Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Stacking of aquatic plant-microbial fuel cells growing water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)

Plant-microbial fuel cells (PMFCs) are a sub-branch of a class of promising bioelectrochemical systems which are capable of simultaneously supplying biomass and renewable energy from photosynthesis and root exudation. In this study, the possibility of power amplification through stacking was tested. Ipomoea aquatica and Pistia stratiotes were used as model plants in this study because their biomass is valued as food for humans and livestock, respectively. In a brief 7-day experiment, maximum power densities of 6.35 mW / m2 for I. aquatica and 3.54 mW/m2 for P. stratiotes were obtained from aquatic PMFC assemblies. No significant difference in voltage was observed between the two plants, although the current and power output of I. aquatica were significantly higher than that of P. stratiotes. Connecting three cells in series resulted to three times higher voltage but the same current, and connecting three cells in parallel resulted to three times higher current but the same voltage for both plants. Power was also amplified by stacking. There is no significant difference in the power produced by the cells connected in series or parallel. Power density remained constant due to the increase in surface area of electrodes used upon stacking. These results are consistent with the rules of electric circuits and would become a valuable tool in the computational design of larger systems with numerous cells that can supply a large part of our electricity demands. For future studies, assemblies with more cells are recommended to establish the upper limit of the validity of the series/parallel models and can be tested with other plants.
Location-based Mobile Games for a house museum. Insights from an educational design activity

The paper discusses a formal didactic activity in a higher education context, which brought to the design, development, and testing of thirteen Location-Based Mobile Games (LBMGs) for the Bagatti Valsecchi House Museum. The activity involved BSc Design students in developing and testing interactive solutions aimed at reaching out to the “under 35” community of the museum with engaging and entertaining experiences. For this purpose, the stakeholder group of the museum experts was also involved in co-designing the solutions. On the one hand, this study focuses on the beneficial approach of involving Design students in the multiple roles of designer, player/visitor, and target audience. On the other hand, it looks at those aspects that may turn LBMGs into a means for engaging and entertaining museum visitors’ experiences. We focus on four LBMGs (out of thirteen) that the museum selected to be tested with their younger community, highlighting those elements that emerged as particularly relevant for enhancing visitors’ engagement and motivations. In this regard, three aspects stand out as the most impacting: (i) the benefits of a design approach based on the early involvement of both experts (the museum) and the target audience (students themselves); (ii) an intelligent orchestration of narratives and game mechanics, specifically designed to leverage the fascinating museum space, and (iii) the ability of such games to stimulate social engagement.
Role of Career Oriented Perceived Organizational Support in Determining Subjective Career Success of Supervisory Level Managers in Manufacturing Firms

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the career oriented perceived organizational support (POS-Career) is positively related to the employee subjective career success. An online survey was distributed among a random sample of 150 supervisory level managers in 15 large scale manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka. With a response rate of 59%, 88 managers responded to the survey. The results of Multiple Hierarchical Regression analysis reported that the POS-Career is positively associated with the subjective career success of supervisory level managers. This finding implies that employees believe their career progress is consistent with their own goals, values and preferences when they have developed a perception about the organization’s caring of their career needs. The study made a methodological contribution by validating a questionnaire for POS-Career. Since, there is scant amount of literature that has examined this relationship, the current study made an empirical contribution by undertaking a study in a developing country context. Also, this study made implications to the existing theories such as, perceived organizational support, psychological contract, and social exchange as well as to the extended model of social cognitive career theory. In terms of policy implications, an organization should develop a career development culture by providing employees with a range of career development opportunities, senior management’s leadership for career development programs and developing a climate for employees to involve in career self-management by engaging with networking and visibility behaviors. In response, they develop a belief that their career progress is consistent with their own goals, values and preferences. The limitations of the study and directions for future research are also discussed.
The potential of lunasin extract for the prevention of breast cancer progression by upregulating E-Cadherin and inhibiting ICAM-1

Background: Research in natural substances for their anticancer potential has become increasingly popular. Lunasin, a soybean protein, is known to inhibit cancer progression via various pathways. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Lunasin Extract (LE) on the expression of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (ICAM-1) and epithelial cadherins (E-Cadherin) in breast cancer. Methods: In this true-experimental in vivo study, 24 Sprague-Dawley rats that were induced by 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA), were used. Based on the therapy given, the groups were divided into, normal, positive control (PC), negative control (NC), adjuvant, curative, and preventive. Lunasin was extracted from soybean seeds of the Grobogan variety in Indonesia. Tissue samples were obtained, processed, stained with anti-ICAM-1 and anti-E-Cadherin antibodies, examined under a microscope, and quantified using H-score. The data were analyzed using ANOVA, which was then followed by Duncan's test. Results: Statistically significant difference in ICAM-1 expression was observed between the following groups: adjuvant and NC, normal and NC, PC and NC, adjuvant and preventive, normal and preventive, PC and preventive, adjuvant and curative, normal and curative, PC and curative. E-Cadherin expression was significantly different between preventive and NC, adjuvant and NC, PC and NC, normal and NC, adjuvant and curative, PC and curative, normal and curative, normal and preventive. Significant negative correlation was found between ICAM-1 and E-Cadherin [-0.616 (-0.8165; -0.283)] with p = 0.001. Conclusion: Preventive dose of LE was able to reduce ICAM-1 expression while increasing E-Cadherin expression.
Assessment of Strategies for the Reduction of Cesarean Section Rate in Iranian and Foreign Studies: A Narrative Review

Objectives: This study was conducted aiming at exploring strategies for reducing cesarean section (C-section) in Iranian and foreign studies. Materials and Methods: The present study was carried out using a matrix approach and searching keywords including "Cesarean", "Effective Intervention", and "Cesarean Section Reduction Strategy" to find studies (2000-2019) in databases such as PubMed, SID, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and WHO. Results: CS reduction strategies were classified into 3 categories of psychological, clinical, and structural-policy interventions. The first category supports women throughout labor and childbirth by the midwife, doula, coping skills with fear and pain of labor, changes in the attitudes of service providers and pregnant women. Clinical interventions include vaginal birth after CS, vaginal breech delivery, external cephalic version (ECV) for breech presentation, encouragement of service providers into intermittent auscultation for the fetal heart rate instead of continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM), and training of service providers, pregnant woman, and her family. The last category encompassed managing insurance and financial services, receiving one-to-one care and midwifery care throughout active labor, and updating policy of labor induction in post-term pregnancy, as well as women’s admission policy with cervical dilatation of more than 4 cm with regular uterine contractions, active team care in labor, and auditing and feedback. Conclusions: It seems that multi-dimensional interventions are required to reduce the CS rate. Concerning some of the strategies (e.g., ECV), it is suggested that further research should be performed by addressing the limitations and drawbacks of previous studies before applying clinical procedures due to contradictory results.
The Effect of Time Management and Communication on Employee Performance with Mediation of Work Motivation in The Kepeng Money Crafts Industry, Kamasan Village, Klungkung District

One of the efforts to improve employee performance is through improvements in time management and communication within the organization. The increasing of time management and communication is expected to increase work motivation for employees. The increasing of employee’s motivation is also expected to have an impact on improving the performance of the employees themselves. This study aims to examine the employee performance through time management, communication and work motivation that was conducted at the Kepeng Money Craft Industry in Kamasan Village, Klungkung District, which involving all 40 company employees as research respondents. This research was conducted in a census. The distribution of questionnaire to the respondents is the method used in collecting the data, then the data is processed using the Structural Equation Modeling Partial Least Square (PLS) method, through the SmartPLS 3.0 program, at a significance level of 0.05 (5%). The results of this study found that time management, communication, and work motivation each had a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Time management has a significant positive effect on work motivation. Time management has a significant positive effect on employee performance. Communication has a significant positive effect on work motivation. Communication has a significant positive effect on employee performance. Work motivation has a significant positive effect on employee performance. Work motivation mediates some of the effects of time management on employee performance. Work motivation mediates some of the effects of communication on the performance of employees of the kepeng handicraft industry in Kamasan Village, Klungkung Regency.
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1Department of Surgery, Creighton University, Phoenix, AZ, USA; 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan; 3Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, NM, USA; 4Department of Surgery, Erlin Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan; 5Division of Urology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan Abstract: Primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE) is a common childhood disorder that adversely affects a child’s mental well-being and social life. Our clinical experience showed parents and their child often have significantly different perspective of enuresis, and these differences can affect family dynamics, treatment approaches, and treatment success. Parents’ perception of PNE also influences the likelihood of seeking medical treatment, and we found parents of children with enuresis have markedly different beliefs regarding bedwetting than those of physicians. Because achieving remission for PNE requires parents and their child to actively participate in treatment, assessing their expectancy of success and their beliefs will allow clinicians to adjust treatment goals as necessary. When treating PNE, guidelines consistently recommend incorporating bed alarms as part of the therapy. However, through interviewing parents and treating their children, we found parents preferred medications or other behavioral strategies, such as limiting water intake, because of their convenience. Many parents would complain bed alarms woke them up instead of their child, and they would soon give up on bed alarms. Part of assessing their beliefs includes assessing their confidence in their child being able to wake up to alarms and to persist with treatment. Understanding how they manage and approach setbacks will also determine the treatment modality suited for their child. In this review paper, we detailed our experiences interviewing parents and treating their child with NE with urodynamics and medications at the Changhua Christian Hospital in Taiwan.
Hesperidin, a Citrus Bioflavonoid Potentiates Repair and Regeneration of Deep Dermal Excision Wounds of Mice Whole Body Exposed to Different Doses of 60Co γ-Radiation

Irradiation adversely affects the repair and regeneration of wounds causing negative impact on the clinical outcome. Therefore, it is necessary to screen newer paradigms that may help to mitigate the deleterious effects of ionizing radiations. Hesperidin (hesperitin-7-rhamnoglucoside or hesperitin-7-rutinoside), a predominant bioflavonoid found in citrus fruits has been evaluated for its wound healing activity in mice whole-body exposed to 2,4, 6 or 8 Gy of γ-radiation. A full-thickness skin wound was created on the dorsum of mice after exposure to various doses of γ-radiation and the wound repair and regeneration was assessed by capturing video images of the excision wounds periodically as a measure of wound contraction as well as by assessing the mean wound healing time. In addition, the biochemical profiles including collagen, hexosamine, DNA, and nitric oxide syntheses were estimated in the granulation tissues at various days postirradiation after exposure to 0 or 6 Gy. In a separate experiment histological information on fibroblast and blood vessel densities were collected in the regenerating granulation tissue at various post-irradiation days after 0 or 6 Gy irradiation. The whole-body exposure of mice to different doses of γ-radiation resulted in a dose dependent delay in the wound contraction and prolongation of wound healing time, where the highest delay was observed after 8 Gy irradiation. Administration of hesperidin orally before irradiation significantly reduced the radiation-induced delay in the wound contraction and mean wound healing time. The collagen, hexosamine, DNA and nitric oxide syntheses were significantly reduced after exposure to 6 Gy, whereas pretreatment with hesperidin significantly enhanced synthesis of collagen, hexosamine, DNA, and nitric oxide. Histological examination revealed an increased rise in fibroblast and vascular densities after treatment with hesperidin in comparison with 6 Gy irradiation. The study demonstrates that hesperidin treatment accelerated the healing of irradiated wounds by increasing the collagen, hexosamine, DNA, and nitric oxide syntheses and increasing the densities of fibroblasts and blood vessels in the Research Article
Validity and Reliability of WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) Type 12 Questions Indonesian Version on Back Pain

The study was to prove the validity and reliability of the WHODAS 2.0 Indonesian version questionnaire in patients with back pain. This study was an observational cross-sectional study conducted in 2018. The study included the filling of WHODAS 2.0 Indonesian version, Indonesian version of Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaire, Wong-Baker Scale, conducted at Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia, against 82 respondents with back pain. Each respondent was given informed consent. The validity of the WHODAS 2.0 Indonesian version questionnaire was measured using Pearson's test on the correlation of WHODAS 2.0 Indonesian version questionnaire and Oswestry Disability Index questionnaire with r >0.3 (0.862). WHODAS 2.0 Indonesian version questionnaire and Wong-Baker Scale had r >0.3 (0.449–0.785). The reliability of the WHODAS 2.0 Indonesian version questionnaire was measured using Pearson's correlation test with r >0.3 (0.764–0.866). WHODAS 2.0 Indonesian version's internal reliability was tested using Cronbach-Alfa Test with alpha >0.6 (0.634–, 853). In conclusion, the WHODAS 2.0 - Indonesian version is a valid and reliable questionnaire for patients with back pain.
Effect of fertilization and liming on the content of secondary metabolites in Hydrocotyle umbellata L. var. bonariensis (Lam.) Mr. Spreng

The nature and the amount of secondary compounds produced by plant species depends on environmental factors, which can act directly on the synthesis of the secondary metabolites. Hydrocotyle umbellata L. var. bonariensis (Lam.) Mr. Spreng has been traditionally used for medicinal purposes, including for antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anxiolytic-like effects, and phytochemical studies revealed its bioactive compounds. This work aimed to evaluate the effects of chemical and organic fertilization, and the soil base saturation correction in the H. umbellata crop in dystrophic yellow latosol soil in the production of the secondary metabolites (total phenolic, total flavonoid and hibalactone). The plant was cultivated in the soil of a rural property in the municipality of Anápolis (Goiás state). The experimental design was completely randomized in a controlled environment. The experiment with fertilization had five treatments (control; cattle manure; poultry manure; chemical fertilization; chemical and organic fertilization) and the experiment with liming included the correction of soil base saturation to 20%, 40%, 60% and 80%. The results in most of the two experiments were not statistically significant in the content of the metabolites studied. In the fertilization experiment, the control and manure treatments were statistically better in the content of total phenols in aerial mass analysis. Regarding the saturation correction experiment, the treatment without liming afforded higher levels of hibalactone content (considering the whole plant) and total phenolic content (considering the air mass). The treatment with correction of saturation to 40% afforded higher levels of total phenolic (considering the whole plant).
Testing the capital structure of Portuguese family businesses

ABSTRACT The main objective of this study is to empirically test capital structure decisions in Portuguese family-owned businesses under trade-off theory (TOT) and pecking order theory (POT) and attend to the relationships between family/business interaction and agency conflicts. Family-owned businesses are essential for the development of economies, but the financing logic they adopt is not yet adequately clarified by scientific research, especially as they are more exposed to the constraints of markets imperfections. The specific pattern of business ownership may affect the financing decision and the ability to obtain funds externally. This issue is more relevant in economies where family business initiatives and less sophisticated management strategies are expressive. The greater convergence of interests in family businesses and the consequent decrease in agency costs may lead to higher levels of recognized reputation and thus easier access to indebtedness. The empirical study uses static models and dynamic panel models in order to analyze data from 4,952 Portuguese family-owned firms over the period from 2009 to 2016: the TOT following the partial debt adjustment model, and the POT following the model of the impact of the deficit of funds on debt and the model of the relationship between debt and the determinants of financing. The results of the individual tests suggest that Portuguese family-owned businesses adjust debt at the target ratio, albeit influenced by adjustment costs that keep them distant from the optimal, as well as use sources other than debt when a financial deficit occurs. Although the impact of the financial deficit is greater in total debt ratio, the velocity of adjustment to the optimal level is higher in short-term debt. Evidence from a joint test confirms that both theories explain part of the capital structure of Portuguese family-owned businesses.
Is it possible to estimate longevity through the analyses used to measure the initial physiological potential in soybean seeds?

Abstract: The analysis of longevity can support decisions about the length of seed lot storage until commercialization, since this characteristic implies the maintenance of viability over time. Seed longevity is analyzed by the p50 test, which expresses the time to lose 50% of the initial viability. Seeds with high vigor and germination have greater physiological potential and, thus, a greater capacity to maintain quality throughout the storage period. However, there has been little research on the correlations between the analysis of p50 (longevity) and the tests used to measure physiological potential (germination and vigor) of lots, which can be used as a tool to make inferences about longevity using the most traditional tests. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate which tests used to measure the potential of lots can estimate p50. To this end, germination and vigor were evaluated using traditional tests while longevity was assessed in eight soybean seed lots. Correlations and linear regression were tested for the traditional variables versus p50. It was found that the use of accelerated aging, electrical conductivity, and time to 50% radicle protrusion has high potential to estimate longevity as measured by p50.