Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
RELEVANSI NILAI LAPORAN KEBERLANJUTAN DI INDONESIA

Abstrak: Relevansi Nilai Laporan Keberlanjutan di Indonesia . Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji apakah laporan keberlanjutan memiliki relevansi nilai bagi investor dan mempengaruhi nilai perusahaan. Regresi berganda model Ohlson digunakan sebagai metode dengan 38 perusahaan terbuka di tahun 2014-2017 sebagai sampel. Hasil penelitian menujukkan bahwa investor menggunakan laporan keberlanjutan sebagai informasi yang bernilai tambah dalam membuat keputusan investasi. Para investor saat ini tidak hanya berfokus kepada keuntungan jangka pendek atau laba perusahaan, tetapi juga keberlanjutan dan keuntungan jangka panjang perusahaan agar dapat memuaskan semua stakeholders . Oleh karena itu, regulator diharapkan segera mencanangkan regulasi yang memadai terkait pengungkapan dalam laporan keberlanjutan. Abstract: The Value Relevance of Sustainability Reports in Indonesia. This study aimed to examine whether sustainability reports have value relevance for investors and affect the value of the company. Ohlson's multiple regression model was used as a method with 38 listed companies in 2014-2017 as a sample. The results showed that investors use sustainability reports as value-added information in making investment decisions. Investors currently focused not only on short-term profits or corporate profits but also on the company's long-term sustainability and earnings to satisfy all stakeholders. Therefore, the regulator must issued adequate regulations related to disclosures in the sustainability report.
Macrofaunal secondary production in a lagoon of the Po River Delta: An evaluation of estimation methods

Abstract The utility of calculating macrobenthic secondary production with estimation methods that have less rigorous data requirements than most classical techniques was investigated at three subtidal sites located in the Sacca di Goro, a brackish lagoon in the Po Delta area (Upper Adriatic Sea). Of the four estimation methods used, two that were based solely on biomass and individual body weight gave the lowest production estimates, while the two that also accounted for population or environmental parameters yield ed higher values. Production estimates ranged from 16.6 to 107.4 g ash free dry weight m‐2 yr‐1 over the period studied. The sec ondary production of the few taxa for which growth and life‐his tory had been formerly estimated in the Po Delta area, was calcu lated by means of a classical technique and compared with fig ures obtained with such empirical models. Average error varied from 13.5% to 75.6%, depending on the method used. Although they may be not preferable to classical techniques, empirical methods can provide a reliable and practical means of estimating secondary production in studies where logistical or economical constraints are operating.
Effect of the scab inoculum and the susceptible parent on resistance to apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) in the progenies of crosses to the scab resistant cv 'Florina'

La creation de varietes de pommes resistantes a la tavelure est tres importante en vue de diminuer les interventions phytosanitaires dans les vergers. Pour que la resistance soit durable, il est indispensable de tester differents inoculums et de definir les meilleures strategies d'amelioration genetique. Nous avons inocule en serre, avec une suspension de conidies de tavelure, 8 descendances issues de croisements avec 'Florina', porteur de la resistance «Vf», comme parent mâle. Les inoculums utilises provenaient d'Angers et de Wadenswil. Les jeunes plantes, inoculees 2 fois et classees selon les types de symptomes, ont reagi d'une maniere differente vis-a-vis des 2 sources d'inoculum [. ]
Determinants of Watermelon Production and its impact on the farmers in Ifelodun L.G.A, Kwara State, Nigeria

This paper assesses the factors that encouraged watermelon production and their impact on the growers in a rural part of Ifelodun L.G. A, Kwara State, Nigeria. It further analyzes factors affecting the production and evaluates the determinants of rural farmers for diversification into watermelon production, impacts of growing watermelon on the livelihood of the producers and the constraints involved in its production. Purposive sampling technique was used and a total of one hundred and six (106) farmers involved in producing watermelon in the study area were selected. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were used to complement the questionnaire. The study employs Likert Rating Scale, descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze collected data. The results revealed that nature of soil and amount of water/ rainfall with a coefficient of determination of 0.779 and 0.859 respectively, are the most important factors affecting the production of watermelon. It was further discovered that accessibility to fertile land (x=3.9) and income generation (x=3.7) are the most important determinants for diversification into watermelon production by farmers. It revealed that watermelon production has significantly contributed to the income, health and livelihood of the people involved in it. Hence, the practice of horticulture should be encouraged more in other rural local governments of Kwara State for sustainable rural development. Proper institutional support towards the development and growth of watermelon should be put forward by policy makers. Keywords: Horticulture, income generation, rural areas, watermelon.
CONFORMATIONAL AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF PARALLEL INTRAMOLECULAR TRIPLE HELICES CONTAINING A DNA, RNA, OR 2'-OMEDNA THIRD STRAND

The thermodynamic stability and solution conformational properties of three intramolecular triple helices based on the sequence AGAAGA-x-TCTTCT-x-TCTTCT (x is a non-nucleotide linker) comprising a DNA duplex and DNA, RNA, or 2‘-OMeDNA third strands have been compared. The most stable triple helix contains the 2‘-OMe third strand, followed by the triplex containing RNA in the third strand. Comparison of the NMR spectroscopic data for the RNA hybrid triplex with those of the all-DNA triplex shows that the duplex parts of the structure are very similar; the major difference is that the RNA strand is characterized by C3‘-endo sugars (except the two terminal residues). In the all-DNA triplex γ has a substantial fraction of the trans rotamer for both of the internal adenine residues (A3 and A4), whereas in the free duplex γ is g+ for these residues. In the RNA-containing triplex, only A3 shows the presence of γ(t), and in the 2‘-OMe state, both A3 and A4 are γ(g+). In addition, the 2‘-OMe triplex shows conforma.
Calcium sensing receptor‐dependent and receptor‐independent activation of osteoblast replication and survival by strontium ranelate

Age‐related osteopenia is characterized by a negative balance between bone resorption and formation. The anti‐osteoporotic drug strontium ranelate was found to reduce bone resorption and to promote bone formation. Here, we investigated the implication of the calcium‐sensing receptor (CaSR) in the response to strontium ranelate using osteoblasts from CaSR knockout [CaSR−/−] and wild‐type [CaSR+/+] mice. We showed that calcium and strontium ranelates increased cell replication in [CaSR−/−] and [CaSR+/+] osteoblasts. Strontium ranelate rapidly increased ERK1/2 phosphorylation in [CaSR+/+] but not in [CaSR−/−] osteoblasts, indicating that strontium ranelate can act independent of the CaSR/ERK1/2 cascade to promote osteoblast replication. We also showed that strontium ranelate prevented cell apoptosis induced by serum deprivation or the pro‐inflammatory cytokines IL‐1β and TNF‐α in [CaSR−/−] and [CaSR+/+] osteoblasts, indicating that CaSR is not the only receptor involved in the protective effect of strontium ranelate on osteoblast apoptosis. Strontium ranelate activated the Akt pro‐survival pathway in [CaSR−/−] and [CaSR+/+] osteoblasts, and pharmacological inhibition of Akt abrogated the anti‐apoptotic effect of strontium ranelate. Furthermore, both the proliferative and anti‐apoptotic effects of strontium ranelate in [CaSR−/−] and [CaSR+/+] osteoblasts were abrogated by selective inhibition of COX‐2. The results provide genetic and biochemical evidence that the effects of strontium ranelate on osteoblast replication and survival involve ERK1/2 and Akt signalling and PGE2 production, independent of CaSR expression. The finding that CaSR‐dependent and CaSR‐independent pathways mediate the beneficial effects of strontium ranelate on osteoblasts, provides novel insight into the mechanism of action of this anti‐osteoporotic agent on osteoblastogenesis.
Growth and Photosynthetic Responses of Cuttings of a Hybrid Larch (Larix gmelinii var. japonica x L. kaempferi) to Elevated Ozone and/or Carbon Dioxide

We studied the effects of elevated ozone ([O3]) and CO2 concentrations ([CO2]) on the growth and photosynthesis of the hybrid larch F1 (F1) and on its parents (the Dahurian larch and Japanese larch). F1 is a promising species for timber production in northeast Asia. Seedlings of the three species were grown in 16 open top chambers and were exposed to two levels of O3 (<10 ppb and 60 ppb for 7 h per day) in combination with two levels of CO2 (ambient and 600 ppm for daytime) over an entire growing season. Ozone reduced the growth as measured by height and diameter, and reduced the needle dry mass and net photosynthetic rate of F1, but had almost no effect on the Dahurian larch or Japanese larch. There was a significant increase in whole-plant dry mass induced by elevated [CO2] in F1 but not in the other two species. Photosynthetic acclimation to elevated [CO2] was observed in all species. The net photosynthetic rate measured at the growing [CO2] (i.e. 380 ppm for ambient treatment and 600 ppm for elevated CO2 treatment) was nevertheless greater in the seedlings of all species grown at elevated [CO2]. The high [CO2] partly compensated for the reduction of stem diameter growth of F1 at high [O3]; no similar trend was found in the other growth and photosynthetic parameters, or in the other species.
Genetic certification of presumed hybrids of blue x red abalone (Haliotis fulgens Philippi and H. rufescens Swainson)

Presumed hybrids between Haliotis rufescens and H. fulgens abalones, produced in a commercial abalone laboratory, were evaluated for progeny viability, gonad characteristics and for their ‘true’ status as hybrids by means of allozyme and microsatellite analyses. Four out of 10 evaluated allozyme loci proved to be useful for the genetic certification of hybrids, Gpi, Mdh-1, Mdh-2 and Sod, as they had exclusive alleles for each of the abalone reference species from which the presumed hybrids were produced. Three microsatellite loci were also evaluated for their usefulness in abalone hybrid certification. Two were not useful for hybrid certification as the reference abalone species shared some of the same alleles. The third loci (Hka 56) also had shared alleles between the two species, but at very different frequencies. Therefore, this permitted a presumptive certification of hybrids, which, however, was not error-proof as two allozyme certified hybrids were wrongly classified as H. rufescens rather than as hybrids. Progeny viability of the only female certified to be a hybrid was significantly lower compared with one viability of the other females spawned, which were certified as H. rufescens. However, the number of eggs spawned by the only certified hybrid female was as large as those spawned by females certified as H. rufescens. Gonads of abalones sampled for the macroscopic appearance of sterility indicated that in the absence of any gonad development, no distinctive difference allows for hybrid identification, as there were undifferentiated individuals that were both hybrid and non-hybrid. On the other hand, two certified hybrid males were characterized by spermatocytes being the most abundant gamete type, although one had some spermatozoa present, indicating only partial sterility. Among the two female hybrids found, vitellogenesis was observed to proceed up to vitellogenic oocytes.
Impact of the fish Garra on the ecology of reservoirs and the occurrence of Microcystis blooms in semi‐arid tropical highlands: an experimental assessment using enclosures

Summary 1. Many man-made reservoirs in the semi-arid highlands of Northern Ethiopia (Tigray) are characterised by the occurrence of intensive blooms of cyanobacteria and a dominance of small riverine fishes belonging to the genus Garra. 2. We carried out enclosure experiments to test for the effect of these small fish on abiotic characteristics, phytoplankton biomass and zooplankton community structure in the pelagic of two reservoirs (Gereb Awso and Tsinkanet). Two experiments were carried out in each of the reservoirs, one at the end of the rainy season (highest water level) and one at the end of the dry season (lowest water level). 3. The presence of Garra in general increased the amount of suspended matter, nutrient concentrations (total nitrogen and total phosphorus), phytoplankton and Microcystis biomass (including the proportion of Microcystis in the phytoplankton community), and reduced water transparency. The positive effect of the presence of Garra on nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton productivity indicate that Garra has the potential to affect food web functioning indirectly through bottom-up effects, by enhancing nutrient concentrations through sediment resuspension and excretion of nutrients. Indeed, population densities of the cladoceran zooplankton taxa Ceriodaphnia and Diaphanosoma also showed an overall increase in enclosures with Garra. 4. However, our data also provide some evidence for a potential of Garra to exert top-down control on large bodied daphnids (Daphnia carinata, D. barbata), although such effect varied among experiments. The limited capability of Garra to control zooplankton communities mainly reflects the low efficiency of these small, riverine and benthos-oriented fish in foraging on zooplankton and suggests the existence of an unoccupied niche for zooplanktivorous fish in the majority of the reservoirs. 5. Although the main effects of Garra on the pelagic food web seemed to be mediated by bottom-up mechanisms, our results also indicate that one of the key variables, the relative abundance of Microcystis, was impacted by Daphnia-mediated trophic cascade effects.
Ammonium metabolism in the zooxanthellate coral, stylophora pistillata

The cycling of ammonium between the cnidarian animal host and intracellular symbiotic algae was investigated in the zooxanthellate coral Stylophora pistillata, obtained from the Gulf of Eilat. Excretion of ammonium into the surrounding water by freshly collected corals was not detectable because of efficient recycling of inorganic nitrogen between the symbionts. Excretion into surrounding water was induced by incubation in the dark, by treatment with the photosynthetic electron transport inhibitor DCMU, and by treatment with azaserine, an inhibitor of glutamine 2-oxoglutarate amido transferase (GOGAT). Methionine sulphoxamine, an inhibitor of glutamine synthetase (GS), killed the animals. The three non-lethal treatments gave similar excretion rates of 0.0112 ± 0.0011 μmol NH+4 cm-2 h-1. Whole coral respiration, and animal glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) activity, which reversibly catalyses the reductive deamination of glutamate, were also measured. The ratios of GDH activity: excretion and respiration: excretion were remarkably constant, averaging 6.2 ± 1.2 mol NH+4 mol-1 NH+4 and 57 ± 7 mol O2 mol-1 NH+4 respectively. Our results suggest that GDH activity and dark respiration rates may be used to estimate quantitatively the rate of ammonium excretion in S. pistillata. From knowledge of the nitrogen content per unit area of zooxanthellae and animal tissue, the mitotic index of the algae, and the calculated excretion rate of the animal, we constructed a nitrogen budget for the coral. Our calculations suggest that recycled nitrogen accounts for 90% of the zooxanthellae nitrogen demand, and that nitrogen turns over at a rate of 0.13 per day in the algae and 0.013 per day within the animal tissue.
Physicochemical Characterization and Drug Release Studies of Naproxen Solid Dispersions Using Lactose as a Carrier

Naproxen solid dispersions were prepared by melting and rapid cooling with liquid nitrogen using lactose as a carrier. The physical characterisitics of these solid dispersions were investigated by powder X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry and dissolution rate analyses. The degree of crystallinity of naproxen in solid dispersions decreased with decreases in the molar ratio of naproxen to lactose. Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis demonstrated the presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonds between naproxen and lactose in solid dispersions. Dissolution studies indicated that the dissolution rate was markedly increased in solid dispersions compared with physical mixtures and pure drugs. These results indicated that lactose is useful as a carrier for production of solid dispersions.
Should Buttonhole Cannulation of Arteriovenous Fistulas Be Used? CON.

Fistulas continue to be promoted as the vascular access of choice due to their lower complication rates as compared with catheters (1,2). However, depending on the fistula cannulation method, the infection risk can compared with that of a catheter. Traditionally, cannulation is an area most physicians tend to ignore; instead, the choice and technique of cannulation is routinely left to nurses. However, given the pain, fear, and anxiety with cannulation that most hemodialysis patients experience (3–⇓5), all health care providers should pay more attention to needling. Furthermore, cannulation and its associated mishaps can lead to fistula complications of infection, and decreased patency. The most common method of cannulation among maintenance hemodialysis patients is the rope ladder technique, which rotates needling sites along the full length of the fistula. The area wall technique, where favored regions are repeatedly needled, is actively discouraged due to progressive weakness in the vessel wall and subsequent aneurysm formation (6). Buttonhole cannulation is more often used in home hemodialysis and it was first introduced as a measure to cannulate a fistula with a limited area for needling (7). Buttonhole involves a constant site of needling that, over time, leads to an epithelized track into which a blunt needle is inserted. Since its first introduction almost 50 years ago by Dr Twardoski and his head nurse (Sister Kumara), buttonhole has continued to garner widespread enthusiasm. Support for its use has been mostly promoted by observational data and poor-quality methodology studies showing beneficial effects on pain and fewer needling complications. Nephrology societies (8,9) (renal.org/guidelines) still recommend buttonhole use as a means to reduce pain and increase longevity. In order to promote a novel cannulation technique over the standard of care, there should be evidence of benefit and a lack of demonstrable …
Intersterility groups of Heterobasidion annosum in some spruce and pine stands in Byelorussia, Lithuania and Estonia

Heterobasidion annosum isolates were collected from spruce, pine and mixed stands growing on forest and former agricultural soils. Intersterility groups of the isolates were identified. Pine was attacked by the P group only and spruce mostly by the S group. Frequency of the P group on spruce was higher on old forest soils and in mixed spruce and pine stands. Based on its in vitro compatibility with the F group, the S population in Byelorussia and Lithuania is more closely related to the Finnish S population than to the Alpine S population of H. annosum.
FIRST RECORD OF DIPSOCORIDAE (HEMIPTERA) FROM AUSTRALIA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF FOUR NEW SPECIES OF CRYPTOSTEMMA HERRICH‐SCHAEFFER

The Dipsocoridae are recorded from Australia for Cryptostemma uriarra sp. n. , C. monga sp. n. , C. triacanthota sp. n. and C. hickmani sp. n. The species are keyed, described, figured and morphological and distributional notes given.
Effects of potato plants expressing the nptII‐gus fusion marker genes on reproduction, longevity, and host‐finding of the peach‐potato aphid, Myzus persicae

Transgenesis developed in the last 20 years offers new possibilities for crop protection. The transgenic process, however, requires the use of marker fusion genes to select and visualize the transformed tissues. Although the expression products of these marker genes are stably expressed in crops, little attention has been given to assess the eventual risks of these recombinant proteins on phytophage populations. Three independent transgenic potato (Solanum tuberosum) clones from the cultivar Désirée (DG5, DG18, and DG20) carrying the commonly used nptII‐gus gene construct and exhibiting different β‐glucuronidase activity (0.843 ± 0.011, 0.576 ± 0.096, and 0.002 ± 0.000 pmol min−1.mg−1, respectively) were evaluated to determine the impact of the encoded proteins on the behaviour, development, reproduction, and demography of the peach‐potato aphid, Myzus persicae, under laboratory‐controlled light and temperature. Our results revealed that the transgenic event can alter aphid physiology or behaviour. Experiments showed a probiotic effect of one transgenic line, the DG5, resulting in reduced prereproductive period and mortality, and enhanced daily fecundity, which was expressed in a greater population growth potential (rm = 0.205 vs. rm = 0.174 of the control). In contrast, aphids fed with the DG18 line exhibited reduced adult survival and reproductive period but no alteration of their demographic parameters (rm = 0.176). Finally, no physiological alteration was induced in aphids fed on a DG20 diet (rm = 0.170). Behavioural experiments conducted in a 4‐choice olfactometer demonstrated that insects were significantly more attracted by the odour of transgenic DG18 potato plant than that of Désirée non‐transformed plant, spending twice as much time in the DG18 plant odour. The two other transformed clones (DG5 and DG20) were as attractive as the non‐transformed cultivar. It is concluded that the β‐glucuronidase expression in potato plants might be responsible for the probiotic effect measured on the feeding aphids, whereas alteration of the foliage odour would result from a pleiotropic effect.
Domestication of the carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.)

Available archaeo-botanical finds (most of them from Israel) show that the carob Ceratonia siliqua L. existed in the Eastern Mediterranean basin long before the start of agriculture. Early literary sources indicate that its domestication took place relatively late (only in Roman times). The probable reason for this late date is that the carob does not lend itself to simple vegetative propagation, and its cultivation had to wait until the introduction of scion grafting into the Mediterranean basin. Carob culture reached its peak in this region in early Islamic times. C. siliqua cultivars and wild-growing trees frequently grow side by side, and intercross rather freely. It is proposed that under domestication, hermaphroditic clones were favored, causing a partial breakdown of dioecy in carob culture. Through introgression, this development also affected some of the wild populations.
The Determinants of Financial Development in Jordan: VECM

This study aimed to investigate the determinants of financial development (FD) in Jordan through the period 1990-2018. Johansen cointegration test, VAR and VECM are used in this study. co integration test, and VECM results show that there is a long run relationship between trade openness (OPEN), GDP per capita (GDPPC), foreign direct investment (FDI), tax revenues (TAXR), inflation rate (INF) and financial development (FD) in Jordan. The VECM output show that (OPEN), (GDPPC), and (FDI) are a good determinant for (FD) in Jordan since they have a positive and significant impact. while (TAXR) and (INF) are not determinants for (FD) since they have a negative but not significant impact on (FD). The study suggested that government of Jordan should work to preserve trade openness, increasing GDP per capita and increasing attracting (FDI) due to its positive and significant effects on the (FD) in Jordan.