Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Debate on student evaluations of teaching: global convergence confronts higher education traditions

ABSTRACT Through co-occurrence analysis of 1139 documents (1964–2018) we identified discussions about the implementation of student teaching evaluation (SET). We found that: (1) Attention to SET originated in the US in the 1970s, spreading to German-speaking countries in the mid-1990s and continuing in China and Latin America in the early 2000s. (2) SET is commonly viewed as a control tool deserving methodological improvement, while bias is debated in the US. We also found local trajectories: (3) Whereas in the US and Latin America SET is primarily seen as a management tool, German-speaking and Chinese authors reflect more on improving teaching. Chinese scholars consider SET a valid instrument for state control associated with artificial intelligence. Also, (4) SET is commonly used in medical education in the US and the German-speaking region and in physical education in China. We conclude that SET is discussed cross-nationally but affected by regional path dependencies.
A Multilevel Study of the Impact of District-Level Characteristics on Texas Student Growth Trajectories on a High-Stakes Math Exam

Mathematics is a core content area in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and is vital to student learning in the other STEM subjects. The purpose of this study was to investigate the math performance of fifth- and eighth-grade students in 1170 Texas school districts. We conducted growth hierarchical linear modeling in SAS 9.4 in order to explore the effects of time, district-level characteristics, and their interaction on student performance as measured by the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) math test across three performance levels (i.e., approaching, meeting, and mastering grade level) over three academic years: 2016–2019. The overall findings indicated that, over time, Texas school districts improved in the percentage of students who approached, met, and mastered grade-level performance on the STAAR math test. The results also indicated that five district-level variables consistently and significantly impacted Grade 5 and 8 students’ math achievement at three performance levels. Significant positive factors included the percentage of English learner students and principal years of experience; significant negative factors were the percentage of economically challenged students, student mobility rate, and teacher turnover rate.
the Supplementary irrigation and drying method affect the yield and essential oil content and composition of lavender (lavandula angustifolia mill.) flowers

This paper presents the results of a study conducted over the period 2016–2017 which was designed to determine to what extent crop irrigation and raw material drying process determine the content and composition of lavender essential oil. In cultivation with irrigation, a higher yield of fresh and yield of air-dried inflorescences was obtained compared to cultivation without irrigation. The use of supplementary irrigation in lavender crops contributed to an increased amount of essential oil (EO) compared to plants without irrigation. The main components of the essential oil were linalyl acetate, linalool, and E-caryophyllene. In EO obtained from plants cultivated with irrigation, the share of oxygenated monoterpenes (OM) was higher and the share of hydrogenated monoterpenes (HM) was lower than in the oil from plants without irrigation. The EO content in lavender flowers dried at a temperature of 30°C was twice higher than in those dried in natural conditions. In 2016 in which the air temperatures were high and a greater number of sunshine hours was recorded in July and August, plants accumulated more EO than in 2017. Study shows that there are prospects for practical application of crop irrigation in lavender cultivation and of raw material preservation method in order to modify EO content and chemical composition.
The Family System of Sexuality Communication: Extended Family Perceptions of Adolescent–Family Talk about Sex, with Sibling and Non-Sibling Comparison

Talk with parents and extended family about sex and relationships can support adolescents’ sexual health. However, few studies explore how parent and extended family communication with adolescents intersect. This study used thematic analysis to assess family roles in talk with teens about sex and relationships among a sample of 39 adult extended family members (such as aunts and uncles, and older siblings and cousins) in the United States. Analyses identified four themes in sexuality communication that address: why adolescents talk to extended family about sex and relationships, family engagement in these conversations, consistency of family messages, and family communication about adolescents. Findings identify variation in how family members interact with adolescents and one another regarding talk about sex and relationships. For example, some participants described family coordination of sexual messages to the teen, while others reported no family communication about this topic. Results also showed similarities and differences in how sibling and non-sibling extended family describe these processes. These findings identify the need to examine family talk about sex and relationships in the context of a larger family system, rather than only within dyadic relationships, and suggests possibilities for family-based interventions to support adolescents’ sexual health.
Investigation of the prevalence of Babesia canis in dogs in the center of Antalya province

This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of Babesia canis in Antalya province For this purpose, the blood samples were taken from 200 dogs in the Antalya city center, the examples were studied by the immune fluorescence antibody test (IFAT). In the study fluo Babesia canis (Biopronix/Italy) test kit was used, 1/32 and higher titers were considered positive. The 37 out of 200 serum samples (18.5%) were found positive for Babesia canis as results of IFA test. As a result; Babesia canis positivity by serological method in dogs in Antalya, which gives an idea about the prevalence of the disease in this province, it would be useful to continue similar studies, using the specific identification method in the wider population.
Credit Card Fraud Detection Framework - A Machine Learning Perspective

The short improvement withinside the E-Commerce enterprise has caused a dramatic enlargement withinside the usage of credit score playing cards for on-line buys and thusly they had been flooded with the fraud diagnosed with it. As of late, for banks has gotten extraordinarily tough for figuring out the fraud with inside the credit card framework. Machine getting to know assumes an essential component in distinguishing credit card fraud withinside the transactions. For foreseeing those transactions banks make use of specific system getting to know methodologies, beyond data has been accrued and new highlights are being applied for enhancing the prescient force. The exhibition of possible threats identification in credit card instances is highly prompted through the analysing technique at the informational collection, the dedication of factors, and discovery strategies applied. This paper explores the presentation of K-Nearest Neighbor, Decision Trees, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Logistic Regression, Random Forest, and XGBoost for credit card fraud detection. Dataset of credit card transactions is accrued from Kaggle and it includes a sum of 2,84,808 credit card transactions of an EU financial institution dataset. It depicts doubtful transactions as fraud & labels it "high-quality class" and actual ones as the "poor class". The dataset is relatively imbalanced, it has approximately 0.172% of fraud cases and the relaxations are actual transactions. These methods are implemented for the dataset and work is carried out in Python. The presentation of the methods is classed relying on the accuracy and F1 rating and confusion matrix. Results display that every set of rules may be used for credit card fraud detection with excessive precision. The proposed version may be helpful for the invention of numerous anomalies.
Evaluation of Lactate in Diﬀerentiating Pyogenic and Non-Pyogenic Meningitis

Background : Meningitis is serious and a life-threatening condition among any age group associated with serious mortality and morbidity. The objective of the present research was to assess the efficiency of CSF lactate in differentiating bacterial/ pyogenic from non-pyogenic meningitis. Subjects and Methods: A hospital-based one-year prospective study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Gujarat. The study was performed at the department of General medicine for a period of one year. All the cases suspected of meningitis above 18 years of age irrespective of sex were admitted and clinically evaluated. The Diagnosis of meningitis was made on account of various clinical symptoms and signs. Like headache, nausea, presence of kernig’s sign, altered sensorium, cranial nerves palsies, hemiparesis, seizures, etc, Results: The mean total cell count was highest in cases of pyogenic meningitis with a mean of 840.50 and SD of 112.30 than viral and tubercular meningitis. However, no statistical significance was associated with total count and types of meningitis. (P> 0.05) Lactate levels of the CSF were elevated than normal in both pyogenic and tubercular than viral, however, the mean CSF lactate was higher in pyogenic than tubercular. A clear statistical significance was observed in CSF sugar/blood glucose ratio and CSF lactate levels in this study (p (cid:20) 0.05). Conclusion: CSF lactate level is a rapid, quite inexpensive and unpretentious process, important diagnostic indicator in the premature demarcation of pyogenic meningitis and tubercular meningitis from viral meningitis, serving in the premature organization of proper action and diminishing transience and impediments. Early detection may help in early decision on the type and institution of appropriate management could reduce the mortality and morbidity of meningitis.
Biodistribution and Radiation Dosimetric Analysis of [68Ga]Ga-RM2: A Potent GRPR Antagonist in Prostate Carcinoma Patients

[68Ga]Ga-RM2 is a promising innovative positron emission tomography (PET) tracer for patients with primary or metastatic prostate carcinoma. This study aims to analyze the biodistribution and radiation dosimetry of [68Ga]Ga-RM2 in five prostate cancer patients. The percentages of injected activity in the source organs and blood samples were determined. Bone marrow residence time was calculated using an indirect blood-based method. OLINDA/EXM version 2.0 (Hermes Medical Solutions, Stockholm, Sweden) was used to determine residence times, organ absorbed and effective doses. Physiological uptake was seen in kidneys, urinary bladder, pancreas, stomach, spleen and liver. Blood clearance was fast and followed by rapid clearance of activity from kidneys resulting in high activity concentrations in the urinary bladder. The urinary bladder wall was the most irradiated organ with highest mean organ absorbed dose (0.470 mSv/MBq) followed by pancreas (0.124 mSv/MBq), stomach wall (0.063 mSv/MBq), kidneys (0.049 mSv/MBq) and red marrow (0.010 mSv/MBq). The effective dose was found to be 0.038 mSv/MBq. Organ absorbed doses were found to be comparable to other gallium-68 labelled GRPR antagonists and lower than [68Ga]Ga-PSMA with the exception of the urinary bladder, pancreas and stomach wall. Remarkable interindividual differences were observed for the organ absorbed doses. Therefore, [68Ga]Ga-RM2 is a safe diagnostic agent with a significantly lower kidney dose but higher pancreas and urinary bladder doses as compared to [68Ga]Ga-PSMA.
Relationship between the fat and oil composition and their initial oxidation rate during storage

Until now, the relationship between the fat and oil composition and their oxidation stability has been studied only at elevated temperatures (typically above 100 °C). Therefore, the initial oxidation rates of 19 edible fats and oils were determined as an increase in the peroxide value during storage in the dark at 35 °C with free access to air (oxygen). The initial oxidation rates of fats and oils were compared with parameters characterising these fats and oils (peroxide value, acid value, fatty acid composition, antioxidant capacity, and tocochromanol content). Using a simple correlation analysis, the initial oxidation rate correlated the most strongly with the peroxide value of the analysed fats and oils (P < 0.01). A highly reliable model (P < 0.0001) was obtained by multivariate statistical analysis. According to this model, the initial oxidation rate is affected mainly by the peroxide value and then by total trans fatty acid content, and antioxidant capacity.
The Impact of Short-Term Solutions of Nursing Shortage on Nursing Outcome, Nurse Perceived Quality of Care, and Patient Safety

BACKGROUND: Nurses represent a significant proportion of the entire healthcare workforce. Unfortunately, the world is plagued with the shortage of qualified nurses to deliver safe, dignified, compassionate care. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine the relationships between overtime and floating as short-term solutions and nursing outcomes, nurse-perceived quality of care and patient safety among registered nurses in Saudi Arabia. SETTING/DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was conducted at King Abdullah Medical City (KAMC) located in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The study was conducted for two months (from July 20, 2020 to August 20, 2020), including both inpatient and outpatient registered nurses who had worked for, at least, one year at KAMC either as part-time or full-time. Nurses who had worked for less than one year, nurse educators, nurse managers and clinical nurse specialists were excluded. Measuring Variables included demographic characteristics, job satisfaction, intention to leave, nursing perceived quality of care, perceived patient safety, patient safety, patient acuity and dependency, workload and floating. A pre-designed questionnaire was distributed to willing nurses. Data were non-normally distributed and Scatter plots were also generated. T-test was used to find the relation of floating and overtime with sample characteristics. RESULTS: A total of 337 registered nurses completed the questionnaire. Majority of the participants were from 41-50 years of age group (60.5%), and non-Saudi nationals (90.5%). Statistically significant relation of age groups with development of pressure ulcers (p = 0.030) was found. Nationality showed significant relation with job satisfaction (p = 0.008), quality of care (p = 0.006) and patient safety (p <0.05). Specialist nursing category showed significant association with quality of care (p = 0.008) and pressure ulcers development (p = 0.050). Education level, overtime floating showed significant association with intention to leave (p <0.05). Nationality, extended shifts and mandatory overtime had significant association with job satisfaction. Hospital data showed significant association of overtime with medication error. CONCLUSION: Unmarried Saudi nurses have potential to provide quality of care to the patient with satisfied patient safety, especially in the days of overtime and increased workload.
PEMANFAATAN TEKNOLOGI TEPAT GUNA KOMPOR ROKET DENGAN FORMULASI BAHAN BAKAR PELET KAYU DAN KAYU SENGON

Kompor roket merupakan kompor tungku yang terbuat dari besi dengan bentuk yang seperti cerobong asap yang memerlukan bahan bakar kayu. Akan tetapi, bahan bakar kayu akan habis jika digunakan terus menerus. Penelitian ini menggunakan pelet kayu dan limbah kayu sengon sebagai bahan bakar kompor roket. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Serpong Desa Wangunjaya Cugenang-Cianjur menggunakan Response Surface Methode (RSM) dengan lima formulasi, yaitu F1 (pelet kayu 100%), F2 (pelet kayu 75% kayu sengon 25%), F3 (pelet kayu 50% kayu sengon 50%), F4 (pelet kayu 25% kayu sengon 75%), dan F5 (kayu sengon 100%). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan formulasi F3 memberikan pengaruh yang lebih baik dengan lama nyala api yaitu 19,10 menit dan tinggi api setinggi 35 cm. Sedangkan untuk parameter suhu ruang bakar, pengaruh terbaik diperoleh dari formulasi F1 dengan suhu 87.2˚C.
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE AND INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN NIGERIA

One of the numerous responsibilities of the government of any country is to invest in the various sectors of the economy. This should, however, be channeled to the appropriate sectors, such as the health sector, that will lead to a continual growth of the country. It is in the light of this, that this study looks at government spending on the health sector and its effect on infant mortality rate (INFM) in Nigeria. Health is central to the well-being of the citizens. This study made an attempt to provide empirical evidence of the impact of public health expenditure on infant mortality rate in Nigeria between 1991 and 2018 using time series data. The Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square (FMOLS) analytical method was used to examine the relationships. Various robustness checks were carried out to ensure the reliability of the result for policy makers. Findings revealed that all variables employed positively impacted INFM except for Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus (DPT) immunization and female literacy rate. It was therefore recommended that more public enlightenments on the importance of taking DPT immunization for infants should be embarked upon for the target audience to be able to produce a positive effect, nursing mothers should be educated more on the need to take good care of their children especially at the early stage and not leave chance to the faith of the day care, all in the name of being literate and answering the call of their job at the expense of their parental role among others.
Factorial analysis of stress factors among the sample of Lebanese police officers

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to determine the prevalence of stress and to identify the occupational stressors among Lebanese police officers.Design/methodology/approachOperational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-op) was addressed to 100 randomly selected male Lebanese Police officers. Twenty items from the PSQ-op were run through the principal component analysis to determine the most significant factors of stress and loading within each of the factors.FindingsThe results indicated that 59% of officers reported moderate stress level and 41% reported strenuous stress. Principal component analysis identified six independent factors or stress among Lebanese police officers explaining in total 72.1% of the total variance: excessive workload (30.6%), social-life time management (12.8%), occupational fitness (9.1%), success-related stress (8.6%), physical and psychological health (5.8%), and working alone at night (5.2%). Research limitations/implicationsThis research approach encountered some limitations so further research must: use a larger sample size, include female gender and identify other sources of stressors mainly organizational or job context stressors.Originality/valueAddressing and understanding stress factors among Lebanese police officers helps improving awareness and developing individualized treatment strategies leading police officers to engage in stress-management training to learn coping strategies and use effective tools for preventing stress before it becomes chronic.
Optimisation of machining performance in PMWEDM of titanium alloy using the hybrid technique (GRA-PCA)

ABSTRACT Ti6Al4V plays a prominent role in manufacturing component production due to tremendous mechanical and engineering properties. The present investigation focuses on the impact of machining input constraints and the advancement of robust optimisation technique during powder-mixed wire electric discharge machining (PMWEDM) of Ti6Al4V alloy. The machining inputs are figured out for experimentation such as pulse on time (Ton), pulse off time (Toff), peak current (Ip), gap voltage (GV), and powder concentration (PC) based on preliminary observation and existing research work on that area. Another attention is to reach the optimal value of the metal removal rate, surface roughness, and cutting speed. A comparative study is executed between GRA and GRA-PCA in the present research work. It is found that GRA-PCA has an adequate capability of 23.04% larger than the GRA technique. ANOVA analysis is revealed that powder concentration and pulse on time are the most significant parameter whereas pulse off time and gap voltage are the significant parameter for surface roughness. Therefore, the confirmation test is validated through experimentation and surface topography analysis.
Light source estimation using feature points from specular highlights and cast shadows

A method for light sources estimation is proposed in this paper. The method utilizes feature points in cast shadows to estimate near light source positions from estimated source directions using specular highlights. There are several methods that can be used to estimate light sources from scene images, using either cast shadows or specular highlights. However, most of them are limited to directional light sources. The proposed method can estimate the positions and intensities of multiple near point light sources. Specular highlights on an object of known geometry are first used for light source direction estimation. Then, a discontinuity point in the object shape and the corresponding cast shadow on a ground plane are used for light source position estimation. Feature points obtained from an image of the cast shadow, however, can be inaccurate due to various factors. Information on diffused light reflected from Lambertian ground-plane surface is subsequently used to improve estimation accuracy. Experimental results were used to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. Key words: Light source estimation, light source recovery, augmented reality.
Towards Closing the Polar Gap: New Marine Heat Flow Observations in Antarctica and the Arctic Ocean

The thermal state of the lithosphere and related geothermal heat flow (GHF) is a crucial parameter to understand a variety of processes related to cryospheric, geospheric, and/or biospheric interactions. Indirect estimates of GHF in polar regions from magnetic, seismological, or petrological data often show large discrepancies when compared to thermal in situ observations. Here, the lack of in situ data represents a fundamental limitation for both investigating thermal processes of the lithosphere and validating indirect heat flow estimates. During RV Polarstern expeditions PS86 and PS118, we obtained in situ thermal measurements and present the derived GHF in key regions, such as the Antarctic Peninsula and the Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic. By comparison with indirect models, our results indicate (1) elevated geothermal heat flow (75 ± 5 mW m−2 to 139 ± 26 mW m−2) to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula, which should be considered for future investigations of ice-sheet dynamics and the visco-elastic behavior of the crust. (2) The thermal signature of the Powell Basin characteristic for oceanic crust of an age between 32 and 18 Ma. Further, we propose (3) that at different heat sources at the slow-spreading Gakkel Ridge in the Aurora Vent Field region might explain the geothermal heat flow distribution. We conclude that in situ observations are urgently required to ground-truth and fine-tune existing models and that a multidisciplinary approach is of high importance for the scientific community’s understanding of this parameter.