Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An evaluation of construction professionals sustainability literacy in North West England

Sustainability represents the UK construction industry’s most important and indeed challenging issue, placing it at the forefront of both current debate and government policy. As pressure increases on the industry to embrace its principles, a radical shift is required in the awareness, understanding and cultural acceptance of its potential benefits. Whilst a shift is slowly being realised at a strategic level, delivering sustainable construction in practice remains a challenge. Not least due to a lack of sustainability awareness and engagement amongst construction professionals revealed by successive quantitative surveys, and a need to raise sustainability literacy levels. In an attempt to understand why construction professionals give so little credence and genuinely struggle to attain sustainable construction in practice, eight in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted in North West England. The research explored their awareness, understanding and literacy levels of sustainability and how this impacts their ability to deliver the concept at both theoretical and applied levels. Findings suggest that whilst practitioners exhibit a strong awareness at a theoretical level, this often is highly individual in interpretation promoting inconsistency within and across projects. At an applied level, construction professionals observed a gap in the application of the sustainable construction in practice due to 1) a tick box mentality enshrined in sustainability appraisal tools such as BREEAM; 2) an isolation from key decisions related to sustainability, and 3) a lack of awareness amongst client organisations. The research concludes by proposing further data collection to both expand the sample and contrast these preliminary findings with professionals who desire a more sustainable model of delivery.
Constraints to Vegetable Production among Women in Enugu North Agricultural Zone of Enugu State

The study was carried out to ascertain constraints to vegetable production in Enugu Agricultural zone of Enugu State. A total of seventy one respondents were randomly selected for the study. A structured interview schedule was used to enlist information from the respondents. Statistical tools such as factor analysis and percentage were used to analyze the data obtained. The findings of the study were: Majority (88.7%) grew fruited pumpkin (Telferia occidentalis). Majority (92.9%) used communal land and family labour (95.7%) to produce their vegetables. The major agronomic practices were direct sowing of seed (57.7%), mixed cropping (56.3%), organic manure (67.6%), staking (8.5%), broadcasting method of manuring (66%) and cutting with knife (method of harvesting) (91.5%). The mean annual income at main season was N6099.09 while that of off-season was N4387.8. Financial and agronomic/incentives problems were major constraints associated with vegetable production in the study area. It becomes important to transfer innovations on agronomic/management practices of vegetable to the area. This will boost output generally and increase income substantially thereby increasing their standard/level of living
The Sportsphere: A Comprehensive Approach to Examining the Work Environment in Public Assembly Facilities

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the work experience for paid, part-time event staff within public assembly facilities and posited the “employee sportsphere” as a more comprehensive approach to study the work experience of event staff. Specifically, this study explored event staff ratings of various aspects of the employee sportsphere, explored the relationship between the employee sportsphere and overall job satisfaction, and explored the relationship between overall job satisfaction and employees’ willingness to return to work. A census of paid, part-time event staff at a multipurpose public assembly facility (N = 406) generated a 70.2% response rate. Implications of the results of this study are discussed, and recommendations for future research are suggested.
THE EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRL STUDENTS ABOUT AIDS

Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is one of the most complex problems of health in the world. Since young population and mostly students are one of main groups at risk, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of educational intervention on knowledge, attitude and performance of high school students about AIDS. Materials and Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 60 girls selected randomly from two public schools and they divided into two control and intervention groups. Research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire including two parts (demographic questions and specialized questions about AIDS). Firstly, a pretest was held, then 3 educational sessions were held on AIDS, its’ transmission and prevention ways by lecture, ask and answer, and educational pamphlet. Students took posttests immediately after educational intervention and two months later. Data were analyzed by statistical tests including chi-square test, paired t test, independent t, and Rapid Manager and using SPSS 13. Results: Mean score of participants' knowledge about HIV was 16.8±3.8 before intervention; it increased to 24.4±3.1 immediately, and 24.5±3.1 two months after intervention (P<0.001). Mean score of participants' attitude about HIV was 58.5±7.5 before intervention; it increased to 69.2±6.0 immediately, and 72.4±6.7 two months after intervention (P<0.001). Moreover, mean score of participants' performance about HIV was 2.4±1.4 before intervention; it increased to 4.6±1.4 immediately, and 4.8±1.2 two months after intervention (P<0.001). Conclusion: Findings showed that this educational intervention improved students' knowledge, attitude and performance. So, executing educational programs in schools, with a focus on common diseases, should be seriously considered by school officials and health managers.
The ability of multi-type maltreatment and poly-victimization approaches to reflect psychopathological impairment of victimization in Spanish community adolescents

This paper examined the ability of two different approaches (the multi-type maltreatment approach, and the polyvictimization approach) to reflect the psychopathological aftermath of victimization. It also analyzed gender-related differences in psychopathological symptoms at varying levels of exposure to violence. The study was conducted in 923 Spanish community adolescents (aged from 14 to 18 years; 62.4% girls; 87.4% born in Spain), recruited for screening purposes from eight secondary schools in Barcelona and its metropolitan area (Spain). The study was based on cross-sectional data. The Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire and the Youth Self Report (DSM scales) were used to analyze victimization and psychopathological impairment respectively. The results showed that the two approaches present a similar ability to reflect psychopathological outcomes. The use of mean T scores to analyze psychopathological impairments conceals the high percentages of adolescents who are at risk in several psychopathological scales. Gender-related differences, analyzed under the multi-type approach, showed that girls presented slightly higher levels of symptomatology in reaction to their first experiences of victimization, whereas boys presented strong emotional reactions after the accumulation of a high number of victimized areas. Adolescents victimized in up to three areas showed evidence of resiliency to interpersonal victimization events and displayed non-clinical psychopathological profiles. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms had to be considered in high victimized groups, conjointly with affective, somatic and post-traumatic stress as psychopathological symptoms related to victimization.
Healthcare queueing models

Healthcare systems differ intrinsically from manufacturing systems. As such, they require a distinct modeling approach. In this article, we show how to construct a queueing model of a general class of healthcare systems. We develop new expressions to assess the impact of service outages and use the resulting model to approximate patient flow times and to evaluate a number of practical applications. We illustrate the devastating impact of service interruptions on patient flow times and show the potential gains obtained by pooling hospital resources. In addition, we present an optimization model to determine the optimal number of patients to be treated during a service session.
Innovation in public sector organisations

Abstract Public sector organisations around the globe consider the development of new ideas and innovation paramount and inevitable. This is attributable to the intense global competition and rapid technological development. Innovation is the successful implementation of ideas and processes to tackle existing problems and develop new opportunities. The in-depth literature review identified leadership behaviours, the impact of organisational climate and culture on innovation, and barriers to overcome in order to promote innovation in the public sector. A conceptual model illustrates the relationships between innovation and other critical concepts identified throughout the paper.
Numerical Simulation of the Behavior for a Vortex Ring Convecting along the Axis of a Rotating Field

This study simulates the behavior of a vortex ring on a field rotating with a constant angular velocity. The vortex ring convects along the rotating axis of the field. The Reynolds number based on the circulation of the vortex ring is 500, and the rotation number defined with the circulation and the angular velocity ranges from 0 to 0.4. The simulation highlights secondary vortex rings at the head and in the rear of the vortex ring, a streamwise longitudinal vortex around the central (rotating) axis, and a swirling flow along the vortex core. The generation of such vortical structures by the Coriolis force is explored. The simulation also discusses the effect of the rotation number on the time-evolution characteristics of the vortex ring.
JUGO DE BRÓCOLI EN LA INHIBICIÓN DE Alternaria alternata EN ARÚGULA MÍNIMAMENTE PROCESADA. CALIDAD POSTCOSECHA

Some plants of the Brassica family have antifungal properties against various microorganisms of economic importance. These properties are attributed to Glucosinolates (GLs) by hydrolysis of the myrosinase enzyme. This study, initially under in vitro conditions, we evaluated the germination of Alternaria alternata spores on potato dextrose agar culture medium at concentrations 0.15, 0.11, 0.07, 0.04, 0.01 and 0 µg∙µl -1 . Subsequently we evaluated the antifungal effect of
Dispersion Characteristics of Coplanar Waveguides at Subterahertz Frequencies

We present experimental and simulated studies of the dispersion characteristics of coplanar waveguides (CPWs) at subterahertz frequencies. Two types of CPWs were studied, those with wide ground planes and those with narrow ground planes. In both cases, simulations closely followed the experimental results, thus giving us a basis for implementing the simulations in circuit-design modes for a wide range of such waveguides.
Experimental Characterization of Energetic Material Dynamics for Multiphase Blast Simulation

Currently there is a substantial lack of data for interactions of shock waves with particle fields having volume fractions residing between the dilute and granular regimes, which creates one of the largest sources of uncertainty in the simulation of energetic material detonation. To close this gap, a novel Multiphase Shock Tube has been constructed to drive a planar shock wave into a dense gas-solid field of particles. A nearly spatially isotropic field of particles is generated in the test section by a gravity-fed method that results in a spanwise curtain of spherical 100-micron particles having a volume fraction of about 19%. Interactions with incident shock Mach numbers of 1.66, 1.92, and 2.02 were achieved. High-speed schlieren imaging simultaneous with high-frequency wall pressure measurements are used to reveal the complex wave structure associated with the interaction. Following incident shock impingement, transmitted and reflected shocks are observed, which lead to differences in particle drag across the streamwise dimension of the curtain. Shortly thereafter, the particle field begins to propagate downstream and spread. For all three Mach numbers tested, the energy and momentum fluxes in the induced flow far downstream are reduced about 30-40% by the presence of the particle field. X-Ray diagnosticsmore » have been developed to penetrate the opacity of the flow, revealing the concentrations throughout the particle field as it expands and spreads downstream with time. Furthermore, an X-Ray particle tracking velocimetry diagnostic has been demonstrated to be feasible for this flow, which can be used to follow the trajectory of tracer particles seeded into the curtain. Additional experiments on single spherical particles accelerated behind an incident shock wave have shown that elevated particle drag coefficients can be attributed to increased compressibility rather than flow unsteadiness, clarifying confusing results from the historical database of shock tube experiments. The development of the Multiphase Shock Tube and associated diagnostic capabilities offers experimental capability to a previously inaccessible regime, which can provide unprecedented data concerning particle dynamics of dense gas-solid flows. « less
A first chronology for the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) ice core

A stratigraphy-based chronology for the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) ice core has been derived by transferring the annual layer counted Greenland Ice Core Chronology 2005 (GICC05) and its model exten- sion (GICC05modelext) from the NGRIP core to the NEEM core using 787 match points of mainly volcanic origin iden- tified in the electrical conductivity measurement (ECM) and dielectrical profiling (DEP) records. Tephra horizons found in both the NEEM and NGRIP ice cores are used to test the matching based on ECM and DEP and provide five additional horizons used for the timescale transfer. A thinning function reflecting the accumulated strain along the core has been determined using a Dansgaard- Johnsen flow model and an isotope-dependent accumulation rate parameterization. Flow parameters are determined from Monte Carlo analysis constrained by the observed depth-age horizons. In order to construct a chronology for the gas phase, the ice age-gas age difference (1age) has been reconstructed using a coupled firn densification-heat diffusion model. Tempera- ture and accumulation inputs to the 1age model, initially de- rived from the water isotope proxies, have been adjusted to optimize the fit to timing constraints from 15 N of nitrogen and high-resolution methane data during the abrupt onset of Greenland interstadials. The ice and gas chronologies and the corresponding thin- ning function represent the first chronology for the NEEM core, named GICC05modelext-NEEM-1. Based on both the flow and firn modelling results, the accumulation history for the NEEM site has been reconstructed. Together, the timescale and accumulation reconstruction provide the nec- essary basis for further analysis of the records from NEEM.
Estimating Reinfection Intervals for Chlamydia trachomatis based on Routine Data Collection

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease in Scotland and the rest of the UK. Its sequelae include pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, infertility and arthritis and these are more likely if reinfection occurs. The costs to the healthcare system are estimated at £50 million a year and increased resources have been directed towards piloting a national screening program in the UK. Due to the nature of the disease, reinfection is common and knowledge of the time between subsequent infections is important for retest intervals in screening programs. Despite numerous studies on reinfection with Chlamydia, the actual reinfection interval for a British GUM clinic population is not known. This study analyses routine data on Chlamydia tests collected retrospectively from January 1992 until May 2000 by the Medical Microbiology Laboratory of the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh GUM clinic. A total of 47.587 tests made on 34.754 patients were analysed with survival methods to estimate risk-group specific reinfection intervals and to identify the importance of factors available for analysis that may be determinants of reinfection. Variables were examined to ensure the assumptions underlying the analyses were met. The process of data cleaning, analysis and the rationale behind it are described in detail because of their importance in studies using routinely collected data and to enable similar studies on routine data of other GUM clinics. Results are discussed and areas for future research identified.
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis Presented with Abducens Nerve Palsy

Received November 11, 2004 Accepted November 30, 2004 *Sa-Yoon Kang, M.D. Department of Neurology, Cheju National University College of Medicine 1 Ara-1dong, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, 690-756, Korea Tel: +82-64-754-1107 Fax: +82-64-754-1109 E-mail: neurokang@cheju.ac. kr Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IHP) is a rare inflammatory disease, usually involving the dura mater of skull base, tentorium, and falx. Resultant nerve encasement and ischemia produce multiple cranial nerve palsy and headache. As numerous pathological entities cause thickening of the pachymeninges, when the evaluation fails to reveal a cause, IHP is considered.1 With the recent development in MRI technique, variable causes of pachymeningeal lesions have been reported. However, the pathogenesis and clinical significance of pachymeningeal enhancement on MRI is still poorly understood. To our knowledge, there is no case with IHP presenting as an isolated abducens nerve palsy in Korea. We describe the clinical and MRI findings in a patient whose abducens nerve palsy was probably caused by IHP.
Controllable Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution by Microwave Assisted Flow Chemistry

The development of energy efficient, reproducible, and high throughput approaches to gold nanoparticle (Au-NP) synthesis has gained increasing attention over the past decades due to applications in biomedicine, sensors, and catalysis. In this work, single mode microwave irradiation is for the first time combined with microflow chemistry to fabricate Au-NPs continuously and reproducibly with controllable size in an aqueous solution. The major experimental parameters including microwave power, citrate-to-gold molar ratio ([Cit]/[Au]), and reaction residence time have been investigated systematically. As indicated by TEM, the mean particle width of the synthesized Au-NPs is between 4 and 15 nm with mean aspect ratio between ∼1.4 and 2.2 after only 90 s of microwave irradiation. Furthermore, the Au particle morphology can be manipulated from nanowires to nanoparticles by adjusting the [Cit]/[Au] ratio. HRTEM analysis of the produced Au-NPs and UV–vis spectroscopy suggests a correlation between the red-shifted.
Structure of claws and toes of two tropidurid lizard species of Restinga from Southeastern Brazil : adaptations to the vertical use of the habitat

Tropidurus torquatus and Liolaemus lutzae, found in a restinga habitat, show some morphological differences associated with differential microhabitats use. There were made measurements of the snout-vent length, length and width of the largest toe of hand and foot, and length, width, height and curvature of the claws. We counted the number of adhesive lamellae of the largest toe of each member. T. torquatus has larger toes, greater number of adhesive lamellae and higher and more curve claws than L. lutzae. No significant differences in toe and claw widths were found. These results suggest that the differences found in the morphology of toes and claws of these two species would be associated with the differential microhabitat use. T. torquatus has morphological adaptations that allow it to use the microhabitat both vertically or horizontally, while L. lutzae use it only horizontally.
Bacteriological and pathological investigation of goat lungs in Mymensingh and determination of antibiotic sensitivity.

The foremost important goal of the present study was to investigate the bacteriological and pathological conditions in lungs of goats slaughtered in four different slaughter houses/places of Mymensingh Sadar, Mymensingh and in addition to it, antibiotic sensitivity test of commonly used antibiotics in Veterinary practices were performed on isolated bacteria. A total of 75 lungs of slaughtered goats were examined individually and out of which 20 affected lungs were collected for histopathology and bacterial isolation respectively from Mymensingh Sadar, Mymensingh in Bangladesh, during the period from January to May 2013.The lung lesions was grossly recorded 40% in goats (30 out of 75 lungs examined). Grossly, the lung lesions were categorized into (a) hemorrhages 35% (b) congestion 25% (c) hemorrhage and congestion 15% (d) emphysematous lung 15% and (e) hepatization in lung10%. In histopathology, lung lesions were categorized into (a) bronchopneumonia 30%, (b) pneumonia 25% (c) hemorrhagic pneumonia 20% (d) emphysema 15%, (e) purulent pneumonia 10%. Pasteurella sp. (15%) was isolated from the lung lesions of hemorrhagic pneumonia, E. coli. (25%) from bronchopneumonia and Staphylococcus sp. (40%) from purulent pneumonia, focal pneumonia and emphysema, and mixed infection ( Staphylococcus sp. and E. coli ) 20%. Finally antibiotics sensitivity test was performed on isolated bacteria to which ciprofloxacin was more powerful than others (penicillin, amoxicillin, streptomycin, nalidixic acid and kanamycin) tested and the second one was oxytetracyclin. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.3329/bjvm.v11i2. 19142 Bangl. J. Vet. Med . (2013). 11(2): 159-166
Utilization of High Levels of Meat and Bone Meal in Broiler Diets

Abstract Recent sanctions on feeding rendered animal by-products to ruminants may favor feeding high levels of meat and bone meal to broilers. Two samples of meat and bone meal (MBM) - low-ash = 25.87% ash; high-ash = 34.85% ash - were subjected to amino acid and proximate analysis, with digestible amino acid (DAA) and metabolizable energy content calculated. Each source was used to formulate diets in which the minimum DAA was 100% of NRC total amino acid content. The nonphytate phosphorus (NPP) content was increased in increments of 0.10%. Control diets utilized dicalcium phosphate to maintain either a constant 0.45% NPP or to provide levels of NPP recommended by NRC for different age broilers. Inclusion of MBM in broiler diets at levels higher than traditionally used (up to 12.98% of high-ash and 17.76% of low-ash meat and bone meal) had no adverse effects. However, the economics of protein sources as well as supplemental phosphorus sources must be considered. Increasing the level of MBM above that needed to provide adequate levels of NPP may be an environmental concern in some areas of poultry production.