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Soybeans with small seed sizes and high seed yield potential are crucial for addressing the needs of soybean-based industries. The objectives of the study were to investigate the maternal effect and quantify the value of heterosis, heterobeltiosis, and gene action in F1 plants from soybean crosses with small-seeded. In the present investigation, the experiment was conducted in the screen house of the Indonesian Legume and Tubers Crop Research Institute (ILETRI) located in Malang (East Java, Indonesia) from March to July 2021. The F1 plants were derived from crosses of Lokal Jember × Tidar, Tidar × Gepak Kuning, Gepak Kuning × Detam 3, and their reciprocals. The parental genotypes and F1 plants were all planted. The observed data were plant height, number of branches, number of nodes, number of filled pods, the weight of 10 seeds, and seed yield/plant. The performance of the F1 plants showed variation for all observed traits, which is mostly averaged between the two parents, including 10 seed weight and seed yield. There was no maternal effect for almost all agronomic traits on all crosses and their reciprocals, except for the number of nodes in the cross of Gepak Kuning × Detam 3. Heterosis (hMP) and heterobeltiosis (hHP) of F1 derived from six cross combinations for seven agronomic traits ranged from -25.93 to 186.27 and -94.83 to 114.71, respectively. Based on the potence ratio, the gene action was differed from a cross to cross for seed yield and its components. The degree of dominance for seed size and seed yield varied from overdominance, incomplete dominance, and complete dominance. Thus, based on the present investigation, it is possible to develop soybean varieties with small seed sizes and high yield by using pedigree selection on F2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

These last few years, the name of soybeans soared as a source of biodiesel. Soy biodiesel is an alternative fuel produced from soybean oil. Soybean potential as an alternative renewable energy source because it is expected to have the highest energy content compared to other alternative fuels. Opportunities to develop biodiesel using soybean oil in Indonesia is quite large, considering the soybean is a commodity that is already known and widely cultivated almost in all over Indonesia. In addition, the use of soybean for biofuel feedstock is expected to motivate farmers to cultivate soybeans, so their use is not limited to non-energy raw materials. Soybean varieties that have a high oil content as well as high yield is a source of major biodiesel feedstock. From 73 soybean varieties that have been released in Indonesia, has an average oil content of 18%. Varieties with high oil content can be used as raw material for biodiesel. Research on the use of soy as an ingredient of energy crops (biodiesel) have been carried out. In fact, soybean oil is the vegetable oil feedstock for most of the biodiesel being produced in the United States today. With the potential for soybean crops in Indonesia, both in terms of availability of land and varieties, the use of soybean oil for biofuel development in Indonesia is the flagship prospective materials for bio fuel substitute than other plants in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a capacitive power transfer (CPT) system design for low-power rotary applications. The aim of a rotary CPT system is to be free of power cables so it can achieve 360 degrees of free rotation, while remaining simple and easy to clean. In this work, a class-E high-frequency inverter with second-order LC compensation is proposed to drive the rotary CPT system. An LC compensation circuit is applied on both stationary and rotating sides in order to maximise the power transfer by increasing the voltage across the coupling plates. By implementing the proposed technique, the Class-E LCCL rotary CPT system that is efficient and less sensitive to load variations can be achieved. A Boost converter is also proposed here to provide input impedance matching and tune the input power of the Class-E LCCL rotary CPT system. A 10 W multiple plate rotary CPT prototype based on cascaded Boost- Class E LCCL is designed and implemented to demonstrate efficient wireless power transfer (WPT) across the rotating load. The results reveal >76% power transfer efficiency is successfully achieved at 1 MHz operating frequency and with 7.67 W output power.

Introduction: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is the most common cardiovascular problem that develops in preterm infants and evidence regarding the best treatment approach is lacking. Currently available medical options to treat a PDA include indomethacin, ibuprofen or acetaminophen. Wide variation exists in PDA treatment practices across Canada. In view of this large practice variation across Canadian neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), we plan to conduct a comparative effectiveness study of the different pharmacotherapeutic agents used to treat the PDA in preterm infants., Methods and Analysis: A multicentre prospective observational comparative-effectiveness research study of extremely preterm infants born <29 weeks gestational age with an echocardiography confirmed PDA will be conducted. All participating sites will self-select and adhere to one of the following primary pharmacotherapy protocols for all preterm babies who are deemed to require treatment.Standard dose ibuprofen (10 mg/kg followed by two doses of 5 mg/kg at 24 hours intervals) irrespective of postnatal age (oral/intravenous).Adjustable dose ibuprofen (oral/intravenous) (10 mg/kg followed by two doses of 5 mg/kg at 24 hours intervals if treated within the first 7 days after birth. Higher doses of ibuprofen up to 20 mg/kg followed by two doses of 10 mg/kg at 24 hours intervals if treated after the postnatal age cut-off for lower dose as per the local centre policy).Acetaminophen (oral/intravenous) (15 mg/kg every 6 hours) for 3-7 days.Intravenous indomethacin (0.1-0.3 mg/kg intravenous every 12-24 hours for a total of three doses)., Outcomes: The primary outcome is failure of primary pharmacotherapy (defined as need for further medical and/or surgical/interventional treatment following an initial course of pharmacotherapy). The secondary outcomes include components of the primary outcome as well as clinical outcomes related to response to treatment or adverse effects of treatment., Sites and Sample Size: The study will be conducted in 22 NICUs across Canada with an anticipated enrollment of 1350 extremely preterm infants over 3 years., Analysis: To examine the relative effectiveness of the four treatment strategies, the primary outcome will be compared pairwise between the treatment groups using χ 2 test. Secondary outcomes will be compared pairwise between the treatment groups using χ 2 test, Student's t-test or Wilcoxon rank sum test as appropriate. To further examine differences in the primary and secondary outcomes between the four groups, multiple logistic or linear regression models will be applied for each outcome on the treatment groups, adjusted for potential confounders using generalised estimating equations to account for within-unit-clustering. As a sensitivity analysis, the difference in the primary and secondary outcomes between the treatment groups will also be examined using propensity score method with inverse probability weighting approach., Ethics and Dissemination: The study has been approved by the IWK Research Ethics Board (#1025627) as well as the respective institutional review boards of the participating centres., Trial Registration Number: NCT04347720., Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared., (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)

Three experiments were conducted to find out whether the standard Implicit Association Test (IAT) could be used to distinguish truthful and deceitful witnesses. We anticipated that IAT effects would be greater after lying. Participants were asked to answer questions with incorrect answers (i.e., the lie condition) or correct answers (i.e., the truthful condition). A third group of participants were not interviewed (a control group). Participants then took the IAT, in which they were asked to associate correct and incorrect answers with positive or negative attributes. Results demonstrate that standard IAT effects are greater after lying than after truth telling, but only when attribute labels were clearly and explicitly linked to positive and negative affect. Theoretical implications are considered.