Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Evaluation of the Mid-Semester Student Evaluation of Teaching at a University Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment.

A student evaluation of teaching in an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program was designed and implemented without formal validation. This study addressed the usefulness of the previous evaluation and whether the questions were the most valuable for students and faculty, especially for the improvement of teaching. An interview instrument and protocol were developed based on an extensive literature review. Formative and summative committees were used to provide feedback during the interview development stage. Interviews were conducted with the instructors of freshman, sophomore, and senior ROTC courses and two cadets from each of the four academic levels, freshman through senior. Interviews identified important areas of concern about the Air Force ROTC teaching and courses. Findings suggest that the previous evaluation instrument contained two questions unrelated to stakeholder concern and lacked questions related to six areas of concern. It was not considered to be an effective method of evaluating teaching and course concerns. Thirteen appendixes contain supplemental information, the interview protocol, and interview findings. (Contains 2 tables and 26 references.) (SLD) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. AN EVALUATION OF THE MID-SEMESTER STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHING AT A UNIVERSITY AIR FORCE RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS DETACHMENT PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIALHAS BEEN GRANTED BY . K °sass TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) by Kevin C. Sellers Nova Southeastern University Programs for Higher Education 1750 NE 167th Street North Miami Beach, FL 33162-3017 January, 2001
BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF MALATYA OLIGO-MIOCENE SUCCESSION (EASTERN TAURIDS, EASTERN TURKEY)

The benthic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of Oligo-Miocene aged Muratli and Petekkaya formations which crop out over wide regions around Akcadag town, west of Malatya pro- vince in Eastern Taurids were revealed in this study. Systematical sampling was carried out in measured stratigraphical sections in four locations in order to perform stratigraphical and paleontological investigations. Benthic foraminifera taken from 182 hard rock samples were defined and three biozones were determined as; SBZ 21-22, belonging to Oligocene (Rupe- lian - Early Chattian), SBZ 23 (Late Chattian) and SBZ 25 belonging to Lower Miocene in shallow marine deposits in the region. It was stated that the assemblage of planktic forami- nifer and nannoplankton which stratigraphically detected within Chattian - Burdigalian units in the succession most probably indicated Aquitanian age. Besides; Oligo-Miocene transition in the region was approved with this study based on biostratigraphical locations of benthic foraminiferal taxa.
Knowledge, attitude, practice and associated factors of voluntary counseling and testing for HIV/AIDS among Wolkite university students in Ethiopia

Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for HIV is essential and critical way for prevention, care and treatment of HIV. It allows early detection of illness, reducing transmission, morbidity and mortality from it. But youth knowledge and attitude towards HIV testing services is not universal. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude, practice and factors associated with VCT for HIV among University Students in Ethiopia. Institution based cross sectional study was conducted among University students in Ethiopia using pretested, structured self-administered questionnaire. Single proportion formula was used to calculate the sample size (361). Multistage sampling with stratified sampling technique was used. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 with chi square test, bi-variate and multivariate analysis via OR, AOR, p-value and confidence interval. Binary logistic regression was used. Out of 361 sample 93.6% of them responded, with 178 (52.7%) male and most are below 25 years. Majority were single, orthodox in religion, and from urban residence. 86% of them have heard of voluntary testing for HIV and know that having early test will prevent future spread of HIV. Based on the scoring 66% are knowledgeable about VCT. Almost 60% of participants were willing to undergo the test and 80% advices their friends to have test. Also 40.5% had good attitude toward test for HIV and 65.7 and 29.6% were ever tested and tested in the previous year respectively. Fear of HIV test results, stigma, and service related factors were major barriers for testing. Being male (AOR=1.607, CI: (1.01-2.57) p value= 0.047) and first year (AOR= 3.25, 1.33 – 8.83) were significantly had lower odds of being knowledgeable than females and seniors respectively. Those who were not knowledgeable have two times odd of poor attitude (AOR=1.901(1.20-3.02) P=0.006)). Students from urban (AOR=2.088, CI: (1.273- 3.425) P=0.004), unseparated family (AOR=2.24CI: (1.02-4.92) P=0.045) and with poor attitude (AOR= 1.76 CI: (1.08-2.89) p=0.024) were more likely not to have test than counterparts. Knowledge and attitude towards HIV testing is not satisfactory. Freshman students are the target for behavioral interventions. Improving awareness and attitude of students through peer to peer discussion and other packages is crucial to increase the practice and ultimately combat HIV in higher institutions. Key words: Attitude, HIV/AIDS, Knowledge, University, voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), associated factors.
A cyber-physical approach to combined HW-SW monitoring for improving energy efficiency in data centers

High-Performance Computing, Cloud computing and next-generation applications such e-Health or Smart Cities have dramatically increased the computational demand of Data Centers. The huge energy consumption, increasing levels of CO2 and the economic costs of these facilities represent a challenge for industry and researchers alike. Recent research trends propose the usage of holistic optimization techniques to jointly minimize Data Center computational and cooling costs from a multilevel perspective. This paper presents an analysis on the parameters needed to integrate the Data Center in a holistic optimization framework and leverages the usage of Cyber-Physical systems to gather workload, server and environmental data via software techniques and by deploying a non-intrusive Wireless Sensor Net- work (WSN). This solution tackles data sampling, retrieval and storage from a reconfigurable perspective, reducing the amount of data generated for optimization by a 68% without information loss, doubling the lifetime of the WSN nodes and allowing runtime energy minimization techniques in a real scenario.
Assessment of the Kid Production Traits of Kacang Goat under Smallholders Production System

The main objectives of this study were to assess the influence of environmental (non-genetic) factors on kid production traits of Kacang goat under smallholders production system. The study was conducted at the Kacang goat smallholders, located at the centre of Kacang goat in Gundi subdistric, Purwodadi regency, Central Java. The kid production traits evaluated are birth weight, weaning weight, and growth rate till weaning. The environmental factors assessed were: sex (male, female), type of birth (singles, twins, triplets) and dam’s parity (1-7). Data were analysed statistically according to the analysis of variance procedure using the General Linear Model (GLM). Least squares analysis revealed that dam’s parity, birth type, and sex of kid were significant sources of variation for birth and weaning weight and pre weaning growth in Kacang kids. The average birth weight, weaning weight and pre weaning growth of males (2.07±0.02 kg; 10.457±0.1 kg; 69.35±0.73 g/d) were found to be higher than females (1.95±0.02 kg; 9.15±0.09 kg; 60.73±0.71 g/d). Kid production traits increased with parity, with the largest values at the fourth parity and then slightly decreased thereafter. The average male and female birth weight (2.18 + 0.03 kg; 2.02 + 0.03 kg), weaning weight (10.72 + 0.11 and 9.39 + 0.13 kg) and pre weaning growth (71.63 + 0.79 and 62.21 + 0.96 g/d ) of single kids were heavier than twins, and triplets indicating the influence of the mothering ability of doe. It was recommended, the farmers should consider maternal ability for improvement of weaning weight and growth rate of Kacang kids. (Animal Production 12(2): 111-116 (2010) Key Wo rds: Kacang goat, kid production, birth weight, weaning weight, growth rate
Latin colonization in Italy before the end of the Second Punic War Colonial communities and cultural change

Voordat Rome een wereldrijk stichtte, veroverde het eerst Italie. De belangrijkste militaire successen werden geboekt in de late vierde en vroege derde eeuw v. Chr. , waarna Rome lange tijd de touwtjes in handen hield via een combinatie van direct bestuur en verdragen met geallieerden. In dit systeem speelden door Rome gestichte kolonies een belangrijke rol als militaire steunpunten en (grotendeels) betrouwbare bondgenoten. Dit proefschrift onderzoekt hoe deze kolonies een bijdrage leverden aan culturele veranderingen in deze formatieve periode van de Romeinse geschiedenis. In lijn met recent onderzoek bestrijdt het de visie dat de kolonies simpelweg Romeinse cultuur verspreidden. Op basis van onderzoek naar een breed spectrum aan bronmateriaal (geschreven bronnen, inscripties, munten, archeologisch materiaal) brengt het proefschift de verschillende contacten in kaart die de kolonies beinvloedden, en onderzoekt het hoe bestaande culturele modellen in de kolonies werden aangepast en nieuwe betekenissen kregen. Op deze manier wordt een dynamischer beeld van de kolonies geschetst: zij opereerden grotendeels zelfstandig in een complexe culturele wereld, en leverden op die manier een actieve bijdrage aan de culturele vorming van Italie onder de heerschappij van Rome.
Precipitation Extremes in CMIP 5 Simulations on Different Time Scales

Precipitation maxima in global climate model (GCM) simulations are compared with observations in terms of resolution dependence and climate change. The analysis shows the following results: (i) the observed scaling law relating precipitation maxima to duration is basically reproduced but exhibits resolution dependence, (ii) the intensity of precipitation extremes is up to one order of magnitude smaller in the model data, and (iii) the increase of precipitation maxima on short time scales in the warmer climate simulations [representative concentration pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5)] vanishes for monthly time scales.
Right Atrial Geometric Changes in Patients with Proximal versus Distal Significant Right Coronary Artery Stenosis: a Tissue Doppler imaging study

Authors Lamiaa Khedr MD, Ehab Alguindy MD, Mohamed Abdelaal* MD, Hatem Elsokkary MD Cardiology Department, Tanta University Hospital, Egypt *Corresponding Author Mohamed Abdelaal Email: abd_alaal@yahoo.com, Contact number: 00201003746301 Abstract Background: Right atrial (RA) function is rarely investigated. Atrial contribution to the cardiac function is very important, atrial function was affected in many disease states including ischemic heart disease Subjects and Methods: This study investigated the RA function in patients with significant right coronary artery (RCA) stenosis. Patients were divided into 3 groups: group one included 15 patients with significant proximal RCA stenosis, group two included 15 patients with significant distal RCA stenosis and group three included 15 normal subjects as a control group. We measured the RA maximum and minimum volume and RA distensibility. We measured RA function using atrial longitudinal systolic strain and strain rate using 2D colorcoded Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) applied to right atrium using standard apical 4ch view. Results: We found no significant difference between the three groups regarding the RA maximal, minimal volume and distensibility. We found the RA longitudinal systolic strain and strain rate to be significantly reduced in patients with group one than patients in group two and three as the RA free wall systolic strain in group one was found to be 21.43±9.55, 59.65±25.55 and 62.45±28.73 in group one, two and three respectively. RA septal longitudinal systolic strain was found to be 12.96±4.13, 26.66±11.5 and 25.97±12.45 in group one, two and three respectively with p value 0.001. RA lateral wall longitudinal systolic strain rate was found to be 1.6±0.57, 2.8-12.9 and 5.8±2.37 in group one, two and three respectively with p value 0.001. RA septal wall longitudinal systolic strain rate was found to be 1.52±0.52, 2.54±1.03 and 2.44±1.01 in group one, two and three respectively with p value 0.004. Conclusion: RA systolic function was found to be reduced in patients with proximal significant RCA stenosis. This finding may have therapeutic implication for the management of such patients.
An Overview of the Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Irrigation

The assessment of water quality is one of the important tools for sustainable development and provides decisive information for water management. In identifying water availability for irrigation, knowledge is required on both the quantity and quality; nevertheless, quality need has often been neglected especially in developing countries. Quality should generalize how substantially a water supply fulfils the needs of the planned user and must be assessed based on its suitability for the proposed use. The quality of groundwater is determined by various physicochemical properties and chemical indices. Chemical properties of groundwater are controlled by natural geochemical processes and anthropogenic activities. Therefore, to monitor the quality of groundwater for irrigation purposes, in depth understanding of hydro geochemistry of the water is required since different ions in water have contrasting impacts on soil. The water having high sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) when used for irrigation heighten exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) in the soil thereby adversely affecting the soil structure leading to decrease in infiltration, hydraulic conductivity, enhance surface runoff and erosion. Moreover, the poor-quality water causes impairment in crop growth as high salt concentration in irrigation water results in osmotic stress and ion toxicity in plants.
Sexual aggression in leisure contexts : which factors might support sexual aggression?

Sexual aggressiveness has been a current topic on the literature these lasts years. What this research tries to highlight is that in our territory sexual aggression in social contexts is not a stranger. As people, it has gotten a point where in bars or night clubs we accept and normalise certain behaviours that in our daily life we would not accept. The objective of this paperwork is to see which factors support those conducts that might lead to sexual aggression. To do that, some articles were used in order to see what other authors had said about the topic and which factor could be already identified. Then, we created and sent a questionnaire to different people and later we analysed the answers given. The analysis was done with by using the R programme. The results showed how factors like place and environment, social identity, gender roles, fear perception and, to a certain point alcohol take a role on social interactions and, more specifically, on sexual interactions.
The State of Agrarian Reform in the Former Soviet Union

A DECADE AFTER THE BREAK-UP of the Soviet Union in 1991 this article presents an overall review of the state of agrarian reform in the new states that were formed in its demise. It will show that the development of a new, economically viable agricultural sector, based on private farm enterprises, is still a far cry in most parts of the former Soviet Union (FSU). Agrarian reform (including land privatisation, restructuring of the collective and state farms, market liberalisation and particularly institution building) has not been at all comprehensive. The reasons behind the stagnation of reforms in the agricultural sector will be discussed. First, we shall contrast the current state of agrarian reform in most of the former Soviet Union-leaving aside the Baltic states'-with the original 'blueprint of reform' (World Bank, 1992). Second, we shall analyse the linkage between the performance of the agricultural sector in the various FSU successor states and the agrarian reforms, within the context of the overall macroeconomic development of the countries involved.
Studies on Strength and Related Properties of Concrete Incorporating Aggregates from Demolished Wastes: Part 1—A Global Perspective

The present study addresses the global concern of sustainability in building and construction engineering and how to an extent the use of demolished aggregate wastes in concrete production contributes towards ameliorating or minimizing the problem. The influence of demolished aggregate waste on the mechanical strength and stiffness of concrete are examined from the standpoint of the compressive, split tensile and flexural strengths as well as the modulus of elasticity of the concrete. In this respect the research carried out by previous investigators are noted. It is observed that in the Southern African region in general and Botswana in particular there is a paucity of studies on the subject, and consequently, it is concluded that further investigations need to be conducted utilizing aggregates derived from local wastes or sources.
A novel method for measuring induction machine magnetizing inductance

This paper presents a novel method for measuring the magnetizing inductance of an induction machine. The method uses a static DC excitation technique which can be employed whenever the neutral of the machine is accessible. The proposed method measures only the magnetizing inductance and not the self inductance which normally includes the effect of the stator leakage inductance. Because this test uses a DC excitation, the iron losses in the motor are considerably reduced as well and minimally influence the measurement when compared to the traditional 60 Hz no-load test. By using the proposed method for measuring only the magnetizing inductance, the stator leakage inductance can be later individually determined by performing a separate no-load test. Test results using the method are compared with theoretical values and confirm its feasibility.
UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENON OF EARLY AND RAPID INTERNATIONALIZATION : CASE COMPANY Veslatec Oy

Author Mengping Liao Title Understanding the Phenomenon of Early and Rapid Internationalization Year 2016 Language English Pages 50 + 3 Appendices Name of Supervisor Rosmeriany Nahan-Suomela This study aimed to investigate the drivers of international performance for International New Ventures (INVs) and a small Finnish case company through an integrated performance model. The existence of INVs presents a unique challenge to the traditional incremental internationalization pattern, and therefore has received considerable attention. Since this early and rapid internationalization phenomenon is inconsistent with the traditional internationalization theories, the study purports to first offer an explanatory description of the INVs, and ultimately develop an integrated performance model for the understanding of the drivers for early performance. An extensive theoretical base is employed in the study, including the transaction cost theory and the organizational capability competence of the firms. Specifically, the framework is conceptualized from the integration of foreign distributor competence, innovation, network, founder’s entrepreneurial vision, and the internal business strategy. A mixed-methods approach was adopted in the study, combining indepth interviews and survey data from 148 Finnish and Chinese enterprises. In addition, secondary data was collected from the company as supportive materials. As a result of the empirical research, the most significant drivers were examined. Moreover, the role of the foreign distributors and networking was towards to be less important compared to other drivers. Finally, some suggestions and implications were provided in the form of conclusion for the case company.
Intertidal zone particulate organic carbon redistribution by low‐tide rainfall

We present field data and data from the literature to highlight the effects of low‐tide rainfall on particulate organic carbon (POC) redistribution in intertidal landscapes. The POC exchanges reported from disparate but related studies were standardized to a storm‐induced exchange rate (gPOC m−2 mmRain−1) and compared. Results show that these intertidal areas have a characteristic response to rainfall with an average flux of 0.040 ± 0.038 gPOC m−2 mmRain−1. Further, low‐tide rainfall can entrain and redistribute 7–54% of annual sedimentary POC accumulation, or 12–75% of annual POC export, based on current outwelling assessments. Finally, we provide a conceptual model describing the variability of rainfall‐driven POC exchange through the hierarchical structure of intertidal landscapes and how observations of POC flux can be expected to change across the intertidal landscape. This information should be used to guide sampling strategies for continued intertidal zone rainfall work.
Distributionally Robust Optimization

This chapter presents a class of distributionally robust optimization problems in which a decision-maker has to choose an action in an uncertain environment. The decision-maker has a continuous action space and aims to learn her optimal strategy. The true distribution of the uncertainty is unknown to the decision-maker. This chapter provides alternative ways to select a distribution based on empirical observations of the decision-maker. This leads to a distributionally robust optimization problem. Simple algorithms, whose dynamics are inspired from the gradient flows, are proposed to find local optima. The method is extended to a class of optimization problems with orthogonal constraints and coupled constraints over the simplex set and polytopes. The designed dynamics do not use the projection operator and are able to satisfy both upper-and lower-bound constraints. The convergence rate of the algorithm to generalized evolutionarily stable strategy is derived using a mean regret estimate. Illustrative examples are provided.
Re-framing the Geography Dissertation: A Consideration of Alternative, Innovative and Creative Approaches

This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges for re-framing the purpose, process, product and assessment of final-year geography dissertations. It argues that the academic centralities of critical thinking, analysis, evaluation, effective communication and independence must be retained, but that the traditional format limits creativity and innovation. Re-imagining capstone projects has implications for students, faculty, departments and institutions, but greater diversity could enhance its relevance to students and employers, better aligning the student experience with the academic interests and future career demands of the 21st century graduate.