Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Examining Sport and Physical Activity Participation, Motivations and Barriers among Young Malaysians

Although a considerable amount of research has contributed to our understanding of the underlying causes of sporting behaviour, there is a paucity of research examining the motivations and barriers in sport and physical activity participation among young Malaysians. In order to address the gap in the literature, thus, this study was designed to ascertain the motivations and barriers in sport or physical activity participation among young Malaysians across the country. The study included 2894 young Malaysians ranged in age from 15 to 30 years old. A cross-sectional survey questionnaires comprised of open and close-ended items pertaining to sport participation level, participation motivations and barriers, and socio-demographic characteristics were conducted. The results show that 1465 were active, 710 were less active and 719 were inactive in sport and physical activity participation. In terms of their motives and barriers to sport and physical activity participation, the results indicate that the common motives for participation included i®physical fitnessi¯, i®improve healthi¯, i®reduce stressi¯, i®leisure timei¯ and i®active lifestylei¯. On the other hand, common barriers for those who do not participate in sport and physical activity included i®no timei¯, i®no interesti¯, i®weatheri¯, i®health reasonsi¯, and i®lack of facilitiesi¯. Thus, the sport organization management needs to understand the motives and barriers to sport and physical activity of young Malaysians participation in order to optimize throughout their sporting endeavor and exercise adherence.
Coming out of the closet "six feet under": textual silences and the social construction of the family stage in the obituary genres

The 'Family' stage -the lines devoted to the surviving members of the deceased's family- is a 'constant element' (Hasan 1985) in obituaries. The present study is built up around the structural analysis of genres as developed by Bhatia (1993, 2004), Hasan (1985), Martin (1985, 1992), and Swales (1990). The purpose of this study is to bring a social explanation or understanding to bear on the textual description of the 'Family' stage from a corpus of obituaries published in more than two hundred American and British newspapers collected over a period of three years. The research process has developed two more steps. First, following Huckin's (2004) notionofcontent analysis, quantitative and qualitativemodes have been applied, trying to identify the content which is not manifest. Secondly, the identification of 'textual silences' (Huckin 2002) is followed by an exploratory ethnographic analysis (Scollon 1998) ontwo case studies. This multi-staged analysis is aimed at a more comprehensive account of the obituary genre as a social process (Kress 1993). It shall be argued that the 'Family' stage encapsulates one of the most controversial topics of our time.
Multisensory Presence in Virtual Reality: Possibilities & Limitations.

Perception in the real world is inherently multisensory, often involving visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory, and, on occasion, nociceptive (i.e., painful) stimulation. In fact, the vast majority of life’s most enjoyable experiences involve the stimulation of several senses simultaneously. Outside of the entertainment industry, however, the majority of virtual reality (VR) applications thus far have involved the stimulation of only one, or at most two, senses, typically vision, audition, and, on occasion, touch/ haptics. That said, the research that has been conducted to date has convincingly shown that increasing the number of senses stimulated in a VR simulator can dramatically enhance a user’s ‘sense of pres-ence’, their enjoyment, and even their memory for the encounter/experience. What is more, given that the technology has been improving rapidly, and the costs associated with VR systems are continuing to come down, it seems increasingly likely that truly multisensory VR should be with us soon (albeit 50 years after Heilig, 1962, originally introduced Sensorama). However, it is important to note that there are both theoretical and practical limitations to the stimulation of certain senses in VR. In this chapter, after having defined the concept of ‘neurally-inspired VR’, we highlight some of the most exciting potential applications associated with engaging more of a user’s senses while in a simulated environment. We then review the key technical challenges associated with stimulating multiple senses in a VR setting. We focus on the particular problems associated with the stimulation of the senses of touch, smell, and taste.
Industrial Structure Changes and the Measurement of Total Factor Productivity Growth: The Krugman-Kim-Lau-Young Hypothesis Revisited

By considering the effect of industrial structural change, this paper provides a new methodology to measure the total factor productivity (TFP) of n economy The major conclusions are as follows: (1) Ignoring the effect of industrial structural changes underestimated the TFP growth of the whole economy of Taiwan by 23.23 percent from 1961-1980 and overestimated the TFP growth by 23.94 percent from 1980-1999. It is therefore important to consider the effect of industrial structural changes to measure the TFP growth correctly. (2) The Krugman-Kim-Lau- Young ”input-driven growth” hypothesis for the NIEs is without basis, as demonstrated not only in this study but that of Liang (2002) and Young (1994b). (3) The factors that explain the effect of industrial structural changes from 1970-1999 include government industry and liberalization policies. Moreover, the government plays an important role in promoting saving and investment. These conclusions differ with the argument offered by Krugman (1994) on the uselessness of macro and industry policies in the economic development of the NICs.
Early behavior and development are influenced by the n-6 and n-3 status in prematures

In a cohort of premature infants, consecutively included in the study at birth and followed to 18 months of age, the neonatal status of essential fatty acids and longchain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) were investigated and correlated to the development at 40 and 44 weeks gestational age and at 3, 6, 10 and 18 months corrected age. The diet reported by the mothers contained low EFA, 98% had an intake ) of the developmental scores. This was only an observational study, and it cannot be excluded that the highly negative influence of n- 6 fatty acids was an effect of the low intake of n-3 fatty acids, which in the context of the changes generally seen in Western diet imply urgent need for larger studies.
Okuma Becerisiyle İlgili Makaleler Üzerine Bir İçerik Analizi

This study aims to examine the articles related to the reading skills written between 1990 and 2013. In line with this general purpose, articles related to the reading skills were examined published in twenty-nine national journals in the field of educational sciences and indexed by SSCI (f=5), ULAKBIM (f=13) and other (f=11) databases in Turkey. 232 articles were reached in total and examined using the “Reading Skills Papers Classification Form” (RSPCF) in accordance with the subjects, years, number of authors, universities, number of hypotheses, research methods and patterns, data gathering tools, samples, and data analysis methods. The data gained from this research was coded by using the SPSS 17.0 software package and analyzed with the content analysis method. Frequencies and percentages were used as descriptive statistical methods for analyzing the data. Results of this research revealed that most of the articles (48; 20.6%) were written about reading comprehension; articles usually had a single author (59.9%) and a hypothesis was tested (39.2%); survey method a non-experimental quantitative research method, was used for the majority (43.5%); attitude and perception tests etc. were the most frequently used data gathering tools (28.1%); middle-school students (28%) were preferred as samples; sample size was usually between 101-300 (27.2%) and the random sampling method (44.4%) was used; and a quantitative descriptive analysis method, frequency/percent (18.3%) method as data the analysis method, was preferred most frequently.
Likelihood-based Inference For Mixed-effects Models With Censored Response Using The Multivariate-t Distribution

Mixed-effects models are commonly used to fit longitudinal or repeated measures data. A complication arises when the response is censored, for example, due to limits of quantification of the assay used. Although normal distributions are commonly assumed for random effects and residual errors, such assumptions make inferences vulnerable to outliers. The sensitivity to outliers and the need for heavy tailed distributions for random effects and residual errors motivate us to develop a likelihood-based inference for linear and nonlinear mixed effects models with cen- sored response (NLMEC/LMEC) based on the multivariate Student-t distribution. An ECM algorithm is developed for computing the maximum likelihood estimates for NLMEC/LMEC with the standard errors of the fixed effects and the exact like- lihood value as a by-product. The algorithm uses closed-form expressions at the E-step, that rely on formulas for the mean and variance of a truncated multivariate- t distribution. The proposed algorithm is implemented in the R package tlmec. It is applied to analyze longitudinal HIV viral load data in two recent AIDS studies. In addition, a simulation study is conducted to examine the performance of the proposed method and to compare it with the approach of Vaida and Liu (2009).
Developing and sustaining a renal supportive care service for people with end-stage kidney disease

Background The poor, self-reported quality of life, high symptom burden and complex care needs of dialysis patients prompted the development of a renal supportive care service at St George Hospital. Aim To report the development of a renal supportive care service at St George Hospital and methods used to sustain its growth. Method Supportive care consists of outpatient and inpatient services with four specific groups of patients identified as the primary clientele. These groups are those on a conservative (non-dialysis) pathway, end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients with a symptom burden requiring specialised management, patients on dialysis considering dialysis withdrawal and ESKD patients with cancer. Services consist of complex symptom management, end-of-life (EOL) care and coordination of services to assist the patient to stay at home as long as they are able. Conclusion The future of the supportive care service looks promising; therefore, it is important to incorporate this as part of routine patient care in ESKD. There is a need to pass on renal supportive care knowledge to the renal care teams to assist ESKD patients to live as well and as comfortably as possible, whether they choose a dialysis pathway or not, and to engage in clear conversations with patients and carers throughout the disease trajectory.
Corporate Institutions in a Weakened Welfare State: A Rawlsian Perspective

This paper re-examines the import of Rawls’s theory of justice for private sector institutions in the face of the decline of the welfare state. The argument is based on a Rawlsian conception of justice as the establishment of a basic structure of society that guarantees a fair distribution of primary goods. We propose that the decline of the welfare state witnessed in Western countries over the past 40 years prompts a reassessment of the boundaries of the basic structure in order to include additional corporate institutions. A discussion centered on the primary good of self-respect, but extensible to power and prerogatives as well as income and wealth, examines how the legislator should intervene in private sector institutions to counterbalance any unfairness that results from the decline of the welfare state.
Performance Evaluation and Adaptation of Improved Maize (Zea Mays L) Varities for Highland of Alicho,Silti and Analemo Districts of Southern Ethiopia

The trials were conducted on farm in three districts of Silte and Hadiya Zones, south region, Ethiopia, to evaluate the adaptation and yield performance of improved maize varieties in 2013/2014 of Belg season. Data on plant height, Number of ear plant -1 , number of cob plot -1 ,ear height(cm) and grain yield were recorded. Six released varieties namely Hora, Kuleni, Jibat, Wenchi, BH661 and BH-660 (standard check) were planted on (5.1m*4.5m) plots at spacing of 75cm*30cm. The trials were laid in RCBD with three replications. Statistical analysis showed that there were significant differences among varieties for grain yield and some of traits. The varieties BH-661 and Wenchi out yielded other varieties and had average yields of 119.42qt ha -1 and 101.01 qt ha -1 across three districts, respectively. The combined statistical analysis revealed BH-661 and Wenchi outshine other varieties which were as the most preferred varieties’. It is therefore recommended that BH-661 and Wenchi which had higher yields be promoted for cultivation in selected districts of south Ethiopia. Keywords : adaptation, maize, on farm , improved varieties, agro ecology
Strengthening the nexus between teaching and learning through increased attention to feedback to students: a research-led teaching approach

Feedback to students is a crucial aspect of the teaching-learning experience (Rowntree 1987; Ramsden1992). An on-going course evaluation program, the Student Course Evaluation Questionnaire (SCEQ), at the University of Sydney annually provides data on how students perceive their course experience. Reports from the SCEQ and other university quality assurance activities have prompted a Faculty-led action research approach to improvement of teaching-learning at the Faculty of Health Sciences. In this paper we report on the specific case of feedback to students and the Faculty’s approach within this framework, including consideration of relevant literature, focus groups with students and a workshop with experienced university teachers in the Faculty. Dimensions of feedback are considered, including preliminary results about what students say about the feedback they receive, what staff say about the feedback they provide, and how the two may be aligned. A specific strategy to achieve alignment, the use of grade descriptors, is discussed. The studies and practice here are positioned in the environment of the health professions’ expectation of evidence-based practice and the University of Sydney’s expectation of research-led teaching.
The Role of CZK / PLN Exchange Rate in the Context of Foreign Trade between Czechia and Poland

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of CZK/PLN development on trade flows between the Czech Republic and Poland in the context of disaggregated data on product-level trade balances. The dataset used in this study covers period from 1999 to 2014. We consider selected product categories determined on the basis of SITC classification. We employ the Johansen cointegration test to analyze the long term relationship and a vector error correction model to explore the short term effects of CZK/PLN exchange rate level. Our findings suggest that total bilateral trade balances and most of product groups are related with exchange rate in the long term. The commodity-level results are ambiguous and can not be generalized across different product categories.
Detecting the Early Stage of Phaeosphaeria Leaf Spot Infestations in Maize Crop Using In Situ Hyperspectral Data and Guided Regularized Random Forest Algorithm

Phaeosphaeria leaf spot (PLS) is considered one of the major diseases that threaten the stability of maize production in tropical and subtropical African regions. The objective of the present study was to investigate the use of hyperspectral data in detecting the early stage of PLS in tropical maize. Field data were collected from healthy and the early stage of PLS over two years (2013 and 2014) using a handheld spectroradiometer. An integration of a newly developed guided regularized random forest (GRRF) and a traditional random forest (RF) was used for feature selection and classification, respectively. The 2013 dataset was used to train the model, while the 2014 dataset was used as independent test dataset. Results showed that there were statistically significant differences in biochemical concentration between the healthy leaves and leaves that were at an early stage of PLS infestation. The newly developed GRRF was able to reduce the high dimensionality of hyperspectral data by selecting key wavelengths with less autocorrelation. These wavelengths are located at 420 nm, 795 nm, 779 nm, 1543 nm, 1747 nm, and 1010 nm. Using these variables (), a random forest classifier was able to discriminate between the healthy maize and maize at an early stage of PLS infestation with an overall accuracy of 88% and a kappa value of 0.75. Overall, our study showed potential application of hyperspectral data, GRRF feature selection, and RF classifiers in detecting the early stage of PLS infestation in tropical maize.
Internet QoS: Architectures and Mechanisms for Quality of Service

From the Publisher: Guaranteeing performance across the Internet may seem nearlyimpossible, because of an even wider range of variables that can affect and undermine service. But if you're involved in developing and implementing streaming video or voice or other time-sensitive Internet applications, you already understand exactly what's at stake in establishing Quality of Service. What you need is a reliable guide to the latest QoS techniques written specifically to address the Internet's special challenges. Internet QoS is it-the first book to dig deep into the issues that affect your ability to provide Internet QoS to your users. This book gives you a broad vision of the problem and dozens of specific analyses designed to help you as you strive to make, and adhere to, meaningful Quality of Service guarantees. Features Includes valuable insights from a Bell Labs engineer with fourteen years of experience in data networking and Internet protocol design. Details the enhancements to current Internet architectures and new mechanisms and network management capabilities that QoS will require. Focuses on the four main areas of Internet QoS: integrated services, differentiated services, multi-protocol label switching, and traffic engineering.
A Holistic Approach to Vascular Access in Hemodialysis

Vascular access for haemodialysis (HD) and other forms of renal replacement therapy where access to blood is required (such as haemofiltration) is a broad area that encompasses a vari‐ ety of specialties including nephrology, intensive care, interventional radiology and surgery. Within the acute setting, vascular access via catheter placement can be performed in an emergency. However, longer-term access in the form of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or graft requires considerable pre-procedural planning and often involves multidisciplinary in‐ put throughout the patient’s “dialysis lifetime”. In this chapter, we aim to discuss the com‐ mon types of access and provide a holistic approach from a UK perspective, whilst also focussing on some practical aspects that have been noted from our personal experience and evidence-base.
Fenología y rendimiento de híbridos de pimiento morrón (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivados en hidroponía

La investigacion se realizo bajo invernadero en Chapingo, Estado de Mexico, durante el ano 2007. Se evaluaron el comportamiento fenologico y el rendimiento de fruto de trece hibridos de pimiento morron (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivados en hidroponia: Cyrus, Conan, Gandal, Grandisimo, Itzel, Orion, Triple 4 y Triple Star producen fruto que madura en color rojo; Diego, Cadia, Giacomo y Moonset tienen frutos de color amarillo, y en Magno son de color naranja. El diseno experimental fue bloques completos al azar con tres repeticiones; la parcela experimental estuvo conformada por seis plantas (1 m2). Se registraron variables fenologicas, morfologicas y el rendimiento de fruto y sus componentes. El hibrido Giacomo fue precoz, y su ciclo, de trasplante a inicio de cosecha, duro 91 dias; Grandisimo fue tardio y requirio 117 dias para completar su ciclo. En promedio de los materiales geneticos evaluados, la emergencia ocurrio 16 dias despues de la siembra (dds); la primera, segunda y tercera hojas verdaderas aparecieron a los 37, 47 y 61 dds, respectivamente; la primera, segunda, tercera y cuarta bifurcaciones ocurrieron a los 10, 17, 25 y 30 dias despues del trasplante (ddt), en cada caso; por su parte, la floracion, fructificacion, cambio de color del fruto e inicio de cosecha ocurrieron, respectivamente, a los 33, 44, 93 y 102 ddt. El hibrido Orion tuvo buena calidad de fruto con peso promedio individual de 178.7 g, anchura de 9.2 cm y longitud de 7 cm, comportandose como frutos de primera calidad para el mercado nacional; en consecuencia, alcanzo mayor rendimiento por planta (1.9 kg) y por area (11.5 kg·m-2); menor rendimiento mostro el hibrido Magno (5.7 kg·m-2)
Dynamics of electron beams in the solar corona plasma with density fluctuations

The problem of beam propagation in a plasma with small scale and low intensity inhomogeneities is investigated. It is shown that the electron beam propagates in a plasma as a beam-plasma structure and is a source of Langmuir waves. The plasma inhomogeneity changes the spatial distribution of the waves. The spatial distribution of the waves is fully determined by the distribution of plasma inhomogeneities. The possible applications to the theory of radio emission associated with electron beams are discussed.
ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF -TiAl ALLOYS

The electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity, and thermopower of α-TiAl alloy samples with Al content from 0 at. % to 10 at. % are measured from room temperature down to liquid helium temperature. It is found that with the increase in Al content the single phonon scattering contribution to the resistivity remains nearly constant, but the multiphonon scattering contribution monotonously increases. This provides an alternative explanation of resistivity saturation to the shunt-resistor model. The Wiedemann–Franz law holds for the whole temperature range, allowing the separation of the electron and phonon contributions to the thermal conductivity. The data from samples with different doping levels enable us to separate the band and the scattering terms in the thermopower.
Determinants of unemployment in less developed countries

Unemployment is a major issue all over the world in both developed and under developed countries. This study analyzes those factors which determine unemployment in Pakistan. The data is taken from1990-2015 to see the empirical relationship between GDP, Population, Technical & Vocational education, degree colleges and universities enrollment. ARDL (Auto Regressive Distributed Lag) approach is used to check the determinants of unemployment in Pakistan. Long run results show that there is a negative relationship between GDP and unemployment. Population has positive and significant relation and technical & vocational education has positive and insignificant relation with unemployment in Pakistan. The results of Short run ECM-1(Error correction model) show that the negative and significant relationship with unemployment. The CUSUM and CUSUMQ (Graph) are represent that model is structurally stable within critical bound at 5% level of significance.