Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility, R&D and Disclosure of “Green” Innovation Knowledge

The literature on the environment has analyzed how firms carry out R&D to reduce their pollutant emissions, assuming that they maximize profits. However, empirical evidence shows that firms are increasingly concerned about Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (ECSR). Following that evidence, we consider that the objective function of firms incorporates the environmental damage they generate as part of their social concern. We find that how firms perform environmental R&D depends crucially on the degree to which they care about ECSR. If that degree is low enough, firms agree to set up an Environmental Research Joint Venture (ERJV) under which they coordinate their R&D investments and fully share their technological knowledge. This is the result obtained when firms maximize profits. If the degree is high enough, firms enter into an ERJV in which each fully shares its technological expertise but they do not coordinate their R&D investments. Finally, if the degree is intermediate, firms neither set up an ERJV nor disclose information. Social welfare is the highest and environmental damage the lowest if firms form an ERJV and coordinate their R&D investments. Therefore, the way in which firms organize their R&D activities is not always the most socially preferable.
Observations of velocity shear driven plasma turbulence. [from Hawkeye 1 satellite over Southern Hemisphere]

Electrostatic and magnetic turbulence observations from Hawkeye 1 during the low-altitude portion of its elliptical orbit over the Southern Hemisphere are presented. The magnetic turbulence is confined near the auroral zone and is similar to that seen at higher altitudes by Heos 2 in the polar cusp. The electrostatic turbulence is composed of a background component with a power spectral index of 1.89 + or - 0.26 and an intense component with a power spectral index of 2.80 + or - 0.34. The intense electrostatic turbulence and the magnetic turbulence correlate with velocity shears in the convective plasma flow. Since velocity-shear instabilities are most unstable to wave vectors perpendicular to the magnetic field, the shear-correlated turbulence is anticipated to be two-dimensional in character and to have a power spectral index of 3, which agrees with that observed in the intense electrostatic turbulence.
Efficient Partial Decoding Algorithm for High Efficiency Video Coding

— In this paper, we proposed efficient partial decoding algorithm for high efficiency video coding (HEVC). HEVC is the new video coding standard for next generation video industry. However, it needs massive memory and consumes battery power since the resolution of video sequences became larger. The goal of our approach is to reduce video resolution and memory size for mobile devices. Our algorithm is implemented to HEVC decoder. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can efficiently reduce video resolution during decoding process.
Dietary habits, prevalence of obesity and overweight in developed and developing countries

Obesity is the accumulation of excess adipose tissue that affects a person's health and physical and psychosocial well-being. The classification is based on the body mass index, which makes it possible to compare prevalence rates worldwide. Obesity and overweight have become a global epidemic in both developed and developing countries. The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of obesity and overweight in some countries. The results showed that in the last two decades, the prevalence of obesity and overweight in the world has more than doubled. The predominance of obesity and overweight is more pronounced in Western and Westernized countries, which are more developed, than in developing countries where malnutrition and obesity coexist. This global epidemic is seen in adults, adolescents and children without exception of gender. Obesity and overweight are one of the main factors in the increase of non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders and some types of cancer in the world. Poor diet is the main cause of the growing prevalence of obesity.
Plk1 upregulates telomerase activity by affecting hTERT stability

the average of three independent experiments (B). The total was extracted for real-time PCR with hTERT primers. The relative amount of hTERT was calculated (C). D, E, HeLa cells were transfected with control siRNA or Plk1 siRNA. After 24 h, the cells were synchronized at G1/S phase by double thymidine treatment and then released for different time. The cells were harvested for immunoblotting with indicated antibodies. PCNA and cyclin B were used as the indicators for S and G2/M phases respectively (D). The amount of hTERT protein was quantified and the result represents the average of two independent experiments (E). F, G, 293T cells were transfected with pCMV2 FLAG-Plk1 at different (0.5 and 1  g) or empty vector as the control for 48 h. The cell lysates were harvested for immunoblotting with hTERT antibody (F). The protein level was quantified. The result represents the average of three independent experiments (G). H, 293T cells were transfected with pCMV2 FLAG-Plk1 or empty vector as the control. The total RNA were extracted and subjected to real-time PCR. I, J, 293T cells were transfected with pCMV2 FLAG-Plk1, pCMV2 FLAG-Plk1-TD or pCMV2 FLAG-Plk1-KD expression plasmids for 48 h. The cell lysates were subjected to immunoblotting with hTERT antibody (I). The protein level was quantified. The result represents the average of three independent experiments (J).
Residues by Casein Kinase II Phosphorylation of C-Terminal Serine Human CD5 Signaling and Constitutive

CD5 is a lymphocyte surface glycoprotein with a long cytoplasmic domain suitable for phosphorylation and signal transduction, which is involved in the modulation of Ag-speciﬁc receptor-mediated activation and differentiation signals. In this study, we use Jurkat T cell transfectants of CD5 cytoplasmic tail mutants to reveal phosphorylation sites relevant to signal transduction. Our results show that casein kinase II (CKII) is responsible for the constitutive phosphorylation of CD5 molecules at a cluster of three serine residues located at the extreme C terminus (S458, S459, and S461). Furthermore, the yeast two-hybrid system demonstrates the speciﬁc association between the C-terminal regions of the CD5 cytoplasmic tail and the regulatory b subunit of CKII. We demonstrate that CKII associates with and phosphorylates the C-terminal region of CD5, a conserved domain known to be relevant for the generation of second lipid messengers, and thereby enables at least one component of its signaling funcion. The Journal of Immunology, 1998, 161: 6022–6029. Peptides reproducing two contiguous overlapping serine-rich sequences within the C terminus of CD5 (from S451 D464) assayed in vitro as phosphorylation substrates for CKII. Our results that, while the SSMQPDNSS peptide was not phosphorylated above background (CKII peptide), the DNSSDSDYD peptide showed a 300- to 400-fold increase over background. The positive control EEETEEE and DDDSDDD peptides resulted in 100- to 150-fold increase in radioactivity incor-poration over background. Interestingly, the DNSSDSDYD peptide showed two- to threefold higher phosphorylation levels compared with DDDSDDD, indicating the existence of two or more phosphorylatable residues. To prove the speciﬁcity of our in vitro CKII assay, as well as to conﬁrm that all three serines present in the DNSSDSDYD peptide are CKII substrates, also assayed peptide variants containing S 3 A substitutions. The substitution of all three or the two most C-terminal serines (DNAADADYD and DNSADADYD, respectively) the incorpo-ration of radioactivity into peptides, indicating that S459 and S461 major substrates for CKII. of S461 alone (DNSS DADYD) reducing the signal down to levels similar to positive control peptides. S459 S458
Critical Factors of Six Sigma Implementation for Manufacturing Companies in Malaysia

To maintain and extend competitive advantage in all dimensions and markets, companies shift increasingly from defining quality as a task that can be run by a quality department to seeing it as the overall long-term umbrella objective of their business (Wessel et al., 2004). During the latter half of the last century, many quality initiatives have come into existence such as ISO 9001, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Lean Production System, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management (TQM) and Zero Defect (Benner and Veloso, 2008; Staw and Epstein, 2000). However, some of the quality initiatives were criticised for having small impact to companyʼs performance and financial benefits, and cannot resolve process management problems. An example of criticism was written by Lee-Mortimer (2006) who described that the current situation of improvement activity in companies continues to suffer from uncontrolled and excessive variations in their manufacturing process. Therefore, Lee-Mortimer (2006) pointed out that Six Sigma programs are indeed needed to achieve higher performance levels as they can rapidly prove to be extremely effective in tracking down the real causes of variation and tackling this key aspect of manufacturing performance. Six Sigma can prove to be a powerful strategy for companies to compete globally (Kumar et al., 2006). Even when Six Sigma has been implemented successfully in many large corporations, there are limited documented evidences of its implementation in smaller organisations (Burton et al., 2005). The problem lies in one of its entry barriers which is related to implementation costs as the standard Six Sigma deployment protocols which have been defined and accepted are way beyond the reach of smalland mid-sized organizations (Burton et al., 2005). There are also a limited number of analytical cases, empirical surveys, and theory-building studies thus more systematic and empirical studies are needed to substantiate these claims and generalize the program to a wider range of organizations (McAdam et al., 2005). Despite the apparent Six Sigma popularity, very little is known about the extent to which Six Sigma is actually adopted by business firms in the world, such as the adoption patterns across industrial sectors and occupational groups, and factors that differentiate firms that have heavily adopted Six Sigma from those that have not (Pulakanam et al., 2010). Besides, companies that are interested in Six Sigma implementation have difficulties in identifying and understanding the required implementation process. Without a basic guideline and help from experts, such as consultants, the companies will definitely be beating around the bush and Critical Factors of Six Sigma Implementation for Manufacturing Companies in Malaysia
QUALITATIVE RESPONSE MODELS: A SURVEY

One of the most important developments in econometrics in the past ten years has occurred in the area of qualitative response (QR) models. There are two factors which explain the recent upsurge of QR models in economic applications: 1) Economists deal with many variables, thus necessitating the need to formulate more complex models involving more than one discrete variable and more than two responses, as well as using more independent variables. The estimation of such complex QR models has only recently been made possible by the development of advanced computer technology. 2) An increasingly large number of sample surveys have been recently conducted and their results made readily available on magnetic tapes. This paper will present the basic facts about QR models. It starts with the discussion of the simplest model - the model for a univariate dichotomous dependent variable, and then moves on to multi-response models. The following three problems are discussed: 1) how to specify a model which is consistent with economic theory and which is at the same time statistically manageable; 2) how to estimate and test hypotheses on the parameters of a model; and 3) what criteria to use for choosing among competing models.
C17. E-spline in Image De-noising Applications

B-splines caught interest of many engineering applications due to their merits of being flexible and provide a large degree of differentiability and cost/quality trade off relationship. However they have less impact with continuous time applications as they are constructed from piecewise polynomials. On the other hand, Exponential spline polynomials (E-splines) represent the best smooth transition between continuous and discrete domains as they are made of exponential segments. In this paper we present a technique for utilizing E-splines in image de-noising applications. This technique is based upon sub-band decomposition of the image through an E-spline based perfect reconstruction (PR) system. Different thresholdings are applied on the decomposition layers for de-noising purposes. Due to the selective nature of E-spline based decomposition, the performance of our E-spline based de-noising technique outperforms all other literature techniques.
ArticleFactors Influencing Sense of Coherence: Family Relationships

Adolescence is marked by significant life stress. Recently, school refusal and dropouts as well as suicide among Japanese adolescents have increased. Sense of coherence (SOC) is recognized as a competency that helps people deal with stress. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors influencing SOC in male and female high school students. We conducted a survey with 203 pairs of high school students and their mothers, in Tokyo, to explore their SOC, family relationships, school belonging, and autistic traits. Analysis of the data revealed a weak relationship between female students’ SOC and that of their mothers, and no relationship between male students’ SOC and their mothers’ SOC. Feelings of acceptance and recognition from teachers improved students’ SOC, irrespective of gender. Low SOC in mothers had a negative impact on female students’ SOC, and children’s lack of imagination (an autism spectrum tendency) had a negative impact on male students’ SOC. This study revealed the importance of support at home and school according to the needs of both genders.
THE EFFECT OF STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY LEARNING MODEL IMPROVEMENT ON STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

The Statistics dan Probability class is one of the elective courses that have to be enrolled by students who have just joined the beginning of the semester. That is because studying Statistics and Probability is crucial in providing the first foundation for knowledge in other scientific domains. In actuality, though, a lot of students struggle with this course. Many students claim that they have trouble understanding the subjects they are learning, and they also have trouble figuring out how to answer the lecturer's questions. The low cognitive ability of students, which results in limited student creativity in problem-solving skills, is one of the elements contributing to students' failure to comprehend the subject. Of course, this is a severe issue if nothing is done right away. Based on these issues, researchers who were also lecturers improved the teaching strategies for all classes. This study aims to determine whether there is substantial interaction between class schedule and the development of learning model that impact exam scores by raising students' Statistics and Probability scores. The two-way Anova analysis principle is the basis of the study methodology. The enhancement of learning model used outside and inside the classroom was found to have a substantial interaction based on the research findings on fifty samples of students selected from different class. A significance score of 0.000 indicates that these findings are significant. In other words, a model is required to achieve better learning outcomes, which might make it simpler for students to commence learning and provide a common purpose for learning. Since multiple class schedules exist, each learning model necessitates a unique management system and learning environment.
Association of GAB2 with Quality of Life and Negative Emotions in Patients with Gastric Cancer after Postoperative Comprehensive Care

GRB2-associated binding protein 2 (GAB2), a highly conserved scaffold protein, is abnormally expressed and activated in patients with gastric cancer (GC). However, the genetic diversity of GAB2 in GC and its association with the clinical manifestations of patients are still unclear. Here, we explored the polymorphism of GAB2 rs2373115 in GC and its association with quality of life (QOL) and negative emotions of patients with GC after postoperative comprehensive care. A case-control study showed that the frequency of the GG genotype of GAB2 rs2373115 in the GC patients was higher than that in the healthy people, while the frequency of the TT + TG genotype was lower than that in the healthy people. Obvious distinctions were observed in the histological grade and TNM staging between the GG genotype and TT + TG genotype. In addition, SAS and SDS scores in the patients with GG genotype were higher than those in patients with TT + TG genotype, while the emotional function, cognitive function, dyspnea, fatigue, sleep disorder, and overall QOL in patients with GG genotype were lower than those in patients with TT + TG genotype. These results showed that GAB2 rs2373115 polymorphism was related to QOL and negative emotions in patients with GC after postoperative comprehensive care.
Effect of Using Physics Education Technology (PhET) Simulation Media to Enhance Students’ Motivation and Problem-Solving Skills in Learning Physics

One of the demands of 21st-century skills is problem-solving skills, to have good solving skills, one must have good learning success factors, such as learning motivation. In fact, from the results of observations and interviews conducted at SMA Negeri 2 Darul Makmur, it was found that the motivation and problem-solving skills of students were still low. The purpose of this research is for investigating the effect of using Physics Education Technology (PhET) simulation media to enhance students’ motivation and problem-solving skills in learning physic. This research used a quasi-experiment quantitative approach with Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. The population of this research was students of Grade XII MIA as many as 57 students. There were 50 students taken by random sampling. The instrument was questioned in the form of an essay and questionnaire by the Likert scale. The data of this research was analyzed by average test, N-gain, and independent-sample t-test. The result showed that the average score of motivation study in experiment class is in the high categorize and in the control class is in the low categorize, while N-gain score problem-solving skill for experiment class is in the high categorize and in control class is in the medium categorize. Moreover, based on an independent sample test is obtained that there is a significant difference between for problem-solving motivation and skill, this is strengthened by the positive response of students using media simulation PhET in learning. It can be concluded conveyed that media simulation of Physics Education and Technology (PhET) in learning physic can enhance students’ motivation and problem-solving skills
Influence of Early Multidisciplinary Collaboration on Prevention of ICU-Acquired Weakness in Critically Ill Patients

Objective This study focused on elucidating the influence of early multidisciplinary collaboration on preventing intensive care unit- (ICU-) acquired weakness (AW) in critically ill patients (CIPs). Methods Ninety-five CIPs admitted between December 2018 and December 2021 were selected and assigned to the following two groups according to the intervention pattern: the control group (the Con; n = 40) treated with routine early rehabilitation intervention, and the research group (the Res; n = 55) intervened by early multidisciplinary collaborative intervention. The incidence of complications (ICU-AW, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and pressure ulcers (PSs)) and recovery indices (days of ventilator use, ICU treatment time, and length of hospital stay (LOS)) were recorded. Besides, patients' activity function and quality of life (QoL) were evaluated and compared, among which the former was evaluated by the Barthel Index (BI), ICU Mobility Scale (IMS), and Medical Research Council (MRC) Scale, and the latter was assessed by the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (100-item version) (WHOQOL-100). Results The data identified statistically a lower incidence of complications (ICU-AW, DVT, and PSs) and shorter time of ventilator use, ICU residence, and LOS in the Res compared with the Con. In addition, BI, IMS, MRC, and WHOQOL-100 scores in the Res elevated statistically after treatment and were higher than those of the Con. Conclusions Early multidisciplinary collaboration can validly prevent ICU-AW in CIPs, reduce the incidence of DVT and PSs, and promote patients' rehabilitation, mobility, and QoL.
Leaf gas exchange and water relations of the woody desiccation-tolerant Paraboea rufescens during dehydration and rehydration

Abstract Desiccation-tolerant (DT) plants can withstand dehydration to less than 0.1 g H2O g−1 dry weight. The mechanism for whole-plant recovery from severe dehydration is still not clear, especially for woody DT plants. In the present study, we evaluated the desiccation tolerance and mechanism of recovery for a potentially new woody resurrection plant Paraboea rufescens (Gesneriaceae). We monitored the leaf water status, leaf gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and root pressure of potted P. rufescens during dehydration and rehydration, and we investigated the water content and chlorophyll fluorescence of P. rufescens leaves in the field during the dry season. After re-watering from a severely dehydrated state, leaf maximum quantum yield of photosystem II of P. rufescens quickly recovered to well-watered levels. Leaf water status and leaf hydraulic conductance quickly recovered to well-watered levels after re-watering, while leaf gas exchange traits also trended to recovery, but at a slower rate. The maximum root pressure in rehydrated P. rufescens was more than twice in well-watered plants. Our study identified P. rufescens as a new DT woody plant. The whole-plant recovery of P. rufescens from extreme dehydration is potentially associated with an increase of root pressure after rehydration. These findings provide insights into the mechanisms of recovery of DT plants from dehydration.
Ensuring sustainability of community participation in locally-managed marine protected area in north-western Cagayan, Philippines

The establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) by the local or national government is a popular conservation tool in the Philippines. Participation among community members is an important consideration for the success of its implementation. While remarkable community involvement is observed during planning and establishment of MPAs, sustaining this voluntary participation is a challenge in the implementation stage. To ensure sustainability of participation, this paper investigates the socio-economic conditions and factors that influence the participation of villagers using the probit model taking the case of a locally-managed MPA in north-western Cagayan, Philippines. The results of the study showed that participation is affected by socio-economic and demographic factors (income, age, gender, household size), fishing characteristics (gears and boat ownership), the presence of incentives (livelihood projects and payao), and the manifestation of leadership (village leaders). The findings of the study could be used to increase the tendency of a community to participate in MPA management by instituting policies geared towards sustaining their involvement.