Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Customer and Competitor Market Sensing Capability on Business Performance of SMEs: An Empirical Study in Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to investigate and examine the role of specialized marketing capabilities (SMC) in mediating the relationship between customer sensing capability (CuSC) and competitor sensing capability (CoSC) with business performance (BP) at SMEs retail fashion in Indonesia. This study used 330 SMEs from ten regencies in Indonesia and examined the regression relationship between the four variables, SMC, CuSC, CoSC, and BP. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to measure the validity and reliability of the construct used. For data analysis techniques, this study used structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS Version 22.0. This study found that SMC acts as a partial mediator in the relationship between CuSC and CoSC with SMC and BP. By examining the diverse literature on market sensing capability, marketing strategy, and BP, this study offers a unique analysis of market learning and its effects on SMC and BP in Retail Fashion SMEs in Indonesia. Furthermore, future research needs to broaden the findings and improve generalizations by conducting studies of SMEs in other industries, such as manufacturing, and services of small, medium and large scale. In addition, it needs to add some countries as research objects, not only Indonesia.
Containment measures against COVID-19 in Italy: The role of protection motivation and values

ABSTRACT During the COVID-19 pandemic, the adherence to anti-contagion measures was the way to contain the pandemic and overwhelmed healthcare systems. Protection Motivation Theory might offer a valid framework to identify predictors of individuals’ motivation to protect themselves from COVID-19. We examined the role of threat and coping appraisals, together with values, in predicting the intentions to follow anti-contagion measures among Italians. We used a correlational design. Path analysis was performed to examine the relationships among variables. A total of 420 participants completed an online survey assessing threat appraisal (perceived threat severity and vulnerability), coping appraisal (perceived response efficacy and self-efficacy), fear of COVID-19, intentions to follow government measures, values. Threat appraisal was positively associated with intentions to follow anti-contagion measures via fear of COVID-19. Coping appraisal and values showed a positive association with the intentions to follow government measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Our findings suggest that public-health communications might enhance threat and coping appraisal to increase the intention to follow anti-contagion measures among Italians. Also the role of fear should be considered in health policies. Furthermore, appeals to values could be useful to increase compliance with COVID‐19 behavioral guidelines.
AInfluence of Paclobutrazol as Foliar Spray on Flowering parameters of Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) var. Prajwal

The field experiment was conducted in Horticulture Research Farm, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Mohanpur, to study the effect of paclobutrazol as foliar spray at different dates, on growth, flowering and bulb yield of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) var. Prajwal. The experiment was carried out during the year 2016 2018 (March March) to find out the suitable dose of paclobutrazol and amicable time of its spraying, to get maximum flower production. The experiment was laid out in augmented factorial randomized block design with three replications. The first factor contains three different doses of Paclobutrazol application P1 (100 ppm), P2 (200 ppm), P3 (300 ppm) as foliar spray and the second factor is with three different times of Paclobutrazol application i.e., S1 (45 DAP), S2 (65 DAP), S3 (85 DAP). A control plot is made without any application of paclobutrazol for assessing the performance of the paclobutrazol. Combining the two year data, the pooled data reveals that, the number of days taken for first floret opening was obtained earlier, and the spike diameter was maximum with the application of P2 (200 ppm) at S1 (45 DAP) respectively. While the spike length was observed maximum with the application of P2 (200 ppm) at S3 (85 DAP). The rachis length was found maximum with the application of paclobutrazol P1 (100 ppm) at S3 (85 DAP). Whereas all the flowering parameters were found minimum in the control treatment. It can be concluded that, the flowering parameters of tuberose var. Prajwal can be improved with the application of paclobutrazol @ 200 ppm at 85 days after transplanting (DAP).
Reasons Influencing Long-Term Anticoagulant Treatment Beyond 6 Months for Cancer-Associated Thrombosis in USCAT, A 432-Patient Retrospective Non-Interventional Study

Background and objectives: Few data are available about anticoagulation management beyond 6 months in patients with cancer associated thrombosis (CAT). Our objective was to describe anticoagulant treatment modalities up to 12 months. Methods: The management of the anticoagulant treatment beyond 6 months was described in this initially retrospective non-interventional French multicenter study in patients treated with low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWH) still alive at the end of an initial 6-month treatment period. Clinical outcomes, including venous thromboembolism, recurrence, bleeding and deaths have been published previously. Results: Among the 432 patients (mean age 66.5±12.7 years) included in the study, 332 were followed up to 12 months while 96 patients deceased before study end and 4 patients were lost-to-follow-up. At 6 months, anticoagulant therapy was stopped in 74 patients, 56 were switched to vitamin K antagonists (VKA) (16.1% [95%CI, 12.4%–20.4]), 30 to direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) (8.6% [95%CI, 5.9%–12.1]). LMWHs were maintained in 256 patients (73.6% [95%CI, 68.6–78.1]). During the follow-up, LMWHs were definitively discontinued in 86 patients (33.7%), the main reason being a favorable course of the cancer (16 patients, 18.6%), or the thromboembolic disease (11 patients, 12.8%), whereas concern about bleeding risk was low (2 patients, 2.3%). Conclusion: Anticoagulation beyond 6 months and up to 12 months was in accordance with clinical practice guidelines suggesting that treatment should be continued as long cancer is active or in the absence of bleeding risk. Anticoagulant treatment discontinuation beyond 6 months was influenced by the favorable courses of both malignancy and thromboembolic disease, as well as patient’s preference.
The role of vitamin A and vitamin D in modulation of the immune response with a focus on innate lymphoid cells

The immune system with its numerous and complex interactions helps to protect the host from pathogenic microorganisms, and enables cleaning of damaged tissues. It is also associated with constant “monitoring” of the appearance of malignant cells and their elimination that can occur in the human body. Such a role depends on many factors including adequate intake of nutrients, including vitamins. The effect of vitamin supplementation on the modulation of the immune response has always been the focus of numerous studies. Vitamins A and D have been shown to have the greatest immune-modulatory effect. In this review, we discuss and consider the possible roles of vitamins A and D on the immune response through innate and adaptive immune cells, with special focus on the cell population recently characterized as innate lymphoid cells. Recent literature data indicate that vitamin A and its metabolites modulate the balance between Th1 and Th2 immunity. In addition, vitamin D expresses protective effects on the innate immune system and inhibitory effects on adaptive immunity.
L'impact de la croissance des plantes et l'absorption du potasse sur l'évolution minéralogique des argiles du sol

Potassium is an essential nutrient for plant growth and development. Clay minerals in soils represent an important reservoir of plant-available K. Extraction of fixed K from the interlayer space of micaceous 2:1 minerals can lead to an increase in the layer-to-layer distance which can be measured by X-ray diffraction. Samples from the Morrow Plots continuous corn (C) and corn-oats-hay (R) experiment, from fertilised (F) and non-fertilised (U) subplots for the years 1904, 1957, 1980, 1997 and 2013-2014 were subjected to sequential size-fractionation to obtain the silt fraction (50-2 um) and clay-sized subfractions (2-0.2, 0.2-0,05 and <0.05 um). Granulometric results show siginificant heterogeneity despite the small size of the MP, and a gain in <0.05 um subfraction with time. Full-profile fitting of X-ray diffraction patterns was performed to obtain conclusive identification of the clay mineral assemblage and assess the impact of 110-years of continuous agriculture and different agronomic practices. A complex clay mineral assemblage was identified with up to eleven different contributions necessary to reproduce the experimental data of <2 um subfractions, including up to six illite-smectite-chlorite mixed-layers. Quantitative phase analysis for all subplots and years showed that the mineral assemblage of the MP is similar between different subplots, regardless of agronomic treatment. No significant evidence of alteration or transformation of clay mineral phases was observed over time. The dioctahedral nature of the clay minerals of the MP disfavours K-extraction and thus dissolution is the favoured mechanism for K-uptake and the loss of 2-0.2 and 0.2-0.05 um subfractions is attributed to this process.
Risk Prevention as a Part of Professional Training of Future Physical Culture Teachers

The article describes the identification and clarification of risk prevention measures by physical culture teachers at educational institutions that are based on the methodology of personality development approach to education. The experiment included 314 students, future physical culture teachers, among them 110 girls and 204 boys aged 18 to 23. This study investigated the dynamics of the attitude towards the risk of students (by age and sex) during their stay at higher educational institutions according to a specially developed methodology that included the personal profile of G. Eisenck, the methodology "Hierarchy of Needs" modified by I. Akindinova and the questionnaire "Investigation of Preparedness for Risk » by A. Shmelev. Summarizing the study analysis results the following conclusions can be drawn: preference of risk decreases with the age; the tendency to risk is lower in more experienced future teachers than in non-experienced ones; in girls the risk aptitude is realized under more certain conditions than in boys; the risk predisposition is more pronounced in a group than acting alone and depends on group expectations. During the period of studies at higher education institutions each future physical culture teacher developed his own potential for addressing the problems associated with risk prevention, their localization, minimization and elimination.
Ocular side effects in tuberculosis patients receiving direct observed therapy containing ethambutol

Background: India is among the largest countries to implement the revised national tuberculosis (TB) control program (RNTCP). Ocular toxicity of ethambutol has been known since 1962. It can be halted with early detection and cessation of the contributing drug. Aims and Objectives: This study aims to detect early ocular toxicity of ethambutol in TB patients under directly observed treatment strategy (DOTS). Materials and Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional study of 30 patients getting AKT including ethambutol along with isoniazid, rifampicin, and pyrazinamide under RNTCP‑DOTS center at a tertiary care hospital. The detailed history, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), color vision, fundus examination, visual field, retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, and central subfield macular thickness were carried out in all patients pretreatment and then at the 2nd month of treatment. Results: The mean age of patient was 44.87 years. Reduced visual acuity from the baseline was noted at the second in 23.33% of the right eyes (P = 0.01) and 30% of the left eyes (P < 0.01). Mean temporal RNFL thickness was significantly reduced from baseline after 2 months of treatment (P = 0.046). No significant difference was observed with color vision and visual fields pre- and post-treatment. Conclusion: The assessment of BCVA, color vision, visual field, RNFL, and macular thickness is essential at baseline and thereafter at frequent intervals to detect early ethambutol toxicity and probable reversible visual loss.
A blood-based comprehensive and systems-level analysis of disease stages, immune regulation and symptoms in COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 patients show significant clinical heterogeneity in presentation and outcomes that makes pandemic control and strategy difficult; optimising management requires a systems biology approach of understanding the disease. Here we sought to understand and infer complex system-wide changes in patients infected with coronaviruses (SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2; n=38 and 57 samples) at two different disease stages compared with healthy individuals (n=16) and patients with other infections (n=144). We applied inferential statistics/machine-learning approaches (the COVID-engine platform) to RNA profiles derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Compared to healthy individuals, an integrated blood-based gene signatures distinguished acute-like (mimicking coronavirus-infected patients with prolonged hospitalisation) from recovering-like patients. These signatures also hierarchically represented systems-level parameters associated with PBMC including dysregulated cytokines, genes, pathways, networks of pathways/concepts, immune status, and cell types. Proof-of-principle confirmatory observations included PBMC-associated increases in ACE2, cytokine storm-associated IL6, enhanced innate immunity (macrophages and neutrophils), and lower adaptive T and B cell immunity in patients with acute-like disease compared to those with recovery-like disease. Patients in the recovery-like stage had significantly enhanced TNF, IFN-g, anti-viral, HLA-DQA1, and HLA-F gene expression and cytolytic activity, and reduced pro-viral gene expression compared to those in the acute-like stage in PBMC. Besides, PBMC-derived surrogate-based approach revealed overlapping genes associated with comorbidities (associated diabetes), and disease-like symptoms (associated with thromboembolism, pneumonia, lung disease and septicaemia). Overall, our study involving PBMC-based RNA profiling may further help understand complex and variable systems-wide responses displayed by coronavirus-infected patients.
Gender and Burnout Syndrome among Health Care Workers in Ethiopia - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the association between Gender and Burn out syndrome among health care workers in Ethiopia. Previous findings on the association of gender and burn out syndrome have reported different results. We use data from four studies to do a metaanalysis. We applied the random-effects analytic model and calculated a pooled odds ratio. The odds ratios for all studies revealed no statistically significant association of Burn out syndrome with Male relative to Female (OR = 1.15; 95% CI: 0.48-2.71, Heterogeneity: TauÂ² = 0.55; ChiÂ² = 12.17, df = 3 (P = 0.007); IÂ² = 75%, Test for overall effect: Z = 0.31 (P = 0.76). The proportion of Burn out syndrome among male and female health professionals is 31.31% (578). 35.43% (302) respectively. The overall proportion of Burn out syndrome among health professionals is 32.73% (880).
Chromatographic and Tandem mass spectroscopic characterization of Ayush Kwath Churnam-an Ayurvedic immunomodulatory drug during COVID-19

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the global health crisis. There are no existing solutions to COVID 19 as yet. Ayush Kwath Churnam (AKC) is an Ayurvedic medicine promoted by Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India for the enhancement of body immunity in Covid-19 scenario and promoted many AYUSH clinics all over the country with an aim of enhancing immunity of the people to resist SARS Cov-2.Methods: In this study, chemical evaluation of AKC has been done by High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) and Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectroscopic (LC-MS) analysis. Chemical characterization of AKC was carried out by Electro Spray chemical Ionization (ESI) in both positive and negative mode using Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (Q-TOF) mass spectroscopy. Results: Data processing of molecular ions obtained by mass fragmentation led to the identification of several phytoconstituents belonging to various classes of compounds such as alkaloids, phenolics, flavonoids and isoflavones. Conclusion: The study concluded that AKC contains variety of phytochemicals with numerous biological properties like immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities.
Identification of putative miRNAs from expressed sequence tags of Gnetum gnemon L. and their cross-kingdom targets

Wild edible plants are often found to be rich sources of nutrients and medicinally beneficial compounds with pharmacological activities. Gnetum gnemon is a nutritionally important plant and a popular food source in parts of Assam and North-East India. Various microRNAs (miRNAs) have been recently identified in many plants; however, there are no records of identification of miRNAs in any species of Gnetum. The prediction of miRNA-target associations in G. gnemon is an important step to facilitate functional genomics studies in this species. In the present study, all known miRNAs from plants available in public domain were used to search for the conserved G. gnemon miRNA homologues in publicly accessible expressed sequence tags (ESTs) in NCBI database. An aggregate of 20 new potential miRNAs belonging to two diverse miRNA families (miR399 and miR5021) were identified through a homology-based search by following stringent filtering criteria. To investigate the potential cross-kingdom effects of the identified miRNAs, we further identified the putative target genes of G. gnemon miRNAs in human transcriptome and analyzed them against the NCBI non-redundant protein database. The KEGG analysis of the target genes indicated that these genes were involved in different metabolic pathways such as caffeine metabolism, drug metabolism, and nitrotoluene degradation. The target genes of G. gnemon miRNAs in humans were found to be associated with various disorders of both hereditary and non-hereditary origin. These results could help to shed new light on understanding of miRNA-mRNAs functional networks in this species and its potential use as a small RNA-based therapy against some human diseases.
An Innovative Way of Using Coherently Radiating Periodic Structures for Phased Arrays With Reduced Number of Phase Shifters

This article presents an innovative design technique for feeding phase antenna arrays using coherently radiating periodic structure (CORPS) technology for reducing the number of phase shifters (PSs) in limited-scan applications with low sidelobe level (SLL). The proposed configuration is implemented taking advantage of the phase interpolation property of a CORPS network of one layer. This configuration is built by interconnecting $2\times 3$ CORPS networks in a strategic way in order to provide a reduction in the number of PSs while maintaining the scanning capability. Experimental results and full-wave simulations based on CST Microwave Studio reveal that the proposed design technique reduces the recombination losses and generates a better phase slope with respect to the basic CORPS network providing a reduction in the number of PSs. As a novel contribution, this article provides the full antenna system design in order to analyze and study the PSs reduction performance and scanning capabilities of the proposed technique to feed linear antenna arrays. The proposed design technique provides a reduction in the number of PSs for a scanning range of ±25° in linear arrays. The array design model includes the application of the raised cosine amplitude distribution to generate a radiation pattern with minimum SLL. The linear array system was validated by experimental measurements of the full system prototype and full-wave simulations results are provided to verify the accuracy of the array model and to take mutual coupling into account. The proposed case provides a good design compromise with respect to other cases in the state of the art.
The impact of internal factors on the use of technology in higher education in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: Technology has recently become a major component of the educational field and learning process for it provides students with opportunities to learn more effectively and to operate efficiently in this age of technological advances. As academics, the use of technology in universities is transforming our work, and more specifically the way we support students in the classroom. As higher education institutions bring more technology into their classrooms, academics will in turn strive to put more technology in their students’ hands. That is, if they are prepared to do so. More importantly, ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic becomes a central and integral focus globally regardless one is associated with college or university. OBJECTIVE: This paper therefore attempts to examine the internal factors that should be taken into consideration when using technology for teaching and learning purposes in higher education in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: The study develops a number of hypotheses and a theoretical framework based on a questionnaire conducted among the faculty staff in Hail university to test the study hypotheses. RESULTS: All the study six hypotheses have been supported. The relationship among these hypotheses are clear and significant. Data analysis of this study have shown that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, computer self-efficacy, attitudes and computer anxiety have direct and substantial effect on the university teaching staff’s intention to use technology. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study will for sure assist in overcoming the problems and difficulties facing the use of ICT in higher education in Saudi Arabia, particularly those challenges which have arisen amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.