Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assess the parental stress level and identify the factors precipitating stress in parents of neonates

A study to assess the parental stress level and identify the factors precipitating stress in parents of neonates admitted in NICU of selected hospital in Haryana. The conceptual model developed for the study is based on System Model. The model consists of three areasInput, Process, Output. It was assume that parents of neonate admitted in NICU do experience stress to some extent, parent will be able to frankly express their concerns and feeling about admission of neonate in NICU, environment of NICU precipitate parental stress, health status of neonates admitted in NICU has effect on stress level of parents, parents stress level can be measured by PSS: NICU. The study was delimitated to parents whose neonates are admitted in MMIMSR& H, Mullana and Military hospital of Ambala during the study period and parents who are willing to participate in the study and feel free to express their actual feelings. The literature reviewed for the present study was related to parental stress and related to Parental Stress Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It was concluded that all parents of neonates admitted in NICU had stress of varying level, parental concerns and baby looks and behaviour were identified as stressors precipitating stress in parents of neonates admitted in NICU and there was significant association between stress level of parents with family income.
The optimisation of a water distribution system using Bentley WaterGEMS software

The proper maintenance of water distribution systems (WDSs) requires from operators multiple actions in order to ensure optimal functioning. Usually, all requirements should be adjusted simultaneously. Therefore, the decision-making process is often supported by multi-criteria optimisation methods. Significant improvements of exploitation conditions of WDSs functioning can be achieved by connecting small water supply networks into group systems. Among many potential tools supporting advanced maintenance and management of WDSs, significant improvements have tools that can find the optimal solution by the implemented mechanism of metaheuristic methods, such as the genetic algorithm. In this paper, an exemplary WDS functioning optimisation is presented, in relevance to a group water supply system. The action range of optimised parameters included: maximisation of water flow velocity, regulation of pressure head, minimisation of water retention time in a network (water age) and minimisation of pump energy consumption. All simulations were performed in Bentley WaterGEMS software.
ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF LEAVES OF PSIDIUM GUAJAVA

The aim of the study was focused on the antibacterial potential of dried leaves solvents extracts of five different extracts (acetone, chloroform, methanol, petroleum ether and water) of Psidium guajava(family Myrtaceae) were tested against Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis,Bacillus megaterium, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by well diffusion method.Acetone, methanol and petroleum ether extracts showed significant antibacterial activity.All the organisms are found susceptible except Bacillus cereus. Chloroform extract is active against only Bacillus subtilis. The fresh leaves juice was found to be active against all organisms except Pseudomonas aerugenosa and the aqueous extract found to be active against Proteus vulgaris and Staphylococcus aureus. Results were compared with standard antibiotics Amoxicillin-Am 30 , Ciprofloxacin-Cf 30 , Cotrimaxazole-Co 25 ,Gentamicin-G 50 and Tetracycline-T 30 . KEY WORDS Psidium guajava Solvent extracts Antibacterial sensitivity test
The Influence of Religiosity on Charitable Behavior: A COPPS Investigation

We examine the role of religion in charitable giving and find that the religious preference of both the donor and the recipient organization influence giving behavior. By exploiting a panel survey of charitable giving, we demonstrate that traditional empirical analysis on charitable giving masks important differences among donor groups. Religious giving by religious individuals is least responsive to changes in price and income, while secular giving by secular individuals has the greatest sensitivity.
Effect of Sputtering Power on the Properties of TaN Thin Films Prepared by the Magnetron Sputtering

Objective To research the effect of sputtering power on the deposition rate, structure and surface roughness of TaN thin films prepared by the magnetron sputtering that directly bombardment the TaN target. Methods In this paper, TaN thin films were deposited on SiO2 substrates by a reactive radio frequency magnetron sputtering system that directly bombardment the TaN target under different sputtering powers at room temperature. The thickness of the films is obtained by cross-sectional scanning electron microscopy (SEM) views. The phase structure and surface roughness of TaN film is investigated by X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy. Results The results show that the film deposition rate increases with the increasing sputtering power, and sputtering power expresses a good linear relationship with deposition rate. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results showed that the film is amorphous when the sputtering power is 100W, and crystallization effect will be getting better with the increasing power without heat treatment. Also, the films display excellent (111) crystalline orientation compared with the conventional reaction sputtering. Atomic force microscope (AFM) results showed that the effect of sputtering power on the surface roughness of the films is complicated. When the puttering power is less and greater than 200W, the surface roughness increases with increasing power. However, the surface roughness is relatively small when the power is 200W. Conclusion The film prepared by magnetron sputtering is compact and smooth, and exhibits fine adhesion. Sputtering power has an important influence on the deposition of TaN films. When the sputtering power is 200W, films with good performance can be obtained.
A STUDY ON EFFICIENCY OF FIVE DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES ON SULFATE REDUCTION

Normally sulfate containing wastewaters from various industrial activities such as pulp and paper industries, mining and mineral processing, production of explosives, scrubbing of flue gases, petrochemical industries, galvanic processes, battery, paint and chemical manufacturing etc. is treated using physicochemical and biological methods. Even though physicochemical methods are effective, the overlying limitations of separation and appropriate disposal of the solid phase, relatively high cost and energy consumption limit their usage. Biological sulfate reduction has been recognized as an efficient method for sulfate removal from wastewater owing to heavy metal removal, recovery of metals from sulfide sludge and low sludge generation in spite of the major problem associated with the production of sulfide. The biological sulfate reduction process is mediated by a group of microorganisms known as Sulfate Reducing Bacteria (SRB). The SRB form a specialized group of microbes that use sulfate as terminal electron acceptor for their respiration. The presence of sufficient amount of electron donors is essential as a minimum COD to sulfate mole ratio of 0.67 is required for achieving theoretically possible removal of sulfate. Hence, in COD deficient wastewaters, addition of external carbon sources is a must in order to achieve complete reduction. Thus, the availability of carbon forms a critical limiting factor for the microbial activity. Usually low-molecular-weight organic compounds are utilized by SRB as electron donors. This study was carried out to analyze the potential of the enriched mixed consortium to utilize different carbon sources such as acetate, dextrose, ethanol, formate and lactate as the sole carbon source for reduction of sulfate. Out of the five sources, lactate was found to be the most efficient carbon source for the mixed consortium.
Harvest Regulations and Artificial Selection on Horn Size in Male Bighorn Sheep

ABSTRACT Wild sheep in North America are highly prized by hunters and most harvest regulations restrict legal harvest to males with a specified minimum horn curl. Because reproductive success is skewed toward larger males that are socially dominant, these regulations may select against high-quality, fast-growing males. To evaluate potential selective effects of alternative management strategies, we analyzed horn increment measures of males harvested over 28 yr (1975–2003) in 2 bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) ecotypes in British Columbia, Canada. Using mixed-effect models we examined variation in hunter selection for horn size, early horn growth, and male age under different harvest regulations (Full Curl, Three Quarter Curl, Any Ram). Under all regulations, males with the greatest early horn growth were harvested at the youngest ages, before the age at which large horns influence reproductive success. Early growth decreased with harvest age and until ≥ 7 yr of age it was greatest in males harvested under Full Curl regulation. Permit type (General vs. Limited Entry Hunt) and hunter origin (British Columbia Resident vs. Non-Resident) had little effect on horn size of harvested males. Full Curl regulations increased the average age of harvested males by <1 yr relative to Three-Quarter Curl regulations. Age-specific horn measures in the California ecotype harvested under Three-Quarter Curl regulations declined over time but we observed no temporal declines in the Rocky Mountain ecotype, primarily harvested under Full Curl regulations. Management strategies that protect some males with greater early horn growth or provide harvest refuges to maintain genetic diversity are likely to reduce potential for negative effects of artificial selection.
Retirement Preparation of Older and Younger Baby Boomers

The purpose of the study was to examine factors related to retirement preparation of older and younger cohorts of thebaby boomers using a criterion of having investment assets greater than 25% of net worth. Using the 1989 Survey of Consumer Finances, logit analyses showed that being white and expecting a large inheritance were positively related to meeting the guideline for younger boomers. The older cohort of the baby boomers had increased likelihood of meeting the guideline if the household head was in good health, was male, and had pension coverage. For both cohorts, as age and education increased, it was more likely that households would meet the guideline for retirement preparation.
Reappraising the Work Skill Requirements for Building Technology Education in Senior Secondary School for Optimum Performance in Nigeria

Effective handling of vocational technology education by all stakeholders pave way for sustainable development. Building construction which is one of the vocational electives in Senior Secondary School is poorly taught. It is regrettable to experience that a country crying for technological breakthroughs and emancipation cannot at this crucial time of technological age impart practical skills to the recipients of her technology education. Building construction which is an integral part of vocational technology is worst hit in this imbroglio. It is observed that the teaching of building construction is too theoretical to the detriment of the psychomotor aspect of the programme. The difficulties in imparting the practical skills in this subject is caused by the teachers not possessing adequate skills in the subject, inadequacy of teaching materials and facilities, curriculum invalidity in terms of teachability and learnability, poor teaching strategies to mention but a few. This paper, therefore, reappraise the state of affairs in the teaching of building construction and advance some strategies on how the subject can move forward.
PALAEO-ECOLOGY OF THE STERKFONTEIN HOMINIDS: A REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS

Excavations at the Sterkfontein hominid fossil site have yielded a rich and revealing faunal assemblage. Evolutionary transitions are evident in early hominids and associated fauna between the times represented by Members 4 and 5. Member 4 has yielded a large and variable sample of Australopithecus africanus as well as evidence of considerable species diversity among the artiodactyls, carnivores and primates. The appearance of early Homo along with stone and bone tools in Member 5 coincides with a reduction of species representation in the orders of larger mammals as well as with the occurrence of new derived species and apparent extinctions. Three hypotheses have been suggested to account for the trends seen in the hominid-bearing members of the Sterkfontein Formation. The 'Climatic Change Hypothesis' accounts for the evolutionary trends by the causal factors of global and local cooling and aridification with evidence of savanna-grasslands supplanting an earlier environment with a denser cover of vegetation. The 'Taphonomic Hypothesis' explains changes in relative species representation at Sterkfontein in terms of the bone-accumulating agents; in Member 4 primary carnivores were largely responsible for the deposition of large mammalian fauna, whereas the scavenging activities of early Homo would have accounted for much of the bone and all of the artefacts found in Member 5. A third proposition is the 'Species Interaction Hypothesis', a derivative of the ' Red-Queen Hypothesis'; here the dynamics of species interaction , including competition and commensalism among hominids, carnivores and cercopithecids, propel the evolutionary changes and cause the extinctions. These hypotheses are not mutually exclusive, but the relative effects of the factors involved must be verified or refuted with better chronological controls and further analyses of the African fossil sites. The Sterkfontein Formation represents a microcosm in which various scenarios of African mammalian evolution can be tested.
Effect of COVID-19 vaccination on the timing and flow of menstrual periods in two cohorts

COVID-19 vaccination protects against the potentially serious consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection, but some people have been hesitant to receive the vaccine because of reports that it could affect menstrual bleeding. To determine whether this occurs we prospectively recruited a cohort of 79 individuals, each of whom recorded details of at least three consecutive menstrual cycles, during which time they each received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. In spontaneously cycling participants, COVID-19 vaccination was associated with a delay to the next period, but this change reversed in subsequent unvaccinated cycles. No delay was detected in those taking hormonal contraception. To explore hypotheses about the mechanism by which these menstrual changes occur, we retrospectively recruited a larger cohort, of 1,273 people who had kept a record of their menstrual cycle and vaccination dates. In this cohort, we found a trend toward use of combined hormonal contraception being protective against reporting a delayed period, suggesting that menstrual changes following vaccination may be mediated by perturbations to ovarian hormones. However, we were unable to detect a clear association between the timing of vaccination within the menstrual cycle and reports of menstrual changes. Our findings suggest that COVID-19 vaccination can lengthen the menstrual cycle and that this effect may be mediated by ovarian hormones. Importantly, we find that the menstrual cycle returns to its pre-vaccination length in unvaccinated cycles.
Morphological Abnormalities in Amphibians in Agricultural Habitats: A Case Study of the Common Frog Rana Temporaria

Abstract Recent studies suggest that the incidence of morphological abnormalities has increased in many amphibian populations, often exceeding the estimated background deformity frequency of 0–5%. Many chemical contaminants, including agrochemicals, can cause abnormalities in amphibians, but data on the occurrence of morphological abnormalities in wild amphibian populations in Europe is anecdotal at best. In a large-scale study covering 264 ha and 26 farmland breeding populations of the Common frog (Rana temporaria) in southern Finland, we investigated whether the incidence of morphological abnormalities in metamorphs differed from the background level of 0–5% and among populations along an agrochemical gradient. Abnormalities occurred in a low frequency (1% of the studied individuals; 40/4115), the highest population-specific frequency being 4%. We found no evidence for increased abnormality frequencies in the habitats most likely exposed to agrochemicals. Hence, the data suggest that current Finnish agrochemical practices are not causing increased incidences of morphological abnormalities in Common frog populations breeding in farmland areas.
Adaptively weighted group Lasso for semiparametric quantile regression models

We propose an adaptively weighted group Lasso procedure for simultaneous variable selection and structure identification for varying coefficient quantile regression models and additive quantile regression models with ultra-high dimensional covariates. Under a strong sparsity condition, we establish selection consistency of the proposed Lasso procedure when the weights therein satisfy a set of general conditions. This consistency result, however, is reliant on a suitable choice of the tuning parameter for the Lasso penalty, which can be hard to make in practice. To alleviate this difficulty, we suggest a BIC-type criterion, which we call high-dimensional information criterion (HDIC), and show that the proposed Lasso procedure with the tuning parameter determined by HDIC still achieves selection consistency. Our simulation studies support strongly our theoretical findings.
The Indirect Effects of Servant Leadership Behavior on Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Job Performance: Organizational Justice as a Mediator

The relationship between leader and followers plays a vital role, particularly in educational institutions where a keen understanding of human character and high level of social interaction ought to be facilitated. For this reason, in stark contrast to contemporary leaders who see people only as units of production or expendable resources in a profit and loss statement, servant leadership focuses on meeting the needs of followers, making them reach their maximum potential and so perform optimally in order to achieve organizational goals and objectives. This study examines the effects of servant leadership behaviors of private college principals on teachersâ€™ organizational citizenship behavior and job performance. Using 300 respondents from the private education institutes in Turkey, servant leadership behavior is examined for its indirect effects on organizational citizenship behavior and job performance by its impact on organizational justice. Organizational justice acts as a mediator between the variables in question. All the results are in support of the studied mediation effects. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are discussed
Evidence for methane escape and strong seasonal and dynamical perturbations of Neptune's atmospheric temperatures

Aims. We studied the distribution of mid-infrared thermal emission from Neptune to determine the spatial variability of temperatures and the distribution of trace constituents, allowing us to determine the relative strengths of radiation and dynamics in its atmosphere. Methods. Mid-infrared images of the planet were taken at the Very Large Telescope on 1–2 September 2006. Results. These images reveal strong inhomogeneities in thermal emission. 17.6 and 18.7-µm images exhibit strong seasonally elevated south polar temperatures near Neptune’s tropopause. These high temperatures allow tropospheric methane, elsewhere cold-trapped at depth, to escape into the stratosphere. Poleward of 70 ◦ S, 8.6- and 12.3-µm emission from stratospheric methane and ethane is enhanced, and a distinct, warm stratospheric feature near 65–70 ◦ S latitude is rotating with the neutral atmosphere. This feature may
The clinical evaluation of the infants of diabetic mothers (IDMS) born in a tertiary care hospital

Background: The clinical evaluation of the infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs) born in a tertiary care hospital. It was a prospective study carried out at tertiary care hospital. Methods: 34 infants born of diabetic mother over the period from January 2012 to December 2012 were included in the study. Results: Infants born of the diabetic mothers who had suboptimal glycemic control during pregnancy had maximal functional and structural complication. Respiratory Distress was the commonest complication seen in 20 (58.82%) IDMs followed by Hypoglycemia in 15 (44.11%) and congenital anomalies in 16 (47.05%) cases. Septal hypertrophy was the most common cardiac anomaly observed in 6 (17.64%) PDA in 3 (8.82%), only 1 (2.94%) IDM had combination of ASD, Fallot variant and VSD is seen in 2 (5.88%) of infant. Conclusions: In current study, metabolic and structural complication are more common in the infant of the diabetic mother with poor glycemic control.
A mixed report: The effects of strategic and substantive news content on political cynicism and voting

Abstract This article examines the effects of strategic and substantive news on political cynicism, turnout intention and voter uncertainty, drawing on two experiments (n = 451, 18–25 year-olds). We found that among less politically knowledgeable citizens, all news mobilizes, but strategic news also induces cynicism. For the more knowledgeable citizens, we found that the combination of strategic and substantive news yields slightly less cynicism and that substantive news makes these citizens reconsider their voting choice. Overall, we only found favorable or neutral effects among the more knowledgeable, while we found both favorable and unfavorable effects among the less knowledgeable. The implications for news effects research are discussed.
A Framework for Modeling the Cellular Defending Mechanisms Against Genome Stress Under Radiotherapy

© 2013 Qi et al., licensee InTech. This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A Framework for Modeling the Cellular Defending Mechanisms Against Genome Stress Under Radiotherapy
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION : A NONPARAMETRIC EXAMINATION

Abstract. Export diversification has recently been found as a key component of economic development. This has spawned an empirical literature which documents a quadratic relationship in the development-diversification nexus. Using cutting edge nonparametric panel data estimators and inferential tools, we examine the shape of this nexus using several different measures of diversification. We question the robustness of the quadratic shape of the development-diversification nexus that has dominated the applied trade diversification literature. Accounting for time specific heterogeneity reveals that this relationship is tenuous. Additional parametric robustness checks further lend support that taking the quadratic relationship as a stylized fact may not be advisable. Finally, we deploy both nonparametric panel estimators and consistent model specifications tests and present further evidence that the formulation of the development-diversification nexus is not apt to be characterized as quadratic.