Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Application of multiple-group latent growth model to determine the effect of shift work on body mass index among petrochemical industries staff

Background: Shift work can be defined as work activity scheduled in which employees work outside standard daytime hours. Some reports have shown that shift work is associated with several health problems. The main objective of this research was to explore the effect of shift work on body mass index (BMI) over time among Iranian petroleum industry staff. Methods: This longitudinal study sample was consisted of 3,686 (1,872 day workers and 1,814 shift workers) petrochemical industries staff in Mahshahr, southwest of Iran, from 2012 to 2015. The weight and height of these staff were measured using standard techniques and equipment. Multiple-group latent growth curve modeling was used to determine the effect of shift working on BMI trajectories over this period of time via Mplus software, version 6.0. Results: The mean (±SD) age of the shift workers and day workers were 38.96 (±8.36) and 43.33 (±8.35) years, respectively. Findings from the modeling approach showed that the slope of BMI in shift workers on average was 0.14 kg/m2 greater than the day workers in years under study (p<0.001). Conclusion: The findings of the current study suggest that shift work can be considered as a potential risk indicator for higher weight gain in petrochemical staff. Hence, health policy-makers should organize health screening programs and periodical checkups to find high-risk staff and control unhealthy lifestyle factors in these industries.
Hygienic quality of the honey samples produced in the Iran in comparison with international standards

Honey is a sweet, viscous liquid that bees produce from nectar collected from plant nectarines and store as food. In this study, some physicochemical properties (pH, ash, reducing sugars, sucrose, moisture, electrical conductivity, diastase activity, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and commercial glucose) and microbial contaminations of 180 honey samples from North-western regions of Iran (Ardabil province) were evaluated in one year period in different seasons of 2012. The levels of reducing sugars, sucrose content and HMF of 6.11%, 8.33% and 3.33% samples were unacceptable, respectively. Diastase activity of 4 samples (2.22%) was negative and 5 samples (2.77%) had commercial glucose. But moisture, ash content, pH and electrical conductivity values of all samples were in the required standard range. The amounts of moisture and electrical conductivity value during various seasons show statistically significant differences (P ≤ 0.05). Microbial analyse results showed that of all the samples evaluated, only 13 samples (7.22%) contained mold, and 10 samples (5.55%) were contaminated with bacteria. The standard plate counts (SPC) were found in low numbers in most samples of honey with a mean count of 2.6 Log10 CFU.g -1. The results of this study may help improve researchers’ understanding of honey properties and their impact on consumer preference.
PENGARUH PEMBERIAN TEKNIK AKUPRESUR TERHADAP TINGKAT NYERI PERSALINAN KALA I DI RUMAH SAKIT RAJAWALI CITRA POTORONO BANGUNTAPAN BANTUL 2007

Pain is an integral part of labor. Untolerable pain may change normal labor into pathological one. The use of Acupreassure technique can be an alternative of non-pharmacological method to control labor pain during stage I. the objective of this study was to analyze the effect of Acupreassure technique in change level pain perception during normal labor stage I in primipara and multipara. This study used pre-experimental with non-equivalent control group pretest and posttest design. The population was primipara and multipara parturient women at stage I of normal labor who reported pain at Rumah Sakit Rajawali Citra Potorono Banguntapan Kabupaten Bantul. Sample size was 60 responden there are 30 responden of experimental group (group I) and 30 responden of control group (group II) who met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected using interview, questionnaire and observation. Data were analyzed by using Wilcoxon Signed Rank with significance level the result showed that before intervention, the group I mother who perceived moderate pain were 46,7% and 53,3% severe pain. After intervention, those who perceived mild pain 50%, moderate pain were 46,7% and severe pain were 3,3%. The result of statistical test had significance level of p = 0,000. in conclution, Acupreassure technique is effective in helping the mother to cange (reduce) level pain during normal labor stge I. Keywords : Level pain, inpartu of normal labor stage I, Acupreassure Download PDF
Romanian Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a general disease which affects the oral health of the patients. Severe and poorly controlled diabetes is considered a risk factor for implant prosthesis complications. While the number of people with DM is rising, the restoration with dental implants may be a reasonable and predictable prosthetic option, being important to conduct the treatment according to their particularities. Aim This study focus on oral health and dental implants success in patients with type 2 DM. Material and methods A literature review on aspects related to oral health and implant survival rate in diabetic type 2 patients was conducted. Relevant clinical studies were searched through PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Wiley, Cochrane Library database. The following search terms used were: oral health and diabetes; dental implants and diabetes. We included publications with more than 10 patients, written in English, in the last 15 years and with assessment of glycemic status. Results Diabetic patients face to numerous oral manifestations: dry mouth by salivary gland hypofunction, periodontal disease, root caries, oral candidiasis, mucosal ulcer, taste impairment, halitosis, burning mouth sensation, delayed wound healing. All of these factors may conduct in the end to higher rate of tooth loss. Diabetes is not an absolute contraindication for dental implant treatment. Patients with chronically uncontrolled diabetes facing other systemic co-morbidities should not receive dental implants. Although the association between diabetes and periodontal disease is well established, health care professionals also need to recognize the risk of tooth loss and its effect on quality of life among people with diabetes. This is the reason why dental implants can be a perfect solution by maintaining the bone height and width which confers stability and more natural appearance of the prosthetic restorations. Conclusions Dental implants seem to be predictable procedures for dental rehabilitation in diabetic type 2 patients, with a good osseointegration rate of 85%96.4%. Conventional restorations such as bridges or removable prosthesis may be a better option in case of chronic, uncontrolled diabetic patients with elevated HbA1C levels.
A SIMPLE RANDOMIZATION TECHNIQUE

Deep reinforcement learning (RL) agents often fail to generalize to unseen environments (yet semantically similar to trained agents), particularly when they are trained on high-dimensional state spaces, such as images. In this paper, we propose a simple technique to improve a generalization ability of deep RL agents by introducing a randomized (convolutional) neural network that randomly perturbs input observations. It enables trained agents to adapt to new domains by learning robust features invariant across varied and randomized environments. Furthermore, we consider an inference method based on the Monte Carlo approximation to reduce the variance induced by this randomization. We demonstrate the superiority of our method across 2D CoinRun, 3D DeepMind Lab exploration and 3D robotics control tasks: it significantly outperforms various regularization and data augmentation methods for the same purpose.
Effect of Staff Competencies and Skills on the Effectiveness of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) in Kajiado County, Kenya

Governments in developing counties are increasingly exploring methods and systems to modernize and improve their financial management. Information technology is one of the strategies that can be used by these governments to enhance their financial management systems. However, little has been done in Kenya, in terms of evaluating the effect of staff competencies and skills on the effectiveness of IFMIS in improving the financial management in county governments. Specifically, the study sought to assess the influence of staff competencies on effectiveness of IFMIS in Kajiado County. The study adopted the descriptive case study design. The target population constituted 105 employees from the ICT, Procurement, and Finance departments of the county government. 105 employees drawn from were three departments ICT, Procurement and Finance. A sample of 84 respondents was selected from the three departments proportionately, using the stratified random sampling method. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires designed using the five point Likert Scale. The quantitative data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistical data analysis. On the other hand, Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used for determining the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variables, while regression analysis was used to assess the magnitude of the relationship. Over 75% of the respondents who participated in the study agreed with most of the statement that were used to establish the level of staff competence on the implementation of IFMIS since the mean response on all the statement items was above 3.0. The study further established that there was a weak but positive Rvalue (0.001) respectively. The regression analysis indicated that the amount of change in the effective implementation of the IFMIS in county governments could be explained by 32.2 % success of staff competencies discussed in this study. It is also noted that the factor had a correlation factor of 0.000, which is statistically significant. This shows that the factors discussed have an influence on the implementation of IFMIS by themselves but they have a combined effect. The study concluded that effective implementation of IFMIS must be supported by staff competence. This indicates that organizations that aim at getting the best out of their information systems must be able to effectively address the issues of employee’s competencies and skills required to support the entire process. This study recommends that organizations must be able to look into other factors behind the successful implementation of IFMIS besides the consideration of level staff competence. Since it contributes only 32.2% then there is need for further study to probe more into the factors that can increase the success of the implementation of IFMIS in the Kenyan county governments. The finding of this study is expected to be of significance to various people such Kenyan, Kajiado County.
ANALYSIS OF THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HYDRAULIC FLUIDS IN ORDER TO MODIFY CHANGE INTERVALS

The present paper deals with laboratory studies of contamination of hydraulic oils with analysis of the physico-chemical properties, in order to determine and lengthen the change interval of hydraulic oils used in stationary pressing devices. The aim was to determine the degree of contamination of samples of hydraulic fluids, to prolong change intervals, to ensure the proper operation of hydraulic presses. Result of the analysis of hydraulic fluids was, that the physico-chemical properties of the used hydraulic fluids, after the two-year period of usage, preserve the properties, which determine the correct operation of the production of pressing equipment.
Teachers’ Voices on the Challenges of the Implementation of Communicative Approach in Regards to the 2013 Curriculum

ABSTRACTThe Indonesian ELT current curriculum (the 2013 Curriculum) adopts communicative Approach (CA) as its basis foundation. Despite the fact that this approach has been adopted for some years, some research studies showed that it does not bring any significant improvement to the learner’s outcome. There are several reasons underpinning the failures of the implementation of CA in regards to the 2013 curriculum. This study is, therefore, aimed at investigating the EFL Indonesian teachers’ perspectives on the challenges they faced in the implementation of communicative approach in their classrooms along with the 2013 curriculum. Four participants were involved in this study that were given questionnaires and interviewed for data collection. Qualitative design by case study was used in this study and the results indicated that all teachers in this study encountered challenges when implementing the concept of CA along with the 2013 curriculum, i.e. students’ low motivations, the teachers’ role, the class size, the teachers’ income, and the availability of English materials.ABSTRAKKurikulum Bahasa Inggrisdi Indonesia saat ini (Kurikulum 2013) mengadopsi Pendekatan Komunikatif (CA) sebagai landasan dasarnya. Terlepas dari kenyataan bahwa pendekatan ini telah diadopsi selama beberapa tahun, beberapa penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Pendekatan Komunikatif tidak membawa dampak yang signifikan terhadap hasil pelajar. Ada beberapa alasan yang mendasari kegagalan implementasi CA tersebut terkait kurikulum 2013. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan mengeksplorasi perspektif guru bahasa Inggris di Indonesia tentang tantangan yang mereka hadapi dalam menerapkan pendekatan komunikatif di ruang kelas mereka dalam kerangka kurikulum 2013. Empat peserta terlibat dalam penelitian ini yang diberi kuesioner dan diwawancarai untuk pengumpulan data. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain kualitatif dengan studi kasus dan hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa semua guru dalam penelitian ini menghadapi tantangan ketika menerapkan konsep CA bersama dengan kurikulum 2013, yaitu motivasi siswa, peran guru, 'konten asing' , dan ketersediaan materi bahasa Inggris. How to Cite: Rahmawati, Y. (2019). Teachers’ Voices on the Challenges of the Implementation of Communicative Approach in Regards to the 2013 Curriculum. IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 6(1), 65-78. doi:10.15408/ijee.v6i1. 12761
Impacts of Internal Carotid Artery Revascularization on Flow in Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm: A Preliminary Multiscale Numerical Investigation

The optimal management strategy of patients with concomitant anterior communicating artery aneurysm (ACoAA) and internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis is unclear. This study aims to evaluate the impacts of unilateral ICA revascularization on hemodynamics factors associated with rupture in an ACoAA. In the present study, a multiscale computational model of ACoAA was developed by coupling zero-dimensional (0D) models of the cerebral vascular system with a three-dimensional (3D) patient-specific ACoAA model. Distributions of flow patterns, wall shear stress (WSS), relative residence time (RRT) and oscillating shear index (OSI) in the ACoAA under left ICA revascularization procedure were quantitatively assessed by using transient computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Our results showed that the revascularization procedures significantly changed the hemodynamic environments in the ACoAA. The flow disturbance in the ACoAA was enhanced by the resumed flow from the affected side. In addition, higher OSI (0.057 vs. 0.02), prolonged RRT (1.14 vs. 0.39) and larger low WSS area (66 vs. 50 mm2) in ACoAA were found in the non-stenotic case. These acute changes in hemodynamics after revascularization may elevate the rupture risk of ACoAA. The preliminary results validated the feasibility of predicting aneurismal hemodynamics characteristics in revascularization procedures by using multiscale CFD simulations, which would benefit the management of this group of patients.
The Stage of Corporate Social Responsibility in EU-CEE Countries

In the European Union, the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility reporting is increasing, because 2017 is the year in which the CSR reporting of large companies passes from the voluntary to the mandatory stage according to the requirements of the European Directive 2014/95/EU. In this context, this paper aims to examine the stage of Corporate Social Responsibility in Central and Eastern European Countries members of European Union, in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative which is consistent with globally recognised criteria worldwide, in the period 2002-2018. A critical analysis of the quality of the reporting was performed, looking at whether it has improved over the previous year and whether it respects legal requirements, and whether the communicated information is useful to the stakeholders. Base on literature review it was found that there is a gap of Corporate Social Responsibility’s reporting research to Western European countries. The results show that the evolution of reporting practices has improved over the years for the all countries and the most reports are prepared by multinationals companies. Thus, we can see how companies react to regulatory requirements and other government demands. Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, reporting, Global Reporting Initiative, Central and Eastern European Countries, quality
Organic and inorganic fillers’ role on the amelioration of Kappaphycus spp.-based biopolymer films’ performance

The potential of organic and inorganic fillers at different loadings (ranging from 1% to 10%) was evaluated as a means to enhance the performance of Kappaphycus spp. -derived biopolymer films. The morphological properties of organic and inorganic fillers were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The organic fillers displayed an irregular rod shape with sizes from 60 µm to 80 µm, while the inorganic fillers displayed spherical shapes with a much smaller size range (0.08 µm to 0.25 µm). The contact angle (CA) and mechanical properties of the fabricated biopolymer films were remarkably enhanced compared to the neat biopolymer films due to the incorporation of organic and inorganic fillers. The highest tensile strength (TS), CA, and water barrier properties were attained by biopolymer films that incorporated 5% organic and 1% inorganic fillers. Up to now, there has been no such report on the role of organic and inorganic fillers on tuning the performance of the Kappaphycus spp. -based biopolymer films. This work demonstrated that the biopolymer films containing inorganic fillers promoted better physical-mechanical performance compared to the biopolymer films with organic fillers, achieving desirable properties for various packaging applications.
Relationship Between Learning Orientation And Business Performance And The Moderating Effect Of Competitive Advantage: An Accounting Services Firm’s Perspective

This study examines the influence of learning orientation on business performance (achievement of sales and profit objectives) in the context of pure service, specifically that of public accounting services firms. The conceptual framework used in this research has been drawn from marketing, finance, and organizational behavior theory. Specifically, relationships related to learning orientation, sources of competitive advantage, and business performance have been identified. This research tests a framework about learning orientation and its consequences in an accounting services firm. Specifically, this study focused on several research questions, including: 1) Is there a relationship between learning orientation and business performance in terms of the achievement of sales and profit objectives in an accounting services firm? , 2) Is there a relationship between learning orientation and competitive advantage in an accounting services firm? , and 3) Does competitive advantage moderate the relationship between learning orientation and business performance in an accounting services firm? A survey-based research methodology is used to explore these research questions and pertinent findings reported in previous studies (Martinette, 2006; Martinette & Obenchain-Leeson, 2010; Martinette & Obenchain-Leeson, 2012). The findings of this study suggested that as learning orientation increases in public accounting services firms, business performance scores and competitive advantage also increase. The findings of this study did not suggest that competitive advantage moderates the relationship between learning orientation and business performance in public accounting services firms.
Optimal Reconfiguration of Solar Photovoltaic Arrays Using a Fast Parallelized Particle Swarm Optimization in Confront of Partial Shading

Partial shading reduces the power output of solar modules, generates several peak points in P-V and I-V curves and shortens the expected life cycle of inverters and solar panels. Electrical array reconfiguration of PV arrays that is based on changing the electrical connections with switching devices, can be used as a practical solution to prevent such problems. Valuable studies have been performed to justify the electrical array reconfiguration efficiency. However, there are some problems such as algorithms complexity, simulations runtime and the inability of objective functions to detect the best array. In this paper, the photovoltaic (PV) array reconfiguration problem is solved by using a parallelized Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm, which searches for reducing the rows current difference. The proposed algorithm is implemented in MATLAB/Simulink and is numerically compared with some related works. Results show the simplicity and higher power outputs of the proposed algorithm compared to published papers while ensuring less simulation runtime. Depending on the shading pattern, the power enhancement is different. The maximum power increase is 26.5 percent of the total array output power.
ANALYSIS OF ADOPTION FACTORS FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS BY DECISION-MAKING TRIALS AND LABORATORY EVALUATIONS

The aim of this study is to explore the factors that influence medical professionals’ behavioral patterns during the introduction of a new Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS). The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) are widely applied to examine the acceptance of new technology by users; nevertheless, these models ignore differences in systems and user profession. Causal analysis greatly affects the efficiency of decision-making, and it is usually analyzed by structural equation modeling (SEM); however, this method is often misapplied. The study sampled 15 medical experts, adopted DEcision-MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) to calculate the causal relationship and interaction level between the significant UTAUT variables; to provide the important keys for developing, promoting, and managing a new CDSS; and to resolve the complicated problems that arise in practical experience. The study found that social influence plays no impact on the medical professionals’ adoptions of the CDSS.