Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Learning experiences of physiotherapy students during primary healthcare clinical placements

Background. Primary healthcare (PHC) is necessary to address the health needs of communities. It creates the opportunity for the attainment of curricular outcomes through community-based education. Appropriate learning opportunities are needed to enable students to develop the necessary skills to attain these outcomes. Objectives. To describe the learning opportunities occurring during physiotherapy PHC placements and to explore the role the learning environment and learning opportunities played in attaining the outcomes for the placements. Methods. A descriptive case study was conducted using different strategies for data collection and analysis. Participants completed a record sheet to indicate time spent on different activities. Observational site evaluations, individual interviews with site representatives and focus-group discussions with students were conducted to explore their perceptions about PHC clinical placements. Results. The results indicated that the participants valued PHC placements as powerful learning environments. However, students did not have the opportunity to engage satisfactorily in activities that foster the principles of PHC. Participants acknowledged that several resource constraints existed in this context; however, they identified several potential valuable learning opportunities. Students suggested curriculum-specific strategies needed to prepare them for PHC, and recognised the need for healthcare services in the communities they served. Conclusion. While the PHC learning environment was rich and authentic, learning opportunities need to be optimised to enable students to fully reach the outcomes for the placements. Learning opportunities need to be crafted to foster collaborative learning, interdisciplinary learning, community engagement and empowerment.
PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR IPA TERPADU BERBASIS LITERASI SAINS BERTEMA APLIKASI KONSEP ENERGI DALAM KEHIDUPAN

Kualitas pendidikan di Indonesia masih rendah khususnya dalam bidang sains berdasarkan hasil studi PISA dan TIMSS. Salah satu cara yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah adalah melalui pendayagunaan bahan ajar. Bahan ajar memiliki peran yang penting dalam pembelajaran termasuk pembelajaran terpadu. Namun dalam kenyataannya, bahan ajar IPA Terpadu yang beredar belum menunjukkan keseimbangan kategori literasi sains. Oleh sebab itu, perlu dikembangkan bahan ajar IPA terpadu yang berbasis literasi sains. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui karakteristik, tingkat kelayakan dan keterbacaan bahan ajar, serta peningkatan kemampuan literasi sains siswa. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian dan pengembangan (Research and Development). Karakteristik bahan ajar memiliki empat aspek literasi sains yang dikemas dengan proporsi yang seimbang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tingkat kelayakan bahan ajar sebesar 91,73% dan tingkat keterbacaan bahan ajar sebesar 91,51%. Selain itu, peningkatan kemampuan literasi sains untuk ranah kognitif pada kelas eksperimen sebesar 0,67 , sedangkan pada kelas kontrol sebesar 0,21. Hasil belajar ranah psikomotorik dan afektif kelas eksperimen lebih besar dibandingkan kelas kontrol. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa bahan ajar yang dikembangkan dapat meningkatkan kemampuan literasi sains siswa. The quality of education in Indonesia is still low, especially in science is based on the results of PISA and TIMSS studies. One way in which the government is through the utilization of teaching materials. Teaching materials have an important role in learning included in the integrated learning. But in reality, integrated science teaching materials has not shown any outstanding balance scientific literacy category. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an integrated science teaching materials based scientific literacy. This study aims to determine the characteristics, the feasibility and readability of teaching materials, and the enhancement of students' science literacy skills. The method used is a method of research and development. Characteristics of teaching materials has four aspects that are packed with well-balanced proportions. The results showed the feasibility level of 91.73% of teaching materials and teaching materials readability level of 91.51%. In addition, the enhancement of students' science literacy skills in the experimental class of 0.67, while the control class is 0.21. Results psychomotor and affective domains of learning experiment class is greater than the control class. This shows that the teaching materials developed can increase scientific literacy of students.
AAC services in schools: a special educator’s perspective

Objectives: Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities often require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to fully meet their academic and social potential. AAC supports can be challenging for some educators to implement. This study sought to bring light to these challenges. Methods: A qualitative interview approach was utilized to examine the perspectives of 14 special education teachers who supported students using AAC systems. Participants described their experiences regarding providing AAC services. Results: Despite receiving some supports, the majority of teachers identified challenges, including inadequate training, lack of comprehensive assessment, inadequate preparation time, and inconsistent AAC implementation across team members. Conclusion:This study highlighted key factors that impacted AAC access and outcomes of students with complex communication needs. Practical implications and future research needed to enhance the communication outcomes of students were discussed.
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INJURY

Researchers who study the relationships of the various factors that determine the frequency and distribution of injuries due to accidents are pioneers in the new field of "epidemiology of injury". The models they have developed to help explain injury occurrence involve two factors: (1) the individual's level of performance and (2) the demands of the task being carried out that can lead to injury. Generally, as long as the individual's performance level exceeds the demands of the particular task involved, the "energy source" (the car one drives or plane one pilots) remains under control. The moment the energy source is no longer under control, an accident is likely to happen. Through statistical analysis, personal interviews, and a good deal of detective-style work, the epidemiologist seeks to determine the many factors that are involved in injuries. The goal is to understand why injuries occur and to provide vital information to everyone involved in preventing injuries. Available evidence implicates alcohol consumption as a major risk factor for almost every type of injury. There is also small but growing evidence implicating other drugs in the evolution of accidental injury as well. This article reviews some epidemiologic studies that have been conducted on alcohol and drug involvement in fatal traffic accidents, outlining the assumptions on which they are based and the difficulties encountered.
BANNER – Intelligent Management Of Banner Advertisements On The WWW

This paper presents a new tool, the BANNER system, allowing an intelligent management of ads on the WWW in opposition to the traditional random selection. In order to perform an intelligent ad assignment to each web page a strategy to retrieving data was implemented by allowing both an automatic classification of site contents, within a set of pre-defmed classes, and also an automatic generation of four different types of user profiles. Therefore, the ads assignment relies on both user preferences and the set of available ads at each moment. The result of this work is a clear increase on advertisement efficiency on the WWW.
The Effect of Blended Learning on EFL Students’ Grammar Performance and Attitudes: An Investigation of Moodle

Empowering new generations with technology through employing blended learning approach to teach English as a Foreign Language has been recently investigated by many researchers in various contexts. This mixed-methods study aimed at examining the effects of the blended learning approach on Jordanian EFL learners’ grammar performance. The study also aimed at investigating the attitudes of Jordanian EFL learners toward blended learning. To achieve the objectives of the study, it employed a quasi-experimental design (pre and posttests) followed by qualitative interviews. The participants were divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. Among the 28 students in the sample, those in the experimental blended learning group (n=13) were taught using Moodle while those in the control group (n=15) were taught using conventional methods. All the 13 participants in the experimental group were interviewed. The results of the posttest revealed that students in the experimental group outperformed students in the control group. Furthermore, the qualitative analysis results showed that blended learning had a positive impact on the learners’ English grammar performance and that they were strongly satisfied and motivated to learn English using similar methods. It is concluded that blended learning could be used as an effective method of teaching English grammar in EFL settings. It is hoped that these results will help the university, faculty, and students to develop the skills necessary for blended learning.
Potential of plant stress hormone methyl Jasmonate against lipopolysaccharide attenuated oxidative stress and arthritis in experimental animals

Introduction: Methyl jasmonate is a plant stress hormone indicated in the treatment of various cancers. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the anti-arthritic and antioxidant activity in experimental animals. Materials and Methods: Methyl jasmonate was screened in two doses (20 mg/kg and 40 mg/kg) against lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced arthritis in rats. The assessment of arthritis such as paw thickness, paw volume, and body weight was assessed on 0th, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th days. The percent change in paw thickness, body weight, and arthritis index was calculated on 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th days. The estimation of serum marker enzymes such as alkaline phosphatase, alanine transaminase, and aspartate aminotransferase was carried out on 14th and 28th days. The antioxidant enzyme such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, GST, glutathione peroxidase, and lipid peroxidation activity in articular cartilage tissues was carried out on the 28th day. White blood cell (WBC), red blood cell (RBC), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate were determined on the 28th day. Free radical scavenging activity was carried out using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method and alpha-tocopherol used as a standard for comparison. After completion of the treatment period, tarsal-metatarsal joints were subjected to histopathology. Results: MJ significantly reduces arthritis which was evident from the assessment of arthritis such as paw volume, paw thickness, arthritis index, and body weight. Significant reduction in lipid peroxidation and serum marker enzymes was observed in MJ-treated rats as compared to the disease control group. Significant antioxidant activity was exhibited by MJ-treated group. Dose-dependent DPPH radical scavenging was observed which assess free radical scavenging potential of MJ. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and WBC count are significantly reduced whereas RBC count was compensated similarly to control compared to the diseased group. Conclusion: Methyl jasmonate exhibits significant anti-arthritic and antioxidant activity through a reduction in paw volume, thickness, serum marker enzyme, ESR, WBC count, increase in RBC count, and gain in body weight. The reduction in inflammation and cell damage may be due to antioxidant, free radical scavenging, and antilipid peroxidative effect which is supported by histopathological studies.
Unsupervised Personality Recognition for Social Network Sites

In this paper, we present a system for personality recognition that exploits linguistic cues and does not require supervision for evaluation. We run the system on a dataset sampled from a popular Social Network: FriendFeed. We adopted the five classes from the standard model known in psychology as the "Big Five": extraversion, emotional stability, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience. Making use of the linguistic features associated with those classes the system generates one personality model for each user. The system then evaluates the models by comparing all the posts of one single user (users that have only one post are discarded). As evaluation measures the system provides accuracy (measure of the reliability of the personality model) and validity (measure of the variability of writing style of a user). The analysis of a sample of 748 Italian users of FriendFeed showed that that the most frequent personality type is represented by the model of an extravert, insecure, agreeable, organized and unimaginative person.
Contemporary dimension of heritage promotion – Towards socially engaged archaeology

In this paper we present the outcomes of a public archaeology project entitled: Applied archaeology: Societypast-remote sensing. The project aimed to study the social dimension of archaeology and ways of popularizing knowledge of the past within society. In the article we present the results of the interviews and polls that were carried out with the inhabitants of the region in which archaeological work was carried out. On the basis of these results we present and analyze the social expectations towards archaeology as well as the kind of challenges presented to archaeologists by local communities. We also describe how an archaeologist and his work are perceived and ask whether society needs this kind of scientist and this kind of knowledge. Additional issues concern the boundaries of archaeological research and public perception of archaeological research methods
Researching the policed: critical ethnography and the study of protest policing

ABSTRACT This article seeks to consider the value of critical ethnography for the study of policing. Specifically, the article explores the benefits and challenges of using ethnographic methods to explore protest policing from the perspective of the policed. Drawing upon a longitudinal study of the policing of protests against ‘fracking’ in England, the article examines the process of conducting research with groups who are being policed in extended protest situations. Writing from a critical criminological perspective, the article suggests that this approach to studying policing from below can help advance our collective understanding of both protest and policing. In this sense, ethnographic research can play a vital role in exploring the experiences of groups marginalised in current debates and this approach provides us with an alternative viewpoint from which to examine the development of police policy and practice. The article suggests that to make this contribution to the study of protest policing, we require research that maintains a critical distance from police forces to gain access to those groups who, due to their negative perceptions and/or experiences of policing, are reluctant to engage with research. Reflecting on the development of ethnographic research on, but not with, police, the article suggests that this critical distance brings both benefits and challenges to academic research.
An observational study of clinical profile of infants born to pregestational and gestational diabetic mothers

Diabetes has now become a global pandemic because of sedentary lifestyle, urbanization, and increasing incidence of obesity and the prevalence is on the rise in developing nations like India. As the incidence of diabetes is rising in epidemic proportions, more women of childbearing age are at increased risk of diabetes during pregnancy. The prevalence of gestational diabetes in India is currently estimated to be around 16-18%.
Interrelation of neurodynamic indicators with indicators of physical and technical readiness of young footballers of 12-13 and 15-16 years in the preparatory and competitive periods of the annual cycle of the training process

The purpose of the study is to determine the correlation of psycho-physiological functions with indicators of physical and technical readiness of young footballers of 12-13 and 15-16 years in the preparatory and competitive periods of the annual cycle of the training process. Methods. 24 football players participated in the study, 12 of them 12-13 players; 12 football players 15-16 years old. Parameters characteristic for determining the psychophysiological state, indicators of the nervous system's work capacity, and attention indicators were analyzed with the help of computer programs for psychophysiological testing. Also, determination of the level of physical preparedness (running on 60 m, running on 1000 m, shuttle running, pulling on the crossbar, jumping from place), determination of the level of technical preparedness (juggling, impact on range). Testing was carried out at the beginning of the preparatory period and at the beginning of the competition period of the annual cycle of the training process. The gap between the two tests was 3 months. Results. In the preparatory period of young footballers 15-16 years, the total number of reliable relationships between psychophysiological indicators and indicators of physical and technical preparedness is lower than that of young footballers 12-13 years in the preparatory and competitive periods. In the competitive period of 15-16 year old football players there is an increase in the number of interconnections between psychophysiological indicators and indicators of physical and technical preparedness compared with the preparatory period. In footballers aged 15-16 in the competitive period, there is an increase in the number of relationships that reflect rapid physical qualities and mobility of the nervous system, the ability to switch attention, the speed of a simple and complex reaction in comparison with the preparatory period and the results of testing the players 12-13 years. Conclusions. The obtained data is a reflection of the process of formation of a specific type of football player, when the speed of neurodynamic processes is associated with high-speed and speed-strength physical qualities.
Atividade física e a qualidade de vida de pacientes com doença renal crônica em hemodiálise

RESUMO O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o nível de atividade física (NAF) de pacientes com doença renal crônica (DRC) em hemodiálise (HD) e correlacionar estes níveis à qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde (QVRS). Trata-se de um estudo correlacional, transversal, e com abordagem quantitativa. Participaram da pesquisa 84 pacientes com diagnóstico de DRC. Utilizou-se o questionário internacional de atividade física para identificar o NAF e o questionário genérico de qualidade de vida (SF-36) para avaliar a QVRS. Foram realizadas análises estatísticas descritivas. Utilizou-se o teste Kolmogorov-Smirnov e verificou-se ausência de normalidade nos dados. O teste U de Mann Whitney foi utilizado para a comparação da QVRS entre grupos (ativos e insuficientemente ativos), bem como o coeficiente de correlação de Spearman para correlacionar o NAF e a QVRS. O nível de significância adotado foi de 5%. Na comparação de grupos, verificou-se que os pacientes ativos apresentaram melhor percepção de QVRS se comparados aos insuficientemente ativos. Ainda, a partir do coeficiente de correlação de Spearman, observou-se que o NAF está correlacionado com a QVRS, com estatísticas significantes em diversas dimensões do SF-36. Sendo assim, sugere-se que a prática regular de atividade física (AF) pode contribuir para uma melhor percepção de QVRS de pacientes em HD.
Experience of Nursing Students in Clinical Practice: A Qualitative Study

Background: Nursing is a profession which is based on practice. Clinical training plays a critical role in nursing students' achievement of professional competencies. The quality of nurse education depends on the quality of the clinical experience (Elliot, 2002; Napthine, 1996). The clinical experiences are central to the student‘s preparation (Penman and White, 2005; Papp et al, 2003). The Aim of the present study is to capture the nursing students‘ experience during their clinical training. A qualitative Phenomenological approach was used. Data was collected from all nursing students in King Saud Bin Abdul aziz University for health sciences (KSAU-HS), College of Nursing-Riyadh. The sample consisted of 172 nursing students were recruited. Two tools were used to collect data for the study. First tool was interview questionnaire sheet for socio demographic data and the second one was interview schedule conducted on focus groups according to their preference. Students expressed that they could practice on real situations. They experienced anxiety while communicating with male patients. Dealing with critical patients were the worst moments in their life. The study concluded that the students‘ reflections support that rigorous class room learning and the presence of instructor during clinical training prepare the students to face the challenges.
Status and its Influencing Factors of Blood Glucose Control in Managed Diabetes in Urban and Rural Community of Wuxi City

Objective To understand the control status of type 2 diabetes that had been managed by the community health service center and explore the influencing factors of glucose control.Methods The stratified cluster random sampling method was conducted to select 2 communities from urban and rural,respectively,in Wuxi municipal area.Total 940 patients with type 2 diabetes(560 cases from urban,380 cases from rural) managed by community health service center were selected and investigated with questionnaire,while taken physical and biochemical examination.The control target of diabetes formulated by type 2 diabetes policy group in Asia-Pacific region was used to evaluate the control status.Logistic regression was used to analyze the factors which could influence the glucose control of diabetes.Results The ideal control rates of fasting blood glucose(FBG),blood pressure(BP),body mass index(BMI),total cholesterol(TC),triglyceride(TG) and high density lipoprotein(HDL) were 25.4%,38.8%,46.4%,20.5%,40.7% and 81.6% respectively in urban cases,whereas they were 8.2%,26.6%,41.3%,13.7%,42.4% and 85.8% respectively in rural cases.The ideal control rates of FBG,BP and TC were significantly higher in urban than those in rural.Multi-variables Logistic regression showed that low per-capita family income,long course of diabetes,family history of diabetes,lack of exercise,and high blood pressure were the major disadvantageous factors for glucose control.Conclusion The management of diabetes in community health service center should be improved,especially in rural areas.
Growth Hormone and Sex Steroid Effects on Serum Glucose, Insulin and Lipid Concentrations in Healthy Older Women and Men Short title: GH, Sex Steroids Glucose and Lipids in the Elderly

From the Endocrine (TM, SMH, MRB) and Metabolism (JDS) Sections, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD; Geriatrische Klinik, St. Gallen, Switzerland (TM); Kronos Longevity Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona (SMH); Department of Veterans Affairs Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center (JDS and MRB), and the University of Maryland School of Medicine Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Baltimore MD (JDS); and the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (MRB), and Research Service, Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC (MRB)