Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
SSR molecular marker analysis of the grapevine germplasm of Montenegro

Aim: Given that the information about the origin, genetic relationships, and diversity of Montenegrin grapevines is still partial, we performed a detailed analysis of the germplasm in this country using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Our main goal was to determine the identity of cultivars unique to Montenegro and those shared with other countries, especially the neighbouring ones.Methods and results: Seventy samples were collected and 14 genotypes were found. After SSR profile comparison with available molecular databases and literature data, the identity of each genotype was established. Five well-known cultivars were found, the others being minor, lesser-known cultivars.Conclusion: This research provides an overview of the Montenegrin grapevine assortment. There are cultivars shared with other countries, mainly the neighbouring ones, while others are likely native to Montenegro. The Kratosija population (alias Primitivo, Zinfandel and Crljenak Kastelanski) has a large number of different names in Montenegro and also a wide morphological variability. Therefore, Montenegro is the best candidate as the origin and spreading point of this cultivar.Significance and impact of the study: The present study adds information on the identity, origin, diffusion and variability of some grapevine cultivars, allowing us to reconstruct the history and evolution of national and transnational ampelographic assortment of Montenegro.
The Impact of Strengths-Based Assessment Education on Undergraduate Students’ Knowledge of Disorders and Mental Illness Stigma

Background: While abnormal psychology courses have traditionally focused on psychopathology, there are several benefits to adopting a strengths-based approach. Objective: This study examined the teaching of a strengths-based assessment approach (the DICE-PM Model), compared to teaching as usual, in an undergraduate abnormal psychology course. Method: Two sections of an abnormal psychology course were taught a strengths-based assessment approach while two sections were taught as usual. All participants completed measures of knowledge of psychological disorders and mental illness stigma at the beginning and end of the semester. Results: Both groups demonstrated significant improvements in knowledge of disorders and a significant decrease in mental illness stigma with the exception of one category assessed (recovery), generally with small effect sizes. Those in the strengths group, compared to the control, showed a significantly greater decrease in mental illness stigma involving anxiety related to others with mental illness, though also with a small effect. Conclusion: Findings suggest strengths-based assessment education does not compromise the instruction of psychological disorders and is equivalent to a traditional abnormal psychology course in reducing mental illness stigma. Teaching Implications: Such an approach may be beneficial early in students’ education to reduce mental illness stigma and promote comprehensive assessment practices.
Toward an agency and reactance theory of crowding: Insights from COVID‐19 and the tourism industry

Abstract In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, this article endeavors to offer expeditious insights into the impact of the global humanitarian crisis on the tourism industry from a consumer behavior perspective. To do so, this article employs the theory of crowding as an overarching theoretical lens, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) as a context to represent a global humanitarian crisis, and the rapid review approach as a method to source maiden evidence. In doing so, this article sheds light on instances of undercrowding (undertourism) and overcrowding (overtourism) in tourism as a result of COVID‐19, with interpretations enriched by agency theory and reactance theory—thereby resulting in the emergence of a new theory called the agency and reactance theory of crowding. The article concludes with pragmatic implications in light of the global humanitarian crisis.
Extending TAM to Understand Library User Acceptance of E-Books in Tanzania

This study was conducted to examine antecedents that influence acceptance of e-books in Tanzania. The study extended TAM model with accessibility, perceived cost, and technological support to develop a conceptual model that was used to examine acceptance of e-books in Tanzania. Quantitative study was conducted using self-administered questionnaire in which snowball technique was used to identify potential respondents. The questionnaires were distributed using online Google form, and 314 usable responses were collected. A multivariate data analysis technique known as structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to establish relationships between the hypothesized relationships. The findings show that perceived ease-of-use, accessibility, and technical support have significant effect on acceptance of e-books in Tanzania. Several implications that will lead to acceptance of e-books in Tanzania are provided.
CAUSALITY OF TOURISM INCOME, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN INDONESIA

Tourism sector and foreign direct investment in Indonesia are currently in a strategic position that receives a major attention from national as well as international parties. Tourism income and foreign direct investment inflows are largely believed to contribute greatly to the government income, thus increases economic growth of a country. However, the empirical findings on Indonesia are mixed. This current study contributes to the debate in the empirical literature by investigate the short-term and long-term relationship and the direction of causality between international tourism income, foreign direct investment and economic growth in Indonesia from 1995 to 2018. It provides insight into the literature by examining the national level data. Granger causality test is applied. The interesting finding is that foreign direct investment causes the increase in tourism income and the increase in the economic growth. The reverse is also applies that the tourism income attract foreign direct investment and spur economic growth. These findings support the efforts of the government, business players, and local society in promoting tourism sector in attracting foreign investment as well as promoting economic growth.
Increasing the Number Sense Understanding of Preschool Students With ASD

Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) academic skills supports their future opportunities. For example, early number sense skills are predictive of future mathematical success for all children including children with ASD. Yet, research on foundational early childhood mathematics skills of children with ASD is limited. This study used an adapted version of Number Talks to increase the number sense skills of preschool children with ASD. Number Talks is a constructivist approach that was combined with systematic instruction (i.e., system of least prompts and modeling) in this study. A multiple probe across participants design established a functional relation between using an adapted version of Number Talks and the early number sense skills of preschool children with ASD. Findings suggest using an adapted version of Number Talks can increase the early number sense skills of preschool children with ASD. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
Morphological characteristics and habitat conditions of suweg (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) around Mount Ciremai National Park, West Java, Indonesia

Abstract. Mutaqin AZ, Kurniadie D, Iskandar J, Nurzaman M, Husodo T. 2021. Morphological characteristics and habitat conditions of suweg (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) around Mount Ciremai National Park, West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 2591-2600. Indonesia is a country that has abundant biodiversity, especially the diversity of plant species. One of the plant species that widely distributed across Indonesia is Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson, or locally known as suweg. This study aims to identify morphological characteristics of A. paeoniifolius and its habitat conditions around Mount Ciremai National Park, West Java Province, Indonesia. Several stages of the exploratory survey were randomly carried out followed by purposive intensive observations. The method used to collect and analyze data is qualitative methods combined with simple measurements of quantitative technique. The results showed that suweg in the studied areas had distinctive morphological characteristics, which are different from the rest of the species from Amorphophallus genus. The plant is found in 4 types of land, namely home gardens, gardens, rice fields, and pond edges, whether with open or closed canopy conditions. The density of suweg in the study area is generally low. The climatic and edaphic conditions of suweg habitat in several study areas showed that there are a lot of similarities of conditions with other references. There are also 156 species of plants found that grow around suweg, both in the category of cultivated and wild plants. This- study enriches the existing knowledge on the botanical and ecological information of A. paeoniifolius in the context of geographical area (i.e., Ciremai National Park, West Java, Indonesia).
Ultra-long-period grating-based multi-wavelength ultrafast fiber laser [Invited]

We propose and demonstrate the cascaded multi-wavelength mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) based on ultra-long-period gratings (ULPGs) for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. Study found that the ULPG can be used as both a mode-locker for pulse shaping and a comb filter for multi-wavelength generation simultaneously. Using the dual-function of ULPG, three-, four-, five-, six-, and seven-wavelength mode-locked pulses are obtained in EDFL, seven of which are the largest number of wavelengths up to now. For the four-wavelength soliton pulses, their pulse width is about 7.8 ps. The maximum average output power and slope efficiency of these pulses are 8.4 mW and 2.03%, respectively. Besides the conventional pulses, hybrid soliton pulses composed of a four-wavelength pulse and single soliton are also observed. Finally, the effect of cavity dispersion on the multi-wavelength mode-locked pulses is also discussed. Our findings indicate that apart from common sensing and filtering, the ULPG may also possess attractive nonlinear pulse-shaping property for ultrafast photonics application.
The Impact of Online Lectures on Accounting Students' Interest in Learning

This research examines the effect of online lectures on student interest in learning. This research uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) approach, a theory that explains the perceptions of technology users, which consists of two constructs: perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. The population in this study were students majoring in accounting at the Kudus Regency College. Sampling using purposive sampling method and the number of samples of 98 respondents. The data obtained were analyzed using the PLS (partial least square) analysis technique through the smartPLS software. The study results found that online lectures had a positive and significant effect on the learning interest of accounting students in the Kudus Regency. This can be seen from the results of testing how perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use have a positive and significant value on student interest in learning.
Can better financial conditions lead to more fiscal transparency? Evidence from municipalities in California

ABSTRACT Fiscal transparency is widely promoted as an effective means to achieve government accountability. Although scholars have explored various drivers of fiscal transparency, the relationship between a government’s financial condition and fiscal transparency has received less attention. This study explores this relationship based on signalling, blame-avoidance, and resource hypotheses. Presuming that following the best practices in financial reporting leads to a higher degree of fiscal transparency, this study examines how a local government’s financial condition is associated with the probability of having a certification that represents the quality of financial reporting. Using a sample of municipalities in California from 2003 to 2015, we find that municipalities with a higher debt level and a lower fund balance ratio are more likely to pursue fiscal transparency in financial reporting.
High Levels of CO2 Exchange During Synoptic‐Scale Events Introduce Large Uncertainty Into the Arctic Carbon Budget

CO2 release from thawing permafrost is both a consequence of, and a driver for, global warming, making accurate information on the Arctic carbon cycle essential for climate predictions. Eddy covariance data obtained from Bayelva (Svalbard) in 2015, using well‐established processing and quality control techniques, indicate that most of the annual net CO2 uptake is due to high CO2 flux events in winter that are associated with strong winds and probably relate to technical limitations of the gas analyzer. Emission events may relate to either (unidentified) instrumental limitations or to physical processes such as CO2 advection. Excluding the high winter uptake events yields an annual CO2 budget close to zero; whether or not these events are included can, therefore, have a considerable effect on carbon budget calculations. Further investigation will be crucial to pinpoint the factors causing these high CO2 flux events and to derive scientifically substantiated flux processing standards.
Structure of prismatic halloysite

Abstract The crystal structure of halloysite, despite being one of the most commonly occurring clay minerals on the Earth’s surface, remains elusive. This paper reports on a multi-methodological study to shed more light on the atomic arrangement of halloysite from Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia, which has a prismatic morphology. It has been investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) and, in particular, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), to reveal its atomic structure and formation process. XRD analysis indicated a basal spacing of ca. 7.2 Å and two characteristic peaks with d = 4.28 and 4.03 Å on the tail of the 02,11 band. The halloysite grain cross sections displayed various prismatic forms, ranging from a rectangle to a regular 18-sectored polygon in SEM and TEM. The SAED pattern from a sector of the polygonal prisms with the incident beam parallel to the prism axes showed a regular one-layer oblique reciprocal lattice, similar to that of kaolinite along Yi-directions. HRTEM imaging performed with the new computer-assisted minimal-dose system and an incident beam perpendicular to the prism axis showed stacking of most dioctahedral 1:1 layers with their pseudo-mirror plane perpendicular to the prism axis and an almost random, or rather, alternating lateral stagger to the right or left from the preceding layer, which corresponds to interlayer displacements of τ+ and τ- in Zvyagin symbols, or layer displacements of t1 and t2 used to describe the stacking in kaolinite. This stacking feature explains the SAED pattern from the side of the prismatic grains and the two characteristic peaks on the tail of the 02,11 band in the XRD pattern. Based on these results, it is proposed that tubular halloysite initially forms as a hydrated one with the pseudo-mirror plane of the kaolinite layers perpendicular to the tube axis, then dehydrates with, possibly, partially hydrogen-bonded interlayers, and finally transforms to a prismatic one consisting of sectored flat layers with the complete hydrogen-bonded interlayers. During this transformation, stacking with comparable ratio and frequent alternation of τ+ and τ- is formed, to minimize morphological change of the tubes.
Temporal Lensing: An Interactive and Scalable Technique for Web3D/WebXR Applications in Cultural Heritage

Today, Web3D technologies and the rise of new standards, combined with faster browsers and better hardware integration, allow the creation of engaging and interactive web applications that target the field of cultural heritage. Functional, accessible, and expressive approaches to discovering the past starting from the present (or vice-versa) are generally a strong requirement. Cultural heritage artifacts, decorated walls, etc. can be considered as palimpsests with a stratification of different actions over time (modifications, restorations, or even reconstruction of the original artifact). The details of such an articulated cultural record can be difficult to distinguish and communicate visually, while entire archaeological sites often exhibit profound changes in terms of shape and function due to human activities over time. The web offers an incredible opportunity to present and communicate enriched 3D content using common web browsers, although it raises additional challenges. We present an interactive 4D technique called “Temporal Lensing”, which is suitable for online multi-temporal virtual environments and offers an expressive, accessible, and effective way to locally peek into the past (or into the future) by targeting interactive Web3D applications, including those leveraging recent standards, such as WebXR (immersive VR on the web). This technique extends previous approaches and presents different contributions, including (1) a volumetric, temporal, and interactive lens approach; (2) complete decoupling of the involved 3D representations from the runtime perspective; (3) a wide range applications in terms of size (from small artifacts to entire archaeological sites); (4) cross-device scalability of the interaction model (mobile devices, multi-touch screens, kiosks, and immersive VR); and (5) simplicity of use. We implemented and developed the described technique on top of an open-source framework for interactive 3D presentation of CH content on the web. We show and discuss applications and results related to three case studies, as well as integrations of the temporal lensing with different input interfaces for dynamically interacting with its parameters. We also assessed the technique within a public event where a remote web application was deployed on tablets and smartphones, without any installation required by visitors. We discuss the implications of temporal lensing, its scalability from small to large virtual contexts, and its versatility for a wide range of interactive 3D applications.
Endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome are diametric disorders

Evolutionary and comparative approaches can yield novel insights into human adaptation and disease. Endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) each affect up to 10% of women and significantly reduce the health, fertility, and quality of life of those affected. PCOS and endometriosis have yet to be considered as related to one another, although both conditions involve alterations to prenatal testosterone levels and atypical functioning of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis. Here, we propose and evaluate the novel hypothesis that endometriosis and PCOS represent extreme and diametric (opposite) outcomes of variation in HPG axis development and activity, with endometriosis mediated in notable part by low prenatal and postnatal testosterone, while PCOS is mediated by high prenatal testosterone. This diametric disorder hypothesis predicts that, for characteristics shaped by the HPG axis, including hormonal profiles, reproductive physiology, life‐history traits, and body morphology, women with PCOS and women with endometriosis will manifest opposite phenotypes. To evaluate these predictions, we review and synthesize existing evidence from developmental biology, endocrinology, physiology, life history, and epidemiology. The hypothesis of diametric phenotypes between endometriosis and PCOS is strongly supported across these diverse fields of research. Furthermore, the contrasts between endometriosis and PCOS in humans parallel differences among nonhuman animals in effects of low versus high prenatal testosterone on female reproductive traits. These findings suggest that PCOS and endometriosis represent maladaptive extremes of both female life‐history variation and expression of sexually dimorphic female reproductive traits. The diametric disorder hypothesis for endometriosis and PCOS provides novel, unifying, proximate, and evolutionary explanations for endometriosis risk, synthesizes diverse lines of research concerning the two most common female reproductive disorders, and generates future avenues of research for improving the quality of life and health of women.
Signalling in Initial Coin Offerings: The Key Role of Entrepreneurs’ Self‐efficacy and Media Presence

By analyzing data of more than 1,000 initial coin offerings (ICOs) obtained from seven different ICO information platforms, we investigate the effectiveness of signals used by entrepreneurs to foster ICO funding success. In particular, we examine the effectiveness of venture quality (human capital), level of uncertainty (entrepreneurs ’ self-ef ﬁ cacy and ambiguity reduction), and level of familiarity among potential investors (media presence). Results imply that media presence and entrepreneurs ’ self-ef ﬁ cacy are effective signals in the ICO market and thus can increase funding success. Project initiators who communicate (more actively) via social media collect more funds than those who do not. Analogously, entrepreneurs appearing self-ef ﬁ cacious with regard to the quality of their venture receive more funds.
Effects of Putrescine Foliar Spray on Nutrient Accumulation, Physiology, and Yield of Wheat

ABSTRACT The effects of putrescine was studied on the growth, physiology, and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) exposed to salinity stress. Foliar spray of putrescine at the rate of 0.24 g/l was made to plants grown in saline-sodic soil of the field and also to plants grown under axenic condition in pots. The foliar spray was made twice at 14 and 30 d after seed germination. Under salt stress, putrescine application decreased the Na accumulation concomitant with the increase in the accumulation of potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg). The putrescine-induced salt tolerance was mediated by the enhanced production of proline, stimulation in the activities of antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase and peroxidase, and modulating the endogenous level of phytohormones such that increased abscisic acid (ABA) (70%), indole acetic acid (IAA), and gibberellic acid (GA) (40–50%) were produced. It is inferred that putrescine application can be a strategy to mitigate salinity stress in plants.