Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies and verbal reasoning: Possible Relationships

Abstract This article aimed to analyze the level of reading comprehension in elementary school students; to verify differences between school years for the Cloze test; investigate possible relationships between reading comprehension, learning strategies and verbal reasoning, and verifying whether verbal reasoning can predict the other variables. The participants were 470 students from grades 2 to 9 from the public network of a city in the north of Paraná, who answered the Cloze test and the Assessment Scale of Learning Strategies. Of the total sample, 45 students were selected to respond to the Wechsler Scale Verbal Scale of Abbreviated Intelligence. The sample presented a level of independent reading comprehension, and significant differences were found among students of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th years in comparison to the other school years. Statistically significant and positive correlations were obtained between the constructs, and the verbal reasoning showed to predict the other variables.
Glossing Over: How Magazine Fact Checkers Use Conditional Self-Presentation to Straddle Glamour and Dreariness in Their Work

In this paper, we introduce the concept of Glossy Work, work that has a glamorous patina but that is mundane and unfulfilling in actuality. We studied people employed as magazine fact checkers, who exemplify Glossy Work, specifically examining how they balance these discrepant aspects of the job in presenting their work to others. We found that fact checkers use conditional presentation to modulate their portrayal of the work according to audience members’ knowledge of their job’s secret taint and the nature of presenter’s relationship to that audience. Presentations ranged from full disclosure of the positives and negatives to deliberate attempts to reframe the presentation around interpersonal characteristics rather than the job to unfettered job enhancement. We discuss implications for theory on job- and self-presentation and on identity congruence.
Size-Related Risk Premiums

This paper theoretically links the stock characteristics size and value to risks. The size premium arises – and spans the value premium – exclusively for portfolios formed in high market price of risk states. This is when the cross-sectional differences in risk premiums dominate the differences in expected cash flows connecting size and risk. Otherwise, value links better to the same risks, as it scales size by a proxy for expected cash flows. The hypothesis that value and size are (constant) risk proxies is formally rejected in the data, challenging the use of size-related portfolios as risk factors along with several strands of the literature based on this hypothesis.
Supercooled liquids : advances and novel applications

INTRODUCTION 1. A Brief Introduction to Supercooled Liquids OVERVIEW 2. The Viscous-Liquid Glassy-Solid Problem THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS 3. The Mode-Coupling Theory of the Glass Transition 4. Basic Physics of the Coupling Model: Direct Experimental Evidences 5. Frustration-Limited Domain Theory of Supercooled Liquids and the Glass Transition 6. Soft Modes in Glass-Forming Liquids: The Role of Local Stress 7. Entropic Approach to Relaxation Behavior in Glass-Forming Liquids 8. The Replica Approach to Glasses 9. Growing Length Scales in Supercooled Liquids 10. Shear Viscosity and Diffusion in Supercooled Liquids 11. Phase Separation in Silicate Melts: Limits of Solubilities EXPERIMENTAL ADVANCES IN SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS 12. Higher Order Time-Correlation Functions from Fluctuating Energy Landscape Models: Comparison with Reduced Four-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy 13. High-Frequency Dielectric Spectroscopy of Glass-Forming Liquids 14. Structural Relaxation of Supercooled Liquids from Impulsive Stimulated Light Scattering 15. Multiple Time Scales in the Nonpolar Solvation Dynamics of Supercooled Liquids POLYAMORPHISM AND SUPERCOOLED WATER 16. Polyamorphic Transitions in Network-Forming Liquids and Glasses 17. Facts and Speculation Concerning Low-Temperature Polymorphism in Glass Formers 18. Phase Diagram for Supercooled Water and Liquid-Liquid Transition 19. The Liquid-Liquid Critical-Point Hypothesis 20. Slow Dynamics in a Model and Real Supercooled Water 21. Raman Evidence for the Clathrate-like Structure of Highly Supercooled Water NOVEL APPLICATIONS: SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS AND PROTEIN DYNAMICS 22. Cold Denaturation of Proteins 23. Vibrational Echo Studies of Heme-Protein Dynamics
Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling in Low Dimensional Systems Investigated by Static and Time-Resolved ARPES

Keywords: Angle- and time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy ; spin orbit coupling ; surface states ; topological insulators ; bismuth tellurohalide ; reduced dimensionality These Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne EPFL, n° 5602 (2013)Programme doctoral PhysiqueFaculte des sciences de baseInstitut de physique de la matiere condenseeLaboratoire de science a l'echelle nanometriqueJury: G. Meylan (president), C.R. Ast, F. Carbone, J.H. Dil Public defense: 2013-1-31 Reference doi:10.5075/epfl-thesis-5602Print copy in library catalog Record created on 2013-01-28, modified on 2017-05-12
Understanding the origins of metastability in thin film growth; tantalum and the early group VB-VIB metals

UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGINS OF METASTABILITY IN THIN FILM GROWTH; TANTALUM AND THE EARLY GROUP VB-VIB METALS by Neme Okechukwu Nnolim Tantalum (Ta) is a metal that is highly prized for its applications in a variety of industries, including the microelectronics industry, where it is largely used in thin film modifications in order to achieve various electronic, magnetic and structural capabilities in solid-state devices. Ta frequently forms metastable phases, including the well-known 0-phase, during the preparation of thin Ta films by standard film deposition methods such as sputtering and electro-deposition. In order to gain insight into Ta metastable phase formation, the Bain transformation mechanism is studied for Ta and the neighboring body centered cubic (bcc) transition metals in Groups 5 and 6 of the Periodic Table, resulting in the prediction of hypothetical body centered tetragonal (bct) and face centered cubic (fcc) phases for all the studied metals at c/a ratios greater than 1.6 and equal to NE respectively. Density Functional Theory (DFT) in the Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (LAPW) formalism and the Lowest Order Variational Approximation (LOVA) for the solution of the Boltzmann transport equation have been used to calculate the temperature dependent resistivity for the studied metals and reveal that substrate-induced film strain is not by itself sufficient to cause the formation of 0-Ta. Fermi surface calculations of the mean electron velocity in the proposed P42/mnm structure of 13-Ta suggest that the high values of resistivity frequently measured for 13-Ta are not an intrinsic property. UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGINS OF METASTABILITY IN THIN FILM GROWTH; TANTALUM AND THE EARLY GROUP VB-VIB METALS by Neme Okechukwu Nnolim A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Physics Federated Physics Department
Beneficial role of Panax ginseng root aqueous extract against Cisplatin induced blood toxicity in rats

Cisplatin is a water-soluble planar member of the platinum coordination complex class of anticancer drugs. The Current work aimed to study the effects of Ginseng extract against blood toxicity induced by Cisplatin in rats. A total 60 male albino rats were equally divided into six groups; the first and second groups were the control and ginseng groups respectively while the 3rd group was Cisplatin rat group; the 4th and 5th groups were Co- and post treated Cisplatin rat with ginseng respectively and the 6th group was Cisplatin self treated rat group. A significant increase in serum cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, GPT, GOT, urea, creatinine, uric acids and MDA levels in Cisplatin group when compared with control group, in contrast, a significant decrease in HDl, calcium, potassium, albumin, GSH, catalase and total protein levels in Cisplatin group when compared with control group. Treatment of Cisplatin with ginseng improved the blood toxicity induced by Cisplatin. We can conclude that Co-treatment with ginseng has beneficial properties and can reduce the blood toxicity induced by Cisplatin.
High temperature glass melt property database for process modeling

Commercial and Statistically Designed Glass Composition (T. Vascott and T.P. Seward III). Gas Solubility and Water Diffusion in Glasses and Melts of Commercial Compositions (J.E. Shelby). Water Diffusion (J.E. Shelby). Solubility and Diffusion of SO3 in Soda-Lime-Silicate Glass Melts at High Temperatures (O.A. Prokhorenko). Radiative Thermal Conductivity of Melts (O.A. Prokhorenko). The Measurement of the Density and Surface Tension of Glass Melts Using the Sessile Drop Method (A.G. Clare, A. Kucuk, D.R. Wing, and L.E. Jones). Viscosity of Commercial Glasses (A. Fluegel, A.K. Varshneya, J.E. Shelby, P. Hrma, C.A. See, O.P. Lam, K.B.C. Minister). High-Temperature Viscosity of Commercial Glasses (P. Hrma, C.A. See, O.P. Lam, K.B.C. Minister). Parallel Plate Viscometry (A. Fluegel and A.K. Varshneya). Transformation Range Viscosity Measurements (J.E. Shelby). Electrical Resistivity (A.K. Varshneya, T. Vascott, R. Karuppanan and J.M. Jones). Statistical Analysis of Viscosity, Electrical Resistivity, and Further Glass Melt Properties (A. Fluegel, D.A. Earl, A.K. Varshneya and D. Oksoy). Summary (T.P. Seward III). Appendix I. Glass Properties (J.E. Shelby). Appendix II. Glass Compositions in Mol %. Appendix III. Units, Conversions, and Molecular Weights.
A Study on Self-Efficacy of Male Postgraduate Students

Postgraduate male students are on the verge of entering a new life of independence. They encounter numerous life-altering incidents where they require a belief in their own abilities. They deal with these situations in accordance to their self-efficacy belief, which may be determined by other variables as well. This requires a farther deliberation into the factors. The present study focused on the effects of resilience, mindfulness, helping attitude and different factors of personality on self-efficacy of 100 male post graduate students. Pertinent statistical analyses of data like Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation of Coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis (SMRA) were done using SPSS 16.0. Results supported the existence of a significant correlation between self-efficacy of male postgraduate students and the following variables- resilience, mindfulness, helping attitude at 0.05 level and openness to experience at 0.01 level. Findings confirm that increase in resilience, mindfulness, helping attitude and openness to experience leads to the rise in self-efficacy scores of male postgraduate students. Resilience was found to be a contributing factor to the self-efficacy of male post graduate students in the present study.
Electrolytic and Oxidative Stress Profile of Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients in Cameroon: The Effect of Some Extrinsic Factors

Sickle cell anaemia is a hereditary blood disease characterized by the presence of haemoglobin S in red blood cells. It affects over 2 million people in Cameroon. Haemoglobin S can induce the oxidative stress and changes in electrolyte level in patients. The aim of this study was to measure Original Research Article Bernard et al.; AHRJ, 1(1): 1-11, 2018; Article no.AHRJ. 39736 2 the serum electrolytes Ca, Mg, K, P, Fe, Zn, Cu, Se and certain stress markers (Malondialdehyde , FRAP and catalase) in sickle cell patients. Forty SS patients and forty AA individuals (control) were selected and given questionnaires to gather information on their demographic characteristics, health states and eating habits. The Ca, Mg, K, P, Fe, Zn, Cu and Se elements as well as certain stress markers were assessed in their serum using the atomic absorption spectrophotometry and colorimetric methods respectively. The results obtained showed that SS patients present a deficiency in micronutrients and a high state of stress. The regular consumption of foods such as fish, milk and rice by sickle cell patients significantly increased the normal rate of electrolytes. On the contrary, hyperthermia, intense sport and alcohol consumption lowered their normal rate. Conclusively, the assessment of electrolyte levels and oxidative stress should be taken into consideration in the management of sickle cell disease.
Momentum Ignition Price Manipulation and Pricing Mechanisms

This study establishes that a uniform-price mechanism is superior to a discriminatory-price mechanism for preventing momentum ignition price manipulation (MIPM). I consider a model in which a single speculator trades with multiple dealers. They can make a profit by exploiting "momentum'' traders, which I refer to as MIPM if its existence is common knowledge among them. However, if there is a lack of common knowledge about the existence of momentum traders, price mechanisms matter for preventing MIPM. Under the uniform-price mechanism, there is no MIPM Bayes-Nash equilibrium when there are a sufficient number of dealers, whereas under a discriminatory-price mechanism, an MIPM equilibrium exists regardless of the number of dealers.
Salicylic acid‐enhanced biosynthesis of pharmacologically important lignans and neo lignans in cell suspension culture of Linum ussitatsimum L

Linum usitatsimum L. (flax) is a perennial herb with magnitude of medicinal and commercial applications. In the present study, we investigated the effects of salicylic acid (SA) on biosynthesis of lignans (secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) and lariciresinol diglucoside (LDG)) and neolignans (dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol glucoside (DCG) and guaiacylglycerol‐β‐coniferyl alcohol ether glucoside (GGCG)) in cell cultures of flax. Moderate concentration of SA (50 μM) enhanced biomass accumulation (10.98 g/L dry weight (DW)), total phenolic content (37.81 mg/g DW), and antioxidant potential (87.23%) to two‐fold than their respective controls after 72 h of exposure. However, higher levels of total flavonoid content (5.32 mg/g DW) were noted after 48 h of exposure to 50 μM of SA. HPLC analyses revealed that 50 μM SA, significantly enhanced biosynthesis of SDG (7.95 mg/g DW), LDG (7.52 mg/g DW), DCG (54.90 mg/g DW), and GGCG (16.78 mg/g DW), which was almost 2.7, 1.8, 3.88, and 3.98 fold higher than their respective controls after 72 h of exposure time, respectively. These results indicated that moderate concentrations of SA had significant effects on biosynthesis and productivity of lignans and neolignans in cell culture of L. usitatissimum.
A review of the genus Melissiodon (Cricetidae, Rodentia) in the Vallés-Penedès Basin (Catalonia)

ABSTRACT Melissiodon is a plesiomorphic cricetid genus characterized by its unique molar morphology, defined by many pits surrounded by thin and high ridges. This genus is endemic to Europe and ranges from the early Oligocene to the early Miocene. However, it is generally rare in rodent assemblages, particularly during the Miocene, rich samples only being available from a few German sites. Here we review all the Melissiodon material from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Catalonia, Spain). This genus is present in several early Miocene sites ranging from biozone MN3 to MN4, but the scarcity of the material has precluded confident taxonomic assignments. Furthermore, the validity of Melissiodon arambourgi, a species based on a single specimen from the Vallès-Penedès site of el Fallol, has been questioned. After recent field campaigns, the available material has increased significantly, which allows for more robust taxonomic conclusions. All the Vallès-Penedès specimens are here referred to Melissiodon dominans, a widely dispersed species in the European early Miocene. After a revision of the holotype of M. arambourgi, we confirm that the original description and figures do not agree with it and conclude that it is a junior subjective synonym of M. dominans. The last occurrence of Melissiodon in the area is in the Sant Mamet site, located just a few meters below middle Miocene marine deposits, and represents one of the youngest records of this long-ranging genus.
Are Spanish GAAP for Private Companies Comparable to IFRS for SMEs?

The aim of this study is to test the level of convergence between the IFRS for SMEs and the Spanish GAAP. To do this, we develop a Convergence Index with the full IFRS, which we apply the local GAAP and the IFRS for SMEs. Results show that the Convergence Index is considerably greater for the local GAAP after the accounting reforms. Furthermore, results also show that values of the Convergence Index are qualitatively similar among local GAAP and IFRS for SMEs, what is line with our hypothesis that the accounting reform has achieved its objective of convergence towards IFRS, considering that national GAAP are mainly intended for private companies.
National assessment of throughfall sensitivity to changes in storm magnitude for the forests of Iran

Aim of study: To understand throughfall (TF) sensitivity to variability in rainfall amount (Pg) for typical forest sites across the main climate types of Iran.Area of study: Nine forest stands of several common native and introduced tree species situated in all common Iranian climate types, but located primarily in northern Iran.Material and methods: A nondimensional relative sensitivity coefficient was employed to predict responses of TF to Pg changes. Projected Pg changes over the measurement sites for the period 2020-50 were estimated using one of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) known as HadGEM2-ES under low and high emission scenarios (RCP 2.6 and 8.5). Main results: TF displayed strong positive linear relationships with Pg at all sites [TF=0.66 Pg -0.16; R2=0.91]. The sensitivity coefficient ranged from 0.96-2.35 across the nine forest sites and large sensitivity coefficientdifferences were found between small (< mean annual Pg) and large (> mean annual Pg) storms for arid and Mediterranean plantations. Shifts in Pg and increased small storm frequency are predicted for these regions (2020-50) under low and high emission scenarios.Research highlights: TF sensitivity may be a useful variable when selecting tree species for afforestation to buffer expected shifts in Pg due to climate change.Keywords: climate change; forest ecosystems; precipitation projection; throughfall sensitivity.
Geochemical and Engineering Properties of Selected Lateritic Deposits in Akure Metropolis as Highway Subgrade Foundation Material

Laterite occurrences at three locations in Akure metropolis, Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria were characterized geochemically and geotechnically in order to evaluate their potentials as subgrade and subbase/base civil engineering foundation material. The geochemical analysis employed X-ray fluorescence and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) to determine the major and minor oxide geochemistry while particle size analysis, Atterberg limit test, compaction test, specific gravity, triaxial compression test and California bearing ratio were determined following the British Standard (BS-1337). Abundances of major elements show that (50.44 58.82%), (18.34 – 24.41%), (16.30 – 53.82%) constitute over 95% of the bulk chemical compositions. Other constituents include , and 0 . Although notable disparities exist in the and contents of the samples, as the LC2 samples are more siliceous and ferrous than others. The silica: sesquioxide ratio of the samples are generally less than 1.33 indicating true laterite. Geotechnically, the in-situ derived LC 2 samples have distinctive characteristics in terms of compaction, consistencies, and CBR as they satisfied the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing recommended liquid limits of 50% maximum, plastic limits of 30%, plasticity index of 20% for Original Research Article Falowo; AJOGER, 1(1): 1-14, 2018; Article no.AJOGER. 41867 2 subbase and base materials; while LC 1 and LC 3 are characterized by values higher than FMWH specification This also corroborates AASHTO classification which rates samples in LC 1 and 3 as fair to poor (i.e. A-7), and LC 2 as excellent to good subgrade (A-2-4/A-2-4). Thus LC 2 samples are suitable for subbase and base foundation materials, while LC 1 and LC 3 for them to be suitable as foundation material would require stabilization, to improve their density and compaction characteristics using conventional lime, cement, and asphaltic stabilization.
Quantitative analysis of operation risks for femoral intertrochanteric fractures under the guidance of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation system

Objective To quantitatively analyze the operation risks for femoral intertrochanteric fractures under the guidance of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation Ⅱ(APACHE Ⅱ). Methods A retrospective analysis was performed among the 226 patients with femoral intertrochanteric fracture who had received surgery between January 2013 and January 2016. They were 59 men and 167 women, aged from 69 to 106 years (average, 75.4±6.1 years). Their average APACHEⅡ score was 18.3±6.3 (from 5 to 34). They were divided into 3 groups according to their APACHEⅡ scores: 127 cases in the low risk group (≤ 15), 68 cases in the medium risk group (from 16 to 24) and 31 cases in the high risk group (≥25). The mortality was compared between the 3 groups. The deaths and survivals were compared in each group in terms of age, operation time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative blood transfusion and combined internal diseases. Results Thirteen patients died during hospitalization, giving a mortality of 5.7% (13/226). The causes for death were heart attack in 6 cases, respiratory failure in 4, toxic shock in 2 and renal failure in one. The mortality in the high risk group (22.6%, 7/31) was significantly higher than in the low risk group (1.6%, 2/125) and in the medium risk group (5.9%, 4/68) (P<0.05). In the low risk group, the intraoperative blood loss was statistically different between deaths and survivals (P<0.05); in the medium risk group, the intraoperative blood loss and postoperative blood transfusion volume were statistically different between deaths and survivals (P< 0.05); in the high risk group, the age and intraoperative blood loss were statistically different between deaths and survivals (P<0.05). Conclusions APACHEⅡ can be used to quantitatively evaluate the patients with femoral intertrochanteric fracture who usually suffer from intraoperative complications and concomitant internal diseases. The most significant risk factor may be intraoperative blood loss. Key words: Hip fractures; Scoring system; Mortality