Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum on the survival of acid-tolerant non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains in fermented goat's milk

The ability of goat's milk fermented with a Lactobacillus plantarum strain B411, and in combination with commercial starter culture, to inhibit acid-adapted (AA) and non-acid-adapted (NAA) environmental non-O157 STEC strains was investigated. Acid-adapted and NAA non-O157 STEC strains were not inhibited in the L. plantarum-fermented goat's milk, while the goat's milk fermented with the combination of L. plantarum and starter culture inhibited AA more than NAA non-O157 STEC strains. Environmental acid-tolerant non-O157 STEC strains were not inhibited by L. plantarum, starter culture or combination of starter culture with L. plantarum unless they were subjected to prior acid adaptation such as backslopping.
Financial Sector Transparency, Financial Crises and Market Power: A Cross-Country Evidence

The study investigates how financial sector transparency moderates the influence of financial crises on bank market power across seventy-five economies between 2004 and 2014. Employing two-step dynamic system generalized method of moments the study shows that while public sector-led financial sector transparency reduces bank market power, private sector-led financial sector transparency promotes bank market power given that private sector-led transparency gives financial cost advantage to financially sound banks to solidify the market power and dominance. Similarly, while financial crises reduce the market power of banks implying that during financial crises banks lose their market power, financial sector transparency promotes the negative effect of financial crises on bank market power. This implies that during financial crises, financial sector transparency whether enforced through private or public sector, boosts the weakening effect of financial crises on bank market power. These findings imply that regulators can rely on financial transparency to tame bank market power to enhance banking competitiveness. The findings and results are consistent even when country, time and continental effects are controlled for.
Perception of job seekers towards innovative e-recruitment

: The increase in recruitment activities using the Internet, especially during the pandemic, result in financial savings of up to 90% of the costs incurred in traditional recruitment.The objective of the study is to understand the perception of job seekers regarding the usefulness of E-recruitment. Descriptive research is used in the study and sampling method used is convenience sampling. The sample size of the study is 100 and data is collected through a structured questionnaire. The results prove that factors under perception of E-recruitment are information, effectiveness and efficiency, usage of site, social media, job availability, decision making, internet information and service. It states that there is no significant difference between the demographic variables and perception of E-recruitment in job seekers
Redefinition of Homecoming (Mudik) VS Returning Home (Pulang Kampung) in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic

Heading Eid al-Fitr, Muslims in Indonesia usually do homecoming (mudik) to their hometowns. However, recently in the pandemic Covid-19 era, the term homecoming has been redefined by Jokowi. He distinguished the meaning of homecoming (mudik) with returning home (pulang kampung). However, based on the Indonesian Dictionary, the term homecoming is equated with or defined as returning home. This study aims to investigate language experts and another experts’ redefinition of mudik. The appraisal theory was employed to reveal the expert’s attitude, engagement, and graduation toward the issue. Data for this study were obtained from online news media containing language expert’s opinion on the word homecoming (mudik) and returning home (pulang kampung) reported on Detik online news titled ‘Perbedaan Mudik dan Pulang Kampung Menurut Para Ahli’ and Republika online news titled ‘Pakar Linguistik Jelaskan Soal Arti Mudik dan Pulang Kampung’. The results of the study indicate that the experts have a positive attitude, engagement, and gradation to support the government to redefine mudik for handling the spreading of COVID -19 in Indonesia.
LAUGHTER AND MYTH (SOME FEATURES OF RELATIONSHIPS)

Laughter as a social phenomenon arises in close connection with Myth asthe first form of Culture. The concept of “myth” is understood in a broad sense as a special syncretic form of world perception, based more on sensuality than on reason, not involving analytics, containing ready-made images that directly affect the emotional and unconscious sphere and stimulate certain types of behavior. Myth and Laughter are forms of a direct, concrete-sensory perception of the world. Myth, Play, Laughter, Thinking itself are prelanguage formations.Laughter and Myth are genetically related. Laughter arises on the same basis as the Myth and within the framework of the Myth. But Laughter appears as a kind of criticism of the myth, the antipode of myth, as the exposure of myth. Laughter, in the process of social evolution has acquired a sign of mythological consciousness is characterized by the identification of the signifier and the signified, illusion and reality. For a person of mythological consciousness,there can be no juxtaposition of truth and falsehood.Laughter arises as a reaction to a detected lie, to incongruity, inconsistency with the image. The sign, image and thing, it turns out, may not correspond to each other. Laughter does not operate with concepts, but with images and representations (it is probably more appropriate to talk about “concepts”, “patterns” or “scripts”). The language of laughter, like the language of myth,is addressed not so much to consciousness as to the unconscious, not so much to thought as to emotions, it is initially connotative. Laughter arises on the same basis as myth. But the Myth does not cause laughter. The Myth is pathos and tragic. The Myth is concrete, does not allow criticism, requires unconditional recognition. The myth creates conventions; laughter exposes them. The myth forms order out of chaos; laughter brings back chaos. Laughter and myth are mutually reinforcing. Laughter, like Myth, Language,Lies, the Game, is archaic, primary and universal. Along with them, Laughter lies at the heart of Culture.
Acute kidney injury in neonatal sepsis: prevalence, and outcome

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an acute and reversible increment in serum creatinine levels regardless of associated or not with a decrease in urine output. AKI is very common among septic neonates. The high mortality among septic neonates with AKI stresses the need for screening them for renal failure. Early recognition of risk factors for AKI may reduce the risk of its occurrence. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate AKI's prevalence and outcome in neonates with neonatal sepsis in our hospital. Patients and methods: This study was an observational cross-section study carried out on all neonates ≥ 28 weeks admitted to our hospital in 6 months duration. History, examinations, and urine output were assessed and followed up regularly. Laboratory investigations included CBC, CRP, ESR, urine analysis, Urea and Creatinine, and Blood culture. Results: AKI presented in 67.2% of septic neonates based on oliguria while raised serum creatinine, shown in 4.5% of cases. Mean urine output was (1.26 ± 0.6) ml/kg/hr, 60 % of patients with AKI were males, 38% were preterm, 47% were LBW, and mortality was 51.1%. Conclusion: more than two-third of neonates with sepsis had AKI. Gestational age and weight were less in cases with AKI, with more than half of them were full-term and ≥ 2.5 kg. Gender was not a significant risk factor for AKI in sepsis. Mortality was significantly higher in AKI, mainly in full-term and low birth weight. Dead neonates with AKI were less anemic, less leucopenic, and more thrombocytopenic than living.
Response of Local Variety 'Shlefy' Pomegranate Fruits to Packaging and Cold Storage

This study was carried out during the two successive seasons of 2005 and 2006 using fruits of the local variety 'Shlefy' pomegranates (Punica granatum) grown in Derna in the Eastern part of Libya to investigate the response of this variety to cold storage and packaging. Uniform fruits were picked at the proper stage according to local farmers' suggested dates, then brought to labs to be packaged and cold stored. Polyethylene (PE) bags (0.03 mm), commercial packaging (Falcon) and Vapor Gard waxing (2%) were used with loose fruits serving as control. Fruits were then stored at 5 and 7°C for 4 months. Changes in physical and chemical properties were recorded monthly. Results revealed the superiority of PE packaging among other treatments in reducing weight loss, retention of anthocyanin and ascorbic acid (Vit C) levels and keeping freshness of stored fruits at both temperature levels. This treatment also lowered the destruction of levels of sugars and total soluble solids compared with other packaging treatments tested and control fruits. This variety proved to have a high storability for a relatively long period.
Investigation of the Soan River Water Quality Using Multivariate Statistical Approach

Evaluating the quality of river water is a critical process due to pollution and variations of natural or anthropogenic origin. For the Soan River (Pakistan), seven sampling sites were selected in the urban area of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and 18 major chemical parameters were examined over two seasons, i.e., premonsoon and postmonsoon 2019. Multivariate statistical approaches such as the Spearman correlation coefficient, cluster analysis (CA), and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to evaluate the water quality of the Soan River based on temporal and spatial patterns. Analytical results obtained by PCA show that 92.46% of the total variation in the premonsoon season and 93.11% in the postmonsoon season were observed by only two loading factors in both seasons. The PCA and CA made it possible to extract and recognize the origins of the factors responsible for water quality variations during the year 2019. The sampling stations were grouped into specific clusters on the basis of the spatiotemporal pattern of water quality data. The parameters dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), turbidity, and total suspended solids (TSS) are among the prominent contributing variations in water quality, indicating that the water quality of the Soan River deteriorates gradually as it passes through the urban areas, receiving domestic and industrial wastewater from the outfalls. This study indicates that the adopted methodology can be utilized effectively for effective river water quality management.
The Five Years Surveillance and Trends of Antibiotic Resistance in Some Common Gram Negative Bacteria at the Vietnam Military Hospital

The study is to identify trends and levels of antibiotic resistance of some common Gram-negative strains over time. The samples were collected from Vietnam Military Hospital 103 between 2014 and 2019. A total of 405 Acinetobacter baumannii. , 528 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 741 Escherichia coli, and 352 Klebsiella pneumoniae strains were identified and antimicrobial susceptibility was by Vitek system and Etest method. The multi-drug resistance (MDR) was major proportion of four common bacteria. In particular, there is a tendency to shift from MDR to Extended drug resistance (XDR) or possibly Pan drug resistant (pPDR). A. baumannii had the highest level of antibiotic resistance, namely, carbapenem (61.5% - 82.5%) and cephalosporin (72.7% - 88.7%). P. aeruginosa resisted most of commonly antibiotics, ranging from 50% to 70%. E. coli had a high resistance with antibiotics like ampicillin (87.2% - 97.6%) and the 3rd generation cephalosporins (up to 79.6%). K. pneumoniae resisted carbapenem from 14.7% to 44.4%, and other antibiotics with the higher rate of 40%. The collected data will be a prerequisite for further studies on mechanisms and factors related to antibiotic resistant bacteria, in order to find out a rational and effective using strategy of antibiotics.
THE BURNOUT EPIDEMIC DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE ROLE OF LMX IN ALLEVIATING PHYSICIANS’ BURNOUT

ABSTRACT During COVID-19 pandemic, physicians are being exposed to unprecedented adverse working conditions that lead to increased occurrence of burnout. While supportive leadership is considered effective in preventing burnout, little is known about the role of leadership in extreme situations. Drawing on leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, we hypothesize that high-LMX relationships lead to lower levels of burnout, as they shape physicians’ perceptions of psychosocial job demands and resources. We also contend that this effect will be stronger for frontline physicians, as they are more exposed to job stressors. In a field study with 2,708 Brazilian physicians, we found support to the alleviating role of LMX, but contrary to what we predicted, we found that this effect is weaker for frontline physicians. Overall, our findings reinforce the importance of establishing high-quality relationships between supervisors and medical staff to mitigate the experience of burnout, however, they also highlight that extreme conditions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, might constrain the beneficial effects of leadership behaviors.
Seasonal Incidence of Insect-pests Complex of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) popularly known as til is one of the important edible oil seed crop in India. India ranks first in the area and production of sesame. Sesame is an important oil crop because of great stability, resistance to drought and easiness of its extraction. With an estimated production of 1, 24,383 MT, Madhya Pradesh had a share of 29.7% in the national production which was followed by Gujarat (78,959 MT) with a share of 18.9%, Rajasthan (73,548 MT) with a share of 17.6% and Uttar Pradesh (56187 MT) with a share of 13.4%. These four states collectively shared 79.7% of the national production. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 12 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other Microorganisms from Mastitis Milk and Their Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern

Background: Mastitis is a multi-etiological disease. It leads to physical, chemical and bacteriological changes in milk and pathological changes in glandular tissues. In the present study, prevalence of mastitis causing organisms with special reference to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its antibiotic resistance pattern was studied as Pseudomonas spp. is an important organism in harbouring and transmission of antibiotic resistance in environment.Methods: One hundred and one milk samples from mastitic cattle and buffaloes from farms in and around Ludhiana and mastitis cases presented in veterinary clinical complex, GADVASU, Ludhiana, Punjab, India were collected from August 2018 till April 2019. All the samples were processed for isolation of bacteria using different media viz., BHI, EMB, MLA, Cetrimide Agar, BP Agar, Edward’s medium and Blood Agar. After the isolation, all the organisms were subjected to cultural, morphological, biochemical tests and PCR for confirmation. All these isolates (except Bacillus spp. and Serratia marcescens) were screened for their antimicrobial resistance against 15 commonly used antibiotics viz., chloramphenicol, erythromycin, tetracycline, amoxycillin, co-trimoxazole, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, cephalexin, ofloxacin, sparfloxacin, gatifloxacin, teicoplanin, azithromycin, vancomycin and doxycycline.Result: Out of a total of 101 samples, 86 samples yielded bacterial growth. Out of these 86 samples, 76 (88.37%) samples had a single bacterial growth whereas rest 10 (11.63%) samples had more than one bacterial growth. It was observed after the organisms were subjected to cultural, morphological, biochemical tests and PCR that, a total of 33 (34.02%) Staphylococcus aureus, 24 (24.74%) Escherichia coli, 16 (16.49%) Klebsiella pneumoniae, 5 (5.15%) Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 2 (2.06%) Streptococcus agalactiae, 12 (12.37%) Bacillus spp. and Serratia marcescens 5 (5.15%) were isolated. It was observed that Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed resistance against most of the antibiotics and was sensitive only for ofloxacin (80%) and gentamicin (40%).
Energy analysis of a lignite predrying power generation system with an efficient waste heat recovery system

ABSTRACT Lignite has been extensively used for electricity generation in many regions worldwide. However, its high water content has obviously negative effect on plant thermal efficiency. Performance of lignite-fired power plant can be improved by predrying the lignite before combustion. In addition, recovery of waste heat from the dryer and the power generation system will enhance the plant thermal efficiency further. In the present study, a new lignite predrying power generation system integrated with an efficient waste heat recovery system was proposed. Both dryer exhaust waste heat and steam turbine exhaust latent heat were recovered to heat boiler feed water. Energy analysis indicates that system performance is improved significantly. The plant thermal efficiency increases linearly with drying degree and then increases at a lower rate. The generation of unused dryer exhaust changes the variation tendency of system performance with drying degree.
A comparative morphological study of the ligamentum lamina nuchae and ligamenta interspinalia reveals enthesis patterns at the sites of attachment from the second to seventh cervical vertebrae in four extant species of Equus

Morphological variation in the attachment sites of the ligamentum lamina nuchae and ligamentainterspinalia to the 2nd to 7th cervical vertebrae is described in four species of Equus, and enthesis patterns inrelation to these attachment sites are explored. This comparative study provides new insights with respect tothis variation in the zebrine and asinine clades within Equus. In zebrines (Equus caballus, E. quagga boehmiand E. przewalskii), the ligamentum lamina nuchae attaches to the eminence of the cervical dorsal spinesfrom either the 2nd to 5th, and or 2nd to 7th. These attachments resemble digits and between each digit anaperture is apparent. The ligamenta interspinalia attach to the base of each cervical dorsal spine from the 2ndto 7th before progressing caudally onto the thoracic dorsal spines. Three enthesis patterns per cervical dorsalspine correspond to the size and shape of these ligaments. In contrast, in asinines (as represented by Equusasinus), the ligamentum lamina nuchae attaches without digitation to the complete sagittal ridge of the cervicalvertebra including the dorsal spine and exhibits no ligamenta interspinalia. Consequently, the enthesispattern is represented by a raised sagittal ridge only, excluding the 7th cervical dorsal spine. These differencesbetween the ligamentum lamina nuchae and ligamenta interspinalia attachment sites create distinct enthesispatterns that differentiate zebrines from asinines. Findings include: differing ligamentous morphology; associatedenthesis patterns corresponding to attachment sites of the ligaments to the cervical vertebrae; influencesin dorsal spine morphology subject to the presence or absence of the ligaments; and the postulation ofevolutionary functional adaptions in response to environmental influences between the two Equus clades.These results may be useful for palaeontologists in the identification of isolated cervical vertebrae.
Oxidative Coupling of Phenols and the Biosynthesis of Lignin

Our understanding of the structure of lignin is based on our knowledge of its biosynthesis. Lignification in the plant cell wall is initiated by the enzymatic formation of phenoxy radicals from cinnamyl alcohol precursors. The radicals are thought to react without the intervention of enzymes. An essential element in this process is the cross coupling of radicals formed from the monomeric precursors with radicals formed on the polymer chain (end-wise polymerization). The rates of formation of C C and C-O bonds are governed by the effective concentrations of the different radicals and by the regioselectivity of the coupling reaction. Finally, the stabilization reactions of intermediate quinone methides will, in many cases, determine the outcome of the coupling reaction.
Time of Wisdom and time for Wisdom. The role of time perspective on wisdom in old age

Introduction: Wisdom was defined as a deep knowledge about the most relevant questions of life. Other theoretical perspectives maintain that wisdom is related also to the development of post-formal dialectical thinking and to the ability in managing the uncertainty of the future. Several studies have shown that wisdom is related to high level of psychological well-being in old age. This study explored the relationships between wisdom and time perspective in the third and fourth age, after controlling for age, gender and level of education as structural variables. Method: 155 subjects (m. age: 68.69; 67% females and 33% males) filled in the WITHAQ questionnaire (Moraitou & Efklides, 2013) and the S-ZTPI questionnaire (Carelli et al., 2011). Results: Positive correlations emerged between wisdom as post-formal thinking and future positive, negative correlation with present fatalistic. Wisdom as pragmatics of life is positively correlated with past positive and future positive, while wisdom as awareness of future uncertainty show positive correlations with past negative and past positive, future negative and future positive. Three hierarchical regression model that posited each of them a dimension of wisdom as dependent variable highlights time perspective as significant, positive contributor to them. Conclusions: The study highlights the relevance of time perspective for wisdom, opening new interesting paths of both research and interventions aimed at a better comprehension of the mechanisms that link the cognitive and affective relation with time in old age with the unfolding of wisdom in its specific dimensions and at translating these results into concrete therapeutic interventions.
Breakthrough and Disruptive Innovation: A Theoretical Reflection

The aim of this paper is a theoretical reflection which attempt is to define the breakthrough and disruptive innovation phenomena. For many years, scholars have studied the different forms of innovation and have provided new definitions and proposed different approaches to this topic. An issue discussed in this work is the differences between disruptive and breakthrough innovations, which can be perceived as similar but are producing different effects in the industry and market structure, and as well in the product structure and the technological approach to develop an innovation. This paper aims to develop a univocal meaning in the literature, differentiating the two phenomena, and provides a framework for the analysis of the different forms of technological change, studying its pervasive influence on our economy.