Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Picture Books as an Impetus for Kindergartners' Mathematical Thinking

Although there is evidence that the use of picture books affects young children's achievement scores in mathematics, little is known about the cognitive engagement and, in particular, the mathematical thinking that is evoked when young children are read a picture book. The focus of the case study reported in this article is on the cognitive engagement that is facilitated by the picture books themselves and not on how this engagement is prompted by a reader. The book under investigation, Vijfde zijn [Being Fifth], is a picture book of high literary quality that was not written for the purpose of teaching mathematics. The story is about a doctor's waiting room and touches on backwards counting and spatial orientation only tacitly as part of the narrative. Four 5 year olds were each read the book by one of the authors without any questioning or probing. The reading sessions took place in school, outside the classroom. A detailed coding framework was developed for analyzing the children's utterances that provided an in-depth picture of the children's spontaneous cognitive engagement. Surprisingly, almost half the utterances were mathematics-related. The findings of the study support the idea that reading children picture books without explicit instruction or prompting has large potential for mathematically engaging children.
Temporary conversions : encounters with pentecostalism in Muslim Kyrgyzstan

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Emotion Regulation Predicts Imagery Ability

This study explored the relationship between athletes’ emotion regulation and imagery ability. A total of 648 athletes (57% female; Mage = 20.79 years, SD = 4.36) completed the Sport Imagery Ability Questionnaire (SIAQ) and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). Structural equation modeling supported the hypothesized model in which reappraisal positively predicted all SIAQ subscales. However, suppression had no significant association with imagery ability despite being predicted to be negatively associated. Results support the revised applied model of deliberate imagery use that individual characteristics will influence the imagery experience. Specifically, athletes who reappraise their emotions more frequently find it easier to image sport related content.
Estimation of submarine groundwater discharge from bulk ground electrical conductivity measurements

The utility of bulk ground conductivity (BGC) measurements in the estimation of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) was investigated at four sites covering a range of hydrogeological settings, namely Cockburn Sound (Australia); Shelter Island (USA); Ubatuba Bay (Brazil) and Flic-en-Flac Bay (Mauritius). At each of the sites, BGC was surveyed in the intertidal zone, and seepage meters were used for direct measurements of SGD flow rates. In the presence of detectable salinity gradients in the sediment, a negative correlation between SGD and BGC was recorded. The correlation is site-specific and is dependent on both the type of sediment and the mixing processes. For example, at Shelter Island the maximum mean flow rates were 65 cm d−1 at a BGC of ∼0 mS cm−1 while at Mauritius maximum mean flow rates were 364 cm d−1 at a BGC of ∼0 mS cm−1. BGC measurements are used to estimate SGD over a large scale, and to separate its fresh and saline components. Extrapolating BGC measurements throughout the study sites yields a total discharge of 2.91, 1.59, 7.16, and 25.4 103 m3 d−1 km−1 of shoreline with a freshwater fraction of 41, 24, 29, and 63% at Cockburn Sound, Shelter Island, Ubatuba Bay, and Flic-en-Flac Bay respectively. The results demonstrate that ground conductivity is a useful tracer to survey and separate freshwater and recirculated seawater component of SGD. The presented investigation is a subset within a series of experiments designed to compare different methods to investigate SGD co-organized and carried out by SCOR, LOICZ, IOC and IAEA.
Health-Related Quality of Life and Chronic Disease Status of Roman People in Zonguldak

Objective: Roman People are faced with health problems such as chronic disease, disabilities and limitations with work and daily activities, compared to general population. This study was planned to examine chronic disease and sociodemographic characteristics affecting their health-related quality of life (HQOL) status of Roman People. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional typed this study was carried out with 317 Roman People who selected randomly in Karaelmas Family Health Center in Zonguldak city between February 1-April 30, 2015. There are many Roman people living in the Karaelmas region. They were 18 years old and above, who had no communication problems and who were willing to participate were included in the study. Data were collected with a questionnaire which was prepared by the researchers and including 11 items questioning sociodemographics and the presence of any disease, and SF-36 health-related quality of life (SF-36 HQOL questionnaire. Data were evaluated by SPSS 20.0 program. Means, standard deviations, percentages, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests, Spearman correlation tests were used for the evaluation of data. Results and Conclusion: The most common chronic disease in Roman People is hypertension (23.9%). Besides, there was an additional disease (comorbidity) in 19.4% of the Roman People. It was found that HQOL was lower in the ones having a chronic disease and sociodemographic characteristics as age, education, and employment status significantly affected health-related quality of life. Quality of scores of the individuals whose education level was high and who were employed were found to be significantly high. A negative and significantly high relationship was found between age and HQOL. The lowest score was from vitality and the highest score was from social function domains. Keeping chronic disease status in the forefront but not ruling out income and educational status might be recommended for the evaluation of HQOL and it is suggested to organize trainings about the factors affecting of HQOL of the Roman People.
Optimizing UV Index determination from broadband irradiances

Abstract. A study was undertaken to improve upon the prognosticative capability of Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC) UV Index forecast model. An aspect of that work, and the topic of this communication, was to investigate the use of the four UV broadband surface irradiance fields generated by ECCC's Global Environmental Multiscale (GEM) numerical prediction model to determine the UV Index. The basis of the investigation involves the creation of a suite of routines which employ high-spectral-resolution radiative transfer code developed to calculate UV Index fields from GEM forecasts. These routines employ a modified version of the Cloud-J v7.4 radiative transfer model, which integrates GEM output to produce high-spectral-resolution surface irradiance fields. The output generated using the high-resolution radiative transfer code served to verify and calibrate GEM broadband surface irradiances under clear-sky conditions and their use in providing the UV Index. A subsequent comparison of irradiances and UV Index under cloudy conditions was also performed. Linear correlation agreement of surface irradiances from the two models for each of the two higher UV bands covering 310.70–330.0 and 330.03–400.00 nm is typically greater than 95 % for clear-sky conditions with associated root-mean-square relative errors of 6.4 and 4.0 %. However, underestimations of clear-sky GEM irradiances were found on the order of ∼ 30–50 % for the 294.12–310.70 nm band and by a factor of ∼ 30 for the 280.11–294.12 nm band. This underestimation can be significant for UV Index determination but would not impact weather forecasting. Corresponding empirical adjustments were applied to the broadband irradiances now giving a correlation coefficient of unity. From these, a least-squares fitting was derived for the calculation of the UV Index. The resultant differences in UV indices from the high-spectral-resolution irradiances and the resultant GEM broadband irradiances are typically within 0.2–0.3 with a root-mean-square relative error in the scatter of ∼ 6.6 % for clear-sky conditions. Similar results are reproduced under cloudy conditions with light to moderate clouds, with a relative error comparable to the clear-sky counterpart; under strong attenuation due to clouds, a substantial increase in the root-mean-square relative error of up to 35 % is observed due to differing cloud radiative transfer models.
Prophetic leadership and financial decision making quality: Partial Least Square (PLS) path modeling analysis.

Prophetic leadership rests on the tenets of trait theory, spirituality, transcendent leadership and Religious leadership theory. It argues that leadership begins from within and works outward. Prophetic leadership also suggest the interconnectedness of leadership and social network theory, the necessity for finding common ground and synergy between leader and the followers and altruistic management to build leadership effectiveness. This paper proposed that prophetic leadership can be renewed by rethinking its theology and its epistemology across a full-spectrum of ‘Abrahamic faith’ prophets’ personality trait, organizational goal, task, and societal domains. It also analyzed the fitters of the model to financial sector via Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis using SmartPLS freely available software. Useable questionnaire of 110 respondents perceived that financial leaders hold the prophetic characteristics accept for posture and altruism. Financial decision qualities were derived from these characteristics.
THE HOMOLOGY OF SYMMETRIC PRODUCTS

In this paper we compute the homology groups for the various symmetric products of any space X of finite type. Thus we complete the calculations begun by M. Morse, Smith and Richardson in the 1930's and carried dramatically forward by N. Nakaoka in a series of papers dating from 1955. Our methods are essentially geometric in nature and are based on a close examination of the geometry of the topological bar construction introduced in [10]. Indeed it was the study of the symmetric products which led to [10], but the exposition given here is selfcontained. (1) The w-fold symmetric product SPm(X) is the set of all unordered «j-tuples of points in X. Equivalently, SPm(X) is the orbit space of the Cartesian product Xm under the action of ? ^m, the symmetric group on m letters. It has the quotient topology. Let a base point *elbe given, then there is an inclusion j:SPm(X)<= SPm + 1(X)
Olivine-hornblende-lamprophyre dikes from Quebrada los Sapos, El Teniente, Central Chile (34°S): implications for the temporal geochemical evolution of the Andean subarc mantle

Mafic Mg-olivine (Fo88)+hornblende lamprophyre dikes, with Ni ~190 ppm and Cr ~390 ppm, cut late Miocene lavas in the Quebrada los Sapos a few kilometers west of the El Teniente Cu-Mo mine. These dikes have petrochemical affinities with other less primitive, Pliocene (2.9-3.9 Ma), olivine-free lamprophyres previously described from both within and in the vicinity of El Teniente. The mafic mantle-derived lamprophyre dikes from Quebrada los Sapos have La/Yb ratios of 10-13, higher than the ratios of 4-9 for older Late Miocene El Teniente Mafic Complex olivine basalts, suggesting a temporal decrease in the percent of partial mantle melting, consistent with the observed decrease in the volume of igneous rocks through time at this latitude, as well as the ultimate cessation of magmatism and >40 km eastward arc migration by the Late Pliocene. Less primitive olivine-free lamprophyres have higher La and lower Yb, resulting in higher La/Yb ratios of 15-44, due to crystal-liquid fractionation involving hornblende, but not plagioclase, the crystallization of which is suppressed by the high H2O contents of the lamprophyres. The lamprophyre dikes, as well as younger (1.8-2.3 Ma) olivine-bearing basaltic-andesite lava flows in the valley of the Cachapoal river, have 87Sr/86Sr=0.7041 to 0.7049, ЄNd=+1.2 to -1.1 and 206Pb/204Pb=18.60 to 18.68, while Middle to Late Miocene (6.5-13.9 Ma) El Teniente Volcanic and Plutonic Complex igneous rocks have lower 87Sr/86Sr=0.7039 to 0.7041 and 206Pb/204Pb=18.56 to 18.59, and higher ЄNd=+1.9 to +3.8, and older Oligocene to Early Miocene (>15 Ma) Abanico or Coya-Machali Formation volcanic and plutonic rocks in the region have even lower 87Sr/86Sr=0.7033 to 0.7039 and 206Pb/204Pb=18.45 to 18.57, and higher ЄNd=+3.8 to +6.2. The data indicate a significant progressive temporal evolution, between the Oligocene and the Pliocene, to higher 87Sr/86Sr and 206Pb/204Pb, and lower ЄNd for mantle-derived mafic magmas, and by implication their mantle source region. Significantly Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic compositions are independent of SiO2 content for rocks in each age group, which precludes contamination by isotopically heterogeneous Paleozoic and Mesozoic continental crust during evolution of intermediate and silicic rocks from mantle-derived mafic magmas. The Oligocene to Pliocene isotopic evolution of the mantle source of the mafic magmas may be explained by an increase from 1% to 6% in the extent of mantle source region contamination by subducted components, including continental crust tectonically eroded off the continental margin. We attribute this to both decreasing subduction angle and increasing rates of subduction erosion associated with the southward migration of the locus of subduction of the Juan Fernandez Ridge. The lamprophyres also imply increased hydration of the mantle below this portion of the arc by the Pliocene, which may have played an important role in producing oxidized volatile-rich magmas and mineralization at El Teniente.
Modelling Arsenic and Lead Surface Soil Concentrations using Land Use Regression

Land Use Regression (LUR) models are increasingly used in environmental and exposure assessments to predict the concentration of contaminants in outdoor air. We explore the use of LUR as an alternative to more complex models to predict the concentration of metals in surface soil. Here, we used 55 soil samples of As and Pb collected in 1996 across British Columbia (BC), Canada by the Ministry of Environment. Predictor variables were derived for each sample site using Geographic Information System (GIS). For As (R 2 = 0.44), the resulting linear regression model includes the total length of roads (m) within 25 km, and bedrock geology. For the Pb model (R 2 =0.78), the predictor variables are the total surface area of industrial land use (m 2 ) within 5 km , the emissions of Pb (t) within 10 and 25 km, and the presence of closed mines within 50 km. The study proposes that LUR can reasonably predict the concentrations of As and Pb in surface soil over large areas.
Work motivation and self-rated anxiety: Nurses’ perspectives

Objective: Considering nurses’ psychological status, work decision involvement, emotions, anxiety, and motivation, is an important issue for attaining nurses’ retention and maintaining their preservation in their work positions. Work motivation is the key that enhances employee performance which is influenced by numerous internal and external factors; job anxiety is the apparent one. The current study is directed to achieve two aims: to assess the work motivation level and self-rated anxiety among nurses and to investigate the relationship between them. Therefore, a descriptive, correlative research design was applied with 300 registered nurses in King Abd El Aziz governmental hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A triple-section questionnaire was used for data collection that involved: First, Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale (MWMS) that was developed by Gagne et al. in 2010. Second, Self-Rated Anxiety Sub-scale which was developed by Warr et al. in 1979. Third, sociodemographic questions were included. Results: About three-quarters of Suadi nurses have high work motivation level concerning introjected and identified regulations while more than half of them have a high level of work motivation regarding amotivation and extrinsic regulations. Consequently, most of the participants have high scores in work motivation level. As regards, self-rated anxiety, all study subjects have a certain level of anxiety at work, but the majority of them were with low level. As pertaining the correlation between both study variables, there is a negative correlation between work motivation level and self-rated anxiety and the present study proved that Saudi registered nurses in King Abd El Aziz governmental hospital have high work motivation level scores with low self-rated anxiety scores. Conclusions: The current study confirms that the Saudi nurses in Jeddah have high work motivation level with low anxiety. Furthermore, the study provides evidence of a negative or inverse correlation between work motivation level and self-rated anxiety among Saudi registered nurses in King Abd El Aziz governmental hospital. Nurses should be aware by the importance of motivation in their job and at the same time, be aware of the risks of work-related anxiety. Nurse Managers have to tailor all factors which are surrounding nurses in a hospital environment, organizational structure and culture to be positively motivated and, at the same time, to alleviate any tendency of work-related anxiety. Furthermore, work motivation and anxiety should be involved and integrated into the nursing curriculum in nursing schools. Further researches: A research about the effect of the work motivation educational program on nurse manager’s leadership skills, is needed. A study about the correlation between work motivation and other negative or positive variables in work environment among nurses is necessitated. Also, assessment of nurses’ work motivation and anxiety using different tools such as value test, emotional inventory and adjustment skills measurement.
Captive R&D Offshoring: The Case of Newly Established Foreign-Invested R&D Units in Emerging Markets

Danish) Denne Ph.D.-afhandling inkluderer fire tidsskriftsartikler samt et bogkapitel. Disse publikationer undersoger hvordan nyetablerede forskningsog udviklingsenheder (FoU enheder), etableret i udviklingslande, af internationale virksomheder fra andre lande, bliver i stand til at udfore deres mandat. I saerdeleshed bliver det undersogt hvordan de ansatte i disse enheder erhverver viden fra FoU hovedkvartererne i disse virksomheder, hvordan lokal talent bliver gjort brug af, og hvorledes lokale kilder til viden bliver engageret. Den teoretiske ramme er primaert baseret pa videndeling, men netvaerksteori er ogsa gjort brug af. Undersogelsen bygger pa casestudier fra fire multinationale selskaber, der stammer fra Skandinavien. Empiri er blevet indsamlet fra Skandinavien, Kina og Indien. Afhandlingen stiller sporgmalstegn ved en antagelse i Uppsala-modellen, der forudsaetter at forskellige typer af virksomhedsaktiviteter kan internationaliseres pa samme made. Resultaterne peger pa vigtigheden af socialisering pa tvaers af FoU hovedkvarter og nyetablerede FoU-enheder, for at medarbejderne i sadanne enheder kan erhverve isaer tavs FoU viden. Dog kan dokumenteret FoU viden fra FoU hovedkvarteret ogsa fremme disse nyetablerede FoU enheders evne til at udfore deres mandat. Resultaterne tyder pa, at lokale talenter i Kina og Indien er saerligt egnet til at forbedre eksisterende produkter og processer. Men pa grund af manglende social-initiativ er det mindre relevant at bruge dette talent til at identificere og lose helt nye problemer. Afhandlingen undersoger ogsa, hvordan lokale kilder til viden er engageret. Isaer samspil med lokale produktionsaktiviteter, og lokale universiteter undersoges.
Urban livelihoods and urbanization trends in Africa: winners and losers?

There is much speculation today that urban economies in sub-Saharan Africa are greatly improving and that the region may be on the brink of an upsurge in economic development. However, in terms of a broad, multi-dimensional, understanding of the term ‘development’, into which social justice must be factored, there are real concerns about whether the undoubted improvements in GDP growth in many countries are strongly connected to urban-located investment and job growth. Many African countries remain poorly placed, in terms of global comparative advantage, to attract significant foreign investment except in primary sectors. The extreme inequality in the ways in which the benefits of current growth are being shared in many countries is another huge problem for the creation of urban employment growth. This paper relates these issues to evidence about levels of economic (in)security in many African cities, and to how these have been reflected in a slowing in the rate of urbanization in many countries. It also reviews the evidence about the distribution of incomes in sub-Saharan Africa, and argues that the development of middle classes with their associated higher consumption patterns, is minimal as yet. Finally it reflects on the links, both current and prospective, between internal economic stimuli from, for example, natural-resource based activities including mining and agriculture, and African urban economic development and growth.
Effects of Soybean Based Supplements on Lamb Growth Performance and Muscle Fatty Acid Composition of Pasture Reared Lambs Finished on a Hgih Forage Diet

The effects of fat (F), protein (PR), and fat enriched protein (FP) soybean-based supplements on growth performance and muscle fatty acid profile of lambs were investigated. Thirty-three lambs (19.71 ± 1.74 kg) were randomly assigned to receive one of three supplements for the final 29 days of an 81-day stay on mixed pastures and then for an additional 39 days finishing period on drylots. During this latter period, lambs were fed orchard grass and alfalfa hay (1:1) along with the supplement. At the end of the study overall ADG, HCW and the fatty acid profile of lamb muscle were determined for 3 lambs in each treatment group. The quantity and quality of forage available to lambs while on pasture and accessibility to that forage ere similar across treatments. The average quantity of supplement and hay consumed daily was above 80% of what was offered and was similar across treatments. Daily gains of lambs after 29 days supplementation while on pasture differed (F=0.30, PR=0.22, FP=0.27 ± 0.02 kg/d, P=0.05). During the first 2 weeks in the drylot, ADG differed amongst treatments (F=-0.05, PR=0.23, FP=0.11 ± 0.05 kg/d, P 0.05), but dressing percentage tended to be higher in PR than in F and FP wethers (46.62, 44.27 and 43.85 ± 0.76%, P=0.08). The SFA: UFA of lamb muscle was lower in the F and FP than in PR treatments (0.98 vs. 1.38 and 1.22 ± 0.07, P=0.02). Feeding of soybean based non-commercial fat supplements achieved targeted increases in average daily gains in high forage fed lambs and influenced fatty acid profile of lamb muscle.