Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pre-service early childhood teachers’ attitudes and intentions: young children’s use of ICT

ABSTRACT Pre-service early childhood teachers (PECTs) are expected to support young children’s engaged and meaningful use of ICT for early learning and development. Unless teachers believe that ICT is beneficial for young children, they will be unable or unwilling to encourage and support children’s use of ICT in educational environments. This paper aims to uncover PECTs’ attitudes and intentions regarding young children’s use of ICT through a survey on 410 PECTs in a Chinese university. The majority of the PECTs had low positive perceptions of the role of ICT for young children, whereas they expressed great willingness to support young children’s use of ICT. There are considerable parameters which influence both PECTs’ attitudes and intentions: ICT ownership and daily use, the frequency of ICT use, ICT professional learning or training and ICT skills. Implications for PECTs teacher education preparation were discussed.
Bacterial Profile and Antibiotic Resistance in Patients with Diabetic Foot Infections in A Tertiary Care Hospital Palakkad

BACKGROUND: Foot infections are a major complication of diabetes mellitus and eventually lead to development of gangrene and lower extremity amputation. Many studies reported the bacteriology of Diabetic Foot Infections (DFIs) over the past 25 years, but the results have been varied and often contradictory. AIM & OBJECTIVES: To determine the bacterial profiles of Diabetic foot Infections and the antibiotic Resistance pattern of the isolated organism. Methods: The study is designed as a prospective study. Predesigned data collection forms were obtained. The data collection is planned to carried out for duration of five months. (November 2015 to March 2016). RESULTS: During this period, A total of 42 cases were Analysed.Among these 13% was Staphylococcus Aureus, following 10% E.coli, and 5% Klebisella spp. As for Linezolid (53.8%) was the most effective antibiotic against Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates and Levofloxacin (7.69%) was the least effective antimicrobial and more resistant to Co-trimoxazole (38.4%). As for E.coli, Amikacin is more sensitive (60%) than Co-trimoxazole and Gentamycin. Ciprofloxacin and Amoxicillin (50%) were the most resistant Antibiotics. CONCLUSION: Among Gram positive and Gram Negative organism, Staphylococcus Aureus and E.coli were the most frequent organism isolated Respectively.
Quality of Life in Patients with Androgenetic Alopecia

Abstract Objective: To assess the impact of androgenetic alopecia on quality of life in our patients using DLQI. Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in Outpatient Department of Dermatology, KEMU/ Mayo Hospital, Lahore, for six months from (15-04-2010 to 14-10-2010). Material and Methods: A total of 125 patients suf-fering from androgenetic alopecia, of any severity, with age 18 years or above, belonging to either sex, who themselves were able to understand and complete the DLQI questionnaire in English or Urdu version, were enrolled in the study. Patients were asked to indi-cate how there life has been affected over the preced-ing week. The data was analyzed after compiling the results. The higher the DLQI score, the poorer is the QoL. Results: The mean DLQI score in 125 patients (53 males and 72 females) was 12.80 ± 3.76. The findings indicate several areas in which androgenetic alopecia had an impact on individual's QoL, particularly in relation to symptoms and feelings and personal rela-tionships. Women reported poorer QoL compared to men. Mean DLQI score was 11.87 ± 3.35 in males and 13.49 ± 3.91 in females. Conclusion: It was noted that in patients of andro-genetic alopecia, there were significant psychosocial limitations resulting from reactions of close relatives and friends. Keywords: Androgenetic alopecia, Quality of life, DLQI.
Relationships between Job Challenge and Burnout among Health Workers in Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between job challenge and the experience of burnout among four groups of health workers in Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. One hundred and forty health workers were selected through purposive sampling from the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital. The sample consists of 16 pharmacists, 30 health assistants, 36 doctors and 58 nurses. Perceived Job challenge Measure and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were the instruments used for the study. Four hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Results from this study revealed that there was a significant relationship between job challenge and burnout among health workers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Also, positive stimulation, a component of job challenge had a positive relationship with burnout. Competence testing, another component of job challenge was found to be significantly related to dehumanisation and global burnout. While there was no relationship found between the uncertainty, the last component of job challenge and burnout. Findings were discussed in the light of previous literature on job challenge and burnout and appropriate recommendations were made.
Determinants of customer's dissatisfaction: A content analysis of negative online customer reviews on budget segment hotels in India

Understanding customer feedback helps in strategic decision making of an organization which ultimately determines the success or failure of a business or a hotel. Online reviews are increasingly becoming popular among online users and service providers. The hotel industry in many countries extensively utilises the online reviews to evaluate customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The goal of the study was to identify various issues that prompted the customers to register a negative online rating/ feedback on various services offered by the budget segment hotels. The study was conducted for time span of three months in which the online negative reviews or complaints of budget hotels pertaining to various operational departments were examined using content analysis. The findings of the study will be a valuable input for budget hotels to focus on most specific complaints of their departments so that the customer experiences could be enhanced at the budget segment hotels in India
PREPARATION OF POLYVALENT DIAGNOSTIC ANTISERA FOR SALMONELLA SEROVARES TYPHI AND TYPHIMURIUM

Polyvalent diagnostic antisera for S.Typhi and S. Typhimurium have been prepared during this study according to protocol being suggested by Florida State University. Salmonella isolates were received from laboratory of veterinary College of AL-Qadissya University. Preparation of heat killed s antigen for each isolates were prepared and injected in three groups of laboratory animals (rabbits). The first and second groupwere injected with different antigens in four successive doses with an interval time of three to four days, while the third group was injected with normal saline and used as control. After the last fourth injection, 10 ml of blood was collected from animals by heart puncture then serum has been separated by centrifugation. The separated antisera was tested with live and killed Salmonella antigens using the agglutination test. The results were highly positive and specific. To determine the purity of prepared antisera, it cross reaction with live antigens of some species belong Entrobactrecea represented by E.coli, Klebsiella Spp. and Protus Spp. The results indicated that there is no considerable reactions.
Evaluation of the incidence, risk factors, severity, and outcome of hydrocephalic fetuses in a tertiary healthcare center located in Northern India: a prospective observational study

Hydrocephalus is a heterogeneous disease marked by abnormal dilatation of the cerebral ventricles secondary to varying etiologies. It is the most common cranial abnormality encountered at prenatal ultrasonography, with a worldwide incidence ranging from 0.68 to 3.16 per thousand live births. The burden of prenatal hydrocephalus is high in developing countries as India. However, its incidence in rural settings of India is ABSTRACT
Person-Centered Care Education for Caregivers of Patients With Dementia in Long-Term Care Settings

Person-centered care (PCC) guidelines are being used as a care model to improve health outcomes for residents with impaired cognition. The researcher utilized PCC guidelines to educate caregivers in residential homes to provide care based on the residents’ individualized needs and choices to reduce worsening health conditions and potentially avoidable hospitalizations. The researcher created an educational tool to improve prompt management of health conditions for residents with cognitive impairment and set up a control group (n = 4) and an intervention group (n = 4) to conduct this project. The intervention group received the PCC education guidelines, whereas the control group did not. The researcher utilized Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia (QUALID) and Person-Centered Care Assessment Tool (P-CAT) questionnaires to identify caregivers’ perceptions of the person-centeredness and quality of life for residents under their care before and after the PCC education. Caregivers in the intervention group did not show any significant changes in PCC or QUALID scores preand postintervention. In addition, caregivers in the control group had a mean preintervention P-CAT total score (M = 51.00, SD = 4.24) that was significantly higher than the mean post-intervention PCAT total score (M = 49.50, SD = 4.12). The scores of both groups indicated that their work environments had a high level of PCC before the intervention. Further studies should be done on PCC education in residential care homes to identify the health outcomes of residents with impaired cognition whose caregivers received PCC education and training for 6 months to 1 year.
PENGARUH KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL DAN KOMPENSASI TERHADAP KEPUASAN KERJA PADA PT PERKEBUNAN NUSANTARA III (PERSERO) KEBUN BANGUN

Tingkat kepuasan kerja karyawan PT Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) Kebun Bangun masih belum optimal dilihat dari implementasi beberapa indikator yang belum maksimal. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran dan pengaruh komunikasi interpersonal, kompensasi dan kepuasan kerja karyawan pada PT Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) Kebun Bangun. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan desain penelitian, kepustakaan dan lapangan. Jenis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data kualitatif dan data kuantitatif. Sumber data adalah primer dan data sekunder. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah sebanyak 50 orang dan seluruhnya merupakan karyawan tetap kantor PT Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) Kebun Bangun. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan kuesioner, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah uji asumsi klasik, analisis deskriptif kualitatif dan deskriptif kuantitatif dengan linear berganda, analisis korelasi, koefisien determinasi dan uji hipotesis. Hasil penelitian menemukan H0 ditolak, artinya komunikasi interpersonal dan kompensasi berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan kerja karyawan pada PT Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) Kebun Bangun baik secara simultan maupun parsial.
Development of the use of stainless steel in construction

Stainless steel is gaining wide usage in construction due to its corrosion resistance, attractive appearance, ease of maintenance and fire resistance. Whilst it cannot replace carbon steel and other widely used construction materials, it has an important role where durability, safety or aesthetic requirements arise which cannot be cost effectively met by other materials. In spite of the benefits which stainless steel offers, its application in structures has been inhibited by a lack of design guidance that makes optimum use of its properties. Stainless steel exhibits fundamentally different material behaviour from carbon steel (e.g. non-linear stress-strain characteristics, varying elastic modulus, higher residual stresses). Therefore different design rules are applicable. The objective of this project was to disseminate the new design recommendations from the recently completed ECSC funded project, Development of the use of stainless steel in construction (contract 7210-SA/842). The principle deliverables were: Second edition of the design manual for structural stainless steel The First Edition of the Design Manual for Structural Stainless Steel was prepared by The Steel Construction Institute betwwen 1989 and 1992 and published by Euro Inox in 1994. The Second Edition includes the new and more economic design guidance generated in the previous ESCS funded project and has resulted in the scope of the Design Manual being extended to cover circular hollow sections and fire resistant design. Over the last ten years a great many new European standards have been issued covering stainless steel material, fasteners, fabrication, erection, welding etc. The Design Manual has been updated to make reference to current standards and data in these standards. The Design Manual was translated into German, Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish and French and more than 6000 copies printed. The publication was advertised through mail shots, journals and on web sites across Europe, and copies setn free of charge on request. (So far, 2146 requests for the Design Manual have been received.) Design examples Ten new design examples were prepared to illustrate the application of the Recommendations in the Design Manual. Web based design facility An online design facility for designing cold-formed structural stainless steel sections was developed (http//www.steeless.org/software). The software calculates section properties and member resistances in accordance with the Recommendations in the Design Manual. The web software links to an online, fully searchable version of the Design Manual. Email addresses of users of the solftware are being collected and they indicate that the solftware is being used all over the world. Feedback from these users has been overwhelmingly positive. Seven national workshops Workshops were held in France, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Germany, Spain and the UK to lauch the Design Manual. The workshops described the bakcground and contents of the Design Manual, worked through design examples, discussed applications of stainless steel in construction and demonstrated the web software.
Construction of mathematical models of the statics of grain media considering the Reynolds effect

This study addresses the construction of a mathematical model, the statement of boundary-value problems on the statics of a grainy material related to the technological processes of agricultural production. A working apparatus employed to construct the model of a grainy material is the methods of equilibrium thermodynamics. We have stated the main thermodynamic equality, which makes it possible to derive a rheological ratio that establishes the connection between stresses and deformations of the granular material. The chosen grainy material is a granular medium that manifests a Reynolds effect. This effect occurs in the case of small deformations and indicates the presence of a dependence of dilation on the stress tensor deviator. In contrast to the classical methods that consider a model of continuous medium with the non-deformed and smooth grain's particles, the present work takes into consideration both a Reynolds effect and the presence of elastic deformations. The resulting rheological ratio produces the dependence for a stress tensor on the deformation tensor corresponding to ratios from the linear theory of elasticity.For the case of an isothermal process of deformation, a boundary-value problem on the grain material's statics in the field of gravity has been stated. This paper shows the statement and solution to two particular tasks on the balance of a granular layer along the horizontal plane: in the absence of surface forces and under the action of tangent surface forces on a free surface.The boundary problems on the equilibrium of a granular material are nonlinear in character, and the resulting solution represents a complex mathematical apparatus involving numerical methods.The obtained models for the statics of a continuous environment precede the consideration of dynamic problems, in particular, the study of equilibrium stability
STIMULATION OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: OPTIMALIZATION OF A MOTHER’S ROLE IN FAMILY EDUCATION

This study was conducted to examine daily practices of stimulation carried out by mothers at home as an initial support for their children’s language development. This study employed a descriptive design and involved 75 mothers as respondents who wereselected using the non-probability sampling method. The research data were collected using a self-developed questionnaire containing four indicators of early support for children’s language development. The data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel application version 16.10-assisted descriptive statistics. The results of the study showed that daily practices of stimulation carried out by the participants as an initial support for their children’s language development in their first five years of life were included in the ‘very likely’ category. Even so, some practices of stimulation were not properly optimized. This finding promotes the need to increase the ability of mothers to carry out stimulation practices at home so that their involvement in providing initial support for the development of children’s language is more optimal, which in turn can improve the quality of family education at home.
Development of Selective Enrichment Medium for Clinical Isolates of Vibrio vulnificus Based upon Virulence Correlating Genes

Bu calismanin amaci, farkli zenginlestirme besiyerlerinin V. vulnificus'un klinik ve cevresel suslarinin secimini etkileyip etkilemedigini bulmakti. Bu nedenle, geleneksel zenginlestirme ve koruyucu besiyerlerinin selektif ozellikleri, V. vulnificus’ un klinik ve cevresel suslari icin test edildi. Laboratuarda, ayni tuz konsantrasyonuna sahip Alkali Peptonlu Su (APW) ve Beyin Kalp Infuzyon Broth (BHIB) esit konsantrasyonlarda klinik ve cevresel suslar ile ekimi yapildi ve 35 °C' de 20 saat boyunca inkube edildi. Kantitatif Polimeraz Zincir Reaksiyon (PZR) sayim sonuclari; BHIB’ de gelistirilen suslarin %85’ ini klinik suslar oldugunu gostermistir. Bu oran vcgC geninin vvhA genine yuzdelik hesaplamalariyla belirlenmistir. APW' de klinik suslarin (47%) cevresel suslara (53%) orani neredeyse esitti. BHIB, APW ve Luria Bertani (LB) broth ile zenginlestirilen deniz suyu numunelerinin buyuk kisminda, klinik suslarinin toplam suslara orani BHIB’de yuksek cikarken, APW ve LB’de cikmamistir. Ancak, deniz suyu orneklerinde klinik veya cevresel suslarin birbirine oraninda mevsimsel farkliliklar zenginlesme surecini etkilemistir. Calismamiz BHIB10'un virulans faktorlerini calismak icin avantajli olabilecegini ve APW10'un V. vulnificus'ta izolasyon ve MPN sayimi icin uygun olabilecegini gostermektedir. Tuzluluk orani %10 olan BHIB besiyerinin klinik suslar icin selektif ozelligi, demirin insanlarda olusturdugu infeksiyonlarda onemli bir rol oynadigini gosterir.
A Separation-of-Powers Model of U.S. Chief Justice Opinion Assignment

Abstract I examine the quintessential member of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice, in the context of the separation of powers (SOP). As the leader and public face of the Court, the chief is more likely than his colleagues to be cognizant of the institution's legitimacy. Chiefs also hold the important procedural power of assigning opinions when they are in the majority. Given these conditions, I argue that the SOP constrains chief justices’ opinion assignment decisions. Specifically, I find that chief justices are significantly less likely to assign opinions to their ideological allies when the Court faces increased institutional constraint or heightened public discontent. However, these SOP effects are conditioned on the decision authority of the case – they are only constraints in statutory cases. By linking the Court’s external strategic game (SOP) to its internal strategic game, this finding adds nuance of conditionality to the legitimacy-maintenance behavior of the Court and furthers scholars’ understanding of the goals and constraints that affect chief justices’ opinion assignment decisions.
Influence of Work and Life Stressors on Marital Quality among Dual and Nondual Military Couples

Maintaining a healthy marriage may be challenging for military couples as they attempt to balance the demands of work and family; for dual-military couples, this can be even more challenging. Using data from the Millennium Cohort Family Study, we examined whether military stress experiences negatively impact marital quality through the mediation of work–family conflict. Spouse gender and dual-military status were included as moderators. Spouses reported on marital quality, work–family conflict, military stress experiences, and personal military experience. Spouse and service member demographics were also included. Results demonstrated that experiencing more military stress experiences was related to lower marital quality, which was mediated by work–family conflict. Additionally, female dual spouses reported lower marital quality than male dual spouses and civilian spouses. Findings from this study highlight the importance of providing support to military spouses for stressful military events and potentially tailoring support services for female dual spouses to improve marital quality.
Investigating mediators and moderators of the alcohol priming effect

Acute doses of alcohol can increase subsequent craving and alcohol consumption. This ‘alcohol priming effect’ may be an important determinant of both relapse among alcohol-dependent individuals, and binge drinking behaviours among social drinkers. This thesis aimed to investigate potential mediators and moderators of the alcohol priming effect. Current models have proposed alcohol-induced impairments of inhibitory control to underlie the alcohol priming effect (Field et al, 2010). However, there is currently inconclusive evidence for this claim. The overarching aim of this thesis was to, therefore, clarify the extent to which acute alcohol consumption indirectly affects subsequent consumption via these impairments. Each experimental study included a measure of inhibitory control (a stop-signal task), administration of alcohol and a measure of ad libitum alcohol consumption. This data was then synthesised in chapter 7. Overall, there was no effect of alcohol on inhibitory control and, therefore, inhibitory impairments did not mediate alcohol priming. This thesis also investigated two potential novel moderators of the alcohol priming effect; the role of beliefs about alcohol’s acute effects (chapter 6) and the effect of social influences (chapters 3, 4 and 5). Belief’s regarding the effects of alcohol were not found to affect ad lib alcohol consumption but did affect alcohol-induced impairments of inhibitory control. In addition, the alcohol priming effect had little effect on drinking when in the presence of others. Notably, alcohol consumption was increased in the presence of others relative to when alone (chapter 4) and when exposed to a heavy, relative to a light, drinking friend (chapter 5) regardless of whether a priming dose had been consumed. In addition, the association between self-reported peer and personal alcohol consumption was moderated by urgency (one facet of impulsivity) but only when drinking induced disinhibition was low (chapter 3). Overall these findings suggest the importance of the alcohol priming effect as a determinant of binge drinking is minimal. Furthermore, these findings suggest that the effect of alcohol on inhibition is exaggerated in the current literature. Previous findings may have been influenced by individual beliefs regarding the acute effect of alcohol. Other people’s drinking does; however, appear to exert a consistent effect on personal alcohol consumption. Models of alcohol priming require considerable adjustment in light of these findings.