Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Navigating COVID-19 with emotional intelligence

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. COVID-19 has affected educational systems worldwide, leading to the widespread closure of schools, colleges and universities. The COVID-19 pandemic is also having a dramatic impact on societies and economies around the world. With various measures of lockdowns and social distancing in place, it becomes important to understand emotional intelligence of faculty members working in institutions of higher learning on a large scale in this pandemic. Aim: The purpose of this article is to examine the perception of faculty members toward their emotional intelligence during COVID-19 and to study the impact of demographic variables on their emotional intelligence. Method: The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The data for the study were collected through both the primary and secondary sources. Online questionnaires were used to gather the primary data. The measuring items used for the study were sourced from existing validated scales and literature. Descriptive statistics was employed to know the descriptive information across various demographic variables on a total sample of 683. The various demographic variables, which were considered for the study, were gender and designation. Results: The results revealed that the faculty members perceived their emotional intelligence at an above-average level in the present pandemic, that is, COVID-19. The results also revealed that the perception of the respondent faculty members toward their emotional intelligence from different universities and states is more or less the same and also the demographic variable gender has a significant impact on emotional intelligence during the present pandemic. Conclusion: Besides having theoretical implications that open pathways for conducting further research, the findings of the study may serve as a reference for service practitioners in designing strategies that will ensure superior performance of faculty members in higher educational institutions during the pandemic.
Behavioural consequences of an artificial introduction of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) in N. Trinidad: evidence for the evolution of anti-predator behaviour in the wild

Experimental transplants are a particularly effective way of assessing the significance of natural selection in the wild and have been successfully employed in the past to determine how the colour patterns and life histories of guppies, Poecilia reticulata, in Trinidad, evolve in response to predation. In this paper we investigate an existing inter-drainage transplant of guppies, undertaken by C. P. Haskins in 1957, to ascertain whether a change in predation pressure also leads to changes in behaviour. We show that inherited behaviour patterns, specifically schooling and predator inspection, are modified by selection. In addition, we document inter-drainage differences in behaviour that cannot readily be attributed to variation in predation regime.
Hepatitis C virus vaccine development: old challenges and new opportunities

Hepatitis C virus (HCV), an enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus, can cause chronic and end-stage liver diseases. Approximately 185 million people worldwide are infected with HCV. Tremendous progress has been achieved in the therapeutics of chronic hepatitis C thanks to the development of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs), but the worldwide use of these highly effective DAAs is limited due to their high treatment cost. In addition, drug-resistance mutations remain a potential problem as DAAs are becoming a standard therapy for chronic hepatitis C. Unfortunately, no vaccine is available for preventing new HCV infection. Therefore, HCV still imposes a big threat to human public health, and the worldwide eradication of HCV is critically dependent on an effective HCV vaccine. In this review, we summarize recent progresses on HCV vaccine development and present our views on the rationale and strategy to develop an effective HCV vaccine.
Historical and recent migrations of Phytophthora infestans: chronology, pathways and implications.

The 1984 report of A2 mating types of Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary in western Europe (20) was the first indication of new and dramatic developments in populations ofthat Fungus. This discovery stimuiated plant pathologists aH over the world to analyze local populations, since previously only the A 1 mating type had been detected outside of central Mexico (Fig. I). The analyses of a large number of dispersed Eocal populations indicated, surprisingly, that the changes were not restricted to western Europe but, rather, were worldwide (Fig. 2) [3,10,23,26,36,41). The recent wortdwide changes in populations mOSK certainly result from migration. Indeed, migration has played an essential role in the entire history of potato late blight. In this article we illustrate that role. To provide context, however, we first present background concerning the basic biology/pathology of P. infestans, the genetic tools used to investigate populations of P. infesrons, and the char. acteristics of the source population of P. infestans.
Selective anticancer activity of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) against oral tongue cancer using in vitro methods: The key role of oxidative stress on cancerous mitochondria

Today, it has been proven that the nanoparticles such as superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have widespread use in biomedical applications, for instance, in magnetic resonance imaging and targeted delivery of drugs. Despite many studies on SPIONs in diagnosing some diseases like cancer, it has not been investigated on the oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) detection by the NPs. Hence, the present study has been designed to assess the in vitro cytotoxicity of SPIONs on the isolated mitochondria of OTSCC by mitochondrial tests. Isolated mitochondria were removed from the separated cancer and control tissues from the squamous cells of tango in male Wistar rats (6 or 8 weeks) and exposed to the different concentrations of SPIONs (30, 60, and 120 nM). A rise in the production of reactive oxygen species is one of the significant mechanisms of this study, followed by a collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential, the escape of mitochondrial cytochrome c, and mitochondrial swelling in the exposed isolated mitochondria of OTSCC with SPIONs. Furthermore, our results indicated that the exposure to the SPIONs reduced the activity of succinate dehydrogenase in complex II of the mitochondria obtained from cancerous oral tongue squamous. So the SPIONs can induce selective cytotoxicity on the OTSCC mitochondria without significant effects on the control mitochondria. Based on the results and further studies about in vivo experiments in this regard, it is concluded the SPIONs may be a hopeful therapeutic candidate for the treatment of OTSCC.
Xylogenèse chez les Dicotylédones arborescentes. I. Modalités de la remise en activité du cambium et de la xylogenèse chez les Hêtres et les Chênes âgés

The pattern of cambial reactivation and xylogenesis has been studied in trees at least 30 years old. In the oak, a ring-porous tree, the cambium becomes active simultaneously throughout the bole; at the same time cambial reactivation, coming from swelling buds, proceeds from the upper part of the branches down the twigs. In the beech, a diffuse-porous tree, cambial reactivation first proceeds downwards at the rate of 5 to 10 cm a day in the branches; later, cambial reactivation occurs simultaneously throughout the bole. This simultaneous reactivation of the cambium in the whole trunk of the beech is independent of events occurring in the branches; the cambium may produce earlywood members in the trunk, whereas it may be resting in the lower part of the branches. Thus, there is no fundamental difference in the pattern of cambial reactivation between those two species, since the two sorts of cambial reactivation (the basipetal and the simultaneous reactivation) coexist in both aged beeches and oaks.
Influence of the lactating women diet on the concentration of the lipophilic vitamins in human milk.

The aim of the study was to assess the intake of vitamins A and E by Polish breast feeding mothers and the correlation between the intake of these vitamins and their concentration in the maternal milk. Dietary intake was assessed by triple 24 h diet recall questionnaire. Milk samples were collected and the content of vitamin A and E was determined. The mean intake of vitamin E (7.7±3.4 mg/day) covered 54.7% of the recommended value. The mean vitamin A content in daily food rations (DFR) -1012±735 µg- allowed to cover 63.2% of the requirement. The mean concentration of vitamin A in milk was 57.07±29.3 µg/100 mL. There was a correlation of the content of vitamin A in milk and the intake of this vitamin (r = 0.371) and the intake of essential fatty acids (r = 0.455) also. The mean concentration of the vitamin E in the milk (413.1±194.4 mg/100 mL), statistically significant correlated with its intake in DFR (r = 0.483). DFR of breast- feeding mothers, were characterized by insufficient supply of vitamins A and E. The dietary intake of these vitamins correlated with their concentration in maternal milk.
Methods of performance analysis in team invasion sports: A systematic review

ABSTRACT The objective of this review was to systematically describe the traditional and contemporary data capture and analytic methods employed in performance analysis research in team invasion sports, evaluate the practicality of these methods, and formulate practical recommendations on methods for analysing tactics and strategies in team invasion sports. A systematic search of the databases SPORTDiscus, Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE and PubMed was performed. Keywords addressed performance analysis methods and team invasion sports, with all other disciplines of sports science excluded. A total of 537 articles were included in the review and six main themes of research identified. Themes included game actions, dynamic game actions, movement patterns, collective team behaviours, social network analysis and game styles. Performance analysis research has predominantly focused on identifying key performance indicators related to success by analysing differences in game actions between successful and less successful teams. However, these measures are outcome-focused and only provide limited insight into winning team’s strategy. Team invasion sports are now viewed as dynamic, complex systems with opposing teams as interacting parts. Strategies and tactics should be analysed using a holistic process-orientated approach by recording dynamic actions, collective team behaviours and passing networks, and viewing them in game styles.
Here I am: Authenticity and self-branding on travel blogs

This article examines the discursive structure of several popular travel blogs to understand the relationship between authenticity and self-branding. Instances of present-day “canonical” blogs are examined, showing up high on Google searches, attracting significant audiences, and featuring on “best of” lists presented by other websites. Through a discourse analysis of the blog’s About pages, it is shown that professional bloggers reconcile the search for a self-dependent and inward-turned existential authenticity with the performance of self-branding techniques. Bloggers construct an image of a resilient self in times of hardship, while acting as travel and life coaches and ensuring their readers that such a nomadic lifestyle is attainable for anyone who really wants it. Simultaneously, there is an unmistakable influence of socio-economic resources that these travelers have at their disposal. The enmeshing of authenticity and self-branding results in a discourse in which it is possible to both sell and become oneself.
Effective Population Size Dynamics of Myotis vivesi During the Pleistocene and Holocene Climatic Changes

Myotis vivesi (Fish-eating Myotis) is an endemic species of the Gulf of California, Mexico. In this study, a 282 bp fragment of the mtDNA control region and six microsatellites loci were used to reconstruct its demographic history using summary and coalescent based statistics. Our results suggest that M. vivesi experienced a demographic population expansion between 230,000 to 50,000 years ago. After this expansion, M. vivesi experienced a slight reduction in the effective population size between 30,000 to 5,000 years ago and a spatial expansion in the last 5,000 years. Population changes observed in M. vivesi could be related to climatic changes that occurred in the Gulf of California in the Pleistocene and Holocene periods.
Stachys cretica L. subsp. smyrnaea Rech Fil. Endemik Taksonunun Morfolojisi, Anatomisi ve Ekolojisi Üzerinde Araştırmalar

A detailed study on the morphology as well as biometric measurements of different parts of Stachys cretica subsp. smyrnaea (Lamiaceae) and anatomical characteristics of its root, stem and leaf have been investigated. Scleranchymatic patchs are seen in the root, which is full of xylem elements in the pith region. There are few stomata seen in the stem possessing a starch bundle sheat of large cells following the cortex. Pith is parenchymatous. Palisade and spongy parenchymatic cells in the leaf mesophyll resemble each other. Leaf is amphistomatal. Soils supporting this taxon are loamy in texture, slightly saline, medium in nitrogen and organic matter contents, poor in potassium but rich in phosphorus and calcereous.
Temporal Variation in Fecundity and Spawning in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in the Piankatank River, Virginia

ABSTRACT Oysters of the genus Crassostrea are considered good examples of an r-selected marine invertebrate with small egg size, high fecundity, and multiple spawning events per year, each characterized by significant individual weight loss. Historical (decadal) data for the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay support these generalities. We present recent (subdecadal) data, collected for natural Crassostrea virginica broodstock of populations in the Piankatank River, Virginia. The relationship is described between oyster size, fecundity, spawning periodicity, and egg viability for natural broodstock. Oysters collected throughout the summers of 2010 through 2012 and induced to spawn by thermal cycling released viable eggs on 7 dates (n = 119 oysters, 35 male, 84 female; shell length (SL) range, 58–113 mm). Oysters were opened to examine sex ratio on four additional dates (total n — 242 oysters, 82 male, 160 female). Fecundity varied in the range 105-1.2 × 108 eggs. When all data are considered in unison, no strong relationship with SL is evident; however, when eliminating the artifact of data corresponding to minimal egg release, a much stronger relationship, comparable with that reported in older literature, emerges. Female fraction (Female/(Female + Male)) was consistently more than 1 in oysters larger than 60 mm in SL (estimated age, ≥2 y), generally in accordance with recently published literature on the species in the mid-Atlantic. The size-versus-fecundity relationship does not appear to be greatly influenced by disease prevalence/ intensity. The temporal sequence of spawning activity was not observed to continue after midsummer and is not commensurate with a cumulative degree-day estimator during the latter half of the well-documented historical spawning season. A size-fecundity estimator for the Piankatank River oysters provides a basis to estimate the disproportionate value of larger/older (≥3 y) oysters in the system, and provides additional input to the fine-tuning of a previously developed rotational harvest schedule for the river stock. The possible impact of recent changes in water quality, seasonal occurrence of dinoflagellate blooms, and/or long-term impacts of changing regimes were not examined in detail in this study but are suggested as worthy lines of future investigation.
Anatomy and Function of the Primate Entorhinal Cortex.

The entorhinal cortex (EC) is a critical element of the hippocampal formation located within the medial temporal lobe (MTL) in primates. The EC has historically received attention for being the primary mediator of cortical information going into and coming from the hippocampus proper. In this review, we highlight the significance of the EC as a major player in memory processing, along with other associated structures in the primate MTL. The complex, convergent topographies of cortical and subcortical input to EC, combined with short-range intrinsic connectivity and the selective targeting of EC efferents to the hippocampus, provide evidence for subregional specialization and integration of information beyond what would be expected if this structure was a simple conduit of information for the hippocampus. Lesion studies of the EC provide evidence implicating this region as critical for memory and the flexible use of complex relational associations between experienced events. The physiology of this structure's constituent principal cells mirrors the complexity of its anatomy. EC neurons respond preferentially to aspects of memory-dependent paradigms including object, place, and time. EC neurons also show striking spatial representations as primates explore visual space, similar to those identified in rodents navigating physical space. In this review, we highlight the great strides that have been made toward furthering our understanding of the primate EC, and we identify paths forward for future experiments to provide additional insight into the role of this structure in learning and memory. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Vision Science, Volume 6 is September 15, 2020. Please see http://www.annualreviews. org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
Unusual response to overdrive pacing during a postinfarction ventricular tachycardia: What is the mechanism?

A 67-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy underwent catheter ablation for electrical storm of a ventricular tachycardia (VT). The patient had a history of coronary artery bypass grafting and implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator. Programmed ventricular stimulation reproducibly induced the VT, during which overdrive pacing (OP) was delivered from the right ventricle (RV) (Fig. 1A). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Assessment of the nutritional quality of processed horse eye bean (Mucuna urens) by in vivo rat bioassay

A study was conducted to assess the nutritional quality of processed Mucuna urens by in vivo studies using albino rats. Processing methods employed were autoclaving, cooking, roasting and germination. Results showed that rats fed autoclaved, roasted, cooked and germinated Mucuna urens diets recorded weight losses, while animals fed raw diet died within 5 days of the experimental period. Rats fed autoclaved and cooked Mucuna urens diets survived to the end of the study. The protein efficiency ratio, net protein ratio and protein retention efficiency varied significantly (p<0.05) and were negative in all diets. Faecal and urinary nitrogen output varied significantly (p<0.05) among treatment. Rats fed germinated diet had the highest faecal and urinary nitrogen of 0.037 and 0.023 g, respectively. Apparent digestibility (AD), true digestibility (TD), biological value (BV) and net protein utilization (NPU) varied significantly (p<0.05) among treatments. Rats fed germinated diet recorded least AD, TD, BV and NPU values, corresponding to 23.5, 42.13, 4.64 and 8.82%, respectively, while rats fed autoclaved diet recorded the highest BV and NPU values of 37.38 and 23.73%, respectively. Thus it was concluded that the Mucuna urens processed in the present form is of poor nutritional quality.
Easy-to-Use InDel Markers for Genetic Mapping between Col-0 and Ler-0 Accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana

Map-based gene cloning has played a key role in many genetic studies using the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana. In the post- next generation sequencing era, identification of point mutations and their corresponding genes is increasingly becoming a powerful and important approach to define plant gene function. To perform initial mapping experiments efficiently on Arabidopsis mutants, enrichment of easy-to-use and reliable polymorphic DNA markers would be desirable. We present here a list of InDel polymorphic markers between Col-0 and Ler-0 accessions that can be detected in standard agarose gel electrophoresis.
Mutualism and antagonism in the mycorrhizal symbiosis, with special reference to impacts on plant community structure

Examination of the roots of land plants has revealed the occurrence of mycorrhiza in the majority of species, over 70% of which are hosts to zygomycetous fungi that form vesicular-arbuscular (VA) associations. On the basis of experiments with a small number of host species showing enhancement of growth following colonization, it is widely assumed that wherever mycorrhizas are observed, the symbiosis is of the mutualistic type. The value of definitions based on structural rather than functional attributes is here brought into question by experiments simulating the ecologically realistic circumstance in which seeds germinate in soil in the presence or absence of established VA mycelium. These reveal a spectrum of fungal impacts in which some species respond mutualistically, while others, putative hosts or nonhosts, are antagonised, showing reduction of yield and survivorship and, hence, a loss of fitness relative to plants grown without VA fungi. Antagonised species normally grow in disturbed, open habitats and fail to establish in closed communities. It is hypothesised that their turf incompatibility arises from a sensitivity to interference by VA fungi, which consigns them to ruderal habitats. Mycorrhizal fungi, thus, play a role in defining the ecological niches occupied by plants and in determining of plant community composition.
Space use by foraging Galápagos penguins during chick rearing

Between May 2004 and May 2005, we studied the horizontal and vertical movements of foraging Galapagos penguins Spheniscus mendiculus during their breeding season to examine space use at sea and to compare the volume of water exploited by this penguin to those of other penguin species. A total of 23 adult penguins (11 males and 12 females) brooding chicks were fitted with GPS- depth recorders at the 3 main nesting sites on south-western Isabela Island. Birds moved between 1.1 and 23.5 km (mean = 5.2 ± 4.9 km) from the nest, concentrating foraging in a strip of sea within 1.0 km of the shore. Foraging trips lasted a mean of 8.4 ± 2.0 h. Although the deepest dive was 52.1 m, birds spent, on average, 90% of their time underwater at depths less than 6 m. Both foraging ranges and dive depths were below those predicted from allometric regressions derived from other penguin species. Applying the maximum values for movement to calculate space use, the Galapagos penguin exploits a maximum volume of water of <1.4 km 3 , which is almost 90 times less than that predicted for its mass, and thus utilises only a small portion of the total potentially available upwelling area within the Galapagos Archipelago.