Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Bilimsel Sorgulama Becerileri Algılarını Etkileyen Faktörlerin İncelenmesi

Bu calismada ortaokul ogrencilerinin bilimsel sorgulama becerileri algilarini etkileyen faktorlerin belirlenmesi amaclanmistir. Bu amacla cinsiyetlerine, siniflarina, yaslarina, fen dersi basari notlarina, anne ve baba egitim duzeylerine, evlerinde bilgisayar kullanma, televizyondaki bilim cocuk programlarini izleme ve herhangi bir bilimsel dergiyi takip etme durumlarina gore ortaokul ogrencilerinin bilimsel sorgulama becerileri algilari degerlendirilmistir. Arastirmaya Usak ili merkez okullarindan secilen 685 ortaokul ogrencisi katilmistir. Arastirmada veri toplama araci olarak 22 maddeden olusan Balim ve Taskoyan (2007) tarafindan gelistirilen “fene yonelik sorgulayici ogrenme becerileri algi olcegi” kullanilmistir. Arastirmanin yontemi betimsel arastirma yontemlerinden tarama modelidir. Arastirmadan elde edilen verilerin analizinde nonparametrik testlerden olan Mann-Whitney U testi ve Kruskall Wallis testi kullanilmistir. Verilerin analizi sonucunda ortaokul ogrencilerinin bilimsel sorgulama becerileri algilarinin cinsiyetlerine, sinif duzeylerine, yaslarina, fen basari notlarina, anne ve baba egitim duzeylerine gore anlamli derecede farklilastigi belirlenmistir. Calismada ayrica ortaokul ogrencilerinin evlerinde bilgisayar kullanmalarinin, televizyonda yer alan bilim cocuk programlarini izlemelerinin ve herhangi bir bilimsel dergiyi takip etmelerinin bilimsel sorgulama becerileri algilarini etkileyen faktorler oldugu sonucuna ulasilmistir. AN INVESTIGATION ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY SKILLS PERCEPTIONS OF SECONDARY STUDENTS In this study, secondary students’ scientific inquiry skills perceptions were analyzed according to different variables. These variables were determined as their genders, grade levels, ages, final grade for science lesson, their parents’ education levels, using of computer in their house, following the science programs for kids in television and scientific magazines. 685 secondary students studying in schools included in the center of the province of Usak participated in the study. It was used “Inquiry learning skills perceptions in science” that consists of 22 items and developed by Balim and Taskoyan (2007) as data collection tools in the study. The method of the study is survey model that is one of the descriptive research methods. In the analysis of data obtained from the study was used Mann Whitney U test and Kruskall Wallis test which are non-parametric tests because the distribution of data wasn’t normal. As the result of data analysis, it was determined that secondary students’ scientific inquiry skills perceptions differentiated in a significant level according to their genders, grade levels, ages, final grade for science lesson, their parents’ education levels. Furthermore, it was concluded that using of computer in their house, following the science programs for kids in television and scientific magazines were the factors which affected scientific inquiry skills perceptions of secondary students.
Xylem sap analysis reveals new facts of salt tolerance in rice genotypes

Danos por salinidade em arroz e em outras especies sensiveis ao estresse salino sao devidos ao transporte excessivo de NaCl, desde o sistema radicular ate as folhas; assim, baixo transporte de sais para os ramos pode ser uma caracteristica importante na determinacao da resistencia salina. Uma vez que a absorcao rapida dos ions sodio e uma parte crucial da resposta do arroz a salinidade, conduziram-se experimentos para comparar-se o fluxo (apoplastico) pelo desvio (bypass flow) de dois genotipos de arroz (IR4630 e IR15324) diferindo na tolerância salina, visto ser esse fluxo uma das principais rotas pelas quais o Na+ entra nas raizes de arroz. Experimentos com as folhas mais jovens completamente expandidas (terceira a partir do apice), usando-se o PTS (um corante fluorescente como um tracador apoplastico para a corrente transpiratoria) e o inseto Philaenus spumarius para amostragens da seiva do xilema, nao demonstraram qualquer diferenca aparente no chamado fluxo pelo desvio entre os dois genotipos. A similaridade da concentracao de Na+ na seiva do xilema de ambos genotipos foi respaldada pelos resultados de medicoes de PTS. Apesar dessa similaridade, a concentracao de Na+ nos tecidos da terceira folha, como um todo, em IR15324 (linhagem sensivel) foi cerca de duas vezes maior que em IR4630 (linhagem tolerante). As taxas de transpiracao ao longo 8 d de salinizacao foram similares entre os dois genotipos, evidenciando que o maior acumulo de NaCl nas plantas de IR15324 nao foi, provavelmente, devido a diferencas de suprimento de sal as folhas, via uma rota apoplastica. Os resultados deste trabalho sugerem que a diferenca na tolerância salina pode ser uma consequencia de danos as folhas 1 e 2 em IR15234, que permitiram maior vazamento de Na+ no floema - e consequentemente transporte de Na+ para a folha 3.
A little sugar goes a long way: The cell biology of O-GlcNAc

Unlike the complex glycans decorating the cell surface, the O-linked β-N-acetyl glucosamine (O-GlcNAc) modification is a simple intracellular Ser/Thr-linked monosaccharide that is important for disease-relevant signaling and enzyme regulation. O-GlcNAcylation requires uridine diphosphate–GlcNAc, a precursor responsive to nutrient status and other environmental cues. Alternative splicing of the genes encoding the O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) and O-GlcNAcase (OGA) yields isoforms targeted to discrete sites in the nucleus, cytoplasm, and mitochondria. OGT and OGA also partner with cellular effectors and act in tandem with other posttranslational modifications. The enzymes of O-GlcNAc cycling act preferentially on intrinsically disordered domains of target proteins impacting transcription, metabolism, apoptosis, organelle biogenesis, and transport.
Optimal decentralized control design with disturbance decoupling

In this paper we present an input-output point of view for the problem of closed loop norm minimization of stable plants when a decentralized structure and a disturbance decoupling property are imposed on the controller. We show that this problem is convex and present approaches to its solution in the optimal $\ell _1$ sense in the nontrivial case which is when the block off- diagonal terms of the plant have more columns than rows.
Predicting Success on the National Physical Therapy Examination: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Random Effects Meta-Analysis

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . v LIST OF TABLES . xi LIST OF FIGURES . xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION . 1 Potential Predictors of NPTE Success . 8 PT Applicant Variables . 8 PT Student Variables . 9 Statement of the Problem . 9 Purpose of the Study . 10 Research Questions . 11 Research Question 1 . 11 Research Question 2 . 11 Significance of the Study . 11 Content of the Remaining Chapters . 12 CHAPTER II: SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW . 13 National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) . 15 Factors that Predict NPTE Success . 19 Purpose of the Systematic Literature Review . 29 Systematic Literature Review . 31 Step 1: Framing the Question . 31 Step 2: Identifying Relevant Work . 32 Step 3: Assessing the Quality of Studies . 34
Correlation Between Health-Related Quality of Life in Veterans With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury and Their Caregiving Spouses

Background: Recently, investigations have indicated that caring of a chronically ill family member strongly influences the health status and the quality of life (QOL) of the caregiving family members. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between health-related QOL of veterans with chronic spinal cord injury and their caregiving spouses. Patients and Methods: We designed a cross-sectional study including two groups; veterans with chronic spinal cord injury and their caregiving wives who were living in the city of Mashhad, Iran. The patients with spinal cord injury were veterans from the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). All the participants filled out the short form 36 (SF-36) health survey questionnaire. A Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated for the scales of the two groups. Results: The mean age and standard deviation of veterans and their spouses were 48.5 ± 5.9 and 44.8 ± 7.2, respectively and their number of children ranged between 0-6. Our data analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups in some domains of the SF-36, including PF, MH, PCS, MCS, BP and GH (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in RP, VT, SF and RE between the two groups. Conclusions: The results indicate that a decrease in health status level of veterans, physically and mentally, can affect the health-related QOL of their caregiving spouses.
PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ORANGE (Citrus sinensis) PEEL

This research work was carried out to evaluate the antibacterial activity and phytochemical A analysis of Citrus sinensis , the peels were purchased from the Dutsin-Ma Wednesday market in Dutsinma town, Katsina state, Nigeria. It was, thereafter, shade-dried at room temperature, reduced to powder with electric blender and the power dried in an oven at 40 o C for 24hrs. Afterwards, water and methanol were used as solvent for the extraction of the powder active components using soxhlet extraction technique. Phytochemical analysis of the extracts were determined by---------- [h1] Thereafter, sensitivity testing of each of the extracts at different concentration to each of Staphylococcus aureus and E.coli were carried out using agar diffusion method while Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) was determined by-------- [h2] 15g of the powdered plant were soaked separately in 200 ml of distilled water at ambient temperature for 24 hour at 130 rpm. The extract was then filtered using Whatman No 1.filter paper. The various extract of the Citrus sinensis peel using different solvents yielded different result in each of the experiment conducted. Aqueous extract and methanol extract gave a yield of 19 and 15% respectively. the highest yield of 19% followed by methanol extract obtained from soxhlet extraction which gave 15% and the methanol extract obtained using maceration method [h3] 14% . The zone of inhibition for citrus peel extract using soxhlet extraction against S. aureus at concentration of 500mg/ml was 16mm; while that of E. coli was 10mm.The results of the phytochemical analysis of methanolic extract of C. sinensis revealed the pre
Learning Web Users Profiles With Relational Clustering Algorithms

In the context of web personalization and dynamic content recommendation, it is crucial to learn typical user profiles. Although there exists several approaches to mine user profiles (such as association rules or sequential patterns extraction), this paper focuses on the application of relational clustering algorithms on web usage data to characterize user access profiles. These methods rely on the definition of a distance (or dissimilarity) measure between user sessions and thus can carry more information (content, sequence of page views, context of navigation) than simple transactions. Moreover, as web user sessions are often noisy, uncertain or inaccurate (because of proxy web server, local browser cache and sessions building heuristics), we propose to use two clustering algorithms: the leader Ant clustering algorithm that is inspired by the chemical recognition system of ants and a new variant of the fuzzy C Medoids. The paper also describes the similarity measures used to compare these algorithms with the traditional fuzzy C Medoids on real web usage data sets from French museums. The evaluation is conducted according to the quality of the output partitions and the interpretability of each cluster based on its content.
Face recognition using deep multi-pose representations

We introduce our method and system for face recognition using multiple pose-aware deep learning models. In our representation, a face image is processed by several pose-specific deep convolutional neural network (CNN) models to generate multiple pose-specific features. 3D rendering is used to generate multiple face poses from the input image. Sensitivity of the recognition system to pose variations is reduced since we use an ensemble of pose-specific CNN features. The paper presents extensive experimental results on the effect of landmark detection, CNN layer selection and pose model selection on the performance of the recognition pipeline. Our novel representation achieves better results than the state-of-the-art on IARPA's CS2 and NIST's IJB-A in both verification and identification (i.e. search) tasks.
Arabic Sign Language (ArSL) Recognition System Using HMM

Hand gestures enabling deaf people to communication during their daily lives rather than by speaking. A sign language is a language which, instead of using sound, uses visually transmitted gesture signs which simultaneously combine hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms, lip-patterns, body movements and facial expressions to express the speaker's thoughts. Recognizing and documenting Arabic sign language has only been paid attention to recently. There have been few attempts to develop recognition systems to allow deaf people to interact with the rest of society. This paper introduces an automatic Arabic sign language (ArSL) recognition system based on the Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). A large set of samples has been used to recognize 20 isolated words from the Standard Arabic sign language. The proposed system is signer-independent. Experiments are conducted using real ArSL videos taken for deaf people in different clothes and with different skin colors. Our system achieves an overall recognition rate reaching up to 82.22%.
The Impact of Human Discussions on Just-in-Time Quality Assurance: An Empirical Study on OpenStack and Eclipse

In order to spot defect-introducing code changes during review before they are integrated into a project's version control system, a variety of defect prediction models have been designed. Most of these models focus exclusively on source code properties, like the number of added or deleted lines, or developer-related measures like experience. However, a code change is only the outcome of a much longer process, involving discussions on an issue report and review discussions on (different versions of) a patch. % Ignoring the characteristics of these activities during prediction is unfortunate, since Similar to how body language implicitly can reveal a person's real feelings, the length, intensity or positivity of these discussions can provide important additional clues about how risky a particular patch is or how confident developers and reviewers are about the patch. In this paper, we build logistic regression models to study the impact of the characteristics of issue and review discussions on the defect-proneness of a patch. Comparison of these models to conventional source code-based models shows that issue and review metrics combined improve precision and recall of the explanatory models up to 10%. Review time and issue discussion lag are amongst the most important metrics, having a positive (i.e., increasing) relation with defect-proneness.
Factors Associated With Discrimination in Social-Service Settings Among a Sample of Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Adults

Objective: Few studies have investigated discrimination in social-service or social work settings among transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) individuals. This study aims to (a) examine the prevalence and magnitude of discrimination against TGNC individuals and (b) explore the factors associated with discrimination in social-service settings. Method: We examined sociodemographic factors and psychosocial and health-related indicators (suicide attempt ever, substance misuse to cope, HIV positive serostatus, transactional sex, and marginally housed) associated with reports of social-service discrimination in a national sample of transgender adults (age 18–98, M = 36.69, SD = 13.11) from the U.S. and its territories. Data were from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (N = 6,456). Results: Approximately 16% (n = 952) of the total sample experienced some form of discrimination related to their gender identity/expression in a social-service setting. Participants reporting social-service discrimination were more likely to be non-White, under 45 years of age, lower income, and to report negative psychosocial and/or health-related outcomes. Conclusions: Findings highlight the need for future research to examine individual-, interpersonal-, and structural-level factors associated with access to and use of social services among the transgender and gender-nonconforming community.
Local Hotspots of Endemism or Artifacts of Incorrect Taxonomy? The Status of Microendemic Pill Millipede Species of the Genus Glomeris in Northern Italy (Diplopoda, Glomerida)

Local endemic species with their unique evolutionary history always stirred the interest of scientists. One such area especially rich in endemics is northern Italy. In case of pill millipedes of the genus Glomeris Latreille, 1803, only a single species is found in northern Europe, while 22 country-endemics alone are known from Italy. Many of these endemics, however, have not been studied in several decades; therefore we aimed to determine whether this diversity is the result of overlooked synonymies or natural processes. A focus was placed on the local endemics that are in some aspects morphologically similar to the widespread and variable G. klugii Brandt, 1833. The local endemics Glomeris larii Verhoeff, 1921, G. primordialis Verhoeff, 1930, G. oblongoguttata Verhoeff, 1894, G. oropensis Verhoeff, 1936, G. transalpina Koch, 1836, G. romana Verhoeff, 1900, G. ligurica Latzel, 1884 and G. apuana Verhoeff, 1911 were included in a molecular analysis incorporating ribosomal nuclear (28S) and mitochondrial (COI) genes. Individuals were sequenced and compared to 31 specimens from 18 localities of G. klugii. The final dataset included 657 base pairs for 56 terminals in the COI, and 14 terminals with 1068 base pairs in the combined 28S and COI analysis. Our analysis shows intraspecific distances of up to 5% in the COI gene in G. klugii that are not strictly correlated to geography or color pattern. G. larii is discovered to be genetically and morphologically identical to G. klugii and is synonymised with the latter. Interspecific distances in our dataset vary between 6.7 to 15.9%, with the lowest (6.7–9.0%) between G. primordialis and G. klugii. Our analysis confirms the species status of the local endemics G. primordialis, G. oblongoguttata, G. oropensis, G. transalpina, G. ligurica and G. apuana. We also confirm the synonymy of G. undulata Koch, 1844 under G. klugii. G. genuensis Latzel, 1886 is indistinguishable from G. ligurica.
Title: Response Variability of Frontal Eye Field Neurons Modulates with Sensory Input and Saccade Preparation but not Visual Search Salience Abbreviated Title: FEF response variability during search

Discharge rate modulation of frontal eye field (FEF) neurons has been identified with a representation of visual search salience (physical conspicuity and behavioral relevance) and saccade preparation. We tested whether salience or saccade preparation are evident in the trial-to-trial variability of discharge rate. We quantified response variability via the Fano factor in FEF neurons recorded in monkeys performing efficient and inefficient visual search tasks. Response variability declined following stimulus presentation in most neurons, but despite clear discharge rate modulation, variability did not change with target salience. Instead, we found that response variability was modulated by stimulus luminance and the number of items in the visual field independent of attentional demands. Response variability declined to a minimum before saccade initiation and presaccadic response variability was directionally tuned. In addition, response variability was correlated with the response time of memory-guided saccades. These results indicate that the trial-by-trial response variability of FEF neurons reflects saccade preparation and the strength of sensory input, but not visual search salience or attentional allocation.
Memory and Decision Processes: The Impact of Cognitive Loads on Decision Regret

Every day, people both make decisions and regret decisions. Whether it is second-guessing a major life choice like one’s career or bemoaning the purchase of a particular shirt, the phenomenon of regret is familiar and tangible. It is important to learn more about this psychological occurrence in order to help people avoid regret by making better decisions in the future (Das & Kerr, 2010; Pieters & Zeelenberg, 2007). Learning about regret necessitates both learning how the inherent mechanism of regret works, and also what external circumstances affect the degree of the regret. Does being distracted on a cell phone while shopping at the grocery store make you more or less regretful? Can other disturbances actually help you make more satisfactory decisions? We hypothesize that the less attention an individual dedicates to a decision, the less regret he or she will experience. In this research paper we will explore the intersection of two large bodies of research on the topics of cognitive load theory and decision regret and investigate whether individuals subject to a cognitive load during a decision will subsequently experience more or less decision regret. Before discussing our experiment, though, we will conduct an in-depth research analysis on each of these topics. This literature review will include a general introduction to cognitive load theory and regret, various frameworks through which to understand both topics, and some practical applications and implications for each body of research. We will then synthesize the information and construct the hypothesis that an individual under a cognitive load will experience less regret than an unrestrained individual. Following that, we will go through the mechanics of the experiment and present the results of the data obtained. Lastly, we will discuss the results and develop some conclusions.
Subliminal and Supraliminal Processing of Facial Expression of Emotions: Brain Oscillation in the Left/Right Frontal Area

The unconscious effects of an emotional stimulus have been highlighted by a vast amount of research, whereover it remains questionable whether it is possible to assign a specific function to cortical brain oscillations in the unconscious perception of facial expressions of emotions. Alpha band variation was monitored within the right- and left-cortical side when subjects consciously (supraliminal stimulation) or unconsciously (subliminal stimulation) processed facial patterns. Twenty subjects looked at six facial expressions of emotions (anger, fear, surprise, disgust, happiness, sadness, and neutral) under two different conditions: supraliminal (200 ms) vs. subliminal (30 ms) stimulation (140 target-mask pairs for each condition). The results showed that conscious/unconscious processing and the significance of the stimulus can modulate the alpha power. Moreover, it was found that there was an increased right frontal activity for negative emotions vs. an increased left response for positive emotion. The significance of facial expressions was adduced to elucidate cortical different responses to emotional types.
An Investigation on the Compression Quality of aiNet

AiNet is an immune-inspired algorithm for data compression, i.e. the reduction of redundancy in data sets. In this paper we investigate the compression quality of aiNet. Therefore, a similarity measure between input set and reduced output set is presented which is based on the Parzen window estimation and the Kullback-Leibler divergence. Four different artificially generated data sets are created and the compression quality is investigated. Experiments reveal that aiNet produced reasonable results on an uniformly distributed data set, but poor results on non-uniformly distributed data sets, i.e. data sets which contain dense point regions. This effect is caused by the optimization criterion of aiNet