Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CORRELATION BETWEEN FAMILY AND SCHOOL EDUCATION WHEN USING EDUCATIONAL METHODS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND PREVENTION/КОРЕЛАЦИЈА ПОРОДИЧНОГ И ШКОЛСКОГ ВАСПИТАЊА У ПРИМЕНИ ВАСПИТНИХ ПОСТУПАКА МЕТОДЕ ПОДСТИЦАЊА И СПРЕЧАВАЊА

As a process of forming a person’s character, education has always had an important influence on young people. Every society in its historical development implements various methods of education. In order to develop a complete personality, various forms of persuasion, explanation, moral skill drills, motivation, and others have been used so far. This study is of a correlational type. The aim of this paper is to investigate current guidance techniques applied within the method of encouragement and the method of prevention, as well as to assess their correlation in practice (family and school). A parent applies the method of anticipation within the family, while a school teacher applies the method of encouraging meta-cognition and subsidiarity, which correlate highly in practice. Both the school and the family make use of the prevention method as a pedagogically justified intervention for the suppression of negative behaviour, and as such they have a preventative and corrective function. Quantitative indicators point to the fact that reasons for variations in the incidence of encouraging and preventative techniques lie primarily in the personality of teachers (form teachers) and their teaching style. Finally, the paper proposes a new approach, based on child-parent and child-teacher group interaction, aimed towards children’s moral education.
Collaborative Tools to Enhance Engagement in a Blended Learning Master’s Programme.

This paper explores the contribution of collaborative tools towards enhancing engagement with online learning in a blended learning M.Sc. in Community Systems Health Research, piloted in Malawi by an Irish/Malawian partnership. Physical distance from students can make engagement challenging. Additional challenges to engagement in this MSc included differences in culture and skillsets, and limited technical infrastructure in Malawi. The M.Sc. utilised a number of technologies to support a collaborative and effective online learning environment. These included Padlet, Twitter, Wikispaces,- tools specifically selected to enhance learner-content, learner-learner and learner-instructor communications. Engagement with these online activities was measured in order to ascertain the most effective tools and approaches. The lessons learned from the programme included the importance of creating community, developing social presence for all, the affordances of specific learning technologies, and adopting best practices for facilitating online engagement.
The incidence of clinically significant venous thromboembolism in an Asian population after major hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery

Introduction: The incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is not well defined in Asian population after major hepatobiliary and pancreatic (HPB) surgery. The use of pharmacological prophylaxis is debatable due to postoperative coagulopathy. Aim: To determine the incidence of clinically significant VTE events in Asian undergoing major HPB surgery. Methods: A retrospective review of patients undergoing major HPB surgery between January 2010 to August 2013 at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore was conducted. Clinical notes and radiology reports were reviewed to screen for patients who developed VTE. A secondary endpoint was 30-day and 90-day mortality. Results: 224 patients had major HPB surgery with median age of 61 years and BMI of 22.3. 143 patients were male. Majority of the patients were Chinese and most underwent open hepatic surgery for malignancy. A few had a past history of VTE. No patient developed DVT, whilst a single patient was diagnosed with pulmonary embolus. There were two unexpected deaths within 90 days of surgery and neither appeared to be VTE-related. Statistical tests comparing our results with reported baseline VTE risk in literature and risk with chemoprophylaxis would suggest the low incidence found in this study was comparable to Western patients given chemoprophylaxis. Conclusion: The risk of VTE appears low in Asian patients undergoing major HPB surgery. Hence, one must consider if the benefits of low molecular weight heparin does indeed outweigh the risks.
Integration of Gender-sensitive Approach to Safe Motherhood Program for the Prevention of STD/ HIV in Iran: A Qualitative Study

Background & aim: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) present a serious public health burden, which are considered as the factors contributing to acute illnesses, infertility, long-term disability, and mortality. The aim of the present study was to provide an in-depth understanding of the participants' perceptions about the integration of gender-sensitive approach to safe motherhood program for the prevention of STIs/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Iran. Methods: This qualitative exploratory study was conducted on 32 male and female key informants, including health managers, health policy makers, and reproductive health providers. The participants were selected through the purposive sampling method, followed by the snowball sampling technique. The data collection was performed using the semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed through the content analysis. Results: Based on the results, the participants’ perceptions were categorized into two categories, namely the STIs/HIV prevention among males in safe motherhood and gender-sensitivity in primary maternal STIs/HIV prevention. Each of the patients was further divided into codes. The first category includes accountability to men's own sexual health needs’ and prevention of ill-health effects of men on women’s STIs/HIV status and the second category includes (1) condom negotiation skills in women (2) mandatory pre-marital HIV test policy, (3) partner notification guidelines, (4) STI/HIV risk assessment in safe motherhood services, and (5) women’s right-based instruction for prenatal HIV screening in private services. Conclusion: As the findings of the present study indicated, the health policy makers were not adequately sensitive to gender sensitivity, which is particularly crucial for STIs/HIV prevention in the safe motherhood programs.
Antifungal activity of plant extracts against Fusarium oxysporum - the cause of corm-rot disease of Gladiolus

oxysporum f.sp. gladioli (Massey) Snyd. & Hans. was isolated from diseased corms of gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus sect. Blandus) cv. Aarti. Antifungal activity of different concentrations (2, 4, 6 and 8% w/v) of leaf extracts of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), maize (Zea mays L.), sunflower (Helianthus annus L.), chilies (Capsicum annum L.), onion (Allium cepa L.) and marigold (Tagetes erectus L.) was evaluated against in vitro growth of F. oxysporum. Extract of marigold, sunflower and chilies were found highly effective where all the employed extract concentrations significantly reduced fungal biomass by 54- 79%, 33-85% and 45-57%, respectively. In case of onion, only the highest concentration of the extract i.e. 8% significantly suppressed fungal biomass by 73%.
Potential Disadvantages Associated with Treatment of ActiveTuberculosis Using Fixed-Dose Combination: A Review of Literature

Background and Objectives: Prevalence of Tuberculosis (TB) is quite high in various regions of the world. Fixed-dose combination (FDC) is highly recommended in various cases like TB, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, etc. Various studies are conducted to assess safety and efficacy of FDC. Likewise, prime focus of present review is to evaluate the potential disadvantages of FDC and compare it with single formulation (SF). Methods: We used a number of electronic databases to identify the relevant published studies which demonstrated the disadvantages regarding fixed dose combination for tuberculosis. Of 204 articles found initially, 143 were selected for additional review. Subsequently, 72 articles were finally selected. Results and Conclusions: Being a disease of poor, several advantages like cost-effectiveness, reduction in pill burden and logistical advantages, etc. can be achieved with FDC. Besides these advantages, there are several disadvantages like poor bioavailability, enzyme level elevation, adverse drug reactions, questionable effectiveness in the absence of Direct Observed Therapy Short course (DOTS) and therapeutic drug monitoring, difficulty in dose adjustment, etc. are associated with FDC. In such consequences there may be the need to reconsider the treatment regimen, otherwise conversion of TB into multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) or extended drug resistant TB (XDR TB) occurs. Hence, it is concluded that FDC is neither superior nor inferior in terms of clinical outcomes and in certain situations the need of SF might not be replaced by FDC.
Development and evaluation of statistical habitat suitability models: an example based on juvenile spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus

Conservation and fisheries managers require models that describe the abundance and distribution of fishes in order to protect and manage exploited fish stocks in the face of anthropogeni- cally induced habitat loss and exploitation. In this study, models describing environmental preferences were developed for juvenile spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus within 3 Florida estuaries: the Indian River Lagoon, Tampa Bay, and Charlotte Harbor. A generalized additive model (GAM) was developed to describe the environmental preferences, spatial distribution, and temporal fluctuations of juvenile seatrout in each estuary based on a 4 yr time-series of fisheries-independent catches. All 3 models indicated similar environmental preferences for all populations examined and were also qualitatively consistent with the findings from other studies. Consequently, habitat-preference models based on GAMs are useful tools to predict fish abundances in estuaries lacking fisheries-independent data, given knowledge of the local environmental conditions. These initial findings were further sup- ported by quantitative analyses of the models' abilities to predict abundance in independent datasets, despite complications with multicollinearity of independent variables and temporal differences in the recruitment periodicity between the 3 Florida populations. Estimates of environmentally based habitat value on a relative scale will aid conservation managers in protecting vital nursery habitats in estuaries currently lacking fisheries-independent information and in predicting the effects of future environ- mental change. Finally, assuming similar environmental conditions between years, the year effect from these models can serve as an index of relative abundance for fisheries managers to predict future recruitment strength and to tune catch-at-age stock-assessment models.
Genetics, religion and identity among British Bangladeshis: some initial findings

This paper presents initial findings from an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)- funded project ‘Genetics, religion and identity: a study of Bangladeshis in the UK’. The aim of this interdisciplinary study is to explore the role of Islam among UK Bangladeshis in relation to genetic counselling, and to understand how Bangladeshi Muslims in the UK make sense of genetically related diseases. In particular, the intention is to find out how Bangladeshi Muslims in the UK made decisions about genetic testing, and how (if at all) information about possible genetic risk factors are transmitted from one generation to the next in Bangladeshi Muslim families. In addition the project aims to explore how British Bangladeshis negotiate the possibly conflicting messages they may receive from health professionals and Islamic authorities, and whether Islam plays a role in accounting for genetic disorders and in helping families to care for affected members. This paper presents the results of some preliminary discussions with British Bangladeshi women and with Bangladeshi imams (Muslim clerics), which have yielded valuable information regarding opinions about and knowledge of genetically related disease.
Threats and conservation challenges of wildlife in Harenna Forest, Harenna Buluk District, South East Ethiopia

This study was conducted in Harenna Forest, Harenna Buluk District, South East Ethiopia to assess threats and conservation challenges of wildlife in Harenna Forests. Data collection was carried out from March to June, 2016 using questionnaire surveys, interviews and focus group discussion. The wildlife threats and conservation challenges of Harenna Forests were varied among different village’s forests. The data revealed that deforestation; habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation; agriculture expansion; settlement; overutilization of forest resources; human-wildlife conflict; fire; district’s administration problems and wildlife hunting were the major wildlife threats in the area. Conservation of wildlife resources in Harenna Forest are challenged mainly due to urbanization, agricultural expansion, habitat fragmentation, and resource extraction. Most of respondents (86.5%) acknowledged that the status of wildlife in the Harenna Forest is decreasing particularly due to the above mentioned anthropogenic causes. Therefore, awareness creation programmes should be organized in the community and it will help to reduce wildlife threats and to develop wildlife management. Key words: Conservation challenge, Harenna Forest, threat, wildlife.
Increased aridity in southwestern Africa during the warmest periods of the last interglacial

Abstract. Terrestrial and marine climatic tracers from marine core MD96-2098 were used to reconstruct glacial–interglacial climate variability in southwestern Africa between 194 and 24 thousand years before present. The pollen record documented three pronounced expansions of Nama-karoo and fine-leaved savanna during the last interglacial (Marine Isotopic Stage 5 – MIS 5). These Nama-karoo and fine-leaved savanna expansions were linked to increased aridity during the three warmest substadials of MIS 5. Enhanced aridity potentially resulted from a combination of reduced Benguela Upwelling, expanded subtropical high-pressure cells, and reduced austral-summer precipitation due to a northward shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Decreased austral-winter precipitation was likely linked to a southern displacement of the westerlies. In contrast, during glacial isotopic stages MIS 6, 4 and 3, fynbos expanded at the expense of Nama-karoo and fine-leaved savanna indicating a relative increase in precipitation probably concentrated during the austral winter months. Our record also suggested that warm–cold or cold–warm transitions between isotopic stages and substages were punctuated by short increases in humidity. Increased aridity during MIS 5e, 5c and 5a warm substages coincided with minima in both precessional index and global ice volume. On the other hand, austral-winter precipitation increases were associated with precession maxima at the time of well-developed Northern Hemisphere ice caps.
The Tariff-Only Import Regime for Bananas in the European Union: Is Setting the Tariff at Right Level an Impossible Mission?

The European Union is bound by World Trade Organisation agreements to move to a tariff-only import system for bananas by no later than 1 January 2006. From that date, imports from non-ACP countries will be subject to a single tariff while ACP country bananas will continue to enter the EU market duty free. This regime will replace the highly contested tariff-rate quota policy in place since 1993. This paper shows that setting the tariff at a level that maintain the status quo is an impossible mission given uncertainties on quota rent estimates and quota rent distribution.
Gd3+-DTPA-bis (N-methylamine)-Dendrimer significantly alters Bax/Bcl2 gene expression levels in MCF-7 cancer cells

Nanoparticles and their engineering are widely used in diagnosis, drug delivery and therapeutic agents, and have provided a new perspective to clinical diagnostic methods, advanced imaging and treatment of cancer. In recent years, investigating pharmacogenetics and corona protein effects of nanoparticles in biological applications has been seriously considered. Since apoptosis is a major mechanism of tumor suppression in the body so investigating the effects of drugs such as nanoparticles through inducing apoptosis pathway can be a proper therapeutic strategy for a variety of cancers. In this study, the mechanism of apoptosis induced by Gd3+-DTPA-bis (N-methylamine)-Dendrimer was investigated compared to Omniscan as a contrast agent on epithelial cell line of MCF-7 through investigating the expression of Bcl-2, Bax, caspase 3 and 9, and GAPDH in mitochondrial pathway. In order to demonstrate the effect of drugs on the genome, a quantitative method was used to estimate PCR products called Real-time PCR. Also the interaction of plasma proteins was investigated by Gd3+-DTPAbis (N-methylamine)-Dendrimer compared with Omniscan using SDS-PAGE technique to determine the fate of nanoparticles. Conducted study showed acceptable therapeutic effect of Dendrimer Gd3+-DTPAbis (N-methylamine)-compared with Omniscan in vitro of model of breast cancer compared to normal cells. Therefore, the use of the nanoparticles can be effective on increasing expression of some suppressing metastasis genes and pro-apoptotic. No significant result of the effect on caspases was observed. But a significant effect was observed on Bax and Bcl-2. (p<0/05) Also in this study, corona protein was investigated and the protein with weight less than 70 kDa was observed around A nanoparticle that seems albumin protein with a molecular weight of 67 kDa.
Fruit quality and bearing potential of chemically thinned 'Braeburn' and 'Camspur' apples.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of 1-naphtaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 6-benzyladenine (BA) on fruit set, quality and the bearing potential of the apple cultivars ‘Braeburn’ and ‘Camspur’. The chemical rates applied were 6, 8, 10 μl l-1 NAA, 50, 100 and 150 μl l-1 BA to ‘Braeburn’ and 8, 10, 12 μl l-1 NAA, 50, 100 and 200 μl l-1 BA to ‘Camspur’. Both NAA and BA proved to be effective in reducing fruit set in ‘Braeburn’. The average fruit weight was increased, while effects of thinning on fruit quality parameters in ‘Braeburn’ were not consistent. NAA appeared to be more efficient in reducing fruit set in ‘Camspur’. NAA advanced maturity of ‘Camspur’ fruits, while BA was not effective. Both chemicals improved flower bud formation in ‘Braeburn’ in the second year of the study, but only NAA increased the number of flower buds in ‘Camspur’. Thinning with NAA and BA has a potential risk of oversized fruits in ‘Braeburn’ and abnormally small (pygmy) fruit occurrence in ‘Camspur’.
The gap between research and practice: a replication study on the HR professionals' beliefs about effective human resource practices

In 2002 Rynes, Colbert and Brown asked human resource (HR) professionals to what extent they agreed with various HR research findings. Responses from 959 American participants showed that there are large discrepancies between research findings and practitioners' beliefs about effective human resource practices. The current research is a replication of the Rynes et al. study among 626 Dutch HR professionals. The results show remarkable similarities with the American study: there are large discrepancies between research findings and practitioners' beliefs in some content areas, especially recruitment and selection. Dutch practitioners are somewhat more likely to agree with research findings when there education level is higher, when they read HRM professional journals more frequently and when they have a positive attitude towards the applicability and usefulness of academic research.
Cutmarks on Capsian human remains: implications for Maghreb Holocene social organization and palaeoeconomy

In 1930, the remains of five adults, one subadult, and one infant were excavated from Site 12, a ca. 8000 bp Capsian escargotiere in Algeria. Recently, cutmarks were found on several postcranial bones of each of the adult individuals. In an attempt to reconstruct the burial circumstances, archival materials including photographs and field notes were retrieved from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and the Logan Museum at Beloit College, and a detailed study of the cutmarks was carried out. The cutmarks are associated mostly with long bones and skulls, while two individuals show cutmarks on the thorax. Using theories relating secondary burial practices to a nomadic lifestyle, it is hypothesized that the individuals died away from camp. Initial preparations, while awaiting transport to Site 12, involved limited exposure, followed by decapitation, dismemberment, and possibly defleshing of the thorax and removal of the internal organs. At Site 12, a formal burial ceremony was conducted during which red ochre was used. In some cases the dismembered extremities were placed in the grave with the rest of the body, but several skulls and long bones are missing. It is not known what the missing bones were used for, although Capsian groups are known for modifying human bones for either utilitarian or ritual purposes. This is the first time that cutmarks on human remains are reported for this area and period. The idea that Capsian people practiced decapitation and dismemberment has been suggested before, based on observations on other sites, however. Studies of human skeletal material from the Maghreb, often excavated decades ago, may therefore reveal similar types of evidence. It is suggested that such studies will contribute significantly to our understanding of Holocene Maghreb burial practices, and our ability to reconstruct social organization and palaeoeconomy. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Health management practices and disease prevalence in dairy sheep systems in Argentina 1

Suárez V.H. & Busetti M.R. 2009. Health management practices and disease prevalence in dairy sheep systems in Argentina. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 29(11):931-937. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria de Anguil, INTA, CC 11, 6326 Anguil, La Pampa, Argentina. E-mail: vsuarez@anguil.inta. gov.ar A cross-sectional survey of 19 dairy sheep farms in Argentina was carried out with the purpose to know farm management, health practices, and occurrence and mortality of diseases. The survey comprised 40% of all sheep milking farms in Argentina. A questionnaire was conducted by way of personal interviews with sheep owners during farm visits. The proportions of farms reporting routine vaccination for clostridial diseases, contagious ecthyma, pneumonia and mineral and vitamin parenteral administration were 63%, 47.3%, 16.6% and 42.1% respectively. Regular treatment against lice was used in 37.5% of the farms, and 89.5% o the farmers treated against gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN). The mean number of GIN drenches per farm was 2.26±1.78 annually. In 68.4% of the milking flocks the California Mastitis Test was regularly done and 55.6% of the farmer managers had sampled their flocks once a year for Brucella ovis antibodies. During the pre-mating period respectively 68.4% and 50% of farmers clinically examined their rams and ewe for general health and teeth condition. The udders of ewes were frequently inspected at the start of each milking period. The most important parasite problems noticed were GIN (reported by 57.9% of farmers), lice (57.9%) and scabies (10.5%) and the most frequent infectious diseases were ecthyma (73.7%), pneumonia and other respiratory problems (57.9%), clinical mastitis (55.6%), clostridial diseases (36.9%) and foot lameness (35.2%). Photosensitivity (47.4%) and ruminal acidosis (42.1%) were reported as other frequent toxic or metabolic disorders. Owners mentioned that the mean lifespan or milk productive time per ewe was 4.5±1.4 years. Perinatal lamb mortality was 8.5% and the total flock mortality rates, above the first 24 h of life was 6.9%. The high rates of lamb mortality during the pre-weaning (10.3%) and post-weaning (5.9%) periods indicate that this problem, as well as the most prevalent diseases, should be the subject of further studies.