Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Influence of Dispositional and Situational Tendencies on Adolescent Girls' Selection

A study was conducted on the influence of female athletes' dispositional and situational tendencies on the selection of sources of sport confidence. It hypothesized that task orientation and perceptions of mastery climate would be positively associated with the selection of maladaptive or normative sources of confidence. Participants were 180 females between the ages of 12 and 18 playing competitive volleyball. Consistent with the hypothesis, task orientation and perceptions of mastery climate were positively associated with adaptive sources of sport confidence as well as social sources. Ego orientation was positively associated with maladaptive sources of confidence. Perceptions of mastery climate supported a mediational rather than a moderational role for motivational climate in predicting the social support and coach's leadership sources of sport confidence. Performance climate was negatively associated with the coach's leadership source of confidence. (Contains 4 figures and 40 references.) (JDM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Running Head: SPORT CONFIDENCE SOURCES Influence of Achievement Beliefs on Adolescent Girls' Sport Confidence Sources T. Michelle Magyar and Deborah L. Feltz Department of Kinesiology Michigan State University Presented at the 109th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association at San Francisco, CA, August 2001. Paper to be presented on Monday August 27th, 3:00-3:30 p.m. , Motivation Paper Session. Correspondence should be sent to T. Michelle Magyar, Kinesiology, Michigan State University, Intramural Sports-Circle Building, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824. Phone # (517)-432-7121. Fax # (517)-353-2944. Electronic mail may be sent via Internet to
Simulating the Long-Range Swell of Internal Waves Generated by Ocean Storms

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Pseudostriatella (Bacillariophyta): a description of a new araphid diatom genus based on observations of frustule and auxospore structure and 18S rDNA phylogeny

S. Sato, D.G. Mann, S. Matsumoto and L.K. Medlin. 2008. Pseudostriatella (Bacillariophyta): a description of a new araphid diatom genus based on observations of frustule and auxospore structure and 18S rDNA phylogeny. Phycologia 47: 371–391. DOI: 10.2216/08-02.1 Pseudostriatella oceanica gen et. sp. nov. is a marine benthic diatom that resembles Striatella unipunctata in gross morphology, attachment to the substratum by a mucilaginous stalk and possession of septate girdle bands. In light microscopy, P. oceanica can be distinguished from S. unipunctata by plastid shape, absence of truncation of the corners of the frustule, indiscernible striation and absence of polar rimoportulae. With scanning electron microscopy, P. oceanica can be distinguished by a prominent but unthickened longitudinal hyaline area, pegged areolae, multiple marginal rimoportulae and perforated septum. The hyaline area differs from the sterna of most pennate diatoms in being porous toward its expanded ends; in this respect, it resembles the elongate annuli of some centric diatoms, such as Attheya and Odontella. 18S rDNA phylogeny places P. oceanica among the pennate diatoms and supports a close relationship between P. oceanica and S. unipunctata, but the genetic distance between them, coupled with the morphological differences, justifies separation at genus level. However, the affinity of the P. oceanica – S. unipunctata clade remains unresolved both in molecular and in morphological study. Both genera are only distantly related to Hyalosira and Grammatophora, despite similarities in frustule structure and growth habit, arguing against their inclusion in the same family. The auxospore is covered with series of transverse and longitudinal bands, but the structure and arrangement of these bands appear to be more similar to the properizonia of some centric diatoms than to the classic type of perizonium seen in other pennate diatoms; a few scales are also present. The differences between properizonia and perizonia are discussed.
Human immunodeficiency virus as a determinant of tuberculosis treatment outcome in tuberculosis patients treated at Arba Minch General Hospital: a five-year retrospective study

Introduction: Tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (TB/HIV) co-infection has a mutual and synergistic effect which mostly affects interventions that have been taken on the area. TB/HIV co-infected patients have a worse treatment outcome as compared to HIV-negative patients. There are limited data regarding the impact of HIV on the TB treatment success rate. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of HIV on TB treatment under the implementation of the directly observed treatment strategy. Material and methods: Five-year retrospective data (from August 2012 to July 2016) of tuberculosis patients (n = 544) registered at the directly observed therapy short-course (DOTS) clinic of Arba Minch General Hospital were reviewed. The association of TB treatment outcome with HIV seropositivity was assessed according to the national tuberculosis control program guideline. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 16. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were used to evaluate the presence and strength of association between TB treatment outcome and HIV status. Results: Out of the 544 TB patients, 29.2% (159) were HIV co-infected. Overall, the treatment success rate of TB patients with or without HIV was 74.6%. Using cure/completion as a reference, patients with HIV seropositivity had significantly higher odds of default (COR = 1.37; 95% CI: 0.669-2.825), failure (COR = 20.79; 95% CI: 1.065-406.019), death (COR = 6.95; 95% CI: 1.765-27.394) and transfer-out (COR = 2.59; 95% CI: 1.557-4.334). Conclusions: The rate of treatment success in this study is still lower than the recommended 85% target set by the WHO and Ministry of Health of Ethiopia (97%). In order to further improve the treatment success rate, continuous follow-up with frequent support of patients during the treatment course and strengthening the recording system are strongly recommended. HIV AIDS Rev 2018; 17, 2: 74-80 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/hivar.2018. 76376
Thermal diffusivity variability in alpine permafrost rock walls

Permafrost degradation has been hypothesized as being one of the main causes of rockfalls and rock wall instability in the recent past in high mountain areas. Ongoing rock wall permafrost evolution remains poorly understood because of the lack of systematic measurements; models are often validated and driven by few existing instrumented sites. In rock wall subsurface temperature modeling, thermal diffusivity (κ) is one of the main parameters to be considered. In this study, thermal diffusivity data series were inferred from rock temperature data in order to understand their annual variation, their distribution in different temperature ranges, and their relation to atmospheric conditions. A harmonic analysis was performed to define amplitude and phase of the daily temperature waves at different depths by means of a least square minimizing optimization procedure. The analysis conducted shows that changes in κ values are influenced by different factors such as depth, season, rock temperature, aspect, and snowfall.
Neuroimaging Advances in Preclinical Alzheimers disease

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is considered as a continuously pathological continuum. The AD pathophysiological process begins decades before the emergence of clinical symptoms. Recently, due to the advanced neuroimaging techniques and biochemical tests, various biomarkers are gradually identified, providing the ability to detect the evidence of AD pathology in the preclinical stage and further intervene the process of disease. Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with relatively non-invasive and economic benefits, is of great values to promote the clinical application. Therefore, researches involving brain structural and functional alterations in preclinical AD are summarized in this review.
How industry experience can help in the teaching of entrepreneurship in universities

The objective of this paper is to find out how industry experience can lend a hand in the delivery method for an Entrepreneurship course or subject. In this study, the method adopted is the focus group interview, wherein industry practitioners and entrepreneurs share their views on entrepreneurship education and the possible contribution of industry to the universities in grooming entrepreneurs. The findings reveal that entrepreneurs can be trained to a certain extent; internship is the main contribution by industry; and students? attributes are important foundation stones for moulding the students into entrepreneurs. In addition, there is a call for early training of entrepreneurship from primary school and family encouragement from young. The implication to universities is that teaching entrepreneurship as a subject means sharing knowledge with students while teaching it as a course should entail actual opportunities for students to set up businesses. Universities have to go beyond teaching and researching entrepreneurship and turn collaboration with industry into the catalyst for economic growth (Carlsson 2005).
Profile of Antimicrobial Drug Use Patterns in a Nigerian Metropolitan City

Purpose: To evaluate self-medication practices and prescribing patterns of antimicrobial agents. Methods: The study was carried out in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in 6 hospitals/clinics, 4 community pharmacies and the campus of University of Port Harcourt. 1,200 case files or charts of outpatients treated at the selected hospitals/clinics were reviewed for relevant information. Thereafter, independent physician assessors evaluated the “appropriateness” of antimicrobial prescribing. The antibiotic self-medication practices were assessed at the university campus and selected community pharmacies. Results: Metronidazole, ampicillin/cloxacillin (19%), amoxicillin (16%) and co-trimoxazole (12%) were the most frequently prescribed antimicrobials. Malaria (21%), followed by upper respiratory tract infection (19%), were the most frequent medical conditions in which antimicrobials were used. Over onehalf (56%) of the antimicrobial prescriptions were considered “appropriate” by the physician assesors; 23% of the cases “inappropriate”, while in 17% and 4% of cases, there were disagreement and query, respectively. There was a significant difference in the patterns of antimicrobial prescribing by physicians at both public and private hospitals, (χ 2 = 16.808, df = 3, P< 0.01). Cough (20%), stomach upset (20%) and boils (20%) were the most frequent conditions in which the respondents self-medicated with antimicrobials. Ampicillin (23%), co-trimoxazole (17%) and tetracycline (16%) were the frequently used antimicrobial agents. Conclusion: Antimicrobial drug use was common. Sometimes, the agents were inappropriately used by the public and private health facilities as well as members of the public through self-medication. Keywords: Antimicrobial drug, Prescribing patterns, Self-medication, Survey
Long-Run Impacts of Increasing Tobacco Taxes: Evidence from South Africa

Tobacco taxes are considered an effective policy tool to reduce tobacco consumption and produce long-run benefits that outweigh the costs associated with a price increase. Through this policy, some of the most adverse effects and economic costs of smoking can be reduced, including shorter life expectancy, higher medical expenses, added years of disability among smokers, and the effects of secondhand smoke. Nonetheless, tobacco taxes are often considered regressive because low-income households tend to allocate a larger share of their budgets to purchasing tobacco products. This paper uses an extended cost-benefit analysis to estimate the distributional effect of tobacco taxes on household welfare in South Africa. The analysis considers the effect on household income through an increase in tobacco prices, changes in medical expenses, and the prolongation of working years. The results indicate that a rise in tobacco prices initially generates negative income variations across all groups in the population. If benefits through lower medical expenses and an expansion in working years are considered, the negative effect is reduced, particularly in medium- and upper-bound elasticities. Consequently, the aggregate net effect is progressive and benefits the bottom deciles more than the richer ones. Overall, tobacco tax increases exert a small, but positive effect in the presence of low conditional tobacco price elasticity. If the population is more responsive to tobacco price changes (or participation elasticity estimates are included), then they would experience even more gains from the health and work benefits. More research is needed to clarify the distributional effects of tobacco taxation in South Africa.
Levels of Job Satisfaction amongst Malaysian Academic Staff

A study of job satisfaction of academic staff of a public university in Malaysia used the 7-item general satisfaction scale in a survey to determine the level of job satisfaction of the academic staff. The results indicated that overall the academic staff of the university has a moderate level of job satisfaction. In addition, current status, marital status, age and salary appear to have significant impact on the respondents’ level of job satisfaction. Implications on the study’s findings to the management of the university are also discussed.
Urine volatile organic compounds composition in mice bearing breast and melanoma tumors: effect of low-protein diet

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Bias Reduction Via Resampling for Estimation Following Sequential Tests

It is well known that maximum likelihood (ML) estimation results in biased estimates when estimating parameters following a sequential test. Existing bias correction methods rely on explicit calculations of the bias that are often difficult to derive. We suggest a simple alternative to the existing methods. The new approach relies on approximating the bias of the estimate using a bootstrap method. It requires bootstrapping the sequential testing process by resampling observations from a distribution based on the ML estimate. Each bootstrap process will give a new ML estimate, and the corresponding bootstrap mean can be used to calibrate the estimate. An advantage of the new method over the existing methods is that the same procedure can be used under different stopping rules and different study designs. Simulation results suggest that this method performs competitively with existing methods.
Assessing the candidate in the selection interview: The role of interviewer’s personality

The study explores the relative contribution of interviewers' personality and interviewers' ratings of candidate's personality in predicting interviewers' ratings of candidate's job suitability and examines the moderating effect of interviewers' personality on the relationship between ratings of candidate's personality and job suitability. Results showed that ratings of candidate's Big Five personality traits were related to ratings of candidate's job suitability, as well as were interviewers' Agreeableness and Extraversion. Interviewers' Openness and Agreeableness had a moderating effect on the relationship between interviewers' ratings of candidate's personality traits and ratings of candidate's job suitability. Results reveal the role that interviewer's Agreeableness, Extraversion and Openness play in the assessment of candidate in the selection interview.
2013 Review of the Implementation Status of Corporate Governance Disclosures: Case of Egypt

This report is a case study of corporate governance disclosure in Egypt. The study employs the benchmark of good practices in corporate governance disclosure developed by the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR). This benchmark consists of fifty two disclosure items covering five subject areas and is based on a sample of the top 29 listed companies in Egypt. This study is complimentary to an earlier study conducted in 2007: 2007 Review of the implementation status of corporate governance disclosures: case study Egypt. This report compares the results of the current study to the 2007 study.This study finds the average disclosure level is less than half of the items in the ISAR benchmark. While nine items in the ISAR benchmark were disclosed by more than two-thirds of the companies in the study, forty items were disclosed by less than half. The absolute number of disclosure items found for each company ranged from 5 to 43, indicating a high level of variability between ‘best practice’ companies and companies with minimal disclosure practices. The study concludes that while the sample has relatively high rates of disclosure for few items, and the average disclosures in 2010 almost doubled the 2005 average disclosures in Egypt for several categories, they are still low levels compared to the average emerging markets levels. Policy options discussed include penalizing companies for undisclosed items, and providing education and training for executives and directors to enhance the awareness of the rapidly evolving regulatory environment, as well as the underlying importance of corporate governance disclosure.
Suction controlled drying and wetting cycle effects on the volumetric behaviour of a lime-treated high plasticity clay

The paper presents some experimental results collected on samples recovered from an experimental embankment obtained by compacting a lime-treated clay. Samples were collected soon after the in situ compaction and they were cured in controlled environmental conditions for at least 18 months. Mercury intrusion porosimetry tests (MIP) were carried out on freeze-dried specimens to characterize the microstructure of the material. In order to assess the durability of the improved material, laboratory tests focused on the effects of cyclic variations of the degree of saturation on the water retention properties and the volumetric behaviour of the stabilized clay. Collected results show that the lime-treated clay undergoes an almost irreversible volumetric behaviour; this irreversible contraction is associated to severe drying processes, while wetting paths do not produce significant volumetric deformations.
Permeability evolution during localized deformation in Bentheim sandstone

[1] Strain localization in porous sandstones may significantly impact the regional fluid flow. Previous laboratory studies that investigated permeability evolution with deformation concentrated primarily on shear localization and distributed cataclastic flow. Here we focus on compaction bands, a localized mode of deformation characterized by compaction and negligible shear. In this study we used Bentheim sandstone with porosity 23%, where discrete compaction bands have been observed to develop subperpendicular to the maximum principal stress. To investigate coupling between strain localization and permeability, we conducted permeability measurements during triaxial loading at confining pressures ranging from 10 to 350 MPa and microstructural observation on failed samples. Two types of failure were identified: shear localization and compaction localization at low and high effective pressures, respectively. For both failure modes the bulk permeability decreased with deformation. A dramatic decrease of more than one order of magnitude was associated with compaction localization, where permeability reduction occurred over a relatively narrow range of axial strain with the onset of shear-enhanced compaction. Motivated by our microstructural observations, we modeled the permeability reduction of the failed sample as that of a layered medium with significant permeability contrast between the discrete bands and matrix. The model reproduced the experimental observations of permeability evolution during development of discrete compaction bands, with implications for the amount of localized strain and the permeability contrast. Permeability evolution during development of discrete and diffuse compaction bands suggests two different trends with strain, providing guidance for extrapolation of laboratory measurements to field settings.
Magnetic activity and radial velocity filtering of young Suns: The weak-line T Tauri stars Par 1379 and Par 2244

The authors thank the IDEX initiative at Universite Federale Toulouse Midi-Pyrenees (UFTMiP) for funding the STEPS collaboration programme between IRAP/OMP and ESO and for allocating a ‘Chaire d'Attractivite’ to GAJH, allowing her to regularly visit Toulouse to work on MaTYSSE data. SGG acknowledges support from the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) via an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship [ST/J003255/1]. SHPA acknowledges financial support from CNPq, CAPES and Fapemig. This work has made use of the VALD, operated at Uppsala University, the Institute of Astronomy RAS in Moscow, and the University of Vienna, and the SVO Filter Profile Service supported from the Spanish MINECO through grant AyA2014-55216
Dynamics of low-density ultracold Rydberg gases

Population dynamics in weakly-excited clouds of ultracold $^{87}$Rb Rydberg atoms were studied by means of trap loss, fluorescence detection, and state dependent stimulated emission. Rydberg atoms were excited to various nl Rydberg states via continuous two-photon excitation from a magneto-optical trap. A stimulated emission probe laser was then used to bring the Rydberg atoms down to the 6P$_{3/2}$ state, allowing state-dependent detection of the Rydberg atoms. Measurements of trap loss and fluorescent emission reveal information about the evolution of the Rydberg populations. In particular, population in the initial Rydberg state quickly transfers to other Rydberg states by a non-collisional mechanism, likely superradiant emission. The trap-loss measurements are consistent with black-body ionization as the dominant loss mechanism.