Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Infection control: effect of nursing teaching protocol on nurses' knowledge and practice regarding kidney transplantation patients

Aims: Assess nurses' knowledge & practice about infection control regarding kidney transplantation patients, design and implement of nursing teaching protocol regarding kidney transplantation patients, & assess the effect of nursing teaching protocol on nurses knowledge and practice about infection control regarding kidney transplantation patients. The study was conducted in the kidney transplantation unit of Assiut Nephrology Hospital; data were collected from all nurses working in Kidney Transplantation Unit (30 nurses). Three tools used for data collection; Pre-posttest interview questionnaire sheet & observation checklist sheet, & Nursing teaching protocol. Results: all the nurses were female, most of them their ages were from 18 25 years, single, living in the rural area, had a high degree in nursing. Most of them had previous infection-control training. An improvement in the mean knowledge & practice scores were found after the application of the teaching protocol (1 hypothesis). A positive correlation between nurse's knowledge and practice scores after application of the nursing teaching protocol (2nd hypothesis). Conclusions: Improving nurse's knowledge and practice can favorable affect the incidence and outcome of kidney transplantation patients. Recommendations: There is a need for continued and written standards training programs about infection control regarding kidney transplantation patients and should be available.
VORTEX METHOD WITH FULLY MESH-LESS IMPLEMENTATION FOR HIGH-REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW COMPUTATIONS

A new viscous vortex method has been developed, where the mesh-less char- acter of the method is preserved throughout. Many vortex methods use a particle strength exchange (PSE) scheme for viscous efiects, and remeshing processes with high-order in- terpolation kernels to maintain an ordered particle fleld. In the present work, difiusion is accounted for using the core spreading scheme, and spatial adaption is provided in a mesh-less formulation using radial basis function interpolation. Core size control is ef- fected automatically in the spatial adaption process, and thus convergence is assured. This method has been demonstrated to provide signiflcant increase in the accuracy of compu- tations with Lagrangian vortex particles. Furthermore, the combination of core spreading and RBF-based spatial adaption allows an implementation with variable resolution, and multi-scale computation are practicable as well. Presently, proof-of-concept computations are presented of a ∞ow consisting of a Gaussian monopole with a localized elliptic defor- mation, which evolves with a quasi-steady state consisting of a rotating tripole. The new method has been implemented in parallel, and thus highly accurate computations of viscous vortex interactions have been practicable. Results are presented where calculations of the early interaction of two co-rotating vortices compare extremely well with published results using spectral methods.
An investigation of marketing strategy, business environment and performance of construction SMEs in China

The research investigates how construction SMEs in China competes for success via the use of marketing strategy in the post-WTO era. The research integrates the environmental management perspective, strategic choice approach and resourced-based view which have emerged in the literature related to marketing strategy. Atheoretical framework is developed to examine the relationship among marketing strategy, business environment and performance of construction SMEs in China. The conceptual framework proposes that construction SMEs’ performance is critically dependent on three key constructs: competitive marketing strategy, relationship marketing strategy and business environment. Based on data collected from construction SMEs in China, the empirical findings of the study have confirmed the importance of marketing differentiation, innovation and Guanxi to achieve their superior performance. Moreover, there is a negative relationship between competitive pressure and construction SMEs’ performance. This research would contribute to the existing academic theory and advance research on SMEs in transitional economy. Similarly, this research has implications for practice. The research findings help SMEs’ managers in that the effective use of marketing strategies could help them gain competitive advantage and achieve superior performance. Key words: SMEs, China, marketing strategy, business environment, performance.
Critical Reflection on the Reception of Vygotsky’s Theory in the International Academic Communities

This paper is an attempt to analyze various types of the reception of Vygotsky’s theory in the international academic communities. The paper develops a critical analysis of three widespread theoretical frameworks of interpretation of Vygotsky’s theory: cognitivism, culturalism, cultural historical activity theory. It is argues that fragmented readings of particular ideas of Vygotsky, without enough understanding of the theoretical programme in which these ideas have been included dominates in North-Atlantic research. The paper proposes the reconstruction of the theoretical programme of cultural historical psychology in the social and scientific context of its formation.
Heritability of reproduetive traits in Asturiana de los Valles beef cattle breed

Summary Heritability was estimated for four reproduetive traits in the Asturiana de los Valles breed in order to evaluate the possibility of include this information in the breed's current improvement program. The estimations were done using an animal model except for calving ease score. For this last trait, a threshold model under a sire model was fitted, with the sire effect as the only random effect in the model besides the residual. Estimated heritabilities for calving interval age at first calving, gestation length, as dam traits, and calving ease were 0.12, 0.27, 0.15 and 0.42, respectively. The estimated heritability for calving interval and age at first calving could justify a sire selection program in the Asturiana de los Valles breed taking account their female offsprings' reproduetive characteristics. Heritability estimates for gestation length and calving ease suggested a close genetic relationship of these two traits and birth weight. Further research is needed to estimate the genetic (co)variances between these three traits to allow the use of this information in a breed improvement program to reduce dystocia without affecting preweaning growth traits.
Integration on fuzzy subsets of the unit circle

Let T be the unit circle and (T, B ,μ ) be the probability space defined by the Borel σ-ring B and the normalized Lebesgue measure μ. Consider the collection L 1 (T, R) ⊃ F = {E :0 ≤ E (t) ≤ 1}. According to Zadeh's philosophy, members of F will be called measurable fuzzy subsets of T and thought of as generalized subsets. Let f ∈ L 1 (T, R) be a summable function. Define the integral of f on a measurable fuzzy subset E asE fd μ= � T E fd μ. In this note we prove that there exist sequences Rn of collections of n arcs, such thatE fd μ= limn→∞ � Rn fd μ. The main ingredient of the convergence result is an old and remarkable theorem due, independently, to Friedman and Ghizzetti.
Personality and Individual Differences

Despite numerous folk sayings about miserly people, the genetic and environmental architecture of the character trait of miserliness has been very rarely studied to date. We administered six items of the miserliness scale to 1110 pairs of South Korean twins aged 12to 25-years (M = 18.0, SD = 3.3). Modelfitting analyses indicated that 28% (95% CI: 21–34%) and 72% (95% CI: 66–79%) of individual difference in miserliness were attributable to genetic and unique environmental influences, respectively. Common family environmental effects were negligible, consistent with a large body of behavioral genetic literature on personality. Sex differences in the magnitude of genetic and environmental factors in miserliness were not significant. 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Effect of the periparturient period on blood free amino acid concentration in dairy cows/healthy cows

A negative energy balance (NEB) attributed to sugar and lipid metabolic disorders are common in periparturient cows. The relationship between periparturient disorders and amino acid metabolism is unclear. The present study was aimed to observe the kinetics of blood free amino acids healthy periparturient cows simultaneously with the concentrations of biochemical constituents in plasma. The changes in the concentrations of plasma biochemical constituents and blood free amino acids were monitored in healthy periparturient cows. There were three types of amino acid; a group of amino acids (Val, Leu, Ile, Trp, Thr, Arg, Lys, Tyr, Ala, Pro, Asn, Orn) whose blood concentrations decreased because their consumption is accelerated under periparturient energy-shortage state, a group of AAs (Gly, Ser) whose concentrations increased because they are mobilized to compensate for periparturient energy shortage, and a group of amino acids (Glu, Gln) that are taken into the mammary gland tissues and mobilized from the start of lactation after delivery. The blood free amino acid concentrations in periparturient cows indicated the various kinetics of amino acid concentration corresponding to changes in energy generation. Analysis of amino acid metabolism should be entertained in the pathogenesis of NEB-related periparturient disorders. Key words: Cow, serum free amino acid concentration, periparturient, metabolism of amino acid.
The Relationships Between Environment, Strategy, Organizational Structure, and Business Performance

This study will develop a model of relationship between the environment, strategy, organizational structures and business performance of the manufacturing industries in Yogyakarta and Central Java. The population of this study are all manufacturing industries in Yogyakarta and Central Java. The samples in this study are designed using Cluster Random Sampling technique, guided by Standard Classification of Indonesian Business Field [Klasifikasi Baku Lapangan Usaha Indonesia] (KBLUI) in category D at digit 2. 250 samples are taken and based on the result of the questionnaire distribution, 143 respondents answered the items completely, so this meets the requirement for Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Six variables are considered: external environment, internal environment, competitive stra tegy, strategic orientation, organizational structure and business performance. Validity and reliability tests indicate that all variables are valid and reliable. Based on the data analysis, the findings are: (1) external environments have positive influences to competitive strategies, (2) internal environments have positive influences to competitive strategies, (3) organizational structures donâ€Ÿt have positive influences to competitive strategies, (4) competitive strategies have positive influences to strategic orientation, (5) competitive strategies have positive influence to the business performance, (6) competitive strategies have positive influence to organizational structures, (7) strategic orientation have positive influence to the business performance, and (8) organizational structures have influence to the business performance
International Linkage of the Russian Market and the Russian Financial Crisis: A Multivariate GARCH Analysis

This study considers the linkage of the Russian equity market to the world market, examin-ing the international transmission of the Russia's 1998 financial crisis utilizing the GARCH-BEKK model proposed by Engle and Kroner (1995). We find evidence of direct linkage between the Russian equity market and the world markets with regards to returns and volatility. While the weakness of the linkage suggests that the Russian equity market was only partially integrated into the world market at the time of the crisis, evidence of contagion is clear. Keywords: Multivariate GARCH; Volatility spillovers; Russian Financial crisis; contagion; partial integration JEL Classification: C32, G15.
Running head: The Structure of Test Anxiety in Arab Population An Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Item Parcels for Testing the Structure of Test Anxitey among Israeli-Arab

The structure and the levels of test anxiety among Israeli-Arab high school students were examined using the Arabic version of I. G. Sarason's (1984) Reactions to Tests scale. The questionnaire was administered before a math examination to 226 female and 195 male students. The results of confirmatory factor analyses using eight item parcels consisting of three items each indicated that the four-factor model of Sarason fit the data best for both male and female students. Multiple group confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the number of factors, factor loading, and item residuals were invariant across gender. Latent mean analysis showed that girls reported higher test anxiety levels than boys in "worry," "tension," and "bodily symptoms," but not in "test irrelevant thinking. " (Contains I figure, 5 tables, and 36 references.) (Author/SLD) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************
VAT: Is it Suitable for the Caribbean Community?

The Caribbean Community is in transition, moving toward a liberalized trade environment with low tariffs. Tax reform is at the forefront of the policy response since traditional sources of tax revenue such as import duties are on the decline. This paper evaluates the suitability of the VAT to countries of the Caribbean Community. We examine theoretical arguments, practical experiences of the Caribbean with the VAT and the economic and tax characteristics of the Caribbean. We conclude by supporting VAT implementation in the Caribbean Community. This paper also reflects a comprehensive survey of tax reform efforts in the Caribbean.
Nitrogen isotope fractionation in the fodder tree legume tagasaste (Chamaecytisus proliferus) and assessment of N2 fixation inputs in deep sandy soils of Western Australia.

Nitrogen (N) isotope fractionation and symbiotic N fixation were investigated in the shrub legume tagasaste, growing in the glasshouse and field. In a pot study of effectively nodulated plants supplied with 0, 1, 5 and 10 mM nitrate [stable isotope 15N (δ15N) of 3.45‰], the δ15N of dry matter N of fully symbiotic cultures indicated a greater isotope fractionation during distribution of N between nodules, stems, leaves and roots than for N2 fixation itself, with whole-plant δ15N being near zero (–0.46 to 0.42‰). Regardless of whether plants were field-grown, pot-cultured, fixing N2 or utilising mineral N, woody stems were depleted in 15N relative to all other plant parts. The similar orders of ranking of δ15N for plant components of the nitrate-treated and fully symbiotic plants, and a general increase in δ15N as plants were exposed to increasing concentrations of nitrate, indicated that N isotope fractionation can be accounted for, and thus not undermine 15N natural abundance as means of measuring N2 fixation inputs in tagasaste trees. In pot culture the percentage of plant N derived from the atmosphere (%Ndfa) by symbiotic N2 fixation fell from 85 to 37% when the nitrate supply was increased from 1 to 10 mM, with evidence of nitrate N being preferentially allocated to roots. δ15N natural abundance assessments of N2 fixation of 4-year-old trees of field-grown tagasaste in alley (550 trees ha-1) or plantation (2330 trees ha-1) spacing were undertaken at a study site at Moora, Western Australia, over a 2-year period of shoot regrowth (coppicing). Cumulative N yields and %Ndfa were similar for trees of alley and plantation spacing, with much less coppice N accumulation in the first compared to the second year after cutting. Scaling values from a tree to plot area basis, and using a mean %Ndfa value of 83% for all trees at the site, inputs of fixed N into current biomass plus fallen litter over the 2 years of coppicing were calculated to be 83 kg N ha-1 year-1 for the alley and 390 kg N ha-1 year-1 for the plantation spacing. Although the plantation tagasaste fixed 587 kg N ha-1 in the second year, close to the maximum value reported in the literature for any N2-fixing system, this should not be seen as typical where the trees are used for animal production, since grazing and cutting management will substantially reduce productivity and N2 fixation input.
Experimental and numerical study of the separation angle for flow around a circular cylinder at low Reynolds number

The separation point of the flow around a circular cylinder has been numerically and experimentally investigated in the regime of Reynolds number less than 280. The present results reveal that the long-existing discrepancy in the data concerning the time-averaged separation angles reported in the literature results mainly from the oscillating characteristics of the flow separation on the cylinder surface and the experimental methodologies rather than the commonly mentioned blockage-ratio effect. In the present experiment, the time-averaged separation angles are obtained by averaging the instantaneous images from a soap-film flow visualization instead of from the commonly used streakline images from finite time exposures. Excellent agreement has been achieved between the present experimental results and numerical simulations by the spectral element method. Particle-streak visualization in a towing tank has also been conducted to compare with that of the two-dimensional soap-film experiments. It reveals that the separation angle is insensitive to the three-dimensional effect. Variations of the time-averaged separation angles with Reynolds number can be represented by a four-term $\theta _{s}\hbox{--}{\it Re}^{-1/2}$ relationship in the range of $7\,{\le}\,{\it Re}\,{\le}\,200$. Moreover, if the data in the very low Reynolds number region are excluded, a simple linear $\theta_{s}\hbox{--}{\it Re}^{-1/2}$ relationship can be derived for $10\,{\le}\,{\it Re}\,{\le}\,200$. Since the dimensionless boundary layer thickness and the Strouhal–Reynolds number relationship for the circular cylinder are also known to be proportional to ${\it Re}^{-1/2}$, this linear relationship offers direct evidence that the flow characteristics of the boundary layer extend downstream along the cylinder surface to the separation point in this ${\it Re}$-range. The blockage effect on the separation angle has also been quantitatively analysed.
ON WAGE FORMATION , WAGE DEVELOPMENT AND FLEXIBILITY : A comparison between European countries and the United States PEETERS

PEETERS, H.M. M. * REIJER, A.H. J. DEN Abstract We derive a non-linear wage equation from a wage bargaining model and estimate an error correction model for Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the US. Based on the estimated parameters, we derive time-varying elasticities of wages with respect to its determinants labour productivity, prices, taxes, unemployment and the replacement rate. Moreover, we quantify the contribution of each determinant to the wage increase. The dominant role of prices in the wage formation in the seventies and eighties was taken over by labour productivity for the US and unemployment in Spain and the Netherlands at the end of the nineties.
QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES IN 2014/2015

The Agricultural Institute Osijek in their has wheat breeding program few criteria that every new wheat variety must meet: good agronomic and quality performance, stability, resistance to diseases, resistance to low temperatures or drought, pre-harvest sprouting and lodging resistance. Specific end-use qualities are critical considerations in the development of new wheat varieties. It is important in the national wheat program of Croatia to create high yielding wheat varieties with optimal gluten proteins composition and amount, where wheat varieties are examined for protein and wet gluten contents as well as gluten index and dough rheological parameters as measure of gluten quality. Also gluten content and its composition are measured, such as HMW-GS, which are important indicators of wheat bread-making quality. The aim of this research was to present technological and baking characteristics of six Croatian winter wheat varieties. End product test varied for all of Croatian wheat varieties in 2014/2015, however, the variety ‘Kraljica’ demonstrated the superiority of the Croatian wheats for this product type.
Correlation and Capacity Calculations with Reference Antennas in an Isotropic Environment

A reverberation chamber is a convenient tool for over-the-air testing of MIMO devices in isotropic environments. Isotropy is typically achieved in the chamber through the use of a mode stirrer and a turntable on which the device under test (DUT) rides. The quality of the isotropic environment depends on the number of plane waves produced by the chamber and on their spatial distribution. This paper investigates how the required sampling rate for the DUT pattern is related to the plane-wave density threshold in the isotropic environment required to accurately compute antenna correlations. Once the plane-wave density is above the threshold, the antenna correlation obtained through isotropic experiments agrees with the antenna correlation obtained from the classical definition, as has been proven theoretically. This fact is verified for the good, nominal, and bad reference antennas produced by CTIA. MIMO channel capacity simulations are performed with a standard base station model and the DUT placed in a single-tap plane-wave reverberation chamber model. The capacity curves obtained with the good, nominal, and bad reference antennas are clearly distinguishable.
Linking R&D strategy, national innovation system and FDI to firm performance

Abstract This paper investigates the role of R&D strategy, national innovation system (NIS) and foreign direct investment (FDI) in firm performance. Drawing on an institution-based view and the FDI spillover literature, we argue that firm performance is directly affected by R&D strategy, NIS and FDI spillovers. NIS also moderates FDI spillover effects on firm performance. Data analysis based on the World Bank Enterprise Survey of manufacturing firms in China in 2003 shows that the findings reinforce the hypotheses.
Factors affecting the expression of inducible defences in Euplotes : genotype, predator density and experience

Summary 1. Inducible defences alter the strength of interaction in food webs. Their effectiveness depends both on the maximum level of induction and the speed at which induction happens. Maximum level and speed of induction should therefore evolve in concert. 2. We examined the effect of genotype, number of predators and previous exposure to predators on speed and maximum level of induction in a morphological defence expressed by eight clones in three species of the ciliate Euplotes . 3. Both speed and maximum level of induction, and the reaction to predator density varied among genotypes. These results show that there is genetic variance for all aspects of this inducible defence and the potential for complex evolutionary change under selection. 4. Higher predator densities led to higher maximum levels of defence and, for one measure of induction speed, more rapid induction. Previous exposure to predators had no detectable effect on either speed or maximum level of induction. 5. Our results demonstrate that Euplotes can precisely and rapidly adjust their morphological defence to the magnitude of predation risk. The speed of induction and the maximum level of defence varied among genotypes and this will lead to variation in defence level and vulnerability under natural conditions. Variation in prey vulnerability is a key factor promoting stability in food webs.