Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Environmental Action Programs Using Positive Youth Development May Increase Civic Engagement

Civic engagement in adults may be influenced by their participation as young people in environmental action programs. To assess this hypothesis, we conducted a case study to see if an environmental action program at the St. Louis Zoo impacted participants’ civic engagement in respect to positive youth development practices. During 2019, we surveyed youth from the St. Louis, Missouri area participating in the Bye-to-Bags program, which was a student-initiated program. We used a modified measurement scale for civic engagement outcomes, and measured three positive youth development practices: sparks, or an individual’s passions; adult relationships; and voice. We found that civic engagement and positive youth development outcomes were both present in the Bye-to-Bags program, which offered opportunities for youth engagement in environmental action in the community. Our results also showed that zoos with environmental action programs may increase youth civic engagement, especially when young people are given a sense of voice in programmatic decisions supported by strong adult relationships. Environmental education programs promoting sustainable behavior may help young people become environmentally responsible and civically engaged adults.
Perception and Attitude of Youth on the Use of insects as Food and Feed, Kenya

There is no doubt about the nutritional value and environmental impact of edible insects; they are a good substitute for source of protein. However, incorporating them in the human daily diets requires an intense change in mentality of youth in Kenya. People’s attitude towards a food product is important when it comes to its acceptance. Therefore, the aim of the research was to explore the perception and attitude of young people in Kenya on the utilization of insects as food and feed. The findings showed that Kenyan youth have a neutral to a possible positive perception and attitude regarding the use of edible insects as food and feed. The findings of a logistic regression analysis show that education level is associated with low likelihood of consuming and using insects as livestock feed. The perceived benefits, feelings and intentions were also associated with low probability of insects consumption and use as livestock feed. However, 79.9% of respondents were willing to incorporate insects in their food diets and 75.6% were willing to use them as a source of income.
Transcriptome Profiling Unveils a Critical Role of IL-17 Signaling-Mediated Inflammation in Radiation-Induced Esophageal Injury in Rats

Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms involving the initiation and progression of radiation-induced esophageal injury (RIEI) is important for prevention and treatment. Despite ongoing advances, the underlying mechanisms controlling RIEI remain largely unknown. In the present study, RNA-seq was performed to characterize mRNA profiles of the irradiated rat esophagus exposed to 0, 25, or 35 Gy irradiation. Bioinformatics analyses including dose-dependent differentially expressed genes (DEGs), Gene Ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Gene and Genome (KEGG) pathway, protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, and immune infiltration were performed. 134 DEGs were screened out with a dose-dependent manner (35 Gy > 25 Gy > control, or 35 Gy < 25 Gy < control). GO and KEGG analyses showed that the most significant mechanism was IL-17 signaling-mediated inflammatory response. 5 hub genes, Ccl11, Cxcl3, Il17a, S100a8, and S100a9, were identified through the intersection of the DEGs involved in inflammatory response, IL-17 pathway, and PPI network. Additionally, immune infiltration analysis showed the activation of macrophages, monocytes, T cells, NKT cells, and neutrophils, among which macrophages, monocytes, and neutrophils might be the main sources of S100a8 and S100a9. Thus, these findings further our understanding on the molecular biology of RIEI and may help develop more effective therapeutic strategies.
The influence of Bank Syariah Indonesia's brand logo on brand image: comparison between brand personality and halal brand personality

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the brand logo on brand image, with the mediation of brand personality and brand familiarity.Methodology: Questionnaires were distributed online to users of Bank Syariah Indonesia throughout Indonesia and obtained data from 294 respondents that can be processed. The data processing method used was structural equation modeling.Findings: This study found an indirect positive influence between brand logo and brand image with the mediation of brand personality and brand familiarity. Although the Bank Syariah Indonesia brand logo has a positive effect on halal brand personality, halal brand personality does not mediate the relationship between the brand logo and the brand image of Bank Syariah Indonesia.Originality: This originality offered by this research is by comparing the constructs of brand personality with halal brand personality.Research limitations: Limitations of this research include uneven distribution of respondents and limited previous literature regarding halal brand personality.Practical implications: The findings of this research can provide insights for Islamic banks, especially Bank Syariah Indonesia, to develop their communication and branding strategies.
Characteristics of Korean Children and Adolescents Who Die by Suicide Based on Teachers’ Reports

We analyzed the clinical characteristics and suicide-related factors of students who died by suicide in Korea in 2016–2020, based on teachers’ reports. Using data on total suicide deaths (N = 654, mean age = 16.0, 52.6% boys) collected by the Ministry of Education of Korea, we investigated the demographic and clinical characteristics and suicide-related factors of suicide deaths in students aged 9–18 years. Considering gender, more boys (52.6%, N = 344) died by suicide than girls (47.4%, N = 310). About 425 (65.0%) of the suicides were among high school students. The most common suicide method was jumping from a high place (70.6%, N = 454), followed by hanging (25.7%, N = 165). Additionally, 9.4% (N = 48) of the students who died by suicide had a history of attempted suicide, 13.4% (N = 73) had attempted self-harm, and 12.8% (N = 48) were acquainted with someone who had died by suicide. Teachers observed 20.6% (N = 120) of the suicide warning signs at school. Girls tended to have higher rates of attempted suicide, emotional problems, and psychiatric disorders than boys. This study was conducted with the largest sample of Korean suicide students observed at school. Effective suicide-related mental health training for teachers could contribute to suicide prevention in students.
Mother blaming and anorexia: How ideological state apparatuses have informed my perception of my mother's role in the formation of my eating disorder

Autoethnographic research has described the tendency to ascribe blame to mothers for their daughters’ disordered eating patterns, but the mechanisms by which these attitudes develop have been insufficiently investigated. The literature on mother-blaming and mothers’ roles in the development of women's eating disorders has provided macro-level theoretical explanations for this attribution of blame but lacks depictions of women who subscribe to these macro narratives and yet subsequently attribute blame to their own mothers on the micro level. In this paper, I address these two gaps by conducting a feminist autoethnographic inquiry into my own history of blaming my mother for my anorexia and other disordered eating patterns. I use classical structuralist and post-structuralist theoretical concepts, as well as Althusser's proposed neo-Marxist idea of ideological state apparatuses (ISAs). Results indicate that my mother-blaming behavior was mainly influenced by apparatuses of medicine, church, education, family, and culture. Legal, political, civic, and media apparatuses were less involved in the construction of my perception in this area. All in all, my findings provide richer insight into mother-blaming internalization on the micro level and enlarge the “palette” of feminist approaches to eating disorder analysis.
A study on interaction-driven comparison between analog and digital gaming control interface on smartphone

This paper aims to find empirical evidence of effectiveness levels such as comfort, efficiency, and accuracy between analog and digital interface on smartphone game control. According to many video games converted to the mobile game environment, providing virtual input and output control of the Tap-only affords basis raises the issue whether a virtual interface on smartphone games is efficient, effective and useful regardless type of games provided by game developers. During the stream of changes from analog to digital platforms, there has not been yet raised the significant questions whether the shift of touchscreen-based input control has provided users with more efficient interaction and experiences compared with two simulations between analog and digital interface. In order to approach the evaluation of user’s satisfactory level, errors, and accuracy rate though the comparisons of user interfaces between digital (touchscreen) and analog controller in the smartphone games, this study implemented the Pilot Study comprised of two different groups as a small-scale experiment. Participants' behaviors were observed as how they control input system with a finger(s) touch and a game controller. The performance by users was also observed during a task to see how users make errors or mistakes concerning interface design in both digital and analog controls. This study found that touchscreen was more effective with playing a game as directed input control task and multi-input control tasks with a game controller. However, the touchscreen was more effective and easier to interact with a single input control, especially continued the movement for sticking/tapping/swiping finger gestures on the touchscreen showed the most effective circumstance in smartphone game environment.
Terapi Pemaafan untuk Menurunkan Tingkat Kecemasan Remaja Korban Kekerasan

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of forgiveness therapy on decreasing anxiety level of the teenager victim of abuse. The research design used quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design. The participants were 22 teenagers aged 15-18 years old that were grouped into experimental and control groups. The instrument used Depression Anxiety Stress Scale by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995) and adapted into Indonesian by Damanik (2014). The data analysis used two independent sample test with Mann Whitney test. The analysis results of pretest and posttest show there is difference of anxiety level between experimental and control groups. The given therapy has a significant effect size of 84.6%.
Platform Owner Entry Into Complementor Spaces Under Different Governance Modes

The phenomenon of a platform owner entering its complementor spaces has been growing and, given its potential impact on the dynamics of competition in platform-mediated industries, has captured the interest of entrepreneurs, scholars, and policy makers. Empirical studies on the consequences of such platform owner entry have been scant so far and show mixed results for complementors. Drawing on competitive dynamics theory, our paper revisits an implicit assumption held in extant studies that allows us to hypothesize on dissimilar entry modes across owners, to study the implications of entry mode differences. We argue that how an owner enters its complementor spaces drives the level of competitive pressure that such an entry exerts on the affected complementors. In turn, this determines the size and valence of the repercussions on complementors’ product performance as well as their responses. Drawing on platform theory, we argue that an owner’s mode of entry into complementor spaces relates to that owner’s approach to platform governance. Using a unique panel dataset of health and fitness mobile apps in the Apple iOS and Google Play store, our results support our prediction that the mode of entry plays a significant role in the resulting complementor dynamics. We find contrasting modes of entry and resulting dynamics that arise between a platform that follows a closed and reigning approach to governance and one that follows an open and laissez-faire approach. Our findings help explain apparent contradictions in prior studies and extend our understanding of this increasingly common phenomenon in platform-mediated industries.
Biologics and Small Molecule Inhibitors for Treating Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: The treatment guidelines for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) vary among different countries, and several biologics and small molecule inhibitors have been tested for treating moderate-to-severe HS over the past few years. However, treatment guidelines for HS vary among different countries. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to exam the efficacy and serious adverse events (SAEs) of biologics and small-molecule inhibitors in treating moderate-to-severe HS. Binary outcomes were presented as risk ratio (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Results: We included 16 RCTs with a total of 2076 participants on nine biologics and three small-molecule inhibitors for treating moderate-to-severe HS, including adalimumab, anakinra, apremilast, avacopan, bimekizumab, CJM112, etanercept, guselkumab, IFX-1, INCB054707, infliximab, and MABp1. The meta-analysis revealed only adalimumab (RR 1.77, 95% CI, 1.44–2.17) and bimekizumab (RR 2.25, 95% CI, 1.03–4.92) achieved significant improvement on hidradenitis suppurativa clinical response (HiSCR), and adalimumab was superior to placebo in achieving dermatology life quality index (DLQI) 0/1 (RR 3.97; 95% CI, 1.70–9.28). No increase in SAEs was found for all included active treatments when compared with placebo. Conclusions: Adalimumab and bimekizumab are the only two biologics effective in achieving HiSCR with acceptable safety profile, whereas adalimumab is the only biologic effective in achieving DLQI 0/1.
Teachers' perspectives on assessment of the learner profile attributes in the primary years programme

iii ÖZET. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS. viii LIST OF TABLES. xii LIST OF FIGURES. xiii CHAPTER1: INTRODUCTION. 1 Background. 4 Problem. 6 Purpose. 7 Research questions. 7 Significance.8 Definition of key terms. 8 CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. 10 Development of the PYP and learner profile. 10 International Baccalaureate learner profile: A literature review. 15 Defining character education . 20 History of character education. 23 Approaches to character education . 25 Character education and multicultural education. 27 Teacher training and support. 28 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY. 31
Mid-Cretaceous coastal amber forest palaeoenvironment revealed by exceptionally preserved ostracods from an extant lineage

As a famous fossil Lagerstätte, the mid-Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) amber from Kachin, northern Myanmar, harbors one of the most diverse Mesozoic palaeobiotas yet discovered. Over the past few years, reports of organisms trapped in Kachin amber have increased exponentially. Ostracods, as fully aquatic animals, are so far represented in Kachin amber by two records of specimens without soft parts (1 valve and two carapaces) as well as an exceptional assemblage with well-preserved soft parts comprising 39 specimens of three species assigned to the families Candonidae and Loxoconchidae. Since the last-mentioned focused on the exceptional preservation of giant sperm and reproductive organs in only one species, we here present in-depth morphological descriptions of all three species including a new genus: Myanmarcypris hui Wang et al., 2020, Electrocypria burmiteigen. et sp. nov., and Sanyuania sp. We further describe taphonomic traits indicating that the studied ostracods were quickly surrounded by resin and instantly immobilized. The palaeoenvironment is considered to be a vegetated brackish (mesohaline-oligohaline) lagoon.
Construction Accidents in Spain: Implications for an Aging Workforce

Construction workers are getting older. In the European Union, the percentage of workers over 50 grew from 24.7% in 2011 to 31.5% in 2018, in Spain from 20.4% to 31.2%. Objective. Identify trends and detailed patterns of accidents of older construction workers compared to other age groups. Data and Method. We analyzed construction accidents in Spain from 2011 to 2018 (N = 455,491). The number of accidents and lost working days (LWD) were broken down by occupation, seniority, company size, temporal variables (weekday, hour), trigger, and body part injured and compared for different age groups. Results. Although older worker had fewer accidents, the consequences of accidents were more serious. Those over 50 years had 84% more lost working days (LWD) than those under 24 years, 48% more than those between 25 and 39 years, and 21% more than those between 40 and 49 years. (1) Occupation: the percentage of accidents grew with age for supervisors, lorry drivers, and bricklayers. (2) Seniority: the least experienced (less than 6 months) and the most experienced (more than 6 years) had the most LWD. (3) Company size: there are 24.5% of accidents in companies of less than four workers. (4) Trigger: older workers suffered more falls, both from height and at the same level. (5) Time: the percentage of accidents in those over 50 was higher on Thursdays and Fridays, in the afternoons from 4 to 7 p.m. , and after four hours of work. (6) Injury: this shows the longest absences for shoulder injuries for those over 50 years, with an average of 70 LWD.
Displacement Prediction of the Muyubao Landslide Based on a GPS Time-Series Analysis and Temporal Convolutional Network Model

Landslide displacement prediction is an essential base of landslide hazard prevention, which often needs to establish an accurate prediction model. To achieve accuracy prediction of landslide displacement, a displacement prediction model based on a salp-swarm-algorithm-optimized temporal convolutional network (SSA-TCN) is proposed. The TCN model, consisting of a causal dilation convolution layer residual block, can flexibly increase the receptive fields and capture the global information in a deeper layer. SSA can solve the hyperparameter problem well for TCN model. The Muyubao landslide displacement collected from a professional GPS monitoring system implemented in 2006 is used to analyze the displacement features of the slope and evaluate the performance of the SSA-TCN model. The cumulative displacement time series is decomposed into trend displacement (linear part) and periodic displacement (nonlinear part) by the variational modal decomposition (VMD) method. Then, a polynomial function is used to predict the trend displacement, and the SSA-TCN model is used to predict the periodic displacement of the landslide based on considering the response relationship between periodic displacement, rainfall, and reservoir water. This research also compares the proposed approach results with the other popular machine learning and deep learning models. The results demonstrate that the proposed hybrid model is superior to and more effective and accurate than the others at predicting the landslide displacement.
Credit Card Practices, Attitudes, Problems And Risks Among Individuals: Empirical Findings Using Structural Equation Model

Credit card unhealthy practices have been a world-wide challenge in the global business environment for years. The effect of default hits not only the victim, but also the banks, credit card companies and merchants. The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship amongst practices, attitudes, problems and risks related to credit card usage. A literature review on prior studies has indicated that there is a methodological gap to be filled in this area. Novelty is achieved by the usage of partial least square (PLS) model in answering the hypotheses. Multilevel method analysis using PLS allows for efficiency, convergence and power when investigating the causal effects in the two-level data, ensuring that the support for hypothesis is much more acceptable. Out of the 150 total survey questionnaires distributed, 114 were returned and used. Face to face data collection method was employed to enhance the response rate. Prior to collecting the data, the content of the survey questionnaire was reviewed by a content expert to enhance the understandability of the instrument. Mean analysis was performed to describe the profile of respondents. Mann Whitney test reports (p = 0.71) indicated that bias did not exist in this study, whereas Kolmogorov-Smirnov test in this paper showed (p > 0.05) proving normality in the data distribution. Convergent validity (average variance extracted > 0.50; composite reliability > 0.80) was also reported prior to presenting the final model. There is a relationship between problem, reason and risks related to credit card usage (p < 0.01). Missing bill payment due dates and paying the debts late could lead to many risks to the users. Poor financing habits can jeopardise relationships and can lead people to spend more than what is necessary. However, the relationship between the reason of using credit cards and the risk related to it is not significant (p = 0.13). Future researchers are suggested to include moderating and mediating factors in the structural equation model to narrow down the methodological gap available in this area. [ABSTRACT BY AUTHORS]
Rainfall variability and alternative technology adoption: evidence from Ethiopia

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effects of rainfall variability on agricultural input demand while controlling for risk preference and other covariates. For the empirical analysis, rural household survey data, which was matched with rainfall variability data and experimentally generated measures of risk preference, was used. The results show that increased rainfall variability prompts households to reduce the application of productivity-enhancing inputs, such as fertiliser, but bolsters the application of low-risk inputs such as manure. These results are robust to alternative specifications and support the theoretical predictions developed. The findings suggest the following policy implications for chemical fertiliser use among risk-averse smallholder farmers in areas characterized by rainfall variability. First, developing more weather-resilient crop varieties and irrigation could stimulate higher use of chemical fertiliser by producing more stable yields. Secondly, weather index insurance (WII) could incentivize higher chemical fertiliser use by reducing income risk and easing liquidity constraints. Thirdly, social protection such as cash transfer programmes could lead to a higher use of chemical fertiliser by serving as insurance against income risks (i.e., through providing regular and predictable financial resources).