Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The CHILD Intervention for Living Drug-Free Comprehensive Assessment of Risk, Resilience, and Experience (CHILD CARRE) Measure: Initial Findings

Abstract This paper summarizes the development and evaluation of an assessment instrument for children ages 7–12. The CHILD CARRE measure is a semi-structured interview with 7 domains. Children from the USA and Argentina (N = 134) completed baseline and follow-up assessments. Substance use occurred at an average age of 8. Almost 33% of the children were taking medications for medical issues, more than 50% of them said that medical problem gets in the way of doing things they like to to do and almost 64% of the children stated that they would like to feel better. On average, children completed third grade in school, 56% of them knew how to read and 26% of the children started making money at age 8. Most children (74%) saw someone drunk or high and 23% of children reported alcohol or psychoactive substance use. Among these children using substances, such substance use occurred at an average age of 8, and in the past 30 days they used these substances an average for 5 days. The rating of level of risk on the part of the interviewer placed these children in the “risky” to “very risky” categories. Most children reported seeing their family members smoking (83%) or using alcohol (67%), and 49% reported seeing their family members high on drugs. Few children (10%) had conflicts with the law, while 46% of their family members had legal problems. Some children (30%) reported having serious problems getting along with family members, neighbors, or friends. These results suggest that this measure can serve as the first comprehensive measure to assess multiple life domains for young children at risk for or using psychoactive substances.
Role of IB Ubiquitination in Signal-induced Activation of NF-B in Vivo(*)

In unstimulated cells, the transcription factor NF-κB is held in the cytoplasm in an inactive state by the inhibitor protein IκBα. Stimulation of cells results in rapid phosphorylation and degradation of IκBα, thus releasing NF-κB, which translocates to the nucleus and activates transcription of responsive genes. Here we demonstrate that in cells where proteasomal degradation is inhibited, signal induction by tumor necrosis factor α results in the rapid accumulation of higher molecular weight forms of IκBα that dissociate from NF-κB and are consistent with ubiquitin conjugation. Removal of the high molecular weight forms of IκBα by a recombinant ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase and reactivity of the immunopurified material with a monoclonal antibody specific for ubiquitin indicated that IκBα was conjugated to multiple copies of ubiquitin. Western blot analysis of immunopurified IκBα from cells expressing epitope-tagged versions of IκBα and ubiquitin revealed the presence of multiple copies of covalently bound tagged ubiquitin. An S32A/S36A mutant of IκBα that is neither phosphorylated nor degraded in response to signal induction fails to undergo inducible ubiquitination in vivo. Thus signal-induced activation of NF-κB involves phosphorylation-dependent ubiquitination of IκBα, which targets the protein for rapid degradation by the proteasome and releases NF-κB for translocation to the nucleus.
Synthesis and Characterization of Efficient ZnO/g-C3N4 Nanocomposites Photocatalyst for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue

We examine the photocatalytic activity (PCA) of ZnO/graphitic carbon nitride g-C3N4 (g-CN) composite material for methylene blue (MB) degradation under visible-light irradiation (VLI). The polymeric g-CN materials were fabricated by the pyrolysis of urea and thiourea. More importantly, ZnO/g-CN nanostructured composites were fabricated by adding the different mounts (60, 65, 70, and 75 wt.%) of g-CN into ZnO via the simple hydrothermal process. Among fabricated composites, the 75% ZnO/g-CN nanocomposites displayed a superior PCA for MB degradation, which were ~three-fold an enhancement over the pure ZnO nanoparticles. The fabricated materials have been evaluated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-Vis, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and electron microscopy. More importantly, the photodegradation of MB could get 98% in ZnO/g-CN could be credited to efficient separation of photo-induced charge carriers between ZnO and g-CN. Also, the recycling efficiency of the as-prepared composites was studied for multiple cycles, which shows that the photocatalysts are stable and suitable to carry out photocatalytic degradation in the logistic mode. Additionally, the probable photocatalytic mechanism has also discussed. The synthetic procedure of ZnO/g-CN based materials can be used in numerous fields such as environmental and in energy storage applications.
Diversity of Microscopic Green Algae (Chlorophyta) in Calcifying Biofilms of Two Karstic Streams in Germany

For the first time the diversity of microscopic green algae (Chlorophyta) from calcified biofilms of karstic streams was analyzed using a combined approach based on pure cultures, i.e., 18S rRNA gene sequencing and microscopic analyses. Our study focused on two creeks in Germany. A considerable diversity of 34 species of green microalgae comprising three classes, the Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyceae and Ulvophyceae, was recovered. The biofilms of both streams were rather different in their species compositions which may reflect that they are exposed to differed hydrochemical conditions. The shallow Westerhöfer creek harbored predominantly Trebouxiophyceae and exhibited higher Mg2+ and SO42− concentrations. In contrast, the deeper, longer and spatially more heterogeneous Deinschwanger creek harbored numerous species of Chlorophyceae. A lower number of species from the Ulvophyceae were spread on both studied streams. The closest relatives of the identified species were from other freshwater habitats, but mostly from phytoplankton. However, also several species we recovered from freshwater for the first time; so far they have been known from terrestrial habitats only. Less than half of the recovered species could be identified with names at the species level based on high sequence identities with available sequences from named reference strains. Most recovered species could not be identified with names to species level, i.e., they may represent species for which no 18S rRNA gene sequence have become available yet or which have been retrieved for the first time. The genus Gongrosira Kützing, often reported from freshwater tufa-stromatolites, was found to represent most likely a collective morphotype formed by several genera nested within the Ulvophyceae.
In silico tests on sequence motif significances for human tissue specific genes

Identification and analysis of tissue-specific (TS) genes and their regulatory activities play an important role in understanding the mechanisms of the organism, disease diagnosis and drug design. Although so far we are not clear about the mechanisms totally, the sequence features of TS genes are becoming an important clue. In this paper we used an integrated pipeline to discover sequences motifs for the promoter regions of TS genes. To test the significances of those motifs in a specific tissue, we used hypotheses test approaches including Bayesian hypothesis, Binomial distribution and traditional z-test. We finally got 2784, 1204 and 703 motifs respectively out of 3244 motifs obtained in discovery phase using above three tests from 3954 TS genes across 83 human tissues. 52.7% of those motifs can be found in public databases available.
Características do carvão de um clone de Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden x Eucalyptus urophylla S. T. Blake

Neste trabalho, objetivou-se determinar a variabilidade existente nas caracteristicas do carvao de um clone de Eucalyptus grandis x Eucalyptus urophylla aos 6 anos, plantado no municipio de Martinho Campos, MG. As arvores foram distribuidas em tres classes de diâmetro e a amostragem consistiu na retirada de discos, de 2,5 cm de espessura, a 2%, 10%, 30% e 70% da altura comercial, alem de um a 1,30 m do solo (DAP) e, a partir deste ponto, de metro em metro ate a altura comercial. Foram tomadas amostras ao longo do raio nos discos, considerando os dois lados em relacao a medula. As amostras foram carbonizadas em forno eletrico de laboratorio, sendo determinados os rendimentos e a qualidade do carvao vegetal produzido. Pelos resultados, verificou-se que para a primeira carbonizacao, a classe diametrica influenciou significativamente o rendimento gravimetrico em carvao vegetal, em liquido pirolenhoso e o teor de cinza do carvao vegetal produzido, e que o rendimento em gas nao condensavel, o teor de materiais volateis e o de carbono fixo nao foram influenciados pela classe diametrica; para a segunda carbonizacao o rendimento gravimetrico aumentou da casca para a medula, para todas as classes diametricas e ocorreu reducao dessa caracteristica com a diminuicao das classes diametricas e que os valores de densidade relativa aparente tenderam a aumentar no sentido medula-casca, em todas as classes diametricas.
Chemical ecology of predator‐prey interactions in ctenophores

Two species of ctenophores coexist in the north‐east Atlantic, one (Bolinopsis infundibulum) forages on crustaceans, while the other (Beroe cucumis) feeds exclusively on the former. Some introductory aspects on the chemical ecology of this predator‐prey relationship are reported here. In laboratory experiments, Bolinopsis demonstrated an escape response to mechanical stimuli directed towards the frontal lobes, as well as to direct attack from the predator. Chemical stimuli, in the form of water conditioned by the predator, or extract of homogenised conspecifics, gave no detectable responses. This suggests that chemically mediated predator‐induced responses, as well as fright reactions induced by alarm signals, are absent in Bolinopsis. On the other hand, a detectable increase in search behaviour of Beroe, measured as an increase in swimming activity, was observed after both stimulation with water conditioned by Bolinopsis and stimulation with extracts of homogenised specimens of the prey. Beroe turns towa.
How young female adolescents understand their pubertal body changes and reproductive system

ABSTRACT Purpose This study explored young female adolescents’ understanding of pubertal body changes and knowledge of their reproductive system. Method Female students in grades seven, eight and nine were recruited from eight junior high schools in Kupang. Body mapping was conducted together with a semi-structured interview. Data was analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Result Participants listed their pubertal body changes and then located the female reproductive system on body maps. Participants aware the changes in their five body areas and could name one or two organs in the female reproductive system but they were unable to locate them on the body maps. Conclusion The study identified a gap in young female adolescents’ knowledge about the anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system. This study provides evidence on the value of using the body mapping exercise in conjunction with semi-structured interviews in research with young female adolescents on a sensitive topic.
An enhanced weighted greedy analysis pursuit algorithm with application to EEG signal reconstruction

In the past decade, compressed sensing (CS) has provided an efficient framework for signal compression and recovery as the intermediate steps in signal processing. The well‐known greedy analysis algorithm, called Greedy Analysis Pursuit (GAP) has the capability of recovering the signals from a restricted number of measurements. In this article, we propose an extension to the GAP to solve the weighted optimization problem satisfying an inequality constraint based on the Lorentzian cost function to modify the EEG signal reconstruction in the presence of heavy‐tailed impulsive noise. Numerical results illustrate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm, called enhanced weighted GAP (ewGAP) to reinforce the efficiency of the signal reconstruction and provide an appropriate candidate for compressed sensing of the EEG signals. The suggested algorithm achieves promising reconstruction performance and robustness that outperforms other analysis‐based approaches such as GAP, Analysis Subspace Pursuit (ASP), and Analysis Compressive Sampling Matching Pursuit (ACoSaMP).
Indexing in research publications

With the advancement in technology, researches no longer have to go in search or articles; they are just a click away. Technology has advanced; hence journal access has become much more comfortable in the present time. Indexing services have helped in these services. Indexing is an essential aspect of publication and reputation. Recent years studies have shown that many research scholars use academic Indexing in journals and many other Open access journals for their education. Indexing is essential as it measures the quality of a journal. Indexing measures the quality of a journal, and hence over the last few years, it is noted that this is the reason why scholars prefer to subscribe to online journals included in the leading list of indexing journals to publish their articles. This article is a review of various indexing services in research publications.
Review of recent advances in AI/ML using the MSTAR data

Over the past decades, there have been many approaches to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) automatic target recognition (ATR). ATR includes detection, classification, and identification of targets, scene, and context. Recently, the explosion of methods for deep learning has attracted numerous researchers to compare machine learning methods for SAR ATR. This paper reviews many approaches conducted for SAR recognition and discerns the most promising approaches. Using the Moving and Stationary Target Acquisition and Recognition (MSTAR) data set, there are comparative methods to evaluate the advances from the community. The paper reviews many of the available techniques recently published to determine the state of the art in emerging concepts.
Grateloupia huanghaiensis sp. nov. (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta), a peculiar new species from China

Abstract Grateloupia huanghaiensis sp. nov. is newly described on the basis of morphological observations and molecular analyses. We document the vegetative and reproductive structures of G. huanghaiensis, which show that the carpogonial ampullae and auxiliary cell ampullae are of the simple Grateloupia-type. The new species can be distinguished from other Grateloupia species by (1) compressed and sword-like apices; (2) being single or double pinnately branched; (3) axes and branches densely covered with numerous short proliferations; (4) numerous distichous or lateral branchlets with proliferations from either end of the thalli; (5) two- to four-layered cellular cortex; (6) densely and irregularly intertwined medullary filaments; and (7) reproductive structures scattered over the surface of branches. Analysis showed this new species to be embedded within the Grateloupia clade in ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase gene (rbcL) trees. Morphological observations and molecular analysis support G. huanghaiensis as a new species.
African Swine Fever Virus GeneA179L,a Viral Homologue ofbcl-2, Protects Cells from Programmed Cell Death

Abstract The African swine fever virus (ASFV) open reading frameA179L,which is similar to the human proto-oncogenebcl-2, has been cloned and expressed in vaccinia virus under control of thepE/Lsynthetic early/late promoter. TheA179Lgene product prevented cell death in HeLa and BSC-40 cells doubly infected with another recombinant vaccinia virus expressing the interferon-induced double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (p68 kinase), which activates a rapid cell death characteristic of apoptosis. This finding suggests that theA179Lgene has a function similar to that ofbcl-2 in preventing apoptosis and may play an important role during productive ASFV infection.
PRECIPITATION DEFICITS AND HIGH TEMPERATURE INCREASE LEAF LITTERFALL IN OPEN RESTINGA VEGETATION, IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Climate is an important driver of litterfall along different ecosystems. However, little is known about how climate affects litter production in plant communities of Restinga. The aim of this study is to characterize the temporal variation in leaf litter production in an Open Clusia Formation in Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park, from 2001 to 2018, and assess how local variability in litter production reflects the local climatic conditions and its variability. We tested the hypothesis that monthly leaf litterfall increases in dry months and in drier and warmer than average months; we also evaluated if annual leaf litterfall increases in wetter and warmer years following leaf production patterns, that increases in these conditions. We found that litterfall peaks in the drier months. This pattern is consistent for many tropical ecosystems, even evergreen ecosystems, and may have evolved as a strategy that result in reduced water stress by plants, during drier and warmer periods, or may simply be a stress symptom. However, we also found that decreases in monthly rainfall and increases in monthly ∆Temperature (temperature observed minus estimated based on 1970-2000 interval) stimulate leaf litter production. Hot and warmer than average years also seem to stimulate leaf litterfall. It suggests that annual leaf litterfall and leaf production are less affected by precipitation regimes than variations in temperature (or radiation, which is directly related to temperature). It may result from the fact that Clusia hilariana , the dominant species in this ecosystem which accounts to 80 % of leaf litterfall, is a CAM photosynthesis species, a characteristic commonly associated with avoidance of water stress by plants. Although leaf litterfall seems to be predominantly driven by climate at annual scale, only 15 % of its variation was associated to climate at seasonal scale, suggesting that local factors control litterfall at lower temporal scales in Open Clusia Formation.
Effects of Nitrogen Stress on Proton-Pumping and Nitrogen Metabolism in Rice

ABSTRACT Three rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties: Caiapó (bred for upland crop), Piauí (a landrace), and IAC-47 (an improved variety) were used to study the effects of nitrogen (N) suppression in plant metabolism. Nitrogen suppression increased root growth in Caiapó plants. This growth was simultaneous with increases in hydrogen (H+)-pyrophosphatase (H+-PPase) and vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-H+-ATPase) activities in the roots of Piauí plants. The SDS-PAGE shows 73, 67, and 53 kDa fractions proteins accumulating in the tonoplast what agrees with the observed activities of H+-PPases and V-H+-ATPases. Piauí and IAC-47 varieties exhibited different responses from one another at the beginning of N-Stress: there was an increase in P-H+-ATPase activity for Piauí and a decrease for IAC-47. Piauí plants had a higher content of nitrate (NO3 −) in roots and sheaths, notwithstanding it mobilized less of this NO3 −-N during this growth period than did IAC-47. These results suggest that Piauí plants are better adapted to nutrient-poor environments.
Management of Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection

Acute aortic dissection has an incidence of approximately half that of symptomatic abdominal and thoracic aneurysm of the aorta and more than twice the mortality of population-based controls. While urgent undelayed open surgery is the strategy of choice in proximal dissection, medical management has been the mainstay of treatment for uncomplicated distal or type B aortic dissection, but endovascular intervention is now considered a potential treatment option for all type B dissection due to its success in complicated cases. Endovascular repair can be technically demanding in aortic dissection, and timing of the repair can have a significant influence on anatomical and clinical outcome. Observational reports of feasibility and reasonable safety are flanked by only two randomised trials; the Acute Dissection Stent Grafting or Best Medical Treatment (ADSORB) trial demonstrated improved remodelling in acute dissection and the INvestigation of STEnt grafts in patients with type B Aortic Dissections (INSTEAD) trial showed better long-term survival in patients treated endovascularly in the subacute phase. Meta-analyses and other large clinical studies have demonstrated mixed results. Due to some risks associated endovascular repair and the requirement of specialist aortic care (which is not always available), a pragmatic approach for current management could involve high intensity serial imaging in the acute phase of a type B aortic dissection, thereby identifying complicated cases for early intervention and selection of patients at high risk of disease progression for deferred endovascular management in the subacute phase within 90 days.
Preparation and Methods for Sequential Evaluation of Titanium Implant Interfaces in Plastic Embedded Calcified Bone

Abstract Clinical, radiographic, fluorescence, histological, and electron microscopy techniques can be utilized for a comprehensive examination of bone/implant interfaces. To accomplish this objective, proper fixation, processing techniques, instrument quality control, and laboratory safety practices should be followed at all times. This paper reviews the methodology that has become standard practice in our laboratory for the evaluation of bone/irnplant interfaces. A regimen of fluorescent bone markers was used after implant placement to study rates of bone remodeling. At sacrifice, the tissue was perfused or immersed in an aldehyde or alcohol fixative. Implants were retrieved en bloc, radiographs made, and tissues embedded in plastic. Tissue implant blocks were cut longitudinally into 300–400 μm thick wafers with a low speed saw equipped with a diamond blade. The wafers were glued to plexiglass slides and hand ground to approximately 25 μm. Wafers were photographed with an epi-fluorescence microscope; ra.
Direct plant regeneration from leaf explants in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is free of stable genetic variation

A new procedure is described for rapid and efficient plant regeneration from leaf explants of Cucumis sativus and C. anguria. The following factors were most important: young leaves, the NO 3 :NH 4 ratio in the plant induction medium, small explants and the growth regulator combination. After about 4 weeks of culture under optimal growth conditions, the frequency of regeneration was 10-100% of explants. Six to 7 weeks were required to obtain well-rooted plants, which were mostly able to survive after transfer into soil. From a single young leaf of C. sativus cv. 'Borszczagowski', 135 plants could be regenerated. All plants transferred to a greenhouse were free of morphological or physiological abnormalities, flowered normally and bore fruits. The analysis of R 0 plants showed no genetic variation, whereas in the R 1 two new phenotypes, which were not transmittable to the R 2 , were observed. This procedure is recommended for its production of homogeneous cucumber plants.