Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Inkuiri Terbimbing Berbantuan Video Kontekstual Terhadap Penguasaan Konsep Fisika Peserta Didik

This study aims to examine the effect of the guided inquiry learning model assisted by contextual videos on the mastery of the physics concepts of students. This type of research is a quasi-experimental design with untreated control group design with pretest-posttest. The population in this study were all students of class X MIA SMAN 3 Mataram. Sampling uses a purposive sampling technique, so students selected class X MIA 3 as the control class and class X MIA 2 as the experimental class. The type of test used for concept mastery consists of 30 multiple choice questions. The average value of posttest mastery of concepts in the experimental class and control class is 73.20 and 66.18. The statistical analysis used for hypothesis testing in this study was the t-test with a significance level of 5%. Hypothesis test results show the value of t arithmetic 2.52 is greater than the value of t table that is 2.00 so that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted it can be concluded that there is an effect of the guided inquiry learning model assisted by contextual videos on the mastery of the physics concepts of students.
Late Breaking Abstract - Survival and course of lung function in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with or without antifibrotic treatment: long-term results of the INSIGHTS-IPF registry

While antifibrotic therapy is approved for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) based on clinical trials, we aimed to assess the effects of such treatment under real life conditions. We analysed data from a non-interventional, prospective cohort study of consecutively enrolled IPF patients in 20 ILD expert centers in Germany. Propensity scores were applied to account for known differences in baseline characteristics of patients with and without antifibrotic therapy. In 588 patients suitable for analysis, mean age was 69.8 ± 9.1 years, 81.0% were males. Mean duration of IPF since diagnosis was 1.8 ± 3.4 years. The mean % of predicted at baseline was 68.6 ± 18.8 for forced vital capacity (FVC) and 37.8 ± 35.4 for diffusion capacity (DLCO). During a mean follow-up of 1.2 ± 0.7 years, 194 (33.0%) patients died. The 1-year and 2-year survival was 92% vs. 78% and 76% vs. 63% for patients with vs. without antifibrotic therapy (Figure). The risk of death was 37% lower in patients with antifibrotic therapy (Hazard Ratio 0.63, 95%CI: 0.45-0.87; p=0.005). The result was robust (and remained statistically significant) on multivariable analysis. Patients on antifibrotic therapy did not statistically significantly differ in the decline of FVC and DLCO compared to patients without such treatment.
Refractive stability of low-cost intraocular lens following Nd:YAG capsulotomy

Introduction Low-cost intraocular lenses (IOLs) have been used in developing countries for many years. In a recent randomized trial, they were found comparable to high-end IOLs in terms of safety, visual outcomes, and posterior capsule opacification (PCO) formation. Our team observed occasional significant refractive changes following Nd:YAG capsulotomy for patients implanted with these IOLs. We aimed to assess the changes in refraction and the anterior chamber (AC) depth induced by Nd:YAG capsulotomy for PCO following implantation of a low-cost IOL. Patients and methods This prospective study was conducted on a cohort of sequential patients with PCO following uncomplicated phacoemulsification and implant of in-the-bag low-cost IOL. Changes in refraction (spherical equivalence, cylinder power, and cylinder axis) were assessed by means of subjective verification of autorefraction. Changes in AC depth were assessed by means of ultrasound biomicroscopy. Changes in cylinder power and axis were included to assess IOL tilt. Results A total of 50 consecutive eyes were enrolled. However, five eyes of three patients were lost to follow-up. A total of 45 eyes of 36 patients completed the pre-YAG and post-YAG assessments. An overall 66.7% of patients were female. An overall 25% had bilateral capsulotomy. The mean age at capsulotomy was 62.4±7.46 years. The mean duration since cataract extraction was 13.3±17.15 months. The mean IOL power was 20.4±2.43 D. No significant changes were found in spherical equivalence, axis of cylinder, and AC depth. However, a significant change in the cylinder power (mean change: 0.36±0.93 D, P=0.039) was observed. Conclusion Our study adds further confirmation on low-cost IOLs being a suitable alternative to high-end IOLs in developing countries and in outreach settings.
Let There Be Light: Revealing Hidden MPLS Tunnels With TNT

Internet topology discovery aims at analyzing one of the most complex distributed systems currently deployed. Usually, it relies on measurement campaigns using hop-limited probes sent with <monospace>traceroute</monospace>. However, this probing tool comes with several limits. In particular, some MPLS clouds might obfuscate collected traces. The resulting Internet maps, their inferred properties, and the graph models are thus incomplete and inaccurate. In this paper, we introduce <monospace>TNT</monospace> (Trace the Naughty Tunnels), an extension to Paris traceroute for revealing, or at least detect, all MPLS tunnels along a path. First, along with <monospace>traceroute</monospace> and <monospace>ping</monospace> probes, <monospace>TNT</monospace> looks for hints indicating the presence of hidden tunnels. Those hints are peculiar patterns in the resulting output, e.g., significant TTL shifts or duplicate IP addresses. Second, if those hints trigger alarms, <monospace>TNT</monospace> launches additional dedicated probing for possibly revealing hidden tunnels. We use GNS3 to reproduce, verify, and understand the limits and capabilities of <monospace>TNT</monospace> in a controlled environment. We also calibrate the thresholds at which alarms are triggered through a dedicated measurement campaign. Finally, we deploy <monospace>TNT</monospace> on the Archipelago platform and provide a quantified classification of MPLS configurations. All our results, including the data, the code, and the GNS3 experiments, are fully and publicly available.
California's minimum nurse-staffing law and its impact on hospital closure, service mix, and patient hospital choice

In 1999, amid growing concerns regarding quality of care, California became the first U.S. state to pass legislation mandating minimum specific nurse-to-patient ratios for every unit in general acute care hospitals. This attempt to improve quality and ensure a minimum standard for it through control of a production input has sparked substantial interest as similar bills have been considered in other states and at the federal level. This study contributes to the literature on the law in a number of ways. First, it considers the law’s structure with respect to its stated quality objectives using an economic framework. In doing so, issues of production efficiency and incentives for quality improvement are addressed. Existing literature on the law’s quality effects are also examined. This study additionally offers new empirical analyses on the law’s effects. These include descriptive analyses, examining increases in nurse wages in California as the short-run supply of nurses remained inelastic to the growing demand. It also provides the first examination of the law’s impact on hospital and emergency department (ED) closure and downsizing of mental health services precipitated by its cost shock. Using matching and other techniques, I find compelling evidence that the law led to significant increases in hospital and ED closures. Specifically, California hospitals had a 2.25 (p=0.020) and 2.84 (p<0.001) times greater hazard rate of hospital and ED closure, respectively, in the years following the law’s passage compared to their matched controls. The results also suggest that mental health services may have decreased due to the law. Among hospitals in California, those with low nurse-staffing levels pre-passage of the law were most affected for these outcomes, consistent with expectations. In addition to the above outcomes, this study provides the first examination of patients’ demand response to hospitals’ changes precipitated by the law. Findings from this analysis point to variation across patients with those seeking elective services being much more responsive than patients with urgent, sudden health needs. The results also highlight contrasting patient responses to the law’s different after-effects. Policymakers elsewhere should consider other legislative approaches than minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for safeguarding and improving quality. Degree Type Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Graduate Group Health Care Management & Economics First Advisor Guy David This dissertation is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn. edu/edissertations/2053
Building collegiate adapted sports: goalball case study

ABSTRACT Campus Recreation should be providing sport and recreation opportunities to students of all social identity groups. This includes students with physical and sensory disabilities. In fact, federal law mandates that equal opportunity and access to extracurricular athletics should exist for this population. Despite evident personal and social benefits to participation in campus recreation, an in-depth understanding of how programs and initiatives are being developed to meet the various needs and preferences of students is missing from the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine program development of collegiate adapted sports. After initially interviewing thirteen leaders from six collegiate goalball, we decided to focus on the intrinsic case of LU goalball in order to tell its narrative with rich detail from beginning to end. The voices recounting the process of creating LU goalball are three of its foundational leaders: a student, a coach and an assistant director of campus recreation. We contextualized their lived accounts using three of four components of the change process identified by the theory and practice of multicultural organization development: identification of change agents, organization readiness and planning and implementation. As a whole, findings demonstrate the process undertaken by one collegiate goalball program as well as the impact it had at an individual and institutional level.
Building a norm-referenced dataset for vocabulary assessment based on Chinese vocD and word classes

Exploration of trajectories of expressive language samples is essential for understanding potential indicators for language disorder assessment. This study examined conversational language samples from 341 typically developing Mandarin-speaking children aged 3–7. Through analysis of lexical diversity and word classes, a norm-referenced dataset for vocabulary assessment was built, including indicators such as vocD and the types and tokens of nouns, verbs, measures, adverbs, conjunctions and prepositions. As norm-referenced indicators for the language development of children speaking Mandarin, these developmental data could also inform clinical therapists about the direction of intervention for children with vocabulary deficits.
The tracking and erosion performance of silicone rubber incorporated with novel TiO2@SiO2 core-shell nano fillers under the IEC 60587 standard

In last two decades a promising performance improvement in the electrical insulation materials has been reported by many researchers using different nano fillers (NFs). In recent years another type of NFs called core–shell type nano fillers have shown even more attention than ordinary NFs. The core–shell NFs are a combination of nano particle core coated with outer nano layer of different material. The core–shell NFs combine the beneficial properties of two material with in one NF. Recently a few studies have reported a considerable improvement in the dielectric properties of epoxy by utilising TiO2@SiO2 core–shell NFs. The TiO2@SiO2 particles have a core of TiO2 coated with an out layer of SiO2 at nano level. This study investigates the improvement in tracking performance of silicone rubber (SiR) using TiO2@SiO2 core–shell nano particles which has not been reported previously. The tracking immunity of low (below 1%) and high (above 1%) filler concentrations of nano TiO2@SiO2 incorporated into SiR was investigated according to IEC 60587. The results showed that an optimum percentage of 0.6 wt% of TiO2@SiO2 imparts best immunity to silicone rubber against tracking.
Trust and Witnessing: Lessons for Dance Education / Professional Development in Community

Dance education is rarely taught in Australian primary schools. A National Arts curriculum was published online in 2014, and ready for implementation the following year. Therefore schools and teachers will be looking for models and frameworks that will help them implement the arts, including dance. The author experienced the work of the community-based dance company Dance Exchange during a summer institute in 2013. For a teacher of dance in a relatively isolated regional town, taking part in the summer institute was a rare opportunity to nourish creative inspiration and a reminder of the importance of the collaborative creative process and the embodied experience within Dance Education.
Water Management Practices: Use Patterns, Related Factors, and Correlations With Irrigated Acres

This study describes the water management practice (WMP) use patterns by producers in Arkansas, USA, identifies the factors related to producers' choices among WMP groups, and examines the correlations between WMP uses and irrigated acreage. Using data from the 2016 Arkansas Irrigation Survey, WMPs are divided into four groups: field management, water flow control, water recovery/storage, and advanced irrigation scheduling practices. We find that about 77% of producers in the study area use two or more groups of WMPs to manage multiple aspects of irrigation, but that the factors that are associated with choices of WMPs vary by WMP group. Regression results show that the use of water flow meters, providing producers with education on the looming groundwater shortage problems and awareness of financial assistance available for conservation efforts, such as the state tax credits program, and use of WMPs by family members, friends, and neighbors are associated with increased use of WMPs. However, we find that producers that are older, have smaller farms, and rely more on groundwater are less likely to use some of the WMPs. Regression results also show that using water flow meters positively correlates with total irrigated acres, irrigated acres in rice, and irrigated acres in soybeans, and that for soybeans using more groups of WMPs is associated with a reduced extent of irrigated acreage. This study contributes to the small economics literature on WMPs and provides a more comprehensive picture of how producers use different WMPs to manage irrigation.
The social construction of good and bad deaths in hospice settings: a multiple embedded case-study

The activities that health-care professionals perform for the dying on a daily basis contribute in important ways to the experience of death, both for the patient, and those who care for them. Little is known however about the criteria that health-care professionals use when delineating a death as ‘good’ or ‘bad’. The case-study described identifies some of the criteria that health-care professionals working in one South London hospice used when evaluating the quality of deaths occurring in that unit, and demonstrates that hospice workers use a complex system of values when delineating a death as good or bad. Consistent views about the presence or absence of physical symptoms were found, but there was less agreement about the importance of criteria such as spiritual preparedness or acceptance of death. Control and autonomy also featured highly in descriptions of a good death, but these were regarded as problematic when exercised ‘to excess’ by clients and their families, a position at variance with traditional hospice philosophy. Similarly, there was little construct permanence between hypothetical and literal cases of a ‘good’ and ‘bad’ death, which suggests that the criteria which some hospice workers’ use are more subjective than the literature suggests.
The influence of culture on the views of Black African/African-Caribbean men living in the UK towards cancer

In the United Kingdom (UK), men face a significantly higher risk of contracting and dying from cancer. Prostate, lung and colorectal cancer are the most common cancers diagnosed in men; with prostate cancer disproportionately affecting black men. Little is known about black African (BA) and black African-Caribbean (BAC) men’s view towards cancer; yet culture and acculturation determine the way in which people understand, explain and develop their attitudes towards cancer. Hence, cancer prevention and early detection strategies may not be sensitive to UK-based black men views, affecting their awareness of risk factors and early detection services. An evidence based understanding about black men’s views towards cancer is needed to effectively target cancer prevention strategies. This qualitative study explored the influence of culture on the views of UK based BA and BAC men towards cancer. In collaboration with black community organisations based in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, 27 participants were recruited. Convenience and theoretical sampling methods were used. Data were collected from June 2013-February 2014 using semi-structured one-to-one interviews. Data were analysed using the grounded theory analytical method. BA and BAC men have their own distinct beliefs concerning the causes of cancer, which influence how they view cancer as a whole. Seven categories: ‘Cultural views’; ‘Religious beliefs’; ‘Avoiding Babylon’; ‘Alienation’; ‘Suspicious mind’; ‘Advertisements and information influence very little’, and ‘Gap in service provision (Bridging the gap)’ were identified as sub-categories revolving around the core category: ‘Cancer through black eyes’. Cancer was not viewed as a purely medical condition through black eyes. Black men’s views towards cancer were closely linked to socially constructed perspectives of themselves, linked with their cultural and religious beliefs; what being black male means in society, the meanings of historical phenomena like slavery, and the meanings they ascribed to social systems and establishments, such as healthcare systems. Clinical risk factors such as smoking and obesity had different meanings and symbolisation through black eyes. There were macro- and micro-level similarities and differences between BA and BAC men. Cancer-related services, such as public-health campaigns, aimed at black men need to be sensitive enough to understand cancer through black eyes. Public health campaigns based on only the clinical meaning of cancer mismatch with black men’s understandings of cancer. Accordingly, the effort made to increase public awareness of cancer and to reduce health inequality in this regard may continue to be ineffective. Findings from this study can be used to inform public health policy makers, and healthcare professionals more broadly, including professionals involved in health promotion, as well as charitable organisations aiming to provide services that will be utilised by BA and BAC men.
The Effect of Spent Bleaching Earth Filler-Based NPK Fertilization on Proline, Growth and Yield of Maize

Spent bleaching earth (SBE) is by-product of cooking oil processing industry of crude palm oil (CPO). Palm oil industry is growing every year, followed by population growth and consumption of cooking oil so that the greater volume of waste generates SBE. An innovation is needed to anticipate the problem of SBE waste in agricultural sector, dealing with a filler component in the production of NPK fertilizer additives. This study aims to determine proline response, growth and yield of the maize to fertilization NPK with SBE-based filler. The experiments used Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with the treatments of NPK filler (15:15:15) consisting of BC (brown clay), SBE and DBE (deoiled bleaching earth) at a dose of 6 g polybag -1 . The results showed that the use of SBE gave the same effect on plant height, leaf number, stem diameter and 100-seed weight, but the use of SBE could increase 61.15% of proline activity. SBE can substitute filler on the additional materials of NPK fertilizer.
The Determinant Factor of Home Transformation in Bali, Indonesia

In the context of providing adequate housing, a large number of people in developing countries are transforming their homes. This informal housing provision also occurs in Bali, both in BTN (National Savings Bank) housing and in traditional homes. The purpose of this study was to determine a number of determinant factors of home transformation. To achieve the objectives, this study used a survey research strategy, and two case studies were selected. Using a questionnaire as the main tool, one hundred and sixty-six respondents were interviewed. Logistic regression analysis states that both household and residential characteristics are important determinants of transformation. Two home variables, namely the size of the house and the number of original beds are good predictors. The study also shows that four household characteristics appear to be important, namely total expenditure, number of residents, type of household, and ownership.
Paraoxonase 2 Cys311Ser polymorphism and its association with the systolic blood pressure values in asymptomatic dyslipidemic individuals: a pilot study

Abstract Background: The study aimed to evaluate the relationship of paraoxonase 2 (PON2) gene Cys311Ser variants with blood pressure values, endothelial/hemostatic marker levels, and other laboratory parameters in asymptomatic dyslipidemic subjects. The same analyses were also performed with the common variants of PON2 Cys311Ser and –T1131C apolipoprotein A5 (ApoA5) polymorphisms, and PON2 Cys311Ser and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphisms. Methods: Two hundred and sixty-four individuals were included in the study. The laboratory parameters were assessed by routine kit methods, while methods based on polymerase chain reaction were used for PON2, ApoA5, and ApoE genotyping. Results: PON2 311 SS homozygous individuals had significantly lower systolic blood pressure values (SBP, p<0.01), C-reactive protein, and apolipoprotein A1 levels (p<0.05), as compared with C allele carriers. The analysis revealed no differences in the levels of endothelial/hemostatic markers, except for the increased adhesion molecule [soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (sVCAM-1)] concentrations in 311S/E2 carriers (p<0.05). PON2 311S subjects showed the lowest values of SBP in combination with “neutral” ApoE3 allele (p<0.05). Conclusions: The presence of the PON2 311 C variant could represent an elevated risk of atherosclerotic complications in asymptomatic dyslipidemic individuals. Nevertheless, considering the study limitations, these relationships are necessary to be confirmed in further research.