Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Elemental Fingerprinting of Pecorino Romano and Pecorino Sardo PDO: Characterization, Authentication and Nutritional Value

Sardinia, located in Italy, is a significant producer of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) sheep cheeses. In response to the growing demand for high-quality, safe, and traceable food products, the elemental fingerprints of Pecorino Romano PDO and Pecorino Sardo PDO were determined on 200 samples of cheese using validated, inductively coupled plasma methods. The aim of this study was to collect data for food authentication studies, evaluate nutritional and safety aspects, and verify the influence of cheesemaking technology and seasonality on elemental fingerprints. According to European regulations, one 100 g serving of both cheeses provides over 30% of the recommended dietary allowance for calcium, sodium, zinc, selenium, and phosphorus, and over 15% of the recommended dietary intake for copper and magnesium. Toxic elements, such as Cd, As, Hg, and Pb, were frequently not quantified or measured at concentrations of toxicological interest. Linear discriminant analysis was used to discriminate between the two types of pecorino cheese with an accuracy of over 95%. The cheese-making process affects the elemental fingerprint, which can be used for authentication purposes. Seasonal variations in several elements have been observed and discussed.
Gender Identity Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

Abstract While debates continue as to whether or not a diagnosis of gender identity disorder (GID) is wanted or needed by today's adult transsexual, there is increasing concern both in academic and lay literature regarding the diagnosis of children and adolescents with GID. This paper critically evaluates the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of GID in children and adolescents in light of published controversies, evidence, and arguments in psychological, psychiatric, and lay discourse since the release of the DSM-IV. In the years since GID's first inclusion in the DSM-III, growing criticisms weigh heavily against the diagnosis of GID in children and adolescents. This analysis urges a re-evaluation of the GID diagnosis for children and, to a lesser extent, adolescents. Overall, there is deepening discomfort with pathologizing children and youth for extreme gender variance. Since this is a highly contentious diagnosis-with little established reliability and validity, and problematic assessment and treatment approaches-researchers and clinicians need to establish that GID is validly diagnosed with nonbiased assessments and treated effectively in accordance with current Standards.
High Diagnostic Accuracy of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Receptor Antibodies in Distinguishing Graves’ Disease and Subacute Thyrotoxicosis in the Indian Population

Background and objective: Thyrotoxicosis is a common clinical condition encountered in endocrine practice. Graves’ disease and subacute thyroiditis are the two common causes of thyrotoxicosis and often have overlapping clinical and biochemical features. 99mTc thyroid scintigraphy is the most commonly used confirmatory test to differentiate the two conditions but is not available in the majority of the second-tier cities of India. However, obtaining thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor antibodies (TSHrAb), another accurate test to differentiate the two conditions, in second-tier cities by outsourcing to labs in major cities is a feasible option nowadays. However, the data on the performance of TSHrAb to differentiate the two conditions in Indian patients is limited. Hence, we have evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of TSHrAb in the Indian population to differentiate Graves’ disease and subacute thyroiditis. Materials and methods: This prospective study was conducted on 115 consecutive newly diagnosed thyrotoxicosis patients presenting to the Department of Endocrinology at a tertiary health care centre in India. Clinical parameters like throat pain, duration of symptoms, and grade of goitre were noted. Measurement of total tri-iodothyronine (TT3), total thyroxine (TT4), TSH, TSHrAb, and 99mTc thyroid scintigraphy were performed in all participants. All participants were followed up at least for six months after the recruitment. Increased tracer uptake (>4%) and/or increased thyroid to parotid trace uptake ratio (>2.5) were used to diagnose Graves’ disease. Results: Eighty-one and 34 patients were diagnosed with Graves’ disease and subacute thyroiditis, respectively. TT3/TT4 ratio had low diagnostic accuracy (area under the curve (AUC): 0.6, best cut-off: 15.6, sensitivity: 53.1%, specificity: 79.4%). TSHrAb had the best AUC (0.9) to distinguish Graves’ disease from subacute thyroiditis (cut-off: 2.0 IU/L, sensitivity: 97.5%, specificity: 100%). In contrast, the kit manufacturer’s reference range (1.75 IU/L) was slightly more sensitive (98.8%), but less specific (94%). Conclusion: The TT3/TT4 ratio is not a good test to differentiate Graves’ disease and subacute thyroiditis. TSHrAb is accurate in distinguishing Graves’ disease from subacute thyroiditis and a level of 2.0 may be a more accurate cut-off to differentiate the two conditions in the Indian population.
Eco-Functional Benthic Biodiversity Assemblage Patterns in the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem

Functional diversity, an important component of biodiversity, has in recent years engaged global attention. This is in great part due to the mechanistic understanding achieved from functional diversity studies in the face of accelerated global biodiversity changes ascribed primarily to anthropogenic drivers. The exigency of the situation has stimulated biodiversity-ecosystem functions (B-EF) studies to elucidate ecosystem processes and services that are at threat notably in the marine ecosystem. The marine benthos is the largest ecosystem on earth and supports the highest phylogenetic diversity but has rather witnessed comparatively low attention in the B-EF studies than the terrestrial counterpart. This thesis is aimed at i) quantifying benthic functional diversity (using biological trait analysis) and assemblages along abiotic gradients in the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME); and ii) examining the impact of bottom trawling for demersal fishes on the functional structure of epibenthic fauna along bathymetric gradients. In achieving the above-mentioned objectives, epibenthic fauna of bottom trawl samples were collected from Ghana to western Nigeria‘s continental shelf in 2003. Further, macrobenthic infauna and abiotic samples were collected from coastal waters of Guinea Bissau to Gabon in 2007. Each processed dataset was treated as a stand-alone in the thesis. In decomposing the assemblage patterns, suites of univariate and multivariate statistics were employed. The results indicated 381 macobenthic species comprising polychaetes (61.15% richness and 55.15% abundance), crustaceans (18.64% richness and 28.02% abundance), molluscs (9.19% richness and 2.23% abundance), echinoderms (2.63% richness and 1.84% abundance) and ̳others‘ (8.39% richness and 12.76% abundance). Functional diversity analysis indicated spatial differences in eco-functional traits namely small University of Ghana http://ugspace.ug. edu.gh
Influence of different factors on in vitro multiplication and rooting of three local Juglans regia L. genotypes in Uzbekistan

The Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) is one of the most lucrative and widely distributed nut crops. It is appreciated as a forestry and ornamental tree in addition to its benefits as a fruit crop. Although Central Asian countries, especially Uzbekistan, are among the origins of the Persian walnut; they are not considered as top industrial producers of walnuts. Uzbekistan possesses a wide range of walnut genetic resources and as a result of conducted research, several promising, fruitful, early-harvesting varieties and forms have been selected. The aim of this study is to optimize microclonal in vitro propagation of selected Uzbekistan local varieties and forms by evaluating concentrations of different plant growth regulators and genotype on multiplication and rooting stages. As mother plants, 2 forms and one variety were selected: the Ideal variety, 'Form PDM23' and 'Form 202YaKT'. n the proliferation stage, the growth rate of walnut microshoots on basal medium Driver and Kuniyuki Walnut Medium (DKW) with different concentrations of 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) (0.01 mg/L) was studied. The rooting stage was assessed in half strength macronutrient DKW medium containing different IBA concentrations (0.0, 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0 mg/L). The Ideal variety and 'Form PDM23' performed best in DKW medium supplied with 1.5 mg/L BAP and 0.01 mg/L IBA, whereas 'Form 202YaKT' performed best in DKW medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/L BAP and 0.01 mg/ L IBA for the proliferation stage. For all genotypes, 6.0 mg/L IBA provided the best rooting results.
Time-Series Signals of Affect and Neural Dynamics with Technology to Identify Depression Risk

Despite extensive research documenting the impact of depression on basic human developmental parameters (employment, health, education, social roles, and overall quality of life), multiple individual and systemic barriers limit accessibility to clinical assistance among vulnerable populations. Research-backed digital interventions, such as smartphone applications, may serve as convenient and reliable tools for detecting and monitoring depressive symptoms and attenuate the increasing pressure on conventional mental health resources. This review evaluates the significance of key time-series signals of affect dynamics (average levels, granularity, variability, instability, inertia) and electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns (power spectrum of frequency bands, alpha asymmetry) in predicting critical transitions in depressive symptom severity. An evidence-based prototype for a smartphone application that can reliably integrate multivariate time-series signals of affect dynamics and neural oscillations is proposed, to prospectively anticipate and detect affective abnormalities with greater accuracy in individuals susceptible to depression.
Analyzing and computing humans by means of the brain using Brain-Computer Interfaces - understanding the user – previous evidence, self-relevance and the user’s self-concept as potential superordinate human factors of relevance

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) are well-known instances of how technology can convert a user’s brain activity taken from non-invasive electroencephalography (EEG) into computer commands for the purpose of computer-assisted communication and interaction. However, not all users are attaining the accuracy required to use a BCI consistently, despite advancements in technology. Accordingly, previous research suggests that human factors could be responsible for the variance in BCI performance among users. Therefore, the user’s internal mental states and traits including motivation, affect or cognition, personality traits, or the user’s satisfaction, beliefs or trust in the technology have been investigated. Going a step further, this manuscript aims to discuss which human factors could be potential superordinate factors that influence BCI performance, implicitly, explicitly as well as inter- and intraindividually. Based on the results of previous studies that used comparable protocols to examine the motivational, affective, cognitive state or personality traits of healthy and vulnerable EEG-BCI users within and across well-investigated BCIs (P300-BCIs or SMR-BCIs, respectively), it is proposed that the self-relevance of tasks and stimuli and the user’s self-concept provide a huge potential for BCI applications. As potential key human factors self-relevance and the user’s self-concept (self-referential knowledge and beliefs about one’s self) guide information processing and modulate the user’s motivation, attention, or feelings of ownership, agency, and autonomy. Changes in the self-relevance of tasks and stimuli as well as self-referential processing related to one’s self (self-concept) trigger changes in neurophysiological activity in specific brain networks relevant to BCI. Accordingly, concrete examples will be provided to discuss how past and future research could incorporate self-relevance and the user’s self-concept in the BCI setting – including paradigms, user instructions, and training sessions.
The Role of Fundamental Movement Skills and Spatial Abilities in the Relationship between Physical Activity and Mathematics Achievement in Primary School Children

Research has demonstrated positive relationships between fundamental movement skills (FMS) and mathematics achievement in children, and this relationship may be mediated by spatial ability. Engaging in physical activity (PA) may also have positive outcomes on mathematics achievement; however, no study has investigated this network of relationships together. This study aimed to examine the relationship between PA and mathematics achievement, and the mediating effects of FMS and spatial abilities, in primary school children. Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 182 children (aged 7 to 8 years old) across four schools in England. Objective moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) levels and subjective parental reports of their children’s PA participation were collected. Children’s FMS were assessed, along with their performance on four spatial ability tasks and a mathematics test. Mediation analyses revealed no significant mediation effects of FMS and spatial abilities on the positive significant relationship between MVPA and mathematics achievement; however, spatial ability partially mediated the relationship between FMS and mathematics achievement. These results suggest that FMS and spatial ability may not be related to MVPA in this network of relationships, but children with more mature FMS perform better in mathematics due to them performing better on specific spatial ability tasks.
Contribution à l'étude dendroécologique du pin d'Alep (Pinus halepensis Mill. ) dans une région semi-aride d'Algérie : l'Atlas Saharien (Ouled Naï͏̈l, Aurès, Hodna)

Les peuplements de pinus halepensis mill. Representent pour le sud algerien semi-aride les seuls elements forestiers du couvert vegetal. A travers une etude de la variabilite interannuelle du climat et de l'epaisseur des cernes sur les 4 dernieres decennies, le contexte bioclimatique dans lequel croissent ces peuplements et la nature des relations climat/croissance pour dix populations representatives de la diversite des peuplements des massifs des aures et des ouled-nail et hodna sont precises. L'analyse des donnees annuelles (precipitations/cerne) met en evidence le role de la distribution intrannuelle des precipitations mensuelles dans le determinisme de l'apparition de differents types de cernes doubles, phenomene frequent chez cette espece. Une modelisation de la croissance radiale, faisant appel aux processus autoregressifs moyenne mobile, associee au calcul d'une fonction de reponse des arbres aux parametres mensuels du climat met en evidence: l'action differee du climat et en particulier des precipitations sur les processus de croissance a travers les possibilites de stockage de l'eau dans une phase anterieure a la mise en place du cerne annuel, un comportement differencie de l'espece en fonction des biotopes propres a chacun des massifs forestiers etudies, les secteurs ouled-nail et hodna etant caracterises par l'action dominante des precipitations automnales tandis que pour le secteur aures, la croissance est determinee par les precipitations du printemps de la periode anterieure a l'edification du cerne
Intrinsic Gate Capacitance of Ultrathin Body Nanosheets Considering Quantum Effects

Considering the wave function, the decreasing thickness of ultrathin body from 10 nm down to 2 nm increases the intrinsic gate capacitance since the centroid of carriers located at the center of the channel is extremely close to the channel/oxide interface in the ultrathin body. By the self-consistent Poisson–Schrodinger solver with 6-kp parameters calibrated with nonlocal empirical pseudo-potential method (NEPM), the centroids of wavefunctions can be used to understand the increment in intrinsic gate capacitance with decreasing body thickness. Note that the simulated channel is p-type GeSn with [Sn] ranging from 0% to 20%. Our simulation also shows that nearly ideal subthreshold swing (SS) can be achieved by ultrathin body nanosheets (NSs). Thus, the concept of intrinsic areal gate capacitance proportional to channel peripheral width has to be modified in the ultrathin body channel.
Romania - Climate Change and Low Carbon Green Growth Program

The purposes of the report are to analyze the current situation and areas for improvement in the capacity of implementing National Climate Change Strategy and provide recommendations on institutional capacity building. After the introduction chapter, the current situation as well as the CC commitments that Romania has undertaken are presented in chapter two. Chapter three provides the possible good practices that could provide inspiration for further reform. A contrast of the commitments with the current capacity and the available good practices has been substantiated in the analyses of capacity gaps that need to be addressed in chapter four. The next chapter provides the avenues for breaching those gaps and sustainably building CC capacity in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the Strategy. Project management and financing is treated separately in chapter six since it has been an issue of particular concern and difficulty for the GoR. Finally, chapter seven sets out the basic elements of a public engagement campaign that will be essential for making CC a national issue present in the awareness of the public authorities, civil society and general public alike. A comprehensive list of the proposed measures and their time horizons can be found in annex one.
LPL rs264, PROCR rs867186 and PDGF rs974819 Gene Polymorphisms in Patients with Unstable Angina

Background: Coronary artery disease is caused by changes in the coronary arteries due to the atherosclerotic process and thrombotic changes. A very important role in the development of the atherosclerotic process in the coronary vessels is played by the inflammatory process and the immune response. Due to the important role of lipids and the coagulation process in the atherosclerotic process, research has also focused on genes affecting lipid metabolism and the coagulation system. Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is an enzyme that metabolises lipids, hydrolysing triglycerides to produce free fatty acids and glycerol. Protein C (PC) is an essential component of coagulation and fibrinolysis. It is activated on the endothelial surface by the membrane-bound thrombin-thrombomodulin complex. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) has a number of important functions in processes related to fibroblast and smooth muscle cell function. Due to their influence on lipid metabolism and coagulation processes, LPL, PROCR (endothelial cell protein C receptor) and PDGF may affect the atherosclerotic process and, thus, the risk of coronary heart disease. The aim of the study was to examine the associations between the LPL rs264, PROCR rs867186 and PDGF rs974819 gene polymorphisms and the risk of unstable angina and selected clinical parameters. Methods: The study included 232 patients with unstable angina and 144 healthy subjects as the control group. Genotyping was performed using real-time PCR. Results: There were no statistically significant differences in the distribution of the polymorphisms tested between the patients with unstable angina and the control subjects. The results showed associations between the PROCR rs867186 and PDGF rs974819 polymorphisms and some clinical parameters in patients with unstable angina. In patients with the PDGF rs974819 CC genotype, there were increased values for cholesterol and LDL serum levels in comparison with patients with the PDGF rs974819 CT and TT genotypes. In patients with the PROCR rs867186 AA genotype, HDL serum levels were lower than in patients with the GA genotype. Conclusions: The results of our study did not show that the LPL rs264, PROCR rs867186 and PDGF rs974819 gene polymorphisms were significant risk factors for unstable angina in our population. The results of the study suggest that PDGF rs974819 and PROCR rs867186 may be associated with some parameters of lipid metabolism.
Attitudes and opinions of health care students of Medical Faculty in Banja Luka about study program and nursing as a profession

Introduction: The level of education quality of medical health care graduates (Bachelors of Health care and Nursing) depends on curriculum quality. Knowing what motivates students to enroll medical health care studies and development of professional and academic career are of great importance for education as well as the practice. Aim of the study: To see if there is a difference in attitudes and opinions between 1st year students and 4th year students about health care study program and nursing as a profession, students motivations for enrolling the program and their expectations about possibilities to develop personally, professionally and scientifically after graduating. Patients and Methods: 55 Health care students of Medical Faculty University of Banja Luka (1st year 37 and 2nd year 18 students) were a sample. Research was conducted by using anonymous, original questionnaire which was written for the needs of this research. SPSS (Statistical Product and Service Solutions) version 20. was used for data processing, and Windows, operating system, for data analysis. Results: Conducted research shows that material component, with possibility of finding better job and willingness to care for other people are major criteria which motivate students to choose nursing study. Health care students of both generations graded study program with 3,22 ± 0,76, and there was statistically significant difference (p<0.001) concerning access to literature and companion paper. Both generations of students have positive attitudes about nursing as a profession. Majority of the students (1st year = 77,8%; 4th year = 75,7%) showed interest for further academic development after graduating the study of Health care. A large number of students chose going abroad (1st year 67,6% ; 4th year 77,8%), whereas minority of the students have desire to stay in their own country after graduating. Conclusion: Motives for enrolling the study of Health care in this country and in other countries have no significant differences, and the most frequently cited reasons are possibility of finding better job, and desire to help other people. Academic study program of Health care should be extremely high-quality and alluring enough to draw attention of young students as well as the older students.