Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Spatial Profile of Trace Elements in Marine Sediments from Jakarta Bay, Indonesia

Jakarta city has the largest urban population in Indonesia. The rapid expansion of industrial activity and chemical pollution of Jakarta Bay is a matter of concern. We studied the spatial and temporal variations of trace elements contamination in the Bay by analyzing nineteen surface sediment samples from Jakarta Bay using handy type X-ray fluorescence analyzer (XRF). Influences of different anthropogenic activities on the composition of the sediments were also evaluated. Degree of heavy metals contamination such as Zn, Cu and Pb were generally higher in coastal sites than offshore. Enrichment factors (EFs) defined as the ratio of metal levels in coastal sites to offshore were higher in coastal sites. This result agreed with geoaccumulation index, which reflects the degree of anthropogenic contamination of the metals, indicating that the sediments in Jakarta Bay can be classified as uncontaminated to moderately contaminated. Apparent anthropogenic impact on metal levels does exist in the Jakarta Bay though the degree of contamination is still moderate.
Is Parental Leave Costly for Firms and Coworkers?

Most existing evidence on the effectiveness of family leave policies comes from studies focusing on their impacts on affected families - mothers, fathers, and their children - without a clear understanding of the costs and effects on firms and coworkers. We estimate the effect of a female employee giving birth and taking parental leave on small firms and coworkers in Denmark. Using a dynamic difference-in-differences design, we compare small firms in which a female employee is about to give birth to an observationally equivalent sample of small firms with female employees who are not close to giving birth. Identification rests on a parallel trends assumption, which we substantiate through a set of natural validity checks. We find little evidence that parental leave take-up has negative effects on firms and coworkers overall. Specifically, after accounting for wage reimbursements received by firms offering paid leave, there are no measurable effects on firm output, labor costs, profitability or survival. Coworkers of the woman going on leave see temporary increases in their hours, earnings, and likelihood of being employed but experience no significant changes in well-being at work as proxied by sick days. These limited effects of parental leave reflect that most firms are very effective in compensating for the worker on leave by hiring temporary workers and by increasing other employees' hours. In contrast, we do find evidence that parental leave has negative effects on a small subsample of firms that are less able to use their existing employees to compensate for an absent worker.
The Effect of Care Coordination on Hemoglobin A1c for Type 2 Diabetes Patients

The purpose of the study was to test the impact of care coordinator visits by primary care registered nurses on serum hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. In the study, the researcher compared 2 groups of type 2 diabetes patients—those who had care coordinator visits from registered nurses and those who did not—through retrospective data collection and analysis from the patients’ electronic medical record from July 2018 through December 2018. An independent samples t test was used to compare the means of the intervention and control groups’ change in HbA1c levels. The intervention and control groups did not differ in baseline HbA1c levels. Gender and age did not have a major impact on change in HbA1c levels. Change in HbA1c levels ranged from a decrease of 4.20 to 0 for the intervention group and a decrease of 1.20 to an increase of 2.10 for the control group. The intervention and control groups differed significantly in change in HbA1c levels, p < . 0001. The study results strongly demonstrated that registered nurse care coordination had a positive effect on HbA1c levels for type 2 diabetic patients in primary care.
Two novel missense mutations in exon 9 of TPO gene in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome patients with hypothyroidism

This study was reflected on the relationship between the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and the geneticalternations in TPO gene. Fifty infertile Iraqi women with PCOS and 20 healthy women were included in thisstudy, Blood samples were collected from the Infertility center of AL-Yarmok Teaching Hospital in Baghdad,during the period from November, 2010 to May, 2011. The age of infertile and fertile women was ranged from 16 to45 years. The results of hormonal assay were as follows: There is significant (P ≤0.05) decrease in E2 and FSHlevels in PCOS women and fertile women, There is significant (P ≤0.05) increase in LH levels in PCOS women andfertile women. There is no significant differences in Testosterone levels and the ratio of LH/FSH was ≥1.5. Themolecular study was focused on the 18% of PCOS women with hypothyroidism. By sequencing for 27 samples; twonovel different mutations were identified in the reading frame of the TPO gene in transcript variant of exon 9:c.1471delC (deletion C in codon 460) and c.1481delC (deletion C in codon 464). The percentage of mutationsc.1481delC and c.1471delC recorded 55% and 44% of PCOS with hypothyroidism; respectively.
’ s response to reviews Title : A prospective , randomized comparison of the LMA-ProtectorTM and i-gelTM in paralyzed , anesthetized patients

Title: A prospective, randomized comparison of the LMA-ProtectorTM and i-gelTM in paralyzed, anesthetized patients Authors: Jee-Eun Chang (mistyblue15@hanmail.net) Hyerim Kim (gracesnail@naver.com) Jung-Man Lee (yzsmulsik@naver.com) Seong-Won Min (swmin@brm.co.kr) Dongwook Won (noninvasiveane@gmail.com) Kwanghoon Jun (3young@hanmail.net) Jin-Young Hwang (mistyblue15@naver.com) Version: 2 Date: 21 May 2019 Author’s response to reviews: BANE-D-18-00494R1 A prospective, randomized comparison of the LMA-ProtectorTM and i-gelTM in paralyzed, anesthetized patients
CHALLENGING MENTAL HEALTH DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT

This article presents findings on mental health litigation brought to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Britain between 2005 and 2012. The data are presented in five main sections: (i) types of discrimination claims made; (ii) number of additional legal claims brought; (iii) categories of persons who bring cases to court; (iv) nature of disability claims subject to legal action; and (v) bases for appeal in EAT cases. The main focus of the study is to identify factors that influence the success or failure of legal action in order to help inform potential litigants as to how to construct a successful appeal.
The Influence of Task Type on Speech Production by Second Language Learners of German: An Electropalatographic Study

The Influence of Task Type on Speech Production by Second Language Learners of German: An Electropalatographic Study Elizabeth Cope Department of Communication Disorders, BYU Master of Science Electropalatography (EPG) is a computer-based system that tracks and measures contact patterns between the tongue and palate during speech production. The present study is focused on how the lingua-palatal contact patterns of native English speakers learning German as a second language (L2) differ as a function of task type. The fricatives ich-Laut [ç] and ach-Laut [x] were used as the target sounds, placed in nonsense words, short sentences, and spontaneous speech. The productions of the fricatives in the varying speech tasks were gathered from 12 university students enrolled in their second semester of a university level course of German. Comparisons were made using electrode mappings, percentages of regional contact, duration, and center of gravity measures. Duration measures showed that nonsense words were found to have the greatest duration for both fricatives when compared to the other task types. Percentage of activation measures showed that [ç] presented with similar activation in the medial and posterior regions of the palate across task type, whereas the activation in medial and posterior regions for [x] were found to differ more significantly across task type. Specifically, short sentences and spontaneous speech had similar posterior activation, but differed in medial activation, while nonsense words were different in both regions. Center of gravity measures were also greater in short sentences and spontaneous speech compared to nonsense words for [x]. It is anticipated that the data and information in this thesis will provide insights into the role of linguistic task type and EPG technology as instructional tools for L2 learners.
LIFE SATISFACTION IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: THE ROLE OF DISPOSITIONAL AND SITUATIONAL FACTORS

Satisfaction with life is related to positive mental health outcomes and people who are satisfied with their lives report lower levels of distress (Wang & Kong, 2014) as well as higher levels of happiness (Peterson, Park, & Seligman, 2005). The purpose of this research was to determine factors that predicted life satisfaction in university students. Three hundred and eighty-six participants completed a series of questionnaires to measure personality, attachment, coping styles, loneliness, social connectedness, and life satisfaction. In this sample, participants used the full range of life satisfaction scores, with over 50% of the participants reporting that they were satisfied with their lives. A series of hierarchical regression analyses was used to predict life satisfaction. In the first regression using personality factor scores, satisfaction with life was predicted by higher Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and social connectedness, coupled with lower Neuroticism, fearful attachment, and family loneliness. A second regression model using personality facet scores indicated that higher Positive Emotions, Impulsiveness, and Self-Discipline as well as lower Depression, Assertiveness, and Altruism predicted higher life satisfaction. Higher levels of social connectedness and lower levels of family and romantic loneliness also made significant contributions to the model. Overall, the quality of personal relationships (i.e., loneliness and social connectedness) rather than general coping styles was predictive of well-being in adulthood. It should be noted that there was a large proportion of variance unaccounted for and future researchers should focus on adding to the predictability of the model.
Linguistic and Stylistic Parameters for the Study of Literary Language in the Corpus of Russian Short Stories of the First Third of the 20th Century

One of the important tasks of creating the Corpus of Russian Short Stories of the first third of the 20th century is to identify and describe the changes that took place in the Russian language and in stylistics of Russian literature in the chain of dramatic events of the World War I, the February and October Revolutions, and the Civil War. The essential principle for creating the corpus is an attempt to include in the database literary texts of the maximum number of authors who wrote stories in 1900–1930. The article describes the principles of writers and text selection for the annotated subcorpus containing stories of 300 Russian prose writers and considers the list of linguistic and stylistic parameters proposed for studying the language of literary texts in synchrony
HEMATOBIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN A KINDLING MODEL OF EPILEPSY

There are many experimental methods of influencing the neuronal excitability and eliciting the convulsions in humans and animals. One of the major procedure or technique for inducing seizures in animals is kindling. In kindling the afterdischarges are elicited that later progress to generalized convulsions in an animal. There are a variety of reports documenting either low or high levels of blood sodium, potassium, calcium, glucose, cholesterol, total protein, blood hemoglobin etc. Blood calcium levels, however, are considered as important in the biochemical fluctuations occurring in epilepsy in humans and experimental animals. But no precise studies have yet been carried out to predict the pathophysiologic role of these factors in epilepsy. In the present work, changes in blood sodium, potassium, cholesterol, total protein, glucose, hemoglobin and other parameters were carried out in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) induced kindled rabbit. The fluctuations are not significant when compared with the normal controls. But significant decrease in blood calcium levels in PTZ kindled male and female rabbit is evident in the present study. Hence, hypocalcemia might be considered as contributory factor for epilepsy. The results obtained in the present work provide a biochemical and hematological basis of control over the epileptogenic influences/ effects of the biomedical/ environmental agents. Conclusively, the present investigation in the hematobiochemical changes in a kindling model of epilepsy emphasizes to search through different angles the multifaceted role of calcium in epilepsy and other hyperexcitability conditions.
Risk aversion and the teaching profession: an analysis including different forms of risk aversion, different control groups, selection and socialization effects

ABSTRACT Risk aversion might affect current and potential teachers’ reaction to reforms, such as payment reforms. However, evidence on teachers’ risk aversion in comparison to other occupations is limited. The present study is based on twelve waves of a representative German data set (N = 18,381) and shows that teaching relates positively to risk aversion, especially to risk aversion with respect to occupational career. Teachers score higher in risk aversion even than other civil servants. Our results suggest that risk-averse individuals are attracted to teaching, while we find no evidence for a socialization effect during the career.
Knowledge of Menstruation and the Practice of Hygiene among Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh

Background: Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon which is unique to female and a healthy normal, mature process for adolescent girls. Menstrual hygiene is therefore an essential part of basic hygienic practices. Poor hygiene practices may affect their health. Menstrual hygiene is an issue that needs to be addressed at all levels. Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge of menstruation and practice of hygiene among adolescent girls in Bangladesh. Methods: The descriptive study design used convenient sampling technique 100 adolescent girls were recruited from Girls High School in Dhaka City. Selfstructured questionnaire as follows, (1) The Demographic Data Questionnaire, (2) Experience of Menstruation related Questionnaire (3) Adolescent Knowledge of Menstruation Regarding Questionnaire, and (4) Adolescent Hygiene Practice of Menstruation Regarding Questionnaire was used to collected data. Correlation (r), ttest, and ANOVA were used for data analysis. Results: The mean age of the adolescent girls was 15.11±1.127. The total mean of adolescent girls’ knowledge and hygiene practice regarding menstruation were 11.73±5.08 in maximum 16 score and 2.67± 3.18 in 4 point Likert scale respectively. There was a significantly positive relationship between knowledge and practice of menstruation among adolescents girls (p = <0.001). Conclusion: The study illustrated the number of adolescent girls had good knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene practice. Therefore, future study and educational program may be necessary for this type of population. In addition further research is also demand for factors identifying the knowledge and practice of adolescent with diverse adolescent girls.
PROGRAM EVALUATION OF THE COPING CAT PROGRAM WITH GIFTED, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

This study is an evaluation of the Brief Coping Cat anxiety reduction psychoeducational curriculum within a gifted elementary school population. The goal of the Brief Coping Cat intervention is to decrease students’ self-reported feelings of anxiety by teaching them a variety of strategies designed to help them recognize, understand, and manage emotions and physical reactions to anxiety. The primary evaluation question of this program evaluation focuses on students’ perception of their experience in the intervention, as measured by mixed methods. Pre-treatment and post-treatment data show decreased anxiety and global psychological distress as evidenced by the decrease of mean scores. Students also reported satisfaction and favorable impressions of their experiences. Implications for the use of this intervention with gifted populations are discussed. The form and content of this abstract are approved. I recommend its publication. Approved by: Franci Crepeau-Hobson
Fertility associated economic losses of farms

Introduction Herd net return is strongly associated with reproductive performance (Giordano et al., 2012; Galvao et al., 2013). Efficient reproductive programs regulate herd population dynamics and herd structure allowing cows to take advantage of the most efficient part of the lactation curve (Ferguson and Galligan, 1999), while maximizing production of on-farm replacements (Giordano et al., 2012), minimizing costs associated with replacements and mortality (Giordano et al., 2011; 2012; Galvao et al., 2013), and minimizing the relative costs associated with reproduction (Giordano et al., 2012). Most of high-yielding dairy farms in the US use a combination of synchronization / ovulation control protocols and estrous detection for their reproductive management (Caraviello et al., 2006; Giordano et al., 2012; Galvao et al., 2013). Although there are a number of metrics for reproductive performance (e.g., herd days open or calving interval), the 21-day pregnancy rate (21-d PR; Ferguson and Galligan, 1999), which measures the rate at which eligible cows become pregnant in successive 21-day periods, integrates many other reproductive performance parameters and seems to be the best single parameter to measure, standardize, and benchmark reproductive performance among herds (Giordano et al., 2011; 2012; Galvao et al., 2013). Managers of modern US commercial dairy farms monitor their herd’s reproductive performance using the 21-d PR index. However, it is difficult for them to assess the overall economic impacts of reproductive programs. A series of simulation studies in recent years (Giordano et al., 2011; 2012; 2013; Galvao et al., 2013) attempt to provide responses to these difficult questions. These were summarized in Cabrera (2014) and this is an excerpt of such study. Some of reviewed studies in Cabrera (2014) also provided decision support tools that could be customized for herd specific economic assessments related to reproduction. New technologies such as estrous detection devices or early blood chemical pregnancy diagnosis tests, are being adopted by modern highyielding herd operations, and could make significant differences on the management and outcomes of reproductive programs. Therefore, these should also be included in the economic analysis of reproductive program (Giordano et al., 2013). Once the dairy farm manager finds the best reproductive program for the herd, there are still opportunities to further fine-tune reproductive performance by executing cow-level reproductive decisions. The concept of the economic value of a cow (Cabrera, 2012) or its equivalent retention pay-off (RPO; De Vries, 2006) and all their associated metrics (e.g., the value of a new pregnancy, the cost of a pregnancy loss, and the cost of a day open) could be used to differentiate and optimize cowspecific reproductive management, which will ultimately determine optimal herd value (Kalantari and Cabrera, 2012).
E-Cadherin Expression Correlates With Histologic Type of Invasive Breast Cancer

Traditionally, breast cancer is classified as infiltrating ductal (IDC) and lobular carcinoma (ILC) based on the recognition of characteristic histopathological features. In the majority of breast cancer cases, distinguishing between the two can be achieved easily if the classical histological features of both types are readily observed (Tavassoli and Devilee, 2003). However, in poorly differentiated carcinomas with equivocal histological features and the pleomorphic variant of lobular carcinoma, the diagnosis can be challenging (Acs et al., 2001; Qureshi et al., 2006). Similar diagnostic problems may be encountered in insitu carcinomas of the breast (Acs et al., 2001; Maluf et al., 2001; Wahed et al., 2002). Low grade ductal carcinoma in-situ with a solid growth pattern involving the terminal ducts and lobules may resemble lobular carcinoma in-situ. Large areas of comedo-type necrosis can be seen in lesions with typical lobular cytology, hence are difficult to distinguish between ductal carcinoma-in-situ (Acs et al., 2001). Clinically, the division between ductal and lobular carcinomas has its practical implications (Lehr et al., 2000). Infiltrating lobular carcinomas often do not form definite masses that can be diagnosed by palpation or mammography making early diagnosis difficult. The occurrence of tumour at resection margins, bilaterality,
Comparison of morphological, DNA barcoding, and metabarcoding characterizations of freshwater nematode communities

Abstract Biomonitoring approaches and investigations of many ecological questions require assessments of the biodiversity of a given habitat. Small organisms, ranging from protozoans to metazoans, are of great ecological importance and comprise a major share of the planet's biodiversity but they are extremely difficult to identify, due to their minute body sizes and indistinct structures. Thus, most biodiversity studies that include small organisms draw on several methods for species delimitation, ranging from traditional microscopy to molecular techniques. In this study, we compared the efficiency of these methods by analyzing a community of nematodes. Specifically, we evaluated the performances of traditional morphological identification, single‐specimen barcoding (Sanger sequencing), and metabarcoding in the identification of 1500 nematodes from sediment samples. The molecular approaches were based on the analysis of the 28S ribosomal large and 18S small subunits (LSU and SSU). The morphological analysis resulted in the determination of 22 nematode species. Barcoding identified a comparable number of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) based on 28S rDNA (n = 20) and fewer OTUs based on 18S rDNA (n = 12). Metabarcoding identified a higher OTU number but fewer amplicon sequence variants (AVSs) (n = 48 OTUs, n = 17 ASVs for 28S rDNA, and n = 31 OTUs, n = 6 ASVs for 18S rDNA). Between the three approaches (morphology, barcoding, and metabarcoding), only three species (13.6%) were shared. This lack of taxonomic resolution hinders reliable community identifications to the species level. Further database curation will ensure the effective use of molecular species identification.