Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Psychometric Qualities Evaluation of the Interdependent Happiness Scale across Malaysia, Philippines, and India

The nine-item Interdependent Happiness Scale (IHS; Hitokoto & Uchida, 2015) is a self-report of interpersonal happiness that focuses on three dimensions: relationship-oriented happiness, quiescent happiness, and ordinary happiness. Few studies have evaluated the psychometric properties of the IHS in diverse cultural backgrounds and the findings are inconsistent. This study investigated whether the IHS has sound psychometric qualities in three Asian countries. University students from Malaysia (n = 263), Philippines (n = 239), and India (n = 310) answered the IHS and self-rated creativity scale. Confirmatory factor analysis on each sample supported the nine-item second-order model with error covariances. The overall IHS score showed good reliability in all samples. The subscales, however, had mixed results except for the Indian sample. Similarly, the convergent validity test showed mixed results while discriminant validity is supported in all samples except for the quiescent happiness subscale in the Indian sample. Concurrent validity was established across three samples by showing a positive relationship with creativity score. The results highlight that the higher-order structure of the IHS is consistently supported in different cultural contexts. However, some of the items are perceived differently and require further improvement in enhancing the cross-cultural usability of the IHS to measure socially-oriented happiness.
A Primary Study on the Relationship between Internet Involvement and Adolescents’ Mental Health

This study aimed to explore the influence of intention of Internet use, gender and grade on Internet use, adolescents’ mental health and the relationship between them. 323 middle school students completed the full survey. Results: (a) there was a significant negative correlation between Internet involvement and adolescents’ mental health; (b) for adolescents with different intentions of Internet use and of different genders, Internet involvement, mental health and the relationship between them were different. Conclusions: (a) Internet involvement had negative influence on adolescents’ mental health; (b) intention of Internet use and gender could influence Internet involve- ment, adolescents’ mental health and the relationship between them, while grade had no influence.
“Divergence, Similarity, or Both”: An Empirical Study on the Influence of eWOM on College Students’ Purchasing Intention

Consumers’ purchase intention is a hot topic of research by many scholars. However, few scholars have conducted research on the unique group of "college students" in the consumer group. This article analyzes the unique buying habits and psychology of the college student group, then explores the mechanism of influence of electronic Word-of-Mouth on college students’ purchase intention, with a view to discovering the differences and the same in the treatment of electronic Word-of-Mouth among college students compared with other consumer groups. Empirical analysis by establishing structural equation model, this research found that: (1) unlike other consumer groups, college students are not concerned about the timeliness and differences of electronic word-of-mouth; (2) although college students have a high degree of involvement in the Internet, they are less affected by the central path of eWOM(such as the quality, authenticity of eWOM) than the outer path of eWOM(such as publishers of eWOM); (3) college students with different characteristics have quite different attitudes towards electronic Word-of-Mouth. College students with highly sensitive characteristics are more affected by electronic Word-of-Mouth. This research not only enriches the related research on the influence of electronic Word-of-Mouth on consumer purchase intention, but also has strong practical guiding significance, and can provides management reference for the differentiated marketing of merchants.
Association Between Impacted Maxillary Canines and Adjacent Lateral Incisors: A Retrospective Study With Cone Beam Computed Tomography.

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to evaluate the association between the morphologic characteristics of maxillary lateral incisors and maxillary canine impaction by using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images. METHODS CBCT images of 52 patients (19 male and 33 female) with unilateral impacted maxillary canines were selected. The volume, root, and total lengths of the lateral incisor, mesiodistal and buccolingual widths of the lateral incisor crowns, angles between the central axis of the lateral incisor and the midline, occlusal plane, and the central axis of canines in both the impacted and non-impacted side were measured and compared. RESULTS Statistically significant differences were obtained when comparing the volume of the lateral incisor, the mesiodistal and buccolingual widths of the lateral incisor crown, the root and total lengths of the lateral incisors, and angles between the central axis of the lateral incisor and the midline and the central axis of the adjacent canine (P < .05). There were no significant differences in lateral incisor axis and the maxillary occlusal plane angulation. CONCLUSION The association between the morphologic and angular features of the maxillary lateral incisors and maxillary canine impaction was confirmed. The volume of the lateral incisor, mesiodistal and buccolingual width of the lateral incisor crown, root and the total length of the lateral incisor, and the lateral incisor angulation to the midline and the axis of adjacent canine were found to be strong predictors of maxillary canine impaction.
Hemodynamic response to thermal stress varies with sex and age: a murine MRI study

Abstract Purpose The cardiovascular (CV) system plays a vital role in thermoregulation because of its influence on heat transfer via forced convection and conduction by changes in blood distribution, blood velocity, and proximity of vessels to surrounding tissues. To fully understand the cardiovascular system’s role in thermoregulation, blood distribution (influenced by cardiac output, vessel size, blood flow, and pressure) must be quantified, ideally across sex and age. Additionally, wall shear stress is quantified because it is an important metric in cardiovascular disease localization and progression. By investigating the effect of thermal conditions on wall shear stress at a healthy baseline, researchers can begin to study the confluence of thermal condition with pathology or exercise. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of sex and age on the CV response to temperature. In this work, the effect of core body temperature on hemodynamics of the murine arterial and venous systems has been studied non-invasively, at multiple locations across age and sex. Methods Male and female, adult and aged, mice (n = 20) were anesthetized and underwent MRI at 7 T. Data were acquired from four co-localized vessel pairs (the neck [carotid/jugular], torso [suprarenal and infrarenal aorta/inferior vena cava (IVC)], periphery [femoral artery/vein]) at core temperatures of 35, 36, 37, and 38 °C. Sixteen CINE, ECG-gated, phase contrast frames with one-directional velocity encoding (through plane) were acquired perpendicular to each vessel. Each frame was analyzed to quantify blood velocity and volumetric flow using a semi-automated in-house MATLAB script. Wall shear stress (WSS) was calculated using the Hagen-Poiseulle formula. A multivariable regression for WSS in the femoral artery was fitted with temperature, sex, age, body weight, and heart rate as variables. Results Blood velocity and volumetric flow were quantified in eight vessels at four core body temperatures. Flow in the infrarenal IVC linearly increased with temperature for all groups (p = .002; adjusted means of slopes: male vs. female, 0.37 and 0.28 cm/(s × °C); adult vs. aged, 0.22 and 0.43 cm/(s × °C)). Comparing average volumetric flow response to temperature, groups differed for the suprarenal aorta (adult < aged, p < .05), femoral artery (adult < aged, p < .05), and femoral vein (adult male < aged male, p < .001). The two-way interaction terms of temperature and body weight and temperature and sex had the largest effect on wall shear stress. Conclusions Age, in particular, had a significant impact on hemodynamic response as measured by volumetric flow (e.g., aged males > adult males) and WSS at peak-systole (e.g., aged males < adult males). The hemodynamic data can provide physiologically-relevant parameters, including sex and age difference, to computational fluid dynamics models and provide baseline data for the healthy murine vasculature to use as a benchmark for investigations of a variety of physiological (thermal stress) and pathophysiological conditions of the cardiovascular system.
Evaluation the Effect of Natural Compounds: Vitamin C, Green Tea, and their Combination on Progression of Mg-63 Osteosarcoma Cell Line Cells. (An In Vitro Study)

BACKGROUND: Osteosarcoma (OS) is considered extremely rare type of bone tumor although it is the most common type of malignant bone tumor in children with less common occurrence in elderly patients. Herbal plants and phytoconstituents are recently used in the treatment of OS to avoid the side effects of chemotherapeutic drugs. AIM: The aims of the present study are to investigate the effect of natural compound Vitamin C, green tea, and their combination on OS cell line (Mg-63 cells) after 72 h. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Mg-63 cells were obtained from Nawah scientific and divided to four groups: Control untreated cells, Vitamin C treated group, green tea treated group, and Vitamin C and green tea treated group (compounds combination treated group). The viability of treated cells was examined by sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay. Antioxidant 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl-hydrate (DPPH) assay was performed to investigate the antioxidant property of Vitamin C, green tea, and their combination. Flow cytometer analysis was applied to demonstrate cell cycle analysis and apoptosis. Wound width and cell migration were calculated by wound healing assay. RESULTS: SRB cytotoxic assay revealed that the Vitamin C, green tea, and their combination have a cytotoxic effect on MG-63 cells and Vitamin C has more cytotoxic effect than other two groups. Antioxidant DPPH assay showed that Vitamin C is more antioxidant agent than green tea and their combination on MG-63 cells. Flow cytometry assay revealed that the all-treated cells in different groups are arrested in cell cycle. Vitamin C, green tea, and their combination induced apoptosis and necrosis. Migration of MG-63 cells is inhibited after treated by Vitamin C, green tea, and their combination. CONCLUSION: Vitamin C, green tea, and their combination have cytotoxic effect on Mg-63 cells, also induced their effects on the cell cycle distribution and apoptosis. Anti-oxidant test was applied on three drugs revealed the powerful anti-oxidant capacity of Vitamin C than green tea and their combination. At least wound healing test was applied on malignant Mg-63 cells treated with our drugs that revealed Vitamin C was more effective.
Impact of gate line edge roughness on double-gate FinFET performance variability

The impact of gate line edge roughness (LER) on the performance variability of 32nm double-gate (DG) FinFETs is investigated using a framework that links device performance to commonly used LER descriptors, namely correlation length (ξ), RMS amplitude or standard deviation (σ) of the line edge from its mean value, and roughness exponent (α). This modeling approach is more efficient than Monte-Carlo TCAD simulations, and provides comparable results with appropriately selected input parameters. The FinFET device architecture is found to be robust to gate LER effects. Additionally, a spacer-defined gate electrode provides for dramatically reduced variability in device performance compared to a resist-defined gate electrode, which indicates that gate-length mismatch contributes more to variability in performance than lateral offset between the front and the back gate.
Cross-flow fan design guidelines for multi-objective performance optimization

Abstract More than one century has passed since Mortier's first cross-flow fan patent in 1891, but the design is still based on empirical considerations and on the re-adaptation of previously developed configurations. The complexity of the flow field inside the machine is the main reason for the lack of an established design procedure, because the characteristics of the eccentric vortex that forms within the impeller are deeply influenced by the geometry of the impeller and also of the casing. In this paper, the objectives that should be pursued in the design procedure are discussed and defined, and guidelines for cross-flow fan design are determined through the analysis of an experimental database of fan performance and efficiencies, which is obtained by the systematic variation of the most important geometric parameters of the casing in combination with different impellers.
The impact of foreign capital inflows on poverty in Vietnam: An empirical investigation

Abstract This study investigates the impact of foreign capital inflows on poverty in Vietnam, using annual time series data from 1990 to 2018. The study was motivated by the need to establish if burgeoning foreign capital inflows in Vietnam can support the poverty alleviation agenda. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and external debt were used as proxies for foreign capital inflows; and infant mortality rate, Human Development Index (HDI) and household consumption expenditure were used as poverty proxies. Using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach, the study found foreign direct investment to reduce poverty in the short run and long run when household consumption expenditure was used as a poverty measure. However, the study found FDI to worsen poverty in the short run when infant mortality rate and HDI were used as poverty proxies. The study found external debt to have poverty mitigating effect in the short run regardless of the poverty measure used and in the long run only when household consumption expenditure was used as a poverty measure.
International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems Damping of Inter-Area Oscillation in Power Systems by Static Var Compensator ( SVC ) Using PMU-Acquired Remote Bus Voltage Angles

This paper presents a novel concept of Static Var Compensator (SVC) damping control using a weighted sum of bus voltage angles of remote generators that are responsible for causing interarea oscillations in power systems. These remote bus voltage angle signals are acquired through Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs). A time domain simulation study on a 39-bus New England multi-machine system is utilized to show that an SVC auxiliary damping control, based on the derivative of these remote bus voltage angles, is superior to the conventionally employed local signals in damping inter-area oscillations. The effect of transmission delay in the acquisition of remote signals is also presented and a simple mechanism to compensate this delay is proposed and validated. The robustness of the delay compensator is finally shown for a wide range of signal transmission delays. The designed SVC controller shows a superior performance in damping the inter-area oscillations despite the signal transmission delays.
Harmonic and intermodulation performance of carbon nanotube field-effect transistor-based and single-electron tunnelling transistor-based inverting amplifiers

This article presents a simple mathematical model for the output-voltage/input-voltage characteristics of the carbon nanotube field-effect transistor (CNTFET)-based and the single-electron tunnelling transistor (SET)-based inverting amplifiers. The model, basically a Fourier-series, yields closed-form expressions for the amplitudes of the harmonic and intermodulation components of the output voltage resulting from a multisinusoidal input voltage. The special case of a two-tone equal-amplitude input signal is considered in detail. The results show that the harmonic and intermodulation performance of the CNTFET-based and SET-based inverting amplifiers is strongly dependent on the values of the bias voltage and the amplitudes of the input tones. Moreover, the results show that for the CNTFET-based inverting amplifier, either the relative second-order or the relative third-order intermodulation component is dominant, while for the SET-based inverting amplifier, the relative third-order intermodulation is always dominant. The results also show that all the harmonics and intermodulation products may exhibit minima at different values of the input bias voltages and tone amplitudes.
Evaluation of the BioFire Gastrointestinal Panel to Detect Diarrheal Pathogens in Pediatric Patients

Infectious diarrhea is a global pediatric health concern; therefore, rapid and accurate detection of enteropathogens is vital. We evaluated the BioFire® FilmArray® Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel with that of comparator laboratory tests. Stool samples of pediatric patients with diarrhea were prospectively collected and tested. As a comparator method for bacteria, culture, conventional PCR for diarrheagenic E. coli, and Allplex GI-Bacteria(I) Assay were tested. For discrepancy analysis, BD MAX Enteric Bacterial Panel was used. As a comparator method for virus, BD MAX Enteric Virus Panel and immunochromatography was used and Allplex GI-Virus Assay was used for discrepancy analysis. The “true positive” was defined as culture-positive and/or positive results from more than two molecular tests. Of the 184 stool samples tested, 93 (50.5%) were true positive for 128 pathogens, and 31 (16.9%) were positive for multiple pathogens. The BioFire GI Panel detected 123 pathogens in 90 of samples. The BioFire GI Panel demonstrated a sensitivity of 100% for 12 targets and a specificity of >95% for 16 targets. The overall positive rate and multiple pathogen rate among patients in the group without underlying diseases were significantly higher than those in the group with hematologic disease (57.0% vs. 28.6% (p = 0.001) and 20.4% vs. 4.8% (p = 0.02), respectively). The BioFire GI Panel provides comprehensive results within 2 h and may be useful for the rapid identification of enteropathogens.
A CROSS CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA AND SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION

The issue of violence phenomenon is noticeable within our environments, and has leans strongly on the foundations of gender bias, customary cum as well as traditional stance, which are deeply aligned with the orthodoxly patriarchal template that rules in many communities and societies, such as Nigeria. Utilizing the quantitative approach and adopting the survey research design, this study examines the public a cross cultural analysis of intimate partner violence and the social work intervention measures as panacea in addressing the menace. The population of the study consists of both dating and married couples and social workers. Employing the simple random sampling method, a sample of 80 couples and 20 social workers, giving a total of 100 participants were selected from Edo and Delta States of Nigeria. Two test score were correlated and their responses were subjected to Pearson moment correlation formula to obtain the reliability co-efficient of 0.86. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistic; mean and standard deviation at 2.5 criterion mean in order to determine a cross cultural analysis of intimate partner violence and the social work intervention. Findings reveal that intimate partner violence has deep cultural influences of family background, religious beliefs; up-bringing and negative cultural opinions about females, widespread social cultural impacts of physical injuries, mental, emotionally or psychologically influences on victims and their children. In addition, much need to be done, as social workers can help in early intervention for sufferers of IPV with a wide range of services including legal intervention, cultural supportive services; awareness campaign and counselling services to put an end to the scourge of intimate partner violence.
Ratoon sugarcane yield integrated drip-irrigation and nitrogen fertilization

The aim of this study was to compare the use of water and nitrogen on ratoon sugarcane during irrigated and rain-fed conditions, and to assess the production potential of stalks and sugar with different rates of N-fertilizer on the subsurface drip-irrigated management. The experimental design was a randomized block with four replications for each experiment and treatments: (T1) irrigated, 0kg N ha-1; (T2) irrigated, 70kg N ha-1; (T3) irrigated, 140kg N ha-1; (T4) irrigated, 210kg N ha-1; (T5) not irrigated, 0kg N ha-1, and (T6) not irrigated, 140kg N ha-1. Biometric, technological, dry matter and yield variables were analyzed among the treatments. The irrigation system together with the application of N-fertilizer at 140kg ha-1 presented significant differences in dry matter accumulation of shoots, and for the production of stalks and sugar, respectively 94, 105 and 106%, higher when compared to the not irrigated, without N-fertilizer (T5). There was a positive and synergistic effect of irrigation with N-fertilizer on the productivity of stalks and sugar. Ratoon sugarcane irrigated with subsurface dripping had the highest yield (22Mg ha-1 of sugar) with the dosage of 140kg ha-1 N.
Investigation of Wheel Ventilation-Drag using a Modular Wheel Design Concept

Passenger car fuel consumption is a constant concern for automotive companies and the contribution to fuel consumption from aerodynamics is well known. Several studies have been published on the aerodynamics of wheels. One area of wheel aerodynamics discussed in some of these earlier works is the so-called ventilation resistance. This study investigates ventilation resistance on a number of 17 inch rims, in the Volvo Cars Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel. The ventilation resistance was measured using a custom–built suspension with a tractive force measurement system installed in the Wheel Drive Units (WDUs). The study aims at identifying wheel design factors that have significant effect on the ventilation resistance for the investigated wheel size. The results show that it was possible to measure similar power requirements to rotate the wheels as was found in previous works. The magnitude of the measured ventilation resistance confirms the conclusion that this effect should be taken into account when designing a wheel. It was found that some of the rim design factors have greater influences on the ventilation resistance than others. It was also shown that one of the investigated rims had lower ventilation resistance than measured for the fully-covered wheel configuration.