Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Establishment of plant residues and inorganic fertilizer application for growth and yield of Vigna unguiculata (L.) in flood-affected cropland of Koshi Tappu Region, Eastern Nepal

Flood increases due to an increase in river overflow which affects on abiotic and biotic factors. The preliminary study of flood-affected crops was carried out in flood-affected cropland of Koshi Tappu Region of Eastern Nepal. For the experiment the plant residues of Eichhornia crassipes and Sesbania rostrata and inorganic fertilizer were selected to examine the growth and yield in Vigna unguiculata. The appropriate treatments for the production of V. unguiculata were analyzed. Before applying treatments, soil was collected and analyzed for physicochemical, microbial biomass and available nitrogen. Soil texture, soil moisture, water holding capacity and bulk density (BD) were calculated. The parameters such as soil pH organic carbon, organic matter and total nitrogen were determined. Soil microbe increases the significance of organic carbon and soil nitrogen is correlated for growth and yield. The results showed that the combined urea and plant residue increases the highest yield. And the Eichhornia compost represents the highest leaf area index and biomass. The total pod production was found in the Echhhornia compost. The dry weight per single pod in Eichhornia fresh was 7.82 g and in Sesbania fresh was 7.42 g. It proves that the land pattern is significant for the soil organic compounds. The experiment showed that the use of plant residues enhanced the increase of physicochemical properties of soil by adding the nutrients. The combined Urea + Eichhornia supports the best growth and development of the plant. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.5281/zenodo.4338159
Exploring Influencing Safety and Health Factors among E-Waste Scavengers in Accra, Ghana

The reduced life cycle of electrical goods has contributed to a fast-growing occupational and environmental health issue arising from increased electronic waste (e-waste) in most developing countries. E-waste is processed informally in these countries, and in most cases, it is beyond the reach of official governance and is characterized by a lack of regulation, structure, and any form of license to operate. Assessing the implications of e-waste recycler safety knowledge, awareness, and practice levels is seen as a panacea for developing tailored interventions. We performed a cross-sectional study among 323 e-waste workers located in Agbogbloshie waste dumpsite, Accra, Ghana, to measure their knowledge, awareness, and practice, as well as their perceived safety and behavioral control. A significant negative correlation was found between participants safety knowledge and their safety practices (r (323) = −0.19, p < 0.01), as well as a similar correlation with perceived safety control among the study group (r (323) = −0.27, p < 0.01). In addition, the hygiene rating among the group was adjudged poor as there was no established relationship found with their perceived safety control. To help bridge the gap around e-waste workers safety knowledge, awareness, and practices, it is pertinent for local and international players to take into consideration the shared values and beliefs among the group and work alongside the group in developing a set of policies that will help improve their safety and health.
Good Corporate Governance Sebagai Variabel Intervening Antara Manajemen Laba Dengan Nilai Perusahaan

Good corporate governance is interpreted as a rule that underlies the process and procedures of company management in accordance with the laws and business ethics. The purpose of the research is to examine the effect of earnings management on firm value with good corporate governance as an intervening variable on insurance companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. In order to answer the hypothesis, this study uses an associated quantitative method. The sampling technique was using purposive sampling method so that 8 companies were selected that met the criteria of a population of 14 companies, with data on gender and time series. Data analysis using regression and path analysis in the form of Sobel test. The findings of this study are that partially good corporate governance is not influenced by earnings management. Another thing that is found is that individually earnings management and good corporate governance do not affect the value of the company. By using the Sobel test to test the hypothesis obtained results that good corporate governance is not able to mediate between earnings management with firm value
A pricing strategy based on potential game and bargaining theory in smart grid

In this paper, a two-stage pricing framework is proposed for the electricity market which is consisted of a generation company (GC), multiple electric utility companies (EUC) and consumers. In the electricity wholesale market, the EUCs will choose an agent to negotiate the wholesale price with GC. An appropriate wholesale price plays an important role in the stable operation of the electricity wholesale market. However, it is challenging to ﬁnd the optimal wholesale price. Therefore, the Raiffa-Kalai-Smorodinsky bargaining solution (RBS) is applied to realize the pricing equilibrium which is 0 . 3$ ∕ KWh. In the electricity retail market, this study designs a retail pricing strategy based on the potential game, which can optimize both social welfare and the beneﬁt of the EUCs. Moreover, the impact of demand disturbance on the beneﬁt of the EUCs and GC is studied in the electricity retail market. Then an iterative pricing algorithm is proposed for the two-stage pricing model. The simulation results reveal that the demand disturbance has little effect on the beneﬁt of the EUCs and GC, indicating the reliable/promising robustness of the algorithm.
Detection of CO and O2 Using Tin Oxide Nanowire Sensors

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Impact of a New Metro Line in Amsterdam on Ridership, Travel Times, Reliability and Societal Costs and Benefits

The north-south metro line in Amsterdam became operational in summer 2018, accompanied by changes to the existing bus, metro, and tram network in the city. In this paper we undertake an ex-post analysis of the transportation impacts of the network change. Using two sets of smart card transactions, of 5-6 weeks each, and corresponding Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) data, a before-after comparison is made, concerning ridership, travel times, number of transfers, and travel time reliability. The results show a 4% increase in network wide working day ridership and a strong shift from tram and bus to metro. On an average working day, more than 6,000 hours of travel time is saved. 21% of travellers have more than 1 minute shorter travel time and 13% of travellers have more than 1 minute travel time increase. Furthermore, slightly fewer transfers are made, and the aggregated effect on travel time reliability is marginally positive. For an average working day (7am to 7pm), the resulting daily societal benefits of the new public transport network are approximately €54,200. On a yearly basis the transport related societal benefits are approximately 22 million euros. Doing an ex-post analysis is not common in the literature and in practice, and therefore in a lot of cases the realized benefits of large infrastructural investments remain unknown. This study provides an example of scientific methodology development using multiple data sources, that enables such ex-post evaluations, leading to improvements in public transport assessment and planning.
Genomic and clinical characteristics of MET exon14 alterations in a large cohort of Chinese cancer patients revealed distinct features and a novel resistance mechanism for crizotinib

Background: Alterations in MET exon 14 (METex14) and its flanking intronic regions have been identified in a variety of cancers. Patients with METex14 alterations often benefit from MET inhibitors such as crizotinib. Given the unique mutation profiles of Chinese lung cancer patients, it is necessary to investigate the prevalence of METex14 alterations in a large cohort of cancer patients. Patients and methods: Cases carrying METex14 alterations were screened from 26,391 Chinese cancer patients by next-generation sequencing (NGS), and the clinicopathologic and molecular characteristics were reviewed. Results: Compared to Western population (~3%), the frequency of METex14 alterations is much lower in Chinese cancer patients (0.7%, n=184) and lung cancer patients (1.1%, n=175). Seventy-eight distinct METex14 alterations, including several novel alteration types were detected. Concurrent MET copy gain and non-exon14 MET mutations were also found. EGFR copy gain (11%) and mutations (8%), KRAS (5%) and PIK3CA (5%), appeared in a mutually exclusive pattern. Female patients contain much less TP53 mutations than male patients (65% vs. 24%, FDR = 0.01). Co-amplification of CDK4 and MDM2, CDK6 and EGFR were identified, which indicated cell cycle dysregulation and EGFR alteration are important co-occurring features in patients with METex 14 alteration. Of 9 tissue specimens having PD-L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) results, 5 of them (55.5%) were found PD-L1 positive, which is comparable to other types of tumor. In 14 crizotinib-treated patients, the median progression free survival (mPFS) was 7 months. Upon resistance to crizotinib, two patients acquired secondary mutations in MET and one patient acquired BRAF p.K601E that can be a novel resistance mechanism. Conclusion: Chinese cancer patients have a relatively lower frequency of METex14 alterations compared to Western patients. Patients with METex14 alterations showed distinct molecular characteristics and the representative case study showed responses to MET tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI).
Genomes reveal the cohesiveness of bacterial species taxa and provide a path towards describing all of bacterial diversity.

Abstract This book chapter argues that bacterial systematists of the mid-20th century fortuitously created a species-level systematics that actually fits an important universal theory of speciation by discussing taxonomy would allow us to infer the important characteristics of any unknown organism once we classify it to species. It turns out, unexpectedly, that bacterial species taxa share a species-like property with the species taxa of zoology and botany. While recombination within species taxa of all these groups fails to prevent diversification within species, recombination nevertheless appears to act universally as a force of cohesion within species taxa. That is, recurrent recombination within species limits neutral sequence divergence within species taxa of plants, animals, and bacteria; recombination also allows a sharing of generally adaptive genes across a species range. The 95% ANI criterion that demarcates the traditionally defined species taxa of bacteria fortuitously also yields groups of bacteria that are subject to the species-like property of cohesion, where recombination prevents neutral sequence divergence among ecotypes within a species. Use of the ANI criterion, then, not only provides an easily used algorithm for demarcating bacterial species; it also places bacterial demarcation on the same theory-based foundation as the species taxonomy of animals and plants.
Wireless Sensors for Brain Activity—A Survey

Over the last decade, the area of electroencephalography (EEG) witnessed a progressive move from high-end large measurement devices, relying on accurate construction and providing high sensitivity, to miniature hardware, more specifically wireless wearable EEG devices. While accurate, traditional EEG systems need a complex structure and long periods of application time, unwittingly causing discomfort and distress on the users. Given their size and price, aside from their lower sensitivity and narrower spectrum band(s), wearable EEG devices may be used regularly by individuals for continuous collection of user data from non-medical environments. This allows their usage for diverse, nontraditional, non-medical applications, including cognition, BCI, education, and gaming. Given the reduced need for standardization or accuracy, the area remains a rather incipient one, mostly driven by the emergence of new devices that represent the critical link of the innovation chain. In this context, the aim of this study is to provide a holistic assessment of the consumer-grade EEG devices for cognition, BCI, education, and gaming, based on the existing products, the success of their underlying technologies, as benchmarked by the undertaken studies, and their integration with current applications across the four areas. Beyond establishing a reference point, this review also provides the critical and necessary systematic guidance for non-medical EEG research and development efforts at the start of their investigation.
New approach to oil palm trunk core lumber material properties enhancement via resin impregnation

In this study, oil palm trunk core-lumber (OPTCL) producing from oil palm based plywood industries waste materials was studied using microwave drying technique for material optimization. Microwave dried oil palm trunk core part was impregnated with phenol formaldehyde resin as a matrix by using high-pressure vacuum impregnation chamber. Microwave drying optimized the drying conditions, avoided burning, shrinkage and increased the permeability of oil palm trunk (OPT). OPTCL impregnated in different times and compared with kiln dried OPTCL and rubber wood (RW). Impregnation of microwave dried core part of oil palm trunk was carried out first time. The microwave dried impregnated OPTCL exhibited higher mechanical properties as compared to microwave dried OPT. Results indicated that OPTCL impregnated for 60 min shows lower mechanical properties as compared to RW. The morphology of resin loaded oil palm trunk core cell wall or lumen ultra structure was analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and it clearly showed full penetration of resin into OPTCL cell. The mechanical properties of impregnated samples were analyzed according to BS and ASTM standards.
Trust and Civic Engagement in the Italian COVID-19 Lockdown

The paper presents considerations on the possible consequences associated with the lockdown condition that ensued on the coronavirus pandemic. On the one hand, the infection brought about a notable intensification of primary relationships, in particular within the family and the domestic space in general, while, on the other hand and especially at the start, it generated strong symbolic integration, shown for example by events such as flashmobs and other forms of the grassroot involvement of individuals. Through empirical research data, we will attempt to understand to what extent the cultural climate prevalent in Italy through March and April influenced the attitudes of the Italians in terms of general interpersonal trust or trust in the institutions, as well as in terms of culture and civic engagement. For this purpose, the paper uses data taken from two empirical research on a sample of about 1,000 cases among the Italian population. It will be compared the evidence resulting from a first survey realized at the end of 2017 and the data collected in a second survey carried out on a sample of the same size (that presents a panel quota of 700 cases) ending on April 30 2020, i.e., at the end of the lockdown period. The variables to be analysed are relative to general interpersonal trust, trust in the institutions and civic engagement activities. Such items will function as dependent variables and will be analysed in a diachronic perspective comparing the two panel samples. Furthermore, they will be observed in relation to their distribution throughout Italy, to the age of the interviewees and to their civil status, in an attempt to discover any connection between family life and the attitude towards civil society, keeping in mind the dynamics triggered in everyday life by the pandemic.
Holocaust education and the Palestinian cause: young Palestinian people in Sweden, and their perceptions of Holocaust education

ABSTRACT The paper investigates the experiences, perceptions and responses of immigrants with a Palestinian background in relation to learning about the Holocaust and the Palestinian cause in Swedish schools and visiting Holocaust sites. Data were collected from 50 immigrant students using audio-recorded and open-structured interviews. The results indicate that most informants had learned about the Holocaust in various classes, through readings, discussions and assignments, but very little about the Palestinian cause in textbooks or in school activities. The majority of informants were never asked to take part in Holocaust site visits, but if they were to be asked, 84% were willing make such visits. The majority of informants expressed sympathy with Holocaust victims, but they were not satisfied, as they felt there was too much focus on the Holocaust and too little on the Palestinian cause. This lived experience of imbalance between the two subjects resulted in reluctant attitudes towards Holocaust education among the Palestinian pupils, but this should not mainly be understood as a result of anti-Semitic sentiments among them. The results indicate that Holocaust education in Swedish schools among youngsters with a Palestinian background can hardly be treated separately from the question of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.
Modeling and Experimental Validation of Cashew Nut Shell Char Gasification Adopting Chemical Equilibrium Approach

Cashew nut shell, a waste product obtained during deshelling of cashew kernels, by past field experience, had been deemed as a fuel unfit for gasification, owing to its high occluded oil content. The oil, a source of natural phenol, oozes upon gasification, thereby making the gasifier throat, downstream equipment, and associated utilities clogged with oil, leading to ineffective gasification and premature failure of utilities because of its inherent corrosive characteristics. To overcome this drawback, the cashew shells were deoiled, by charring them in closed chambers, and were subsequently gasified in an autothermal down-draft gasifier. Stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric (adopting Gibbs free-energy minimization concept) equilibrium modelings were carried out to predict the behavior of the system under varying performance-influencing parameters, viz., equivalence ratio and moisture content. The outcome of the modeling was compared to that of experimental results. The trends of both the models predictin.
MECHANISMS AFFECTING DISPERSION AND MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT

This review describes the progress made in an attempt to examine the mechanisms influencing the dispersion of solute material in another miscible phase in porous media. The medium is considered to consist of a microstructure made up of the pores and void spaces in and between the solid materials. Because the geometry of the microstructure is generally too complex to be described by a single model, it is broken into several different types of models. This requires that the important mechanisms controlling the transport be identified through experiment, so that realistic microstructure models may be developed. The microscopic results need to be combined and averaged, so that a comparison with macroscopic behavior can be attained. The theory is intimately related to experiments, since like turbulence, it is necessary to combine experimental measurement with theoretical formulations to find the values of undetermined parameters. One difficulty is that the physical structure of the media may contribute effects which are not easily included in the microscopic analysis and yet which contribute in a significant manner to the overall process. (81 refs.)
Extension of Computational Chemistry to the Study of Lanthanide(III) Ions in Aqueous Solution: Implementation and Validation of a Continuum Solvent Approach

A set of atomic radii used for the construction of solute cavities in the framework of the polarizable continuum model (PCM) is extended and validated with the aim of supporting the investigation of lanthanide(III) complexes in aqueous solution. The parameterization of the atomic radii for the whole Ln(III) series is performed by minimizing the differences between the experimental and the calculated standard hydration free energies of the ions calculated at the HF level. The optimized radii show a remarkable linear relationship with effective ionic radii and well reproduce the experimental hydration free energies also when electron correlation effects are included in the calculations. We have next validated a mixed discrete continuum model in which a supermolecule formed by the ion and by water molecules in the first hydration shell is immersed in a polarizable continuum. The molecular structures, the relative stability of the octa- with respect to the nonahydrated species, and the ion hydration free ener.
GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF OIL PALMBASED ON SELECTION WITH HYGROMYCIN

The bar gene conferring resistance to the herbicide Basta was used as a selectable marker in oil palm transformation system. However, the inefficiency in the selection system was believed to generate transgene escape and high rate of chimerism in oil palm. To overcome this limitation, an effective selectable marker for oil palm is required. The aim of this work is to evaluate the use of the hygromycin phosphotransferase (hpt) gene as the selectable marker for generation of stable oil palm transformation via biolistic method and subsequently improve the oil palm transformation efficiency. In this selection approach, the embryogenic calli were bombarded with the vectors carrying the hpt and a green fluorescent protein (gfp) reporter genes, which were driven by the 2X35S promoter assembled in pBINPLUS and pCAMBIA0380 (pPZP) backbones. Visualisation of GFP spots was observed using Fluorescence Microscope for confirmation of successful deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) delivery. The calli were then cultured on regeneration medium added with hygromycin at 10 mg litre–1 and consequently reduced to 5 mg litre–1. The presence of transgenes in the bombarded tissue was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of hpt and gfp genes. These results demonstrate the potential of hygromycin as an alternative selection agent for oil palm transformation.