Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Family Care Centre Model Could Decrease Anxiety Level among Family Members of Patients Who Have Been Undergoing in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Critical illness/critical condition from any diseases and life-threatening event are the trigger factors of anxiety among family members of patients who are being cared in the intensive care unit. The anxiety is felt by patient’s family members who undergoes in ICU. It is generally triggered by uncertain patient’s conditions, room conditions, strict visiting time and cost factors. Unfortunately some nurses often fail to give attention to the family in such phenomenon and more focus to the physical patient condition. In that regard, giving attention to the family members of patients who are undergoing hospitalization in the ICU is very important and should be done by nurses by applying the Family Care Center (FCC) model. This study aims to determine the effect of the application of the model of family care center to decrease the anxiety level of family members. The results will be very useful to improve the quality of nursing care, especially in applying the model of the FCC as efforts to redeem any anxiety issues among family members. The method was used to quasi-experimental design with pre and post-test by using the control group. The total of 48 family members of patients who are undergoing hospitalization in the intensive care unit in Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital is willing to be used as samples in this study. It was obtained by purposive sampling technique. Data were collected by the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) and analyzed by univariate analysis using mean and standard deviation, then in the bivariate analysis using paired t-test test and Independent t-test. The results showed that there was significant application of the FCC to decrease family member’s anxiety level in ICU. The conlusion of this study is: FCC can be implemented to reduce anxiety level of family members of patients who are undergoing in the intensive care unit. According to the results, this study suggested to the nurses who are working in the intensive care unit to apply FCC model in reducing anxiety level of families members so that they can use the constructive mechanisms to decrease their anxiety.
Time-Frequency Multi-Betas Model-An Application with Gold and Oil -

The OLS Estimation of the CAPM suffers a lot of statistical issues. We develop a Time-Frequency Multi-Betas Model with Gold and Oil as supplementary source of risk and with ARMA-EGARCH errors to take into consideration some of these statistical weaknesses. We use 30 french stocks listed on the CAC40 for the daily period from 2005 to 2015. The conjugaison of the wavelets decompositions and the parameters estimates constitutes an significant asset for managers choices according to their view (shor-medium-long term). The results represent a decision support by multiplying the interpretive possibilities, In short-run (‘’Noise Trader’’ and ‘’High Frequency trader’’) 1/3 of the equities are not affected by the Oil and Gold fluctuations, and the estimated Betas parameters related to the market movements are few different compare to the Model without wavelets. At the opposite, in long-run (fundamentalists investors), Oil and Gold affect all the stocks but their impact varies according to the Beta (sensitivity to the market). As example, we highlight that Oil prices negatively affect the stocks in long-run especially the equities with a high market beta (greater than 1) as Banking Stocks. We also observe significant differences between parameters estimated with and without wavelets.
Real Earnings Management and Dividend Payout among Non-financial Institutions in Nigeria

Aims: This study seeks to evaluate the consequences of real earnings management and dividend payout among non-financial institutions in Nigeria. Study Design: The study adopted Descriptive and ex-post facto research design. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Banking and Finance, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The study was carried out between October 2019 and January 2020. Methodology: To this end, we made use of Descriptive and ex-post research design, secondary data set, collected from thirty five quoted non-financial institutions for the period 2015 and 2018 financial period. The data were analyzed using Descriptive Statistics, Correlation Matrix. Results: Our findings align with the agency theory which suggests that despite the fact that corporate contracting is primarily designed to align incentives between principals and agents, agency concerns are still created as a result of incompleteness and rigidities in binding of contracts, Original Research Article Ayunku and Timipere; AJEBA, 14(1): 39-54, 2020; Article no.AJEBA. 54522 40 which lead to manipulation of the reporting process consequently altering shareholders returns in form of dividend payout. Conclusion: Specifically, we find that real earnings management is been modulated through expenses. The variables of abnormal production and cash flow from operations show no significant effect on dividend payout with respect to the institutions and period under review.
Common co-morbid conditions associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Objective: The aim of the present study was to find out the common co-morbid conditions associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: A descriptive, cross sectional study was conducted from January 2016 to June 2016 among 300 patients attending at Medicine outpatient department of the Community Based Medical College Hospital and Endocrine outpatient department of the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital after obtaining requisite consent from the patients. Data were collected through the interviewing of the patients. The collected data were entered into the computer and analyzed by using SPSS (version 20.1) to know the common co-morbid conditions associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study was approved by the institutional ethical committee. Results: In a pool of 300 type 2 diabetics, Most of the patients (57.3%) belonged to the middle age group 41-60 years. More than half of the respondents were female (n=223, 74.3%). Among 300 cases, 188 patients had shown association with different co-morbid conditions. Female patients (77%) suffered from more co-morbid conditions than male patients (23%). Hypertension was the most commonly associated disease (65.42%) with DM. Conclusion: Most of the diabetic patients have co-morbid conditions. Hypertension was the most commonly associated disease with DM.
From Inference to Generation: End-to-end Fully Self-supervised Generation of Human Face from Speech

This work seeks the possibility of generating the human face from voice solely based on the audio-visual data without any human-labeled annotations. To this end, we propose a multi-modal learning framework that links the inference stage and generation stage. First, the inference networks are trained to match the speaker identity between the two different modalities. Then the pre-trained inference networks cooperate with the generation network by giving conditional information about the voice.
Genetic control of canine hip dysplasia

Selective breeding of unaffected animals is the only effective means of controlling the frequency and severity of canine hip dysplasia. Genetic control of canine hip dysplasia requires (1) an accurate diagnostic method keyed to a phenotype with optimal heritability, (2) an organized screening program based on the diagnostic phenotype, (3) a centralized database containing essential phenotypic and pedigree information, and (4) trust and cooperation between breeders and the veterinarians who conduct the diagnostic procedure. Controlling polygenic diseases such as canine hip dysplasia (CHD) requires a concerted and coordinated effort on the part of breeders and veterinarians. As important, the integrity of the test used to diagnose CHD is central to reducing the frequency of hip disease (Figure 1). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHENOTYPE AND GENOTYPE The principal objective of selective breeding is to maximize the pairing of good genes by breeding dogs not overtly affected with (and preferably, not susceptible to) CHD. The diagnostic test evaluates hip phenotype as an estimate of the genotype. The relationship between phenotype and genotype is embodied in the concept of heritability represented by the symbol h. Heritability denotes the reliability of the phenotype in predicting the genotype. A high heritability (e.g., approaching 1) means that the phenotype accurately reflects the genotype. In other words, all the variation in the phenotype is explained by the genes, and no environmental component exists. Heritability is mathematically defined as the ratio of additive genetic variation:the overall phenotypic variation of a given trait (h = VG/VP). Environmental factors (sometimes called nongenetic factors), such as diet or diagnostic error, increase the variance components in the denominator of this relationship (VP); therefore, they have the effect of lowering estimates of heritability. By definition, polygenic traits are influenced by both environmental and genetic effects. For example, a dog’s weight is partly influenced by environmental factors in terms of how much it is fed and how much exercise it gets. It is known that body weight can also be influenced by genetic factors (i.e., obese parents tend to have obese offspring). CE Vol. 24, No. 9 September 2002 681 n Presently, breeding animals are chosen based on individual animals (mass selection), leading to slow genetic change. n To effectively reduce the incidence of canine hip dysplasia, the hip phenotype screening test must have heritability values that are significant enough to lead to genetic change when applied. n A moderate selection process for tight hips should be chosen by breeders to avoid the problems of inbreeding and extreme
Factors that influence transition from high school to higher education: A case of the JuniorTukkie programme

Background: This article reports on the academic and non-academic factors that influence new students’ successful transition from high school to higher education. The study was inspired by the universal concern about the low retention rates among students in higher education in general, and the high annual dropout rate of students from South African institutions in particular. In 2013, the dropout rate stood at 35%. Objective: The objective of the study was to find out which factors. academically as well as non-academic factors influenced the JuniorTukkie group in their successful transition from high school to higher education. Method: My research involved a case study of members of the JuniorTukkie (JT) empowerment initiative (between 2009 and 2013), and both quantitative (online questionnaires) and qualitative (focus group interviews) data was collected. Results: The findings revealed that combinations of academic factors such as personal skills, academic skills, academic support, career counselling intervention, hard work, and perseverance to a large extent account for the successful transition from high school to higher education. Similarly, non-academic factors such as interpersonal relationship skills, positive emotions, religion, and peer acceptance contributed to students’ successful transition. Financial affairs – from a student’s financial status to various sources of financial backing – are other vital determinants in the transitioning endeavour. Conclusion: The study illustrated that the specific challenges associated with new students’ transitional experiences demand the strategic intervention of initiatives (such as JuniorTukkie), which assume responsibility for the implementation of programmes to address all academic and non-academic transitional factors.
A Cognitive Analysis of Informatics Patient Safety Issues Reported Within the Veterans Health Administration

The goal of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Informatics Patient Safety program (IPS) is to improve the safety of Health Information Technology (HIT) products. To support the analysis of patient safety issues, a set of categories was developed for Human-HIT interaction errors that can occur as users conduct their work (Chapman, Taylor, and Wood, 2012). Here we describe the categorization of 97 patient safety issues reported to IPS between October 1st 2013 and September 30th 2014. We highlight: (1) how categorization can contribute to the risk assessment process, (2) which error types were most frequently found, and (3) how these results suggest the categories and our issue analysis process can be refined.
Validity and clinical utility of the Personal Care - Participation Assessment and Resource Tool (PC-PART)

Background. Evidence supports validity of the Personal Care-Participation Assessment and Resource Tool (PC-PART) but clinical utility remains unverified. Purpose. Investigate occupational therapists’ perceptions about the PC-PART’s clinical utility for inpatient rehabilitation. Method. Using mixed methods, occupational therapists who had used the PC-PART as part of a research study in an inpatient rehabilitation setting completed a questionnaire (n=9) and participated in a focus group (n=6) to explore their perspectives about its clinical utility. Quantitative data were summarised and qualitative data analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Findings. Quantitative data highlighted both positive and negative aspects of the PC-PART’s clinical utility. Five themes emerged from the qualitative data: nature of information gathered; familiarity with the instrument; perceived time and effort; item phrasing, interpretation and presentation; and external influences on clinical use. Implications. The PC-PART was perceived to support gathering of clinically useful information, helpful to intervention and discharge planning. Recommendations for improving some item phrasing, operational definitions, and instructions were identified. Although
Boosting young EFL students’ speaking through game activities

English is treated as a foreign language in Indonesia. The language is introduced to students in public schools from Grade 7. This qualitative study investigated English teachers’ efforts in using game activities in teaching speaking and the problems faced in its implementation to EFL (English as a Foreign Langauge) young learners, aged 12-13 years old, at a public middle school in Banda Aceh. Two English teachers from two classes of Grade 7 students were audio-recorded and observed while teaching, and further given a questionnaire. The findings found that both teachers used game activities in their classes. Problems faced by the teachers in implementing these activities revolved around their preparation, class participation and class management. The discussion is elaborated in the paper. The study suggests that well-planned preparation, better class management and a focus more on the students’ participation are needed to reduce difficulty in carrying out these activities in large class sizes.
Equivalent 3-Level PWM: An Improved Technique to Reduce Torque Ripple in DI-WRIM Analyzed as DI-OWIM

In the supersynchronous mode of double-inverter-fed wound rotor induction machine (DI-WRIM) drive, torque ripple is dependent on the sum of the quadrature (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$q$</tex-math></inline-formula>) axis stator and rotor flux ripples (termed as overall flux ripple). Therefore, in the existing method, the torque ripple is reduced by merely changing the slope of one of the flux ripples such that their sum is reduced. However, the torque ripple can be further reduced, as the overall flux ripple in DI-WRIM resembles the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$q$</tex-math></inline-formula>-axis stator flux ripple of a double-inverter-fed open-end winding induction machine which is generally analyzed as a three-level neutral-point-clamped inverter fed squirrel cage induction machine (SQIM) (3L-SQIM) drive. Thus, in this article, the stator and rotor voltage source inverters are switched together and the resemblance is explored to develop stator–rotor pulsewidth modulation (PWM) combinations, such that the overall flux ripple is equivalent to the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$q$</tex-math></inline-formula>-axis flux ripple of 3L-SQIM. The effect of phase shift between the stator and rotor voltage vectors on torque ripple is analyzed and a hybrid PWM combination is also proposed to minimize the same. The reduction in torque ripple, with the proposed combinations, is validated in terms of the estimated instantaneous and RMS torque ripples. The simulation and experimental results further validate this reduction.
Coping With Tragedy via Reflected Glory: How the Houston Astros’ World Series Win Contributed to Locals’ Process of Overcoming Hurricane Harvey

This study investigates the effects of the Houston Astros’ first World Series win on locals who were affected by the natural disaster, Hurricane Harvey. Approaching the topic to understand whether organizational identification has similar positive outcomes to basking in reflected glory, this study specifically measures whether Houston residents were able to cope better and whether their meaning in life increased. After distributing surveys to Houston residents who reported being impacted by the hurricane, the findings indicated stronger organizational identification with the Houston Astros led to stronger reflected glory. Additionally, fans who felt reflected glory were more able to cope with tragedy, and self-efficacy toward overcoming the disaster partially contributed to this relationship. Lastly, fans who coped with the disaster felt a greater meaning in life. Theoretically, our study makes new connections between organizational identity and reflected glory, while tying reflected glory to coping outcomes. The relationship between coping and meaning in life is also explored. Our findings demonstrate how a city hit by tragedy could potentially see positive outcomes when their local professional team achieves major successes, such as winning the World Series.
A regulatory protein that represses sporulation in Clostridioides difficile

Bacteria that reside in the gastrointestinal tract of healthy humans are essential for our health, sustenance and well-being. About 50 to 60% of those bacteria have the ability to produce resilient spores, important for the life cycle in the gut and for host-to-host transmission. A genomic signature for sporulation in the human intestine was recently described, which spans both commensals and pathogens such as Clostridioides difficile, and contains several genes of unknown function. We report on the characterization of a signature gene, csiA, which, as we show, is involved in the control of sporulation initiation in C. difficile. Spo0A is the main regulatory protein controlling entry into sporulation and we show that an in-frame deletion of csiA results in increased sporulation, and increased expression of spo0A per cell. Spo0A also drives transcription of the spoIIA and spoIIG operons, coding for the first forespore-(σF) and mother cell-specific (σE) RNA polymerase sigma factors. Strikingly, deletion of csiA increases expression of the spoIIG operon, but not that of the spoIIA operon. Increased expression of spoIIG results in increased production and proteolytic activation of pro-σE, suggesting that normally, the levels of active σE are limiting for sporulation. While other regulatory proteins affect both sporulation and several processes during the transition phase of growth, including toxin production or motility, deletion of the csiA gene does not alter the expression of the genes coding for the TcdA and TcdB cytotoxins or the genes involved in motility. Thus, our results establish that CsiA acts to modulate sporulation by reducing expression of the spo0A gene.
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) combined with chemotherapy for locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

361 Background: The role of conventionally fractionated radiation therapy in the management of locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) is controversial. One concern about concurrent chemoradiation relates to the timing of systemic chemotherapy. In contrast to conventional radiation therapy, SBRT delivers high doses in a shorter duration resulting in minimal disruption in chemotherapy. Here we report our results of patients treated with SBRT and chemotherapy for LAPC. Methods: Twenty-seven patients treated with SBRT for LAPC at our institution from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2012 were included in this retrospective analysis. Treatment was delivered in 5 fractions of 5 or 6 Gy per fraction in one week. The PTV included the pancreatic mass plus adjacent vasculature in most patients. The majority of patients received concurrent chemotherapy. Median time from diagnosis to SBRT was 1.9 months. Toxicities were scored using the CTCAE v.3. Survival was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: The .
Data mining powered by the gene ontology

The gene ontology (GO) is a widely used resource for describing molecular functions, biological processes, and cellular components of gene products. Since its inception in 2006, the GO has been used to describe millions of gene products resulting in a massive data store of over 6 million annotations. The staggering amount of data that has resulted from annotating gene products with GO terms has led the way and opened new avenues for a wide variety of large‐scale computational analyses. Specifically, a variety of data mining techniques such as association rule mining, clustering etc. have been applied successfully to a range of biological applications. This article provides a review of four data mining applications/techniques for GO data mining gene expression data, association rule mining, clustering, and text mining and highlights future directions in each of these areas.
Move Confirmation and Teaching Strategy Identification of English Student-Teachers’ Lesson Plans in the Philippines: A Rhetorical Framework for Novice Teachers

Lesson planning is one of the most important skills of a teacher in the Philippines. The Department of Education (DepEd) mandates that a teacher is not allowed to teach without a lesson plan. Hence, all the Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) ensure that every education student can produce well-planned lessons even before the Teaching Internship course. Despite its relevance, no one has attempted to investigate the lesson plan structure using move analysis. Moreover, a preliminary survey reveals that many of the English student-teachers find it difficult to produce lesson plans. Therefore, this study explored 22 Detailed Lesson Plans (DLPs) produced by English student-teacher graduates of a TEI through move confirmation and teaching strategy identification, which are based on the 5-part lesson plan structure prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the student-teachers. The study is anchored on Swalesean genre analysis that combines rhetoric and linguistics to explain genre as grounded in shared communicative purposes and discoverable through text analysis. Based on the analysis, the five parts or moves were confirmed with their constituent teaching strategies and teaching strategy cycle identified. The findings may provide TEI teachers with insight into effective instructional strategies to help students acquire pragmatic knowledge of the rhetorical structure of lesson plans. A Lesson Plan Framework for English novice teachers is proposed as a guide to offer a frame for structuring their planning of the lessons and a pool of words that can help them in writing the lesson plans. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18. 12.10