Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Employability through health? Partnership-based governance and the delivery of Pathways to Work condition management services

The Pathways to Work (PtW) initiative has been rolled out in 49 Jobcentre Plus districts across Great Britain as the government seeks to provide services to activate claimants of incapacity benefits and help them overcome health-related barriers to work. The recent expansion of PtW has seen a heavy reliance on the contracting-out of services to the private and third sectors, with ‘Lead Providers’ paid according to job outcomes achieved for clients. However, during the initial development of PtW, the initiative was defined by a flexible, partnership-based form of governance, with a key role for the public National Health Service (NHS) in the delivery of health ‘condition management’ services. This approach has been retained in a minority of Jobcentre Plus Districts. Based upon a review of previous evaluation evidence and more than 50 in-depth interviews with NHS staff and managers, this article critically assesses this partnership-based governance model and the potential added value flowing from the involvement of the NHS and its professional clinicians in the delivery of condition management services. The article concludes by identifying lessons for the continuing development of governance and delivery mechanisms for condition management under the PtW regime and future employability/health interventions.
The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability

The disparity between rich and poor countries is the most serious, intractable problem facing the world today. Chronic poverty affects more than the citizens and economies of these nations; it threatens global stability as the pressures of immigration become unsustainable and rogue nations seek power and influence through extreme political and terrorist acts. For decades, a vast array of international institutions has pumped billions of dollars into these nations in an attempt to remedy their ills through the development of technological infrastructures, educational systems, and health care programs. Yet despite this infusion of capital and attention, roughly five billion of the world's six billion people continue to live in poverty. What isn't working? And how can we fix it? "The Power of Productivity" provides powerful and controversial answers to these questions. William Lewis, director emeritus of the McKinsey Global Institute, draws on extensive microeconomic studies of thirteen nations - conducted over twelve years by the Institute itself - to counter virtually all prevailing wisdom about how best to ameliorate economic disparity. The key to reducing economic inequalities between rich and poor countries, argues Lewis, is productivity and its links to competition and consumption. Diagnosing problems and offering solutions, "The Power of Productivity" will inform political and economic debate throughout the world for years to come.
Unveiling the Male Corset

Contemporary sociological research indicates rural men face increasing pressure to comply with hegemonic masculine gender norms. Adopting Butler’s poststructural theory of gender performativity, this study presents findings from qualitative interviews with twenty-five self-identified male Goths living in rural Australia, revealing how participants enacted masculinity and how rurality shaped gender performance. Despite participants’ believing their Goth identity transcended geographic location, Goth self-expression of counternormative masculinity was met with societal pressure. Rural Australian communities were presented as strongly upholding normative, traditional gender expectations as most participants experienced adverse responses, namely, homophobic hostility, employment discrimination, bullying, and/or physical assault, which necessitated modification of gender performance for individual safety and well-being. Participants largely attributed negative reactions to rural communities’ “closed-mindedness” in contrast with the “open-mindedness” they experienced in urban communities. Overall, participants believed urban communities in Australia and beyond displayed greater acceptance of diverse gender performances than rural Australia.
Role of Argyrophilic Nucleolar Organiser Region Staining in Effusions for Detection of Malignancy - Diagnostic Test Evaluation

1 Senior Resident, 2 Assistant Professor, 3 Professor Dept of Pathology, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala Corresponding Author Dr Freena Rose Assistant Professor, Dept of Pathology, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, Pin 680596 Phone No: 9446551832, 0487 2204832, Email: freenarose@yahoo.com ABSTRACT The frequency of AgNORs within the nuclei is higher in malignant cells than in normal, reactive or benign neoplastic cells. 80 serous effusions received in the Cytology Lab during the study period, which could be proved as benign or malignant by biopsy were included & AgNOR study was done. Statistically significant difference was noted in AgNOR size, count, dispersion & mean AgNOR value between benign & malignant effusions. AgNOR study appears to be clinically useful as an additional diagnostic tool in serous effusion when the cytologic diagnosis is difficult.
An Analysis of Bitcoin Acceptance in Indonesia

This research intended to understand the factors affecting the acceptance of Bitcoin technology in Indonesia. It adopted the model of Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), which took into account four influencing factors. Those were performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions. The factors of gender and age were assumed to moderate the relations between those four factors and use and behavioral intention. The empirical data for those factors were collected by questionnaires from 49 respondents. The statistical significance of the relationships was evaluated by multivariate regression analysis. The result is a model that matches the data with R2 = 0,678. It demonstrates a high level of fitness. The analysis suggests that the performance expectancy factor and the social influence factor greatly affect the behavioral intention to use Bitcoin with the values of t-statistic of 3,835 (p-value = 0,000) for the former factor and 1,948 (0,059) for the latter factor. However, the social influence factor has less profound effect on the behavioral intention.
Effect of Solar Drying on the Proximate and Microbial Composition Of Abelmoschus esculentus *

Okra fruits were subjected to drying using a local solar fabricator designed by the Department of Physics, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. There was significant differences between the mean temperatures of the colour light frequencies compared with the control (p <0.05) throughout the period of drying. Okra dried with deep green and light purple colour frequencies had the highest crude protein content (23.2%), and carbohydrate (76.8%) respectively, light red and deep brown had the lowest vitamin C content (4.21) when compared with the control (9.47). Also light green (1.07%), light purple (0.80%) and black (10.07%) had the highest crude fat, crude fibre and ash respectively compared with the control ash (0.99%), crude fat (0.71%), crude fibre (9.85%). It was revealed that these colours were significantly different (p<0.05) from the control. The relative humidity ranged from 53.0% to 64.3%. There was reduction in the acidic content of the dried okra compared with the fresh fruits for all colour frequencies and control. The light blue had the highest average bacterial count of 8.7 x 104 cfu/ml while the light green had the lowest count of 5.0 x 104 cfu/ml. The microorganisms isolated were widely distributed in all the okra samples.
The influence of knowledge visualization on externalizing tacit knowledge

The process of teaching and learning suffers from poor conceptualizations of tacit knowledge to be explicit. This paper interprets and externalizes lecturer tacit knowledge based on knowledge visualization approach. Externalization process is a process of converting tacit knowledge such as ideas and experiences into written form so that it can be transferrred to the students. Thus knowledge visualization is used as an approach to externalize lecturer tacit knowledge through teaching material to be shared among the students. An exploratory research is adapted to discuss the issue of externalization process based on knowledge visualization approach. A conceptual framework is developed which provides an analytical perspective on externalizing tacit knowledge. The results of this study reveal that knowledge visualization is one of the approaches to convert lecturer tacit knowledge to student explicit knowledge in teaching and learning process.
A visual indication of environmental humidity using a color changing hologram recorded in a self-developing photopolymer

A reflection hologram for visual indication of environmental humidity has been studied. The hologram is recorded in a self-developing photopolymer and changes color when exposed to a change in humidity and is fully reversible. The range of color change, reversibility, and the response time of the hologram have been studied in a controlled humidity environment. Fully reversible holograms with response times from few seconds to tens of minutes have been designed. Extremely sensitive bright visual humidity indicators, capable of dramatic color change within a few seconds of breathing on them are demonstrated.
Experimental and Numerical Studies of Vortex Induced Vibration on Cylinder

Study of vibrations due to vortex shedding (VIV) in the wake of a cylinder that is exposed to current or oscillatory flow is very important, especially for marine risers which are used to extract oil and gas from the sea bed. The phenomenon of vortex induced vibration (VIV) has been one of the major concerns for hydrodynamic researchers due to its potential ability to cause severe fatigue damage. The hydrodynamics of VIV is very complex and still not fully understood. In this paper, some results (amplitude over diameter, lift and drag coefficients) of high Reynolds VIV experiments that are performed in UTM towing tank with an in-house test set-up are presented. A circular cylinder of 114 mm in diameter and 3 min length was towed at constant speed through the basin at Reynolds numbers up to 1.1x10 5 . Model tests with a stationary cylinder and tests with a freely vibrating cylinder were carried out to investigate the influence of VIV on drag coefficient. Later these results are compared with results obtained through 3D numerical simulation, LES is used to solve turbulence flow. It was found that CFD results showed similar trends with experimental results. Results of this paper can be very important to design riser system and future endeavor to perform similar kind of experiments. Successful numerical study of the VIV can also be fruitful for designing efficient VIV suppression devices.
Optimised cetyltrimethylammonium bromide ( CTAB ) DNA extraction method of plant leaf with high polysaccharide and polyphenolic compounds for downstream reliable molecular analyses

Yam (Dioscorea species) and banana (Musa species) leaf sample contain high levels of polysaccharide and polyphenolic compounds. Extraction of good quality DNA from such leaves is usually problematic. Therefore, there is a need to extract good quality DNA in order to perform downstream DNA analysis, especially for the detection of viruses due to their low titration in some infected leaves. The cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) DNA extraction method was selected in order to optimise DNA extraction from plant material with high level of polysaccharides. Four steps of the Lodhi et al. (1994) method were modified to be user friendly in less resource laboratories of developing countries. Yield and purity of the extracted DNAs were quantified using a NanoDrop 2000 spectrophotometer and by migration on an agarose gel after polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. The results of the DNA yields and purity were in the range of 287.40±2.23 to 424.95±1.85 ng/ul and 2.10±0.05 to 2.19±0.04, respectively. Modification was found to yield DNA of reasonable quantity, quality and purity. Furthermore, the method can be used in a laboratory with less sophisticated waste disposal system.
TRADE AND IMMIGRATION: DOES IT MATTER WHERE IMMIGRANTS WORK? a

Immigrant employment often concentrates in non-traded goods sectors and many immigrants have low inter-sectoral mobility. We consider these observed characteristics of immigrant employment for the question of how immigration affects a nation’s pattern of production and trade. We model an economy producing three goods; one is non -traded. Domestic labor and capital are domestically mobile but internationally immobile. Some immigrant labor is specific to the non-traded sector. Our model indicates that the output and trade effects of immigration depend importantly on the sector and nature of immigrant employment. Empirical investigation of the model’s predictions indicates that trade and immigration are complements.
Raining lead around 250mya : a smoking gun for an Australian impact origin of the Permian Extinction

Recent documentation of extreme atmospheric sulfur and methane contents at the time of the vast Permo-Triassic (P-T) extinction makes it possible to interpret an observation that has lain unnoticed in the geological literature for 40 years. This is the finding of microscopic metallic lead tear drops in the fluvial strata of the early Triassic sandstones that overlie Permian coal beds and other sedimentary deposits in the Sydney basin of Australia. Elemental lead is almost unknown in nature, so its occurrence in these graphite-loaded sandstones is a provocative finding. While climate change and vulcanism could explain the carbon and sulfur anomalies, the only way to account for metallic lead aerodynamic droplets is by massive impact and vaporization of lead mineral-containing formations. Since lead occurs geologically as the sulfide and since lead is an easily reduced element, its occurrence in conjunction with sulfur and carbon count anomalies suggests a bolide impact on carbon-loaded strata in a sulfide mineral-rich region. From these clues, and from stream cross-bedding data, we identify a probable site for the impact, in Bass Strait between Tasmania and Victoria. A gravitational anomaly, similar to that known at the site of the Cretacious-Tertiary (C-T) impact site, conforms with a central uplift. The sudden compression at an Australian impact site would provoke tension fissuring on the opposite side of a shell- structured planet, hence is consistent with the unprecedented flood basalts initiated in Siberia at the P-T boundary. Our interpretation requires that lead microspheres and graphite occur together elsewhere, possibly in Antarctic sandstones.
Evaluating methods of application of biocontrol agent in the control of mungbean root rot

During the kharif season of 1991, field trials were conducted at the National Pulses Research Centre, Vamban, Tamil Nadu, India, to determine the efficacy of seed pelleting and row application of Trichoderma harzianum and T. viride (isolates I, II and III) on the control of dry root rot (caused by Macrophomina phaseolina) of mungbean (Vigna radiata cv. Co3). M. phaseolina infection was reduced by seed pelleting with Trichoderma viride isolates, with talc used as the carrier. Among the isolates, T.viride-III supported higher plant growth, better native Rhizobium nodulation and grain yield. Sclerotial number and root rot incidence were greatly reduced with seed pelleting of antagonists as compared to row application. Rhizosphere soil from the seedpelleting treatment had a higher number of Trichoderma chlamydospores.
Halomonas subglaciescola, a New Species of Halotolerant Bacteria Isolated from Antarctica

Halomonas subglaciescola sp. nov. is proposed, based on the characteristics of 29 strains of halotolerant, nonpigmented bacteria isolated from an Antarctic, hypersaline, meromictic lake. These strains and three reference strains of halotolerant bacteria were tested for 92 attributes. The data were analyzed by numerical taxonomic procedures. The new isolates did not cluster with the three reference strains, which included the type strain of Halomonas elongata. However, some of the isolates did share the following attributes which are characteristic of members of the genus Halomonas: a guanine-plus-cytosine content of 60.9 ± 1.0 to 62.9 ± 0.7 mol%, halotolerancse, largely oxidative mode of metabolism, motility, and peritrichous flagellation. The following are distinguishing features of the new species: cytochrome oxidase positive, no growth at 37°C, and glucose and other sugars are not utilized for growth. The type strain is strain ACAM 12 (= UQM 2926). The species has two biovars; biovar I contains motile strains and is represented by the type strain, and biovar II contains nonmotile strains and is represented by strain ACAM 21 (= UQM 2927).
Optimization of bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus plantarum YJG, isolated from the mucosa of the gut of healthy chickens

The objective was to develop an optimal, albeit low-cost medium for bacteriocin production, thereby facilitating industrial production. Soybean meal and peptide, two low-cost nitrogen sources often applied in industrial fermentation, were used to replace their expensive counterparts in De Man Rogosa and Sharpe (MRS). Two factors were first chosen from the 11 considered in the Plankett-Burman (PB) design. Then, the path of steepest ascent and central composite design (CCD) were used to approach the optimum region of the response and determine the maximum activity of the bacteriocin. Optimal concentration of glucose (36.3 g/l) and NaCl (1.41 g/l) stimulated the production of bacteriocins. And the optimal equation was then verified by 50 L fermentor. Under optimized conditions, Lactobacillus plantarum YJG produced a 1.4 fold higher production of bacteriocin than the common MRS, with 40.6% cost savings relative to non-optimized conditions.
9-29-2011 Punish and Perish ?

The evolution of large-scale cooperation among gene tic strangers is a fundamental unanswered question in the social sciences. Behavioral economics has persuasiv ely shown that so called ‘strong reciprocity’ plays a key role in accounting for the endogenous enforcement o f co peration. Insofar as strongly reciprocal playe rs are willing to costly sanction defectors, cooperation f lourishes. However, experimental evidence unambiguo usly indicates that not only defection and strong recipr ocity, but also unconditional cooperation is a quan tit tively important behavioral attitude. By referring to a prisoner’s dilemma framework wher e punishment (‘stick’) and rewarding (‘carrot’) options are available, here we show analytically that that the presence of c operators who don’t punish in the population makes altruistic punishment evol uti narily weak. We show that cooperation breaks down and strong reciprocity is maladaptive if costly punishment means ‘punishing defectors’ a nd, even more so, if it is coupled with costly rewardin g of cooperators. In contrast, punishers don’t peri sh if cooperators, far from being rewarded, are sanctioned. These results, based on an extended notion of str ong reciprocity, challenge evolutionary explanations of c operation that overlook the ‘dark side’ of altru istic behavior.
Early Left Ventricular Function Abnormalities in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Introduction: Our aim was to assess by Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) the early left ventricular (LV) myocardial function abnormalities in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods: Thirty four patients (11 females, 23 males, aged 25-51) with newly diagnosed, nontreated OSA and normal echocardiographic parameters of LV diastolic and systolic function were investigated. The patients with known cardiovascular or respiratory disease were excluded. The LV end-systolic longitudinal strain (LS), peaksystolic longitudinal strain rate (LSR) and isovolumetric acceleration (IVA) of the septal and lateral mitral annulus was evaluated by TDI. Twenty two healthy persons (9 women, 13 men, and aged 23-48) were assessed as controls. Results: All OSA patients demonstrated significant decrease of the LV end-systolic LS: -15.7 ± 0.42% vs controls: -18.9 ± 0.56% (p<0.01) and LV peak-systolic LSR: 1.72 ± 0.63 s-1 vs 3.19 ± 0.68 s-1, respectively (p<0.001). The IVA was also reduced: the septal mitral annulus: -2.82 ± 0.45 cm/sec in OSA vs -4.03 ± 0.6 cm/sec in healthy subjects (p<0.01) and the lateral mitral annulus: -3.37 ± 0.54 cm/sec in gr. I vs -4.29 ± 0.42 cm/sec in gr. II (p<0.01). Conclusions: Tissue Doppler Imaging might be a reliable method for detection of early abnormalities in LV function in patients with OSA. Reduction of longitudinal strain, strain rate and isovolumetric acceleration might be present in patients with OSA, even without overt diastolic or systolic LV dysfunction. Further studies with larger sample size are needed.
One more derivation of the Lorentz transformation

After a criticism of the emphasis put on the invariance of the speed of light in standard derivations of the Lorentz transformation, another approach to special relativity is proposed. It consists of an elementary version of general group‐theoretical arguments on the structure of space–time, and makes use only of simple mathematical techniques. The principle of relativity is first stated in general terms, leading to the idea of equivalent frames of reference connected through ’’inertial’’ transformations obeying a group law. The theory of relativity then is constructed by constraining the transformations through four successive hypotheses: homogeneity of space–time, isotropy of space–time, group structure, causality condition. Only the Lorentz transformations and their degenerate Galilean limit obey these constraints. The role and significance of each one of the hypotheses is stressed by exhibiting and discussing counterexamples, that is, transformations obeying all but one of these hypotheses.
FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF HOT MIX ASPHALT MODIFIED WITH NANO AL2O3 – AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Nanotechnology is one of the most important research areas and is presented in the vast fields of knowledge such as road construction industry has been surrounded. This paper has focused on the potential benefits of nano particles for modification of asphalt mixtures. Nano Al2O3 due to its unique properties can improve the dynamic characteristics of hot mix asphalt. Fatigue life of asphaltic samples is determined with indirect tensile fatigue tests by using of UTM. The results show that fatigue life of modified asphalt mixtures in compare with conventional mix is significantly increased. Beside, based on experimental results and numerical analyses, a new model is presented for prediction the fatigue behavior of asphalt mixtures modified with nano Al2O3. This model can completely characterized the fatigue performance of modified asphalt under dynamic loading conditions and different temperatures.