Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Application of Airborne LIDAR for Seacliff Volumetric Change and Beach-Sediment Budget Contributions

Abstract Coastal seacliff erosion in California threatens property and public safety, whereas coastal beach erosion threatens the coastal tourism economy. While coastal rivers, seacliffs, and gullies supply the majority of littoral material to California beaches, the relative contributions of these sources are coming into question. These beach-sediment sources must be accurately quantified to formulate proper solutions for coastal zone management. This study evaluated the seacliff and coastal gully beach-sediment contributions to the Oceanside Littoral Cell using airborne LIght Detection And Ranging (LIDAR). Seacliff and gully beach-sediment contributions were compared with coastal river beach-sediment contributions estimated in previous studies. This study took place over a relatively dry period from April 1998 to April 2004. The results indicate that seacliffs provided an estimated 67% of the beach-size sediment to the littoral cell, followed by gullies and rivers at 17% and 16%, respectively, over the period of the study. The total volumetric seacliff erosion rates were used to back-calculate average annual seacliff face retreat rates for the study period. These rates ranged from 3.1 to 13.2 cm/yr and averaged 8.0 cm/yr for the Oceanside Littoral Cell. Comparison of these results to previous studies suggests that the relative seacliff sediment contributions may be higher than previously thought. Conversely, beach-sediment contributions from gullies were significantly lower compared with previous studies. This is likely because of the episodic nature of gullying and the relatively dry study period. Nevertheless, the results of this study indicate that seacliff sediment contributions are a significant sediment source of beach sand in the Oceanside Littoral Cell, and the relative annual seacliff beach-sand contribution is likely higher than previous studies indicate.
The Chicken or the Egg:Exploring Prediction Models for Dysfunctional Schemas, Mental Distress and Wellbeing by Backward Elimination

This study aims to explore various models in predicting dysfunctional schema domains, mental distress, and wellbeing. In today's’ health-care system, assumptions often are made throughout a clinical or personal recovery approach. Yet, it is unclear which is more precise in predicting mental health. Determining a precise model might indicate that revision of the health-care system is needed to optimize treatment plans. This study explores which predictors forge the most explaining prediction model. The current study is a quantitative naturalistic pre-post-study with two measurements taken 12 months apart. Men and women (aged 18-44) were subjected to clinical schema-focused group psychotherapy and filled in questionnaires. Correlational analyses and backward elimination determined two significant prediction models: a model explaining up to 8% of the variance in wellbeing (clinical recovery) and another model explaining up to 15% of the variance in symptoms (personal recovery). Common factors in both approaches are variables regarding social aspects, explaining 14%-35% of the variation in treatment outcomes. The model regarding the prediction of symptoms by wellbeing (personal recovery) is seen as more precise, because its predicting value is almost twice as high. Also, variables with social aspects should be further examined, because of the mutual impact in both models.
Medication Utilization in Incident Adverse Drug Reactions of Cancer Chemotherapy in a Tertiary Care Hospital

The main objective of the study is to describe the occurrence rates and causality evidence of cancer medication-associated adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and to evaluate Medication Utilization in managing the occurred ADRs.The patient's data was collected using patient data collection forms in inpatient Radiotherapy department. The ADR assessment is done by using WHO causality assessment scale and Naranjo's causality assessment scale. In a total of 536 patients,78% (n=418) experienced adverse drug reactions. Patients with single adverse drug reaction are 43% (n=178) of 418, whereas 23% (n=96) experienced two adverse drug reactions and 9% (n=38)were found to be experiencing more than 2 adverse drug reactions. Alopecia 95% (n=397), Nausea and vomiting 82% (n=343), myelosuppression42.1% (n=176), Skin pigmentation15.3% (n=64), itching11.4% (n=48), Diarrhea11% (n=46), mucositis10.2% (n=43), Constipation6.22% (n=26), cardiotoxicity2% (n=8) are most commonly observed ADRs.Approximately 78% of patients taking chemotherapy experienced adverse drug reactions that are mostly managed by utilizing proper medications, which further elucidate the opportunity for clinical pharmacists to monitor and manage adverse drug reactions cautiously, thereby minimizing the after effects of chemotherapy and improving the patient's outcomes.
The evaluation study on eating behavior and dietary quality of elderly people residing in samcheok according to age group.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the eating behaviors and dietary quality of various aged adults. This study conducted through questionnaire and dietary survey by 24-hr recall to 850 adults residing in Samcheok. Subjects were divided into four groups according to the age in male and female, which included 20~29 yrs group (male n = 94, female n = 66), 30~49 yrs group (male n = 201, female n = 216), 50~64 yrs group (male n = 88, female n = 96), and ≥ 65 yrs group (n = 46, female n = 43). In male, 20~29 yrs group had a larger proportion of subjects who skipped breakfast, lunch and dinner compared to other groups (p < 0.001, p < 0.05, p < 0.01). The daily food and energy intakes in ≥ 50 yrs group were significantly lower than those of < 50 yrs. Protein and fat intakes of 20~29 yrs group were significantly higher than those of the other groups. But ND (Nutrient Density) of minerals as like calcium, iron and plant iron in 20~29 yrs group were significantly lower than those of other groups. The KDDS (Korean's Dietary Diversity Score) of 20~29 yrs group, 30~49 yrs group, 50~64 yrs group and ≥ 65 yrs group in male were 4.1, 3.8, 3.7 and 3.5 respectively and there was significant difference (p < 0.001). In female, skipping breakfast and dinner were significantly higher in 20~29 yrs group than in other groups (p < 0.001, p < 0.001). And the use of nutrient supplementation was higher in 30~49 yrs group than that of other groups (p < 0.05). The daily energy intakes was higher in 20~49 yrs group than that of ≥ 65 yrs group. The ND (Nutrient Density) of animal protein, vitamins A and B 1 in 20~29 yrs group were significantly lower than those of other groups. The KDDS of 20~29 yrs group, 30~49 yrs group, 50~64 yrs group and ≥ 65 yrs group in female were 4.0, 3.9, 3.9 and 3.6 respectively and ≥ 65 yrs group was significant lower than other groups. According to these results, ≥ 65 yrs and 20~29 yrs group had more dietary habit problems and poor nutrition status than 30~64 yrs group. The results of this study revealed that nutritional management and education for adequate meals should be emphasized in adults and elderly. (Korean J Community Nutrition 14(5) : 495~508, 2009)
Evaluating Relative Mode E ff ects on Data Quality in Mixed-Mode Surveys

In order to compare data-quality of different data-collection modes, multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) experiments have been implemented in a mixed-mode survey parallel to the fourth round of the European Social Survey (ESS, 2008/2009). Special interest lies in measurement effects between the modes, which refer to the raw effect of a data-collection mode on quality. Nevertheless, mere comparison between quality estimates of the different modes does not allow drawing conclusions about measurement effects because they are completely confounded with selection effects. However, by simultaneous analysis of the mixed-mode data and the main ESS data and by treating the dataset of origin as an instrumental variable, some conditional measurement effects and selection effects can be disentangled. This paper provides a preliminary exploratory analysis of this approach. The results generally yield low to fair measurement effects, while the selection effects on some items are rather large. Overall differerences between the modes are thus mainly caused by differences in respondent composition rather than differences in measurement error. The analysis of the ESS data, however, reveals many problems which are caused by design deficiencies. These deficiencies include, among others, the inclusion of too many modes, design-driven violations of the model assumptions, too few methods within the MTMM experiments, and small sample sizes. These deficiencies should be resolved in future studies.
Critical factors for transferring and sharing tacit knowledge within lean and agile construction processes

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to investigate the critical success factors (CSFs) associated with the effectiveness of transfer and sharing of tacit knowledge in lean and agile construction processes. Design/methodology/approach The study identifies ten CSFs that initiate the transferring and sharing of tacit knowledge. The CSFs are validated through quantitative study. This study recruited project managers, executives, consultants and other managers that are directly involved in the management of a construction project. It recruits the respondents those have background and experience from disciplines such as lean construction, agile construction, construction supply chain (CSC) and knowledge management in lean, agile and CSC. The data collected through self-administrative questionnaire are categorised as ordinal data to analyse in SPSS with frequency and Kruskal–Wallis H test, Spearman’s correlation analysis and a rank-order analysis is done to establish the level of importance of those factors. Findings Initially, “Trust between construction organisations” is identified as the foremost CSF. Moreover, other CSFs such as motivation, leadership capabilities, business strategies and organisational capabilities follow trust. Originality/value This is the first study that investigates and establishes the CSFs that are essential to initiate transferring and sharing tacit knowledge in a lean and in an agile construction processes.
Cultural Differences in Organizational Commitment

This study investigates predictors of organizational commitment i.e. allocentrics, procedural justice and servant leadership based on the moderating effect of work meaning. A survey of 195 employees of a state owned hotel in Yogyakarta, Indonesia was analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling. Result indicated that allocentrics and procedural justice positively predicted organizational commitment while servant leadership had no effect on organizational commitment. Result were explained in terms of cultural differences, particularly the opposite result of the relationship between allocentrics and organizational commitment, compare to its counterpart in the west, and the similar result of the relationship between procedural justice – which is a western value – and organizational commitment.
An exploratory investigation of family structure and adult attachment orientation

iv List of Figures vii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Need 1 1.2 Purpose 3 1.3 Hypothesis 4 1.4 Theory 4 1.5 Definitions 9 1.6 Assumptions 11 1.7 Limitations 11 1.8 Summary 12 Chapter 2: Literature Review 13 2.1 Attachment in Relationships 13 2.2 Family of Origin Influences 20 Chapter 3: Methodology 33 3.1 Sample 33 3.2 Measurement 33 3.3 Hypotheses 34 3.4 Design of Study 34 3.5 Analysis 35 3.6 Summary 35 Chapter 4: Findings 36
Occurrence of Stone Fruit Viruses in Plum Orchards in Latvia

To evaluate the occurrence of nine viruses infecting Prunus a large-scale survey and sampling in Latvian plum orchards was carried out. Occurrence of Apple mosaic virus (ApMV), Prune dwarf virus (PDV), Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV), Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV), and Plum pox virus (PPV) was investigated by RT-PCR and DAS ELISA detection methods. The detection rates of both methods were compared. Screening of occurrence of Strawberry latent ringspot virus (SLRSV), Arabis mosaic virus (ArMV), Tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV) and Petunia asteroid mosaic virus (PeAMV) was performed by DAS-ELISA. In total, 38% of the tested trees by RT-PCR were infected at least with one of the analysed viruses. Among those 30.7% were infected with PNRSV and 16.4% with PDV, while ApMV, ACLSV and PPV were detected in few samples. The most widespread mixed infection was the combination of PDV+PNRSV. Observed symptoms characteristic for PPV were confirmed with RT-PCR and D strain was detected. Comparative analyses showed that detection rates by RT-PCR and DAS ELISA in plums depended on the particular virus tested. The results obtained in this study revealed that commonly grown plum cultivars in Latvia are infected with economically important stone fruit viruses and highlight the need to implement a programme to produce and propagate virus-free planting material. Veikts pētījums, lai izvērtētu tādu deviņu vīrusu, kuri ir sastopami Prunus ģints augiem, izplatību plūmju stādījumos Latvijā. Ābeļu mozaīkas vīrusa (ApMV), plūmju pundurainības vīrusa (PDV), kauleņkoku nekrotiskās gredzenplankumainības vīrusa (PNRSV), ābeļu hlorotiskās lapu plankumainības vīrusa (ACLSV) un plūmju virālo baku vīrusa (PPV) diagnostika veikta, izmantojot RT-PCR and DAS ELISA noteikšanas metodes, kā arī veikts šo abu metožu salīdzinājums. Zemeņu latentā gredzenplankumainības vīrusa (SLRSV), Arabis mozaīkas vīrusa (ArMV), tomātu gredzenplankumainības vīrusa (ToRSV) un petūniju asteroīdās mozaīkas vīrusa (PeAMV) diagnostika veikta, izmantojot vienīgi DAS ELISA testu. Kopumā 38% no visiem ar RT-PCR pārbaudītajiem paraugiem bija inficēti vismaz ar vienu no testētajiem vīrusiem. No tiem 30.7% bija inficēti ar PNRSV un 16.4 ar PDV, savukārt ApMV, ACLSV un PPV diagnosticēti nelielā skaitā paraugu. Visbiežāk sastopamā vairāku vīrusu infekcija bija PNRSV kombinācijā ar PDV. Novērotie raksturīgie PPV simptomi tika apstiprināti laboratoriški ar RT-PCR un visos pozitīvajos paraugos noteikts PPV-D celms. Metožu salīdzinājums parādīja, ka pielietoto RT-PCR un DAS ELISA metožu efektivitāte vīrusu noteikšanai plūmju paraugos atkarīga no nosakāmā vīrusa. Pētījuma rezultātā noteikts, ka plašāk audzētās plūmju šķirnes ir inficētas ar ekonomiski nozīmīgiem kauleņkoku vīrusiem un norāda uz nepieciešamību ieviest vīrusbrīva stādāmā materiāla audzēšanas sistēmu, lai novērstu šo vīrusu tālāku izplatīšanos augļu dārzos.
Increasing prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Sudan community patients with UTIs

Three hundred and thirty two (n=332) urine specimens were collected from patients attending different hospitals in Khartoum State during the period from May to November 2011. The isolates were transported to the microbiology lab (research lab) at Sudan University for Sciences and Technology. Identification of isolates was done by using conventional biochemical methods and microbact 2000 24E (OXOID) system. All Isolates were then stored at –70°C in Tryptic Soy broth with 20% glycerol. The isolated bacteria were tested for their antimicrobial resistance. ESBL screening was confirmed by double disk synergy test. The results showed that urinary Gram negative bacteria was 65.7%. High rate was caused by E. coli (72.0%) followed by K. pneumoniae (14.7%). Maximum sensitivity was seen for imipenem (100%), followed by piperacillin/tazobactum (91.7%) and cefoxitin (87.2%). The maximum resistance was seen against ceftazidime (74.8%) followed by cefotaxime (70.6%). ESBL producing bacteria was (59.6%) mostly were in K. pneumoniae (68.8.%) followed by E. coli (65.0 %). ESBL producing bacteria showed maximum resistance to ceftazidime (95.4%), followed by cefotaxime (94.6%), while minimum resistance was seen with imipenem (0%), followed by piperacillin/tazobactam (3.8%) and cefepime (7.7%).
FISCAL POLICY IN THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES

This paper is part of a larger research concerning the EU New Members’ tax systems, carried on at the University of Pavia, under the coordination of L. Bernardi, M. Chandler and L. Gandullia, and the supervision of V. Tanzi. The analysis of the future fiscal policy which will prevail in an enlarged Europe must encompass a couple of aspects concerning the macroeconomic and public finance characteristics of accession countries, i.e. their first best strategy in managing the transition towards the Union and the weak points emerged in the design of fiscal rules governing the EU 12. This paper considers all these elements in the design of the optimal fiscal rule governing both the transition and the steady state phases of an enlarged Europe. We state that, given the small and open nature of accession countries’ economies, an optimal policy should avoid at first glance a prolonged transition time, before the adoption of euro. Therefore a well-suited fiscal rule shouldn’t be concerned about short-run shocks. In particular, we propose that a no-transition hypothesis to join the euro should be accompanied by the adoption of the actual Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). Hence, the question arises whether the SGP is a good fiscal rule for the EU12 countries or it needs a substantial revisiting. A review of main criticisms and proposals suggests that to improve the present situation an internal revision of the SGP should be sufficient, by adopting a multiple targeting criteria in the spirit of Maastricht accession rules. Specifically, the rule of 3 per cent should be maintained but weighted by the level of debt to GDP ratio and, where available, by the cyclically adjusted primary balance. Moreover the new SGP should be addressed towards a golden rule conditional on debt to GDP ratio in order to promote public investments without putting into risk the fiscal sustainability in the long run. The rationale underlying this setting would resemble that one used in the conduction of monetary policy by ECB, based on a single target but with two pillars. The “enlarged” European Commission could adopt a similar strategy by declaring the “targets” in terms of deficit and the debt to GDP ratio, but not revealing ex ante in which way it evaluates the sustainability of national public finances. Of course, this proposal would involve some procedural adjustment in order to make more accountable and more powerful in its role the Commission, but this would seem to be an unavoidable price to grant stability, flexibility and co-ordination to fiscal policy in an enlarged Europe.
The influence of the highway route on the development of patchwork of plots

Abstract When defining the patchwork of plots, based on the literature, it lists the types and subtypes, and given their prevalence in the studied villages. Characterized listed types and subtypes the patchwork of plots the adopted villages crossed by the highway, paying particular attention to the fragmentation of the parcels. Particular attention was paid to the occurrence of the patchwork of the outer of plots for the following reasons: firstly – the presence of plots owners do not reside in the surveyed villages (out-of-village owners) and living in the surveyed villages, but with land in other surveyed villages (local non-resident owners), which is an important issue approximately of plots owners to habitat in the complex work of consolidation and exchange of land; secondly – it allows for adjustment of the boundaries of the village, which destroys the highway without immediate execution merge. This should make such a correction using only the exchange of land; thirdly – crossing the village highway of plots prevents access to out-of-village owners and local non-resident owners when their habitats are located on the opposite side thereof. The study of this problem are designed the patchwork table method to both the external patchwork of plots and internal patchwork of plots. Conducting research in this field mapping method was used to present the occurrence of the external patchwork of plots and the internal patchwork of plots on the cadastral maps.
Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis

Aim: To develop and test the feasibility of using a SMS text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in patients with knee OA. Methods: 27 people (6 male, 21 female; aged 25-81 years) with knee osteoarthritis received 4 text messages per week, for 6 weeks. Telephone surveys were conducted at baseline and 6 weeks to measure physical activity levels and beliefs, including self-efficacy for exercise, barriers and benefits of exercise, social support and pain. Participants completed physical activity diaries. Process evaluation included participant perceptions of the intervention and 'real-time' data on intervention fidelity (automated collection of delivery and response data) and participant engagement (text response). Results: 648 messages were sent, 100% were accurately delivered. From baseline to 6 weeks, physical activity, self-efficacy for exercise, perceived benefits of exercise and social support significantly increased; reductions were observed in barriers to exercise and pain. Participants engaged with the intervention; 100% read the messages, 89% responded to texts requesting replies, 64% completed physical activity diaries with low attenuation (1.8% drop) by six weeks. Participants perceived messaging to be enjoyable (96%), personally relevant (85%), of appropriate frequency (100%) and duration (88%). Mobile phones, email and web were perceived to be most acceptable for health promotion compared with other forms of technology. Conclusions: People with knee osteoarthritis can engage meaningfully with an interactive mobile phone messaging intervention over a six-week period. Health communications promoting physical activity demonstrate potential for behaviour change and positive implications for perceptions of exercise and pain; this needs to be tested in a randomised trial. Data collected in 'real-time' can be used for process evaluation to demonstrate participant engagement and intervention fidelity.
libfbat: a C++ library for family based association testing

We propose here a Family Based Association Testing (FBAT) programming library which is robust both to genotyping errors and missing genotypes. The underlying method consists in considering an incomplete data model where the true unobserved genotypes produce the observed one through an explicit genotyping error model. We propose an EM algorithm to estimate the parameters of this model and the posterior distribution of the true genotypes. This distribution may be used to detect and correct genotyping errors or to deal with missing genotypes in FBAT statistics. As a validation, we compare our method to GMCheck (dedicated software to detect genotyping errors in pedigree) on a complex pedigree including loops where ournew approach seems to display similar or best performances which is very encouraging.
A Magnetic Levitation System for Advanced Control Education

Abstract This paper describes a magnetic levitation system for use in graduate controls education. We explain how to use this system to show the nonlinear system modeling, and how to used advanced control techniques for this interesting and visually impressive equipment. Several open problems in areas of electrical and control engineering are offered. Also, the paper presents some initial outcomes in creating a laboratory environment for remote monitoring of the magnetic levitation equipment.