Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Prevalence of overweight among Dutch primary school children living in JOGG and non-JOGG areas

Background One of the most influential integrated approaches towards reducing childhood obesity is EPODE, a program that has been translated to over 20 different countries worldwide. Aim The goal of this study was to explore how JOGG–the Dutch EPODE adaptation–might reduce overweight prevalence among children. Methods To compare whether overweight prevalence was different in JOGG areas vs. non-JOGG areas, in long-term JOGG areas vs. short-term JOGG areas, and in low SES JOGG areas vs. middle/high SES JOGG areas, secondary anthropometric and personal data of 209,565 Dutch children were mapped onto publicly available JOGG data. Results Findings showed that overweight prevalence decreased from 25.17% to 16.08% in JOGG-areas, and from 32.31% to 18.43% in long-term JOGG areas. However, when taking into account SES, the decrease in prevalence was mainly visible in low SES long-term JOGG areas. Conclusion JOGG appeared to be successful in targeting areas where overweight was most prevalent. Low SES areas that had implemented JOGG for a longer period of time, i.e., six years, appeared to be successful in decreasing overweight prevalence.
Welded Repair of Cracks in Steel Bridge Members

This report documents and presents the results of a literature survey on the occurrence of cracking in steel bridge members and repair methods used. The experience of United States bridge operators who were interviewed is also presented and the scope for welded repair is reported. Experimental work included the repair of I beams that had been fatigue cracked in the laboratory. Welded repairs were carried out including repairs under dynamic loading and also under conditions of restricted access out of doors. Fatigue testing of repaired beams showed no decrease in fatigue life.
Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Emergence of State Owned Financial Power Brokers

Diese Arbeit ist ein umfassender empirischer Uberblick, der Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) in einem politisch- okonomischen Kontext untersucht. Als SWFs bezeichnet man staatliche Investmentfonds oder Agenturen, die nationale Uberschusse organisatorisch getrennt von traditionellen Wahrungsreservenverwaltung verwalten. Diese Devisenreserven die sich ausschlieslich aus Exporteinkunften speisen, werden mehrheitlich in internationale Markte investiert. SWFs gehoren mittlerweile neben Pensionsfonds zu den grosten Akteuren am globalen Finanzmarkt. Durch ihr beachtliches Kapitalvolumen von mehreren Billionen US Dollar beeinflussen SWFs die Stabilitat im internationalen Finanzgeschehen. Trotz der Finanzkrise 2008, die das Volumen einiger SWFs deutlich reduziert hat, werden SWFs weiterhin am Finanzmarkt eine leitende Rolle spielen. Unter SWFs versteht man einen Sammelbegriff fur eine heterogene Gruppe von Akteuren. Es gibt nicht nur Ahnlichkeiten zwischen SWFs untereinander, sondern auch Uberschneidungen mit verwandten Akteuren wie beispielsweise Zentralbanken oder Pensionsfonds. Trotz dieser Gemeinsamkeiten sollte man SWFs gegenuber anderen Akteuren besser ausdifferenzieren. Daher ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Einordnung entscheidend um etwaige Auswirkungen, die SWFs auf internationale Finanzmarkte haben, abschatzen zu konnen. Aus diesem Grunde ist es angebracht das Phanomen SWF aus einer international politik-okonomischen Perspektive zu betrachten, da rein okonomische Annaherungen politische Gesichtspunkte nicht ausreichend mit einbeziehen.
Pulling Out All the Stops

This article describes how maintenance-of-way managers for various railroads keep trees, shrubs and grass in check along the tracks. Amtrak spends about $2.2 each year on its maintenance program in order to maintain a good line of sight for its engineers, particularly in areas where trains are running at speeds up to 150 mph. The key element of these maintenance programs is spraying, and generally involves pre-emergent herbicides on and off tracks, as well as post-emergent herbicide for those plants that survived the earlier spraying. The author describes commuter rail agencies vegetation management programs as well as those of freight companies. BNSF applies herbicides on 32,000 route miles each year. They mechanically cut bush and then spray stumps and stubble.
Effect of isopoda on the health status of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

A total number of 100 fish samples (50 apparently healthy fish and 50 seemed to be unhealthy fish) were randomly collected from one farm of cultured Seabream fish at Domeitta provenance, Egypt. Specimens were subjected to parasitological examination for detection of isopoda infestation. The clinical signs of isopoda infested fish are erosion on gill lamella, damages on gill rakers, pale gills, hemorrhagic areas on gill cover, abdomen and on the bases of fins also abrasions and body emaciation was noticed. The detected parasites were Nerocila spp. Juvenile. The parasites detected in the gill chamber of investigated fish. These parasites were described in details. Water samples as well as blood samples were taken for determination of water quality and changes in blood parameters due to isopoda infestation. Analysis of water samples revealed that the parasitic infestations levels have increased with decreasing level of dissolved oxygen, increasing ammonia levels, temperature, hardness, pH and salinity. Parasitic infestation resulted in remarkable decline in RBCs, hemoglobin, monocytes values together with noticeable increase lymphocytes, basophils, eosinophils and neutrophils counts. Further, trials for treatment trials of isopoda have revealed that isopoda was not affected by any concentration of all tested chemicals except the high concentration (0.150 ppm) of malathion after six days of treatment.
The Contours of Police Integrity

Chapter 1. Contours of Police Integrity Chapter 2. Ethics and the Police: Studying Police Integrity in Austria - Maximilian Edelbacher and Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich Chapter 3. Determinants of Police Officers' Reluctance or Compliance to Report: Misconduct and Corruption among Fellow Officers, the Case of Quebec - Marc Alain Chapter 4. Police Integrity in Croatia - Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich and Carl B. Klockars Chapter 5. Policing Integrity: Britain's Thin Blue Line - Louise Westmarland Chapter 6. Sustaining Police Integrity in Finland - Anne Puonti, Sami Vuorinen, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich Chapter 7. Police Integrity in Hungary: How Are Police Able to Adapt to Transition? - Ferenc Kremer Chapter 8. Police Integrity in Japan - David T. Johnson Chapter 9. Integrity Perceptions And Investigations: The Netherlands - M. Punch, L.W. J.C. Huberts & M.E. D. Lamboo Chapter 10. Police Misconduct: the Pakistani Paradigm - Zubair Nawaz Chattha and Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich Chapter 11. The Heritage of Police Misconduct: The Case of the Polish Police - M. R. Haberfeld Chapter 12. Police Integrity in Slovenia - Milan Pagon and Branko Lobnikar Chapter 13. 'Out of Step. ' Integrity and the South African Police Service - Gareth Newham Chapter 14. Homogeneity in Moral Standards in the Swedish Police Culture - Marie Torstensson-Levander and Borje Ekenvall Chapter 15. Police Integrity in the United States of America. - Carl B. Klockars, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich, M. R. Haberfeld Index
Development of a decision support system (DSS) for Malaysian adult weight management / Aadilah binti Baharuddin

The main objective of this study is to develop an electronic knowledge-based decision support system (DSS) for the use of experts, specifically nutritionists and dieticians, as well as Malaysian adults for effective weight management. The system will allow the user to keep track of their daily food consumption and energy expenditure to prevent them from getting overweight since obesity is a prominent public health problem in Malaysia. It is also in line with goals of the National Plan of Action for Nutrition of Malaysia (NPANM) for the period of 2006 to 2015 to reduce overweight individuals and prevent obesity among Malaysians (MOH, 2006). In order to achieve this objective, implementation of the DSS is based on the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) method that consists of five phases; (1) Study of the existing system; (2) System requirement and analysis; (3) System design; (4) System implementation and (5) System testing and operation. A usability study was also conducted involving thirty participants consisting of experts and the public using a web-based test instrument. This study is significant in testing and measuring users’ interactions and satisfaction with specific aspects in dealing with the WeightExpert DSS prototype. The results showed that participants' reactions to the WeightExpert DSS prototype were positive, especially with respect to ease of use, straightforwardness, reliability of data bases, and the well-structured design of its interface. However, the study did identify some areas where the usability of the application can be improved, particularly with regard to flexibility of access to the application, storing of daily record for the projected timeline and addition of up food records from Asean countries food databases.
compacting

Steps for compacting 1. identifying the learning objectives or standards ALL students must learn 2. offering a pre-test opportunity OR planning an alternate path through the content for those students who can learn the required material in less time than their age peers 3. planning and offering meaningful curriculum extensions for students who qualify 4. eliminating all drill, practice, review or preparation for students who have already mastered such things 5. keeping accurate records of students’ compacting activities.
Introduction to Nitride Semiconductor Blue Lasers and Light Emitting Diodes

1. Basic Physics and Materials Technology of GaN LEDs and LDs 2. Two. Theoretical Analysis of Optical Gain Spectra 3. Electrical Conductivity Control 4. Crystal Defects and Device Performance in LEDs and LDs 5. Emission Mechanisms and Excitons GaN and InGaN Bulk and QWs 6. Life testing and degradation mechanisms in InGaN LEDs 7. Development and Future Prospects of InGaN lasers and LEDs. Appendix.
THE IMPLICATIONS OF IMPROVED TRAFFIC FORECASTING PROCEDURES FOR REGIONAL/CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROJECT SELECTION

In completing an update of its long-range transportation plan, the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Planning Organization overhauled its traffic forecasting procedures as well. This paper, which appears in a compendium of conference papers, discusses the necessity in updating the forecasting process, describes the new traffic forecasting procedures, and comments on the impacts of the change on the preparation of the long-range transportation plan, on transportation improvement programs, and on corridor studies.
Why Change a Winning Team? Explaining Post-Election Cabinet Reshuffles in Four Westminster Democracies

Incumbent prime ministers who win re-election often reshuffle their cabinet ministers. These post-election cabinet reshuffles have important implications for policymaking and present a puzzle: why would prime ministers alter the ‘winning team’ that has just received an electoral mandate? Existing literature has largely overlooked post-election reshuffles, so offers few compelling answers. At most, a plausible but under-theorised and untested conventional wisdom suggests that electoral success increases prime ministers’ authority over their ministers. This article thus provides the first systematic study of post-election cabinet reshuffles in single-party governments. It argues that re-elected prime ministers use a temporary increase in their authority to pre-empt future leadership challenges by moving or sacking cabinet rivals. Larger election victories should thus produce larger reshuffles. However, analysis of post-election cabinet reshuffles in four ‘Westminster’ democracies since 1945 shows no support for this expectation, suggesting that further work is needed to understand these important political events.
Economic Perspectives

Outlook: • We forecast U.S. economic growth of +2.1% in 2020 and +2.0% in 2021. Recession odds remain modestly elevated due to the combination of slow growth and external threats, but the most likely path is still one of continuing expansion, in our view. • Two factors appear to hold the greatest risk. Despite recent suggestions of progress, the U.S. /China trade dispute holds considerable uncertainty with notable potential consequences. The harsh rhetoric and societal division of election-year politics could also strain U.S. economic sentiment. Handicapping the post-election policy landscape, however, likely holds more risk for financial markets than economic activity. • Consumers still in the driver’s seat. Strong consumer fundamentals remain the U.S. economy’s key source of support, but consumer sentiment and spending could be susceptible to negative developments.
The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Canadian Media

This paper offers a critical analysis of Canadian media content (The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post, Huffington Post, CBC, and CTV), from September 2015 to April 2016, of the coverage of the Canadian resettlement effort of Syrian refugees, including representation of the refugees and the Canadian government and public. The analysis is informed by theories of orientalism, neocolonialism, neoliberalism, and feminism.
Modular Tools for High Throughput Process Development of Polysaccharide Vaccines

Polysaccharide conjugate vaccines are typically comprised of several different polysaccharides produced with distinct and complex production processes. Clarification and primary recovery operations, such as particle conditioning are integral to purification. Efficient process development of these two unit operations has been constrained by lab-scale models that require large volumes and considerable time to evaluate. A modular approach to develop rapidly purification processes for polysaccharides at the micro-scale would greatly enhance productivity and speed the development of novel conjugate vaccines. To enable high throughput screening, a suite of high throughput analytics was assembled for polysaccharide-containing feedstreams. Three orthogonal generic assays were developed for the high throughput determination of product titre. Assays for clarity and impurity determination were also optimized. The final comprehensive suite of high throughput analytics was qualified for analysis of product titre, product quality, impurity clearance, clarification efficiency, and particle size characterisation. We developed a novel system for high throughput particle conditioning. With this system, 96 individual reaction conditions can be evaluated in parallel, including downstream centrifugal clarification. The scalability of particle conditioning was evaluated between USD reactors with less than 1 mL of volume up to Pilot-scale reactors of 14 L for several biological feedstreams derived from three host species. Product yield, impurity clearance, and product quality were comparable between scales. An engineering characterisation of the reactors was performed and several approaches for scaling particle conditioning processes were evaluated. To support this platform, a custom-built, modular system for depth filtration of eight conditions/filters in parallel was developed using 0.2 cm2 area of media per channel. The reproducibility and scalability of this technology was demonstrated with several filtration media. With this integrated approach to particle conditioning and depth filtration, we have shortened the process development time. The engineering scale up models developed in this thesis will facilitate the creation of more robust processes at pilot and commercial scales of operation.
Analysis of Piezoelectric Devices

Three-Dimensional Theories Thickness-Shear Modes of Plate Resonators Slowly Varying Thickness-Shear Modes Mass Sensors Fluid Sensors Gyroscopes -- Frequency Effect Gyroscopes -- Charge Effect Acceleration Sensitivity Pressure Sensors Temperature Sensors Piezoelectric Generators Piezoelectric Transformers Power Transmission Through an Elastic Wall Acoustic Wave Amplifiers.
GENE EBNA3C: TYPES OF INFECTION BY EBV (EBV1 and EBV2), CORRELATION WITH CLINICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS (AST, ALT and GGT) IN INDIVIDUALS WITH INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF BELÉM, PARÁ, IN THE PERIOD OF 2005-2016

Two types of EBV (EBV1 and 2) have been shown to infect humans. Detect the types of EBV that cause infectious mononucleosis and correlate these viral types with biochemical parameters (AST, ALT and GGT) on in the metropolitan region of Belém, 2005 to 2016. A total 76 cases of infectious mononucleosis, processed the Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ananindeua, Brazil. Evaluated by PCR used primers the region EBNA 3C. EBV1 infection was observed in 71.1% (54/76) of individuals, among whom those > 14 years constituted 66.7% (36/54), the average age was 23 years, and the number of women infected was higher (61.1% [33/54]) than that of men (38.9%[21/54]). The symptoms/clinical signs observed in infection by EBV1 were cervical lymphadenopathy in 64.8% (35/54), fever in 63% (34/54), headache and arthralgia in 20.3% (11/54), and exanthema in 18.5% (10/54). Infection by EBV2 was observed in only 17.1% (13/76) of cases. Co-infection by EBV1 and EBV2, most frequently showing symptoms of fever and cervical lymphadenopathy, occurred in 66.7 (6/9) and 55.6% (5/9) of individuals. EBV1 was predominant in 71% of clinical cases of infectious mononucleosis. Correlation of biochemical parameters in infection by EBV1, EBV2, and co-infection by EBV1/2 revealed a statistically significant difference in mean changes of EBV1 in individuals older than 14 years.
Challenges and Problems of Knowledge Management in Enterprises in Poland

The aim of the publication is to show practical implications concerning knowledge management in enterprises on the grounds of the presented theoretical bases. The empirical part of the publication is to show relevant research concerning enterprises functioning in Poland, both in the small and medium-sized enterprises and the large enterprises. The first, theoretical part of the article systemizes the basic notions concerning the subject of the publication and referring to the question of knowledge and knowledge based management in an organization on the basis of Polish and foreign literature. In the second part, theoretical frames presented before are referred to the factual state, assessed on the basis of the research findings from the selected research centres. They concerned on the problems and the level of progress of Polish enterprises in knowledge management. Here, the analytical and synthetic approach was applied, followed by appropriate conclusions. The empirical part of the publication presents the main areas constituting the source of problems in the knowledge management process in Polish enterprises, as well as appropriate suggestions to counteract the low level of knowledge management in these entities. The paper takes into consideration the findings of empirical research in the selected research centres. On their basis, the condition of knowledge management in Polish enterprises was assessed. Moreover, appropriate conclusions and suggested solutions are presented.
TRUCK TRIP GENERATION CHARACTERISTICS OF NONRESIDENTIAL LAND USES

Only limited data exist on truck trip generation, except for truck terminals and industrial parks. This article describes a study conducted in Fontana, California, to determine truck trip generation characteristics for nonresidential land uses, such as warehousing, industrial and truck terminals, and truck sales. Data were grouped according to number of axles and all trucks. The results indicate that trip generation rates for trucks are lower than rates for autos in the case of all land use categories except for truck terminals, which is logical considering their function. The authors suggest additional studies as the Fontana study had limitations, such as a small sample size.
Time series test of a harmonic series model of organizational differentiation.

Data from 68 years in the evolution of an education and training organization was used to test the MayhewChilders harmonic series model of role differentiation across time. Previous strategies for testing this model were found to have been inappropriate, and consideration of data collection design was necessary to test any model of role differentiation. The harmonic series model, because of special inherent properties, lent itself to linearity tests of the relationship of transformed variables, which did not support the model as a formal theory. The model did, however, demonstrate predictive properties which led to the proposal of an alternate model. The predictive power of both models increased across time; the alternate model was better in the earlier years while the harmonic series model was better in later years. Suggestion is made for the explicit consideration of time in further studies of role differentiation in formal organizations.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization

to his report on the ICT strategy requested by the General Assembly for the sixtieth session relevant indications concerning the level of priority, savings potential, risk, effectiveness and organizational interest for implementing the proposed OSS initiative; (b) Executive heads should assess the total cost of ownership of their current platforms and they should implement processes measuring the total economic impact of their IT investments including their use of OSS and CSS as well as the implications for Member States. The results of their findings should be reported to their respective governing bodies in the framework of their programme budget performance review
Conservation Design for Subdivisions: A Practical Guide To Creating Open Space Networks

In most communities, land use regulations are based on a limited model that allows for only one end result: the production of more and more suburbia, composed of endless subdivisions and shopping centers, that ultimately covers every bit of countryside with "improvements. " Fortunately, sensible alternatives to this approach do exist, and methods of developing land while at the same time conserving natural areas are available.In "Conservation Design for Subdivisions," Randall G. Arendt explores better ways of designing new residential developments than we have typically seen in our communities. He presents a practical handbook for residential developers, site designers, local officials, and landowners that explains how to implement new ideas about land-use planning and environmental protection. Abundantly illustrated with site plans (many of them in color), floor plans, photographs, and renditions of houses and landscapes, it describes a series of simple and straightforward techniques that allows for land-conserving development.The author proposes a step-by-step approach to conserving natural areas by rearranging density on each development parcel as it is being planned so that only half (or less) of the buildable land is turned into houselots and streets. Homes are built in a less land-consumptive manner that allows the balance of property to be permanently protected and added to an interconnected network of green spaces and green corridors. Included in the volume are model zoning and subdivision ordinance provisions that can help citizens and local officials implement these innovative design ideas.