Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Comparison of the Effects of Short-Term Physical and Combined Multi-Modal Training on Cognitive Functions

Physical training has beneficial effects not only on physical fitness, but also on cognitive functions. The most effective way to improve cognitive functions via physical training as well as the degree to which training effects transfer to untrained cognitive functions is still unclear, however. Here, we investigated the effects of adaptive and multi-modal short-term training interventions on cognitive training gains and transfer effects. Over a period of 12 weeks, 102 employees of a car manufacturing company (age range 20 to 61 years) received trainer-guided exercises, consisting of either two adaptive training interventions, physical (strength) training and multi-modal (motor–cognitive) training, or non-adaptive strength training (active control group). For the multi-modal intervention, the “Agility Board” was employed, a novel, multi-modal training device. Pre- and post-training, psychometric tests were conducted to measure cognitive abilities, such as perceptual speed, attention, short-term memory, working memory, inhibition, and mental rotation. In addition, motor–cognitive performance was assessed. Compared with the active control group, both training groups showed enhanced performance at posttest. While multi-modal training yielded performance improvements only in trained tasks, physical training was associated with improvements in untrained working memory updating and immediate recall tasks, suggesting transfer effects to short-term and working memory functioning. In summary, the results demonstrate the importance of adaptive difficulty settings for short-term physical training interventions, at least for the enhancement of working memory.
The Role of Reflective Writing in Fostering EFL High School Students Self-Regulation

Self-regulation is a key skill to scholastic achievement and independent and sustainable learning. Unfortunately, not all EFL students display higher self-regulation skills in their learning. To address this problem, a reflective writing strategy was proposed to help these students develop their full potential in self-regulation. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the role of engaging EFL students in reflective learning journals in cultivating their language-learning self-regulation skills. To this end, a mixed design was used. A convenience sample of 28 EFL students enrolled in first-year baccalaureate consented to participate in this study. They were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. Reflective learning journals were used to collect data about students’ self-regulation. Findings demonstrated that after using reflective learning journals, the experimental group had significantly developed self-regulation compared to the control group who used traditional essays. Also, a statistically significant change over time in the experimental group self-regulation skills was observed. Therefore, as it can be inferred, reflective writing is an effective tool which could be used to build students’ self-regulation skills. Accordingly, the results of this present study encourage the adoption of a reflective pedagogy to stimulate EFL high school students’ self-regulation skills.
Development and Characterization of Niosomal Gel for Topical Delivery of Luliconazole

Luliconazole is a novel imidazole antibacterial candidate for treating fungal infections on the skin. Its current treatment is limited by extremely poor and sluggish skin absorption, necessitating long-term, repetitive dosing to cure the condition completely. Niosomes are becoming essential in medication delivery due to their potential to minimize toxicity and alter pharmacokinetics and bioavailability. Luliconazole niosomes were created utilizing a thin-film hydration process with varied ratios of non-ionic surfactants Span 40 and cholesterol to increase poor skin penetration and decrease adverse effects of topical traditional medication administration (CHO). The regular particle size of the Niosomal formulation was determined to be between 3 and 6.5 micrometers. The entrapment efficiency of the Niosomal formulation FN3 (1: 1) of cholesterol and Span 40 was excellent (88.56 percent). The Niosomal formulation was spherical using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). At (1: 1) cholesterol: Span 40 ratio, Niosomal formulation (FN3) showed a high proportion of drug release after 24 hours (79.87 percent). Furthermore, a chosen Niosomal formulation was employed to create a topical gel assessed in pH, viscosity, spreadability, and ex vivo research. In an ex vivo research, Niosomal gel outperformed regular topical gel in terms of skin permeability. These results showed that Niosomal gel has a high potential for use as a new, nanosized drug delivery medium for transdermal Luliconazole delivery.
The characterization of Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonadaceae isolated
from natural salt licks in Sarawak Borneo

Salt lick sites are popular hot spots for hunting among the rural community because many animals are attracted to the sites for mineral licking. The animals roaming freely within the salt lick sites may contribute to the transmission of bacterial pathogens, especially through faecal contamination of the salt lick environments. This study aimed to isolate, identify and characterise bacteria from water and soil of salt lick sites and to determine if there is evidence of the transmission of bacteria between two salt lick sites located within the vicinity of Semait river in the NCR (native customary rights) land area of Long Selaan village, Upper Baram in Malaysian Borneo. Samples of soil (n = 8) and water (n = 7) from the two salt lick sites were collected and plated on Eosine Methylene Blue Agar (EMBA) and MacConkey agar for the isolation of bacteria. Fifteen bacterial colonies were isolated and identified by Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrophotometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), 16S rRNA and API® 20E kit. The bacterial isolates were subjected to (GTG)5-PCR and antimicrobial analyses. The antibiotics used were Ampicillin (AMP), Tobramycin (TOB), Imipenem (IPM), Amikacin (AK), Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT), Tetracycline (TE), Chloramphenicol (C), Ceftazidime (CAZ), Nitrofurantoin (F) and Norfloxacin (NOR). The result of this study shows the presence of two families of bacteria in the salt lick samples which were Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonadaceae. The dendrogram plotted based on (GTG)5- PCR shows a close genetic relatedness among the bacteria from water and soil as well as in between and within the two salt lick sites. The resistance index of the bacteria from the salt licks ranged from 0.0 to 0.6. This study suggests the potential risk of antimicrobialresistant bacteria with diverse transmission pathways associated with the salt licks within the area.
Development progress of power prediction robot and platform: Its world level very long term prototyping example

Global Power Prediction Systems prototype version 2021 is presented with its system decomposition, scope, geographical/administrative/power grid decompositions, and similar. “Welcome”, “sign-up”, “log-in”, and “non-registered user main” web-interfaces are designed as draft on Quant UX. Map canvas is given as world political map with/without world power grid layers on QGIS 3.16. 7-Hannover. Data input file is prepared based on several sources (1971-2018). It includes minimum and maximum values due to source value differences. 70/30 principle is applied for train/test splitting (training/testing sets: 1971-2003/2004-2018). 10 models are prepared on R version 4.1. 1 with RStudio 2021.09. 0+351. These are R::base(lm), R::base(glm), R::tidymodels::parsnip(engine("lm")), R::tidymodels::parsnip(engine("glmnet")) with lasso regularization, R::tidymodels::parsnip(engine("glmnet")) with ridge regularization, R::forecast(auto.arima) auto autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA), R::forecast(arima) ARIMA(1,1,2), and ARIMA(1,1,8). Electricity demand in kilowatt-hours at the World level zone for up to 500-years (2019-2519) prediction period with only 1-year interval is forecasted. The best model is the auto ARIMA (mean absolute percentage error MAPE and symmetric mean absolute percentage error SMAPE for minimum and maximum electricity consumption respectively 1,1652; 6,6471; 1,1622; 6,9043). Ex-post and ex-ante plots with 80%-95% confidence intervals are prepared in R::tidyverse::ggplot2. There are 3 alternative scripts (long, short, RStudio Cloud). Their respective runtimes are 41,45; 25,44; and 43,33 seconds. Ex-ante 500-year period (2019-2519) is indicative and informative.
Vehicle Detection from Aerial Images with Object and Motion Detection

Moving vehicle detection is one of important issues in surveillance and traffic monitoring applications for aerial images. In this study, a vehicle detection method is proposed by combining motion and object detection. A method based on background modeling and subtraction is applied for motion detection, while Faster-RCNN architecture is used for object detection. Motion detection result is enhanced with the proposed superpixel based refinement method. Experimental study shows that performance of motion detection increases about 8\% for $F_1$ metric with the proposed post processing method. Object detection, motion detection and superpixel segmentation methods interact with each other in parallel processes with the proposed software architecture, which significantly increases the working speed of the method. In last step of the proposed method, each vehicle is tracked with the kalman filter. The performance of proposed method is evaluated on the VIVID dataset. The performance evaluation shows that proposed method increases F1 and recall values significantly compared to the motion and object detection methods alone. It also outperforms SCBU and MCD methods which are widely used for performance comparison in motion detection studies in the literature.
Rapid report Leaf reﬂectance spectra capture the evolutionary history of seed plants

Received: 18 May 2020 Accepted: 13 June 2020 José Eduardo Meireles , Jeannine Cavender-Bares , Philip A. Townsend , Susan Ustin , John A. Gamon , Anna K. Schweiger , Michael E. Schaepman , Gregory P. Asner , Roberta E. Martin , Aditya Singh , Franziska Schrodt , Adam Chlus and Brian C. O’Meara School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,
Participation inequality in the gig economy

ABSTRACT In theory, the gig economy facilitates flexible, digitally mediated employment arrangements. Why do some people wind up doing gig work while others do not? We focus on how online participation inequalities, and Internet use experiences and skills, shape the composition of online gig workers. Specifically, we analyze a unique survey data set from a national sample of 1512 U.S. adults that includes information about background attributes and behaviors, detailed measures of Internet experiences and skills, as well as questions about whether study participants had completed specific steps necessary to becoming a task worker on two prominent gig economy platforms: Amazon Mechanical Turk and TaskRabbit. We use Bayesian regression to compare four stages of gig economy participation. Workers who participate in the gig economy tend to be younger, more highly educated, and more skilled Internet users. This implies that the gig economy increases labor market stratification and that digital participation inequalities compound labor inequalities.
Co-Designing an Integrated Care Network with People Living with Parkinson’s Disease: A Heterogeneous Social Network of People, Resources and Technologies

As part of the iCARE-PD project, a multinational and multidisciplinary research endeavour to address complex care in Parkinson’s disease, a Canadian case study focused on gaining a better understanding of people living with Parkinson’s disease (PwP) experiences with health and medical services, particularly their vision for a sustainable, tailored and integrated care delivery network. The multifaceted nature of the condition means that PwP must continuously adapt and adjust to every aspect of their lives, and progressively rely on support from care partners (CP) and various health care professionals (HCP). To envision the integrated care delivery network from the perspective of PwP, the study consisted of designing scenarios for an integrated care delivery network with patients, their CP and their HCP, as well as identifying key requirements for designing an integrated care delivery network. The results demonstrate that numerous networks interact, representing specific inscriptions, actors and mediators who meet at specific crossing points. This resulted in the creation of a roadmap and toolkit that takes into consideration the unique challenges faced by PwP, and the necessity for an integrated care delivery network that can be personalized and malleable so as to adapt to evolving and changing needs over time.
Interlinking Corrective Feedback with EAP Writing Instruction: An Advantageous Endeavor?

This study attempted to examine the usefulness of specific Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) interventions in EAP writing courses. To this end, 75 intermediate-level EAP learners were selected from three civil engineering classes at a public university in Iran and were randomly assigned to three groups including direct WCF group, indirect WCF group and control group. The experimental groups were provided with their appropriate WCF during 10 sessions. The researchers made an endeavor to determine the effectiveness of direct and indirect WCF strategies by examining the performances of the groups on a writing pretest and a writing posttest. The results highlighted the superiority of the feedback scenario over the non-feedback scenario for improving the EAP learners’ writing accuracy. Moreover, they underlined the fact that direct WCF was more beneficial for developing the writing skill in comparison with indirect WCF. The findings may highlight the major lines of research for the future empirical studies.
In Silico Analysis of Genome Wide Non-Synonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Indigenous Cattle Breeds of Pakistan

1National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology (NIGAB), National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan 2Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan 3Animal Biotechnology Program, Animal Sciences Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan Article Information Received 21 December 2021 Revised 05 April 2022 Accepted 23 April 2022 Available online 17 June 2022 (early access)
Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial of Rifaximin Therapy for Lowering Gut-derived Cardiovascular Toxins and Inflammation in Chronic Kidney Disease

1 The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 2 Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 3 Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 4 Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 5 Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 6 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO 7 Division of Renal Med Diseases/Hypertension, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 8 Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center 9 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 10 Kidney Research Institute, Seattle, WA
Independent Transversal Domination Number for Some Transformation Graphs G^xyz when xyz=+-+

A dominating set of a graph $G$ which intersects every independent set of a maximum cardinality in $G$ is called an independent transversal dominating set. The minimum cardinality of an independent transversal dominating set is called the independent transversal domination number of $G$ and is denoted by $\gamma_{it}(G)$. In this paper we investigate the independent transversal domination number for the transformation graph of the path graph $P_{n}^{+-+}$, the cycle graph $C_{n}^{+-+}$, the star graph $S_{1,n}^{+-+}$, the wheel graph $W_{1,n}^{+-+}$ and the complete graph $K_{n}^{+-+}$.
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 3 Activity as a Promising Biomarker of Bone Fragility in Postmenopausal Women

The dipeptidyl peptidase 3 (Dpp3) is a ubiquitous zinc-dependent aminopeptidase, participating in the activation or degradation of signaling peptides and in the Keap1–Nrf2 antioxidant pathway. The absence of Dpp3 in the Dpp3 knockout mouse model causes increased osteoclast activity, altered osteogenic function, sustained oxidative stress in the bone tissue, and bone loss. We aimed to assess the association of Dpp3 activity with bone fragility in postmenopausal osteoporosis and the impact of denosumab on enzymatic activity. We conducted a two-phase study including 69 postmenopausal women with severe osteoporosis and 36 postmenopausal women without osteometabolic conditions, as controls (cross-sectional phase). Subjects with severe osteoporosis were assessed at baseline and 14 days after the first denosumab administration (prospective phase). The results showed significant reduction in serum Dpp3 activity (expressed as nmoles of formed product/mg proteins/min) in patients vs. controls (0.791 ± 0.232 vs. 1.195 ± 0.338; p < 0.001), and significant association with bone mass at the femoral neck (r = 0.28, p = 0.02) in patients prior to treatment. We found a negative correlation between C-terminal telopeptide (CTX) or N-terminal pro-peptide of type 1 procollagen (P1NP) levels and Dpp3 activity (respectively, r = −0.29, p = 0.012; and r = −0.2572, p = 0.033). Dpp3 activity did not change after denosumab injection. Our findings support a critical role played by Dpp3 in bone homeostasis as a potential bone protective factor. Additional clinical studies in larger cohorts might explore the implementation of Dpp3 assessment as a biomarker of bone health status.
Anastomosis between Median and Musculocutaneous Nerve: Presentation of a Very Rare Anatomical Variation in Comparison to Classical Divisions

The musculocutaneous nerve (MCN) is the terminal branch of the lateral cord of the brachial plexus, and emerges at the inferior border of pectoralis minor muscle. The nerve can interact with the median nerve (MN), adhering to the nerve and sharing fibers with it. During anatomical dissection of twelve cadavers, we have detected a rare variation of the anastomosis between MCN and MN. The knowledge of this anatomical variation could be of great relevance during surgical and clinical practices.
School-led mindset messaging: understanding elementary students’ meaning and emotions

ABSTRACT Evidence generally supports a positive association between growth mindset and academic outcomes, even if the experimental evidence for growth mindset interventions is somewhat more tenuous. From an applied perspective, the concept of growth mindsets has grown in popularity with a proliferation of materials readily available to teachers and school administrators. The purpose of this multi-method study was to explore elementary students’ (ages 6-12) understanding of growth mindset messaging created by their school and teachers, and its association with students’ emotions. The results showed that students were positively impacted by the growth mindset messaging, both in school and when facing challenges outside of school. Their emotions were largely positive, with the exception of frustration, which participants associated equally with a growth and a fixed mindset. Results are discussed in relation to mindset theory broadly as well as in regards to school-and teacher-initiated mindset messages.
Impact of Transformational Leadership on Constructive Deviant Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Felt Obligation

The primary goal of this research is to determine the influence of transformational leadership on constructive deviant behaviors (pro-social behavior, expressing voice, taking charge, whistleblowing) with the mediating effect of felt obligation. Diverse sample (IT, banking, and health) was taken for the data collection. Data was collected through questionnaires. Data was collected in three different time lags. The result of this study showed that transformational leadership has a significant influence on constructive deviant behaviors. The findings also show that the association between transformational leadership and constructive deviant behaviors is mediated by felt obligation. The association between felt obligation and constructive deviant actions is also strongly moderated by challenge stressor.
Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Organ-Specific Adaptive Responses to Hypoxia Provides Insights to Human Diseases

The common carp is a hypoxia-tolerant fish, and the understanding of its ability to live in low-oxygen environments has been applied to human health issues such as cancer and neuron degeneration. Here, we investigated differential gene expression changes during hypoxia in five common carp organs including the brain, the gill, the head kidney, the liver, and the intestine. Based on RNA sequencing, gene expression changes under hypoxic conditions were detected in over 1800 genes in common carp. The analysis of these genes further revealed that all five organs had high expression-specific properties. According to the results of the GO and KEGG, the pathways involved in the adaptation to hypoxia provided information on responses specific to each organ in low oxygen, such as glucose metabolism and energy usage, cholesterol synthesis, cell cycle, circadian rhythm, and dopamine activation. DisGeNET analysis showed that some human diseases such as cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, metabolism diseases, and social ability disorders were related to hypoxia-regulated genes. Our results suggested that common carp undergo various gene regulations in different organs under hypoxic conditions, and integrative bioinformatics may provide some potential targets for advancing disease research.
The Prevalence of Insulin Resistance in Malaysia and Indonesia: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background and Objectives: Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes are strongly associated with the insulin resistance (IR) status of an individual. However, the prevalence of insulin resistance in Southeast Asia is poorly reported. Hence, this study investigated the prevalence of IR in Southeast Asia from the year 2016 to 2021. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out according to PRISMA guidelines. The literature search was conducted utilizing the PubMed and SCOPUS databases from the year 2016 to 2021 using the keywords ‘(insulin AND resistance) OR (insulin AND sensitivity) OR (prevalence OR incidence) AND (Malaysia OR Thailand OR Singapore OR Brunei OR Cambodia OR Indonesia OR Laos OR Myanmar OR Philippines OR Timor leste OR Vietnam)’. Funnel plot and publication bias were assessed using Egger’s tests. Data were expressed as the prevalence rate. Results: A total of 12 studies with 2198 subjects were considered in the meta-analysis. Significant heterogeneity (I2 > 94% and p-value < 0.001) was observed in the meta-analysis. The overall prevalence of IR in Southeast Asia was 44.3%, with Malaysia having the highest prevalence rate at 50.4%, followed by Indonesia at 44.2%. Bias was detected in the meta-analysis. It may be that reports published before the year 2016 met the study selection criteria, but were excluded from the meta-analysis. Conclusions: The results from the meta-analysis indicate that the prevalence of IR in Southeast Asia is very high. This provided insights for healthcare policy makers and public health officials in designing IR screening programs.