Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
STUDENT'S CONCEPTS OF AND APPROACHES TO LEARNING AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM

The study attempted to characterize students’ conceptions of learning and approaches to learning and revealing the correlation between the students’ concepts and approaches to learning. The researchers used qualitative content analysis and a descriptive approach. The study population comprised 90 male and female students of the Faculty of Educational Science in the HU University, Jordan, during the 2019/2020 academic year. The quantitative concepts were dominating among students (87.77%), especially the concept of learning as a knowledge increase (33.33%). On the other hand, the qualitative concepts of learning were low (12.22%), especially on the person change (2.22%). In addition, there was an emergence of a new concept of learning outside the traditional concepts, namely learning as exam preparation. The results showed that the deep approach to learning was low, and the surface approach to learning was high. The results further showed a correlation between the quantitative concepts of learning and the surface approach to learning, as well as a correlation between the qualitative concepts of learning the deep approach to learning. Hence, the general conclusion implies that if teachers are to place learners at the heart of the learning process, they must be aware of the concepts of learning and learning approaches of the students.
EFECTO DEL ACEITE DE SOYA SOBRE LA CONCENTRACIÓN DE LOS ÁCIDOS GRASOS VACCENICO Y RUMÉNICO EN LECHE DE VACAS EN PASTOREO

espanolEl aceite de soya, rico en acido linoleico, ademas del aporte de acido linolenico mayoritario en el forraje, puede mejorar la produccion de los acidos grasos (AG) insaturados en la leche de vacas en pastoreo. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el efecto de la adicion de aceite de soya (0, 3 y 6 % BS), en dietas completas mezcladas parcial (pTMR) para seis vacas Holstein multiparas en pastoreo, sobre el desempeno productivo, produccion, composicion y perfil de AG, con enfasis en el contenido de AG vaccenico (AV) y rumenico (AR) en leche. El diseno experimental fue un cuadro latino repetido 3×3 con tres periodos experimentales de 21 d cada uno, y los tratamientos (T) fueron: T1=pTMR-0, T2=pTMR-3 y, T3=pTMR-6. Los datos se analizaron con el procedimiento MIXTO y polinomios ortogonales para los efecto lineal y cuadratico (p≤0.05). El consumo de TMR disminuyo linealmente (p≤0.05) al aumentar el contenido de aceite de soya en la dieta. La leche de las vacas con pTMR-6 y pTMR-3 tuvieron 20.8 y 7.6 % menor contenido de AG saturados comparada con pTMR-0 (p≤0.05), principalmente una disminucion de los AG C12, C14 y C16. El AV aumento 50.3 y 128.7 % en la leche de las vacas con pTMR-3 y pTMR-6, comparado con pTMR-0; el AR fue mayor (p≤0.05) en pTMR-3. En conclusion, la adicion de 6 % de aceite de soya en la TMR de vacas Holstein en pastoreo, aumento la eficiencia productiva, modifico la composicion de la leche y aumento el contenido de AV y AR. EnglishSoybean oil is rich in linoleic acid, and -in addition to the contribution of major linolenic acid in fodder- can improve the production of unsaturated fatty acids (AG) in the milk of grazing cows. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of adding soybean oil (0, 3 and 6 % BS) in partial total mixed rations (pTMR) of six multiparous Holstein grazing cows on the AG performance, production, composition, and profile, with emphasis on the content of vaccenic (VA) and rumenic AG (RA) AG in milk. The experimental design was a 3×3 replicated Latin square with three 21 d experimental periods each one, with the following treatments (T): T1=pTMR-0, T2=pTMR-3, and T3=pTMR-6. The data were analyzed with the MIXED procedure and orthogonal polynomials to find out the linear and quadratic effects (p≤0.05). The TMR intake decreased linearly (p≤0.05) as the soybean oil content of the diet increased. Milk from cows with pTMR-6 and pTMR-3 had 20.8 and 7.6 % lower contents of saturated AG compared to pTMR-0 (p≤0.05): mainly a decrease in the C12, C14, and C16 AGs. VA increased 50.3 and 128.7 % in cow milk with pTMR-3 and pTMR-6, compared to pTMR-0; RA was higher (p≤0.05) in pTMR-3. In conclusion, adding 6 % soybean oil in the grazing Holstein cows’ TMR increased the production efficiency, modified milk composition, and increased VA and RA contents.
Dual-Modal Assay Kit for the Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of the Total Water Hardness Using a Permanent Marker Fabricated Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Device

A dip-and-read microfluidic paper-based analytical device (µPAD) was developed for the qualitative and quantitative detection of the total hardness of water. To create well-defined hydrophobic barriers on filter paper, a regular office printer and a commercially available permanent marker pen were utilized as a quick and simple technique with easily accessible equipment/materials to fabricate µPAD in new or resource-limited laboratories without sophisticated equipment. After a wettability and barrier efficiency analysis on the permanent marker colors, the blue and green ink markers exhibited favorable hydrophobic properties and were utilized in the fabrication of the developed test devices. The device had five reaction and detection zones modeled after the classification given by the World Health Organization (WHO), so qualitatively it determined whether the water was ‘soft’, ‘moderately hard’, ‘hard’, or ‘very hard’ by changing color from blue to pink in about 3 min. The device was also used to introduce an alternative colorimetric reaction for quantitative analysis of the water hardness without the need for ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and without compromising the simplicity and low cost of the device. The developed µPAD showed a calculated limit of detection (LOD) of 0.02 mM, which is at least 80% less than those of commercially available test strips and other reported µPADs, and the results of the real-world samples were consistent with those of the standard titration (with EDTA). In addition, the device exhibited stability for 2 months at room and frigid condition (4 °C) and at varying harsh temperatures from 25 to 100 °C. The results demonstrate that the developed paper-based device can be used for rapid, on-site analysis of water with no interferences and no need for a pipette for sample introduction during testing.
Skill formation, automation and governance: comparing German and Korean automotive manufacturers in Central-Eastern Europe

Purpose Building on neo-institutionalism models of the transfer of human resource management (HRM) practices within multinational companies, this paper aims to analyze the transfer of skill formation concepts using the cases of two automotive OEMs in Slovakia. The purpose of the paper is twofold. First, it aims to explain the differences between the two multinationals. Second, it builds on the empirical analysis to reconsider the neo-institutionalist theoretical framework. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on two qualitative case studies of automotive multinationals in Slovakia. The home country locations of both companies represent different approaches to skill formation: systematic vocational education for blue-collar workers is regarded as crucial at the German manufacturer, while the Korean company relies mainly on on-the-job-training and puts much less emphasis on skilled blue-collar work. Findings The paper shows that the differences between the companies are related to different understandings of technology/automation. It argues that the increasing automation and the decentralization of responsibilities for the product-launch processes supported the transfer of German skill formation concepts to the plant in Slovakia, while the Korean manufacturer’s specific engineering-led automation concept and centralization of product launch responsibilities in its Korean headquarters reduced the need to invest in skill formation for blue collars abroad. The paper concludes that theories of the transfer of HRM practices within multinationals must include technological factors and must also develop more specific concepts of the centralization of multinationals. Originality/value The paper is to the knowledge the first to include technology as a core variable into the neo-institutionalist theory in the field of international business and HRM. While the relationship between technology and organization has gained huge prominence in the recent discussions about digitalization, it has been so far neglected by scholars of international business.
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ONTOGENY AND INTER-INDIVIDUAL VARIATION OF GENES IN CHOLESTEROL AND STATIN PATHWAYS

iii Acknowledgments. v List of Tables. viii List of Figures. ix Introduction. 1 Methods. 5 Tissue Repository . 5 Living Repository – Cardiology Pharmacogenomics Repository. 6 CPR Clinical Data Collection. 7 RNA-seq and Bioinformatics. 8 Genotyping. 10 Statistical Analysis. 11 Results. 12 Hepatic Ontogeny. 12 HMGCR and HNRNPA1 Alternative Transcript Expression. 19 CPR Clinical Analysis. 23 Discussion. 30 References. 36 Appendices. 40 Appendix A. List of Gene Abbreviations. 40 Appendix B. Pairwise Comparison Tables. 42 Table B1. Pairwise Comparison Results for Total Gene Expression
Effect of Plate Length on Subduction Kinematics and Slab Geometry: Insights From Buoyancy‐Driven Analog Subduction Models

Subduction style is controlled by a variety of physical parameters. Here we investigate the effect of subducting plate length on subduction style using laboratory experiments of time‐evolving buoyancy‐driven subduction in 3‐D space. The investigation includes two experimental sets, one with a lower (~740) and one with a higher (~1,680) subducting plate‐to‐mantle viscosity ratio (ηSP/ηM). Each set involves five models with a free‐trailing‐edge subducting plate and variable plate length (20–60 cm, scaling to 1,600–4,800 km), and one model with a fixed‐trailing‐edge subducting plate representing an infinitely long plate. Through determining the contact area between subducting plate and underlying mantle, plate length affects the resistance to trenchward motion of the subducting plate and thus controls the partitioning of the subduction velocity (vS) into the subducting plate velocity (vSP) and trench velocity (vT). This subduction partitioning thereby determines the subduction style by controlling the dip angle of the slab tip once it first touches the 660 km discontinuity. The low ηSP/ηM models display two subduction styles. Short plates (≤40 cm) induce a higher subduction partitioning ratio (vSP/vS), promoting trench advance and slab rollover geometries, whereas longer plates (≥50 cm) lead to a lower vSP/vS, producing continuous trench retreat and backward slab draping geometries. In contrast, the high ηSP/ηM models exclusively show trench retreat with draping geometries, as the high ηSP/ηM enables less slab bending before its tip touches the 660 km discontinuity. Our study indicates that future modeling work should consider the effects of plate length on the style and evolution of subduction.
A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models for Prediction of Insurance Uptake in Kenya

The role of insurance in financial inclusion as well as in economic growth is immense. However, low uptake seems to impede the growth of the sector hence the need for a model that robustly predicts uptake of insurance among potential clients. In this research, we compared the performances of eight (8) machine learning models in predicting the uptake of insurance. The classifiers considered were Logistic Regression, Gaussian Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machines, K Nearest Neighbors, Decision Tree, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting Machines and Extreme Gradient boosting. The data used in the classification was from the 2016 Kenya FinAccess Household Survey. Comparison of performance was done for both upsampled and downsampled data due to data imbalance. For upsampled data, Random Forest classifier showed highest accuracy and precision compared to other classifiers but for down sampled data, gradient boosting was optimal. It is noteworthy that for both upsampled and downsampled data, tree-based classifiers were more robust than others in insurance uptake prediction. However, in spite of hyper-parameter optimization, the area under receiver operating characteristic curve remained highest for Random Forest as compared to other tree-based models. Also, the confusion matrix for Random Forest showed least false positives, and highest true positives hence could be construed as the most robust model for predicting the insurance uptake. Finally, the most important feature in predicting uptake was having a bank product hence bancassurance could be said to be a plausible channel of distribution of insurance products.
Nitrogen fertilization rate and method influences water and nitrogen productivity of forage winter wheat

Spring‐seeded annual forages are well adapted to the Great Plains; however, the influence of application rate and method of N fertilization on winter wheat (WW) (Triticum aestivum L.) forage productivity is unknown. A field study was conducted in a factorial design for 3 yr to determine the influence of N application rate and method on water and N productivity of awnletted WW ‘Willow Creek’. Urea was either broadcast or banded at planting using N fertilization rates of 0, 28, 56, and 84 kg N ha−1. The N application rate × method interaction was significant only for WW height. Weed herbage was low at WW forage harvest, 19 kg ha−1. As N fertilization rate increased from 0 to 84 kg N ha−1, wheat stem density and height increased by 70 and 78%, respectively, and herbage increased by 58%. Increased N rate increased WW water use quadratically, but water productivity (kg biomass ha−1 mm−1) was 68% greater at 84 kg N ha−1. However, N application method did not influence water use or productivity. Banded N application increased N accumulation in WW herbage by 11% compared to broadcast N. Increasing N rate reduced N productivity by 24% compared to 0 kg N ha−1. Willow Creek WW produced greater herbage yield as N fertilization rate increased with banded application. Willow Creek is a highly productive fall‐planted forage in this predominantly spring‐planted small grain–grain legume region. Disciplines Agriculture | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Soil Science Comments This article is published as Lenssen, Andrew W. , Upendra M. Sainju, Clain Jones, Kent McVay, and Terry Angvick. "Nitrogen fertilization rate and method influences water and nitrogen productivity of forage winter wheat. " Agronomy Journal (2020). doi: 10.1002/agj2.20495. This article is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/agron_pubs/684 Received: 18 February 2020 Accepted: 9 October 2020 DOI: 10.1002/agj2.20495
Erythrocytic Indices of Kutchi Camel during Different Stages of Lactation

| The present study was carried out on 30 clinically healthy female camels (Camelus dromedarius) from the herd maintained at Camel breeding farm, Dhori (Kutch, Gujarat)and categorized broadly into three groups comprising ten animals in each group: animals in early lactation in Group-I, in mid-lactation in Group-II and in late lactation in Group-III. The blood samples were collected from each experimental animal and analyzed for erythrocytic indices which were found to be within the normal range. TEC (9.06±0.29, 8.24±0.71 and 9.79±0.27b, millions/μl, respectively), MCV (34.34±1.09, 37.13±1.37 and 33.04±0.62, fl, respectively) and MCH (15.73±0.63, 16.98±0.54 and 13.62±0.90, pg/cell respectively) showed significant (p < 0.05) variation between early, mid and late lactation stages. However, nonsignificant (p > 0.05) variation were found in Hb, PCV and MCHC during different stages of lactation. These data may be useful as reference value for Kutchi camel to assess the metabolic health status of the animals.
Using strontium isotopes to trace dust from a drying Great Salt Lake to adjacent urban areas and mountain snowpack

With the desiccation of saline lakes around the globe, it is increasingly important to quantify the impacts of playa dust on downwind urban areas and mountain snowpack. In this study, we used 87Sr/86Sr ratios of carbonate minerals to trace dust from playas to urban areas and mountain snowpack. We focused on dust contributions from Great Salt Lake (GSL), in northern Utah, USA, which recently reached historic lows in water levels exposing large areas of dry lakebed. We measured 87Sr/86Sr ratios in dust from GSL, Sevier Dry Lake (SDL), and other playas across western Utah and compared them to 87Sr/86Sr ratios in dust across the urban Wasatch Front and mountain snowpack collected seasonally from 2015–2018. Dust from GSL had unique 87Sr/86Sr ratios (∼0.715) relative to SDL (∼0.710) and other playas (∼0.711 to 0.712), providing a potentially powerful tool for tracing GSL dust to downwind areas. Dust deposition had 87Sr/86Sr ratios ranging from ∼0.710 to ∼0.712 in the urban area and snowpack, within the range of playa dust sources. Using a simple two-endmember mixing model considering only GSL and SDL as sources, GSL contributed 5% of the dust flux to the southern Wasatch Front (Provo) and between 30%–34% of the dust flux to the northern Wasatch Front (Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Logan). For mountain snowpack, GSL contributed 11% of the dust flux to the Uinta Mountains and 22% of the dust flux to the Wasatch Mountains. Dust transport modeling could be combined with 87Sr/86Sr fingerprints for source apportionment in northern Utah and other areas that are impacted by regional playa dust.
Dependence of Superintensity of Tropical Cyclones on SST in Axisymmetric Numerical Simulations

This study revisits the superintensity of tropical cyclones (TCs), which is defined as the excess maximum surface wind speed normalized by the corresponding theoretical maximum potential intensity (MPI), based on ensemble axisymmetric numerical simulations, with the focus on the dependence of superintensity on the prescribed sea surface temperature (SST) and the initial environmental atmospheric sounding. Results show a robust decrease of superintensity with increasing SST regardless of being in experiments with an SST-independent initial atmospheric sounding or in those with the SST-dependent initial atmospheric soundings as in nature sorted for the western North Pacific and the North Atlantic. It is found that the increase in either convective activity (and thus diabatic heating) in the TC outer region or theoretical MPI or both with increasing SST could reduce the superintensity. For a given SST-independent initial atmospheric sounding, the strength of convective activity in the TC outer region increases rapidly with increasing SST due to the rapidly increasing air–sea thermodynamic disequilibrium (and thus potential convective instability) with increasing SST. As a result, the decrease of superintensity with increasing SST in the SST-independent sounding experiments is dominated by the increasing convective activity in the TC outer region and is much larger than that in the SST-dependent sounding experiments, and the TC intensity becomes sub-MPI at relatively high SSTs in the former. Due to the marginal increasing tendency of convective activity in the TC outer region, the decrease of superintensity in the latter is dominated by the increase in theoretical MPI with increasing SST.
An Analysis of Students in Independent Learning of Analytic Geometry During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Received : 04-07-2020 Revised 1 : 16-07-2020 Revised 2 : 12-09-2020 Accepted : 14-09-2020 Online : 03-10-2020 The purpose of this study is to analyse the independence of students learning on the flat analytic geometry of the Covid-19. This research was conducted on students in the second semester with 72 resopondents consisting of 15 males and 52 females. Data retrieval is carried out using a self-sufficiency study poll as many as 20 items of statements that have been compiled based on learning independence indicators. The scale used in this study was the Likert scale. Data analysis to know the independence of learning students used descriptive analytical techniques with the ideal criteria namely the ideal mean and the ideal deviation standard. Based on data analysis obtained by the results of independence of learning with indicators: a selfconfident is good enough (31.75%), the activeness is quite good (37.50%), discipline is good (52.10%), and responsibility is good (64.57%). Keyword:
Two new leafhopper genera of the Alebroides genus group (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with a key to genera of the group

Two new microleafhopper genera in the Alebroides genus group, Nulliata Lu, Xu & Qin, gen. nov., based on the type species N. rubrostriata Lu, Xu & Qin, sp. nov., and Inflatopina Lu, Dietrich & Qin, gen. nov., based on the type species I. intonsa Lu, Dietrich & Qin, sp. nov., are described from southwest China. Five known species in the Alebroides sohii species group are transferred to Inflatopina as new combinations. Keys to genera of the Alebroides genus group and species of Inflatopina are given.
Pengembangan Animasi Dua Dimensi Pada Pembelajaran Tematik Untuk Siswa Kelas III Sekolah Dasar

Penelitian pengembangan ini dilatarbelakangi oleh rendahnya hasil belajar tematik siswa, yang disebabkan karena kurangnya media pembelajaran tematik untuk memfasilitasi siswa dalam belajar. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan rancang bangun animasi dua dimensi, dan mendeskripsikan kualitas hasil validasi animasi dua dimensi. Model yang digunakan dalam penelitian pengembangan ini adalah model ADDIE. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data yaitu wawancara, pencatatan dokumen, observasi dan kuesioner. Hasil penelitian (1) rancang bangun animasi dua dimensi pada pembelajaran tematik meliputi lima tahapan, yaitu: analisis, desain, pengembangan, implementasi, dan evaluasi. (2) hasil uji validasi yang dilakukan oleh para ahli dan subyek uji coba produk menunjukkan bahwa animasi dua dimensi pada pembelajaran tematik valid berdasarkan: (a) hasil review ahli isi pembelajaran dengan kualifikasi sangat baik (94,5%), (b) hasil review ahli desain pembelajaran dengan kualifikasi sangat baik (95%), (c) hasil review ahli media pembelajaran dengan kualifikasi sangat baik (95%), (d) hasil uji coba perorangan dengan kualifikasi sangat baik (90,91%), (e) dan hasil uji coba kelompok kecil dengan kualifikasi sangat baik (92,42%). Jadi, penelitian menunjukkan bahwa animasi dua dimensi berada pada kualifikasi sangat baik.
Do job satisfaction and work engagement mediate the effects of psychological contract breach and abusive supervision on hotel employees’ life satisfaction?

ABSTRACT The current study draws on conservation of resources theory to examine the mediating roles of job satisfaction, and work engagement in the effects of psychological contract breach and abusive supervision on life satisfaction. Using a time lag of five months, a two-wave data were gathered from 274 full‒time frontline employees working in 4–5 star hotels in Accra in Ghana. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling. The results demonstrated that psychological contract breach negatively influenced frontline employees’ life satisfaction. However, abusive supervision was not si gnificantly related to frontline employees’ life satisfaction. Furthermore, job satisfaction and work engagement fully mediated the relationship of abusive supervision and psychological contract breach with life satisfaction. This is the first study which demonstrates that psychological contract breach can foster hotel employees’ life satisfaction, and identifies job satisfaction and work engagement as mechanisms through which psychological contract breach and abusive supervision predict life satisfaction.