Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Context-Based Chemistry Teaching within the 4 Ex 2 Model : Its Impacts on Metacognition , Multiple Intelligence , and Achievement

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of context-based chemistry education on the metacognition and multiple-intelligences of preservice chemistry teachers, and their achievement in chemistry lessons in the laboratory environment that includes the 4Ex2 model. Within the framework of the general chemistry laboratory lesson, the treatment group was taught with a context-based chemistry teaching method in the chemistry laboratory using the 4Ex2 model, while the traditional methods were applied in the control group’s lessons. It is determined that after the application, abilities to control the metacognitive thoughts of the preservice teachers, who were taught with a context-based chemistry teaching method in the chemistry laboratory within the 4Ex2 model, positively changed compared to those included in the control group. Additionally, the results showed that the preservice teachers in the treatment group, who received context-based chemistry teaching within the 4Ex2 model, were more successful; therefore, this model is an effective teaching method.
Efficacy of different neem oil concentrations against jassid on eggplant under field conditions

Field trials were carried out to test out the efficacy of different neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) oil concentrations at 1%, 2% and 3% compared to control against jassid on eggplant. The treatments were administered thrice from growing to harvesting and observations were recorded before one day while, post-treatment observations were taken after Day-1, Day-3, Day-7, Day-10 and Day-15. The results showed that most reduction of jassid population occurred at 7th day after application of sprays and after that the reduction % gradually started decreasing. Peak reduction appeared after three repeats of 1 Corresponding author: khdhiloo@yahoo.com Khalid Hussain Dhiloo, Yong-Jun Zhang, Syed Rizwan, Tahira Jabeen Ursani, Javed Iqbal Chandio, M.N SidhooEfficacy of different neem oil concentrations against jassid on eggplant under field conditions EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. III, Issue 11 / February 2016 12171 sprays, however almost negligible reduction was found in control. The results reveal that maximum day’s wise effects of neem oil against jassid at 3% reduced about 88.48% after 7 days of third spray followed by second spray 81.14% and first spray 78.86%, respectively. The overall results for spray-wise effects on reduction of jassid population show that 59.74% was recorded after third spray followed by second and first 37.06% and 24.11%, respectively. The results showed that there was no significant difference in effectiveness between neem oil and neem powder at (P<0.05) level.
Supplementary Material to Corduan et al . “ Dissociation of SERPINE 1 mRNA from the translational repressor proteins Ago 2 and TIA-1 upon platelet activation “

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Concentration in knowledge output to social network : Evidence from India

This paper examines two important aspects of knowledge output: degree of concentration in knowledge output and nature of social network. Taking the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), a known scholarly periodical in the social sciences, as a case, we analyse the author data, looking at frequency distribution of authors against the number of papers published and the social network of authors during the period 1996–2005. While the degree of concentration is assessed using a power law namely the Lotka’s law, co-author data is transformed to a symmetric sociogram. The study covers 1803 authors who published research articles in the EPW, including contributions by social scientists, policy professionals and scientists. It appears progress in Indian social Science has apparent link with the history of EPW, accounting for a significant part of intellectual output and scholarly discourses in Indian Social Science. Taking cues from scholarly lineages, which investigate knowledge as a social phenomenon including sociology of science, economics of knowledge and social network theory, we examine an important question: What is the degree of concentration prevailing in the EPW, during 1996-2005? Does the social network of authors, captured from the data, provide explanations for the degree of concentration? Our analysis shows high degree of author concentration and a relatively organized social network of authors coexist, indicating concentration in knowledge output, perhaps, is inherently linked to the structure. JEL Classification: Z13, D85,
Relationship Patterns Between Surgeons and Heart Surgery Patients in a Thai Cultural Context

This qualitative study focused on relationship patterns between surgeons and heart surgery patients. The study site was a central hospital in Eastern Thailand. Data were collected from December 2011 to May 2012, mainly through narrative interviews with 7 patients and semi-structured interviews with 68 patients (altogether 75 patients), all of whom had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, and also through participant observation. The validity of the data was checked using data triangulation from interviews with patients, in-depth interviews with medical experts, and medical chart record reviews. The findings indicated that there were various kinds of power inequalities between the patients and the surgeons in a Thai cultural context. Firstly, the patients’ health was in a critical condition, so the surgeons’ role was that of life savers. They were trusted to make decisions over the patients’ lives and they had the power to use medical technology while operating on the patients’ hearts to save their lives. Secondly, the surgeons were in a position of superiority toward their patients; they prescribed treatments the patients had to accept. Thirdly, the surgeons also had a role as merchants and the patients as customers, as capitalism played an important role in the treatment of heart disease and heart surgery in private hospitals. These findings reflect relationship patterns between surgeons and heart surgery patients from the patients’ point of view. The findings can be used to improve the balance of power between physicians and patients in health services.
Effect of labiopalatal position of an implant on stress and displacement in bone : a 3-dimensional finite element analysis

Effect of labiopalatal position of an implant on stress and displacement in bone: a 3-dimensional finite element analysis Cheol-Woo Park, D.D.S., M.S.D. Department of Prosthodontics, Graduate School, Seoul National University (Directed by Professor Jung-Suk Han, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.) Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of labiopalatal position of an immediately loaded implant on stress and displacement of surrounding bone in the anterior maxilla using three-dimensional finite element analysis. Materials and methods: Five simplified three-dimensional finite element models, consisting of an internal connection-type implant (4.0 × 10.0 mm), a customized abutment, and a cemented zirconia crown of the central incisor, were constructed. These implants were inserted into five different labiopalatal positions, located 0.5 mm (P1) and 1.0 mm (P2) palatally from the center, at the center (C), and 0.5 mm (L1) and 1.0 mm (L2) labially from the center of the crestal cortical bone. An oblique static load of 178 N was applied to the palatal surface of the zirconia crown at an angle 30° to the long axis of the implant under immediate and delayed loading conditions. The von Mises stress and displacement of the surrounding bone were calculated at the bone-implant interface and at the surface of the labial bone. Results: The von Mises stresses were mainly concentrated on the crestal cortical bone around the implant platform and neck. Stress distributions on the labial cortical bone increased with more labial positioning of the implants. The stresses in cancellous bone were more evenly distributed under conditions of immediate than delayed loading. The maximum stresses on cortical bone were regularly related to the labiopalatal positions of the implant at the labial bone surface, but not at the bone-implant interface. Under immediate loading conditions, the P1 and C models showed favorable stress and displacement patterns in the cortical bone. The maximum displacement increased as implants were placed more labially, but differed little between immediate and delayed loading conditions. The maximum displacement at the bone-implant interface was 33.44 μm under immediate loading condition. Conclusions: The labiopalatal position of an implant affected the von Mises stress and displacement of surrounding bone in the anterior maxilla. Immediate loading of an implant in the center or on the palatal side of the crestal cortical bone resulted in favorable stress and displacement patterns in surrounding bone.
Working Paper – Nr . 02 Demand-side economics in times of high debt : The case of the European Union

We analyze the effectiveness of an increase in government consumption for stimulating growth for diverse levels of public debt in the European Union. We conclude, that growth rate can be stimulated in the short run by an increase in government consumption but only at low levels of public debt. Moreover, we find that an increase in intermediate consumption is more effective than an increase in compensation of public employees in stimulating output growth. JEL classifications: E62, H30, H50, H63
The Sources of the Wage Losses of Displaced Workers

We evaluate the sources of wage losses of workers displaced due to firm closure by comparison of workers’ wages before and after displacement. We decompose the sources of the wage losses into the contribution of firm, match quality, and job title fixed effects. Sorting into lower paying job titles represents the largest component of the monthly wage loss of displaced workers, accounting for 37 percent of the total average monthly wage loss compared to 31 percent for the firm and 32 percent for the match effects. With respect to the hourly wage losses, job title effects account for 46 percent of the total loss, while firm and match effects contribute in equal shares representing each 27 percent of the loss.
Carcinoma involving gall bladder: a four year study in a tertiary care hospital in kashmir valley.

BACKGROUND Carcinoma of gall bladder clinically mimics benign gall bladder diseases and often escapes detection until advanced stage. Careful attention to any evidence of wall thickening, thorough sampling and close examination of any deeply situated glandular structures are critical. AIMS To study the clinicopathological pattern of gall bladder malignancies. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a 4 year retrospective study and carried in Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir, between January 2015 and December 2018.Our study included 57 cases of gall bladder malignancies including incidental detected cases. RESULTS During this four year study, a total of 57 patients were studied. Male to female ratio of 0.78:1 was seen. The age of the patients ranged from 27-85 years and peak age incidence was seen in sixth decade of life. The most common presenting symptoms were pain abdomen followed by anorexia and dyspepsia. Grossly evident tumor was seen on initial pathologic examination in 49 cases (85%) while 8 cases grossly presented no visible tumor (i.e. incidental gall bladder carcinomas having only mild wall thickening undetected by imaging). The most common tumor sites were in the body and the fundus of gallbladder. The most common histologic type was adenocarcinoma NOS in 47 cases followed by papillary adenocarcinoma in 2 cases, mucinous adenocarcinoma in 2 cases, primary squamous cell carcinoma in 3 cases, and a single case each of neuroendocrine tumor and adenosquamous carcinoma. Immunohistochemistry was done, wherever needed, for confirmation. CONCLUSION GBC is not an uncommon clinical entity in Kashmir valley, unlike western countries. In spite of the advanced imaging techniques, early gall bladder carcinoma is not efficiently detected. Therefore, every gallbladder should be subjected to routine histopathological examination because with identification of an early gallbladder carcinoma a
Federalism ’ s Values and the Value of Federalism

What is it about federal governance that makes it so attractive to economists, political philosophers and legal scholars and is there any evidence that would suggest all this attention is warranted? Proponents see federalism as a means to more efficient public and private economies, as the foundation for increased political participation and democratic stability and as an important check on governmental abuses of personal rights and liberties. This study provides a working definition of federal governance and classifies a sample of 73 countries as either a constitutionally based federal democracy, an administratively based federal democracy, a unitary democracy, a federal dictatorship or a unitary dictatorship. Governance is then related to 11 measures of economic, democratic, and rights performance. Three conclusions follow. First, decentralized policy-making does have a unique contribution to make to a society’s ability to enforce property rights, to protect political and civil rights, and then because of such rights protections, to enhance private sector economic performance. Second, while policy decentralization is the key to federalism’s strong rights and economic performance and can be achieved within a unitary government by fiat, constitutionally established provincial (or state) governments provide an extra and important protective barrier for policy decentralization. Federal institutions protect policy decentralization, and policy decentralization provides federalism’s valued outcomes. Third, federalism needs democracy; there is no evidence that adding policy decentralization or provinces to a dictatorship significantly improves a dictatorship’s economic or rights performance. (JEL codes:
The Impact of Unemployment onMental and Physical Health , Access to Health Care and Health Risk Behaviors

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of employment status and unemployment duration on perceived health, access to health care, and health risk behaviors. Data from Nevada’s 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) were analyzed. We compared participants who were unemployed (greater than and less than one year) to those who were employed and those who were voluntarily out of the labor force (OLF). Unemployed participants had significantly worse perceived mental health profiles, were more likely to delay health care services due to cost, and were less likely to have access to health care than employed participants and OLF participants. OLF participants were not significantly different from employed participants. Contrary to previous findings, unemployed participants in this study were not more likely to binge drink, smoke, or be physically inactive. Findings from this study suggest that the impetus for unemployment, be it voluntary or involuntary, may significantly impact a person’s mental health.
The phosphatase CD 148 promotes airway hyperresponsiveness through SRC family kinases

Increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) contractility and the development of airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) are cardinal features of asthma, but the signaling pathways that promote these changes are poorly understood. Tyrosine phosphorylation is tightly regulated by the opposing actions of protein tyrosine kinases and phosphatases, but little is known about whether tyrosine phosphatases influence AHR. Here, we demonstrate that genetic inactivation of receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase J (Ptprj), which encodes CD148, protected mice from the development of increased AHR in two different asthma models. Surprisingly, CD148 deficiency minimally affected the inflammatory response to allergen, but significantly altered baseline pulmonary resistance. Mice specifically lacking CD148 in smooth muscle had decreased AHR, and the frequency of calcium oscillations in CD148-deficient ASM was substantially attenuated, suggesting that signaling pathway alterations may underlie ASM contractility. Biochemical analysis of CD148-deficient ASM revealed hyperphosphorylation of the C-terminal inhibitory tyrosine of SRC family kinases (SFKs), implicating CD148 as a critical positive regulator of SFK signaling in ASM. The effect of CD148 deficiency on ASM contractility could be mimicked by treatment of both mouse trachea and human bronchi with specific SFK inhibitors. Our studies identify CD148 and the SFKs it regulates in ASM as potential targets for the treatment of AHR. Research Article Pulmonology
Determining Factors Affecting the Adoption of E-Commerce in the perspectives of Ethiopian Banks

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the adoption of ecommerce in banking industry in Ethiopia. The study was applied to both state owned and private banking sector which are engaged directly in banking service in Ethiopia. The adoption and use of e-commerce in bank sector is regarded as a tool to widen online banking service and improve efficiency and effectiveness of business operations. More specifically, three contexts (technological, organizational and environmental) were hypothesized which influence the adaption of e-commerce in banks in Ethiopia. Reasons for focusing on this issue is First, the history of banks around technology adoption like card banking, mobile banking, internet banking & other online banking service were very successful, Second, very few research on ecommerce adoption in Ethiopia and specially no research conducted on ecommerce adoption for banking sector. Thirdly, banks are the most convenience place to accesses the potential markets. The model developed includes IT Capability, Perceived Benefit, Perceived Complexity, Organizational Competence, Supporting Industries and Government Readiness To conduct the study, the qualitative and quantitative methods were used. Relevant data was collected from randomly selected sample of 137 employees, working in both government and private banks in Addis Ababa. Data was collected from participants using interview, structured questionnaire & focused group discussion. Correlation and multiple linear regressions were employed to analyze the collected data. The major findings of this study indicated that with the exception of perceived complexity, all other independent variables organization competency, IT capability, perceived benefits, supporting services and government support have statistically significant influence on the adoption of e-commerce, Also, the incorporated model presents a more wide-ranging explanation of e-commerce adoption in organizations and possibly will serve as a foundation for future research on same area.
Underdetermination of theories : the Duhem – Quine

Human beliefs have remarkable robustness in the face of disconfirmation. This robustness is often explained as the product of heuristics or motivated reasoning. However, robustness can also arise from purely rational principles when the reasoner has recourse to ad hoc auxiliary hypotheses. Auxiliary hypotheses primarily function as the linking assumptions connecting different beliefs to one another and to observational data, but they can also function as a “protective belt” that explains away disconfirmation by absorbing some of the blame. The present article traces the role of auxiliary hypotheses from philosophy of science to Bayesian models of cognition and a host of behavioral phenomena, demonstrating their wide-ranging
The Effect of Straw , Stubble and Potassium on Grain Yield of Rice in Rice-Rice Cropping Systems in the Mid-Country Wet Zone of Sri Lanka

Rice straw is rich in potassium (K). Application of rice straw is encouraged to recycle K in rice soils. In this aspect the importance of rice stubble for increasing soil fertility has not been given due attention. Most of the rice farmers have a multitude of uses of rice straw and hence are reluctant to return straw to the rice fields. Thus, despite extensive and expensive promotions, many rice farmers continue to remove straw and apply K nutrient to their rice crop. Therefore, this study was conducted with the objective of investigating the yield and economic benefits of addition of straw and K fertilizers in the presence of stubble of the preceding rice crop in rice-rice cropping systems in the mid-country wet zone of Sri Lanka. Six straw-stubble-potassium combinations and the farmers’ practice were tested in parallel experiments with two common rice age groups (viz. 90and 105-day), in a randomised complete block design with three replicates during 1996-1997 in the district of Kandy, Sri Lanka. Grain yield and its components, straw and stubble dry weight, harvest index, gross and net income were assessed. The farmers’ practice of applying half the recommended rate of K (8.5 kg K/ha) 7-14 days before flowering in the presence of the stubble of the preceding rice crop gave the highest grain yields of 3.82 and 4.78 t ha for 90-day and 105 day rice varieties, respectively. These yields were significantly greater than that of the control treatment that received rice straw and stubble only, but not significantly different from the treatment receiving both straw and 17 kg K/ ha in the presence of stubble. The application of K fertilizer showed increases in the number of filled grains per panicle (significant in 90 –day rice only) and grain weight (not significant), which collectively increased grain yield and net income compared to control. The farmers’ practice of using half the recommended dose of K (8.5 kg/ha) prior to flowering offered higher yields and net returns compared to the control treatment having straw returned to the rice field in the presence of stubble of the preceding rice crop.
Evaluation of parasympathetic functions in preeclampsia 1

Preeclampsia, a common hypertensive disorder, occurs in up to 10% of all pregnancies. It is a disorder of low circulating volume and high vascular resistance. If preeclampsia (toxemia in pregnancy) is considered as an impairment of these hemodynamic alterations, one might expect differences in autonomic control of preeclampsia.Thus,the study was undertaken to assess parasympathetic cardiovascular functions in normalnonpregnant (50),pregnant(50)& preeclamptic pregnant females(50) of 19.29 age group.30/15 ratio, S/L ratio, E/I ratio & valsalva ratio are evaluated and compared among groups. It shows very significant decreased 30/15 ratio & S/L ratio in group II as compared to group I and in group III as compared to Group II.E/I ratio is significantly decreased only in group III as compared to group II. It is concluded that parasympathetic activity is decreased in preclampsia as compared to normal pregnant.