Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Academic Staff Perspective of the Perceived Impact of Patient and Public Involvement in Nursing and Social Work Education

In the last three decades, the United Kingdom (UK) has witnessed a surge in patient and public involvement in health and social care education, research, and practice. However, little is known about its perceived impact on academic staff. This paper explored the perceived impact of patient and public involvement on academic staff using a descriptive phenomenology approach from a tripartite perspective of the three main stakeholders in Higher Education which are: patients/public, academic staff, and students. A total of 38 participants took part. Semi-structured interview was used to gather information and subsequently analyzed thematically. Two main themes emergedbeneficial outcomes to academic staff both personally and professionally as well as concerns about patient and public involvement in a university environment. It is hoped that recognition of the impact of patient and public involvement to academic staff can help to optimize its effectiveness in higher education institutions.
Fiscal Decentralization, Economic Growth and Regional Development Inequality in Eastern Indonesia

This study analyzes the relations between fiscal decentralization, economic growth, and regional development inequality in Eastern Indonesia using 2016-2019 panel data of thirteen Eastern Indonesia provinces obtained from Statistics Indonesia and the Directorate General for Fiscal Balance. Using simultaneous equations estimated through the Three-Stage Least Squares, this study finds that fiscal decentralization has not fully supported economic growth and correct the inequality in eastern Indonesia’s regional development. The mandate for managing the budget has not been optimally used by the local governments, indicated by poor allocation for productive expenditures and its decreasing proportion during the research period. It is caused by poor human resource quality in budget planning and management, which finally hinders the quality of public service and economic growth. Supports from physical and human capital are required to keep up with the occurring economic activities so that inequality in regional development in the area can be reduced.
Administration of red ginseng regulates microRNA expression in a mouse model of endometriosis

Objective Red ginseng (RG) exerts anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, and immunomodulatory effects on endometriosis through the regulation of microRNA (miRNA) expression. It may also ameliorate endometriosis by affecting the expression of multiple miRNAs simultaneously, rather than acting on a single miRNA at a given time. Since studies on the overall effects of RG on endometriosis via the regulation of miRNA expression are lacking, the current study aimed to explore the global effect of RG on miRNA expression in a mouse model of endometriosis. Methods To establish the mouse model, the uterine horn of donor mice was implanted into the lateral side of the recipients’ peritoneum, followed by vehicle or RG treatment for 8 weeks. Results To confirm the effects of RG on the established mouse model, the size of the implanted uterus was measured; it was found to be lower in mice from the RG group than in mice from the control group. miRNA expression profiles in the implanted uterus of the mouse model of endometriosis after vehicle or RG administration were analyzed using microarray technology. Thereafter, seven candidate miRNAs and 125 candidate genes (miRNA targets) were identified through a bioinformatics analysis. Conclusion The present findings suggest that RG regulates the expression of multiple miRNAs and mRNAs, thereby alleviating endometriosis in a mouse model of the disease.
BOOK REVIEWS

Can algebra be applied to prove nonexistence of certain algorithms? Can geometry be used to provide nonconstructive solutions to complexity problems? Lands-berg’s book provides positive answers to these questions, focusing on two central, famous open problems: determine if P is equal to NP , and what is the complexity of matrix multiplication
IMPACT OF DETERGENT ON OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN CHANNA PUNCTATUS

Use of detergents is increased day by day by human being and most of the detergents degrade very slowly in water body i.e. they remain in the aquatic system for longer time. Pollution of the water bodies will create physiological stress on the aquatic fauna. Among various forms of pollution in water bodies, detergent pollution has an immediate and detrimental effect. Channa punctatus, a common fresh water fish was used in our study to determine the effect of detergent pollution on the fish’s breathing. Three different concentrations of a popular brand of detergent were prepared and the amounts of Dissolved Oxygen consumed by fishes exposed to the detergent were determined using Winkler’s method. Present study demonstrated that Dissolved Oxygen consumption in Channa punctatus increases in the presence of detergent. This is due to the stress caused by the detergent on the normal physiological activities of the fish. Draining of domestic sewage containing detergents into water bodies adversely affect its aquatic fauna.
PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ON THEIR ADVERSITY QUOTIENT IN RELATION TO THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE

The study determined the teachers’ perception of principals’ adversity quotient as correlate of their job performance. There are four research questions guided the study. A correlational survey research design is adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted 4,370 teachers in the public schools. A sample of 875 teachers is drawn using a multistage sampling procedure. Two sets of developed instrument titled Principals’ Adversity Quotient Scale (PAQS) and Teachers’ Job Performance Scale (TJPS) which are validated by three experts are used for data collection. The instruments are face validated by three experts and subjected to internal consistency test using Cronbach alpha method which yielded 0.85, 0.78, 0.75 and 0.74 for the four sections of PAQS with overall coefficient of 0.72 while 0.84 was obtained for the TJPQ. Pearson’ Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze data for the study. Findings of the study indicated that a substantial positive relationship exists between teachers’ perception of principals’ control over adversity, principals’ ownership of the outcome of adversity, principals’ endurance and their job performance. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that secondary school principals in the state should constantly predict and take charge of difficult situations and foster adaptive preparedness in order to stimulate teachers’ sense of confidence which will stimulate their job performance. Principals should as much as possible try not to allow difficult situations in the school to extend or “reach into” and affect other areas of the school and beyond. They should learn to put difficult situations under control by keeping the reach at bay. This can be essential in inspiring teachers towards improved job performance. KEYWORDS: Adversity, Adversity quotient, job performance, job accomplishment, principals’ functions and responsibility
Myostatin and Follistatin—New Kids on the Block in the Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in IBD and Possible Therapeutic Implications

Sarcopenia, which is a decrease in muscle strength and quality of muscle tissue, is a common disorder among patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. This particular group of patients often presents with malnutrition and shows low physical activity, which increases the risk of sarcopenia. Another important factor in the development of sarcopenia is an imbalanced ratio of myostatin and follistatin, which may stem from inflammation as well as genetic factors. Currently, research in this area continues, and is aimed at identifying an effective medication for the treatment of this condition. Additionally, we still have no sarcopenia markers that can be used for diagnosis. In this paper, we address the role of myostatin and follistatin as potential markers in the diagnosis of sarcopenia in patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, particularly in view of the genetic and biological aspects. We also present data on new perspectives in the pharmacotherapy of sarcopenia (i.e., myostatin inhibitors and gene therapy). Nevertheless, knowledge is still scarce about the roles of follistatin and myostatin in sarcopenia development among patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, which warrants further study.
The Effects of a CRA-I Intervention on Students’ Number Sense and Understanding of Addition

As students develop understanding and fluency in single-digit operations such as addition, they develop sophisticated strategies and number sense (magnitude, number order, and composition). Deficits in number sense and reliance on inefficient approaches can lead to struggle in mathematics. Intervention research in this area reported effects on students’ automaticity. Research reported observational data regarding strategy-use, but not growth in number sense and understanding of operations. This study investigated the effects of an intervention using the concrete-representational-abstract-integrated (CRA-I) sequence. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of CRA-I on students’ number knowledge (magnitude, place value, and flexibility in strategy-use) and understanding of addition (commutative property and relation to subtraction). The researchers used a multiple probe across participants design. In addition, the researchers collected descriptive data on students’ automaticity. There was a functional relation between CRA-I and students’ number sense and understanding of addition, and students’ automaticity increased.
Biosorption of Heavy Metals

Large-scale production of commodities for mankind by industries did huge damage to the environment. Industrial waste contains lots of toxic materials including heavy metals were drained to water bodies like river, lakes, ponds, etc. These effluents drastically ruin water quality as well as the soil fertility. Type of industry and its raw material decides quantity and quality of the emerged wastes including both biodegradable as well as non-biodegradable. Among non-biodegradable wastes, copper, chromium, nickel, cadmium, etc. are widespread contaminants of soil, water, and these are most common heavy metals. Several heavy metals such as cadmium, mercury, and lead are highly poisonous and fatal to human as well as animals. Several plants as well as microbes respond to heavy metals by diverse biological processes like biosorption to their cell wall and entrapment in their capsule, oxidation and reduction, precipitation, complexation, etc. These responses may help significantly in the remediation of heavy metals from the contaminated sites.
Feed intake, digestibility and growth performance of Dorper-Menz cross bred sheep fed local brewery by-product (Atella) and concentrate mixture at different levels of combination

The aim of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of graded level of local brewery by-product (atella) replacement to concentrate mixture on feed intake; digestibility and bodyweight change of Dorper-Menz crossbred lambs fed hay basal diet. The feeding period of 90 days was preceded by 15 days of acclimatization period. The experimental design was randomized complete block design with five treatments: T1 [control, hay ad libtium], T2 [25% atella + 75% concentrate mix]; T3 [50% atella + 50% concentrate mix]; T4 [75% atella + 25% concentrate mix] and T5 [100% atella]. Body weight changes were monitored fortnightly for 112 days. At the end of experiment, animals were fitted with feces collection bags and daily feces excretion was collected for seven days. Fecal output of each animal was thoroughly mixed and 20% of the voided feces were sampled to make a composite of fecal samples for each animal over the collection period. The fecal samples were stored frozen at -20°C until processing for chemical analysis. Data on feed intake, body weight change, and digestibility were subjected to analysis of variance using the General Linear Model procedure. The protein and energy contents of atella are high enough to increase intake, digestibility and could be categorized as medium protein feed. Atella alone or at different level with commercial concentrate mixture has significantly increased body weight gain of crossbred sheep. The positive weight gain results of atella supplemented group clearly indicate supplementation of dried atella could be recommended for fattening Dorper-Menz crossbred male lamb. Atella may lose some volatile nutrients during drying process and further research is needed to compare wet atella with dried one.
Optimal Channel-set and Feature-set Assessment for Foot Movement Based EMG Pattern Recognition

ABSTRACT Electromyography (EMG) -based control is the most convenient and robust way to classify body movements for controlling prosthetic as well as orthotic devices. Its translation from lab-based approach to assistive devices demands a problem-centric and cost-effective solution. This paper demonstrates its utility for the classification of four foot movements, viz Plantar flexion, Dorsi flexion, Eversion and Inversion. For the experimental study, four superficial muscles (viz. Tibialis Anterior, Extensor Hallucis Longus, Gastrocnemius Medial and Fibularis Longus) were identified as electrode positioning locations for the EMG data acquisition. This work is aimed to minimize the number of electrode locations without significantly affecting the classification performance. Channel-set CH2,4 corresponding to the combination of Hallucis Longus and Fibularis Longus muscles is found to be the most optimal. The maximum classification accuracy obtained for the given set with the selected feature-set has been (91.85 ± 3.57)%. The classification performance has been assessed on the basis of parameters such as the type of classifier, window length, data sampling and also the body mass index of the participants. The developed technique can be applied for control of ankle exoskeletons for healthy as well as person with certain disabilities.
Unraveling the Impact of Land Cover Changes on Climate Using Machine Learning and Explainable Artificial Intelligence

A general issue in climate science is the handling of big data and running complex and computationally heavy simulations. In this paper, we explore the potential of using machine learning (ML) to spare computational time and optimize data usage. The paper analyzes the effects of changes in land cover (LC), such as deforestation or urbanization, on local climate. Along with green house gas emission, LC changes are known to be important causes of climate change. ML methods were trained to learn the relation between LC changes and temperature changes. The results showed that random forest (RF) outperformed other ML methods, and especially linear regression models representing current practice in the literature. Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) was further used to interpret the RF method and analyze the impact of different LC changes on temperature. The results mainly agree with the climate science literature, but also reveal new and interesting findings, demonstrating that ML methods in combination with XAI can be useful in analyzing the climate effects of LC changes. All parts of the analysis pipeline are explained including data pre-processing, feature extraction, ML training, performance evaluation, and XAI.
The Informational Role of Analysts' Qualitative Research Outputs

Several studies have indicated that textual tones in analysts’ reports, a representative qualitative output of analysts’ reports, possess informational value. In this study, I clarify incremental information in the report tone. I predict a report tone as holding fundamental information that analysts have a weak incentive to incorporate into their forecasts regarding company performance. Consistent with my prediction, I find that the report tones contain incremental earnings and sales information which is gradually incorporated into their forecasts. Specifically, report tones of sell-side analysts, who are reluctant to incorporate negative information into quantitative output, contain incremental negative information; in contrast, report tones of media analysts, who have a weak incentive to incorporate positive information, contain incremental positive information. Finally, the result reveals that prices underreact to sell-side analysts’ negative tone and media analysts’ positive tone, suggesting that the gradual incorporation of the fundamental information into their forecasts affects prices by inducing a delay in investor’s reaction to the information.
Countering the Furor Around Critical Race Theory

National right-wing media and their viewers are alleging that critical race theory (CRT) is “infecting” public school classrooms, fueling an assault on how schools should discuss race, racism, and our nation's history. This turmoil over curriculum and teaching “sensitive” topics is deeply upsetting to teachers. Principals can strengthen their school's climate, shared leadership, and improve instruction and academic success for all students by helping their teachers manage and respond appropriately to parental and community questions about CRT.
Safety of Medical Cannabis in Neuropathic Chronic Pain Management

Products derived from the plant Cannabis sativa are widely appreciated for their analgesic properties and are employed for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain. Only nabiximols, a product composed of two extracts containing similar percentages of the two cannabinoids cannabidiol and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is approved by regulatory authorities for neuropathic pain and spasticity due to multiple sclerosis in many European countries and Canada. It is also included in pharmacovigilance systems monitoring the occurrence of adverse drug reactions. However, it is not the same for the great variety of other cannabis preparations widely used for medical purposes. This creates a situation characterized by insufficient knowledge of the safety of cannabis preparations and the impossibility of establishing a correct risk–benefit profile for their medical use in the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain. With the aim to explore this issue more deeply, we collected data on adverse reactions from published clinical studies reporting the use of cannabis for neuropathic relief.
Anti-Diabetic Effect of Methanolic Extract of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth Leaf on Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Albino Rats

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a debilitating metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia due to insufficient insulin or inability of insulin receptors to respond positively to circulating insulin. Prevalence of the disease is on the global increase annually with tendency to rise from 380 to over 592 million by 2035 in developing countries. Toxicity of some Orthodox drugs in use has led to searches for alternative sources for treatment and management of the disease. Aim: This work was aimed at investigating the effect of methanolic extract of Albizia lebbeck leaf on Alloxan monohydrate induced diabetic albino rats. Materials and Methods: Qualitative Phytochemical analysis of the plant extract was carried out in Biochemistry Division of National Veterinary Research Institute Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria. Forty female Wistar albino rats were used for the study, divided into five groups (A-E) in two replicates. Group A- negative control (non-induced, not treated) and group B- positive control (induced with Alloxan - 120mg/kg body weight (b.w), administered intra-peritoneally but not treated). Groups C- and D- induced and treated with 100 and 200mg/kg b.w extract respectively. Group E- non-induced but treated with 100mg/kg b.w of extract. Diabetes was established on day 3 after induction. Blood samples were collected through retro-orbital plexus into Fluoride oxalate bottles on days 0, 3, 5 and 9. Glucose was estimated by Glucose Oxidase method. Results/Conclusion: Phytochemical analysis of the extract showed the presence of saponins, tannins, steroids, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, alkaloids and terpenes. Glucose analysis results showed dose dependence and statistically significant reduction (p<0.05) in blood glucose from 3rd, 5th and 9th days post induction following treatment with Albizia lebbeck in group C- 14.5±3.5, 10.4±4.6 and 8.4±3.7; in group D- 14.0±4.7, 10.2±3.3 and 6.5±2.5; and in group E- 5.0±0.6, 3.7±0.5 and 3.5±0.5 respectively. We conclude that methanolic leaf extract of the plant Albezia lebbeck (L.) Benth, possesses anti-diabetic properties effective on both normal and Alloxan-induced diabetic rats.
Politeness Strategies Employed by Chuka University Students in their Social Media Discourse

People interact with one another on a daily basis using different media such as face to face and social media. One of the ways of maintaining cordial relationships among the interactants is by devising mechanisms that warrant politeness in their communication. This paper sheds light on the politeness strategies employed by Chuka university students in their social media conversations via WhatsApp interaction platform. The study utilises the four categories of politeness (positive politeness, negative politeness, Bald on record, and Off-Record strategies) as postulated by Brown and Levinson (1987). Brown and Levinson (1987) argue that there are universal principles that underlie the construction of politeness. This introduces a new perspective to politeness by drawing attention to the similarities involved in the construction of polite utterances across differing languages and cultures. The similarities noted are of two types; how polite utterances are constructed linguistically, and how the polite expression of utterances is modified depending on the social characteristics of the interlocutors and the situations they are in.
Financial compensation and talent retention in COVID-19 era: The mediating role of career planning

This research seeks to contribute to the retention Duhok kidney & diseases transplantation center (DKDTC), and health organizations their talent in COVID-19 era. To achieve this objective, we use (IBM SPSS Amoss V.22) to analyze the mediating role of career planning (CP) in the relationship of financial compensation (FC) with talent retention (TR) in DKDTC. The data collected was analyzed through 63 questionnaires, which was distributed to the talents working in DKDTC from May 2020 to March 2021. The researchers reached several conclusions, the most important of which are that CP has a partial mediating role in the relationship between FC and TR. Therefore, this research recommends enhancing the ability of DKDTC and health organizations to TR in a COVID-19 era and they must be relying on FC, and a program that includes clear steps in CP.