Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Extending Knowledge of the Effects of Social Influence in Warning Compliance

Three experiments are reported which measure the effects of social influence on participants' willingness to use protective equipment when carrying out a paint-spraying task within a laboratory setting. The first study established baseline compliance levels in both low-cost and high-cost conditions. The second study showed that compliance levels are greater when a single confederate also uses the protective equipment, and lower when the confederate does not use the equipment. The third study shows that a larger group of confederates, where only the majority comply or do not comply, can also influence participant compliance in the same way.
KETERATURAN SOSIAL DALAM BENTUK GOTONG ROYONG MENGELOLA KEBERSIHAN LINGKUNGAN DI KELURAHAN MENTENG KECAMATAN JEKAN RAYA KOTA PALANGKA RAYA

Adapun tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah Ingin mengetahui keteraturan sosial dalam bentuk gotong royong mengelola kebersihan lingkungan di Kelurahan Menteng, Kecamatan Jekan Raya Kota Palangka Raya, Ingin mengetahui faktor-faktor yang menjadi pendorong dan penghambat keteraturan sosial dalam bentuk gotong royong mengelola kebersihan lingkungan di Kelurahan Menteng, Kecamatan Jekan Raya Kota Palangka Raya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif adalah penelitian yang diarahkan untuk memberikan gejala-gejala, fakta-fakta, atau kejadian - kejadian secara sistematis dan akurat, mengenai sifat-sifat populasi atau daerah tertentu. Dalam penelitian deskriptif cenderung tidak perlu mencari atau menerangkan saling berhubungan,Sesuai dengan masalah yang penulis ajukan, maka penulis menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif yaitu suatu proses penelitian dan pemahaman yang berdasarkan pada metodologi yang menyelidiki suatu fenomena sosial dan masalah manusia. Pada pendekatan ini, peneliti membuat suatu gambaran kompleks, meneliti kata-kata, laporan terperinci dari pandangan informan, dan melakukan studi pada situasi alami. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif. Hasil kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah Keteraturan sosial masyarakat dalam kegiatan gotong royong mengelola kebersihan di Kelurahan Menteng dapat dilihat dari beberapa karakteristik yaitu Tertib Sosial, Sosial Order, Keajegan dan Pola. Tertib sosial masyarakat dalam mengelola kebersihan dilingkungan kelurahan menteng berpedoman kepada norma tertulis dan berupa himbauan dari ketua rukun tetangga. Pengetahuan tentang kebersihan telah diinternalisasi sejak masih sekolah namun dalam praktek sehari-hari mengalami kendala berupa kurangnya kesadaran kolektif warga diakibatkan sosial control yang lemah dan sangsi atas tindakan tidak berlaku efektif. Faktor penghambat adalah hubungan sekunder warga yang hanya memenuhi keinginan dari ketua warga sebagai tokoh masyarakat yang menggambarkan kehadiran semu warga dan toleransi yang rendah karena individualisme tinggi warga serta kurangnya kesadaran koletif warga akibat perubahan sosial masyarakat kota. Faktor pendorong berupa kerjasama terlihat pada masyarakat yang tinggal secara permanen dan peran tokoh Ketua RT dalam menyeimbangkan, mempersatukan, kepentingan warga masyarakat.
Self-Directed Learning Through Computer-Aided Mathematics Instruction: First-Year Teacher Education Experience

Objective: The study investigates first-year teacher education students’ self-directed learning through Computer-Aided Mathematics Instruction (CAMI). Methods: A total of 230 first-year mathematics teachers specialising in Further Education and Training (FET) phase teaching participated in the study, where responses from 50 student teachers were purposively and conveniently selected to report on in this paper. A qualitative research method approach was used and open–ended questionnaires were utilised to collect the data for first-year teacher education students’ self-directed learning. The questionnaires were analysed using descriptive data analysis.Results: Results of the study revealed that CAMI was used to monitor students’ learning, the time the learning takes place, the performance of the student within the duration of time, and to evaluate student performance. The results also revealed the skills that characterised self-directed learning and active learning where the student teachers were motivated to learn more and to solve difficult problems in mathematics.Conclusions: The study recommends technology integration, such as CAMI, in teacher education and teaching and learning in the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), to promote self-directed learning and support effective learning for future learners.
Low sleep quality and morningness-eveningness scale score may impair ball placement but not kicking velocity in youth academy soccer players

ABSTRACT Purpose The current study examined the possible relationships between one-off single night sleep metrics and subsequent kicking performance in a youth soccer context. Methods Twenty-eight under-17 academy players (15.9 ± 0.8 years-old) completed a kick testing protocol consisting in 20 attempts, 18 m from the goal and against a goalkeeper. Four digital video cameras (240 Hz) allowed to determine 3-D approach run, lower limb and ball velocities. Two additional cameras (60 Hz) were used to calculate 2-D mean radial error, bivariate variable error and accuracy. Over 24 h prior to testing, players were monitored by wrist actigraphy to determine their sleep indices. Self-reported sleep quality, sleepiness and chronotype scale scores (Horne and Östberg morningness-eveningness questionnaire) were also collected immediately before kicking experiment. Results Multiple linear regressions indicated that wake up time and chronotype contributed to 40% of mean radial error. Self-reported sleep quality influenced respectively on 19% and 24% of accuracy and bivariate variable error variances. Taken together self-reported sleep quality and wake up time explained 33% of accuracy (all p < 0.05). Indicators of kicking velocity were non-significantly correlated with sleep (r = −0.30–0.29; p > 0.05). Conclusion One-off sleep measures showed some sensitivity to acutely detect inter-individual oscillations in kicking performance. Low perceived sleep quality, later wake up time and a chronotype toward evening preference seem either related to immediately subsequent worst ability of ball placement when kicking. Monitoring sleep-wake transition and perceived sleep quality may be important to help prevent acute performance declines in targeting the goal during kick attempts from the edge of penalty area. HIGHLIGHTS Better acute sleep quality, earlier wake up time and preference toward morning activities presented positive influences on soccer kicking parameters, specifically related to ball placement in upper corners of the goalpost; Kicking velocity was minimally influenced by sleep quality and duration while either kicking accuracy or velocity characteristics were similar between youth players that slept for more or less than 7, 8 or 8.4 hours in an assessment night; In a youth soccer context, inter-individual one-off sleep measures were associated with some ensuing skill-related outputs, thereby monitoring sleep parameters on an individual basis may assist in preventing suboptimal performance occurrences.
Internal Crack Prediction of Continuous Casting Billet Based on Principal Component Analysis and Deep Neural Network

The accurate prediction of internal cracks in steel billets is of great importance for the stable production of continuous casting. However, it is challenging, owing to the strong nonlinearity, and coupling among continuous casting process parameters. In this study, an internal crack prediction model based on the principal component analysis (PCA) and deep neural network (DNN) was proposed by collecting sufficient industrial data. PCA was used to reduce the dimensionality of the factors influencing the internal cracks, and the obtained principal components were used as DNN input variables. The 5-fold cross-validation results demonstrate that the prediction accuracy of the DNN model is 92.2%, which is higher than those of the decision tree (DT), extreme learning machine (ELM), and backpropagation (BP) neural network models. Moreover, the variance analysis showed that the prediction results of the DNN model were more stable. The PCA-DNN model can provide a useful reference for real production, owing to its strong learning ability and fault-tolerant ability.
Fire Fighting Water: A Review of Fire Fighting Water Requirements A New Zealand Perspective

This paper seeks to identify a linkage between the requirements for fire fighting water and building design. This paper reviews existing methods to calculate fire fighting water requirements and comments on their applicability in the context of fire service tactics. Defming what constitutes an adequate supply of water for fire fighting is also central to planning fire service operations. The provision of water for fire fighting operations is a significant infrastructure cost borne by the community as the fire fighting requirements dominates the sizing of the network elements. This paper reviews work undertaken to date and seeks to offer a methodology that supports the fire engineering approach being adopted in performance based building codes.
The development of rhythmic categories as revealed through an iterative production task

Both humans and non-humans (e.g. birds and primates) preferentially produce and perceive auditory rhythms with simple integer ratios. In addition, these preferences (biases) tend to reflect specific integer-ratio rhythms that are common to one's cultural listening experience. To better understand the developmental trajectory of these biases, we estimated children's rhythm biases across the entire rhythm production space of simple (e.g., ratios of 1, 2, and 3) three-interval rhythms. North American children aged 6-11 years completed an iterative rhythm production task, in which they attempted to tap in synchrony with repeating three-interval rhythms chosen randomly from the space. For each rhythm, the child's produced rhythm was presented back to them as the stimulus, and over the course of 5 such iterations we used their final reproductions to estimate their rhythmic biases or priors. Results suggest that regardless of the initial rhythm, after 5 iterations, children's tapping converged on rhythms with (nearly) simple integer ratios, indicating that, like adults, their rhythmic priors consist of rhythms with simple-integer ratios. Furthermore, the relative weights (or prominence of different rhythmic priors) observed in children were highly correlated with those of adults. However, we also observed some age-related changes, especially for the ratio types that vary most across cultures. In an additional rhythm perception task, children were better at detecting rhythmic disruptions to a culturally familiar rhythm (in 4/4 m with 2:1:1 ratio pattern) than to a culturally unfamiliar rhythm (7/8 m with 3:2:2 ratios), and performance in this task was correlated with tapping variability in the iterative task. Taken together, our findings provide evidence that children as young as 6-years-old exhibit simple integer-ratio categorical rhythm priors in their rhythm production that closely resemble those of adults in the same culture.
Missio Dei as the Main Project: Project Management Model for Mission of God

The emergence of the concept of Missio Dei (Mission of God) from the perspective of the International Missionary Council (IMC) arguably demonstrated that the role of the Triune God in his own mission was undeservedly marginalized for decades, if not centuries preceding 1952. Over the past decades there has been a sustained research activity conceptualizing Missio Dei, and at the same time renewing missiological interest in other Christian missions. However, to the author’s awareness, there has been very little or no effort to introduce or use known project models that can be utilized to show coherence or collaboration of missions towards the project of fulfilling the objective of Missio Dei. Through a desk-top literature review, this paper proposes the use of a project management model to properly conceptualize the location of Missio Dei as a main project that includes other network of missions as sub-projects within its framework. The Triune God is here identified as Project managers while human participants are seen as project stakeholders. Christian missions include Missio Christos, Missio Spiritus, Missio Hominum and Missio Ecclesiae as sub-projects. The proposed model will demonstrate the coordination and collaboration of missions in the broader context of Missio Dei and further assist with a proper understanding of roles that each mission is, or should play, in achieving the objective of Missio Dei. While efforts are being made here to propose a project management model for Missio Dei, further research is needed to determine whether this proposal will yield an in-depth understanding of Missio Dei as a missiological paradigm in conjunction with the role of other missions.
Mediators and moderators of physical activity changes in a school-based intervention targeting childhood obesity

This study identifies mediators and moderators of changes in physical activity (PA) following a school-based pilot intervention. Students from two Lebanese schools were randomly allocated into intervention (n = 191) and control (n = 183) groups. The multiple-mediation analysis revealed that active self-identity and perceived barriers mediated the intervention’s effect on PA changes. Baseline intention, attitude, PBC, and age moderated PA changes at post-intervention. The youngest participants and those reporting the lowest PA scores at baseline benefited most from the intervention. Future interventions with students should target these mediators and moderators to promote positive change in PA behavior.
Active and Passive Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides

Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides (CROWs) are chains of resonators in which light propagates by virtue of the coupling between the resonators. The dispersive properties of these waveguides are controllable by the inter-resonator coupling and the geometry of the resonators. If the inter-resonator coupling is weak, light can be engineered to propagate slowly in these structures. The small group velocities possible in CROWs may enable applications in and technologies for optical delay lines, interferometers, buffers, nonlinear optics, and lasers. This thesis reports on achieving and controlling the optical delay in passive and active CROWs. Both theoretical and experimental results are presented. Transfer matrices, tight-binding models, and coupled-mode approaches are developed to analyze and design a variety of coupled resonator systems in the space, frequency, and time domains. Although each analytical method is fundamentally different, in the limit of weak inter-resonator coupling these approaches are consistent with each other. From these formalisms, simple expressions for the delay, loss, bandwidth, and a figure of merit are derived to compare the performance of CROW delay lines. Using a time-domain tight-binding model, we examine the resonant gain enhancement and spontaneous emission noise in amplifying CROWs to find that the net amplification of a propagating wave does not always vary with the group velocity but instead depends on the termination and excitation of the CROW. CROWs in the form of high-order (> 10) weakly coupled passive polymer microring resonators were fabricated and measured. The measured transmission, group delay, and dispersive properties of the CROWs agreed with the theoretical results. Delays in excess of 100 ps and slowing factors of about 25 over bandwidths of about 20 GHz were observed. The main limitation of the passive CROWs was the optical losses. To overcome the losses and to enable electrical integration, we demonstrated active CROWs in the form of current injection InP-InGaAsP Fabry-Perot laser arrays. Even though the losses could be completely compensated, the transmission spectra and signal-to-noise ratio depended strongly on the injection current and resonator position. The signal-to-noise ratio degraded rapidly away from the input. Our results highlight possible avenues to operate laser arrays as loss-compensated or amplifying CROWs.
Using conceptual questions to promote motivation and learning in physics lectures

In the last years, science courses in higher education (HE) have been facing some problems, namely the lack of students’ motivation, the number of students’ failures and drop outs, particular in physics courses. The most probable reason, which has been mentioned in current science education research in HE, is that the level of interaction between teachers and learners in formal instructional settings is very low. In this paper, we describe changes that were introduced in lectures towards the promotion of active learning and analyse its effects in the classroom environment. The introduction of conceptual questions and peer instruction seems to motivate students in the class and help them engage in the learning process. These strategies have been used in the first year of an introductory physics course for engineering students in two different Portuguese HE institutions. The data were collected through questionnaires and student interviews.
Early Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Pilots Using Measures of Personality and Aptitude

This study evaluated the extent to which personality measures (Self-Description Inventory+) could improve prediction of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) training outcomes, beyond currently used cognitive, psychomotor, and aviation knowledge and experience predictors included in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Pilot Candidate Selection Method 2.0. Participants were 170 USAF officers with RPA Initial Flight Screening (RFS) outcomes and 110 USAF officers with RPA Instrument Qualification (RIQ) outcomes. Both RFS and RIQ emphasize development of skills traditionally required for manned aircraft pilots, also considered essential for USAF RPA pilots. Results showed significant negative relationships between the Big Five personality trait of Openness and several RPA training outcomes, and significant incremental variance explained by Openness beyond other predictors. Additionally, RFS and RIQ training outcomes were generally predicted by measures traditionally used for selection into manned aircraft pilot training courses and careers. Together, these findings suggest that personality, specifically Openness scores, and scores on traditional pilot selection measures, can serve as useful indicators in the early identification of RPA pilot talent.
Comparative upper-quarter posture analysis of female adolescent freestyle swimmers and non-swimmers

ABSTRACT Repetitive upper-quarter limb movements imposed by freestyle swimming may lead to muscle length and tension changes, predisposing adolescent swimmers to postural malalignment. The study aimed to quantify the static upper-quarter postural alignment of competitive female adolescent freestyle swimmers, and compare their results to non-swimming peers and angles of spinal sagittal posture available in the literature. A cross-sectional study design was employed. The evaluation group (EVAL) consisted of 35 competitive swimmers (15 ± 3 y; 166.5 ± 9.9 cm; 65.5 ± 7.7 kg) and the control group (CON) of 36 peers (15 ± 3 y; 164.2 ± 6.7 cm; 62.1 ± 9.1 kg). Spinal sagittal posture was measured by photographic posture analysis. Median ± interquartile range and inter-group differences were calculated. Significant differences (p = 0.00) between groups for all variables, with a moderate – large effect, were observed. EVAL demonstrated restricted median scores for head-tilt angle (−8.7°), cervical angle (−13.3°) and shoulder protraction – retraction angle (−24°), and a greater score for thoracic angle (+7.4°), when compared to CON. EVAL and CON deviated from proposed criterion scores for cervical and thoracic angles, with EVAL also deviating from head-tilt angle and shoulder protraction – retraction angle criteria. In this group of adolescent participants, postural malalignment may have been exacerbated by years of freestyle swim training. Highlights Significant differences with medium to large effect sizes were noted in the angles of spinal sagittal posture between the competitive female adolescent freestyle swimmers and their non-swimming peers. Competitive female adolescent freestyle swimmers appeared to be more vulnerable to postural features in the upper quarter that were not within the desirable angles of spinal sagittal posture. The inherent nature of competitive freestyle swimming and the natural consequence of long-term training may explain the moderate to large effect sizes observed.
Mediating effect of creative self-efficacy on the influence of knowledge sharing towards innovative work behavior among millennial knowledge workers

The influx of new workers is starting to be dominated by the millennial generation. This shift provides a demographic advantage for Indonesia as millennial generations are generally aware of the technology. However, to maximize this advantage, the millennial knowledge workers need to have innovative work behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of knowledge sharing mediated by creative self-efficacy on innovative work behavior among millennial knowledge workers in Surabaya, Indonesia. This research was conducted with a quantitative approach using a questionnaire-based survey involving 145 respondents who were millennial knowledge workers in Surabaya, based on the knowledge worker groups, they were 56 employees, 44 independents, and 45 business operators. This research was analyzed using explanatory research using partial least square. The finding showed that among millennial knowledge workers in Surabaya, knowledge sharing significantly influenced innovative work behavior, meanwhile, creative self-efficacy partially mediated the influence between knowledge sharing and innovative work behavior. However, further examination based on the knowledge worker category showed that creative self-efficacy did not have a mediating effect on the business operator group.
THE EXAMINATION OF THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS STATE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS COMPETITIONS 12

This study aims at examining the academic success state of the students who participated in interscholastic sports competitions. The universe of this study consists of 6 th , 7 th and 8 th grade students chosen from 24 primary schools in different neighborhoods in Şahinbey and Şehitkamil districts of the province of Gaziantep. The usage of science and mathematical sciences, social sciences and sports and art sciences’ grade point average belonged to the previous (2007-2008) and the next (2008-2009) academic years of the 6 th , 7 th and 8 th grade students who participated in interscholastic sports competition as data was taken as a basis.
Analysis of periodic signals via order statistic filters

The authors set forth an approach to the robust analysis of periodic digital data. This approach uses optimal order statistic (OS) filters for the filtering of non-Gaussian additive i.i. d. (independently identically distributed) noise and OS and generalized order statistic (GOS) filters to factor out impulsive and/or bursty noise. The noise is not necessarily stationary and may vary with phase (amplitude) and/or time. The methodology is applied to visual evoked response data. <<ETX>>
Molecular Characterization of Balochi Sheep by using Microsatellite Markers in Pakistan

Mudassar Jehan1, Masroor Ahmed Bajwa2, Mohammad Masood Tariq2, Asim Faraz3*, Abdul Samaad2, Jameel Ahmad1 and Yousaf Hassan Barozai2 1Livestock and Dairy Development Department Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan 2Center for Advanced Studies in Vaccinology and Biotechnology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan 3Department of Livestock and Poultry Production, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan