Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Raptors and bats: threats and opportunities

Abstract Abstract. To quantify the opportunity that emerging bats present to raptors and the risks that hunting birds pose to these bats, predator-prey responses were documented by (1) counting emerging bats and recording their emergence patterns and (2) monitoring the presence of raptors and quantifying the incidence of raptor attacks on bats. Hobby falcons, Falco subbuteo , African goshawks, Accipiter tachiro , and Wahlberg's eagles, Aquila wahlbergi , succeeded in 51% of 59 attacks on bats. The attacks occurred in woodlands (two attacks in 10 samples), and as bats emerged from colonies in buildings (three in 39 samples) and bridges (54 in 32 samples). Wahlberg's eagles and hobby falcons attacked by stooping at flying bats while African goshawks pursued them in flight. The birds usually took each captured bat to a perch to consume it, achieving handling times (from capture to eating to resumption of hunting) of 30-300 s. The raptors could maximize their use of bats by rapid handling of captures and by hunting at sites where bats were most numerous. This combination of factors meant that bats could form a significant portion of the diet of opportunistic raptors. Flying and emerging bats responded to attacks or potential attacks. For colonies of less than 100 bats, there was no relationship between emergence time and colony size, while bats tended to emerge significantly earlier from colonies of greater than 100 individuals. In all colonies, increasing numbers of bats decreased the risk of raptor attack to any individual. In colonies of less than 100, individuals could decrease their risk of attack by switching roosts, and by adjusting the times and durations of their emergences. Bats emerged earlier from larger colonies despite the increased risk of attack by raptors.
Efek Moderasi Etika Kerja pada Pengaruh Kepemimpinan Transformasional dan Budaya Organisasi terhadap Kinerja Karyawan

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kepemimpinan transformasional dan budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja karyawan pada PT. Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk Area Medan Imam Bonjol. Untuk mengetahui apakah etika kerja memoderasi pengaruh kepemimpinan transformasional dan budaya organisasi dengan kinerja karyawan. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah seluruh karyawan PT. Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk Area Medan Imam Bonjol yang berjumlah 32 orang. Pada peneliti ini tidak melakukan pengambilan sampel karena jumlah populasi yang sedikit sehingga penelitian ini merupakan penelitian populasi (sensus). Dengan demikian sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 32 orang karyawan PT. Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk Area Medan Imam Bonjol.Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah daftar pertanyaan (questioner) dan wawancara (interview). Sedangkan teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah regresi linier berganda, uji asumsi klasik, uji t, dan uji F dan koefisien determinant. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada pengaruh yang signifikan dari variabel kepemimpinan transformasional dan budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja karyawan pada PT. Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk Area Medan Imam Bonjol. Etika kerja tidak dapat memoderasi hubungan antara kepemimpinan transformasional dan budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja karyawan, oleh karena itu etika kerja bukan variabel moderating dalam penelitian ini. Artinya variabel etika kerja tidak dapat memperkuat atau memperlemah hubungan antara hubungan antara Kepemimpinan transformasional dan budaya organisasi terhadap kinerja karyawan.Keywords: Kepemimpinan Transformasional, Budaya organisasi, Etika Kerja, Kinerja
Biological and Environmental Correlates of Post-Menopausal Depression Among Gopd Attendees in Fmc, Lokoja, Nigeria.

BACKGROUND Depression is a chronic debilitating illness that is a component of the menopausal syndrome that adversely affects the quality of life of the sufferers and tremendously burdens their family and care givers. With the increase in average life expectancy, more women go through the postmenopausal phase for much longer and are therefore prone to the morbidity and complications of depressive illness associated with it. Certain biological and environmental factors influence the prevalence of depression among this cohort. Hence, the study sought to determine the biological and environmental factors influencing depression prevalence in postmenopausal women with a view to instituting prevention strategies. METHODOLOGY This cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out in the General Outpatient Department of the Federal Medical Centre in Lokoja, North-Central region of Nigeria. One hundred and three postmenopausal women were screened for depression using the Center for Epidemiologic Study Depression (CES-D) questionnaire. Chi square test was used to compare the demographic variables with the pattern of depression with significance level set at p<0.05. RESULTS Prevalence of depression was 46.5%. There was no significant relationship between depression prevalence and age (p=0.1479), marital status (p=0.15208), number of years post menopause (p=0.05067), and level of education (p=0.100655). Severity of postmenopausal symptoms, however, was significantly associated with depression prevalence (p=0.01371). CONCLUSION Depression is highly prevalent among postmenopausal women and therefore there is need for effective preventive measures including routine screening, early detection and prompt management of depression and menopausal symptoms.
Demographic Changes in Today’s Society Reflected in The Organizational Context

Abstract A new trend began to emerge with the improvement of living conditions and medical advancement: the trend towards longevity. This trend appeared slowly at beginning of the industrial revolution but has increased significantly in the 20th and the 21st centuries. This trend, which initially started hesitatingly in developed countries, has now extended to reach across the entire planet. Europe, as an initiator of the industrial revolution, is one of the world’s regions with the most aged population. One consequence of an aging process compounded by a drop in fertility rates is reflected in the organizational context, where potentially available employees are also much older. This has led to many changes in the proportion of employees over 60 years of age, and will require other changes in order to provide the human resource necessary for the optimal progress of professional activities.
Vapogazéification de la biomasse en Lit Fluidisé Circulant : Élaboration des outils théoriques et expérimentaux

Ces travaux concernent l'etude d'un procede de vapogazeification de biomasse en lit fluidise circulant. En resultent un ensemble d'outils theoriques (modeles de simulation et de dimensionnement) et experimentaux (pilote de vapogazeification en lit fluidise circulant) dans le but de permettre la construction d'un procede a dimension industrielle. Le dimensionnement, la conception et la construction d'un pilote de vapogazeification de 20 kg/h de biomasse en lit fluidise circulant ont ete realises. L'hydrodynamique de ce pilote a ete etudiee de maniere a isoler les parametres cles permettant d'en assurer le controle. Les resultats obtenus lors de l'operation de pilote ont en outre permis de mieux comprendre les mecanismes d'attrition de particules polydisperses (olivine et char) en lit fluidise circulant. Pour completer cette etude, les phenomenes de melange et de segregation des particules ont ete etudies par voie experimentale et numerique (CFD-3D MFIX). Enfin, un certain nombre de modeles numeriques (0D, 1D bulle-emulsion, bilan de population) ont ete proposes pour repondre aux besoins techniques d'aide a la conception des lits fluidises circulants appliques a la vapogazeification de biomasse. ABSTRACT : The vapogasification of biomass in a Circulating Fluidized Bed has been studied in order to enable the design and the erection of an industrial process. Theoretical and experimental tools have been designed to allow an engineering approach. In order to understand the hydrodynamic behaviour of the reactor, a pilot plant has been designed and erected to feed 20 kg/h of biomass. An exhaustive study of process parameters has been carried out, to determine predominant parameters for the process global control. Operating the built system has also permit to understand attrition phenomenon of polydisperse particles (olivine and char) in the Circulating Fluidized Bed. In order to complete those results, a study of mixing and segregation of those polydisperse particles has been carried out in fluidized bed with both experimental and numerical (CFD-3D MFIX) approaches. A significant contribution has also been done to numerical models assisting biomass vapogasification in Circulating Fluidized Beds design: 0D, 1D, bubble-emulsion, population balance).
A Single-Cell Immune Map of Normal and Cancerous Breast Reveals an Expansion of Phenotypic States Driven by the Tumor Microenvironment

A Single-Cell Immune Map of Normal and Cancerous Breast Reveals an Expansion of Phenotypic States Driven by the Tumor Microenvironment Ambrose J. Carr Knowledge of the phenotypic states of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment is essential to understand immunological mechanisms of cancer progression, responses to cancer immunotherapy, and the development of novel rational treatments. Yet, this knowledge is opaque to traditional bulk sequencing methods, and novel single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) methods which could potentially address these questions introduce complex patterns of error into data that are poorly characterized. This dissertation describes a computational framework, SEQC, built to facilitate rapid and agile analysis of scRNA-seq approaches that utilize molecular barcodes. It combines SEQC with a clustering and normalization method, BISCUIT, and approaches to examine phenotypic diversity and gene variation. These methods are applied to address the unique computational challenges inherent to analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data derived from multiple patients with diverse phenotypes. This dissertation describes an experiment comprising scRNA-seq of over 47,000 immune cells collected from primary breast carcinomas, matched normal breast tissue, peripheral blood, and using these computational approaches. This atlas revealed significant similarity between normal and tumor tissue resident immune cells. However, it also describes continuous tumor-specific phenotypic expansions driven by distinct environmental cues. These results argue against discrete activation states in T cells and the polarization model of macrophage activation in cancer, and have important implications for characterizing tumor-infiltrating immune cells.
Risky Sexual Behaviours among School-going Adolescent in Malaysia-Findings from National Health and Morbidity Survey 2017

Sexual activities among adolescents poses to sexually transmitted infection (STI) and also unintended pregnancies. This study aims to determine the prevalence of risky sexual activities among school going adolescent in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study with a total of 27,497 secondary school students was done in March-April 2017. A self-administered structured and validated questionnaire was given to answer. The prevalence of ever had sex among adolescents in Malaysia was 7.3% and mostly among males and Indians. The associated factors to sexual activity among adolescents include ever used drugs with aOR=10.201 and ever smoked aOR=1.628. Among those who ever had sex, 87.3% did not use condom, 16.6% had multiple sexual partners and 31.7% had sex before the age of 14 years. The risky sexual behaviours are relatively high among these adolescents. Sexual health educations and programmes in school is vital to prevent any sexual-health related issues among adolescents.
Mathematical Ideas in Cultural Artefacts: A Metaphor for Teaching of School Mathematics

Mathematics is taken as one of the difficult subject in school education. One of the reasons for taking mathematics as a difficult subjects is due to its abstract nature. The metaphor is a mapping of two conceptual domains: sources and target. The source domain helps student to translate their everyday experiences into an abstract and unfamiliar mathematical content knowledge known as target domain. The main objective of this paper is to explore the mathematical ideas embedded in cultural artefacts and its possibilities in the process of teaching mathematical content. The ethnography methodology was adopted and the procedures included in-depth interviews and observations were made. The mathematical knowledge hidden in their construction of Rangauli mandala and cultural meaning for community members have been analyzed with the written documents, photographs, video graphs produced. The mathematical ideas embedded in the cultural artefacts, arts and pattern design mediated to teaching of mathematical knowledge.
Hypothyroidism Alters the Uterine Lipid Levels in Pregnant Rabbits and Affects the Fetal Size

Background Hypothyroidism has been related to low-weight births, abortion and prematurity, which have been associated with changes in the content of glycogen and vascularization of the placenta. Since hypothyroidism can cause dyslipidemia, it may affect the lipid content in the uterus affecting the development of fetuses. Objective To investigate the effect of hypothyroidism on the lipid levels in serum and uterus during pregnancy and their possible association with the size of fetuses. Methods Adult female rabbits were grouped in control (n = 6) and hypothyroid (n = 6; treated with methimazole for 29 days before and 19 days after copulation). Food intake and body weight were daily registered. At gestational day 19 (GD19), dams were sacrificed under an overdose of anesthesia. Morphometric measures of fetuses were taken. Total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TAG), and glucose concentrations were quantified in blood, uterus and ovaries of dams. The expression of uterine 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) was quantified by Western blot. Results Hypothyroidism reduced food intake and body weight of dams, as well as promoted low abdominal diameters of fetuses. It did not induce dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia at GD19 and did not modify the content of lipids in the ovary. However, it reduced the content of TAG and TC in the uterus, which was associated with uterine hyperplasia and an increased expression of 3β-HSD in the uterus. Conclusion Hypothyroidism alters the lipid content in the uterus that might subsequently affect the energy production and lipid signaling important to fetal development.
Emergency department nurse's attitudes towards patients who self‐harm: A meta‐analysis

Self-harm is a major challenge to public health. Emergency department (ED) nurses treat significant proportions of patients with self-harm injuries, and positive therapeutic patient-nurse interactions are imperative to the physical and psychological outcome of this vulnerable patient group. Research, both nationally and internationally, suggests that treating those with self-harm injuries is emotionally challenging, and ambivalence, powerlessness, and ineffectiveness are commonly manifested in negative attitudes towards these patients. Following the PRISMA guidelines, this systematic review with meta-analyses examined the attitudes of ED nurses towards patients who self-harm, based on currently available evidence. The following databases were searched: CINAHL complete; Medline complete; PsycARTICLES; PsycINFO; The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database; Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; PsycEXTRA; and Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection. Clinical trials registries for ongoing and unpublished studies, and scanned reference lists of relevant reports to identify additional studies, were also searched. Five studies were included in the meta-analysis. The Self-Harm Antipathy Scale (SHAS) was used as an outcome in two studies appropriate for meta-analysis. The Attitudes Towards Deliberate Self-Harm Questionnaire (ADSHQ) scale was used as an outcome in three studies appropriate for meta-analysis. Results demonstrated limited empathy and negativity towards patients who self-harm, indicating a requirement for education and supervision of ED staff, where the SHAS or the ADSHQ can be used to monitor attitude change. Self-harm educational content for ED staff should include areas of knowledge building including explanations and causes of self-harm; range, forms, and functions of self-harm; staff responses to self-harm; assessment, management, and interventions; professional practice issues.
An Update on the Roles of Non-albicans Candida Species in Vulvovaginitis

Candida species are one of the commonest causes of vaginitis in healthy women of reproductive age. Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is characterized by vulvovaginal itching, redness and discharge. Candida albicans, which is a common genito-urinary tract commensal, has been the prominent species and remains the most common fungal agent isolated from clinical samples of patients diagnosed with VVC. In recent times, however, there has been a notable shift in the etiology of candidiasis with non-albicans Candida (NAC) species gaining prominence. The NAC species now account for approximately 10% to as high as 45% of VVC cases in some studies. This is associated with treatment challenges and a slightly different clinical picture. NAC species vaginitis is milder in presentation, often occur in patients with underlying chronic medical conditions and symptoms tend to be more recurrent or chronic compared with C. albicans vaginitis. C. glabrata is the most common cause of NAC-VVC. C. tropicalis, C. krusei, C. parapsilosis, and C. guilliermondii are the other commonly implicated species. Treatment failure is common in NAC-VVC, since some of these species are intrinsically resistant or show low susceptibilities to commonly used antifungal agents. This article reviews the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of NAC vulvovaginitis.
Culture Effect on Repurchasing Intention of Counterfeits Products

The aim of this paper is to illustrate the key cultural factors of consumers repurchase intentions toward counterfeit products. The study is also examining the influence of culture and social factors on attitudes towards counterfeiting products and repurchase intention among Saudi consumers. a survey was used, a total of 509 respondents (39% female) completed and usable responses from the sampling frame who lives in Saudi Arabia. The results indicate that consumer’s culture by itself might not explain their counterfeit products repurchase intention. The consumer’s attitude towards these products might help managers to understand their behavior. A social influence which considers as an external factor was not an important factor explaining consumers’ behavior regarding counterfeits products. The current study adds to the literature by investigating the key culture antecedents of Saudi consumers repurchase intentions toward counterfeit products. Additionally, empirical evidence contributes to the practitioners in the Saudi culture.
İŞLETME BÖLÜMLERİNDE VERİLEN EĞİTİMİN GİRİŞİMCİ ADAYI ÖĞRENCİLER ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ

Temel amaclarindan birisinin de girisimci birey yetistirilmesi oldugu kabul edilen isletme bolumlerinde okuyan iki farkli devlet universitenin 1. ve 4. sinif ogrencileri uzerinde yapilan bu calismada, isletme bolumlerinde verilen egitimin girisimcilik hisleri uzerindeki etkileri arastirilmistir. Bu calisma sonucu girisimci olarak adlandirilan bireylerde varligi tespit edilmis olan girisimci hislerinin lisans egitimi basinda ve sonunda girisimci adayi ogrenciler uzerindeki durumlari karsilastirilmis, buna bagli olarak ogrencilerin risk alma egilimi, belirsizlige karsi tolerans ve kendine guven hislerinde ortaya cikan pozitif gelisme tespit edilmistir
SUCUL SİSTEMLERİN İZLENMESİNDE BAZI DİYATOME İNDEKSLERİNİN KULLANILMASI: GÜRLEYİK ÇAYI ÖRNEĞİ (ESKİŞEHİR)

Diyatomeler, tum sucul sistemlerde bulunmalari, kolay orneklenebilmeleri ve kommunite yapilarinin suyun fiziksel ve kimyasal yapisiyla direkt olarak iliskili olmalari sebebi ile su kalitesi izleme calismalarinda en yaygin kullanilan biyoindikator canlilardandir ve bu amacla kullanilmak uzere bircok diyatome indeksi gelistirilmistir. Trofik Diyatome Indeksi (TDI) ve Biyolojik Diyatome Indeksi (BDI), sucul sistemlerin trofik seviyelerinin belirlenmesinde kullanilan onemli diyatome indekslerindendir. Bu calismada, Gurleyik Cayi Yukari Havzasi’ndan 2010 yili ilkbahar mevsiminde epipelik diyatome ornekleri toplanmistir. Calisma sonucunda 19 cinse ait 45 tur tespit edilmis ve Gurleyik Cayi Yukari Havzasi su kalitesinin; TDI indeksine gore mezo – ortofik, BDI indeksine gore ise mezotrofik seviyede oldugu tespit edilmistir.
Öğretmen Adaylarının Matematik Öğretmeye Yönelik Kaygı Düzeylerinin İncelenmesi

This research was conducted in order to determine the levels of mathematics teaching anxiety of pre-service mathematics teachers. Survey design was used in the research. The sample of the research was composed of 475 pre-service mathematics teachers who study in the education faculty in a state university in Turkey. A personal information form and a mathematics teaching anxiety scale were used as a data collection tools in the research. The scale comprises 4 sub-dimensions: teaching anxiety caused by content knowledge, teaching anxiety caused by self-confidence, teaching anxiety caused by attitude towards teaching mathematics and teaching anxiety caused by teaching knowledge. As a result of the research, it was determined that the levels of mathematics teaching anxiety of pre-service teachers are below the average score value. Accordingly, it was detected that there was a difference among the levels of mathematics teaching anxiety of pre-service teachers in terms of teaching anxiety caused by content knowledge sub-dimension and their general anxiety according to elementary undergraduate program and secondary undergraduate program. Moreover, it was observed that there was a difference according to class levels among the mathematics teaching anxiety of pre-service mathematics teachers’ mathematics teaching anxiety in terms of the sub-dimension of teaching knowledge. Lastly, it was determined that the anxiety of mathematics teaching of pre-service teachers did not differ in terms of gender.
When computer use is associated with Negative science achievement

One surprising result of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is that computer use in the classroom was negatively associated with high student achievement in Cyprus, Hong Kong and the USA. The students from all three countries who indicated that they use computers in the classroom most frequently, were those with the lowest achievement on the TIMSS in 1995. For the purpose of this study, a similar comparison was made for 15-year-old USA students, based on the data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). The results of this study are clearer, however, since they show that it is not computer use itself that has a positive or negative effect on the science achievement of students, but the way in which computers are used. For example in this study, after controlling for the student’s socioeconomic status in the USA, the results indicated that the students who used computers frequently at home including for the purpose of writing papers tended to have higher science achievement. However, the results of this study also show that science achievement was negatively related to the use of certain types of educational software. This indicates a result similar to that found in the TIMSS data, which might reflect the fact that teachers assign the use of the computer and of the educational software to the lower achieving students more frequently, so that these students can obtain more personal and direct feedback through educational software. It should be emphasized that this does not imply that computer use is the cause of the low science achievement for these students.