Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Parent-Implemented Behavioral Interventions for Challenging Behavior of Young Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Review of Effective Approaches †

Addressing challenging behavior in young children with special needs is an important issue. This study analyzed the results of literature on parent-implemented behavioral interventions designed to manage the challenging behavior of children with developmental disabilities under 8 years of age. Seventeen relevant studies published in peer-reviewed English journals during the last 15 years were selected for review. The literature review showed that adequately trained parents can serve as a competent intervention agent, thereby making significant contributions to mitigating children`s behavior problems. The reviewed studies also demonstrated that parents could play a variety of important roles such as informants and trainers in behavioral interventions. However, the conclusions on parent-implemented behavioral intervention may be tentative rather than conclusive due to previous research limitations including the lack of treatment integrity and social validity data. In addition, this review discussed several implications for practitioners, indicated the limitations of the reviewed studies, and presented suggestions for future research.
Seismic Performance of Lightly Reinforced Concrete Exterior Beam-Column Joints

This paper presents the experimental results of four lightly Reinforced Concrete (RC) exterior beam-column joints with and without beam stubs under cyclic loading with constant column axial force applied at the top of the column. The parameter investigated was the type of reinforcement used in the beam, i.e. plain and deformed bars. Test results showed that when the hooks anchored down in the column increased the tensile stress in the diagonal concrete strut in the joint core, this led to diagonal crack of the concrete and a decrease in the joint shear strength. The seismic performance of the exterior RC joints without beam stub was also observed to be much improved when the hook tail of beam reinforcements was bent inside the joint core. The strut-and-tie model based on the recorded strain in the joint transverse reinforcement could be used to determine the force flow in the joint core.
CIRCULARLY POLARIZED MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA WITH ARTIFICIAL GROUND STRUCTURE FOR WIDEBAND APPLICATIONS

---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------AbstractThis paper represents the circularly polarized patch antenna by using an Artificial Ground structure with rectangular cells as a reflector for wideband applications. Designed antenna gives the transmitted wave and the AG structure gives the reflected wave. By properly combining these two waves wideband circular polarization can be obtained. Reflection phase changed by AG structure in accordance with the polarization state of a incident wave. HFSS software is used for simulation of the design. The obtained results from this design S11 characteristics < -10dB, 48.6% of impedance bandwidth, 20.4% bandwidth with 3dB axial ratio, 6dBi of gain obtained VSWR<2.These results are having good agreement with the simulated results. Antenna with a PEC reflector and without PEC reflector are almost having same radiation characteristics.
Phosphate Solubilization by Alcaligenes faecalis over Pseudomonas fluorescens

Phosphate is the key macronutrient required for the growth of plant. The soluble forms of phosphorus when applied to soil are rendered insoluble by undergoing chemical fixation. The soil collected from selected area of Dehradun valley, Uttarakhand, was investigated for screening the phosphate solubilizing microorganisms.In the present study, soil sample prepared by collecting from wheat rhizosphere, from selected sites of Doon valley, were screened. The two dominant genera were isolated and studied. Their phosphate solubilizing ability was screened by halozone test on solid agar plate after the incubation at 28 + 2 ° C. Their observations were recorded till 21 days.The bacteria identified were Alcaligene faecalis and Pseudomonas fluorescens SSC. The microbes showed the formation of clear zone around their colony on agar plate. Thus, it was observed that both the PSMs have the ability to reduce the phosphate unavailability by making it available to plants and can be used as biofertilizer in soil because these microorganisms neutralizes the soil and releases acid in minute quantity during phosphate solubilization. Also, it is found that A. faecalis can also solubilizes phosphate, though it solubilizes less as compared to P. fluorescens SSC.
The Relationships Between Supply Chain Management Information System (SCM IS) Capabilities with Supply Chain Performance for Electronic Firms in Malaysia: A Conceptual Framework

SCM IS (Supply Chain Management Information System) being the enterprise or inter-organizational information system that manages the flow of information between suppliers, and end customers. The need of such system gets justified with the trend of globalization as business spans beyond borders and the need to manage it centrally. In spite of researchers explaining the importance of SCM IS, the capability of such system with an empirical study is yet to be researched to prove it’s significant, particularly in the Malaysian context. Being a conceptual paper, this paper provides a framework that spots the capabilities that builds up the SCM IS. Also, this paper investigates if the identified capabilities results to better Supply Chain Performance. It is expected that through this framework, such capabilities could be researched as of which capabilities of SCM IS affect supply chain performance the most. The framework is expected to be tested empirically using data from electronic manufacturing firms in Malaysia.
Efficacy of Certain Chemicals and Neem Products against Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2014-2015 at the central research farm of Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Deemed-to-be-University, Allahabad to evaluate the efficacy of certain chemicals and neem products against pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) The occurrence of pod borer commenced from 6th standard week (February second week) with an average population of 0.25 larvae/plant. The pod borer population increased and gradually reached its peak level of 6.25 larvae/plant at 13th standard week (March last week) there after declined trend was observed as temperature increased. It was observed that the temperature between 27-35 0C favored the multiplication of gram pod borer. The per cent population reduction of gram pod borer H. armigera on third, seventh and fourteenth days after spraying revealed that all treatments are superior over control. Among the treatments spinosad 45 SC found superior over all the treatments followed by cypermethrin and indoxacarb after first and second sprays, respectively. Highest reduction in larval population (72.12%) was observed with spinosad 45 SC @ 0.5 ml/l. Minimum pod damage of 11.98% and highest yield of 1745 Kg/ha was registered in spinosad. Highest cost benefit ratio (C:B) was recorded in spinosad (1:2.36) followed by cypermethrin (1:1.94), indoxacarb (1:1.84), chlorpyriphos (1:1.60), profenophos (1:1.34), NSKE (1:1.20) and neem oil (1:0.90).
Utilization of Kiln Dust in Clay Stabilization@@@أستخدام الغبار التنوري في تثبيت الطفل

تنتج مادة غبار التنور ، وهي من النفايات ، بكميات كبيرة أثناء تصنيع الاسمنت البورتلاندي. تقدم هذه الورقة نتائجتجارب لاستكشاف تأثير غبار التنور على اللدونة، الدمك وخواص مقاومة الانضغاط لترب طينية. تدل نتائج الاختبارات على نقص كبير في اللدونة وزيادة ملحوظة في مقاومة الانضعاط نتيجة لإضافة غبار التنور. كذلك يعزز غبار التنور المقاومات الانضغاطية لمخلوطات الاسمنت أو الجير مع التربة.
New type of trap for monitoring banana weevil population

The objective of this study was to test the efficiency of a new model of trap by comparing it with the most recommended and used traps by producers to monitor Cosmopolites sordidus in areas of production of plantains. Three types of vegetable traps were tested: cheese, modified roof tile and a new trap called wedge. The experiment was carried out in five areas of production, measuring one hectare each, in which 20 traps of each type were distributed, totaling 300 traps. The traps were distributed fortnightly and the collections held weekly. The data of monthly averages of insects captured by trap were subjected to the F test for variance analysis in a randomized block design. The averages of the treatments were compared by the Tukey test at 5% probability. The average of C. sordidus adults caught in the wedge trap was superior to other traps tested, indicating greater attractiveness to insects. In this way, the use of this trap for monitoring banana weevil in plantations of plantains in the southern region of Bahia is recommended. Key words: Musa spp. , plantain, Cosmopolites sordidus, pest management.
Decreasing marine biogenic calcification: A negative feedback on rising atmospheric pCO2

In laboratory experiments with the coccolithophore species Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica, the ratio of particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) to particulate organic carbon (POC) production decreased with increasing CO2 concentration ([CO2]). This was due to both reduced PIC and enhanced POC production at elevated [CO2]. Carbon dioxide concentrations covered a range from a preindustrial level to a value predicted for 2100 according to a “business as usual” anthropogenic CO2 emission scenario. The laboratory results were used to employ a model in which the immediate effect of a decrease in global marine calcification relative to POC production on the potential capacity for oceanic CO2 uptake was simulated. Assuming that overall marine biogenic calcification shows a similar response as obtained for E. huxleyi or G. oceanica in the present study, the model reveals a negative feedback on increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations owing to a decrease in the PIC/POC ratio.
Essential quality practices in Indonesian manufacturing SMEs

The importance of quality practices has considerably increased over the last years, on both a practical and theoretical levels. In competitive and global business environment, companies should create a need for managers in manufacturing sector to effectively and continually improve quality, capability and process efficiency. This paper presents the findings from the survey on the current status of fundamental 5-S quality practices and the implementation of total quality management (TQM) in Indonesian SMEs. The aims are to determine whether the essential quality practices such as 5-S quality practices have a significant contribution to the successful TQM implementation and any differences in the implementation of 5-S can be attributed mainly to the maturity of the 5-S programme. This paper outlines the results of the 5-S survey conducted among 36 Indonesian manufacturing SMEs with a total of 78 per cent are applying 5-S in their environment. The main finding from the study proved that 5-S activities provide an essential total quality environment.
Effects of Hot-Water-Pipeline Renovation in a District Heating System

In this paper the attention is on the heat losses of a main, aboveground supply, hot-water pipeline, whose length is 5430 m. It is situated between the Sostanj Thermal Power Plant (TES) and the Central Energy Station (CES) Velenje as part of the district heating system in the Saleska Valley. It was renovated because major heat losses were identified. A numerical analysis and a comparison between the temperature fields of the pipe’s insulation before and after the renovation was performed to discover the main causes for the high heat losses before renovation. An integral measuring method for determining the heat losses was adapted and used to determine the pipeline’s heat losses after the renovation. Taking into consideration the real operating parameters, the annual energy savings and the consequent operational cost reduction, due to the lower heat losses, resulting from the pipeline renovations, are presented. The calculation is made with measured heat-loss coefficients and is therefore based on the real state of the pipeline. The aim is to show the necessity to investigate the heat losses of a hot-water pipeline whose design or state of insulation is questionable.
Speech and scribal errors as a window into the mind. Evidence for mechanisms of speech (re)production and systems of mental representations

Ever since Freud’s suggestion that the mechanisms involved in slips of the tongue may lead us to a deeper understanding of the “probable laws” of the generation of speech, linguists have paid growing attention to lapses as a source of linguistic knowledge. Based on the idea that defects in spontaneous language activity are subject to the same discernible principles as smooth speech, lapses and similar anomalous utterances have been used as evidence of the “psychological reality” of phonological units and rules (Fromkin 1968, 1973; Shattuck-Hufnagel 1986) and for their implications in theories of sound change (Meringer 1908; Sturtevant 1947).
Seasonal Variations of Dominant Phytoplankton, Chlorophyll a and Nutrient Levels in the Pelagic Regions of Lake Biwa

In order to clarify the present trophic status of Lake Biwa, the largest, monomictic lake in Japan, seasonal variations of dominant phytoplankton, chlorophyll a and nutrient levels were surveyed for offshore waters of its north (main) and south (subsidiary) basins from February to December 1981. Annual means of Secchi disc transparency in the north and south basins were 4.8 and 1.7 m, respectively. In both basins, diatoms were most predominant in winter and early spring, and green algae in other seasons. Besides these algae, Uroglena americana and Anabaena macrospora formed dense blooms for short periods. Two peaks of chlorophyll a concentration in the surface water were observed in both basins, one in May and the other in October. Annual mean concentrations of chlorophyll a in the surface waters of the north and south basins were 9.1 and 10.1 g El-1, respectively, while those of total phosphorus were 9.2 and 16.7 g El-1, respectively. High concentrations of nitrate plus nitrite nitrogen were detected in both basins except for three months from August to October. It was concluded that phosphorus was the most limiting nutrient for phytoplankton growth for the most part of the year, but nitrogen seemed to be also limiting during August to October. Trophic degrees of both basins were intermediate between mesotrophic and eutrophic in terms of chlorophyll a and total phosphorus concentrations.
GALLERY WALK; An Alternative Learning Strategy in Increasing Students’ Active Learning

Hasanuddin University of Makassar, Indonesia, has changed its pedagogical paradigm from teaching to facilitating. The training contains strategies in managing the classroom, particularly in engaging and facilitating students in the learning process. Specifically in the Arabic language classroom, for the last 6 years. The present study outlines an action-research approach to the Gallery Walk, a practice that has proven to be successful in incorporating these strategies, to create an active-learning environment. The purpose of this classroom-based action research is to describe Gallery Walk implementation, and to analyze the effect of Gallery Walk and its modifications, in increasing students’ participation and learning. In terms of method, reflections and a questionnaire were used to collect data from 29 participating students. The questionnaire contains questions related to students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The data was described and analyzed in quantitative fashion. The results show that the Gallery Walk exercise can effectively engage students in the learning process. The students can obtain knowledge effortlessly, utilize their skills in understanding the topic discussed and create a constructive attitude towards other students. The conclusion can be drawn that the four Gallery Walk sessions can significantly lead students to participate broadly in the learning process.
A Comparative Study of Factors Influencing Male and Female Lecturers' Job Satisfaction in Ghanaian Higher Education

The study sought to compare factors influencing male and female lecturers’ Job satisfaction. Cross-sectional survey designs employing both quantitative and qualitative approaches were adopted for the study. Simple random sampling was used to select 163 lecturers from the four oldest public universities in Ghana. Celep’s (2000) Organisational Commitment questionnaire and the Job Satisfaction questionnaire which is unknown were adopted for data collection. Also, an open ended questionnaire was used based on the research questions. The open-ended questions were used to buttress the large quantitative responses to ascertain the validity of the responses given. Findings revealed that there was no significant sex difference in job satisfaction and organizational commitment among the lecturers. Correlational analysis also revealed that job satisfaction correlated significantly with organizational commitment (i.e. commitment to occupation, commitment to school and relationship with lecturers). On the contrary, ‘commitment to teaching’ did not significantly correlate with job satisfaction. Interestingly, this problem of construct validity was confirmed when the qualitative response to whether the lecturers in our study sample were satisfied with their jobs elicited positive responses. Multiple regression analysis revealed that both Commitment to school and Commitment to teaching predicted job satisfaction. Findings were therefore discussed in relation to the recommendations and limitations given in this study. Keywords: job satisfaction, commitment to teaching, commitment to school, commitment to occupation, relationship with lecturers
Responses of Prey to the Presence of Predators in a Fragmented Landscape with Corridors

BRINKERHOFF, ROBERT JORY. Responses of prey to the presence of predators in a fragmented landscape with corridors. (Under the direction of Nick M. Haddad) Corridors have been shown to serve as movement conduits for a wide variety of species, though their effects on interspecific interactions have been largely unstudied. I designed a replicated experiment to investigate corridor-mediated prey responses to predators in a network of open habitat patches surrounded by a matrix of planted pine forest. I used mark-recapture studies and foraging trays to monitor the movements and behaviors of several small mammal species. The presence of predators was artificially manipulated in half of my replicates by applying bobcat urine to specific patches. I then compared the movements of small mammals and changes in foraging activity in the treated and untreated replicates, and tested how corridors affected behaviors and population sizes. I found significant differences in foraging activity between patches treated with predator urine and patches to which they were connected, whereas I found no differences in foraging activity in unconnected patches adjacent to treated patches. Movements detected by mark-recapture were too infrequent for analysis, but were proportionally consistent with previous results showing corridor effects on movement. There were no significant differences in small mammal abundances between connected and unconnected patches. These results suggest that corridors do facilitate movement between habitat patches and prey will preferentially use corridors to forage in patches with reduced predation risk. However, the corridors in this study had no apparent affect on long-term displacement of small mammals. RESPONSES OF PREY TO THE PRESENCE OF PREDATORSIN A FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE WITH CORRIDORS By ROBERT JORY BRINKERHOFF A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of North Carolina State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
Chaos Control in Nonlinear Systems Using the Generalized Backstopping Method

One of the most important nonlinear systems for checking the abilities of control methods is chaos. In this study chaos in Lorenz system was used for checking abilities of new control method. This new method to control nonlinear systems was called Generalized Backstepping method because of its similarity to Backstepping but its abilities to control more systems than Backstepping. This new method was applied to Lorenz system in three ways: 1. Stabilized states of equations. 2. Track step response. 3. Track sinusoidal response. In every way, simulations proved abilities of method. Comparing this new method with Backstepping showed that in this method, states stabilize at zero in shorter time than Backstepping and input control is more limited. So new method not only is used in more systems but also has better response.
Development ofbioconsortia for optimizing nutrient supplementation through microbes for sustainable tobacco production

Increased interests in low-input agriculture in recent years has seen the growing developmentin the use of commercial biological inoculants to increase the mobilization of key nutrients suchas nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) to enhance their availability to crop plants.The objectives of this field experiment with tobacco were to determine i) reduced rates ofinorganic fertilizer coupled with microbial inoculants that produce plant growth, ii) yield andnutrient acquisition levels equivalent to those with full rates of fertilizers and iii) the minimumlevel to which fertilizer could be reduced with the use of bioinoculants. The microbialinoculants used were plant growth promoting bacteria viz., Azospirillum, Azotobacter, Bacillussubtilis and Frateuria aurantia alone or a mixture of them in combination with 75% chemicalfertilizer. Results showed that supplementing 75% of the chemical fertilizer rate with inoculantsproduced plant growth, yield and nutrient (N, P and K) acquisition that were statisticallyequivalent to the full fertilizer rate without inoculants. When inoculants were used in single,double or triple with 75% RDF the beneficial effects were usually not consistent. However,inoculation with the mixture of PGPR (N, P and K mobilizers) at 75% RDF producedsignificantly superior yield better than the full fertilizer dose without inoculants. Withoutinoculants use of fertilizer rates lower than the recommended resulted in significantly less plantgrowth, yield and nutrient uptake. The results suggest PGPR based inoculants can be used andshould be further evaluated as components of integrated nutrient management strategies.
Foreign Bodies: Transnational Activism, the Insurgency in the North Caucasus and “Beyond”

This article examines foreign fighters and the insurgency in the North Caucasus. The first part of the article addresses conceptual issues concerning the ways that foreign fighters are analysed, posing this more widely in terms of transnational activism. Here I examine the importance of kin and relatedness. I develop this argument in the second part of the article, which examines pan-Islamism and transnational activism in the post-Soviet period. The third section draws attention to the different groups of foreign fighters, as part of a wider activist movement in the North Caucasus. Here I show that a complex group of transnational activists from the Greater Middle East, North Africa, parts of Europe, and Central Asia participated in the conflicts in the North Caucasus. Finally, the article turns to examine volunteers from the North Caucasus who travelled to fight in Syria, concluding with some considerations about the reintegration of returnees and former activists.