Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ASSESSING THE TYPES, CONDITION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE FACILITIES IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE ZABZUGU DISTRICT OF GHANA

This study assessed the types, condition and functionality of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in public primary schools in the Zabzugu District of the Northern Region of Ghana. This cross-sectional descriptive survey was carried out in February 2015. Twenty-five schools were randomly selected for the study. The results showed that the main WASH facilities in the schools were hand-pump boreholes, covered plastic containers, Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit latrines, flat-concrete floor urinals, and veronica buckets. The condition of water infrastructure was good in 36% of the schools, satisfactory in 48% of the schools and bad in 16% of the schools. The sanitation infrastructure was good in 28% of the schools, satisfactory in 42% of the schools and bad in 31% of the schools. Handwashing facilities which, were the only hygiene facilities the schools were good in 91% of schools and bad in 9% of schools. Additionally, the available water infrastructure was functional in 42% of the schools, partially-functional in another 42% of the schools and non-functional in 16% of the schools. Sanitation facilities were functional in 85% of the schools, partially-functional in 12.5% of the schools and non-functional in just 2.5% of schools. The study concludes that whereas the available handwashing facilities were underutilised, there was a shortfall of WASH infrastructure in most of the public primary schools in the Zabzugu, including disability-friendly toilets, urinals and menstrual hygiene management facilities. The study recommends that the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education support the schools to improve their infrastructure and intensify education on WASH to ensure usage of the facilities. Keywords: Wash, Schools, Children, Ghana, Health
New Zealand six main centre extreme rainfall trends 1962-2011

Using established methods, six indices of mean and extreme rainfall characteristics were analysed over the period 1962-2011, updating previous national-scale analyses for New Zealand. The results for the six main centres (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga and Dunedin) were analysed in detail. Some consistency in observed rainfall trends over the updated period (1962-2011) was evident, when compared to an earlier analysis (1950-2004). However, there was less statistical significance seen in the updated period, and the spatial demarcation between positive and negative trends was much less clear-cut in the later analysis.
PENGARUH RETURN ON ASSET DAN RETURN ON EQUITY TERHADAP RETURN SAHAM EMITEN LQ45

Return on Asset (ROA) dan Return on Equity (ROE) merupakan dua dari beberapa faktor yang diduga relatif besar dalam mempengaruhi Return Saham. Untuk membuktikan pengaruh keduanya maka dilakukan penelitian ini dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Return on Asset (ROA) dan Return on Equity (ROE) terhadap Return Saham Emiten LQ45. Perumusan masalah ini, yaitu apakah terdapat pengaruh Return on Asset (ROA) terhadap Return Saham Emiten LQ45; apakah terdapat pengaruh Return on Equity (ROE) terhadap Return Saham Emiten LQ45; dan Apakah terdapat pengaruh Return on Asset (ROA) dan Return on Equity (ROE) secara simultan terhadap Return Saham Emiten LQ45. Penelitian dilakukan di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) dengan mengambil 45 sampel. Ke 45 sampel ini merupakan perusahaan yang mengeluarkan laporan keuangan tahunan secara berturut-turut, laporan keuangan berakhir pada 31 Desember, dan mencantumkan harga saham terakhir (Closing Price) dan terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI). Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan data sekunder berupa laporan audit keuangan perusahaan yang dapat diambil melalui website (www.idx.co.id). Penelitian dilakukan secara kuantitatif yaitu dengan mendeskripsikan data penelitian dan melakukan analisis inferensi. Analisis regresi linier ganda dan koefisien determinasi digunakan sebagai alat analisis sedangkan pengujian hipotesis dilakukan dengan Uji T dan Uji F. Hasil penelitian ini menghasilkan persamaan regresi Y = 24,684 â€“ 0,825 X1 + 0,697 X2. Penelitian menghasilkan tiga temuan utama, yaitu: 1) Return on Asset (ROA) tidak mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap Return Saham; 2) Return on Equity (ROE) mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap Return Saham; 3) Return on Asset (ROA) dan Return on Equity (ROE) secara simultan tidak mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan sebesar 12,9% terhadap Return Saham sedangkan sisanya 87,1% dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain yang tidak diteliti dalam penelitian ini. Â Kata kunci: Return on Asset, Return on Equity, Return Saham
Does Maturity Matter? The Case of Treasury Futures Volume

We find that Treasury futures volume contains information about future economic and financial market conditions. Short-term and long-term volumes are economically different: A relatively higher volume in short-term (long-term) Treasury futures is counter-cyclical (pro-cyclical), preceding worse (better) economic and financial conditions. Further, we construct a single factor from futures volumes of different maturities that forecasts the performances of Treasury securities and the corporate debt and equity markets, as well as macroeconomic conditions. Our results are consistent with the notion that futures volumes from different market segments reflect differences in beliefs and contain different information about future financial and economic activity.
Improving the Quality of Oocytes of Old and Productive Ages White Rats (Rattus norvegicus) Using Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotrophin

Abstract This study was conducted to improve the quality of oocytes in old-female rats by using pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin (PMSG). Female rats at productive age were used as a control. The experimental rats were injected with 4 doses of PMSG i.e., 0, 2.5, 5.0, and 10 IU PMSG. After 2 weeks of acclimation to the experimantal condition, the experimental rats were injected with PGF2α at a dose of 25µg/g BW two times with 2 days interval to synchronize estrous cycle. PMSG injections were conducted at the same time with the second PGF2α injection. After PMSG injection, the experimental rats were divided into two groups rats, i.e., rats without mating for masurement of oocyte qualities and rats mated for measurement of offspring qualities. Therefore, 16 experimental rats from each age group were sacrifized for maeasurement of oocyte qualities. The other 16 experimental rats for each age group were mated for measurement of offspring qualities. Parameters measured were hematological profile, uterine and ovarian weights, the qualities of oocytes, the qualities of the offsspring born by using swimming test and rat maze test. The collected data were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and continued with Duncan test with a 95% confidence level. The data were analyzed using SSPS. The results showed that the improvement in the quality of oocytes in old female rats using the PMSG hormone in this study showed an increase in the quality of oocytes in old and productive age rats. The highest number of oocyte quality was found in rats of productive age (3.25) and significantly different (P< 0.05) from the other oocyte qualities. The quality of offspring born to old age and productive age rats injected with PMSG were improved. It was concluded that the improvement of oocyte quality by using PMSG also improves offspring qualities.
The vertical distribution and abundance of Chthamalus stellatus Poli and Chthamalus montagui Southward (Crustacea, Cirripedia) at two localities of the Istrian peninsula coast (North Adriatic)

Two species of chthamalid barnacles are well established from the upper to the lower limit of the midlittoral zone on the rocky shores of the North Adriatic Sea: Chthamalus stellatus, Poli and Chthamalus montagui, Southward. The present study deals with the vertical distribution and abundance for each species at two localities of the Istrian peninsula coast (North Adriatic Sea). For this purpose chthamalid populations were monitored in 2015 along the Slovenian marine coast (Bay of Koper, Gulf of Trieste) and along the Croatian marine coast, near Rovinj (west Istrian coast), both on limestone. The main aim of the study was to establish if there was a relationship between the vertical distribution and abundance of these two species at different spatial scales: small (between sites, about 1 kilometer) and large (between localities, 10s of kilometers). The selected localities are slightly different in tidal range, in orientation and wave exposure. Three sites were randomly selected at each locality and two transects per tidal level (upper, middle and lower) were chosen on each site. The abundance of each chthamalids species in 1 dm2 plots was determined at three different tidal levels along each transect. The results indicated that the vertical distribution of C. montagui and C. stellatus was very similar between localities and even among sites, but their abundance varied. At both localities, C. montagui was more abundant in the upper and middle tidal levels, while C. stellatus was more abundant at the lower tidal level. It was also found that C. montagui was more abundant in sheltered conditions (Bay of Koper), while C. stellatus on the coast more exposed to the wave action (near Rovinj), at all tidal levels.
Inhomogeneous Random Evolutions: Limit Theorems and Financial Applications

The paper is devoted to the inhomogeneous random evolutions (IHRE) and their applications in finance. We introduce and present some properties of IHRE. Then, we prove weak law of large numbers and central limit theorems for IHRE. Financial applications are given to illiquidity modeling using regime-switching time-inhomogeneous Levy price dynamics, to regime-switching Levy driven diffusion based price dynamics, and to a generalized version of the multi-asset model of price impact from distress selling, for which we retrieve and generalize their diffusion limit result for the price process.
Effects of Temperature and CO2 Concentration on the Growth of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), Spurred Anoda (Anoda cristata), and Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)

Cotton, spurred anoda, and velvetleaf were grown in controlled-environment chambers at day/night temperatures of 32/23 or 26/17 C and CO2 concentrations of 350 or 700 ppm. After 5 weeks, CO2 enrichment to 700 ppm increased dry matter accumulation by 38, 26, and 29% in cotton, spurred anoda, and velvetleaf, respectively, at 26/17 C and by 61, 41, and 29% at 32/23 C. Increases in leaf weight accounted for over 80% of the increase in total plant weight in cotton and spurred anoda in both temperature regimes. Leaf area was not increased by CO2 enrichment. The observed increases in dry matter production with CO2 enrichment were caused by increased net assimilation rate. In a second experiment, plants were grown at 350 ppm CO2 and 29/23 C day/night for 17 days before exposure to 700 ppm CO2 at 26/17 C for 1 week. Short-term exposure to high CO2 significantly increased net assimilation rate, dry matter production, total dry weight, leaf dry weight, and specific leaf weight in comparison with plants maintained at 350 ppm CO2 at 26/17 C. Increases in leaf weight in response to short-term CO2 enrichment accounted for 100, 87, and 68% of the observed increase in total plant dry weight of cotton, spurred anoda, and velvetleaf, respectively. Comparisons among the species showed that CO2 enrichment decreased the weed/crop ratio for total dry weight, possibly indicating a potential competitive advantage for cotton under elevated CO2, even at suboptimum temperatures.
Assessment of Intravitreal Injection Training among U.S.-Based Ophthalmology Residents

Abstract Purpose To describe the intravitreal injection training of ophthalmology residents in the United States in 2018. Design Cross-sectional survey. Methods An anonymous, 29-question, internet-based survey was emailed to 119 ophthalmology residency program directors with the instructions to forward the survey to their ophthalmology residents. Results A total of 117 ophthalmology residents (7.89%) responded to the survey. The majority of residents stated that their intravitreal injection training began during their first year of ophthalmology training, PGY 2 year, (92.3%). The majority of residents performed at least 25 injections per year (78.6%). All residents use antiseptic on the conjunctiva prior to the injection, 94% use a lid speculum, and 84.6% avoided talking in the procedure room. Most injections are performed with gloves (83.8%). A minority of residents stated that they are trained to use povidone-iodine on the eyelids prior to performing an injection (45.3%). Only 6.0% of residents claimed to use postinjection antibiotic drops. Performance of bilateral, simultaneous intravitreal injections was split with nearly half of residents not being trained in this method (47.9%). Conclusion Ophthalmology residents from across the country experience a variety of different injection protocols when being trained on how to perform intravitreal injections. Conjunctival antisepsis has reached a clear consensus while topics such as simultaneous, bilateral injections and eyelid antisepsis are still uncertain among the resident community.
Hubungan Budaya Akademik dan Budaya Organisasi dengan Kinerja Guru

This study aims to identify and test the empirical data on the relationship of academic culture and organizational culture with teacher performance separately or simultaneously. In this study, the authors used survey method with the correlational approach regresional the quantitative data obtained from the object of research is school teachers Islam Al-Azhar BSD. Samples were as many as 93 respondents Islamic School teacher population of Al-Azhar BSD in the academic year 2016-2017. The data collection was done by using a questionnaire/questionnaire, observation, and documentation. Type of analysis is correlation and regression analysis were described descriptively. The results of this study are: First, There is a positive and significant academic culture on teacher performance with the correlation coefficient (r) of 0,804 and a coefficient of determination (R2) of 64,6%. Secondly, There is a positive and significant relationship of organizational culture on teacher performance with the correlation coefficient (r) of 0,736 and a coefficient of determination (R2) of 53,7%. Thirdly, there is a positive and significant academic culture and organizational culture simultaneously on teacher performance. The correlation coefficient of 0.813 while the coefficient of determination of 66,1%.
Recommendations Regarding Practical DEL Typing Strategies for Serologically D-Negative Asian Donors

Background: DEL, the weakest D variant, is mistyped as D-negative by routine serological assays. Transfusion of red blood cells expressing the DEL phenotype has the potential to elicit anti-D alloimmunization in D-negative recipients. The goal of this study was to recommend DEL typing strategies for serologically D-negative Asian donors. Methods: RhCE phenotyping and the adsorption-elution test were performed on 674 serologically D-negative samples. RHD genotyping using real-time polymerase chain reaction and melting curve analysis were also undertaken to identify DEL alleles. Costs and turnaround time of RhCE phenotyping, the adsorption-elution test, and RHD genotyping were estimated. Results: Sensitivity and specificity of the adsorption-elution test for serologically D-negative samples were 94.9% (93/98) and 91.5% (527/576), respectively. C+ phenotypes were detected in all 98 samples with DEL alleles. Despite comparable costs, RHD genotyping was more accurate and rapid than the adsorption-elution test. Conclusions: Two practical DEL typing strategies using RhCE phenotyping as an initial screening method were recommended for serologically D-negative Asian donors. Compared with DEL typing using RHD genotyping, serological DEL typing using adsorption-elution test is predicted to increase the incidence of anti-D alloimmunization and decrease the D-negative donor pool without having any cost-competitiveness but can be used in laboratories where molecular methods are not applicable.
Liquidity Ratio, Profitability, And Solvency On Stock Returns With Capital Structure As An Intervening Variable (Study On Food And Beverage Sub Sector Listed In Indonesia Stock Exchange (Idx) Period 2013-2017)

The stock market is a business field of securities trading one of them stock. For prospective investors, investment decisions in stock must be preceded by a process of analysis of variables which can influence the price of a stock. Investors need to have benchmarks in order to know whether if he invested in a company he would benefit if the shares are sold. Salaah one factor to be a benchmark investor is knowing the financial condition of the company where it can be seen with the financial ratio analysis and management of an optimal capital structure. This study aims to determine the effect of the ratio of liquidity, profitability, and solvency to return stock with a capital structure as an intervening variable.This study uses a quantitative approach. The research method using the method of documentation. Samples were company food and beverage sub-sectors listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange 2013-2017 period. The sampling technique used purposive sampling method with predetermined criteria obtained 11 samples of the company. This study uses data analysis Partial Least Square (PLS). These results indicate that liquidity ratios have a negative impact on stock returns, while the profitability and solvency ratios have no effect on stock returns. The results also show the liquidity ratio and solvency ratio has a negative effect on the capital structure, profitability ratios while not having capital structure. And capital structure has a negative impact on stock returns. The results also show the ratio of liquidity, profitability, and solvency partially no effect on stock returns with the capital structure as an intervening variable.
Les visages des sportifs : analyse des expressions faciales et des sous-rôles sociomoteurs par des observateurs selectionnés

Parlebas (1970) affirmait deja, il y a plus de quarante ans, « l’affectivite est la clef des conduites motrices ». De nombreux travaux se sont concentres sur la verbalisation des emotions en contexte sportif. A priori ou a posteriori, c’est le sportif qui determine ce qu’il ressent. Est-il possible de proposer une approche qui viendrait s’adjoindre a celles existantes afin de s’interesser aux emotions qui naissent durant l’action motrice? L’objet de ce travail porte sur la mise en œuvre d’une methodologie d’observation qui permet de preserver le caractere ecologique de l’emotion sportive. Nous l’envisageons a partir du decryptage des mimiques emotionnelles et des actions du joueur. A l’appui des travaux de Frijda et Tcherkassof (1997), Tcherkassof (2008), Parlebas (1999), Collard (2004), Oboeuf (2010) nous decryptons les emotions et les sous-roles moteurs actualises par le joueur en utilisant les expressions faciales et les tendances a l’action. Dans un premier temps, nous creons un test de reconnaissance des expressions faciales sportives. Nous le soumettons a des etudiants STAPS afin d’objectiver des capacites de decodage des visages. Nous constatons que la specialite sportive a un impact sur la performance. Les resultats suggerent que les specialistes des activites de cooperation sont de bons decodeurs. Les specialistes de l’opposition « avec agressivite motrice limitee » sont assez bons. Les combattants sont de pietres decodeurs malgre qu’ils reconnaissent parfaitement la peur. Les specialistes des activites psychomotrices sont plutot mauvais mais peu en lien avec cette habilete de decodage. Dans un second temps, nous utilisons les excellents decodeurs selectionnes grâce a notre test afin qu’ils analysent des videos de sportifs en action motrice. Grâce a une camera embarquee, les visages de chaque joueur peuvent etre recenses et analyses dans deux jeux sociomoteurs : la balle assise et l’ours et son gardien. Les observateurs formes et selectionnes retranscrivent dans une grille d’analyse situationnelle les expressions faciales prototypiques d’une emotion et les sous-roles sociomoteurs que le joueur actualise (Oboeuf, 2010). Cette grille est un ludogramme emotionnel (Parlebas, 1999). Les seconds types de resultats ainsi recueillis nous invitent a penser qu’il y a des emotions typiques de certaines actions. Lorsqu’elle precede un sous-role, la colere est celle de la frappe ou du tir puissant tandis que la peur est celle de l’esquive. Lorsqu’elle succede un replacement ou une interaction de marque favorable, la joie est un retour sur l’objectif du jeu et la douleur est consentie par le contrat ludique. En tant que processus, l’emotion permet au sportif de choisir la conduite motrice qu’il doit mettre en œuvre. En tant que resultat de l’action, l’emotion est une information sur l’atteinte du but du jeu. L’ensemble de nos resultats nous invite a valider cette methodologie. Il sera desormais necessaire de reproduire ce type d’etude dans de nombreux sports.
What Are the Potential Predictors of Psychological Capital for Chinese Primary School Teachers?

This study aimed to explore the cognitive and affective factors that predict the Psychological capital (PsyCap) of Chinese primary school teachers. The participants were 1384 teachers from 34 primary schools in Chengdu city, in southwestern part of China. A resource model of PsyCap was proposed and tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The model was tested with two independent variables of growth mindset and well-being as predictors of PsyCap. Results showed that both cognitive construct (i.e. growth mindset) and affective construct (i.e. well-being) were positively and significantly related to the PsyCap. In addition, SEM results indicated a significant influence of both growth mindset and well-being on all the variables of PsyCap (i.e. Efficacy, Hope, Optimism and Resilience). Explanations and implications were discussed for the findings, and some limitations were also discussed.
Exploring Differentiated Disintegration in a Post‐Brexit European Union

In the aftermath of the British referendum to leave the European Union and the European Commission's ‘White Paper on the Future of Europe’, it is not only time to take stock of the existing literature on differentiated integration, but also to rethink the perimeters of disintegration. We argue that phenomena such as Brexit embrace forms of differentiation which trigger the need for conceptualizing differentiated disintegration altogether. This article first sketches the path of the scholarly debate in a chronological way to grasp the breadth of existing literature. Second, it discusses differentiated disintegration as a potentially new area for research. Mapping several scenarios for future research, we propose that differentiated (dis)integration needs to be conceived as a negotiated, but profoundly path-dependent process, which is structurally locked-in, and deeply conditioned by pre-existing organizations and institutions of European integration.
Unpacking grade repetition patterns in light of the progression policy in the Further Education and Training phase

Grade repetition is considered to be an important measure of education since it is both an outcome of a previous failure, and a predictor of subsequent failure (Anderson, Case, & Lam, 2001). Grade retention or the practice of requiring learners to repeat a grade, is used to afford underachieving learners with an opportunity to master the content of their current grade as well as acquire developmentally appropriate skills. It has, however, been a controversial issue in the sector, with some defending it as a beneficial remedial practice to improve academic performance, while others argue that it has detrimental effects (Peixoto, et al., 2016)