Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors Associated with Acute Respiratory Infections among Under-Five Children in Bangladesh

Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is a group of diseases and symptoms. It is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children 6-59 months in worldwide. The main objective of this study was to investigate the ARIs among under-five children in Bangladesh. ARIs was measured using three problems of under-five children such as (i) fever in last two weeks ̧(ii) cough in last two weeks, and (iii) short and rapid breath in last two weeks. This cross sectional study conducted from BDHS-2014. We considered 6678 mothers who had at least one child aged 6-59 months ̧ and mothers and their selected children did not have any serious disease. Frequency distribution, Chi-square test and multiple binary logistic regression models were applied in this study. The prevalence of fever, cough and short and rapid breath in last two weeks among under-five children in Bangladesh was 62.3%, 62.3%, 66.6% and 56.6%. Five factors, mother’s education level, wealth index, father’s occupation, mothers and child’s BMI were significantly associated with ARIs. From the present study we found that children live in Chittagong division, Muslim children, children living in middle income family, children’s from early childbearing mothers, undernourished children, children who got diarrhoea recently, children with low birth size, children whose father was unemployed had more chance to suffer from fever than their counter part. Similarly, we found that the children had more chance to suffer from cough than their counter part who had diarrhoea recently, mothers whose age less than 20 years and child’s low birth size. The children with primary educated mother, children used unhygienic toilet, poor family’s children and 86 International Journal of Statistical Sciences, Vol. 15s, 2016 undernourished women’s children had more chance to suffer from short, rapid breath than their counter part. In this study, we observed that a remarkable number of under-five children in Bangladesh suffering from ARIs, and some modifiable factors were associated with ARIs. Government should take special care of ARIs among under-five children in Bangladesh. Government could conduct some programmes for making awareness of parents living in Bangladesh for taking care of ARIs among their children.
THE EFFECTS OF MONETARY POLICY SHOCKS ON CONSUMPTION A decomposition of the transmission channels for Portuguese households

In this study I use a combination of household level data from the 2nd wave of the HFCS with high-frequency data regarding changes in asset prices during events of monetary policy communication to evaluate the effects of monetary shocks on households’ consumption expenditures in Portugal. I find that wealthy Hand-to-Mouth, i.e., households that are financially constrained but possess a significant amount of illiquid wealth, are the group with the most significant reaction to a negative monetary shock. In addition, Portugal displays a high home ownership rate, a fact that correlates with housing being the strongest transmission
An Inter-correlational Study on Socio-demographic Profile, Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty in a Fast Food Restaurant in the Philippines

ID: ICBMIS-2019-055 An Inter-correlational Study on Socio-demographic Profile, Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty in a Fast Food Restaurant in the Philippines Marlon B. Raquel, Anthony Greg F. Alonzo 1 The Fisher Valley College, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1 Graduate School, Taguig City University, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines marlon.raquel@upd.edu. ph 2 The Fisher Valley College, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines 2 Department of Science and Technology, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines agfalonzo@gmail.com
The mediating role of job crafting in the relationship between psychological empowerment and employee performance

In a sample of 372 employees from various branches and organizations in the Netherlands, this study examined the mediating effect of three forms of job crafting (i.e. seeking resources, seeking challenges, and reducing demands) on the relationship between psychological empowerment and two types of employee performance (i.e. taskand contextual performance). Building on work design theory (i.e. empowerment theory, job characteristics model, and job-demands resource model) and theory of motivation (i.e. self-determination theory), it was hypothesized that the relationship between psychological empowerment and both types of performance would be positively mediated by seeking resources, and negatively mediated by reducing demands. In addition, it was expected that seeking challenges would solely positively mediate the relationship between psychological empowerment and contextual performance. Mediated regression analyses revealed a significant relationship between psychological empowerment and both types of performance. As proposed, reducing demands negatively mediated the relationship between psychological empowerment and task-performance. Moreover, seeking resources and seeking challenges positively mediated the relationship between psychological empowerment and contextual performance. However, no evidence was found for the mediating effect of seeking resources in the relationship between psychological empowerment and task-performance, nor was there any confirmation for the mediating effect of reducing demands in the relationship between psychological empowerment and contextual performance. Limitations, practical implications, and directions for future research are discussed.
Development of physical and skill training drill prescription systems for elite Australian Rules football

ABSTRACT Objectives: To develop three different training drill classification systems for Australian Rules football using physical and skill-related data. Methods: Forty professional Australian footballers wore 10 Hz Global Positioning System units for six matches and 17 training sessions including 35 drills. High intensity running per minute, metres per minute and high-intensity running as a percentage of total distance were obtained to represent each drill's physical requirements. Velocity at kick (moving or stationary), time in possession (greater or less than 2 s) and the presence of pressure were coded for each kick to represent the constraints associated with each drill. Results: For the first system, two k-means clustering algorithms were run on physical and skill data separately to identify similarities between drills. For the second system, z-scores were calculated for each physical and skill characteristic to allow direct comparison of each drill with match conditions. For the third system, a “Specificity Index” was calculated using the absolute average of pooled z-scores for physical and skilled characteristics. Conclusions: The three systems developed in this study can be used to aid training prescription in elite Australian Rules football.
When Knowledge Knows No Bounds

People overestimate their knowledge, at times claiming knowledge of concepts, events, and people that do not exist and cannot be known, a phenomenon called overclaiming. What underlies assertions of such impossible knowledge? We found that people overclaim to the extent that they perceive their personal expertise favorably. Studies 1a and 1b showed that self-perceived financial knowledge positively predicts claiming knowledge of nonexistent financial concepts, independent of actual knowledge. Study 2 demonstrated that self-perceived knowledge within specific domains (e.g., biology) is associated specifically with overclaiming within those domains. In Study 3, warning participants that some of the concepts they saw were fictitious did not reduce the relationship between self-perceived knowledge and overclaiming, which suggests that this relationship is not driven by impression management. In Study 4, boosting self-perceived expertise in geography prompted assertions of familiarity with nonexistent places, which supports a causal role for self-perceived expertise in claiming impossible knowledge.
Enabling Mobile Virtual Reality with Open 5G, Fog Computing and Reinforcement Learning

Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging technology reshaping interactive experience and can be widely applied in gaming, operation training, and so on. Despite its great potentials, most existing VR solutions suffer from low mobility support, high latency, quick battery drain, as well as high cost of user devices. To overcome these issues, a mobile VR system is designed and implemented. The basic idea is to take advantage of 5G and fog computing to realize high bandwidth and low latency VR service. Meanwhile, our design features the integration of an open 5G base station (BS) and an intelligent controller. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and the interfaces provided by the BS and fog VR servers, the controller can wisely adjust both the BS-level and application-level parameters to enhance system performance. Using our prototype system, the impact of various parameters, the superiority of fog computing over cloud computing in supporting VR, and the effectiveness of AI in optimizing system performance are all demonstrated. In addition, multi-dimensional resource optimization for VR delivery and strategy design for VR service migration are identified as two promising future research directions.
Teachers’ workload in relation to burnout and work performance

*Corresponding Author Email: mtjomuad@yahoo.com Teaching is a rewarding but demanding profession. Teachers are prone to burnout due to long hours of teaching and a heavy workload. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teachers' workload, burnout, and job performance. In this quantitative study, the descriptivecorrelational design was used. The respondents of the study were the 57 elementary teachers selected through convenient and purposive sampling. The Role Overload Questionnaire, Burnout Questionnaire, and Individual Performance Commitment and Review Form (IPCRF) were used in this study. The statistical tools used in the study were the Mean, Standard Deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The findings revealed that teachers have a high level of workload. Their burnout level is also high. Teachers' work performance, on the other hand, is very satisfactory. Workload has a significant impact on the level of burnout experienced by teachers. Workload has an impact on teachers' performance as well. To avoid stress and burnout, it is recommended that every school administrator adhere to proper workload assignment.
θ dependence of T c in 4 d SU ( 3 ) Yang-Mills theory with histogram method and the Lee-Yang zeros in the large N limit

Abstract: The phase diagram on the θ-T plane in four dimensional SU(3) Yang-Mills theory is explored. We revisit the θ dependence of the deconfinement transition temperature, Tc(θ), on the lattice through the constraint effective potential for Polyakov loop. The θ term is introduced by the reweighting method, and the critical β is determined to θ ∼ 0.75, where the interpolation in β is carried out by the multipoint reweighting method. The θ dependence of Tc obtained here turns out to be consistent with the previous result by D’Elia and Negro [1, 2]. We also derive Tc(θ) by classifying configurations into the high and low temperature phases and applying the Clausius-Clapeyron equation. It is found that the potential barrier in the double well potential at Tc(θ) becomes higher with θ, which suggests that the first order transition continues robustly above θ ∼ 0.75. Using information obtained here, we try to depict the expected θ dependence of the free energy density at T <∼ Tc(0), which crosses the first order transition line at an intermediate value of θ. Finally, how the Lee-Yang zeros associated with the spontaneous CP violation appear is discussed formally in the large N limit, and the locations of them are found to be (θR, θI) = (
In Silico Biology 6, 0054 (2006); ©2006, Bioinformation Systems e

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) or microsatellites are an important class of molecular markers for genome analysis and plant breeding applications. In this paper, the SSR distributions within ESTs from the legumes soybean (Glycine max, representing 135.86 Mb), medicago (Medicago truncatula, 121.1 Mb) and lotus (Lotus japonicus, 45.4 Mb) have been studied relative to the distributions in cereals such as sorghum (Sorghum bicolor, 98.9 Mb), rice (Oryza sativa, 143.9 Mb) and maize (Zea mays, 183.7 Mb). The relative abundance, density, composition and putative annotations of di-, tri-, tetraand penta-nucleotide repeats have been compared and SSR containing ESTs (SSR-ESTs) have been clustered to give a non-redundant set of ESTSSRs, available in a database. Further, a subset of such candidate EST-SSRs from sorghum have been tested for their ability to detect polymorphism between Striga-susceptible, stay-green drought tolerant mapping population parent 'E 36-1' and its Striga-resistant, non-stay-green counterpart 'N13'. Primer sets for 64% of the EST-SSRs tested produced a clear and specific PCR product band and 34% of these detected scorable polymorphism between the N13 and E 36-1 parental lines. Over half of these markers have been genotyped on 94 RILs from the (N13 × E 36-1)-based mapping population, with 42 markers mapping onto the ten sorghum linkage groups. This establishes the value of this database as a resource of molecular markers for practical applications in cereal and legume genetics and breeding. The primer pairs for non-redundant EST-SSRs have been designed and are freely available through the database (http://intranet.icrisat.org/gt1/ssr/ssrdatabase.html).
LEVERAGING SPACE DEBRIS SIMULATION RESULTS: REVISITING GUIDELINE VALUES FOR EXPLOSION AND CUMULATIVE COLLISION RATE

Space debris mitigation requirements in-place today deﬁne thresholds for the probability of accidental on-orbit break-up and, sometimes, cumulative collision probability over the residual orbital lifetime of a spacecraft. For both cases, the postulated probability limit is set to 1/1000. The caveat of having ﬁxed design target values is that their justiﬁcation has to be revisited from time to time. This is especially true when previous assumptions and initial considerations are not applicable anymore. In fact, the recent years have revealed several new trends and tendencies in the way space launches and operations are nowadays performed. These developments were not considered in long-term space debris environment models which underlie current space debris mitigation requirements. This ranges from multi-spacecraft launches and the increase in smaller spacecraft (mini, micro satellites and CubeSats) to introduction of large constellations to pursuing active debris removal concepts. These behavioural changes have been analysed in long-term space debris environment simulations in the recent past. The paper taps into the results and the scenario descriptions of over 400 simulation setups either conducted by partners in joint simulation campaigns or at ESOC/Space Debris Ofﬁce directly. It derives best estimates for collision rates and explosion rates originating from the various different simulation scenarios. The ﬁndings are presented in multidimensional views linking important simulation parameters such as the post mission disposal rate, constellation and active debris removal rate to the overall growth in the number of space (debris) objects at the end of the simulation period. Besides the direct application for challenging the design guideline values for collision and explosion rate, this en-ables us to further exploit the many long-term simulation results performed over several years. The analysis helps to gain further inside in the effectiveness of certain debris mitigation strategies. It can be used to identify gaps in the previous simulation scenario setups, which can be closed in future simulation campaigns and is a pre-requisite for training a surrogate model of the space debris environment. Moreover, we demonstrate how these simulations and aggregated results can be used to calibrate the values obtained from estimators for the space environment capacity and hence future is implied by sustainable be-haviour.
Mixing Frames: A Video-oriented Approach to Video Super-resolution

Recent advances in image super resolution convolutional neural networks, along with rapidly growing computational power, make the recovery of finer texture details in videos possible. So far, most of the research work has largely focused on minimizing the mean squared reconstruction error and improving high peak signal-to-noise ratios [1, 2]. However, video frame is differing from single image as it usually contains more information in order to form a sequential visual effect. Some state-of-art methods nowadays start to noticing the limitations of single-frame generating models, and instead, predicting the center frame from its surrounding frames [4]. These implementations take more characteristics of video frames into consideration compared to previous approaches, and generally output more smooth HR videos. In this work, we take one step further than that and propose a purely video-feature oriented approach: instead of building an all-in-one neural network for all types of videos, we instead train several different networks with various performance features, and based on the video clip’s characteristics (i.e. color saturation, movement frequency in terms of frame blurriness), pick the most suitable model(s) for each part, even mixing them up if necessary. We implemented super-resolution ResNet (SRResNet) and super-resolution generative adversarial network (SRGAN) neural networks to enhance the resolution of downsampled videos. We synthesized these models, along with bicubic upsampling, to create three different video super-resolution neural networks, for a total of five neural networks. We used these networks to construct 4x upscaled versions of videos. We found that the SRResNet-based networks performed better on videos with slower movement and saturated colors, where image sharpness is more important, while the SRGAN-based networks performed better on videos with faster movement and desaturated colors, where we prioritize less noise in the video over sharpness.
The Pricing Strategies and the Default Patterns of Unsecured Consumer Loan∗

This paper explores the dynamic pricing strategies of an unsecured consumer loan issuer and the default patterns of the loans. We examine a unique proprietary data set of about 3 million unsecured consumer loans from a representative sample of households provided by a Business-to-Consumer (B2C) online retailer in China. First, the likelihood of a customer being solicited by the loan issuer increases monotonically in credit worthiness and age. Second, the pricing strategies of the loan issuer demonstrate a trade-off across the borrowers. The unsecured consumer loan lender reduces the credit supply for the non-solicited more risky borrowers, and charges less for these borrowers. After the passage of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Act (the CBRC Act), this trade-off is exacerbated. Third, the consumer loan default probability, arrears amount, and the time in arrears are lower for solicited customers, higher for more risky borrowers, higher for younger borrowers, and higher after the passage of the Act. JEL Classification: D12, D14, D18, D31, D91, E21, G11, G21, G23, G28.
Delamination Strength of an Arterial Wall PET

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening disease. It is manifested by a separation of the layers of an artery wall, and may end with total rupture and internal haemorrhaging. The exact conditions under which the dissection is initiated remain largely unexplored. In this study, we would like to contribute to the elucidation of these conditions. It is generally accepted that the dissection propagates by a delamination mechanism. The main objective is to collect a set of experimental data to be able to describe age-related changes in the delamination strength of the human aorta. Preliminary results of the peeling tests show that a strong correlation between age and delamination strength exists. This is in accordance with clinical observations which reveal that elderly people are more susceptible to the dissection than young individuals.
Genetic diversity analysis in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

The present investigation was carried out during Rabi 2019-20 in a randomized block design (RBD) with 18 wheat genotypes to assess the genetic diversity for various morphological and quality traits. The data were recorded on days to 50% flowering, plant height, flag leaf length, number of productive tillers per square meter, peduncle length, spike length, spike weight, number of spikelets per spike, number of grain per spike, 1000 grain weight, days to maturity, biological yield, harvest index and grain yield. Based on D2–Statistics, 18 genotypes were grouped into five clusters. The highest inter-cluster distance was found between cluster II and V followed by II and III. This indicates that genotypes included in these clusters possess wide genetic diversity. On the basis of divergence and cluster mean it may be suggested that good recombinants could be obtained in crosses between genotypes of cluster V, II and III in varietal improvement programme. Thus, crosses between the genetically diverse genotypes of cluster II with genotype CG-1707, CG-611, CG-1907, CG-1909, CG-1043 and cluster V with genotypes like are CG1906, CG-1926 and Cluster III CG-1931 are expected to exhibit high heterosis and are also likely to produce new recombinants with desired traits.
Effect of 17 a-Methyl Testosterone on Haematology and Histology of Liver and Heart of Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861)

The androgen, 17α-Methyltestosterone (MT), an anabolic steroid, is being widely used in the production of all male population in aquaculture, especially the Oreochromis spp due to their precocious sexual maturity and a high reproductive efficacy, resulting in overpopulation in ponds [1]. The general practice involves oral administration of MT through feed for the first twenty one days of life immediately after yolk absorption. However, its use has received a lot of resistance from both the consumers and ecologists, as its impact on both humans and environment still remain unclear. In fact, such synthetic hormones remain prohibited in some countries [2]. Although there is evidence of inducing sex inversion in Tilapia in waters that are not directly applied with the hormone, its effect on water pollution is not well understood [3]. Furthermore, its impact on fish physiology has not been fully appreciated. Phelps and Popma [4] speculated that the utilisation of MT may produce some secondary effects. Furthermore, consumers are sceptical on foods that are produced with the application of hormones.
Collaboration In Early Intervention In Saudi Arabia: Reality And Barriers

Received: April 19, 2021 This study aims to investigate the reality of collaboration in early childhood education between Saudi parents and professionals, and the hurdles that parents encounter with regard to this. A mixed-method approach was employed (quantitative and qualitative). An online survey was conducted among parents of children with disabilities (n=272) comprising 25 questions distributed over five domains. These were (knowledge of collaboration practices, communication, commitment, equality, trust, and respect). Interviews were conducted (n=6) to investigate the reality of collaboration and the barriers parents face in this process. The study found that parents have some understanding of collaboration practices, and that professionals respected their cultural values. Some parents reported that they feel professionals have few skills in the areas of commitment, trust and respect. They also considered that professionals need more training to implement collaboration more effectively. Based on these findings, several recommendations for future practices and areas of research are provided. Accepted: September 27, 2021