Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Impact Of Economic, Social And Political Globalization On Economic Growth: Evidence From BRICS-T Countries*

The main purpose of this study is to analyse the long-term relationship between economic growth and economic, social and political globalization in BRICS-T countries using panel data analysis methods for the period covering 1990-2014. According to the empirical results of the model established based on the Cobb-Douglas production function, it is seen that economic, social, political globalization and capital accumulation have a positive effect on economic growth. Dumitrescu-Hurlin Panel Granger Causality test results show that there is a two-way causality relationship between capital accumulation and political globalization and economic growth. It has also been found that one-way causality relationship towards economic growth from economic and social globalization.
The Analyzing of Pisa-based Mathematics Problem Solving Ability based on the Algebra Learning Object

The aim of this study was describing the ability in solving math problems based on PISA change and relationship content based on algebra learning objects. This research was descriptive qualitative study involving 28 students of VIII B class at SMP Negeri 25 Surakarta. The techniques of collecting data used tests and interview, while the techniques of analyzing data were using data reduction, presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of this study was the students’ problem solving abilities based on four algebra learning objects according to Skemp’s view, namely: 1) using symbols, 2) mathematical models, 3) linear equations and their solutions, and 4) algebraic calculations. The students with high-level math abilities were able to apply four algebra learning objects, namely: using symbols, making mathematical models, linear equations and solving them well, and the calculations correctly. The student’s weaknesses was not accurate in writing on the result of the unit obtained and there were no several symbols in giving information. The students with mid-level math abilities were only able to use symbols and create math models, the writing of the linear equations was correct but the solution was still incorrect because it was like Polya’s stage, so it was not quite right because there are no calculation steps. The students with low-level math abilities were only correct in writing linear equations, the way of solving and calculating the problems were still incorrect, and the writing of mathematical models and using symbols were incorrect.
Influences on Teachers’ Intention to Apply Classroom Management Strategies for Students with ADHD: A Model Analysis

Students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show reduced on-task behavior at school and educational problems due to the symptoms associated with this diagnosis. Classroom management strategies (CMS) are important to reduce impairment due to ADHD symptoms but are not yet well implemented. In this study we analyzed whether the facilitators and barriers regarding the intention to apply CMS identified for pre-service teachers are replicable in a sample of teachers in service. Overall, 599 teachers in service completed an online survey on the intention to apply CMS, their attitude towards CMS and towards students with ADHD, direct experiences, individual differences, and social influences. We calculated path models that significantly clarified variance in the intention to apply CMS (R2intention to use effective CMS = 0.47, p < 0.01 and R2intention to use ineffective CMS = 0.39, p < 0.01). It turns out that similar variables are relevant to teachers in service as well as pre-service teachers. A models’ extension to include variables that do justice to the difference between the two groups, such as work experience, shows a better model fit. Especially, attitude towards CMS, attitude towards students with ADHD, strain, perceived behavioral control and teachers’ affiliation with primary or special needs schools are important variables regarding the intention to apply CMS. The implementation of effective and elimination of ineffective CMS should thus be addressed by targeting teacher’s attitudes towards children with ADHD. Furthermore, strain prevention and education might enhance the application of effective CMS.
The Role of Entrepreneurship on Income Inequality in Developing Countries

ABSTRACT Income inequality in developing countries is still at an undesirable level and needs urgent attention. Theoretically, if entrepreneurship is aggressively promoted and opportunities are offered to the hardcore poor or less fortunate candidates, less income inequality can be seen in the long run. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of entrepreneurship in reducing income inequality in developing countries. This study uses a sample of 47 developing countries for the period from 2009 to 2017. Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) is utilized, and the key findings of the study reveal that increasing the level of entrepreneurship will decrease income inequality levels in developing countries. One possible solution is for governments to offer various schemes targeting the poor so that the hardcore poor can be brought out of poverty.
Rainfall patterns and geomorphological controls driving inundation frequency in tropical wetlands: How does the Pantanal flood?

The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest freshwater wetlands. The spatial and temporal variability of flooded areas is a key factor for preserving and managing the flora and fauna of this biodiversity hotspot, and thus, its dynamic is crucial to maintain ecosystem services. However, existing inventories of flooded areas with high spatial resolution are scarce or do not represent a continuous time series considering the entire Pantanal wetland. In this study, flooded areas were derived from Landsat and Resourcesat satellite imagery time series for the years 2000 to 2020 through big data analytical tools. Our results show that permanently flooded areas accounted for 3.40% of the total Pantanal wetland and 8.85% of the study area was flooded during only one year, indicating a complex and dynamic fluvial system. In addition, approximately 39% of the basin was composed of non-flooded areas. During the analyzed period (2000–2020), the highest flood event occurred in 2011 covering an area of 57,969 km2, followed by 2014, with 52,500 km2 (respectively 38.55% and 34.91% of the total area of the Pantanal). The year with the smallest flooded area was 2020 (10,668 km2), 83% lower when compared to the period-based average. The Pantanal is a seasonal wetland, thus, rainfall plays a significant role in the flood pulse, accounting for approximately 60% of the total variability of the flooded areas. The flood dynamics is also affected by the morphology of the modern depositional system of the Pantanal, which is composed by large megafans created by several distributive rivers, and by neotectonics that generates differential movements of blocks creating lower areas that will determine how flood pulse moves spatially and temporally. Therefore, the understanding and analysis of this dynamism becomes an indispensable tool for the public government ordering defining policies for the occupation and the economic zoning of the Pantanal.
Toward a Study of ‘Scientologies’

Scientology, the New Religious Movement founded by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950s, is currently experiencing growing levels of interest from the academic community. Recent scholarly publications point to an array of academic approaches to Scientology, in addition to potential avenues for future research. In this reflective article, the author proposes that studies of contemporary Scientology would be enriched by a greater emphasis on the notion of ‘Scientologies’ (different types of Scientology across both Church of Scientology and Free Zone spaces). This approach, which addresses a wider scope of the Scientologist landscape, can benefit from the increasing number of researchers studying Scientology, and raises the potential for cross-collaboration across a network of interdisciplinary scholars. To this end, the author considers recent developments in the academic study of Scientology, and how a focus on ‘Scientologies’ can enable scholars to explore the complexities of increasingly diverse Scientologist communities.
Using a Mobile App When Surveying Highly Mobile Populations: Panel Attrition, Consent, and Interviewer Effects in a Survey of Refugees

Panel attrition poses major threats to the survey quality of panel studies. Many features have been introduced to keep panel attrition as low as possible. Based on a random sample of refugees, a highly mobile population, we investigate whether using a mobile phone application improves address quality and response behavior. Various features, including geo-tracking, collecting email addresses and adress changes, are tested. Additionally, we investigate respondent and interviewer effects on the consent to download the app and sharing GPS geo-positions. Our findings show that neither geo-tracking nor the provision of email addresses nor the collection of address changes through the app improves address quality substantially. We further show that interviewers play an important role in convincing the respondents to install and use the app, whereas respondent characteristics are largely insignificant. Our findings provide new insights into the usability of mobile phone applications and help determine whether they are a worthwhile tool to decrease panel attrition.
Histological and histomorphometric study of the cranial digestive tract of ostriches (Struthio camelus) with advancing age

The present study was conducted to determine the histological and histomorphometric variations in the tongue, oesophagus, proventriculus, and gizzard of ostriches (Struthio camelus) with regards to the sex and advancing age. A total of 40 healthy ostriches of both sexes and five age groups; young (up to 1 year, 1 to 2 years and 2 to 3 years) and adult (3 to 4 years and above 4 years) in equal numbers (n = 8) were used in this study. The organs under study were collected immediately after slaughtering the birds. Overall, the colour, shape, weight and various dimensions (length, width, and diameter) of the collected organs were recorded. The mean values of the gross anatomical variables of the studied organs increased (P < 0.05) among all the young groups (i.e., from 1 to 2 years, 2 to 3 years). Similarly, the organs under study in the adult groups (birds aged 3 to 4 years and above 4 years) grew (P < 0.05) as well. However, the differences between the adults were not significant. The histological analysis and histometric measurements were conducted on paraffin embedded tissue sections with Image J® analysis software. The statistical analysis revealed a significant increase in the thickness of the different tunics of the digestive organs in all the groups except those the adult groups. These findings may be of importance for the strategic manipulation of feed and nutrition to enhance the growth rate and also to diagnose pathological processes.
Turkey Urticaria Diagnosis and Treatment Guide based; Distribution of Chronic Urticaria Patients Treated in Our Clinic According to Step Therapy

Amac: Kronik urtiker, uzun sureli tedavi gerektiren bir durumdur. Son yillarda bircok ulke urtiker tani ve tedavi yaklasimlarini bir algoritmada degerlendirmek icin kendi kilavuzlarini olusturmustur. Bu calismada, klinigimizde tedavi goren kronik urtikerli hastalarin "Turkiye Urtiker Tani ve Tedavi Rehberi" tedavi algoritmasina gore dagilimini degerlendirmeyi amacladik. Gerec ve Yontem: Selcuk Universitesi Deri ve Zuhrevi Hastaliklar Anabilim Dali'na basvuran ve kronik urtiker tanisiyla takip edilen ve tedavi goren hastalarin dosyalari incelendi. Bulgular: Calismaya anjiyoodemi olmayan toplam 102 kronik urtiker hastasi dahil edildi. Bu kilavuza gore hastalarin% 17,6'si standart doz antihistamin tedavisine yanit verirken, hastalarin% 15,7'sinde verilen antihistamin dozu artirildi. Hastalarin% 5.7'sinin antihistamin tedavisi, oncekiyle ayni dozda farkli bir antihistamin grubu ile degistirildi. Hastalarin% 52'si 28 gunde bir 300 mg / subkutan omalizumab tedavisine yanit verdi. Ancak hastalarin% 7,8'i 14 gunde bir omalizumab tedavisi almis veya omalizumab tedavisine siklosporin tedavisi eklenmesi gerekmistir. Standart tedaviler disindaki diger tedavilere yanit hastalarin% 1'inde alinmistir. Sonuc: Calismamizin, kronik urtiker hastalarinin tedavi algoritmasina gore dagilimina isik tutarak klinik pratikte hastalarin tedavi yanitlarini tahmin etmeyi kolaylastiracagina inaniyoruz.
Testing the Moderating Effect of Gender on Job Satisfaction and Employees’ Behaviours Relationship: Evidence from Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Buea, Cameroon

With the quest of personalization of actions from their employees, organisations are constantly looking for means that allow them to consider all employees’ needs in designing satisfaction tools that will enable their employees to portray adequate behaviours at work. The present study explored whether gender moderates the relationship between job satisfaction and employees’ behaviours within a telecommunication company in Cameroon (MTN, Buea). A quantitative cross-sectional method was used with a sample size of 212 respondents. The hierarchical moderated regression and the multigroups regression approach were used as data analysis tools. Findings showed that gender moderates the effect of job satisfaction on employees’ commitment and employees’ citizenship behaviour. It is a quasi-moderation and the size effect is characterized as low. Contrariwise, gender does not moderate the effect of job satisfaction on employees’ intention to quit. These findings can help inform intervention efforts by identifying gender-fit job satisfaction tools and policies to optimize the adoption by each group of adequate behaviours in the company.
Strategic orientation toward digitalization to improve innovation capability: why knowledge acquisition and exploitation through external embeddedness matter

Purpose This study aims to analyze the mediating effect of the open innovation processes of knowledge acquisition and exploitation as external embeddedness strategy on the relationships between strategic orientation toward digitalization and the three dimensions of the innovation capability: client, marketing and technology. Design/methodology/approach The research model was tested using a structural equation modeling design based on survey data from a financial and insurance sector multinational enterprise with direct operations in seven emerging countries. This sector is classified as being highly digitalized. Findings The results show that strategic orientation toward digitalization has an effect on innovation capability, with a greater impact on the client and technology dimensions than on the marketing dimension. However, the relationships with clients and technology are partially mediated by acquisition, while the one with marketing is mediated by exploitation. Originality/value This finding widens the current purpose and theoretical sense of external embeddedness as a type of inter-organizational arrangement key for digitalization in the literature, which is focused on the adaptation of digital technology of the head office to the needs of the subsidiaries and the systems of their local allies. By contrast, the study results show that external embeddedness is key for the multinational to be able, from its global way of creating value through digital technologies, not only to improve operating efficiency, but also to meet costumer experience expectations in each host country and innovate in local commercialization strategies, on account of the knowledge transfer between the multinational and the local players on customer preferences and technology uses in local markets.
The overstated generational gap in online news use? A consolidated infrastructural perspective

Recent research by Taneja et al. suggested that digital infrastructures diminish the generational gap in news use by counteracting preference structures. We expand on this seminal work by arguing that an infrastructural perspective requires overcoming limitations of highly aggregated web tracking data used in prior research. We analyze the individual browsing histories of two representative samples of German Internet users collected in 2012 (N = 2970) and 2018 (N = 2045) and find robust evidence for a smaller generational gap in online news use than commonly assumed. While short news website visits mostly demonstrated infrastructural factors, longer news use episodes were shaped more by preferences. The infrastructural role of social media corresponded with reduced news avoidance and more varied news repertoires. Overall, the results suggest that research needs to reconsider commonly held premises regarding the uses of digital media in modern high-choice settings.
Successful treatment of a COVID-19 patient with thrombotic microangiopathy

Successful treatment of a COVID-19 patient with thrombotic microangiopathy Seda Safak*, Elif Aksoy*, Ahmet Burak Dirim, Erol Demir , Nurana Garayeva, Ozgur Akin Oto, Ayse Serra Artan, Halil Yazici, Sevgi Besisik and Aydin Turkmen Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey and Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Structural decomposition of an orthochlorite during its acid dissolution

The Mg, Fe, and Al of a clinochlore were dissolved at the same rate in Si-saturated 2 N HCl at 60 degrees C indicating a nonpreferential removal of 9octahedral9 and 9tetrahedral9 cations and suggesting a dissolution process in which the hydroxide sheet and the 2:1 sheet in the chlorite layer were equally attacked. The chemical data also suggested that the acid attack on the chlorite particles proceeded from the edges inwards along a well-defined reaction boundary leaving a reacted layer which formed a diffusion barrier. The combined evidence from X-ray diffraction and thermal analyses confirmed the equal attack on the two component sheets in the chlorite layer and the progress of the reaction along a well-defined reaction boundary but did not support unequivocally the diffusion-controlled reaction rate suggested by the chemical data.
Nano‐MgO prepared via templating on biodegradable filter paper

Nano-MgO has attracted widespread attention because of its potential technical applications in the fields of catalysis [1], battery [2], hazardous waste treatment [3], antimicrobial agents [4] and so on. Up to now, MgO nanomaterials with different morphologies have been prepared by several methods, including chemical deposition method [5], combustion method [6], solid phase method [7], spray pyrolysis method [8], hydrothermal method [9] etc. In recent years, biological template method has been widely used in the preparation of nanomaterials due to its advantages such as low-toxicity, low-energy, and safety [10] compared with other preparation methods. Many nano-materials were successfully fabricated using various biological templates such as plant fibres [11], tissues [12] and microorganisms [13]. Filter paper is a biological template that can be used to make a variety of inorganic nanomaterials [14], and is both biodegradable and a common filtering tool in the laboratory. It is composed of micron-level cotton fibres and has holes with different pore sizes. This structure is important for controlling the shape of the materials being fabricated. From this viewpoint, the filter paper template method has become one of the key technologies for preparing multi-hole, high surface area materials, which has attracted the attention of scientific researchers. For example, Zhang Qingshuang et al. [15] demonstrated the successful synthesis of photo-catalytic nano-TiO2 using filter paper. Zhou Shuaikun et al. [16] used quantitative filter paper as a template to prepare nano-SnO2 materials by impregnation and calcination, and applied them to dye-sensitized solar cells. Huang Bao-jun et al. [17] successfully prepared micro-nano Fe2O3 with biological morphology by using FeCl3 as the starting material, quantitative filter paper as a template through impregnation and calcination. Chen Feng et al. [18] used filter paper as a template to synthesize CeO2 fibres with microscopic morphology and uniform distribution of nanoscale pores. However, until now, the research on the preparation of nano-MgO using qualitative filter paper as template is rarely reported. In this work, we propose a method of synthesizing nano-MgO by filter paper templating.
Therapeutic potential of Annona senegalensis Pers (Annonaceae), a plant used in traditional medicine for the treatment of epilepsy in Burkina Faso

Annona senegalensis Pers. is a plant used in Burkina folkloric medicine for the treatment of epilepsy. The stem-bark, roots and leaves of A. senegalensis are used for an array of human disorders, including epilepsy. Previous studies have demonstrated some genuine effects of A. senegalensis fractions in vivo models of temporal lobe epilepsy. In the present work, we have compared the pharmacological profile of the most promising A. senegalensis fraction obtained up-to-date with anticonvulsant drugs targeting voltage-activated channels namely Carbamazepine (Na+ channels) and Retigabine (KCNQ Channels). In an in vitro model of temporal lobe epilepsy, we could observe a dose-dependent reduction of electrically evoked epileptiform bursts in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus when applying carbamazepine, retigabine or the F4 fraction of A. senegalensis. The intrinsic excitability of CA1 pyramidal neurons was dose-dependently reduced by A. senegalensis. Since A. senegalensis effects could not anymore be observed when endogenous voltage-dependent sodium channels were blocked and intrinsic excitability restored with a dynamic clamp amplifier, it was concluded that A. senegalensis contains molecules that target voltage-dependent sodium channels. Key words: Hippocampus, epilepsy, Annona senegalensis, Burkina Faso plant extracts, sodium channel, KCNQ channel, M-current, retigabine, carbamazepine.
The Effects of Character on the Perceived Stressfulness of Life Events and Subjective Well-Being of Undergraduate Business Students

Stress and the associated correlates, such as depression, alcohol abuse, and suicidal ideation, are a global issue among college and university students. We assert that character is a personal resource that students have at their disposal to address personal, social, and environmental challenges they may encounter in their personal and academic lives. The results of a field study involving undergraduate business students show that character, operationalized as a higher order construct consisting of 11 interrelated dimensions, has a direct effect on the subjective well-being of students and an indirect effect through the perceived stressfulness of life events. Our results imply that it is essential for faculty and students at management education institutions to fully appreciate the importance of character for effective functioning and to develop the various character dimensions to address adverse personal, social, and environmental situations in a positive fashion.