Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The impacts of social media influencer’s credibility attributes on gen Z purchase intention with brand image as mediation

Gen Z controls almost the entire population in the world with a total number of almost two billion people worldwide. This generation will be the largest consumer group in the world. In Indonesia itself, In 2020, Gen Z occupied the highest percentage of the population. Therefore, Gen Z is a potential target market that has a considerable influence on purchasing decisions. Based on the characteristics of Gen Z, who are digital natives, the use of social media is the right marketing strategy for consumers who are counted into Gen Z category. Promotional activities, as part of a marketing strategy, especially through social media require influencers as endorsers. This study aims to investigate the factors that influence the credibility attributes of social media influencers on the purchase intentions of Gen Z consumers. This study uses influencer credibility attributes (attractiveness, expertise, and trustworthiness) as independent variables that influence the purchase intention of Gen Z consumers with brand image as a mediation. This research is categorized as explanatory research. The respondents in this study were Gen Z who used Korean cosmetic products throughout Indonesia, the determination of the number of samples in this study used a purposive sampling technique with a sample of 210 respondents. The method of collecting data is using a questionnaire, the data is analyzed using PLS-SEM. The results showed that the three attributes of influencer credibility had a significant effect on the purchase intention of Gen Z. The three attributes of credibility had a significant effect on brand image, brand image had a significant effect on purchase intention. Brand image can provide a full mediating role in the relationship of influencer credibility to the purchase intention of Gen Z consumers. Local cosmetic industry players are expected to improve marketing strategies through online channels, especially social media by utilizing the right influencers as their endorsers, because it is proven in this study, credibility of social media influencers have a significant effect on the brand image of a product and the purchase intention of Gen Z consumers, so that the local cosmetic industry in Indonesia can compete with foreign cosmetic industries.
Expression of cytokinin responsive and ethylene biosynthesis genes in rice callus with different regeneration rates

This study aimed to investigate the correlation between callus regeneration rate and the expression of several genes responsible for cytokinin response and ethylene biosynthesis in the Ciherang, Mentik Wangi Susu, Hwayoung and Tarabas rice varieties. The callus regeneration rate of each rice variety was in vitro tested using N6 media, while the gene expression during the callus regeneration stages was examined using quantitative real‐time PCR (qRT‐PCR). Our results showed that the callus of Ciherang and Mentik Wangi Susu showed earlier green spot formation that then turned brown at a later stage, resulting in a low regeneration rate. While Hwayoung and Tarabas showed late green spot formation, high shoot regeneration was observed in both calluses. Gene expression analysis of regeneration media‐grown calluses showed that two cytokinin‐responsive genes, OsRR2 and OsRR6, were highly expressed in the Ciherang and Hwayoung callus, respectively. We also observed that ethylene biosynthesis genes such as OsACS1 and OsACO1 were highly expressed in the Mentik Wangi Susu and Hwayoung callus, respectively. Moreover, the expression of OsBBM1 was high in Hwayoung and Tarabas. Thus, the positive correlation between the expression of cytokinin‐responsive and ethylene biosynthesis genes with somatic embryogenesis activity likely depends on the induction level of OsBBM1.
Mapa dos homicídios por arma de fogo: perfil das vítimas e das agressões

OBJECTIVEDescribing the profile of victims and assaults by gunshot, where the outcome was death.METHODAn ecological study conducted in the city of Maceio/AL, in 2012. Data were collected from the death statements. The variables studied were: the death circumstances, gender, age, marital status, place, date, time, month and proportion according to the occurring neighborhood.RESULTSThe homicide mortality rate was 65.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, with 130.6 per 100,000 men and 7.8 per 100,000 women. Of the total number of homicides, 93.6% of the victims were men. The age group between 15 and 29 years of age was the most affected, with 68.8%. In 97.6% of cases the death occurred at the site of aggression, 74.1% in the streets. In relation to the date, 54.2% of cases occurred between Friday and Sunday. 59.7% of the homicides were concentrated in seven neighborhoods.CONCLUSIONThe map of violence presented shows heterogeneous areas for the occurrence of assaults with firearms, characterizing the existing urban inequality in violence distribution.
Pro-Apoptotic Activity of the Marine Sponge Dactylospongia elegans Metabolites Pelorol and 5-epi-Ilimaquinone on Human 501Mel Melanoma Cells

The natural environment represents an important source of drugs that originates from the terrestrial and, in minority, marine organisms. Indeed, the marine environment represents a largely untapped source in the process of drug discovery. Among all marine organisms, sponges with algae represent the richest source of compounds showing anticancer activity. In this study, the two secondary metabolites pelorol (PEL) and 5-epi-ilimaquinone (EPI), purified from Dactylospongia elegans were investigated for their anti-melanoma activity. PEL and EPI induced cell growth repression of 501Mel melanoma cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. A cell cycle block in the G1 phase by PEL and EPI was also observed. Furthermore, PEL and EPI induced significant accumulation of DNA histone fragments in the cytoplasmic fraction, indicating a pro-apoptotic effect of both compounds. At the molecular level, PEL and EPI induced apoptosis through the increase in pro-apoptotic BAX expression, confirmed by the decrease in its silencing miR-214-3p and the decrease in the anti-apoptotic BCL-2, MCL1, and BIRC-5 mRNA expression, attested by the increase in their silencing miRNAs, i.e., miR-193a-3p and miR-16-5p. In conclusion, our data indicate that PEL and EPI exert cytotoxicity activity against 501Mel melanoma cells promoting apoptotic signaling and inducing changes in miRNA expression and their downstream effectors. For these reasons could represent promising lead compounds in the anti-melanoma drug research.
Motivation and well-being across the lifespan: A cross-sectional examination

ABSTRACT Research focusing on motivation has consistently identified changes in motivational emphases as individuals age. However, whether these same patterns exist with respect to more domain-general conceptualizations of these motives has not yet been examined. Furthermore, researchers have not determined whether these differences in motivations across age groups are associated with differences in different measures of well-being. Using three cross-sectional samples, we examine the relative importance individuals place on different motivational domains across different age groups. In Studies 1a and 1b, we show that age is negatively associated with growth motive importance, but is unassociated with security, control, or epistemic motive importance. In Study 2, we show that older adults who do not show this de-emphasis of growth motives have significantly lower life satisfaction and lower self-reported flourishing relative to those older adults who do demonstrate the typical reduced emphasis. Implications for these findings for happiness across age groups are discussed.
Review on the contributions of some human cultural practices to plant disease epidemiology

An epidemy of a disease usually occurs when there is an interaction of the three (3) major factors of disease development popularly called disease triangle. The disease triangle consists of a susceptible host, virulent pathogen, and a suitable environment that favors the growth of the pathogen. When the two other factors interact with the pathogen, disease can reach epidemic condition referred to as epiphytotic stage. However, apart from these factors, many activities of human have a direct or indirect effect on plant disease epidemics, some of them favors and some reducing the frequency and the rate of epidemics. It has been established that some on-farm cultural practices such as selection of planting site, tillage, continues mono cropping and monoculture, inter cropping, spacing between plants/ plant density, weeding, crop rotation, fertilizer application and many others when misused or used carelessly may tend to allow or favor the development of epidemy by creating a suitable environment optimum for pathogen growth and development and sometimes making the host plant vulnerable to some peculiar diseases. This when human cultural practices are considered appropriately together with the disease triangle, could change the triangle shaped factors to a tetrahedral structure necessary for disease development. In this paper, major on-farm cultural practices that contribute to the epidemy of disease and the need to incorporate these factors as the fourth item in the disease factors are discussed.
Splenic smooth muscle tumors in 7 dogs: case reports

We describe 7 cases of splenic smooth muscle tumors in dogs. Histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis revealed that 6 cases were diagnosed as splenic leiomyosarcoma and 1 case as leiomyoma. All dogs underwent splenectomy without chemotherapy, and one of them was euthanized 2 months after surgery because of hepatic metastasis. Of the remaining 6 dogs, 5 died in the postoperative period and only one dog survived > 4 years. The median survival of the 6 dogs was 16.9 months. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first detailed study on splenic smooth muscle tumors in dogs in Korea.
Role of initial and follow-up IL-6 (Interleukin-6) titre in COVID-19 pneumonia: A single center experience

Background: Robust data of IL-6 is available in bacterial infection, and now it can be utilized in currently ongoing COVID-19 (corona virus disease-19) pneumonia pandemic to guide treatment strategy as marker of inflammation. Methods: Prospective, observational study included 1,000 COVID-19 cases confirmed with RT PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction). All cases were undergone categorized after clinical details, HRCT (high resolution computerized tomography) thorax, oxygen saturation, IL-6 (interleukin 6) at entry point and follow up. Age, gender, comorbidity and use BIPAP/NIV (bilevel positive airway pressure/non-invasive ventilation), and outcome as with or without lung fibrosis as per HRCT severity were key observations. Statistical analysis is done by using Chi-square test. Results: In study of 1,000 COVID-19 pneumonia cases, age (<50 and >50 years) and gender has significant association with IL-6. HRCT severity score at entry point has significant correlation with IL-6 level (p<0.00001). IL-6 level has significant association with duration of illness (p<0.00001). Comorbidities has significant association with IL-6 level (p<0.00001). IL-6 level has significant association with oxygen saturation (p<0.00001). BIPAP/NIV requirement has significant association with IL-6 level (p<0.00001). Timing of BIPAP/NIV requirement during course of hospitalization has significant association with IL-6 level (p<0.00001). Follow-up IL-6 titer during hospitalization as compared to entry point normal and abnormal IL-6 has significant association with post-COVID-19 lung fibrosis, respectively (p<0.00001). Conclusion: IL-6 has very crucial role in COVID-19 pneumonia in predicting severity of illness, progression of illness including 'cytokine storm' and assessing response to treatment during hospitalization and follow-up titers in analyzing post-COVID-19 lung fibrosis.
Optimal Design of a Financial Exchange

We consider the design of a market for a single asset where a ﬁnite number of risk averse traders may trade to share risk from asset endowments. We derive the direct mechanisms that maximize a linear combination of expected revenue and allocative e � ciency. We ﬁnd that the ﬁrst best allocation is Bayesian-Nash implementable with ex-ante budget balance if and only if the expectations of traders’ endowments are proportional to their risk capacities. We show that an optimal direct mechanism has an indirect implementation by a double auction with side payments. Thus there may be cause for regulation of side payments and potential to use them as e � ective policy tools.
Convergence Analysis of Economic Growth in South Kalimantan

The objectives of this research are 1) testing and analyzing the level of sigma convergence in South Kalimantan; 2) testing and analyzing the convergent beta, including the absolute beta convergence and conditional beta convergence. This study uses static panel data covering 13 regencies/cities in South Kalimantan observed between 2010 and 2019. The data analysis uses the ordinary least square (OLS) regression model. The results showed a sigma convergence marked by a declining variation coefficient in each regency/city. The absolute beta and conditional beta also converged. Poor areas’ economic growth is faster than the prosperous regions so they catch up. There has to be close coordination between the central and local governments in formulating policies in handling government and private investment and improving workers’ productivity in the agricultural and mining sectors in South Kalimantan.
Flexural strength of post-tensioned concrete-filled fiber-reinforced polymer rectangular tube beams

This study extends an extensive research program carried out at the University of Sherbrooke to design and assess the potential use of rectangular, concrete-filled fiber-reinforced-polymer tube (CFFT) beams post-ten­sioned with steel tendons in bridge applications. This paper describes research to enhance the flexural perfor­mance of post-tensioned CFFT beams. Five rectangular post-tensioned CFFT beams were tested up to failure, and the effects of attaching a thin carbon-fiber-rein­forced polymer (CFRP) laminate embedded in tension flange and its total reinforcement ratio as well as tube structure fiber laminate were investigated. Last, a simpli­fied design approach is proposed based on strain com­binability and force equilibrium to estimate the flexural moment capacity of the tested beams. The specimens with two inclined fiber patterns in the hoop direction or added CFRP laminate strips embedded in the bottom flange of the tubes exhibited substantially greater flexur­al strength, absorbed energy, and serviceability perfor­mance than the control specimens. The ductility index and energy ratio ranged from 8.3 to 10.6 and from 82% to 87%, respectively, which indicates ductile behavior. Also, adding CFRP laminate strips embedded in the bottom flange of the tubes enhanced the flexural strength by 17% on average compared with post-tensioned CFFT without CFRP laminate. The specimen with the CFRP laminates in the bottom flange of the tube achieved flexural strength and energy absorption that was com­parable to the flexural strength and energy absorption of the specimen with two layers of inclined fiber patterns. The findings suggest that the design can be optimized to achieve more efficient post-tensioned CFFT structural members. The proposed design approach successfully predicts the flexural strength of the tested beams with an average of 1.05 ± 0.05 for the partially confined concrete model and an average of 1.11 ± 0.07 for the unconfined concrete model.
Sinicized Exploration of Sustainable Digital Fashion: Chinese Game Players’ Intention to Purchase Traditional Costume Skins

Digitalization is not only blurring boundaries between the real world and virtual space, but, since COVID-19, it has also made the traditional fashion industry less reliant on physical materials. In this context, digital fashion and virtual design have emerged. Although China has started to digitally distribute cultural products based on the digitization of museums, there is still a gap in the field of digital fashion. In order to achieve the sustainable development of Chinese traditional costume culture and explore the Sinicization of digital fashion, this article proposes to transfer Chinese traditional costumes into a series of digitalized commodities, serving as computer game skins for online sales. This research involved the construction of a hypothetical model based on the technology acceptance model (TAM), including perceived usefulness, purchase price perceptions, perceived playfulness, cultural elements authenticity, satisfaction, and purchase intention through the related literature. In total, the survey data of 219 Chinese game players were collected, and a structural equation model (SEM) was constructed to verify these research hypotheses. The results showed that perceived playfulness and cultural elements authenticity had a positive effect on the players’ satisfaction and purchase intentions, whereas perceived usefulness had a negative influence on the players’ satisfaction and purchase intentions. In addition, purchase price perceptions had no significant negative effect on the players’ satisfaction or their purchase intentions. Overall, this study contributes to the co-development of digital fashion and traditional costume culture in China, as well as the improvement of product design and marketing management for game companies.
Governing algorithmic decisions: The role of decision importance and governance on perceived legitimacy of algorithmic decisions

The algorithmic accountability literature to date has primarily focused on procedural tools to govern automated decision-making systems. That prescriptive literature elides a fundamentally empirical question: whether and under what circumstances, if any, is the use of algorithmic systems to make public policy decisions perceived as legitimate? The present study begins to answer this question. Using factorial vignette survey methodology, we explore the relative importance of the type of decision, the procedural governance, the input data used, and outcome errors on perceptions of the legitimacy of algorithmic public policy decisions as compared to similar human decisions. Among other findings, we find that the type of decision—low importance versus high importance—impacts the perceived legitimacy of automated decisions. We find that human governance of algorithmic systems (aka human-in-the-loop) increases perceptions of the legitimacy of algorithmic decision-making systems, even when those decisions are likely to result in significant errors. Notably, we also find the penalty to perceived legitimacy is greater when human decision-makers make mistakes than when algorithmic systems make the same errors. The positive impact on perceived legitimacy from governance—such as human-in-the-loop—is greatest for highly pivotal decisions such as parole, policing, and healthcare. After discussing the study’s limitations, we outline avenues for future research.
Food Security: The Role of Social Capital in Indonesia Rural Area

Data from Food Security Agency or BKP in Indonesian indicate that rural areas food security islower than urban areas. Regarding this fact and findings of previous studies, the present study attempted to determine the effect of social capital (bonding and bridging) on rural households’ foodsecurity. Compared to the previous study which involved few areas, the present study investigated more representative areas at national level. It covered 38,968 rural households in 34 provinces allover Indonesia taken from Susenas BPS 2018. To analyze the data, the researchers employed Ordinary Least Square (OLS) to examine the association of continuous dependent variable with several independent variables. The results showed that both bonding and bridging as social capital gained positive and significant correlation with food security. Further, it also explained bridging contributed stronger effects on food security than bonding. Thus, these results recommend improvement in the food security policy in Indonesia and provide directions for the future studies.
Spanish Melon Landraces: Revealing Useful Diversity by Genomic, Morphological, and Metabolomic Analysis

Spain is a secondary centre of the diversification of the melon (Cucumis melo L.), with high diversity represented in highly appreciated landraces belonging to the Flexuosus and Ibericus groups. A collection of 47 accessions of Flexuosus, Chate, Piel de Sapo, Tendral, Amarillo, Blanco, and Rochet was analysed using a genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach. A total of 66,971 quality SNPs were identified. Genetic analysis differentiated Ibericus accessions and exotic materials (Ameri, Momordica, Kachri, and Agrestis), while Flexuous accessions shared ancestry between them. Within the Ibericus group, no clear genomic distinction could be identified for the different landraces evaluated, with accessions of different landraces showing high genetic similarity. The morphological characterization confirmed that the external colour and fruit shape had been used as recognition patterns for Spanish melon landraces, but variability within a landrace exists. Differences were found in the sugars and acid and volatile profiles of the materials. Flexuosus and Chate melons at the immature commercial stage accumulated malic acid and low levels of hexoses, while Ibericus melons accumulated high contents of sucrose and citric acid. Specific trends could be identified in the Ibericus landraces. Tendral accumulated low levels of sugars and citric acid and high of malic acid, maintaining higher firmness, Rochet reached higher levels of sugars, and Amarillo tended to lower malic acid contents. Interestingly, high variability was found within landraces for the acidic profile, offering possibilities to alter taste tinges. The main volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Flexuosus and Chate were aldehydes and alcohols, with clear differences between both groups. In the Ibericus landraces, general trends for VOC accumulation could be identified, but, again, a high level of variation exists. This situation highlights the necessity to develop depuration programs to promote on-farm in situ conservation and, at the same time, offers opportunities to establish new breeding program targets and to take advantage of these sources of variation.