Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EDUCATIONAL BRANDING IN PRIVATE SPANISH UNIVERSITIES: BUILDING BRANDS THAT THE PUBLIC FALL IN LOVE WITH

This research was carried out to examine the role of university brand capital in Spanish private universities. To get the aim, an empirical study is carried out with a quantitative sample of 993 valid responses from different agents involved (343 lecturers, 164 service staff and 486 students). The results obtained show the impact of each of the variables of brand capital at the educational level and, in particular, the importance of building brand image to maximize the perception of brand capital in Spanish private universities. At the same time, there are significant differences in perception among the different university agents involved, being the service staff the highest average in all variables, such as: (1) brand awareness, (2) brand image, (3) perceived quality and (4) brand loyalty.
Decoding dynamic implicit and explicit representations of facial expressions of emotion from EEG

Faces transmit a wealth of important social signals. While previous studies have elucidated the network of cortical regions important for perception of facial expression, and the associated temporal components such as the P100, N170 and EPN, it is still unclear how task constraints may shape the representation of facial expression (or other face categories) in these networks. In the present experiment, we investigate the neural information available across time about two important face categories (expression and identity) when those categories are either perceived under explicit (e.g. decoding emotion when task is on emotion) or implicit task contexts (e.g. decoding emotion when task is on identity). Decoding of both face categories, across both task contexts, peaked in a 100-200ms time-window post-stimulus (across posterior electrodes). Peak decoding of expression, however, was not affected by task context whereas peak decoding of identity was significantly reduced under implicit processing conditions. In addition, errors in EEG decoding correlated with errors in behavioral categorization under explicit processing for both expression and identity, but only with implicit decoding of expression. Despite these differences, decoding time-courses and the spatial pattern of informative electrodes differed consistently for both tasks across explicit Vs implicit face processing. Finally our results show that information about both face identity and facial expression is available around the N170 time-window on lateral occipito-temporal sites. Taken together, these results reveal differences and commonalities in the processing of face categories under explicit Vs implicit task contexts and suggest that facial expressions are processed to a richer degree even under implicit processing conditions, consistent with prior work indicating the relative automaticity by which emotion is processed. Our work further demonstrates the utility in applying multivariate decoding analyses to EEG for revealing the dynamics of face perception.
İlköğretim Programlarının BM2030 Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Hedefleri Açısından İncelenmesi

Bu calismada 2018-2019 egitim-ogretim yilindan itibaren uygulanan ilkogretim programlarinin Birlesmis Milletler (BM) 2030 surdurulebilir kalkinma hedefleri ile ne kadar uyumlu oldugunun ortaya cikarilmasi amaclanmistir. Calismada dokuman inceleme yontemi kullanilmistir. 2018-2019 Ilkogretim programlarinin incelenmesi ile ulasilan veriler, icerik analizine tabi tutulmustur. 2018-2019 ogretim programlari, BM 2030 surdurulebilir kalkinma hedefleri acisindan incelendiginde; zorunlu derslerden Hayat Bilgisi, Fen Bilimleri, Sosyal Bilgiler, Inkilâp Tarihi ve Ataturkculuk derslerinin bazi kazanimlarinin, bazi surdurulebilir kalkinma hedefleri ile uyumlu oldugu tespit edilmistir.
Growth and yield of soybean as influenced by nitrogen and growth regulators.

Field experiment was conducted at Millet breeding station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, during kharif, 2007 to find out the effect of N and growth regulators on the growth and yield of soybean. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design replicated thrice. The combinations of three N levels viz., 20kg N ha-1 , 30 kg N ha-1 and 40 kg N ha-1 as basal and three growth regulators viz., Salicylic acid @ 100 ppm, Ethrel @ 100 ppm and Chlormequat chloride @ 200 ppm were the treatments tried. The results of the experiment indicated that application of N @ 20 kg/ha as basal and foliar spraying of salicylic acid @100 ppm recorded significantly better growth, yield parameters and grain yield.
Variation in morphological traits of a selection of Indonesian winged bean accessions (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) and its analysis to assess genetic diversity among accessions

Abstract. Yulianah I, Waluyo B, Ashari S, Kuswanto. 2020. Variation in morphological traits of a selection of Indonesian winged bean accessions (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) and its analysis to assess genetic diversity among accessions. Biodiversitas 21: 2991-3000. In Indonesia, winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC. ) is a traditional vegetable crop grown mainly for its edible green pods. Plant breeding programs aim to produce cultivars with high production and good nutritional qualities. The objective of this present study was to assess genetic diversity among 21 selected Indonesian winged bean lines based on observation of morphological characters. This was the first step in determining an appropriate breeding program for the development of improved vegetable cultivars. Twelve qualitative characters and eight quantitative variables were assessed for each of the 21 lines. Categorical differences among lines were observed in characters such as leaflet, pod and seed shape, pod surface texture, anthocyanin pigmentation of stem, flowers and pods. Several of these characters are useful as genetic markers, and cluster analysis of the 21 lines on the basis of qualitative characters enabled two distinct groupings to be identified. Quantitative variation across line means was also high for several of the quantitative variables (a coefficient of variation > 25% for pod length, number of pods per plant, and total pod weight per plant). Principal component analysis applied to the eight variables accounted for 86% of the total variation in just three components with eigenvalues > 1. On Component 1, the characters number of days to first open flower, pod length and pod weight were closely aligned with total weight of pods per plant. Number of pods per plant was not closely aligned with weight of pods per plant. This study has enabled broad differences between groups of lines to be categorized and has identified particular lines with characteristics that recommend them for inclusion as parents in inheritance studies designed to elucidate the contribution that individual characters make to overall productivity, attractiveness, and nutrition of this useful, high protein, vegetable species.
Chairside computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/ CAM)-based restoration of anterior teeth with customized shade and surface characterization: a report of 2 cases

the of chairside computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) systems has become increasingly popular in dentistry. Although CAD/CAM restorations have been used in the anterior dentition, satisfying the esthetic requirements of clinicians and patients, where the restorations are limited to the chairside, remains a challenge. To reproduce multi-shades of CAD/CAM restorations in the clinic, a preliminary experiment to express several shades on A2 lithium disilicate (LS2) blocks using a staining kit was performed. After measurement of the CIE L*a*b* value of specimens, it was compared with that of the commercial shade guide. This report presents two cases with individual customization of shade and surface characterization of the CAD/CAM restorations using predictable methods based on the preliminary experimental data. The anatomical shape of restoration was obtained from ‘copy and paste technique’ and ‘mirror image acquisition technique’. All treatment procedures and fabrication of restorations performed in this report were executed in the clinic itself. (J Dent Rehabil Appl Sci 2020;36(2):128-37)
Socio-Economic Status of Parents as Predictor of Achievement Motivation of Students of Covenant University Ota, Ogun State

The research investigated the socio-economic status of parents as predictor of achievement motivation of students of Covenant University Ota, Ogun State. Data for the study were collected using an adapted version of Achievement Motivation Scale Questionnaire by Atkinson & McClelland. Stratified random sampling technique was used for selecting the sample. The sample consists of 300 students from 3 colleges in the university. Two null hypotheses were raised and tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Findings indicated that there is a significant correlation between parents' income and achievement motivation and also, a significant relationship between parents' type of accommodation and achievement motivation of the students. The null hypotheses raised were rejected which contradicts popular assumptions that students from higher socio-economic status have higher achievement motivation. Based on the findings, the study recommends that further research be carried out to determine the likely factors that may be responsible for low achievement motivation among students of high socio-economic background. Key-words: Achievement-motivation, parents, predictor, socio-economic status,
Surface states of carbon dots and their influences on luminescence

Luminescent carbon dots (CDs) have received increasing attention from many fields during the past decade. Unfortunately, the luminescent mechanisms of CDs remain unclear due to insufficient experimental and theoretical knowledge, which significantly hinders the development of CDs with desired optical properties. Currently, surface states of CDs, which are based on synergistic hybridization between the carbon backbones and the connected functional groups, have been considered as the dominant luminescence origins. This tutorial paper, thus, aims to offer an overview of the key features on the surface of CDs, such as particle size, surface functional groups, defects and heteroatom doping, and their influences on the photoluminescence of CDs. In addition, optical characteristics of surface state-derived luminescence emissions of CDs are also summarized. Finally, the potential approaches of characterizing surface states of CDs are introduced, followed by an outlook of synthesizing high-quality CDs through modulation of the surface states.
Mécanismes et conséquences évolutives de la dominance au locus d'auto-incompatibilité chez Arabidopsis

La dominance entre alleles S chez les Brassicaceae est controlee par un ensemble de petits ARNs non codants et de leurs sequences cibles. Les relations de dominance qu'ils etablissent ont un ensemble de consequences sur l'accumulation du polymorphisme au locus S lui-meme mais egalement dans les regions immediatement liees. L'idee du projet a ete d'etudier 1) les criteres d'appariement selon lesquels les petits ARNs non-codants provoquent le silencing transcriptionnel, 2) la diversite des petits ARNs, de leurs precurseurs et de leurs cibles en populations naturelles afin de determiner si les contraintes fonctionnelles qu'ils subissent s'apparentent a celles qui pesent en general sur les miRNAs et enfin 3) la diversite des sequences flanquantes, afin de determiner d'une part l'ampleur du pic de polymorphisme attendu en raison de la selection balancee et d'autre part si on peut detecter un fardeau de mutations deleteres specifique a chaque allele le long de la hierarchie de dominance.
Responses to the COVID-19 crisis in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus

ABSTRACT Russia, Ukraine and Belarus are good comparators sharing a common Soviet past, similar cultures and religions, while in the COVID-19 crisis they have pursued quite different policies. Belarus has denied the pandemic and undertaken no measures. Russia played down the epidemic for a long time and then undertook half-hearted and incoherent measures. Ukraine feared the virus and carried out an early and strict quarantine in a centralized policy. While testing has been sparse until recently and death tolls remain uncertain, Belarus and Russia appear to have done poorly in terms of health, while Ukraine has so far done much better. It is too early to judge the economic outcomes.
Association of increased Fecal Calprotectin levels with hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous peritonitis in Egyptian cirrhotic patients

Aim: to investigate fecal calprotectin concentrations in Egyptian HCV related cirrhotic patients and recognize the relationship between these concentrations and liver cirrhosis complications as hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). Materials and Methods: This was a case-control observational study, fecal calprotectin levels were checked in 100 subjects by ELISA kits; 25 cirrhotic patients experienced HE, 25 cirrhotic patients experienced SBP, 25 cirrhotic patients without previous HE or SBP episodes in addition to 25 healthy subjects served as a control group. ROC curve analysis was used to detect the cutoff value which predicts these complications. Results: Fecal calprotectin levels were significantly elevated in cirrhotic patients and correlated with the severity of liver disease (r=0.64, P=0.0001) . Median fecal calprotectin concentrations were significantly (P=0.001) higher in HE and SBP groups than noncomplicated cirrhotic group (382.3, 358.8, 239.7mg/kg respectively) . Despite that Fecal concentrations were decreased following recovery from HE, these concentrations remained significantly higher in comparison to patients without previous HE episode (292.3 versus 239.7mg/kg, P=0.04) , in addition, levels were more significant in patients with ascites (P=0.003) . ROC curve revealed that fecal calprotectin concentrations over 292.7 and 292.2mg/kg could predict patients with HE and SBP respectively, with high sensitivity and specificity. Conclusion: Fecal Calprotectin has clinical value in patients with encephalopathy and SBP. Levels over 292 mg/kg may be used as a biological risk marker for SBP and HE development in Egyptian HCV related cirrhotic patients; however, further large-scale studies are needed. Keywords: hepatic encephalopathy, ascites, cirrhosis, peritonitis, calprotectin.
Impact resistance and failure mechanism of 3D printed continuous fiber-reinforced cellular composites

Abstract The present research investigated previously unexplored attributes of 3D printed continuous fiberglass reinforced Nylon composites, Drop-weight and pendulum (Charpy and Izod) impact resistance including their failure mechanisms with a view to assessing their suitability for prospective high-performance applications such as aerospace, automobile and building industries. The composites were printed with different cellular structures (triangular, hexagonal, rectangular and solid) and three distinct fiber orientations (0/0/0/0, 0/90/0/90 and 0/45/90/-45). Results of the impact assessment of the developed composites exhibited substantial performance when compared to traditional 3D orthogonal plain-woven composites indicating 3D printing process as a promising composite fabrication technology. The effect of fiber orientation was very dominant towards dictating mechanical properties; cross-lay samples (0/90/0/90) absorbed the highest Drop-weigh impact energy followed by quasi-isotropic (0/45/90/-45) and unidirectional (0/0/0/0) composites, while the highest pendulum impact energy was showed by unidirectional composites, followed by cross-lay and quasi-isotropic samples. Incorporation of cellular structure had some effect on the properties measured and composite weight reduction; however, relative contribution of different structures was confounding associating a lot of factors that warn further research.
Crossing back over the Rubicon: Collectivistic value orientation and independent self-concept jointly promote effective goal revision in task groups

When the ultimate goal of the group is found to be unattainable via the chosen means (i.e., a subgoal), effective goal management requires group members to disengage from that failing subgoal and reengage with a feasible alternative. The present study investigated the combined role of group members’ value orientation and their self-concept in collective goal revision in task groups. In a laboratory experiment involving 55 three-person groups, we induced either a collectivistic or individualistic value orientation and made salient either an independent or interdependent self-concept. As expected, groups that combined a collectivistic value orientation and an independent self-concept were less likely to be entrapped in a failing subgoal and more likely to reengage with the ultimate group goal via an available alternative. Also as expected, this effect was mediated by the degree of goal-related reflection among the members during group interaction. Implications of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.
Corporate Social Responsibility and its Nexus with Firm Performance and Institutional Ownership: An Emerging Market Context

Either corporate social responsibility (CSR) is paramount for the firms or not, is a matter of question since long. The present study analyzes this relationship in the context of moderating role of Institutional ownership (IO). Firm performance is measured through accounting and market value measures. Leverage, firm age, firm size, and log of sales revenue used as a control variables. Through applying panel data techniques, findings demonstrate insignificant positive association between CSR and firm performance. It shows that stakeholder could not assign value to firms spending as a CSR. This could be the reason that customers are not much aware about firms CSR activities hence, firms fail to capitalize their spending as an investment. Institutional Ownership (IO) reveals negative insignificant association with all profitability measures except Tobin’s Q where this relationship is significant. This significant negative relationship supports the agency theory and presence of strategic alliance hypotheses between influential institutional owners and internal management that leads to lower firm performance. The interaction variable of CSR and IO show positive but insignificant relationship with firm performance by all means.
Evaluation of explants for in vitro propagation of Citrus indica Tanaka - An Endangered Species

Of the five explants viz., shoot tip, nodal segment, leaf disc, cotyledon and root tip excised from exegenic seedlings of Citrus indica Tanaka shoot tip cultured in MS supplemented with 0.5 mg/l of BAP generated shoots within 4.74 days, exhibiting highest percentage of response (85.82%) with highest number of shoots (8.9) and shoot length (3.04 cm). On the other hand nodal segment cultured in MS supplemented with 1.0 mg/l BAP showed 80% response in 5.16 days with a shoot number of 5.41 and shoot length of 2.43 cm. Cotyledon explants inoculated on MS supplemented with1.0 mg/l of TDZ produced shoots in 20 days with the highest response of 69.88%, with 3.77 shoots per cotyledon and shoot length of 2.03cm. Viable callus was obtained from leaf disc cultured on half strength MS medium with less Ca++ with 2, 4-D 0.5 mg/l + Kn 0.25 mg/l. This callus when inoculated on half strength MS medium with Kn 1.5 mg/l showed highest shoot bud proliferation of 66.66% with 10.06 shoots per callus. Root tip explant failed to produce any shoots. In vitro raised shoots of Citrus indica when cultured on half strength MS medium supplemented with NAA (1.0 mg/l) showed 80 % rooting in 5.66 days, with highest number of roots (6.16 per shoot) and longest root (3.78cm). Ninety per cent of in vitro rooted plantlets of Citrus indica survived in open conditions. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 30(1): 87-96, 2020 (June)
Rectifying Supporting Regions With Mixed and Active Supervision for Rib Fracture Recognition

Automatic rib fracture recognition from chest X-ray images is clinically important yet challenging due to weak saliency of fractures. Weakly Supervised Learning (WSL) models recognize fractures by learning from large-scale image-level labels. In WSL, Class Activation Maps (CAMs) are considered to provide spatial interpretations on classification decisions. However, the high-responding regions, namely Supporting Regions of CAMs may erroneously lock to regions irrelevant to fractures, which thereby raises concerns on the reliability of WSL models for clinical applications. Currently available Mixed Supervised Learning (MSL) models utilize object-level labels to assist fitting WSL-derived CAMs. However, as a prerequisite of MSL, the large quantity of precisely delineated labels is rarely available for rib fracture tasks. To address these problems, this paper proposes a novel MSL framework. Firstly, by embedding the adversarial classification learning into WSL frameworks, the proposed Biased Correlation Decoupling and Instance Separation Enhancing strategies guide CAMs to true fractures indirectly. The CAM guidance is insensitive to shape and size variations of object descriptions, thereby enables robust learning from bounding boxes. Secondly, to further minimize annotation cost in MSL, a CAM-based Active Learning strategy is proposed to recognize and annotate samples whose Supporting Regions cannot be confidently localized. Consequently, the quantity demand of object-level labels can be reduced without compromising the performance. Over a chest X-ray rib-fracture dataset of 10966 images, the experimental results show that our method produces rational Supporting Regions to interpret its classification decisions and outperforms competing methods at an expense of annotating 20% of the positive samples with bounding boxes.
Ultrastructural Remodeling of the Neurovascular Unit in the Female Diabetic db/db Model—Part III: Oligodendrocyte and Myelin

Obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus are associated with diabetic cognopathy. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that neurovascular unit(s) (NVU), oligodendrocytes, and myelin within cerebral cortical grey matter and deeper transitional zone regions between the cortical grey matter and white matter may be abnormal. The monogenic (Leprdb) female diabetic db/db [BKS.CgDock7m +/+ Leprdb/J] (DBC) mouse model was utilized for this ultrastructural study. Upon sacrifice (20 weeks of age), left-brain hemispheres of the DBC and age-matched non-diabetic wild type control C57BL/KsJ (CKC) mice were immediately immersion-fixed. We found prominent remodeling of oligodendrocytes with increased nuclear chromatin condensation and volume and increased numbers of active myelination sites of the cytoplasm in transition zones. Marked dysmyelination with outer myelin lamellae sheath splitting, separation, and ballooning with aberrant mitochondria in grey matter and similar myelin remodeling changes with marked disarray with additional axonal collapse in transitional zones in DBC as compared to CKC models.