Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
KEEFEKTIFAN PENGGUNAAN MODEL SINEKTIK DAN MODEL SIMULASI DALAM PEMBELAJARAN MENULIS TEKS DRAMA BERDASARKAN GAYA BELAJAR PADA PESERTA DIDIK KELAS XI SMA

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menguji keefektifan penggunaan model sineltik dan model simulasi dalam pembelajaran menulis teks drama berdasarkan gaya belajar peserta didik kelas XI. Kemampuan menulis teks drama merupakan keterampilan yang membutuhkan kreativitas peserta didik untuk menuangkan ide, pengetahuan dan pengalamanya. Selama ini proses pembelajaran menulis masih bersifat teoretis, lebih menonjolkan aspek pengetahuan dan pemahaman saja, guru dalam menggunakan model pembelajaran masih kurang maksimal, sedangkan aspek praktik belum mendapatkan perhatian guru. Hasil penelitian ini dapat membuktikan keefektifan penggunaan model sinektik dan model simulasi pada peserta didik yang bergaya belajar visual dan auditorial sehingga hasil belajarnya menjadi optimal. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuasi eksperimen.
Psychopathic traits and everyday social behaviour

Psychopathy is a disorder characterised by emotional dysfunction, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and antisocial behaviour (e.g. Hare, 1993; Blair, Mitchell & Blair, 2005). People with psychopathy are thought to be callous and selfish, but they may also be charming and likeable. They are therefore considered to be adept at manipulating and deceiving others, with significant negative consequences for them. This thesis aimed to examine how psychopathic personality traits translate into specific aspects of everyday social behaviour. Thus, a range of experimental, scenario-based tasks was developed in order to compare prosocial responding and moral judgment in people high and low in psychopathic traits. These tasks were designed to manipulate contextual factors, such as the costs of behaving prosocially, or the extent to which people deserved a particular outcome. With respect to prosocial behaviour, the findings revealed that the high psychopathic trait participants behaved less prosocially than the low trait participants when they stood to gain or lose. The experimental manipulations in these studies were found to elicit patterns of behaviour in both trait groups that were similar in direction, but not necessarily in magnitude. For instance, the high trait groups demonstrated some sensitivity to others’distress, but at a lower threshold to the low trait group. With respect to moral judgment, the high and low trait groups were found to make comparable choices in moral reasoning, such as making more utilitarian decisions in moral dilemmas involving physical harm than in those involving social harm. Despite these selective group differences, the high trait participants were consistently less emotional than the low trait participants in the experiments involving moral judgment, as well as in those involving prosocial behaviour. The findings of the experimental studies were considered in the context of the prominent cognitive and emotional models of psychopathy. One theoretical framework that was particularly pertinent in relation to the current findings draws a distinction between cognitive and emotional aspects of empathy, and posits that psychopathy is characterised by intact cognitive empathy and impaired emotional empathy. The clinical implications and possible contributions of these findings to psychopathy remediation were considered.
MODEL-MODEL PENGEMBANGAN KURIKULUM DAN SILABUS PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA ARAB

Abstract: Syllabus refers to a lesson plan on a particular or group of subjects/ themes that covers standard of competency, basic competencies, learning materials, learning activities, indicators of competence achievement, assessment, allocation of time, and learning resources. The principles in developing syllabus are scientific, relevant, systematic, consistency, adequate, actual and contextual, flexible, and comprehensive. The procedures of syllabus development are reviewing and determining standard of competency, assessing and determining basic competencies, determining indicators of competence achievement, identifying learning materials, determining the type of assessment, determining the allocation of time, and determining the source of learning. There are various models of syllabus on learning Arabic as a foreign language. Each model has a concept in teaching Arabic with its own framework and aspect of skills. ،ةءافكلا رايعم ىلع لمتشي ىذلا ةنيعلما سوردلا نم عجم وأ ام ةدام في هعورشمو سيردتلا جمانرب وه ررقلما نمزلاو ،ميوقتلاو ،تايافكلا هذه لىإ لوصولا تارشؤمو ،سيردتلا ةطشنأو ،سيردتلا داومو ،ةيساسلأا ةءافكلاو ةرصاعلما ،ةيئفكلاو ،ةيمظنلماو ،ةيبسانتلاو ،ةيملعلا :يهوررقلما ميمصت في سسأ ةثمو . ةساردلا رداصمو ،حاتلما ،ةءافكلا رايعم ينيعتو ةسارد :يه يساردلا ررقلما ميمصت تاوطخ امأ . ةيلومشلاو ،ةينورلماو ،ةيقايسلاو ينيعت ،ةيساردلا داولما شيتفت ،تايافكلا هذه لىإ لوصولل تارشؤلما ينيعت ،ةيساسلأا ةءافكلا ينيعتو ةسارد ةيبرعلا ةغللا ميلعتل يساردلا ررقلما نم عاونأ كانه . ةساردلا رداصم ينيعت مث نمزلا ديدتح ،ميوقتلا بولسأ هل نأ بنابج )ةيوغللا تاراهلماو ( ةيبرعلا ةغللا ميلعت قيبطت في ميهافم عونلا اذه نم لكلو . ةيبنجأ ةغلك . هيلإ دنتسي سسأ كلذك
Time variation of the European gravity field from superconducting gravimeters

SUMMARY Ground-based gravity observations have the potential to add useful information to the interpretation of data from the new satellite gravity missions (CHAMP, GRACE, GOCE). We examine 4.5 yr of data from eight superconducting gravimeters (SGs) associated with the Global Geodynamics Project (GGP), from 1997 to 2001, and simulate the time variations that might be seen by a satellite. Signals that are removed from the gravity data before spatial averaging are the solid Earth and ocean tides, a global atmospheric loading using a vertical perfect gas law for the atmosphere, International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) polar motion and instrument drift. The 1-d gravity residuals form the basis of an interpolated minimum curvature grid that we spatially average and analyse using both surface polynomials and empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs). A clear annual component is present that, if truly regional, should be easily detectable by a satellite such as GRACE. The signal is consistent with expected continental water storage, which provides some interest for the future comparison of ground and satellite data.
Example-Based Image Colorization Using Locality Consistent Sparse Representation

Image colorization aims to produce a natural looking color image from a given gray-scale image, which remains a challenging problem. In this paper, we propose a novel example-based image colorization method exploiting a new locality consistent sparse representation. Given a single reference color image, our method automatically colorizes the target gray-scale image by sparse pursuit. For efficiency and robustness, our method operates at the superpixel level. We extract low-level intensity features, mid-level texture features, and high-level semantic features for each superpixel, which are then concatenated to form its descriptor. The collection of feature vectors for all the superpixels from the reference image composes the dictionary. We formulate colorization of target superpixels as a dictionary-based sparse reconstruction problem. Inspired by the observation that superpixels with similar spatial location and/or feature representation are likely to match spatially close regions from the reference image, we further introduce a locality promoting regularization term into the energy formulation, which substantially improves the matching consistency and subsequent colorization results. Target superpixels are colorized based on the chrominance information from the dominant reference superpixels. Finally, to further improve coherence while preserving sharpness, we develop a new edge-preserving filter for chrominance channels with the guidance from the target gray-scale image. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work on sparse pursuit image colorization from single reference images. Experimental results demonstrate that our colorization method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods, both visually and quantitatively using a user study.
The need for AIDS education in schools : an analysis of knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions of students

AIDS is a major health threat facing South Africa. The need for AIDS education in schools is emphasized by research findings showing that many adolescent are sexually active and do not protect themselves against HIV. In this research the knowledge of and attitudes towards AIDS, as well as behavioral intentions of 314 secondary school students from 10 schools from different parts of the country were evaluated by means of a questionnaire and focus group discussions. The aim was to obtain data bout areas where students have insufficient knowledge and skills, so that this dat can be used in the planning of appropriate educational interventions
Incrementality, Alignment and Shared Utterances

This paper describes an implemented prototype dialogue model within the Dynamic Syntax (DS) framework (Kempson et al., 2001) which directly reflects dialogue phenomena such as alignment, routinization and shared utterances. In DS, word-by-word incremental parsing and generation are defined in terms of actions on semantic tree structures. This paper proposes a model of dialogue context which includes these trees and their associated actions, and shows how alignment and routinization result directly from minimisation of lexicon search (and hence speaker's effort), and how switch of speaker/hearer roles in shared utterances can be seen as a switch between incremental processes directed by different goals, but sharing the same (partial) data structures.Article
Time to focus child survival programmes on the newborn: assessment of levels and causes of infant mortality in rural Pakistan.

OBJECTIVE Population-based surveys were conducted in selected clusters of Pakistan's least developed provinces, Balochistan and North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), including the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), to assess levels and causes of neonatal and postneonatal mortality. METHODS Interviews were conducted in a total of 54 834 households: Balochistan, 20 486; NWFP, 26 175; and FATA, 8173. Trained interviewers administered questionnaires after obtaining verbal informed consent from the respondents. Verbal autopsy interviews were conducted for infant deaths reported for the previous year. FINDINGS The infant mortality rate based on combined data from the different sites was 99.7 per 1000 live births (range 129.0-70.1). The contribution of neonatal deaths to all infant deaths was much higher for NWFP (67.2%), where the overall rate was lowest, than for Balochistan (50.8%) and FATA (56.8%). Around 70% of all neonatal deaths occurred in the early neonatal period. The three main clinical causes of infant deaths were diarrhoea syndrome (21.6%), tetanus (11.7%) and acute respiratory infections (11.6%). In the neonatal period, however, tetanus (18.3%), small size for gestational age or low birth weight (15.3%), and birth injury (12.0%) accounted for nearly half (45.6%) of all deaths, while the contributions of diarrhoea syndrome (5.1%) and acute respiratory infections (6.0%) were less significant (11.1%). Tetanus was the cause of death for 21.7% and 17.1% of all infant deaths in FATA and NWFP respectively. CONCLUSION The results suggest that there should be a shift in child survival programmes to give greater emphasis to maternal and neonatal health, in particular to maternal tetanus immunization, safe delivery and cord care.
Being Bullied: Associated Factors in Children and Adolescents 8 to 18 Years Old in 11 European Countries

OBJECTIVES. To analyze the prevalence of bullying victims among children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years in 11 European countries and to investigate the associated sociodemographic, physical, and psychosocial factors. METHODS. Being a bullying victim was measured by using the social acceptance (bullying) scale from the Kidscreen-52, a health-related quality-of-life questionnaire administered to 16 210 children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 and their parents in postal or school-based surveys in 11 European countries. Standardized mean differences (effect size) were computed to measure the percentage of children/adolescents scoring 1 SD below the mean on the Kidscreen bullying scale. Logistic regression models were used to determine which sociodemographic, physical, and psychosocial factors were associated with being bullied. RESULTS. The percentage of children being bullied was 20.6% for the entire sample, ranging from 10.5% in Hungary to 29.6% in the United Kingdom. In almost all countries the factors most strongly associated with being bullied were younger age, having probable mental health problems, having a low score on the Kidscreen-52 moods and emotions dimensions, and poor social support. Using the grand mean for all countries as the reference category, there was an above-average likelihood of children or adolescents reporting that they had been victims of bullying in 5 countries (Austria, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom), and a below-average likelihood in 3 countries (France, Greece, Hungary). CONCLUSIONS. This study indicated considerable variation between countries in the prevalence of those perceiving themselves to be victims of bullying but also revealed a clear profile of those likely to be bullied. The study also suggests that the Kidscreen bullying scale could be useful in identifying potential bullying victims.
Comparative study of short-term cardiovascular autonomic control in cardiac surgery patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting or correction of valvular heart disease

Introduction: Our aim was to perform a comparative study of short-term cardiovascular autonomic control in cardiac surgery patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or surgical correction of valvular heart disease (SCVHD ). Methods: The synchronous 15 minutes records of heart rate variability (HRV) and finger’s photoplethysmographic waveform variability (PPGV) were performed in 42 cardiac surgery patients (12 women) aged 61.8 ± 8.6 years (mean ± standard deviation), who underwent CABG, and 36 patients (16 women) aged 54.2 ± 14.9 years, who underwent SCVHD , before surgery and in 5-7 days after surgery. Conventional time and frequency domain measures of HRV and index S of synchronization between the slow oscillations in PPGV and HRV were analyzed. We also calculated personal dynamics of these indices after surgery. Results: We found no differences (Р > 0.05) in all studied autonomic indices (preoperative and post-surgery) between studied patients’ groups, except for the preoperative heart rate, which was higher in patients who underwent SCVHD (P = 0.013). We have shown a pronounced preoperative and post-surgery variability (magnitude of inter-quartile ranges) of all autonomic indices in studied patients. In the cluster analysis based on cardiovascular autonomic indices (preoperative and post-surgery), we divided all patients into two clusters (38 and 40 subjects) which did not differ in all clinical characteristics (except for the preoperative hematocrit, P = 0.038), index S, and all post-surgery HRV indices. First cluster (38 patients) had higher preoperative values of the HR, TP, HF, and HF%, and lower preoperative values of the LF% and LF/HF. Conclusion: The variability of cardiovascular autonomic indices in on-pump cardiac surgery patients (two characteristic clusters were identified based on preoperative indices) was not associated with their clinical characteristics and features of surgical procedure (including cardioplegia).
Feasibility of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Low-Dose Gadolinium: Comparative Performance With Standard Dose in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Objectives This study investigates whether administration of low doses of gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) for dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be as effective as a standard dose in distinguishing prostate cancer (PCa) from benign tissue. In addition, we evaluated the combination of kinetic parameters from the low- and high-dose injection as a new diagnostic marker. Materials and Methods Patients (n = 17) with histologically confirmed PCa underwent preoperative 3 T MRI. Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI images were acquired at 8.3-second temporal resolution with a low dose (0.015 mmol/kg) and close to the standard dose (0.085 mmol/kg) of gadobentate dimeglumine bolus injections. Low-dose images were acquired for 3.5 minutes, followed by a 5-minute gap before acquiring standard dose images for 8.3 minutes. The data were analyzed qualitatively to investigate whether lesions could be detected based on early focal enhancement and quantitatively by fitting signal intensity as a function of time with an empirical mathematical model to obtain a maximum enhancement projection (MEP) and signal enhancement rate (&agr;). Results Both low- and standard-dose DCE-MRI showed similar sensitivity (13/26 = 50%) and lesion conspicuity score (4.0 ± 1.0 vs 4.2 ± 0.9; P = 0.317) for PCa diagnosis on qualitative analysis. Prostate cancer showed significantly increased &agr; compared with benign tissue for low (9.98 ± 5.84 vs 5.12 ± 2.95 s−1) but not for standard (4.27 ± 2.20 vs 3.35 ± 1.48 s−1) dose. The ratio of low-dose &agr; to standard-dose &agr; was significantly greater (P = 0.02) for PCa (2.8 ± 2.3) than for normal prostate (1.6 ± 0.9), suggesting changes in water exchange and T2* effects associated with cancer. In addition, decreases in the percentage change in T1 relaxation rate as a function of increasing contrast media concentration (ie, the “saturation effect”) can also contribute to the observed differences in high-dose and low-dose &agr;. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for differentiating PCa from benign tissue using &agr; was higher for low dose (0.769) compared with standard dose (0.625). There were no significant differences between MEP calculated for PCa and normal tissue at the low and standard doses. Moderate significant Pearson correlation for DCE parameters, MEP (r = 0.53) and &agr; (r = 0.58), was found between low and standard doses of GBCA. Conclusions These preliminary results suggest that DCE-MRI with a low GBCA dose distinguishes PCa from benign prostate tissue more effectively than does the standard GBCA dose, based on signal enhancement rate. Diagnostic accuracy is similar on qualitative assessment. Prostate cancer diagnosis may be feasible with DCE-MRI with low-dose GBCA. In addition, comparison of enhancement kinetics after low and high doses of contrast media may provide diagnostically useful information.
Isoprenoids increase bovine endometrial stromal cell tolerance to the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin from Trueperella pyogenes

Abstract Preventing postpartum uterine disease depends on the ability of endometrial cells to tolerate the presence of the bacteria that invade the uterus after parturition. Postpartum uterine disease and endometrial pathology in cattle are most associated with the pathogen Trueperella pyogenes secretes a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, pyolysin, which causes cytolysis by forming pores in the plasma membrane of endometrial stromal cells. The aim of the present study was to identify cell-intrinsic pathways that increase bovine endometrial stromal cell tolerance to pyolysin. Pyolysin caused dose-dependent cytolysis of bovine endometrial stromal cells and leakage of lactate dehydrogenase into supernatants. Cell tolerance to pyolysin was increased by inhibitors that target the mevalonate and cholesterol synthesis pathway, but not the mitogenactivated protein kinase, cell cycle, or metabolic pathways. Cellular cholesterol was reduced and cell tolerance to pyolysin was increased by supplying the mevalonate-derived isoprenoid farnesyl pyrophosphate, or by inhibiting farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase 1 or geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase 1 to increase the abundance of farnesyl pyrophosphate. Supplying the mevalonate-derived isoprenoid geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate also increased cell tolerance to pyolysin, but independent of changes in cellular cholesterol. However, geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate inhibits nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group H receptors (NR1H, also known as liver X receptors), and reducing the expression of the genes encoding NR1H3 or NR1H2 increased stromal cell tolerance to pyolysin. In conclusion, mevalonate-derived isoprenoids increased bovine endometrial stromal cell tolerance to pyolysin, which was associated with reducing cellular cholesterol and inhibiting NR1H receptors. Summary Sentence Summary SentenceMevalonate-derived isoprenoids, farnesyl and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate, increase bovine endometrial stromal cell tolerance to the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin, pyolysin, which is secreted by the uterine pathogen Trueperella pyogenes.
For new mothers, the relationship matters: Relationship characteristics and postpartum sexuality

Abstract:Postpartum sexuality has traditionally been studied using a biomedical framework, which focuses on how the physical and biological changes that occur during pregnancy and childbirth affect the resumption of pain-free intercourse. The current study sought to use a more inclusive and contextual approach by investigating how relationship characteristics are related to postpartum sexual desire and predict the resumption of a variety of sexual activities. A total of 188 new mothers who were within one year postpartum completed an online study. The Sexual Desire Inventory was used to measure solitary and dyadic sexual desire. Relationship satisfaction was measured using the Relationship Assessment Scale and perception of partner’s sexual desire was measured using three modified questions from the Sexual Desire Inventory. New mothers were also asked to report when they resumed a variety of sexual activities in the postpartum period. Relationship satisfaction and perceptions of partner’s desire were negatively correlated with solitary sexual desire, and relationship satisfaction was positively correlated with dyadic sexual desire. Birth-related factors were not related to postpartum sexual desire. New mothers’ perception of their partner’s desire predicted the resumption of most sexual activities in the postpartum (i.e., manual stimulation of new mother’s and partner’s genitals, oral stimulation of partner’s genitals, penile-vaginal intercourse). Relationship satisfaction predicted the resumption of oral stimulation of the new mother’s genitals. The results of this study support the incorporation of contextual factors, such as relationship characteristics, and the inclusion of non-penetrative sexual activities in the study of postpartum sexuality.
Unicycle With Only Range Input: An Array of Patterns

The objective of this paper is to generate planar patterns using an autonomous agent modeled as a unicycle. The patterns are generated about a stationary point referred to as the target. To achieve the same, the paper proposes a family of control inputs that are continuous functions of range, which is the distance between the unicycle and the target. The paper studies in detail a characterization of the resulting trajectories, which are a plethora of patterns of parametric curves (circles, spirals, epicyclic curves like hypotrochoids) and more. These appealing patterns find applications in exploration, coverage, land mine detection, etc., where the target represents any point of interest like a landmark or a beacon. The paper also investigates the necessary conditions on the control laws in order to generate patterns of desired shapes and bounds. Furthermore, to generate desired patterns with arbitrary initial conditions, a switching strategy is proposed which is illustrated using an algorithm. The paper presents a series of simulations of appealing patterns generated using the proposed control laws.