Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dampak Faktor Eksternal Terhadap Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Indonesia

Indonesia adalah salah satu negara yang menggunakan pertumbuhan ekonomi sebagai indikator kinerja ekonomi. Pertumbuhan ekonomi yang tinggi dan berkelanjutan sangat diharapkan oleh pemerintah Indonesia, sebagai salah satu upaya untuk mencapai kemakmuran bagi masyarakat Indonesia. Studi ini mencoba melihat pengaruh impor, pengiriman uang (remiten), foreign direct investment ( FDI), dan harga minyak dunia terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia. Estimasi yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini adalah Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) analysis method , dan digunakan untuk melihat efek jangka panjang dan jangka pendek. Hasil estimasi menunjukkan bahwa variabel impor secara signifikan memiliki pengaruh negatif terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia. Sementara itu, variabel FDI memiliki hubungan positif dan signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia. Variabel remitansi memiliki hubungan negatif, tetapi tidak signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia dalam jangka pendek, selain itu remitansi juga memiliki pengaruh positif, tetapi tidak signifikan terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia dalam jangka panjang. Sedangkan dalam jangka pendek variabel harga minyak dunia ( world oil price) berpengaruh secara signifikan negatif terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia. Rekomendasi yang diberikan, diantaranya perlunya perbaikan dan pengembangan tata kelola pada sektor migas untuk mengurangi ketergantungan impor migas, mendorong model proyek yang dapat mendorong timbulnya kegiatan ekonomi baru, memuculkan kepastian hukum yang jelas dan terpercaya kepada investor khusunya dari asing, dan perlunya pengelolaan remiten yang berorientasi pada pemunculan usaha produktif dengan potofolio manjemen keuangan rumah tangga untuk masa depan. Kata Kunci : Foreign Direct Investment; Impor; Pertumbuhan Ekonomi; Remitansi; World Oil Price
Should glaucoma be publicly funded in arguments for funding glaucoma treatment?

Glaucoma adversely affects the visual function, impacting negatively on the individual with glaucoma (IWG)’s flourishing life. This work argues for the public funding of glaucoma. The arguments consider the plausible glaucoma’s harm to the IWG through impaired visual function, especially its adverse effects on their daily activities, health, education, work, economy and overall harm to Nigerian nation.
Hospital cook/chill foodservice system with food storage in plastic bags : time, temperature, sensory and microbiological assessment related to chicken and noodles /

2. When an image on the Film . is obliterated with a round black mark, it is an indication o f either blurred copy because o f movement during exposure, duplicate copy, or copyrighted materials that should not have been filmed. For blurred pages, a good image o f the page can be found in the adjacent frame. If copyrighted materials were deleted, a target note will appear listing the pages in the adjacent frame.
The Influence of Risk Perception and Proactive Behavior on Performance of Firms: The Moderating Roles of Organizational Units and Types of Firms

Research on the role of risk perception and proactive behavior on firm performance has gained more importance, but little is known about the types of firm and different roles of managers that might influence the outcomes of firm performance when they perceive risk and take proactive actions. This study aims to investigate the effects of firms’ perceived risk on managers and their proactive behaviors and the firm managers’ proactive actions on firm performance in terms of financial and risk concepts. Using a questionnaire survey and financial database, data from 488 respondents representing 231 firms listed in the SET (The Stock Exchange of Thailand) was collected. Results from ordinary least squares regression found a significant associations among risk perception, proactive behavior, and firm performance. These findings suggest that perceiving risk tends to increase proactive behavior in managers who work at below average target firms and work in line functional unit and that proactive behavior of firm managers who work in firms with an established risk management department and work in line functional units tends to enhance firm performance and mitigate risk. In terms of organizational implications, our findings would suggest that establishing risk management systems will enhance firm performance in terms of financial and risk concepts.
Evaluating Impoliteness in L2 : A Study of Pragmatic Competence of Indonesian EFL Teacher Trainees

The last two decades have witnessed many studies reporting factors that promote second language (L2) learners’ pragmatic competence such as pragmatic input, language proficiency, and pragmatic instruction. Length of formal study, although it may relate to language proficiency indirectly, has been a rather neglected aspect in pragmatic acquisition research. This study analyses the effects of length of time spent learning English formally on English language learners’ ability to evaluate impoliteness and the foundations by which they evaluate it. Empirical data were collected by means of questionnaires and a semi-structured interview from one hundred EFL teacher trainees at a private university in Central Java Indonesia. The participants were divided into two groups. Group 1 (n = 50) studied English for nine and half years and group 2 (n = 50) studied English for eight and half years. The overall results revealed that the length of time spent learning English affected the learners’ capability of comprehending impoliteness in particular off-record impoliteness. The English learners in the present study mostly used Quality face violation as the foundation of impoliteness evaluation.
Role of Adenosine Deaminase and Lymphocyte/Neutrophil Ratio in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleural Effusion in Patients with Exudative Pleural Effusion

Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common cause of death by an infectious agent worldwide. Failure to diagnose and treat pleural TB can result in progressive disease with the involvement of other organs in as many as 65% of patients. Objectives: To evaluate the role of ADA and L/N ratio in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion in patients with exudative pleural effusion. Materials & Methods: Statistical analysis carried out in hospitalized 60 consecutive patients with exudative effusion admitted in medical wards are taken in this study of age >12 years were included. Patients with immunodeficient states and on chemotherapy excluded. Results: Out of 60 exudative effusions, males are more effected thanf emales (69.1%, females-30.9%). Out of these 49 were diagnosed to have tuberculousetiology. Most common age group was 21-40yrs with mean 26.6 years.Pleuritic chest pain is most common symptom.Mean ESR as 57mm/hr.Total ADA was >40u/l in tuberculous effusion with mean 153.6u/l. Conclusion: Increased ADA activity in pleural effusionis classically associated with tuberculosis. When the L/N ratio’s was considered together with ADA activity, the results improved considerably for the diagnosis of tuberculosis pleuritis.
Efficient collection and automatic annotation of real-world object images by taking advantage of post-diminished multiple visual markers*

ABSTRACT To collect a human-annotated dataset for training deep convolutional neural networks is a very time-consuming and laborious process. To reduce this burden, we previously proposed an automated annotation by placing one visual marker above the detection target object in the training phase. However, in this approach, occasionally the marker hides the object surface. To avoid this issue, we propose placing a pedestal with multiple markers at the bottom of the object. If we use multiple markers, the object can be annotated even when the object hides some of the markers. Besides that, the simple modification of placing the markers on the bottom allows the use of simple background masking to avoid the neural network learning the remaining markers in the training image as a feature of the object. Background masking can completely remove the markers during the training process. Experiments showed the proposed vision system using our automatic object annotation outperformed the vision system using manual annotation in terms of object detection, orientation estimation, and 2D position estimation while reducing the time required for dataset collection from 16.1 hours to 7.30 hours. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
A Biomechanical Assessment Of Canine Body Armor

A BIOMECHANICAL ASSESSMENT OF CANINE BODY ARMOR by SARAH STOJSIH SHERMAN August 2015 Advisor: Cynthia Bir, Ph.D. Major: Biomedical Engineering Degree: Doctor of Philosophy The purpose of this research was to establish a biomechanical assessment of canine body armor with a primary focus on civilian law enforcement canines. The specific aims included: 1) the compilation of canine casualty data to determine commonly reported causes of death/euthanasia while in service for civilian law enforcement canines, 2) the evaluation of the biomechanical response of the canine related to a behind armor blunt impact, 3) the identification of an injury criterion that will best predict canine thoracic injury as a result of behind armor blunt trauma, 4) correlation of the behind armor blunt trauma response to the standard backface testing medium (clay), and 5) the evaluation of commercially available canine body armor to determine if the armor inhibits or distracts the canine from performing tasks. The three leading causes of traumatic death in civilian law enforcement canines were as a result of being struck by a vehicle, heat injury, and ballistic penetrating trauma. The biomedical response of the canine thoracic cavity was determined for three armor conditions: 8-ply packet, 15-ply packet, and commercially available Point Blank
Promoting oral health of preschool children using non-dental personnel in rural Sri Lanka

Background: The limited availability of oral health care services and the lack of knowledge on oral health in the population have been documented as contributing factors for poor oral health among preschool children. Aims and Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the effect of an oral health education intervention, in a Sri Lankan rural setting. The objective was to improve the oral health status among preschool children. Materials and Methods: Mothers and their preschool children who were permanent residents of the area were considered eligible. Two hundred and nineteen mother/child pairs were recruited using a convenience sampling technique. WHO criteria for detecting dental caries and treatment need were used along with modifications suggested by the National Institute for Dental Research. Loe’s plaque index was used on modified Ramfjord teeth to determine the oral hygiene status of preschool children. Mothers were educated on common oral health problems and causes among preschool children. Preventive strategies and available oral health care services were introduced. Their knowledge of healthy food habits, of oral hygiene practices and of opportunities for self-referrals to oral health care facilities was enhanced during the intervention. Pre- and Post-Intervention clinical assessments were performed on children. Data were collected at baseline and 6 months after the intervention. Results: The prevalence of caries was reduced from a mean DMFT of 3.60 to 3.00 (P<0.005) six months after the intervention. The major change was a reduction in the number of non-cavitated lesions, where the mean was lowered to 1.83 from 2.11 (P=0.04). Preschool children not in need of treatment for dental caries increased to more than half (69%) of the sample after 6 months, compared to 54% initially (p=0.564). The need for preventive care decreased from 41% to 19% (p<0.005). The same observation was made for treatment need 5, where the reduction was from 14.6% to 5.9% (p=0.003). Prevalence of plaque was reduced from 86% to 81% post intervention. Conclusion: In conclusion, utilizing non-dental personnel to deliver appropriate education messages can improve the oral health of preschool children.
Corporate Choice of Providers of Voluntary Carbon Assurance

This study investigates corporate incentives for the choice of assurance providers of accounting firms versus nonaccounting firms. Based on an international sample of 3,635 firm‐year observations for the period of 2010–2014, we find that firms subject to greater legitimacy and stakeholder pressure (e.g., those with higher carbon emissions in countries with stringent climate protection and stakeholder‐orientation) are more likely to choose accounting firms as their assurance provider. We also find supporting evidence that firms with a desire to improve carbon management mechanisms (e.g., firms that adopt carbon reduction incentives with higher carbon transparency) show a tendency to choose consulting firms specializing in climate change management. The overall findings suggest that the choice of assurance provider is a strategic decision, which aligns with a firm's overall corporate social responsibility goal. Our results should help practitioners, managers, and regulators understand the emerging audit practice and market.
Humanitarian Documentary: A Comparison Study between VR and Non-VR Productions

as opposed to the ones established for many years, when dealing with non-fiction. This paper targets these productions’ use different Abstract Virtual Reality is broadly recognized as an “empathy machine”. This reputation is due to the feeling of ‘presence’ that it provides to users, which is the sensation of being bodily present in a space, even when that space is virtual. The possibility of complete immersion attracts many creators looking to induce empathy and awareness about the most diverse subjects. One of the first types of VR non-fiction productions to be released was in the morally sensitive humanitarian documentary genre. This research aims to explore how VR productions differ from non-VR productions with a focus on humanitarian communication. Rather than targeting mechanical aspects of VR technology, this article compares the visual and narrative storytelling characteristics in VR and non-VR media. First, humanitarian communication and its nuances are explained. Then, 360º video filming characteristics are analyzed, followed by a comparison table contrasting VR and non-VR non-fiction. After evaluating VR non-fiction empirical studies, a discussion is initiated over the betterment of VR non-fiction storytelling in a way that could help it generate more empathy, since many productions seem to purely rely on the technology as a production novelty, and end up lacking emotional depth and audience engagement through story.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Ocular Topical Steroid among Patients Visiting Tertiary Care Hospital at Rampurhat, West Bengal

Background: It has been observed that majority of rural patients attending eye outpatient department (OPD) in a tertiary care hospital at Rampurhat, West Bengal, are in the habit of misusing steroid medications through self-medication, treatment by quacks, pharmacists, and general practitioners for various eye conditions which can lead to various complications in eye. Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective, cross-sectional study in ophthalmology OPD at tertiary care hospital in Rampurhat, West Bengal. A total of 150 patients of both sexes, aged between 15 and 70 years who visited hospital for the first time in eye OPD from May 2018 to April 2019 were interviewed. All patients underwent a short semi-structured questionnaire, especially prepared by the author. The results were statistically analyzed to come to a conclusion. Results: A total of 112 patients reported using eye drops. Only 36 of them were using steroid eye drops of their own with or without antibiotics or other substances. By calculating binomial probability and normal approximation with this sample, it can be inferred that a significant number of patients do use selfprescribed steroid eye drops (P < 0.02). Conclusion: There is a menacing state of affairs in rural/semi-urban areas of Eastern India regarding misuse of eye drops, at least in regions of our study, which encourage bigger multicentric studies, and also, immediate measures should be taken to improve awareness and literacy on this issue.
Histopathological pattern of gynaecological malignancies: National Health Laboratory (NHL), Sudan

Background: Gynaecological malignancies (GM) is a common cancer problem in both developing and developed countries . The burden of GM is more critical in developing countries, this is due to lack or deficient screening and late clinical presentation. The aim of this study is to study the histopathological pattern of GM in the NHL (National Health Laboratory) Sudan. Material &Methods: Clinical data, histopathological reports, stained tissue slides of patients diagnosed histologically as GM were revised from the archive of the department of histopathology and cytology at the NHL . Results: 372 patients diagnosed histologically as GM from 1st Jan 2009-31st Dec to the 1st Jan 2013 were studied. The commonest GM histological type was cervical malignancies, followed by ovarian, endometrial, vaginal, vulvar, choriocarcinoma and tubal cancer respectively . Conclusion: There is an urgent need for screening, early detection and prompt management for GM. Keywords: GM, NHL, histopathological pattern
Diverse Risk Preferences and Heterogeneous Expectations in an Asset Pricing Model

We propose a heuristic switching model of an asset market where the agents’ choice of heuristic is consistent with their individual risk aversion. They choose between a fundamentalist and a trend-following rule to form expectations about the price of a risky asset. Given their risk aversion, agents make a deterministic trade-off between mean and variance both in choosing a forecasting heuristic and determining the number of risky assets to buy. Heterogeneous risk preferences can lead to diverse choices of heuristic. Using empirical estimates for the distribution of risk aversion, simulations show that the resulting time-varying heterogeneity of expectations can give rise to chaotic dynamics: irregular booms and busts in the asset price without exogenous shocks. Small, stochastic price shocks lead to larger asset price bubbles, and can make stable solutions explosive. We prove that a representative agent cannot capture our model.
Mechanisms of, and countermeasures to, age-related muscle anabolic resistance and sarcopenia

Sarcopenia negatively impacts physical function and health. Although the mechanisms underpinning sarcopenia are unclear, a blunted response to anabolic stimuli is observed. Accordingly, Chapter 2 explored how dose, timing, distribution and source of dietary protein intake differed between healthy young and older individuals. We showed that, whilst the recommended dietary allowance for protein was met by most individuals, total protein intake was lower and unevenly distributed across meals in old. The observation of sub-optimal protein intakes in older individuals has important implications for skeletal muscle maintenance. Therefore, in Chapter 3 we investigated the muscle anabolic response in young lean, old lean and obese old individuals to a suboptimal protein dose. Whilst young lean and, to a lesser extent, old lean significantly increased postprandial myofibrillar protein synthesis (MyoPS), this response was blunted in obese old. Furthermore, MyoPS correlated significantly with step count and leg fat mass in old. Based on the age-related decrease in MyoPS, we assessed the ability of phosphatidic acid (PA) to increase MyoPS at rest and after exercise in Chapter 4. Compared to a placebo treatment, MyoPS was blunted upon PA consumption in the late phase of resistance exercise recovery and was probably due to impaired anabolic signaling.
Worst-case relative cost optimal control for dynamic systems with finite admissible disturbance sequence sets

This paper proposes a controller that gives guaranteed optimal performance in terms of the relative cost for a class of discrete-time nonlinear systems with uncertainties. In some systems, the absolute optimal cost values may be highly dependent on the disturbances. It is desirable to design a controller bounding the relative cost, which is defined as the ratio between the actual cost and the posteriori calculated optimal cost. In this paper, a novel worst-case relative cost optimal control method is developed, assuming that the disturbance sequence belongs to a known finite admissible set. The control policy uses the current states, current accumulated cost, and all current and past disturbance values as feedback. Then the problem is extended to a stochastic case, and the worst-case expected relative cost is minimised. A numerical example on linear systems and a numerical example on the nonlinear hybrid electric vehicle energy management problem are provided.
Soil- and Foliar-Applied Potassium in Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Production

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 3 LIST OF TABLES . 5 LIST OF FIGURES . 6 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . 7 LITERATURE REVIEW . 8 Introduction . 8 Potassium and Plant Physiology . 9 Excess Potassium in Cotton . 11 Potassium Deficiency in Cotton.12 Foliar Potassium Fertilization of Cotton . 15 Objective . 17 MATERIALS AND METHODS . 18 Field Study 1 . 18 Field Study 2 . 19 Data Analysis . 22 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION . 24 Results Field Study 1 . 24 Discussion Field Study 1 . 25 Results Field Study 2 . 28 Discussion Field Study 2 . 33 CONCLUSIONS . 36 LITERATURE CITED . 37 TABLES . 41 FIGURES . 51
Biological Treatability of Low Total Dissolved Solids (LTDS) Using SBR as a Pre-Treatment for Reverse Osmosis

Huge quantity of effluents is generated from pharmaceutical industries attributed to their wide array of manufacturing and maintenance processes. Wastewaters from pharmaceuticals are characterized by the presence of solids, pH, temperature, biodegradable organic compounds, unusual turbidity, hardness and conductivity. Wastewater from pharmaceutical industry arising from various units is categorised as low total dissolved solids (LTDS) and high total dissolved solids (HTDS) based on the concentration of total dissolved solids. The present study focuses on treatment of LTDS using a combination of biological treatment followed by membrane process, reverse osmosis. This research presents the results from the pilot-scale studies focussed on biological treatment using SBR as pre-treatment for RO towards the removal of LTDS effluent. Three-month data on a daily basis is presented. The efficiency of the process was tested with a reduction in parameters like total dissolved solids and chemical oxygen demand. SBR tested for its suitability as a preliminary treatment for the Reverse Osmosis process during the months of August-October. The highest and lowest TDS reduction was recorded as 9.72% and ? 4.67% in the month of August. The highest and least COD reduction was recorded as 87.28% and 80.66% in the same month. The highest and lowest TDS reduction was recorded as 0.84% and ? 7.92% in the month of September. The highest and least COD reduction was recorded as 87.07% and 83.28% in the same month. The performance of RO tested for its efficiency in removing the TDS and COD after SBR as pre-treatment. The highest and lowest TDS reduction was recorded as 94.93% and 93.27% in the month of August. The highest and least COD reduction was recorded as 96.84% and 90.19% in the same month. The highest and lowest TDS reduction was recorded at 96.53% and 91.25% in the month of October. The highest and least COD reduction was recorded as 94.31% and 72.57% in the same month. SBR has proved to be a promising solution for pre-treatment removing all substances that might result in membrane fouling. Hence, the present study concludes that a combination of SBR and RO will be a promising solution for effective removal of TDS and COD from pharmaceutical wastewaters.