Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Acceptance of the English Language Learning Mobile Application Hello English Across Gender and Experience Differences

Abstract— This study is aimed at investigating the relationship between stu-dents’ perceived effect (PE) and their intention to use (IU) one of the English language learning mobile applications which is called Hello English, and also the differences of students’ PE and IU based on gender and experience. There are 24 male and 73 female students who completed the online survey which was admin-istered to several universities in Indonesia. The result of a bivariate correlation analysis shows a statistically significant positive relationship between students’ PE and IU, where gender differences do not have any significant influence on their PE and IU. On the other hand, students who have experienced using Hello English for more than three months perceived the effect of Hello English on their communicative competence better than those who only use it less than three months. Besides, the experienced users also show a higher intention to use Hello English to learn English in the future.
Marine hitchhikers: a preliminary study on invertebrates unintentionally transported via the international pet trade

The pet trade in aquatic organisms is a significant source of non-indigenous species introductions. In comparison with ornamental animals, unintentionally transported invertebrate assemblages are easily overlooked by traders and keepers. Moreover, hitchhiking species detection and identification is difficult even for experts. The densities of “hitchhikers” in aquaria may be relatively higher than those in the wild. These phenomena are known in freshwater aquaria but poorly studied in marine ones. We found 17 species of non-ornamental marine invertebrates in one of the leading importers of aquarium species in the Czech Republic in November 2017. The set comprised six gastropods, two bivalves, three cnidarians, two echinoderms, two crustaceans, and two polychaete worms. In one case, a symbiont was also detected, associated with the host “hitchhiker”. No “live rocks” are traded by the surveyed wholesaler. Thus, the found animals were not imported together with this item as larvae or eggs. Contrary to the transport of targeted ornamental species, it is clear that transport of “hitchhikers” is occurring despite standard legislative regulations and should be brought to the attention of conservationists, wildlife managers, policymakers and
Reasons for customers reluctance to use electronic payments – A study in Ho Chi Minh City

This study aims to investigate reasons why customers are reluctant to use e-payment and how these reasons explain their impacted values, with the following research objectives: (1) to identify characteristics of electronic payment generating the resistance of customers to this E-payment; (2) to explore the connections between those characteristics and values of individuals through the consequences of these characteristics; (3) to propose suggestions for service providers and financial institutes to develop appropriate strategic plans to motivate e-payment in Vietnam. To address these research objectives, the means-end chain (MEC) theory is employed with hard laddering interviews as data collection methods. Then, the collected data are analyzed by the Association Pattern Technique (APT) and used to build the Hierarchical Value Map (HVM). The HVM indicates five main reasons which bar customers from using e-payment: (1) lack of information about e-payment and its benefits, (2) security vulnerabilities in online payment systems, (3) unavailability of legal laws to protect e-payment users, (4) unpopularity of e-payment, and (5) transaction fees and no discount for e-payment. The Value map also revealed that Safety is the most crucial value explaining why most customers are unwilling to use e-payment. Besides, the respondents also care about the Economy and the Convenience of e-payment. From these findings, the study offers some suggestions for banks and service providers to increase the popularity of e-payments.
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=520822 or http://unpan1.un. org/ intradoc/groups/public/documents/ APCITY/UNPAN023828.pdf Ha, Nguyen Minh (2010) “Impact of Age and Size on Firm Growth in Vietnam”. Science Journal of HCMC Open University. Vol 2 (17), pp.137-146.
APPLICATION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND BIOREACTOR TECHNIQUES IN MICROPROPAGATION OF TROPICAL LILY CONCA D’OR (ORIENT X TRUMPET)

The lily is considered one of the highest value cutting flowers as well as is popular to the majority. Bulbs are often imported from the Netherland with an expensive price. Thus, it is difficult to sell commercial lily flowers in the domestic market and international trade. This study focused on mass producing the source of somatic embryos with a high regeneration ability used for the lily micropropagation. Internodes were cultured on MS medium and supplemented with 0.1 mg/l BA and 0.5 mg/l NAA to induce callus, while embryogenic cells reached the highest value at 98.2% before such embryogenic callus was then multiplied on the same media within 5 weeks. The suitable media for somatic embryos regeneration was MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l BA and 0.25 mg/l NAA which after 5 weeks of culture gave us a shoot number of 3.7 shoots/clusters, a shoot height of 87.3 mm, a leaf diameter of 7.7 mm. Multiple shoots regenerated from embryogenic cells were then used as materials for micropropagation. Results showed that the highest data for multiple shoot multiplication was reached in the bioreactor culture system with the maximum number of shoot height (100.25 mm), shoot number (7.1 shoot/cluster) and fresh weight of shoots (1470.94 mg/cluster). The suitable medium for rooting was MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l NAA.
Modulation of antigen presenting cell function to affect innate and adaptive immune responses: implications for organ transplantation.

publications Rogers NM, Stephenson MD, Coates PT. Liposomal curcumin ameliorates renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury via NFkappaB inhibition and antioxidant pathways. Immunol Cell Biol 2010; 88(6): A28 Rogers NM, Kireta S, Coates PT. Curcumin generates maturation-resistant dendritic cells and T regulatory cells in vitro. Immunol Cell Biol 2010; 88(6): A24 Rogers NM, Coates PT. Curcumin generates maturation-arrested “FAST” dendritic cells that expand regulatory T cells in vitro and in vivo. Nephrology 2010; 15(S4): 40
INDUCTION DE RÉPRESSION GÉNÉTIQUE POST- TRANSCRIPTIONNELLE DE ATMLH1, UN DES PRINCIPAUX GÈNES DE CORRECTION DES MÉSAPPARIEMENTS DE L’ADN CHEZ

The DNA mismatch repair (MMR) machinery of eukaryotes involves several genes whose products interact to repair mispaired bases resulting from DNA replication errors or homoeologous recombination. We report here the cloning and characterization of AtPMS1,a gene that codes for a predicted polypeptide sequence of 924 amino acids containing the typical MutL motifs. It is one of three homologs of the Escherichia coli MutLgene in Arabidopsis thalianaand constitutes the first ortholog of the yeast PMS1gene to be characterized in plants. The gene is present in a single copy in the Arabidopsisgenome and is located in the top portion of chromosome IV. Northern and RT-PCR analyses indicate that the AtPMS1gene is expressed at very low levels in mature leaves but is much more highly expressed in cultured cells. Furthermore, an alternate form of the messenger, apparently coding for an incomplete protein lacking a key portion of the C-terminus, appears to co-exist in some plant tissues, albeit at a lower abundance. Primer extension and 5’ -RACE experiments suggest that this gene has multiple transcription start sites, observations that are in agreement with the lack of a detectable TATA box. These results underline the importance of experimentally-derived results to confirm and, occasionally, to correct and extend the information provided by genome projects. © 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Development of a three-dimensional variational assimilation

28 For the aerosol variables in the model for simulating aerosol interactions 29 and chemistry (MOSAIC)-4bin chemical scheme in the Weather Research and 30 Forecasting–Chemistry (WRF–Chem) model, this study presents an 31 observation forward aerosol extinction coefficient (AEC) and aerosol mass 32 concentration (AMC) operator and corresponding adjoint based on the 33 interagency monitoring of protected visual environments (IMPROVE) 34 equation, and then a three-dimensional variational (3-DVAR) data assimilation 35 system (DA) is developed for lidar AECs and AMCs. DA experiments are 36 conducted based on AEC profiles measured by five light detection and ranging 37 (lidar) systems as well as mass concentration (MC) data measured at over 38 1,500 ground environmental monitoring stations across China for particulate 39 matter 2.5 μm or less in diameter (PM2.5) and PM between 2.5 and 10 μm in 40 diameter (PM10). An experiment comparing assimilated and without 41 assimilated measurements finds the following. While only five lidars were 42 available within the simulation region (approximately 2.33 million km2 in 43 size), assimilating lidar AEC data alone can effectively improve the accuracy 44 of the initial field of the WRF–Chem as well as its forecast performance for 45 PM2.5MCs. Compared to the without assimilated experiment, DA reduces the 46 root mean square error of surface PM2.5MCs in the initial field of the model by 47 10.5 μg/m3 (17.6%). Moreover, the positive effect resulting from the 48 optimization of the initial field for AMCs can last for more than 24 h. By 49 taking advantage of lidar aerosol vertical profile information and the 50 near-surface PM MC observations, assimilating lidar AEC and surface PM2.5 51 (PM10) simultaneously can effectively integrate their observed information and 52 generate a more accurate 3D aerosol analysis field. 53
Registration of the Louise/Alpowa Wheat Recombinant Inbred Line Mapping Population

Journal of Plant Registrations 12:282–287 (2018). doi:10.3198/jpr2017.08. 0053crmp This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc-nd/4.0/) Supplemental material is available online for this article. Received 29 Aug. 2017. Accepted 15 Nov. 2017. Registration by CSSA. 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison, WI 53711 USA *Corresponding author (kim.garland-campbell@ars.usda.gov) Abstract
Stomatal Regulation

estimate rather than an exact count. All of the Myxomycetes how 8 as the x number; in the diatoms only 3 genera are cited, the x numbers being 4, 8, and 64, the latter with I28 as the 2X number; in the Conjugatae I 2 is the prevailing number, and in most cases the 2X is not cited; in the Chlorophyceae the x numbers are various, ranging from 6 to 32, but no 2X numbers are given; in the Phaeophyceae the x numbers are i6, i8, 22, 24, and 32, with the expected
Residence Rules

D ETERMINING a community's rule or rules of residence inmarriage has long been established as a basic requirement for any satisfactory descriptive account of its social system. That residence practices are important determinants of the various forms of family and kinship organization has long been postulated by ethnologists and recently been given impressive statistical documentation by Murdock.2 Needless to say, studies uch as his are dependent upon the reliability with which ethnographic facts are reported and interpreted. Ethnologists now take it for granted that a reliable report of residence ustoms i based on a house by house census of the community studied. When we read that such a census reveals a given ratio f residence types, I think most of us feel secure in what we regard as reliable information. It was quite a shock, therefore, when I recently found myself differing considerably with John Fischer about the incidence of residence forms in a community on Truk (Romonum Island) where we both collected ata within the space of three years. Our respective tabulations appear on the following page.3 On the basis of my figures we would not hesitate to classify Trukese society as essentially matrilocal, since nearly three-quarters of the married couples are apparently iving in matrilocal residence. On the basis of Fischer's figures, with little more than half the married couples in matrilocal residence and almost a third living patrilocally, I would myself be inclined to classify Trukese society as bilocal.
Whole-mouse in vivo bioluminescence imaging applied to drug screening against Leishmania infantum: a reliable method to evaluate efficacy and optimize treatment regimens

Leishmaniasis is an important vector-borne neglected tropical disease caused by Leishmania parasites. Current anti-Leishmania chemotherapy is unsatisfactory, justifying the continued search for alternative treatment options. Herein, we propose the use of a minimally invasive bioluminescence-based murine model for preliminary in vivo screening of compounds against visceral infection by Leishmania infantum. We demonstrate that luciferase-expressing axenic amastigotes, unlike promastigotes, are highly infectious to BALB/c mice and generate a robust bioluminescent signal in the main target organs, such as the liver and spleen. Finally, we validate the use of this technique to evaluate in vivo treatment efficacy using reference drugs amphotericin B and miltefosine.
Veterinarians’ Perception, Knowledge and Practices of Antibiotic Stewardship in Enugu State Southeast, Nigeria

A cross-sectional survey utilizing structured questionnaires was used to study the veterinarians’ perception, knowledge and practices of antibiotic stewardship (ABS) in Enugu State, Southeastern Nigeria. Data obtained were analyzed using chi-square on SPSS (Version 15.0) at a significance level of P 0.05 ) on the awareness of respondents about ABS. More than one-third of the respondents wrongly perceived that increasing the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics (35.4%, 99) is one of the goals of ABS, whereas the minority of the respondents rightly perceived/knew that minimizing toxicity and other adverse effects (16.8%, 47) and reducing antibiotic resistance (ABR) (43.2%, 121) are also goals of ABS. Only 21.4% (60) had overall knowledge of ABS. Prescribing antibiotics without seeing/examining the patient, prescribing antibiotics for any case suspected to be infectious, prescribing broad-spectrum antibiotics despite availability of narrow-spectrum antibiotics, prescribing different classes/types of antibiotics concurrently to ensure therapeutic efficacy, prescribing overdose of antibiotics to ensure efficacy and non-consultation of the veterinary formulary/other resources when in doubt during prescription, are some of inappropriate/untoward ABS practices/behaviors/attitudes amongst the respondents. No significant association ( P > 0.05 ) was found between practices of ABS and age, gender, qualification, years of practice and location. In conclusion, the veterinarians’ awareness/perception and practices of ABS is abysmally poor in the study area, thus education of Nigerian veterinarians about ABS and the teaching of the principles and practices of ABS during veterinary schools are recommended.
Clostridium difficile Colonization and Infection in the Elderly and Associations with the Aging Intestinal Microbiome

Background: It is unclear how medication exposures differ in their association with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (rCDI) between nursing home and community-dwelling elders. This study examines these exposures to determine if the risks of rCDI differ by home environment. Methodology: This is a retrospective study of patients 65 years or older with CDI diagnosed by symptoms plus positive stool toxin testing from both the academic and community healthcare settings. Sociodemographic data, patient characteristics, and medications were extracted from the electronic medical record (EMR). We used separate extended Cox models conducted according to home environment to identify the association between medication use and risk of rCDI. Results: Of the 616 CDI treated elders, 24.1% of community-dwelling and 28.1% of nursing home elders experienced recurrence within 1 year. Among community-dwelling elders, exposure to antibiotics and acid-reducing medications were associated with an increased risk of rCDI (1.6 and 2.5 times, respectively), however corticosteroid exposure reduced the risk of recurrence by 39%. Among nursing home elders, the risk of rCDI was 2.9 times higher with acid-reducing and 5.9 times higher with corticosteroid medication exposures.
Compact and Small Planar Monopole Rectangular Patch Antenna with Symmetrical Maze-Shaped Slots for BLUETOOTH/WLAN/IMT Applications

Microstrip patch antennas are useful in antenna wireless applications because they are simple, lightweight and cheap to fabricate, and compatible with printed-circuit technology. A small and compact triple-band microstrip-fed antenna with defected ground plane for Bluetooth (2.4 GHz), International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT-4.5 GHz) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN-2.4/5.2 GHz) is designed.The proposed antenna consists of a rectangular radiating metallic patch with symmetrical maze shaped slots and defected ground plane. The proposed antenna is small (15×15×1.6 mm) when compared to general multibandpatch antennas. The antenna proposed is designed and simulated using computer simulation technology (CST). The simulation and measurement results show that the designed antenna is capable of operating over the 2.4–2.5 GHz, 4.4–5.0 GHz, and 5.1–5.39 GHz frequency bands. Radiation pattern and acceptable antenna gain are achieved over the triple operating frequency bands.
Massive osteopetrosis caused by giant, non-functional osteoclasts in R51Q SNX10 mutant mice

1 Department of Molecular Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel 2 Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany 3 Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel 4 Department of Veterinary Resources, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel 5 Istishari Arab Hospital, Ramallah, Palestine 6 Hereditary Research Laboratory and Department of Life Sciences, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine 7 Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 8 Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Somatic embryogenesis from mature Bambusa ventricosa

Published by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) and issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under the Director/Dean, Cooperative Extension Service/CTAHR, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822. Copyright 2010, University of Hawai‘i. For reproduction and use permission, contact the CTAHR Office of Communication Services, ocs@ctahr.hawaii.edu, 808-956-7036. The university is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution providing programs and services to the people of Hawai‘i without regard to race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, arrest and court record, sexual orientation, or status as a covered veteran. Find CTAHR publications at www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/freepubs. Introduction Bamboo provides economic benefits for about 2.5 billion people around the world (INBAR 1999). It continues to play a key role in small landowner income creation and in assisting marginalized groups by enabling them to participate in high value-added processing activities. As worldwide demand for forest resources grows, bamboo has emerged as a leading non-wood forest product. Bamboo plantations provide environmental and economic benefits through conservation and enhanced processing and production opportunities (Lobovikov et al. 2007). Trad it iona l p ropagat ion techniques, such as rhizome division, are inefficient for large-scale production. Micropropagation can improve plantation economic viability by increasing propagation productivity and homogeneity, and by providing consistent and dependable plant quality (Gielis et al. 2002). Bamboo plants grown from tissue culture have shown superiority in rate of culm growth and development over conventional culm cuttings (Rao et al. 1990; Sood 2002). However, reliable, efficient, economical protocols that are suitable for commercially propagating mature, elite plants are scarce (e.g., Gillis et al. 2007, Jimenez et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2004, Sood et al. 2002, Godbole 2002, and Saxena & Bhojwani 1993). Gillis et al. (2007) Somatic Embryogenesis From Mature Bambusa ventricosa
Physical and biological drivers of sediment oxygenation and denitrification in a New Zealand intermittently closed and open lake lagoon

ABSTRACT Intermittently closed and open lakes and lagoons (ICOLLs) are shallow estuarine ecosystems, many of which show eutrophication symptoms. The physical and biological drivers of sediment oxygenation and denitrification were examined in a New Zealand ICOLL using in situ enclosures for one year. Denitrification was seasonally and spatially variable, and higher denitrification rates were driven by organic matter availability, temperature and nitrate flux. The bulldozing invertebrates generally deepened oxygen penetration in 18% of oxygen profiles, consistent with their effect in multiple regressions. Chironomid larvae (Chironomidae) dominated the benthic community, and their tubular burrows modified oxygen penetration into the sediment in 18% of profiles, potentially affecting denitrification in the ICOLL through bioirrigation. Our study shows that macroinvertebrates support increased sediment oxygenation; therefore the use of artificial opening regimes in many ICOLLs may have negative effects on macroinvertebrate community composition and may consequently inhibit denitrification.
Seasonal and habitat structures of crustacean decapod assemblages associated with Zostera marina beds in northern Jinhae Bay, Korea

Crustacean decapod assemblages were surveyed in Zostera marina beds adjacent to tidal flats (ET) and rocky shore (ER), and in unvegetated habitats (UV). Decapod samples were collected monthly throughout 2002 using a small beam trawl from northern Jinhae Bay, Korea. Water temperature, salinity, eelgrass biomass, sediment composition and organic matter were also monitored to assess any correlation between environmental variables and decapod fauna. A total of 31 decapod species belonging to five taxa (three prawns, 13 caridean shrimps, one hermit crab, one mud shrimp and 13 crabs) were collected at three different habitats. To assess variations in decapod assemblages in relation to habitat type and season, various multivariate analyses were used. The dominant caridean shrimps were Palaemon macrodactylus, Alpheus digitalis and Crangon uritai, and the dominant crabs were Charybdis japonica, Hemigrapsus penicillatus and Charybdis bimaculata. The number, abundance and diversity of decapod species varied greatly with habitat type and season, peaking in eelgrass beds and during spring, and showing the lowest catch rate in unvegetated habitat and during winter months. The nMDS ordination and multivariate analyses revealed that habitat type and season were determinant factors affecting the structure of decapod assemblages. Seasonal shifts in the abundance of decapods corresponded with changes in eelgrass biomass and loss on ignition (LOI), but not with water temperature or salinity.