Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Non-Sharia Financial Instruments on Indonesian Economic Growth

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the impact and contribution of the non-bank financial industry (IKNB) and non-Islamic banking on Indonesia's economic growth before and during the pandemic. The variables used in this study are data on total assets of Sharia IKNB, IKNB, and Industrial Production Index (IPI) data as a measure of economic growth. The research method used is the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) method using monthly time series data from 2015 to 2021. The research results reveal several results, the long-term VECM test of Islamic NBFI and NBFI variables has an impact on economic growth, while the IRF test shows that economic growth is resistant to shocks by sharia NBFIs and NBFIs over the next 60 years, contributing 11% and 4% to economic growth, respectively.
Canadian Older Adults’ Intention to Use an Electronic Decision Aid for Housing Decisions: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey

Background Older adults with disabilities such as loss of autonomy face the decision of whether to stay at home or move to a health care facility such as a nursing home. Therefore, they may need support for this difficult decision. Objective We assessed the intention of Canadian older adults to use an electronic decision aid (eDA) to make housing decisions and identified the factors that influenced their intention. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using a web-based survey targeting older adults across 10 Canadian provinces and 3 territories. We included respondents from a web-based panel who were aged ≥65 years, understood English or French, had access to an electronic device with an internet connection, and had made a housing decision over the past few months or were planning to make a decision in the coming year. We based the web-based survey on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). We adapted 17 UTAUT items to measure respondents’ intention to use the eDA for housing decisions, as well as items measuring 4 intention constructs (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions). We also assessed eHealth literacy using both subjective and objective scales. We used descriptive statistics and multivariable linear regression analyses to identify the factors influencing the intention to use the eDA. Results Of the 11,972 invited panelists, 1176 (9.82%) met the eligibility criteria, and 1000 (85.03%) respondents completed the survey. The mean age was 72.5 (SD 5.59) years. Most respondents were male (548/1000, 54.8%), White (906/1000, 90.6%), English speakers (629/1000, 62.9%), and lived in Ontario or Quebec (628/1000, 62.8%) and in urban areas (850/1000, 85%). The mean scores were 27.8 (SD 5.88) out of 40 for subjective eHealth literacy and 3.00 (SD 0.97) out of 5 for objective eHealth literacy. In our sample, the intention score was 4.74 (SD 1.7) out of 7. The mean scores of intention constructs out of 7 were 5.63 (SD 1.28) for facilitating conditions, 4.94 (SD 1.48) for performance expectancy, 5.61 (SD 1.35) for effort expectancy, and 4.76 (SD 1.59) for social influence. In the final model, the factors associated with intention included mother tongue (β=.30; P<.001), objective eHealth literacy (β=–.06; P=.03), performance expectancy (β=.55; P<.001), social influence (β=.37; P<.001), and facilitating conditions (β=.15; P<.001). Conclusions Findings from this pan-Canadian web-based survey on Canadian older adults suggest that their intention to use the eDA to make housing decisions is similar to the findings in other studies using UTAUT. The factors identified as influencing intention were mother tongue, objective eHealth literacy, performance expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions. These will guide future strategies for the implementation of the eDA.
Exploring Students’ LOTS and HOTS in Answering Reading Questions

In the twenty-first century, the education world must fulfill the demands for teaching and learning connected to thinking abilities. For people who are more nuanced and intellectual, the ability to think is necessary. Students must be able to think to reach their learning objectives. Teachers face dilemmas in the classroom in terms of higher-order thinking skills. Teachers incorporate higher-order thinking skills into the teaching and learning process to provide experiences to students, especially in answering questions about higher-order thinking skills. Students often have difficulty answering HOTS questions. As a result, students have difficulty answering reading comprehension questions. This study aimed to explore what students' LOTS and HOTS were in response to reading questions. This type of research is descriptive and qualitative. Data was collected by giving a reading test to 18 students. The instrument used in collecting data is a questionnaire. The data analysis technique is descriptive qualitative analysis. The results showed that the student's ability to answer reading questions based on the LOTS was good. Second, the ability of students to answer reading questions based on HOTS is lacking. Third, the difference in student's ability to answer reading questions based on LOT and HOT is enough. As a result of these findings, students' ability to answer reading questions based on LOTS and HOTS should be improved.
The linguistic Effects of Motion Event Typology

: This study tests the hypothesis of linguistic relativity along two lines of research: a) how L2 learners of Chinese and English, respectively, syntactically package semantic components for caused motion (cause, manner, path) in an experimental situation in which they are asked to describe video clips showing caused motion events to an imagery addressee, and b) how monolingual native speakers of Chinese and English judge the similarity between caused motion scenes while viewing them. Our results regarding a) show that Chinese learners of English acclimate to the target pattern of organizing particularly dense caused motion information very rapidly, and English learners of Chinese also arrived at an inter–language showing considerable resemblance to the target system rather than traces of the L1 influence. Our findings regarding b) reveal that despite striking differences between Chinese and English in L1 motion descriptions, native speakers show an identical tendency to prefer the path–match alternate over the manner–match alternate. Overall, these observations suggest that language–specific constraints can be largely shaken off when encoding caused motion in a non–native language, and linguistic and non-linguistic representations of caused motion may be dissociable from each other.
Deconstructing the Relationship between COVID-19 Lock-down and Primary Education among Pupils in Lira City, Uganda

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 lockdown and formal education system of primary school pupils in Lira city west division. Methodology: The study was guided by a case study research design in which a qualitative approach was employed using key-informant interviews. While the target population was 449, data was collected from 125 study participants with the use of an interview guide. Data was analysed using the recursive abstraction method. Findings: Results revealed that COVID-19 lockdown posed numerous changes in the behaviour of pupils such as moral behavioural changes, substance abuse, indiscipline, mental behavioural changes, etc. Also, few pupils benefited from alternative teaching methods during the COVID-19 lockdown. Since most learners were unable to ask questions, there was lack of commitment among pupils as well as limited knowledge and skills on how to use electronic learning gadgets. Further, the pupils in private schools and pupils from financially stable families utilized alternative teaching methods more than the pupils from public schools or from poor families. Also, COVID-19 policies have led to introduction of new modus operand in schools. These include maintaining the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), inadequate space to accommodate pupils because of spacing requirements, incompleteness of the teaching syllabus, and automatic promotion which have all affected the performance of pupils. Conclusion: A number of pupils experienced behavioural change during the lockdown, new policies were introduced in schools and the alternative teaching methods were introduced although it benefitted the pupils in private schools more than the public schools. Recommendation: The government of Uganda should increase funding opportunities for primary education.
A comparative study on the effects of intranasal silicone splints and silastic sheets on breathing post septal surgeries

Background: Septoplasty is a surgical procedure to straighten the bone and cartilage dividing the space between your two nostrils (septum). If septoplasty is performed alone or as a part of a rhinoplasty procedure, internal nasal splints are generally used. Objective: To compare silicone nasal septal splints with integral airways and silastic sheets after septal surgery in terms of patient breathing (with the splint in place). Patients and Methods: This study involved 50 patients who underwent septal surgery in terms of septoplasty or septo-rhinoplasty due to nasal septal deviation. They were allocated into two groups. Group A comprised 25 patients who underwent septal surgery and were packed with silicone nasal septal splints. Group B comprised 25 patients who underwent septal surgery and were packed with silastic sheets. They were removed on the seventh postoperative day. Clinical efficacy was compared using visual assessment and patients' subjective breathing status. Results: The patients in both groups A and B had similar mean ages: 27.8 years (range, 18-51 years) and 25.84 years (range, 18-48 years) in Group A and Group B, respectively. The study included 58% males and 42% females. The tyspe of surgery were septoplasty and septorhinoplasty in 38% and 62%, respectively. Breathing status was significantly lower in Group A than in Group B at the 7th postoperative day (p<0.004). Conclusion: Intranasal septal splints with silastic sheets result in less nasal obstruction while in place; thus, they can be used as an effective alternative to silicone nasal splints with integral airways after septal surgery.
Independent light-trapping cavity for ultra-sensitive plasmonic sensing

The sensing characteristics of an independent-plasmonic-cavity structure that traps light were investigated. The cavity structure traps light by generating self-contained optical vortices in each independent cavity without leakage or propagation of the light; therefore, strong and sharp resonance dips are obtained in a reflectance spectrum. Multiple optical vortices are generated in the independent cavities in higher-order plasmonic cavity modes at shorter wavelengths, realizing the resonance in a wide range from visible to near-infrared. Compared to the propagating surface plasmon resonance, the resonance of plasmonic cavity mode in the independent cavity does not depend on variation of the incident angle of light. The independent-cavity structure was fabricated by a simple process, and it experimentally demonstrated a high sensitivity (above 1500 nm per refractive index unit) and a figure of merit above 20.
Acute Kidney Injury After Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in a Portuguese Population

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cytoreductive surgery followed by the infusion of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS/HIPEC) is associated with a higher rate of major complications, resulting in prolonged hospitalization and increased mortality. Our objective was to evaluate the incidence of AKI and further progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients submitted to this procedure and recognize the associated risk factors. Methods This retrospective study collected demographic, tumor-related, intraoperative, and postoperative data from 182 patients who underwent CRS/HIPEC from January 2016 to December 2019. Renal impairment was defined according to Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria for AKI. We conducted univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses to assess the association between variables of interest and AKI. Results Twenty-three patients (12.6%) developed AKI. In the AKI group, the risk for developing CKD was six times higher (odds ratio (OR) 6.48, confidence interval (CI) 1.601 - 26.255). Multivariate regression identified higher risk of developing AKI in patients who underwent HIPEC with cisplatin (OR 12.21, CI 1.26 - 109.70, P = 0.025), in each additional day spent in the intensive care unit (ICU) (OR 2.42, CI 1.07 - 5.45, P = 0.033), and an association for each unit increase in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) before HIPEC (OR 0.96, CI 0.94 - 0.98, P = 0.037) and AKI development. Conclusion Patients who are at higher risk of AKI after CRS/HIPEC include those who performed cisplatin HIPEC regimen, had poorer preoperative renal function and had longer ICU stays. Early institution of preventive measures and frequent monitoring should be considered to minimize AKI risk and its associated morbidity, such as CKD progression.
Research on The January Effect in Healthcare Sector Stock Prices

This paper studies the existence of the January effect in healthcare sector stocks, whether the magnitude of the January effect changes in the stock market under different company sizes and different special periods. The study examines 12 sets of data across four stocks in the healthcare sector and generates separate charts. The study finds that, firstly it is confirmed that the existence of the January effect in healthcare sector stocks is confirmed; Secondly, it finds that the January effect is more pronounced in small companies than in large companies; Thirdly, it suggests that the January effect disappears in the years following COVID-19 crisis; Moreover, the January effect persisted during the financial crisis, despite the slump in stock prices. These findings provide the evidence of the January effect in healthcare sector stock prices, which is valuable for investment strategies of the investors.
Children and adolescents' mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study of their experiences

Abstract Topic Public health measures implemented in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic severely disrupted children and adolescents' (C&A) lives, affecting their sense of structure, predictability, and security. Purpose To examine C&A' experiences during the COVID‐19 pandemic to better understand how this context and its associated public health measures affected them and their mental health, and to identify helpful coping strategies. Sources used The study was guided by a participatory hermeneutic framework. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 25 C&A aged 6–17 years during the first and second pandemic waves. Participants' interviews were analyzed following a narrative synthesis approach, through which C&A' experiences were contrasted and contextualized to highlight relevant themes. Conclusions Participants described a distinct pattern related to their mental health as the pandemic unfolded, which followed the severity of the pandemic in the province. Negative repercussions on their mental health were linked to the loss of social activities, imposed public health measures, transition to online learning, and challenges with family relationships. Certain youth shared positive societal and moral reflections triggered by the pandemic context. Coping strategies reported include: having a variety of hobbies; expressing their emotions; and accessing financial and material resources. This study highlights the importance of supporting C&A' mental health during crisis situations such as a pandemic. Their perspectives are vital for clinical practice and policy improvement, particularly to find means for social engagement while maintaining safety.
Ionospheric Alfvén resonator revisited: Feedback instability

The theory of ionospheric Alfven resonator (IAR) and IAR feedback instability is reconsidered. Using a simplified model of the topside ionosphere, we have reanalyzed the physical properties of the IAR interaction with magnetospheric convective flow. It is found that in the absence of the convective flow the IAR eigenmodes exhibit a strong damping due to the leakage of the wave energy through the resonator upper wall and Joule dissipation in the conductive ionosphere. It is found that maximum of the dissipation rate appears when the ionospheric conductivity approaches the “IAR wave conductivity” and becomes infinite. However, the presence of Hall dispersion, associated with the coupling of Alfven wave modes with the compressional perturbations, reduces the infinite damping of the IAR eigenmodes in this region and makes it dependent on the wavelength. The increase in the convection electric field leads to a substantial modification of the IAR eigenmode frequencies and to reduction of the eigenmode damping rates. For a given perpendicular wavelength the position of maximum damping rate shifts to the region with lower ionospheric conductivity. When the convection electric field approaches a certain critical value, the resonator becomes unstable. This results in the IAR feedback instability. A new type of the IAR feedback instability with the lowest threshold value of convection velocity is found. The physical mechanism of this instability is similar to the Cerenkov radiation in collisionless plasmas. The favorable conditions for the instability onset are realized when the ionospheric conductivity is low, i.e., for the nighttime conditions. We found that the lowest value of the marginal electric field which is capable to trigger the feedback instability turns out to be nearly twice smaller than that predicted by the previous analysis. This effect may result in the decrease of the critical value of the electric field of the magnetospheric convection that is necessary for the formation of the turbulent Alfven boundary layer and appearance of the anomalous conductivity in the IAR region.
Segregation of ion implanted sulfur in Si(100) after annealing and nickel silicidation

Diffusion of sulfur (S) in S+ ion implanted Si(100) was investigated after rapid thermal annealing as well as after nickel silicidation. At lower S doses, S segregates to the Si(100) surface when the defects created by the S implantation are reduced during annealing. If the S dose exceeds the amorphization threshold, two heavily damaged regions with dislocation loops appear after annealing. It seems that S atoms form stable complexes with dislocation loops that survive even after high-temperature anneals at 900 °C. In contrast, when silicidation comes into play, S atoms appear more mobile. Even during Ni silicidation at 550 °C, segregation yields an enrichment of S at the NiSi/Si interface while the defect density and the S content in the deeper Si regions decrease.
Clustering Microarray Data: Theoretical and Practical Issues

The analysis of microarray data is a widespread functional genomics approach that allows for the monitoring of the expression of thousands of genes at once. The analysis of the great amount of data generated in a microarray experiment requires powerful statistical techniques. One of the first tasks of the analysis of microarray data is to cluster data into biologically meaningful groups according to their expression patterns. In this article, we discuss classical as well as recent clustering techniques for microarray data. We pay particular attention to both theoretical and practical issues and give some general indications that might be useful to practitioners.
Will Patients With Liver Metastasis From Aggressives Cancers Benefit From Surgical Resection?

Background We aimed to evaluate the outcomes of resections for liver metastases (LMs) originating from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and esophagus/gastric cancers (EGCs), which we label as major killers (MKs; overall survival (OS) under 10%). We hypothesized that LM resection must provide the patient with almost a year of OS postoperatively that is considered beneficial. Methods From January 2005 to December 2020, 23 patients underwent resection for isolated LM from MKs. These patients underwent surgery after a multidisciplinary discussion about their performance status, disease evolution during prolonged medical treatment, and the existence or absence of extrahepatic metastases. Results LM originated from an PDAC, EGC, or NSCLC in 10 patients (43%), nine patients (39%), and four patients (18%), respectively. The median delay between primary cancer and LM diagnoses was 12 months, and the median delay between LM diagnosis and liver resection was 10 months. Most patients, who had objectively responded to medical treatment (57%), had a solitary (61%) and unilobar (70%) LM. Severe morbidity and 90-day mortality rates were 13% and 4.3%, respectively. Margin-free resection was achieved in 16 patients (70%). After liver resection, the median OS was 24 months without a statistical difference when considering the primary tumor site; 1, 3-, and 5-year OS were 70%, 23%, and 23%, respectively. Conclusion Selection based on criteria such as good clinical condition, response to treatment, and long observation period helped identify patients with LM of MKs who seemed to benefit from resection.
Blockade of D-serine signaling and adult hippocampal neurogenesis attenuates remote contextual fear memory following multiple memory retrievals in male mice

The retrieval of fear memories induces two opposing processes, reconsolidation, and extinction. The memory reconsolidation is an active process that involves gene expression and updates an existing memory. It is hypothesized that blockade of reconsolidation by manipulating the neurobiological factors, which are mechanistically involved in the process, could weaken or disrupt the original fear memory. The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor and hippocampal neurogenesis play crucial roles in hippocampus-dependent memory processes, including reconsolidation. Using contextual fear conditioning paradigm with multiple retrievals, we attempted to weaken the original contextual fear memory by repeatedly disrupting retrieval-induced reconsolidation via downregulation of NMDA receptor signaling and inhibition of neurogenesis. In the first experiment, prior to fear conditioning, NMDA receptor signaling was downregulated by the genetic reduction of its co-agonist, D-serine, and the neurogenesis was dampened by focal X-ray irradiation on the hippocampus. We found that simultaneous D-serine reduction and neurogenesis dampening resulted in a progressive decrease in freezing following each retrieval, leading to an attenuation of remote contextual fear memory on day 28. In the second experiment using the same behavioral protocols, after conditioning, pharmacological approaches were conducted to simultaneously block D-serine signaling and neurogenesis, resulting in a similar suppressive effect on the remote fear memory. The present findings provide insights for understanding the role of D-serine-mediated NMDA receptor signaling and neurogenesis in memory retrieval and the maintenance of remote fear memory, and improving the efficacy of exposure-based therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).