Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Language and Print Concepts Achievement among Children with Low and High Reading Motivation

Abstract This study investigates the relationships between reading motivation, language ability, and print-concept skills among Hebrew-speaking kindergarteners, before they are formally exposed to reading instruction. The purpose of the study was to explore reading motivation-literacy relationships and to determine whether there are differences in language and print concepts achievement between children with low versus high reading motivation. One hundred and ten kindergarteners participated in the study, and were assessed at the beginning of the school year. It was found that reading motivation had a unique contribution to children’s achievements in language and print concepts knowledge, and predicted success in those literacy domains. Highly motivated children had higher scores in language and print concepts as compared to their lower-motivated peers. The results suggest that reading motivation is an essential predictor of language and literacy skills at an early age, even before children are formally exposed to reading instruction. Implications for educators are further discussed.
Collective self-build for senior friendly communities. Studying the effects on social cohesion, social satisfaction and loneliness

Abstract Neighbourhood social cohesion is important for the health and well-being of the ageing population. It is therefore crucial to study how we can create neighbourhoods with high levels of neighbourhood social cohesion where senior citizens can age in place. We test the hypotheses that collective self-build is positively related to social cohesion and (directly and indirectly) to social satisfaction and lower levels of loneliness. The study is based on survey data from 326 respondents of 50 years and over living in 25 collective self-build development projects and 19 conventionally developed housing projects in the Netherlands. The results of a structural equation model (SEM) reveal that collective self-build is directly related to neighbourhood social cohesion and lower feelings of social loneliness. We find an indirect effect on social satisfaction. These positive relationships hold while controlling for personal and household characteristics. This quantitative study adds scientific knowledge on the collective self-build development method and its relation to social cohesion, loneliness and satisfaction.
Does Household Debt Matter to Financial Fragility?

ABSTRACT Minsky, the father of the financial instability hypothesis was concerned with how instability in business sector balance sheets could contribute to overall financial instability. Minsky did not consider the household balance to be important, and until 1990 taking that perspective was not problematic. However, as the level of household net wealth increased significantly through the 1990s, the household sector became an important player in the financial sector balances game. This article analyzes the role of household debt in economic growth from the post-Keynesian approach. We find that household debt does matter to financial stability. It influences the consumption levels of households, the rate of return on mortgage and other debt held by banks and other financial institutions, the rate of return on the production of goods and services, and the overall well-being of households in our economy. The issue of household debt can be tackled from two sides. From the income side, creating a work environment favorable to unions and a job guarantee program would help. From the expenditure side, providing Medicare, childcare, eldercare, higher education, and potentially housing, would remove the reasons why household acquire sometimes unsustainable debt.
DETERMINASI KINERJA KEUANGAN PERUSAHAAN : ANALISIS LIKUIDITAS, LEVERAGE DAN UKURAN PERUSAHAAN (LITERATURE REVIEW MANAJEMEN KEUANGAN)

Riset terdahulu atau riset yang relevan sangat penting dalam suatu riset atau artikel ilmiah. Riset terdahulu atau riset yang relevan berfungsi untuk memperkuat teori dan fenomena hubungan atau pengaruh antar variabel. Artikel ini mereview Determinasi Kinerja Keuangan Perusahaan : Analisis Likuiditas, Leverage, dan Ukuran Perusahaan Suatu Studi Literatur Manajemen Keuangan. Hasil dari library research ini adalah bahwa: 1) Likuiditas berpengaruh terhadap kinerja keuangan perusahaan; 2) Leverage berpengaruh terhadap kinerja keuangan perusahaan; 3) Ukuran perusahaan tidak berpengaruh terhadap kinerja keuangan perusahaan.
Effect of COVID-19 on acquisition of employable skills among national service personnel in Ghana

PurposeThis study examined the effect of COVID-19 on the acquisition of employable skills among national service personnel in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted the cross-sectional descriptive survey design from the positivist paradigm to collect data from a sample of 2,263 out of a population of 77,962 trainees (national service personnel) posted to the public (85.1%) and the private (14.9%) sectors for the 2019/2020 service year. Sampling techniques were simple random, stratify and snowball sampling techniques and Google form softcopy questionnaire was used for data collection.FindingsThe study found that COVID-19 had made workplaces and work schedules very risky for trainees' acquiring employable skills in Ghana because their employers/trainers' were unable to provide adequate PPEs for trainees. Preventive measures such as mandatory leaves, reduced workload/working hours and shift system had reduced the duration for acquiring employable skills which could affect employability and aggravate graduate unemployment in Ghana. The sustainability and quality of job opportunities presented by COVID-19 to graduate trainees-farming; trading and online teaching could also not be guaranteed.Research limitations/implicationsIt was recommended that employers/trainers should provide adequate PPEs, introduce teleworking with the necessary tools and training for their trainees. Educational institutions should provide work-based learning methods in their curricula to enhance employable skills for national service graduates. Government's support for trainees venturing into self-employed job opportunities presented by the COVID-19 was also recommendedPractical implicationsIt was recommended that employers/trainers should provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), introduce teleworking with the necessary tools and training for their trainees. Government's support for trainees venturing into self-employed job opportunities presented by the COVID-19 was also recommended.Originality/valueThis paper has not been published anywhere.
Body‐Wave Tomographic Imaging of the Turkana Depression: Implications for Rift Development and Plume‐Lithosphere Interactions

The Turkana Depression, a topographically subdued, broadly rifted zone between the elevated East African and Ethiopian plateaus, disrupts the N–S, fault‐bounded rift basin morphology that characterizes most of the East African Rift. The unusual breadth of the Turkana Depression leaves unanswered questions about the initiation and evolution of rifting between the Main Ethiopian Rift (MER) and Eastern Rift. Hypotheses explaining the unusually broad, low‐lying area include superposed Mesozoic and Cenozoic rifting and a lack of mantle lithospheric thinning and dynamic support. To address these issues, we have carried out the first body‐wave tomographic study of the Depression's upper mantle. Seismically derived temperatures at 100 km depth exceed petrological estimates, suggesting the presence of mantle melt, although not as voluminous as the MER, contributes to velocity anomalies. A NW–SE‐trending high wavespeed band in southern Ethiopia at < 200 km depth is interpreted as refractory Proterozoic lithosphere which has likely influenced the localization of both Mesozoic and Cenozoic rifting. At < 100 km depth below the central Depression, a single localized low wavespeed zone is lacking. Only in the northernmost Eastern Rift and southern Lake Turkana is there evidence for focused low wavespeeds resembling the MER, that bifurcate below the Depression and broaden approaching southern Ethiopia further north. These low wavespeeds may be attributed to melt‐intruded mantle lithosphere or ponded asthenospheric material below lithospheric thin‐spots induced by the region's multiple rifting phases. Low wavespeeds persist to the mantle transition zone suggesting the Depression may not lack mantle dynamic support in comparison to the two plateaus.
Evaluation of a Single Oncoplastic Technique for Peri-Areolar Upper Quadrants Breast Cancer

Background: Oncoplastic surgery has gained wide popularity. Batwing mastopexy (BWM) is an oncoplastic technique being used in treatment of centrally located tumors. The purpose of our study is to assess short-term outcome including cosmetic results of this technique done for peri-areolar lesions in breast upper quadrants. Methods: A prospective study of a series of 25 women with upper quadrants peri-areolar breast cancer. 23 patients underwent wide local excision with clear margins accompanied by BWM in order to achieve pleasant outcome. Separate incisions were performed for axillary biopsy or dissection for invasive cancers. Four months after surgery, the cosmetic result was evaluated both objectively by the surgeons (five elements of the ABNSW system) and subjectively by patients regarding their satisfaction. Results: Results were rated as poor, fair, good or excellent. This revealed good result in 18 cases (78%) followed by fair in 4 cases (17%). Again, most patients 18 (78%) expressed good satisfaction with none of them reporting poor outcome either objectively by surgeons or even subjectively. Minor complications occurred in only 5 patients (21.7%), all have been treated conservatively. Conclusion: Batwing mastopexy is a safe, convenient-to-learn, and quick technique. It allows to achieve a favorable breast shape, particularly in women with large breasts.
Deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa laboratory maintenance and exposure to barite using water recirculation systems

Drilling activities usually discharge large quantities of fluids and drill cuttings, which are composed of fine particles, such as barite, that can physically affect Lophelia pertusa. An experiment to assess the effects of barite smothering on L. pertusa was conducted with a water recirculation system. The corals were collected in Santos Basin, Brazil. The experiment was conducted in 23 L cone-shaped aquaria, adapted with an individual water recirculation system. Each exposure to suspended barite particles (50 and 100 mg•L-1) plus a control group was maintained in triplicate. Three nubbins were accommodated in the aquaria and acclimated for 7 days. The experimental design simulated two cycles of discharge, followed by a recovery cycle of 7 days each, totaling 35 days. Nine polyps per treatment were monitored twice per day regarding their behavior levels. Time-lapse photographs were also taken during the recovery periods. Total polyp survival in the control was 100%, while those in the 50 and 100 mg•L-1 groups were 94.2 and 93.6%, respectively, with no significant difference between treatments. Polyp activity was different between treatments, with both exposed aquaria displaying higher activity than control. This was probably related to the natural cleaning behavior of L. pertusa. Key words: Barite smothering, sedimentation, impacts of oil and gas industry, Santos Basin, Southeastern Brazil, South Atlantic.
Relationships between leisure involvement and quality of life among users of public sports centre aged 45 years and older

ABSTRACT Leisure participation and physical activity have emerged as important issues in discussions on ageing and the improvement of life quality. The aim of this study is to understand the relationships between leisure involvement and quality of life among users of public sports centre in Taiwan. Questionnaires were distributed to users aged 45 years or older across four sports centres. A total of 502 valid questionnaires were analysed. A reliability analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, and multiple regression analysis were conducted employing the statistical software PASW 18.0 for Windows. The results indicate that leisure involvement produces significant positive quality-of-life outcomes, especially in the physical, psychological, and environmental domains. This study improves understanding of how leisure involvement affects quality of life among middle-aged and older users of public sports centres. The research concludes with practical implications and suggestions for future research.
Internet Connection and Learning Device Availability of College Students: Basis for Institutionalizing Flexible Learning in the New Normal

Due to the effect of the current pandemic that the world is experiencing, the educational system swiftly remedied the problem of student learning. This study assessed the students' internet connection capability and the availability of learning devices at their homes. The researchers used a descriptive cross-sectional research design with the online survey as the primary tool for data gathering. Using a convenience sampling technique, this study garnered 2,894 responses from students at a local higher education institution in Central Luzon, Philippines. The study used a modified questionnaire and subjected the gathered data to simple statistical analysis. Based on the results of the survey, 70% of the students have internet access at home. On the other hand, smartphone tops the list of the learning devices that is available for learning for students. To conclude, the institution can therefore implement a flexible learning plan for the students especially this time of the pandemic period. In addition, the researchers also suggested some important recommendations in the learning system of the institution.
Comments on the XPS Analysis of Carbon Materials

The surface chemistry of carbon materials is predominantly explored using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). However, many published papers have critical failures in the published analysis, stemming from an ill-informed approach to analyzing the spectroscopic data. Herein, a discussion on lineshapes and changes in the spectral envelope of predominantly graphitic materials are explored, together with the use of the D-parameter, to ascertain graphitic content, using this information to highlight a simple and logical approach to strengthen confidence in the functionalization derived from the carbon core-level spectra.
The Effect of Employee Benefit Liabilities, Sales Growth, Capital Intensity, and Earning Management on Tax Avoidance

Abstract Tax avoidance is a strategy that is common in tax management. As part of management strategy, tax avoidance is important to know for a manager. The purpose of this research is to examine the level of tax avoidance of the manufacturing industry in Indonesia and the role of employee benefit liabilities, sales growth, capital intensity, and earnings management in effecting this. This study uses purposive sampling and 78 manufacturing companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2016 to 2019 that were selected as research samples and obtained a final sample of 312 firm-years observation. The result of panel data regression using a random effect model finds strong evidence that employee benefit liabilities have a negative effect on tax avoidance while sales growth, capital intensity, and earning management has a positive effect on tax avoidance.Keywords: Employee benefit liabilities, sales growth, capital intensity, earning management, tax avoidance. Abstrak Penghindaran pajak adalah salah satu strategi yang biasa digunakan dalam manajemen pajak. Sebagai bagian dari manajemen strategi, maka penghindaran pajak penting diketahui oleh seorang manajer. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji tingkat penghindaran pajak industri manufaktur di Indonesia dan peran kewajiban imbalan kerja, pertumbuhan penjualan, intensitas modal, dan manajemen laba dalam mempengaruhi hal tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan purposive sampling dan 78 perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) dari tahun 2016 hingga 2019, yang dipilih sebagai sampel penelitian dan diperoleh sampel akhir sebanyak 312 data panel perusahaan. Hasil regresi data panel dengan menggunakan model random effect menemukan bukti kuat bahwa kewajiban imbalan kerja berpengaruh negatif terhadap penghindaran pajak sedangkan pertumbuhan penjualan, intensitas modal, dan manajemen laba berpengaruh positif terhadap penghindaran pajak.Kata Kunci: Imbalan pasca kerja, pertumbuhan penjualan, besaran modal, manajemen laba, penghindaran pajak.
Rifaximin, a pregnane X receptor (PXR) activator regulates apoptosis in a murine model of breast cancer

The present study was proposed to investigate the effect of rifaximin (RFX) on methyl nitrosourea (MNU) induced mammary gland carcinoma in albino wistar rats. Animals were randomized and divided among four groups of six animals each. Group I (control 0.9% normal saline, 3 ml kg−1, p.o.); Group II (toxic control, MNU 47 mg kg−1, i.v.); Group III (RFX, 25 mg kg−1, p.o.); Group IV (RFX, 50 mg kg−1, p.o.). Toxicity was induced by single i.v. injection of MNU. MNU treatment was evident with increased alveolar bud count, differentiation score, up-regulated inflammatory enzyme markers (COX, LOX, NO and H2S) and oxidative stress markers (TBAR's, protein carbonyl, SOD, catalase and Ach). The mammary gland surface architecture was studied using SEM, carmine staining and H&E staining. The treatment with RFX elicited noticeable restoration of the overall histological architecture in the experimental animals similar to the control. In the MNU treated toxic group, the levels of oxidative stress markers significantly increased in comparison to the control, which was subsequently restored after RFX treatment. Furthermore, RFX up regulated the levels of caspase 3 and caspase 8, when compared to the MNU treated animals. MNU associated toxicity was also ascertained, when determined for UCHL-1, COX, NF-κBp65, BAD, and BCL-xl expression, while RFX demonstrated modulation of the same.
Role of computed tomography in assessing floor of the mouth lesions

Background: The floor of the mouth (FOM) is located below the tongue in the oral cavity. Many diseases can occur in the FOM that are unique to this anatomical location. Clinical examination of the mucosal surface of the FOM is easy without imaging, because the superficial pathologies can be assessed by the bare eye. However, if the disease has a deep extension into the FOM or spreads beyond its boundaries, imaging may then be necessary. Different imaging modalities can be helpful in examining the FOM Objective: To assess the role of CT in assessing lesions of the floor of the mouth with complementary US or MRI if needed. Subjective: The study was carried out on 26 patients referred to the Radio-diagnosis department at Alexandria Main University Hospital diagnosed with floor of mouth lesions during the time period December 2018 to September 2020. Biphasic CT was performed in all 26 patients with an initial non contrast phase taken before contrast administration. Complementary MRI was done in 8 cases along with complementary ultrasound in 12 cases. Results: MDCT helped in classifying lesions according to the nature of the lesion into three groups: cystic, solid and mixed lesions. Solid lesions were the commonest; fourteen (53.8%) of the lesions were of solid nature, seven (26.9%) were cystic in nature and lastly five (19.2%) lesions were of mixed nature. Nineteen (73%) lesions were well defined on MDCT, while seven (26.9%) lesions showed ill-defined borders. The lesions were classified according to their pattern of enhancement into homogenous, heterogeneous, peripheral enhancement and non-enhancing lesions. Eleven (42.3%) cases showed homogeneous enhancement, nine (34.6%) showed heterogeneous enhancement, three (11.5%) showed no enhancement, two (7.6%) with peripheral enhancement and finally one (3.8%) with enhancing septae. Conclusion: CT is within reach with rapid image acquisition; this is why it is a primary investigation to broadly differentiate between different pathological processes in the floor of the mouth. Based upon the MDCT characteristics of the lesion such as tissue density, tissue composition, enhancement pattern and vascularity, MDCT helped to narrow the differential diagnosis.CT provides key information for proper staging of patients with oral cancer, such as the invasion depth, assessing if there is bone invasion and evaluation of lymph nodes. (506) Mohamed A. Morsi Abdeldayem, et al. E.D. J. Vol. 68, No. 1
The Influence of Service Quality, Destination Image, and Memorable Experience on Revisit Intention with Intervening Variables of Tourist Satisfaction

Purpose: This study aims to build a model for tourists' revisit intention who come to visit tourist destinations. Research methods: This study uses primary data with 400 samples assigned by random sampling. The data were processed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM). Results and discussions: In total (total effect) of each variable, which has the most considerable full effect, is given the destination image followed by service quality, tourist satisfaction, and memorable experience, respectively. For the mediation role, it is found that the tourist satisfaction variable is a mediator of the relationship between an unforgettable experience and revisit intention. Tourist satisfaction is not a mediator of the relationship between service quality and revisit intention and tourist satisfaction, nor is it a mediator of the relationship between destination image and revisit intention. Regarding revisit intention, the analysis results show that this variable is significantly influenced by the variables of service quality, destination image, and tourist satisfaction. Meanwhile, the effect of memorable experience is not statistically significant. Conclusion: The results of this study prove that efforts to increase tourists' revisit intention can be made by improving destination management that considers service quality, destination image, memorable experience, and tourist satisfaction.