Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)

Nowadays, with the enormous volume of online data, more consideration has been given to develop information driven recommender systems (RSs). Those schemes automatically guide consumers to discover services or movie with regard to their own interests from a huge set of possible choices. Most RS are employed to recommend the user based on their ratings and their preferences. Hence the existing RS provides very narrow recommendations and it restrict the user from accessing the different products. In this paper a novel Movie Recommender System with Cosine Similarity based Collaborative filtering and Recursive neural network MRS-CCR is proposed to the users based on the movie ratings. In the proposed RS the cosine similarity is utilized for determining the similarity among the users over the rated movies, which is employed to predict the rating of the unrated movie for each user through collaborative filtering. The Collaborative filtering (CF) is more successful recommendation methods because of its simplicity and accuracy. In the present work, matrix factorization technique is used for collaborative filtering. The obtained outcome of collaborative filter is fed into the Recursive neural network which is based on tanh activation function. The Recursive neural network predicts the recommended movies to the user. The outcome of the Recursive neural network is used for constructing the confusion matrix for evaluation. The experimental outcome of MRS-CCR is related to existing system on error and accuracy metrics. The proposed MRS-CCR has the accuracy of 95.53% better than the existing RS.
Assessing Adoption and Implementation of Mobile Technology-Based Library Services in Academic Libraries

Mobile Technologies (m-tech) have been embraced by stakeholders of academic libraries globally in recent times as a medium that can offer convenient library services to library patrons. This study was to ascertain the potentials of adopting and implementing m-tech based library services in academic libraries in Ghana. The study was a descriptive survey and the mixedmethod approach was used. The major findings were that there were a strong awareness and deep appreciation for the use of mtech library services among library management and students, however, m-tech based library services have not been implemented in the libraries due to diverse reasons. These include inadequate ICT infrastructure, skills gap as a result of lack of training, lack of policy framework for the adoption of the technology and clearing the hurdle of convincing university management to accept the technology. As a result, it was recommended that the libraries need to invest more in ICT infrastructure specifically m-tech infrastructure and build on their human resource base through recruitment and professional training on emerging technologies
A comparative study of non-descent vaginal hysterectomy and total laparoscopic hysterectomy

Hysterectomy is the second most common operation performed by the Gynecologists, next only to Caesarean Section. A substantial number of women undergo hysterectomy annually and 70% of hysterectomies are performed for benign indications, including leiomyoma, adenomyosis, severe dysmenorrhea and uterine prolapsed. The surgical approach of hysterectomy is the most important factor responsible for postoperative morbidity. Until the present, the approaches for hysterectomies are vaginal, abdominal, laparoscopic and robotic assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy. If feasible, vaginal hysterectomy is associated with a shorter duration of hospital stay, speedier recuperation, fewer unspecified infections or febrile episodes than abdominal hysterectomy. Since Reich first performed laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) in 1989, various laparoscopic techniques and instruments have been developed, resulting in the vigorous implementation of LH, including laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) and total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) at present. ABSTRACT
A Water Footprint Review of Italian Wine: Drivers, Barriers, and Practices for Sustainable Stewardship

Wine constitutes the dominant Italian agricultural product with respect to both production quantity and economic value. Italy is the top wine producer worldwide in terms of volume and the second one below France in terms of national income. As the Italian agricultural production accounts for 85% of the national freshwater appropriation, the country’s agricultural sector strains freshwater resources, especially in the central and southern regions, which constitute important winemaking areas in terms of quantity and quality. To this end, we first perform a review of the existing research efforts on wine water footprint assessment to investigate the water dynamics of wine production in Italy compared to the rest of the world. The results indicate a prevalence of studies on the water footprint of Italian wine, emphasising the need for deeper research on the sector’s water efficiency. Then, we aim at exploring the major drivers, barriers, and good practises for systematic water stewardship in the Italian winemaking industry, considering the product and territorial characteristics. This research is anticipated to contribute towards providing insights for practitioners in the Italian wine sector to develop water-friendly corporate schemes for enhancing the added value of their products.
The Szegö-Markov-Bernstein inequalities and barycentric representations of the osculatory interpolating operators for classical iterated weights

We study inequalities of Szeg ˝ o-Markov-Bernstein types, barycentric representations of the Lagrange, Fej´er and Hermite interpolating operators, and the Gauss quadrature formulae for all iterated weights w k ( x ) = A k ( x ) w ( x ) of classical weight functions w ( x ) . In particular, we establish the explicit formulae for the best constants, extremal polynomials and Christoffel numbers, associated with the iterated weight functions of six basic classical weights of Hermite, Laguerre, Jacobi, generalized Bessel, Jacobi on ( 0 , + ∞ ) and pseudo-Jacobi kind. It should be noted that the results on Markov-Bernstein inequalites continue the investigations of the best constants and extremal polynomials by Guessab and Milovanovi´c [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 182 (1994), pp. 244-249] and Agarwal and Milovanovi´c [Appl. Math. Comput. 128 (2002), pp. 151-166], without any additional assumptions on classical weight functions. Moreover, the presented generic formulae for the Christoffel numbers of the iterated Gauss quadrature rules, together with the corresponding representations of the barycentric weights of Lagrange, Fej´er and Hermite type, complete the recent results of Wang et al. and the authors, published in [Math. Comp. 81 (2012) and 83 (2014), pp. 861-877 and 2893-2914, respectively] and [Math. Comp. 86 (2017), pp. 2409-2427].
Dietary patterns and their impacts on colorectal cancer in Newfoundland and Labrador

Dietary habits have long been regarded as an important environmental factor which may contribute to or prevent chronic health conditions, such as colorectal cancer (CRC). This thesis aims to derive the major dietary patterns and explore the association with CRC in the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) population using two existing databases. It is presented in a manuscript format that includes three complementary papers focusing on the topic of dietary patterns and CRC. The first paper examines the dietary patterns in the general NL population and the assessment of whether these patterns vary according to demographic characteristics. The second paper relates the derived dietary patterns with CRC risk in this population. The third paper assesses the reliability of the identified dietary patterns by comparing them with those from another study several years later using identical methods in the NL population. Overall, findings from this thesis suggest a four-factor dietary pattern (i.e., Meat pattern, Vegetables/Fruits pattern, Fish pattern, Grain pattern). Further, results suggest that the Meat-diet and the Sugary-diet increased the risk of CRC with corresponding odds ratios (ORs) of 1.84 (95% CI: 1.19-2.86) and 2.26 (95% CI: 1.39-3.66) for people in the highest intake quintile compared to those in the lowest. Whereas plant-based diet pattern decreased the risk of CRC with a corresponding OR of 0.55 (95% CI: 0.35-0.87). The reliability study suggests that the identified NL dietary patterns are reasonably stable overtime and across studies. This thesis provides more evidence to support healthy eating for the primary prevention of CRC in the NL population.
Association between Body Mass Index and Prevalence of Asthma in Korean Adults

We evaluated the association between body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of asthma. Using data from the 2015 Korean Community Health Survey, 214,971 participants aged between 19 and 106 years were included in this study. Asthma was defined based on the self-report of physician diagnosis. BMI was classified as underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5 kg/m2≤BMI<23.0 kg/m2), overweight (23.0 kg/m2≤ BMI<27.4 kg/m2), and obese (≥27.5 kg/m2) based on the BMI categories for Asians by the World Health Organization. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed with sampling weights to evaluate the association between BMI and asthma after adjusting for age, educational level, income, type of residential area, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, hypertension, and diabetes. In men, BMI had an inverted J-shaped association with the prevalence of asthma, with an odds ratio of 1.88 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.89–2.24) for underweight and 1.12 (95% CIs: 0.97–1.29) for obesity. In women, BMI had a J-shaped association with the prevalence of asthma, with an odds ratio of 1.05 (95% CIs: 0.91–1.22) for underweight and 2.29 (95% CIs: 2.06–2.56) for obesity. In conclusion, in a nationally representative sample of Korean adults, the association between BMI and the prevalence of asthma varied between the sexes. This suggests that malnutrition and obesity are involved in the pathophysiology of asthma.
ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC THERMAL INSTABILITY IN A WALTERS’ (MODEL B') ROTATING NANOFLUID SATURATING A POROUS MEDIUM

The onset of thermal instability in a dielectric rotating nanofluid layer saturating a porous medium with vertical AC electric field is investigated by employing Darcy model for porous medium. The rheology of the nanofluid is described by Walters’ (model B’) for calculating the shear stresses from the velocity gradients. The employed model incorporates the combined effects of movement of the molecules of the fluid striking the nanoparticles, thermophoresis and electrophoresis due to the embedded particles. The boundaries are considered to be stress free. It is assumed that nanoparticle flux is zero on the boundaries. The eigen-value problem is solved analytically using the first approximation of Galerkin method. The Darcy Rayleigh number for onset of nonoscillatory (stationary) modes is obtained. The effects of the modified Taylor number, the AC electric Rayleigh number, the Lewis number, the modified diffusivity ratio, nanoparticles Rayleigh number and medium porosity have been discussed. The kinematic viscoelasticity accounting for rheology of the nanofluid has no effect on the stationary convection for Walters’ (model B’) nanofluids and behaves like an ordinary Newtonian nanofluid. Oscillatory convection has been ruled out under the considered boundary conditions.
Sport Education and Sportsmanship Orientations: An Intervention in High School Students

One of the main goals for physical education is to develop the students’ moral and ethical domain, where sportsmanship promotion is considered a key curricular component to tackle the achievement of this goal. This research aims to examine the influence of sport education on sportsmanship orientations in high school students. The participants were 148 (52.70% female; Mage = 17.04, SDage = 0.99) high school students who were randomized into an experimental group (n = 74), which received 16 basketball lessons under sport education conditions, and a control group (n = 74), which received 16 basketball lessons following a traditional teaching approach. Pre-intervention and post-intervention measures on sportsmanship orientations were collected in both groups. A 2 (time: pre-test and post-test) x 2 (group: Sport Education and Traditional Teaching) multivariate analysis of variance test was performed on the five sportsmanship orientations. The results showed, for time x group interactions, the absence of significant multivariate effects in the level of the five sportsmanship orientations among both groups at pre-test (Pillai’s trace = 0.06, p = 0.145). At post-test, significant multivariate effects were found in the level of each sportsmanship orientation between both groups in favor of the Sport Education group (Pillai’s trace = 0.38, p < 0.001). Furthermore, regarding within-group pre-test to post-test differences, while there were nonsignificant multivariate effects (Pillai’s trace = 0.03, p = 0.469) for the Traditional Teaching group; significant multivariate effects (Pillai’s trace = 0.43, p < 0.001) were found for the Sport Education group, showing an increase in the level of respect for social conventions, respect for rules and referees, and full commitment and respect for opponents. There were also nonsignificant effects across gender (inter-group analysis: Pillai’s trace = 0.08, p = 0.068; time x gender interaction: Pillai’s trace = 0.03, p = 0.497) and after-school sports (inter-group analysis: Pillai’s trace = 0.02, p = 0.776; time x after-school interaction: Pillai’s trace = 0.01, p = 0.981). In conclusion, sport education is an effective pedagogical model to be taken into consideration by physical education teachers in order to optimally promote the high school student’s moral and ethical education via the development of sportsmanship orientations in the context of school physical education.
PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL THIN FILMS FOR ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Thin films of poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) were prepared on pre-cleaned glass substrates by Dip Coating Method. FTIR spectrum was used to identify the functional groups present in the prepared films. The vibrational peaks observed at 1260 cm-1 and 851 cm-1 are assigned to C–C stretching and CH rocking of PVA.The characteristic band appearing at 1432 cm-1 is assigned to C–H bend of CH2 of PVA. The thickness of the prepared thin films were measured by using an electronic thickness measuring instrument (Tesatronic-TTD20) and cross checked by gravimetric method. XRD spectra indicated the amorphous nature of the films.Surface morphology of the coated films was studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The surface revealed no pits and pin holes on the surface. The observed surface morphology indicated that these films could be used as dielectric layer in organic thin film transistors and as drug delivery system for wound healing.
Antecedents of Behavioral Intentions on Online Travel Agent Company: Comparison between Generation X and Millennial

The number of internet users in Indonesia has grown at the unbelievable rate. There is no exception with the growth rate of the online travel agent users in Indonesia. When making online transaction, including via online travel agent, consumers are faced with uncertain situations. The uncertain situations could grow increasingly critical when consumers have to share sensitive personal information in the transaction process. In this context, the importance of building and maintaining trust becomes very important to online marketers as numerous studies have shown that the lack of trust is one of main reasons for consumers’ hesitancy to online shopping. The evidence has shown that trust could reduce the perceived risks and thereby determines success or failure of e-vendors. The research objective is to analyze the antecedents of behavioral intentions on online travel agent company. Also to see whether the trust formation between generation X and Millennial has difference. The research is based on online surveys conducted with convenience samples from two different generation. The results have shown a strong relationship between initial trust towards online travel agent and consumers’ behavioral intentions. The results suggest that there’s no difference between two generations on the formation trust and behavioral reactions. Both Gen X and Millennial seen the risks and trust of using online travel agent in the same way. Both generation willing to give personal information to online travel agent. Keywords―Online Travel Agent, Behavioral Intentions, Trust Propensity, Familiarity, Web Risk.
Risk Management of Wastewater Treatment in the Wastewater Treatment Plant of PT. X

The economic rise as much as 5.5% in East Java region in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the first quarter of 2017, was due to the main supporting factor of an increase in the number of industries. An increase in industry has the potential to cause environmental pollution, especially in water bodies as evidenced by an index of water quality conditions for East Java rivers that now stands on Class II. Currently, PT. X in East Java is working on the expansion of its company. This study aims to identify the risks of wastewater treatment of PT. X using the fishbone analysis method and determine the priority of failures that must be handled using the FMEA method.For research purposes, two types of data are used, namely secondary and primary data. Secondary data includes flow chart of wastewater treatment, wastewater quality report and standard operating procedures. Meanwhile, the primary data for the quality of wastewater treatment was obtained through sampling, which was carried out at each wastewater treatment unit as well as the results of questionnaire with direct interviews. From those two types of data, an analysis of the potential occurrence of risk arises by using a fishbone analysis diagram. The risk results obtained through fishbone analysis are then processed using the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method to obtain a Risk Priority Number (RPN). Then, the results of risk analysis from fishbone analysis are assessed into a priority of failures, expressed in Risk Priority Number (RPN). Based on the analysis of research data, it was concluded that the problem that occurred in wastewater treatment was inefficient wastewater treatment. The inefficient process was caused by the WWTP design conditions that were greater than the inlet discharge. Based on the results of data processing using the FMEA method, it was found that the largest RPN value was 125
Comparative study of intravenous hydralazine and labetalol in severe hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are the common medical disorders in pregnancy. It affects both expectant mother and fetus. The impact due to this disorder on maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity is very high in India and other developing countries. The incidence of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) in India is about 7-10%. Hypertensive emergency is a condition of hypertension (systolic BP ≥ 160 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥ 110 mmHg or both) which is acute in onset, persistent for 15 minutes or more.
The Influence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Disclosure on Firm Financial Performance

The aim of this study is to do research about non-financial aspect that has influence toward the companies’ financial performance, that will highlight the scores of companies’ ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) disclosure. Nowadays, investors take into account the non-financial aspect into their investment decision, such as ESG performance as a risk measurement. The mixed of results found in the previous studies regarding the correlation between company ESG/CSR and financial performance warranted us to conduct more research in this particular topic. We conducted research on companies in the real estate sector since its long-term nature of investment is aligned with long-term ESG goals. The samples of companies were collected from seven countries with the strongest economy worldwide, the G7. The financial performance is measured by both in the perspectives of accounting and stock market, which are ROA, ROC, Stock Price, and P/E. The panel data was collected over five years (2014-2018), using STATA to run multivariate regressions to test for the correlations. The results indicate that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between the ESG disclosure with firm’s ROA and ROC, but no significant relationship with Stock Price and P/E. Furthermore, we found that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between the Environmental factor towards the firm’s ROC and Stock Price. Lastly, the study also reveals that there’s no significant relationship between the Social factor and Governance factor with firm financial performance. The results show that a high transparency regarding ESG information could improve the financial performance. Thus, it is advisable for investors, company management, decision-makers, and industry regulators to consider the importance of the ESG disclosure
The influence of synthesis temperature on the HT-LiCoO2 crystallographic properties

Much of the success of cobalt-based lithium-ion batteries is due to the easy synthesis of HT-LiCoO2 achieved with sol-gel routes. Many sol-gel routes reduced the synthesis temperature from 900 ◦C for solid state routes to 600 ◦C. To obtain the HT-LCO compound by a chemical route at moderate calcination temperatures, the heating rate at the early stage of the synthesis should be high. However, at high heating rates, a high concentration of energy develops due to the combustion of chelating agents, causing an undesirable great volumetric expansion. Therefore, as a way of minimizing the volumetric expansion effects the heating rate in the synthesis was investigated. X-ray diffraction results showed that using a low heating rate the HT-LCO phase formation requires more than the energy available at 600 ◦C to be pure and to crystallize in the desired space group. However, for the calcination temperature of 800 ◦C, only 20 min was sufficient to synthesize a high ordered crystallographic HT-LCO phase. The reduced synthesis time is possibly associated with a high homogenization of the metallic ions since the gel expansion is radically reduced. The LCO synthesized at 800 ◦C for only 20 min showed electrochemical charge capacity of about 140 mAh g−1. It was concluded that by controlling the kinetics during the heating step, in the early stage of the synthesis, the HT-LCO is obtained with high ordered crystallography, although the synthesis time is reduced, therefore enabling a more economically attractive synthesis process.
Do Fiscal Rules Cause Fiscal Discipline Over the Electoral Cycle?

This paper estimates the causal effect of fiscal rules on political budget cycles in a sample of 67 developing countries over the period 1985–2007. We exploit the geographical pattern in the adoption of fiscal rules to isolate an exogenous source of variation in the adoption of national fiscal rules. Based on a diffusion argument, we use the number of other countries in a given subregion that have fiscal rules in place to predict the probability of having them at the country level. We find that in election years with fiscal rules in place, public consumption is reduced by 1.6 percentage point of GDP as compared to election years without these rules. This impact is equivalent to a reduction by a third of the volatility of public consumption in our sample. Furthermore, the effectiveness of these rules depends on their type, their institutional design, whether they have been in place for a long time and finally on the degree of competitiveness of elections.