Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
`Lesbian' in a Post-Lesbian World? Policing Identity, Sex and Image

This article is concerned with women in the UK who continue to mobilize around the term `lesbian' - that is, with women attending groups1 targeted expressly at lesbians.2 How do such women understand and negotiate their identities? What role does sex and sexuality play in their negotiations? And what can their negotiations tell us about the construction of identities more widely? In exploring these questions, the article highlights the ongoing policing of lesbian identities and behaviours in the 1990s, and draws attention to the continued deployment of oppositional lesbian identities alongside newer post-lesbian forms.
Erosion of undisturbed clay samples from the banks of the St-Lawrence River

In some regions the clay banks of the St. Lawrence River along the Montreal to Lac St. Pierre reach have recession rates of up to 1–3 m/year. The banks are formed of structured marine clays of the Champlain Sea (Leda clay). In this laboratory study, undisturbed samples of this high-plasticity inorganic clay taken at Iles de Vercheres were subjected to a unidirectional current and a constant wave climate to investigate the mechanisms of erosion and the factors influencing erosion rates. Initially, surface erosion resulted in the formation and enlargement of cracks and the smoothing of competent surfaces. The dominant erosion process was a mass erosion of the blocks of clay delineated by the cracks. Desiccation or weathering significantly increased erosion rates, as tension cracks formed due to drying, and upon rewetting, the formation of microfissures resulted in disintegration into small, easily erodable flakes. The estimated critical shear stress of the samples was 6–20 Pa. For the St. Lawrence River, these results suggest that waves are the dominant erosion mechanism, with shipping contributing significantly to the erosion of banks close to the navigation channel. Weathering caused by wetting and drying from changing water levels or wave runup greatly increases erosion rates. Dans certaines regions, les berges du fleuve Saint-Laurent entre Montreal et le lac Saint-Pierre atteignent des taux de retrait de 1 a 3 m par annee. Les berges sont formees d’argiles marines structurees de la Mer de Champlain (argile a Leda). Cette etude en laboratoire a soumis des echantillons non remanies de cette argile inorganique de haute plasticite, prise aux Iles de Vercheres, a un courant unidirectionnel et a un climat de vagues constantes afin d’etudier les mecanismes d’erosion et les facteurs influencant le taux d’erosion. L’erosion initiale en surface engendre la formation et l’elargissement de fissures et le lissage des surfaces competentes. Le processus d’erosion dominant est l’erosion de masse des blocs d’argile delimites par les fissures. La dessiccation ou l’alteration atmospherique augmentent grandement les taux d’erosion alors que l’assechement engendre des fissures de contraction. Lorsque l’argile est mouillee de nouveau, la formation de microfissures engendre sa desintegration en de petits flocons facilement erodables. La tension de cisaillement critique estimee des echantillons etait de 6 a 20 Pa. Pour le fleuve Saint-Laurent, ces resultats suggerent que les vagues sont le mecanisme d’erosion dominant, alors que l’activite maritime contribue de maniere significative a l’erosion des berges pres du chenal maritime. L’alteration causee par le mouillage et l’assechement en raison des changements du niveau d’eau ou du ressac des vagues augmentent grandement les taux d’erosion.
JSKM 5.indd

Amblyopia is one of the most common causes of visual defi cit in children. Presently, in the Ministry of Health Malaysia hospitals, there is no documented data on the characteristic and profi le of amblyopia cases. This study was conducted to describe the profi le of new amblyopia cases seen by optometrists at the Ministry of Health (MOH) Hospitals. This study was a retrospective and multicenter study including all MOH hospitals with optometry clinics. Clinical record data of amblyopic patients aged 3 to 17 years old who were newly diagnosed between 1st August 2010 to 31st January 2011 and who fulfi lled the inclusion criteria were obtained. Data collected included demography, systemic history, ocular history and optometric fi ndings and diagnosis. Thirty eight MOH hospitals participated and a total of 301 patients were diagnosed with functional amblyopia within the study period. Mean age for these amblyopic patients was 7.70 + 0.16 years old. Boys were the predominant gender (57.1%) and Malay preceded the other races with a 65.4% occurrence. Mild amblyopia was found in 51.5% of the patients, 31.6% were with moderate amblyopia and only 16.9% of patients were severe amblyopia. The underlying amblyogenic causes assessed were ametropia (61.5%), anisometropia (25.2%), strabismus (9.3%) and stimulus deprivation (4.0%). Refractive error was discovered as the most common cause of amblyopia in this study. It is crucial for optometrists to detect this type of visual impairment and undertake an early optometric intervention.
Assessing Professionalism among Residents: Peer and Self-assessment

Objective: Assessing professional attitudes and behaviors as components of professionalism among residents at the Suez Canal University Hospital (SCUH). Methodology: The study was a descriptive, cross sectional study, included residents at the Suez Canal University Hospital. A validated questionnaire to assess the professionalism components (attitude and behavior) was used. The first part of this questionnaire is a peer assessment through the Scale to Measure Professional Attitudes and Behaviors in Medical Education. The second part is Self-assessment questions from UMKC-SOM Climate of Professionalism Survey (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine). It contains 10 questions about professional behavior rated (mostly-often-sometimes-rarely). Results: residents are capable of consistently performing professionally across the domains of professionalism. However, variations across items suggest that professionalism is multifaceted, and the distribution of responses highlights some specific items where residents’ performance could be improved. Conclusion: Assessment of self and peer reported competences among residents at Suez Canal University Hospital showed that residents are capable of consistently performing professionally across the domains of professionalism. However, variations across items suggest that professionalism is multifaceted, and the Excellence subscale in a need for improvement.
Genotype-phenotype characteristics of β thalassemia children in the Gaza Strip,

Background β-Thalassemia is a public health problem in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The present work is aimed to determine any association between β-Thalassemia mutations and the phenotypes of Gazian patients. Methods Blood samples were collected just before scheduled blood transfusion from 53 β-thalassemic children who are already characterized for the causative mutation. Blood samples were collected also from 53 apparently healthy children of the same sex and age range. Complete blood count and biochemical tests were performed. Results Sixty-six percent (66.0%) of the β-thalassemic patients are receiving blood transfusions every 2-3 weeks. Splenectomized thalassemic patients represented only 7.5% of the cases. Significantly severe anemic presentations, remarkable thrombocytosis and leukocytosis were seen in the thalassemic patients. The biochemical characteristics showed significantly deteriorated liver and kidney function tests, except for urea. Homozygosity was reported in more than half of the patients. Some significantly different hematological and biochemical characteristics were reported among different genotypes. Conclusion It was concluded that, in addition to the previously reported molecular heterogeneity of β-thalassemic mutations in the Gaza Strip, deteriorated hematological and biochemical profiles were seen in the β-thalassemic patients, with possible correlation to genotype; this requires a more appropriate management protocol for those patients, especially with the severe mutation.
The Greater Arab Free Trade Area(GAFTA): an Estimation of Its Trade Effects

In 1997, fourteen Arab countries concluded an agreement, aimed at achieving the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) by 1.1. 2007 at the latest. This paper provides a first ex-post appraisal of the GAFTA agreement`s trade effects. Based on new theoretical developments of the gravity equation, we estimate a panel data model which covers trade within the GAFTA area as well as with 35 other reference countries, over the period 1988-2005. Several estimators are presented, especially transformed fixed-effects, Hausman and Taylor as well as a GMM dynamic estimator. As a main finding, the calculation of gross trade creation shows that regional trade has increased by 20% since GAFTA has been implemented.
Bring a Foreign Language and Its Cultures to Saudi EFL University-Level Classrooms

This study aims to investigate the effects Twitter has as a social networking platform on the development of Saudi EFL psychological variables (attitude, confidence, motivation, interest in L2 culture, social interaction and engagement), actual learning outcomes and the relationship between these psychological variables and their results. Twitter provides a valued accessible window to the target culture and promotes cross-cultural competence and comprehension that is focused on meaning rather than form, as well as repeated exposure to L2 cultural products, practices, perspectives and the target language. A sample of 39 students enrolled in an English course during the second semester of the 2014-2015 academic year, as well as two non-native English speakers (NNSs) working at the English Program, agreed to participate in the study. It adopts a combined inductive-deductive research approach to fulfil the research purpose and answer the research questions. The findings of this study underscore the latent use of the Twitter microblogging platform in EFL classes, as well as revealing the positive impact upon Saudi EFL students’ social interaction (engagement), enthusiasm and interest in learning more about L2 culture in English language classes.
Formulation and Pharmacokinetics of Ketorolac Tromethamine Floating Compression Coated Mini-Tablets

Present research is intended to develop the Ketorolac Tromethamine (KTM) effervescent floating mini-tablets using compression coating method. Mini-tablets have the advantages of both tablets and multiparticulate formulations such as pellets. The main principle of floating mini-tablets can be applied to decrease the irritant effect of KTM on the stomach by avoiding the direct contact with the gastric mucosa and obtaining a low dosage for prolonged periods. KTM mini-tablets were prepared using 4 mm round flat punches and compression coated with hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and effervescent mixture. The prepared tablets were evaluated for weight variation, thickness, friability, hardness, drug content, in vitro buoyancy and in vitro release and the best formulation was subjected to further in vivo examination. The prepared mini-tablets exhibited satisfactory physicochemical characteristics. Formulation F3 offered the best controlled drug release (99.46 ± 0.93% in 12 h and T80%=9.4 h) along with floating lag time 12 h. Pharmacokinetic studies of F3 formulation in male albino rabbits showed 2.25-fold higher bioavailability and 1.35-fold higher Cmax compared to immediate release core mini-tablets. Hence development of KTM effervescent compression-coated floating mini-tablets is the best way to give through oral route to maximize the therapy.
Excitation of the Earth's Chandler wobble by a turbulent oceanic double-gyre

S. E. Naghibi, M. A. Jalali , S. A. Karabasov , M. -R. Alam 4 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box: 11155-9567, Tehran, Iran 2Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS, UK 3Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA 4Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
EXERCISE-BASED DISEASE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CANCER: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS IN A HIGH-RISK MID-SOUTHERN STATE

EXERCISE-BASED DISEASE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CANCER: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS IN A HIGH-RISK MID-SOUTHERN STATE . Paul G. Salmon, Ann M. Swank. JEPonline. 2002;5(4):1-10. Increasing survival rates for many types of cancer signal an increasing need for disease management interventions tailored to the specific needs of cancer patients at various stages of the disease process, including a) newly diagnosed; b) in treatment; and c) post-treatment. An integrative disease management intervention with a 'Mind/Body' perspective is presented, emphasizing the psychological and physical needs of patients receiving treatment for this diversified, often aggressive and highly stressful disease. Beginning with the description of cancer and the underlying disease process, this review considers issues related to screening for cancer, factors such as drugs and related treatment that influence exercise testing and suggestions for exercise prescription. This review concludes with an overview of two empirically based research programs that have developed disease management intervention programs for persons with cancer within an integrative 'Mind/Body' perspective.
A non-LTE radiative transfer model to study ionized outflows and disks. The case of MWC349A

Context. The best example of a massive star with an ionized outflow launched from its photoevaporating disk is MWC349A. The large amount of reported radio-continuum and radio-recombination line (RRL) observations toward this galactic UC-HII region offers a unique possibility to build a model of the ionized envelope of this source. Aims. To understand the physical conditions and kinematics of the ionized region of the circumstellar disk and also of the outflow of MWC349A. Methods. We compared the bulk of radio-continuum maps, RRL profiles, and the H30α centroid map published to date with the predictions of our non-LTE 3D radiative transfer model, MOdel for REcombination LInes (MORELI), which we describe here in detail. Results. Our non-LTE 3D radiative transfer model provides new evidence that the UC-HII region of MWC349A is composed of an ionized circumstellar disk rotating in Keplerian fashion around a star of 38 M� , and an ionized outflow expanding with a terminal velocity of 60 km s −1 and rotating in the same sense as the disk. The model shows that while maser amplification is the dominant process involved for Hnα RRL emission with quantum numbers n 41 up at least the H76α line. Conclusions. For the first time, we present a model of MWC349A which satisfactorily explains the vast amount of reported observational data for a very wide range of frequencies and angular resolutions.
Evaluation of thermal gelation behavior of different cellulose ether polymers by rheology

Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) and Methylcellulose (MC) are cellulose ethers which can be dispersed in water and used as thickeners, emulsifiers, binders, film formers, and water-retention agents due to their hydrophilic and hydrophobic characteristics. In this study, various types of HPMCs, in comparison with two types of MCs were examined. The formed gels of the different cellulose ethers showed specific and various structural formation and network properties. The degree of methylation (Meth.) and hydroxypropylation (HyPr.) affected drastically the heat-induced gelation of the examined cellulose ethers.
A behavioral theory of equilibrium selection

Theories about unique equilibrium selection are often rejected in experimental investigations. We drop the idea of selecting a single prominent equilibrium but suggest the coexistence of different beliefs about "appropriate" equilibrium or non-equilibrium play. Our main selection criterion is efficiency applied to all or only to "fair" equilibria. This assumption is applied to 16 Binary Threshold Public Good games where at least k of four homogeneous or heterogeneous players have to incur fixed costs in order to produce a public good. The case k=4 is the Stag Hunt game which is most often used to test equilibrium selection. Our finite mixture model applies with the same parameters (shares of populations, altruism parameters) to the four thresholds k=1,2,3,4. The estimated shares of populations are similar in four treatments with identical or different cost/benefit ratios of the players. Our results for k=4 clearly contradict selection by Risk Dominance and Global Games. In the two (almost) symmetric treatments the Harsanyi/Selten selection explains 40% of the decisions.
Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Postgraduate Students' Psychosocial Employability Attributes

This study determined the influence of individuals' emotional intelligence on their psychosocial employability attributes. A cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted. A non-probability sample of 304 employed postgraduate students (predominantly early career black = 70 %; females = 64 % with a mean age of 26–40 years) participated in the study. Multiple regressions were used to analyse the data. Emotional intelligence was found to be a significant predictor of the participants' psychosocial employability attributes. The findings provide valuable information that can be used in career development support and counselling practices in the contemporary work world.
Migrant patients’ satisfaction with health care services: a comprehensive review

Objectives and methods : We sought to determine immigrants’ level of satisfaction with health care services in western developed countries. A comprehensive literature search was conducted to identify all relevant studies that assessed patient satisfaction among this population subgroup. As the research encountered different methods and settings, results were synthesized in a narrative form. Results and conclusions : The search process yielded 54 potentially relevant (published) studies. 26 of them were excluded for reasons presented in the section Exclusion criteria. The remaining 28 were retained for analysis. Usually, immigrant patients showed lower satisfaction levels with western health services.
A Chinese Named Entity Recognition System with Neural Networks

Named entity recognition (NER) is a typical sequential labeling problem that plays an important role in natural language processing (NLP) systems. In this paper, we discussed the details of applying a comprehensive model aggregating neural networks and conditional random field (CRF) on Chinese NER tasks, and how to discovery character level features when implement a NER system in word level. We compared the difference between Chinese and English when modeling the character embeddings. We developed a NER system based on our analysis, it works well on the ACE 2004 and SIGHAN bakeoff 2006 MSRA dataset, and doesn’t rely on any gazetteers or handcraft features. We obtained F1 score of 82.3% on MSRA 2006.
Intraspecific variation of Bufo bufo, based on 16S Ribosomal RNA sequences

More than half of the species within the family Bufonidae are contained within the genus Bufo. The 450 species of this genus are distributed throughout most major land masses of the world, including the Americas, Eurasia, Africa and excluding Australo-Papuan Realm and Madagascar (Frost, 2002). Because of their cosmopolitan distribution and variable life histories, these toads are of interest to investigators researching evolutionary history and biogeography (Pramuk et al., 2001). The Common toad Bufo bufo is a wideranging species, with a distribution encompassing much of Europe (except in northern Scandinavia), parts of northern Africa and western Asia (Luscher et al., 2001). Three subspecies are recognised: B. b. gredosicola from central Spain, B. b. spinosus from the Mediterranean region including southern Spain, southern France, southern Switzerland, Italy, several southeastern countries and northern Africa, and B. b. bufo from the other parts of Europe, including the north of the Swiss Alps (Luscher et al., 2001). The taxonomic status of Bufo bufo in Turkey is still disputed. It is believed to be represented by 3 subspecies. Bodenheimer (1944) identified
Bioturbation and irrigation in natural sediments, described by animal-community parameters

The key objective of this study was to compare tracer-based methods that measure bioturbation and irrigation rates with predictive models based on benthic community parameters such as animal size and abundance. The individual parameters of each model were investigated separately to assess their relative influence on model output. An important aspect of this study was its focus on benthic processses in natural marine sediments, where the well-defined model assumptions are not necessarily accomodated. Faunal parameters were incorporated into a biodiffusion model proposed to describe bioturbation, and direct comparisons were made to tracer-based depth distributions of an inert particle tracer, 51 Cr. The results showed that this biodiffusion model under-estimated bioturbation rates (Db) compared to 51 Cr tracer measurements. It was shown that the model predictions were highly sensitive to estimates of faunal weight and sediment reworking depth. The model suggests that large, deposit-feeding animals dominate biogenous mixing and that mixing rates are more influenced by animal size than density. In the box-cosm system, the large urchins Echinocardium cordatum did in fact dominate sediment-mixing processes. Irrigation was modelled by a combination of the non-local transport model and the radial-diffusion model, using animal size and density, and was compared to down-core distributions of a dissolved, conservative tracer bromide (Br - ). Modelled irrigation rates increased as a function of burrow radius and animal density, with the strongest dependency on animal density. Given the simplicity of the assumptions for the idealized radial-diffusion model, agreement between measured and predicted rates was relatively good in 50% of the box-cosms. Over-estimation in the remainder may be attributable to unrealistic assumptions that all individuals inhabit vertical burrows and irrigate them continuously.
Effect of central transfers on municipalities' own revenue mobilization: Do conflict and local revenue management matter?

This paper analyzes the effect of the transfers from central government to municipalities on the revenue mobilization by municipalities in Cote d’Ivoire over the period 2001-2014. The analysis is based on a new carefully-constructed dataset covering the conflict and post conflict periods for 115 municipalities. A two-stage least squares estimator is combined with the Grouped Fixed Effects estimator to address a potential endogeneity bias and to allow for unobserved heterogeneity varying over time. The results show a statistically significant and positive effect of central transfers on revenue mobilization by municipalities for both tax revenue and non-tax revenue. The effect of transfers is found to be higher for tax revenue than for non-tax revenue. The conflict eroded the capacity of municipalities to raise revenue. During the conflict, a 10 percent increase in transfers is associated with a 3.3 percent increase in revenue mobilized by municipalities, while this increase reaches 5.9 percent after the conflict.
TAXONOMY, NATURAL HISTORY, AND ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN SHIELD COBRAS, GENUS ASPIDELAPS (SERPENTES: ELAPIDAE)

The southern African elapid genus Aspidelaps remains poorly understood in most aspects of its biol- ogy. The available information is sparse and often only published via anecdotal notes in obscure journals or out-of-print books. The review presented here is not comprehensive in respect to many historical herpetologi- cal surveys of the southern African region, but we here provide a compilation of updated taxonomic, ecologi- cal, behavioral, zoogeographical, and toxicological information, including notes on captive husbandry.