Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Use of Police Dogs in the Polish Police in the Opinion of Dog Handlers

The aim of this article is to evaluate the current situation as regards the use of dogs for various police duties in Poland based on the results of the research conducted by the author at the Police Academy in Szczytno as part of the research task, financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, entitled “Efficiency of the use of police dogs in the Polish Police”. The author has decided to deal with the subject matter in view of alarming statistics, which show a decrease in the number of police dogs. This fact has led the author to make an assumption formulated as the following research hypothesis: Nowadays, in Poland the use of police dogs in not adequate for the sake of public order and safety. The main research method has been a diagnostic survey using a tool in the form of a questionnaire. The survey has been addressed to a group of 154 dog handlers, most of whom work with a patrol and tracker/sniffer dog from three police garrisons, covering the territory of the following provinces: Kujavia-Pomerania, Podlasie and Lubuskie region. The author believes that the research findings indicate the need for changes in this respect, which should involve implementation of new systemic, organisational and legal solutions.
Interventions of Music: Reviewing Evidence for Better Practice

C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Miller M, Fox B, Brown A (2016) Interventions of Music: Reviewing Evidence for Better Practice. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 2:045 Received: February 29, 2016: Accepted: April 27, 2016: Published: April 30, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Miller M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Miller et al. Int Arch Nurs Health Care 2016, 2:045
Animal-Assisted Interventions in Early Childhood Education – Exploring Attitudes of Professionals and Parents

Author Title Sarah Meurer Animal-Assisted Interventions in Early Childhood Education – Exploring Attitudes of Professionals and Parents Number of Pages Date 48 pages + 2 appendices November 2019 Degree Bachelor of Social Services Degree Programme Social Services Specialisation option Early Childhood Education Instructors Niina Manninen, Senior Lecturer Satu Hakanen, Senior Lecturer Reviewing international and Finnish publications from recent years, it seems that Animalassisted Interventions (AAI) are gaining interest among professionals of health care and social services. However, research concerning animals in early childhood education is still rare. The goal of this bachelor’s thesis was to investigate the awareness and attitudes of professionals of early childhood education as well as guardians/parents of kindergarten children about AAI in day-care centres. Potential concerns among the participants were another focus of interest. Data for this study was collected by sending two separate surveys to two research subject groups: Group 1 consisted of 19 professionals of private day-care centres in Helsinki; group 2 was composed of 40 guardians/parents of children in private and municipal day-care centres in Helsinki. All subjects participated voluntarily and anonymously. The results showed that while half of the professionals had heard about the concept of AAI, only few of the guardians were aware of it. However, almost all participants believed animal contact to be beneficial for children, and the majority could imagine animals being included in their own workplace or their child’s day-care. Concerns and their scores differed: while the main concerns among professionals were the development of allergies or asthma, extra workload, and animal welfare, the guardians worried mainly about animal welfare, higher day-care fees, and extra work for the professionals. Despite those concerns, most professionals and guardians still found AAI in early childhood education a good idea. These results may lead to the conclusion that more awareness of AAI and its practical implications is needed. Further studies may clarify if certain high or low scores of concerns might be based on misconceptions or lack of awareness. Although the overall attitude among professionals and guardians was positive, it seems that the practical implementation, especially concerning time and resource management, and the assurance of the animals’ well-being, is a great obstacle. This may indicate that more elucidation and promotion of the variety of AAI implementation is needed in order to support interested professionals to include animal-assisted methods in their work, and therefore provide AAI to a greater number of interested clients.
Russian And British Pre-Service Teachers’ Self-Efficacy And Attitudes Regarding Inclusive Education

Teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education and their perceived self-efficacy beliefs have a huge impact on the quality of education when transferring knowledge and skills from teachers to pupils in an inclusive classroom. Positive attitudes and strong self-efficacy beliefs may be shaped and reached by preservice teachers when studying at a university and preparing to become teachers. A number of factors may also influence these variables, including specially designed university modules about inclusive and special education. Attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs can also be mutually dependent. This study examined the attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service teachers from two countries, Russia and the UK, enrolled in teacher training programmes. The research showed that students from the UK held more positive attitudes towards inclusive education, and levels of their teacher self-efficacy beliefs were higher compared to the results displayed by their Russian counterparts. The students who completed university modules on special and/or inclusive education were more accepting of inclusion in contrast to those who did not have an opportunity to undertake such a module (this was mainly the case with pre-service teachers in Russia). Other factors like knowledge of the local legislation, levels of self-confidence, year of studies, relevant experience had a certain impact on pre-service teachers’ attitudes and self-efficacy. This study provides suggestions for some changes in the system of teacher education for the countries that only recently started implementing inclusive practices in their education systems. 2357-1330 © 2020 Published by European Publisher.
A Study on Clinico-Biochemical Profile of Neonatal Seizure

Background: Seizure is the most frequent sign of neurologic dysfunction in the neonate. Biochemical disturbances occur frequently in neonatal seizures either as an underlying cause or as associated abnormalities. In their presence, it is difficult to control seizures and there is a risk of further brain damage. Early recognition and treatment of biochemical disturbances are essential for optimal management and satisfactory long-term outcome. The aims were to study the biochemical abnormalities in neonatal seizures and to describe the clinical presentation, time of onset and its relation to etiology of neonatal seizures. Methods: The present study included 115 neonates presenting with seizures admitted to neonatal unit, in a teaching institute, Agartala, Tripura, India during the period of 1.5 years from November 2013 to April 2015. Detailed antenatal, natal and postnatal history was taken and examination of baby was done. Then, relevant investigations including biochemical parameters were done and etiology of neonatal seizures and their associated biochemical abnormalities were diagnosed. Results: In the present study, out of 115 neonates studied, 105 were full-term, of which 94 (81.7%) were AGA and 11 (9.6%) were SGA, nine (7.8%) were preterm and one (0.9%) was post-term babies. One hundred and thirteen (98.3%) were hospital deliveries and 104 (90.4%) were spontaneous vaginal deliveries. Seventy-five (65.2%) were with birth weight > 2.5 kg. In our study, 82 (80%) cases had onset of seizures within first 3 days. The highest number is seen on first day of life (66, 57.4%). Birth asphyxia was the cause in 92.1% of neonates who developed seizures on first day of life. Subtle seizures were the most common type of seizures in our study (49, 42.6%). Birth asphyxia was the most common cause of neonatal seizures in our study (64, 56%), followed by neonatal meningitis (24, 21%) and metabolic disorders (13, 11%). The most common biochemical abnormality detected in neonatal seizures in our study was hyponatremia (26, 65%), of which 21 (72.4%) were due to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), and the rest were due to neonatal meningitis (5, 55.6%). In metabolic seizures, hypoglycemia (66.7%) was common, and more so in low birth weight babies (55%). Incidence of hypomagnesemia with hypocalcemia occurred in two (1.73%) cases. Conclusions: The most common etiology of neonatal seizures is HIE and onset is during first 3 days of life. Hyponatremia is the most common biochemical abnormality associated with non-metabolic seizures, mainly HIE. Hypoglycemia is a more common metabolic disorder, more so in low birth weight. Incidence of hypomagnesemia with hypocalcemia is low but recognition of such abnormality has important therapeutic implications. J Neurol Res. 2016;6(5-6):95-101 doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jnr404w
Occurrence and distribution of tetracycline resistance determinants and their pollution profile in the aquaculture environment in Sri Lanka

Tetracyclines (TET) have been extensively used in aquaculture for chemotherapy against various fish diseases. The occurrence of tetracycline contamination levels in the aquaculture farms in Sri Lanka were analyzed using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria was identiﬁed using the 16SrRNA gene sequencing and the corresponding antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) were screened at each location using PCR method. The concentration of TET in aquaculture farms ranged between 0.001± 0.001 - 0.112± 0.017 ppm whereas Bacillus and Staphylococcus were the most dominant bacterial genera as TET resistant bacteria. Acinetobacter sp. , Achromabacter sp. , Staphylococcus sp. , Micrococcus sp. were also identified as the resistant bacteria. In the present study, tet (M) and tet (A) were abundant resistance genes (11/16 isolates), followed by tet (S) (5/16) and tet (B) (4/16). It was found that tet (M) is one of the most widely distributed tetracycline resistance determinant in the aquatic environment in Sri Lanka.
Measuring e-service quality: a review of literature

In the competitive electronic service (e-service) context, favourable consumer perception about performance is the key to success and marketers are keen to explore consumers' perceived service quality. Therefore, several scales have been developed to evaluate electronic service quality (e-SQ) in different contexts. This study explores methodological issues relating to the scale development process while undertaking content analysis of e-SQ literature. The study also focuses on the identification of crucial dimensions of e-SQ measurement scale in different e-service contexts. The review indicates that privacy and security, website design, responsiveness, efficiency, reliability, ease of use and system availability are prominent measures of e-SQ regardless of the context. This study also provides a comprehensive framework including antecedents and outcomes of e-SQ to help managers and researchers in evaluating e-SQ.
A consistent variable screening procedure with family-wise error control

ABSTRACT Variable selection in ultra-high-dimensional data analysis is of critical importance in diverse scientific fields. There are many methods proposed for this problem in the past few decades. However, no attention has been paid on the model size produced by screening procedures and the difficulty of determining the screening threshold for practical use, which is key to real applications. Specifically, the pre-defined model size in a screening procedure lacks theoretical support, and users have no idea about the true positives and false positives in the final results. To solve this problem, we developed a new consistent independence screening procedure called HHG-CIS. The screening threshold of HHG-CIS can be set to explicitly control the family-wise error rate, thus it is easy to use in practice. Furthermore, HHG-CIS is model-free, robust to outliers, and outperforms other methods in models with interactions. We showed these advantages of HHG-CIS through extensive simulations and a real data application.
Multi-Detector CT Coronary Angiographic Findings of Coronary-to-Pulmonary Artery Fistula

Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare, abnormal connection between a coronary artery and a great vessel or a cardiac chamber, which bypasses the myocardial capillary bed. Coronary-topulmonary artery fistula (CPAF) is a subtype of CAF in which a coronary artery communicates with a pulmonary artery; this can be congenital in origin or acquired (1). Although most patients with CPAFs are asymptomatic and these fistulas are incidentally detected (2), some of these anomalies may cause dyspnea, chest pain, or even sudden death (3). Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) is now widely utilized in the evaluation of known or suspected coronary artery disease (4). MDCT coronary angiography can provide information on the precise anatomy of coronary arteries and associated findings (5, 6). Although there have been a few reports on MDCT evaluation of CPAFs, they are mostly limited in the number of cases evaluated (1, 3, 7); therefore, the detailed anatomy and clinical implications of CPAFs remain to be elucidated. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence, clinical findings, and detailed MDCT coronary angiographic findings of CPAFs.
Workload Control order release in general and pure flow shops with limited buffer size induced blocking: an assessment by simulation

Most manufacturing shops in practice have limited physical space in front of each workstation, due, for example, to physical, economical or operational constraints. As a result, a job may cause blocking because it has to remain at a given station after an operation has been completed until space in front of the next station in its routing becomes available. Despite this practical reality, the Workload Control literature typically assumes infinite buffer limits and therefore neglects the impact of blocking. Using simulation, we highlight the direct, detrimental impact of blocking in both the pure and general flow shop. Workload Control order release dampens the effect of blocking and improves overall performance. This makes Workload Control order release even more important in the context of shops with blocking or physical space constraints. Further analysis reveals that the impact of blocking is less pronounced in the pure flow shop given its directed routing. Finally, most of the blocking that occurs is because jobs cannot enter the shop, i.e. there is no space in front of the gateway station. This re-emphasises the close relationship between blocking and release methods that limit the workload, and it highlights the importance of workload balancing.
Sanitation practices among internal migrant population: a cross sectional study

Poor sanitation and hygiene are known to be associated with increased morbidity and mortality. It accounts for about 60% of the total diarrheal deaths i.e. 432000. Poor sanitation and hygiene share 1.9% of the global burden of disease. It is associated with diarrhoea, neglected tropical disease, acute respiratory disease, soil-transmitted helminths such as human roundworm, human whipworm, and human hookworms, stunting, anaemia and other forms of malnutrition in children. It also increases the risk of developing hepatitis A, typhoid, cholera, trachoma and schistosomiasis. Moreover, the lack of access to adequate sanitation facilities makes young girls and women vulnerable to sexual, mental and bodily trauma.
Chemical composition, toxicity, and repellence of plant essential oils against Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae)

Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) is an invasive species in America and is the main vector of the pathogen associated with Huanglongbing, a deadly disease of citrus plants in the world. The management of such a problem includes the intensive use of insecticides to reduce vector populations and risk of pathogen transmission. As an alternative to synthetic insecticides to control D. citri, the present study determined the chemical composition of diverse plant essential oils and assessed the toxicity and repellency of oil extracts against D. citri. Their chemical composition and abundance were determined by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Adults and nymphs were exposed to leaf citrus discs treated by spraying or immersion with different oil extract concentrations. Repellency was assessed by exposing adults to treated leaves in experimental arenas and determining the number of insects remaining on the leaf after different time periods compared with the control. The main oil compounds in the tested plants were anethole, verbenone, 4-ethyl-4-methyl-1-hexene, 4-allylanisole, and trans-tagetone. Oils from Rosmarinus officinalis L. and Schinus molle L. caused no repellent or insecticide effects on D. citri. In contrast, oil extracts from the Foeniculum vulgare Mill. and Tagetes species were toxic and/or repellent for both adults and nymphs. There was a positive relationship between toxicity and concentration. Oil extracts from Tagetes lucida, T. coronopifolia, and T. terniflora were repellent (> 92%) at 40 mg mL-1; this was correlated with the concentration and decreased over time. Essential oils extracts from the Tagetes species could represent a potential defense that could be integrated into the management of D. citri.
In the Quest for Cosmic Rotation

This paper analyzes the problem of global rotation in general relativity (GR) theory. Simple cosmological models with rotation and expansion are presented, which give a natural explanation of the modern values of the acceleration parameter at different red shifts without involving the concepts of “dark energy” and “dark matter”. It is shown that due to the smallness of the cosmological rotation, for its detection one should use observations that do not depend on the magnitude of the angular velocity of the Universe. Such tests include the effects of the cosmic mirror and the cosmic lens. For the first time on the basis of modern electronic catalogs the search on the celestial sphere of images of our Galaxy and other galaxies is made. Viable candidates for both effects have been found.
Fecal Excretion of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Pets from New York State, United States

Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) continues to be a concern. Little is known about their toxicokinetics, particularly with regard to fecal excretion of PFASs. Because pets are sentinels of human exposure to environmental contaminants, analysis of PFASs in pet feces can provide information about rates of excretion of these chemicals. In this study, 15 PFASs were measured in cat and dog feces collected from the Albany area of New York State. All PFASs except perfluorodecanesulfonate and perfluoroheptanoic acid were found in cat and dog feces. The sum concentrations of 13 PFASs (∑PFAS) varied between 21.6 and 474 (mean: 85.4 ± 94.5) ng/g dry weight for dogs, which were slightly higher than those found for cats (range: 18.0–165 ng/g dry weight, mean: 54.7 ± 26.9 ng/g dry weight). Long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids with 9–12 carbons (perfluorononanoic acid, perfluorodecanoic acid, perfluoroundecanoic acid, and perfluorododecanoic acid) were predominant in pet feces. Perfluorooctan.
Advancing information privacy concerns evaluation in personal data intensive services

When personal data are collected and utilised to produce personal data intensive services, users of these services are exposed to the possibility of privacy losses. Users’ information privacy concerns may lead to non-adoption of new services and technologies, affecting the quality and the completeness of the collected data. These issues make it challenging to fully reap the benefits brought by the services. The evaluation of information privacy concerns makes it possible to address these concerns in the design and the development of personal data intensive services. This research investigated how privacy concerns evaluations should be developed to make them valid in the evolving data collection contexts. The research was conducted in two phases: employing a mixed-method research design and using a literature review methodology. In Phase 1, two empirical studies were conducted, following a mixed-method exploratory sequential design. In both studies, the data subjects’ privacy behaviour and privacy concerns that were associated with mobility data collection were first explored qualitatively, and quantitative instruments were then developed based on the qualitative results to generalise the findings. Phase 2 was planned to provide an extensive view on privacy behaviour and some possibilities to develop privacy concerns evaluation in new data collection contexts. Phase 2 consisted of two review studies: a systematic literature review of privacy behaviour models and a review of the EU data privacy legislation changes. The results show that in evolving data collection contexts, privacy behaviour and concerns have characteristics that differ from earlier ones. Privacy concerns have aspects specific to these contexts, and their multifaceted nature appears emphasised. Because privacy concerns are related to other privacy behaviour antecedents, it may be reasonable to incorporate some of these antecedents into evaluations. The existing privacy concerns evaluation instruments serve as valid starting points for evaluations in evolving personal data collection contexts. However, these instruments need to be revised and adapted to the new contexts. The development of privacy concerns evaluation may be challenging due to the incoherence of the existing privacy behaviour research. More overarching research is called for to facilitate the application of the existing knowledge.
Do momentum strategies perform better for Islamic stocks than for conventional stocks across market states?

This study compares the momentum profitability of Islamic and conventional stocks in Malaysia and examines whether the presence of momentum profits is market-state dependent. Winner portfolios are shown to outperform loser portfolios, suggesting that a momentum effect exists in the equity market. Islamic stocks exhibit stronger momentum than conventional stocks. Interestingly, although pursuing profit is not the primary goal of Islamic stock investors, the findings indicate that momentum profits for all Islamic stock trading strategies are higher than those for conventional stocks. The profits from momentum strategies for both stocks are market-state dependent. In all trading strategies, while there are significant positive momentum profits following market upturns, there is no evidence of profits subsequent to market downturns. Overall, Islamic stocks yield higher momentum profits than conventional stocks across market states. These findings are robust to using various measures of the state of the market. While the presence of momentum profits is also robust to the inclusion of Fama-French? s (1993) risk factors, the risk factors are unable to explain momentum profits, suggesting that the risk-adjusted momentum profits are not due to risk compensation. Rather, the profitability is evidence of stock mispricing.