Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Key beliefs influencing young drivers’ engagement with social interactive technology on their smartphones: A qualitative study

ABSTRACT Objective: The main aim of this study was to identify young drivers’ underlying beliefs (i.e., behavioral, normative, and control) regarding initiating, monitoring/reading, and responding to social interactive technology (i.e., functions on a Smartphone that allow the user to communicate with other people). Method: This qualitative study was a beliefs elicitation study in accordance with the theory of planned behavior and sought to elicit young drivers’ behavioral (i.e., advantages, disadvantages), normative (i.e., who approves, who disapproves), and control beliefs (i.e., barriers, facilitators) that underpin social interactive technology use while driving. Young drivers (N = 26) aged 17 to 25 years took part in an interview or focus group discussion. Results: Though differences emerged between the 3 behaviors of initiating, monitoring/reading, and responding for each of the behavioral, normative, and control belief categories, the strongest distinction was within the behavioral beliefs category (e.g., communicating with the person that they were on the way to meet was an advantage of initiating; being able to determine whether to respond was an advantage of monitoring/reading; and communicating with important people was an advantage of responding). Normative beliefs were similar for initiating and responding behaviors (e.g., friends and peers more likely to approve than other groups) and differences emerged for monitoring/reading (e.g., parents were more likely to approve of this behavior than initiating and responding). For control beliefs, there were differences between the beliefs regarding facilitators of these behaviors (e.g., familiar roads and conditions facilitated initiating; having audible notifications of an incoming communication facilitated monitoring/reading; and receiving a communication of immediate importance facilitated responding); however, the control beliefs that presented barriers were consistent across the 3 behaviors (e.g., difficult traffic/road conditions). Conclusion: The current study provides an important addition to the extant literature and supports emerging research that suggests that initiating, monitoring/reading, and responding may indeed be distinct behaviors with different underlying motivations.
The safety and effectiveness of a new hysteroscopic method for permanent birth control: results of the first EssureTM pbc clinical study

Background: Current methods of female surgical sterilisation require incisional surgery, general anaesthesia and a prolonged recovery time. We studied the safety and effectiveness of Essure pbc, a minimally invasive, transcervically placed micro‐insert that occludes the Fallopian tubes, resulting in permanent female contraception.
Computer-Assisted Teaching of Translation Methods

This paper introduces an intelligent tutoring system designed to help student translators learn to appreciate the distinction between literal translation and liberal translation, an important and forever debated point in the literature of translation, and some other methods of translation lying between these two extremes. We identify four prominent kinds of translation methods commonly discussed in the translation literature - word-for-word translation, literal translation, semantic translation, and communicative translation - and attempt to extract computationally expedient definitions for them from two researchers' discussions on them. We then apply these computational definitions to the preparation of our translation corpus to be used in the intelligent tutoring system. In the basic working mode the system offers a source sentence for the student to translate, compares it with the inbuilt versions, and decides on the most likely method of translation used through a translation unit matching algorithm. The student can guess where on the literal and liberal continuum their translation stands by viewing this verdict and by comparing their translation with other versions for the same sentence. In the advanced working mode, the student learns some translation techniques such as the contrastive analysis approach to teaching translation, while appreciating the working of translation methods in relation to these techniques.
Undergraduate Students' Satisfaction Survey at the University of Dodoma

In order for any university to fulfil its objective(s), it should not only consider staff retention but also make sure that the main customers who are students are comfortable with the university life. Students’ satisfaction has neither been considered as an issue of importance nor a matter of survival by higher education institutions. What is practised in most academic institutions is feedback of evaluation of teaching activity by academic staff. Because of the importance of the students’ satisfaction survey, this paper focused on two issues; to establish students’ satisfaction level and determine the factors that influence satisfaction of UDOM students. The data used in the survey were primarily collected from the UDOM students. The questionnaire was used as the tool for data collection. It was employed to collect information from the undergraduate UDOM students. Factor analysis was adopted in order to identify underlying variables that explain the pattern of correlations within a set of observed factors. The overall students’ satisfaction index was 55.2%. The academic staff, learning environment, learning material, nonacademic staff and learning facilities factors are positively related to logit of satisfaction. The learning material is the only insignificant predictor. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that satisfaction level for UDOM students is minimal something which suggests that the university should improve service delivery.
When Service Customers Do Not Consume in Isolation

In many service contexts, customers share the service setting with other customers. However, knowledge about the influences of fellow customers’ copresence remains largely fragmented. We address this deficiency by introducing the integrative concept of customer copresence influence modes (CCIMs) and investigate its potential consequences for service perceptions and evaluations. Following a grounded theory approach and drawing on in-depth, qualitative interviews with both managers and customers of a leading service company, we develop a typology of CCIMs, categorizing the various ways—interactions (reactive/proactive and social/instrumental), observations (information-seeking/comparative), and spillovers (spatial/behavioral)—in which fellow customers might influence the focal customer. Building on this typology, we propose a conceptual framework with a set of testable propositions about consequences of CCIMs for the focal customer’s service experience and the service provider’s image. The CCIM typology and propositional inventory, in addition to offering directions for further research, emphasize the need for service managers to pay special attention to customer copresence because (1) its influence on service experience is contingent on a variety of factors, including some within the managers’ control, and (2) customers might assign responsibility to the service provider for both desirable and detrimental effects of customer copresence.
The Social Impact Of The Telephone

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Effect of crosslinking on the solubility and morphological structures of the PVA nanofibres

The electrospun PVA nanofibres are highly soluble in water. Hence, an improvement to stabilize the nanofibres in water has been investigated in the study. The PVA nanofibres were crosslinked with Hexamethylene diisocyanate(HMDI), N, N-Dimethylformamide(DMF) and a mixture of HMDI and DMF. The structures and properties of crosslinked electrospun PVA nanofibres were characterized using the SEM and FTIR. Changes of the membrane area, thickness and membrane stability in water were also investigated. The results show that the PVA nanofibres insoluble in water after crosslinking. The presence of N-H and C=O groups give stable nanofibres in water. However, the structures of nanofibres vary depending upon chemicals used. The HMDI gives similar fibre structures to the uncrosslinked PVA nanofibres. However, the DMF and a mixture of HMDI and DMF change the PVA nanofibre structures. The HMDI is also found to form crosslinking network between the PVA fibres that could improve the fibre-to-fibre bonding in the PVA membrane. From the results, it shows that the HMDI is not only improved the solubility of PVA nanofibres, but it can be used as binding agent for random-oriented fibres.
Efficient Information Dissemination of 3 D Point Cloud Mapping Data for Autonomous Vehicles

Information exchanges play a vital role in enabling autonomous driving by overcoming the limitation of perception and decision of a single autonomous vehicle. For assuring safety, facilitating regulations, and enhancing intelligent decisions, it is critical to enable a detailed global view of mapping data (that describes the road environments and roadside objects) to be synchronized and exchanged dynamically among autonomous vehicles, roadside infrastructure, and traffic control center. Central to autonomous driving is the mapping data in form of 3D point cloud that is commonly utilized by LIDAR (laser-based) perception systems, which can accurately represent physical objects in 3D space, but usually takes up a large volume of data. Therefore, the efficiency of 3D point cloud mapping data dissemination is crucial to practical realization of autonomous driving. In this paper, we present 3D-MADS, an efficient information dissemination system of 3D point cloud mapping data for autonomous vehicles, roadside units and a mapping data repository, considering heterogeneous transmission options, such as cellular network unicast and short-range local broadcast transmissions. We provide a system of solutions to optimize the performance of 3D point cloud mapping data dissemination, including hashing 3D point cloud data by Bloom filters, index coding at roadside units, and opportunistic scheduling of heterogeneous transmissions. We empirically evaluated our system using real-world mobility data traces of vehicles and 3D point cloud data of city streets. We also implemented our system in a multi-robotic vehicle testbed for practical evaluation.
Getting the environmental information across: from the Web to the user

Environmental and meteorological conditions are of utmost importance for the population, as they are strongly related to the quality of life. Citizens are increasingly aware of this importance. This awareness results in an increasing demand for environmental information tailored to their specific needs and background. We present an environmental information platform that supports submission of user queries related to environmental conditions and orchestrates results from complementary services to generate personalized suggestions. The system discovers and processes reliable data in the Web in order to convert them into knowledge. At runtime, this information is transferred into an ontology‐structured knowledge base, from which then information relevant to the specific user is deduced and communicated in the language of their preference. The platform is demonstrated with real world use cases in the south area of Finland, showing the impact it can have on the quality of everyday life.
Board of director in the family business and its impact on socioemotional wealth

This study seeks to determine the impact of the implementation of good corporate governance practices on the family business Board of Directors, observing the impact on the family socioemotional wealth. Using four cases study from family businesses in Colombia-South America, the results show that the implementations of corporate governance practices in the Board of Directors have strong tendencies to preserve the family's socioemotional wealth. Furthermore, unity, honesty, transparency and amity are factors boosting both family and business success.
Linkage group establishment in Neurospora tetrasperma by interspecific hybridization with N. crassa.

HE purpose of this paper is to provide evidence for the establishment of one Tor more genetic markers on seven linkage groups in Neurospora tetrasperma so as to enhance the usefulness of this species in genetic research. The linkage groups were determined by hybridization with the genetically well known species, N . crmsa. Markers were first transferred from one Neurospora species to another by DODGE (1931) and FINCHAM (1951), using N . crassa and N . sitophila. Previous genetic studies with N . tetrasperma have been conducted with little knowledge of linkage relationships involved, and relatively few genetic markers have been reported. These markers include mating type (DODGE 195%; LINDEGREN 1932); I (DODGE 1934); o and m (DODGE 1935; TAI 1936); p and w (MALMCH 1942); d and U (DODGE, SCHMITT and APPEL 1945); E (DODGE, SINGLETON and ROLNICK 1950) ; col 1 , col 2 and mus (BRAVER 1952); ten biochemical and morphological mutants ( HOWE 1963,1963a) and 12 other biochemical and morphological loci (JOHNSON 1963). Linkage studies with these markers have been limited mostly to demonstrating whether linkage to the mating type locus was apparent. The haploid chromosome number is 7 (DODGE, SINGLETON and ROLNICK 1950). Gene-centromere map intervals can be determined by using the percentage of asci showing homokaryotic ascospores, as pointed out by SANSOME (1946) and CATCHESIDE (1951), who used the data of DODGE, SCHMITT and APPEL (1945). This method was subsequently employed by BRAVER (1952), HOWE (1963) and JOHNSON ( 1963). Determination of gene-gene map intervals is complicated by the normally dicaryotic condition of the ascospores. This difficulty was circumvented by DODGE, SINGLETON and ROLNICK (1950) and by BRAVER (1952), who included E in crosses. Crosses heterozygous for E produced asci containing eight uninucleate ascospores, but the ascospores containing the E allele survived poorly. Better survival of uninucleate ascospores was obtained with the rather infrequently occurring dwarf spore types that all strains produce (HOWE 1964). JOHNSON and SRB (1962) increased the frequency of production of uninucleate ascospores by use of the N . crassa mutant peak-2 (an allele of biscuit) transferred into N . tetrasperma. JOHNSON (1963) also used the transferred pk-2 marker to assign a lysine mutant to linkage group V.
Transformational leadership: effect on the job satisfaction of Registered Nurses in a hospital in China.

AIM The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between the transformational leadership of nurse managers and job satisfaction among clinical Registered Nurses at a tertiary care hospital in China. BACKGROUND The healthcare system is changing rapidly. Research in Western countries has shown that transformational leadership affects job satisfaction. However, very little research related to this subject has been conducted in healthcare settings in China. METHODS The sample consisted of 238 nurses who work at a tertiary care hospital in China. Data were collected from April to August 2006. Research instruments included a demographic data form, a Leadership Practice Inventory and a Job Satisfaction Scale for clinical registered nurses. FINDINGS Both the transformational leadership of nurse managers and job satisfaction among clinical Registered Nurses were at a moderate level. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between the transformational leadership of nurse managers and job satisfaction (r = 0·556, P < 0·001). CONCLUSION The findings indicate that the transformational leadership of nurse managers could have an effect on the job satisfaction of clinical Registered Nurses.
Blood Lactate Disappearance Dynamics in Boys and Men Following Exercise of Similar and Dissimilar Peak-Lactate Concentrations

Characteristically, children recover faster than adults from various types of exercise. The purpose of the present study was to explain the children's faster recovery, in part, by addressing lactate (La) removal and comparing La disappearance dynamics in the two age groups following exercise of both similar and dissimilar peak blood-lactate concentration values ([La]pk). The subjects were 14 prepubertal boys and 12 men of similar peak oxygen consumption, normalized for body mass. All subjects performed 30 s supra-maximal cycling (Wingate anaerobic test [WAnT]). [La]pk was 10.7 +/- 1.9 and 14.7 +/- 1.7 mmol x l(-1) for the boys and men, respectively (p < 0.001). The men were later retested in shortened versions of the WAnT so as to attain [La]pk values (10.5 +/- 0.7 mmol x l(-1)) comparable to those achieved by the boys. [La]pk lag time following the boys' standard WAnT was similar to that found in the men following the shortened WAnT (5.0 +/- 2.6 vs 5.7 +/- 1.3 min, respectively), but considerably shorter than that following the men's 30s-WAnT (7.6 +/- 2.1 min; p < 0.05). The La disappearance dynamics were closely matched between groups following the matched [La]pk WAnTs. [La] half-life was similar under all conditions (ca. 20 min). It is concluded that prepubertal boys are characterized by a lower [La]pk and a shorter time lag before reaching it, following 30-s supra-maximal cycling exercise. However, boys' La disappearance dynamics are not different from that of men.
Encouraging Consumers to Act at Renewal Evidence from Field Trials in the Home and Motor Insurance Markets

The majority of British home and motor insurance policies automatically renew annually, at a price chosen by the provider, unless consumers actively switch or negotiate. Auto-renewal can be beneficial to consumers for example by ensuring continuity of cover. However, the media, consumer groups and politicians have expressed concern that some consumers, often the elderly or vulnerable, pay high prices as a result of automatic renewal.In collaboration with one home insurer and two motor insurers, we conduct field trials to test the potential for improved renewal notices to encourage consumers to switch or negotiate their policy at renewal. We also use bespoke survey data linked to administrative data from a home and motor insurance provider as well as aggregated data on price levels from several other insurance providers.Aggregated data from three home insurance providers suggests that average premiums increase in the first five years until they plateau. Our survey evidence for a home insurer suggests that customers underestimate the benefits of shopping around and overestimate the amount of time it takes. The evidence is compatible with Gabaix and Laibson’s (2006) ‘shrouded equilibrium’ model, where consumers do not anticipate that they will purchase additional products at high prices when they are purchasing the original product (although we do not have evidence that firms are making overall excess profits). Our evidence for the motor insurance providers varies by insurer, with consumers showing fewer signs of inertia and some firms showing little evidence of price increases at renewal.We find that putting last year’s premium on renewal notices causes between 11% and 18% more consumers to switch or negotiate their home insurance policy. The effect is larger for consumers offered higher price increases at renewal. We find little evidence of price increases at renewal for customers at the two motor insurers and including last year’s premium has no effect. Other changes to renewal notices, including simplifying renewal notices, sending information leaflets, and sending reminders have little or no impact on consumer behaviour.
Corporate governance and internal controls over financial reporting in Ugandan MFIs

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between corporate governance and internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Uganda. ,This study was cross-sectional and correlational. In all, 70 Ugandan MFIs were surveyed and the data were analyzed using SPSS Version 20 to test the nine hypotheses which were put forward. The hypothesized relationships were tested using the ordinary least squares regression. ,The findings based on multiple regression analysis suggest that board role performance, expertise and Association of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda (AMFIU) membership are significant predictors of the ICFR. However, board independence and separation of CEO and chairman roles are not significant predictors. The results also show that the firm-specific control variables (auditor type, size, accounting qualification and age) are also not significant. ,This study has limitations in that it is cross-sectional, thus limiting monitoring changes in behavior over time and also because the effectiveness of the ICFR was assessed using perceptions. ,Efforts by regulators and other stakeholders to improve the ICFR must focus on the corporate governance aspects such as board expertise and ensure that the board performs its roles. ,The paper adds to the existing literature on the corporate governance and ICFR by documenting the relationship between the corporate governance and ICFR. The study complements the previous studies on the ICFR by demonstrating that board expertise and board role performance improve the ICFR. Such evidence does not currently exist. The findings also indicate that an MFI which is a member of AMFIU was found to have better ICFR supporting self-regulation.
Uptake of PSMA-ligands in normal tissues is dependent on tumor load in patients with prostate cancer.

Radioligand therapy (RLT) with Lu-177-labeled PSMA-ligands is a new therapy option for prostate cancer. Biodistribution in normal tissues is of interest for therapy planning. We evaluated if the biodistribution of Ga-68-PSMA-11 is influenced by tumor load. RESULTS In patients with high tumor load, SUVmean was reduced to 61.5% in the lacrimal glands, to 56.6% in the parotid glands, to 63.7% in the submandibular glands, to 61.3% in the sublingual glands and to 55.4% in the kidneys (p < 0.001). Further significant differences were observed for brain, mediastinum, liver, spleen and muscle. Total tracer retention was higher in patients with high tumor load (p < 0.05). SUV in lacrimal, salivary glands and kidneys correlated negatively with PSA. MATERIALS AND METHODS 135 patients were retrospectively evaluated. SUV was measured in the lacrimal and salivary glands, brain, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, muscle and bone. SUV was correlated with visual tumor load, total tracer retention and PSA. CONCLUSIONS Patients with high tumor load show a significant reduction of tracer uptake in dose-limiting organs. As similar effects might occur when performing RLT using Lu-177-labeled PSMA-ligands, individual adaptations of therapy protocols based on diagnostic PSMA PET imaging before therapy might help to further increase efficacy and safety of RLT.