Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predictors of Reputation Through University Social Responsibility Practices in a Malaysian Private University: The Customer’s Perspective

Social responsibility has emerged tremendously as an important field of study in the past decades. Institutions today have realised the significance of being ethical in their operations in order to attract various stakeholders, especially the customers. However, majority of the past studies on social responsibility mainly focus on big corporations, while the influence of social responsibility practices in university remains understudied. The purpose of this study was to examine the predicting factors of University Social Responsibility (USR) practices and reputation from the students’ viewpoint on one of the private higher educational institutions in Malaysia. A survey method was employed using multistage sampling. Questionnaires were distributed and generating 400 valid responses. The data were then analysed using Pearson-Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression test (enter method) through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. Based on the findings, all the seven USR dimension, namely operational responsibility, stakeholder’s (student) responsibility, university-firm relationship, legal responsibility, environmental values, philanthropy responsibility, and community engagement yielded positive and moderate relationships with reputation. In addition, multiple regression analysis showed that operational responsibility, university-firm relationship, legal responsibility, philanthropy responsibility, and community engagement were the significant predicting factors that can enhance reputation in the current context. Conclusion, limitations of the study, implications of the findings, and suggestions for future study are also discussed. Keywords: Reputation, education industry, sustainability, customer, university social responsibility.
Development of power qualities of cadets of Ukrainian higher military educational institutions during kettlebell lifting training

Background: The influence of kettlebell lifting training on the development of cadets’ power qualities during studies at Ukrainian higher military educational institutions is examined in the article. Also, a comparative analysis of the development of cadets’ power qualities depending on their sports qualification in kettlebell lifting is conducted. Material and methods: The investigation of the development of cadets’ power qualities was conducted according to the following tests: bar pull-ups, bar pullover, bar muscle up, parallel bars dips, complex power exercise, L-sit on parallel bars, holding the body in a horizontal position, back squat, bench press and barbell deadlift. Results: ‪A reliably better level of the development of power qualities of cadets who were involved in kettlebell lifting training during studies was found in comparison with cadets who were involved in the current system of physical training, which proves the efficiency of kettlebell lifting exercises concerning the formation of graduates’ physical preparation for professional activity. Conclusions: ‪The research shows a necessity to implement kettlebell lifting to the physical training of cadets who are the future Ukrainian Armed Forces’ officers in order to ensure high efficiency of their future professional activity.
Influence of Environmental Turbulence on Firm Performance: A Case of East African Breweries Limited

iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . vi LIST OF TABLES . ix LIST OF FIGURES . x ABBREVIATION AND ACRONYMS . xi CHAPTER ONE . 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION.1 1.1 Background of the Study . 1 1.2 Problem Statement . 5 1.3 General Objective . 6 1.4 Specific Objectives . 6 1.5 Significance of the Study . 6 1.6 Scope of the Study . 7 1.7 Definitions of Terms . 8 1.8 Chapter Summary . 8 CHAPTER TWO . 10 2.0. LITERATURE REVIEW . 10 2.
Measurement of Wheel Wander Under Live Traffic Conditions

A critical parameter to measure for any type of pavement structural analysis is the precise location of the applied load. Under live traffic conditions the placement is random (termed wheel wander) and is important to characterize since it defines the transverse location and severity of pavement distress. As more test roads are built with embedded instrumentation to support the calibration and implementation of mechanistic-empirical (M-E) pavement design, the load placement relative to the instrumentation must be determined. Also, it is necessary to assess whether the wheel wander under test conditions is representative of open-access facilities. In this research, a lateral-position measurement system, comprised of independent axle sensing strips, was installed at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) Test Track to measure wheel wander of the traffic. The Test Track is a 1.7 mile (2.7 kilometer) cooperative research test road trafficked by five tractor-trailers operated by ten drivers over two shifts per day. This paper details the lateral-position measurement system, the installation process, the calibration process and the algorithms to compute lateral offset. Data collected over two trucking shifts are presented, comprised of over 3,000 axle passes, and indicate a normal distribution of wheel wander at the Test Track having a standard deviation of 8.6 in. (21.8 cm), consistent with measurements made at openaccess facilities.
Sports career termination in football players: systematic review

espanolEl objetivo de este articulo es caracterizar el retiro profesional deportivo en los jugadores de futbol. Se realizo una busqueda sistematica de la literatura disponible basada en el metodo PRISMA. Entre todas las publicaciones, se seleccionaron ocho que cumplian con los criterios de inclusion. Los resultados demuestran que los exjugadores de futbol terminan su actividad profesional entre los 31 y los 35 anos, la duracion de su recorrido profesional fue entre 8 a 11 anos, y su nivel de escolaridad es el de ensenanza secundaria. Con respecto a la calidad del abandono fue reportado casi siempre el retiro voluntario, en especial debido a la edad y con problemas psicologicos o sociales asociados. Se han encontrado muy pocos datos con relacion a los recursos disponibles, destacandose, aun asi, estrategias de coping a traves del auxilio de la familia y amigos, y el desarrollo de una profesion conectada con el deporte. Solo uno de los estudios revelo la existencia de un programa de auxilio al retiro de la profesion deportiva. EnglishThis article aimed to characterize the termination of the sports career in football players. A systematic literature search was performed according to the PRISMA method. From all the publications, eight were selected that fulfilled all the inclusion criteria. The results revealed that, in general, the former football players finish their career between the ages of 31 and 35, reported a career span between eight and eleven years, and secondary education level. Regarding the quality of retirement, it was reported that voluntary retirement was mainly due to age and associated with psychological and social problems. Few data were reported regarding the available resources, highlighting, however, coping strategies through support from family and friends, and players maintain a career linked to sports. Only one study revealed the existence of a program to support the retirement of a sports career. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] portuguesEste artigo teve como objetivo caraterizar o abandono da carreira desportiva de jogadores de futebol. Para tal, foi realizada uma revisao sistematica de acordo com o metodo PRISMA. De todas as publicacoes, foram selecionadas oito que cumpriam com todos os criterios de inclusao. Os resultados revelaram que, em geral, os jogadores de futebol terminam a sua carreira entre os 31 e os 35 anos, a sua carreira tem uma duracao compreendida entre oito e onze anos, e o seu nivel de educacao predominante e o ensino secundario. Em relacao a qualidade de abandono foi reportado sobretudo o abandono voluntario, devido a idade estando associados problemas psicologicos e sociais. Foram reportados poucos dados relativos aos recursos disponiveis, salientando-se estrategias de coping atraves de suporte familia e de amigos, e o desenvolvimento de uma carreira ligada ao desporto. Apenas um estudo revelou a existencia de um programa de suporte ao abandono da carreira desportiva.
Emotional Intelligence, Anxiety and Aggression as Predictors of Destructive Behaviour and Offences of Teenagers

The results of research on emotional intelligence and personal characteristics of teenagers under suspended sentence are considered in the article. The purpose of research: studying of emotional intelligence level and comparison of aggression and anxiety between teenagers under suspended sentence and law-abiding teenagers. Methods of research: Bass – Darki test (BDI) for evaluation of aggression and animosity; questionnaire of Spielberger-Khanin (STАI) for evaluation of situational and personal anxiety; EIS test (Hall) for studying emotional intelligence level. It is shown, that the comparative analysis has revealed authentic distinctions of all parameters using EIS technique, parameters of situational and personal anxiety using STAI technique, indirect aggression and feeling of fault using BDI questionnaire among teenagers under suspended sentence and law-abiding teenagers. The correlation analysis revealed that the more aggressive a teenager under suspended sentence is, the lower his/her emotional intelligence, self-motivation and emotional awareness are, and as a result, the worse he/she distinguishes emotions of other people. The revealed significant interrelations between personal characteristics, emotional intelligence and aggression have shown that it is possible to control animosity and aggression of teenagers under suspended sentence if their self-motivation and emotional awareness are raised. The psychological status of teenagers under suspended sentence shows directions for psych corrective work with them which should include, besides individual consultations, group work to decrease aggression, situational and personal anxiety and, what is the most important, to form emotional competence.
Factors affecting mobile banking adoption: An empirical study in Gwalior region

The aim of this study is to examine the factors that influence customers to adopt mobile banking. Going through the previous literature, four determinant factors have been identified. Individual variables are evaluated using a five-point Likert scale. Self-administered quantitative questionnaires were distributed, targeting the respondents in the Gwalior region, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, using the primary data collection method. A quantitative research technique was utilised for this exploration. A pilot investigation of 20 respondents was led to confirm the reliability of the questionnaire. Data was analysed using regression tests. The outcomes of this investigation resulted in the conclusion that perceived utility, perceived convenience, and perceived trust have a positive impact on the behavioural intention to adopt mobile banking, whereas perceived financial costs were found to be insignificant. The paper concludes with a discussion of the exploration results and draws out a few implications for future research.
DETERMINATION OF MEFENAMIC ACID IN A TOPICAL EMULGEL BY A VALIDATED HPLC METHOD

Objective: The present study is aimed to develop and validate a simple, precise and accurate high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method, according to ASEAN guideline for the validation of the analytical procedure, for the determination of mefenamic acid in a topical emulgel preparation. Methods: An emulgel of 1 % mefenamic acid was prepared using carbopol 940 as a gelling agent and cremophor EL as an emulsifying agent. It was diluted with ethanol to make a sample concentration of 200 mg/ml. The method used a C18 column (5 µm; 250 x 4.6 mm) with the mobile phase, consisting of acetonitrile, acetic acid, and water in a ratio of 75:1:24. The column was maintained at 25 °C. The flow rate was 1 ml/min and the injection volume was 10 ml. The peak response was monitored by UV at 282 nm. It was validated for specificity, range, linearity, precision, accuracy, limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ). In addition, forced degradation (hydrolysis, oxidation and dry heat) was performed to determine the capability of the proposed method to analyze the chemical stability of the drug samples during storage. Results: The method was specific to the drug while other excipients did not interfere with the quantitation of mefenamic acid. It was linear in the concentration range of 1.29 to 806 mg/ml. LOD and LOQ were 4.88 and 14.78 mg/ml, respectively. Accuracy of the method was demonstrated by recovery experiments on the synthetic mixture method and the mean percent recovery was 101.10±1.56. Repeatability and intermediate precision were rugged with %RSD values of 1.30 and 1.07, respectively. The method could separate mefenamic acid from other degradation products of forced degradation. Conclusion: The HPLC method presented herein is simple, accurate, sensitive and reproducible for the determination of mefenamic acid in an emulgel. It is served as a stability-indicating method and can be used for the analysis of the drug during product development and stability studies.
Superstitious behavior: The invincible and invisible phenomenon in female basketball sports

The present study was aimed to identify the role of Superstitious Behavior in performance of basketball players. For this purpose of selection of the subjects around N=250 Female Basketball Players of 20-30 years of age group were chosen to acts as subjects. The entire group of players were further sliced into three group which include (N1= 50 International Basketball Players; N2= 100 Senior National level Basketball Players and N3= 100 All India Inter-university level Basketball Players). The major aim of this sampling technique was to formulate the objectives of the study. One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were employed to compare the three groups of Basketball Players. Where ‘F’ values were found significant, Scheffe Post-hoc test were applied to find out the direction and degree of difference. For testing the hypotheses, the level of significance was set at 0.05. In a nutshell it can be said that from the findings that significant differences were found among Female International Basketball Players, Senior National Basketball Players and All India Interuniversity Basketball Players on the sub-variables; Fetish, Preparation, Team Ritual, Coach and Superstitious Behaviour (Total) (p<0.05). However, no significant differences were found with regard to the sub-variables; Clothing & Appearance, Game/Competition and Prayer (p>0.05).
Uncommon Word Order of Yoda in Star Wars Movie Series: A Syntactic Analysis

This paper analyzes Yoda’s syntax order to discover the word order which occurs in his speeches and the factors affecting his preferred syntax. Data were collected from Yoda’s utterances in George Lucas’ Star Wars saga. Yoda, who speaks English, expresses his thoughts in an unusual structure which might not be recognized by the existing rules of syntax. Instead of speaking in the traditional Subject-Verb-Object syntax, Yoda speaks in Object-Subject-Verb and Verb-Object-Subject syntax. This study employs content analysis, diving into seven Star Wars movies from the Saga. Out of 169 sentences Yoda uttered, the researchers discovered three factors affecting his preference to use the unusual syntax, namely Yoda’s origin, personality and traits, and power and abilities.
Nutritional and Dietary Interventions of Autistic Spectrum Disorders: A Short Review

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition of heterogeneous etiology, categorized by social communication deficits, repetitive or restrictive behaviors and interests. Epidemiological studies display that the incidence of autism is increasing, and the treatment of autism is vitally important. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to reorganize evidence on the effectiveness of vitamins, minerals, essential Fatty Acid, and a Gluten-Free and Casein-Free (GFCF) diet as a treatment for children with ASD. The existing nutrition and dietary therapies have been lectured and their effects on ASD symptoms have been discussed briefly considering specific research. Reviewing the studies showed that nutritional and dietary therapies improved the core symptoms of ASD. This review article investigates the importance of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and GFCF diet and the recent studies suggested that nutrition and dietary supplements may play an active role in improving symptoms of ASD.
Chinese University Students’ Perceptions of teacher Code-switching in EFL Speaking Classrooms

While research on students’ perceptions of code-switching in EFL classrooms has proliferated over the past several decades, limited research has been conducted to understand students’ perceptions with different levels of language proficiency in English. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data collected from students with different English proficiency levels, the present research reports students’ perceptions of teacher code-switching in EFL speaking classrooms in Chinese tertiary context. The quantitative data collected from questionnaires show that students do not favor total immersion. Students believe that English should be the medium of instruction for activities and their opinions show mixed results under the circumstances of teaching grammar and usage of English. Mixed opinions are also found in terms of teacher switching to Chinese to give administrative information and test information. The qualitative data in the questionnaire suggest that students prefer Chinese teacher of English owning to better understanding, and they attribute their levels of English as the deciding factor of their preferences. No statistical differences achieved regarding the perceptions from Level One and Level Two students. Findings suggest that the systematic and effective use of learner’s L1 is beneficial for language teaching in speaking classrooms, and L1 can be regarded as a powerful tool to develop effective teaching approaches for English language teachers.
University of Birmingham Endometrial pathology in recurrent postmenopausal bleeding

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Ordering Disconnected Watershed Digital Stream Networks with Developing an Object Oriented Model in GIS Environment

The Watershed stream network is a collection of stream and water courses that is responsible to conduct and to drain surface water flows in a watershed. These spatial data have very important roles in a watershed and are used for estimation and calculation of physical parameters of watersheds as well as soil erosion and runoff. One of the watershed physical parameters is bifurcation ratio, which shows the amount of elongation and roundness of watersheds. In general, the bifurcation rate is one of the criteria used to evaluate watershed flood hydrograph pattern which is calculated based on an ordered stream network. Disconnected stream networks are a serious obstacle in ordering watersheds stream network. These digital spatial data layers, prepared in different formats and scales, often have deficiencies in their topology structures (disconnection of stream networks and inaccurate coincidence with watershed flow direction pattern). These deficiencies make problems in calculation of watershed parameters e.g. stream length, stream ordering, stream density, bifurcation ratio and so on. On the other hand, current built-in GIS functions are not able to correct them accurately. In the present research, in the GIS environment, using ESRI ArcObjects, a new model has been designed and developed which is capable of solving the problems of watersheds stream network. In Summary, a new stream network is produced with the model in which no additional stream is constructed but original disconnected streams and their wrong flow directions are precisely corrected and this new stream network later can be used to the watershed stream ordering.
THE EFFECT OF WHEAT BRAN ADDED TO CANOLA SILAGE ON FEED VALUE AND IN VITRO ORGANIC MATTER DIGESTIBILITY

This study was carried out to determine the effect of wheat bran as added to canola silage on the fermentation and in vitro organic matter digestibility. Canola was harvested and ensiled with 5% and 10% wheat bran in glass silos. With each treatment three parallel investigations were performed. Chemical, microbiological analyses and in vitro cellulase method were conducted on the silage which was opened on the 60th day of storage. According to the analysis of the control, 5% and 10% wheat bran treatments, crude protein reached 14.31%, 14.71% and 15.66%; ammonia-nitrogen reached 91.53, 85.43 and 85.34 g/kg TN; metabolisable energy reached 7.94, 8.27 and 8.51 MJ/kg KM; while organic matter digestibility was 61.45%, 63.93% and 62.92%, respectively. In conclusion, addition of wheat bran can increase dry matter content of canola silage.
Preparation and adsorption properties of iron and manganese modified N-doping mesoporous carbon from waste biomass

The iron and manganese modified mesoporous carbon (MC-Fe, MC-Mn and MC-Fe/Mn) was prepared from waste biomass with nitrogen-doping assistance. The modified MCs were characterized by BET, XRD, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. It was found that the introduction of nitrogen on MCs restrained the pore plugging caused by metals doping, and its BET surface area and total pores volume were around 1,200 m2/g and 1.00 cm3/g, respectively, because nitrogen could facilitate the dispersion of metals on MC evenly. The introduction of Fe might promote the formation of –O–CH3 while Mn might contribute to the formation of the C=O functional group on the surface of MCs. The adsorption results show that the adsorption capacities of modified MCs toward methylene blue (MB) were enhanced evidently by the introduction of Fe and/or Mn, which was increased from 911 to 1,030 mg/g. The higher adsorption capacity of MB could be attributed to the unchanged porous structure, metal active adsorption sites and modified surface chemistry on modified MCs.