Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Freshwater Invertebrate Assemblage Composition and Water Quality Assessment of an Urban Coastal Watershed in the Context of Land-Use Land-Cover and Reach-Scale Physical Habitat

Stream ecosystems provide invaluable ecosystem services but are highly impacted ecosystems in need of water quality monitoring for habitat change impacts. Freshwater macroinvertebrate (FWI) assemblages have been shown to be good indicators of water quality and are known to be vulnerable to land-use land cover (LULC) and other habitat changes. The goal of this case study was to use an existing dominant LULC analysis in the Neponset River watershed, Massachusetts, USA, as LULC sampling treatment groups to deliberately capture the influence of these LULC effects on meso-scale habitat quality, FWI assemblages, and FWI water quality indices at eight sampling reaches. To achieve this goal, we collected physical habitat measurements and FWI samples in the summers of 2010 and 2012 at eight reach-scale stations spread across four previously determined LULC sub-watershed types (forest, residential, industrial, and golf) in the watershed. We expected that LULC change would influence the habitat quality, which would influence the FWI assemblage water quality scores and composition. We also expected that the water quality at these LULC sub-watershed types would be reflected in the FWI assemblage composition. We identified five major findings from our study. Our first finding was that the habitat quality in the Neponset River watershed was somewhat degraded relative to pristine conditions. Our second finding was that our habitat characterization analysis reflected some separation of our reach-scale macrohabitat types at land-use land-cover treatment stations with some correlations with microhabitat variables. Our third finding was that the water quality base on FWI assemblages was generally degraded in reference to pristine conditions. Our fourth finding was that, contrary to our expectations, there was no significant correlation between our reach-scale EPA habitat quality scores and FWI water quality scores. Our fifth finding was that our FWI assemblage NMS showed separation of land-use land-cover sampling stations and that that low pollution-tolerant taxa dominated some of our LULC sampling treatment stations and influenced NMS groupings.
Análisis de elementos finitos estocásticos por estimaciones puntuales y expansión espectral

En este articulo se expone un metodo simple que permite estimar los momentos estadisticos de orden inferior de respuestas estructurales bajo el efecto de campos aleatorios, los cuales se discretizan en forma de elementos finitos estocasticos. El calculo de los momentos se realiza por el metodo de las estimaciones puntuales en el espacio creado por el desacoplamiento espectral de la covarianza del campo. La comparacion de los resultados con una simulacion intensa de Monte Carlo muestra que la aproximacion que se obtiene por esta via es excelente. Ademas, para su aplicacion no se requieren algoritmos de calculo diferentes de los corrientemente usados para calculo determinista, a diferencia de otras tecnicas de analisis de elementos finitos estocasticos.
Strategy to Increase Waqif Trust by Nazir Waqf Lazismu Trensains Sragen

This research is to find out what strategies are carried out by an Islamic boarding school waqf institution to maintain and increase the trust of waqif. This research is qualitative research with a literature study approach, unstructured interviews, observation, analysis using a triangulation approach. The object of this research is Lazismu Trensains located in Muhammadiyah Pesantren Sains (Trensains) Sragen City, Central Java. This study found that several strategies were carried out by nazir waqf Lazismu Trensains to increase the trust of waqif, one of which was a transparent reporting system, intensely building active communication with donors and creating an online waqf platform, namely sedekahanaja.id which made it easier for waqifs to waqf. This study only explores the nazir strategy in Lazismu Trensains which is based on Islamic boarding school. There is no research that discusses the strategy of increasing waqif trust by nazir waqf in Muhammadiyah Islamic boarding school.
Coupling of electrons and inertial Alfven waves in the topside ionosphere

A one‐dimensional kinetic model is constructed to simulate the electron acceleration by inertial Alfven waves. The electrons are divided into cold and hot electrons and treated separately. Cold components are described by the fluid equation and hot ones by the Vlasov equation, both carrying field‐aligned currents. Intense variation of Alfven speed has been introduced by inclusion of cold electrons. The model results show that the exponential decrease of the plasma density plays a key role, which leads to the sharp gradient of both Alfven velocity and electron inertial length. When Alfven waves encounter this sharp gradient at lower altitudes, the electrons accelerated by the waves become super‐Alfvenic, and the width of burst structures becomes much wider than the electron inertial length. Consequently, the background electrons carry the oppositely field‐aligned current due to plasma oscillation. It is demonstrated that the current carried by the electrons exceeding the wavefront is balanced by the reverse current carried by background electrons. This mechanism can be used to reasonably explain observations of the electron bursts accompanied by little net field‐aligned current. Furthermore, our simulation indicates another type of Alfven wave reflection due to mirror force and wave‐particle interaction.
Factors influencing financial literacy of the poor in rural areas: Empirical research with the case of Vietnam

This paper aims to investigate the impact levels of factors on the financial literacy of the poor in a rural area, using as a case an emerging country such as Vietnam. Qualitative and quantitative methods have been employed with primary data from 512 questionnaire respondents and 12-expert in-depth interviews. The result has shown that internal factors, including financial knowledge, financial behavior and financial attitude, are the reflective models affecting financial literacy, in which knowledge about savings and financial investment has the most significant influence. The study also tested that, among demographic factors, age, income, and education level positively impact financial literacy, while gender has no significant effect. Based on the findings, recommendations are proposed to shape the saving habits of the poor in rural areas and form financial attitude and financial behavior.
The Expression of Follistatin-like 1 Protein Is Associated with the Activation of the EMT Program in Sjögren’s Syndrome

Background: The activation of the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) program is a pathological response of the Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) salivary glands epithelial cells (SGEC) to chronic inflammation. Follistatin-like 1 protein (FSTL1) is a secreted glycoprotein induced by transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), actively involved in the modulation of EMT. However, the role of FSTL1 in the EMT program activation in SS has not yet been investigated. Methods: TGF-β1-stimulated healthy human SGEC, SS SGEC, and SS salivary glands (SGs) biopsies were used to assess the effect of FSTL1 on the activation of the EMT program. FSTL1 gene activity was inhibited by the siRNA gene knockdown technique. Results: Here we reported that FSTL1 is up-regulated in SS SGs tissue in a correlated manner with the inflammatory grade. Blockage of FSTL1 gene expression by siRNA negatively modulates the TGF-β1-induced EMT program in vitro. We discovered that these actions were mediated through the modulation of the SMAD2/3-dependent EMT signaling pathway. Conclusions: Our data suggest that the TGF-β1-FSTL1-SMAD2/3 regulatory circuit plays a key role in the regulation of EMT in SS and targeting FSTL1 may be a strategy for the treatment of SGs EMT-dependent fibrosis.
Nanotechnology Meets Oncology: A Perspective on the Role of the Personalized Nanoparticle-Protein Corona in the Development of Technologies for Pancreatic Cancer Detection

In recent years nanotechnology has opened exciting opportunities in the struggle against cancer. In 2007 Dawson and coworkers demonstrated that nanomaterials exposed to biological fluids are coated with plasma proteins that form the so-called “protein corona”. A few years later our joint research team made of physicists, chemists, biotechnologists, surgeons, oncologists, and bioinformaticians introduced the concept of “personalized protein corona” and demonstrated that it is unique for each human condition. This concept paved the way for the development of nano-enabled blood (NEB) tests for the diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). These studies gave an impetus to serious work in the field that came to maturity in the late 2010s. In this special issue, we provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the most significant discoveries of our research team in the field of PDAC detection. We focus on the main achievements with an emphasis on the fundamental aspects of this arena and how they shaped the integration of different scientific backgrounds towards the development of advanced diagnostic technologies. We conclude the review by outlining future perspectives and opportunities to transform the NEB tests into a reliable clinical diagnostic technology for early diagnosis, follow-up, and management of PDAC patients.
Morpho-cuticular study of Glossopteris stenoneura Feistmantel from the Barakar Formation of Raniganj Coalfield, West Bengal

The morphological and cuticular features of well-preserved leaves of Glossopteris stenoneura Feistmantel collected from Barakar Formation of Churulia area, Raniganj Coalfield are analyzed. The study indicates that spathulate shaped leaves are distinct in having narrow-elongate trapezoidal meshes near the midrib and short, narrow meshes near the margin of leaves. Cuticle is amphistomatic, the surface of upper cuticle characteristically shows fine striations over the vein area. Stomata are anomocytic, ovalelongate with cutinized guard cells. Subsidiary cells of lower cuticle demonstrate papillae overhanging stomata.
Moving boredom from problem to opportunity: A psychoanalytic perspective on workplace boredom and identity in organizations

The study develops novel perspectives on workplace boredom by investigating how conscious and unconscious aspects of identity work drive responses to it. Based on a psychoanalytic, specifically Lacanian, analysis of 56 narratives in which individuals recount their experience with boredom at work, it explores why boredom is so often portrayed as dysfunctional. The study also examines why it is important to understand and strengthen boredom’s more functional aspects. Specifically, the study advances the idea that boredom offers discursive resources to construct identities in more or less empowering ways with the potential for returning us to the creative possibilities inherent in each lived moment. Implications of this perspective are discussed.
SOIL SALINITY AND FERTILIZATION INFLUENCES ON Fe AND Mn UPTAKED BY OIL SEED RAPE

Two field experiments were performed at EL-Serw Agricultural Research Governorate, Egypt, during 1997-98 and 1998-99 growing seasons, to study the influence of phosphorus fertilizer applied in two rates, 15 and 30 kg P 2 O 5 /fed. and soil additions of chelating iron and manganese at the rate of 2 kg elements/fed. On the yield, yield components as well as both Fe and Mn uptakes of seeds and straw at maturing stage of oil seed rape plant (Brassica Napus L.) grown on soils differ in their natural salinity levels (EC of soil extracts were 1.4-1.9, 4.6-4.8 and 9.1-9.8 ds/m). The obtained results showed that increasing soil salinity levels induced a significant decrease in 1000 seeds weight, seed and straw yields per feddan, oil yield as well as both Fe and Mn uptakes of seeds and straw at maturity stage. Results showed that increasing phosphorus application rate up to 30 kg P 2 O 5 /fed. caused significant increases in 1000 seeds weight, seed, straw and oil yield. Also, Mn uptakes of seeds and straw were increased, while Fe uptake of seeds and straw was significantly decreased with increasing phosphorus application rate in the two seasons. The obtained results showed that the highest values of Fe uptakes of seeds and straw were obtained at the addition of chelating Fe, while the lowest values were obtained at the addition of Mn fertilizer alone. Also, the highest values of Mn uptake were obtained at the addition of chelating Mn, while the lowest values were obtained from applying chelating Fe alone.
Virtual Learning in Indonesia's First Secondary School: To Anticipate Learning Loss

Some research results state that the impact of implementing learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is in the form of online learning, one of which is learning loss. The purpose of the study is to provide notes on online learning in Indonesia that in addition to focusing on learning, one must also be able to anticipate learning loss. This study uses a literature study method by selecting various research articles that are in accordance with the research study. The results of the research state that indeed online learning will have an impact in the form of learning loss and in this research it also provides solutions in resolving learning loss through more intense communication from teachers and parents and maximizing teacher activities in learning so that they can anticipate learning loss so as to achieve learning goals. such as: online learning using a platform that is student-friendly and comfortable to use by students so that students can study at home to the maximum and parental control must always be done because learning takes place at home. The results of this study are expected to be able to anticipate learning loss, inspire parents and teachers to be able to take the importance of online learning for students.
Dynamics of the Transient Negative Eddy Response to Zonal-Mean Zonal Wind Variations

Many studies have focused on the long-term positive feedback between Annular Mode zonal wind (U) perturbations and the eddy momentum fluxes (M). Lagged correlation analysis between U and M anomalies, however, shows that a transient period of negative eddy forcing follows the peak in zonal wind anomalies. This negative forcing is more ubiquitous than the positive feedback because it occurs for all U EOFs not just EOF1. It has been hypothesized that this response is either (1) an intrinsic feature of the eddies independent of the U or (2) caused by U induced changes in Rossby wave reflection. Here it is shown that the response can be reproduced in a GCM by imposing a rapid change in U, and therefore mechanism (1) does not appear to be relevant. Furthermore, the transient response can be generated in a model when there are no turning latitudes, and therefore mechanism (2) does not appear to be relevant. Instead it is shown that the transient response is due to the adjustment of a preexisting eddy field to a change in the background wind. This transient effect is negative when the meridional scale of the U change is small enough compared to the waves, and vice versa. The sign of the initial response depends on the relative size of advection by U versus retrogression by the background vorticity gradient on the meridional tilt of the Rossby waves. Finally it is shown that this transient response has a large damping effect on U variability.
Neurofeedback for the Education of Children with ADHD and Specific Learning Disorders: A Review

Neurofeedback (NF) is a type of biofeedback in which an individual’s brain activity is measured and presented to them to support self-regulation of ongoing brain oscillations and achieve specific behavioral and neurophysiological outcomes. NF training induces changes in neurophysiological circuits that are associated with behavioral changes. Recent evidence suggests that the NF technique can be used to train electrical brain activity and facilitate learning among children with learning disorders. Toward this aim, this review first presents a generalized model for NF systems, and then studies involving NF training for children with disorders such as dyslexia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and other specific learning disorders such as dyscalculia and dysgraphia are reviewed. The discussion elaborates on the potential for translational applications of NF in educational and learning settings with details. This review also addresses some issues concerning the role of NF in education, and it concludes with some solutions and future directions. In order to provide the best learning environment for children with ADHD and other learning disorders, it is critical to better understand the role of NF in educational settings. The review provides the potential challenges of the current systems to aid in highlighting the issues undermining the efficacy of current systems and identifying solutions to address them. The review focuses on the use of NF technology in education for the development of adaptive teaching methods and the best learning environment for children with learning disabilities.
Palynological studies in the Lower Siwalik sediments of Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, India

The present study highlights for the first time recovery of the Lower Siwalik palynoassemblage comprising algal, fungal, pteridophytic spores, gymnosperms and angiosperm pollen from an exposed section on Nahan-Ponta Saheb Road, Himachal Pradesh. The qualitative and quantitative analysis revealed that the algal and fungal spores are dominated by angiosperms, followed by pteridophytes and gymnosperms. The angiosperms show their maximum percentage in the total assemblage. Algal remains are feeble in number. The important taxa recovered are: Psiloschizosporis microreticulatus sp. nov., Notothyrites sp. , Lacrimasporonites barrelicus sp. nov, Lygodiumsporites lakiensis Saxena, Polypodiisporites perverrucatus Nandi, Crassoretitriletes vanraadshooveni Germeraad et al., Todisporites kutchensis Sah & Kar, Pinuspollenites crestus Kar, Araucariacites sp. , Podocarpidites ruminatus sp. nov., Palmaepollenites kutchensis Venkatachala & Kar, Palmidites naviculus Kar & Saxena, Palaeomalvaceaepollis mammilatus Kar, Retimonosulcites circularis sp. nov., Retitribrevicolporites nahanensis sp. nov., Ligulifloraedites pilatus Kar, Pseudonothofagidites kutchensis Kar, Meliapollis quadrangularis (Ramanujam) Sah & Kar. On the basis of their affinities with modern equivalents, a humid tropical to subtropical climate has been indicated encompassing some fresh water bodies during the deposition of these sediments in this area. The gymnospermous taxa (cf. Pinus, Podocarpus and Araucaria) were possibly derived from uplands of nearby area.
Green banking practices: The impact of internet banking on bank profitability in Egypt

This is the first study to use a quantitative approach in examining the impact of internet banking implementation as a green banking practice on bank profitability in Egypt. Moreover, it is the first global study to differentiate the impact between basic and advanced transactional internet banking on bank profitability. A total of 20 banks operating in Egypt were sampled over two time periods: 2009–2018 and 2014–2018. Random effects generalized least squares (GLS) regression analysis and nonparametric analysis were used. Findings indicate that advanced transactional internet banking, as a green banking practice that contributes to the Egyptian sustainable development strategy (SDS), significantly impacts bank profitability after three or more years of implementation. This study’s results are consistent with the findings of other comparable research conducted in developed markets. The findings of this study provide practical implications for managers and policymakers.
The Occurrence of CSN1S1 E Allele on Saanen Goat Population at BBPTU-HPT Baturraden

The CSN1S1 gene is expressed as the milk alpha S1 casein which is valuable for cheese making. Allele E is a mutation of this gene, which is correlated with low quantity of expressed protein. This study aimed to identify the occurrence of CSN1S1 E allele on the Saanen population at BBPTU-HPT Baturraden. Blood samples of 45 does were drawn, followed by DNA isolation using the column spin method. The identification of E allele was carried out by Allele Specific Polymerase Chain Reactions (AS-PCR) with forward primer 5-TCAGGAGCAGTGGGTATGTG-3 and reverse 5-CCTCCCAATGGAATAATGACA-3. Allele E was found as heterozygote genotype with non-E allele in 28 out of 45 samples. This means that F allele frequency was 0.31 and 0.6 for non-E allele. There was no significant difference of milk protein in both groups. In summary, E allele was found in the Saanen goat population in BBPTU HPT Baturraden with no effect on milk protein production. Keywords: Saanen, CSN1S1, milk, goats, protein.
Underlying assumptions of public service motivation: a view from the developing world

ABSTRACT Based on a qualitative study of public service motivation (PSM) among public employees in Pakistan, the authors formulate a model of contextual factors influencing public-service-motivated behaviours. Through an analysis of 36 interviews, the research finds that because of their different cultural background Pakistan public employees did not identify with the principal motivational structure generally associated with PSM. While Pakistan public employees exhibited empathy and compassion, they did not relate them to public service. The antecedents for these motives were primarily their Islam religion. Employees showed inclinations for the pursuit of power, job security, and implicit opportunities for corruption as motives for seeking public employment. The contextual factors not only directly influenced employees’ behaviours more strongly than PSM, but they also tended to undermine the effect of PSM as a strong influencer for employees to think of serving society at large. The authors conclude that assumptions about PSM in a developing country such as Pakistan are not irrational but are embedded in local rationalities that admittedly countervail the ethical foundations of public service. These local rationalities seem widely accepted among public employees in Pakistan. The findings of the study can be related to other developing countries, particularly South Asian countries.
Covariant Representations of C*-algebras and their Compact Automorphism Groups

Let G be a compact group. Let (X,G) be a standard Borel G-measure space. We show that the group action on (X, G) is transitive if and only if it is ergodic. Using this result, we show that every irreducible covariant representation of a C*-dynamical system (A, G) is induced from a stability group. In addition, we show that (A, G) satisfies strong-EHI.