Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Relationship of Spiritual Intelligence and Religious activities with happiness of midwives working in hospitals and health centers

Background & aim: Happiness is one of the most important human needs that play an influential role in the health of the individuals and society. In the recent years, the role of spirituality and religion as important aspects of life has been considered in the health-related issues. The physical and mental health of the midwives plays a significant role in the quality of patient care. In this regard the current study was designed to investigate the relationship of spiritual intelligence and religious activities with happiness among midwivesworking in hospitals and health centers. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 232 midwives working in the maternity hospitals and health centers affiliated to the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, in 2015. The study sample was selected through cluster random sampling technique. The data were collected by the demographic and occupational characteristics questionnaire, life style questionnaire, Spiritual Intelligence Scale, and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using the descriptive statistics, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and multiple regression using SPSS, version 16. Results: According to the results, spiritual intelligence was directly correlated with happiness (r=0.63, P<0.0001) and religious activities (r=0.36, P<0.0001). In addition, there was a significant relationship between religious activities and happiness (r=0.29, P<0.0001). Conclusion: The findings revealed that happiness had a significant relationship with spiritual intelligence and religious activities. Therefore, we could improve happiness among the midwives by holding training and retraining courses with the purpose of involving in religious activities and promoting spiritual intelligence.
High-Temperature Superconducting Coil Option for the LHD-Type Fusion Energy Reactor FFHR

Large-current-capacity high-temperature superconducting (HTS) conductors using YBCO tapes are being considered as an option for the LHD-type fusion energy reactor FFHR. The typical operating current, magnetic field, and temperature of such conductors in FFHR are 100 kA, 13 T, and 20 K, respectively. A preliminary design of the HTS conductor has been proposed for the FFHR helical coils. Analyses have been performed on the proposed HTS conductor regarding thermal properties, mechanical structures, AC losses, and quench detection and protection. It is suggested that stainless steel might be a better choice for the outer jacket of the HTS conductor compared to aluminum alloy. Due to increased specific heats of conductor materials at 20 K, HTS magnets are supposed to be operated more stably compared to low-temperature superconducting (LTS) magnets operated at ∼4 K. The required refrigeration power is also reduced. Therefore, using HTS conductors, it is considered to be viable to assemble the continuous helical coils in segments with joints of conductors, as additional heat generation at the joints can be taken care by utilizing the surplus refrigeration power. According to these analyses, HTS conductors seem to be promising for the FFHR coils.
Statistical analysis of aftershock sequences related with two major Nepal earthquakes: April 25, 2015, MW 7.8, and May 12, 2015, MW 7.2

Present study describes the statistical properties of aftershock sequences related with two major Nepal earthquakes (April 25, 2015, MW 7.8, and May 12, 2015, MW 7.2) and their correlations with the tectonics of Nepal Himalaya. The established empirical scaling laws such as the Gutenberg–Richter (GR) relation, the modified Omori law, and the fractal dimension for both the aftershock sequences of Nepal earthquakes have been investigated to assess the spatio-temporal characteristics of these sequences. For this purpose, the homogenized earthquake catalog in moment magnitude, MW is compiled from International Seismological Center (ISC) and Global Centroid Moment Tensor (GCMT) databases during the period from April 25 to October 31, 2015. The magnitude of completeness, MC, a and b-values of Gutenberg–Richter relationship for the first aftershock sequence are found to be 3.0, 4.74, 0.75 (±0.03) respectively whereas the MC, a and b-values of the same relationship for the second aftershock sequence are calculated to be 3.3, 5.46, 0.90 (±0.04) respectively. The observed low b-values for both the sequences, as compared to the global mean of 1.0 indicate the presence of high differential stress accumulations within the fractured rock mass of Nepal Himalaya. The calculated p-values of 1.01 ± 0.05 and 0.95 ± 0.04 respectively for both the aftershock sequences also imply that the aftershock sequence of first main-shock exhibits relatively faster temporal decay pattern than the aftershock sequence of second main-shock. The fractal dimensions, DC values of 1.84 ± 0.05 and 1.91 ± 0.05 respectively for both the aftershock sequences of Nepal earthquakes also reveal the clustering pattern of earthquakes and signifies that the aftershocks are scattered all around the two dimensional space of fractured fault systems of the Nepal region. The low b-value and low DC observed in the temporal variations of b-value and DC before the investigated earthquake (MW 7.2) suggest the presence of high-stress concentrations in the thrusting regimes of the Nepal region before the failure of faults. Moreover, the decrease of b-value with the corresponding decrease of DC observed in their temporal variations can primarily act as an indicator for possible prediction of major earthquakes in the study region.
Challenges Facing Teachers' Attempts to Enhance Learners' Discipline in Tanzania's Secondary Schools.

There is a common belief among Tanzanian teachers and parents that learners’ discipline is essential for effectiveteaching and learning. Equally, learners’ discipline can transform the larger class by developing small learninggroups and independent learning options. In turn, these options can enhance students’ engagement, facilitate positivelearning, prevent disruptive problems, and provide overall academic success. The present study examined teachers’views on discipline to determine how widespread indiscipline might be in schools and whether discipline has anyinfluence on academic success or the overall reputation of the school. Document analysis, classroom observations,field notes, secondary data, and interviews were purposefully collected from selected teachers with at least threeyears of teaching experience. The study revealed a variety of challenges and dimensions of learners’ disciplineengulfed in classroom and school discipline discourses of rewards and punishment.
Genus Pouteria: chemistry and biological activity

The genus Pouteria belongs to the family Sapotaceae and can be widely found around the World. These plants have been used as building material, as food, because the eatable fruits, as well as remedies in folk medicine. Some biological activities have been reported to species of this genus such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal. However, the real potential of this genus as source of new drugs or phytomedicines remains unknown. Therefore, a review of the so far known chemical composition and biological activities of this genus is presented to stimulate new studies about the species already reported moreover that species have no reference about chemistry or biological activities could be found until now.
Group-Based Dominance and Authoritarian Aggression Predict Support for Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

In three convenience samples (combined N = 3,755) and one nationally representative survey (N = 1,500), we investigated whether and how right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) were associated with support for Donald Trump during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In all samples, facets of RWA and SDO predicted support for Trump (compared to other Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian candidates), even after adjusting for demographic factors and religious affiliation. In comparison with supporters of other Republican candidates, Trump supporters were consistently higher in group-based dominance and authoritarian aggression (but not submission or conventionalism). These results highlight the real-world significance of psychological theories and constructs and establish that Trump voters were uniquely driven by the desire to dominate out-group members in an aggressive manner.
Information Technology Behavior Cyberbullying in Thailand: Incidence and Predictors of Victimization and Cyber-Victimization

Cyberbullying is becoming an important issue internationally, including in Thailand. I report findings from a questionnaire survey of 1,183 students drawn from 12 schools in southern Thailand, aged 14 to 17 years. The questions asked included demographic information, use of ICT, as well as experiences of being a victim or perpetrator of traditional bullying (not cyber) and cyberbullying. Students were asked if they had been bullied (not cyber), or cyberbullied at school in the past couple of months. We used two criteria of involvement: lenient (it happened at least once or twice), and strict (it happened 2 or 3 times a month or more). With the lenient criterion, 16.0% were traditional victims and 14.9% cybervictims. With the strict criterion, 6.0% were traditional victims and 3.7% cybervictims. We carried out logistic regression analyses in order to see how victim status was predicted, on the basis of 5 variables: gender, grade, religion, province, and parent education. Separate analyses were carried out, for lenient and severe criteria, and for traditional and cyber victim. Three criteria were non-significant for all four of these analyses: grade, province, and religion. Gender was significant in all analyses: male students were more likely to be victims, especially cyber victims. Parent education was significant, but only for lenient cybervictims: here, higher parental education was associated with greater risk of being a victim. The findings are discussed in relation to research in other eastern and western cultures; and to the needs for further research and intervention in schools in Thailand.
Asymmetric unit root tests in the presence of structural breaks under the null

Using Monte Carlo methods, the behaviour of the momentum threshold autoregressive (MTAR) unit root test of Enders and Granger (1998) is examined in the presence of structural breaks under the null. It is found that for level breaks the MTAR test exhibits similar behaviour to that derived by Leybourne et al. (1998) for the Dickey-Fuller (1979) test, with size distortion apparent for early breaks only. In contrast, the results for breaks in drift show the MTAR test to experience severe size distortion when breaks occur both early and late in the sample period. The divergence in results for the MTAR and DF tests is further examined, showing that in the presence of late breaks the MTAR test can lead a practitioner to draw false inferences of both stationarity and asymmetry.
Effect of Dividend Policy on Share Holders Wealth: A Study of Sugar Industry in Pakistan

The present paper focuses on the impact of dividend policy on shareholderâ€™s wealth in sugar industries of Pakistan. For this study we have selected the sample of 33 listed companies of sugar industry out of 36 at Karachi Stock Exchange from the food and producers sector. The data is collected for the period of 6 years from the year 2006 to 2011. For this study descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis is used by taking dividend per share (DPS), earnings per share(EPS), Lagged Market Price Ratio (LMPR), Lagged Price Earnings Ratio (LPER) Price Earnings Ratio (PER) Retained Earnings Ratio (RER) as independent variables and market price per share (MPS) as dependent variable. The R2 shows that 99% variations in MPS are due to the explanatory variables. The p value of the f statistic shows that all the regressors have jointly significant relationship with dependent variable (MPS).
A method of biological tissues elasticity reconstruction using magnetic resonance elastography measurements

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is an approach to measuring material properties using external vibration in which the internal displacement measurements are made with magnetic resonance. A variety of simple methods have been designed to recover mechanical properties by inverting the displacement data. Currently, the remaining problems with all of these methods are that, in general, the homogeneous Helmholtz equation is used and therefore it fails at interfaces between tissues of different properties. The purpose of this work is to propose a new method for reconstructing both the shape and the shear modulus of a small anomaly with Lame parameters different from the background ones using internal displacement measurements.
Dietary Levels of Zinc and Manganese on the Performance of Broilers Between 1 to 42 Days of Age

The objective of this study was to determine the optimal dietary concentration of zinc and manganese on the performance characteristic and the requirement of these trace minerals derived from organic sources for broilers from 1 to 42 days of age. In experiment 1, zinc was evaluated, whereas manganese was evaluated in experiment 2. In each experiment, 320 males chicks were distributed in iron mesh metabolic cages (0.9m x 0.7m x 0.5m), according to a completely randomized experimental design in eight treatments with five replicates of eight birds each. In experiment 1, zinc sulfate was included at 0,60 and 100mg/kg and zinc methionine at 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100mg/kg. In experiment 2, manganese sulfate was added at 0, 65 and 105mg/kg and manganese methionine at 25, 45, 65, 85 and 105 mg/kg. Trace mineral requirements were determined comparing only organic trace mineral levels. The evaluated trace minerals (zinc and manganese) did not influence broiler performance, independently of source or level. It was concluded that the requirements of broilers from 1 to 42 days of age were supplied with no addition of zinc or manganese, under the conditions of the present experiments. However, under commercial rearing conditions, which are more challenging, the use of levels higher than 33.00 mg/kg and37.80 mg/kg of zinc and manganese, respectively, may be justified.
Effects of Debt on Value of a Firm

Capital structure has been studied extensively with the main focus on whether debt affects firm’s value or the proportion of debt usage is irrelevant to the individual firm’s value. This paper investigates the relationship between leverage and firm’s value, in Pakistani context, to show that what happens to value of a firm in face of changing financial leverage. Secondary data was obtained for this purpose from KSE and financial statements of hundred companies for six years. Regression analysis was carried out for the said relation. It was found that increase in leverage is positively related to the value of a firm.
The Link between English Language Proficiency and Academic Performance: A Pedagogical Perspective in Tanzanian Secondary Schools

English, the Language of Instruction (LOI), has fallen victim of blame of some scholars as the cause of poor performance in secondary schools in Tanzania. The blame is directed at English strongly up until recent years (2010 and 2011) when the results of national examinations have been extremely worse. It seems, the public presumes that there is relationship between students’ academic success and their abilities in the LOI. This paper sought to investigate whether there is relationship between English Language Proficiency (ELP) and academic performance in Tanzanian secondary schools. The data used were obtained by administering an ELP test and a review of students’ reports, and were quantitatively analyzed using a computer software, Statistical Package for Software System (SPSS) version 18. The study revealed that there is a significant weak positive relationship between ELP and students’ academic achievement. The relationship was significant in English and insignificant in other subjects which were investigated. On the basis of the findings of this study, it is argued that academic success is a function of several variables and not only proficiency in the LOI. It is therefore recommended that the responsible authorities should invest in improving English language proficiency among students since ELP is positively connected with academic success.
Study of Stability in Nonlinear Neutral Differential Equations with Variable Delay Using Krasnoselskii–Burton’s Fixed Point

In this paper, we use a modification of Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem introduced by Burton (see [6] Theorem 3) to obtain stability results of the zero solution of the totally nonlinear neutral differential equation with variable delay x′ (t) = −a (t)h (x (t)) + d dt Q (t, x (t− τ (t))) +G (t, x (t) , x (t− τ (t))) . The stability of the zero solution of this eqution provided that h (0) = Q (t, 0) = G (t, 0, 0) = 0. The Caratheodory condition is used for the functions Q and G.
The short term effect of the law prohibiting smoking in enclosed areas upon the smoking conditions of employees in Kayseri, Turkey

A law prohibiting smoking in the enclosed areas of public and private workplaces was put into effect in Turkey on 19 May 2008. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of this law upon the smoking habits of the employees in this short period of 3 months. Materials and methods: This study was performed in Kayseri, in 3 public and 3 private workplaces, comprising 868 employees. A questionnaire was filled out, face-to-face, in the second week of August. Results: The ratio of the people supporting this smoke-free law was 68.7%. Among the employees who were smoking when the law was put into effect, 5 (1.5%) of them have stated that they quit smoking because of the law, within 3 months. Among employees still smoking, 54.1% stated that the number of cigarettes they smoked in the workplace had decreased following this law, and 43.4% stated that the number of cigarettes smoked during the entire day had decreased. The mean number of cigarettes smoked had decreased from 10.8 to 8.1 in the workplace and from 15.6 to 13.0 during the entire day. Conclusion: It was revealed that this new smoke-free law has been effective in decreasing the number of cigarettes smoked, both in the workplace and during the day.
TRENDS ON TRAPPED HYDROCARBON SATURATION WITH WETTABILITY

We use a three-dimensional mixed-wet random network model representing Berea sandstone to extend our previous work on relative permeability hysteresis during wateralternate-gas (WAG) injection cycles (Suicmez et al., 2007). We compute trapped hydrocarbon saturation for the following displacement sequences: primary drainage followed by gas injection to different initial gas saturations, Sgi, followed by water injection until all the gas and oil is trapped. We study four different wettability conditions; water-wet, weakly water-wet, weakly oil-wet and oil-wet. We demonstrate that the amount of oil and gas that is trapped shows a surprising trend with wettability which cannot be captured using previously developed empirical trapping models.
Effect of Solvents on the Antioxidant Activity of Walnut (Juglans regia L.) Shell Extracts

Walnut shell is a waste generated in the walnut (Juglans regia L.) harvest, containing natural compounds with antioxidant properties. In this connection, the effect of the solvent (water, chloroform, methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate and N-butanol) on the extraction yields, total flavonoids content and antioxidant properties was analyzed. Total flavonoids content of extracts was determined by NaNO2-Al(NO3)3 method. Extract antioxidant activity was measured by hydroxyl, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and superoxide anion radical scavenging capacity and the total antioxidant capacity and reducing power assay. The highest extraction yield was achieved with N-butanol (4.54%) and the greatest total flavonoids content shown by the samples extracted with ethyl acetate. The highest ability to scavenging DPPH, hydroxyl and superoxide radicals was ethyl acetate extract (EC50=81.03μg/mL), methanol extract (EC50=131.35 μg/mL) and chloroform extract (EC50=176.35μg/mL) respectively under the concentration of 500 μg/mL. The methanol extract showed the greatest total antioxidant activity and reducing power. The results showed that different solvent had significant effect on total flavonoids content and antioxidant activity. The result obtained demonstrated the potential of walnut shell as a source of antioxidant.
Phytogenic additives and organic acids in broiler chicken diets

The experiment evaluated the influence of isolated or associated phytogenic additives (PA) and organic acids (OA) on nutrient digestibility, performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. Two experiments were conducted in a completely randomized design with a 2 × 2 + 1 factorial arrangement of treatments (with or without PA × with or without OA + antibiotic performance enhancer and anticoccidial). In the first experiment, two metabolic tests were conducted to determine the metabolizability coefficients of the nutrients of starter and growth diets. In the second experiment, 2520 one-day-old chicks were housed in 40 experimental units to evaluate the performance and carcass characteristics. The phytogenic additives and organic acids, isolated or associated, improve the nutrient digestibility of the diet and replace the growth- promoting antibiotics. The use of organic acids isolated or associated with phytogenic additives in broiler diets improves broiler performance in comparison with free antibiotic performance enhancer at 42 days of age. Isolated or associated phytogenic additives and organic acids provided better carcass characteristics.