Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Success in business studies and mathematical background: the case of Norway

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the type of mathematics skills developed at secondary school an effect on students’ later success in business studies. At many business schools in Norway, more students are applying than there are places available. The ranking of applications depends on the grade point average (GPA) level, irrespective of the level or type of mathematics studied at secondary school, where the students are free to choose practically orientated or theoretical mathematics. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative analysis (regression model) was applied using data for undergraduate students enrolled in business studies over a three–year period (2012–2014). Findings Students with a non-theoretical background in mathematics obtain systematically lower grades on many courses, especially in core business school subjects. Ranking applicants to business studies courses based on their GPA scores irrespective of their level of mathematics may lead to the admission of less able students. Research limitations/implications There is little information available concerning why students choose different paths in mathematics at upper secondary school, but the decision students make has an influence on their grades in business courses. Originality/value By requiring more knowledge of theoretical mathematics, students’ performance at business school will improve. Changing the admission criteria could improve the quality of graduates and reduce the dropout rate.
Practical Energy Harvesting Model and Resource Allocation for Wireless Power Communication Systems

With the vast development of energy harvesting technologies, wireless energy transmission techniques have been widely developed. One of the most potential solution to provide sustained network operation to ambient sensor nodes is the devoted radio frequency (RF) power source. The transmitter can be deployed more flexibly and the its working lifetime can be extended using this source. In this thesis, we would study the characterization of RF power source in charging procedure to determine the behavior of RF energy transfer(RFET) with a distinctive charging scheme comparing to the normal steady voltage charging since its providing steady power from the supply source to the storage element. Moreover, the relationship between charging time, input power and output power is proposed and simulated. By using this model the output RF power can be computed by given certain input RF power and certain charging time. In terms of resource allocation, we compare two energy allocation schemes(Zero-Forcing(ZF) and Maximum ratio transmission(MRT)) to analyze the difference regards to achievable sum rate(ASR) and required downlink transmit power(DTP) under the same condition and assumptions. The simulated results imply that ZF is performing better than MRT under the same condition, which is coinciding with the theoretical result.
Impact of Neonatal Nurses’ Guidelines on Improving Their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward Kangaroo Mother's Care

Kangaroo care is a technique practiced on newborn and seeks to provide restored closeness of the newborn with mother or father by placing the infant in direct skin to skin contact with one of them. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of neonatal nurses' guidelines on improving their knowledge, attitude and practice toward kangaroo mother care. Quasi experimental design was conducted for this study. The study was conducted in the neonate and neonatal intensive care unit in Mansura university children hospital Egypt. This is a convenient sample of 60 registered nurses who's worked in the mentioned above setting. For data collection an interview questionnaire (pre/post test format) was used to assess nurses knowledge, attitude and practice as regard to kangaroo care promote bonding, it have positive effect on physical wellbeing of infant, it improve breast feeding, kangaroo care should begin within few hours after birth, also all parents should be given relevant information on kangaroo care and nurses should remain with parent support and assistance during kangaroo care. The result of the study showed the effectiveness of neonatal nurses guideline on improving their knowledge and practice toward kangaroo mother care as a means of facilitating parent – infant attachment, and provides valuable insights into the attitudes and practices of neonatal nurses in promoting KMC within the highly specialized NICU environment. According to this study it is recommended to establish education program for all mothers about the benefits and management of KMC through booklets, posters. Hospital support for the mothers is needed to facilitate and continues early initiation of KMC through allowing the mother to visit her premature infants' all of the time without restrictions.
Do Children With Different Attachment Type Perceive Different Parental Rearing?

Abstract This study examined the likely direction of influence between perceived parental rearing and attachment type among first grade school children. Measures of perceived parental rearing and attachment type were administered to children through interview (n=120). The results revealed that securely attached children perceived their mothers as warmer than insecurely attached children. Ambivalently attached children perceived their mother as overprotective, anxious and less warm. More so, avoidantly attached children perceived their mothers as less warm and less protective. Further findings indicated that, ambivalently attached children perceived their mothers as overprotective and anxious than avoidant children. These results provide new insight into the direction of effects between attachment and perceived parental rearing during childhood. Future studies may consider moderating variables which may affect the relationship between perceived parental rearing and attachment style.
Neural Responses to Feedback Regarding Betrayal and Cooperation in Adolescents with Anxiety and Mood Disorders

This study examined patterns of neural response to feedback regarding betrayal and cooperation in adolescents with anxiety/mood disorders and healthy peers. We compared performance on and neural activation patterns during the Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD) game, an economic exchange task involving betrayal and cooperation, between ageand IQ-matched groups of adolescents with anxiety/depressive disorders (A/D) (N=13) and healthy controls (n=17). Participants were deceived to believe that their co-player (a pre-programmed computer algorithm) was another study participant. Although participants responded similarly following feedback that the coplayer had cooperated with them on preceding trials, A/D adolescents were more likely than controls to cooperate following trials when the other player betrayed them. Further, A/D participants differed significantly from controls in patterns of neural activation in response to feedback that they had been betrayed. In particular, A/D participants showed more activation relative to baseline in the precuneus, cerebellum, and supramarginal gyrus than did controls. Groups did not, in contrast, differ significantly in patterns of activation in response to feedback that their co-player had cooperated with them. Our findings provide preliminary evidence that A/D adolescents may not only behave differently than do healthy peers when they encounter potential social obstacles, but that they may also engage a different set of neural resources. These findings offer a first step toward elucidating the mechanisms underlying social impairment in youth with internalizing disorders.
The Development and Psychometric Properties of the «Self-Regulated Knowledge Scale - University» (SRKS-U)

Cognitive self-regulation refers to the mental processes that students adopt with the aim of adapting and changing their processes of cognition and that can lead to positive results in terms of learning. The purpose of the present study was to develop a short scale with sound psychometric properties in order to measure self-regulated knowledge in university students. The scale was designed on the basis of the Self-Regulated Learning theoretical framework (Pintrich, 2004) as well as the results of previous studies investigating students’ cognitive self-regulation. The «Self-Regulated Knowledge Scale - University» (SRKS-U) was made up of five subscales, each one intended to measure one of the following cognitive processes: knowledge networking, knowledge extraction, knowledge practice, knowledge critique, and knowledge monitoring. The psychometric properties of the scale were tested on a sample of 2.209 Italian university students (average age = 22.6 years; SD = 6.14; 67% female) to ascertain its reliability (internal consistency) and factorial structure (using a Confirmatory Factor Analysis). A multigroup analysis was employed to verify the measurement invariance of SRKS-U across gender. The results proved the good internal consistency of the scale, confirmed its theoretical structure, and demonstrated its configural, metric and scalar invariance across gender. Given its brevity and its good psychometric properties, the SRKS-U can be usefully employed in research programs which aim to investigate self-regulated knowledge as well as in evaluation programs as a screening instrument to provide information that can be used for developing targeted interventions in order to enhance students’ self-regulation of learning.
Sublimation of Snow from Coniferous Forests in a Climate Model

Improved representations of snow interception by coniferous forest canopies and sublimation of intercepted snow are implemented in a land surface model. Driven with meteorological observations from forested sites in Canada, the United States, and Sweden, the modified model is found to give reduced sublimation, better simulations of snow loads on and below canopies, and improved predictions of snowmelt runoff. When coupled to an atmospheric model in a GCM, however, drying and warming of the air because of the reduced sublimation provides a feedback that limits the impact of the new canopy snow model on the predicted sublimation. There is little impact on the average annual snowmelt runoff in the GCM, but runoff is delayed and peak runoff increased by the introduction of the canopy snow model.
Upper mantle anisotropy beneath the Geoscope stations

Seismic anisotropy has been widely studied this last decade, particularly by measuring splitting of vertically propagating core shear waves. The main interest in this technique is to characterize upper mantle flow beneath seismic stations. On the other hand, the major restriction in this method is that a single station gives a single anisotropy measurement. Alternative methods have been developed in order to avoid this restriction. An accurate determination of upper mantle seismic anisotropy beneath a seismic station may allow one, by doing anisotropy correction, to characterize remote or deeper anisotropy. The Geoscope network is ideal for this purpose because it is composed of a large set (about 26) of high-quality, broadband seismometers globally distributed and because some of these stations have run for more than 10 years and most of them for more than 5 years. We selected about 100 events at each site, generally of magnitude (mb) > 6.0, and we performed systematic measurements of the splitting parameters (fast polarization direction ϕ and delay time δt) on SKS, SKKS, and PKS phases. Splitting on oceanic islands has been difficult to observe owing to the low quality of the signal but also perhaps owing to complex upper mantle structures beneath the stations. Station KIP (Kipapa, Hawaii) in the Pacific is the only oceanic Geoscope station with a clear anisotropy. We determined well-constrained splitting parameters for 10 of the 17 continental stations that may be explained by a single anisotropic layer. The poor correlation between fast polarization directions and the absolute plate motion together with the apparent incoherence between the plate velocities and the observed delay times suggest that a simple drag-induced asthenospheric flow alone fails to explain most of the observations. For some stations located on or near major lithospheric structures (TAM, Tamanrasset, Algeria, for instance), we observe a good correlation between fast polarization directions and regional structures. At station SCZ (Santa Cruz, California), we found clear variations of the splitting parameters as a function of the event backazimuth, compatible with two layers of anisotropy. Three stations (CAN (Canberra), HYB (Hyderabad, India) and SSB (Saint Sauveur Badole, France)) seem to be devoid of detectable anisotropy.
Impact of Employee Unionization on Work Related Behavior: A Preliminary Study on Private and Public Sector Organizations in Sri Lanka

One of the distinct characteristic of the industrial relation climate of both the public and private sector organization is that they have highly unionized work environment. Further, most of employee unions are highly piliticized. This have created a challenging organizational context for the managers of these organizations. The higher unionization of employees and politicization of employee unions have brought severe managerial and economic implications. On the other hand, some of the dimensions of unionization such as union commitment affect to the behaviour of employees directly and expected employee outcomes in turn. Understanding of this effects of employee unionization on employees’ outcomes is highly required for managers to formulate better strategies for dealing with employee unionization. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of employee unionization on employees’ outcomes in Sri Lankan Context.
Effect of plant growth regulators on the rooting of lemon verbena cutting

Lemon verbena oil is used with great advantage in certain types of flavors, as well as in the preparation of some pharmaceuticals. Because of propagation of the difficult to root limon verbena plant this study included revealing the effect of growth regulators (IBA and NAA) dissolved in dist. water or mixed talc powder as well as the type of cutting (terminal and middle) on the rooting of limon verbena. The highest values of root cutting and root length were recorded with the treatments of 250 ppm level of IBA dissolved in dist. water x middle cutting type, 1500 ppm level of IBA mixed with talc powder x middle cutting type, 200 ppm level of NAA dissolved in dist. water x middle cutting type and 500 ppm level of NAA mixed with talc powder x middle cutting type.
VARIATIONS IN BRANCHING PATTERN OF PROFUNDA FEMORIS ARTERY AND ITS CIRCUMFLEX BRANCHES

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Pretty Rathnakar, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, NITTE University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. E-Mail: prettyshrinath@gmail.com Background: Accurate knowledge about the anatomical variations of origin of profunda femoris artery, medial and lateral circumflex femoral artery are important for clinicians for performing surgeries around the aforesaid vessels. Materials and Methods: The present study was done on 73 lower limbs (38 right and 35 left side) available in the department of Anatomy. The branching pattern of profunda femorais, medial and lateral circumflex femoral artery were studied. The branching pattern was categorized into different types . The type 1a, the lateral circumflex femoral artery branched distal to the medial circumflex femoral artery and type 1b, the medial circumflex femoral artery branched distal to the lateral circumflex femoral artery. They are grouped under the type 1c, if both the circumflex femoral arteries, were found branching at the same level. Subtype 2a, if the lateral circumflex femoral artery is branching from the profunda femoris artery and the medial circumflex femoral artery is branching from the femoral artery. Type 2b, if the medial circumflex femoral artery is branching from the profunda femoris artery and the lateral circumflex femoral artery is branching from the femoral artery. In type 3, both the lateral and medial circumflex femoral arteries were branching from the femoral artery. Results: The mean distance between the mid inguinal point and origin of profunda femoris artery from femoral artery was 4.33cms and in majority of specimens the profunda femoris artery originated posterolaterally to femoral artery. In the present study, the type 1a was observed in 57.53% of specimens, type 1b in 4.11% of specimens. The type 1c was not at all seen in any of the specimens. The type 2a was found in 24.65% specimens, type 2b was observed in 9.58% specimens and type 3 in 4.11% of cases. Conclusion: Knowledge of the variations of the site of origin and course of PFA and its circumflex branches is of diagnostic significance and is important in various surgical procedures and reduces chances of peri-operative complications.
Enhancing student engagement with their studies: A digital storytelling approach

Higher education institutions in South Africa are faced with low throughput rates, and the need to enhance students’ interest in their studies is a key objective for higher education institutions. Student engagement is one of the factors shown empirically to enhance student success at higher education institutions. The paper reports on the potential of digital storytelling in enhancing student engagement with their studies, amongst 29 final year pre-service student teachers at a large University of Technology in South Africa, as part of their assessment in their final year professional course. The reason for doing this research was due to the limited adoption of digital storytelling in conventional educational settings globally and the fact that little research has been done internationally and particularly in South Africa, into how digital storytelling can be a vehicle for expanding learning. The study was framed around the engagement construct involving qualitative methods of collecting data. Focus group interviews were conducted with the students and the facilitators of the project to elicit whether the production of digital stories led to student engagement. Focus group interviews were analyzed using inductive strategy. Results showed that the production of digital stories enhanced student engagement with their studies which led to high levels of reflection on the subject matter, which as a result led to a deep understanding of the subject matter. Findings of this study will contribute knowledge in the field which may be valuable in increasing student engagement with their studies.
Evaluation of Techniques for Indirect Measurement of Body Composition in a Free-ranging Large Herbivore, the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat

Several indirect methods for measuring body composition in a large herbivore, the southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons), were evaluated. Body composition was determined by whole-body chemical analysis of 15 wild-caught wombats, and compared with several indices of body fat: total body water measured by isotope dilution, bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), body-mass index, and a body- condition score. Total body water and total body fat (by soxhlet analysis) were highly correlated (r² = 0.97, intercept s.e. = 1.00). Total body water measured by desiccation was highly correlated with isotope dilution space (r² = 0.97, intercept s.e. = 0.43 for deuterium; r² = 0.95, intercept s.e. = 0.44 for H₂¹⁸O). Percentage body fat by soxhlet analysis was highly correlated with total body water measured as deuterium dilution space (r² = 0.83, intercept s.e. = 2.46). Multiple linear regression models using BIA plethysmograph measurements (resistance and impedance) and total body mass, were successful in predicting body fat (r² = 0.90, s.e. = 1.99) and total body water (r² = 0.90, s.e. = 1.64). Isotope-dilution techniques are the most accurate means of indirectly measuring total body water and total body fat, but at considerable expense of time and money. BIA offers reduced accuracy but at less cost and may be useful for measuring changes in body composition in populations of herbivores. Body-condition indices and scores correlate poorly with body fat, suggesting that their application as a means to predict body fat is limited.
Effects of different dietary levels of AFB1 on survival rate and growth factors of Beluga (Huso huso)

In the present study, the impacts of various concentrations of Aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1) on Beluga, Huso huso, under controlled conditions were investigated. Belugas (120±10g) were fed on diets containing 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 ppb AFB 1/kg of diet for 3 months. Results showed various levels of AFB 1 do not significantly affect the specific growth ratio (SGR) (P<0.05) of fish in different treatments. However, weight gain and food conversion ratio (FCR) were varied significantly (P<0.05 between control and treatments with diets contaminated with 75 and 100ppb AFB 1/kg after 90 days). The increase AFB 1 level of did not affect on the percent of survival rate(SR) and no mortality was observed in treatments (SR=100%) suggesting that various AFB 1 levels under experimental conditions of the present study affect some growth factors, such as, weight gain and FCR but have no significant impact on SR and SGR. Histopathological studies showed that different level of AFB 1 can cause broad range of change in liver tissue, including progressive fat deposition, hepatocyte degeneration and necrosis, particularly at concentration of 75 and 100ppb AFB 1/kg of diets after 60 days.
Uptake of nutrition informatics in Australia compared to the United States of America

Aim To determine the method and extent of health information technology (HIT) utilisation, roles in relation to HIT in the workplace and perceived barriers and benefits of HIT by dietitians in Australia and provide a comparison with dietitians in the USA. Methods A survey adapted from the 2011 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy) was utilised and circulated electronically to Dietitians Association of Australia members and advertised through a professional nutrition website in 2013. The survey encompassed 25 questions on computer access and use, data sources, experience using HIT, organisational involvement and perceived barriers and benefits to HIT. Descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, chi-square tests and z-tests were computed to investigate and compare responses from the 2013 Australian and 2011 Academy surveys. Results The survey completion rate represented 14.5% of Dietitians Association of Australia members (747) and 5% of Academy members (3342). The Australian and Academy respondents reported similar high levels of comfort using technology, awareness of workplace HIT benefits (such as enhanced time management and improved ability to access data) and low levels of organisational involvement. However, there were a significantly greater number of Academy organisations utilising electronic health records (P < 0.05), and significantly more Academy respondents (55%) reported 'no barriers' to using HIT compared with Australians (37%) (P < 0.05). Conclusions Educational programmes will be central to ensuring dietitians are equipped with technology and information management skills required to be involved in and make informed decisions about dietetic-related HIT projects as these will soon be fundamental to dietetic practice. Disciplines Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences Publication Details Maunder, K. , Walton, K. , Williams, P., Ferguson, M. , Beck, E. , Ayres, E. & Hoggle, L. (2015). Uptake of nutrition informatics in Australia compared with the USA. Nutrition and Dietetics, 72 (3), 291-298. Authors Kirsty Maunder, Karen L. Walton, Peter G. Williams, Maree Ferguson, Eleanor Beck, Elaine Ayres, and Lindsey Hoggle This journal article is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow. edu.au/smhpapers/3197