Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
COMPARISON OF TKXTUR 1-: , MINERAl / XiY , AND ORGANIC CONTENT OF SUSPENDED , ACCUMULATING , AND BOTTOM SEDIMENTS WITHIN A COASTAL LAGOON

Suspended, accumulating (trap), and bottom (core) sediment samples were collected from :;ovcn sampl inq sites in Jenkins Sound, a coastal lagoon, near Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Kach sample was analyzed for size distribution (dispersed and non-dispersed), organic carbon content, and clay mineralogy. Smear slides were also examined. In addition, suspended sediment concentrations and accumulation rates (trap samples) were estimated. Examination of trap and core smear slides indicate that the sediments are composed of fine sand-, silt-, and clay-sized mineral grains, polychaete fecal pellets, benthonic foraminifora, plant debris, and planktonic organisms. Suspended sediment is composed of fine siltand clay-sized mineral grains, plant debris, and planktonic organisms. Fecal pellets and benthonic forams are not present. Accumulating and bottom mean sediment sizes range from 96.1 5.9pm (3.38 7.40<}>) and 83.G G.5um (3.58 7.26£) respectively; the mean size is controlled by distance from a local tidal channel. Suspended sediment mean sizes range from 3.6 5.1iim (8.13 7.62>J) and show no regular areal distribution. Comparison of dispersed and non-dispersed size analyses show that most samples were flocculated in situ. Suspended sediment clay mineralogies (average = 22 percent montmorillonite, 41 percent illite, 23 percent chlorite, 1-1 percent kaolinite) are distinctly different from trap-core clay mineralogies
Te- and Bi-bearing assemblages in the Elshitsa and Radka epithermal deposits, Central Srednogorie, Bulgaria: Mineralogy and genetical features

A system and method of engineering project design using a real-time interface with a global computer network comprises a database for approved engineering specific Universal Record Locator (URL) links which is indexed according to predetermined engineering search queries. The URL database is in communication with an Internet server and is accessed by a user via a Web browser. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided which allows a user to perform a categorized database inquiry for an engineering project for using a cascading drop-down menu process for a selected engineering project. A design process template is provided for a specific engineering project which includes formulas and a menu for the project. The user inputs critical parameters regarding the specification and requirements for the engineering project, and iterative calculations are performed to arrive at an acceptable final design using material and component data retrieved from Web pages. Permit and regulatory information based on the geographic location of the project is also obtained from Web pages. A Job Folder Checklist is provided to receive and document all relevant information for the engineering project.
Relationships Between Awareness , Knowledge , Attitudes , And Coping Mechanism In Epilepsy

Objective: The relationships between awareness, knowledge and attitudes (AKA) and coping mechanisms among people with epilepsy (PWE) have not been well-explored particularly in Asia. This study aimed to: identify preferred coping strategies, correlate between AKA and coping mechanisms and compare coping strategies of PWE with different AKA levels. Methods: A cross-sectional sample of epilepsy outpatients was recruited from the Neurology Clinic, Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Kuala Terengganu. The participants completed the Malay AKA Epilepsy and the Malay Brief COPE instruments. The data was analysed using non-parametric statistics. Results: Sixty out of 72 patients (response rate = 83.3%) consented participation (median age = 27.5 years; male = 53.3%; unmarried = 63.3%; Malay = 90.0%; SPM education = 54.2%; unemployed = 35.0%; rural residents = 70.0%). Religion was the most preferred coping strategy (93.3%), followed by Emotional Support (86.7%) and Instrumental Support (81.7%). Awareness was negatively correlated with Instrumental Support (rs = -0.268; p<0.05) while Knowledge was positively linked to Humour (rs = +0.267; p<0.05). Positive associations between Attitudes versus Active Coping and Positive Reframing were also detected (rs = +0.284 to +0.331; p<0.05). Patients with good AKA levels coped significantly better through Self Distraction, Positive Reframing and Humour (p<0.01). Conclusion: AKA levels seemed to influence the type of coping strategies adopted by PWE in dealing with their illness suggesting that, efforts in improving AKA level should be combined with appropriate coping strategies to provide better health outcomes in epilepsy
An elementary way to introduce a Perron-like integral

We give an alternative definition of integral at the generality of the Perron integral and propose an exposition of the foundations of integral theory starting from this new definition. Both definition and proofs needed for the development are unexpectedly simple. We show how to adapt the definition to cover the multidimensional and Stieltjes case and prove that our integral is equivalent to the Henstock-Kurzweil(-Stieltjes) integral.
An exploration of preservice teachers’ educational values of mathematics in relation to gender and attitudes toward mathematics in Nigeria

The study investigated educational values of mathematics in relation to gender and attitudes toward mathematics among 480 Nigerian preservice mathematics teachers from four universities in Southwest, Nigeria using the quantitative research method within the blueprint of the descriptive survey design. Data collected were analysed using the descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation and inferential statistics of independent samples t-test, Pearson moment correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Findings revealed that preservice mathematics teachers showed high level of educational value of mathematics. There were significant possible correlations among preservice mathematics teachers’ practical value, aesthetic value, cultural value, social value, moral value, disciplinary value, recreational value, and attitudes toward mathematics. While gender differences in some dimensions of educational value of mathematics (practical value, disciplinary value, social value, and cultural value) are no longer important and are declining there are subtle gender differences in attitudes toward mathematics and educational values of mathematics in this study. In addition, 73.7% of the variance in preservice teachers’ attitudes toward mathematics was accounted for by the eight predictor variables (gender, practical or utilitarian value, disciplinary value, cultural value, social value, moral value, aesthetic value and recreational value) taken together. Based on this baseline study, it was thus, recommended that future studies in Nigeria should investigate the educational value of mathematics of in-service teachers with varied ethnicity and socio-economic background so as to generalise the results of this study.
A one-dimensional enthalpy model of sea ice

Abstract We present a 1-D enthalpy-based model of sea ice that allows for quantitative studies of sea ice and its interaction with radiative processes, melt ponds, oceanic heat and salt fluxes, internal density changes and surface heat fluxes on a single computational domain. The model provides new insight into the interior structure and the salinity evolution of sea ice. We compare our model results with measurements from laboratory experiments and show for example that no salt is lost from sea ice by brine expulsion.
THE EFFECT OF STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ON THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING *

This study examines the effect of strategic posture and organizational structureon the adoption and implementation of general forms of activity management (AM) approaches. To explain the decision to adopt and implement AM, theories of strategy and of innovation in organizations are drawn upon. Employing a survey methodology, a questionnaire was used to collect data on the organizational determinants and business strategies of a sample of strategic business units in Canadian manufacturing fmns. The questionnaire also collected data on the AM approaches these SBUs had adopted and implemented in the last two years. The results show that strategy influences the extent to which SBUs adopt an AM approach. As expected, organizations with high vertical differentiation are positively associated with the adoption of activity-based costing (ABC) over other forms of AM. Furthermore, centralization and formalization are associated with organizations that actually implement ABC after adopting it. This study provides some insight into the apparent paradox, in the part that despite the theoretical benefits of ABC, relatively few companies employ it and that a material number of those that adopt ABC do not actually implement it. It demonstrates that activity-based costing consists of a series of decisions and that managers have several opportunities to revise their initial choice during the innovation process. It also shows that organizations that adopt and implement ABC are bureaucracies.
Use of Workplace Gossip As a Coping Mechanism For Stress

5 INTRODUCTION . 6 Stress . 7 Gossip . 9 Gossip and the Organisation . 11 Gossip and the Individual . 13 Coping . 15 Rationale for the current study . 17 Hypotheses . 18 METHODS . 19 Design . 19 Participants . 20 Materials . 21 Procedure . 22 RESULTS . 24 Descriptive Statistics . 24 Inferential Statistics . 26
Although it induces synchronized ovulation , hCG reduces the fertility of Santa Ines ewes submitted to TAI

The aim of this study was to evaluate hCG treatment on ovarian response and on pregnancy rate using a 9-day oestrus synchronization protocol in Santa Ines ewes. On a random oestrus cycle day, ewes received an intravaginal progesterone device (Primer-PR ® , Tecnopec, Brazil). Nine days later (Day 9), 30μg of dcloprostenol (Prolise ® , Syntex, Argentina) and 250IU of eCG (Folligon ® , Intervet, Brazil) were administered and the progesterone device was removed. This moment, the ewes were randomly assigned on two groups: Control Group and hCG Group. In the hCG Group, the ewes received 500IU of hCG (Vetecor ® , HertapeCalier, Spain) 24h after device removal. In the Control Group, the ewes did not receive any ovulation inductor. Control and hCG Groups ewes were inseminated 60h and 48h after device removal, respectively. There was no difference between the groups regarding the first ovulatory follicle diameter and the second ovulatory follicle. hCG Group ewes had shorter interval between device removal and ovulation (Control: 79.9±15.4h and hCG: 54.7±4.9h; P=0.001) and more synchronized ovulations. However, the treatment with hCG decreased the pregnancy rate after TAI (P=0,009). In conclusion, hCG administration improves ovulatory synchronisation, but causes a decrease in the pregnancy rate.
Single intra-articular steroid injection of the glenohumeral joint in management of adhesive capsulitis: a comparison between approaches

Background: Adhesive capsulitis is a common, painful musculoskeletal condition of the shoulder associated with loss of range of motion in the glenohumeral joint resulting from contraction of the glenohumeral joint capsule and adherence to the humeral head. Earlier stages of adhesive capsulitis can be treated by intra-articular steroid injections into the glenohumeral joint. This study was designed to study the role of long acting intra-articular corticosteroid injections in combination with simple therapeutic exercises while comparing the outcome of blinded anterior and posterior injection approaches in the management of adhesive capsulitis. Methods: The study comprised of 60 subjects aged 18 years and above who were diagnosed with primary adhesive capsulitis. They were randomly divided into 2 groups i.e., Group A who received blind intra-articular steroid injections via standard anterior approach and group B who received blind intra-articular steroid injection via standard posterior approach. Both groups followed up with a simple home based exercise program. Outcome measures assessed were visual analog scale (VAS) score, shoulder pain assessment disability index (SPADI) and passive shoulder range of motion (ROM). Results: At last follow up, both groups showed statistically significant improvements in all outcome measures i.e., VAS score, SPADI, shoulder ROM. However, comparison between groups did not reveal any statistically significant differences between the two groups. Conclusions: Intra-articular steroid injections into the glenohumeral joint in conjunction with simple physiotherapy are effective in improving pain, function and shoulder ROM in adhesive capsulitis. Both the anterior and posterior injection approaches provide good results.
Effects of Education Based on Health Belief Model on Dietary Adherence in Diabetic Patients

Background : Diet adherence, as one of the cornerstones of diabetes self-management, is important to improve glycemic control and preventing diabetes complications. Health Belief Model (HBM) is one of the most helpful models used in health education programs. Aim of this study was to determine the effects of education based on HBM on diet obedience in type 2 diabetic patients. Methods : In this quasi-experimental study, 128 diabetic patients referred to Fatemeh Zahra hospital of Najafabad, a city located in central region of Iran, were randomly allocated into 2 groups. The experiment group participated in four 40-minutes educational classes which were designed based on HBM. Data were gathered both before and 3 months after intervention and then were analyzed. Results : After the intervention, significant differences were found between groups about perceived susceptibility (P≤0.001), perceived severity (P≤0.001), perceived barriers (P=0.004) and practice (diet obedience) (P<0.001). Conclusion : The results showed that using HBM in diabetes education program is effective in diet obedience among type 2 diabetic patients.
238U‐230Th‐226Ra‐210Pb‐210Po, 232Th‐228Ra, and 235U‐231Pa constraints on the ages and petrogenesis of Vailulu'u and Malumalu Lavas, Samoa

We report 238U‐230Th‐226Ra‐210Pb‐210Po, 232Th‐228Ra and 235U‐231Pa measurements for a suite of 14 geologically and geochemically well‐characterized basaltic samples from the Samoan volcanoes Vailulu'u, Malumalu, and Savai'i. Maximum eruption ages based on the presence of parent‐daughter disequilibria indicate that Vailulu'u is magmatically productive with young lavas (<8 Ka) resurfacing both its summit crater and lower flanks. 210Pb and 210Po measurements indicate that several flows have erupted within its summit crater in the past 100 years, with the newest observed flow being erupted in November of 2004. For lavas which have eruption ages that are demonstrably young, relative to the half‐lives of 230Th, 231Pa, and 226Ra, we interpret their 238U ‐230Th, 235U‐231Pa and 230Th ‐ 226Ra disequilibria in terms of the magmatic processes occurring beneath the Samoan Islands. (230Th/238U) > 1 indicates that garnet is required as a residual phase in the magma sources for all these lavas. The large range of (238U/232Th) and (230Th/232Th) is attributed to long‐term source variation. The Samoan basalts are all alkaline basalts and show significant 230Th and 231Pa excesses but limited variability, indicating that they have been derived by small but similar extents of melting. Their (230Th/238U), (231Pa/235U) and Sm/Nd fractionation are consistent with correlations among other ocean island basalt suites (particularly Hawaii) which show that (230Th/238U) and (231Pa/235U) of many OIBS can be explained by simple time‐independent models. Interpretation of the 226Ra data requires time‐dependent melting models. Both chromatographic porous flow and dynamic melting of a garnet peridotite source can adequately explain the combined U‐Th‐Ra and U‐Pa data for these Samoan basalts. Several young samples from the Vailulu'u summit crater also exhibit significant 210Pb deficits that reflect either shallow magmatic processes or continuous magma degassing. In both cases, decadal residence times are inferred from these 210Pb deficits. The young coeval volcanism on Malumalu and Vailulu'u suggests the Samoa hot spot is currently migrating to the northeast due to dynamic interaction with the Tonga slab.
A multi-model study of impacts of climate change on surface ozone in Europe

The impact of climate change on surface ozone over Europe was studied using four offline regional chemistry transport models (CTMs) and one online regional integrated climate-chemistry model (CCM), driven by the same global projection of future climate under the SRES A1B scenario. Anthropogenic emissions of ozone precursors from RCP4.5 for year 2000 were used for simulations of both present and future periods in order to isolate the impact of climate change and to assess the robustness of the results across the different models. The sensitivity of the simulated surface ozone to changes in climate between the periods 20002009 and 2040-2049 differs by a factor of two between the models, but the general pattern of change with an increase in southern Europe is similar across different models. Emissions of isoprene differ substantially between different CTMs ranging from 1.6 to 8.0 Tg yr(-1) for the current climate, partly due to differences in horizontal resolution of meteorological input data. Also the simulated change in total isoprene emissions varies substantially across models explaining part of the different climate response on surface ozone. Ensemble mean changes in summer mean ozone and mean of daily maximum ozone are close to 1 ppb(v) in parts of the land area in southern Europe. Corresponding changes of 95-percentiles of hourly ozone are close to 2 ppb(v) in the same region. In northern Europe ensemble mean for mean and daily maximum show negative changes while there are no negative changes for the higher percentiles indicating that climate impacts on O-3 could be especially important in connection with extreme summer events.
Adoption of Point of Sale Terminals in Nigeria: Assessment of Consumers' Level of Satisfaction

The adoption of Point of Sale Terminal for financial transaction is expected to reduce large volume of currency in circulation. However, the adoption of the e-payment system is comparatively lower to other payment systems in Nigeria. The study therefore investigates the level of consumers' satisfaction with adoption of e-payment system in Nigeria. Data for the study were elicited from bank customers and consumers of the product. Overall, the result indicates that fewer consumers were satisfied with the speed of transaction, level of service provided by the merchants, awareness, and security. These findings suggest opportunities for improving the consumers interface with POS technology in order to achieve the objective of cashless economy. Key words : e-payment, point of sale terminals, consumers
Digit Span: Effect of education and culture

The Digit Span test is one of the most commonly used measures of immediate verbal recall, attentional capacity, and working memory in neuropsychological research and clinical evaluations. This test comprises two modalities, digits forward and digits backward. It has been established that age, education, and culture are important variables that affect performance on this test. The purposes of this study were as follows. First, performance on digit span in a Spanish‐speaking sample was analysed to establish appropriate age and educational ranges in which data from the Digit Span test can be best analysed, and to determine the contribution of age and education to performance on the digit span forward and backward. Second, different studies on digit span were compared and reviewed in order to identify differences in terms of the variables of age, education, and culture. This study evaluated 2574 Spanish‐speaking subjects and three studies were included in the cross‐cultural analysis. Scores from the Spanish‐s.
Endogeneity and Heterogeneity in LDV Panel Data Models

We extend three existing cross-sectional limited dependent variable (LDV) estimators, that allow for endogenous regressors, to a panel data model. We focus on estimation of effects of timeinvariant endogenous regressors, since to our knowledge, besides joint maximum likelihood, no other alternative consistent parametric estimators than the ones suggested here exist. We compare their small sample performance of estimates of marginal effects to i.i. d. LDV estimators as well as to linear estimators by means of Monte Carlo Studies. Some notable differences in the performance of the LDV estimators appear. One estimator, the 2SIV, performs reasonably well in terms of bias, even with weak instruments. Another type, the AGLS estimators, have a large small sample bias when no endogeneity is present. The 2SCML estimators seem to perform reasonable in most scenarios even under some types of misspecification. In addition, 2SLS performed relatively well, but had a substantial MSE with weak instruments and substantial bias in misspecified scenarios. Although potentially important because of heterogeneity bias, our extension of LDV models to the panel case did not give improvements in small sample performance over the cross-sectional estimators.
Handling Observations with Low Interrater Agreement Values

Considerable research has been conducted on how interrater agreement (IRA) should be established before data can be aggregated from the individual rater level to the organization level in survey research. However, little is known about how researchers should treat the observations with low IRA values fail to meet the suggested standard. We seek to answer this question by investigating the impact of two factors (the relationship strength and the overall IRA level of a sample) on the IRA decision. Using both real data from a service industry and simulated data, we find that both factors affect whether a researcher should include or exclude observations with low IRA values. Based on the results, practical guidelines on when to use the entire sample are offered.