Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Different Levels of Refined Cane Sugar and Unrefined Coconut Palm Sugar on the Survivability of Lactobacillus acidophilus in Probiotic Ice Cream and its Sensory and Antioxidant Properties

In this study, probiotic ice cream are inoculated with Lactobacillus acidophilus (La-05; L), made with either refined (cane sugar; R) or unrefined sugar (coconut palm sugar; U) at concentrations of 15%, 18% and 21% (w/w). The changes in ice cream eating qualities, antioxidant capacity and the survival of La-05 were evaluated. Probiotic ice cream made with unrefined sugar had better microbial survival than when refined sugar was used. Ice cream made with 18% unrefined sugar showed the highest La-05 survivability. There were no significant effects on the sensory score among the probiotic ice cream with different sugar levels. However probiotic ice cream made with unrefined sugar was most preferred by panelists. The antioxidant capacity of the ice cream showed those made with unrefined sugar tend to have a higher antioxidant activity compared to those made with refined sugar. The replacement of refined with unrefined coconut palm sugar developed the viability of La-05, antioxidant capacity and total acceptability of probiotic ice creams.
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION : IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL

There has been a great deal of acceptance of the importance of higher education in achieving the goal of sustainable development. Integrating sustainability in teaching and learning of undergraduate construction courses has been a challenging and pressing issue in higher education for over a decade. However, to date, not much has been done to incorporate sustainability into the curriculum. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept of sustainability education and its related international movements in promoting education for sustainable development. A variety of declarations and programmes have enabled the concept of sustainability to be incorporated in the curriculum of higher education. However more initiatives are needed if sustainability education is to develop at tertiary level. This paper also discusses the obstacles preventing the success of sustainability education and a case study is used to demonstrate the approach of sustainability teaching and learning in practice.
Gamifying and Conveying Software Engineering Concepts for Secondary Education: An Edutainment Approach

Because of its abstract nature, software engineering faces image, perception, and awareness challenges that affect its ability to attract sufficient secondary school age students to its higher education programs. This paper presents an edutainment approach called Software Engineering for Secondary Education (SWE4SE), which combines short informational videos and a variety of simple digital games to convey certain SE concepts in an entertaining way. Our realization mapped various SE concepts to seven digital games, and results from an evaluation with secondary students showed that a significant improvement in the perception, attractiveness, and understanding of SE can be achieved within just an hour of play. Thus, we suggest that such an edutainment approach is economical, effective, and efficient for reaching and presenting SE within secondary school classrooms. Keywords-software engineering education; software engineering games; game-based learning; digital games.
Far SOL transport and main wall plasma interaction in DIII-D

Far Scrape-Off Layer (SOL) and near-wall plasma parameters in DIII-D depend strongly on the discharge parameters and confinement regime. In L-mode discharges cross-field transport increases with the average discharge density and flattens far SOL profiles, thus increasing plasma contact with the low field side (LFS) main chamber wall. In H-mode between edge localized modes (ELMs) the plasma–wall contact is weaker than in L-mode. During ELM fluxes of particles and heat to the LFS wall increase transiently above the L-mode values. Depending on the discharge conditions, ELMs are responsible for 30–90% of the net ion flux to the outboard chamber wall. ELMs in high density discharges feature intermittent transport events similar to those observed in L-mode and attributed to blobs of dense hot plasma formed inside the separatrix and propagating radially outwards. Though the blobs decay with radius, some of them survive long enough to reach the outer wall and possibly cause sputtering. In lower density H-modes, ELMs can feature blobs of pedestal density propagating all the way to the outer wall.
Evaluation of Role of Concurrent Chemotherapy and Brachytherapy inLocally Advanced Cervical Cancer Patients

Aim: Carcinoma of Uterine cervix is the commonest cancer affecting females in developing countries. Concurrent chemoradiation has remained the sole definitive treatment available in the advanced stages. The study was planned to take the advantage of radiosensitisation accruing due to chemotherapy at the time of brachytherapy, when approximately forty percent of total tumor dose is applied. Materials and methods: 64 patients were enrolled who had locally advanced uterine cervix carcinoma (FIGO stage IIB to IVA) from July 2011 to May 2013 for concurrent chemotherapy and intracavitory brachytherapy after completion of concurrent chemotherapy and external beam radiotherapy followed by 3 insertion of brachytherapy separated by a week by Flexitron brachytherapy unit to point A, for each application was 6 Gy by HDR. Cisplatin was given (35 mg/m2) one day before brachytherapy in each application. Results: At medium follow-up of 19 months (range 8 to 30 months) clinical complete response rate was found to be 89% at 3 months of follow up. Acute side effect as nausea and vomiting grade I and II were recorded as 55% and 28% respectively, no renal dysfunction and no thrombocytopenia were encountered. No patients had grade IV or life threatening toxicity. Overall survival and disease free survival after 30 months of follow up is 88% and 75% respectively. Conclusion: Use of concurrent chemotherapy with brachytherapy is effective and feasible with acceptable toxicity for locally advanced carcinoma of the uterine Cervix.
The Influence of Individual Characteristic and Organization Climate on Job Satisfaction and Its Impact on Employee Performance

The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse the influence of the individual characteristics and organization climate on job satisfaction and its impact on employee performance of PT. PLN (Persero) Region-S2JB Branch Lahat. This study takes 107 people as a sampling that conducted by census. Data analysis was performed with the Structural Equation Model (SEM) using Lisrel software. There are positives and significants effect in partially and simultaneously of individual characteristics variable and organization climate on job satisfaction and its impact on employee performance. Individual characteristics have dominant influence on job satisfaction and its impact to employee performance. The implications of managerial suggests, to increase employee performance is with increase in individual characteristics, organizational climate, and job satisfaction of employee. Individual characteristics can be enhanced by providing interpersonal skill training and placement employee according their skills. Besides, organizational climate can be increased with repairing work tools. Finally, to increase job satisfaction, training leadership for chairman can be provided.
Advertisement and aggressive calls of Pithecopus azureus (Anura: Phyllomedusidae) from the border of Brazil and Paraguay

The categories of calls previously described for the closely related species Pithecopus azureus and P. hypochondrialis are reassessed. In addition, the advertisement and aggressive calls of P. azureus from Brazil-Paraguay border in southwestern state of Mato Grosso do Sul in western Brazil are redescribed. Intraspecific comparisons of call traits are made for populations of P. azureus from Argentina and Bolivia, and the vocalization of P. azureus is also compared with that of the closely related species of the P. hypochondrialis Group (subclade of lowland species). Given the similarities among the advertisement calls of P. azureus, P. hypochondrialis, and P. nordestinus, it seems that acoustic traits, at least solely, should not be employed as reliable diagnostic characters among these species
Transmitting species‐interaction data from animal‐borne transceivers through Service Argos using Bluetooth communication

Interactions between upper trophic‐level predators and their prey remain poorly understood due to their inaccessibility during foraging at sea. This uncertainty has fuelled debate on the impact of predation by species such as the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) on fish stocks. The Vemco Mobile Transceiver (VMT) has provided us with new knowledge on interactions between pinnipeds and fish species. However, the necessity to recover the VMT for data retrieval has limited deployments to locations where confidence in instrument recovery is high, and has thus restricted both species and geographical sampling. To overcome these limitations, a Bluetooth link was integrated into the VMT and GPS satellite‐linked transmitter. The two‐unit design allows data collected by the VMT to be transmitted via Bluetooth to the satellite transmitter, which relays the interaction data to the ARGOS satellite system for retrieval. To evaluate in‐situ performance, units were deployed on two adult female grey seals on Sable Island, NS in October 2012 and recovered during the subsequent breeding season. Data archived by the VMT were compared with data uploaded via ARGOS. The deployment periods were 76–84 days. The total number of valid detections archived was 179. All detections archived by the first unit (n = 66) were transmitted via ARGOS, while all but two of the 113 archived detections from the second unit were transmitted. Detections recovered from both units were from other VMT‐tagged grey seals (n = 173) and moored V13 transmitters on Middle Bank, Eastern Scotian Shelf (n = 6). These preliminary results are proof‐of‐concept that integrated Bluetooth VMTs can be used on a broader variety of marine predators to collect data on species interactions in otherwise inaccessible environments and without the need to recover instruments.
Analyzing the Impact of Brand Equity Towards Purchase Intention in Automotive Industry: a Case Study of ABC in Surabaya

The rapid growth in Indonesia’s automotive industry makes it becomes a lucrative market for automaker companies. Of all Japanese car brands in Indonesia, ABC and XYZ are considered the biggest rivals. Hence, strong brand equity should be built, not only for distinguishing themselves from competitors, but also for stimulating consumers’ purchase intention. Consequently, this research aims to analyze the impact of brand equity towards purchase intention in automobile industry. This research uses Aaker’s brand equity theory, covering brand awareness, brand association, perceived quality, and brand loyalty.In this research, the writers use simple random sampling in which the population is Surabaya people who own or used to own both ABC and XYZ cars. 125 samples collected from the research are analyzed using Multiple Linear Regression Analysis and comparative analysis. The result shows that brand equity simultaneously has a significant influence towards purchase intention while only brand association and brand loyalty individually have a significant influence towards purchase intention. According to comparative analysis, ABC has a better brand association than XYZ, but it has lower brand loyalty than XYZ. Keywords: brand equity, purchase intention, automobile, Surabaya
PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPACT OF JOB ROTATION ON EMPLOYEES, PRODUCTIVITY, THE ORGANIZATION AND ON JOB SECURITY

This study assesses employee perceptions of the impact of job rotation on employees, production, the organization and on job security. Biographical influences (gender, age, marital status, division, organizational level, tenure) regarding these impacts were also assessed. The study was undertaken in an operations environment of a textile company in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The population includes 77 full time shift employees in the organization and due to the small population size consensus sampling was used. Data was collected using a self-developed, pre-coded, self-administered questionnaire whose reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings reflect that employees perceive that job rotation has a high degree of positive impact on employees, productivity, job security and on the organization respectively. Recommendations have been presented that have the potential to enhance and sustain the positive impact of job rotation in the workplace.
Hookah Smoking and Associated Factors in Rural Region of Hormozgan, Iran

Background : Smoking hookah is a traditional method of tobacco smoking which is common in Middle East and Arabic countries. The Hormozgan province is in the second rank of hookah use after Bushehr in Iran. This research is seeking to study the factors affecting hookah smoking in a sample of rural community of the Hormozgan province. Materials and Methods : From the total population of the Hormozgan province villages, 310 residents were selected through multistage sampling. The data were analyzed in a logistic regression model. Results : The prevalence of hookah smoking was 36.5% 28.4% in men and 45.16% in women. Marital Status and Job are associated with Hookah smoking (p<0.05), age (OR=1.04), gender (OR=4.43), cigarette smoking (OR=5.16), having a hookah smoker in the family (OR=1.9), and education (OR=0.34) were effective in hookah smoking. Conclusion : Considering the high prevalence of hookah smoking, appropriate educational programs should be designed in order to qualitatively study the reasons of region’s people tendency toward the hookah.
Delineating local electromigration for nanoscale probing of lithium ion intercalation and extraction by electrochemical strain microscopy

Lithium (Li) ion intercalation and extraction are critically important for high performance Li-ion batteries, and they are highly sensitive to local crystalline morphologies and defects that remain poorly understood. Using electrochemical strain microscopy (ESM) in combination with local transport analysis, we demonstrate that we cannot only probe Li-ion concentration and diffusivity with nanometer resolution but also map local energy dissipation associated with electromigration of Li-ions. Using these techniques, we uncover drastic differences in ESM response and energy dissipation between micro- and nano-crystalline lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) under different charging states, which explains the superior capacity observed in Li-ion batteries with nanocrystalline LiFePO4 electrode.
Textrode-enabled transthoracic electrical bioimpedance measurements – towards wearable applications of impedance cardiography

Abstract During the last decades the use of electrical bioimpedance (EBI) in the medical field has been the subject of extensive research, as an affordable, harmless and non-invasive technology. In some specific applications, such as body composition assessment where EBI has proven a good degree of effectiveness and reliability, the use of textile electrodes and measurement garments have shown good performance and reproducible results. Impedance cardiography (ICG) is a modality of EBI that can benefit from the implementation and use of wearable sensors. ICG is based on continuous impedance measurements of a longitudinal segment across the thorax taken at a single frequency. The need for a specific electrode placement on the thorax and neck can be easily ensured with the use of a garment with embedded textile electrodes, also known as “textrodes. ” The first step towards the implementation of garment-based ICG is to determine the quality of ICG measurements with textile sensors to allow estimation of fundamental ICG parameters. In this work, the measurement performance of a 2-belt set with incorporated textrodes for thorax and neck is compared against ICG measurements obtained with Ag/AgCl electrodes. The analysis is based on the quality of the fundamental ICG signals (ΔZ, dZ/dt and ECG), systolic time intervals and other ICG parameters. The results indicate the feasibility of using textrodes for ICG measurements with consistent measurements and relatively low data dispersion. Thus, enabling the development of measuring garments for ICG measurements.
Evaluating Natural Resource Investments

Notwithstanding impressive advances in the theory of finance over the past 2 decades, practical procedures for capital budgeting have evolved only slowly. The standard technique, which has remained unchanged in essentials since it was originally proposed (see Dean 1951; Bierman and Smidt 1960), derives from a simple adaptation of the Fisher (1907) model of valuation under certainty: under this technique, expected cash flows from an investment project are discounted at a rate deemed appropriate to their risk, and the resulting present value is compared with the cost of the project. This standard textbook technique reflects modern theoretical developments only insofar as estimates of the discount rate may be obtained from crude application of single period asset pricing theory (but see Brennan 1973; Bogue and Roll 1974; Turnbull 1977; Constantinides 1978). The inadequacy of this approach to capital budgeting is widely acknowledged, although not widely discussed. Its obvious deficiency is its The evaluation of mining and other natural resource projects is made particularly difficult by the high degree of uncertainty attaching to output prices. It is shown that the techniques of continuous time arbitrage and stochastic control theory may be used not only to value such projects but also to determine the optimal policies for developing, managing, and abandoning them. The approach may be adapted to a wide variety of contexts outside the natural resource sector where uncertainty about future project revenues is a paramount concern.
Politics and Religion: On the "Politicization" of Greek Church Discourse

The recent exclusion of the reference to religion from Greek identity cards has triggered an extraordinary reaction on behalf of the Orthodox Church. The Church hierarchy and Archbishop Christodoulos have led a campaign to oppose this decision, articulating a discourse that, by many accounts, was marked by a clear political profile. This reaction has polarized Greek society and has been dominating political life and media coverage for most of 2000 and 2001. These developments have also become the object of numerous analyses and academic discussions. Although a variety of dimensions are at stake, there is no doubt that the first crucial issue posed by the events is the question of the "politicization" of religious discourse. Is contemporary Greek Church discourse politicized? How can we account for this politicization within current global trends and the Greek historical context? These are some of the challenging questions explored in this paper.
Understanding the academic procrastination attitude of language learners in Turkish universities

The prevalence of academic procrastination has long been the subject of attention among researchers. However, there is still a paucity of studies examining language learners since most of the studies focus on similar participants such as psychology students. The present study was conducted among students trying to learn English in the first year of their university education. 144 male and 169 female students from four different Turkish universities participated in the study. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between the procrastination levels of language students and variables like gender, department, age, self-reported motivational levels, and satisfaction with majors. The findings of the study suggested that men reported significantly higher procrastination behavior. The participants who reported higher motivation procrastinated less while age was not found to be related to procrastination. Key words: Academic procrastination, motivation, language learning, academic procrastination.
Assessment of bacteriological contaminants of some vegetables irrigated with Awash River water in selected farms around Adama town, Ethiopia

Food safety issues are of growing concern to consumers globally because of the risk associated with consumption of foods contaminated with pathogens in irrigated vegetables. The study was conducted to assess the extent of bacterial contamination of vegetables due to irrigation with polluted Awash River water. Three leafy vegetable samples, namely, cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. longifolia) and spinach (Spinacea oleracea) from both farms were examined for bacterial contaminants. The results show that spinach was found to be the most heavily contaminated vegetable in both farms by aerobic bacteria. The aerobic mesophilic bacterial count on this vegetable was 2.2×108 and 2.0×108 CFU/g, for spinach sampled from Melka Hida and Wonji Gefersa vegetable farms, respectively. The highest total coliform count (6.6×106) was also recorded from lettuce in Melka Hida vegetable farm. The mean fecal coliform values of all the three vegetable samples exceed the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) recommended level. The highest faecal coliform count (5.7×105) was recorded in cabbage sampled from Wonji Gefersa. The high microbial contamination rates associated with these vegetable samples indicated poor water quality for irrigation employed in the overall production of vegetables in the study area. Key words: Indicator bacteria, pathogen, vegetables.
Adverse Drug Effects In New York State Angiocardiography Hospitalizations : 1996-2010

Angiocardiography hospitalizations (n=1,971,571) in New York State were examined for adverse drug effects between 1996 and 2010 focusing particularly on radiocontrast material (RCM) related hypersensitivity manifestations. Using the E code E947.8 (adverse drug effect from radiocontrast) and coding for other anaphylaxis (ICD9 995.0), allergic urticarial (ICD9 708.0), angioedema (ICD9 995.1), laryngospasm (ICD9 478.6) or laryngeal edema (ICD9 478.75) , an overall immediate hypersensitivity rate of 16.04x10-5 was found. Logistic regression modeling found that these immediate hypersensitivity manifestations were most strongly predicted by coding for E947.8 (odds ratio 501: 95%CI 433-580) followed by adverse coding to anti-infective, analgesic/anti-rheumatic, anti hypertension or cardiovascular drugs(odds ratio of any of these 84.91: 95% CI 69-104). There was an overall increase in the proportion of hospitalizations coding for these immediate hypersensitivity manifestations over the study period(binomial regression for time effect p<0.0001). Multivariate modeling showed not only a year effect but also a significant predictor effect from younger age, longer length of stay and female gender. Although a history of allergy to food, insect, latex, RCM or other substances were also multivariate predictors, asthma was not. Over a period of time when non-ionic RCM has predominated, the inpatient rate of RCM associated immediate hypersensitivity reactions associated with cardiac angiography has continued to exceed the combined rate of other common drug associated immediate hypersensitivity reactions, overall by more than 2 fold.