jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Adaptation and validation of the Family Influence Scale on the sample of Serbian students

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

The study is aimed at adapting the Family Influence Scale into Serbian, as well as at examining the functional equivalence of the adapted version compared to the original one using the sample of Serbian students. The sample consisted of 204 students (M age = 22.24, SD age = 2.40, Min age = 18, Max age = 34), 77.5% of whom were female. To assess the construct validity of the adapted version of the scale, principal component analysis, parallel analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis were used. The results indicate that there is an equal number of dimensions that are distinguished within both the original and adapted versions of the scale (Informational Support, Financial Support, Family Expectations, and Values/Beliefs). Additionally, the results support the convergent validity considered through calculating the correlations with the Support, Involvement, and Lack of Engagement Scale. The nomological network of the adapted version of the scale was examined, and the results generally support its equivalence with the nomological network of the original version of the scale. The internal validity of the scale was considered by examining the interrelationships of its measures. These results generally support this type of validity. The adapted version of the scale has generally shown satisfactory reliability of internal consistency in our sample. Despite its limitations, the study has shown that the adapted version of the Family Influence Scale can be used to examine the possible influence of family on career choice and development among students. Hence, the current study provides valuable insights into the development of the career-related measures that can be implemented in other cultural contexts.
On Statecharts for Biology

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

One of the central issues in software and system engineering over the last couple of decades has been to develop languages, methods and tools for the reliable construction of reactive systems, those whose complexity stems not necessarily from complicated computation but from complicated reactivity over time (Harel and Pnueli, 1985). Such systems are usually highly concurrent and timeintensive, and can exhibit hybrid behavior that is predominantly discrete in nature but has continuous and stochastic aspects too. The structure of these systems consists of many interacting, often distributed, components. Very often the structure itself is dynamic, with its components being repeatedly created and destroyed during the system’s life span. The heart of the problem is the need for good approaches to modeling and analyzing the dynamic behavior of such systems. In the last decade or so, we and others have carried out work on viewing biological systems as reactive systems, and on modeling and analyzing a variety of sample pieces of biology. This approach is based on three premises (Harel, 2003): (i) that satisfactory frameworks exist in software and systems engineering for reactive system modeling and design; (ii) that biological research is ready for an extremely significant transition from analysis (reducing experimental observations to elementary building blocks) to synthesis (integrating the parts into a comprehensive whole), a transition that requires mathematics and computation; and (iii) that the true complexity of biological systems specifically multi-cellular living organisms --- stems from their reactivity.
Enhanced Solubilization of Class B Radical S-Adenosylmethionine Methylases by Improved Cobalamin Uptake in Escherichia coli

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)

The methylation of unactivated carbon and phosphorus centers is a burgeoning area of biological chemistry, especially given that such reactions constitute key steps in the biosynthesis of numerous enzyme cofactors, antibiotics, and other natural products of clinical value. These kinetically challenging reactions are catalyzed exclusively by enzymes in the radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) superfamily and have been grouped into four classes (A-D). Class B radical SAM (RS) methylases require a cobalamin cofactor in addition to the [4Fe-4S] cluster that is characteristic of RS enzymes. However, their poor solubility upon overexpression and their generally poor turnover has hampered detailed in vitro studies of these enzymes. It has been suggested that improper folding, possibly caused by insufficient cobalamin during their overproduction in Escherichia coli, leads to formation of inclusion bodies. Herein, we report our efforts to improve the overproduction of class B RS methylases in a soluble form by engineering a strain of E. coli to take in more cobalamin. We cloned five genes ( btuC, btuE, btuD, btuF, and btuB) that encode proteins that are responsible for cobalamin uptake and transport in E. coli and co-expressed these genes with those that encode TsrM, Fom3, PhpK, and ThnK, four class B RS methylases that suffer from poor solubility during overproduction. This strategy markedly enhances the uptake of cobalamin into the cytoplasm and improves the solubility of the target enzymes significantly.
The Political Structure at Basra Gulf in the Period of Ali b. Ebu Talib and Yezid b. Muaviye

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

At this work about the political structure of the Basra Gulf, we dwelled upon the general geography of the district and its political history. The political situation of the district in this period is assessed in a way that comprises especially the period of Hz. Ali the fourth caliph of early islamic period Muaviya, the first Emevi caliph, and his son Yazid in the light of political developments in that period. When we took up Gulf of Basra we saw that the region of the Gulf is a very important strategic lacation. So since the most prohestoric period this area have got a lot of civilizations, big wars, social events and contentions. We saw that in the time of the region that we take up, the pozition of the Gulf area have gotten similar events in the past. Consequently, the area of the Gulf have owned most active pozition in that term that we take up. Especially because of the land trade roads, sea trade roads and riwer trade roads, Gulf of Basra have owned a very active junction at all time in the past and we easily guess that it will be protect its status in the future, too
Intersectoral Linkages of Malaysian Batik Industry: An Application of Input-Output Analysis

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

This paper examines the contribution of batik industry to the national economy through the idea of inter-industry linkages. Batik industry’s contribution to Malaysian economy is through the performances of the manufacturing in textiles, the development of tourism with being high-valued heritage products, and to the total Malaysian craft sales. The local batik entrepreneurs also require local traders of raw materials for producing batik from abroad to the local market. These shows that batik not only plays a vital role in fostering heritage and cultural, but it has economic values via its contribution to the other production sectors in economy. However, it is difficult to measure the economic contribution of the batik industry because there is no specific data on this industry in the SME Annual Report and the Malaysian Handicraft Annual Report. Thus, we used data from Malaysian Input-Output Table 2010 to measure the industrial linkages of batik industry with other production sector in Malaysian economic structure. It is found that batik industry has backward linkages with other production sectors. This result implies that stimulating growth in the output of the batik industry would benefit other sector through positive spillover effects due to the higher demand on the output of other sectors (e.g. textiles) to be used as inputs by batik firms in producing batik.
Superantigenic Toxin Genes in Some Methicillin Resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci

Field: Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) exemplify common skin commensals. They are opportunistic microorganisms. It has been recently confirmed that CNS can produce superantigens of Staphylococcus aureus. Different clinical samples (251) were collected from Al-Musayyib General Hospital in Babylon, Iraq. Sixty isolates were CNS, identified by conventional methods and Vitek2 system. The isolates were Staphylococcussciuri (31.66%), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (25%), Staphylococcussaprophyticus (23.33%) and Staphylococcus lentus (20%), the isolate obtained from seminal fluid, blood, tonsil and wound infections. All isolates showed resistant to methicillin antibiotic. Multiplex PCR was used to detect the presence of mecA, sea, seb, seg, seh, sei, selpand tst1 in Methicillin resistant CNS. This study suggested that MRCNS isolates from patient carried sea, seb, seg, seh, sei, and tst1superantigenic toxin genes.
STATUS KESUBURAN TANAH PADA AREAL REPLANTING TANAMAN KARET (Hevea brasiliensis) DI KONVERSI MENJADI KELAPA SAWIT (Elaeis guineensis Jacq)

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Rubber plants (Hevea brasiliensis) will experience a decrease in production as plants age and the nutrient content in the soil decreases. This study aims to find out the chemical properties of soil on plantations of rubber crops that are converted into palm and coconut crops. The research was conducted from October 2023 to January 2024 at the palm coconut plantation of PTPN III Aek Nabara North Garden in Labuhanbatu district and analyzed in the Land Laboratory of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Northern Sumatra. The methods used are observation methods, field sampling, and analysis in the laboratory to obtain quantitative data. Observation parameters include soil pH, C-organic, Total Nitrogen, Available P, Cation Interchange Capacity, and Base Fulness. The results of the survey showed that the level of soil fertility at the site of the research was included in the low category. The main limiting factor that causes the low fertility of the soil is the low content of organic material in the soil. In order to improve the fertility status of the ground at the research site for further planting, it is necessary to make efforts such as irrigation and fertilization, as well as the addition of organic materials, to make the availability of nutrients for plants more affordable.
Deciphering the protonation and tautomeric equilibria of firefly oxyluciferin by molecular engineering and multivariate curve resolution

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

The mysterious flashes of light communicated by fireflies conceal a rich and exciting solution spectrochemistry that revolves around the chemiexcitation and photodecay of the fluorophore, oxyluciferin. A triple chemical equilibrium by double deprotonation and keto-enol tautomerism turns this simple molecule into an intricate case where the relative spectral contributions of six chemical species combine over a physiologically relevant pH range, rendering physical isolation and spectral characterization of most of the species unmanageable. To disentangle the individual spectral contributors, here we demonstrate the advantage of chemical oriented multivariate data analysis. We designed a set of specific oxyluciferin derivatives and applied a multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) procedure simultaneously to an extensive set of pH-dependent spectroscopic data for oxyluciferin and the target derivatives. The analysis provided, for the first time, the spectra of the pure individual components free of contributions from the other forms, their pH-dependent profiles and distributions, and the most accurate to date values for the three equilibrium constants.
The Effectiveness of Group Training of Procedural Emotion Regulation Strategies in Cognitive Coping of Individuals Suffering Substance Abuse

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of group training of procedural emotion regulation strategies in cognitive coping of individuals suffering substance abuse. Method: A quasi-experimental design along with pretest-posttest and control group was used for this study. Then, 16 patients suffering substance abuse were selected through convenience sampling and were randomly assigned to two control and experimental groups. The experimental group received 10 sessions of group training of procedural emotion regulation strategies while the control group received no treatment. Both groups before and after the treatment completed the Persian version of cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (Hasani, 2011). Results: The results showed that group training of e procedural motion regulation strategies leads to a reduction in maladaptive strategies such as self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, and other-blame and an increase in adaptive strategies such as refocus on planning, positive reappraisal, and perspective development. Conclusion: Training of procedural emotion regulation strategies via the reduction of maladaptive and increase of adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies can provide the opportunity for the improvement and non-return to substance abuse.
Deterministic modelling of energy supply and demand for foaling mares managed at pasture on commercial thoroughbred stud farms : a thesis presented in fulfilment of requirement for the degree, Master of Science (Animal Science), Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

There is an economic incentive to breed and foal mares early in the season within the New Zealand commercial Thoroughbred production industry. This has caused disparity between the natural and commercially imposed breeding season, and possibly, the period of peak pasture energy availability and the mare energy requirements. A deterministic model was developed to model the energy balance, energy intake and energy requirement of Thoroughbred mares managed at pasture under commercial conditions to assess their energy status. The response of energy intake and energy balance to changes in five variables were tested. The variables tested were dry matter intake, bodyweight, foaling date, pasture metabolisable energy, and energy requirement. For all foaling dates modelled, the mare was in energy surplus during pregnancy. Onset of lactation created a rapid and significant decrease in mare energy balance. Delay in foaling increased the magnitude of the post-partum energy deficit, and later foaling mares experienced a prolonged decrease in post-partum energy balance. The size of the deficit would, theoretically, decrease 1 body condition score, decrease circulating leptin concentration and initiate lean body mass mobilization which was previously found to negatively impact reproductive performance in the mares. The duration and size of the post-partum energy deficit could be reduced by shifting foaling date closer to the beginning of breeding season (1st September), thus synchronizing period of peak pasture energy with the mare’s theoretical requirements. Energy balance and energy intake were more sensitive to pasture energy, dry matter intake and energy requirement changes with less influence from bodyweight to energy balance, suggesting pasture quality and quantity is an important influencer on nutritional status of the mare kept on pasture. Initiatives should be taken to monitor pasture quality and growth pattern, and optimize energy and dry matter intake in mares at pasture. These efforts could assist in maximizing pasture utilization, minimize energy deficit and achieve cost effective pastoral and nutritional management. When more pasture quality and growth data becomes available for equine stud farms, the model has the potential to achieve farm specific application on a wide range of equine body weights.
Dewey’s ‘Democracy without Politics’: On the Failures of Liberalism and the Frustrations of Experimentalism

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

Democracy, for John Dewey, is emphatically not just a form of government; it is an ethical way of life. And yet, historically, it is in a state of fragility, due to the ascendancy of liberal individualism and market holism, which are practically unable to meet the social needs of the day and threaten to eclipse the public that is essential for democracy to thrive. Exposing the politics of liberal individualism and the huge inequalities it generates, Dewey suggests replacing its social forms with those of the scientific community of enquiry and in particular its ethos of experimentation and co-operation. Dewey, and, less excusably, his contemporary admirers, neglect the politics of experimentalism, failing to explain its manner of concrete resistance (or, in hindsight, its capitulation) to the pathologies of modern capitalism, and to consider, in a more general sense, the significance of political power and political action.
Microarray analysis of gene spectrum related to metastasis of colon cancer

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)

Objective To identify cancer metastasis related genes in colon cancer and to analyze part of them by cDNA microarray analysis,and to explore its molecular mechanism.Methods Two samples of colon cancer tissues of non-metastasis and 2 of metastasis were taken and freshly frozen respectively.cDNA microarray with more than 16k genes was used.Genes were considered to be up-or down-regulated when the fluorescent intensity ratio was over 2-fold in over 50% of the samples(P0.05).Results Compared with those of non-metastatic colon cancer tissues,there were a total of 112 genes up-regulated and 84 genes down-regulated in already metastatic colon cancer tissues.The function of these genes refered to cell binding,cell cycle,transduction,cell structural-moleculor,and so on.Conclusion Gene expression profiling by cDNA microarray analysis provides molecular understanding of biological properties of cancer.
Pemeriksaan Fisioterapi Pada Kemampuan Activity Daily Living (ADL) Lansia di Panti Jompo KNDJH Wonokoyo Malang

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

The Elderly is a stage where organs reach a process of decreasing size and function over time. The elderly's ability to carry out daily activities and measure independence can be done with an Activity Daily Living (ADL) examination. ADL is an activity carried out routinely daily and included in the main activities of self-care. ADL is one of the benchmarks for assessing functional capacity by asking questions about daily activities. The purpose of the examination was to find out and identify the number of elderly people with a level of independence and dependence in the KNDJH Wonokoyo nursing home. The method used is to carry out physiotherapy examinations regarding ADL using the Katz index instrument. The results obtained mostly have a level of total independence to the lightest dependence. However, some elderly people have a level of mild dependence to full dependence.
POST BEFORE EATING: Motif Generasi Milenial Ponorogo dalam Fenomena Kuliner Kekinian

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Contemporary cuisine still becomes a culinary destination that is loved by millennials. The generation which is connected with the use of social media often uploads every social activity, including culinary. Posting pictures before eating on social media becomes an activity that is usually done by millennials before enjoying culinary. This study aims to determine the motives of the Ponorogo millennial generation in the act of posting before eating when they enjoy a culinary dish. This type of research is descriptive qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. Interview, observation, and documentation triangulation techniques are used to collect data from 20 informants who actively use social media to post before eating. The results showed that the motives of the millennial generation to take pictures before eating are as a means to share fun or hobbies, share information about current culinary recommendations, and show self-existence.Kuliner kekinian masih menjadi tujuan kuliner yang digandrungi oleh generasi milenial. Generasi yang dalam kehidupannya erat dengan penggunaan media sosial ini sering kali mengunggah setiap aktivitas sosialnya termasuk dalam hal kuliner. Membagikan gambar yang hendak dimakan ke media sosial menjadi suatu aktivitas yang biasa dilakukan oleh generasi milenial sebelum menikmati sajian kuliner. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui motif generasi milenial Ponorogo dalam melakukan tindakan posting before eating ketika akanmenikmati sajian kuliner kekinian. Metode penelitian yang digunakan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Teknik triangulasi yaitu wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data dari 20 orang informan yang aktif menggunakan media sosial untuk melakukan tindakan posting before eating. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa motif generasi milenial melakukan tindakan posting before eating antara lain sebagai sarana untuk menyalurkan kesenangan atau hobi, membagikan informasi tentang rekomendasi tempat kuliner kekinian dan menunjukkan eksistensi diri.
High-speed Sampling System in CMOS

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

In this paper we will present a high-speed sampling system intended for use in a depth selective or depth resolved spectroscopic LIDAR for transcutanuous blood assessment. A continuous-time (CT) sampling solution enabling sampling rates close to 100 GHz, close to two orders of magnitude faster than standard clocked systems. Based on experimental verification in 90nm CMOS technology, opportunities and limitations of CT sampling systems are analyzed.
An acidic glutaryl‐7‐aminocephalosporanic acid acylase from Pseudomonasnitroreducens

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)

A glutaryl‐7‐aminocephalosporanic acid (GL‐7‐ACA) acylase was purified 58‐fold from Pseudomonas nitroreducens in a two‐step procedure involving osmotic shock and carboxymethyl‐Sepharose chromatography with a yield of 26%. The molecular mass of the native enzyme was 58 kDa. SDS/PAGE revealed that it consisted of two non‐identical subunits with molecular masses of 35 and 21 kDa. The isoelectric point of the purified enzyme was 5.3. The enzyme had an optimal pH of 5.5 and an optimal temperature of 43 °C. The purified enzyme exhibited not only GL‐7‐ACA acylase activity but also γ‐glutamyltranspeptidase activity. The K m values of the enzyme for GL‐7‐ACA and L‐γ‐glutamyl p ‐nitroanilide were 10.41 mM and 5.92 μM respectively.
Purification and Enzymatic Characterization of Bacteriolytic Enzyme R2 from Streptomyces griseus RX-17

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)

A novel bacteriolytic enzyme R2 was purified from the crude culture of Streptomyces griseus RX 17 by ammonium sulfate precipitation, CM Sephadex C 50 and CM Sepharose Fast Flow ion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight was 24 8 kD and pI 9 7. The 15 amino acid residues of N terminal was DTSGVQGIDVSHWQG. The optimal temperature for the lytic activity against S.mutans Ingbritt was 55℃ and the optimal pH 7\^0. About 74% of the original activity remained unchanged after 1 hour at 50℃, and the enzyme activity was stable in alkaline solution. Zn 2+ , Cu 2+ , Fe 2+ , Cd 2+ , Pb 2+ could inactivate the enzyme. Chelating agents, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, N bromosuccinimide and SDS inhibited the lytic activity, whereas non ionic surfactant such as Triton X 100 could stimulate the activity. The enzyme had a broad bacteriolytic spectrum against many G\++ and G\+- bacteria which were resistant to hen egg white lysozyme. Since the high activity on Staphylococcus aureus, bacteriolytic enzyme R2 should be classified to β 1,4 N ,6 O diacetylmuramidase.