Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Resisted Vs. Conventional Sprint Training on Physical Fitness in Young Elite Tennis Players

Abstract This study aimed to compare the effects of 6-week resisted sprint (RST) versus conventional (unresisted) sprint training (CG) on sprint time, change of direction (COD) speed, repeated sprint ability (RSA) and jump performance (countermovement jump (CMJ) and standing long jump (SLJ)) in male young tennis players. Twenty players (age: 16.5 ± 0.3 years; body mass: 72.2 ± 5.5 kg; body height: 180.6 ± 4.6 cm) were randomly assigned to one of the two groups: RST (n = 10) and CG (n = 10). The training program was similar for both groups consisting of acceleration and deceleration exercises at short distances (3-4 m), and speed and agility drills. The RST group used weighted vests or elastic cords during the exercises. After 6 weeks of intervention, both training regimes resulted in small-to-moderate improvements in acceleration and sprint ability (5, 10, 20 m), SLJ and CMJ performances, COD pivoting on both, the non-dominant (moderate effect) and the dominant (small effect) foot, and the percentage of decrement (small effects) during a RSA test. Between-group comparisons showed that the SLJ (Δ = 2.0%) and 5 m sprint time (Δ = 1.1%) improved more in the RST group compared with the CG group. This study showed that 6 weeks of RST or unresisted training are time-efficient training regimes for physical improvements in young male tennis players.
Phylogenetic relationships within the Mysticeti (whalebone whales) based upon studies of highly repetitive DNA in all extant species

The suborder Mysticeti (whalebone whales) comprises ten extant species. Taxonomic relationships within the suborder were studied by using three non-cross hybridizing highly repetitive DNA components as probes in molecular hybridizations including all ten species. The first component had the same repeat length, 1760 bp, in all species and constituted a large portion of all genomes. The second component occurred in all species of the family Balaenopteridae. rorquals, with a repeat length of = 420 bp. The same repeat length was also found in the gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus. of the monotypic family Eschrichtudae and in the pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata, a species that has usually been included in the family Balaenidae, right whales. The component was also found in the bowhead, Balaena mysticerus. and in the right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, however, in these species the = 420 bp repeal length did not occur. The third component was present in all balaenopterid genomes and also in the gray whale and the pygmy right whale. The component was virtually nonexistent in the right whale and the bowhead. Thus, at the DNA level, there is a major distinction between the bowhead and the right whale vis-ae-vis all other mysticetes including the pygmy right whale. The results support the exclusion of the pygmy right whale from the family Balaenidae.
B2C E-commerce Site Success Factors: A Comparison between Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea

E-commerce is an integral part of today’s modern society. People are increasingly using this media to support their daily needs. The resulting increase of demands in the online environment leads to an increase in numbers of online business vendors, with business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce business as one of them. This study examines the factors that determine a successful B2C e-commerce site in Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea. The research applies an updated DeLone and McLean Information System Success model developed by Chen, Rungruengsamrit, Rajkumar, and Yen in 2013. This research aims to find the influence of quality factors (information, system, and service quality) toward user satisfaction and attitude toward the site. This research also applies three moderators: national identity, uncertainty avoidance, and attitude toward online shopping. The respondents consist of 278 Indonesian, 129 Japanese, and 121 South Korean respondents. The result of this study shows that all B2C e-commerce quality factors influence both user satisfaction and attitude toward the site on all research groups with different levels. Furthermore, the results also indicate the influence of cultural factors and attitude toward online shopping on the relationship between the three quality factors and the dependent variables.
2009 DIVISION 35 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY AND WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: AN EMERGING ALLIANCE

This article is an application of the Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Girls and Women to psychological issues faced by Women with Disabilities. It includes culture-specific issues faced by Women with Disabilities, the multiple roles of Women with Disabilities, the importance of informal support systems, and the intersection between feminism and disability. The voices of Women with Disabilities from a variety of cultures are included to demonstrate the breadth of disability as it impacts women. Attention is given to the impact of worldview on understanding disability (medical condition, limitation due to socially constructed barriers, gap between individual resources and demand for ability, or segregation by ability status) and development of theories, services, and laws. Perspectives of health professionals, disability advocates, and family members are provided to identify issues that need to be included in a comprehensive psychology of Women with Disabilities.
Signs of Socioeconomic Status

Socioeconomic status (SES) is a primary determinant of health vulnerabilities and social affiliations. To ascertain if SES is signaled in brief patterns of nonverbal behavior, we had participants of varying SES backgrounds engage in a brief interaction with a stranger. Videos of 60-s slices of these interactions were coded for nonverbal cues of disengagement and engagement, and estimates of participants' SES were provided by naive observers who viewed these videos. As predicted by analyses of resource dependence and power, upper-SES participants displayed more disengagement cues (e.g., doodling) and fewer engagement cues (e.g., head nods, laughs) than did lower-SES participants. Results were also consistent with the thin-slicing literature, in that observers' estimates of SES were reliable with each other and accurately predicted targets' family income, maternal education, and subjective SES. Finally, nonverbal displays of disengagement and engagement predicted observers' estimates of SES, which suggests that these cues are systematic signs of SES. These results have implications for understanding the effect of SES on social interactions and patterns of disengagement and engagement in other realms.
Coronavirus: Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications from 1968 to 2020

Background: The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19as a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020. Therefore, relevant research metrics would be an added value for understanding the virus for researchers. Methods: Research outputs related to the Coronavirus were retrieved from the Web of Science database from January 1968 to March 2020 and were analyzed using MS-office, Word Cloud generator, VOS viewer, and ArcGIS software. The analysis was based on the number of research publications per year, contributing author’s clustering pattern, most preferred journals, leading publication, document type, broad research areas, commonly used keywords, the geographical distribution of publications, commonly used languages, and productive institutes. Results: The search retrieved 6424 Coronavirus research publications. The number of articles found in the year 1968 was 1, but it was 275 in 2019. A total of 33 clusters of authors contributed to studies on COVID-19 across the globe. The Journal of Virology had the most productivityon Coronavirus publications (n=810). An article published by Ksiazek TG et al in the New England Journal of Medicine had the maximum citation (n=2175); 90% of the research outputs were articles, broadly classified under Infectious diseases (n=5341); and the most commonly used keyword was ‘Coronavirus’. The higher number of publications was from the USA (n=2345) and the commonly used language was English (n=5948), and the most productive institute was the University of Hong Kong (n=506). Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the growth pattern was not uniform, the United States, and the University of Hong Kong have played a major role in the contribution of Coronavirus research. Even though this depicts a higher scientific growth, it is an alarming sign to the community for preparedness. Under the prevailing situation of seeking better prevention, treatment and vaccination for COVID-19, in-depth research in the above portrayed metrics would be an added knowledge for the researchers.
Predictors Analysis of Physical Activity Participation among Young Adults

Seong-Hui Koa, Chulhyeong Parkb*, aSpecial researcher, Educational Science Research Institute, Jeju National University, 102, Jejudaehak-ro, Jejusi, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, 63243, Korea, bAcademic research professor, Educational Science Research Institute, Jeju National University, 102, Jejudaehak-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, 63243, Korea, Email: aonlycheer337@naver.com, b*pch0629@jejunu.ac. kr
SSE Riga Student Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether increased happiness increases impulse purchases. We organize between groups design experiment to examine whether people with induced positive emotions are more prone to exhibit impulsive purchasing behaviour. We use the positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS) scale to measure individual level of positive and negative emotions. We then run a regression to see if increased happiness increases the impulsive purchasing behaviour. We triangulate our results by conducting a post-experiment focus group with experiment participants in order to clarify their behavioural motives. The results we obtain from the experiment suggest that positive mood does not have a robust impact on the impulsive purchasing behaviour.
Development in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). I. The Influence of Temperature on Seed Germination and Seedling Emergence

SUMMARY The base (Tb), optimum (To) and ceiling (Tce) temperature for 50% seed germination and seedling emergence, and the thermal time at sub-optimal temperatures (θ1), were examined in experiments with a range of cowpea genotypes from different habitats and latitudes. There was substantial genotypic variation in seed germination for Tb and To, but not for Tce. There was no evidence that genotypes from semi-arid habitats had higher values of To or Tce, but estimates of Tb for seed germination were related to latitude and were highest in genotypes originating from close to the equator. The significance of these responses as a component of developmental plasticity in relation to the adaptation of cowpeas is discussed.
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Power, distress, and compassion: Turning a blind eye to the suffering of others

— Responses to individuals who suffer are a foundation of cooperative communities. On the basis of the approach/inhibition theory of power (Keltner, Gruenfeld, & Anderson, 2003), we hypothesized that elevated social power is associated with diminished reciprocal emotional responses to another person’s suffering (feeling distress at another person’s distress) and with diminished complementary emotion (e.g., compassion). In face-to-face conversations, participants disclosed experiences that had caused them suffering. As predicted, participants with a higher sense of power experienced less distress and less compassion and exhibited greater autonomic emotion regulation when confronted with another participant’s suffering. Additional analyses revealed that these ﬁndings could not be attributed to power-related differences in baseline emotion or decoding accuracy, but were likely shaped by power-related differences in the motivation to afﬁliate. Implications for theorizing about power and the social functions of emotions are discussed. The fact that cultures have evolved a norm of noblesse oblige— that individuals with power and wealth should behave gener-ously toward individuals with low power—suggests that power dampens the propensity to care for other people. The investigation we report in this article explored this possibility. Spe-ciﬁcally, we examined how power inﬂuences reciprocal and complementary emotional reactions to the suffering of another person (Batson, Fultz, & Schoenrade, 1987; Keltner & Kring, 1998). Emotional reciprocity refers to the process by which one individual comes to feel the emotions of another, as when one person’s distress arouses distress in another. Emotional complementarity occurs when one person’s emotions evoke different but corresponding emotions in others, as when one person’s distress arouses compassion in another. We tested hypotheses
A Case Study of Masculine Identity and Health-related Behaviour

The study of young men’s health-related behaviour offers an opportunity to examine the links between masculine identity and social behaviour. This article presents a case study of a 19-year-old man living in London, who describes himself as different to his peers on several important dimensions, including his engagement in health-related behaviours. The case study demonstrates the importance of health-related social behaviours such as drinking, drug use, physical activity, sport and sexual behaviour in the construction of a masculine identity. This case study also reveals that the way in which men position themselves in relation to different discourses of masculinity can have important implications not only for their masculine identities, but also for their health-related behaviour.
A First Look at Teacher Attrition in the NLS-72

A n enigmatic figure occupies center stage in much of the recent commentary on American schools: the Former Teacher. Because retention and recruitment have become major concerns, former teachers are assumed to be a growing number. An era of declining enrollments and budget cuts Teacher retention has become a policy issue of considerable concern; it is, however, a more complex topic than is generally recognized. The fifth follow-up of the National Longitudinal Study, 1972, completed in 1986, included a supplemental questionnaire that zuas sent to past and present elementary and secondary school teachers, as well as to those who had been trained but had never taught. The data permit the first analysis of teacher attrition based on a national sample that has been follmved for a decade or more of professional experience. These data suggest that retention among teachers has increased during the last decade and that the appears-to be ending and a ability.and qualifications of teachers have not declined over time. teacher shortage has been Moreover, former teachers are more likely to have left relatively good schools, in favorable locations, rather than problem schools. Paradoxically, although enhancing teachers' professional status and improving public schools are indisputably worthwhile goals, they may not reduce teacher attrition. rediscovered; the numbers of former teachers and the likelihood of their returning to the classroom are at the crux of calculations of the size of the reserve pool. Former teachers are alleged to have been the best and the brightest members of the teaching corps, and their exodus seems an indictment of public education and forebodes a decline. Without doubt, pojicies that promote retention and enhance the professional stature of teachers are long overdue. Yet most of the discussion of attrition is premised on ad hoc myths about former teachers, designed to fit the policy prescriptions at hand, rather than on serious investigation. -~ -
Potencial de aproveitamento medicinal de especies do sub-bosque dos bracatingais da regiao de Curitiba, PR.

Principais especies do sub-bosque dos bracatingais; Area ocupada pelos bracatingais; Perfil quimico e farmacologico das principais familias encontradas nos bracatingais; Abordagem fitoquimica das especies de maior densidade nos estudos fitossociologicos; Levantamento sobre uso popular de plantas, conhecimentos sobre plantas medicinais e seus usos, plantas medicinais nativas mais usadas pela populacao local, plantas utilizadas no combate a doencas de animais, plantas toxicas identificadas por moradores da regiao; Aspectos de mercado, demanda de plantas medicinais, importacao e exportacao de plantas medicinais, abastecimento local e regional de plantas medicinais.
The Effect of Exercise on Serum Homocysteine, Adma, Neopterin and Oxidative Stress Levels in Young Male Athletes

Elevated homocysteine (HCY), asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), Neopterin (NP) and oxidative stress have been established as risk factors for vascular disease and coronary artery disease. The purpose of the study was (a) to assess the HCY, ADMA, NP, malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH) levels and (b) to determine the relationship between these parameters in wrestlers, track and field athletes, and non-athletes. 35 subjects in total, comprising of 15 wrestlers (x = 17.6 ± 2.3 years), 10 track and field athletes (x = 16.6 ± 2.2 years) and 10 non-athletes (x = 17.2 ± 0.8 years) voluntarily participated in the study. The HCY, ADMA, NP, MDA, GSH levels as in subjects' blood was performed through the antecubital vein in the morning while in the pre-prandial state. There was a significant difference in ADMA, MDA, GSH concentrations between in track and field athletes and wrestlers. There was a significant difference in HCY, NP concentrations between wrestlers and non-athletes. There was a significant difference in HCY, MDA concentrations between track and field athletes and non-athletes (p< 0.05). The HCY and NP showed high level correlation in all groups (track and field athletes; r = .952; wrestlers; r = .886; non-athletes; r = .900; p< 0.01). The GSH and NP showed high level negative correlation in non-athletes (r = - .900; p< 0.01). According to the results of HCY, ADMA, NP, MDA, the lowest level was found in athletes and the highest appeared in the non-athletes. In conclusion, we think that regular training may have positive effects on cardiovascular and anti antioxidant level.
SEISMIC DESIGN OF HYSTERETIC DEVICES FOR RETROFITTING EXISTING RC STRUCTURES

Passive control systems through hysteretic devices represents one of the best technique for retrofitting, or upgrading, the numerous existing reinforced concrete framed buildings, located in Italy in areas with high seismic hazard and designed without an appropriate seismic detailing. These systems absorb the inertial actions in combination with the existing structure, increasing the stiffness of the frame and providing an additional dissipation of the energy by means of their ductility capacities to exhibit large inelastic deformations. The thesis deals with the design of dissipative buckling restrained braces (BRBs), in order to upgrade an existing building in L’Aquila. Specifically, it is used a procedure based on the results from pushover analysis considering as design parameter the maximum inter-storey drift properly chosen in order to avoid an excessive damage of the main structure. After the design procedure, the model of the building equipped with the BRBs is tested to verify the respect of the seismic performance. The behaviour of the upgraded structure is studied both through static nonlinear (pushover) analyses and nonlinear dynamic (time history) analyses using a set of several ground motion records compatible in average with the elastic design spectrum. Another important aspect that is taken into account is the influence of the infills on the design of the BRBs, comparing the response of the upgraded building with and without the presence of non-structural elements.
Relative Fuzzy Connectedness on Directed Graphs and its Application in a Hybrid Method for Interactive Image Segmentation

—Anatomical structures and tissues are often hard to be segmented in medical images due to their poorly deﬁned boundaries, i.e., low contrast in relation to other nearby false boundaries. The speciﬁcation of the boundary polarity can help to alleviate part of this problem. In this work, we discuss how to incorporate this property in the Relative Fuzzy Connectedness (RFC) framework. We present a new algorithm, named Oriented Relative Fuzzy Connectedness (ORFC), in terms of an oriented energy function subject to the seed constraints, and its application in powerful hybrid segmentation methods. The hybrid method proposed ORFC&Graph Cut preserves the robustness of ORFC respect to the seed choice, avoiding the shrinking problem of Graph Cut (GC), and keeps the strong control of the GC in the contour delination of irregular image boundaries. The proposed methods are evaluated using medical images of MRI and CT images of the human brain and thoracic studies.
Biotransformation of the Insecticide Lindane by the White Rot Basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Biotransformation of the insecticide lindane by the white rot basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been investigated in liquid cultures. Some polar metabolites and carbon dioxide were produced from the pesticide. Among the metabolites identified were tetrachlorocyclohexene, tetrachlorocyclohexene epoxide and tetrachlorocyclohexenol. When used as a substrate, tetrachlorocyclohexene was also converted by the fungus to tetrachlorocyclohexenol, polar metabolites and carbon dioxide. Three incubation conditions leading to low and high peroxidase production were assayed. Data from these experiments, as well as in-vitro incubations with purified enzymes, ruled out any involvement of the peroxidases in lindane biotransformation and mineralization. Moreover, 1-aminobenzotriazole (a P450 inactivator) drastically reduced pesticide metabolism. Conversely, phenobarbital (a P450 inducer) did not significantly increase lindane breakdown.
Artificial Substrates Collect Gulf Sturgeon Eggs

Abstract To determine the approximate spawning time and locations of the threatened Gulf sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi in the Suwannee River, Florida, circular polyester floor-buffing pads were used as artificial substrates for sampling eggs. The pads were distributed at various sites 90–239 river kilometers (rkm, as measured from the mouth of the river) upriver and examined every 48–72 h in spring 1993 and 1994. Two Gulf sturgeon eggs were collected at rkm 215.0 on 22 April 1993 at a water temperature of 18.3°C. On 28 March 1994, single Gulf sturgeon eggs were collected at rkm 201.75, 215.75, and 221.00 when the water temperature was about 20.0°C, and on 11 April 1994, one egg was collected at rkm 215.00 at a water temperature of 18.8°C. This is the first documentation of Gulf sturgeon eggs in the wild, and it provides the first records of sturgeon spawning areas in the Suwannee River.
Greenhouse gas dynamics of a well-drained afforested agricultural peatland

About a quarter of the global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to agriculture, forestry and other land use. Few studies of afforested drained peatlands have measured exchanges of all three major greenhouse gases (GHG) at a given site, leading to uncertainty in estimated GHG budgets. Thus, we measured forest floor exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) at a well-drained afforested peatland in southern Sweden. The CO2 emissions (76 000 kg ha –1 a–1; SE 6 000) were large compared with previous measurements at similar sites, which may have been partly due to a measurement technique that did not underestimate the flux. A net CH4 uptake of 4.4 kg ha–1 a–1 (SE 0.41) and a net N2O emission of 2.7 kg ha –1 a–1 (SE 0.23) were found, which agreed well with published models relating fluxes to stand biomass (CH4 models) or soil C:N ratio (N2O models).