Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Women as construction professionals: modern day challenges

The ratio of men to women in the construction industry is one that has often attracted great concern for all stakeholders. Although the UK construction sector has enjoyed a significant rise in the number of women, there is undoubtedly more room for improvement. Numerous schemes have been initiated by government and other professional bodies to encourage more women to join the industry. On the surface, many issues such as lack of workplace flexibility and looming discrimination prevent many more women from joining. Using the glass ceiling and the leaky pipeline theories, an in-depth exploration of experiences of female construction professionals is undertaken in this research. A total of six semi-structured interviews were carried out. Although the respondents acknowledged the industry had improved significantly, they nevertheless expressed concerns on many issues that they believed needed to be addressed. It was identified that many women struggle to re-enter the industry after embarking on maternity leave. Furthermore, the respondents believed that some workplace progressions were only due to senior managers’ attempt to demonstrate a level of inclusivity rather than due to merit. Finally, it was revealed that sexism is still rife in the industry and many women are left in very uncomfortable environments with fear of voicing out this horror. This research merely offers a peek at the ordeals that some women have to endure when working in the construction industry. Hopefully by addressing such issues, more women will be encouraged to take up professions in the sector.
Cytoarchitectural characteristic of the frontal eye fields in macaque monkeys

The cytoarchitecture of the prearcuate gyrus, including the region of the physiologically defined frontal eye fields (FEF), was studied in four macaque monkeys (Macaca fascicularis, M. mulatta) to determine if the FEF could be anatomically identified. Brain sections were stained with standard Nissl and, in some cases, myelin stains.
Screening and characterization of variant Theta‐class glutathione transferases catalyzing the activation of ethylene dibromide to a mutagen

Ethylene dibromide (EDB) is a widespread environmental pollutant and mutagen/carcinogen. Certain Theta‐class glutathione transferases (GSTs), enzymes that catalyze the reaction of reduced glutathione (GSH) with electrophiles, activate EDB to a mutagen. Previous studies have shown that human GST T1‐1, but not rat GST T2‐2, activates EDB. We have constructed an E. coli lacZ reversion mutagenicity assay system in which expression of recombinant GST supports activation of EDB to a mutagen. Hexa‐histidine N‐terminal tagging of GST T1‐1 results in greatly enhanced expression of the recombinant enzyme and gives a lacZ strain that shows a mutagenic response to EDB at extremely low levels (∼1 ng EDB per plate). The hexa‐histidine‐tagged enzyme was purified in one step by Ni2+‐affinity chromatography. We applied the lacZ mutagenicity assay to the rapid screening of a library of variant GST Theta enzymes. Sequence variants with altered catalytic activities were identified, purified, and characterized. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. , 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Use of herbal products for diabetes by Latinos.

Diabetes is an epidemic of crisis proportion. In the United States, cases have increased fivefold since 1958.1 The focus of therapy management is tightly controlling blood glucose levels in order to reduce related health complications. Toward this end, health care professionals need to know whether patients are using natural products that could affect these values. Certain ethnic groups have a higher incidence of diabetes, and 24% of Mexican Americans aged 45 to 74 years have diabetes.2 Across all age groups, Latinos, defined here as patients from Mexico and Central and South America, are twice as likely to develop diabetes as non-Latino white Americans.3 This patient population has traditionally used medicinal plants to control a variety of illnesses, including hyperglycemia.4
The Contribution of Chronic Illness to Acceptance of Death in Hospitalized Patients

This pilot study explored acceptance of death in the chronically ill. It was hypothesized that chronic illness would be a positive predictor of premature acceptance of death. Acceptance of death, if premature, may lead to untimely acquiescence to death, making people less likely to seek medical care and practice preventive health behaviors. Acorrelational design was used to explore the relationship be tween chronic illness and acceptance of death, controlling for age. Data were collected on death acceptance using the revised version of the Life Attitude Profile. Number of chronic illnesses was obtained from self-report and a review of the medical record in a sample of 76 hospitalized individuals. The number of chronic illnesses was significantly and positively associated with death acceptance, but age was not. The model explained only 5.2% of the variance in death acceptance, however. Chronic illness is clearly only one of many factors stimulating individuals to ponder death earlier than expected. Nurses need to be alert to the possibility that individuals with multiple chronic illnesses may be prematurely acquiescing to death. If acquiescence causes failure to participate in care, it could potentially exacerbate chronic conditions unnecessarily.
Female fan experiences and interpretations of the 1958 Munich air disaster, the 1966 World Cup finals and the rise of footballers as sexualised national celebrities

The experiences of female sports fans have largely been neglected in academic research to date with socio-historical accounts focusing almost exclusively on male fans. Through an excavation of the sporting histories of female football fans this article aims to make one contribution towards changing this. Drawing on Glaser and Strauss’s ‘grounded theory’ approach, 21 semi-structured interviews were conducted with female football fans in England, aged between 50 and 80 years old. My findings begin by examining female fans’ memories of the 1958 Munich air disaster. I move on to examine female experiences and interpretations of the 1966 World Cup finals, before finally discussing the rise of football players in England as sexualised national celebrities. To conclude, I call for further socio-historical research to explore female experiences of football in earlier decades.
Unity and diversity in the herpesviruses.

Introduction. In this review we consider some attributes which may be characteristic of herpesviruses and some properties which distinguish between them. As we shall show, the systematic interpretation of information we now have on a few herpesviruses presents us with some difficulties. For many members of the group we are spared this embarrassment only by the virtual absence of information beyond the initial recognition of the existence of the virus and the allocation of an arbitrary label. Thus, although more than 70 viruses may be listed as presumptive members of the group, criteria allowing their inclusion vary from a brief description of particle morphology (e.g. viruses observed in snake venom, oysters and fungi) to the extensive antigenic, structural, biochemical and genetic characterization of the virus [e.g. herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1, HSV-2)]. Moreover, the number of separately identifiable viruses which are currently attributed to particular hosts probably reflects the degree of interest in the host species and its afflictions rather than any preferential distribution of viruses.
Internal and External Audit and the Banks Commitment to Detect and Combating of Money Laundering in Jordan

The aim of the study is to find the relationship between accounting factors (internal and external audit) and the 23 Jordanian banks (15 Jordanian banks & 8 foreign banks work in Jordan) commitment to detect and combating the money laundering in Jordan. The study has designed a questionnaire for collecting data. The total population was 115 questionnaires. To analyse data, the study used SPSS program. The result of the study showed that there is a direct and positive reflecting relationship between internal and external audit to detect and combating the money laundering in Jordanian banks. The main recommendations for this study is that bankers and policy makers should take all of the accounting factors (internal and external audit) into account to help them in detecting and combating of money laundering in Jordan; in the meantime the independent variables (internal and external audit) are necessitate and operative contribution towards current combating of money laundering, and conducting specific courses for users to detect the nature and importance of the independent variables essential for creation high-quality.
Photoinhibition in vivo and in vitro Involves Weakly Coupled Chlorophyll–Protein Complexes‡,¶

Abstract In the present study the analysis of the relation between the excited state population in the photosystem II (PSII) antenna and photoinactivation has been extended from an in vitro system, isolated thylakoids, to an in vivo system, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells. The results indicate that the excited state quenching by an added singlet quencher induces maximal protection against photoinhibition of about 30% of that expected on the basis of the observed light intensity–treatment time reciprocity rule. Similar results, obtained previously with thylakoids, have been interpreted in terms of damaged or incorrectly assembled complexes that play an important role in photoinhibition in the thylakoid membranes (Santabarbara, S., K. Neverov, F. M. Garlaschi, G. Zucchelli and R. C. Jennings [2001] Involvement of uncoupled antenna chlorophylls in photoinhibition in thylakoids. FEBS Lett. 491, 109–113.). In an attempt to better define this aspect, the photoinhibition action spectra were determined for mutant barley thylakoids, lacking the chlorophyll (Chl) a–b complexes of the outer antenna, and for its wild type. The results indicate that in both systems the action spectra are significantly blueshifted (2–4 nm) and are broader than the PSII absorption in the membranes. These data are interpreted in terms of a heterogeneous population of outer and inner antenna pigment–protein complexes that contain significant levels of uncoupled Chl.
Contribution à l'étude des propriétés thermiques et hydrodynamiques d'un écoulement d'hélium normal (5HeI) diphasique en circulation naturelle pour le refroidissement des aimants supraconducteurs

La methode de refroidissement basee sur le principe thermosiphon presente un grand interet en raison de sa simplicite, de sa nature passive et de son cout faible. Elle est adoptee pour le refroidissement a 4,5 K de l'aimant supraconducteur du detecteur de particules CMS aupres du LHC en construction au CERN a Geneve. Le travail presente dans cette these etudie experimentalement les proprietes thermiques et hydrodynamiques d'un ecoulement d'He I diphasique en circulation naturelle. Le dispositif experimental utilise consiste en une boucle thermosiphon monobranche composee principalement d'un separateur de phases, d'un tube descendant et d'une section d'essai. Les experiences ont ete realisees en faisant varier plusieurs parametres tels que le diametre des sections d'essai (10 mm ou 14 mm) et le flux de chaleur allant jusqu'a l'apparition de la crise d'ebullition. Ces experiences ont permis de determiner les lois d'evolution des differentes grandeurs caracterisant l'ecoulement (le debit massique de circulation, le debit massique vapeur, le titre massique, le coefficient de friction et le coefficient d'echange thermique) en fonction de la densite du flux de chaleur appliquee. Au regard des resultats obtenus, nous discutons la validite des differents modeles classiques existants dans la litterature. Nous montrons que le modele homogene est le modele le mieux adapte pour predire les proprietes hydrodynamiques de ce type d'ecoulement dans la gamme de titre massique 0 x 30%. De plus, nous proposons deux modeles pour la prediction du coefficient de transfert de chaleur diphasique et la densite de flux de chaleur critique. Le premier considere que les effets de la convection forcee et de l'ebullition nucleee agissent simultanement et contribuent au transfert de chaleur. Le deuxieme correle la densite de flux de chaleur critique mesuree en fonction du rapport altitude sur diametre
Forming, switching, and maintaining mental sets among psychopathic offenders during verbal and nonverbal tasks: Another look at the left-hemisphere activation hypothesis

Three hypotheses for cognitive deficits among psychopaths were tested: executive dysfunction, left hemisphere activation, and an interaction between the two. Twenty-one psychopathic and 23 nonpsychopathic criminal offenders identified with the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised participated in verbal and visual-spatial tasks during which the level of executive processing demands was manipulated. Consistent with prior research, psychopathic offenders made more errors than controls, but only during the verbal task and only on trials with high executive demand. Within those trials, most errors occurred when set-maintenance demands were the highest. No response latency differences between groups were found. (JINS, 2006, 12, 538–548.)This article is a replication and extension of our previous study that was published in the JINS, volume 11, 2005. The article appeared as “State-dependent Executive Deficits Among Psychopathic Offenders,” by Suchy & Kosson, 2005, JINS, 11:3, pp. 311–321. There was no overlap in participants between the two studies.
The Role of Government and Local Actors in the Tourism Industry Development in Iran: An Unsuccessful Intervention Model

This study designed to give us a better understanding of the experiences and mechanism of the Government intervention in tourism industry development in Iran. This study is mainly focused on the government relations With local community According to their acceptance or disagreement with tourism development project in their region. Having used Phenomenology Strategy in order to understand the existing experiences of the local people from ethno-development point of view, as well as the factors contributing to a successful intervention, a series of semi-structured interviews ,and focus groups discussions conducted with managers and local communities, as local actors, involved in the development plan. After that, a number of categorized themes were extracted From the data analysis. The research findings reveal that statemanaged interventional development not only was not approved and supported by local community but also it was bitterly opposed and caused some tension among the dwellers as state intervention set up and its topdown manner dose not account for the local dwellers real needs and wishes. This issue provoked a conflict between the government’s benefits on the one hand and local community on the other hand. Hence ideal intervention for local community asks for collaboration and responsible measures on behalf of all stakeholders including government, local community members, and tourists. This process as well realizes the local actor’s key role in supervision, cooperation and management through local councils and association, as well as interface organization. As any attempt on the state side can come to a total failure and will leave counter effective results. It also can be costly for economy in case it is not Supposed by the local community.
ANALISIS PERSEPSI DAN PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT TERHADAP PENGELOLAAN SAMPAH RUMAH TANGGA DI JAKARTA SELATAN

Population growth and changes in consumption pattern have increased the municipal waste volume in DKI Jakarta. Waste management issue has been more formidable after the government has failed to overcome the situation with sufficient waste management facilities. Hence, society’s active participation is needed to create a more comprehensive system of municipal waste management, based on “reduce, reuse, recycle” principle. The objective of this study is to (1) identify the community perception and participation in the household waste management, (2) analyze the correlation between the internal and external factors of individual with the perception on the household waste management, and (3) analyze the correlation between community perception and participation in household waste management. The observed variables are divided into two factors, namely internal factors and external factors. The data were collected using survey method by distributing questionnaire, while Chi Square Test and Spearman Rank Correlation Test were used for data processing. The results showed that respondents have positive perception and high participation in the household waste management. There is a significant correlation between the internal and external factors of individual with community perception on the household waste management. Community perception on household waste management is also significantly correlated to community participation in household waste management.
Quality of life and mental health among Thai older workers in community enterprises

Purpose An aging society is a growing global reality resulting in an increasing number of older workers, especially in community enterprises. It is important to understand factors that influence the mental health and quality of life (QOL) of these older workers. The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of personal, work, and mental health factors on the QOL among older workers in community enterprises. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional study examined the mental health and QOL of 387 older workers from three industries: food production, handicraft, and farm-related work. These participants formed a representative sample of the 19,200 members of the 1,184 groups in the community enterprise sector in Nakhon Ratchasima province. Stratified random sampling technique was used. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Analysis was used to examine the factors associated with QOL. A multiple regression statistical model was used to examine the QOL predicting factors. Findings The response rate for this study was 93.25 percent. The majority of participants were female (73.4 percent). The majority of older workers were educated to primary school educational level (81.4 percent). The ratio of workers within each project included farm-related work (36.7 percent), handicraft (37.7 percent) and food production (25.6 percent). Most older workers (90.2 percent) had normal mental health based on their GHQ screening. The overall QOL average score was 88.43 (SD 10.43). The results suggested that the QOL is related to age, income, somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction, severe depression, and mental health problems. Additionally, multiple regression analysis indicated social dysfunction and income were significant predictors for the QOL of older workers with R2=0.118, F=15.53 (p<0.001). Originality/value With the results showing associations between personal factors and work factors relating to QOL, it is important for health professionals to pay attention to older workers’ work environments, financial issues, and mental health.
Learn to Track: Deep Learning for Tractography

We show that deep learning techniques can be applied successfully to fiber tractography. Specifically, we use feed-forward and recurrent neural networks to learn the generation process of streamlines directly from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) data. Furthermore, we empirically study the behavior of the proposed models on a realistic white matter phantom with known ground truth. We show that their performance is competitive to that of commonly used techniques, even when the models are used on DWI data unseen at training time. We also show that our models are able to recover high spatial coverage of the ground truth white matter pathways while better controlling the number of false connections. In fact, our experiments suggest that exploiting past information within a streamline's trajectory during tracking helps predict the following direction.
Temporal trends and volume-outcome associations after traumatic brain injury: a 12-year study in Taiwan.

OBJECT The purpose of this study was to evaluate temporal trends in traumatic brain injury (TBI); the impact of hospital volume and surgeon volume on length of stay (LOS), hospitalization cost, and in-hospital mortality rate; and to explore predictors of these outcomes in a nationwide population in Taiwan. METHODS This population-based patient cohort study retrospectively analyzed 16,956 patients who had received surgical treatment for TBI between 1998 and 2009. Bootstrap estimation was used to derive 95% confidence intervals for differences in effect sizes. Hierarchical linear regression models were used to predict outcomes. RESULTS Patients treated in very-high-volume hospitals were more responsive than those treated in low-volume hospitals in terms of LOS (-0.11; 95% CI -0.20 to -0.03) and hospitalization cost (-0.28; 95% CI -0.49 to -0.06). Patients treated by high-volume surgeons were also more responsive than those treated by low-volume surgeons in terms of LOS (-0.19; 95% CI -0.37 to -0.01) and hospitalization cost (-0.43; 95% CI -0.81 to -0.05). The mean LOS was 24.3 days and the average LOS for very-high-volume hospitals and surgeons was 61% and 64% shorter, respectively, than that for low-volume hospitals and surgeons. The mean hospitalization cost was US $7,292.10, and the average hospitalization cost for very-high-volume hospitals and surgeons was 19% and 22% lower, respectively, than that for low-volume hospitals and surgeons. Advanced age, male sex, high Charlson Comorbidity Index score, treatment in a low-volume hospital, and treatment by a low-volume surgeon were significantly associated with adverse outcomes (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that annual surgical volume is the key factor in surgical outcomes in patients with TBI. The results improve the understanding of medical resource allocation for this surgical procedure, and can help to formulate public health policies for optimizing hospital resource utilization for related diseases.