Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dietary habits of Turkish adolescents in Konya, Turkey

Problem Statement: The adolescence is a crucial stage between childhood and adulthood during which an individual acquires new qualities and practices including dietary habits that may be influenced by his peers and social circle. Purpose of the study: To determine the dietary habits of adolescents studying in high schools in Konya, Turkey where obesity has been determined to be considerably high. Methods: The population comprised of first year students registered for 2012-2013 academic year at five different high schools selected randomly in Konya. The study included a total of 643 individuals. Data regarding dietary habits of students were collected by means of Adolescent Food Habit Checklist (AFHC) whose validity and reliability studies for Turkish version had been previously published. Means, standard deviation and ANOVA tests were performed for data analysis. Findings and Results: The mean age was 15.18±0.57 years of which 65.2% were males. Body mass index evaluation indicated 51.8% of students were underweight, 39.5% normal and 8.7% overweight. Mean AFHC score of students were calculated as 9.17±3.70. Mean AFHC score obtained by females (9.97±3.67) were significantly higher than males (8.74±3.64) (p<0.01). AFHC scores obtained by overweight students were significantly higher than underweight and normal students (p<0.01). Conclusions and Recommendations: Dietary habits in Turkish adolescents were below optimal level. Higher AFHC scores obtained by overweight students as compared to normal suggested adequate nutritional knowledge is not a decisive factor in * ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: İndrani Kalkan, Mevlana University, School of Health Services, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Ardiçli Mah, Yeni Istanbul Cad. No: 235, Selcuklu, Konya 42003, Turkey. E-mail address: ikalkan@mevlana.edu. tr / Tel. : +90-533-223-7755 Kalkan, I. , Turkmen, A. , S. & Filiz, E. (2016). Dietary habits of Turkish adolescents in Konya, Turkey, Global Journal on Advances in Pure & Applied Sciences. [Online]. 07, pp 190-196. Available from: www.propaas. eu 191 determining dietary habits. Proper dietary habits gained at an early age, is important in bringing up healthy generations.
Who needs guidance from a financial adviser? Evidence from Japan

Using individual family household data from Japan, we find that households prefer financial institutions, family and friends, and financial experts as actual sources of financial information, and financial institutions, neutral institutions not reflecting the interests of a particular industry, and financial experts as desirable sources of financial information. We find that households choosing actual sources of financial information involving financial experts have better financial knowledge, as measured in terms of knowledge about the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan, than those selecting family and friends for the same purpose. These same households are also more willing to purchase high-yielding financial products entailing the possibility of a capital loss within one to two years. We also find that households choosing desirable sources of financial information involving financial experts and neutral institutions also have better financial knowledge. Conditional on the choice of financial institutions as the actual source, households that regard neutral institutions as a more desirable source tend to have better financial knowledge. However, it is unclear whether households that seek the guidance of a financial expert have higher ratios of stock and investment trusts to financial assets than those selecting family and friends as their source of financial information.
Serial pulmonary function test abnormality in tuberculous pleural effusion

Background: Pleural effusion is a common clinical problem that frequently causes dyspnoea and poor ventilatory function. In addition to fluid, pleural thickening, septations and calcifications can add to the functional deterioration of lungs. The drainage of pleural effusion is very effective in improving the functionality of lungs. Large volume pleural fluid tapping results in immediate hemodynamic improvement and relief from dyspnoea. Methods: The aim of the present study was to estimate the impact of tubercular pleural effusion on the ventilatory function of the lungs and to find out the correlation between the effect of pleural tapping and functional effect on the lungs. The study comprised of thirty tubercular pleural effusion cases. They were observed for six months by doing serial chest X-rays and pulmonary function test. Results: It was observed that tuberculous pleural effusion causes a restrictive abnormality and small airway obstruction. These abnormalities improve gradually over a period of six months when the patient is on anti-tubercular treatment. The role of any therapeutic intervention towards decreasing these lung function abnormalities will be subject of separate large-scale prospective study. Conclusions: Functional defects and residual pleural thickening has no correlation with the initial severity of pleural effusion.
How do women entrepreneurs strategize growth? An investigation using the social feminist theory lens

ABSTRACT This paper explores the strategic success factors of fast-growth women entrepreneurs, explicating how their gendered strategies influence their growth paths. Drawing on social feminist theory, our qualitative study posits that a conscious choice of female perspective can be the central principle behind women’s entrepreneurial behavior and positively associated with growth. Our findings provide a more nuanced understanding of how women entrepreneurs weave together (economic) growth with personal and social outcomes, while shaping their key strategic success factors – client relationship and branding, organizational values and culture, networking behavior, and leadership and management – with female attributes and values attained through socialization.
Assessing the Impact of Sanitation on Customer Retention: A Survey of Restaurants in the Tamale Metropolis

In the hospitality industry customer perception and satisfaction are largely hooked upon quality of service in the quest to retaining customers in the restaurants. This study is aimed at examining the impact of sanitation on customer retention in restaurants in the Tamale Metropolis. Some of the key elements that were used to examine the study were customer perception and satisfaction on sanitation variables such as dining area cleanliness, employee hygiene, outside environment cleanliness and food contact surface cleanliness. Participants in this study included customers in the restaurants. The convenient sampling and lottery sampling methods were employed for this study. The total number of restaurants was 30 while 543 customers were selected in the restaurants. Customer perception of sanitation variables had significant effect on their return intention. Customers were also highly satisfied with the sanitation level in restaurants and that influenced their retention. It is however imperative for all food service managers to uphold the issues of sanitation seriously in order to ensure customer retention.
VARK LEARNING STYLES TOWARDS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG STUDENTS OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN SELANGOR

The objectives of this study are twofold: (a) to examine the influence of students’ learning styles on their academic performance; and (b) to identifies the preferred learning styles of students between high/low achievers, gender, and different clusters. By using VARK standard questionnaire, 433 undergraduate students from four faculties at the Private University in Selangor are used as observations for this study. The study finds that all students were unimodal learners and Kinesthetic (K) type of learning style is the learner type with the most number of students. High achievers are preferred Kinesthetic (K) learning style while Read/Write (R) learning style is more practiced by students with low achievement. Male students are more preferred Kinesthetic (K) learning style, but female students had a preference for Visual (V) learning style. Social science students are more preferred an Aural (A) as compared to the pure science students which are more preferred Read/Write (R) learning style. Further, this study confirms that Visual (V) and Kinesthetic (K) learning style preferences are positively and significantly influence students’ academic performance. This indicates that different subjects required different kinds of learning styles and instructions to optimally potentiate and benefit the students. This result is consistent with the “Meshing Volume: 2 Issues: 10 [December, 2019] pp.01-12] International Journal of Modern Trends in Social Sciences
Lived experiences of Rwandan ICU nurses caring for patients with a do-not-resuscitate order

Background. Do not resuscitate (DNR) is the policy and practice of deliberately not attempting to resuscitate a person whose heart has stopped beating. Research on nursing care for patients designated with DNR orders has been conducted since the late 1980s; however, no study appears to have been carried out in the Rwandan setting. Purpose . The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of nurses caring for a patient with a DNR order in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Kigali, Rwanda, in order to suggest nursing recommendations. Methods. Using a phenomenological approach, two semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant to explore their lived experiences of caring for patients with DNR orders. The sample comprised six nurses from an ICU in a large tertiary-level hospital in Kigali, Rwanda. Results . The data were organised into categories based on a review of the data from the interviews of the six participants. The categories were: feeling emotional distress; barrier to optimal care; and not part of decision-making. Conclusion . DNR orders are a fairly new concept in Rwanda and the practice of DNR orders in ICU is very demanding for the staff, especially the ICU nurses. Additional education about DNR orders as well as policies to guide its implementation could assist ICU nurses in their difficult work.
Effect of Wastewater Irrigation on Photosynthesis, Growth, and Anatomical Features of Two Wheat Cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.)

The wastewater from the Razi petrochemical complex contains high levels of salts and heavy metals. In the present research, the effects of different wastewater dilution levels (0, 25%, 50%, and 100%) were studied on two wheat cultivars—Chamran and Behrang. The wastewater contained high levels of NH4+, NO3-, PO43-, and SO42-, and Mg, Ca, K, Na, Cu, Zn, Fe, M, and Ni. The toxic levels of mineral elements in the wastewater resulted in a significant decline in the K, P, Si, and Zn content of leaves. Irrigation with the wastewater resulted in a significant reduction in photosynthetic characteristics including chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm and PIABS), intercellular CO2, net photosynthesis, water use efficiency, and photosynthetic pigments. The reduction in photosynthesis was followed by a significant decrease in the carbohydrate content and, subsequently, plant height, leaf area, and grain yield. Increasing the wastewater concentration reduced leaf thickness and root diameter, accounting for the decrease in xylem and phloem vessels, the root cortical parenchyma, and mesophyll thickness. The bulliform cell size increased under wastewater treatment, which may suggest induction of a defense system against water loss through leaf rolling. Based on the observed negative effect of wastewater on physiology, morphology, anatomy, and yield of two wheat cultivars, reusing wastewater with high levels of total suspended solids and salts for irrigation cannot be approved for wheat crops.
Study on Effectiveness of Integrated Lecture Module versus Didactic Lecture Module in Learning Skills

Objective: To evaluate effectiveness of didactic and integrated lecture modules on learning skills of II MBBS students. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 146 second MBBS students. They were exposed to didactic lecture module (DLM) and integrated lecture module (ILM). The didactic lecture on chemotherapy of malaria was taken by Pharmacology faculty for 60 minutes, while integrated lectures on same topic were taken by Pharmacology, Microbiology, General Medicine and Community Medicine faculty. 20 minutes were allotted for each faculty. After the lectures, the evaluation of effectiveness of ILM and DLM was done by a feedback questionnaire with10 questions . Results: In the feedback questionnaire, 95% of the students opined that ILM improved their understanding and learning skills. 77 % opined that ILM enhanced their intellectual curiosity and brought concept clarity. 84% stated that the knowledge gained in ILM would help them in clinical practice. 88% stated that they are able to score better in exams when taught in ILM whereas only 12% stated that they are able to score better in exams even when taught by DLM.
Underperformance of Actively Managed Portfolios: Some Behavioral Insights

Abstract Two glaring anomalies in investment management are apparent: (1) after fees, active portfolio managers do worse than market indices, and (2) clients continue to pay for services they don’t receive. The purpose of this paper is to offer explanations of these anomalies from a behavioral perspective. We explore some of the cognitive biases that perpetuate active management and subsequent underperformance, including herding, disposition, and endowment effects, as well as conservatism and status quo biases, overconfidence, and agency problems. Investors’ continued use of active managers despite persistent disappointing returns is attributed to being victims of framing effect, hot-hand fallacy, lack of knowledge as well as intimidation or insecurity, and status quo bias. We propose some ways that portfolio managers and investors could improve their decision making.
TORC1 regulates the transcriptional response to glucose and developmental cycle via the Tap42-Sit4-Rrd1/2 pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Background Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 (TORC1) is a highly conserved eukaryotic protein complex that couples the presence of growth factors and nutrients in the environment with cellular proliferation. TORC1 is primarily implicated in linking amino acid levels with cellular growth in yeast and mammals. Although glucose deprivation has been shown to cause TORC1 inactivation in yeast, the precise role of TORC1 in glucose signaling and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Results We demonstrate that the presence of glucose in the growth medium is both necessary and sufficient for TORC1 activation. TORC1 activity increases upon addition of glucose to yeast cells growing in a non-fermentable carbon source. Conversely, shifting yeast cells from glucose to a non-fermentable carbon source reduces TORC1 activity. Analysis of transcriptomic data revealed that glucose and TORC1 co-regulate about 27% (1668/6004) of yeast genes. We demonstrate that TORC1 orchestrates the expression of glucose-responsive genes mainly via the Tap42-Sit4-Rrd1/2 pathway. To confirm TORC1’s function in glucose signaling, we tested its role in spore germination, a glucose-dependent developmental state transition in yeast. TORC1 regulates the glucose-responsive genes during spore germination and inhibition of TORC1 blocks spore germination. Conclusions Our studies indicate that a regulatory loop that involves activation of TORC1 by glucose and regulation of glucose-responsive genes by TORC1, mediates nutritional control of growth and development in yeast.
To Change or Not to Change? The CDS Market Response of Firms on Credit Watch

This paper analyzes the CDS spread development during the time a firm's credit rating is under review. We test whether rating agencies take on a monitoring type role with regard to firms' credit risk, thereby offering significant benefits and new information to market participants during the rating review process. We document that reviews for downgrade, which eventually result in a downgrade, lead to CDS spread increases during the time the rating is on review, whereas rating affirmations lead to a sustained reduction in spread levels. These results underline the importance of monitoring by rating agencies for credit risk valuations.
Time-consistent resource management with regime shifts

We investigate how a resource user who is present-biased manages a renewable resource stock with variable growth that could undergo a reversible regime shift (an abrupt, persistent change in structure and function of the ecosystem supplying the resource). In a discrete-time quasihyperbolic discounting framework with no commitment device, and using only generic utility functions and stock transition with regime shifts, we show that there is a unique, time-consistent stationary Markov-Nash equilibrium extraction policy. Further, we find that the optimal extraction policy is increasing in the resource stock and in the degree of present bias. Overall, our results suggest that for characteristics of ecosystems commonly considered in the literature, presentbiased resource users will increase extraction when faced with regime shifts.
The Health Life Style Behaviours of University Students

AIM: Health promotion not only includes preventing diseases but purposes usual health and wellness position of the persons. The aim of the study to determine the healthy lifestyle behaviors and will be effective speciliaties these behaviors of university students in Celal Bayar University. METHODS: The study was conducted 349 students who are educatedin of Faculty of Education Celal Bayar University who accepted to take in place of study date of September-November 2006. For collecting data, a demographic questionnaire and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale were used. The data were evaluated by SPSS 11.0 pacget programme on computer. T test, mean and Kruskall Wallis tests were used in the statistical analyses. RESULTS: Students’ Healty Lifestyle Behaviors were determined level of medium. Increasing of mean of age health responsibility of the students were increased. Girls’ health lifestyle behaviors and eating behaviors were found higher as the boys. Level of family students, healthy lifestyle behaviors were increased. CONCLUSION: It is found that level of medium of the students’ healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Epenthetic vowel production of unfamiliar medial consonant clusters by Japanese speakers

Existing nativized loanword studies have traditionally suggested that there are three epenthetic vowels in Japanese, which reflect both phonotactic restrictions and articulatory properties of certain consonant-vowel sequences in the language. Recent findings, however, call this tri-partite epenthesis pattern into question: First, several studies suggest that this epenthesis pattern is not true in the realm of perception and is not completely regular in production, and second, the relevant phonotactic restrictions seem to be weakening even outside of epenthesis contexts. This paper therefore investigates the extent to which the spontaneous choice of epenthetic vowels in the production of Japanese conforms to the traditional tri-partite pattern. Epenthesis was induced by presenting pseudo-word stimuli of the form of [aCCa] (C = a voiced consonant) to subjects orthographically. The findings suggest that indeed, the production pattern does not fully conform to what is generally reported for nativized loanwords; in particular, the traditionally “default” vowel [ɯ] is used by our participants frequently in all contexts, including the two where [o] or [i] is usually reported. That said, we also show that there is considerable variability across speakers as to which vowel is epenthesized, especially in the palatal context, and this variability includes tokens of vowels similar to all possible lexical vowels of Japanese.
Moderate radioprotective role of zeolite in rats

Background/Aim. Exposure of living organisms to ? -radiation results in the overproduction of free radicals. The aim of the study was to test if the subacute administration of micronized zeolite (MZC) accomplishes radioprotective role based on the evaluation of the status of oxidative stress (OS) in the brain and 8-hydroxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) in the plasma of the rats exposed to the single ? -ray irradiation of 2 and/or 10 Gray (Gy). Methods. Wistar rats were on a four-week normal or 5% MZC supplemented diet and afterward exposed to the single ? -ray irradiation of 2 and 10 Gy. Groups of rats were: a) on a normal diet (the control group, and 2Gy and 10Gy groups); b) on 5% MZC supplemented diet (the control group ? MZC, MZC + 2Gy, and MZC + 10Gy groups). We measured malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH) total, and activity of total super-oxide dismutase (tSOD) and manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) in vulnerable brain regions (cerebellum, hippocampus, and cerebral cortex) and 8-OH-dG in plasma. Results. Lower MDA was found in the MZC+2Gy and MZC+10Gy groups compared to the 2Gy and 10Gy groups. Activity od total SOD was higher in the MZC+10Gy group than in the 10Gy one. GSH was the highest in the 10Gy group. Compared to the control group, 8-OH-dG was extremely higher in groups radiated with 10 Gy regardless of a diet, but slightly lower in the MZC+2Gy and 2Gy groups. Conclusion. Subacute MZC pretreatment accomplished partial radioprotective effect in irradiated rats compared to non-irradiated rats, based on suppressed SOD activity at 2 Gy, and reduced brain MDA when exposed to 2 Gy and 10 Gy.
Trends and rainfall tropicalization in Paraná State, south of Brazil

In order to detect areas and periods of rainfall reduction and increase in Parana State, south of Brazil, the objective of this manuscript is to analyze, spatially and temporally, rainfall trends from 1976 to 2011. Monthly data were collected on accumulated rainfall (mm) from 63 pluviometric stations distributed throughout the study area. The data were grouped into quarterly (autumn, winter, spring, and summer), seasonal (dry and rainy season), and annual values. All values were evaluated for homogeneity and trends using the Mann-Whitney-Pettitt, Mann-Kendall, and linear regression tests. The results indicate a rainfall transition detected in the period 1991 to 1999, with a maximum change point in 1993. The trends indicate an average increase of 4.03 mm in the rainy season, mainly in the sectors that are predominately subtropical and coastal climates. These results corroborate in a better explanation rainfall patterns and variability in the tropical regions and the Southern Hemisphere, and imply a moderate process of rainfall tropicalization in the subtropical climate of Parana State.