Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Negotiating gender scripts in mobile dating apps: between affordances, usage norms and practices

ABSTRACT The paper explores the perception and negotiation of gender representations and scripts among Italian dating app users. Adopting a gender perspective and a socio-technical framework, it describes how dating app affordances support the performance of gender scripts and explores how users negotiate gender scripts. We conducted 8 focus groups involving 39 dating app users from a variety of gender and sexual orientations. The results show how shared usage norms and practices disclose dominant gender scripts at play, and illustrate how some users try to subvert them. Participants are aware of a number of traditional and stereotypical gender scripts and broadly adhere to them; nevertheless, such scripts are partially reframed in the context of dating apps. Dating apps are mainly understood in terms of affordances, when participants highlight the ways in which they or their mates reduce the incidence of traditional scripts. On the other hand, dating apps’ constraints emerge when some users try to detach themselves from common scripts, or when they struggle to perform traditional scripts in a context they perceive as inadequate. Results highlight how dating app users negotiate gender scripts: affordances and constraints of dating apps shape user practices and influence the performance and ‘de-inscription’ of gender scripts, without directly fostering the adoption of alternative scripts.
Legislative voting and environmental policymaking in the American states

ABSTRACT In the United States (U.S.) wide differences exist in the environmental policies that individual states adopt. To better understand the reason for this variation I examine the conditions that shape the roll call voting behavior of state lawmakers on environmental policy proposals. I examine a variety of potential explanatory factors ranging from individual legislator characteristics (e.g., party, ideology and gender) and constituency-level conditions (e.g., citizen ideology, demographic characteristics and industry employment patterns) to indicators of campaign effort (business and pro-environment campaign contributions). Analyses of 22 states across four legislative sessions demonstrate support for many hypothesized effects. Similar to findings at the national level in the U.S. Congress, political party and ideology are identified as strong predictors of voting, but additional factors also have an influence. For example, the political leanings of district voters and activities of environmental interest groups have substantive effects on legislative voting patterns.
An Experimental Analysis on the Impact of Elaboration Learning on Learning Achievement and Critical Thinking

The learning strategy contributes significantly to achieving learning achievements, but lectures often use many methods of learning. This fact does not match the demands of 21st-century learning that requires creative, critical, and communicative learning. This research aims to analyze the effect of the elaboration learning strategy on students' learning outcomes and critical-thinking skills. A two-factor mixed design (learning strategy and learning achievement) was used by involving 360 students randomly selected from 10 classes of senior high schools in the area of Jember, East Java, Indonesia. Five classes as the experimental classes used the elaboration learning strategy while five others as the control classes used the web teaching approach. After three weeks of treatment, all students are tested with their critical thinking skills and the cognitive abilities of their learning outcomes. Data is processed using multivariate analysis. The results show students' learning achievements (results of learning and critical thinking) as a result of elaborated learning strategies different from the Web teaching-learning strategy. Critical thinking and student learning outcomes use elaboration strategies better than web teaching-learning strategies. The researcher has long developed the elaboration learning strategy, but very few are using it. These results prove the teacher can use this strategy as an alternative in improving students' critical thinking skills.
Burnout syndrome among university workers at the brazilian free frontier

Objetivo: estimar a prevalencia da Sindrome de Burnout entre trabalhadores de uma universidade na fronteira franco brasileira e verificar os fatores associados. Metodo: estudo transversal e descritivo realizado com 53 trabalhadores de uma universidade localizada na fronteira franco brasileira, atraves de formularios eletronicos ( google docs ). Resultados: Predominio do sexo masculino (56,6%), faixa etaria de 30 a 39 anos (64,2%), solteiros (47,2%), se declaram pardos (49,1%), especialistas (34%) e sem filhos (75,5%). Destes, 26,4% individuos tem a possibilidade de desenvolver a sindrome, 37,8% estao em fase inicial da sindrome, 22,6% a sindrome comeca a se instalar e 13,2% estar em uma fase consideravel da sindrome, tendo como preditor a variavel sexo (p=0,01). Conclusao: nenhum dos entrevistados pontuou na categoria (nenhum indicio de Burnout), o que torna preocupante as condicoes de trabalhos que estao submetidos, sendo imperativo medidas preventivas que retardem ou impossibilitem o adoecimento mental dentre a populacao investigada.
Integral equienergetic non-isospectral Cayley graphs

We prove that the Cayley graphs $X(G,S)$ and $X^+(G,S)$ are equienergetic for any abelian group $G$ and any symmetric subset $S$. We focus on two subfamilies: unitary Cayley graphs $G_R=X(R,R^*)$, where $R$ is a commutative ring, and semiprimitive generalized Paley graphs $\Gamma(k,q) = X(\mathbb{F}_q,\{ x^k : x^k \in \mathbb{F}_q^*\})$. We prove that under mild conditions, $\{ G_R, G_R^+ \}$ and $\{\Gamma(k,q), \Gamma^+(k,q)\}$ are pairs of equienergetic non-isospectral graphs (generically integral, connected and non-bipartite). Then, we obtain conditions such that $\{G_R, \bar G_R\}$ and $\{\Gamma(k,q), \bar \Gamma(k,q)\}$ are equienergetic non-isospectral graphs. Finally, we characterize all (integral) equienergetic non-isospectral triples $\{G_R, G_R^+, \bar G_R\}$ and $\{\Gamma(k,q), \Gamma^+(k,q), \bar \Gamma(k,q)\}$ such that all the graphs are also Ramanujan.
Translanguaging in Primary Level ESL Classroom in India: An Exploratory Study

In this paper, a series of ESL classroom observations of a teacher in an Indian primary level government run school are presented to show concrete uses of translanguaging. Translanguaging practices were based on the inputs the teacher received from a training programme on using multilingual strategies to teach language and content. It is observed that the teacher applies translanguaging to clarify concepts using contrastive elaboration, instruct students, practice discourse based management, prepare students for classroom activities, and help them communicate. She also reflects upon her experience of translanguaging which shows her plans to use students’ L1 more systematically like by drawing lexical and form based comparisons between Telugu, Hindi (L1s) and English. Instances of use of translanguaging or fluid ways of communicating using two or three languages by this teacher and her experiences in using this approach help in validating the concept for advancing school skills in students from low SES groups who would have not otherwise been able to understand the lessons if taught in the strict monolingual mode.
Physicochemical and statistical analysis of a dairy production

The objective of this study to evaluate by physicochemical and statistical analysis the compositional quality of milk-based on the constituents of fat, protein, and non-fat solids in dairy cattle located in the “Ocaña, Norte de Santander, Colombia”. Having a total of 905 dairy controls in 15 females with double milking/day throughout breastfeeding, the descriptive statistics were subsequently calculated. The average values for the percentage of fat, protein, and non-fat solids were 4.1%, 2.9%, and 8.2% with a standard deviation of 0.957, 0.210, and 0.555 respectively. The physical and chemical components of milk were found in the range stipulated by studies focused on milk yield and quality. On the other hand, it is concluded that the variation obtained in the constituents, is within the expected for the region and the species. It is also suggested that the variations of these constituents may be associated with factors such as the stage of lactation and quality of forages in winter and summer.
Spatio-temporal variability of erosivity in Mato Grosso, Brazil

The impact of rainfall on surfaces lacking vegetal cover can dissociate soil particles, thereby initiating the erosion process. This is known as rainfall erosivity and is expressed by the R factor in the Universal Soil Loss Equation. Agricultural areas often show seasonally erosion susceptibility throughout the year due to oscillations of the soil exposure rate and the vegetation change. Considering that approximately 30 million ha of the Mato Grosso State in Brazil is used for agriculture, this study aimed to predict and map the spatial and temporal variability of its territory. We evaluated the monthly (EI30) and annual (R) erosivity for 158 rain gauge stations and spatialized the values of EI30 and R by the Kriging method. It was observed that R values ranked as very high in the north, and high and medium-high in the south of Mato Grosso state. The mean value is 8835 MJ mm ha-1 h-1 year-1, considered high. Ninety-one percent of the annual erosivity was concentrated in the period between October and April, corresponding to the rainy season. The highest R factor values were found in the macro-regions of the northwest, north, west and medium-north of Mato Grosso State.
Growth and formation of statoliths in Aurelia coerulea examined by using 34S- and Sr-labels

2018; editorial decision July 27, 2018; accepted August 2, 2018 Corresponding editor: John Dolan Statoliths of Aurelia coerulea were successfully labeled with 34 S and Sr and were visualized for the ﬁ rst time by nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). Medusae were incubated in arti ﬁ cial seawater with an enrichment of 34 S and Sr for 25 hours. Statocysts for analyses were ﬁ xed at two time-points: immediately after the exposure (zero-day) and after 3 weeks of incubation in non-enriched seawater (post-incubated). In the analyses by NanoSIMS, deposition of 34 S was observed as an inner ring enclosed within the crystal in post-incubated specimens. In zero-day specimens, 34 S/ 32 S ratio in the peripheral region of statolith was much higher than those in the core region. In the analyses by EPMA, small statoliths with dense deposition of Sr were located in the basal part of statocysts in zero-day specimens. The larger statoliths tended to be located more distant from the basal part. These ﬁ ndings were consistent with the hypothesis that the basal part of statocysts is the area of origin of statoliths. Statoliths without deposition of Sr tend to be larger in size than
Sexually dimorphic antennal structures of New Zealand Cave Wētā (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae)

ABSTRACT Insect antennae carry diverse sensory organs for detecting information about their environments and facilitating interaction among individuals, particularly for reproductive behaviour. As such they are predicted to be sexually dimorphic, especially in species which do not use visual or auditory mate-location. The cave wētā are such animals, suggesting that they rely heavily on chemical and tactile information to interact. Sensilla morphology and sexual dimorphism was investigated in two species; Pachyrhamma acanthocera and P. waitomoensis, using scanning electron microscopy. Fourteen types of sensilla basiconica, campaniformia, chaetica, coeloconica, trichodea and Böhm’s sensilla were identified. Among these, sexual dimorphism in the length of four subtypes was detected, and surprisingly, P. waitomoensis males completely lacked all but two of the porous sensilla types. In addition, three types of unique horn-like and hooked antennal protrusions in male P. acanthocera are described, along with similar, but less diverse structures on the antennae of male P. waitomoensis.
Valuing free-form text data from maintenance logs through transfer learning with CamemBERT

ABSTRACT Coupling a production scheduling process with maintenance logs can provide important advantages. For instance, this enables the adaptation of planning to the reality of the shop floor. Nevertheless, maintenance logs are often highly unstructured, as they mainly rely on free-form text comments from operators, and are imbalanced, as commonplace issues happen more often than critical problems. This hinders the application of machine learning methods to exploit this data. Thus, this study explores the use of a recent model named CamemBERT to tackle these difficulties through transfer learning. More specifically, the purpose is to predict the criticality and duration of a maintenance issue from the description provided. Findings suggest that fine-tuning CamemBERT outperforms other classical and feature-based approaches. Furthermore, the class imbalance problem is addressed from a data pre-processing and training perspective: firstly, k-means with silhouette diagrams allowed the creation of more homogenous classes, and secondly, the use of resampling enabled an improvement in the model’s performance.
PENINGKATAN MUTU MINYAK NILAM DENGANEKSTRAKSI DAN DESTILASI PADA BERBAGAIKOMPOSISI PELARUT

Patchouli oil is categorized in with the main component of essential oil Patchouli Alcohol, patchouli leaves and stems contain this oil. Patchouli oil is good to have PA levels above 30%, clear yellow color and has a distinctive odor that difficult to remove, because the nature of a strong scent, patchouli oil widely used in perfumery and cosmetics industry. Patchouli oil is a commodity exports, Indonesian patchouli oil greatest supplier of the world (90%) so that patchouli oil has a good prospect for development. Intake of patchouli oil is generally used by the steam distillation process, this process yields approximately 2.0% generated with the PA content of 28%. Patchouli oil yield and quality need to be enhanced by the extraction method - distillation. Extraction process is done by using a solvent mixture of n-hexane and benzene, ie variables used stem and leaf weight ratio (5:1, 4:1, 3:1; 2: 1, 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 ), extraction time (60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240) minutes and the volume ratio of n hexane and benzene (5:1, 4:1, 3:1, 2:1, 1:1, 1: 2; 1:3) followed by a distillation process to separate oil and solvents. The optimum operating conditions extraction process - distillation was obtained at the stem and leaf weight ratio of 2:1; extraction time 150 min and the volume ratio of n-hexane and benzene 3:1. The yield of 4.3% obtained with the concentration of patchouli alcohol (PA) of 32%. The process of extraction - distillation with a solvent mixture of n-hexane and benzene, produces quality and yield of essential oil that is better than the distillation process Keyword : extraction, destilation, Patchouli oil
TEACHING AND LEARNING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES IN OPEN DISTANCE E-LEARNING

The transformation of higher education, in line with the South African Constitution, has led to increased enrolments of students with disabilities. However, limited research has been conducted on teaching and learning support these students receive. Access of students with disabilities in higher education is a human rights issue yet research shows that it has not been linked to increase in instructional support. As such, their participation has been limited. Some of the barriers limiting their participation are lecturers’ negative attitudes due to lack of disability awareness and the unavailability or inadequacy of support in teaching and learning. As a result, higher education institutions have not succeeded in creating enabling teaching and learning environments for these students. This paper seeks to initiate discussion about the teaching and learning support needs of students with disabilities, particularly in an Open Distance e-Learning context and to propose strategies that can be employed to increase the quality of their participation and improve their academic outcomes.
Who am I? How Newly Arrived Immigrant Students Construct Themselves Through Multimodal Texts

ABSTRACT This article presents a study of how teenage immigrant students, newly arrived in Norway, constructed themselves discursively through a number of identity texts. Drawing on theories from New Literacy Studies, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Social Semiotics, we analyzed a corpus of 97 multimodal identity texts. The study aimed to explore how the students contributed to their personal discursive construction in a society that was new to them. Our study showed that, while struggling with acquiring the dominant language, the immigrant students demonstrated linguistic and semiotic skills and talents. By analyzing the students’ use of linguistic and visual resources, we identified three main categories of identity construction in the students’ texts – spatial identity, relational identity, and functional identity. The analysis suggested that, in their identity work, the immigrant students simultaneously internalized and challenged dominant discourses of the globalized society.
Culture and ELT: Cambodian teachers' perception and practice of textbook adaptation to realize intercultural awareness

Currently, it is recognized that language and culture go hand in hand, which means that when we teach a language, we also teach the culture of that language or other languages that appear in the textbooks being used. This wide recognition of the vital role of culture in the second language teaching has presented challenges for EFL teachers in various contexts. This article reports a qualitative study on three Cambodian teachers of English at one school in Phnom Penh. The study aims to investigate EFL teachers' views and practices of textbook adaptation, as well as how they adapt textbooks to help students develop intercultural awareness in the ELT. To achieve these objectives, the qualitative data obtained from individual interviews, classroom observations, and teaching materials were engaged to shed light on the backdrop of the textbook adaptation and cultural integration in the ELT classroom. The findings in this study reveal an inconsistency between teachers' views and practices about the textbook adaptation and the teachers' limited capacity of interculturality-stimulated scholarship that is inherently tied to the development of cultural activities in the ELT classroom. This study suggests teacher training on the textbook adaptation and teaching culture should be provided to the teachers in the context and beyond.
Multi-Scale Modeling for Morphogenesis of Healthy and Diseased Tissue

Author(s): Figueroa, Seth Amin | Advisor(s): Nie, Qing | Abstract: In organisms, tissue development and maintenance must be precisely timed and spatially coordinated to ensure proper form and function. This can be difficult both to develop and to maintain in the complex environments present in organisms, and thus a mechanism that can be finely tuned and regulated must be present. Therefore, when studying the underlying principles of morphogenesis, it is important to consider the crucial biochemical, cellular, and tissue scales simultaneously. This creates a need for a mathematical and computational approach to understanding the complex biology of development. One way of achieving a high level of precision of control is through stem cell lineages. These lineages employ the use of stem cells and their progeny to maintain certain properties necessary for proper tissue function. One such system is found in the stratified inter-follicular epidermis. Here, we develop and use a two dimensional, multi-scale, cell lineage model to explore the molecular, cellular, and physical properties of healthy and diseased epidermis. The model recapitulates a variety of healthy epithelial tissue shapes, including the formation and maintenance of undulating structures, known as rete-ridges. We find that the dermis compliance and the cell-cell adhesion at the dermis-epidermis junction, in conjunction with internal physical pressures due to cell lineage dynamics, play an important role in the tissue morphology. We explore these dynamics to get a better understanding of morphological changes found in diseased skin, including thickening of the tissue and deformation of rete-ridges. Another system in which the molecular mechanisms and cell dynamics driving morphogenesis remains unclear is in diversification of feather vane shapes. Here, we integrate a two dimensional, multi modular mathematical model with transcriptome profiling to elucidate the anisotropic signaling modules which break symmetry, alter cell shape, and generate diverse feather shapes. Overall, this work provides multi-dimensional frameworks to study development and applies them to various biological tissues to better understand their underlying processes.
Bullying Prevalence among Adolescents: Potential Social Stressor to Young Minds

Bullying among youth is like an epidemic all around the world. It has critical and damaging effects on the mental health of the affected. Bullying can lead to psychosocial morbidity and adjustment problems in the bully, victims, and those who witness. A study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of this social issue among adolescents in the largest city of Pakistan. The purpose of this survey was to evaluate the extent of bullying prevalence, to determine frequencies of different types of bullying across genders, to raise awareness of the bullying phenomenon among adolescents, and to identify the coping strategies used to stop bullying. In the survey, 241 children aged 12 to 15, participated through convenient sampling, and completed a directly administered questionnaire. The result of this survey suggests that bullying is pervasive among adolescents in Pakistan and thus a significant proportion of the community is at risk of developing psychosocial ailments. There is a need for a well-rounded global effort to design a strategy against bullying that can be implemented by schools, parents, teachers, and students.
Historical control data for hematology parameters obtained from toxicity studies performed on different Wistar rat strains: Acceptable value ranges, definition of severity degrees, and vehicle effects

The physiological and health status of control animals may vary. Due to this variation, it is important to define acceptable ranges of control hematology parameters to gain a better understanding of adverse and non-adverse effects of test substances. After generating historical control data for two Wistar rat strains (RccHan™:WIST and Crl:WI(Han)) from different breeders, the data sets were statistically analyzed using Minitab®. After noticing that single outliers can affect the study control data set, the respective outliers were verified relative to the available histopathology findings, for example, inflammatory pulmonary lesions following vehicle aspiration or spontaneous sperm granuloma affecting the health status and hematology data of the respective animals. Such data points were excluded from the control data set. Comparing both data sets, it was obvious that different blood sampling and anesthesia methods as well as strain differences may result in slightly different values. After excluding the outliers, a data set from animals with presumably good health status was generated to define acceptable ranges and severity degrees. To evaluate effects, possibly influencing hematology parameters and defined acceptable ranges, selected vehicles and different study types were observed.