Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Psychometric Properties of Farsi Version of Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire- Adolescent Short Form

Background: Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a kind of social intelligence and the main aspect of social maturity that improves the psychologicalhealthof adolescents. Basedonthetheoryof Petrides,EIismadeupof adistinctiveseriesof traitsandemotionalself-perceptions related to the personality dimensions named trait emotional intelligence. Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Adolescent Short Form (TEIQue-ASF) is one of the few instruments for evaluating trait EI in adolescents. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of TEIQue-ASF in Iranian adolescents. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the sample consisted of 550 high school students who were selected through randomized cluster sampling from four high schools in Tehran. In addition to the TEIQue-ASF scale, we used the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS) and the Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (JEPQ) in this study. All analyses were carried out by IBM SPSS-22.0. Results: The results revealed high internal consistency (Cronbach’s α : 0.86, P < 0.001) and subscales of the TEIQue-ASF were signif-icantly correlated with the subscales of SEIS (P < 0.05), psychoticism, neuroticism, and extraversion (P < 0.05). Factor analysis also veriﬁed the original four-factor structure (well-being, self-control, emotionality, and sociability). Conclusions: TheFarsiversionof TEIQue-ASFisareliableandvalidscaletoassessthetraitemotionalintelligenceof Iranianadoles-cents and may, therefore, be a considerable measure for assessing trait emotional intelligence in educational and clinical contexts among adolescents.
Electronic Structure and Room Temperature of 2D Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors in Bilayer MoS2-Doped Mn

The electronic structure and magnetic properties of manganese- (Mn-) doped bilayer (BL) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) are studied using the density function theory (DFT) plus on-site Hubbard potential correction (U). The results show that the substitution of Mn at the Mo sites of BL MoS2 is energetically favorable under sulfur- (S-) rich regime than Mo. The magnetic interaction between the two manganese (Mn) atoms in BL MoS2 is always ferromagnetic (FM) irrespective of the spatial distance between them, but the strength of ferromagnetic interaction decays with atomic distance. It is also found that two dopants in different layers of BL MoS2 communicate ferromagnetically. In addition to this, the detail investigation of BL MoS2 and its counterpart of monolayer indicates that interlayer interaction in BL MoS2 affects the magnetic interaction in Mn-doped BL MoS2. The calculated Curie temperature is 324, 418, and 381 K for impurity concentration of , , and , respectively, which is greater than room temperature, and the good dilute limit of dopant concentration is 0–6.25%. Based on the finding, it is proposed that Mn-doped BL MoS2 are promising candidates for two-dimensional (2D) dilute magnetic semiconductor (DMS) for high-temperature spintronics applications.
Effects of antioxidant supplement and metformin therapy on C-reactive protein and oxidative stress in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Objectives: The study aims to compare the effects of metformin and antioxidant vitamins C and E on C-reactive protein (CRP) and oxidative/antioxidant status (represented by serum malondialehyde (MDA) and total antioxidant status (TAS) in newly diagnosed patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) at baseline and after 3 months of therapy compared with the control group. Patients and Methods: The study was performed in Al-Wafaa Center of Diabetes Management and Research in Mosul, Iraq. They included 91 type 2 diabetic patients and 50 healthy controls. The patients were divided into two groups: The first group (n = 44) was received metformin alone orally for duration of 3 months and the second group (n = 47) was received metformin with vitamin C and E orally for duration of 3 months also. Fasting blood samples were obtained from both controls and patients (before and after treatment) and assays were done for determination of serum MDA, TAS, and CRP. Results: Compared with controls, patients serum levels of MDA, and CRP were significantly high and TAS were significantly lower. After 3 months of treatment, both patients groups reported significant reductions in serum levels of MDA, CRP and a significant increase in serum levels of TAS, compared with the pre-treatment levels. The present study found that there was a non significant difference in serum MDA levels between the two patients groups (p=0.026), whereas serum TAS levels was significantly higher and CRP was significantly lower in the second group as compared to the first group. Conclusion: The present study concluded that three months oral consumption of combined antioxidant vitamins C and E with metformin in patients with T2DM showed significantly beneficial effect on oxidative stress and inflammatory response compared with metformin alone. The findings of this study necessitate investigating the overall clinical impact of antioxidant treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus to maintain good glycemic control.
Fiscal weakness, the (under-) provision of public services, and institutional reform

The fact that many developing countries spend little on growth-promoting public services is often blamed on “fiscal weakness”. We propose a novel framework to study the consequences of an exogenous improvement in public revenues. We demonstrate that higher revenues may induce the group in power to use a dual repression approach, one pillar of which is to aggravate the “underspending” on growth-promoting public services. However, we also identify circumstances in which the group in power will abstain from repression and instead opt for institutional reform. This result contrasts with the view that exogenous revenue improvements necessarily undercut growth-promoting institutions. JEL classification: D70; O11; F53; H50; Q34
Comparison of the Effects of Oral Sucrose 30% and 50% on the Pain of Injection of Hepatitis B Vaccine in Newborns

Background: Uncontrolled pain in newborns results in permanent damage to the growth components of cognitive development and changes in response to subsequent painful stimuli. Objectives: The aim of this study was to comparison of the eﬀects of oral sucrose 30% and 50% on the pain of injection of hepatitis B vaccine in newborns. Methods: In these triple-blind clinical trial conducted at Amir-al Momenin Hospital in Semnan, 91 term infants were selected and randomly divided into three groups. Two minutes prior to intramuscular injection of hepatitis B vaccine in the case group, 2 mL of sucrose solution 30% or 50% and in the control group the same volume of sterile water was given orally to the infant. Prior to the administration of sucrose, immediately after injection and 5 minutes after injection the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) was used to assess pain. For statistical data analysis, Mann-Whitney, chi-square, Kruskal-Wallis, One-Way ANOVA and Dunnett tests at a signiﬁcance level of 5% were used. Results: Theresultsshowedthatsucrose30% and50% signiﬁcantlyreducedpainduring,immediately,and5minutesafterinjection (P < 0.05). Conclusions: In general, high concentrations of sucrose can relieve the pain of vaccination and can be used in the clinic.
Smallholder Farmer Risk Preferences in Northern Ghana:Evidence from a Controlled Field Experiment

Abstract We conduct a controlled field experiment to elicit risk preferences among maize farmers in Northern Ghana. Farmers participating in the experiment were asked to choose from a menu of lotteries representing different hypothetical probability distributions over yields produced by ‘traditional’ and ‘high yield’ maize varieties. We estimate a Rank-Dependent Utility Model (RDU) with an Expo-Power utility function, allowing for systematic subjective underweighting or overweighting of outcome probabilities and non-constant relative risk aversion. Based on our estimates, we cannot reject the hypotheses that decisions made by farmers in our study can be uniformly characterised by conventional Von Neumann–Morgenstern expected utility theory (EUT), but reject the hypothesis that farmers exhibit constant relative risk aversion.
Two new species of Solieriaceae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from the euphotic and mesophotic zones off Bermuda, Meristotheca odontoloma and Tepoztequiella muriamans

ABSTRACT Using mitochondrial COI-5P and plastid rbcL sequences, as well as morphological characteristics, two new species of Solieriaceae are added to the flora of Bermuda. Specimens collected over the past two decades representing those distributed in the early exsiccata, Phycotheca boreali-americana as Eucheuma gelidium (= Meristotheca gelidium) are shown to be a unique species of Meristotheca, M. odontoloma sp. nov. A recent collection from a depth of 60 m off the islands is shown to be the same as a single specimen found in Bermuda in 1953 at 55 m and identified at the time as Agardhiella ramosissima. These deepwater collections are described as the second species in the new genus Tepoztequiella, T. muriamans sp. nov. Based on shared morphological characteristics, other collections of M. gelidium and A. ramosissima from the western Atlantic may require molecular analysis to determine if they represent either of the two new species. Our molecular investigations also confirmed that there are two species of Meristotheca from Lord Howe Island, Australia, and Meristotheca halymenioides comb. nov., based upon Mychodea halymenioides, is removed from synonymy with M. papulosa.
Synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-substituted vinylgembisphosphonates against Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma brucei

Abstract A series of 2-substituted vinylidene-1,1-bisphosphonate esters and their acids were synthesized and tested in vitro for activity against Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma brucei. For each compound, % parasite viability in treated wells was calculated relative to untreated controls for both P. falciparum and T. brucei. Fifty percentage inhibitory concentration (IC50) was also determined for the compounds. Chloroquine and pentamidine were used as positive control drug standards for activity against P. falciparum and T. brucei, respectively. The esters had better antiparasitic activity compared to their corresponding acids. Some of the compounds reduced % parasite viability to as low as 24.3% for P. falciparum and down to 0.602% for T. brucei. Tetraethyl-2-(o-tolyl)-ethene-1,1-bisphosphonate (3b) recorded the best IC50 against T. brucei which was 0.0345 µmol/mL. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
PENGARUH RELAKSASI NAFAS DALAM TERHADAP PENURUNAN INTENSITAS NYERI HAID PADA REMAJA PUTRI DI MAN INSAN CENDEKIA HALMAHERA BARAT

Dismenore adalah keluhan yang paling sering menyebabkan wanita muda pergi ke dokter untuk konsultasi dan mendapatkan pengobatan (Winknjosastro, 2007). Prevalensi dismenore dalam beberapa penelitian menunjukkan frekuensi yang cukup tinggi. Dalam suatu systemic review WHO, rata-rata insidensi terjadinya dismenore pada wanita muda antara 16,8-81%. Tujuan penelitian ini mengetahui Pengaruh Pemberian Relaksasi Nafas Dalam Terhadap Penurunan Intensitas Nyeri Haid Pada Remaja Putri Di MAN Insan Cendekia Halmahera Barat. Metode Penelitian yang digunakan Praeksperimen dengan rancangan one group pra-post test eisign adalah mengungkapkan hubungan sebab akibat dengan cara melibatkan suatu kelompok subjek yang diobservasi sebelum dilakukan intevensi, kemudian diobservasi lagi setelah diintervensi. Teknik pegambilan Sampel adalah Total Sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan yaitu kuesioner sedangkan teknik analisa data yaitu multifariat, dengan besar Sample sebanyak 27 orang. Hasil penelitian terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara relaksasi Nafas Dalam terhadap penurunan Intensitasn Nyeri Haid pada Siswi Ramaja Putri di MAN Insan Cendekia Halmahera Barat yaitu dengan melihat hasil hitung statistic nilai P value = 0.0001 yang berarti α< 0.05. Simpulan: teknik relaksasi Nafas dalam memberikan pengaruh siginifikan terhadap intensitas nyeri haid pada Remaja Putri di MAN Insan Cendekia Halmahera Barat.
DAMPAK PSIKOLOGIS PADA KEHAMILAN REMAJA (STUDI EKPLORASI DI DESA WATUTULIS PRAMBON SIDOARJO)

Married aged woman should be at least 21-22 years of age to be physically and psychologically.In the village watutulis Prambon-sidoarjo many women who already face teenage pregnancy. Of the total number of pregnant women in the ANC midwife are pregnant teenage mothers as much as 2.7% in 2005, 3.7% in 2006, 4.8% in 2007, 2.9% in 2008, 3 % in 2009, 6.4% in 2010. From the above data it can be concluded there was an increase of pregnant women who were aged early / adolescents each year, it can examine the impact that caused the individual psychologically as a result of a teenage pregnancy. The purpose of this study explores the psychological impact pregnant teenagers to receive pregnancy.The research method using qualitative research. Collecting data using primary and secondary data and then conducted in-depth interviews (depth interview), respondents were three people drawn from the data midwife and that have the same characteristics, namely the age of 15-19 years and who rarely ANC. The collected data are reported or verified and presented in a descriptive picture associated with the theory.The result showedteenagersexperiencing psychological disorders are like stress, depression, cease not to continue his education and abuse in infants.Concluded that there psychological stress, depression, persecution of a baby, do not stop to go to school in pregnant women in their teens in accepting her pregnancy. Based on these studies need to be done further research how far the psychological disturbances experienced by pregnant women who were aged teenagers.
Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran IPA Berbasis Powerpoint di Sekolah Dasar

Irfan, 2019 . Pengembangan Media Pembelajaran IPA Berbasis Powerpoint Konsep Organ Pernapasan pada Manusia dan Hewan Kelas V Sekolah Dasar, dibimbing oleh: Muhiddin dan Evi Ristiana. Penelitian ini termasuk penelitian pengembangan (Research and Development) bertujuan untuk mengembangkan media pembelajaran berbasis powerpoint. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa dan guru kelas V SD Negeri Gaddong I Kecamatan Bontoala Kota Makassar. Model pengembangan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah model pengembangan Dick & Carey yang terdiri dari 5 tahapan yaitu: (1) Tahap analisis kebutuhan, (2) Tahap perancangan pengembangan produk, (3) Tahap Pengembangan produk, (4) Tahap Evaluasi dan revisi produk, (5) Produk akhir. Media pembelajaran berbasis powerpoint ini telah dilakukan proses uji coba yang terdiri dari uji coba satu-satu sebanyak 11 orang, uji coba kelompok kecil sebanyak 21 orang dan uji coba kelompok kelas sebanyak 34 orang siswa. Media pembelajaran berbasis powerpoint yang dikembangkang telah divalidasi oleh pakar dan telah mengalami revisi sehingga didapatkan hasil yang layak untuk dipergunakan dalam pembelajaran. Data hasil penelitian dianalisa dengan metode deskriptif menunjukkan bahwa media pembelajaran berbasis powerpoint yang dikembangkan bersifat valid dan efektif. Uji coba dilakukan dengan tiga tahap yaitu uji coba satu-satu, uji coba kelompok kecil dan uji coba kelompok kelas untuk melihat kevalidan dan keefektifan media pembelajaran berbasis powerpoint yang telah dikembangkan. Dikatakan valid efektif karena telah memenuhi kriteria dengan hasil (1) hasil validasi media dan materi sangat baik, (2) respon guru terhadap media pembelajaran sangan baik (3) respon siswa terhadap media pembelajaran sangat baik (4) aktivitas siswa dalam proses pembelajaran sangat aktif, (5) hasil belajar siswa meningkat. Dengan demikian maka hasil penelitian ini dapat digunakan dan dikembangkan dalam proses pembelajaran khususnya pada siswa SD Negeri Gaddong I Kecamatan Bontoala Kota Makassar. Sebagai implikasi yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini, disarankan bagi peneliti yang berminat mengembangkan lebi lanjut penelitian ini diharapkan mencermati keterbatasan penelitian ini.
Atomistic Basis of Microtubule Dynamic Instability Assessed Via Multiscale Modeling

Microtubule “dynamic instability,” the abrupt switching from assembly to disassembly caused by the hydrolysis of GTP to GDP within the β subunit of the αβ-tubulin heterodimer, is necessary for vital cellular processes such as mitosis and migration. Despite existing high-resolution structural data, the key mechanochemical differences between the GTP and GDP states that mediate dynamic instability behavior remain unclear. Starting with a published atomic-level structure as an input, we used multiscale modeling to find that GTP hydrolysis results in both longitudinal bond weakening (~4 kBT) and an outward bending preference (~1.5 kBT) to both drive dynamic instability and give rise to the microtubule tip structures previously observed by light and electron microscopy. More generally, our study provides an example where atomic level structural information is used as the sole input to predict cellular level dynamics without parameter adjustment.
Colonialism and rural inequality in Sierra Leone: an egalitarian experiment

We analyze the level of inequality in rural Sierra Leone in the early colonial period. Previous research has suggested that the colony was established under highly egalitarian ideals. We examine whether these ideals also are reflected in the real distribution of wealth in the colony. We employ a newly assembled dataset extracted from census data in the colony in 1831. The results show that rural Sierra Leone exhibited one of the most equal distributions of wealth so far estimated for any preindustrial rural society.
Extinctions and Ecosystem Stability

Human society's expansion and demand for both biotic and abiotic natural resources exert a large pressure on ecosystems around the globe. Ecosystems are complex networks of species interacting with each other and their physical surroundings. Although they are in constant change due to incidental/fortuitous fluctuations as well as climate, migration and, evolution, in a human time-frame ecosystems are relatively stable, upholding certain qualities and functions. Stability of an ecosystem can refer to many different aspects but in general denotes an ability to keep the perceived qualities and functions in the face of external disturbances. This thesis builds on the long heritage of trying to understand stability of ecosystems, and the more recent use of dynamical modelling for this purpose. A contested issue in ecosystem research is the role of complexity in facilitating stability. Complexity being an intuitive but not strictly defined concept including among others number of species, amount of interactions and structure of interactions. Irrespective of the role of complexity for ecosystem stability there is general agreement that there are limits to stability, in terms of some property, at which point an ecosystem if perturbed/pressured beyond it will transition to a qualitative different state. This thesis shows that, contrary to previous conception, there are more limits of stability than one. The new limits revise the important transition points of an ecosystem and differentiate between different types of stability, which in turn have differing responses to disturbances of equal magnitude. Species extinctions are found as a mechanism to prevent collapse of an entire community and collapse is found to be divided into two types. The thesis also exposes certain types of constraints on the structures of interactions among species that have a large influence on the stability limits. Together these results give indication of important structures of ecosystems which determine response behaviour to a high degree, important when analysing systems and assessing their vulnerability in an uncertain environment.
Successful Aging through Television: Selective and Compensatory Television Use and Well-Being

ABSTRACT We applied the selection, optimization and compensation (SOC) model of successful aging to media use. Using a new self-report measure to assess selective and compensatory media use we illustrate the role of these media selection strategies in successful aging. In other words, we link compensatory and selective media use to different indicators of well-being among older nursing home residents and for a group of younger adults, which served as a comparison group. Selective media use was positively related to well-being for older, but not for younger adults, and compensatory media use was negatively related to well-being for both younger and older adults. In a second study, we replicated these findings with a sample of healthy older adults.
Effect of Different Soil Treatments with Hydrogel on the Performance of Drought-Sensitive and Tolerant Tree Species in a Semi-Arid Region

Research Highlights: Although a number of forestry studies have found that hydrogel improves tree performance, studies that are located in semi-arid regions and that include a broad spectrum of tree species and the assessment of multiple physiological traits are lacking. Background and Objectives: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effects of hydrogel treatments (with sawdust, organic fertilizer, compost, wheat straw, subsoil, or subsoil with a cobble cover) applied during planting on the survival, growth, and physiological traits of 20 tree species. Materials and Methods: In a field experiment (factorial design with seven treatments including a control, 20 species, and ten replicates) in a semi-arid part of Iran, we applied water alone (control) or water with hydrogel and other materials to recently planted samplings. We evaluated tree height, health, osmotic potential, and biochemical properties after 6 months and survival after 12 months. Results: Hydrogel treatment (regardless of other material) significantly improved the performance of drought-sensitive but not of drought-tolerant species. Conclusions: The benefits of hydrogel treatment are substantial for drought-sensitive species but are insignificant for drought-resistant species.
Local Foods and Local Economic Performance

Maureen Stickel is a Associate Director at ID insight. Steven Deller is a professor at the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of WisconsinMadison. Support for this work was provided by the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station via Hatch funding. The work has benefited from the helpful comments of Jennifer Alix-Garcia and Alfonso Morales. All errors are the responsibility of the authors. Editor in charge: Craig Gundersen *Correspondence may be sent to: E-mail: scdeller@wisc.edu.
Özel Eğitim Öğretmenlerinde Negatif Düşüncelerin Tükenmişlik Düzeyi ve İş Doyumu ile İlişkisi

Bu arastirmada ozel egitim ogretmenlerinin olumsuz otomatik dusuncelerinin is doyumu ve tukenmislik uzerindeki rolu daha incelenmistir. Calisma, Istanbul ilindeki okullarda calisan 287 katilimci ile gerceklestirilmistir. Orneklem kolay orneklem yontemi ile secilmistir. Calisma betimsel ve niceliksel arastirmadir. Tukenmislik duzeyini belirlemek Maslach Tukenmislik, is doyum icin Minnesota Is Doyum ve olumsuz otomatik dusunceleri belirlemek icin Otomatik Dusunceler Olcegi kullanilmistir. Veriler degerlendirilirken T-Test, ANOVA, korelasyon ve regresyon analizlerinden yararlanilmistir. Bulgulara gore soz konusu degiskenlerin birbirleri ile orta duzeyde iliskili oldugu gorulmustur. Olumsuz otomatik dusuncelerin tukenmislik ve is doyum duzeylerini etkilemekte oldugu bulgulanmistir. Sonuclara gore tukenmislik duzeyi ile cinsiyet, medeni durum, mezuniyet durumu ve ekonomik duzey degiskenleri; is doyum duzeyi ile cinsiyet, yas, mezuniyet durumu ve ekonomik duzey degiskenleri; otomatik dusunceler ile cinsiyet, yas, hizmet suresi, mezuniyet durumu ve ekonomik duzey degiskenleri arasinda anlamli bir farklilik elde edilmistir. Gelecekteki arastirmalarda olumsuz otomatik dusuncelerin ogretmenler uzerindeki etkisi niteliksel bir arastirma ile incelenebilir.