Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Implementing knowledge discovery in enhancing university student services portfolio management in higher education institutions

The academic and holistic success of a student depends on their interests and support system by means of academic enablers to emphasize the motivational and cognitive development. The academic and student affairs were structured to align student activities with the priorities of the academic division, and it allows them to develop closer relationships with faculty in order to more effectively help students learn in a holistic and coordinated manner. This paper presents an implementation of Knowledge Discovery in Enhancing University Student Services Portfolio Management of the Student Welfare and Formation Office (SWAFO) of De La Salle University-Dasmarinas, Philippines where demographics and student offenses were analyzed using the Classification Techniques and Data Envelopment Analysis. The Data Envelopment Analysis was utilized to determine the efficient Decision-Making Unit (DMU) attributed as colleges. CHAID algorithm will be used to determine the relationship between the demographic profile of the students and the category of offenses. Also, Cross Tabulation is a tool used to analyze categorical data and present the multivariate frequency distribution of the variables. A remediation plan will be developed as an implementation of CHAID algorithm in a software application that is intended to be a predictive analytical software application which forecasts student offenses. The software application will be evaluated by the personnel of SWAFO and five (5) IT Experts. The results will be interpreted using weighted mean and standard deviation. The researchers recommend considering other knowledge discovery techniques in efficiency measurement or empirical analysis related to university service portfolio management.
Stories from the middle : Perceptions of the roles of curriculum development managers in a Maltese further education organization

This case study research explores the concept of professionalism as expressed by middle managers in a Maltese Further Education (FE) organization. The middle managers chosen are described as Curriculum Development Managers (CDMs), and have academic and managerial roles. They may be labelled as being hybrid managers (Currie, Burgess, and Hayton 2015), with a broad range of responsibilities (Briggs 2007). A theory-led instrumental case study approach, as viewed from the lens of critical realism, was adopted in this study. Instrumental case studies are chosen when one needs to explore and comprehend a particular problem. This case study involved ten semi-structured interviews with eight CDMs and two members of the Senior Management Team (SMT), focusing on roles, skills, values, management training, and challenges faced. Responses indicated that participants perceived their roles as administering and managing, with the main challenges faced being managing staff and irrational bureaucratic structures. The main skills and values needed to do their job were labelled as efficiency and organization, and fairness and discipline respectively. Very few respondents had management training, but there was a wide consensus for the need of some kind of in-house training. This work indicates how case studies may be used to identify specific participant realities within organizations, and compare them to international literature. While this kind of study has several limitations, such as the small sample size, it might be worth expanding this research to include other FE organizations.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF NATURAL RUBBER MODIFIED BITUMINOUS MIXES

Natural Rubber Modified Bitumen (NRMB) is one of the most commonly used modified bitumen in Kerala, which is produced by adding latex or rubber powder to the ordinary bitumen at specific conditions. The early development of distress in the pavements with the conventional mixes revealed the need of design specifications based on performance tests. The performance tests are those tests which simulate the field conditions and measure the response of the bituminous mix in terms of stress, strain and deflection. The present study evaluates the Natural Rubber Modified Bituminous mix properties by conducting different performance tests. Study includes the different tests on aggregates, bitumen and NRMB mix. Different performance tests conducted on NRMB mix are Marshall Test, Indirect Tensile test, Moisture Susceptibility, Repeated Load Test. All the tests were carried out for the aggregate gradation of Bituminous Concrete Grade II. The specimens were made for the lower limit, middle limit and upper limit of the gradation, in order to study the effect of gradation of the aggregates in the properties of bituminous mix. In all the performance tests the specimens prepared for the middle limit of the aggregate gradation showed better results than that of the others. The NRMB mix is showing excellent rut resistance. From the Repeated Load Test it is clear that the fatigue life increases with the increase in resilient modulus and decreases with the increase in the % air void and initial strain. The overall performance of NRMB mix is better compared with that of the ordinary bituminous mix.
Micronutrients and biomass in Eucalyptus dunnii... MICRONUTRIENTS AND BIOMASS IN Eucalyptus

1 Received on 31.01. 2015 accepted for publication on 19.09. 2016. 2 Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Florestal, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul Brasil. E-mail: <grasidick@hotmail.com>, <dionemomolli@gmail.com>, <huan.souza@storaenso.com> and <aline_lud@yahoo.com. br>. 3 Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Santa Maria, RS Brasil. E-mail: <mvschumacher@gmail.com>. 4 Stora Enso Florestal, Rosário do Sul, RS Brasil.E-mail: <claudiney.guimaraes@Storaenso.com>. *Corresponding author.
Running Head: DARK PERSONALITIES AND AGGRESSION 1 How Dark Personalities Emerge in Intimate Partner Violence: A Swedish and British Perspective

Objective: Research has demonstrated, in western nations, men and women are both perpetrators and victims of intimate partner violence. However, to the best of our knowledge, IPV and the Dark Tetrad (Machiavellianism, subclinical narcissism, subclinical psychopathy, and subclinical sadism) have not been included in this research fully. Methods: We investigated how these dark personalities influenced the perpetration of intimate partner violence in a cross-cultural study between Sweden and the United Kingdom through surveys with university students. We furthermore compared IPV perpetration with same-sex aggression of a nonromantic partner to explore sexand aggression-specific effects. Results: In a sample of 342 participants, our main findings were: (1) the only significant difference in IPV perpetration was women were more verbally aggressive; (2) men reported more verbal and physical same-sex aggression of a non-romantic partner; (3) men scored higher on all the Dark Tetrad personalities regardless of culture, while the Swedish sample scored significantly higher on subclinical narcissism and sadism; (4) the Dark Tetrad and aggression perpetration were significantly correlated; (5) different Dark Tetrad personalities predicted different forms of aggression perpetration with some gender differences; and (6) being high on subclinical psychopathy predicted most types of aggression regardless of target. Implications: Our study highlights that dark personalities engage in particular types of aggression, which helps to determine how and when distinctive personalities aggress for potential interventions.
A Psychodrama Strategy for Conflictual Interpersonal Relationships: Theory and Practice

The present article suggests the application of a strategy, originating from psychodrama, for tackling interpersonal conflicts, in which the direct dialogue between two opposing protagonists is prepared step-by-step through an indirect intrapersonal phenomenological dialogue, where both protagonists simultaneously operate as actor and as silent observer; this method is referred to as the “Simultaneous Action-Observer Strategy” (SA-OS). The first part of the article briefly explores the theoretical background, with a special emphasis on the Phenomenological-Dialectical Personality Model (Phe-Di PModel). The second part describes the procedure through its five action stages, each accompanied with a spatial representation of the consecutive actions and a theoretical interpretation in relation to the Phe-Di PModel in both the actorand observer-mode. The article concludes with a discussion of some variants of the SA-OS and an attempt at explaining its power: i.e. in relation to recent neurological insights and the notion of “Empathic Accuracy”(EA).
A Corpus-driven Food Science and Technology Academic Word List

The overarching goal of this study was to create a list of the most frequently occurring academic words in Food Science and Technology (FST). To this end, a 4,652,444-word corpus called Food Science and Technology Research Articles (FSTRA), which included 1,421 research articles (RAs) randomly selected from 38 journals across five sub-disciplines in FST, was developed. Frequency and range-based criteria were used to develop Food Science and Technology Academic Word list (FSTAWL). Word families had to occur in more than 19 journals, and they had to recur at least 134 times in the whole corpus. The computer programme RANGE was used to analyse the data. The results of frequency and range-based analysis showed that 1,090 academic words met the criteria of the study and constituted FSTAWL. The results also revealed that these words accounted for 13% of the coverage in the FSTRA. FSTAWL provides food science and technology non-native English learners who need to read a large number of RAs and to publish FST RAs in the English journals with a useful list of the most frequently used academic words, helping them to strengthen their academic reading and writing proficiency. The findings echo calls for creating more discipline-specific word lists to cater for the needs of specialized learner populations, providing implications for materials producers as well as explicit teaching of academic words.
Working Paper No . 881 The Long-run Determinants of Indian Government Bond Yields by Tanweer Akram

* Tanweer Akram is director of global public policy and economics at Thrivent Financial. Anupam Das is associate professor in the department of economics, justice, and policy studies at Mount Royal University, Alberta, Canada. Disclaimer: The authors’ institutional affiliations are provided solely for identification purposes. Views expressed are solely those of the authors and the standard disclaimer applies. The views are not necessarily those of Thrivent Financial, Thrivent Investment Management, or any affiliates. This is for information purposes only and should not be construed as an offer to buy or sell any investment product or service. Disclosure: Akram’s employer, Thrivent Financial, invests in a wide range of securities. Asset management services are provided by Thrivent Asset Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Note: The data set used in the empirical part of this paper is available upon request to bona fide researchers for replication and verification of the results.
Modernist URM buildings of Barcelona. Seismic vulnerability and risk assessment

Modernist URM buildings of Barcelona. Seismic vulnerability and risk assessment R. Gonzalez-Drigo a , J.A. Avila-Haro a , A.H. Barbat a , L.G. Pujades b , Y.F. Vargas b , S. Lagomarsino c & S. Cattari c a Department of Structural Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalunya. UPC-BarcelonaTECH, Barcelona, Spain b Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Science, Polytechnic University of Catalunya. UPC-Barcelona-TECH, Barcelona, Spain c Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy Accepted author version posted online: 18 Mar 2013.
Text Document Clustering for Topic Discovery by Hypergraph Construction

—The paper presents a hypergraph model and HYPER-GRAPH DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM for text document clustering. The experiments on three different data sets from news, Web, and medical literatures have shown our algorithm is signiﬁcantly better than traditional clustering algorithms, such as K-MEANS, PRINCIPAL DIRECTION DIVISIVE PARTITION-ING , AUTOCLASS and HIERACHICAL CLUSTERING.
Seismic Response of a Variable Cross-Section Shear Beam Building with Soil-Structure-Interaction

In here, we investigate the response of a cantilevered shear building to seismically induced ground motions in the presence of soil-structure-interaction phenomena. The novelty of the present approach lies in the representation of the variable stiffness of the structure using a distributed mass model that is exact in terms of the theory of elastodynamics. The ensuing modal analysis of the shear beam requires recovery of the system eigenmodes from the governing differential equation with non-constant coefficients in terms of a power series expansion. Next, the equations of the complete system comprising structure, foundation, surrounding soil plus a base isolator are combined in the frequency domain, yielding a non-symmetric matrix system. Upon solution in terms of frequency response spectra, the time response is reconstituted through use of the inverse Fourier transformation. Finally, a parametric study is conducted to investigate the influence of the surrounding soil and of the base isolator on the kinematic response of the structure.
Conference on ‘ Nutrition at key life stages : new fi ndings , new approaches ’ Symposium 1 : Nutritional issues in adolescence and adulthood Food patterns and the prevention of depression

Miguel A. Martínez-González*{ and Almudena Sánchez-Villegas{ The PREDIMED (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain CIBEROBN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra-Institute for Health Research of Navarra (IDISNA), Pamplona, Spain Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
Natural Convection Heat Transfer Optimization From A Horizontal Finned Tube

In this study natural convection heat transfer in annular fin arrays mounted on a horizontal tube was experimentally investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of geometric parameters like fin diameter, fin spacing and base-to-ambient temperature difference on the heat transfer performance of fin arrays, and to find optimum parameters that maximize the heat transfer rate. Keeping the fin thickness fixed at 1.5 mm, fin diameter was varied as 40, 60, 90, & 120 mm and fin spacing was varied as 3.5, 4.5, 8.5, 13.5 & 28.5 mm so that 20 sets has been investigated. The base-to-ambient temperature difference was also varied independently and systematically with the power supply to heater ranging from 10 W to 125 W. The results have shown that the convection heat transfer rate from the fin arrays depends on the fin diameter, fin spacing and base-to-ambient temperature difference. In addition, for every fin diameter, for a given base-to-ambient temperature difference, there is an optimum value for the fin spacing for which the heat transfer rate from the fin array is maximized. Keywords—Heat Transfer; Natural Convection; Optimization; Annular Fins; Horizontal Tube. Nomenclature A Area, m Do Outer diameter of the horizontal cylinder, m. Df Fin diameter, m. g Gravitational acceleration, m/s Gr Grashof number. h Convection heat transfer coefficient, W/ (m. K). hexp Experimental convection heat transfer. coefficient of horizontal cylinder, W/(m. K). K Thermal conductivity, W/ (m. K). L Length of the horizontal cylinder, m. N Number of fins. Nu Nusselt number. Pr Prandtl number. ̇? Power input to the heater, W. ̇? c Convection heat transfer rate, W. ̇? r Radiation heat transfer rate, W. Q0 Total heat transfer rate from the horizontal cylinder, W. (Q0̇)c Convection heat transfer rate from the horizontal cylinder, W. (Q0̇)r Radiation heat transfer rate from the horizontal cylinder, W. ̇? ri Radiation heat transfer from surfaces, W. Ra Rayleigh number. S Fin spacing, m. t Fin thickness, m. Ta Ambient temperature, K. Tf Film temperature, K. Tw Wall temperature, K. V Input voltage to the heater, V. Greek Letters α Thermal diffusivity, m/s. β Thermal expansion coefficient, 1/K. ε Emissivity. ν Kinematic viscosity, m/s. σ Stefan-Boltzmann constant, W/ (m.K). ΔT Base to ambient temperature difference.
Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus and toxoplasmosis in cases of miscarriages women in Al-Diwaniyah province

A total of 125sera were collected from miscarriages women and healthy as control group. Latex agglutination test (LAT) and Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) were used to assess the presence of specific antibodies against T.gondii and CMV. 65(43&22) were positive for anti-Toxoplasma antibody. While 74 sera, (54 & 20) were positive for anti-CMV IgG and IgM antibodies respectively.and healthy as control group. Latex agglutination test (LAT) and Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) were used to assess the presence of specific antibodies against T.gondii and CMV. 65(43&22) were positive for anti-Toxoplasma antibody. While 74 sera, (54 & 20) were positive for anti-CMV IgG and IgM antibodies respectively Whereas all control group 25 have been found to be negative for both T. gondii and CMV. The occurrence of two pathogens in relation to the residence, age and occupation has been studied. This study was conducted to detect the role of T. gondii and CMV in cases of miscarriage and detect the possible association between the two infections at the Children Maternity Hospital and private laboratories in Al-Diwaniyah Province during the period from November 2009 to march 2010. The study has found that the highest prevalence of Toxoplasmosis recorded for women in the second trimester of pregnancy, whereas in the first trimester for CMV infection and in women with multiple abortions more than with single abortion for both pathogens.
Masticatory Muscle Pain and Low-Level Laser Therapy : A Double-Blind and Placebo-Controlled Study

Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in patients with chronic orofacial pain of muscular origin. Materials and Methods: A sample of 40 patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) of muscular origin was randomly divided on the basis of the treatment applied: laser group versus placebo group. A continuous low-intensity semiconductor laser device with an output of 300 mW, emitting radiation with a wavelength of 820 nm and having energy density of 8 J/cm2 was used. Laser irradiation was applied to the muscles of mastication every other day for three weeks for a total of ten sessions. Mandibular mobility was examined, masticatory muscles tenderness was assessed, pressure pain threshold (PPT) values and visual analog scale (VAS) scores were obtained. Results: A repeated measurement one-way ANOVA demonstrated significant differences between the laser and placebo groups. In the laser group, there was a statically significant reduction in PPT values and in the number of muscles with pain on palpation (p<0.05). Mandibular movements improved significantly (p<0.05) The placebo group demonstrated slight improvement, but it was not statistically significant. Conclusion: This particular type of LLLT can be an alternative modality in the treatment of TMD in cases of myogenic origin. Turk J Phys Med Rehab 2011;57:31-7.
AN INVESTIGATION OF CUSTOMER ’ S AWARENESS LEVEL AND CUSTOMER ’ S SERVICE UTILIZATION DECISION IN ISLAMIC BANKING

Islamic Banking is growing rapidly in various parts of the globe. This study examines the customer’s awareness level (CAL) about products offered by Islamic Banks to assess customers’ service utilization decision (CSUD) in Pakistan, a country with almost 98% Muslim population. It aims to explore the Think-Feel-Do model of marketing regarding Islamic Banking in the selected cities of Pakistan. Case study, focus group and unstructured interviews were used to explore the different aspects of selected variables in this study to develop a structured questionnaire. Data were collected from 200 respondents by personal contact approach based upon simple random sampling that was analyzed through SPSS version 18.0 and statistical techniques, e.g. Descriptive Statistics, Correlation and Regression were used for data analysis. Findings reveal that there is less awareness among the masses regarding Islamic Banking Terminology, Products and Services. Moreover, there is strong positive association between customer’s awareness level and Customer’s Service Utilization Decision. However, the study indicates significant impact of CAL on CSUD. The study has a number of theoretical and practical implications for researchers, academicians, practitioners, professionals, bankers and policy makers.
Self-esteem and Materialistic Value Orientation as Predictors of Compulsive Buying in British and Polish samples

This project investigates the relationship between self-esteem and materialistic value orientation (MVO) as possible predictors of compulsive buying behaviour in British and Polish samples. The role of MVO as a likely mediator between self-esteem and compulsive buying is examined. This project also investigates whether Polish and British participants differ on success, centrality, or happiness dimensions of materialism. One hundred and seventy-six participants took part in this study, answering on-line questionnaires measuring materialism, self-esteem and compulsive buying behaviour. The results were analysed using, amongst others, multiple linear regression and a t-test. It was found that MVO scores predicted compulsive buying levels in both samples, and self-esteem only in the British. Moreover, Polish participants had higher materialism scores on the centrality aspect than the British. It had been suggested that these differences might be due to the influence of the culture, media, and economic environment.
Numerical simulation of gas-liquid two-phase flow and heat transfer with dry-out in a micro tube

Numerical simulation of an air and water two-phase flow in a micro tube is carried out. The focus is laid upon bubbly and slug flows with dry-out. An axisymmetric two-dimensional flow is assumed. The Phase-Field method is adopted to capture the interface, as well as to resolve the singularities arising at the rupture of liquid film and the consequent contact line movement. The results show that interface can move along the solid wall that is specified with no-slip boundary condition. The mechanism is that the interface is driven by the diffusion of chemical potential. The simulation is repeated under different pressure gradient and void fraction. It is found that when the wall is perfectly wetted by liquid, the gas bubble to liquid velocity ratio is approximately 1.2, which agrees well with Armand correlation (Armand & Treschev 1946). When the gas bubble contacts with the wall directly, thereby a dry-out patch is formed, the gas bubble flows with the same velocity as liquid. The calculated two-phase friction coefficient is a little higher than the one predicted by experimental correlation proposed for mini tube. This discrepancy may come from the difference in flow pattern. The computed wall temperature distribution is qualitatively similar to that observed experimentally in a mini channel. The liquid film between gas bubble and wall significantly increases the local Nusselt number.