Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Jigsaw, Team-Pair-Solo and Reciprocal Teaching Strategies on Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Mathematics in Onitsha Education Zone

The study investigated the effect of jigsaw, team-pair-solo and reciprocal teaching strategies on secondary school students’ achievement in mathematics. Four research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. The quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 4,852 senior secondary school year two (SS2) mathematics students in Onitsha Education Zone, of Anambra state. A sample of 211 SS 2 mathematics students was involved in the study. The instrument for data collection was Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) validated by two experts from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and one experienced secondary school mathematics teacher. The reliability of the instrument was established using Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 for MAT which yielded coefficient of internal consistency of 0.71. The three experimental groups were taught mathematics using jigsaw, team-pair-solo and reciprocal teaching strategies respectively while the control group was taught using conventional method. Data were collected by administering the instruments as pretest and posttest before and after treatment respectively. The data obtained were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and analysis of covariance was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there was significant difference in the mean achievement scores of the students with jigsaw improving achievement the most. The study recommended that workshops should be organized by government and Ministry of Education for mathematics teachers to familiarize them with different strategies of collaborative learning such as jigsaw and team-pair-solo.
Clostridium difficile Infections in Adult Horses and Foals: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors

| Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is one of the main causes of diarrhea and enterocolitis in horses. The goal of this study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors associated with C. difficile infections in adult horses and foals with and without diarrhoea. Fresh faecal samples were collected from 407 horses originating from 35 stables in Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. The collected samples were cultured to isolate C. difficile. ELISA was used for detection of C. difficile toxins (A and B). Intestinal and cecal samples were collected from two dead horses for histopathological examination. C. difficile were detected in a total of 24 (5.9%) horses and its toxins were detected in 13 (54%) isolates. Toxigenic C. difficile infections (positive cases) were closely associated with diarrhetic foals than normal adult horses. Furthermore, there was close association between toxigenic C. difficile infections and signs of colic and bloody faeces. The frequency of positive cases was higher in horses under antibiotic therapy than those without treatment. The study concludes that acute colitis in adult horses and diarrhea in foals previously treated with antibiotics is associated C. difficile infection.
Pengaruh Terapi Murottal terhadap Nyeri Pasien Post Secsio Secaria di RSI Sunan Kudus

Pain is an uncomfortable feeling condition caused by a certain stimulus. Stimulus pain can be a stimulus that is physical, as well as mental. One of the biggest fears of cesarean section clients is pain. The surgical pain of the surgical client increases with the decrease of the anesthetic effect. Pain management methods include pharmacological and nonpharmacological approaches. Non-pharmacological approaches one of them is by distraction that is by diverting attention, one of them is by murottal therapy, (listening to recitation of holy verses of Al-Qur'an) listening murottal can give very effective result in effort to reduce pain post operation of client. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of murottal therapy on client pain after post-surgery cesarean section. This study used quasi experimental design with pre and post with control group, each group consisted of 20 respondents. Data were analyzed by univariate and bivariate, the sampling method was by quota sampling technique and the number of respondents were 40 respondents. The results of the analysis showed prior to murottal therapy most of the respondents on the pain scale 6 as many as 16 people (40%). After doing murottal therapy most of the respondents on the pain scale 4 as many as 14 people (28.6%) which means there is a significant influence murottal therapy on postoperative pain client seksiosesaria in RSI Sunan Kudus. (Α = 0.000). The results of this study can be an input for nurses to make distraction as one of the independent nursing interventions and include in the postoperative patient management protap.
The Effect of Non-Native Accents on English Comprehension

The primary purpose of the present investigation was to examine the influence of non-native English speakers’ accents on listening comprehension. The paper followed a thematic synthesis review that involves the development of structured summaries of studies to elaborate on and contextualize the extracted information. The sixteen publications selected for review included five quantitative, one integrative appraisal, and ten that employed experiments. The qualitative synthesis resulted in the identification of three thematic areas, which are considered as the approaches through which non-native accents can shape English comprehension. These encompass the perceptions of the native English speakers towards non-native English accented speakers, prosodic qualities of the language, and the foreign-accented English speaker’s speech rate. The findings of the review suggest that the exclusion of the diversity of English in ESL listening tests is likely to disadvantage test takers of non-native English backgrounds.
RETURN ON NET WORKING CAPITAL (RONWC): A DIRECT OUTCOME MEASURE OF WORKING CAPITAL EFFICIENCY OF FIRMS

Purpose: The extant literature measures the impact of working capital efficiency on the profitability of firms using accounting measures such as ROA, ROCE, ROE, Gross Operating Income (GOI) and market measure of Tobin’s Q. All these measures establish an indirect approach to study the association of working capital efficiency with the profitability of the firms. This paper establishes a direct relationship by introducing ‘Return on Net Working Capital’ (RONWC) as a new profitability measure of working capital management. Furthermore, an empirical test is conducted using the non-financial Indian firms and results are encouraging. Design/methodology/approach:This paper investigates the relation between working capital efficiency and the profitability of the firms in the Indian context during the period 2011 to 2016 using panel regression model. Findings:The study finds the existence of a significant negative relationship between return on net working capital (RONWC) and net trade cycle (NTC). Relationship between net trade cycle and conventional profitability measures like return on assets, return on equity, return on capital employed, gross operating income and Tobin’s Q were also tested and found to be statistically insignificant. Regarding control variables, return on net working capital increases with firm size, age of the firm, operating cash flow, sales growth and leverage and the relationship between RONWC and the control variables were found to be significant as well. Practical implications:This study contributes by aiding managers in measuring the impact of the investment in working capital on the profitability of their firms in a direct manner using return on net working capital. Originality/value:The present study proposes Return on Net working Capital (RONWC) as a direct profitability measure of working capital efficiency to academia and practitioners.
Breast Milk MSCs Transplantation Attenuates Male Diabetic Infertility Via Immunomodulatory Mechanism in Rats

| Diabetes is considered one of the most progressive metabolic syndrome that affects up to 7% of the people worldwide with many complications. Although the exact molecular mechanisms involved are still controversial, diabetic infertility represents a common complication and, in this regard, recent research offers a promising candidate where mesenchymal stem cells have been applied in dealing diabetes and its complications. The present study investigated the ameliorative effect of breast milk mesenchymal stem cells (Br-MSCs) in diabetic testicular dysfunction rat model with emphasis on testicular immunomodulation and proliferating cells nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression. Forty-five adult male Sprague Dawley rats (8-12 weeks old) were divided into three groups such as control (n=15), diabetic (n=15) and diabetic-treated and, 14 days post induction of type 1 diabetes (n=15), were administered double intraperitoneal injection of Br-MSCs. Testicular gene expression interleukin 1 beta (IL1β), interleukin 6 (IL6), interleukin 8 (IL8), proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ1) and interleukin 10 (IL10) were determined. Br-MSCs administration elicited a significant improvement in sperm count (P < 0.01), motility (P < 0.01) and abnormality (P < 0.01), a significant reduction (P < 0.001) in pro-inflammatory markers IL1β, IL6, IL8, and TGFβ1, a significant increase (P < 0.001) in anti-inflammatory testicular marker IL10, and the cell proliferation marker PCNA. The study conclude that Br-MSCs could ameliorate diabetic infertility via immunomodulatory effect and create a local anti-inflammatory microenvironment that reduced further testicular dysfunction.
A Study on Toxic Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Reproductive Tract of Male Mice

| Toxic effect of silver nanoparticles (50 nm) on the male reproductive tract of mice was tried to find out in this study. Two groups with 10 male white mice (8-10 weeks old) each were investigated. For 35 days, one group was administered orally with 0.4 mL suspension of silver nanoparticles @ 10mg/Kg of body weight while the other one was administered with the same quantity of normal saline as control. Weight of mice, its testis and spleen was measured whereas histopathology was performed with tissues from epididymis. Compared to control, a decrease in the mean body weight and weight of testis was noted while it was vice versa for spleen. A high percentage of dead and abnormal sperm along with decrease in serum testosterone concentration was observed in treated mice. Histopathology revealed abnormal arrangement, deformity, atrophy, degeneration, and necrosis of epithelial cells of somniferous tubules. The study concludes potential of silver nanoparticles to penetrate the blood-testcal barrier and induce pathological changes in the testis and deformity of the sperms with reduction in their number.
Internet Addiction among Undergraduates in Universities in Delta State, Nigeria

Internet use has become a common phenomenon of interest among students all over the world. Hence the study investigated Internet addiction among undergraduates in universities in Delta State, Nigeria. Three research questions were answered and one hypothesis tested. The descriptive survey design was employed for this study. The population of the study is 43,500 undergraduates in three universities in Delta State. The sample size for this study is 500. The questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data were analyzed using frequency, statistical mean and z-test statistics. Findings from the study revealed that the undergraduates engaged in information searching and usage of social media on the Internet. It was revealed that the undergraduates spent I hour and above on the Internet in a day. It was also found that the undergraduates exhibited high level of Internet addiction and that there was no significant difference between male and female undergraduates and Internet addiction. The study concluded that undergraduates in universities in Delta State are addicted to the Internet and recommendations were made to facilitate treatment of Internet addicted undergraduates by the universities management.
Association between blood Pressure, waist circumference, cholesterolaemia and triglyceridaemia in a population of Cameroonian adults

Objective: Blood pressure (BP) is one of the main cardiovascular risk indicators, but studies on its relationship with waist circumference, triglycerides and cholesterol are rare in low and middle income countries and even non-existent in some areas like the north of Cameroon. The aim of our study was to determine the associations between blood pressure parameters and age, waist circumference, triglycerides and total cholesterol in a north Cameroonian adult population.Method: A cross sectional community-based study was carried out in Ngaoundere (Adamawa region, Cameroon) from June to August 2015. Participants aged 20 years and above were recruited using a multistage sampling technique. Sociodemographic, clinical and biological data were collected and analysed using Microsoft Excel 2013® and SPSS version 20.0® softwares. Results: In total 948 participants met our selection criteria. The prevalence of prehypertension (Pre-HTN), Stage 1 hypertension (HTN) and Stage 2 HTN were 37.55%, 26.48% and 18.57% respectively. The prevalence of Stage 2 HTN was found to rise with age, waist circumference, serum triglycerides and cholesterol levels. The mean values ? of systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse pressure (PP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were 131.27 ± 24.07 mmHg, 86.56 ± 14.45 mmHg, 44.71 ± 15.45 mmHg and 101 ± 16.72 mmHg respectively. BP parameters correlated positively and significantly with age, waist circumference, triglycerides and total cholesterol (P<0.001). Conclusion: This study demonstrates a positive correlation of blood pressure parameters with age, abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, thus the need for stakeholders to strengthen measures towards cardiovascular risk awareness and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) prevention in the general population.
Congenital primary hypothyroidism in a cat Congenitale primaire hypothyroïdie bij een kat

A five and a half-month-old, male domestic shorthair of 1.4 kg was presented with severe constipation. Physical examination showed a dull, small cat with a poor hair coat and excessive scaling, hypothermia and a large amount of feces in the abdomen. Body proportions showed disproportional dwarfism with a large head and a short neck and limbs. Radiographs revealed marked epiphyseal dysgenesis with delayed maturation and ossification. Megacolon was present. Based on an undetectable level of TT4 and an elevated TSH level in serum, congenital primary hypothyroidism was diagnosed. On scintigraphic examination, the diagnosis was confirmed. After several months of levothyroxine therapy, the cat was bright and alert, showed no signs of constipation and developed normally.
Measuring sex selective abortions in India: evidences from Haryana.

The declining child sex ratio (F/M) has been one of the important concerns in Indias demography in recent times. Haryana is one of the developed states situated in north India having one of the lowest sex ratio as well as declining trend in child sex ratio in the last two decades. The present study aims to understand the magnitude of sex selective abortions and their reasons in Haryana. The data come from a community based research project in Jind district of Haryana. As a first step in order to identify the areas of high incidence of induced abortion secondary data from censuses on child population (0-4 and 5-9) were analysed by districts. The district maps were prepared using child sex ratios. The district that exhibited very high sex ratio namely Jind was selected. There were many villages with child sex ratio of 125(M/F) and above in Jind district. One of the concentrations of such cluster was selected. From the selected cluster of villages five villages were selected randomly and a complete census of all the households in the selected villages was done. A total of 2590 households were covered and 2646 ever-married women in the reproductive ages were interviewed. Detailed information was collected on household characteristics pregnancy histories antenatal care deliveries abortion history reasons for abortion and place of abortion for each pregnancy starting from marriage. The study provides estimates of sex-selective abortions based on evidences on pregnancy history of women spontaneous and induced abortions and ultrasound status. (authors)
Characterization and cytotoxic activity of amygdalin extracted from apricot kernels growing in Egypt

*Corresponding Author Email: sherif97badr@yahoo.com Vitamin B17 (Amygdalin) is D-mandelonitrile-bi-glucoside naturally found in fruit seeds. Amygdalin was extracted and purified from the kernels of apricots cultivated in Egypt. Identification of the extract was performed by High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), where a major amygdalin peak was obtained at retention time 3.5. Chemical structure of amygdalin was verified using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H-NMR) spectroscopy. Human hepatic (Huh7) and colorectal (HT-29) cancer cell lines were treated as indicator for cytotoxicity of extracted amygdalin. The IC50 valued >100 μM and 30 μM, respectively.
Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of User Education Programme for Fresh Students in Selected Colleges in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

User education is one of the important services of the library organised each year for fresh students into higher institutions of learning. It is an academic programme designed by academic libraries to educate its user’s especially fresh men on how to effectively utilise library resources and its services. The main objective of this study was to determine how to improve the effectiveness of user education programme for fresh students in selected colleges in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design with a study population of 5,023 N.C. E II and N.D II registered library users of the three colleges studied out of which a sample of 252 respondents were selected using the stratified random sampling technique with the proportional allocation method using a sample fraction of 5%. The questionnaire was the main research instrument used for the collection of data which was administered in the three college libraries. Data was analysed using frequency distribution and percentages run on SPSS. The findings of the study revealed that central to the three colleges, the students were provided with library orientation and compulsory use of library course. Findings also revealed that the influence of time allocation for the programme was in the students’ inability to attend the programme because it was conducted while they were yet to settle. Since the time allocated is not enough, it does not permit practicals. Inadequate provision of funds, inadequate number of staff to handle the programme, lack of follow up instructions, inadequate ICT facilities for the programme were identified as challenges. The study recommends a number of measures to enhance the effectiveness of user education programme such as allotting more time to user education programme, provision of funds, improved awareness creation, recruitment of more qualified professionals and teaching of the course when students have settled down to school activities.
Study of impact of anemia on pregnancy

Background: Anemia during pregnancy is highly prevalent in developing countries like India. Mostly is nutritional, of which iron deficiency anemia is predominant. Pregnancy is a state of hemodilution, also there is increased requirement of iron and folic acid during pregnancy. The incidence varies with socioeconomic status, literacy. Anemia has adverse outcome on both mother and fetal health. Poor fetal outcome like increase in preterm deliveries, increase in intrauterine growth restriction, increase in NICU admission, intrauterine death is seen. Maternal complications increase with anemia. This study aims to study the prevalence, type of anemia and its effect on mother and fetus. Objective of present study were to investigate the type and degree of anemia and to study the maternal and perinatal outcome. Methods: This study was done in department of obstetrics and gynecology in M. R. Medical college kalaburagi for 1 year. Study was conducted on 100 pregnant women. Haemoglobin estimation was done for all woman in 3 trimester. Severity of anemia was detected by ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) classification. Depending on degree and type of anemia all were treated and followed up for maternal and perinatal outcome. Results: The incidence of mild, moderate, severe anemia were 28%, 54%, 18% respectively. Most of the anemic woman belonged to low socioeceonomic status 84%. 16% had maternal complications. Poor perinatal outcome was seen in unbooked and referred cases. Conclusions: Anemia continues to be a major problem in developing countries with poor maternal and neonatal outcome. Early diagnosis and treatment can improve both maternal and neonatal outcome.
Labour Supply in Cyprus

This paper estimates labour supply functions for males and females in Cyprus and computes the income and wage elasticities of di¤erent groups based on the age and the age of the youngest dependent child of individuals drawing data from the 2007 EU-SILC database. The results show that labour supply is relatively more responsive to wage changes among women, especially among those with young children, and persons in the 55-64 age group. The total, (income and substitution) e¤ect of a wage rate increase on labour supply is negative for men and positive for women. Thus, in-work bene ts to women can increase working hours, while the opposite is true for men. This is especially true for women with young dependent children. In contrast, we nd that policies aimed at increasing the non-labour income of individuals can decrease working hours.
Tax Evasion by the Wealthy: Measurement and Implications

This paper combines random audit data with new data on offshore bank accounts to estimate the size and distribution of individual income tax evasion in the United States. Evasion through offshore financial institutions is highly concentrated at the very top of the income distribution. Random audits virtually never detect this form of evasion. Data from random audits alone suggests an increasing rate of tax evasion through the income distribution up to the 99th percentile, but a sharp drop-off in the rate of evasion with income within the top 1 percent. Accounting for evasion through offshore financial institutions partly reverses this drop-off in the rate of evasion at the top, leading us to revise upwards random-audit estimates of the tax gap for very-high-income earners by 4 to 6 percentage points. ∗We thank Gerald Auten, Drew Johns, Barry Johnson, Katie Lim, Alicia Miller, Matt Smith, and Alex Yuskavage for helpful discussion, support, and comments. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official view of the Internal Revenue Service. This project was conducted through the Joint Statistical Research Program of the Statistics of Income Division of the IRS. All data work for this project involving confidential taxpayer information was done at IRS facilities, on IRS computers, by IRS employees, and at no time was confidential taxpayer data ever outside of the IRS computing environment. Reck and Risch are IRS employees under an agreement made possible by the Intragovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (5 U.S.C. 3371-3376) and the IRS Student Volunteer Program.