Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Epistaxis: etiological profile and treatment outcome in a teaching hospital in South India

Background: Epistaxis is the most common otorhinolaryngological emergency worldwide. Minor bleeding episodes occur more frequently in children and adolescents, whereas severe bleed requiring otolaryngologic intervention often occur in older individuals. Treatment options can be conservative or surgical, the selection of which should be made considering the parameters: efficiency, complications, and cost-benefit. Methods: This was a prospective study done in 131 patients with epistaxis, in the Department of ENT, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, with the aim to determine the etiology and the outcome of the conservative and surgical management. Results: The most common causes of epistaxis were trauma and hypertension. The age incidence increased after forty years and majority had unilateral, anterior nasal, mild-moderate bleed. 79% of the cases were managed by conservative measures as opposed to only 21% who required surgical intervention. Success rate of anterior nasal pack and cauterisation of bleeding point was nearly 84%. Conclusions: Majority of cases of epistaxis can be successfully managed by conservative measures and surgical intervention may not be necessary in most cases. Cauterization of bleeding point is the best conservative method which can be offered to the patient though anterior nasal packing still remains the most preferred method to control the bleed. The most common causes of epistaxis being trauma and hypertension, reducing road traffic accidents and lifestyle illness can reduce the incidence of nasal bleed.
Role of Growth and Inequality in Explaining Changes in Poverty in Pakistan

Changes in the extent of poverty are affected not only by growth in the mean income but also by changes in the distribution of income. The effect of these two factors can be separately measured by decomposing the total change in poverty. In this context, this paper uses new tools to quantify relative contribution of growth and inequality using the latest available household survey data. The findings of this paper suggest that the role of inequality remained important in mitigating the adverse effects of growth on poverty during the first period, 1998-99 to 2001-02. Alternatively, the role of growth has been fundamental in reducing absolute poverty in the second period, 2001-02 to 2004-05. Poverty would have been further reduced, had the distribution not worsened during this period. The policy implication is that while pursuit of growth as a strategy is important for poverty reduction in Pakistan, the contribution of redistribution in favour of the poor should not be ignored if the effect of growth on poverty reduction is to be enhanced. Thus, the major challenge is to pursue a poverty reduction strategy that is based on growth with redistribution.
Employment training and women methadone clients: En/countering neoliberal discourse

This thesis explores employment training in British Columbia in relation to the experiences of women methadone clients. This study utilizes critical perspectives and qualitative analysis to focus on the convergence of human capital and therapeutic discourses at the site of employmentreadiness training. The research is based on a discursive analysis of several texts, an interview with the director of a career exploration program designed for those with addiction issues, and interviews with three women methadone clients who took part in a variety of employmentreadiness programs. I illustrate how dominant discourses frame minimal efforts to re-integrate low-income groups and substance users into the labour market. The analysis also shows how practices reconstitute or resist dominant discourses. I argue that human capital theory and therapeutic discourse are powerful frameworks obscuring the structural barriers that women on methadone encounter.
The Murky Distinction Between Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: Beware of Lurking Jingle-Jangle Fallacies

This study extends the classic constructive dialogue/debate between self-concept and self-efficacy researchers (Marsh, Roche, Pajares, & Miller, 1997) regarding the distinctions between these 2 constructs. The study is a substantive-methodological synergy, bringing together new substantive, theoretical, and statistical models and developing new tests of the classic jingle-jangle fallacy. We demonstrate that in a representative sample of 3,350 students from math classes in 43 German schools, generalized math self-efficacy and math outcome expectancies were indistinguishable from math self-concept, but were distinct from test-related and functional measures of self-efficacy. This is consistent with the jingle-jangle fallacies that are proposed. On the basis of pretest variables, we demonstrate negative frame-of-reference effects in social (big-fish-little-pond effect) and dimensional (internal/external frame-of-reference effect) comparisons for three self-concept-like constructs in each of the first 4 years of secondary school. In contrast, none of the frame-of-reference effects were significantly negative for either of the two self-efficacy-like constructs in any of the 4 years of testing. After controlling for pretest variables, each of the 3 self-concept-like constructs (math self-concept, outcome expectancy, and generalized math self-efficacy) in each of the 4 years of secondary school was more strongly related to posttest outcomes (school grades, test scores, future aspirations) than were the corresponding 2 self-efficacy-like factors. Extending discussion by Marsh et al. (1997), we clarify distinctions between self-efficacy and self-concept; the role of evaluation, worthiness, and outcome expectancy in self-efficacy measures; and complications in generalized and global measures of self-efficacy.
The Relationship Between Peer Victimization and Children's Humor Styles: It's No Laughing Matter!

This study assessed the concurrent and prospective (fall to spring) associations between peer victimization and four humor styles, two of which are adaptive (affiliative and self-enhancing) and two maladaptive (aggressive and self-defeating). Participants were 1234 adolescents (52 percent female) aged 11–13 years, drawn from six secondary schools in England. Self-reports and peer reports of peer victimization were collected, as were self-reports of humor styles. In cross-sectional analyses, peer victimization was associated with all four humor styles, most strongly with self-defeating and affiliative humor. Across the school year, peer victimization was associated with an increase in self-defeating humor and a decrease in affiliative humor (and vice-versa). These results have implications for models of humor development and how we understand the continuity of peer victimization
The non-resonant response of fluid in a rapidly rotating sphere undergoing longitudinal libration

Abstract We investigate the problem of oscillatory flow of a homogeneous fluid with viscosity $\nu $ in a fluid-filled sphere of radius $a$ that rotates rapidly about a fixed axis with angular velocity ${\Omega }_{0} $ and that undergoes weak longitudinal libration with amplitude $\epsilon {\Omega }_{0} $ and frequency $\hat {\omega } {\Omega }_{0} $ , where $\epsilon $ is the Poincaré number with $\epsilon \ll 1$ and $\hat {\omega } $ is dimensionless frequency with $0\lt \hat {\omega } \lt 2$ . Three different methods are employed in this investigation: (i) asymptotic analysis at small Ekman numbers $E$ defined as $E= \nu / ({a}^{2} {\Omega }_{0} )$ ; (ii) linear numerical analysis using a spectral method; and (iii) nonlinear direct numerical simulation using a finite-element method. A satisfactory agreement among the three different sets of solutions is achieved when $E\leq 1{0}^{- 4} $ . It is shown that the flow amplitude $\vert \boldsymbol{u}\vert $ is nearly independent of both the Ekman number $E$ and the libration frequency $\hat {\omega } $ , always obeying the asymptotic scaling $\vert \boldsymbol{u}\vert = O(\epsilon )$ even though various spherical inertial modes are excited by longitudinal libration at different libration frequencies $\hat {\omega } $ . Consequently, resonances do not occur in this system even when $\hat {\omega } $ is at the characteristic value of an inertial mode. It is also shown that the pressure difference along the axis of rotation is anomalous: this quantity reaches a sharp peak when $\hat {\omega } $ approaches a characteristic value. In contrast, the pressure difference measured at other places in the sphere, such as in the equatorial plane, and the volume-integrated kinetic energy are nearly independent of both the Ekman number $E$ and the libration frequency $\hat {\omega } $ . Absence of resonances in a fluid-filled sphere forced by longitudinal libration is explained through the special properties of the analytical solution that satisfies the no-slip boundary condition and is valid for $E\ll 1$ and $\epsilon \ll 1$ .
Evaluation of two grazing systems applied on artificial pastures in the West Mediterranean region of Turkey.

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate two grazing systems for the performance of beef cattle grazing on artificially established pastures under the West Mediterranean climate conditions. For this purpose, an experiment was conducted at university farm in Isparta province located in the west Mediterranean region of Turkey in 2012 and lasted for 70 days. A total of 20 Holstein breed beef cattle with an average of 6 months old were assigned equally to two grazing pastures which were composed of Medicago sativa L. ( 20%) + Bromus inermis L. (40%) + Agropyron cristatum L. (30%) + Poterium sanguisorba (10%). Two pasture areas with a 3 ha in size were established artificially next to each other and designed as one with zero grazing (ZG) and the other one with rotational grazing, using electrical fencing system (RG) to determine the grazing performance of beef cattle. Biomass available for grazing was also monitored. It was found that there were no effects of grazing types on the performance of the animals. The total weight gains of the animals were 66 and 69 kg for ZG and RG respectively at the end of the experiment. Similarly, there were also no statistical significant differences in daily live weight gains (DLWG) of the animals. DLWGs were 0.954 and 0.996 kg for ZG and RG respectively. Consequently, both type of grazing systems can be recommended for beef cattle production in the region. However, it should be taken into consideration that there was a tendency for the animals perform better in rotational grazing system on artificially established pastures in the West Mediterranean climate conditions.
Virulence of wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina Eriks.) in the years 2013–2015 and resistance of wheat cultivars in Slovakia

In 2013–2015 virulence in the wheat leaf rust population was evaluated on 17 Thatcher near-isogenic lines with leaf rust resistance genes. A total of 110 wheat leaf rust isolates were analyzed. Resistance genes Lr9 and Lr19 were effective to all tested isolates. Genes Lr24 and Lr28 conditioned resistance to 92% of the tested rust isolates. Thirty-seven winter wheat cultivars registered in Slovakia were analyzed for the presence of Lr10, Lr24, Lr26, Lr34 and Lr37 using tightly linked molecular markers. Gene Lr37 was the most common in the tested cultivars. Leaf rust resistance was also tested in 13 wheat cultivars at the seedling stage with representative pathotypes of leaf rust.
FROM SMART PRODUCTS TO SMART MANUFACTURING IN EMERGING ECONOMIES: CHALLENGES AND INSIGHTS FROM THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY

systems upgrading in the furniture industry, with application for an innovative company that has developed a smart product concept. The relationship between intelligent products and intelligent production is addressed from the point of view of existing approaches and then new directions are explored by means of successive correlations with the help of the Cause and Effect matrix, starting from expert opinions. The correlations identified between the expected decision influence factors and the designed product sub-systems and projected processes, respectively, ensures that the planning of the transition to smart manufacturing can be made in a justified and well-thought manner. Also, adequate technologies are recommended for the most important processes based on a success forecasting analysis.
Analysis of Management Practices in Lagos State Tertiary Institutions through Total Quality Management Structural Framework

This research investigated total quality management practices and quality teacher education in public tertiary institutions in Lagos State. The study was therefore designed to analyse management practices in Lagos state tertiary institutions through total quality management structural framework. The selected public tertiary institutions in Lagos State were Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo, University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka, Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCOPED) Inaforija, Epe, Federal College of Education Technical (FCET)Akoka, and Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) Oto-Ijanikin. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. A Total Quality Management practices and Quality Teacher Education Questionnaire (TQMP-QTEQ) was used to obtain data for the study. The structured questionnaire was administered on 905 academic and non-academic staff members and final year students of sampled institutions using purposive sampling technique. The questionnaire was content-validated using expert opinion method and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) statistics of sampling adequacy. In terms of the measure of reliability, the Cronbach’s Alpha values for the two major constructs of the study are satisfactory – quality teacher education (0.838) and TQM (0.879). Their Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) statistics of sampling adequacy were equally above the acceptable standard of 0.7. The hypotheses were tested at the 5 percent level of significance. Among the findings is that there is a substantial, significant, and positive relationship between Total Quality Management practices and quality teacher education in public tertiary institutions in Lagos State (r = 0.695; p<0.05). The study also found that there is a significant positive relationship between Total Quality Management practices and quality teacher education in public colleges of education in Lagos State (r=0.315; p<0.05), and in public universities too (r=0.245; p<0.05) One of the recommendations of the study is that an effective quality management is required to be put in place in all the public tertiary institutions in Lagos state. Keywords: total quality management practices, quality teacher eduaction, public tertiary institutions, Lagos state, management analysis, framework
Analyzing the Correlation between Dealing with Stress and Self-Esteem of the Participants Who Are 25 Years Old and Younger

The aim of the study is to investigate the correlation between the attitudes of young people who do sports and their self-esteem. The research group included 83 men and 117 women (age=21,49 + 1,659), as a total 200, who make exercises at least 1 year in special gym center in Antalya and Konya . Self-esteem scale developed by Aricak (1999) and Dealing with Stress Scales developed by Ozbay (1993) were used to reach the aim of the study. Meaningfulness was acquired as P<0,05 by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, t testand Pearson Correlation while commenting on the data. SPSS (Statistical package for social sciences)programme was used to evaluate the data. At the end of the research meaningful and direct correlation was acquired . 01 (P<0,01) between sub dimensions active planning of dealing with stress and value of ego (r=497), self- confident (r=577), depressive emotion (r=531), self-sufficiency (r=572), succsess and productivity (r=476). As a general result different attitudes to cope with the stress were seen in the youth participants because of their gender’s characteristics and it was thought that the correlation between those attitudes and their self -esteem was at the medium and higher-up level.
ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES OF EXTRACTS FROM URGINEA MARITIMA FRUITS

Background: Increasing antibiotic resistance among human pathogenic microorganisms and the failure of conventional cancer therapies attracting great attention among scientists in the field of herbal medicine to develop natural antimicrobial and anticancer drugs. Thus, the antimicrobial and anticancer activities from fruits of the medicinal plant Urginea maritima (L.) Baker that unexplored previously were investigated in this study. Materials and Methods: Fruits of U. maritima plant were collected, dried, ground, and extracted by hot water, ethanol, methanol, and acetone. The fruit extracts were examined for their potential as antimicrobial and anticancer agents using the agar well diffusion method and MTT assay, respectively. The gene expression of some cancer-related gene markers was determined by RT-PCR. Results: All fruit extracts of U. maritima exhibited antibacterial activity against S. aureus and E. coli. Methanol and ethanol extracts exhibited anticandidal activity. Ethanol and acetone extracts displayed non-hemolytic activity and selective cytotoxicity against breast cancer MCF7 cells with IC50 values that considered as active treatments. Concerning DNA fragmentation and gene expression after treatment of MCF7 cells with the most promising acetone extract, induction of apoptosis was proposed. The expression of cancer-related gene TNF after 6 hours, tumor suppressor genes (p53 and BRCA1), and immune response genes (IL-2 and IL-6) was induced. The expression of anti-apoptotic gene Bcl2 in treated MCF7 cells was reduced. Conclusion: Fruit extracts of U. maritima exhibited antimicrobial and anticancer activities. This result may lead to the use of these extracts for treatment of some infectious diseases and certain types of cancer.
Repositioning the Racial Gaze: Aboriginal Perspectives on Race, Race Relations and Governance

In Australia, public debate about recognition of the nation’s First Australians through constitutional change has highlighted the complexity and sensitivities surrounding Indigenous/state relations at even the most basic level of legal rights. But the unevenness of race relations has meant Aboriginal perspectives on race relations are not well known. This is an obstacle for reconciliation which, by definition, must be a reciprocal process. It is especially problematic in regions with substantial Aboriginal populations, where Indigenous visibility make race relations a matter of everyday experience and discussion. There has been considerable research on how settler Australians view Aboriginal people but little is known about how Aboriginal people view settler Australians or mainstream institutions. This paper presents the findings from an Australian Research Council project undertaken in partnership with Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation. Drawing on in-depth interviews with a cross-section of Darwin’s Aboriginal residents and visitors, it aims to reverse the racial gaze by investigating how respondents view settler Australian politics, values, priorities and lifestyles. Through interviews with Aboriginal people this research provides a basis for settler Australians to discover how they are viewed from an Aboriginal perspective. It repositions the normativity of settler Australian culture, a prerequisite for a truly multicultural society. Our analysis argues the narratives of the participants produce a story of Aboriginal rejection of the White Australian neo-liberal deal of individual advancement through economic pathways of employment and hyper-consumption. The findings support Honneth’s arguments about the importance of intersubjective recognition by pointing to the way misrecognition creates and reinforces social exclusion.
Depression Following Induced Abortion

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of number of abortions and time passed after abortion in women with a history of induced abortion on the development of depression. STUDY DESIGN: Women who admitted to family planning center during November 2003 – February 2004, answered a questionnaire. Depression levels between women who had induced abortion and those who did not were compared. Women with a history of previous abortion were classified according to the time passed after abortion (0-3 months, 3-6 months, more than 6 months). Depression levels were evaluated using Beck depression scale. RESULTS: Rates of clinical depression in women with a history of induced abortion were increased (p<0,05). Depression scores were increased in women who have had induced abortions (p<0,001). CONCLUSIONS: In women with a history of induced abortion, short term depression scores were found to be increased and clinical depression rates were markedly increased. Long term effects of this psychological trauma is a topic to be investigated. Our research data shows us that it may be helpful to provide pre- and postabortive psychological counseling to decrease the frequency and severity of depression encountered after induced abortion.
The politics of the anthropocene: a dialogue

This paper stages a dialogue between a human geographer and a physical geographer about the concept of the Anthropocene. The aim of the dialogue is not to arrive at an agreement about how the Anthropocene should be defined, but rather to open up the question of the politics of the concept and its definition. The dialogue revolves around three issues: (1) the politics of the debate about the geoscientific definition of the Anthropocene Epoch; (2) the relation between the geoscientific debate about the Anthropocene and the burgeoning literature on the Anthropocene in the social sciences and humanities, including human geography; (3) the relation between geoscientific and political concepts.
Financial Frictions and Household Debt: a New Perspective on Twin De…cits

This paper examines the international transmission of …scal shocks in open economy, using a model combining heterogeneity of thrift with imperfect enforceability of contract as a motivation for the presence of …nancial frictions. This model generates twin de…cits in response to a temporary cut in lumpsum taxes, overcoming a limitation of both standard RBC and New Keynesian
LOOP HOMOLOGY AS FIBREWISE HOMOLOGY

Abstract The loop homology ring of an oriented closed manifold, defined by Chas and Sullivan, is interpreted as a fibrewise homology Pontrjagin ring. The basic structure, particularly the commutativity of the loop multiplication and the homotopy invariance, is explained from the viewpoint of the fibrewise theory, and the definition is extended to arbitrary compact manifolds.
The effects of personality and creativity on uses of music

This study aimed to explore the relationships between the Big Five personality traits, creativity, and individual differences in uses of music (i.e. when and why people choose to listen to music). A sample of one hundred and two people (N = 102) completed measures for the above constructs and data were analyzed using bivariate correlations and multiple regressions. Results showed that, in line with the hypotheses, personality traits Openness to Experience and Extraversion were significantly positively correlated, and predicted, Creativity. Neuroticism, in contrast, was found negatively linked to Creativity. Moreover, Openness to Experience and Extraversion were positively associated with Background uses of music. Both variables were also found to be predictive of uses of music for background purposes. Results are discussed with reference to previous findings on personality as determinants of creativity and different uses of music.