Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Involvement of Fenton Reaction on Biodecolorization and Biodegradation of Methylene Blue Dye by Brown Rot Fungi Daedalea dickinsii

The disposal of dye wastewater has become a major global concern. Meanwhile, microorganisms have shown high potential in the treatment of wastewater pollutants. In this study, the involvement of the Fenton reaction in the biodecolorization and biodegradation of methylene blue (MB) by the brown rot fungus Daedalea dickinsii was investigated. Subsequently, D. dickinsii is a fungus capable of producing hydroxyl radicals (•OH). This experiment was conducted with an initial MB concentration of 75 mg/L, and different incubation times of 0, 7, 14, 21, and 28 d respectively. The result showed that the Fenton reaction played an important role, and this was demonstrated by the addition of FeSO4 as a Fe2+ source. The removal of MB by D. dickinsii with the addition of Fe2+ reached 91.454% at 28 d in a mineral salt medium. It was higher compared to D. dickinsii culture treatment without Fe2+ addition, 86.427%. Furthermore, the metabolic degradation product was analyzed using LC-TOF/MS and identified as 2-amino-3-hydroxy-5-(methylamino) benzenesulfonic acid and N-(3,4-dihydroxy phenyl)-N-methyl formamide.
Perception of inherited risk in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review

Introduction A family history is impacting the individual’s risk perception. The objective of this systematic review was to describe inherited risk perceptions of type 2 diabetes from the citizen’s viewpoint. The aim was to summarize and increase understanding so that the increased knowledge could be used effectively in type 2 diabetes risk communication in health care. Methods We conducted a systematic review using CINAHL, Medline, and Scopus databases for hereditary, risk, perception, and diabetes related concepts, within the date range of 1.1. 2017 to 2.8. 2022. Eligible articles were English, peer-reviewed, and addressed the research question: how is hereditary risk of type 2 diabetes perceived? Returns were viewed independently by two authors, and evaluated using the appraisal criteria of the Joanna Briggs Institute. A thematic analysis was used for the synthesis of the data, yielding three themes describing perceptions of inherited risk in type 2 diabetes. Results A total of 32 articles were included, of which 23 were quantitative, 5 qualitative, and 4 were mixed-methods studies. The extracted themes were (1) Identifying heredity as a risk factor, (2) Diversity of hereditary risk, and (3) Perception of the magnitude of personal risk. Discussion The perception towards hereditary risk can vary from a desire to actively make a lifestyle change, to the view that diabetes is inevitable regardless of lifestyle. A positive family history increases the risk perception of type 2 diabetes, but the perceived magnitude of the risk may vary from person to person. The findings have the potential to be applied in healthcare’s risk communication.
The relationship between energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and meteorological factors in Sfax (Tunisia): an ARDL bounds testing approach

ABSTRACT The current analysis investigates the impact of energy consumption (EC) on environmental quality in the urban area of Sfax, Tunisia. First, we use electricity EC as a proxy for EC. Second, as an indicator of the degradation of the environmental quality, we use the following air pollutants: nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and suspended particulates in the air having a diameter less than 10 micrometers (PM10). We also analyse the influence of meteorological factors expressed by the temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) on the dispersion of pollutants and their concentration in the atmosphere. We apply the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach. We find that EC stimulates the degradation of the environment; indeed, it leads to the amount of PM10 in the atmosphere. Conversely, findings reveal that the increase of EC is associated with a decrease in the amount of SO2, NO2 and O3. Additionally, meteorological factors, especially T and RH, affect the dispersion of pollutants and their accumulation around their emission sources.
Datafication in Smart Cities: Understanding how the Public Experience Urban Environments

Datafication has become a prominent feature of smart cities, where sensors, monitoring devices, and AI are being integrated with city infrastructures and facilities, resulting in rapidly changing urban areas informed by data-driven decision-making processes. Although there is a vast amount of data being generated about urban environments and citizens, research on understanding citizens’ social experience in smart cities has been limited. This study proposes a three-stage research design that provides datafication solutions to understand citizens’ experience of urban environment in a synergistic manner. We employ a mixed methods approach drawing upon multiple data collected by the researcher, from the citizens, and sourced across smart cities open data platforms. It is designed to undertake a place-based and citizen-centric approach to understand the lived social experiences of citizens in urban environments. This work will contribute to our current understanding in developing socially sustainable smart cities, providing methodological insights for future research on how datafication process can be leveraged to improve quality of urban life.
Induction Chemotherapy for Locoregionally Advanced Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Abstract Background There is emerging evidence to suggest the role of induction chemotherapy (IC) in definitive management of locoregionally advanced sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma (SNSCC). We evaluated the influence of IC on survival and predictors of its use in SNSCC patients. Methods The 2004 to 2017 National Cancer Database was queried for patients with locoregionally advanced SNSCC (T4/M0). Treatments were stratified into seven groups: definitive chemoradiation (CRT), IC with definitive CRT (IC + CRT), IC + CRT with salvage surgery (IC + CRT + Sx), definitive surgery (Sx), IC with definitive surgery (IC + Sx), definitive surgery with adjuvant radiation or CRT (Sx + ATx), or IC + Sx + ATx. Cox proportional-hazards regression assessed overall survival (OS) and logistic regression identified predictors of IC. Results Of 3,162 patients, 1,088 (34.4%) were female with a mean age of 63.4 ± 13.4 years. The 2- and 5-year OS rates were 58.6 and 42.0%, respectively. Compared with CRT, Sx + ATx (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.663; p < 0.001), IC + Sx (HR: 0.606; p = 0.005), or IC + Sx + ATx (HR: 0.468; p = 0.001) exhibited reduced mortality. Among patients who were treated with definitive surgery, those receiving IC had additional OS benefit (all p s < 0.05). Older age (odds ratio [OR]: 0.607; p < 0.001), female sex (OR: 0.759; p = 0.028), Black race (OR: 1.650; p < 0.001, T4b stage (OR: 1.674; p < 0.001), and higher N stage (OR: 1.395; p < 0.001) were predictors of IC. Conclusions IC prior to definitive surgery with or without adjuvant therapy exhibited the highest OS for locoregionally advanced SNSCC. Age, sex, race, and T/N staging were predictors of IC. Multimodal treatment regimens involving surgery as the primary modality may, therefore, provide the greatest therapeutic response.
Naravovarstveno vrednotenje avifavne ob Savi med Krškim in Jesenicami na Dolenjskem s predlogom novega mednarodno pomembnega območja (IBA) za ptice v Sloveniji

Na 32 km2 velikem območju ob Savi med Krškim in Jesenicami na Dolenjskem je bila leta 2008 opravljena inventarizacija avifavne z namenom naravovarstvenega ovrednotenja območja. V pokrajinskih tipih gozd, kmetijska kulturna krajina in mozaik smo na skupaj 25,3 km transektov popisali ptice dvakrat. Posebej smo popisali ptice vodnih teles raziskovanega območja – ptice rečne struge s poudarkom na ciljnih vrstah vodomcu Alcedo atthis in malem martincu Actitis hypoleucos – ter ptice drugih vodnih teles (gramoznici, mrtvica). Skupaj smo registrirali 132 vrst ptic, med katerimi je bilo 88 gnezdilk. Petnajst gnezdilk je uvrščenih v Prilogo 1 Direktive 79/409/EGS o ohranjanju prosto živečih ptic. Kvalifikacijskim kriterijem za opredelitev IBA/SPA Sava med Krškim in Jesenicami na Dolenjskem – (1) vrste dosegajo na območju več kot 1% nacionalne populacije, (2) vrste so zastopane na območju z najmanj dvema paroma, pri čemer je celotna nacionalna populacija večja od pet parov, in (3) vrsta je lahko kvalifikacijska le na petih najpomembnejših območjih v dani evropski regiji (Slovenija) – so ustrezale 3 vrste, kvakač Nycticorax nycticorax, črni škarnik Milvus migrans in vodomec Alcedo atthis. Območje ob Savi med Krškim in Jesenicami na Dolenjskem kot predlagano novo IBA/SPA je edino za kvakača in črnega škarnika kot kvalifikacijski vrsti ter četrto najboljše območje za vodomca v državi.
Design and development of an autonomous mobile patrol robot

—Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are especially useful for completing tasks that humans find repetitive or unsafe. An industry that would benefit from the integration of an AMR is security, where a robot could be tasked with patrolling areas to report potential concerns, hazards or violations based on the environment. To research and experiment with these possibilities, a versatile robotic platform capable of operating outdoor and indoor amongst cars and humans is required. Commercial and open-sourced AMRs are available and range in sizes; however, there is no existing mobile robotic system in the market that can be directly adopted in the application with all required capabilities. Therefore, a newly designed mobile robotic system, specifically for patrol and policing applications, is proposed in this paper. It is a robust 1/3 rd scale car-like robot with a modular, and reproducible hardware architecture. The design and development of the SPR is presented as it aims to expand the possibilities of research and validation in simulation and experimentation. The test result of the designed robot showed its ability to navigate and localize in an environment, displaying its readiness for autonomy.
User Testing: Gathering Data from First-Year Medical Students as They Interact with the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)

Abstract Researchers from the Mercer University School of Medicine and EBSCO Information Services formed a partnership to conduct user testing on the library’s EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) interface. The goal of the study was to determine if first-year medical students encountered difficulty when asked to retrieve full-text, eBook, peer-reviewed, and print items relevant to their current research. Participants experienced some confusion when formulating search terms and selecting and applying limiters to refine searches.
Source‐Scaling Relations of Interface Subduction Earthquakes for Strong Ground Motion and Tsunami Simulation

The recording on high‐resolution broadband seismic networks of several great interface subduction earthquakes during the last decade provide an excellent opportunity to extend source‐scaling relations to very large magnitudes and to place constraints on the potential range of source parameters for these events. At present, there is a wide range of uncertainty in the median rupture areas predicted for any given seismic moment by current relationships between magnitude and rupture area for subduction interface earthquakes. Our goal is to develop an updated set of earthquake source‐scaling relations that will reduce this current large degree of epistemic uncertainty and improve the accuracy of seismic‐hazard analysis and the prediction of the strong‐motion characteristics and tsunamis of future subduction earthquakes. To achieve this goal, we compiled a database including slip models of interface earthquakes that occurred worldwide with moment magnitudes ranging from M 6.75–9.1. We characterized the seismic sources based on well‐established criteria to estimate the asperity areas as well as the average slip on the faults, and we used these parameters to compute an updated set of magnitude scaling relations of the various characteristics of the fault. Additionally, we followed an alternative approach to quantifying slip models for use in developing characteristic slip models of future earthquakes. This involved analyzing the 2D Fourier transforms of the slip functions in the compiled database and deriving a wavenumber spectral model of the slip distribution.
MegaSSR: a web server for large scale microsatellite identification, classification, and marker development

Next-generation sequencing technologies have opened new avenues for using genomic data to study and develop molecular markers and improve genetic resources. Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) as genetic markers are increasingly used in molecular diversity and molecular breeding programs that require bioinformatics pipelines to analyze the large amounts of data. Therefore, there is an ongoing need for online tools that provide computational resources with minimal effort and maximum efficiency, including automated development of SSR markers. These tools should be flexible, customizable, and able to handle the ever-increasing amount of genomic data. Here we introduce MegaSSR (https://bioinformatics.um6p.ma/MegaSSR), a web server and a standalone pipeline that enables the design of SSR markers in any target genome. MegaSSR allows users to design targeted PCR-based primers for their selected SSR repeats and includes multiple tools that initiate computational pipelines for SSR mining, classification, comparisons, PCR primer design, in silico PCR validation, and statistical visualization. MegaSSR results can be accessed, searched, downloaded, and visualized with user-friendly web-based tools. These tools provide graphs and tables showing various aspects of SSR markers and corresponding PCR primers. MegaSSR will accelerate ongoing research in plant species and assist breeding programs in their efforts to improve current genomic resources.
adeB and adeG Over Expression Increase Antibiotic Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates from Burns Infection Patients in Mosul City, Iraq

: The study aims to explore the connection between the efflux systems and antibiotic resistance. A total of 50 pus samples were collected from patients with burn inflammation who were hospitalized in Al-Salam Teaching Hospital and Al-Jumhuri General Hospital, located in Mosul city, Iraq. The sampling period spanned from July 1, 2022, to September 1, 2022. The isolation and diagnosis of the bacteria were conducted based on cultural and morphological characteristics, as well as biochemical properties. Among the isolated samples, four strains of Acinetobacter baumannii were identified. One strain was susceptible to antibiotics, while another exhibited resistance to multiple antibiotics. One sensitive and one resistant isolates were chosen for quantification of the gene expression of two specific genes, adeG and adeB , using the Real-Time qPCR technique. The findings demonstrated variations in gene expression between the antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the susceptible one, indicating the significance of these efflux systems as mechanism for cephalosporin and carbapenem antibiotic resistance.
Seismic Autocorrelation Analysis of Deep Mars

The InSight mission deployed one seismic station on Mars, providing a chance to apply single‐station‐based autocorrelation analysis to investigate Martian subsurface structures. However, recent analysis indicated the low‐frequency autocorrelation signals may originate from quasi‐periodic high‐amplitude instrumental “glitches” rather than the reflection response of deep Mars. In this study, we detected and removed these high‐amplitude glitches in raw seismic data and employed autocorrelation on the clean vertical component waveforms filtered between 0.05 and 0.1 Hz. We observed signals at the expected times for the olivine‐wadsleyite transition and core‐mantle boundary (CMB) as estimated by other methods. This result suggests that the low‐frequency autocorrelation signals are the reflection response from the olivine‐wadsleyite transition in the mantle and the Martian CMB region, rather than a noise phenomena. A grid search method to fit the observed PcP waveform was used to identify a layer intermediate in velocity between the Martian mantle and core at the Martian CMB.
THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE INDONESIA SECRETARIAT GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL RESILIENCE COUNCIL MEDIATED BY STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

: The purpose of this research was to analyse organizational performance at the Indonesia Secretariat General of the National Resilience Council by observing and examining the influence of organizational commitment and employee engagement as well as the mediating effect of Strategic leadership. This study examined seven hypotheses with a structural equation model using Smart PLS. The sample of this research consisted of 140 personnel at the Indonesia Secretariat General of the National Resilience Council. The results of this study indicated that there was a direct positive and significant relationship between organizational commitment and employee engagement in organizational performance. This research also produced interesting findings because of the role of strategic leadership which had a significant negative effect both directly and as a mediator on organizational commitment. Even, it had no significant effect in mediating the relationship between employee engagement and organizational performance. In general, this research showed a strategic leadership role that was opposite to the general results of related research, which was the novelty of this research. The results of this study showed the need for changes in policy, strategy, and leadership efforts in the form of attitudes, methods, and commitment of the leadership of the Indonesia Secretariat General of the National Resilience Council as a framework for implementing strategic leadership to be able to contribute to improving organizational performance. The limitation of this research was the need for in-depth analysis to find potential root causes which could generally be obtained through inductive methods in qualitative research.
Examining acute environmental effects on affective state, expectancy, and intention in sport climbing

Introduction Psychological research has shown that, among other variables, affective state, expectancy, and behavioral intention influence whether or not a (physically active) behavior is performed. Environmental effects during physical activity on affective state have been well studied; however, research regarding environmental effects on expectancy or intention is limited. Sport climbing is a form of physical activity that is performed both indoors and outdoors and is therefore considered as suitable to study environmental effects. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate environmental effects during sport climbing on affective state, expectancy, and intention. The nature of the relationship between some of these parameters should also be explored. Methods Using a within-subjects design, 48 participants were to climb both once indoors in a climbing gym and once outdoors at a crag. The design included questionnaire-based surveys at multiple time points. Affective state, expectancy, and behavioral intention were measured at different test time points. Results Two-factor repeated-measures ANOVAs revealed significant main effects of the factors environment (indoor – outdoor) and time (T1 – T2 – T3) for affective state, indicating more positive affective state during outdoor climbing. No environment*time interactions were found. Furthermore, significantly higher intention (d = 0.32; p = 0.032) was measured after the outdoor condition (M = 32.5, SD = 4.1) compared to the indoor condition (M = 31.2, SD = 4.7). Multiple linear regressions revealed that expectancies (measured before and after the session) significantly predicted post-climbing intention only indoors. Conclusion The results at least partly suggest environmental effects on behaviorally relevant variables during climbing. Outdoor climbing might provide more favorable characteristics for physically active behavior compared to indoor climbing. Health psychologists or public health professionals who focus on increasing physical activity for their clients could recommend outdoor climbing over indoor climbing.
Research on the Commercialization Model of Technological Projects with Multi-party Investment

Technology projects, serving as a vital carrier for innovation, act as a bridge for the amalgamation and intercommunication of technology, talent, and innovative elements, and are pivotal for achieving "high-level self-reliance and strengthening in technology. " To address the loss of corporate intellectual property and discursive power in the marketization and commercialization of technology projects due to inadequate theoretical support and an unsound protection mechanism, State Grid Hunan Company has initiated research on the commercialization model of technology projects against the backdrop of multi-party investment. By exploring the multi-party investment and cooperative operation model of technology projects based on the "Innovation and Efficiency Community" within power grid enterprises, the study aims to establish a cooperative mechanism for technology projects that involves multi-party participation, collaborative assistance, risk-sharing, and benefit-sharing. This not only strengthens self-protection during the commercialization process but also propels the cooperative technology projects towards a path of greater openness and sharing.
Gross motor coordination in relation to weight status: a longitudinal study in children and pre-adolescents

Introduction Gross Motor Coordination (GMC) is crucial for the adequate development of motor competence. Our purpose in this semi-longitudinal study was to evaluate the influence of BMI on GMC in children and pre-adolescents of both sexes, across school years (classes). Methods We evaluated 117 subjects (aged 8–13 years) belonging to three different cohorts for 4 consecutive years, providing data over 6 years (classes). GMC was assessed through the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK) test. Class and weight status effects were then evaluated by dividing the subjects into a normal weight group and an overweight group based on their weight status. Results A significant increase across classes was found for BMI (p < 0.001) and KTK raw score (p < 0.001) and a decrease was found for KTK normalized score (MQ) (p = 0.043). Significantly lower MQ values were found for girls. Absolute GMC increased across the years and there was no difference between boys and girls. Correlations between GMC scores and BMI were negative and significant in 5 of 6 classes. It was confirmed that overweight subjects had lower MQ and RAW values than normal-weight subjects, with no class-by-weight status interaction. Discussion The level of competence and its development are strictly dependent on weight status during childhood and pre-adolescence. The present investigation suggests that the adequate development of GMC requires not only targeted physical education programs but also the promotion of healthy habits aimed at maintaining a normal weight status during childhood and pre-adolescence.