Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the Motivation Levels of Physical Education Teachers

The International Journal of Research in Education and Science (IJRES) is a peer-reviewed scholarly online journal. This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Authors alone are responsible for the contents of their articles. The journal owns the copyright of the articles. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand, or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of the research material. All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations regarding the submitted work.
Potential mechanisms underlying the renoprotective effect of empagliflozin, a novel selective sodium glucose co-transporter (SGLT) 2 inhibitor, against diabetic nephropathy in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Diabetic nephropathy is a major microvascular complication of diabetes and a primary cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide. This study was designed to assess whether control of hyperglycemia with empagliflozin, a new sodium glucose co-transporter (SGLT) 2 inhibitor could improve the renal functions in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Thirty two adult male albino rats were randomly assigned into four equal groups. Group I; non diabetic control, Group II; non diabetic rats treated with empagliflozin, group III; diabetic rats and group IV; diabetic rats treated with empagliflozin. Diabetic rats treated with empagliflozin showed significant increase in body weight and significant reduction in Kidney weight, blood glucose and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. Empagliflozin also produced significant decrease in blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine, urinary albumin excretion (UAE), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1). It also attenuated Kidney tissue oxidative stress. Empagliflozin showed a renoprotective effect in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats through its glucose lowering effect and by reducing oxidative stress, inflammation, fibrosis and histopathological alterations. SGLT-2 inhibitor seems to be a promising therapeutic strategy for managing diabetes mellitus to slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy.
Scotland ' s Rural College Liver gender dimorphism : insights from quantitative morphology

• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.
YOUNG AND OLD ADULTS’ HEALTH-RELATED PROCRASTINATION, QUALITY OF SLEEP AND MENTAL WELLBEING

Background: Procrastination, the intentional postponement of work that needs to be performed in stipulated time frame affects individual’s health related behaviours. Delay in consulting medical professional and seeking treatment in case of some ailment may influence the sleep quality and mental wellbeing of a person. Due to dilatory tendencies that lead to delay behaviours, number of commitments, busy routine, and being occupied with job related matters, people tend to defer their visits to doctor and hang up their medical checkups. Method: Current study was a cross-sectional study that compared health related procrastinatory behaviours, sleep quality, and mental wellbeing of young and old people. Purposive sampling approach was used for data collection. Initially measures of Health Related Procrastination, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were translated into Urdu and their psychometric properties were determined. Data was collected on study variables from young and old adults. Results: Findings showed sound psychometric properties of Urdu versions of HRPM and PSQI. Results revealed that those who show higher level of health related procrastination have poor sleep quality and low mental wellbeing. Significant differences were also observed in sleep quality of young and old adults. Conclusion: Health related procrastination negatively affects sleep quality as well being. Results have implications for adults, medical practitioners, and psychologists to help people in avoiding health related procrastination behaviours which may improve their sleep quality and mental wellbeing.
Is Tibetan Qingke Barley a Member of Common Barley Family Based on Comparative Genomic Evidence

Tibetan Qingke barley is the staple food of the Tibetan people. It has been cultivated on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau for about 3 500 years. Tibetan Qingke barley is a variety of naked barley (Hordeum vulgare linn.var.nudum) belonging to the Hordeum of the family of Gramineae. Unlike other barley, Tibetan Qingke barley has fully adapted to the extreme plateau climate after being domesticated and cultivated on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau for up to 3 500~4 000 years. The researchers sequenced and mapped the whole genome of a local Tibetan variety-Lasa Garma-guri, and obtained a gene map with a size of 3.89 Gb, containing a total of 36151 protein-coding genes. The genome data with a size of 4.79 Gb was obtained by sequencing the whole genome of a US spring six-row malting barley-Morex and a total of 83105 putative gene loci were identified. The Morex genome was mapped into the genome of Lasa Goumang, with a coverage rate of 92.89%. Compared with 26 159 gene sets with high confidence in Morex genome, although these genes in highland barley are greatly similar to barley genes, the length of about 10.97% of the genome in highland barley is significantly longer than that of Morex. The researchers further compared Tibetan Qingke barley genomes with those of other gramineae crops and found that Tibetan Qingke barley was isolated from Aegilops tauschii (Ae. tauschii), Triticum urartu (T. urartu) and Triticum aestivum (T. aestivum) about 17 million years ago. Further analysis by the researchers found that a large number of sequences in the genome of modern Tibetan Qingke barley are still similar to Ae. Tauschii, T.urartu and T. aestivum, and the number of similar gene families is as high as 18849.
THE IMPACT OF OIL PRICE SHOCKS ON EXCHANGE RATE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: AN ARDL BOUND TEST COINTEGRATION APPROACH

This study seeks to investigate the impact of Oil Price shocks on Exchange rate and Economic growth in Nigeria using annual time series data from 1981-2019. The study establishes two equations, the GDP equation, and Exchange Rate equation, and applies Bounds test co-integration analysis and ARDL model to determine the existence of the long run and the short-run relationship between variables of each equation. The results from the Bounds test analysis depicted the strong rejection of the null hypothesis of no co-integration amongst the variables of the GDP equation at 5 per cent level of significance, and this implies the existence long-run relationship between GDP, Oil Price, Exchange rate and other variables included in the GDP equation. However, no evidence of long-run relationship was found between Oil Price, Exchange Rate, and the rest of the variables included in the Exchange Rate equation. Results from the ARDL model for the GDP equation depict a significant positive relationship between oil price and GDP both in the short run and long run. The result implies that a persistent rise in oil prices by 1% will lead to a 0.85% increase in the GDP. Similarly, oil price, rate of interest and exchange rate are a significant determinant of Nigerian economic growth in the long run. In the short run, oil price significantly affects the exchange rate. These findings imply that changes in the price of oil exert substantial effects on economic growth and exchange rates in Nigeria.
Worktext in Precalculus: Evaluation and Acceptability

Worktext plays a vital role in any classroom setting particularly in mathematics. Despite the development of the new technologies that allow high-quality instructional materials, demand for textbooks or worktexts continues to grow. The era of modern technology makes students to be more inquisitive and the acquisition of new learning is high. With the implementation of the K to 12 curriculum, teachers are challenge to develop relevant and research–based instructional materials. At present, few instructional materials could be utilized for senior high school students particularly in PreCalculus which is based on the learning competencies of the subject. This study developed a worktext in PreCalculus based on the curriculum guide provided by the Department of Education. After which, the worktext was evaluated by the Calculus experts in selected State Universities in Region 8 and selected PreCalculus teachers in public schools in Northern Samar on the level of validity and acceptability. Results showed that the content validity of the worktext as assessed by the respondents based on aims, objectives, knowledge, contextualization, summing up, practice, reinforcement, and enrichment are very much valid. The level of acceptability of the worktext based on clarity, usefulness, language and style, illustration, presentation, suitability, adequacy, and timeliness are very highly acceptable. Thet – test for independent samples was also utilized to determine the significant difference in the level of validity and acceptability of the worktext and Original Research Article Esquierdo and Ballado; AJESS, 16(2): 1-8, 2021; Article no.AJESS. 66418 2 results showed that both Calculus experts and PreCalculus teachers strongly agreed that the worktext is valid and highly acceptable. Revisions of the worktext were made based on the suggested comments of the respondents.
Decentralization and Its Influence in Determining the Direction of Public Policy as an Effort to Improve Community Welfare

Since the fall of the New Order, the Indonesian government has moved towards a decentralized system of government. The Central Government makes policies that provide the widest possible opportunity for local governments to manage their households in order to improve welfare. This study will present an analysis of the implementation and impact of public policies made by local governments, whether they succeed or fail in their implementation, especially to improve the welfare of the community. This study also describes several alternative ways to solve problems related to policy implementation. This research is qualitative in nature using literature study methods to collect data and analyze it.
Dynamics of Highly Charged Finite Systems Induced by Intense X-ray Pulses

The recent availability of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) has opened a completely new and unexplored regime for the study of light-matter interactions. The extremely bright intensities delivered by XFELs can couple many photons into the target, turning well known interactions such as photoionization and scattering into new, non-linear, complex many-body phenomena. This thesis reports theoretical investigations aiming to improve the understanding of the fundamental processes and dynamics triggered by intense X-ray pulses, with a special focus in finite systems such as molecules and clusters. Sequential multiple photoionization in atomic clusters was investigated, where previous observations were extended for higher charge states where direct photoionization is frustrated. Through a rate equation study and subsequent molecular dynamics simulations, it was found that frustrated ionization is partially responsible for the low-energy peak observed in the electron energy spectrum. The influence of plasma evaporation over the formation of the sequential low-energy peak was also investigated, identifying the effects of the system size and photon energy. Multiple channel ionization was also investigated for the case of fullerenes. This is done through a series of studies, starting from a simplified rate equation scheme, and culminating with full molecular dynamics simulations. From these results, a good insight was obtained over the origin, physical meaning, and relevant parameters that give rise to the complicated features observed in the electronic spectra. The mechanisms responsible of all these features are expected to be present in other systems, making these results quite general. Diffractive imaging of biomolecules was studied in a final step, with a particular focus on the influence of intramolecular charge transfer mechanisms. To this end a conformer of T4 Lysozyme was used, a representative enzyme with well known structure. Charge migration is found to allow for additional processes such as proton ejection, a mechanism which enables an efficient release of energy from the system. This mechanism considerably suppresses structural damage for heavy ions, improving the quality of the measured diffraction patterns.
Inhibitory effect of piperine on AcrAB-TolC efflux pump in fluroquinolone resistant Escherichia coli isolates from bovine mastitis milk samples

Antimicrobial resistance’ is a global epidemic issue causing economic loss to dairy farmers especially when treatment become unresponsive to mastitis. In the recent past, role of efflux pumps in development of resistance is intervened so as to overcome bacterial resistance to broad class of chemotherapeutic agents. In the current study an attempt has been made to investigate the ability of ‘piperine’, a phytochemical to overcome the efflux pump, AcrAB-TolC mediated resistance in E. coli isolates from bovine mastitis. The study revealed piperine reduced the MIC of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin against E.coli isolates from mastitis and showed synergistic action at a concentration of 100 ppm. A 16 fold reduction in MIC of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin were observed upon co-exposure at concentration of 100 ppm. Gene expression studies indicated down regulation of expression of acr A, acr B and tol C efflux pump in E. coli isolates resistant to enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin. Piperine showed increased efflux pump inhibitory activity in ciprofloxacin resistant E. coli isolates. In silico analysis revealed that piperine binds with acrB protein with least binding energy. This study revealed that piperine potentiated the action of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin by inhibition of AcrAB-TolC efflux pump.
The Paradox of Integrity: Cheating Awareness Among Religious High School Student in Yogyakarta [Paradoks Integritas: Kesadaran akan Perilaku Kecurangan di Kalangan Siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas Berbasis Agama di Yogyakarta]

Cheating behavior in a school setting has become a major problem in many countries, including those with a dominantly religious population (e.g., Indonesia). This creates a paradox since previous literatures suggest eminent role of spirituality in constructing morality. This study is intended to investigate the interplay between spirituality and cheating behavior in religious high school students in Yogyakarta using multi-methods approach. Self-report questionnaires to measure the perception toward cheating, spirituality level, and locus of control were distributed to a total of 691 participants using random sampling method. Participants were also given an open-ended questionnaire asking the rationale behind their past cheating behavior. The findings suggested that the role of spirituality in ethical behavior was rather contextual, such as the link between spirituality and awareness of cheating was more robust in the respondents from religious schools. It was found that the participants viewed spirituality as an internal moral compass which may in turn facilitate overt ethical behavior. Perilaku kecurangan di sekolah telah menjadi permasalahan besar di berbagai negara, termasuk di negara-negara yang mayoritas penduduknya religius (misalnya di Indonesia). Hal ini menimbulkan sebuah paradoks mengingat penelitian terdahulu menyatakan bahwa spiritualitas berperan dalam proses pembentukan moralitas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menelaah interaksi antara spiritualitas dan perilaku kecurangan pada siswa sekolah menengah di Yogyakarta menggunakan pendekatan multi-metode. Kuesioner laporan diri untuk mengukur persepsi terhadap kecurangan, tingkat spiritualitas, dan lokus kendali dibagikan kepada total 691 partisipan menggunakan metode random sampling. Partisipan juga diberikan kuesioner dengan butir-butir pertanyaan terbuka yang menanyakan alasan di balik perilaku curang mereka di masa lampau. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa peran spiritualitas dalam perilaku etis cenderung bersifat kontekstual, misalnya hubungan antara spiritualitas dan kesadaran akan perilaku kecurangan lebih kuat pada responden dari sekolah berbasis agama. Ditemukan bahwa partisipan dalam kajian ini memandang spiritualitas sebagai kompas moral internal yang dapat berperan dalam memfasilitasi perilaku etis yang terbuka.
Investigating the Effects of Government Interventions on the Firms' Innovative Performance: A Case Study of Knowledge-Based ICT firms

Results show that tax exemption did not have considerable impact on firm performance indicators. While tax incentives in other countries is usually based on R&D, the law for supporting knowledge-based firms offers tax exemption based on “sales”, which may explain the different results of this study in comparison with the literature. Therefore, changing the approach of providing this incentive in the law to R&D can make this tool more effective in knowledge-based firms. The results of this research also regarding “funding” effective on R&D employment are in line with existing studies. It is obvious that knowledge-based firms have used part of this support to retain skilled researchers because they are usually more dynamic and have greater focus on R&D. Therefore, adding incentives with focus on R&D employees in the supporting for knowledge-based firms' law can, to some extent, shift firms' expenses to increase key R&D and production activities.
Water Footprint Assessment of Thai Banana Production

The aim of this research was to assess the water footprint level of Thai banana production. Firstly, the water consumption inventory of banana production was developed. The water consumptions in the banana farms and a case study of banana industry were collected based on the inventory. The results showed that the water consumption of banana plantation was 842.02 m 3 including 443.50 m 3 of green water, 398.52 m 3 of blue water and not found grey water. Moreover, 1638.59 m 3 /rai was found in the one rai of banana plantation consisted of 863.06 m 3 /rai of green water and 775.53 m 3 /rai of blue water. From the finding of this study, the reduction approach of water footprint for banana production should be the reduction of watering the plant in the process of banana growing.
Bioactive Compounds of Seaweeds and Their Effects on Certain Types of Cancer

Cancer is considered as one of the major health problems worldwide. So far, no completely effective method has been found for cancer treatment. Therefore, the rise of using natural products has been proposed as an alternative therapy in this regard. For many years, the seaweed has been a source of many functional bioactive compounds including polysaccharides, polyphenols, pigments, terpenes, and many others. These compounds have shown many bioactivities including anticancer activity against different kinds of cancer. Bioactive compounds obtained from the seaweed have been demonstrated to cause apoptosis in cancer cells and trigger cell cycle arrest with low cytotoxicity against normal cells. In this review, it was attempted to shed light on the anticancer activity of some seaweed-derived bioactive compounds.
Snail Slime: Evaluation of Anti-Inflammatory, Phytochemical and Antioxidant Properties

Snails posses numerous nutritional, medicinal and therapeutic properties, making it an essential component of human nutrition, medicinal and skin health. This study is aimed at evaluating the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of snail slime obtained from giant African land snail (Achatina fulica). The slime was extracted by low heat method and anti-inflammatory properties was ascertained by inducing paw edema in day old chicks using carrageenan, the phytochemical screening was conducted to ascertain the level of phenols and flavonoids, while the antioxidant properties was determined by DPPH radical scavenging activity, using ascorbic acid as standard. Statistical analysis using ANOVA version 20.0 was conducted to analyze the data obtained from the study. Post study statistics of data (mean ± SD) indicates that the snail slime extract potentially posses anti-inflammatory, relative phytochemical and antioxidant properties at significant (p≤0.05) level, hence validating its use in nutrition, medicinal and cosmetic purposes, and preparations. Original Research Article Chinaka et al.; JOCAMR, 13(1): 8-13, 2021; Article no.JOCAMR. 64161 9
The Use of Herbs to Induce Labor among Pregnant Women and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study

In a large population study, it was found that the uses of CAM differed and depended on gender and socio-demographic variables [3]. Interestingly, there was a statistically significant finding that women have a higher likelihood of CAM use than men (53.5% vs. 42.7%) [4]. This has also been reported in another local study that was carried out at health care centers in Riyadh. It was reported that 46% of the patients had used Alternative Medicine (AM). Similarly, it was also reported that AM use was more prevalent among women, homemakers, and illiterate [5].
Evaluation of MUAC as a tool for assessing nutritional status during pregnancy (>20 weeks of gestation) among pregnant women in Delhi India

The present study was conducted to assess the usefulness of MUAC as a screening tool to assess nutritional status during pregnancy (>20 weeks). Pregnant women (>20 weeks of gestation, n=100) were enrolled from tertiary care ANC clinics in urban areas of Delhi. Data on socio-demographic profile was collected using pre-tested questionnaires. The blood pressure and anthropometric parameters (weight, height and MUAC) were recorded. The mean height, weight and MUAC of pregnant women were 152.15 ± 4.93cm, 56.7 ± 6.7Kgs and 25.5 ± 2.60cm respectively. Weight gain between trimesters and overall weight gain showed no correlation with blood pressure. Maternal weight was positively correlated with MUAC (p=0.00), SBP (p=0.006) and DBP (p=0.02). Maternal height was negatively correlated with MUAC (p=0.012). BMI and MUAC showed a significantly positive correlation (p=0.00), which indicates the versatility of this tool. However, no association was observed between MUAC and blood pressure during pregnancy in the present study.