Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Climate Change and Challenges of Environmental Sustanability in Lagos State, Nigeria

The rate at which the climate is changing is a constant challenge to issues of environmental sustainability in Nigeria and other nations of the world. This is because, a sustainable development is not possible when the resources (natural and artificial) and other valuable elements of the city are constantly been challenged without an appropriate breeding space to replenish. This paper through an elucidating literature review examines the issues of climate change and its attendant problems. It assesses some anthropogenic factors threatening sustainability in the built environment such as urbanization, deforestation, population explosion, industrialization, global warming and investigates into the challenges which climate change pose to the sustenance of environmental sustainability in Lagos state, Nigeria. The paper identifies the need to widen professional orientation and training of relevant stakeholders, a constant and regular re-orientation programme for citizens against wrong environmental attitude and mass campaign for awareness on issues of climate change in order to cope with these challenges. Keywords: Anthropogenic, climate change challenges, environmental attitude, environmental sustainability, global warming
Duration and F 0 as perceptual cues t

Vowel duration and local fundamental frequency changes are investigated as acoustical cues to vowel quantity identification by Japanese listeners. To examine the role of these factors, a perception experiment was carried out. The results indicate that, even though vowel duration serves as a dominant perceptual cue, when vowel quantity cannot be adequately cued by vowel duration alone, the F0 information within the vowel can be used to identify vowel quantity in Japanese.
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ALLELOCHEMICALS ON GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF HORSE PURSLANE

An experiment was conducted to investigate the potential of various allelopathic plants in Weed Science Laboratory Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar in 2010. The trial was replicated three times with Completely Randomized Design (CRD) having seven treatments i.e., Control (Tape water) sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.), horse purslane (Trianthema portulacastrum L.), parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.), datura (Datura alba L.), and eucalyptus (Eucalyptus camadulensis L.). Horse purslane seed germination was recorded for 15 days regularly and after 15 days root and shoot length data was recorded. The results revealed that Helianthus annuus water extract reduced germination (10.31%), shoot length (0.25 cm) and root length (0.28 cm) of horse purslane as compared to control which showed germination (86.72%), shoot length (1.81 cm) and root length (2.43 cm). The degree of percent germination inhibition of horse purslane was in the order of Helianthus annuus> Parthenium hysterophorus> Datura alba> Sorghum bicolor> Eucalyptus camadulensis> Trianthema portulacastrum> Control.
The of Rheumatology Clinical Trials of Golimumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis Randomized Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein Measurements from Which Measure of Inflammation to Use? A Comparison of Erythrocyte

Objective. To assess clinical utility of measurements of C-reactive protein (CRP) versus Westergren erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in evaluating patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. Data from 3 randomized clinical trials of golimumab involving 1247 patients with RA in which ESR and CRP were obtained at baseline and Week 24, along with standard measures of clinical disease activity [swollen and tender joint counts, global disease activity assessment, composite Disease Activity Scores (DAS) and Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI)], were utilized. Result. Both ESR and CRP were significant predictors of swollen joint count (p < 0.001 for each). Only 4.5% of patients with no swollen joints had elevated CRP and normal ESR, but 15.2% had elevated ESR and normal CRP. ESR and CRP correlated significantly (Pearson r = 0.59, p < 0.001) with each other. DAS-ESR and DAS-CRP were highly correlated (r = 0.96, p < 0.001) with each other, although DAS-ESR values were slightly lower than the DAS-CRP values at the upper end of the range (DAS > 8). Both ESR and CRP were significantly associated with CDAI (p < 0.001 for each). Conclusion. It is not necessary to obtain both ESR and CRP measures for clinical disease activity assessment in clinical trials of RA. Neither test adds significantly to clinical measures of disease activity including joint counts and global assessments. Where available, the CRP alone may be preferred for disease activity assessment as a simple, validated, reproducible, non age-dependent
Do That ? Abnormal Predictive Processes in Schizophrenia When Button

Motor actions are preceded by an efference copy of the motor command, resulting in a corollary discharge of the expected sensation in sensory cortex. These mechanisms allow animals to predict sensations, suppress responses to self-generated sensations, and thereby process sensations efficiently and economically. During talking, patients with schizophrenia show less evidence of pretalking activity and less suppression of the speech sound, consistent with dysfunction of efference copy and corollary discharge, respectively. We asked if patterns seen in talking would generalize to pressing a button to hear a tone, a paradigm translatable to less vocal animals. In 26 patients [23 schizophrenia, 3 schizoaffective (SZ)] and 22 healthy controls (HC), suppression of the N1 component of the auditory event–related potential was estimated by comparing N1 to tones delivered by button presses and N1 to those tones played back. The lateralized readiness potential (LRP) associated with the motor plan preceding presses to deliver tones was estimated by comparing right and left hemispheres’ neural activity. The relationship between N1 suppression and LRP amplitude was assessed. LRP preceding button presses to deliver tones was larger in HC than SZ, as was N1 suppression. LRP amplitude and N1 suppression were correlated in both groups, suggesting stronger efference copies are associated with stronger corollary discharges. SZ have reduced N1 suppression, reflecting corollary discharge action, and smaller LRPs preceding button presses to deliver tones, reflecting the efference copy of the motor plan. Effects seen during vocalization largely extend to other motor acts more translatable to lab animals.
Effect of beneficial microbes (BM) on the efficiency of organic and inorganic N fertilizers on wheat crop.

A field experiment with two factors i.e. wheat varieties and fertilizers treatments was carried outto investigate the integrated effect of organic, inorganic fertilizers and beneficial microbes (BM) onwheat during 2008-09 and 200910 using randomized complete block design with four replications. Wheat varieties were Uqab (V 1) and Fakhar-eSarhad (V2) and fertilizer treatments were control (T1), full dose of N (120 kg N ha -1 ) from urea (T2), half (60 kg N ha -1 ) of recommended N(T3), ½ N from urea + ½ N from FYM (T 4), ½ N from urea + ½ N from PM (T 5), ½ N from urea + ½ from (FYM+PM) (T 6), ½ N from urea + BM (T 7), ½ N from urea +½ N from FYM + BM (T 8), ½ N from urea + ½ N from PM + BM (T 9), and ½ N from urea + ½ N from FYM + PM + BM (T10). Beneficial microbes comprised of lactic acid bacteria, photosynthetic bacteria, y easts, fermenting fungi and actinomycetes applied at the rate of 25-liter ha -1 in two-splits, half with 1 st irrigation and half with 3 rd irrigation. Significant (P≤0.05) effect of fertilizer treatments on all the parameters was noted; maximum number of tillers (345 m -2 ), plant height (91.6 cm), leaf area (23.6 cm 2 ) were recorded in treatments receiving ½ N from urea + ½ N from FYM + BM while the highest days to emergence (12) were recorded in control treatment.Comparing the relevant treatments with and without BM, an increasing trend was noted in all the parameters with the application of BM .
Analysis of Influence Demand Independentity of Citizen Papua against Notification Cenderawasih Post at Year 2011 - 2016

This research aims to determine the influence of action demands independence of the people of Papua to the Daily Cenderawasih Post. In the last six years, Cenderawasih Post Daily considered the information regarding the demands of Papuan independence an important event to be preached to a wide audience. This can be seen from the news about the action of independence demand that emerged in the last six years among them from 2011 to 2016. In this research, will show how much influence the demands of Papuan independence to the reporting of Cendrawasih Post coverage during the period mentioned above. This research uses quantitative method; where content analysis is used to quantitate headlines and the number of demands on the background of the anniversary, then linear regression and correlation analysis is used to calculate the effect of independence demand on media coverage. The data used in this research is the overall headlines obtained from Cenderawasih Post Daily in the study period which amounted to 240 headlines. The results of this research indicate that the influence of independence demand on media coverage is 75.4%, while the rest (100% - 75.4%) = 24.6% is influenced by other factors. In addition, there is also a correlation between the demand for independence with media coverage of 0.868, where both variables are significant, because 0.024 <0.05. Keywords : Freedom Claim, Media Coverage, Linear Regression, Correlation.
Correlates and Health-Related Quality of Life Fatigue in Adolescents and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease : Biological and Behavioral

This descriptive, correlational study examined fatigue and potential biological and behavioral correlates in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease. Sixty adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease completed the Brief Fatigue Inventory, Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory–Short Form, Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) fatigue short form and measures of pain, sleep quality, anxiety, depressive mood, stress, disease severity, and quality of life. Blood samples were obtained for hemoglobin and cytokines. Fatigue scores were mostly moderate in severity. Fatigue interfered to a moderate degree with daily activities and correlated significantly with pain, sleep quality, state and trait anxiety, depressive mood, stress, and quality of life. Fatigue was correlated with hemoglobin on the PROMIS measure. Fatigue was not correlated with cytokines or age, nor differed by disease severity. Fatigue was common in these adolescents and young adults, interfered with daily activities such as school, work and exercise, and significantly correlated with several potentially modifiable factors. As life expectancy increases in sickle cell disease, research is needed to test interventions to reduce fatigue.
GPCRs in Schwann Cell Development and Myelination Schwann Cell Development

TheG protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily represents the largest class of functionally selective drug targets for disease modulation and therapy. GPCRs have been studied in great detail in central nervous system (CNS) neurons, but these important molecules have been relatively understudied in glia. In recent years, however, exciting new roles for GPCRs in glial cell biology have emerged. We focus here on the key roles of GPCRs in a specialized subset of glia, myelinating glia. We highlight recent work firmly establishing GPCRs as regulators of myelinating glial cell development andmyelin repair. These advances expand our understanding of myelinating glial cell biology and underscore the utility of targeting GPCRs to promote myelin repair in human disease.
Modulation of selected hemolymph factors in the Indian edible oyster Crassostrea madrasensis (Preston) upon challenge by Vibrio alginolyticus

Juveniles of Crassostrea madrasensis (mean weight 85.5 ± 2.3 g) were exposed to live cells of Vibrio alginolyticus (1.2 x 10 6 cells g -1 ) by intramuscular injection. Hemolymph samples were collected at different time intervals to study the modulations in the cellular and humoral factors. There was an increase in total hemocyte count, percentage granulocytes, serum protein, serum acid phosphatase, serum phenol oxidase and serum lysozyme in response to bacterial challenge upto three to five days post-injection. A decrease in the ability of hemocytes to phagocytose yeast cells was also noted. The hemolymph parameters of the test group became similar to that of control animals within two weeks of exposure to live bacterial cells.
Infrared absorption properties of amorphous carbon films

It is presented a detailed investigation of the IR absorption properties for three types of amorphous carbon thin films: hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H), nitrogen containing hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H:N) and hydrogen free nitrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:N). The 2900 cm - 1 absorption peak, who shown the C-H bonds type and concentration, is used to study the sp 3 /sp 2 bond proportion and the hydrogen concentration in films. The presence of the nitrogen is associated with a broad absorption band between 1700 and 1000 cm - 1 .
Computational investigation of growth hormone receptor Trp 169 Arg heterozygous mutation in a child with short stature † Running head : In-silico analysis of a GHR mutation

1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília-DF, Brazil. 2 Centro de Análises Proteômicas e Bioquímicas, Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília-DF, Brazil. 3 Porto Reports, Brasília-DF, Brazil. 4 Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade CEUMA, São-Luis-MA, Brazil 5 Departamento de Biomedicina, Universidade CEUMA, São-Luis-MA, Brazil 6 Curso de Medicina, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília – DF, Brazil. 7 Núcleo de Genética da Secretaria de Saúde do Distrito Federal, Brazil. 8 S-Inova Biotech, Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. a These authors contributed equally to this work. b Present address: Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Universidade CEUMA, São-Luis-MA, Brazil c These authors contributed equally to this work. *Corresponding authors: sergiodealencar@gmail.com (SAA) repogue@gmail.com (RP) SGAN 916, Módulo B – Asa Norte, Brasília-DF, 70790-160, Brazil, Tel: +55-61-3448-7210, Fax: +55-61-3347-4797
TRANSFORMER'S MOISTURE ASSESSMENT WITH ONLINE MONITORING

This paper discusses the application of online moisture monitoring of operating loaded transformers. Real-time monitoring offers many benefits the fleet operator can achieve that are discussed below and shown as data examples from operating transformers. The data collected in this paper also shows the varying moisture patterns of different transformers, proving them to be very individual depending on their loading and maintenance history. Water solubility of two aged oil samples was defined to illustrate the effect of oil ageing. The many uncertainties related to the traditional method to define paper moisture from oil samples by applying moisture equilibrium charts are discussed on a general level.
Volatility explosions and price prediction: case of oil market.

How to cite this paper: Plastun, A. , Bashlai, S. (2017). Volatility explosions and price prediction: case of oil market. Journal of Governance & Regulation, 6(2), 48-60. doi: 10.22495/jgr_v6_i2_p5 How to access this paper online: http://dx.doi. org/10.22495/jgr_v6_i2_p5 Copyright © 2017 The Authors This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b y-nc/4.0/ ISSN Online: 2220-9352 ISSN Print: 2306-6784 Received: 30.04. 2017 Accepted: 07.06. 2017 JEL Classification: G12, G17, C63 DOI: 10.22495/jgr_v6_i2_p5 This paper explores behavior of oil market after volatility explosions (days with abnormally high price volatility). It examines possible price patterns and whether they create exploitable profit opportunities from trading. A number of statistical tests both parametrical (t-test, ANOVA, regression analysis with dummy variables) and non-parametrical (Mann–Whitney U test) confirm presence of price patterns after volatility explosions: the next day price changes in both directions are bigger than after “normal” days. Oil prices (case of Brent) for the period from January 2000 till the end of 2016 (for the trading robot analysis the period is 20142016) are analyzed in this paper. To incorporate transactional costs in results a trading robot approach is used. Testing of two trading strategies based on detected anomalies shows that a strategy based on counter-movements after volatility explosions produces profits and the one based on so called “inertia anomaly” does not generate profits in oil market. An important result of this paper is that presence of statistical anomaly does not necessarily means anomaly in price behavior and inconsistency with the Efficient Market Hypothesis.
Alteration in transforming growth factor-β receptor expression in gallbladder disease: implications of chronic cholelithiasis and chronic Salmonella typhi infection

Gallbladder cancer prevalence is ever increasing with Salmonella typhi chronic infection being one of the predisposing factors. Altered ratios or expression of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) receptors and changes in its function are associated with loss in anti-proliferative effects of TGF-β and cancer progression. Using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction we monitor any changes in TGF-β receptor gene expression. We simultaneously screen for S. typhi within the samples. From 73 patients undergoing cholecystectomy 39-50% had significant expression (P 2-fold increase in the RSmads and Co-Smads with a >2-fold decrease in I-Smads. Thus gain of TβR-I and II expression in epithelial cells of the gallbladder was associated with chronic inflammatory stages of the gallbladder disease.
Structural classi®cation of zinc ®ngers

Zinc ®ngers are small protein domains in which zinc plays a structural role contributing to the stability of the domain. Zinc ®ngers are structurally diverse and are present among proteins that perform a broad range of functions in various cellular processes, such as replication and repair, transcription and translation, metabolism and signaling, cell proliferation and apoptosis. Zinc ®ngers typically function as interaction modules and bind to a wide variety of compounds, such as nucleic acids, proteins and small molecules. Here we present a comprehensive classi®cation of zinc ®nger spatial structures. We ®nd that each available zinc ®nger structure can be placed into one of eight fold groups that we de®ne based on the structural properties in the vicinity of the zinc-binding site. Three of these fold groups comprise the majority of zinc ®ngers, namely, C2H2like ®nger, treble clef ®nger and the zinc ribbon. Evolutionary relatedness of proteins within fold groups is not implied, but each group is divided into families of potential homologs. We compare our classi®cation to existing groupings of zinc ®ngers and ®nd that we de®ne more encompassing fold groups, which bring together proteins whose similarities have previously remained unappreciated. We analyze functional properties of different zinc ®ngers and overlay them onto our classi®cation. The classi®cation helps in understanding the relationship between the structure, function and evolutionary history of these domains. The results are available as an online database of zinc ®nger
Price Discovery from the Chinese A-Share Market: Trend Break Tests Using the Perron Mixed Model C

We argue that in 2007, the Chinese A-share market held a significant change in its entire progressing process. The China Petroleum listing may be a noteworthy event causing the trend change. The paper aims to test whether or not a structural break occurred in the stochastic trend of stock index data. We employed the Shanghai Composite Index and the Shenzhen Component Index series. Data spans the period from 1992M012014M12. Tests used the Perron mixed Model C. Integrated and break-date tests are data-dependent and treat the break point varibale to be endogenous. Tests suggest that a noteworthy trend shift in the Chinese A-stock market indeed took place in early 2007. Thus, a significant macroeconomic event that could change the market path may be perceived based on the stock index change. Further tests for two Sichuan and Chongqing real estate firm stock prices did not support a significant fiscal and tax rumor shock. Additionally, our finding indicates that the market responds quickly and markedly to a shock and thus to some extent the A-Share market follows the efficient market hypothesis (EMH). So, investors hardly benefit from transactions in the Chinese A-stock market simply by historical data.
Valenzuela Weak Ties , and Civic Engagement The Mediating Path to a Stronger Citizenship : Online and Offline Networks

Empirical studies of citizen communication networks and participation go as far back as the 1940s, with a bolder focus in political—not civic—activities. A consistent finding reveals that individuals with larger networks are more engaged than those with smaller networks. This article expands this line of work with a number of novel tests. First, it compares the predictive power of online versus offline network size on civic engagement. It then explores the role of strong-tie versus weak-tie discussion frequency and participatory behaviors. Finally, it examines the extent to which the contribution of network size, both online and offline, on civic engagement is mediated by discussion with weak ties. Using original survey data from a large national sample of U.S. adults, results indicate that (1) the relationships between online and offline network size and civic engagement are positive and fairly similar in strength, (2) weak-tie discussion is the strongest predictor of civic behaviors, (3) weak-tie discussion largely mediates the association between participation and network size online and offline, and (4) online networks entail greater exposure to weak ties than offline networks.
Susceptibility to Fas and tumor necrosis factor-a receptor mediated apoptosis

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) has been increasingly used for stem-cell transplantation in the treatment of hematological disorders. Compared with bone marrow transplantation, the speed of engraftment is slower after UCB transplantation but this disadvantage is counter balanced by the allowance of greater human leukocyte antigen disparity, and reduced severity of graft-versushost disease (1–3). In addition to the naiveté and immaturity of UCB T cells, CB T cells represent recent thymic emigrants as reflected in their high level of expression of T-cell receptor (TCR) excision circles with rapid rate of apoptosis (4, 5). UCB T cells are also more susceptible to activation-induced cell death (AICD) and apoptosis after allo-priming compared with adult T cells (6, 7), contributing to the delayed immune reconstitution observed following UCB transplantation. The predominant death pathway activated in TCR-stimulated T cells undergoing AICD is mediated through Fas/CD95 (8, 9). The TNF-a Lin S-J, Lee C-C, Cheng P-J, See L-C, Kuo M-L. Susceptibility to Fas and tumor necrosis factor-a receptor mediated apoptosis of anti-CD3/ anti-CD28-activated umbilical cord blood T cells. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2009: 20: 392–398. 2008 The Authors Journal compilation 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard