Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Design for (every)one: co-creation as a bridge between universal design and rehabilitation engineering

Design for (every)one is a macro framework that attempts to identify, share and use ‘hidden solutions’ in community-based rehabilitation contexts and translate them into disruptive assistive devices built with local resources or appropriate technology. Within healthcare contexts, local solutions are frequently more effective as they reflect the physical, emotional and cognitive needs of specific patients and engage all stakeholders in a specific local context. By using open horizontal innovation networks, where assistive devices can be easily shared and physically hacked by other allied health professionals, general patterns can be detected and translated into standard universal design objects. This generative design thinking approach is more than feasible with digital trends such as crowd sourcing, user-generated content and peer production. Cheap and powerful prototyping tools have become easier to use by non-engineers; it turns them into users as well as self-manufacturers of their personal assistive artefacts. This paper discusses the different aspects of this open innovation process within a ‘design for disability’ context and suggests the first steps in an iterative co-design methodology that brings together expertise from professional designers, occupational therapists, patients and other stakeholders. The overall aim is to gain more insights into designing qualitative occupational experiences for disabled users.
Karlin’s Basic Composition Theorems and Stochastic Orderings

Suppose λ, x, ζ traverse the ordered sets Λ, X and Z, re- spectively and consider the functions f (λ, x, ζ) and g(λ, ζ) satisfying the following conditions, (a) f (λ, x, ζ) > 0 and f is T P2 in each pairs of variables when the third variable is held fixed; and
Zoonoses in Rural Cambodia – A One Health Perspective on Influenza and Campylobacter

Zoonotic diseases, transmissible between animals and humans, make up the majority of emerging infectious diseases, posing a threat to public health and global food security. The emergence of infections is partly driven by close contact between humans and livestock, which is common in smallholder livestock farming in rural tropical areas. The aim of this thesis was to provide information on the animal-human interplay in rural tropical areas in general and in Cambodia in particular, focusing on influenza A virus and Campylobacter as examples of zoonotic pathogens. Interviews were carried out in 300 rural households and samples were collected in the same households from humans and livestock, primarily chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle. In the households studied, a clear gender division in livestock responsibility was observed. Practices associated with zoonosis exposure were common, but the threat of zoonoses was not reported to be a concern. Furthermore, knowledge and awareness of zoonoses did not markedly reduce practices associated with increased zoonosis exposure, thereby revealing a knowledge-to-behaviour gap. Sampled pigs and poultry had 1.3% overall prevalence of influenza A virus. Highly pathogenic subtypes were not found, but virus reassortment, involving potentially zoonotic and pandemic subtypes, seemed to occur frequently. Routine culture was insufficiently sensitive in detecting Campylobacter in field samples frozen before analysis. In contrast, PCR proved more sensitive and C. jejuni, C. coli or both were detected in 8% of adults, 19% of children, 56% of chickens, 24% of ducks, 72% of pigs and 5% of cattle. Moreover, a number of household practices along the meat production chain, from livestock rearing and slaughter to meat consumption, were associated with human C. jejuni and C. coli positivity. In conclusion, presence of pathogens with zoonotic potential and insufficient zoonosis management was shown on Cambodian smallholdings. The novel data presented on zoonosis epidemiology and household risk factors can help guide future interventions in zoonosis prevention, detection and control for improved health and livelihoods in rural tropical areas.
Encouraging Self-Regulated Learning through Electronic Portfolios.

At the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, we have developed the Electronic Portfolio Encouraging Active Reflective Learning Software (ePEARL) to promote student self-regulation and enhance student core competencies. This paper summarizes the literature on electronic portfolios (EPs), describes ePEARL, and documents our research findings to date including analyses of teacher and student reactions. Participants in this study were 62 school teachers, mostly from elementary schools, and their students (approximately 1200) from seven urban and rural English school boards across Quebec. Student and teacher post-test questionnaire responses suggested that the use of portfolios, and the learning processes they support, were positively viewed and learned well enough to be emerging skills among students. Contrariwise, teachers commented that teaching SRL strategies was new and thus required a change in teaching strategies, strategies that they were not yet accustomed to. Focus groups also revealed the challenges of using portfolios to teach children to self-regulate. And finally, the analysis of student portfolios evidenced only small amounts of student work or high levels of student self-regulation. Resume : Au Centre d’etudes sur l’apprentissage et la performance (CEAP) de l’Universite Concordia a Montreal, Quebec, nous avons concu le logiciel de portfolio electronique reflexif pour l’apprentissage des eleves (PERLE) afin d’encourager l’apprentissage autoregule chez les eleves et d’accroitre leurs competences de base. Cet article presente un resume de la documentation sur les portfolios electroniques, une description de PERLE, ainsi que nos resultats de recherche documentes a ce jour, y compris des analyses des reponses des enseignants et des eleves. Les participants a cette etude se composaient de 62 enseignants, la plupart dans des ecoles primaires, et de leurs eleves (environ 1200) provenant de sept commissions scolaires anglophones urbaines et rurales du Quebec. Les reponses des eleves et des enseignants au posttest suggerent que les portfolios et les processus d’apprentissage qu’ils soutiennent ont ete percus de maniere positive et qu’ils ont ete suffisamment assimiles pour se traduire par de nouvelles competences chez les eleves. En revanche, les enseignants ont mentionne qu’enseigner les strategies d’apprentissage autoregule etait nouveau et que cela exigeait de modifier leurs strategies d’enseignement pour en adopter d’autres auxquelles ils n’etaient pas encore habitues. Les groupes de discussion ont egalement fait ressortir les defis lies a l’utilisation des portfolios dans le but d’apprendre l’autoregulation aux enfants. Enfin, l’analyse des portfolios des eleves a revele que seulement une petite portion des travaux d’eleves demontrait des niveaux eleves d’autoregulation.
A STUDY ON THE DISEASES OF THE ELDERLY IN THE INTERNAL MEDICINE OUTPATIENT CLINIC OF A PRIVATE HOSPITAL

Girifl: Dünya nüfusu yafllanmakta ve sa¤l›kl› uzun yaflam giderek daha önemli hale gelmektedir. Yafll›l›kta birçok hastal›¤›n birlikte bulunmas›n›n bireyin yaflam kalitesi, sa¤kal›m› ve sa¤l›k hizmetlerini kullan›m› aç›s›ndan önemli etkileri vard›r. Bu çal›flmada dâhiliye poliklini¤ine baflvuran yafll›lardaki hastal›klar›, birlikte bulunan hastal›k say›s›n›, hastal›k say›s›n›n yafl artt›kça art›p artmad›¤›n› ve cinsiyetler aras›ndaki fark›n araflt›r›lmas› amaçlanm›flt›r. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çal›flmada 2005–2006 y›llar› aras›nda dahiliye poliklini¤ine baflvuran 65 yafl ve üzerindeki ard›fl›k tüm hastalar›n kay›tlar› retrospektif olarak incelenmifltir. Bulgular: Bir y›ll›k süreçte bu poliklini¤ine baflvuran 619 yafll› hasta, tüm hastalar›n %14,2’sini oluflturuyordu. Tüm hastalar›n ortalama yafl› 73,1±6,04 iken erkek ve kad›nlar›n ortalama yafllar› s›ras›yla 73.81± 6.45 ve 72.53± 5.64 idi. En çok görülen hastal›k grubu, kardiyovasküler sistem hastal›klar› idi (n=460, %74,3). Hastalar›n %27,6’s›nda tek bir hastal›k mevcutken, kalanlar›n en az iki veya daha fazla hastal›¤› vard›. Genç-yafll› (65-74 yafl) ve yafll›-yafll› (75 yafl ve üzeri) hasta gruplar› karfl›laflt›r›ld›¤›nda aralar›nda birden çok hastal›¤a sahip olma aç›s›ndan anlaml› fark bulunmad› (p>0.05). Sonuç: Bu çal›flma grubunda yafllanma ile, birden fazla hastal›¤a sahip olma riskinin artt›¤› saptanmam›flt›r. Çal›flman›n kapsad›¤› yafll› erkeklerin yafl ortalamas›n›n kad›nlar›nkinden yüksek olmas› da dikkat çekici bir bulgudur. Anahtar Sözcükler: Yafllanma, Çoklu hastal›k, Kronik hastal›k ABSTRACT
The Hubble Space Telescope UV Legacy Survey of Galactic globular clusters - XI. The horizontal branch in NGC 6388 and NGC 6441

The Hubble Space Telescope UV Legacy survey of Galactic globular clusters (GC) is characterizing many different aspects of their multiple stellar populations. The 'Grundahl-jump' (G-jump) is a discontinuity in ultraviolet brightness of blue horizontal branch (HB) stars, signalling the onset of radiative metal levitation. The HB Legacy data confirmed that the G-jump is located at the same Teff (≃11 500 K) in nearly all clusters. The only exceptions are the metal-rich clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441, where the G-jump occurs at Teff ≃ 13-14 000 K. We compute synthetic HB models based on new evolutionary tracks including the effect of helium diffusion, and approximately accounting for the effect of metal levitation in a stable atmosphere. Our models show that the G-jump location depends on the interplay between the time-scale of diffusion and the time-scale of the evolution in the Teff range 11 500 K≲Teff≲14 000 K. The G-jump becomes hotter than 11 500 K only for stars that have, in this Teff range, a helium mass fraction Y ≳ 0.35. Similarly high Y values are also consistent with the modelling of the HB in NGC 6388 and NGC 6441. In these clusters, we predict that a significant fraction of HB stars show helium in their spectra above 11 500 K, and full helium settling should only be found beyond the hotter G-jump. © 2016 The Authors.
Single worthwhile policy, seeking legitimacy and implementation: sustainable tourism at the regional destination level, New Zealand

Despite sustainability becoming a key discourse throughout the tourism industry, the practical implementation of sustainable tourism policies has been limited (Hall, 2011). New Zealand is not immune to criticism in this regard and our ‘100% Pure’ tourism brand has been brought into question. As long ago as 1997 the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment reported that the environmental qualities underpinning tourism were at risk and that visitor pressure on iconic attractions could not be sustained. Importantly, the commissioner identified ‘systematic problems that hinder the achievement of sustainable tourism’, noting that ‘the government system for managing tourism and its environmental effects is fragmented’ (Parliamentary Commissioner for the
Hybrid Real-Time Task Scheduling Algorithm in Overload Situation for Multiprocessor System

Real-time systems are reactive systems which should meet major constraints in scheduling tasks like time limitation and resources allocation for scheduling the task effectively when the system in overloaded condition. Failure of system in scheduling tasks when system is overloaded can result in catastrophic impacts. The goal of this research is to propose a task scheduling algorithm that able to perform better than traditional Earliest Deadline First (EDF) and minimize the overall completion time when the system in overloaded condition. The proposed scheduling algorithm is built based on three new improved scheduling algorithms namely: (1) Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Hybrid Invasive Weed Optimization (HPIO), (2) Enhanced Initial Swarm (EIS), and (3) Hybrid EDF, EIS and HPIO Optimization (HEDFPIO). The author proves that more successful tasks is scheduled by using HPIO in multiprocessor system in over loaded situation among PSO and ACO. The author uses EIS algorithm in order to improve local search in HPIO and have fair load balance among processors. Finally the author presents a new hybrid algorithm that combines HPIO, EIS and EDF which is called HEDFPIO, It is observed that we could achieve higher successful ratio in task scheduling and with shorter calculation time in overloaded situation.
Closing the Racial Gap: Estimating Black Political Ambition

What compels African Americans to enter to electoral arena? And what influences their political ambitions for higher office? Few studies have focused on blacks’ paths to office and ambition, and thus a theory of minority candidate emergence and political ambition is far from complete. In particular, this paper seeks to answer a fundamental question: How often do black candidates attempt to seek higher office, and how often are they successful? Using data from the LEAP project from Louisiana for between 1990 and 2010, I find that black candidates are not statistically different from their white counterparts in attempting to seek higher office, but that their chances of success are dramatically less. I conclude with some thoughts on what these means for the pipeline of political ambition for blacks, and next steps in the research.
The bookish turn : assessing the impact of the book-roll on authorial self-representation in early Hellenistic poetry

My thesis takes its start from the oft-used description of Hellenistic poetry as ‘bookish’, but looks beyond the connotations of this label as denoting a milieu which was self-consciously intellectual, and instead considers the more fundamental ramifications of the designation: that Hellenistic poetry was bookish in its form, as much as in outlook. To consider the implications of this, I focus upon a period, and a significant poetic topos, wherein the effects of the book-roll can be most keenly discerned, assessing the impact of the medium upon authorial self- representations - particularly in the construction of authorial personae - undertaken in early Hellenistic poetry (c.323-246 BC). In Part I of the thesis, I assess the evolution of authorial self-representation in epigram, charting developments from the inscribed form of the genre through to the book-epigram collections of the Hellenistic period: I argue that the author acquired a newfound prominence in this medial transition, asserting their presence as a voice within the text as opposed to a figure situated strictly in antecedence to it. I demonstrate this through analyses of Posidippus, Callimachus, Nossis, Asclepiades, and the epigrams ascribed to Erinna, and suggest that we repeatedly observe authors undertaking composite processes of self-representation, as a direct result of the composite context of the book-roll. In Part II of the thesis, I examine the Mimiambs of Herodas. Through the analysis of Mimiamb 8 (in which Herodas constructs an authorial persona, and defines his poetic programme) in conjunction with an appraisal of the metapoetic dimension of the other Mimiambs, I assess the manner in which Herodas undertakes a complex, intertextual process of self-representation. Arguing that the author reflects upon the generic and medial innovations of his poetic practice across his corpus, I demonstrate that this process of reflection complements Herodas’ overt authorial self-representation in Mimiamb 8. In summary, I argue that the impact of the book-roll on authorial self-representation was wide- ranging, but that the most significant consequence of the medium was the evolution of authorial self-representation as a composite, roll-spanning activity.
Dispositional affect predicts temporal attention costs in the attentional blink paradigm

Theories suggest that positive affect broadens attention, whereas negative affect focuses attention. This position has been supported by studies showing that positive affect leads to more diffuse spatial attention while negative affect leads to more focused spatial attention. Recently, researchers have used the attentional blink (AB) paradigm to show that induced positive affect may also lead to more diffuse temporal attention, allowing greater accuracy for targets presented within a short time interval. The present study investigated whether dispositional affect could modulate temporal attentional diffusion using the AB paradigm. Consistent with the diffusion hypothesis, greater positive affect was associated with smaller AB magnitude, whereas greater negative affect was associated with larger AB magnitude. Thus, dispositional affect can modulate the costs of attentional selection over brief time intervals.
Management of insect pests in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under different planting dates and mechanical support

For any information: ask.author@journalbinet.com The experiment was conducted at the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during the Rabi Season 2013-14 to study the effects of different planting dates and mechanical support for the management of insect pests in tomato. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications consisted of nine treatments. Significant variations were found among the treatment. At early fruiting stage of tomato in number and weight basis, the highest percentage of infested fruit (10.65% and 10.99%) was recorded in T7 treatment, while the lowest (2.67% and 4.35%) in T5 treatment. At mid fruiting stage of tomato in number and weight basis, the highest percentage of infested fruit (11.92% and 12.62%) was recorded in T7 treatment, while the lowest (3.13% and 4.50%) in T5 treatment. At late fruiting stage of tomato in number and weight basis, the highest percentage of infested fruit (10.15% and 10.66%) was recorded in T7 treatment, whereas the lowest (2.22% and 4.21%) in T5 treatment. At total fruiting stage of tomato in number and weight basis, the highest percentage of infested fruit (10.93% and 11.43%) was recorded in T7 treatment, whereas the lowest (2.66% and 4.35%) in T5 treatment. The highest fruit yield (55.91 t ha-1) was recorded in T5, whereas the lowest yield (45.39 t ha-1) in T7 treatment. Planting at 10 December with the method of Horizontal mechanical support was more effective for reduction of insect pest of tomato and also for highest yield.
An Investigation Study of Academic Writing Problems Faced by Arab Postgraduate Students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

This study aimed to investigate the academic writing problems encountered by Arab speaking postgraduate students at Universiti Technologi Malaysia (UTM). There are two research questions of this study. The first question involved the identification of mistakes that Arab speaking postgraduate students commit in academic writing at UTM. The second question dealt with the problems Arab speaking students’ perceived in academic writing. The data for the study were collected through distributing a set of questionnaires and writing task. The respondents of this study were 85 Arab speaking postgraduate students who come from different Arabic countries like Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Libya, Palestine, and Syria who enrolled for the academic session of 2011/2012. A snowballing technique was used to determine the samples of this study. A set of the questionnaires were distributed to 80 of the respondents to reveal their opinions towards the causes of academic writing problems. Another 5 students were given a writing task which was to write two short paragraphs regarding their fields of works. The students’ writing was sent to an expert of English language to identify the mistakes made by the students. The findings of the study nevertheless could be used to recommend effective teaching approaches to teach academic writing that are currently used by English language teachers and specialists.
From Azéma supermartingales of finite honest times to optional semimartingales of class-( Σ )

Given a finite honest time, we derive representations for the additive and multiplicative decomposition of it’s Azéma supermartingale in terms of optional supermartingales and its running supremum. We then extend the notion of semimartingales of class-(Σ) to optional semimartingales with jumps in its finite variation part, allowing one to establish formulas similar to the Madan-Roynette-Yor option pricing formulas for larger class of processes. Finally, we introduce the optional multiplicative systems associated with positive submartingales and apply them to construct random times with given Azéma supermartingale.
The Effect of Curcumin Supplementation on Selected Markers of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)

Inflammation and pain induced by delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) can be induced by eccentric exercise or an unaccustomed activity. The condition can causes problems in exercising and for athletes. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of 150mg curcumin supplementation immediately after intensive eccentric exercise. Evaluations were made for total antioxidant Capacity (TAC), muscle damage markers, and DOMS induced pain. Ten healthy young males (age, 25.0 ± 1.6 years; height, 178.9 ± 4.1 cm; body mass, 81.1 ± 6.8 kg; fat%, 14.2 ± 2.1) completed a double blind randomized-controlled crossover trial to estimate the effects of oral curcumin supplementation (150mg) and a placebo on squat performance and DOMS following unaccustomed heavy eccentric exercise. Curcumin (CU) or placebo (P) was taken at the prescribed dose immediately after eccentric squat exercises; administrations were separated by a 14-day washout period. Measurements were made at the baseline, immediately, 24, 48, and 72h after exercise comprising: (a) limb pain (1–10 cm visual analogue scale; VAS), (b) total antioxidant capacity (TAC) (c) serum markers of muscle damage and inflammation. Measurements taken after exercise showed significantly reduced levels of pain, creatine kinase (CK), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in C group compared with group P group (P<0.05). TAC remained significantly high in group C after exercise compared with levels in group P (P<0.05). The findings of this study suggest that a 150mg dose of curcumin may have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects on DOMS.
Effect of Nano Surface Topography on Electrical Properties of Lead Sulfide (PbS) Films Deposited on Polymer Substrate

Lead sulfide (PbS) films were deposited on polymide (PI) plastic substrate chemical spray pyrolysis technique at substrate temperature in the range 250-350 o C. Effects of substrate temperature on the electrical properties of the films were studied. In addition, the effect of nano surface topography on electrical properties of PbS films was studied. The deposited films were analyzed with atomic force microscope and Hall measurements to determine their electrical characteristics. AFM data shows that the root mean square (RMS) surface roughness of the PbS film increases with increasing substrate temperature. At room temperature, electrical resistivity of the PbS films varies from 9.54x10 3 to 1.14x10 3 Ω. cm, respectively.
PR ] 1 1 D ec 2 01 7 Berry-Esseen bounds for self-normalized martingales

A Berry-Esseen bound is obtained for self-normalized martingales under the assumption of finite moments. The bound coincides with the classical Berry-Esseen bound for standardized martingales. An example is given to show the optimality of the bound. Applications to Student’s statistic and autoregressive process are also discussed.