Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
I Feel Safe Doing It! Prevalence, Risk Perception, and Motives for Risky Driving in Portugal

Introduction: Road traffic injuries are among the top 10 causes of death and thus a major public health issue worldwide. Consistent differences between countries in the European Union justify a closer examination of the problem at a national level. The present study focused on identifying the socio-psychological factors behind risky driving, which can help interventions more successfully foster safer driving practices in Portugal. More specifically, this research analysed the prevalence of self-reported risky driving behaviours and their association with perceived risks to establish whether this relationship differs across risk-taking practices. The study also examined drivers’ motives for taking risks. Methods: A telephone survey about road safety collected responses from 635 adult drivers. The respondents provided sociodemographic information so comparisons could be made between groups of drivers based on age, gender, and frequency of driving. Results: The risky driving practices most frequently reported by Portuguese drivers were speeding and disregarding the need for rest breaks. The respondents also evaluated these two practices as the least risky, suggesting that drivers minimise their personal risk of traffic accidents. The most frequently mentioned motives for risky driving were a perceived control over vehicles and road conditions. Male, younger, and everyday drivers have higher risk profiles since they reported engaging in risky driving practices more often and perceiving these behaviours as less risky. Conclusion: Portuguese drivers reported engaging consistently in risky driving practices, while evaluating their risk as moderate and their control over driving conditions as high. This contextualised understanding of factors that strengthen the likelihood of risky driving can help facilitate tailor-made interventions to reduce Portuguese drivers’ unrealistic perceptions of control and invulnerability, thereby ensuring safer roads.
Social isolation modulates appetite and defensive behavior via a common oxytocinergic circuit in larval zebrafish

Animal brains have evolved to encode social stimuli and transform these representations into advantageous behavioral responses. The commonalities and differences of these representations across species are not well-understood. Here, we show that social isolation activates an oxytocinergic (OXT), nociceptive circuit in the larval zebrafish hypothalamus and that chemical cues released from conspecific animals are potent modulators of this circuit’s activity. We delineate an olfactory to subpallial pathway that transmits chemical social cues to OXT circuitry, where they are transformed into diverse outputs simultaneously regulating defensive and feeding behaviors. Our data allow us to propose a model through which social stimuli are integrated within a fundamental neural circuit to mediate diverse adaptive behaviours.
The expression of heparanase in term and preterm human placentas

Abstract Purpose Heparanase is an endo-β-glucuronidase that cleaves side chains of heparan-sulfate proteoglycans, an integral constituent of the extra cellular matrix. The abundance of heparanase in placental trophoblast cells implies its role in the processes of placentation and trophoblast invasion. This study aims to explore the involvement of heparanase in parturition and preterm deliveries (PTD). Methods Sixteen human placentas were collected following singleton spontaneous onset term vaginal deliveries (n = 6), spontaneous onset preterm vaginal deliveries (n = 7) and term elective cesarean sections (n = 3). Placentas were excluded in case of any maternal chronic illness, pregnancy or delivery complications apart from PTD. Placental tissue samples were dissected, homogenized and proteins were extracted. Additionally, cryosections were prepared from the placental tissues. Heparanase expression was evaluated utilizing western blot analysis and immunofluorescence staining using heparanase specific antibodies. Heparanase expression was compared between the study groups qualitatively and quantitatively. Results Western blot analysis results demonstrated higher expression of both pro-heparanase and heparanase in PTD placentas compared to term vaginal placentas. Accordingly, immunofluorescence staining shows elevated heparanase expression in PTD placentas compared to term vaginal placentas (5.1 ± 0.92 vs. 1.2 ± 0.18, p < .005). Expression level of heparanase was higher in term cesarean section placentas as compared to term vaginal deliveries placentas, but did not reach statistical significance (1.8 ± 0.39 vs. 1.2 ± 0.18, p = .06). Conclusion This study demonstrates for the first time that preterm vaginal deliveries are associated with higher expression of heparanase in placental tissue. This may imply a direct effect of heparanase on preterm labor. Further studies should evaluate the functional role by which heparanase influence preterm delivery.
Effect of Balance Training on Balance Performance, Motor Coordination, and Attention in Children with Hearing Deficits

Background: Studies indicate that balance disorder, motor development problems, and weak postural control are likely to occur in children with severe to profound hearing deficits. Children with hearing deficits also indicate behavioral problems related to impulse control, distraction, and disability to maintain attention in the visual modality. Objectives: The present study, therefore, aimed to investigate the effect of balance exercises on balance performance, motor coordination, and attention in children with hearing deficits. Methods: In this experimental study, 36 children aged 7 to 12 years with severe to profound hearing deficits were randomly divided into two control and experimental groups using permuted block randomization. The experimental group performed a 12-session balance and vestibular sensory, motor exercise program. Assessments were performed as pretest and posttest by four subtests of the Bruininks-Oseretsky test of Motor Proficiency and Continuous Performance test. Then, the mean scores were compared between the pretest and posttest phases and between control and experimental groups by the paired t-test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, two-sample t-test, and Mann-Whitney U test. Results: The results indicated a significant difference between the control and experimental groups in the pretest and posttest scores of balance (P = 0.000), upper limb coordination (P = 0.000), bilateral coordination (P = 0.004), and visual-motor control (P = 0.023) subtests of Bruininks-Oseretsky test and Continuous Performance test (P = 0.017) in children with hearing deficits. Conclusions: Balance training including vestibular sensory and motor exercise program can simultaneously affect balance performance, motor coordination, and attention in children with hearing deficits.
The Vietnamese business cycle in an estimated small open economy New Keynesian DSGE model

The primary purpose of this paper is to investigate the sources of the business cycle fluctuations in Vietnam. To this end, we develop a small open economy New Keynesian Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (SOE-NK-DSGE) model. Accordingly, this model includes various features, such as habit consumption, staggered price, price indexation, incomplete exchange-rate pass-through, the failures of the law of one price and the uncovered interest rate parity. It is then estimated by using the Bayesian technique and Vietnamese data 1999Q1 − 2017Q1. Based on the estimated model, this paper analyzes the sources of the business cycle fluctuations in this emerging economy. Indeed, this research paper is the first attempt on developing and estimating the SOE-NK-DSGE model with the Bayesian technique for Vietnam.
The Role of Self-Efficacy in Organizational Citizenship Behavior

The writing purpose of this article is to review research journals about the role of self-efficacy in Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB). The review was carried out in 6 international scientific research journals in 2014-2018. The findings of the research journal found that self-efficacy is one of the important factors in influencing organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). In this study, there was a direct positive effect of self-efficacy on organizational citizenship behavior. Most of the research results show that high self-efficacy individuals tend to have high organizational citizenship behavior and vice versa.
A Survey of Emergency Department Health Care Provider on Awareness of Elder Abuse

Purpose: The population of senior citizens is rapidly growing in Korea, and this would inevitably result in the increase of elder abuse. This study was designed to survey healthcare providers in the emergency department, who may have a high probability of coming into contact with abused senior citizens, on the awareness of elder abuse, and to evaluate the level of legal knowledge and standard of education amongst these care providers. Methods: This study was a descriptive, cross-sectional survey research and was made for doctors and nurses with at least a one-year experience working in an emergency department at a university hospital in Seoul. A total of 142 participants were included for analysis. Results: Approximately 69.7% (n=99) of participants were relatively well aware of the obligation to report an elder abuse case. However, only 17.6% (n=25) of participants were aware of the method to file a report. Moreover, only 8.0% (n=11) of participants knew the provisions on punishing for not reporting. Only 15% (n=22) of participants received proper education relating to elder abuse after getting hired. Participants who received the education after getting hired have a better knowledge about elder abuse than those who did not receive the education (p=0.001). Participants who watch press reports about elder abuse showed to have better legal knowledge than those who do not watch such reports (p=0.012). Conclusion: With regard to participants’ level of awareness of the severity according to the type of abuse, physical abuse was seen as the most serious (4.22), followed by neglect (3.52), abandonment (3.18), emotional abuse (2.66), sexual abuse (2.61), and financial abuse (2.27).
Documentation of folk knowledge on edible wild plants of North Karnataka

In North Karnataka, fifty-one species of wild plants belonging to forty-six genera are edible. Local people use leaves, stem, flowers, fruits, seeds and roots as a part of their diet. Of the fifty one species, twenty-seven species belonging to twenty four genera produce edible fruits (eaten raw or cooked), sixteen species belonging to fourteen genera produce edible leaves and stem, four species belonging to four genera produce edible flowers, three species belonging to three genera produce edible seeds. The root extract of one species (Hemidesmus indicus) was used to prepare soft drink. Some of these species serve as food during famine. It is necessary to preserve the diversity of wild edible plants, as they possess an immense nutritional and medicinal value. Present study reveals the importance of twenty-two species of plants as they are eaten substantially by village folk as well as by city dwellers. It is desirable to bring these plants under organized agriculture as new crops to increase their production and utilization.
Adopting C2cad Model To Eco Capsule Wardrobe Design

This study aimed to design a series of essential clothes made of Eco-fashion materials, especially recycled content in the capsule wardrobe. It has been designed to develop strategies during the clothing design process and promote the use of Eco-fashion materials in the fashion and clothing industry. Guided by the concept of C2CAD model, this research applied multifunctional convertible design in fashion and produced an 'Eco capsule wardrobe‘ with ten pieces of clothing. Besides, this study has applied Computer-Aided Design (CAD) for using the jigsaw puzzle technique in the pattern-making process as another sustainable practice. This paper focuses on the most important casual clothes which can find in any women‘s wardrobe. The research methodology included design concept, design experiments and evaluation stage. Based on the C2CAD model, the Eco capsule wardrobe evaluated by a focus group of twelve participants to assess quality and design. Overall, the Eco capsule wardrobe is perceived as casual, good quality of materials, using Eco friendly features, multifunctional, comfortable, good appearance and design. The proposed prototype of Eco capsule wardrobe provides an example of Eco-fashion design that will reduce landfill clothing waste. This may lead to design sustainability, where clothes can be disassembled and recycled easily after use. Clothing design for Eco capsule wardrobe provides practical application. It may educate and promote the use of Eco-fashion materials that support fabric recycling activities.
Large Gauge Transformations and Black Hole Entropy

Diffeomorphisms in general relativity can act non-trivially on the boundary of spacetimes. Of particular importance are the BMS group of transformations, originally found by Bondi, Metzner, van der Burg and Sachs. They describe the symmetries of asymptotically flat spacetimes. We first consider symmetries such as these that act non-trivially at null infinity. We look in detail at the BMS group and then describe the conformal symmetries of asymptotically flat spacetime. These represent an extension of the BMS group that we call the conformal BMS group. Second, we explore the action of these large diffeomorphisms in the context of black holes. The emergence of Virasoro algebras as the asymptotic symmetry algebras of black hole spacetimes suggests a fundamental link to conformal field theory. For the case of the generic Kerr black hole, we hypothesize that the black hole is itself a thermal conformal field theory which transforms under a Virasoro action. A set of infinitesimal Virasoro L ⊗ Virasoro R diffeomorphisms are presented which act non-trivially on the horizon. Using the covariant phase space formalism, we can construct the corresponding surface charges on the black hole horizon and find the central terms in their algebras. Ambiguities in the construction of the charges allow for the addition of extra terms. Wald and Zoupas have provided a general framework for these counterterms, although the precise form is left undetermined. In computing the horizon charges, certain obstructions to the integrability and associativity of the charge algebra arise, calling for some counterterm to be used. A consistent counterterm is found that removes these obstructions and gives rise to central charges cL = cR = 12J . On the assumption that there exists a quantum Hilbert space on which these charges generate the symmetries, one can use the Cardy formula to compute the entropy of the conformal field theory. This Cardy entropy turns out to be exactly equal to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy, providing a potential microscopic interpretation for this macroscopic area-entropy law. The results are generalised to the Kerr-Newman black hole with the addition of charge. 6
The Geography of Unsheltered Homelessness in the City: Evidence from “311” Calls in New York

We provide the first detailed evidence on the distribution of unsheltered homelessness within the city. We rely on &#8220;311&#8221; call data reporting unsheltered homeless individuals to New York City authorities, based on evidence that the distribution of calls reflects their actual locations. Centrality dominates an otherwise important role of median income in explaining variation in unsheltered homelessness across neighborhoods. Subway stations and restaurants are important as well. We also find that police respond more quickly to calls in more affluent and central neighborhoods. This suggests that the distribution of homelessness across neighborhoods could affect the city's overall response.
“I’d like to order with a server.” an experimental study of restaurant menu performance

ABSTRACT The Asia Pacific region has the largest market in the foodservice industry. This study aims to explore the performance of self-service tablets in comparison with traditional paper menus. A field experiment was conducted in a casual dining restaurant. The results show that self-service tablets had better design whereas paper menus had better communication feature. Paper menus elicited better responses than self-service tablets. The study highlighted the technological pause phenomenon and the importance of human contact in the restaurant industry. The implications of this study are applicable to restaurant operators in the Asia Pacific region, especially to those targeting foreign visitors.
Qualities of an Effective Teacher: Perspectives from a College of Medicine in Nigeria

Background: Evaluation of effectiveness of teaching can be obtained through feedback from students, self or peers. This study determined the perspectives of teachers in a College of Medicine in Nigeria on the qualities of an effective teacher. Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among the consenting academic staff of the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus in July 2014. Self-administered questionnaire was used to determine their perspectives on the qualities of an effective health Original Research Article Ikeako et al.; BJESBS, 20(1): 1-10, 2017; Article no.BJESBS. 32207 2 teacher. On a five point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagrees to strongly agrees, each participant was required to respond to some statements. Data entry and analysis were done using SPSS version 20 (Chicago, Illinois, USA). Results: ‘Having good communication skills’ (4.87) and ‘sound knowledge of the subject’ (4.87) were the most important characteristics. Also ranking high were ‘should have good presentation skills (4.83) and should be honest, moral and exhibit high ethical standards’ (4.78). The rank of the respondents had a statistically significant effect on their perception of the characteristics of an effective teacher with regards to interaction with students/colleagues (p=0.014). The more senior teachers-associate professors and professors gave the highest mean rank (4.25 and 4.23 respectively) while graduates assistants gave the lowest (3.75). Conclusion: An effective medical teacher should have a good grasp of the subject, be able to communicate same excellently and possess good personal attributes as honesty and high ethical and moral standards. These attributes should be acquired and strengthened in order to attain a state of proficiency.
The Relationships Among Temporal Processing, Rapid Naming, and Oral Reading Fluency in Chinese Children With and Without Dyslexia

The relationships among visual and auditory temporal processing, rapid naming, and oral reading fluency in Chinese children with and without dyslexia were examined. Primary school-aged Chinese children with dyslexia (N = 47) and chronological-age-matched controls (N = 47) were recruited. Temporal processing, rapid naming, oral reading fluency, Chinese character reading, and nonverbal IQ were assessed. There were significant correlations among visual and auditory temporal processing, rapid naming, and oral reading fluency. The patterns of the relationships among these measures differed between the children with and without dyslexia. The path analyses revealed that visual temporal processing had significant direct and indirect effects (through rapid naming) on oral reading fluency; only the children with dyslexia showed a significant direct effect of auditory temporal processing. These findings have research and educational implications for enhancing the reading abilities of Chinese children with dyslexia.
Concept of Sound in Tifa as Papua’s Contextual Learning Media

- This study aimed to determine the use of Tifa music instruments in sound concepts as a contextual science learning media. The focus of this research is the use of Tifa music instruments which are often used in traditional ceremonies by the Malind tribe in Sota District, Merauke Regency. The research method was descriptive qualitative, where the data collection techniques applied are observation, literature study and in-depth interviews. There were three respondents that researchers interviewed. They were the indigenous societies of Malind tribe. Research data are then represented and interpreted into sound concepts. This research concluded that there are sound concepts in Tifa musical instruments that can be implemented in science learning.
LESIONS PRECANCEREUSES DU COL UTERIN ET INFECTION A VIH A BRAZZAVILLE

Le cancer du col uterin est un probleme de sante publique dans les pays en developpement (1). Au Congo, le cancer du col uterin est le premier cancer gynecologique et d'apres une etude precedente (2), ayant porte sur la population generale de femmes, tout statut serologique VIH confondu, la frequence des Lesions Precancereuses du Col uterin (LPC) est de 31,6%. Objectif: Determiner le profil epidemiologique et anatomo-pathologique des lesions precancereuses du col uterin (LPC) chez les femmes vivant avec le Virus de l'Immunodeficience Humaine (VIH). Patientes, materiel et methodes: Il s'agit d'une etude prospective menee au CHU de Brazzaville de janvier a juillet 2004. Le recrutement des femmes s'est fait au Centre de Traitement Ambulatoire (CTA). Etaient retenues dans cette etude, les femmes asymptomatiques vivant avec le VIH, non soumises aux antiretroviraux, dont l'âge variait entre 20 et 59 ans. L'outil de travail etait un questionnaire dans lequel devait etre mentionne, outre l'identite et l'adresse, le taux de CD4, les donnees socio-economiques, les antecedents gynecologiques et obstetricaux, les resultats colposcopique et histologique des biopsies realisees sur les zones suspectes. La technique histologique utilisee, etait celle des coupes en paraffine colorees, a l'hematoxyline eosine. La classification retenue pour les LPC, etait celle de Bethesda qui reconnait les lesions de bas grade (condylome et CIN I), les lesions de haut grade (CIN II et CIN III). Resultats: Dans le cadre d'une etude prospective 48 patientes asymptomatiques vivant avec le VIH, ont beneficie d'une colposcopie couplee aux testes au Lugol et a l'acide acetique a 4 %. La colposcopie etait positive dans 52 % (n = 25). La confirmation histologique des LPC etait faite sur 21 des 25 biopsies soit une sensibilite de 84 %. La frequence relative des LPC chez les femmes asymptomatiques vivant avec le VIH etaient estimee a 38,1 %. Un pic de frequence est observe entre 36 et 40 ans. L'âge moyen des patientes etait de 35 ans avec des extremes de 26 et 50 ans. Il s'agit de femmes le plus souvent jeunes, instruites, mariees, multipares, exercant un emploi ou une activite generatrice de revenus. Les lesions de bas grade (condylome et CIN I) representent 38,2 % (n = 8). Celles de haut grade (CIN II et CIN III) 61,8 % (n = 13). Ces lesions de haut grade etaient plus retrouvees chez les femmes, avec un taux de CD4 compris entre 200 et 300/mm 3 . Les alterations morphologiques liees a la participation du papilloma virus (HPV) dans ces LPC etaient presentent dans 80,9 %.