrotidal shelf. The immature assemblage is best developed in the eastern part of the basin, and rapidly thins out towards west, where the Kansapathar arenite directly overlies the basement. The Raipur Group provides an excellent example of cyclic sedimentation of red shale and limestone. It comprises three shale-dominated intervals and two carbonate-dominated intervals, organized into multiple shallowing-up cycles. The lower carbonate succession, the Sarangarh Limestone, developed as a shallow water un-rimmed platform and evolved into a deep water ramp, with an extensive thin sheet of black limestone facies. Stromatolites are conspicuously absent in the Sarangarh Limestone. Small stromatolite bioherms appear in the Gunderdehi Shale which overlies the ramp succession, and abundant growth of stromatolite is noted in the upper carbonate succession which evolved as a rimmed platform. A thick ignimbrite horizon in the Churtela Shale attests to major felsic volcanism and termination of the Sequence at ~1000 Ma. The Kansapathar Sandstone, the black limestone facies of the Sarangarh Limestone, and the Gunderdehi Shale embedded with small stromatolite bioherms can be used as key marker horizons to overcome the problem of intrabasinal correlation. The marker horizons can be traced from the western part to the eastern part of the basin. The stromatolites in the Gunderdehi Shale and in the Saradih Limestone further provide a biostratigraphic frame, subject to detailed morphologic and microstructural analysis, for possible chronostratigraphic classification.
Which Clinical and Biochemical Parameters Are Associated with Lifetime Suicide Attempts in Bipolar Disorder?

Introduction: Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a disabling condition with suicidal behavior as one of the most common adverse outcomes. The purpose of the present research is to investigate the relationship between lifetime suicide attempts and the clinical factors/biochemical parameters in a large sample of bipolar patients. Methods: A total of 561 patients, consecutively hospitalized for BD in Milan and Monza (Italy), were recruited. Data about the demographic and clinical variables, as well as the values of blood analyses, were collected. The groups identified according to the presence/absence of lifetime suicide attempts were compared using univariate analyses. Then, three preliminary binary logistic regressions and a final logistic regression model were performed to identify the clinical and biochemical parameters associated with lifetime suicide attempts in BD. Results: Lifetime suicide attempts in BD were predicted by a longer duration of untreated illness (DUI) (p = 0.005), absence of lifetime psychotic symptoms (p = 0.025), presence of poly-substance use disorders (p = 0.033), comorbidity with obesity (p = 0.022), a last mood episode of manic polarity (p = 0.044), and lower bilirubin serum levels (p = 0.002); higher total cholesterol serum levels showed a trend toward statistical significance (p = 0.058). Conclusions: BD patients with lifetime suicide attempts present unfavorable clinical features. Some specific biochemical characteristics of bipolar patients may represent potential markers of suicidal behavior and need to be better investigated to identify new targets of treatment in the framework of personalized medicine. These preliminary findings have to be confirmed by further studies in different clinical settings.
On the uniqueness of S-functionals and M-functionals under nonelliptical distributions

The S-functionals of multivariate location and scatter, including the MVE-functionals, are known to be uniquely defined only at unimodal elliptically symmetric distributions. The goal of this paper is to establish the uniqueness of these functionals under broader classes of symmetric distributions. We also discuss some implications of the uniqueness of the functionals and give examples of striclty unimodal and symmetric distributions for which the MVE-functional is not uniquely defined. The uniqueness results for the S-functionals are obtained by embedding them within a more general class of functionals which we call the M-functionals with auxiliary scale. The uniqueness results of this paper are then obtained for this class of multivariate functionals. Besides the S-functionals, the class of multivariate M-functionals with auxiliary scale include the constrained M-functionals recently introduced by Kent and Tyler, as well as a new multivariate generalization of Yohai's MM-functionals.
Adaptive Method of Lines

Introduction Application of the Adaptive Method of Lines to Nonlinear Wave Propagation Problems Adaptive MOL for Magneto-Hydrodynamic PDE Models Development of a 1-D Error-Minimizing Moving Adaptive Grid Method An Adaptive Method of Lines Approach for Modelling Flow and Transport in Rivers An Adaptive Mesh Algorithm for Free Surface Flows in General Geometries, M. Sussman The Solution of Steady PDEs on Adjustable Meshes in Multidimensions Using Local Descent Methods Adaptive Linearly Implicit Methods for Heat and Mass Transfer Problems Linearly Implicit Adaptive Schemes for Singular Reaction-Diffusion Equations Unstructured Mesh MOL Solvers for Reacting Flow Problems Two-Dimensional Model of a Reaction Bonded Aluminum Oxide Cylinder Method of Lines within the Simulation Environment DIVA for Chemical Processes.
Evaluate the importance of the board of directors to the corporate governance of large listed UK firms

People sometimes question the centrality of the board of directors as the British governance reform policy debate, because the daily impact of the board is hard to be perceived. However, when things go wrong, they become the focus of attention (Adams et al, 2010). Agency theorists believe that the board has two main functions: decision management and decision control (Amama & Grzegorz, 2014). The UK Code (Financial Reporting Council, 2014, p. 1) reflects the difference, pointing out that "corporate governance is the processes and a combination by which companies are directed and controlled" and "the board of directors is responsible for corporate governance". This paper will start from two major aspects of corporate internal governance and external governance, and evaluate the importance of the board of directors in agency relationship, independence and supervision, and crisis respectively, so as to illustrate that the important role of the board of directors in comprehensive corporate governance is inevitable and crucial, and the core position of the board of directors in the corporate governance mechanism.
Indications for open hepatectomy in the era of laparoscopic liver resection: a high volume single institutional study

Background/Aim Since the introduction of laparoscopy for liver resection in the 1990s, the performance of laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) has been steadily increasing. However, there is currently no data on the extent to which laparoscopy is used for liver resection. Herein, we investigated the extent to which laparoscopy is performed in liver resection and sought to determine whether surgeons prefer laparoscopy or laparotomy in the posterosuperior (PS) segment. Methods For this retrospective observational study, we enrolled patients who had undergone liver resection at the Samsung Medical Center between January 2020 and December 2021. The proportion of LLR in liver resection was calculated, and the incidence and causes of open conversion were investigated. Results A total of 1,095 patients were included in this study. LLR accounted for 79% of the total liver resections. The percentage of previous hepatectomy (16.2% vs. 5.9%, P<0.001) and maximum tumor size (median 4.8 vs. 2.8, P<0.001) were higher in the open liver resection (OLR) group. Subgroup analysis revealed that tumor size (median 6.3 vs. 2.9, P<0.001) and surgical extent (P<0.001) in the OLR group were larger than those in the LLR group. The most common cause of open conversion (OC) was adhesion (57%), and all OC patients had tumors in the PS. Conclusions We investigated the recent preference of practical surgeons in liver resection, and found that surgeons preferred OLR to LLR when treating a large tumor located in the PS.
The Impact of Earnings Quality on the Corporate Financial Distress: Empirical Evidence from Egypt

The Abstract: Purpose - This paper examines the influence of earnings quality on the financial distress of firms registered on the Egyptian Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach - It scrutinizes a sample of 85 listed firms on the Egyptian Stock Exchange throughout the period 2015-2019 with 425 observations. Earnings quality is measured by accrual quality and financial distress is determined by Altman Z- score. The results are derived according to regression analysis, Pearson correlation, discriminant analysis and sensitivity analysis. Findings - The results demonstrated a adverse substantial relationship between earnings quality and financial distress. The results support the notion that earnings quality has a significantly impacts financial distress. Furthermore, results indicated that there is a positive substantial influence of leverage on financial distress in Egypt.Additionally. the results revealed that there is a significant discriminant among the Egyptian industries or sectors concerning earnings quality and financial distress. Practical implication - The results highlight the contribution of earnings quality to financial distress within emerging markets. In addition, the study adds to the existing literature concerning earning quality model and its consequences for the decision making process related to the shareholders and stakeholders and other internal and external users of financial reports. Originality/ value – The study provides novel empirical evidence related to the earnings quality consequences of the financial distress in the Egyptian context. in Stock
The ORF45 Protein of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and Its Critical Role in the Viral Life Cycle

Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) protein ORF45 is a virion-associated tegument protein that is unique to the gammaherpesvirus family. Generation of KSHV ORF45-knockout mutants and their subsequent functional analyses have permitted a better understanding of ORF45 and its context-specific and vital role in the KSHV lytic cycle. ORF45 is a multifaceted protein that promotes infection at both the early and late phases of the viral life cycle. As an immediate-early protein, ORF45 is expressed within hours of KSHV lytic reactivation and plays an essential role in promoting the lytic cycle, using multiple mechanisms, including inhibition of the host interferon response. As a tegument protein, ORF45 is necessary for the proper targeting of the viral capsid for envelopment and release, affecting the late stage of the viral life cycle. A growing list of ORF45 interaction partners have been identified, with one of the most well-characterized being the association of ORF45 with the host extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) p90 ribosomal s6 kinase (RSK) signaling cascade. In this review, we describe ORF45 expression kinetics, as well as the host and viral interaction partners of ORF45 and the significance of these interactions in KSHV biology. Finally, we discuss the role of ORF45 homologs in gammaherpesvirus infections.
Properties of High-Energy X-Ray Detector With Heavy-Metal-Oxide Nanoparticle-Loaded Plastic Scintillator

A heavy-metal-oxide nanoparticle-loaded plastic scintillator (PLS) is effective for a fast detector to measure high-energy X-rays, with a count rate of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${>}10^{7}\,\,\text{s}^{-1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and sub-nanosecond time resolution. We polymerized up to 50-wt% Bi2O3 nanoparticle-loaded PLS (Bi-PLS) by mixing with 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-5-(4-biphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole as fluorophore-based polystyrene or polyvinyltoluene. A 40-wt% Bi-PLS was evaluated with a high-speed photomultiplier tube (PMT). The pulse-height and time spectra were obtained using a synchrotron X-ray beam of the photon factory (PF) ring, with the detector at 73.04 keV. The detection efficiency reached 25.4 ± 0.1% for a thickness of 3 mm, and the time resolution [full-width at half-maximum (FWHM)] was 0.24 ± 0.06 ns. The counting rates were recorded at 57.61 keV in the multibunch mode of the PF ring, with a maximum count rate of 3.28 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times \,\,10^{7}\,\,\text{s}^{-1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> at an input photon rate of 1.99 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times \,\,10^{8}\,\,\text{s}^{-1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. Another X-ray detector using 40-wt% HfO2 nanoparticle-loaded PLS (Hf-PLS) was operated around the Hf <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$K$ </tex-math></inline-formula> absorption edge of 65.35 keV to investigate the effects of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$K$ </tex-math></inline-formula> X-ray emission. The emitted <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$K$ </tex-math></inline-formula> X-rays from the Hf-PLS reduced the detection efficiency to a value less than that calculated with photoelectric absorption. Furthermore, it affected the time spectrum by adding a slight peak tail due to the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$K$ </tex-math></inline-formula> X-ray escape events. However, with a suitable setting for the threshold level of the pulse height, the detector was confirmed to exhibit superior performance in the time spectrum even over the high-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$Z$ </tex-math></inline-formula> atom’s <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$K$ </tex-math></inline-formula> absorption edge.
The Effect of Religiusity, Profit and Loss Sharing, and Promotion on Consumer Intention to Financing in Islamic Bank toward Trust as an Intervening Variable

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Religiosity, perception of profit-sharing, and promotion on public interest in Islamic bank financing with trust as an intervening variable. The research sample is 384 respondents. The research method used is a quantitative approach with multiple regression analysis and Sobel Test using the help of the IBM SPSS Version 26 program. The results of this study are that Religiosity has no significant effect on interest in financing, while perceptions of profit sharing and promotions have a significant effect on interest in financing. Religiosity, perception of profit-sharing, and promotion significantly affect trust. Directly trust has a significant effect on interest in financing. From the results of the Sobel test, it was found that Religiosity, perception of profit-sharing, and promotion had a significant effect on interest in financing with trust as a mediation.
INFLUENCE OF IAA ON MORPHOLOGICAL, YIELD, ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF MUNGBEAN PLANTS (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek.)

The present investigation was carried out during the two successive seasons of 1998 and 1999 to compare the effect of spraying indole acetic acid (IAA) at the rates of 0,5 and 10 ppm on yield of four mungbean cultivars; V-2010, VC-1000, VC-2719 and Kawmi-1. Two samples were collected 7 days after each spraying treatment (42 and 62 days after sowing). It was found that IAA at 5 ppm increased leaf area and total dry weight of all cultivars. However, plant height and No. of leaves and branches were not varied with IAA at 10 ppm among all cultivars, except VC-1000. At harvesting, the results indicated that the plants treated with concentration of 5 ppm gave better values of yield and its components than the control. At 10 ppm IAA level, no significant differences in yield and its components of VC-2719 and and VC-1000 cultivars were observed. Photomicrograph of the anatomical observations of Kawmi-1 and VC-1000 cultivars revealed that plants treated with 5 ppm IAA and/or 10 ppm treatments gave the highest values for stem and leaf measurements as compared with the control. This increase in growth and yield is considered to have been caused by the increase in the chemical components; sugars, total free amino acids,N, P, K, Na, Fe, B, Cu and Zn , as well as phytohormones (IAA, GA 3 and ABA) concentrations. It could be concluded that IAA treatments enhanced harvesting of mungbean plants through its effect on increasing vegetative growth, and stimulative flowering process or improving yield and its components,
Melissopalynological studies of western part of Almora District, Uttarakhand

The study of pollen contents has been carried out from the honey samples procured from the western zone of Almora District, Uttarakhand. A total of ten honey samples were collected of which four were unifloral and two bifloral. Sapindus rarak, Brassica campestris, Salmalia malabaricum, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Coriandrum sativum, Syzygium cumini and Mimosa pudica are the dominant pollen types observed in the samples. Besides, the other reliable nectar sources were also identified from the study area. The numerous pollen types and their diversity showed that bees travel considerable distance for collecting nectar for honey production.