Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hybrid Rigid-Flexible Magnetoresistive Device Based on a Wafer Level Packaging Technology for Micrometric Proximity Measurements

The sensor technology and the packaging method influence drastically the device performance by conditioning its sensitivity, the operating conditions and the distance between the magnetic source and the sensor. Magnetic encoders based on magnetoresistive (MR) sensors standout as a technology immune to dust, oil and fluids, and a cheaper system than optical solutions. Furthermore, they provide a higher spatial resolution, sensitivity and bandwidth than Hall effect sensors. However, to achieve a competitive prototype for applications with high constraints, it is necessary to combine state-of-the-art MR sensors with a packaging solution that entails a minimum impact on the sensor performance. Therefore, a new packaging method developed at wafer level is proposed for motion and positioning systems in planar architectures. The final prototype consists on a hybrid rigid-flexible MR probe combining a sensing chip with a flexible polyimide (PI) connector. This packaging technique pushes the contacts and establish electrical contact with the outer electronics on the back side or at a lower level parallel to the sensor plane, achieving a minimum distance of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$7.5~\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> between the sensor and the magnetic source. Finally, the device was successfully implemented as a magnetic encoder on a linear magnetic scale with <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$80~\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> bit length revealing a sin/cos like signal with an amplitude of 42 mV<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{\mathrm {RMS}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> at a reading distance of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$80~\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.
Effects of a three-pronged intervention on oral reading fluency and reading achievement: a case study

The purpose of this case study was to examine the effects of a three-pronged literacy intervention incorporating strategies and instruction in word identification, decoding by syllable, and oral reading practice on oral reading fluency and overall reading achievement. The participant was an eight year old male student struggling in reading achievement, particularly in oral reading fluency. The intervention followed a two day rotation utilizing a gradual release of responsibility instructional model. Several elements of the intervention incorporated the use of instructional technology. Multiple forms of data were collected, including preintervention data, pretest to posttest data, qualitative data, and ongoing progress monitoring. These data measured oral reading rate and accuracy, reading comprehension, word identification, and word attack. Statistically significant progress was found in all literacy areas noted except for the pretest to posttest oral reading fluency rate. Recommendations include emphasizing successive readings of the same text, using voice recording technology, emphasizing the parent-teacher relationship, and decreasing the participant’s reliance upon external reinforcement. EFFECTS OF A THREE-PRONGED INTERVENTION 6
Infrastructure investments, technologies and jobs in Asia

ABSTRACT Development economists have considered physical infrastructure to be a precondition for industrialization and economic development. Infrastructure investments play a particularly important role in expanding overall employment opportunities either directly by absorbing workers or indirectly by crowding in private investments, technology adoption, and production activities through which new jobs are created. As investments in infrastructure increasingly address the integration of technology and sustainability principles, the nature of jobs and skill requirements are also changing. On one hand, augmented public funding can favor infrastructure investments that have higher employment elasticity to ensure adequate job creation. On the other hand, the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution calls for a more skill-intensive workforce. Using findings from existing studies on infrastructure and data from Asian Development Bank, this paper discusses changing infrastructure investments in a rapidly changing technological environment and how developing countries can reap employment creation benefits through innovations.
The Effect of Sky View Factor on Air temperature in High-rise Urban Residential Environments

Urban geometry is defined by the height, length, width, and distance of buildings, which affect the urban environment and its microclimate, especially a high-rise and high-density urban environment, such as Tehran. In this regard, the Sky View Factor (SVF) may often be a desirable criterion in identifying the interaction between urban geometry and the air temperature in densely populated areas. The research aim was to investigate the SVF in an urban microclimate of a high-rise residential complex and to evaluate its effect on air temperature. To do so, a case study of the Atisaz in Tehran as a high-rise urban residential complex was selected as the fundamental study model of this research. The selected configuration was simulated and analyzed using the ENVI-met model. In addition, the effects of the SVF value on air temperature are discussed throughout this paper. SPSS software was used to correlate, analyze, and construct an accurate relationship between air temperature and SVF during the hottest and coldest days of the year. The obtained results showed that there is a direct relation between SVF and air temperature during the day as well as an inverse relation at night. Furthermore, there was a small difference in air temperature for dense and semi-dense spaces in the high-rise residential complex. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by solarlits.com. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
It’s Just a Kid’s Game: An Ethnographic Approach Examining the Intersection of Societal, Social, and Cultural Elements of The Midwestern Kickball League

For this dissertation, I conducted an interpretive ethnography of the Midwestern Kickball League (a pseudonym). The ethnography was grounded in a circuit of culture framework, and I immersed myself within the culture of the Midwestern Kickball League for the 2018 season where I attended practices, games, podcasts, charity events, social events, Game of the Weeks, and after parties. I became a participant (as) observer within the league and utilized ethnographic methods such as observations, informal and formal interviews, participant journals, a researcher diary, and material/digital products. I employed a circuit of culture model as a guide to understanding the fluid process of culture within the Midwestern Kickball League. Specifically, I analyzed culture through the production, representation, and consumption of cultural product throughout the league. I also implemented a multi-level (societal/community, organizational, and individual) examination of culture based in various academic research paradigms. A theoretical framework was formulated from literature on organizational culture, identity theory, social identity theory, sense of community, social capital, and sport participant motivation. The results are conveyed in the form of an interpretive ethnography, where I was able to provide personal accounts that contributed to the understanding of the Midwestern Kickball League context. In all, I used the six chapters that follow to provide an in-depth exploration of a captivating and complex cultural setting.
Online expert mediators. : The rise of a new ‘bipolar’ stakeholder or going beyond interactional expertise in the blogosphere

Using Collins and Evans’ (2002) concept of interactional expertise, this article examines the online activities of three bloggers diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It argues that by combining medical knowledge with their situated experiences, and by utilizing the affordances of blogs, these bloggers have become a new type of stakeholder, the online expert mediator. Collins and Evans’ concept is extended by taking into consideration the role of the medium through which interactional expertise is displayed and by showing that its bi-directional character is more substantial than they had envisaged. The rise of this new stakeholder category denotes a possible turn from community activism to exceptional entrepreneurial selves. Despite views that the internet would have broad democratizing effects, the findings show that the high standing of online expert mediators is not the result of a subversive use of this medium, but of a dynamic alliance with ‘traditional’ experts and of a strong media presence.
The role of lipid laden macrophages in airways disease

II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . III TABLE OF CONTENTS . IV LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES . IX ABBREVIATIONS . XI 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTHMA . 2 1.1.1 Clinical Presentation . 2 1.1.2 Diagnosis . 2 1.1.3 Treatment . 3 1.1.4 Phenotypes . 4 1.2 GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX . 5 1.2. 1 Clinical Presentation . 6 1.2. 2 Diagnosis . 7 1.2. 3 Treatment . 7 1.3 THE REFLUX ASTHMA ASSOCIATION . 8 1.3.1 Acid . 10 1.3.2 Enzymes . 11 1.3.3 Bacteria . 12 1.3.4 Food Matter. 12 1.4 THE ORIGIN OF THE MACROPHAGE. 15 1.4. 1 Haematopoietic Stem Cells . 15 1.4. 2 Haematopoiesis in the Bone Marrow . 16 1.4. 3 Major Cytokines and Growth Factors of Myelopoiesis . 16 1.4. 3.1 M-CSF . 17 1.4. 3.2 GM-CSF . 19 1.4. 3.3 G-CSF. 19 1.4. 3.4 IL-3 . 20 1.4. 4 Adhesion and Molecular Interaction in the BM . 20 1.4. 5 Functional Development of Macrophage Precursors . 21 1.4. 6 Monocyte Extravasion and Migration to the Alveoli . 22
I Didn’t Want to Offend You: The Cost of Avoiding Sensitive Questions

Within a conversation, individuals balance competing concerns, such as the motive to gather information and the motives to avoid discomfort and to create a favorable impression. Across three pilot studies and four experimental studies, we demonstrate that individuals avoid asking sensitive questions, because they fear making others uncomfortable and because of impression management concerns. We demonstrate that this aversion to asking sensitive questions is both costly and misguided. Even when we incentivized participants to ask sensitive questions, participants were reluctant to do so in both face-to-face and computer-mediated chat conversations. Interestingly, rather than accurately anticipating how sensitive questions will influence impression formation, we find that question askers significantly overestimate the interpersonal costs of asking sensitive questions. Across our studies, individuals formed similarly favorable impressions of partners who asked non-sensitive (e.g., “Are you a morning person? ”) and sensitive (e.g., “What are your views on abortion? ”) questions, despite askers’ reticence to ask sensitive questions.
The ERCC2 K751 polymorphism is associated with breast cancer risk.

Introduction: Numerous studies are addressing associations of polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and cancer risks, because accurate and efficient DNA repair is crucial to genomic integrity and fidelity. ERCC2 are important in DNA nucleotide excision repair and lie on chromosome 19q13.3. We genotyped constitutive variants ERCC2 K751Q and R156R in approximately 400 adults with breast adenocarcinoma and 160 controls of Iranian women. Material and methods: Totally 560 Iranian sporadic breast cancer affected women compare to control group were studied by PCR-RFLP for ERCC2 (K751Q and R156R). Results: Our results showed that heterozygote genotype ERCC2 (751) has the highest frequency in both groups (21.8 in patients and 8.7 in control group). The genotype ERCC2 (751) GT were most risk factor in our population [GG/TT odds ratio, 5.90 (95% confidence interval, CI 11.45-12.15) p = 0.001, GG/GT odds ratio, 4.737 (95% CI, 9.03-9.92) p = 0.029, TT/GT odds ratio, 5.465 (95% CI, 10.41-11.45) p = 0.002]. Conclusions: We conclude that not only G/G and T/T in our patients was not associated with breast cancer risk but also there is a relation between presence of G/T and increasing of breast cancer risk.
Internet Addiction in Kurdistan University Students: Prevalence and Association with Self-Control

This study aims to reveal the prevalence of internet addiction among Kurdish university students and its association with self-control. 623 students form 19 universities in various colleges and schools, 335 boys (54 %) and 288 (46%) girls took part in this study in which they were asked to complete an internet addiction and self-control self-report. The findings indicated that the prevalence of internet addiction among Kurdish university population is very high, concluding that 36.5% of the participants met the internet addiction criteria. In addition, it was found that males and females are equally susceptible to becoming addicted to the internet. The results also showed that internet addiction correlates negatively to the self-control and positively with impulsive behaviour. Based on the regression analysis, 15.7% of the variance of internet addiction can be explained by self-control. Further study should investigate the effect of internet addiction on discomfort intolerance.
Comparative analysis of the top six and bottom six teams’ corner kick strategies in the 2015/2016 English Premier League

ABSTRACT This study compared the corner kick strategies employed by the top six and bottom six teams across 120 matches of the 2015/2016 English Premier League Season. In total, 2,303 corner kicks were examined by univariate analyses (individual χ2) and bivariate analyses with contingency tables (χ2 and association measures). Top six teams favoured an outswinging delivery, whilst the bottom six teams favoured inswinging deliveries (p < 0.001). Top six teams operated a dynamic attacking organisation during ball deliveries (p < 0.001), whereas the bottom six operated static and dynamic attacking strategies in equal measure. Top six teams took corner kicks frequently when winning or drawing, whereas bottom six teams took most corner kicks when losing or drawing (match status, p < 0.001). Bivariate analyses identified that goals were scored from corner kicks when attacking organisation was dynamic, two defenders were on the posts and the score line was level (p < 0.05). Results supplement the design of practice tasks that afford successful corner kicks in training and game play scenarios.
A review of the conceptualization of organizational citizenship behavior

Scholarly interest in the concept of organizational citizenship behavior has increased but the notion is still in its emerging stage of development. Therefore, this study intends to review a scholarly research on the conceptualization of organizational citizenship behavior and its development. This study searched for organizational citizenship behavior related articles available at the academic research databases namely Scopus and Web of Science. The keywords that were used for searching articles were “organizational citizenship behavior”, and “extra-role behavior”. This study found that organizational citizenship behavior comprises of mainly five dimensions namely altruism, conscientiousness, courtesy, sportsmanship, and civic virtue. Lastly, implications are provided.
THE TEACHER’S USE OF TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING BASED ON SCIENTIFIC APPROACH AT SMP NEGERI 4 AND SMP NEGERI 5 SINGARAJA

This study was conducted as an attempt to investigate in what step of scientific approach theteachers most frequently use translation in English Language Teaching as well as to find out the teachers’reasons toward the use of translation in English Language Teaching based on scientific approach atSMP Negeri 4 Singaraja and SMP Negeri 5 Singaraja. It was conducted in qualitative research design.There were two teachers chosen as the subjects of study. The data were collected through audio recordingthe teaching and learning process and interviewing the subjects of study, while the techniques ofanalyzing data were done descriptively following the four processes according to the theory of Miles &Huberman (1984), namely: data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. Theresults of analysis indicated that the teachers most frequently used translation in exploring step of scientificapproach. In addition, there were seven teachers’ reasons found in relation to the use of translationin the classroom, namely to help the students’ difficulty in: (1) understanding the instruction given bythe teacher, (2) understanding the English vocabulary, (3) asking something in English, (4) understandingthe tenses or grammar, (5) understanding the material deeply, (6) doing the task, and (7) presentingtheir work. The related parties interested in the same area of the research should give deeper concern indoing wider range of aspects involved in further study.Keywords : Translation, the Use of L1 in ELT, Scientific Approach
Systems Factorial Technology: A Theory Driven Methodology for the Identification of Perceptual and Cognitive Mechanisms

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Systems Factorial Technology: A Theory Driven Methodology for the Identification of Perceptual and Cognitive Mechanisms explores the theoretical and methodological tools used to investigate fundamental questions central to basic psychological and perceptual processes. Such processes include detection, identification, classification, recognition, and decision-making. This book collects the tools that allow researchers to deal with the pervasive model mimicry problems which exist in standard experimental and theoretical paradigms and includes novel applications to not only basic psychological questions, but also clinical diagnosis and links to neuroscience. Researchers can use this book to begin using the methodology behind SFT and to get an overview of current uses and future directions. The collected developments and applications of SFT allow us to peer inside the human mind and provide strong constraints on psychological theory. Provides a thorough introduction to the diagnostic tools offered by SFT Includes a tutorial on applying the method to reaction time data from a variety of different situations Introduces novel advances for testing the significance of SFT results Incorporates new measures that allow for the relaxation of the high accuracy criterion Examines tools to expand the scope of SFT analyses Applies SFT to a spectrum of different cognitive domains across different sensory modalities.
MAINSTREAMING A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND PRACTICE IN AFRICA? PERSPECTIVES OF NIGERIAN BSW STUDENTS

A developmental approach offers a unique and multifaceted direction to social work practice, in that, as a practice strategy, it proposes intervention mechanisms that address broader socioeconomic and structural challenges in contrast to the remedial model’s emphasis on individualized problems. Consequently, applying a developmental approach to social work practice is crucial to promoting the liberation and empowerment of people. As future practitioners, it is imperative that the views of social work students are heard. Semi-structured interviews was conducted among social work students in one major university in southern Nigeria. Results show that this approach is very limited in social work education in Nigeria. Although involving a cohort of students, this study may have broader implications for social work in Nigeria. Suggestions are offered to social work educators to ensure that students are well equipped in this approach to practice.
Consequences of Providing Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Nurse retention is a serious issue in health care. It is essential to improve nurse retention and reduce the nursing shortage in order to maintain and improve quality of nursing care. Compassion fatigue can be a risk factor that may impact nurse retention, as it has negative psychophysical effects on nurses in clinical practice. These negative effects of compassion fatigue can influence the nurse-patient relationship and quality of nursing care; moreover, they can potentially and negatively affect patient safety. Consequently, they can decrease patient, nurse, and organizational outcomes in the health care system. The purpose of this paper is to deepen the knowledge of compassion fatigue for the nursing profession. The issues that make it difficult to understand and investigate the phenomenon of compassion fatigue in nursing practice are explicated. The concept of compassion fatigue is described as one of the negative consequences of providing nursing care along with two other negative consequences, secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Each concept is defined in order to distinguish compassion fatigue from the two other related concepts. In addition, issues in measuring compassion fatigue are discussed. Finally, relevant factors that influence negative consequences of providing nursing care are suggested for future research. These findings can enhance the understanding of compassion fatigue from a nursing perspective.
Fault Diagnosis for Electromechanical Drivetrains Using a Joint Distribution Optimal Deep Domain Adaptation Approach

Robust and reliable drivetrain is important for preventing electromechanical (e.g., wind turbine) downtime. In recent years, advanced machine learning (ML) techniques including deep learning have been introduced to improve fault diagnosis performance for electromechanical systems. However, electromechanical systems (e.g., wind turbine) operate in varying working conditions, meaning that the distribution of the test data (in the target domain) is different from the training data used for model training, and the diagnosis performance of an ML method may become downgraded for practical applications. This paper proposes a joint distribution optimal deep domain adaptation approach (called JDDA) based auto-encoder deep classifier for fault diagnosis of electromechanical drivetrains under the varying working conditions. First, the representative features are extracted by the deep auto-encoder. Then, the joint distribution adaptation is used to implement the domain adaptation, so the classifier trained with the source domain features can be used to classify the target domain data. Lastly, the classification performance of the proposed JDDA is tested using two test-rig datasets, compared with three traditional machine learning methods and two domain adaptation approaches. Experimental results show that the JDDA can achieve better performance compared with the reference machine learning, deep learning and domain adaptation approaches.