Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
What works in preventing unintentional injuries in children and young adolescents? An updated systematic review

Searching The authors reported that a database of primary studies has been built up over the years. Relevant literature were identified by searching BIDS, MEDLINE, Excerpta Medica, the DHSS database, the Social Science Research Index, ISI Web of Science, and Transport Research Laboratory databases. In addition, subject experts were contacted, relevant journals were handsearched, and the reference lists of recently published books and articles were checked. No language restrictions were reported.
Phase II trial of gemcitabine and irinotecan plus celecoxib in advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

4155 Background: Over expression of the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme has been reported in 90% of patients (pts) with pancreatic cancer. COX-2 derived prostaglandins contribute to tumor growth through angiogenesis and COX-2 inhibitors have been shown to arrest the growth of pancreatic cell lines in vitro. Gemcitabine (Gem) and irinotecan (I) is an active regimen in pancreatic cancer. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of Gem + I + celecoxib in advanced pancreatic cancer. Methods: Study eligibility included chemotherapy naive pts with locally advanced inoperable or metastatic pancreatic cancer, measurable disease, and performance status 0–2. Tumor response was assessed by RECIST criteria with CT imaging every 3 cycles. CEA, CA 19–9, pain assessment and QOL assessment with the FACT-pa were performed with each cycle. Patients received Gem 1000mg/m2 and I 100mg/m2 days 1 and 8 of a 21 day cycle. Celecoxib was given at a dose of 400mg BID throughout the entire study. Toxicity was .
Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Inside Outside Circle Berbantuan Asesmen Portofolio Terhadap Hasil Belajar IPA

Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui pengaruh yang signifikan model pembelajaran Inside Outside Circle berbantuan asesmen portofolio terhadap hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas V SD Gugus VI Kecamatan Buleleng Tahun Pelajaran 2017/2018. Jenis penelitian ini yaitu penelitian eksperimen semu dengan rancangan penelitian nonequivalent post test only control group design. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas V di Gugus VI Kecamatan Buleleng tahun 2017/2018 yang berjumlah 104 orang. Sampel dalam penelitian ini yaitu siswa kelas V SD 1 Kampung Baru dan siswa kelas V SD 5 Kampung Baru. Penentuan sample menggunakan sample random sampling. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode tes. Instrumen penelitian ini berupa tes pilihan ganda berjumlah 30 butir soal. Data dianalisis menggunakan teknik deskriptif kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa, terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan hasil belajar IPA antara kelompok siswa yang dibelajarkan dengan model pembelajaran Inside Outside Circle (IOC) berbantuan asesmen portofolio dengan kelompok siswa yang dibelajarkan dengan menggunakan model pembealajaran konvensional pada siswa kelas V tahun pelajaran 2017/2018 di SD Gugus VI Kecamatan Buleleng. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa model pembelajaran Inside Outside Circle berbantuan asesmen portofolio berpengaruh positif terhadap hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas V SD Gugus VI Kecamatan Buleleng tahun pelajaran 2017/2018.Kata Kunci: Hasil belajar, Model Inside Outside Circle dan Asesmen Portofolio
Assessing Student and Faculty Satisfaction in a Master of Counselling Distance Education Paradigm.

This project proposal designs an empirical based study to assess student and faculty satisfaction in graduate distance education counselling programs. The proposed study includes two satisfaction surveys and associated administrative protocols. The surveys were developed based on the Sloan Consortium definition of satisfaction (Moore, 2002; 2005) and an extensive literature review. Student survey questions strived to uncover if links are present between student satisfaction with: (a) student enrolment, success, and retention; (b) faculty involvement in distance education; and (c) program development and quality. Subsequently, faculty survey questions endeavoured to explore any links between faculty satisfaction and: (a) faculty involvement and retention, (b) student success and satisfaction, and (c) program development and quality. This proposal also includes: (a) a methodology flow chart, (b) application for ethical review of human research, and (c) a project invitation letter and participant consent form. Finally, information from this proposal may be invaluable to administrators that create and host these programs; illuminating considerations for facilitating program policy, course design, and student and faculty selection and retention. Thus, this proposal has significant value for many educationally vested parties.
Does the SME Exchange Properly Function as a “Growth Market”? A Look Through its Correlation with Private-Firm Growth

< Abstract > This paper evaluates whether a stock exchange targeted specifically at SMEs, namely, the SME exchange, functions as a “growth market” by capitalizing industry growth opportunities into stock prices. To this end, we examine the correlation between the SME exchange prices—aggregated up to the industry level—and private-firm growth. That is, we use the growth of private firms in an industry as a proxy for industry growth options that the SME exchange prices need to embody. Using data from Korea whose SME exchange is one of the largest in the world, we find that the SME exchange prices are positively correlated with the growth of private firms, especially when they are small in size, they belong to a growing industry, or their growth is funded by equity. In the same regression, the main board stock prices are correlated with the liability-funded growth of large-size private firms in a mature industry. Taken together, our results suggest that the SME exchange plays a positive and complementary role in the economy by embodying the type of industry growth opportunities that are not readily represented by the main board stock prices.
Exploration of the effectiveness and transferability of an English model of health promotion based on participation in singing groups for older adults (Silver Song Clubs) in Italy

Background There is growing interest in the idea that arts and singing have effects on health, wellbeing and quality of life in older individuals. This study assesses the effectiveness and transferability to Italy of an English model of health promotion which promotes wellbeing and quality of life in older people through participation in singing groups (Silver Song Clubs). The model developed in the South East of England has proved to be successful. A recently completed randomized controlled trial (Coulton, et al. in press) demonstrated a significant improvement in mental health with a reduction in measured anxiety and depression for older people living independently. The current study adopted the same measures. Method A mixed method approach was adopted with research divided into two parts; Part A was focused on exploring the status of older people living in Rome, their interest in music and singing today and in the past and in taking part in a singing experience. It also explored how local politicians and social workers see the status of older people. Part B was focused on setting up and evaluating singing groups and gathering information from participants on their experiences of singing. The primary outcome measure was an Italian version of the York SF-12 which provides scores for physical and mental wellbeing. The Italian version of the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire was also employed. Results Results from Part A revealed a highly fragmented Italian family, with widespread poverty and social isolation and a need for emotional support and leisure activities among older people. In Part B, three singing groups were established in different areas of Rome with weekly sessions over a period of three months. Participants completed the standardized measures of health and wellbeing at baseline (n=62), after the singing experience (n=45) and three months later (n=41). After the singing experience, older people showed a statistically significant decrease in their levels of anxiety and depression, but this was not maintained over the three month follow up period. However, a significant improvement was found from baseline to follow up in reported performance of „usual activities‟. Conclusions Silver Song Clubs provide a health promotion model which was successfully transferred from England to the different cultural setting of Italy. Singing can be widely used because it is grounded in a fundamental human ability to engage with music. The present study had a number of limitations, primarily a lack of a control group and small sample size. However it provides a good foundation for the development of further research on singing and the wellbeing of older people in Italy.
Social media advertising: The role of personal and societal norms in page like ads on Facebook

ABSTRACT Considering advertisers’ and marketers’ increasing interest in social media advertising, this study focuses on one of the most distinctive characteristics: consumers’ normative perceptions in response to other consumers’ interactions with social media ads. In particular, this study examines the antecedents and behavioral consequences of personal and societal norms in the context of Page Like Ads, which are a type of social media ad that shows friends’ interactions with a brand’s page, app, or event in Facebook’s News Feed. Survey findings indicate that interpersonal influences (e.g., family) form personal descriptive and injunctive norms, which influence consumers’ intentions to interact with Page Like Ads. Social influences (e.g., numbers of ‘likes’) elicit societal descriptive and injunctive norms, yet they are not significantly related to behavioral intentions. This study contributes to the growing research stream of social media advertising and provides practical implications for social media advertising strategies.
Exploring local energy justice in times of austerity : civic energy sector low-carbon transitions in Bristol city

The rapid rise of energy justice in recent years has been accompanied by a theoretical bias towards a ‘systems approach’, which is grounded in the dominant theoretical frameworks for understanding energy transitions. This PhD contributes ‘local’ perspectives to understandings of energy justice, through analysis of civic energy sector low-carbon transitions in Bristol City. The thesis draws on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach with civic energy actors in Bristol, using participant observation, in-depth interviews (n=31) and a focus group (n=7) conducted over a 24-month period between 2015 – 2017. Set against a backdrop of continuing fiscal austerity reconfiguring institutional state capacity at multiple scales, alongside the simultaneous growth of the low-carbon economy, the thesis draws on three core tenets of energy justice (distributional, procedural and recognition justice) and ‘bottom-up’ approaches and pathways to energy transitions, to generate original insights into how communities, local organisations and local government are seeking to combat energy injustice and realise energy justice. The three tenets are used to analyse the critical role of prominent community and civic energy organisational structures and schemes, intermediary organisations and new forms of local ‘energy activism’. The findings show that ‘local’ energy justice connects to a powerful discourse of localism in a time of austerity, in which civic energy projects seek to challenge ‘extractive’ forms of neoliberal economic organisation and privatised ownership over the UK energy system. However, this localism is shown to critically reflect broader issues of persisting social inequalities in Bristol. Drawing on the three tenets, the emerging politics and geographies of local low-carbon energy infrastructures and initiatives are explored further through four core case studies derived from the primary data. The thesis concludes with a call to shift energy justice away from its ‘systems approach’ to a fundamentally ‘multi-scalar’ theoretical framework, recognising the importance of all scales of analysis. It also finds the integration of ‘spatial justice’ into local approaches to energy justice vital for developing the real-world applicability of the field and facilitating critical engagement with energy decentralisation, whilst offering original insights into the importance of novel organisational structures, intermediaries and civic energy networks for local energy justice. It finishes by opening up a bold new research agenda that calls for energy justice to significantly expand into spaces for innovative bottom-up approaches, in both theory and in practice, to further empower the communities at the heart of local low-carbon energy transitions.
Marketing Christian higher education in Canada: a ‘nested’ fields perspective

ABSTRACT The last two decades have witnessed an explosion in the growth and sophistication of post-secondary education (PSE) marketing. Education scholars have taken notice, both decrying such developments and studying its emerging characteristics. However, to date, empirical studies of PSE marketing have focused on mainstream secular organizations. Few researchers have sought to examine how Christian colleges and universities (CCUs) present themselves via promotional materials. This limits our understandings of how PSE marketing has evolved in different segments of the field. Through this study, we conduct an exploratory thematic analysis of the home web pages of 93 Canadian CCUs. We find that, depending on their field positioning, this organizational population varies in the extent to which it leverages religiosity to construct and communicate their identities. We make sense of these dynamics through the ‘nested fields’ perspective within organization studies.
IN SITU DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF TRACE EXPLOSIVES BY RAMAN MICROSCOPY

The innovative design of the newly developed Renishaw Raman Microscope system and its application to the in situ detection and identification of plastic explosives contained in fingerprint samples are presented. Raman microscopy is a nondestructive inspection method. Our experimental results show that Raman spectra and Raman band images can be obtained from explosive particles as small as 1 µm3 in size or 1 picogram in mass. After exploring the full potential of the Raman microscopic technique, the aim of this research is to develop a real-time and field-deployable plastic explosive detection system.
What influences the practice of registered nurses in the perioperative environment

This study seeks to explore what influences the practice of Registered Nurses in the perioperative environment. The term perioperative care denotes care given to patients in anaesthetics, during the surgical procedure, and immediate recovery following surgery and is generally referred to as pre-, intra-, and post-operative care. The research design was a qualitative case study involving 10 registered practitioners in the specialty of perioperative care. Case study design was chosen because of its appropriateness for exploratory study. This research took place in a teaching hospital and the area of study consisted of six operating theatres. Data were collected over one calendar year. The study focused on Registered Nurses. In order to understand more completely factors that influenced these nurses senior medical staff, senior operating department practitioners and the educational coordinator were also included. Information was obtained through individual in-depth interviews with this sample, focus group discussion with the nurses, and the analysis of departmental documentation. Analysis of the data was undertaken by thematic framework analysis and the review of departmental documentation. Study participation was voluntary, with recruitment by self-selection. Findings highlighted a variety of influences guiding the practice of participants, showing both the similarities and differences in their choice of what was important to them. Discussions of the Focus Group were able to verify information gleaned from the in-depth interviews and the review of departmental documentation. Responses in relation to the understanding of the concept of evidence identified a knowledge gap within the specialty. In spite of exhortation of professional bodies and Government Directives regarding the use of evidence to support practice, it was not found to be greatly influential. Instead leadership, teamwork, culture, and communication were the most influential perspectives for the participants of the study. The results will be circulated widely to the practice and academic communities through publication in relevant journals. They will also be disseminated to the participants and related stakeholders, such as professional bodies of perioperative practice, in the form of an executive summary.
DETERMINAN MANAJEMEN LABA: KAJIAN EMPIRIS PADA PERUSAHAAN MANUFAKTUR GO PUBLIK DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA

This study aimed to analyze the effect of nonfinantial and finantial to earnings management companies are included in the manufacturing company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2014 until 2016. The finantial included leverage, free cash flow, profitability, tax planning, firm size and nonfinantial included managerial ownership, institutional ownership, independent board of commissioner, audit committee, audit quality. Measuring the earnings management used a discreationary accrual model. There were 120 companies taken by purposive sampling. Data was analyzed using multiple linear regression. Result of the data analysis showed that managerial ownership, institutional ownership, independent board of commissioner, and tax planning had no significantly effect on the earnings management. The audit committee, leverage, free cash flow, profitability, audit quality and firm size had significantly effect on the earnings management. Keywords: finantial, non finantial, earning management
Examining the effect of corporate and capital structure on operational efficiency in Chilean firms

We analyzed the effects of corporate and capital structures on the operational efficiency of Chilean companies. Corporate structure was measured by ownership structure and managerial discretion while capital structure is quantified by indebtedness, short-term debt and the commercial relationship with funders. Based on data from the Longitudinal Business Survey (LBS), we formulated a regression model using instrumental variables (IV) to determine these effects. Our results suggest that ownership dilution has different effects depending on company size. In small firms, ownership dilution reduces operational efficiency, while in large firms it increases. As for managerial discretion, this only negatively affects the operational efficiency of small firms with diluted ownership. Leverage, short-term debt and monitoring by external funders act as effective forms of control that drive operational efficiency in Chilean companies.
Development and Validation of a Smartphone-based Contrast Sensitivity Test

Purpose Contrast sensitivity (CS) testing is an important measure of visual function reflecting variations in everyday visual experience in different conditions and helps to identify more subtle vision loss. However, it is only infrequently used. To make this more accessible, we have developed and validated a smartphone-based CS test. Methods A new tumbling-E smartphone-based CS test was developed, Peek Contrast Sensitivity (PeekCS). This was field tested and refined through several iterations. Reference standard was a tumbling-E Pelli-Robson CS test (PRCS). The validation study was conducted in community clinics in Ethiopia. Test-retest variability was measured for both PRCS and PeekCS. PRCS and PeekCS were then compared. Correlation coefficients and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated; 95% limits of agreement were calculated and displayed on Bland-Altman plots. Results PeekCS showed strong repeatability (correlation coefficient: 0.93; 95% CI: 0.91–0.95), which was comparable with PRCS (correlation coefficient: 0.96; 95% CI: 0.95–0.97). The 95% limit of agreement for test-retest variability of PRCS and PeekCS were −0.20 to 0.21 and −0.31 to 0.29, respectively. PRCS and PeekCS were highly correlated: 0.94 (95% CI: 0.93–0.95); 95% limits of agreement −0.27 to 0.29; and mean difference 0.010 (95% CI: −0.001 to 0.022). PeekCS had a faster testing time (44.6 seconds) than PRCS (48.6 seconds): mean difference −3.98 (95% CI: −5.38 to −2.58); P < 0.001. Conclusions The smartphone-based PeekCS is a repeatable and rapid test, providing results that are highly comparable with the commonly used PRCS test. Translational Relevance PeekCS provides an accessible and easy to perform alternative for CS testing, particularly in the community setting.
THE EFFECT OF US-CHINA TRADE WARS ON SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE COMPOSITE INDEX

Bu calismanin amaci, ABD’nin Cin mallarina uyguladigi ithalat tarifeleri ile Cin’in ABD’den ithal ettigi mallar uzerine uyguladigi ithalat tarifelerinin Şangay Menkul Kiymetler Borsasi Kompozit Endeksi’ne etkisinin 1991-2016 donemi icin incelenmesidir. Cin’in ana makroekonomik degiskenleri kontrol degisken olarak secilmistir. Bu amacla, calismada ARDL sinir testi yaklasimindan faydalanilmistir. Ampirik sonuclar, ABD tarafindan uygulanan tarife oranlarindaki artisin uzun vadede Şangay hisse senedi endeksini olumsuz yonde etkiledigini gostermistir. Ayrica analizde kullanilan makroekonomik degiskenlerin ikisi olan M2 para arzi ve enflasyon oraninin borsa endeksi uzerinde pozitif yonlu bir etkisi oldugu tespit edilmistir. Sonuc olarak, ABD’nin Cin mallarina uyguladigi ithalat tarifelerine dayanan ABD-Cin ticaret savasinin Cin borsasina zarar verdigi soylenebilir. Elde edilen sonuclarla ABD’nin bu savasin kazanani mi yoksa kaybedeni mi oldugu soylenememekle birlikte, Cin’in kesinlikle kaybeden taraf oldugu soylenebilir.
The role of sequential coherence in open innovation: a qualitative inquiry

Open innovation is a popular strategy among business firms to accelerate innovations. However, open innovation does not always increase innovation performance. Extant literature provides inconsistent and inconclusive arguments in respect of the relationship between open innovation practices and innovation performance. Existing theories mostly have an internal focus and fall short of explaining why some firms succeed in open innovation initiatives and why others fail. Open innovation is about knowledge flows. To understand how boundary conditions influence knowledge flows we made a qualitative inquiry by studying open innovation initiatives of five Sri Lankan firms. Under open coding, we reviewed data collected from lengthy discussions with key people in those firms to identify few general categories of information. Further analysis on this using axial coding revealed three factors that influence knowledge flows. We bundle those factors and describe as sequential coherence which can explain why some succeed while others fail in open innovation. Sequential coherence is measured through the push and the pull effects by willingness and ability of the participants of teacher firm and the preparedness and ability of the participants from the student firm respectively. We trust that our findings bridge a gap in open innovation literature. These initial findings could be generalized through a quantitative study with larger samples. Managerial implications of the finding is that ability to scan the entire chain of knowledge flow across boundaries and taking corrective measures for any bottlenecks or hindrances observed can bring better results from open innovation initiatives. Further, sequential coherence leads to multiple research opportunities in furthering our knowledge in open innovation.