Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Constitutive and Inducible Clindamycin Resistance Frequencies among Staphylococcus sp. Coagulase Negative Isolates in Al-Basrah Governorate, Iraq

1 Abstract Background: Antibiotics called macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin B (MLS B ) are being used to treat staphylococci infections. Multiple pathways that impart resistance to MLS B antibiotics have been confirmed to cause clinical failure. The present work aimed to determine the frequency of constitutive and inducible clindamycin resistant among coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) isolates of different clinical samples in Al-Basrah governorate, Iraq. Methods: The 28 CoNS, traditional techniques and the Vitek®2 system were used to identify the isolates. The disk diffusion technique was used to detect methicillin resistance and antibiotic sensitivity patterns via cefoxitin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, amikacin, teicoplanin, linezolid, doxycycline and vancomycin disks. Erythromycin and clindamycin antibiotic disks was used to detect the inducible and constitutive clindamycin resistance as well as a D-test according to CLSI guidelines. Results: Among 28 CoNS isolated, the Staphylococcus aureus 11(39.29%), Staphylococcus epidermidis 7(25 %), Staphylococcus haemolyticus 4(14.29%) and Staphylococcus saprophyticus 3 (10.71%) were predominant isolated species. Out of 28 CoNS isolates, 15(53.57%) were methicillin resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (MRCoNS) isolates and 13(46.43%) were methicillin sensitive coagulase-negative staphylococci (MSCoNS) isolates. The 15(53.57%) isolates out of 28 CoNS, showed erythromycin resistance while 6(40%) isolates out of 15 CoNS, showed inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (iMLS B ) and 2(13.3%) of CONS isolated showed constitutive macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (cMLS B ). Conclusions: In order to achive the best result in choosing the suitable treatment and avoiding the loses the money and time, it is better to use the D-test for inducible clindamycin resistance in the daily routine work of antibiotic susceptibility testing in hospital and private clinical
THE DEIXIS USED IN THE SONG LYRICS PERFORMED BY KOREAN BOY GROUP BTS

This study aimed to investigate the deixis types used in BTS‟ English song lyrics and find out the dominant type which was frequently used. Song lyrics were chosen as the focus of this study since they involved the singers‟ feelings and emotions presented by some expressions related to human thoughts, ideas, and opinions. The theories from Levinson (1983) and Yule (1996) and were used to analyze the data. Descriptive qualitative in the form of document analysis was implemented in this study. The results found that there are five types of deixis found in the BTS‟ song lyrics, namely 54.96% of person, 7.25% of place, 12.21% of time, 19.84% of discourse, and 5.72% of social deixis. Person deixis is mostly used in the song lyrics since it maintains the relationship or interaction between the singers and their audience or fans. Hopefully, this research can help the audience to solve their problems in understanding the types of deixis.
Landing on Mars: A Cross-Institutional Research-Based Seminar Series

Engaging students in research can take many forms and such research-based learning is widely perceived as beneficial for student engagement and learning outcomes. Here, we report on our experience with organizing a cross-institutional seminar series dedicated to the question of where on Mars to land a coming NASA Mars mission. The seminar series was connected with the professional process for answering the same question and was organized through teleconferences and an internet site together with local discussions at seven participating institutions. We report on our own reflections as well as student reactions collected through group interviews at five participating institutions. We discuss the results against a model for research-based learning. Coordinating the seminar series across seven institutions and several time zones proved inspiring but challenging. Many specific aspects of how the class was organized could have been improved, but students generally reported high levels of engagement derived from the cutting-edge research nature and current relevance of the subject matter.
Reward prediction error modulates sustained attention

Attention and reinforcement learning (RL) are intertwined. While previous work has primarily focused on how your attentional state impacts and shapes RL, how the dynamics of learning might impact your attentional state on a moment-to-moment basis is an open question. Here, we leverage reinforcement learning theory to investigate the moment-to-moment influence of rewards and reward prediction errors on sustained attention. Specifically, we ask how trial-by-trial reward prediction errors might affect ongoing attentional vigilance. Using a task that simultaneously queried people’s sustained attention and RL performance, we demonstrate that attentional state is influenced by the magnitude and valence (positive or negative) of recent reward prediction errors. This finding highlights the influence of RL computations on one’s attentional state, and provides preliminary evidence for a potential role of the dopaminergic system in meditat-ing the relationship between learning and attentional control.
The Effect of Race on the Evaluation of Quarterbacks The Effect of Race on the Evaluation of Quarterbacks

: Trailing in sports is associated with losing, but can trailing operate as a powerful motivator that leads to winning? Based on research by Berger and Pope (2011), this study applies Prospect Theory and loss aversion to football to test if trailing by a small margin can motivate success. This relationship is analyzed based on teams’ point differentials at halftime since halftime operates as a salient reference point and a time for teams to regroup and strategize. Analysis of over 12,000 NFL games found no significant effect of trailing at halftime on the likelihood of winning. That is, there is little evidence that Berger and Pope’s (2011) finding for a motivational effect of losing in basketball exists in football. I offer several reasons why key differences between football and basketball may account for the null result in football and suggest that future research is needed in prospect theory’s application to football on a play-by-play basis.
The GAPS programme at TNG

Context. With the growth of comparative exoplanetology, it is becoming increasingly clear that investigating the relationships between inner and outer planets plays a key role in discriminating between competing formation and evolution models. To do so, it is important to probe the inner region of systems that host long-period giants in search of undetected lower-mass planetary companions. Aims. In this work, we present our results on the K-dwarf star BD-11 4672, which is already known to host a long-period giant planet, as the first output of a subsample of the GAPS programme specifically aimed at assessing the impact of inefficient migration of planets formed beyond the snowline by searching for Neptune-mass and super-Earth planetary companions of known longer-period giants. Methods. We used the high-precision HARPS-N observations of BD-11 4672 in conjunction with time series taken from the literature in order to search for additional inner planetary signals to be fitted using differential evolution Markov chain Monte Carlo. The long-term stability of the new orbital solutions was tested with N-body dynamical simulations. Results. We report the detection of BD-11 4672 c, a new Neptune-mass planet with an orbital period of 74.20−0.08+0.06 d, eccentricity of 0.40−0.15+0.13, semimajor axis of 0.30 ± 0.01 au, and minimum mass 15.37−2.81+2.97 M⊕, orbiting slightly outside the inner edge of the optimistic circumstellar habitable zone. In order to assess its impact on the dynamical stability of the habitable zone, we computed the angular momentum deficit of the system, showing that planet c has a severe negative impact on the stability of possible additional lower-mass temperate planets. The BD-11 4672 system is notable for its architecture, hosting both a long-period giant planet and an inner lower-mass planet, the latter being one of the most eccentric Neptune-mass planets known at similar periods.
Siamese Contrastive Embedding Network for Compositional Zero-Shot Learning

Compositional Zero-Shot Learning (CZSL) aims to recognize unseen compositions formed from seen state and object during training. Since the same state may be various in the visual appearance while entangled with different objects, CZSL is still a challenging task. Some methods recognize state and object with two trained classifiers, ignoring the impact of the interaction between object and state; the other methods try to learn the joint representation of the state-object compositions, leading to the domain gap between seen and unseen composition sets. In this paper, we propose a novel Siamese Contrastive Embedding Network (SCEN)11Code: https://github.com/XDUxyLi/SCEN-master for unseen composition recognition. Considering the entanglement between state and object, we embed the visual feature into a Siamese Contrastive Space to capture prototypes of them separately, alleviating the interaction between state and object. In addition, we design a State Transition Module (STM) to increase the diversity of training compositions, improving the robustness of the recognition model. Extensive experiments indicate that our method significantly outperforms the state-of-the-art approaches on three challenging benchmark datasets, including the recent proposed C-QGA dataset.
Impact of JIT, TQM and green supply chain practices on environmental sustainability

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically assess the complementary impact of JIT, TQM and green supply chain practices on environmental performance.Design/methodology/approachData from a sample of 225 US manufacturing managers are analyzed using a PLS-SEM methodology.FindingsJIT and TQM are directly and positively associated with green supply chain management practices. JIT, TQM and green supply chain practices are complementary in that combined they provide a greater impact on environmental performance than if implemented individually.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample is limited to US manufacturing managers, with a low response rate.Practical implicationsSuccessful implementations of JIT and TQM improvement programs support the implementation of green supply chain management practices leading to improved environmental performance.Social implicationsThe combination of JIT, TQM and green manufacturing practices improves the environment by eliminating all forms of waste and providing customers with eco-friendly products and services.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first to empirically assess the complementary impact of JIT, TQM and green supply chain practices within the context of environmental sustainability.
EXPORT STRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

The COVID-19 pandemic created, across the world, an unprecedented tribulation in the dynamics of most economic indicators, where as a result of this socioeconomic crisis, Albania’s output growth experienced a deep negative shock. This research study examines the relationship between the unemployment rate and the output growth, under the condition that output growth undergoes drastic drop, as in the case of one triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The employed econometric model for the unemployment rate in Albania uses net labor flows, estimated by officially supplied labor market data. It is a VAR specification used to describe the responses of the unemployment rate to any simulated shock on each of the net labor flows, as well as the output growth series. The findings of this analysis rely on VAR’s Impulse response functions, and the most important result is that for a single quarter 10 p.p. drop in the output growth, the annual change in the unemployment rate increases about 1.84 p.p. over 4 consecutive quarters.
Principal Retention Patterns in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah

-- Principal The departure of an effective school leader can influence staff turnover and student achievement for several years. With school systems facing an unprecedented public health crisis due to COVID 19, principal retention is a key area of concern for many local and state education agencies. The Regional Educational Laboratory West undertook this study of principal retention rates to help leaders in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah better understand principal retention patterns in their state, so that their new statewide leadership support initiatives could identify areas where support could be most effective. Findings showed that fewer than half of principals in each of these states remained at the same school from fall 2016 to fall 2020 (four year retention). The study also found that principals who changed jobs (but remained in the principalship) tended to move to a new school in the same local education agency rather than to a new school in another local education agency. Principal retention patterns varied by state according to grade span, school locale type, and student demographic characteristics. In addition, across the three states, proportionally fewer principals remained at schools with lower average proficiency rates on standardized tests in math and English language arts than at schools with higher average proficiency rates from fall 2016 to fall 2019 (three year retention). The findings describe key recent trends in principal retention across Arizona, Nevada, and Utah and highlight con sistencies and differences among states.
Australasian Accounting, Business and Australasian Board Diversity and Earning Quality: Examining the Role of Board Diversity and Earning Quality: Examining the Role of Internal Audit as a Moderator Internal Audit as a Moderator

Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between board diversity and the earnings quality in the firms listed in Bursa Malaysia Main Market. Malaysia is a country with multi ethnicity and different cultures among the people and this might affect positively on the quality of earning. The study also examines the involvement of the Internal Audit function being performed in-house or outsourced as a tool to enhance the earnings quality for the firms. Nationality diversity and ethnicity diversity are found to have a significant impact on the earning quality of the sample companies. Meanwhile, gender diversity and Age diversity does not show any significant impact on earnings quality. This study offers a significant contribution to existing earning quality literature. The participation of more different races on the board will be able to increase the quality of earning of the companies. Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between board diversity and the earnings quality in the firms listed in Bursa Malaysia Main Market. Malaysia is a country with multi ethnicity and different cultures among the people and this might affect positively on the quality of earning. The study also examines the involvement of the Internal Audit function being performed in-house or outsourced as a tool to enhance the earnings quality for the firms. Nationality diversity and Ethnicity diversity are found to have a significant impact on the earning quality of the sample companies. Meanwhile, Gender diversity and Age diversity does not show any significant impact on earnings quality. This study offers a significant contribution to existing earning quality literature. The participation of more different races on the board will be able to increase the quality of earning of the companies.
Chemically targeting and manipulating type III secretion in phytopathogen 1 Xanthomonas campestris for control of disease

21 Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris ( Xcc ) is the causative agent of black rot disease in 22 crucifer plants. This Gram-negative bacterium utilises type III secretion system (T3SS), 23 encoded by the hrp gene cluster, to aid with its resistance to host defences and ability to cause 24 disease. The T3SS injects a set of proteins known as effectors into host cells that come into 25 contact with the bacterium. T3SS is essential for the virulence and hypersensitive response 26 (HR) of Xcc , making it a potential target for disease control strategies. Using a unique and 27 straightforward high-throughput screening method, we examined a large collection of diverse 28 small molecules for their potential to modulate T3SS without affecting the growth of Xcc. 29 Screening of 13,129 different compounds identified ten small molecules that had a significant 30 inhibitory influence on T3SS. Moreover, qRT-PCR assays demonstrated that all of the ten 31 compounds repress expression of the hrp genes. Interestingly, the effect of these small 32 molecules on hrp genes may be through the HpaS and ColS sensor kinase proteins that are 33 key to the regulation of T3SS in planta . Five of the compounds were also capable of 34 inhibiting Xcc virulence in a Chinese radish leaf clipping assay. Furthermore, seven of the 35 small molecules significantly weakened the HR in non-host pepper plant challenged with 36 Xcc . Taken together, these small molecules may provide potential tool compounds for further 37 development of anti-virulence agents that could be used in the disease control of the plant 38 pathogen Xcc .
Compact Rectennas for Ultra-Low-Power Wireless Transmission Applications

This paper addresses the design and characterization of compact rectennas for wireless power transmission application in the industrial, scientific, and medical 868-MHz/915-MHz band. These rectennas are designed for supplying power to a dc-to-dc boost converter. The proposed low-profile rectenna exhibits a good tradeoff between compactness (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.06\lambda ^{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> at 900 MHz) and RF-to-dc conversion efficiency, which is higher than 25% for RF power densities of at least <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.25~\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>/cm<sup>2</sup> and 37% for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2.1~\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>/cm<sup>2</sup>. It is shown that this rectenna can activate the standard Bq25504 dc-to-dc boost converter for an RF power density higher than <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.6~\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>/cm<sup>2</sup>. Moreover, through using a storage capacitor of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$220~\mu \text{F}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, a light emitting diode (LED) can be turned on for a duration of 60 ms with power consumption of 9.45 mW and a dc voltage of 3 V. The LED allows emulating the dc consumption of the QN908x ultra-lower-power Bluetooth 5 module which operates in the transmission mode with −4 dBm of output power.
Molecular Pathological Epidemiology: An Interdisciplinary Field for Study of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Colorectal Cancer (CRC). For a deeper understanding of this concept, we would introduce the prototypical study in the evolving field of molecular pathological epidemiology. Campbell et al. described this case-control study which was designed to evaluate the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and CRC risk in relation to tumor Microsatellite Instability (MSI) status [7]. The authors found that BMI was associated with an increased risk of CRC; however, this excess risk was limited to those patients with MS-stable (for a BMI increment of 5 kg/m 2 , adjusted odds ratio/OR = 1.38; 95% confidence interval/CI = 1.24 to 1.54) and MSI-low (OR = 1.33; 95% CI = 1.04 to 1.72) colorectal tumors, but not with the risk of MSI-high tumors (OR = 1.05; 95% CI = 0.84 to 1.31). The results of Campbell et al. suggest that the increased risk of CRC associated with a high BMI might be largely restricted to tumors
Disaster education in disaster-prone schools: a systematic review

This paper aims to analyze disaster education in schools in disaster-prone areas, focusing on the resulting policies, supporting programs, and challenges in implementing disaster education in schools. The literature review in this paper is carried out systematically and analyzes the content as a methodology in investigating policies, programs, and challenges in implementing disaster education in disaster-prone schools in the Scopus database. The results of the analysis of the literature review highlight several important points related to disaster education in disaster-prone schools, namely (1) In supporting increased understanding of environmental management and resilience in dealing with disasters in disaster-prone areas, governments in various countries make policies by including environmental content in school materials and policies for environmental conservation. (2) School cooperation with the community and government institutions related to the environment becomes a program in increasing understanding of environmental management and disaster resilience. (3) The literature review also reveals that the material’s content, the approach/learning model used, and the teacher’s ability to understand the environment are challenges for implementing disaster education in disaster-prone schools. The problems in the discussion of this literature review are usable as implications for further research considerations. The findings show that disaster education in disaster-prone schools can effectively increase environmental understanding and resilience if existing policies, programs, and challenges are implemented optimally.
Large-scale Multiconfiguration Dirac–Hartree–Fock Calculations for Astrophysics: C-like Ions from O iii to Mg vii

Large-scale multiconfiguration Dirac–Hartree–Fock calculations are provided for the n ≤ 5 states in C-like ions from O iii to Mg vii. Electron correlation effects are accounted for by using large configuration state function expansions, built from sets of orbitals with principal quantum numbers n ≤ 10. An accurate and complete data set of excitation energies, wavelengths, radiative transition parameters, and lifetimes is offered for the 156 (196, 215, 272, 318) lowest states of the 2s 22p 2, 2s2p 3, 2p 4, 2s 22p3s, 2s 22p3p, 2s 22p3d, 2s2p 23s, 2s2p 23p, 2s2p 23d, 2p 33s, 2p 33p, 2p 33d, 2s 22p4s, 2s 22p4p, 2s 22p4d, 2s 22p4f, 2s2p 24s, 2s2p 24p, 2s2p 24d, 2s2p 24f, 2s 22p5s, 2s 22p5p, 2s 22p5d, 2s 22p5f, and 2s 22p5g configurations in O iii (F iv, Ne v, Na vi, Mg vii). By comparing available experimental wavelengths with the MCDHF results, the previous line identifications for the n = 5, 4, 3 → n = 2 transitions of Na vi in the X-ray and EUV wavelength range are revised. For several previous identifications discrepancies are found, and tentative new (or revised) identifications are proposed. A consistent atomic data set including both energy and transition data with spectroscopic accuracy is provided for the lowest hundreds of states for C-like ions from O iii to Mg vii.
Statistical Analysis of Degradation Data for c-Si modules observed in India in 2016

This paper presents statistical analysis of power degradation rates of the PV modules inspected during the All India Survey of Photovoltaic Module Reliability 2016. Our analysis shows that there is a significantly higher probability of degradation rate being above 1%/year in the Hot zone as compared to the Non-hot zone, and similarly in the rooftop systems as compared to the ground mounted systems. Statistical analysis confirms that young modules are degrading at a faster rate than the old modules. However, the system size does not seem to affect the degradation rate for crystalline silicon modules.