Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Distribution and Diversity of Living Natural Resources from the Most Northern Red Sea Islands, Egypt: I- Hard and Soft Corals

The Red Sea has unique marine habitats as coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds. They provide key resources for coastal populations: food, shoreline protection and stabilization, and economic benefits from tourism (Barrania, 2010). The earliest studies on the coral reefs of the Red Sea are undertaken by Peter Forsskål as part of the Danish Arabia Felix‟ expedition in 1761-67 (Head, 1987). Coral reefs extend throughout the latitudes of the Red Sea to the tip of Gulf of Aqaba. The basic form of coral reefs in the Red Sea is that of fringing reefs laying close to shore of widths varying from a few meters to over 1 km. The reefs are not continuous throughout the Sea and are separated ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: June 30, 2020 Accepted: July 17, 2020 Online: July 20, 2020 _______________
Determinant of Preemptive Corporate Restructuring

In this paper, I investigate whether companies with high quality accounting information carry out preemptive corporate restructuring or not. I find the higher the quality of accounting information, the more proactive the corporate restructuring for the following reasons. First, Board of Directors overseeing the management basically identifies the financial position and performance of the entity through accounting information, it will encourage the management to make preemptive restructuring decisions when it is necessary to improve its operating performance or improve its financial structure through corporate restructuring such as the sale of assets, interests, affiliates and business units. Second, high-quality accounting information will play a role in enhancing possibility of completion of corporate restructuring. This finding suggests that high quality of accounting information was required as a determinant that could enhance the practicability of preemptive restructuring.
Air Quality Prediction Based on Neural Network Model of Long Short-term Memory

Air pollution is a serious environmental problem, which has caused more and more concern all over the world. At present, research focuses on air quality prediction, usually using the following two methods: deterministic method and statistical method. Due to the unreliability of pollutant emission data and incomplete theoretical basis, the prediction accuracy of simulation results of these two methods is low, and these methods do not take into account the problem of time loss. In order to solve the problems of low prediction accuracy, low efficiency, and missing time factors in current air quality prediction research, a simple air quality prediction method LSTM neural network model is proposed. According to the characteristics of time series, the problem of multiple input time variables can be well solved. The datasets in two cities respectively prove that LSTM neural network model can effectively improve the accuracy of air quality prediction. The model can also be used to predict other multivariable input time series. Although air quality prediction based on LSTM presented in this paper has achieved the expected goal, there is still room for improvement in considering both spatial correlation and temporal dimension.
The E ﬀ ect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Employees’ Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model of Grit and Meaning Orientation

: Even though research on the micro-e ﬀ ects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been growing, our understanding of the psychological mechanisms through which perceived CSR a ﬀ ects employees’ organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) remains insu ﬃ cient. Based on social identity theory and the concept of whole self, this study examines the mediating role of meaning orientation as a psychological mechanism and tests the moderating role of grit, using survey data collected from 361 South Korean workers. Our results show that the positive association between perceived CSR and OCB is mediated by meaning orientation. In addition, grit strengthens the perceived CSR-meaning orientation relationship, which in turn boosts employees’ OCB. This study contributes to the literature by revealing a psychological mechanism and how it is moderated by individual traits, which are crucial in predicting CSR’s micro-e ﬀ ects. We discuss how our results can be practically applied by organizations as part of sustainable human resource management.
Synthesis, Docking and Antimicrobial Activity Studies of Some Novel Fused Thiophenes of Biological Interest

Objective: Thiophenes are a part of many natural and synthetic biologically active products displaying several pharmacological activities. Area of antibacterial and antifungal research is still on because of faster development of drug resistance of existing molecules by the microbes. Methods: The starting material 2 -amino-3-carbethoxy-6-N- methyl piperidino thiophene[1] was synthesized by adapting a well-known and versatile Gewald’s reaction with excellent yield (85-98%). The title compounds (1 a-l) were obtained by treating the starting material[1] with various arylaldehydes, as per Scheme 1. Structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by physical (Lassaigne’s test, MP and Rf vaiues) and spectral data (IR, UV, NMR, Mass and CHN Analyses) and all the new compounds were studied for molecular docking and screened for antimicrobial activity. Results: Among the new compounds, the compounds 1f, 1j and 1l exhibited good activity against pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Discussion The aim of designing and synthesizing new molecules as antimicrobials is because of predominant resistance of bacteria and fungi against the existing drugs using Gewald’s and Schiff’s Reaction. Conclusion: It is concluded that some of the new piperidino thiophene analogues reported here displayed promising activity. Key words: Synthesis, Docking, Piperidino thiophene, Gewald’s reaction, Antimicrobial activity.
Vaccines against glioblastoma: reflections on the ICT-107 phase IIb trial

Transl Cancer Res 2020;9(8):4473-4475 | http://dx.doi. org/10.21037/tcr-2020-004 The first clinical attempts to influence the detrimental course of disease in glioblastoma (GBM) patients using active specific immunization strategies on the basis of dendritic cell (DC) based vaccines date back to about 20 years from here (1). A substantial number of small-scale clinical trials using rather heterogeneous, non-standardized DC-based vaccine products provided consistent data on overall safety (2) and, at its best, indirect indications of clinical effectiveness (3). Recently, Wen et al. (4) published their report on the results of a multi-center, randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled phase IIb trial (RCT) of a DC vaccine, called ICT-107, in patients with newly diagnosed GBM. As the authors rightfully state this is the first, well-controlled, moderate-sized RCT in this population showing a possible clinical benefit for a DC vaccine to date. ICT-107 contains autologous, monocyte-derived DC pulsed with a mixture of 6 well-known GBM-associated tumor antigens, more specifically, synthetic 9–10 amino-acid peptides to be presented in either an HLA-A1 ( MAGE-1 and AIM-2) or an HLA-A2 (HER-2, TRP-2, gp100 and IL-13Ra2) context. For the maturation of the DC, interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) where chosen in order to maximally shift the DC into a T-helper-type 1 (Th1) polarization. The choice for this product specification suggests an “intermediate strategy”, holding the middle between “mono-peptide”-pulsed DC (with an inherently high chance to induce antigenloss variants of the tumor and as such immune escape) and “whole-tumor-cell”-pulsed DC (with the notorious difficulty to adequately perform a specific immune monitoring in the patients). Considering the fact that to date, there is no consensus on the optimal DC product, every choice inherently restricts the conclusions that can be drawn from the trial results to the product itself. ICT-107 is conceived only for GBM patients with an HLA-A1 and/or HLA-A2 haplotype, accounting for roughly two thirds of the (Caucasian) population. Generalization and extrapolation to other DC vaccine products is to be avoided, although it would be very informative to be able to compare the results of ICT-107 to these of the DCvax trial (5), of which unfortunately only general survival data have been released without any comparison of the different arms in that randomized trial. The trial design consisted of a 2:1 randomization of ICT-107 versus control, the latter comprising the intradermal injections of autologous, mature, unpulsed DC at the same time-points as in the experimental arm. About two thirds of the postoperatively screened adult GBM patients in whom either a gross-total resection or a large, subtotal resection (with a residual contrast-enhancing remnant of less than 1 cc) had been performed, seemed Editorial Commentary
Aerodynamic Analysis of a Gull-inspired Flapping Wing Glider

This paper provided a gull-inspired flapping wing micro aerial vehicle (FMAV) concept followed with aerodynamic analysis. The FMAV supposed to implement both flapping and gliding mode during the flight to enlarge the endurance. A cambered airfoil is employed for wing cross section different with the traditional flat plate. Aerodynamic analysis is proposed through 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method to get the lift characteristic of two different modes. Result shows that the FMAV is able to generate the lift force up to 5 N with an angle of attack 6 degrees and flight speed 6 m/s without flapping, which proves that the FMAV is able to achieve gliding in specific circumstance. Flapping motion is able to produce a higher lift during the flight. Comparison of the lift performance under a specific condition shows that the average lift generated with flapping is 65.3% higher than gliding mode. Research also found that the effect of airfoil camber on lift generation with flapping is not always positive, further analysis is needed when employs a cambered wing in design of FMAVs.
Utilizing Crisis Intervention Teams in Prison to Improve Officer Knowledge, Stigmatizing Attitudes, and Perception of Response Options

People with mental illness (MI) are overrepresented in prisons, in part, because people with MI stay in prison longer. Correctional officers (COs) use discretion in force, violations, and segregation. Crisis intervention teams (CITs) are being used in corrections to reduce disparities in sanctioning and improve safety. This quasi-experimental, mixed-methods study includes 235 CIT COs who were surveyed before and after training on knowledge of MI, stigmatizing attitudes, and perception of response options. Non-CIT (n = 599) officers completed the same survey. Randomly selected CIT COs completed interviews 6 to 9 months following training (n = 17). CIT COs had significantly lower stigmatizing attitudes, more mental health knowledge, and better perceptions of options following CIT training compared with non-CIT COs. This preliminary work on CIT use in prison is promising; additional work is needed to determine whether these changes result in behavior change among COs and improvements in outcomes for people with MI.
Intraindividual Variability in Narrative Identity: Complexities, Garden Paths, and Untapped Research Potential

This paper introduces key concepts for studying intraindividual variability in narratives (narrative IIV). Narrative IIV is conceptualized in terms of sources of within–person variation (events and audiences) and dimensions of variation (structural and motivational/affective dimensions of narratives). Possible implications of narrative IIV for well–being and self and social development are outlined. Considering narrative IIV leads to complexity in both theory and method, raising the issue of whether some avenues might be more productive than others. Using previously collected data, we sought to evaluate the research potential of different indices of narrative IIV (n = 106 participants; n = 1272 narratives). All analyses were preregistered: doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/SXV4W. Findings show that narrative IIV is distinct depending on source and dimension, replicating previous work. However, narrative IIV was largely unrelated to the measures of well–being and self and social development used in the present study. These findings support the practice of aggregating across narratives in existing research, at least for these outcomes and sources of variation, and provide important guidance for investigators who remain interested in the possible insights that narrative IIV may reveal about the person. © 2020 European Association of Personality Psychology
Comparison of mindful and slow eating strategies on acute energy intake

Mindfulness and slow eating techniques are commonly recommended to achieve weight loss within behavioural weight management programmes; yet the role of these eating strategies on acute energy intake (EI) and satiety are not clear. This study investigated the effects of mindful and slow eating strategies on acute EI and satiety. Twenty‐four participants were randomized to one of three eating conditions (EAT, MIND, SLOW). For the EAT condition, participants were instructed to eat as they normally would for both test meal sessions. For the SLOW condition, participants were instructed to eat as they normally would for their first test meal session and to slow their eating for the second test meal session. For the MIND condition, participants were instructed to eat as they normally would during their first test meal session and were given brief instructions on mindful eating for their second test meal session. For each condition, participants were provided ad libitum access to a test meal, and EI was calculated based upon food consumed. Participants rated their level of satiety following each meal. There were no significant differences in EI between eating strategy conditions. There was a trend towards a decrease in energy intake in the MIND condition compared with the EAT condition and a prevention of increased intake in the SLOW condition. There were no significant differences in ratings of satiety between conditions. Although, neither mindful nor slow eating strategies significantly decreased acute EI or satiety; the results suggest that both strategies blunted the increase in EI observed in EAT that occurred across two eating episodes, which may suggest that these strategies can be important for modifying eating behaviour that may contribute to body weight regulation. Additional appropriately designed studies investigating these strategies appear warranted to confirm these findings.
Comparing the Effects of Oleoresin of Pistacia atlantica Tree and Diclofenac Gel on the Knee Osteoarthritis Improvement

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common chronic rheumatoid diseases, which affects the cartilage and tissue surrounding the joints. OA causes pain and disability among the old population in most of the developing and developed countries. This disease does not have a definitive treatment, and a conventional treatment only controls the symptoms and pain. Pistacia atlantica cream can inhibit many of the enzymes involved in the inflammation process of OA. Objectives: The current study aimed at evaluating the effect of the topical cream of P. atlantica oleoresin on pain relief in patients with knee OA. Methods: P. atlantica cream formulated in the current study was used to reduce the pain, inflammation, and problems of patients with knee OA; it also descended the serious side effects of conventional therapies. The present clinical trial was conducted on 84 patients with knee OA (grade 2 or 3) parallelly for three-month periods, and diclofenac gel was used as a control drug in the same dosage and period. The formulation was analyzed for standardization with the gas chromatography–mass spectrometry apparatus. The Western Ontario and McMaster universities OA index questionnaire was used to assess the treatment trends. Results: The improvement trend was observed in both groups, while patients who received P. atlantica cream had a significantly higher rate of symptoms improvement than those receiving diclofenac gel (P < 0.05). Conclusions: P. atlantica cream significantly reduced pain and stiffness of joints in patients while performing daily living activities. High analgesic effect of α-pinene and the anti-inflammatory effect of P. alantica were the main reasons for the high inflammatory effect of P. atlantica. Finally, the topical use of P. atlantica cream formulated in the current study, along with other common drugs, can be suggested.
Hybrid LQR-PI Control for Microgrids under Unbalanced Linear and Nonlinear Loads

A hybrid Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) and Proportional-Integral (PI) control for a MicroGrid (MG) under unbalanced linear and nonlinear loads was presented and evaluated in this paper. The designed control strategy incorporates the microgrid behavior, low-cost LQR, and error reduction in the stationary state by the PI control, to reduce the overall energetic cost of the classical PI control applied to MGs. A Genetic Algorithm (GA) calculates the parameters of LQR with high-accuracy fitness function to obtain the optimal controller parameters as settling time and overshoot. The gain values of the classical PI controller were determined through the improved LQR values and geometrical root locus. When MG operates in the grid-tied mode under unbalanced conditions, the controller performance of the Current Source Inverter (CSI) of the MG is considerably affected. Consequently, the CSI operates in a negative-sequence mode to compensate for unbalanced current at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC) between the MG and the utility grid. The study cases involved the reduction of the negative-sequence percentage in the current at the PCC, mitigation of harmonics in the current signal injected by the MG, and close related power quality issues. All these cases have been analyzed by implementing an MG connected at the PCC of a low-voltage distribution network. A numerical model of the MG in Matlab/Simulink was implemented to verify the performance of the designed LQR-PI control to mitigate or overcome the power quality concerns. The extensive simulations have permitted verifying the robustness and effectiveness of the proposed strategy.
Research Progress of High Dielectric Constant Zirconia-Based Materials for Gate Dielectric Application

The high dielectric constant ZrO2, as one of the most promising gate dielectric materials for next generation semiconductor device, is expected to be introduced as a new high k dielectric layer to replace the traditional SiO2 gate dielectric. The electrical properties of ZrO2 films prepared by various deposition methods and the main methods to improve their electrical properties are introduced, including doping of nonmetal elements, metal doping design of pseudo-binary alloy system, new stacking structure, coupling with organic materials and utilization of crystalline ZrO2 as well as optimization of low-temperature solution process. The applications of ZrO2 and its composite thin film materials in metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) and thin film transistors (TFTs) with low power consumption and high performance are prospected.
Transcriptome Analysis Provides Insights into Grain Filling in Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica L.)

Grain filling is an importantly developmental process which is associated with the yield and quality of foxtail millet (Setaria italic L.). However, the molecular mechanisms of grain filling are rarely reported in foxtail millet. In our study, RNA-seq was performed to investigate the transcriptional dynamics and identify the key genes involved in grain filling in foxtail millet at five different developmental stages. A total of 11,399 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including 902 transcription factors (TFs), were identified. Certain important genes involved in grain filling were discovered through a function annotation and temporal expression patterns analysis. These genes included genes associated with starch biosynthesis, cell-wall invertases, hormone signal transduction, and polyamine metabolism pathways. The expression levels of seven randomly selected DEGs were validated by a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). This study provides the first insight into the changes in the gene expression of grain filling at different developmental stages in foxtail millet. These results could help understand the complex molecular mechanisms of the panicle formation in foxtail millet and other cereal crops.
Evaluation of Constructs Based on Self-Determination Theory and Self-Efficacy Theory as Predictors of Vocational Rehabilitation Engagement for People With Physical and Sensory Disabilities

Although gainful employment is associated with health and well-being, people with chronic illness and disability may be ambivalent about the prospects of working. As a result, those who might benefit from vocational rehabilitation (VR) services do not always fully engage in those services. Limited motivation toward participating may be due to factors related to self-determination and autonomous choice. Rehabilitation counseling researchers are beginning to test Deci and Ryan’s self-determination theory (SDT), along with Bandura’s self-efficacy theory (SET), as a work motivation model in VR. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate SDT and SET constructs as predictors of VR engagement in a sample of VR clients, using hierarchical regression analysis. After controlling for the effects of demographic variables and person–environment (P-E) contextual factors, SDT and SET predictors were found to account for an increase of 40% in the variance explained in VR engagement. Working alliance was the single strongest predictor of VR engagement, followed by job performance self-efficacy and autonomy supportive climate. Interventions to enhance counselor skills to promote working alliance, in addition to vocational training to increase job performance self-efficacy of rehabilitation clients, may strengthen motivation to engage in VR services, leading to better employment outcomes.
Estimated Abundances of Cetacean Species in the Northeast Atlantic from Two Multiyear Surveys Conducted by Norwegian Vessels between 2002–2013

Two shipboard line-transect surveys of the Northeast Atlantic were conducted between 2002–2007 and 2008–2013 to meet the ongoing requirements of the Revised Management Procedure (RMP) for common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata) developed by the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee. Here we present estimated abundances for non-target species for which there were sufficient sightings, including fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), killer whales (Orcinus orca), harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), and dolphins of genus Lagenorhynchus. The 2 surveys were conducted using a multiyear mosaic survey design with 2 independent observer platforms operating in passing mode, each with 2 observers. The abundances of Lagenorhynchus spp. from the 2002–2007 survey were estimated using single-platform standard distance sampling methods because of uncertainty in identifying duplicate sightings. All other estimates were derived using mark-recapture distance sampling techniques applied to a combined-platform dataset of observations, correcting for perception bias. Most notably, we find that the abundance of humpback whales, similar in both survey periods, has doubled since the 1990s with the most striking changes occurring in the Barents Sea. We also show that the pattern in distribution and abundance of fin whales and sperm whales is consistent with our earlier surveys, and that abundances of small odontocete species, which were not estimated in earlier surveys, show stable distributions with some variation in their estimates. Our estimates do not account for distributional shifts between years or correct for biases due to availability or responsive movement.