Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Activity-related parenting practices and young people's physical activity

Despite the health benefits associated with regular physical activity only a small percentage of young people are meeting the physical activity recommendations. There is a need to further understanding of the factors that influence physical activity behaviour in young people to inform intervention programmes. This thesis provides six studies focusing on the objective measurement of young people's physical activity as well as social support for physical activity. Chapter 2.1 describes a systematic review of quantitative research examining parental influences on different types and intensities of physical activity in young people. Chapter 2.2 describes a systematic review of qualitative research examining the role of parents in young people s physical activity. Both reviews were conducted to examine the state of the current literature focused on parental influences on young people s physical activity and were used to inform the direction of the research in later chapters. Chapter 3 describes two cross-sectional studies examining the effects of key decisions researchers must make when using accelerometers on accelerometer ouput in children and adolescents. Chapter 3.1 describes a study examining the effect of epoch length on physical activity intensity in children and adolescents. Chapter 3.2 describes a study examining the impact of accelerometer processing decision rules, such as cut-points and non-wear period, on children s and adolescents physical activity. The purpose of these studies was to systematically explore the pre- and post-data collection decisions associated with accelerometer use on accelerometer output in young people and inform accelerometer use in chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4 was designed to explore activity-related parenting practices and children s (7-10 years) objectively measured physical activity. Chapter 5 describes a study examining five sources of social support and adolescent s physical activity measured two ways. This thesis demonstrated that parents play in key role in their child's physical activity through a variety of support avenues and in adolescence support for physical activity provided by peers appears to be important in shaping physical activity behaviour. Targeting such facets of the social environment offers a potentially useful avenue for interventions designed to increase physical activity. Finally, this thesis also demonstrated that there are a number of challenges with accelerometer use particularly in the area of processing data. The rich information provided by accelerometers makes them an invaluable tool to understand the complex nature of young people's physical activity behaviour but further work needs to be conducted on standardising methods for cleaning, analysing and reporting accelerometer data.
Does Trade Policy Uncertainty Affect Global Economic Activity?

In this note, we first document the recent rise in trade policy uncertainty, henceforth TPU, by using two complementary measures based on text-search analysis: one focusing on newspapers articles, and another constructed from transcripts of firms' earning calls. We then use econometric evidence on the joint movements in aggregate TPU, industrial production, and other macroeconomic variables in order to provide an estimate of the effects of the recent spikes in TPU on U.S. GDP, as well as GDP in advanced foreign economies (AFEs) and emerging market economies (EMEs).
A ARTE DO DISFARCE: BNCC COMO GESTÃO E REGULAÇÃO DO CURRÍCULO

O presente artigo parte de uma tese central que orienta suas reflexões críticas sobre a Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC). Trata-se de compreendê-la como uma política que articula processos de gestão, avaliação e regulação do currículo, com clara ênfase na retórica da mudança e da reforma do conhecimento. O pressuposto que orienta esta tese parte do entendimento de que vivenciamos um discurso e/ou retórica neo economicista e reformista em torno da proposição e materialização desta política cuja materialização e concretude poderá implicar em retrocessos na gestão democrática e na autonomia dos sistemas e instituições educativas, nas dinâmicas curriculares, nos processos formativos e na autonomia docente.
p16 Expression Correlates with Invasive Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasms in HIV-Infected Mozambicans

Background: p16 immunohistochemistry is widely used to diagnose human papillomavirus (HPV)-related squamous neoplasms of cervix, anogenital, head, and neck tissues. The incidence of these HPV-related squamous neoplasms is markedly increased in the HIV-infected population. Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is also more common in HIV-infected patients. However, the expression pattern of p16 in OSSN among HIV-infected patients is unclear. Here, we examined the expression of p16 in OSSN surgical excisions collected from a large HIV-infected cohort from Mozambique. Methods: OSSN surgical tissue specimens were collected from 75 Mozambican patients. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue blocks from these OSSNs were sectioned, stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), and p16 expression by immunohistochemistry. H&E slides were reviewed to determine if OSSNs were noninvasive conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasms or invasive squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). Cases were classified as p16 positive or negative based on diffuse nuclear and cytoplasmic expression of p16 in neoplastic cells. Results: p16 positivity was found in a minority of OSSN cases (14/75). p16 positivity was significantly associated with the invasive SCC type of OSSN in HIV-infected patients (p value of 0.026). Conclusions: The majority of OSSNs in our HIV-infected cohort do not express p16. However, those cases that are p16-positive are significantly more likely to be the invasive SCC form of OSSN. We propose that p16 expression may identify more aggressive OSSNs in HIV-infected populations.
Researchsed perirenal fat is related to increased ophthalmic artery resistance index in HIV-1 patients

Background: The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has dramatically changed the prognosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, with a significant decline in morbidity and mortality. Changes in body fat distribution are a common finding in individuals with HIV infection being treated with antiretrovirals, and this condition (collectively termed lipodystrophy syndrome) is associated with depletion of subcutaneous fat, increased triglycerides and insulin resistance. Obesity, particularly visceral obesity, is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, estimating visceral fat distribution is important in identifying subjects at high risk for cardiovascular disease. The aim of our study was to evaluate whether perirenal fat thickness (PRFT), a parameter of central obesity, is related to ophthalmic artery resistance index (OARI), an index of occlusive carotid artery disease in HIV-1 infected patients. Methods: We enrolled 88 consecutive HIV-1-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy for more than 12 months, in a prospective cohort study. Echographically measured PRFT and OARI, as well as serum metabolic parameters, were evaluated. PRFT and OARI were measured by 3.75 MHz convex and 7.5 MHz linear probe, respectively. Results: The means of PRFT and OARI in HIV-1-infected patients with visceral obesity was considerably higher than in patients without it (p 0.74 (sensitivity 78.9%, specificity 82.8%). Conclusions: Our data indicate that ultrasound assessment of PRFT may have potential as a marker of increased endothelial damage with specific involvement of the ocular vascular region in HIV-1-infected patients.
The Impact of Working Capital Management on Firm Profitability: A Comparison Between Seasonal and Non-Seasonal Businesses

The study examines the impact of working capital management (cash conversion cycle) on firm profitability and provides a comparison between seasonal and non-seasonal businesses of Pakistan by using the time period of 5 years (2013-2018). The study finds a negative impact of working capital management on firm profitability. Moreover, the study finds no difference between seasonal and non-seasonal businesses in terms of working capital management and firm profitability. The study suggests reducing the length of cash conversion cycle to increase profitability. Keywords: Return on Asset, Working Capital Management, Profitability, Earnings per share DOI : 10.7176/RJFA/10-15-02 Publication date : August 31 st 2019
Comparative cardiopulmonary effects of halothane and isoflurane in galahs (Eolophus roseicapillus)

Ten galahs (Eolophus roseicapillus) were anesthetized twice with isoflurane and twice with halothane. For anesthetic induction, either isoflurane or halothane was administered by mask attached to a T-piece circuit. For maintenance, the same volatile agent was administered by mask or by endotracheal tube. Anesthesia was maintained for 60 minutes in all birds. Data were collected immediately postinduction (0 to 5 minutes of anesthesia), and comprised respiratory rate, heart rate, electrocardiogram (ECG), cloacal temperature, and venous blood gas analysis. The same measurements were then recorded at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 minutes of anesthesia, with the exception of venous blood gas analysis, which was recorded at 20, 40, and 60 minutes of anesthesia. Both halothane and isoflurane resulted in significant (P < .05) respiratory and cardiac depression. The degree of depression was more severe with mask administration than with endotracheal tube administration of each agent. Hypothermia, hypercapnia, and ECG abnormalities were more marked with halothane than with isoflurane. We conclude that isoflurane is preferable to halothane for inhalant anesthesia in galahs, and mask administration of isoflurane is preferable to endotracheal administration of halothane.
Using vignettes to improve understanding of Social Security and annuities

Abstract Evidence shows that people have difficulty understanding complex aspects of retirement planning, which leads them to under-utilize annuities and claim Social Security benefits earlier than is optimal. To target this problem, we developed vignettes about the consequences of different annuitization and claiming decisions. We evaluated our vignettes using an experiment with a representative online panel of nearly 2,000 Americans. In our experiment, respondents were either assigned to a control group with no vignette, to a written vignette, or to a video vignette. They were then asked to give advice to hypothetical persons on annuitization or Social Security claiming, and were asked factual questions about these concepts. We found evidence that being exposed to vignettes led respondents to give better advice. For example, the gap between advised claim age for a relatively healthy person versus a relatively sick person was larger by nearly a year in the vignette treatments than in the control group. Furthermore, the vignettes increased financial literacy related to these concepts by 10–15 percentage points. Interestingly, the mode of communication did not have a significant impact – the video and written vignettes were equally effective.
Determinants of bank profitability in Central and Eastern European countries

4 INTRODUCTION . 5 1. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND . 7 1.1. Development of European banking industry . 7 1.2. Banking performance . 10 1.3. Determinants of bank profitability . 11 1.4. Review of previous studies . 14 2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY . 17 2.1. Data . 17 2.2. Methodology . 20 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION . 23 CONCLUSION . 29 LIST OF REFERENCES . 32 APPENDICES . 34 Appendix 1. Correlation matrix . 34 Appendix 2. Random effects model with country dummies using ROA . 35 Appendix 3. Random effects model with country dummies using ROE. 36
IPO Underpricing and Predictive Power of Board Related Corporate Governance Mechanisms: A Study of Indian IPO Market

Role of corporate governance indicators in IPO (Initial Public Offering) pricing is moderately researched area, however, a majority of these researches are found to be in context of other than Asian economies. Particularly, in context of Indian IPO market, only a few studies have been conducted in the past. Hence, the present study aspires to bridge this gap by examining the statistical significance of board-related corporate governance mechanisms in predicting the likelihood of IPO underpricing. This study is unique as it incorporates a new dimension of “board leadership” and examines the impact of having an independent director as the chairman of the board on IPO underpricing. Binary Logistic Regression Model is used to establish the relationship between IPO Listing gain/loss and board-related corporate governance mechanisms viz. participation of women directors on board, nature of board leadership and board independence.
Exercise-Associated Symptoms in Triathletes

In brief: A total of 110 triathletes answered a questionnaire about symptoms they experienced while swimming, cycling, or running. The purpose was to identify symptoms that might occur during triathlon activities. The athletes did not experience frequent or troublesome symptoms while swimming or cycling. Running, however, was associated with a preponderance of gastroesophageal and colonic symptoms. The need to have a bowel movement was the most common reason given for interrupting or stopping exercise. Upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms were affected by intensity of exercise, recency of meals, and specific foods. Lower GI symptoms were affected by the same factors, in addition to anxiety. The women noted that abdominal cramps were more likely to occur if they exercised during their menses.
An investigation of English teacher efficacy beliefs : subject-specificity, subject-congruency, and associated factors : a thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Self-efficacy beliefs have a pervasive influence on human endeavours. Teaching is an occupation where efficacy beliefs will, in large part, shape teachers' performances and potentials to initiate new and exciting challenges for learners in their classrooms. Teacher efficacy has been associated with student motivation, teachers' adoptions of innovations, ratings of teachers' competence, and teachers' classroom management strategies. However, such findings are usually based on global measures of teacher efficacy, rather than on subject-specific teaching competencies. A specialist subject teacher' s sense of efficacy is not necessarily uniform across the many subject-specific tasks teachers are asked to perform. Specialist subject teachers are likely to exhibit differences in task-specific efficacy beliefs across a range of subject competencies, depending on differences in levels of enactive teaching experience, and opportunities to have engaged in successful teaching performance experiences. An English Teacher Efficacy Questionnaire [ETEQ] was developed to assess English teacher efficacy beliefs. The English Teacher Efficacy Questionnaire was informed by Tschannen-Moran, Woolfolk Hoy and Hoy's (1998) proposed integrated model. The ETEQ also included personal teaching efficacy [PTE] and general teaching efficacy [GTE] items from the Gibson and Dembo ( 1984) scale and the Riggs and Enochs (1990) scale. A pilot study was conducted to test the English Teacher Efficacy Questionnaire. The pilot factor analysis generated a robust and meaningful English Teacher Efficacy Scale comprising four subscales that represented distinct domains of English. Self­ efficacy data were gathered from a sample (n = 126) of secondary English teachers (pre-service n = 47 and practising n = 79) across the range of subject tasks and competencies identified by the New Zealand national English Curriculum. Results from a multivariate analysis of variance [MANOV A] with repeated measures revealed differences between secondary English teachers' efficacy beliefs across a
The Social Underpinnings of Absorptive Capacity: External Knowledge, Social Networks, and Individual Innovativeness

Starting from the assumption that innovations emerge from a combination of different types of knowledge and are the result of collective efforts, this dissertation examines the social process through which knowledge obtained from outside an organization is used to create innovations with commercial potential. A theoretical model is developed to explain the difference between various individual contributions to organizational innovativeness. The study uses sociometric data obtained from 276 scientists and researchers from 16 R&D labs of a multinational semiconductor producer. The findings show that not all types of external knowledge are equally important to promote individual innovativeness. However, the study finds that knowledge acquired from outside an organization boosts individual contributions to organizational innovativeness. Distinctions are made between social structure and knowledge structure, as well as local and global information advantages. The findings point to the positive association of local-non-redundancy with innovativeness. However, they also suggest that global non-redundancy, unlike local non-redundancy, has a stronger impact in promoting individual innovativeness. The study's limitations are acknowledged, and directions for future research are proposed.
Therapeutic effect of combined therapy of Salvia miltiorrhizae and Polyporus umbellatus polysaccharide in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B

: 90 patients of chronic hepatitis B with positive HBV replication markers and abnormality of ALT were randomly allocated to 3 groups. 30 cases were treated with Salvia miltiorrhizae (SM) and Polyporus Umbellatus polysaccharide (PUP) as group I, 30 cases were treated with SM solely as group II and 30 cases were treated with PUP only as group III. By the end of 3 months in the treatment course, normalization rate of ALT were 80.0%, 40.0% and 53.3% and the negative conversion rate of HBeAg were 56.7%, 50.0% and 16.7% in the group I, II and III respectively. Follow up for 3 months after the end of therapy, ALT level was normal in 82.6%, 42.7% and 59.1% respectively. HBeAg was negative in 60.9%, 52.4% and 22.7%. Follow up for 9 months after the end of the treatment, ALT was normal in 83.3%, 43.8% and 56.3%. HBeAg was negative in 66.7%, 56.3% and 25.0% respectively. These results showed that combined therapy with SM and PUP might be more potent than SM and PUP therapy alone.
Metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty: indications for continued use in light of adverse reaction to metal debris

Adverse reaction to metal debris (ARMD) represents a recently recognised mode of failure of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip resurfacings (HRs) and total hip replacements (THRs). ARMD often requires revision surgery which can have poor outcomes, therefore questioning the future role of MoM hip bearings. The 14-year survival of 447 HRs implanted by a designing surgeon was 94.1% (95% CI 84.9%-97.3%) with the best outcomes in males with primary osteoarthritis. The 8-year survival of 578 MoM THRs was 88.9% (95% CI 78.5%-93.4%) with 44% (17 of 39) of revisions performed for ARMD. A systematic review identified six studies reporting short-term outcomes following 216 ARMD revisions with variable complication (4%-68%) and re-revision (3%-38%) rates. Analysis of outcomes following 64 ARMD revisions demonstrated comparable complication (20.3%) and re-revision (12.5%) rates at a mean 4.5 year follow-up. The 5-year survival following ARMD revision was 87.9% (95% CI 78.9%-98.0%) with revision to another MoM bearing having significantly higher re-revision rates (p=0.046). Male patients with primary osteoarthritis may undergo HR in the future, however designing surgeons may also consider females for HR. There is no future role for MoM THR. Limited evidence exists regarding outcomes following ARMD revision, though exchange to a non-MoM bearing surface is advised.
Mediated Superficiality and Misogyny Through Cool on Tinder

Signaled in its reputation as a “hookup app” or “sex app,” the mobile dating app Tinder has been accused of having ignited “hookup culture” associated with superficiality and sexual innuendo. However, little is known about how Tinder has obtained this notoriety and what Tinder is actually responsible for. This study analyzes talks about Tinder on Reddit (/r/Tinder), as part of Tinder culture where Tinder discourse and norms are established and shared in relation to broader youth pairing culture. Through a lens of feminist media scholarship, I show that an association between Tinder and hookups is couched in a gendered code of conduct, coolness. I argue that this gendered coolness in the economy of visibility of Tinder evokes and justifies misogyny online in line with the sexism inherent to hookup culture.
SNS eWOM sentiment: impacts on brand value co-creation and trust

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the sentiment of social networking site (SNS)-based brand-related electronic word-of-mouths (eWOMs) influences consumers’ engagement in brand value co-creation and brand trust change, thereby influencing their purchase intention for the brand; and explores a potential moderating effect of mavenism.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 237 college students participated in an online survey to report brand-related eWOM stories to which they were exposed and the brand trust change, brand value co-creation behavior and attitude and purchase intention in response to this exposure. The eWOM stories were content analyzed into positive vs negative eWOM. Structural equation modeling was used to test all hypotheses.FindingsParticipants reported a significantly higher level of brand value co-creation engagement behavior and more positive brand value co-creation engagement attitude and brand trust change after seeing a positive (vs negative) brand-related eWOM on SNSs. Brand trust change and value co-creation engagement attitude positively influenced purchase intention. The moderating effect of mavenism was not significant.Practical implicationsFindings suggest that brand marketers should actively monitor and respond to the sentiment of SNS-based eWOMs and establish strategies to encourage consumers to create and share positive eWOMs on SNSs.Originality/valueThis study contributes to closing the empirical gap in SNS-based eWOM research by providing support for brand-related eWOM sentiment as a significant motivational factor triggering consumers’ engagement in brand value co-creation and brand trust change on SNSs as well as purchase intention.
PENGARUH INOVASI ORGANISASI TERHADAP KUALITAS JASA PELAYANAN PELABUHAN

The purpose of this study was to analyze research (tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and emphy) on service quality, using the Innovative Internal Service Quality Model (IISQ). The research method used is a quantitative descriptive method using multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed tangible and tangible evidence of the quality of partial services. While the variable reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy affect positively on the quality of service is not significant. This means that businesses that involve activities / products actually produce quality services. While other activities are only as a support for improving the quality of service. The responsiveness variable has a dominant influence on service quality, but it is not significant. This shows how the implementation of activities and service providers have a great response to the quality of service, meaning that port service providers are very responsive to the needs of port service users, so satisfied users will get help for those needs.