Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
RETAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS: THE ROLE OF STUDENT READINESS AND PARTICIPATION

Since societal problems such as unemployment rate, financial bankruptcy, poverty, and family struggles often link back to uncompleted college education, it is critical to examine student retention as well as the role of higher education institutions in retaining students (Isakova, Nazarbekova, & Tiulegenov, 2011). Individuals without a college degree have fewer opportunities to make money, establish connections for a career path, and lead happy and healthy lives. For example, among people married between 1990 and 1994, divorce rates are twice as high for those who did not attend college compare to those who did attend (Lloyd, 2014). In addition, people with only a high school diploma are nearly twice as likely to be in poorer health relative to college graduates (Lloyd, 2014; Unal, 2013).
Biliary Tract C 4 BQ 0 : a genetic marker of familial HCV-related liver cirrhosis

Background and methods. Host may have a role in the evolution of chronic HCV liver disease. We performed two cross-sectional prospective studies to evaluate the prevalence of cirrhosis in first degree relatives of patients with cirrhosis and the role of two major histocompatibility complex class III alleles BF and C4 versus HCV as risk factors for familial clustering. Findings. Ninety-three (18.6%) of 500 patients with cirrhosis had at least one cirrhotic first degree relative as compared to 13 (2.6%) of 500 controls, (OR 7.38; CI 4.21–12.9). C4BQ0 was significantly more frequent in the 93 cirrhotic patients than in 93 cirrhotic controls without familiarity (Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium: 2 5.76,P = 0.016) and in 20 families with versus 20 without aggregation of HCV related cirrhosis (29.2% versus 11.3%, P = 0.001); the association C4BQ0-HCV was found almost only in cirrhotic patients with a family history of liver cirrhosis. Conclusions. Our studies support the value of C4BQ0 as a risk indicator of familial HCV related cirrhosis. © 2004 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r. l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Precursory Seismic Activation of the Pingtung (Taiwan) Offshore Doublet Earthquakes on 26 December 2006: A Pattern Informatics Analysis

We report the retrospective analyses of frequency-magnitude distributions (FMD) and pattern informatics (PI) for the Pingtung offshore doublet earthquakes having magnitudes 6.7 and 6.4. The frequency-magnitude distributions of earthquakes that occurred in the study area preceding the Pingtung doublets demonstrate the activation of moderate events since March 2004, about three years before the Pingtung doublets. In addition, in the calculated PI map, the hypocentral area of the doublets exhibits the signatures of anomalous activity associated with the precursory seismic activation. Our study therefore suggests that, by inspecting temporal variations in the frequency-magnitude distributions of earthquakes, together with the hotspot locations with intense seismicity changes in the PI map, it is possible to shed light on the relevant preparation processes of the forthcoming large earthquakes.
College Students' Implicit Attentional and Affective Responses to Alcohol Cues

PAGE The present study examined undergraduate drinkers’ implicit attentional and affective responses to alcohol cues using behavioral and psychophysiological responses to alcohol and control cues during the Affect Misattribution Procedure (AMP). It was hypothesized that dependent drinkers i.e., those who were considered at-risk for alcoholism (n 17), would show more positive implicit affective responses to alcohol cues as well as greater psychophysiological attentional processing of such cues compared to non-dependent drinkers (n = 26). To test this hypothesis, participants completed the AMP while electroencephalograph (EEG) was recorded. Behavioral results revealed no difference between groups in implicit affective responses to alcohol cues. However, event-related brain potential analyses revealed that non-dependent drinkers exhibited significantly larger N1 and marginally larger N2 amplitudes to alcohol cues compared to dependent drinkers. Dependent drinkers showed marginally larger P2 amplitudes and a trend towards larger P3 amplitudes to alcohol cues compared to non-dependent drinkers. These results suggest that early attentional patterns of processing of alcohol cues seem to differ based on alcohol dependence. These findings have implications for intervention programs aimed at altering dependent drinkers’ attentional processing of alcohol cues to prevent further dependent drinking behavior
Repetition Brings Success : Revealing Knowledge of the Passive Voice

Children struggle with the passive voice, of that there is no question. We have known this for decades, since the earliest days of the modern field of language acquisition (e.g., Fraser, Bellugi & Brown, 1963; Slobin, 1966, amongst others). The precise source of that difficulty is something that has remained elusive. Over the years, numerous explanations have been proffered for this difficulty, including that children are unable to form argument chains (the A–Chain Deficit Hypothesis, Borer & Wexler, 1992), that children have difficulty transmitting theta roles to the oblique argument (Fox & Grodzinsky, 1998), and that children fail to treat passive phases as deficient (the Universal Phase Requirement, Wexler, 2004). In this study, we revisit the concerns about the acquisition of passives by focusing on two theories: the Universal Freezing Hypothesis (Snyder & Hyams, 2015, see also Orfitelli’s (2012) Argument Intervention Hypothesis), and an incremental processing account by Huang, Zheng, Meng & Snedeker (2013). We also discuss a discrepancy in the field with regard to a failure to replicate an important finding, and present three experiments that tie these issues together, allowing us to adjudicate between the grammatical and processing theories of the passives, as well as addressing the discrepancy in the field.
Aquaporin-8 expression is reduced in ileum and induced in colon of patients with ulcerative colitis.

AIM To study susceptibility genes which may play a potential role in the pathogenesis and etiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS To identify potential susceptibility genes we performed global gene expression profiling in patients with IBD and control specimens. For determination of an intrinsic gene expression profile in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) compared to normal subjects, mucosal biopsies of non-inflamed regions of the colon and the terminal ileum were subjected to DNA microarray analysis. Real-time RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry were used for verification of selected regulated candidate genes and a genetic analysis was performed. RESULTS We could show that aquaporin-8 (AQP8) mRNA and protein levels were significantly increased in the colon of UC patients compared to controls. Genetic analysis of the six exons and the promoter region of AQP8, however, revealed no mutations or polymorphisms in IBD patients. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that upregulation of AQP8 in the colon of UC patients represents a secondary phenomenon which may, due to altered water exchange of the distal intestinal mucosa, disturb the physiologic colonic mucus barrier and thus lead to chronic inflammation and ulceration.
Repository Learners of English as a Second Language in Australia : Their Perceptions of Learning Environment and Factors Affecting Their Motivation Matsumoto

This is a preliminary case study on students from a university in Japan learning English as a second language (L2). Three students volunteered to report weekly their motivational changes through a four-week English course provided by a language institute in Australia and to be interviewed twice at the beginning and the end of the course. The results show that learning experience in a new environment could help them develop the "L2 Selves"; however, the same factor they experience both inside and outside the classroom class could affect either positively or negatively their motivation. Also, their motivational intensity does not exhibit a significant change through the course. The study discusses the participants’ actual experience of the primary difference in the contents of the English class between Japan and Australia may work positively their learning due to their desire to develop the English proficiency. However, the relationship between their perceptions of environmental factors reflected on their prior learning experiences and their motivational intensity could be more complex than we imagine. There may be a gap between learners’ general perception of motivational factors and its influence on the deterioration and the development of motivation to learn.
What effect does post-editing have on the translation product from an end-user ’ s perspective ?

This article details a triangulated eye-tracking experiment carried out at Cardiff University, UK. The experiment sought to compare the quality of final texts, from an end-user’s perspective, when different translation modalities (translating and post-editing Machine Translation) were used to translate the same source text. The language pair investigated is English and Welsh. An eye tracker was used to record fixations in a between-groups experimental design as participants read two texts, one post-edited and one translated using the same source text, as well as two subjective Likert-type scales where each participant rated the texts for readability and comprehensibility. Following an analysis of fixation duration, the gaze data of the two groups was found to be statistically identical, and there was no statistically significant difference found between the readability and comprehensibility scores gleaned from subjective Likert-type scales. It is argued following this that post-editing machine translated texts does not necessarily lead to translations of inferior quality in the context of the final end-user, and that this further supports the use of Machine Translation in a professional context.
1 Determinants of Airport Efficiency A Case Study of A Tourism Receiving Country

This study aims to examine the causal relationship between airport operation (including their capability and efficiency) and regional tourism development in New Zealand for the period of 2010‒2016. We first estimate the efficiency of New Zealand’s airports using window SlacksBased Measures Data Envelopment Analysis (window-SBM-DEA), and then examine its relationship to local tourism (proxied by the number of guest arrivals) and airlines capacity (proxied by the total available seat kilometres) using a two-step Tobit regression (2STR) approach. The impacts of factors such as regional characteristics (e.g. GDP, centre status) and external events (e.g. the Global Financial Crisis 2008, the Christchurch earthquake 2011) are also considered. We find that local tourism development can boost up airport efficiency, while the positive impact of airline development on airport performance is not statistically clear. The examination of external factors such as regional GDP or earthquake further suggests that the councils and decision makers can influence regional airports via the development of their regions.
Family-Interference with work as a predictor of Marital Conflict and Depression among Women in Enugu South-Eastern Nigeria

The study investigated the family interference with work as a predictor of marital conflict and depression among women in Enugu. Using Criterion Sampling Technique, 114 mothers teaching in two schools in Enugu metropolis of Enugu state were drawn to participate in the study; comprising 60 mothers from Union Boys Secondary School and 54 mothers from Idaw River Girls Secondary School. Okonkwo (2009) family interference with work subscale, Omeje (1998) marital conflict behaviour checklist scale and Radloff (1977) center for Epidemiological studies depression scale (CES-D) were administered individually to the participants. A co-relational design and multiple regression statistics were used for data collection and analysis to test the hypothesis which states that family interference with work and marital conflict would neither jointly nor independently predict depression among women in Enugu. Result showed that family interference with work and marital conflict neither jointly nor independently predicted depression among mothers in the teaching sector. (R 2 = .039, F (2, 114) = 2.27, P> . 05) level of significance and F1W = 1.01 (t = 1.94, NS) and marital conflict = . 07 (t= .78 NS). These outcomes indicated that there is no significant relationship between the predictor variables (FIW and marital conflict) and the criterion variable (depression), R=. 198. It was suggested that other variables capable of influencing depression should be studied. Since non significant (ns) was established between the three variables. Since family interference with work and marital conflict does not predict depression, women should take up teaching jobs and family responsibilities.
Reading speed improvement in a speed reading course and its effect on language memory span

Several studies have shown positive effects of a speed reading course on students' reading speed improvement (Chung & Nation, 2006; Macalister, 2008, 2010). Yet, little research has aimed to see if the speed increase transfers to other types of reading and if it has any effects on other language skills. This study set out to answer these questions and examine the relationships between EFL reading speed, reading comprehension, and memory span by looking at the comprehension scores and language memory span results. It was found that the reading speed improvement in the speed reading course transferred to other types of reading and did not necessarily negatively affect comprehension. The results demonstrated that the treatment groups considerably expanded their memory span (p<.05). Strong relationships between speed increases in the speed reading course, speed improvement in other types of reading and memory span development were also found. © Centre for Language Studies National University of Singapore.
Real-Time Push Mobile Marketing Strategy: To What Extent does Time and Relevance Matter?

The ubiquity of the smartphone has proven disruptive. The relevance of this medium can be observed through time spent on mobile media, google mobile search numbers, and direct and indirect sales generated by mobile devices. Consumer expectations of firms have likewise increased, and there is now an anticipation of readily reliable, responsive, and personalized services to support consumers’ everyday activities whenever they need it. Prior research focused on the following themes: mobile marketing strategy, permission marketing, proximity marketing, topicality, and utility. Empirical gaps were identified in the real-time mobile and push mobile marketing domain. A quantitative engaged scholarship research method was utilized to empirically investigate this phenomenon. In partnership with an online information marketplace, an empirical investigation was undertaken via an experiment that used real mobile application users. The empirical findings suggest that unlike traditional mobile marketing, real-time mobile communication to users requires a guided and relevant experience. Failing to engage users with any communication or provide a guided experience on the mobile application is as counterproductive as sending users a push communication that is neither relevant nor in real-time. Also, in certain business contexts, typicality takes priority over the timing of the communication. The study contributes to research by plugging the real-time and push mobile marketing literature gap. Furthermore, the research contributes to practice by providing a push mobile marketing framework for firms seeking to orchestrate a sound push mobile communication strategy. Finally, the study acts as a catalyst to a call for research on the scarcely explored areas of real-time and push mobile marketing to move the field forward.
Biased Attention to Threat: Answering Old Questions With Young Infants

For decades, researchers have been interested in humans’ ability to quickly detect threat-relevant stimuli. Here, we review recent findings from infant research on biased attention to threat and discuss how these data speak to classic assumptions about whether attention biases for threat are normative, whether they change with development, and what factors might contribute to this developmental change. We conclude that although there is some stability in attention biases in infancy, various factors—including temperamental negative affect and maternal anxiety—also contribute to shaping the development of biased attention.
Effect Of Multiple Delamination on Composite Turbine Blade Subjected to Low Velocity Impact

This paper investigates on transient impact response of pretwisted composite conical shell panel which could be idealized as turbine blades. In the formulation, an eight noded quadratic isoparametric plate bending element is employed. A multipoint constraint algorithm is used to model the delamination crack. The modified Hertzian contact law is used to portray the impact parameters and Newmark’s time integration scheme is utilized to solve the time dependent equations. Comparative analyses are carried out with respect to triggering impact parameters considering a spherical mass with low velocity impacted normally at the centre. Keywords—low velocity impact; multiple delamination; conical shell; finite element
1 OV / 4-3 Overview of TJ-II experiments

This paper presents an overview of experimental results and progress made in investigating the role of magnetic configuration on stability and transport in the TJ-II stellarator. Global confinement studies have revealed a positive dependence of energy confinement on the rotational transform and plasma density, together with different parametric dependences for metallic and boronised wall conditions. Spontaneous and biasinginduced improved confinement transitions, with some characteristics that resemble those of previously reported H-mode regimes in other stellarator devices, have been observed. Also, magnetic configuration scan experiments have shown an interplay between magnetic structure (rationals, magnetic shear), transport and electric fields. Although the DC radial electric fields are comparable with those expected from neoclassical calculations, additional mechanisms based on neoclassical/turbulent bifurcations and kinetic effects are needed to explain the impact of magnetic topology on flows and radial electric fields. Local transport studies have demonstrated a dependence of plasma diffusivities and convective velocities on plasma density and heating power in consistency with global confinement properties. Hydrocarbon fuelling experiments in configurations with a low order rational value in the rotational transform located in the proximity of the last close flux surface (n = 4/m = 2) have shown the impurity screening properties related to the expected divertor effect. First experiments in NBI plasmas are reported.
Clinical evaluation of left ventricular systolic dyssynchrony among patients with coronary heart disease using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging and three-dimensional echocardiography

The present study aimed to quantify left ventricular (LV) systolic dyssynchrony in patients with LV systolic dysfunction using a combined method of two-dimensional speckle imaging (2D-STI) and real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE). Totally, 26 myocardial infarction patients, 24 myocardial ischemia patients and 30 normal subjects were retrospectively reviewed. Their echocardiographic images were acquired by 2D-STI and RT-3DE. Time parameters of LV wall mechanics including times to peak longitudinal strain of 16 segments (Tls-16), to peak radial strain of 12 segments (Trs-12), to peak circumferential strain of 12 LV segments (Tcs-12), to peak rotation of 12 LV segments (Trot-12), and to peak rotation strain at the basal (Tbase) and apical (Tapex) levels were obtained from 2D-STI. Time to minimum systolic volume of 16 LV segments (Tmsv-16) was obtained from RT-3DE. Time differences between Tls and Tmsv (Tlsv), Trs and Tmsv (Trsv), Tcs and Tmsv (Tcsv), Trot and Tmsv (Trotv) and the time interval of rotation between apex and base (Tabrot) were calculated. The Tls-16, Tmsv-16 and Tlsv were prolonged in ischemia patients than control (P < 0.05). Compared with ischemia and control groups, all the time parameters were prolonged in infarction patients (P < 0.05). Tlsv, Trsv, Tcsv, Trotv and Tabrot had negative correlation with LV ejection fraction (LVEF) in infarction group. The relationship of LV wall mechanics with volume-time parameters could be used to evaluate LV systolic dys-synchrony in myocardial infarction. Besides, Tlsv could be applied on early detection of LV systolic dys-synchrony in ischemia patients.
Adverse events during treatment of critical limb ischemia with autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cell implant.

AIM Trials have reported clinical improvement and reduced need for amputation in critical limb ischemia (CLI) patients receiving therapeutic angiogenesis with stem cells. Our objective was to test peripheral stem cell therapy efficacy and safety to gain experiences for further work. METHODS We included nine CLI patients (mean age 76.7 ±9.7). Stem cells were mobilized to the peripheral blood by administration of G-CSF (Filgrastim) for 4 days, and were collected on day five, when 30 mL of a stem cell suspension was injected into 40 points of the limb. The clinical efficacy was evaluated by assessing pain relief, wound healing and changes in ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI). Local metabolic and inflammatory changes were measured with microdialysis, growth factors and cytokine level determination. Patients were followed for 24 weeks. RESULTS Four patients experienced some degree of improvement with pain relief and/or improved wound healing and ABI increase. One patient was lost to follow up due to chronic psychiatric illness; one was amputated after two weeks. Two patients had a myocardial infarction (MI), one died. One patient died from a massive mesenteric thrombosis after two weeks and one died from heart failure at week 11. Improved patients showed variable effects in cytokine-, growth factor- and local metabolic response. CONCLUSION Even with some improvement in four patients, severe complications in four out of nine patients, and two in relation to the bone marrow stimulation, made us terminate the study prematurely. We conclude that with the increased risk and the reduced potential of the treatment, peripheral blood stem cell treatment in the older age group is less appropriate. Metabolic and inflammatory response may be of value to gain insight into mechanisms and possibly to evaluate effects of therapeutic angiogenesis.
Species of the Genus Macaca (Cercopithecidea, Primates) As Research Subjects in Modern Biology and Medicine

Members of the genus Macaca are the most commonly used animals in biomedical research on primates. Macaca monkeys are used most extensively (from 50% to 73% of the general file) in rapidly developing branches of medical primatology (pharmacology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, stomatology, and central nervous system pathology and physiology), i.e., in those sciences where monkeys are absolutely necessary and where they are used with great efficacy.
Application of response surface methodology for the optimization of hydro-distillation extraction of Pistacia lentiscus L . essential oil

© 2018 Taoufik Haloui et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License -NonCommercialShareAlikeUnported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). *Corresponding Author Taoufik Haloui E-mail: taoufik.haloui @ gmail.com Application of response surface methodology for the optimization of hydro-distillation extraction of Pistacia lentiscus L. essential oil