Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Brief Overview of Universal Sentence Representation Methods: A Linguistic View

How to transfer the semantic information in a sentence to a computable numerical embedding form is a fundamental problem in natural language processing. An informative universal sentence embedding can greatly promote subsequent natural language processing tasks. However, unlike universal word embeddings, a widely accepted general-purpose sentence embedding technique has not been developed. This survey summarizes the current universal sentence-embedding methods, categorizes them into four groups from a linguistic view, and ultimately analyzes their reported performance. Sentence embeddings trained from words in a bottom-up manner are observed to have different, nearly opposite, performance patterns in downstream tasks compared to those trained from logical relationships between sentences. By comparing differences of training schemes in and between groups, we analyze possible essential reasons for different performance patterns. We additionally collect incentive strategies handling sentences from other models and propose potentially inspiring future research directions.
Is Decision Making Rational and General? The Optimising Model of Decision Making

A unifying and optimising model of decision making is presented in this paper. The model is based on two hypotheses: that there is one general strategy of decision making which can recreate many specific strategies depending on some environmental parameters, and that human decision making is rational if we take into account all cognitive limitations, features of the environment and the task that an agent actually attempts to solve. Testing of the model aimed to verify specific hypotheses about the match between the model's predictions and the empirical data and the existence of some phenomena expected due to the workings of the model's hypothetical mechanism, as well as the aforementioned general hypotheses about decision making. The model's performance has been found to be consistent with subjects' results. Particularly, the model has a better match to data than other related models.
The Personality Assessment Screener as a Predictor of Self-Injuring Thoughts and Behavior Crisis Events in a Male Prison Sample

Mental disorder is widespread in correctional settings, as is the potential for suicide and self-harm among detained individuals. The ability of the Personality Assessment Screener (PAS) to identify potential mental health problems has been the focus of recent research in corrections, but few studies have examined the prediction of crisis events related to self-injuring thoughts and behaviors. We explored the utility of repeated PAS administrations among men incarcerated in prison (N = 270) to identify those at risk for a subsequent crisis event involving potential self-harm. Baseline PAS total scores predicted the odds of experiencing a crisis event (odds ratio = 3.76–4.46) and, importantly, changes in PAS total scores over time incrementally predicted such events beyond scores assessed at a single time-point, t(49) = –2.14, p = . 037. These preliminary findings demonstrate promise for the PAS as an indicator of potential self-injuring crisis events when administered at intake and regular intervals throughout incarceration.
Protocol for Establishing the Norms of Total Tooth Material for Central Indian Population

Background: Appealing profile is dependent on constructive interrelation of craniofacial structure so as to establish systemic equilibrium . An esthetic profile may also be associated with single tooth or inter-arch malocclusion. To correct these malocclusions, the corresponding link of tooth material of upper and lower arch is the prerequisite to achieve functional stability of occlusion, structural balance and esthetic harmony. Objectives: To determine tooth size ratios for maxillary and mandibular dentition in Central Indian population. Methodology: The study sample comprised of 500 subjects (250 males and 250 females) aged between 12-20 years with all permanent first molar erupted will be obtained from the department. The mesio–distal width of all teeth anterior to first molar of maxillary and mandibular teeth from right to left side will be calculated Expected Results: Proof of sexual dimorphism was seen among Indian male subjects have greater mean values as compared to females. Statistically considerable differences were establish between Indian samples and Bolton Caucasian standards. Conclusion: The research presents, evidence that size of teeth are population specific. Mean values specific to peculiar population samples should be obtained in order to make treatment regime more precise as well as predictable.
The Effects of Transformational, Transactional, and Laissez-Faire Leadership on Principal’s Self-Efficacy

Many people fail to reach the pinnacle of their careers because they experience a crisis of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy plays an important role in the success of a job mission. However, self-efficacy is a variable that has been influenced and other times it can influence other variables. This study aims to analyze how transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership interact with self-efficacy. This research is a survey and data obtained from respondents as many as 140 high school teachers in the form of self-reports, and the data is collected using SEM Amos Version 22. The results of Amos processing show that Transformational and laissez-faire leadership styles negatively affect self-efficacy. Only transactional leadership style positively affects self-efficacy. The research concludes that only transactional leadership has a positive effect on self-efficacy because followers (teachers) have different backgrounds and motivations and the majority of followers (teachers) have not yet reached the level of self-actualization.
To study the risk of hepatocellular cancer in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in central India

common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths. A known risk factor for HCC is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a continuum of hepatic disorders related to obesity and the metabolic syndrome. AIM: We conducted an observational study to identify risk factors for hepatocellular cancer in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease who came to SMHRC Nagpur for a routine visit. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 300 people aged 35 to 85 years old who visited Shalinitai Meghe hospital in Nagpur for a health check-up. We were able to keep the two groups apart here. The control group is made up of alcoholics with fatty liver, while the study group is made up of non-alcoholics with fatty liver. Each community consists of 150 patients. A quantitative diagnostic kit was used to analyse liver function and lipid profile analyses, which were then examined using a photometric process. The enzyme related immunosorbant assay was used to detect glutathione s transferase pi. RESULTS: Non-alcoholic fatty liver had greater LFT than alcoholic fatty liver in the control group, according to the report.
Assessment knowledge and attitude of women's about mode of delivery and frequency of cesarean section in Bint Al-Huda Teaching Hospital in Thi-Qar

Background: The awareness of pregnant women about the manner of delivery, factors related with insufficient understanding, and preference for cesarean section delivery were all investigated. Objectives: To assess Knowledge of Women's toward Mode of delivery. To assess attitude of Women's toward Mode of delivery. Find out reasons for Frequency of Cesarean Section. Methods: Cross-sectional study data collected from 300 pregnant women who took part in study between October 2020 and March 2021 were analyzed through self-administered questionnaire was used to collect about demographic and maternal ten knowledge about delivery method, and one question about preference towards mode of delivery was used. Results: A total of 300pregnant women (Mean and ST: 27.43±6.977) completed the questionnaire. Highest percentage for age group104(34.2%) 20-29, The highest percentage (37.3%) of study sample illiterate, income (46.7%) of study parely enough, (76.3%) of Study Sample their Residency was in urban, highest percentage (83.7%) of study sample are unemployed/housewife, more than half of sample lack of knowledge about complication of caesarean section on mother and child and preferred c/s because less painful. Conclusion: Pregnant women may not completely understand the health hazards linked with various means to deliver, according to this study.
FACTORS INFLUENCING TOURIST SATISFACTION AND REVISIT INTENTION TO CIBUNTU TOURIST VILLAGE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The COVID-19 pandemic has a devastating impact on all world economic activities, including the tourism industry. Tourist satisfaction and revisit intention are two important factors in the recovery of economic activity in the tourism sector. These two variables are also influenced by tourists' perceptions of the COVID-19 protocol implemented by tourist destinations. Desa Wisata Cibuntu puts forward the concept of community-based tourism. Located in Kuningan Regency, West Java, its’ homestay is their main business. This study aims to analyze the factors that influence tourist satisfaction and tourists’ revisit intention to Desa Wisata Cibuntu during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is an explanatory study that seeks to explain the causative relationships between endogenous and exogenous variables. The sampling technique used in this study was non-probability sampling with a convenience sampling method. The research instrument used was a questionnaire with 25 indicators and the data were analyzed using SEM with 100 respondents. The data obtained from the research instrument shows that all indicators meet the requirements of discriminant validity, convergent validity and reliability. The data were analyzed using the bootstrapping method using 5000 subsamples. The result is the coefficient of determination for tourist satisfaction is 87.6% and for interest in return visits is 91.6%. In the t test, 4 hypotheses were rejected, and 5 hypotheses were accepted. In conclusion, cultural contact has no significant effect on satisfaction and interest in return visits during the COVID-19 pandemic and satisfaction also does not have a significant effect on revisit intention. In this study, the COVID-19 protocol is one of the important factors affecting tourist satisfaction and revisit intention.
Well-Being and Evolving Work Autonomy: The Locus of Control Construct Revisited

Will the new ways we work have positive or negative effects on well-being? How will hybrid work arrangements, flexible schedules, and increased telework impact job satisfaction and life satisfaction? Many factors related to employee productivity, creativity, and collaboration are being assessed as organizations consider how less time spent at a workplace impacts work culture and organizational success. This editorial argues that the internal–external locus of control construct could offer useful insights into the differential affects that new work arrangements may have on worker satisfaction. For many, greater autonomy will be felt as consistent with their beliefs and preferences for greater control in how they perform their work. Others may feel more stressed by the loss of structure and direction provided in a traditional workplace setting. Principles of motivation are discussed alongside the potentialities and hazards attendant to changes in the longstanding social contract between employers and employees.
Evolution of E-Health in Saudi Arabia: Mobile Technology and M-health

Medicine, to date, remains as an information intensive discipline since the onset days of practice. Back then, the pearls and nuggets of wisdom were orally passed on from one generation to another as well as through apprenticeship. At the base of health and medicine lies informatics helping to store, access and retrieve humongous amounts of data for patients, conditions and ailments. Today, medicine and health have evolved to breed the present day medical practice built on tenets of electronic health (E-health). The modern trendy milestones enable rapid dissemination of new information such as outbreaks through electronic access to fundamental relevant sources such as electronic journals, shared patient data and other electronic reference websites. In a nutshell, e-health transformed and digitized the world to the benefit of medicine. In as much as having this information electronically available are beneficial, medical practitioners such as doctors are immobilized to workstations, centers and immobile desktop computers. The next era in e-health involves gaining rapid access to storage and creation of materials in a convenient manner. A fundamental tool to this is a smartphone. On its part, Saudi Arabia has developed a two phased e-health vision achievable by 2020. The author of this paper develops a masterpiece that will help nurture the next phase of Saudi Arabia’s e-health vision, m-health.
Growth and yield of kabuli gram (Cicer arietinum L.) as influenced by plant growth regulation and sowing time

A field experiment was conducted during rabi 2011-12 to study the effect of plant growth regulation and sowing time on growth and yield of kabuli gram. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with four replications. The main plots comprised three dates of sowing i. e. October 10, October 25 and November 10. The growth regulation practices viz., detopping, mepiquat chloride (MC) @ 250 ppm and MC @ 500 ppm applied as foliar spray at 40 and 70 days after sowing (DAS) along with unsprayed control were kept in sub-plots. November 10 sown crop produced significantly higher dry matter (39.5 g/plant), more number of primary (5.3) and secondary (17.3) branches, flowers (88.6) and pods (55) per plant, and grain yield (21.1 q/ha) than October 10 and October 25 sown crop. MC @ 500 ppm applied at 70 DAS produced significantly higher grain yield (18.13 q/ha) which was statistically at par with MC @ 500 ppm (17.47 q/ha) applied at 40 DAS. Detopping failed to influence the seed yield significantly over control. Higher concentration of MC significantly increased the number of branches, flowers and pods per plant than its lower concentration and detopping. Foliar application of MC significantly increased the total chlorophyll and chlorophyll ‘a’ content.
Color Texture Classification Based on Proposed Impulse-Noise Resistant Color Local Binary Patterns and Significant Points Selection Algorithm

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a color-texture classification approach which uses color sensor information and texture features jointly. High accuracy, low noise sensitivity and low computational complexity are specified aims for this proposed approach. Design/methodology/approach One of the efficient texture analysis operations is local binary patterns (LBP). The proposed approach includes two steps. First, a noise resistant version of color LBP is proposed to decrease its sensitivity to noise. This step is evaluated based on combination of color sensor information using AND operation. In a second step, a significant points selection algorithm is proposed to select significant LBPs. This phase decreases final computational complexity along with increasing accuracy rate. Findings The proposed approach is evaluated using Vistex, Outex and KTH-TIPS-2a data sets. This approach has been compared with some state-of-the-art methods. It is experimentally demonstrated that the proposed approach achieves the highest accuracy. In two other experiments, results show low noise sensitivity and low computational complexity of the proposed approach in comparison with previous versions of LBP. Rotation invariant, multi-resolution and general usability are other advantages of our proposed approach. Originality/value In the present paper, a new version of LBP is proposed originally, which is called hybrid color local binary patterns (HCLBP). HCLBP can be used in many image processing applications to extract color/texture features jointly. Also, a significant point selection algorithm is proposed for the first time to select key points of images.
Settlement of Multi-Story Buildings on Sand Fills

SYNOPSIS The behaviour of two residential buildings with shallow foundations supported on sand fills with underlying soft alluvial deposits are discussed. Regular settlement measurements were taken for four and seven years on the foundations of the nine-storey and five-storey buildings respectively. Measured settlements have been compared with predictions based on the theory of one-dimensional consolidation. The factors that might have been responsible for the lower predicted settlement values are highlighted.
Clinical severity and mortality predictors in COVID-19 intensive care patients: CTSS and CO-RADS

Aim: Chest computed tomography (CT) plays an important role in the diagnosis of coronavirus infection disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test but with clinical findings. The aim of this study was to determine whether the disease can predict clinical severity and/or mortality with CO-RADS and/or CTSS in intensive care COVID-19 patients. Material and Methods: In the study retrospectively, COVID-19 intensive care patients with PCR positive and chest CT between 23 March - 31 December 2020 were included. CTs were evaluated by two independent radiologists without providing the clinical information of the patients. CO-RADS and CTSS were calculated for each CT, and pathological features were recorded. Demographic, clinical characteristics and mortality rates of the patients were recorded. Patients were divided into three groups [mild (nasal/mask oxygen), severe (noninvasive mechanichal ventilator (NIMV) or high flow nasal oxygen (HFO)), critically severe (invasive mechanichal ventilation (IMV))] according to the clinical severity of COVID-19. Mortality and clinical severity markers were determined by logistic regression analysis. Results: Four hundred seventy three patients were included in the study. Patients were divided into three groups according to clinical severity, mild (34.7%), severe (11.8%), and critically severe (53.5%). The mean CTSS of all patients was 19.58 and the rate of patients in the CO-RADS 5 group was 50.7%. The mortality rate was 41.2%. APACHE II score and CTSS were predictors of clinical severity; age, female gender and CO-RADS were found as mortality predictors. The CO-RADS cut-off value predicting mortality was 5. Ground glass appearance was the most common pathological finding with a rate of 84.4%. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were drawn for mortality markers CO-RADS and APACHE II, and the area under the curve (AUC) values were 0.580 and 0.881, respectively. AUC was found to be 0.697 in the ROC curve drawn for CTSS, which is a clinical indicator of severity. The mortality cut-off value was found to be 16.5 with 77% sensitivity and 79% specificity for the APACHE II score (LR:3.7). The clinical severity cut-off value was found to be 18.5, with 61% sensitivity and 66% specificity for the CTSS. Conclusion: CO-RADS can be used to predict mortality and CTSS can be used to predict clinical severity in COVID-19, which are radiological-based scoring systems.
Passionately attached or properly matched? The effect of self-congruence on grocery store loyalty

PurposeFresh products' homogeneity makes it difficult for grocery stores to differentiate themselves by improving product or service quality. This study analysed grocery store loyalty from the perspective of self-congruence and compared the relative importance of affective attachment and lifestyle matching, which acts as a mediating mechanism in influencing customer loyalty.Design/methodology/approachIndividuals in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Beijing and Xi'an; representative cities of China's east, south, west, north and central regions, responded to questionnaires. Altogether, 282 valid responses were obtained; structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe findings show that lifestyle congruence has a greater mediating effect than emotional attachment in the relationship between store-self congruence and grocery store loyalty. Furthermore, social self-congruence was the dominant dimension of store-self congruence that affects grocery store loyalty.Research limitations/implicationsThe first important academic contribution of this study is the provision of knowledge on the issue of whether to focus on generating grocery store loyalty via the mediating effect of emotional attachment or lifestyle congruence. Furthermore, the empirical findings further clarify the boundary of brand attachment theory, demonstrating the limitation of this theory in explaining the mediating mechanism for self-congruence on loyalty in a context that sells low-involvement products in a collectivistic culture. Another academic contribution focuses on the examination of dominant dimensions of self-congruence.Practical implicationsThis study provides a new strategy for grocery store managers to avoid the trap of homogeneous competition, namely, to clearly define consumers' social rather than personal identity. Additionally, grocery stores should focus on matching their image with target customers' lifestyles when building customer loyalty.Social implicationsThis study's findings also shed light on public policy. Some implications could be increasing the layout rationality of retail commercial outlets to facilitate the interaction between grocery stores and community consumers and promoting the matching of grocery stores and consumer lifestyles. Such policies may boost grocery sales, which in turn would boost farmers' incomes.Originality/valueCompared to previous studies, this study analysed the customer loyalty of grocery stores from the perspective of self-congruence, analysed the mechanisms by which self-congruence influences customer loyalty via the mediating effects of emotional attachment and lifestyle congruence and compared the relative significance of these two paths. Furthermore, this study clarified the relative importance of self-congruence dimensions in influencing grocery store loyalty.
Proteolytic inhibitors as alternative medicines to treat trypanosomatid-caused diseases: experience with calpain inhibitors

The treatment for tropical neglected diseases, such as Chagas disease (CD) and leishmaniasis, is extremely limited to a handful of drugs that suffer from unacceptable toxicity, tough administration routes, like parenteral, and increasing treatment failures due to the parasite resistance. Consequently, there is urgency for the development of new therapeutic options to treat such diseases. Since peptidases from these parasites are responsible for crucial functions in their biology, these molecules have been explored as alternative targets. In this context, a myriad of proteolytic inhibitors has been developed against calcium-dependent cysteine-type peptidases, collectively called calpains, which are implicated in several human pathophysiological diseases. These molecules are highly expanded in the genome of trypanosomatids and they have been reported participating in several parasite biological processes. In the present perspective, we discuss our almost two decades of experience employing the calpain inhibitors as an interesting shortcut to a possible repurpose strategy to treat CD and leishmaniasis.