Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Attitude of Students towards Cooperative Learning Methods (the Case of Wolaita Sodo University Psychology Department Second Year Students)

This paper was intended to investigate student’s attitude towards cooperative learning method in Wolaita sodo university second year psychology department students. Therefore, based on the quantitative research design employed 48 participants (30 females and 18 males) were taken as both a population and sample. The necessary data was collected through semi structured questionnaires. After the data was collected it was critically transcribed and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics methods of analysis particularly mean, standard deviation and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. The result indicates that the participants have a positive attitude towards cooperative learning methods and there was a statistical significant difference between male and female participants in their attitude towards the learning methods. However, female participants had positive attitude than their counter parts. In addition, the finding indicates that there was no statistical significant difference between class levels. The academic performances (Average mark) of the students were found negative strong relationship with student’s attitude towards cooperative learning methods. The results of the study also provided an insight on the way student perceive cooperative learning method with recommendations for designing more interactive classroom learning interventions that promote context learning, which in turn poster quality education.
Identifi cation of Blast-Resistant Varieties from Landrace, Improved and Wild Species of Rice

An experiment was conducted to identify rice varieties resistant to blast disease. Samples of 311 genetically diversifi ed varieties/accessions comprised of landrace (263), improved (43) and wild (5) rice varieties/accessions were provided by the National Rice Gene Bank of Thailand. The screening for blast at the seedling stage was done using 29 diversifi ed blast isolates. The blast isolates were collected from seven provinces (Phitsanulok, Ubon Ratchathani, Khon Kean, Chiang Rai, Nong Khai, Chaiyaphum and Udon Thani) of Thailand. The results indicated a total of 35 varieties/accessions (25 landrace, 9 improved and 1 wild) were resistant to all tested blast isolates. The 25 resistant landrace varieties were collections from Northern (10), Northeastern (9) and Southern (6) Thailand. Moreover four of the resistant landrace varieties (GS23107, GS19769, GS20874 and GS23774) were highly resistant with no symptom of the disease. From this study, it can be suggested that the resistant landraces from the Southern, Northern and Northeastern regions could be used as sources of resistant varieties in designing future breeding
An Evaluation of a University Peer-Mentoring Training Programme

This study of a university peer-mentoring training programme evaluated mentor reaction, learning, transfer of learning and impact on organizational goals. Using quantitative and qualitative measures, the study found that the mentors reacted positively to the training, that training enabled mentors to develop and reinforce skills and encourage them to establish and maintain networks, or social capital, throughout the university. Peer-mentors reported transferring skills and identified effects beyond mentoring. The study affords insights into the training requirements and learning experience of peer-mentors and shows that mentor training is indispensable in providing tools and techniques and an opportunity to reflect on practice, and in facilitating the feedback necessary to continuous improvement in the mentoring capacity.
Mathematics Teachers’ Level of Knowledge and Practice on the Implementation of Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

Background:This study aims to identify the level of knowledge and practice on the implementation of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) among mathematics teachers at a secondary school in the district of Terengganu. The study focused on the aspects of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment and compared them with demographic factors of the respondents.Material and methods:It used the quantitative approach and adopted descriptive survey method involving 196 respondents. Also, inferential analysis was conducted using Pearson correlation and Multivariate Analysis of Variance Test (MANOVA). Results:The findings showed that the level of knowledge and practice of the assessment aspect was the weakest. Also, there was a relationship between the level of knowledge and practice of HOTS in each aspect.Conclusions:Significant differences exist in the level of knowledge and practice in the implementation of HOTS based on demographic factors such as gender, the location of school and exposure in the HOTS course.
Evaluation of Body Composition and Somatotype Characteristics of Male Track and Field Athletes in India

In an effort to describe the physique and body composition associated with performance of University level male track and field athlete of India, this study was conducted on 93 track and field athletes from South India, comprised of 22 sprinters (100 and 200 mts), mean age 19.5 years, height 172.1cm and weight 68.2 kg, 20 middle distance runners (800 and 1500 mts), mean age 19 years, height 166.8cm and weight 62.5 kg, 16 long distance runners (5000 and 10000 mts), mean age 18.7 years, height 167.2cm and weight 62.1kg, 20 throwers, (shot, discus and hammer throw), mean age 19 years, height 170.8cm and weight 72.6 kg and Jumpers (High, long and triple jump), mean age 18.3 years, height 169.9cm, weight 64.1kg. Besides height and weight, six skinfolds (triceps, chest, subscapular, abdomen, suprailiac and calf), two bicondylar breadths (humerus and femur) and two girths (biceps and calf) were measured. Somatotype evaluations were made according to Heath & Carter method. Percent body fat was assessed using equation prescribed by Berzerk et al. (1963). BMI was calculated as body mass divided by square of height (kg/m 2 ). The somatochart indicated that sprinters and middle distance runners are ectomorphic mesomorphs, long distance runners are mesomorph ectomorphs while throwers are endomorphic mesomorphs. The jumpers fell into the somatotype category of balanced mesomorphs. Among all groups body fat percentage is lowest in sprinters (6.23±.83%) and highest in throwers (7.38±.85%). This was reflected in their endomorphic components which is lowest in sprinters (2.53±.0.45) and highest in throwers (3.39±0.65). Ectomorphic component is highly marked in long distance runners (3.56±0.65) while mesomophy was highest in sprinters (4.31±0.91). Throwers have significantly higher values of skinfolds than other groups. Compared to their overseas counterparts, the athletes of both track and field events in the present study exhibited greater endomorphic values. The present data will serve as a reference standard for the anthropometry and body composition of Indian track and field athletes.
Relating productivity and trade 1980-2000: a chicken and egg analysis

Given the nature and range of investigations of the trade/productivity relationship, we now know that possible reverse causation must be a consideration in empirical research. Indeed, some research finds that estimates of productivity gains attributed to trade capture instead the roles of institutions and geography. Here we estimate the relationship between productivity and trade for a panel of countries over the period 1980 to 2000 using instrumental-variables estimation of a productivity equation. The endogeneity of trade and institutional quality is accounted for by using instruments. We extend the specification used by Frankel and Romer (1999) using real openness as the measure of trade (following Alcala and Ciccone, 2004). The trade instrument is based on a gravity equation. The instruments for institutional quality come from Gwartney, Holcombe and Lawson (2004). This approach allows for identification of channels through which trade and production scale affect productivity.
The likelihood ratio test for general mixture models with or without structural parameter

This paper deals with the likelihood ratio test (LRT) for testing hypotheses on the mixing measure in mixture models with or without structural parameter. The main result gives the asymptotic distribution of the LRT statistics under some conditions that are proved to be almost necessary. A detailed solution is given for two testing problems: the test of a single distribution against any mixture, with application to Gaussian, Poisson and binomial distributions; the test of the number of populations in a finite mixture with or without structural parameter.
Thermal winds in stellar mass black hole and neutron star binary systems

Black hole binaries show equatorial disc winds at high luminosities, which apparently disappear during the spectral transition to the low/hard state. This is also where the radio jet appears, motivating speculation that both wind and jet are driven by different configurations of the same magnetic field. However, these systems must also have thermal winds, as the outer disc is clearly irradiated. We develop a predictive model of the absorption features from thermal winds, based on pioneering work of Begelman, McKee & Shields. We couple this to a realistic model of the irradiating spectrum as a function of luminosity to predict the entire wind evolution during outbursts. We show that the column density of the thermal wind scales roughly with luminosity, and does not shut off at the spectral transition, though its visibility will be affected by the abrupt change in ionizing spectrum. We re-analyse the data from H1743−322, which most constrains the difference in wind across the spectral transition, and show that these are consistent with the thermal wind models. We include simple corrections for radiation pressure, which allows stronger winds to be launched from smaller radii. These winds become optically thick around Eddington, which may even explain the exceptional wind seen in one observation of GRO J1655−40. These data can instead be fit by magnetic wind models, but similar winds are not seen in this or other systems at similar luminosities. Hence, we conclude that the majority (perhaps all) of current data can be explained by thermal or thermal-radiative winds.
Effect of genotype, explant source and medium on in vitro regeneration of tomato

For the present investigations, five cultivars including PKM-1, Moneymaker, Microtom, Micro-MsK and White Cherry of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) were selected. The explants cotyledon, hypocotyl and leaf of all the cultivars of tomato were cultured on MS medium fortified with different concentrations of Benzyl amino purine (BAP) (1.0 to 3.0 mg/L)and 0.1 mg/L indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Adventitious shoot buds were induced at the cut ends of the explants after three weeks of culture. Adventitious shoots were induced from hypocotyl, cotyledon and leaf explants on MS medium fortified with 1.0 mg/l BAP + 0.1mg/l IAA (Medium A); 2.0 mg/l BAP+0.1 mg/l IAA (Medium B) and 3.0 mg/L BAP + 0.1 mg/L IAA (Medium C). Of the five genotypes tested, PKM-1 showed highest number of shoots per explant followed by Micro-MSK, Microtom and Money maker on MS medium augmented with different concentrations of growth regulators used (A, B & C). The lowest regeneration efficiency was observed from all the explants used in White Cherry. More number of adventitious shoots was induced from leaf explants compared to cotyledon and hypocotyl explants in all the genotypes of tomato studied. Among the three media tested, medium‘B’ showed superiority in cotyledon and leaf explants compared to medium ‘A’. Whereas medium ‘C’ had shown poor response on regeneration ability of all the explants tested irrespective of genotypes. In vitro rooting was achieved on MS medium augmented with 0.1 mg/L NAA (Naphthalene acetic acid) in all the genotypes. Thus the plant regeneration was found to be influenced by the genotype, explant and type of medium. Key words: Tomato, cotyledon, hypocotyl, leaf, regeneration, plantlet formation
Men’s Perception of Domestic Violence, Rural Minia, Egypt

Background: Domestic violence is an important prevalent, yet hidden and ignored health concern with significant impact on women’s health and wellbeing. This research was guided by the belief that men could play a role in preventing domestic violence as the majority of domestic violence is perpetrated by men. Aim: To assess attitudes of men towards domestic violence and factors affecting violence supportive attitude. Methods: A cross-sectional community-based study conducted in a rural area, Minia District, 2015. A systematic random sample was used. An interview-administered questionnaire was used including questions related to violence supportive environments, and opinion of men of causes and existence of domestic violence within families. Gender equity score (GES) was applied. Results: A total of 440 males participated. 57.3% of the participants reported that domestic violence was sometimes justified and needed in certain cases, and nearly two third (69%) of them practiced violence against their wives mostly in the form of physical one (64%). Small proportion of males reported high support for gender equity (7%). The study identified reasons for domestic violence, as perceived by men: The commonest was marital disputes (48.9%), followed by financial problems (36.4%) and social and economic disparity between the spouses (12.7%). Regarding the effect of violence on families, 30.9% of males reported that it led to lack of proper education. Conclusion and Recommendations: There is a tendency to describe this community as abusive. There is a need for development of relevant and culturally sensitive domestic violence education/prevention program in rural Egypt.
Investigating the Association of Lower Uterine Segment Involvement with Deep Myometrial Invasion in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma

Background: Endometrial carcinoma is the most common cancer of the female genitalia and its prevalence is 2% to 3% along the females’ lifetime. This adenocarcinoma is diagnosed in the early stages because the patients become symptomatic early in the course of disease. The correlation of the lower uterine segment involvement (LUSI) with the recurrence, and the survival rates in patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma are always questionable. Confirming the prognostic significance of LUSI can fundamentally improve the current state of patients’ surveillance. The current study aimed at investigating the association of lower uterine segment involvement with deep myometrial invasion in endometrial adenocarcinoma. Methods: In the current retrospective cohort study, 54 patients with stage I endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma who underwent surgery in Mirza-Koochak-Khan Hospital, Tehran, Iran, from 2004 to 2014 were divided into 2 groups according to the presence of LUSI. In the current cohort study, the data from the patients exposed to LUSI were obtained by questionnaires to measure deep myometrial invasion besides post-operative adjuvant radiotherapy. The median of follow-up period was 48 months for all of the patients, which started after their surgery, and the measurement period for variables were similar to those of the follow-up period, which was 48 months. They were compared regarding to age, tumor grade, depth of myometrial invasion, lymphovascular involvement, extra uterine diseases, the extent of lymphadenectomy, adjuvant therapy, recurrence rate, time, and location. The data analysis was conducted by the SPSS v.16 statistical software (Chicago, IL, USA) at the significance level of 5%. In the investigation, Chi-square, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, t test, and the Mann-Whitney U tests were used. Results: Group 1 consisted of 13 patients with LUSI and group 2 had 41 patients without LUSI divided by a non-random sampling method. According to the results of the Mann-Whitney U test, there was a significant difference between the mean age of patients with LUSI and that of the ones without LUSI (P = 0.03). It showed that the mean age in the former group was significantly higher than that of the latter. A Chi-square test showed no significant association between the lymphovascular involvement and the presence of LUSI (P = 0.1). The Fisher exact test showed that patients with LUSI had significantly higher rate of radiotherapy after surgery rather than the ones without LUSI (P < 0.001). Conclusions: In conclusion, there was a significant association between the lower uterine segment involvements with deep myometrial invasion in the endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma. In other words, there was a significant difference in the depth of myometrial invasion between the groups, and the patients with LUSI had deeper myometrial invasion (the Mann-Whitney U test,
Performance of Waterborne Cu(II) Octanoate/Ethanolamine Wood Preservatives

Summary Various aqueous wood preservative solutions containing Cu(II) in the form of copper(II) sulphate or copper(II) octanoate, ethanolamine and in one case octanoic acid were investigated by spectrophotometry, polarography and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Results have shown the same coordination environment around Cu(II) in all solutions with ethanolamine. Computer simulation of the EPR spectra also revealed that the coordination in the first coordination sphere of copper is the same at low concentration of ethanolamine. At 20% ethanolamine concentration, a mixture of two complexes (one with two nitrogens and the other with three) could be detected. The active compound in the investigated ethanolamine containing solutions is the same when previously synthesised copper(II) octanoate was used, or when copper(II) sulphate and octanoic acid were utilized instead. Fungicidal and leaching experiments with the treated wood resulted in the same conclusion: it is not necessary to use pre-synthesised copper(II) octanoate for the preparation of waterborne copper/ethanolamine wood preservatives. Preservative preparation time and costs can be reduced by simply dissolving copper(II) sulphate and octanoic acid in aqueous ethanolamine solutions.
Multi-model data fusion as a tool for PUB: example in a Swedish mesoscale catchment

Abstract. Post-processing the output of different rainfall-runoff models allows one to pool strengths of each model to produce more reliable predictions. As a new approach in the frame of the "Prediction in Ungauged Basins" initiative, this study investigates the geographical transferability of different parameter sets and data-fusion methods which were applied to 5 different rainfall-runoff models for a low-land catchment in Central Sweden. After usual calibration, we adopted a proxy-basin validation approach between two similar but non-nested sub-catchments in order to simulate ungauged conditions. Many model combinations outperformed the best single model predictions with improvements of efficiencies from 0.70 for the best single model predictions to 0.77 for the best ensemble predictions. However no "best" data-fusion method could be determined as similar performances were obtained with different merging schemes. In general, poorer model performance, i.e. lower efficiency, was less likely to occur for ensembles which included more individual models.
Genetic diversity analysis based on molecular marker and quantitative traits of the response of different tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars to drought stress

The drought tolerance of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is a trait needing urgent improvement due to recent climate changes and limited water availability. We therefore conducted a greenhouse screening experiment to identify tomato cultivars with improved drought tolerance. Several sensitivity and tolerance indices were computed based on morphological markers. With the aim of establishing a correlation to these markers, a total of 16 inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) primers were used, the genetic diversity among cultivars was elucidated and clustering the cultivars into groups based on their molecular profiles was performed. The obtained results indicated that selection indices, such as geometric mean productivity (GMP), mean productivity (MP), tolerance index (TOL),and stress tolerance index (STI), represented suitable indices for screening the drought tolerance of tomato cultivars. An interesting correlation of the ISSR analyses to these morphological findings was established according to 83 detectable fragments derived from 10 primers. The highest value of the effective multiplex ratio (EMR) and marker index (MI) was detected for primer INC7 followed by INC1. Based on Jaccard's similarity coefficients, the genetic distance of the genotypes varied from 0.702 to 0.942 with a mean value of 0.882. The results showed a clear-cut separation of the 15 tomato cultivars due to their genetic variability, making them a valuable genetic source for their incorporation into potential breeding programs. Molecular data were in good agreement with the results as regards selection indices, and both will be useful tools for improvement of the tomato germplasm.
Prevalence of the molecular marker of chloroquine resistance ( pfcrt 76 ) in Nigeria 5 years after withdrawal of the drug as first-line antimalarial: A cross-sectional study

Background. In line with the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline on chloroquine (CQ) resistance, CQ was withdrawn as the first-line antimalarial drug in Nigeria in 2005 as a result of widespread resistance. It was expected that its sensitivity and clinical usefulness ould be restored with time. This study therefore aimed to determine the level of CQ resistance in Nigerian children aged less than 60 months. Methods. We monitored the resistance pattern 5 years after withdrawal of CQ, using the pfcrt K76T mutation as a molecular marker for CQ resistance. Results. Of 98 Plasmodium falciparum -positive blood samples, 95 (96.9%) showed the K76T mutation. Twenty-seven (27.6%) of the children had been treated with CQ at home before presentation at the clinic, while 50 (51.0%) had taken other antimalarials. Conclusion. Our results indicate that there is an urgent need to re-evaluate antimalarial drug policy in Nigeria, especially when 27.6% of our study population still use CQ at home despite its withdrawal as first-line antimalarial. This may require effective legislation against the manufacture, importation and use of CQ in Nigeria, if the purpose behind its withdrawal is to be achieved.
Study on the Factors of Online Shopping Intention for Fresh Agricultural Products Based on UTAUT2

To analyze the factors influencing online shopping intention for fresh agricultural products, this paper constructs a research model based on UTAUT2. Data obtained from questionnaires are processed using structural equation model. The results show that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, hedonic motivation, facilitating conditions have positive impacts on the online shopping intention for fresh agricultural products, gender has a significant influence on the measuring model, while neither experience nor personal innovativeness has influence on the measuring model.