Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF VAGINAL PROGESTERONE IN LUTEAL PHASE SUPPORT IN ICSI CYCLES

Background: Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) include all fertility treatments in which the gametes (egg and sperm) are handled outside the human body with the aim of achieving a healthy conception. Common ART procedures include in vitro fertilization (IVF) with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), fresh or frozen embryo transfer, and IVF with donor oocytes. Luteal phase support through pharmaceutical drugs has been universally agreed. Objective: To compare the effectiveness of different types of vaginal progesterone preparations for luteal support in patients undergoing Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection. Patients and Methods: The current randomized controlled clinical trial study was conducted on 300 patients who were following at the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) unit of the International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research (IICPSR) of Al-Azhar University over the period from May 2016 to January 2018 after being approved by the ethical committee. The patients were divided into 3 equal groups received Prontogest vaginal suppositories 400 mg once per day, Group B received Crinone 8% (90 mg) vaginal gel once per day and Group C received Endometrin vaginal suppositories once per day. Results: Comparison between studied group A (Prontogest), group B (Crinone) and group C (Endometrin) as regards demographic characteristics revealed no statistically significant differences. As regards the cause of infertility, a statistically significant increase in the number of patients with male and tubal factors in group B (Crinone) than group A (Prontogest). Concerning the laboratory hormonal profile of the studied groups before ICSI, there was a statistically significant increase in FSH and LH levels in group A (Prontogest) than group B (Crinone) and group C (Endometrin). On the other hand, there was a difference between the studied groups as regards prolactin and estrogen levels, but did not reach statistical significance. Comparison between studied groups, as regards Endometrial thickness, number of retrieved oocytes and number of transferred embryos revealed no statistically significant difference. Comparison between the studied groups, as regards pregnancy rates, revealed a statistically significant increase in pregnancy rates in group C than group A. Conclusion: The use of Endometrin vaginal suppositories in patients undergoing ICSI had a statistically significant higher clinical pregnancy rates in comparison to Prontogest vaginal suppositories. On the other hand, Crinone vaginal gel had a higher clinical pregnancy rate than Prontogest.
Sustainable Green Product Adoption Test Using Logistic Regression: Comparison of Glass and Electronic Products

Marketing literature emphasizes the importance of green product adoption for environmental sustainability. However, consumers’ evaluations of the key factors (for adopting green products) differ in critical ways. Drawing on a consumer–marketing interface, this study uses a binary logit model to investigate how consumers adopt two different types of products (e.g., glass and electronic). The results show that the impacts of the twelve factors behind consumer adoption of green products vary widely between glass and electronic products. Specifically, the analysis identifies four factors (eco-labeling, peer groups, cultural values, and environmental awareness) that have no influence on consumer adoption intentions. It also shows that males are more likely to have positive adoption intentions than females for both glass and electronic products. The authors conclude this paper by discussing the implications of these important findings for research and practice.
Tomato growth, yield, and quality response to mixed chemical–organic fertilizers and grafting treatments in a high tunnel environment

Abstract: Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a major vegetable crop world-wide and grown in high tunnels in many regions. This study investigates the use of two fertilizer sources, chemical and integrated (composted poultry manure plus urea) fertilizers, and grafting on growth, nitrate-N content, yield, and fruit quality of tomato grown in high tunnels in northwestern Washington. Grafting treatments consisted of ‘Panzer’ tomato grafted on one of three tomato rootstocks ‘Estamino’, Maxifort’, ‘DRO138TX’, or non-grafted (control). Application of chemical fertilizer increased number of leaves per plant, plant height, and cumulative fresh biomass of pruned suckers relative to tomato plants grown with the integrated fertilizer treatment. Grafted tomato plants had greater plant growth than non-grafted plants throughout the growing season. There was no significant difference between fertilizer treatments on nitrate-N concentration in plant tissue or fresh petiole sap; however, grafted plants contained higher levels of nitrate-N than non-grafted plants. Total and marketable fruit weight and number did not differ due to fertilizer source, but total and marketable fruit weight was higher for grafted plants than for non-grafted plants in 2016. There was no significant effect due to fertilizer source on fruit firmness, water content, pH, titratable acidity, and β-carotene; however, total soluble solids (TSS) and lycopene content were higher for fruit grown with integrated fertilizer in 2016. Grafting enhanced water content of tomato fruit in 2015, and TSS (°Brix) in 2016.
Metabolite correlation with antioxidant activity in different fruit maturation stages of Physalis peruviana

Abstract. Mubarok S, Wicaksono FY, Budiarto R, Rahmat BPN, Khoerunnisa SA. 2021. Metabolite correlation with antioxidant activity in different fruit maturation stages of Physalis peruviana. Biodiversitas 22: 2743-2749. Fruit development influences the metabolites contents and then its biological activity, however, such report is still limited in goldenberry (Physalis peruviana L.). This work aimed to evaluate metabolite variability and its correlation to antioxidant activity in several stages of fruit maturation in goldenberry originating from Sumedang, Indonesia. The research was laid out in a completely randomized design with 6 different treatments in terms of fruit maturation stages. Only fresh and pest-disease-free fruits collected from local farms were prepared for several metabolites assay, i.e pH, TSS, lycopene, ? -carotene, polyphenol, flavonoid and its antioxidant activity. The statistical analysis resulted in a significant improvement of all fruit metabolite variables in response to fruit maturation process, except polyphenol. Compared to the oldest fruit stage of S6 (orange berry covered by full wilt white calyx), the youngest fruit of S1 (green berry covered by fresh green calyx) increased the pH, TSS, lycopene, ? -carotene and flavonoid by about 7%, 67.5%, eight-fold, nine-fold and two-fold, respectively. Pearson correlation analysis showed a significant and positive correlation between all metabolite variables (except polyphenol) to antioxidant activity of goldenberry fruit.
Identification of Key Candidate Genes and Pathways in Preterm Birth by Integrated Bioinformatical Analysis

Background: Preterm birth（PTB） is a primary cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, the pathogenic mechanisms of PTB still remain largely unexplored. In the present study, we aimed to identify potential key genes and pathway associated with PTB by bioinformatics analysis. Methods: The GSE46510 dataset was obtained from GEO database. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified using the limma package in R software, the functional enrichment analysis was performed, and the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed by Cytoscape software. The network topology was analyzed using MCODE. Results: A total of 335 DEGs were identified from the dataset. The majority of up-regulated DEGs were significantly enriched in inflammatory response, while down-regulated DEGs were mainly enriched in mitotic nuclear division. The top 5 hub up regulated genes were ITGAM, IL1B, ITGAX, NFKB1, and SOCS3. Pathway analysis indicated enrichment in Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, signaling by Interleukins. The top 5 hub down regulated genes were CXCR4, ANAPC10, ANAPC4, UBE2V2, UBA3, Pathway analysis indicated enrichment in Ubiquitin mediated proteolysis, Phosphorylation of the APC/C. Conclusion: Our study indicated genes and pathways in PTB by bioinformatics analysis, which may provide novel insights for unraveling pathogenesis of PTB.
Physiological, developmental and growth responses to desiccation induced stress in four seed coat colour varieties of Vigna unguiculata (L. Walp).

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is a widely grown leguminous crop in Ghana. This study was conducted using four varieties of cowpea based on the colour of the seed coat namely; red, brown, black and cream cowpea varieties, and were subjected to three different watering regimes, namely: Normal, moderate and severe water stress regimes. These different watering regimes were used as potential screening criteria to determine their drought tolerance ability. We monitored changes in physiological, morphological and yield traits due to the effects of four seed coat colour varieties and imposed water regimes. The effects of seed coat colour on relative water content (RWC) was significant (F = 13.15; p ≤ 0.05). Red variety recorded the highest RWC (60.14%) with the lowest RWC (50.71%) in the Black seed colour, all under severe water stress. The Red and Cream seed coats had a soil moisture content (SMC) of 62.61 and 48.70% respectively when the severe water stress treatment was considered. There was a decreasing trend in chlorophyll content for all four cowpea varieties. The Brown and Red varieties recorded the highest chlorophyll contents under moderate and severe water stress respectively. Proline concentrations were high with increasing drought severity. The Red cowpea variety recorded the maximum concentration of free proline (5.7 µg/g) under severe water stress. Mean seed weight in Red seed coat, subjected to severe water stress, was 0.48 g. Results in this experiment revealed that the Red seed coat colour appeared to be tolerant to severe water stress compared to Cream, Black and Brown seed coats. Key words: Cowpea, seed coat colour, water stress, relative water content, soil moisture content.
Online Learning Management in The Covid-19 Pandemic Era

Learning in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic has undergone a fundamental change from a face-to-face learning process to online-based learning to minimize the transmission of the Covid-19 virus. Online learning is basically a learning model with internet technology media, so that the learning process can be carried out even though it is in different places. The research method in this research is qualitative research by describing the online learning management process that is carried out at SMP LAB UKSW. The instruments in this research include observation sheets, student opinion questionnaires, and interview guides. The results showed that the online learning process applies management principles which include planning, organizing, implementing and controlling. The results of student and teacher opinions show that online learning has a positive perception of 83%. The results of the interview showed that the students felt that they were well facilitated by the online learning process that was conducted at SMP LAB UKSW.
Allometric Equations to Estimate the Aboveground Biomass of Seedling and Sapling Plants in 10 and 20 Years Old of Secondary Forests in Sarawak, Malaysia

The seedlings and saplings plant stage determines the successional stages in the secondary forest establishment process. The estimation on aboveground biomass (AGB) of seedling and sapling plants is needed to describe undergrowth's contribution in the secondary forest. This study's objective was to develop allometric equations for accurate estimation of AGB for seedlings-saplings in 10 and 20 years old of secondary forests. The study was carried out at sites with two stages of the fallow period: lands with a fallow period of 10 and 20 years, respectively, in Sarawak, East Malaysia. The AGB data of all selected seedlings and saplings with the different species within 100 sample quadrates were used to develop allometric equations for seedlings and saplings in each study site. This study developed allometric equations to estimate AGB of seedlings-saplings (diameter at the ground surface of < 5 cm), particularly in 10 and 20 years of fallow ages.
Effect of the interaction of nitrogen and transplanting density on the rice population structure and grain yield in low-yield paddy fields

【Objectives】Both the nitrogen application rate and transplanting density affect the formation of good population structure and rice yield. The suitable coupling of the two factors are the base of reaching highest yield and nitrogen use efficiency. An experiment was carried out in low-yield paddy field to setup the optimal nitrogen application rate and transplanting density. 【Methods】Regarding low-yield paddy as the object of this research,aninteractive test of four levels of nitrogen application rate( 0,135,180,225 kg / ha) and three gradients of transplanting density( 12 × 104,16. 5 × 104,21 × 104 holes / ha) were conducted with a rice cultivar of Liangyoupei9 as tested material. The items are investigated including stem and tillerring dynamics,leaf area indices in different growth periods,the nitrogen contents in grain and straw,and the yield and yield components. The optimum structure index when the yield reaches the highest was calculated by the curvilinear regression of yield along with LAI,TAB,SPP and PN. The nitrogen use efficiencies were compared among the treatments. 【Results】Both the N application rate and transplanting density have significant effects on yield,and effect of interaction exists between them. 1) Yield and total aboveground biomass are improved with the increase of nitrogen application rates and transplanting densities. When the nitrogen application rate reaches 225 kg / ha,harvest indices decrease,instead. The harvest index decrease with the increase of transplanting density. 2) The rice production is closely related to panicles per square meter,sword leaf area in filling stage and shoot dry weight. Quadratic equation best describes the correlations with the highest correlation coefficients. Calculated with the equation,the theoretical highest yield will be obtained when the sword foliage area index in filling stage is 1. 36,the above ground dry weight is 24371 kg / ha,the panicle numbers per square meter is 338,the spikelet number per panicle is 195,respectively. 3) N agronomic efficiency( NAE),N partial factor productivity( PFPN),N recovery efficiency( NRE) and N physiological efficiency( NPE) are significantly decreased with the increase of nitrogen application rates,particular for NAE,PFPN. Increasing transplanting density could obviously improve the NAE,PFPNand NRE,but had not on NPE. 【Conclusions】With less nitrogen application rate,higher yield can be acquired by increasing transplanting density. In the tested soil condition and the nitrogen application rate of 180 kg / ha,the suitable transplanting density can be as high as 21 × 104 holes / ha for the highest grain yield. Under the combination,the population structure indices and the nitrogen efficiency indices are all the highest. So the N application rate of 180 kg / ha with transplanting density of 21 × 104 holes / ha are the optimal choice in the low-yield paddy field in the tested area.
A tailored multi-model ensemble for air traffic management: Demonstration and evaluation for the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in May 2010

Abstract. High quality volcanic ash forecasts are crucial to minimize the economic impact of volcanic hazards on air traffic. Decision-making is usually based on numerical dispersion modeling with only one model realization. Given the inherent uncertainty of such approach, a multi-model multi-source term ensemble has been designed and evaluated for the Eyjafjallajokull eruption in May 2010. Its use for air traffic management is discussed. Two multi-model ensembles were built: the first is based on the output of four dispersion models and their own implementation of ash ejection. All a priori model source terms were constrained by observational evidence of the volcanic ash cloud top as a function of time. The second ensemble is based on the same four dispersion models, which were run with three additional source terms: (i) a source term obtained with background modeling constrained with satellite data (a posteriori source term), (ii) its lower bound estimate, and (iii) its upper bound estimate. The a priori ensemble gives valuable information about the probability of ash dispersion during the early phase of the eruption, when observational evidence is limited. However, its evaluation with observational data reveals lower quality compared to the second ensemble. While the second ensemble ash column load and ash horizontal location compare well to satellite observations, 3D ash concentrations are negatively biased. This might be caused by the vertical distribution of ash, which is too much diluted in all model runs, probably due to defaults in the a posteriori source term and vertical transport and/or diffusion processes in all models. Relevant products for the air traffic management are horizontal maps of ash concentration quantiles (median, 75 %, 99 %) at a fine-resolved flight level grid. These maps can be used for route optimization in the areas where ash does not pose a direct and urgent threat to aviation. Cost-optimized consideration of such hazards will result in much less impact on flight cancellations, reroutings, and traffic flow congestions.
Roaming in the Dark: Deciphering the Mystery of NO3 --> NO + O2 Photolysis

Roaming in the Dark: Deciphering the Mystery of NO3  NO + O2 Photolysis. (May 2012) Michael Patrick Grubb, B.S., Texas A&M University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Simon W. North The focus of this dissertation is to decipher the previously unknown reaction dynamics of NO3 photodissociation. Although the NO + O2 products are known to catalyze atmospheric ozone destruction, the mechanism by which these products are formed has remained a mystery, and no energetically accessible transition state has ever been calculated. Using velocity map ion imaging experiments to carefully study the stereochemistry of the product fragments combined with theoretical calculations performed by Drs. Xiao, Maeda, and Morokuma at Kyoto University, we have determined that the reaction proceeds exclusively via the unusual “roaming mechanism”, with no evidence of a competing traditional transition state pathway. Within, the significance of this discovery is discussed in regards to both the NO3 system and roaming dynamics in general, for which this system has provided new insight.
Modelling Shifts and Contraction of Seed Zones in Two Mexican Pine Species by Using Molecular Markers

A seed zone or provenance region is an area within which plants can be moved with little risk of maladaptation because of the low environmental variation. Delineation of seed zones is of great importance for commercial plantations and reforestation and restoration programs. In this study, we used AFLP markers associated with environmental variation for locating and delimiting seed zones for two widespread and economically important Mexican pine species (Pinus arizonica Engelm. and P. durangensis Martínez), both based on recent climate conditions and under a predicted climate scenario for 2030 (Representative Concentration Pathway of ~4.5 Wm−2). We expected to observe: (i) associations between seed zones and local climate, soil and geographical factors, and (ii) a meaning latitudinal shift of seed zones, along with a contraction of species distributions for the period 1990–2030 in a northward direction. Some AFLP outliers were significantly associated with spring and winter precipitation, and with phosphorus concentration in the soil. According to the scenario for 2030, the estimated species and seed zone distributions will change both in size and position. Our modeling of seed zones could contribute to reducing the probabilities of maladaptation of future reforestations and plantations with the pine species studied.
Bidirectional Mechanisms rather than Alternatives: The Role of Sustained Attention in Interactive Contexts Can Only Be Understood through Joint Attention

Although associations between joint attention and infant development have been extensively investigated (e.g., Carpenter et al., 1998; Donnellan et al., 2020; Mundy & Newell, 2007), the question of how, exactly, interactive behaviours support infant learning remains widely debated (Abney et al., 2020; Tomasello et al., 2007). Hudspeth and Lewis (this issue, DOI 10.1159/000515681) suggest that measures of joint attention in early interaction with an adult partner might merely reflect the ability of the infant to sustain their attention. This theory places infant object engagement at the forefront of attention and learning in joint interaction, in contrast to more traditional views that emphasise infants’ engagement with the attentional behaviours of their adult partner (e.g., Carpenter et al., 1998). First, we discuss Hudspeth and Lewis’s comments on methodological issues to do with defining sustained attention. Next, we consider an important point that they do not mention – namely, the inconsistencies in defining joint attention in the literature. We end by exploring endogenous and exogenous influences on sustained and concurrent looking in early interaction, as well as their implications for understanding infant learning.
Origin and properties of the two-dimensional electron gas at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface: a first-principles hybrid functional study.

Complex oxides exhibit a wide range of physical properties making them very attractive for future electronic and device applications. Although more and more studied, additional scientific investigations are required, especially in oxide interfaces, where new and amazing phenomena can arise. A prototypical example is the LaAlO3-SrTiO3 interface that appear to be conducting, magnetic or even supra-conducting while these properties are not present in the LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 bulk insulator compounds. The conductivity arises from the formation of a highly localized electron gas at the interface which exhibits a different behavior than the one at semiconductor interfaces. Even nowadays, its exact origin, intrinsic versus extrinsic, is still intensively debated. The existence of an electric field in LaAlO3 used as a key feature of models based on an intrinsic origin is highly controversial. In these models, the closing of the band gap with increasing LaAlO3 film thicknesses finally results to a Zener breakdown and to the metal/insulator transition. In this Ph.D. thesis we aim to investigate the various consequences of the presence of an electric field in LaAlO3 through first-principles calculations in pristine LaAlO3-SrTiO3 interfaces. First, using both experimental and theoretical structural distortions in LaAlO3, we predicted a lattice expansion via an electrostrictive effect, supporting the existence of an electric field in LaAlO3. Second, the metal/insulator transition was tuned with regards to the intensity of the electric field in the film, which was controlled by the composition of a solid solution between LaAlO3 and SrTiO3. The theoretical results match the experimental one where, nevertheless, extrinsic origin mechanisms are allowed and defects are present. These two works are in favors of an intrinsic origin of the electronic gas observed in LaAlO3-SrTiO3 heterostructures. In addition, a relationship between the sheet carrier density and spatial extension of the gas was established and thus setting an intrinsic threshold to the sheet carrier concentration. At lower density the electrons are strictly localized close to the interface while above this value the carriers start to spill into the SrTiO3 substrate. i