Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Essays on the impact of financial education on financial behavior

De algemene doelstelling van dit proefschrift is om nieuw bewijs te leveren voor de invloed van financiele educatie op de financiele gedragingen van kinderen, vrouwelijk microkredietnemers, en universitaire studenten. Dit proefschrift bevat vier hoofdstukken, waarvan elk bijdraagt aan een verschillend onderwerp dat relevant is voor onze kennis op de gebieden van financiele educatie en financiele gedragingen. Hoofdstukken 2 en 3 verschaffen systematische inzichten in de effectiviteit van gecombineerde financiele en sociale educatieve programma’s in ontwikkelingslanden (Oeganda en China). In deze twee hoofdstukken is een gerandomiseerd phase-in aanpak gebruikt door de volgorde waarin de scholen het programma implementeerden te randomiseren. Hoofdstuk 4 onderzoekt de invloed van een business- en financiele training in Vietnam die beoogt de zakelijke kennis omtrent financieel gedrag van vrouwelijk microkredietnemers te verbeteren. Dit onderzoek maakt ook gebruik van een gerandomiseerd onderzoek met controlegroep. Hierbij werd een loting gebruikt om de verschillende groepen te bepalen: een controlegroep zonder toegang tot de training, een groep vrouwen die toegestaan werd de training te volgen, en een tweede groep vrouwen die hun echtgenoten mee mochten nemen naar de training. Hoofdstuk 5 onderzoekt de invloed van financiele educatie op de sociale voorkeuren, als ook de voorkeuren omtrent risico’s en tijd van drie verschillende groepen studenten gelieerd aan de Faculteit van Economie en Bedrijfskunde van de Universiteit Groningen. Door het aan het licht brengen van diens voorkeuren kan beter begrepen worden wat (1) de voorkeuren van jongeren omtrent tijd en geduld zijn, (2) hun voorkeuren rond risico’s, en (3) hun sociale voorkeuren.
Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Tipe Jigsaw Untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi Dan Hasil Belajar Pada Mata Pelajaran Sosiologi Siswa Kelas XI IPS 1 SMA Negeri 5 Surakarta Tahun Pelajaran 2015/2016

ABSTRAK Kartika Mega Pertiwi. K841037. PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE JIGSAW UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI DAN HASIL BELAJAR PADA MATA PELAJARAN SOSIOLOGI SISWA KELAS XI IPS 1 SMA NEGERI 5 SURAKARTA TAHUN PELAJARAN 2015/2016. Skripsi, Surakarta : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan. Univesitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta, Mei 2016. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk meningkatkan motivasi dan hasil belajar pada mata pelajaran sosiologi siswa kelas XI IPS 1 SMA Negeri 5 Surakarta tahun pelajaran 2015/2016 melalui penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe Jigsaw. Penelitian ini merupakan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) yang dilaksanakan dalam dua siklus. Setiap siklus terdiri dari perencanaan, pelaksanaan, tindakan, observasi dan refleksi. Subjek penelitian ini adalah peserta didik kelas XI IPS 1 SMA Negeri 5 Surakarta dengan jumlah 30 peserta didik. Teknik utama pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini adalah observasi, test, dan angket, sementara teknik pengumpulan data pendukung menggunakan wawancara dan dokumentasi. Analisis data dengan menggunakan teknik analisis deskriptif kualititatif dan kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe Jigsaw dapat meningkatkan motivasi dan hasil belajar peserta didik pada mata pelajaran sosiologi di kelas XI IPS 1 SMA Negeri 5 Surakarta tahun pelajaran 2015/2016. Pada siklus I motivasi belajar peserta didik yang berkriteria baik 66,60%, meningkat menjadi 86,67% pada siklus II. Pada pra tindakan hasil belajar peserta didik menunjukkan rata-rata 70,13, meningkat menjadi 76,4 pada siklus I, dan meningkat menjadi 87,06 pada siklus II. Simpulan penelitian ini adalah penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe jigsaw dapat meningkatkan motivasi dan hasil belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran sosiologi kelas XI IPS 1 SMA Negeri 5 Surakarta. Kata kunci: Penelitian Tindakan Kelas, Jigsaw , Motivasi Belajar, Hasil Belajar.
Simulation des régimes vibratoires non-linéaires d'une corde de violon : Macromécanique

Une corde de violon soumise au frottement localise de l'archet constitue un systeme dynamique tres non-lineaire, qui presente de nombreux regimes vibratoires periodiques, en general remarquablement stables. Moyennant certaines conditions, un tel systeme peut aussi devenir chaotique. Les regimes vibratoires sont controles par les parametres d'interaction non-lineaire corde/archet. Dans ce travail, nous presentons une methode pour simuler les vibrations auto-excitees de la corde frottee, en fonction des parametres d'interaction corde/archet, Les calculs sont bases sur une representation modale de la corde, supposee libre au niveau du point de contact avec l'archet. La loi de frottement utilisee est du type Coulomb, avec un coefficient de frottement dependant de la vitesse. Ensuite, nous illustrons cette methode de calcul a l'aide de plusieurs simulations dans le domaine temporel. On obtient en particulier le mouvement vibratoire classique de Helmholtz, ainsi que d'autres regimes dynamiques plus complexes, periodiques et chaotiques. Finalement, on presente les resultats d'un ensemble de calculs parametriques, qui mettent en evidence la richesse dynamique de ce systeme.
A review of melatonin as a chronobiotic agent: therapeutic use in the treatment of sleep disorders in shift-workers

The pineal hormone, melatonin, has been widely promoted as a chronobiotic agent that may be used to adjust circadian rhythms under a variety of conditions including jet-lag, shift-work disorder, insomnia, delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS), in blind and sighted individuals with free-running sleep-wake cycles, and even for space travel. Melatonin has also been promoted as an antioxidant to prevent aging, a contraceptive, and as an adjunct in chemotherapy for cancer (Webb & Puig-Domingo, 1995). In North America, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classify melatonin as a nutritive or dietary supplement (Cowley, 1995). Products listed under this classification require only limited review, thus quality and concentrations are not regulated. Analysis of six melatonin products showed that four had impurities (Medical Letters, 1995). Melatonin manufacturers are often not identified on product labels. Some melatonin is made from bovine pineal glands, but most is synthesized chemically. Melatonin has not undergone the clinical trials for safety and efficacy required for FDA drug approval. Melatonin can be purchased in health food stores, pharmacies and via the Internet in many countries, and it is sold as a “natural” substance (Caldwell, 2000). Patients often ask physicians about its use, but not all physicians are able to provide “accurate” advice about the appropriate use of melatonin (Caldwell, 2000). Melatonin secretion follows a circadian rhythm with blood plasma levels high at night and low during the day (Brown, 1994). Bright light in the evening suppresses melatonin secretion and delays the melatonin rhythm (Brown, 1994). Melatonin has a soporific effect at higher doses and can entrain the sleep-wake rhythm (Brown, 1994). The available data, suggest that, melatonin may be effective for a variety of sleep-related disorders. However, there are few well-controlled clinical studies, and no studies on the effects of chronic melatonin administration (Avery, Lenz & Landis, 1998). The optimal dose of melatonin is not clear; and most studies have used doses that produce supraphysiologic blood levels (Avery et al. 1998). Studies have shown that the timing of melatonin administration is of critical importance (Lewy, Bauer Ahmed, Thomas, Cutler, Singer, Moffit & Sack, 1998). Sack and Lewy (1998) propose that melatonin promotes sleep by producing corrective circadian phase shifts, improving the alignment of the endogenous sleep-wake rhythm with the desired external sleep schedule. Sack and Lewy (1998) also note that melatonin has a direct soporific effect, particularly when administered during the day. This effect is explained in terms of the direct action resulting from the release of accumulated sleep drive by attenuation of the circadian alerting signal.
BLOODY DIARRHOEA IN A CHILD, COULD IT BE SCHISTOSOMIASIS?

Schistosomiasis may cause diverse symptoms and it is usually not considered as a cause of disease especially in patients with normal immune system. We are reporting an eleven-year-old child who was initially diagnosed as a case of lymphoma but later on proved to be a case of acute schistosomiasis. Keywords: Bloody diarrhoea; Hyper-eosinophilia; Colonoscopy ; Schistosomiasis
Predictors of Intention to Quit Smoking among Woman Smokers in Korea

주요어 : 여성, 금연, 의도 * 이 논문은 질병관리본부의 2010년 지역사회건강조사 원시자료의 이차분석연구임. 1) 신라대학교 간호학과(교신저자 E-mail: kypark@silla.ac.kr) 접수일: 2014년 5월 22일 1차 수정일: 2014년 6월 22일 2차 수정일: 2014년 6월 30일 게재확정일: 2014년 7월 4일 ∙ Address reprint requests to : Park, Kyung-Yeon Department of Nursing, Silla University 140 Baegyang-daero(Blvd) 700 beon-gil, Sasang-gu, Busan, Korea Tel: 82-51-999-5461 Fax: 82-51-999-6237 E-mail: kypark@silla.ac. kr Predictors of Intention to Quit Smoking among Woman Smokers in Korea*
Hypocholesterolemic effect of some plants and their blend as studied on albino rats

This work was carried out to evaluate the hypocholesterolemia effect of esparto grass leaves, fenugreek seeds powder, myrrh resin and their blend (prepared using equal amounts of each) on albino rats. Half, fenugreek and the blend were added to basal diet at 5% and 10%, while myrrh added at 2.5% and 5% hypercholesterolemia raised serum TC, TG, LDL and VLDL while HDL declined. Feeding on mentioned plants reversed the mentioned change provided that efficacy was different where the blend mostly came first, being of highest effect (indicating a synergistic action) and fenugreek of lowest effect. Fenugreek seeds powder showed 34.50-43.75% decrease of AI compared to control (+). Serum glucose showed 31.25% increase due to hypercholesterolemia, and decreased from 141.13 mg dl−1 (control+) to 97.1-127.0 mg dl−1 by experimental diets; in this concern the blend diet was of highest effect. More studies are needed to confirm the effect of myrrh as overweight and obesity controller agent.
Estimation of Sulphite Levels in Food Products Available in Delhi, India

Sulphites used as preservatives in foods might pose a risk for sensitive individuals, causing broncho-constriction, urticaria and dermatitis. The present work aimed at determining sulphite concentration using Optimized Monier- Williams method. A total of 357 food products were collected from different markets of Delhi and analysed for sulphites. The food products were classified into eight categories namely preserves, dried fruits, beverage concentrates, sugars, confectionery items, ready to serve beverages, bakery products and miscellaneous products. The mean recovery for 8 major food matrices was found to be 82.02% with relative standard deviation % RSDR of 3.22 and % RSDr of 1.72. The sulphite levels, expressed as sulphur dioxide, ranged from <10.0 mg/kg to 406 mg/kg. A total of 21% food products had sulphite concentration below the quantifiable limit of 10 mg/kg and in 30% of food products sulphites were not-detectable. Though most food samples presented sulphite levels below 50% of Maximum Permissible Level (MPL), a few local brands or un-branded samples of products like jam (n=1), sugar (n=3), fruit bars (n=3), digestives (n=1) and fruit beverages (n=1) had sulphite concentration 106% - 136% of the MPL. Beverages are likely to be major contributors to sulphite intake and brand loyal children are most likely to exceed their acceptable daily intake (ADI). Using the average concentration of sulphite obtained, 200 ml of beverage like squash will provide approximately 71% of the ADI for a child weighing 20 kg. Data generated can be utilized to estimate dietary exposure to sulphites and associated risk. Small scale manufacturers need to be sensitized about good manufacturing practices.
Self-assessed Dental Status of the First Year Students of Health Related Faculties of a University in Turkey

The objectives of this study are to determine the self-assessed oral health status and behavior of entrants educating in health related faculties of a university, Ankara, Turkey. There were currently four faculties namely Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Health Sciences in Hacettepe University with 964 first year students; 853 (88.5%) of them were participated in this descriptive study. Data collected via a self-administered pre-tested questionnaire included items to evaluate the selfassessed oral health status and behaviour. All students were informed of the purpose of the study and how to fill the questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS Version 15.0. Chi square test was performed to test the significance of the differences. 74.0% of the students were between 18– 19 ages; two-thirds was female. In all, 40.8% of them were dissatisfied with the appearance of their teeth. Although half of the group stated that the dentist will propose treatment if they visit a dentist, most of them did not think that the health of their teeth and gingiva was good. The percentage of dental visit at least once among females (94.2%) was more than males (82.8%) (p<0.001 ). Half of the students did not remember the age at first dental visit. 68.9% of the students had brushed their teeth at least twice a day. Improvements in preventive orientation of all health science students will also help them to play more effective roles in promoting the oral health of themselves as well as their communities.
Contextualizing Health Literacy to Health Care Organizations

Parker, Ratzen and Lurie (2003) pointed out that a silent epidemic is affecting the health status of the American population, namely poor health literacy. Actually, inadequate health literacy is the main cause of the patients’ inability to navigate the health care environment, paving the way for inappropriateness in the provision of care as well as for poor health outcomes. Moreover, it has been esteemed that a third of the European population is not able to properly understand, process and use health information (HLS-EU Consortium, 2012). The same issue has been identified in several Asian countries (see, for example, Nakayama et al., 2015; Pednekar, Gupta & Gupta, 2011). What is striking is that—until today—the attention has been focused on the individual determinants of low health literacy, while studies concerning the organizational health literacy—that is to say, the ability of health care organization to establish friendly and comfortable relationships with the patients—are uncommon (Weaver, Wray, Zellin, Gautam & Jupka, 2012). This article is aimed at exploring the way health care organizations deal with patients living with inadequate health literacy. Drawing on the prevailing literature (Brach et al., 2012; DeWalt et al., 2013; Matthews & Sewell, 2002; Murphy-Knoll, 2007; Stableford & Mettger, 2007) the main approaches to improve organizational health literacy are examined. Then, a distinction between formal and informal tools to address organizational health literacy is suggested and the effectiveness of both of them is compared. The findings of the research suggest that informal tools are more common than formal tools, even though the former have lower perceived effectiveness as compared with the latter. Health care organizations seem to be still far from effectively activating comprehensive organizational health literacy pathways. There is a desperate need for systemic efforts to enhance the awareness of organizational health literacy and to encourage processes of change towards health literate organizational environments.
Comparative Study of Strain-Gauge Balance Calibration Procedures Using the Balance Calibration Machine

A new balance calibration load table was designed and validated using the Balance Calibration Machine (BCM). Three load tables were used to calibrate the same new balance, a more traditional “One Factor At a Time” (OFAT) load table, an Modern Design Of Experiments (MDOE) structured load table and an MDOE randomized load table. The MDOE design is compared to other designs to analyze the properties of this load table design. The calibration results of all three load tables are tested against an independent set of check load points. It is demonstrated that the MDOE load table produces nearly identical results as the OFAT load table, but has a significant time gain and demands little of the capacity of the BCM.
Nov 2011 1 Self-reported occupational visual and hearing impairment among dental professionals in Nigeria

Objective: To determine the prevalence of occupational visual and hearing impairment among dental professionals in Edo State, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire based cross-sectional survey of dental surgeons, dental surgery assistants (DSA), dental therapists and dental technologists was conducted in four government owned dental centers in Edo state which included: University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Specialist Hospital, Benin City, Irrua specialist hospital and General hospital, Fugar. Results: The response rate was 78.1%. Majority (77.3%) of the respondents were dentists, others were dental nurses (10.7%), dental technologists (9.3%) and dental therapists (2.7%). The prevalence of hearing impairment was 4.0% while visual impairment was 12.0%. The prevalence of hearing impairment was higher among dental technologists, however this was not statistically significant (P>0.05). The regular use of safety practices among the dental professionals was low ranging from12.0% to 50.7%. Conclusion: Visual impairment was more common than hearing impairment among dental professionals. Noise level and hazards to the eyes in dental clinic should be evaluated by occupational health and safety advisors with a view of making useful recommendation to reduce their adverse impact on dental professionals. Further investigations using objective auditory and visual assessment tools are also recommended.
Perioperative management of patients with acromegaly-a retrospective analysis

Background: Acromegaly poses several challenges to the anesthetists, neurosurgeons, endocrinologists and intensivists, mandating a careful, coordinated multidisciplinary approach for a successful surgical outcome. An emphasis is required on a thorough preoperative evaluation of airway, neurological and endocrine and metabolic status so as to formulate a suitable perioperative management plan. Methods: The rates of various perioperative complications, both surgical and anesthesia related, during pituitary surgeries in acromegaly patients were studied. Data collected included demographics, patient’s medical history and any associated comorbid conditions, diagnosis, procedure performed, anesthetic management, intraoperative and postoperative complications. Results: This is a retrospective analysis of 22 patients of acromegaly who underwent excision of a growth hormone (GH) secreting pituitary adenoma from October 2012 to December 2017. Male: female, 14:8 with a mean age of 32±9.5 years. The common presenting symptoms were somatic dysmorphism, headache, visual field defects and menstrual irregularities. Preoperative associated co-morbidities were hypertension (4), diabetes mellitus (6), Ischemic Heart Disease (1), hypothyroidism (3), situs solitus (1), lumbar and cervical disc prolapse (1), nephropathy (1) and poliomyelitis (1). One patient had difficult tracheal intubation with repeated attempts at direct laryngoscopy and surgery was deferred to a later date where awake fibreoptic bronchoscopic intubation was done. Two more patients with anticipated difficult airway, trachea was intubated using a fibreoptic bronchoscope. Out of 22 Transsphenoidal surgical approach (transnasal or sublabial) and pterional craniotomy was done in 18 and 4. Inhalational anaesthetic was used in the majority of patients (isoflurane, 18 and sevoflurane, 03) propofol infusion was used in 1 patient. Intraoperative cardiac complications like hypertension, ventricular ectopics was seen. Postoperatively metabolic, water and electrolyte imbalance were common occurance. CSF rhinorrhoea was seen in 4 patients and one developed meningitis. Conclusions: The present data shows that patients undergoing pituitary surgery for acromegaly have many airway issues, cardiac and metabolic risk factors.
Hierarchical bayesian models for sparse signal recovery and sampling

This thesis builds upon the problem of sparse signal recovery from the Bayesian standpoint. The advantages of employing Bayesian models are underscored, with the most important being the ease at which a model can be expanded or altered; leading to a fresh class of algorithms. The thesis fills out several gaps between sparse recovery algorithms and sparse Bayesian models; firstly the lack of global performance guarantees for the latter and secondly what the signifying differences are between the two. These questions are answered by providing; a refined theoretical analysis and a new class of algorithms that combines the benefits from classic recovery algorithms and sparse Bayesian modelling. The said Bayesian techniques find application in tracking dynamic sparse signals, something impossible under the Kalman filter approach. Another innovation of this thesis are Bayesian models for signals whose components are known a priori to exhibit a certain statistical trend. These situations require that the model enforces a given statistical bias on the solutions. Existing Bayesian models can cope with this input, but the algorithms to carry out the task are computationally expensive. Several ways are proposed to remedy the associated problems while still attaining some form of optimality. The proposed framework finds application in multipath channel estimation with some very promising results. Not far from the same area lies that of Approximate Message Passing. This includes extremely low-complexity algorithms for sparse recovery with a powerful analysis framework. Some results are derived, regarding the differences between these approximate methods and the aforementioned models. This can be seen as preliminary work for future research. Finally, the thesis presents a hardware implementation of a wideband spectrum analyser based on sparse recovery methods. The hardware consists of a FieldProgrammable Gate Array coupled with an Analogue to Digital Converter. Some critical results are drawn, regarding the gains and viability of such methods.
Knowledge of café and restaurant managers to provide a safe meal to food allergic consumers

Aim To identify knowledge of cafe and restaurant managers to provide safe meals to food allergic consumers. Methods A structured self-administered knowledge questionnaire was completed by managers of 124 food establishments in Wellington, New Zealand. Results Three quarters (76%) of managers agreed to participate. Overall, 13% of respondents provided correct responses for all knowledge items. Most (93%) were very confident/confident to provide a safe meal to food allergic consumers and 64% very confident/confident to manage an allergen emergency. A quarter reported past training in food allergy management. Those with past training were more likely to have plans in place to provide a safe meal (14.8% vs. 3.4%; χ2 =2.918, P < 0.05), manage an emergency (37.8% vs 21.8%; χ2 = 2.158, P < 0.05) and to have a training program for staff (42.9% vs 8.8%; χ2 = 15.419, P < 0.001). Restaurant managers were more likely to have an emergency plan than cafe managers (33.3% vs 14.9%; χ2 = 3.974, P < 0.01). Two-thirds (65%) of managers kept written recipes with ingredient details. Recipes were more likely kept if member of an industry association versus non-member (81.6% vs 60.4%; χ2 = 4.332, P < 0.01). Seventy-seven per cent were interested in future training. Interest was greater among industry association members (98.0% vs 83.7%; χ2 = 4.317, P < 0.02) and owners compared to managers (81.3% vs 71.7%; χ2 = 5.901, P < 0.02). Conclusions Food allergy knowledge of food establishment managers may compromise the safety of food allergic customers. Positive benefits of voluntary manager training are evident. For robust consumer protection, it is suggested that training be incorporated into the registration requirements for food establishments.