Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Christian ethos secondary schools, parental church attendance and student attitude towards Christianity: exploring connections in England and Wales

ABSTRACT This study employs multi-level linear statistical modelling to examine the power of school-level and individual-level factors to predict individual differences in scores recorded on the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity by 6,036 students (who self-identified as either Christian or no religion) in year-seven, year-eight, year-nine, year-ten, and year-eleven classes within 10 Christian ethos secondary schools. The data demonstrate the complex relationships between school admission policies, parental church attendance (PCA), and the students’ age and sex. Overall PCA emerges as a decisive factor in promoting a positive attitude toward Christianity among students. Christian ethos schools may wish to give greater attention to the importance of parental religiosity in maintaining the Christian ethos of these schools.
Effect of Helicobacter pylori on NFKB 1 , p 38 α and TNF ‐ α mRNA expression levels in human gastric mucosa

Helicobacter pylori infects ~50% of the world population, causing chronic gastritis and other forms of cellular damage. The present study assessed the influence of H. pylori on the mRNA expression levels of nuclear factor-κB1 (NFKB1), p38α and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF‐α) in human gastric mucosa in a southern Brazilian population. Human gastric tissue was collected by upper endoscopy and H. pylori diagnosis was performed using a rapid urease test and histological analysis. Total RNA was extracted and purified for subsequent cDNA synthesis and analysis by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). The gastric tissue samples were divided into four groups as follows: Normal, inactive chronic gastritis, active chronic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia. The SDHA gene was classified as the most stable when compared with ACTB, GAPDH, B2M and HPRT1 genes, and was therefore selected as the reference gene for qPCR data normalization. TNF‐α mRNA expression was significantly higher in samples that were positive for H. pylori and with active chronic gastritis. However, no difference was detected in the mRNA expression levels of NFKB1 and p38α between the groups. The present study concluded that the presence of H. pylori is associated with TNF‐α upregulation in human gastric mucosa, but had no effect on NFKB1 and p38α mRNA expression levels.
Autonomous Chemical-Sensing Aerial Robot for Urban/Suburban Environmental Monitoring

This paper describes the development of an autonomous chemical-sensing aerial robotic system for environmental monitoring in urban and suburban areas. The robot is equipped with a high-performance chemical sensor that identifies and quantifies chemical agents, enabling applications, such as chemical mapping, source localization, and estimation. To enable collision-free monitoring in areas with obstacles, such as in urban and suburban environments where buildings, trees, and other structures pose a challenge, a potential-field algorithm that incorporates past actions is used. A custom-designed ground station for controlling the robot, and planning and visualizing environmental data in real time is described. An empirical method is used to maximize the robot's flight time for improved effective operating range and to provide a safe operating standoff distance. Finally, two outdoor chemical dispersion experiments are conducted to demonstrate the capabilities of the autonomous airborne chemical-sensing system, where results show effective mapping of a propane gas leak.
Acute mesenteric ischaemia : facts and perspectives

British Journal of Hospital Medicine, December 2008, Vol 69, No 12 635 Mesenteric ischaemia occurs when the intestinal blood supply cannot meet the demand. It is divided into three main types: acute mesenteric ischaemia, chronic mesenteric ischaemia (intestinal angina) and colonic ischaemia (ischaemic colitis). Acute mesenteric ischaemia is a catastrophic abdominal emergency characterized by sudden critical interruption to the intestinal blood flow which commonly leads to bowel infarction and death. This condition results from four main causes: acute arterial embolism, acute arterial thrombosis, non-occlusive mesenteric ischaemia and mesenteric venous thrombosis (Herbert and Steele, 2007) (Table 1). Delays in diagnosis and treatment of acute mesenteric ischaemia, partly as a result of its relative infrequency and partly as a result of its non-specific clinical presentation, have contributed to an unacceptably high mortality rate estimated at 60–80% (Oldenburg et al, 2004). This high mortality has traditionally created an almost universally pessimistic view by surgeons for acute mesenteric ischaemia. The statement by AJ Cokkinis in 1926 regarding acute mesenteric ischaemia clearly illustrates this view: ‘occlusion of the mesenteric vessels is apt to be regarded as one of those conditions of which diagnosis is impossible, the prognosis hopeless and the treatment almost useless’ (Cokkinis, 1926). Despite remarkable advances in medical and surgical aspects of patient care since Cokkinis’ time, the past 80 years have not witnessed an equally remarkable improvement of the grim prognosis associated with acute mesenteric ischaemia. This article reviews the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of the four main causes of acute mesenteric ischaemia with emphasis on avoidance of diagnostic and therapeutic errors which may contribute to the poor outcome inherent to this condition.
Lte System Test-bed and Experimental Results

This paper presents the result of an LTE trial test case that has been performed for morocco Telecom operator which intends to rollout the LTE starting from 2014, the aim is to verify the functionality and performance of LTE equipment in realistic deployment scenarios, with a combination of stationary tests and drive tests, and it focuses on Single User Throughput, Sector Throughput, Latency, and MIMO performance verification.
Chinese students' assessment and learning experiences in a transnational higher education programme

Abstract Chinese universities are increasingly entering into transnational higher education partnerships with institutions in primarily English-speaking countries. With this increase in programmes, there is a growing body of research investigating both policy and practice. Our study contributes insight into how students in a China–Australia programme experienced assessment drawing on theorisations of sustainable assessment. We present findings from interviews with 10 Chinese students who shared stories and reflections of their experiences of assessment and learning that reveal the complex ways students negotiated qualitatively different assessment experiences, while displaying sophisticated levels of agency, between Chinese and Australian universities. In making sense of the interviews in relation to sustainable assessment, we evoke notions of cultural ignorance to illuminate aspects of a cross-cultural ignorance in teaching and learning practices. In doing so, we argue that conversations about cultural ignorance combined with principles of sustainable assessment can create space to support partners to better plan and coordinate for meaningful assessment and learning experiences for students in cross-cultural articulation programmes.
Self-Harm and Violence: Towards Best Practice in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services

Contributors. Foreword. Preface. 1 Introduction (Richard Whittington and Caroline Logan). PART I EXPERIENCE. 2 Service Users: Experiences of Risk and RiskManagement (Kay Sheldon). 3 Carers: Experiences of Risk and RiskManagement (Sally Luxton). PART II EVIDENCE. 4 Understanding andManaging Self-HarminMental Health Services (Maria Leitner and Wally Barr). 5 Understanding andManaging Violence inMental Health Services (Richard Whittington, James McGuire, Tilman Steinert and Beverley Quinn). 6 Suicide and Homicide by People withMental Illness: A National Overview (Kirsten Windfuhr and Nicola Swinson). 7 Evidence and Principles for Service User Involvement in RiskManagement (Helen Gilburt). PART III PRACTICE. 8 Guidelines and Standards forManaging Risk inMental Health Services (Caroline Logan, Norbert Nedopil and Thomas Wolf). 9 Organizations, Corporate Governance and RiskManagement (Ben Thomas). 10 Formulation in Clinical Risk Assessment andManagement (Caroline Logan, Rajan Nathan and Andrew Brown). 11 Evidence and Principles for Positive RiskManagement (Paul Clifford). 12 Encouraging Positive RiskManagement: Supporting Decisions by People with Learning Disabilities Using a Human Rights-Based Approach (Richard Whitehead, Ged Carney and Beth Greenhill). PART IV IMPLEMENTATION. 13 Case Study 1: A Four-StepModel of Implementation (Geraldine Strathdee, Phil Garnham, Jane Moore and Devendra Hansjee). 14 Case Study 2: Narrowing the Gap between Policy and Practice (Kate Hunt). 15 Case Study 3: Learning fromExperience Using Clinical Risk Data to Influence and Shape Clinical Services (Louise Fountain and Patrick McKee). 16 Case Study 4: FromTicking Boxes to Effective RiskManagement (Lorna Jellicoe-Jones, Mark Love, Roy Butterworth and Claire Riding). 17 Conclusions (Caroline Logan and Richard Whittington). Glossary. Index.
Are social support and coping styles differently associated with adjustment to cancer in early and advanced stages

Background: Many people experience cancer as a chronic disease followed by adaptation to a new reality. Adjustment to cancer is a continuous process that follows the progression of the disease. Aims: We aimed to support the claim that patients in different stages of cancer develop different adjustment patterns, and that the stage of the disease modifies the interrelationships among social support, coping styles, and quality of life. We also hypothesized that greater perceived social support influence more adaptive coping strategies, which mediate the relationship between social support and adjustment, differently in the early and advanced stage of cancer. Methods. One-hundred-two consecutive cancer patients were recruited. Measures. We administered the Social Provision Scale, the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer, the Brief-COPE, and the SF-12 health survey. Results. No differences emerged in adjustment to cancer, coping relate variables and quality of life between stage III and stage IV patients. Subsequent analyses revealed that the stage of the disease moderated the relationships between fatalism and fighting spirit and those between physical health and both avoidance and problem-solving. Regardless of the stage of illness, positive thinking mediated between social support and fighting spirit. Conclusion. Although the average adjustment pattern was the same for early-stage and advanced patients, adjustment processes were different according to cancer stage. The results confirm that social support and disease stage are important for adjustment to cancer. Favouring acceptance, positive reframing, and humour, social support helped patients to be more determined in fighting the disease and contrasted helpless-hopelessness and anxious preoccupations.
Paddy in saline water: Analysing variety-specific effects of saline water intrusion on the technical efficiency of rice production in Vietnam

The purpose of our study is to evaluate the impact of saltwater intrusion on the productivity and technical efficiency (TE) of rice farms in Central Vietnam using the stochastic frontier (SF) production function. In contrast to existing studies, this research quantitatively analyses rice variety and season-differentiated impact of soil salinity (as measured by electrical conductivity (EC)) on the TE of rice production. The empirical results indicate that salinity induces significantly varying negative impacts on yield and technical inefficiency of rice farms depending on the salinity class, variety planted and the season. TE begins to sharply decline after reaching salinity class 3 (EC = 4–8 dS/m) and drops to zero under salinity class 4 (EC = 8–16 dS/m) unless salt-tolerant (ST) varieties are planted. A 1% increase in the EC level decreases rice yields by 0.24% in various SF models, while TE shows a cubic relationship with EC, with negative coefficients for linear and quadratic terms. A combination of farm plots consolidation, irrigation, integrated pest management, input optimisation and shifts in varietal selection can potentially offset the yield decline caused by saline intrusion for salinity classes 1 to 4, while adoption of ST varieties seems to be the best option for higher salinity classes over 4. These adaptation measures could also help farmers to avoid maladaptive options such as increased use of pesticide sprays to offset the yield losses due to soil salinity resulting from saline water intrusion. The insights offered by the study is applicable to coastal delta regions cultivating rice in whole of Asia and in other continents.
Review of Sunset OC/EC Instrument Measurements During the EPA’s Sunset Carbon Evaluation Project

To evaluate the feasibility of the Sunset semicontinuous organic and elemental carbon (OC/EC) monitor, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored the deployment of this monitor at Chemical Speciation Network (CSN) sites with OC and EC measurements via quartz fiber filter collection in Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; St. Louis, Missouri; Rubidoux, California; and Washington, D.C. Houston, St. Louis, and Washington also had collocated Aethalometer black carbon (BC) measurements. Sunset OC generally compared well with the CSN OC (r2 = 0.73 across five sites); the Sunset/CSN OC ratio was, on average, 1.06, with a range among sites of 0.96 to 1.12. Sunset thermal EC and CSN EC did not compare as well, with an overall r2 of 0.22, in part because 26% of the hourly Sunset EC measurements were below the detection limit. Sunset optical EC had a much better correlation to CSN EC (r2 = 0.67 across all sites), with an average Sunset/CSN ratio of 0.90 (range of 0.7 to 1.08). There was also a high correlation of Sunset optical EC with Aethalometer BC (r2 = 0.77 across all sites), though with a larger bias (average Sunset/Aethalometer ratio of 0.56). When the Sunset instrument was working well, OC and OptEC data were comparable to CSN OC and EC.
Five-Year Licensure Examination Performance of Library and Information Science Graduates

Licensure examination performance of graduates is one measure of the effectiveness of curricular programs. This study analyzed the five-year performance of 159 BLIS graduates in the Librarians’ Licensure Examination in from 2011 to 2015. Findings reveal that the passing the graduates’ passing rates were statistically consistent in the five-year duration. The average passing rate was moderately high at 57.89%, but the mean general rating was only 73.23%. The general ratings had a slightly platykurtic, negatively skewed distribution. Overall, the institutional passing rate surpassed the national passing rate by 45.12%. Passing rates were highest in Information Technology, Indexing and Abstracting, and Library Organization and Management. Lower passing rates were posted in Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials, and in Cataloguing and Classification. The first timers, and the review center attendees, outperformed their respective counterparts, while the male and female examinees were statistically even. The first timers scored better than the repeaters in five areas, save cataloguing and classification. Meanwhile the male examinees and the center-reviewers were better than their counterparts on only one area - Library Organization and Management, and Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials, respectively. Recommendations as to the result of this study were proposed.
The Introduction of a Marine Species Atherina boyeri into Bayramiç Reservoir, Çanakkale

This study reports the first recorded instance of Atherina boyeri (Risso, 1810) in the Bayramic Reservoir, located on the Karamenderes Stream. Since 2005, ichthyological researches have been carried out in the Bayramic Reservoir by various researchers, but none of them have noted the existence of A. boyeri in this reservoir. In the field studies conducted between May 2016 and July 2017, a total of 98 A. boyeri specimens was caught. In these samplings, a 70 m long and 2 m wide beach seine net with 10 mm a mesh size was used. Although a small number of A. boyeri was caught during the first observation in October 2016, more individuals were observed in July 2017. The fork length of the A. boyeri observed was between 2.7-8.8 cm and the weight ranged between 0.06-4.31 g. The bimodal length distribution of the specimens indicates that there have been multiple incidents of adult specimens entering the reservoir and that these individuals have given birth to new offspring. The translocation of A. boyeri into the Bayramic Reservoir might have been due to unauthorized introduction by fishermen or through illegal release by anglers as fish bait. However, the distribution map of A. boyeri in inland waters in Turkey shows significant overlap with the migration routes of big waterfowl. The waterfowl might partially be responsible for the spread of the adult specimens across short distances.
A New Aspect of Saturation Phenomenon in FinFETs and Its Implication on Analog Circuits

This paper presents a physics-based semiempirical model of drain saturation voltage (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {DS,SAT}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) of a FinFET device suitable for analog circuit design. The previous belief of similarity of the saturation phenomenon in the FinFET and planar MOSFET devices is investigated for the first time and is shown to be inconsistent in the FinFET device. When the value of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {DS}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is increased to <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {DS, SAT}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, then at a critical point, the product of electron density (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${n}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) and electron velocity (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${v}_{d}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) starts decreasing at the silicon–dielectric interface while it increases at the mid of the fin. This critical point lies within the drain extension (DE) region near to channel-DE junction. It is also observed that <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {DS, SAT}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> increases linearly with <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {GS}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> (≥0.6 V). Based on this, a semiempirical <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {DS, SAT}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> model is proposed, which is simple enough to be usable in analog circuit design. Moreover, compared to planar devices, a strikingly different trend of the output resistance (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${r}_{o}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) in FinFET is observed. We explained this behavior for the first time using our understanding of FinFET saturation phenomenon. By employing our semiempirical model of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {DS, SAT}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and the trend of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${r}_{o}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> with <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}_{\text {DS}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, we estimated the bias voltages of the FinFET amplifier to improve the gain by about <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$3\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> while not increasing the power dissipation. Since the gains of cascode and telescopic cascode amplifiers are strongly dependent on <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${r}_{o}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, these FinFET amplifiers can be designed to have much smaller overdrive voltages compared to its planar counterparts.
Analyzing Energy Export Patterns from the Commonwealth of Independent States to China: New Evidence from Gravity Trade Theory

The issue of energy trade is crucial for both the Commonwealth of independent States (CIS) region as a top energy exporter and for China as the top energy importer in the world. This study tries to investigate and analyze energy trade patterns running from the CIS to China by applying the panel-gravity trade equation over the period from 2001–2017. The major results revealed that the gravity theory fits the data well. In addition, the findings of this study suggested that the estimated coefficients across all three panel estimators (fixed effect, random effect, and FMOLS) are very similar. Further, the empirical results demonstrated that an increase in GDP and income accelerates the Chinese energy imports from the CIS. Our findings supported the H-O theory, where the difference in income showed a positive influence on the China -CIS energy trade volume. I also discovered the positive impact of the openness level. However, the results indicated that the trade-distance nexus is negative for energy export volume running from the CIS to China.
Technical Progress and Structural Change in the Swedish Cement Industry 1955 - 1979

The purpose of this article is to provide a deeper empirical insight into the structural change of an industry which is more relevant than that obtained by an analysis based on the traditionally estimated average production function. The main contribution is a long run analysis of technical progress and structural change by means of the short run industry production function introduced by Johansen [13], and based on micro data for individual production units. For that purpose we have developed Johansen’s approach into an operational framework for discrete capacity distributions including a special algorithm for the computation of the short-run industry production function.