Child labor and conflict: evidence from Afghanistan

We study the impact of conflict on both the extensive and the intensive margin of child labor in Afghanistan. We identify and test two main mechanisms. First, if conflict reduces a household income through a decline in parent's compensations, child labor may insure against the decrease in consumption (extensive margin). Second, a child may work longer hours if the marginal benefits of working under conflict is greater than its marginal cost, which may depend on the relative compensations between adults and children, and on the alternative activities (e.g. schooling). Using detailed conflict data from the Afghan War Diary we identify the effect of conflict relying on a shift-share IV strategy. We find that conflict increases the probability that girls work, but reduces the number of hours worked. Our results suggest that this is due to a decrease in household income and an increase in the relative compensations of adults

MAKET KRATON PLERED CIRCA : 1675

Maket ini berusaha mengangkat suatu program yang subjeknya cukup menantang yakni, Kraton Plered yang keberadaannya sekarang sudah hancur rata dengan tanah. Pertimbangan kurikuler historis didaktis tetap menjadi acuan seleksi subjek model dan dilakukan secara objektif saintifik, Tentatif Historis Imajinasi Berdasarkan Kesaksian Sejarah Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah sebuah analisis historis pertumbuhan dan perkembangan Kraton Plered serta merupakan visualisasi Kraton Plered beserta lingkungan sekitarnya pada masa Kasultanan Amangkurat Agung (I). Penelitian ini menggunakan metode sejarah yakni, diawali dari penentuan subjek, perumusan problema, survai, pengumpulan sumber, analisa sumber, kesimpulan sementara dan berakhir dengan seminar umum, follow up hasil seminar, disimpulkan dalam bentuk grafis (peta, diagram, Chart, denah, irisan, tampak depan, samping, dan atas) "BLUEPRINT". Berdasarkan blueprint, kerja fisik pembuatan maket dilakukan, yang meliputi langkah memotong, merakit, memasang dan finishing. Hasil penelitian merupakan rekonstruksi sebuah model tiga dimensi berupa maket Kraton Plered beserta kelengkapannya, seperti ilustrasi, fotografi, poster, peta, makalah, bibliografi, dokumen, audio visual, dan sebagainya. Kesemuanya untuk sementara disimpan di Ruang Disply Laboratorium Sejarah, FKIP Unversitas PGRI Yogyakarta, Kampus Unit I lantai I gedung B

Table2_Effects of blood flow restriction training on anthropometric and blood lipids in overweight/obese adults: Meta-analysis.docx

Abstract: Purpose: To systematically evaluate the effects of blood flow restriction training (BFRT) on anthropometric indicators and blood lipids in overweight/obese adults.Methods: A literature search was conducted on PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, SPORTDiscus and Cochrane Library databases to determine the final literature based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Review Manager 5.4.1 was used to evaluate the quality of the literature based on the Cochrane bias risk assessment tool, and Stata 17.0 software was used for Meta-analysis.Results: A total of 3,985 articles were screened, and five of the studies were included in the Meta-analysis, with a total 66 participants. In each study, subjects were measured before and after BFRT. Meta-results showed that BFRT significantly reduced BMI, lowered body weight, body fat % and waist circumference, significantly reduced total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level, lowered triglycerides, and increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level in overweight/obese adults.Conclusion: BFRT can be used as a safe and effective exercise prescription for personalized weight/fat loss. BFRT significantly reduces BMI by reducing body weight, body fat %, and waist circumference and has the effect of improving body composition. It also significantly reduced TC and LDL-C and tends to decrease TG and increase HDL-C in overweight/obese adults, potentially reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease.</p

Table1_Effects of blood flow restriction training on anthropometric and blood lipids in overweight/obese adults: Meta-analysis.docx

Abstract: Purpose: To systematically evaluate the effects of blood flow restriction training (BFRT) on anthropometric indicators and blood lipids in overweight/obese adults.Methods: A literature search was conducted on PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, SPORTDiscus and Cochrane Library databases to determine the final literature based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Review Manager 5.4.1 was used to evaluate the quality of the literature based on the Cochrane bias risk assessment tool, and Stata 17.0 software was used for Meta-analysis.Results: A total of 3,985 articles were screened, and five of the studies were included in the Meta-analysis, with a total 66 participants. In each study, subjects were measured before and after BFRT. Meta-results showed that BFRT significantly reduced BMI, lowered body weight, body fat % and waist circumference, significantly reduced total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level, lowered triglycerides, and increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level in overweight/obese adults.Conclusion: BFRT can be used as a safe and effective exercise prescription for personalized weight/fat loss. BFRT significantly reduces BMI by reducing body weight, body fat %, and waist circumference and has the effect of improving body composition. It also significantly reduced TC and LDL-C and tends to decrease TG and increase HDL-C in overweight/obese adults, potentially reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease.</p

Table3_Effects of blood flow restriction training on anthropometric and blood lipids in overweight/obese adults: Meta-analysis.docx

Abstract: Purpose: To systematically evaluate the effects of blood flow restriction training (BFRT) on anthropometric indicators and blood lipids in overweight/obese adults.Methods: A literature search was conducted on PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, SPORTDiscus and Cochrane Library databases to determine the final literature based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Review Manager 5.4.1 was used to evaluate the quality of the literature based on the Cochrane bias risk assessment tool, and Stata 17.0 software was used for Meta-analysis.Results: A total of 3,985 articles were screened, and five of the studies were included in the Meta-analysis, with a total 66 participants. In each study, subjects were measured before and after BFRT. Meta-results showed that BFRT significantly reduced BMI, lowered body weight, body fat % and waist circumference, significantly reduced total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level, lowered triglycerides, and increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level in overweight/obese adults.Conclusion: BFRT can be used as a safe and effective exercise prescription for personalized weight/fat loss. BFRT significantly reduces BMI by reducing body weight, body fat %, and waist circumference and has the effect of improving body composition. It also significantly reduced TC and LDL-C and tends to decrease TG and increase HDL-C in overweight/obese adults, potentially reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease.</p

Human papillomavirus type 16 E7 promotes cell viability and migration in cervical cancer by regulating the miR-23a/HOXC8 axis

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a risk factor for the occurrence of cervical cancer (CC). Here, we aimed to explore the role of HPV16 in CC and identify the underlying mechanism. The expression of miR-23a, HPV16 E6/E7 and homeobox C8 (HOXC8) was measured by quantitative real-time PCR or western blot. Cell viability and migration were evaluated using cell counting kit-8, Transwell and wound healing assays. The targeting relationship between miR-23a and HOXC8 was revealed by dual-luciferase reporter assay. miR-23a was downregulated in HPV16-positive (HPV16+) CC tissues and HPV16+ and HPV18+ cells. Additionally, E6/E7 expression was increased in CC cells. Then, we found that E7, rather than E6, positively regulated miR-23a expression. miR-23a suppressed cell viability and migration, whereas E7 overexpression abrogated this suppression. miR-23a targeted HOXC8, which reversed miR-23a-mediated cell viability and migration. HPV16 E7-mediated miR-23a suppressed CC cell viability and migration by targeting HOXC8, suggesting a novel mechanism of HPV-induced CC. Cervical cancer (CC) is a common gynaecological malignancy, and persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, especially HPV16, is a main cause of CC. In this study, we explored the role of HPV16 in CC and the molecular mechanism. We used in vitro study to measure CC cell biological behaviours mediated by HPV16 E7, miR-23a and homeobox C8 (HOXC8). We found that HPV16 E7 promotes CC cell viability and migration. miR-23a expression is decreased in CC cells and inhibits cell viability and migration. HOXC8 is a target of miR-23a that reversed the effects on cellular processes caused by miR-23a. These results showed that miR-23a and HOXC8 may be the therapeutic targets of HPV16 E7-infected CC. What is more, our findings provide new insights into the progression of CC.</p

Combination Rules for Morse-Based van der Waals Force Fields

In traditional force fields (FFs), van der Waals interactions have been usually described by the Lennard-Jones potentials. Conventional combination rules for the parameters of van der Waals (VDW) cross-termed interactions were developed for the Lennard-Jones based FFs. Here, we report that the Morse potentials were a better function to describe VDW interactions calculated by highly precise quantum mechanics methods. A new set of combination rules was developed for Morse-based FFs, in which VDW interactions were described by Morse potentials. The new set of combination rules has been verified by comparing the second virial coefficients of 11 noble gas mixtures. For all of the mixed binaries considered in this work, the combination rules work very well and are superior to all three other existing sets of combination rules reported in the literature. We further used the Morse-based FF by using the combination rules to simulate the adsorption isotherms of CH₄ at 298 K in four covalent-organic frameworks (COFs). The overall agreement is great, which supports the further applications of this new set of combination rules in more realistic simulation systems

Multipoint results for the (in red) and the (in blue) along with the information content for this chromosome (in black)

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "The genetics of cross-sectional and longitudinal body mass index"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/4/s1/S14</p><p>BMC Genetics 2003;4(Suppl 1):S14-S14.</p><p>Published online 31 Dec 2003</p><p>PMCID:PMC1866448.</p><p></p

Cross-sectional and longitudinal BMI by age relationship (a) raw data sample of 5000 observations with lowess smoother and regression line (b) individual profiles in one family superimposed on the lowess smoother from (a)

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "The genetics of cross-sectional and longitudinal body mass index"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/4/s1/S14</p><p>BMC Genetics 2003;4(Suppl 1):S14-S14.</p><p>Published online 31 Dec 2003</p><p>PMCID:PMC1866448.</p><p></p

Table3_Comparative transcriptomic insights into the domestication of Pleurotus abieticola for coniferous cultivation.XLSX

Introduction:Pleurotus abieticola, a promising edible fungus in the Pleurotaceae family, especially its ability to utilize coniferous substrate, holds significant potential for commercial cultivation. However, few reports on the adaptation of P. abieticola to coniferous substrate from the perspective of omics.Methods: This study explores the biological characteristics, domestication process, and nutritional composition of P. abieticola, along with its adaptability to coniferous substrates using transcriptomics. We assessed biological characteristics, optimizing mycelial growth on agar medium with varied carbon and nitrogen sources, temperature, and pH. Additionally, the optimization process extended to fruiting bodies, where impact on the differentiation were evaluated under varying light conditions. Fruiting body nutrient composition was analyzed per the Chinese National Food Safety Standard. Transcriptome sequencing focused on P. abieticola mycelial colonized coniferous and broadleaved substrates.Results and Discussion: The optimal conditions for mycelial growth were identified: dextrin (carbon source), diammonium hydrogen phosphate (nitrogen source), 25°C (temperature), and pH 7.0. White light promoted fruiting body growth and differentiation. Larch substrate exhibited superior yield (190 g) and biological efficiency (38.0%) compared to oak (131 g, 26.2%) and spruce (166 g, 33.2%). P. abieticola showcased high dietary fiber, protein, and total sugar content, low fat, and sufficient microelements. Transcriptome analysis revealed significant key genes involved in lignocellulose degradation, stress-resistant metabolism, and endocytosis metabolism, underscoring their pivotal for coniferous adaptation. This study offers valuable insights for the commercial development and strain breeding of P. abieticola, efficiently leveraging conifer resources. The findings underscore its potential as a valuable source for food, medicinal products, and biotechnological applications.</p