Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Shared Viewpoint but Diverse Focus: A Case Study About Teamwork Within Geriatric Home Rehabilitation

BACKGROUND To explore the experiences of an occupational therapist and a physical therapist working together in geriatric home rehabilitation team. METHODS A qualitative study based on interviews and observations. The participants, one occupational therapist and one physical therapist, were individually interviewed on three occasions during a six month period. Data was also collected by observing the OT and PT when performing home visits on two occasions. All data was analyzed by using a constant comparative approach. RESULTS The analysis showed that the teamwork was based on shared basic values in combination with the participants’ diverse focuses and work tasks. Overlaps were apparent, but were not an issue in this team due to strong professional identities, direct communication and shared responsibilities. The teamwork was much about negotiating the professional prioritizations and being open-minded towards the other’s professions. The observations also revealed that the client played an important role in the teamwork. CONCLUSION Important facilitators for creating productive teamwork are: clarification of similarities and differences in the professions included, identification of what work tasks are shared responsibility and what tasks are included in a specific profession, directness of communication, and acknowledgement of the client as an active team member.
The Role of Human Capital Factors on Poverty in Informal Settlement: Informal Settlement of Sheikh-Hasan, Mashhad City, Iran

This paper investigates the determinants of multi-dimension poverty in informal settlements of Mashhad City. It specially analyzes human capital factors, among factors that influence poverty level. Education, skills, experience and knowledge have important role in promoting income level and in access to sustainable jobs, especially in informal settlements that have lower human capital level than the urban areas other. Mashhad city has most marginal settlements in Iran. Sheikh-Hasan Neighborhood in Mashhad Municipality region 4 has been selected as case study. This study is based on information gathered from household level in 2016 and the ordered logit model is employed to estimate factors influencing urban poverty. Data were obtained from 300 households using the questionnaire Through the Systematic Random technique. Calculation of poverty indexes reveals that nearly 87% of households are below absolute poverty line and 20% of households are below extreme poverty line. Marginal effects show variables of “job stability”, “Ownership”, “Household size” and “Education of household head” have the greatest impact on poverty alleviation. Also, variables of “Education level” and “highest level of education of household members” have positive effect and significant on poverty. Results represent that poverty in informal settlements of Mashhad is strongly linked to factors such as human capital. In addition, with increasing the level of knowledge of household heads and creation of favorable conditions for increasing of the education level of household members can reduce poverty.
Yields and resistance of strawberry cultivars to crown and root diseases in the field, and cultivar responses to pathogens under controlled environment conditions.

Devastating outbreaks of crown and root diseases have impacted severely on commercial strawberry production in Western Australia (W.A.). Studies were conducted to evaluate the yields, and resistance of three commercial strawberry cultivars to crown and root diseases, both in fumigated and non-fumigated field beds, and to determine the responses of eight commercial cultivars to individual pathogens under controlled conditions. In the field, cv. Camino Real showed the greatest fruit yield both in fumigated and non-fumigated beds, and was the most disease-resistant cultivar. Each cultivar had a greater fruit yield and a lower amount of plant decline in fumigated beds, compared with non-fumigated beds. Both for fumigated and non-fumigated beds, the amount of plant decline increased from August to November, particularly in non-fumigated beds. Under controlled conditions, cv. Festival was most resistant and cv. Camarosa most susceptible to wilt-causing Fusarium oxysporum . Against binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-A, Cylindrocarpon destructans and Phoma exigua , cv. Festival was most resistant and cv. Aromas most susceptible. Cultivar Camino Real was the most resistant to Gnomonia fructicola and Phytophthora cactorum and cv. Festival most resistant to Pythium ultimum . Against Macrophomina phaseolina , cv. Albion was the most resistant with cv. Camarosa the most susceptible. Cultivar Camarosa, the most widely grown cultivar in W.A. , was most susceptible to F. oxysporum , while cv. Camino Real was resistant to F. oxysporum both in the field and the controlled environment conditions. Cultivar Festival is the most resistant cultivar to F. oxysporum and a range of different pathogens. The Australian bred cv. Juliette was as susceptible as cv. Camarosa to F. oxysporum, but relatively resistant to binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-A. This is the first study, not only to define the relative yield potentials of different cultivars in a situation where crown and root disease prevails in the field, but also to demonstrate differential resistance of current cultivars to specific pathogens associated with crown and root disease in W.A. For the first time, growers can now make informed choices about the cultivars they can deploy to minimise losses caused by diseases.
Pollen Parent Effect on Outcrossing Rate in ‘Hass’ and ‘Fuerte’ Avocado Plots during Fruit Development

Outcrossing rates in ‘Hass’ and Fuerte’ avocado (Persea americana Mill.) blocks were determined during fruit development using the isozyme systems of malate dehydrogenase (MDH, EC 1.1.1.37), leucine aminopeptidase (LAP, EC 3.4.11.1), and triosephosphate isomerase (TPI, EC 5.3.1.1) as genetic markers. Abscission of avocado fruitlets was selective and was greatly influenced by the pollen parent. Thus, in ‘Hass’ trees subjected to crosspollination by ‘Ettinger’ and ‘Fuerte’, the population of ‘Hass’ fruitlets 1 month after fruit set consisted mainly of ‘Hass’ selfs; however, during fruit development, the rate of ‘Hass’ selfs decreased and the rate of ‘Hass’ hybrid fruitlets produced by ‘Ettinger’ and ‘Fuerte’ increased. By the end of fruit abscission, the surviving mature ‘Hass’ fruits were mostly ‘Ettinger’ hybrids. The ‘Hass’ fruit yield was found to correlate significantly with the rate of outcrossing with ‘Ettinger’. When ‘Ettinger’ served as a pollen parent for ‘Fuerte’, the outcrossing rate in trees adjacent to ‘Ettinger’ was about 40%, which shows that cross-pollination among avocado cultivars of the same flowering group can be substantial at close proximity. The outcrossing rate in ‘Fuerte’ diminished with increasing distance from ‘Ettinger’, but no effect on yield was observed.
Craspedacusta sowerbii, Lankester 1880 – population dispersal analysis using COI and ITS sequences

Craspedacusta sowerbii (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae, Olindiidae) is a freshwater jellyfish, which was discovered in England in 1880. Although thought to originate in South America, it became obvious that the species is native to the Yangtze River system in China. It has spread from China into lakes all over the world. Many different species, variations and sub-species have been described based on morphological characters. Specimens discovered in North America were described as separate species, as morphological differences appeared to be significant compared to European specimens. Even within Europe, differences were assumed to be obvious. Up to this point, three valid species are published; others are considered by various scientists to be true species as well, but mostly are recognized as variations. To obtain further insight into population dynamics of C. sowerbii as well as molecular information on the species itself, sequences of internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) have been used to analyze specimens collected in Germany and Austria. These sequences have been compared to sequences published of different Chinese Craspedacusta species and variations. In addition, morphological descriptions were compared. For the COI sequences, we found uniformity throughout the complete set of samples. However, no comparisons could be made, as no data had been published on COI of Chinese specimens. ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2, including partial 18S and 28S, sequences, were almost uniform within the German populations, showing only minor base pair exchanges. However, comparisons to Chinese organisms indicated, that the investigated sequences of C. sowerbii from Germany and Austria are similar, although not identical in morphology, to Craspedacusta sowerbii var. kiatingi from China. Overall our data support the assumption that there are three valid species, with the possibility of C. ziguiensis being a fourth one, and several, morphological quite different sub-species or variations of the freshwater jellyfish C. sowerbii.
Loughborough University Institutional Repository Properties of macroeconomic forecast errors

This paper investigates the distributional properties of individual and consensus time series macroeconomic forecast errors, using data from the Survey of Professional Forecasters. The degree of autocorrelation and the presence of ARCH in the consensus errors is also determined. We find strong evidence of leptokurtic forecast errors and some evidence of skewness, suggesting that an assumption of error normality is inappropriate; many of the forecast error series are found to have non-zero mean, and we find sporadic evidence of consensus error ARCH. Properties of the distribution of cross-sectional forecast errors are also examined.
A Survey of Software-Based String Matching Algorithms for Forensic Analysis

Employing a fast string matching algorithm is essential for minimizing the overhead of extracting structured files from a raw disk image. In this paper, we summarize the concept, implementation, and main features of ten software-based string matching algorithms, and evaluate their applicability for forensic analysis. We provide comparisons between the selected software-based string matching algorithms from the perspective of forensic analysis by conducting their performance evaluation for file carving. According to the experimental results, the Shift-Or algorithm (R. Baeza-Yates & Gonnet, 1992) and the Karp-Rabin algorithm (Karp & Rabin, 1987) have the minimized search time for identifying the locations of specified headers and footers in the target disk.
Comparative Analysis of Species Distribution Modeling of Daphne papyracea in Dabka Watershed Nainital District, Uttarakhand

Species distribution modeling with different algorithms is used to understand the ecological and geographical distribution of the species in the Himalayan region of Nainital district using various climatic and topographic variables. In this paper, various algorithms were compared using different measures of performance evaluation (threshold-dependent and threshold-independent) for Daphne papyracea , and the modelling results were assessed using indices: sensitivity, specificity, overall prediction success and Cohen's kappa statistic, NMI, AUC, CCRate, MCRate. These indices were used to identify the best model for the species in the study area and best performance was observed for Environmental Distance Algorithm. Such studies therefore, will try to define the suitable management strategies (conservation and protection) for Daphne papyracea that is an economically important plant having medical value. Keywords: Species distribution modeling, Daphne papyracea , Himalaya, Environmental Distance Algorithm, performance evaluation
Factors Influencing Loan Repayment in Micro-Finance Institutions in Kenya

Access to finance by entrepreneurs is paramount for their business to succeed. The existing microfinance institutions (MFI's) have tried to bridge the gap of credit accessibility to entrepreneurs but despite this the entrepreneurs have been defaulting on their loans. This study was carried out to analyze the factors influencing loan repayment in micro-finance institutions. The findings will assist the microfinance institutions in coming up with the most appropriate measures to apply in order to eliminate defaults. Descriptive survey was employed with a target population of 39 Loan Officers and 5280 registered MFI clients. A census of 39 loan officers was targeted and a sample size of 360 respondents from registered group members. Stratified proportionate sampling and simple random sampling were employed. Data was collected by use of questionnaires and interviews and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study established that education level, number of dependents, and hobbies were individual characteristics influencing loan repayment. Business characteristics influencing loan repayment were: length of operation, management and type of business. While the lenders characteristics were: groups handled, period taken to qualify new members and the criteria used to evaluate credit worthiness. The study recommends that the government and other stakeholders in the sector should ensure that prospective financial borrowers have access to formal education and training on business management and financing. The MFI's should reduce the time taken to process a loan application and develop models that are more effective in evaluating credit worthiness of their clients. Keyword: Default, Group official, Loan, Loan officer, Micro Enterprise, Microfinance
Ubiquitous Social Networking

Despite the great success of online social networks, there is still no automated way to facilitate communication between people in the physical environment. Ubiquitous social networking services target at transferring online social networking benefits to the physical world, by facilitating advantageous relationships during physical meetings between people who do not know each other, but probably they should. In this paper, we present a potential solution for establishing ubiquitous social networking services by integrating online social networks with opportunistic networks. This solution, called local social networks, focuses on uncovering relevant connections between people nearby, by providing a platform for automatic exchange of user personal information in order to discover interpersonal affinities. Firstly, we define and discuss the concept, advantages, preliminary architecture and potential future applications of local social networks as well as introduce the first prototype, named Spiderweb. Afterwards, we present results of a qualitative investigation that researched whether 16 active online social networks users would accept ubiquitous social networking services. The results revealed that all the participants perceived the usefulness of these services and 14 of them would be willing to accept all the necessary requirements for the establishment of local social networks and consequently be potential users.
Early detection of developmental delays in vulnerable children by community care workers using an mHealth tool

ABSTRACT Developmental delays are increasing worldwide, as a result of exposure to environmental risk factors. Early detection services are often inaccessible in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). An mHealth developmental screening programme with community care workers (CCWs) was investigated. CCWs administered a smartphone application to vulnerable families during home-based services. One-hundred and thirty-eight children were screened and those who failed were rescreened. CCWs completed a questionnaire regarding their perceptions of community-based mHealth-assisted screening. The overall referral rate was 69%. Older children (19–38 months old) had a significantly higher (p < .05; Chi-Square) referral rate (84%; n = 62) compared to those aged 0–18 months (52%; n = 33). CCWs perceived mHealth screening as valuable in terms of utility, outcomes and contribution to developmental knowledge for community members and CCWs. Community-based services are a promising platform to implement mHealth-assisted early developmental screening programmes. CCWs and mHealth-assisted developmental screening can facilitate better access to early detection and developmental surveillance for vulnerable populations.
Effect of High Temperature Stress on Physiological and Yield Parameters of Some Wheat Genotypes Recommended for Irrigated and Rainfed Condition

Effect of high temperature stress on different growth and physiological parameters, yield and yield components were studied. Seeds of eight irrigated wheat genotypes (recommended for irrigated conditions) and twelve rainfed genotypes (recommended for rainfed conditions) were sown on November, December and January and considered as normal, late and very late sowing in order to expose them to different temperature regime. Significant reductions in all the parameters at all growth stages were recorded in all genotypes. Yield and yield components were also adversely affected under late and very late planting. Genotypes recommended for irrigated conditions showed more reductions in leaf area index, relative growth rate, net assimilation rate, chlorophyll content, membrane stability index, relative water content , transverse relaxation time, yield and yield components than the genotypes recommended for rainfed conditions. However, close associations between all growth parameters yield and yield components were observed and the good performance of the genotypes which is recommended for rainfed condition under high temperature stress which could be because of their ability to maintain high water status in plant tissue and prevent cell from loosing its turgidity.
THE PREVALENCE OF SELF-MEDICATION PRACTICE AMONG NON-MEDICAL STUDENTS OF ALEPPO UNIVERSITY

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of self-medication among the non-medical students of Aleppo University and assessed the factors related to this practice . Methods: Descriptive cross sectional questionnaire based study was conducted among undergraduates students in different non-medical faculties within Aleppo university using prevalidated structured questionnaires. Results : The prevalence of self-medication in this study was 59% with most frequently reported symptom being headache (95.2%) followed by fever (76.5%). The two main reasons for self-medication were the frequency of disease (79.8%) and knowing its treatment (39.5%). Antitussive (72%) and vitamine (65.3%) were the two most frequently consumed medications (92.1%) as pharmacy the main source of drugs to practice self-medication. Conclusion : the potential problems of self-medication should be emphasized to the students and education on irrational use of drug should be advocated.
The 'Obscure Puzzle' of Management Control. Any Remedy?

With the advent of managerial capitalism the problem of control of management has grown and widened in scope, from enforcing strict shareholders' value maximisation to more general requirements of best practices, ethics or social responsibility. Yet ''there is a continuous and seemingly endless stream of reports of value-destroying behavior by individuals, groups, and organizations (.) The fact that these scandals keep arising in spite of the ongoing and varied attempts to curtail such behavior amounts to an 'obscure puzzle' '' (Erhard and Jensen 2014, p.4). By means of a simple model where opportunistic managers under the veil of asymmetric information can appropriate resources of shareholders and make the stock market inefficient, I provide an accessible guidance to the key issues at stake. I also review the theoretical (and practical) limits of the ''classical'' remedies: market discipline, incentive schemes, ownership concentration, delegated monitoring, rule of the law. The paper is closed by claiming a role for managers' self-control, i.e. promotion of business ethics in particular intrinsic motivations as part of managerial culture and identity.
Variability of upland rice genotypes response to low light intensity

Hairmansis A, Yullianida, Supartopo, Jamil A, Suwarno. 2017. Variability of upland rice genotypes response to low light intensity. Biodiversitas 18: 1122-1129. Plantation areas have a great potential to be utilized for upland rice production through intercropping. One of major constraints in the cultivation of upland rice as intercropping is low light intensity caused by shading. Improvement of rice varieties for shading tolerance is therefore important to increase rice production in upland areas. The objective of this study was to investigate the variability of upland rice genotypes responses to shading and identify the best genotypes for intercropping rice cultivation. Thirty-eight upland rice breeding lines, the shading tolerant rice variety Jatiluhur, and the shading susceptible rice variety IR64 were evaluated for their response to low light intensity in the greenhouse and the field. Greenhouse screening was conducted to determine their shading tolerance in vegetative stage while evaluation in the field was performed to evaluate their agronomic performance under 55% shading and normal conditions. Variation in upland rice genotypes on low light stress was revealed both in greenhouse and field trials. In the greenhouse trial, 12 genotypes showed higher survival rate compared to tolerant rice variety Jatiluhur. Field evaluation demonstrated that 55% shading increased plant height, reduced productive tiller number, delayed flowering time, increased spikelet sterility and reduced grain yield. Upland rice breeding line B11908F-TB-3-WN-1 showed high yield relative in shading condition compared to normal condition and had high-stress tolerance index (STI) which indicated the genotype was tolerant to shading.
ON THE CONVERGENCE OF FULLY-DISCRETE HIGH-RESOLUTION SCHEMES WITH VAN LEER’S FLUX LIMITER FOR CONSERVATION LAWS

A class of fully-discrete high-resolution schemes using flux limiters was constructed by P. K. Sweby [SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 21 (1984), 995-1011], which amounted to add a limited anti-diffusive flux to a first order scheme. This technique has been very successful in obtaining high-resolution, second order, oscillation free, explicit difference schemes. However, the entropy convergence of such schemes has been open. For the scalar convex conservation laws, we use one of Yang’s convergence criteria [SIAM. J. Numer. Anal. 36 (1999) No. 1, 1-31] to show the entropy convergence of the schemes with van Leer’s flux limiter when the building block of the schemes is the Godunov or the Engquish-Osher. The entropy convergence of the corresponding problems in semi-discrete case, for convex conservation laws with or without a source term, has been settled by Jiang and Yang [Methods and Applications of Analysis 12 (2005), No. 1, 089-102].
Can Personality Traits Influence International Experience Success and Stress Management Strategies of Organizational and Self- Initiating Expatriates?

Research conducted on international assignments has primarily focused on the traditional or organizational expatriate (OE): those sent on assignment by the employer. While this research has provided significant insight into this population, continued research is needed on the subpopulation of the self-initiating expatriate (SIE). There has been comparatively little research to date on the SIEs despite this group’s growing prominence in the global workforce. There has also been little exploration and comparison of the intrinsic factors between these two groups. Recent research (Reynolds, 2010) has shown that there are differences in factors which can contribute to OE and SIE adjustment. It is therefore rational to theorize that personality traits and stress management/coping strategies would also differ between these two groups. This theoretical article builds on prior research on personality traits and stress management/coping strategies of expatriates and offers two models for future research.