Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Determinants of Traditional Contraceptive use among Women

Background: Population growth in Indonesia remains high and itconstitutes a population problem which requires the enactment of population policy, namely by reducing the growth rate as low as possible through the family planning programs. 3.8% of women of childbearing age (WCA) in Indonesia still choose to use the traditional family planning methods, including the use of natural ingredients or herbal medicine as the traditional contraception, the use of coitus interruptus method, and the use of calendar method which is lower in effectiveness than modern contraceptive methods. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to review determinants of traditional contraceptive use among women. Methods: Four databases were used to organize this scoping review, namely PubMed, JSTOR, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. These databases wereconsidered to be relevant on condition thatthe scoping review research questions could be answered through the search ofarticles using keywords. To obtain the relevant articles, the inclusion and exclusion criteria were set, then the articles were selected through the PRISMA flow chart. After that, a critical appraisal was conducted to assess the quality of each article, the articles were further condensed using data charting, an evidence-based analysis was compiled, and the results were reported. Results: This study resulted in thefinding of 9 theme-related articles whose research characteristics consisted of grade A for 6 articles, grade B for 1 article, which all employed cross sectional research method, and grade Good for 2 qualitative design articles.These articles were obtained from developing countries. The limitation of this study was that not all factors contained in the collection of articles were discussed by the researchersdue to the lack of comparison journals which matched the theme. Conclusion: The results of scoping review from the titledeterminants of traditional contraceptive use among womenrevealed that there were several related factors including age, education level, economic status, parity, husband’s support, culture and information systems. Based on the 9 articles in this scoping review, the research results on factors related to the use of traditional family planningmethods were supported. However, not all factors such as sexual behavior, smoking, religious prohibitions, health problems and service quality could be studied in depth due to the limited comparison journals. Therefore, the researchers expect that further research can cover all factors related to the use of traditional family planning methods in order to develop knowledge concerning the traditional contraceptive use, and it is expected that the results of this studycanserve the material for government policy making in future family planning programs.
Intercity Mode Choice Modelling: Considering the Intracity Transport Systems with Application to the Jakarta-Bandung Corridor

The choice among modes of intercity transport depends on conditions of not only intercity transport modes but also intracity transport in both the departure city and the arrival city. Intracity transport conditions might be advantageous for one intercity mode and disadvantageous for others. Intercity and intracity transport conditions are complex and need to be approached systemically. This study proposes an approach based on the passengers’ preferences. The logit model was adapted to evaluate the transport modes’ choices in competition. This model is called the “Adapted Mixed Multinomial Logit Model” (AMML). It was applied on the Jakarta-Bandung corridor in both directions. It contributes to a complete approach for intercity transport mode choice by considering the influence of the intracity transport conditions in both the departure and arrival cities. The results proved that the choice of intercity transport mode depends not only on its own quality of service but also, importantly, on that of the intracity transport systems.
Enhancement of sigma level in the manufacturing of furnace nozzle through DMAIC approach of Six Sigma: a case study

Abstract In this paper, a case study on implementing Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) phases of Six Sigma programme in a furnace manufacturing company is reported. When Six Sigma was developed at Motorola, it was encapsulated with DMAIC and belt-based training infrastructure. Since belt-based training is expensive, companies with less revenue have been implementing only DMAIC phases. In this background, the impact of implementing DMAIC phases was examined in the research narrated in this paper through the reporting of the case study mentioned above. As the result of implementing DMAIC phases, the sigma level increased from 3.31 to 3.67 in the case of drilling a hole in a component called ‘furnace nozzle’. This increase in sigma level proved that DMAIC phases are powerful enough to enable the companies with less revenue to perform at six sigma level quality and acquire competitive strength.
Development of a Pneumatic Cylinder with a Micro Optical Encoder and its Applications to Position/Force Servo Systems

A new pneumatic cylinder on which a micro optical encoder chip was mounted was developed. The cylinder has a position detecting function and makes position/force servo systems possible. The structure of the cylinder is very simple and the size is almost the same as that of a conventional cylinder with the same specifications. Cylindrical stripe codes, typically having a 0.169mm pitch, were fabricated on the piston rod surface through a fine oxidization process with a YAG laser and were detected by the optical encoder. Two prototype models were designed and developed for both human machine interfaces and for industrial uses. A compact controller based on a PSoC was also developed for them. Three typical control algorithms, force control, position control, and an adaptive position control are developed and shown in this paper. The results of servo experiments using them show that the servo systems work very well.
FİNANSAL PERFORMANS İLE KURUMSAL YÖNETİM NOTLARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ: BIST ÜZERİNE BİR UYGULAMA

Arastirma, 2009-2011 doneminde Borsa Istanbul (BIST)’da faaliyet gosteren 18 sirket ve bu sirketlere ait mali tablolardan elde edilen verileri icermektedir. Arastirmada, BIST Kurumsal Yonetim Endeksi’nde yer alan sirketlerin incelenen donem itibariyle finansal performanslarinin olcumu icin sistemin yapisina uygun olarak 9 kriter esas alinmis ve TOPSIS cok kriterli karar verme yontemi kullanilmistir. TOPSIS yontemi kullanilarak firmalarin finansal performans puanlarina ulasmak ve elde edilen basari puanlari ile kurumsal yonetim notlarini karsilastirmak suretiyle sirketleri performanslarina gore siralamak amaclanmistir. Arastirmada incelenen sirketlerin 2009-2011 donemine ait finansal performanslari belirlenmis ve elde edilen performans sonuclari kurumsal yonetim notlari kapsaminda degerlendirilerek analiz edilmistir. Analiz sonucunda sirketlerin finansal performanslarina gore belirlenen siralamalari ile kurumsal yonetim notlari esas alinarak olusturulan endeks siralamalarinin ayni yonde hareket etmedigi belirlenmistir. Ayrica sirketlerin finansal performanslarinin kurumsal yonetim notlari ile pozitif yonde hareket etmedigi ve sirketlerin kurumsal yonetim kalitelerinin finansal performanslarina tam olarak yansimadigi ortaya cikarilmistir.
New Col-CC Operations Concept and New Challenges

On 15 January 2014 the Columbus Flight Control Team implemented the New Operations Concept after a short term preparation phase in the second half of 2013. The new setup consists of two 24/7 positions Col- FD and STRATOS support by several 8/5 positions like COSMO and COMET as well as the Eurocom. This new operations concept has been established in short timeframe in parallel to the ongoing crosscertification of the DMS and Systems team members to STRATOS. Due to the short preparation phase the new setup has to be improved and fine-tuned will already in use together with updating the relevant ops products. It is planned to finalize the transition phase by mid of 2014 which will allow providing a first experience of the new setup. In parallel to these big setup changes of the FCT a lot of challenges are waiting for the team. In January 2014 the next on-board software upgrade – Cycle 14 – has been successfully performed. The preparation for the next increment 39/40 is in full swing especially the preparation for the “Blue Dot” mission of the German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst. During this mission many new payloads will be brought to the ISS and many experiments will be performed in Columbus.
Decision-Theoretic Approach to Maximizing Fairness in Multi-Target Observation in Multi-Camera Surveillance (Extended Abstract)

Central to the problem of active multi-camera surveillance is the fundamental issue of fairness in the observation of multiple targets such that no target is left unobserved by the cameras for a long time. To address this important issue, we propose a novel principled decision-theoretic approach to control and coordinate multiple active cameras to achieve fairness in the observation of multiple moving targets.
Creating More Credible and Likable Travel Recommender Systems: The Influence of Virtual Agents on Travel Recommender System Evaluation

Creating More Credible and Likable Travel Recommender Systems: The Influence of Virtual Agents on Travel Recommender System Evaluation. (May 2010) Kyung Hyan Yoo, B.A., Kyung Hee University; M.A., New York Institute of Technology Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Ulrike Gretzel To help online trip planners, some online travel agencies and travel service providers have adopted travel recommender systems. Although these systems are expected to support travelers in complex decision-making processes, they are not used efficiently by travelers due to a lack of confidence in the recommendations they provide (Moulin et al., 2002). It is important to examine factors that can influence the likelihood of recommendations to be accepted and integrated into decision-making processes. The persuasion literature suggests that people are more likely to accept recommendations from credible and likable sources. It has also been found that technologies can be more credible and likable when they give a variety of social cues that elicit social responses from their human users (Fogg, 2003; Nass & Moon, 2000). Thus, it is argued that enhancing the social aspects of travel recommender systems is important to create more persuasive systems. One approach to enhancing the social presence of recommender systems is to use a virtual agent. Current travel recommender systems use various types of virtual
Factors Related to Breast Cancer Preventive Behaviors in Middle-aged Women: An Application of Protection Motivation Theory

Introduction: Screening behaviors along with a healthy lifestyle and regular physical activity play an essential role in reducing mortality from breast cancer. The present study aimed to determine the factors associated with breast cancer–preventive behaviors based on the theory of protection motivation in women in Neyshabur city. Methods : In this cross-sectional study, 325 women aged 30 to 69 years referred to Neyshabur health service centers were studied after enrolment through cluster sampling. The data collection tool was a researcher-made self-report questionnaire that had acceptable validity (face and content) and reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.83). Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics with SPSS v19. Results: Fifty-two percent of participants never had a breast self-examination before, and 72.6% had never been to a health center for a clinical breast examination. Only 6.8% of the participants had regular physical activity. All constructs of conservation motivation theory, except fear, were correlated with breast cancer-preventive behaviors. Perceived self-efficacy had the highest score, and perceived cost had the lowest score among protection motivation theory constructs. Regression analysis reflected that protection motivation, perceived severity, perceived rewards, and awareness were predictors of the adoption of breast cancer–preventive behaviors. Overall, these variables could predict 15.4% of behavioral change. Conclusion: Theory-based educational planning to encourage women to adopt breast cancer-preventive behaviors, including a healthy lifestyle and screening behaviors, is essential.
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Mistuned Aerodynamic Influence Coefficients in an Oscillating LPT Cascade

The effect of aerodynamic mistuning on the aerodynamic damping in an oscillating Low-Pressure Turbine (LPT) cascade is investigated. The considered aerodynamic mistuning is caused by blade-to-blade stagger angle variations. The study is carried out experimentally and numerically by employing the influence coefficient method. On the experimental side a sector cascade is used where one of the blades is made oscillating in three orthogonal modes. The unsteady blade surface pressure is acquired on the oscillating blade and two neighbour blades and reduced to aeroelastic stability data. By gradually de-staggering the oscillating blade, aerodynamically mistuned influence coefficients are acquired. On the numerical side full-scale time-marching RANS CFD simulations are performed using nominal and de-staggered blades. The study shows that variations in blade-to-blade stagger angle affect the aerodynamic influence coefficients and as a consequence overall aeroelastic stability. Whereas discrepancies are found in the exact prediction of mistuned influence coefficients compared to measured, the overall magnitude and trends are well captured.Copyright © 2011 by ASME
The Gendered Dynamics of Sexting as Boundary Work

‘Sexting’ as a form of sexual expression and experimentation has grown increasingly ubiquitous among teens. In addition to fostering intimacy and closeness among selected partners, sexting between minors incurs considerable risks to youth mental, physical, social and emotional wellbeing. Current debates on sexting focus on the conflicting role of pressure and pleasure among youth. We highlight findings from 35 focus groups with Canadian teens examining attitudes and experiences with cyber-risk and sexting. Our results show that youth demarcate boundaries between public and private and an ordered/disordered sense of self as they seek intimacy with others through the exchange of explicit digital material. Drawing on recent conceptual and theoretical work on image-based sexual abuse, we suggest that teens express situated agency when reflecting on sexting, indicating only partial awareness of wider patriarchal contexts mediating and patterning gendered behaviours involved in sexting and its outcomes.
Design, dynamic modelling and control of a bio-inspired helical swimming microrobot with three-dimensional manoeuvring

Biomedical applications of swimming microrobots comprising of drug delivery, microsurgery and disease monitoring make the research more interesting in MEMS technology. In this paper, inspired by the flagellar motion of microorganisms like bacteria and also considering the recent attempts in one/two-dimensional modelling of swimming microrobots, a three degrees-of-freedom swimming microrobot is developed. In the proposed design, the body of the swimming microrobot is driven by multiple prokaryotic flagella which produce a propulsion force through rotating in the fluid media. The presented swimming microrobot has the capability of doing three-dimensional manoeuvres and moving along three-dimensional reference paths. In this paper, following dynamical modelling of the microrobot motion, a suitable controller is designed for path tracking purposes. Based on the resistive-force theory, the generated propulsion force by the flagella is modelled. The feedback linearization method is applied for perfect tracking control of the swimming microrobot on the desired motion trajectories. It is seen that, by the use of three flagella, the microrobot is able to perform three-dimensional manoeuvres. From the simulation results, the tracking performance of the designed control system is perfectly guaranteed which enables the microrobot to perform the desired three-dimensional manoeuvres and follow the desired trajectory.
An epidemiological study and trend analysis of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases among children in North India

Background: The role of children in transmitting the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus is difficult to ascertain and the consequences remain unclear. This is necessary for public health or infection control purposes. The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiological, month-wise trends and clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection among children in a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on all pediatric samples of suspected cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The samples were received from the adjoining districts and our Institution in the Department of Microbiology from June to November 2020. Cases were then confirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Results: Of the total 62,030 pediatric samples tested, 847 (1.3%) were SARS-CoV-2 positive. The majority of positive cases were between the ages of 11–15 years. The median age of confirmed patients was 14 years. The male to female ratio was 1.5:1. Infants represented 1.6% of the positive cases. About 62.1% of all positive cases were asymptomatic. Childhood cases increased from June 2020 and peaked in September 2020 before declining. Conclusion: Children of all ages appeared susceptible to COVID-19 and accounted for a very small proportion of confirmed cases. Mostly, children were found to be asymptomatic. Young children can be important transmitters of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population. This population can be important for targeting immunization efforts throughout a rapidly evolving situation. Our findings provide further evidence of the distribution of infection in children and the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Resistance to Antibiotics and Disinfectants: Challenges Still Ahead

The mortality incidence from nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections has been steadily developing globally. These bacterial agents were once thought to be innocent environmental saprophytic that are only dangerous to patients with defective lungs or the immunosuppressed. Nevertheless, the emergence of highly resistant NTM to different antibiotics and disinfectants increased the importance of these agents in the health system. Currently, NTM frequently infect seemingly immunocompetent individuals at rising rates. This is of concern as the resistant NTM are difficult to control and treat. The details behind this NTM development are only beginning to be clarified. The current study will provide an overview of the most important NTM resistance mechanisms to not only antibiotics but also the most commonly used disinfectants. Such evaluations can open new doors to improving control strategies and reducing the risk of NTM infection. Moreover, further studies are crucial to uncover this association.
Project Risk Management Process and Performance of Mpazi Channel Construction Project in Nyabugogo, Kigali-Rwanda

The general objective of this research was to assess the risk management process and project performance. The descriptive research design with a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach was used to a sample of 118 respondents selected from 168 target population using stratified sampling technique and Sloven’s formula. SPSS Statistical software was used in the analysis of the collected data into descriptive statistics by the help of mean and standard deviation. The inferential statistics were also analyzed as regression and correlation analysis. The results of this research have shown that project risk identification and performance of Mpazi channel construction project has a highly positive and significant relationship, with a coefficient of correlation of 0.970 and sig=. 000, which is less than 0.05 level significance. The correlation results have also revealed r=0.979 and sig=0.00 which is less than 0.05 level of significance, hence proving a highly positive and significant relationship between project risk management strategy and performance of Mpazi channel construction project. The correlation results have also shown an r =0.985 and sig=0.00 which is less than 0.05 proving significant and positive relationship between project risk plan response and Mpazi Channel construction project performance. The research also found that a combination of project risk identification, risk management plan and risk plan response contributed to 97.5 percent (R2= 0.975) of the Mpazi Channel construction project success. Thus, the researcher concluded that the project risk management procedure has an impact on the performance of the Mpazi Channel construction project. Basing on the findings of the study, researcher recommends that a formal and planned project risk management procedure should be implemented throughout project planning to key construction personnel, support staff, and laborers. Keywords: Project Risk Management Process, Project Performance, Construction, Rwanda