Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Influence of Media Violence on Aggressive Behavior among Adolescents in Selected Secondary Schools in Rajshahi, Bangladesh

The purpose of the present study was mainly to explore the influence of media violence on aggressive behavior among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. To reach at the end of this study, aggressive behavior of 120 respondents was measured by administering adaptedBengali versionof Measure of Aggressive Questionnaire (MAB). The result of the study revealed that violent filmwatching respondents significantly showed higher aggressiveness than non-violent film-watching respondents. Results also found that male respondents showed significantly higher aggressiveness than female respondents. It was also indicated that there is a significant difference in the influence of media violence on aggressive behavior on the basis of different age level.
Channel Network Control on Seasonal Lake Area Dynamics in Arctic Deltas

The abundant lakes dotting arctic deltas are hotspots of methane emissions and biogeochemical activity, but seasonal variability in lake extents introduces uncertainty in estimates of lacustrine carbon emissions, typically performed at annual or longer time scales. To characterize variability in lake extents, we analyzed summertime lake area loss (i.e., shrinkage) on two deltas over the past 20 years, using Landsat‐derived water masks. We find that monthly shrinkage rates have a pronounced structured variability around the channel network with the shrinkage rate systematically decreasing farther away from the channels. This pattern of shrinkage is predominantly attributed to a deeper active layer enhancing near‐surface connectivity and storage and greater vegetation density closer to the channels leading to increased evapotranspiration rates. This shrinkage signal, easily extracted from remote sensing observations, may offer the means to constrain estimates of lacustrine methane emissions and to develop process‐based estimates of depth to permafrost on arctic deltas.
Characteristics of Simulated Workplace Neutron Standard Fields

This paper presents the development of simulated workplace neutron standard fields at the Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology with the 241Am-Be source moderated by polyethylene spheres with diameters of 15 cm and 30cm. The characterization of the standard fields (in terms of neutron fluence rates and neutron ambient dose equivalent rates) was performed using Bonner sphere spectrometer system together with MAXED and FRUIT unfolding codes. The related quantities such as neutron dose equivalent-averaged energies and fluence-to-ambient dose equivalent conversion coefficients were also determined. The discrepancies of values are satisfied with the standard uncertainty criteria as recommended by the International Standard Organization 12789 series. It implies that the simulated workplace neutron standard fields can be applied in the practical works for calibration purposes.
Effects of Early Resistance Exercises guidelines on Pulmonary Function Measures of Patients with open heart surgery

Background: Open heart surgery is one of the most important procedures that can resolve many cardiac problems. The most important of which are myocardial revascularization, valve replacement or repair of congenital or acquired structural abnormalities, exercise therapy play vital role in preventing the complication after cardiac surgery and other type of surgery especially pulmonary complication. The aim of this study is: To investigate effects of early resistance exercises guidelines on pulmonary function measures of patients with open heart surgery. Research design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized in the present study. The study was carried out at the Cardio Thoracic intensive care unit at South valley University Hospital. A convenient sample of 60 adult p.ts with open heart surgery from both sex assigned in to equal groups (control and study groups). resistance exercise apply 30 minutes, twice a day in the intensive care unit (ICU) until hospital discharge are done through using the three tools(patient assessment sheet, pulmonary function measures and Borg scale. Results: It was revealed that there was an obvious increase in the pulmonary function measures of patients with open heart surgery in post-operative phase compared with preoperative phase, with a very highly significant difference (p<0.001). Conclusion: The resistance exercise guidelines had a significant impact on Pulmonary Function Measures of Patients with open heart surgery. Recommendations: A resistance exercise guidelines should be planned and offered on regular basis for patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Perception of Engineering Students on Entrepreneurship Education

Economic trends and changes in the workforce needs have driven many engineering universities to consider offering entrepreneurship education to their students. The objective of this study was to explore engineering students’ perception toward entrepreneurship education and to evaluate how the teaching of entrepreneurship education could prepare engineering student to become an entrepreneur. The study was descriptive in nature and data were gathered through questionnaires and observation. In order to achieve the objective of the study, simple sampling techniques were used. Survey data were collected from 230 engineering students enrolled in the senior level capstone design courses in five engineering departments (Electromechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Food processing Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mining Engineering and Civil Engineering) with established entrepreneurship programs in Addis Ababa Science and Technology University. Data collected through structured questionnaire was an analysis of descriptive and inferential statistics. The study found that more than 2/3 of the respondent do not have an intention to start a business within the next 5 years, more than 3/4 of the students disagreed on the curriculum that do not encourage to have practical experience. Majority of students perceived that the university doesn’t promote the entrepreneurship as per the expectation. Based on these findings, conclusions were drawn and some feasible recommendations were made.
EFFECT OF CHICKEN MANURE COMBINED WITH BIO-FERTILIZERS, MINERAL FERTILIZER AND SOME FOLIAR APPLICATIONS ON: 1-VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND SOME CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF TOMATO LEAVES.

Two successive field experiments were conducted in a private farm at Gemiana village near El-Mansoura city, Dakahlia Government, Egypt, during seasons of 2009 and 2010 to evaluate the effect of two rates of chicken manure combined with bio-fertilizers, mineral fertilizers and some foliar application treatments as well as their interactions on vegetative growth parameters (Plant height, No. of branches/plant, No. of leaves/plant, Fresh and Dry weights)and some chemical constitutes of tomato leaves (Lycopersicon esculentum) "Nada" hybrid under drip irrigation system. The obtained results showed that the mean values of plant height, number of leaves and branches/plant, fresh and dry weights of tomato plants, N, P, K% in the leaves, chlorophyll a, b and total chlorophyll were increased due to increasing chicken manure rate up to 6 ton/fed. + bio fertilizer mixture during both seasons of the experimentation. Also, the highest mean values of vegetative growth parameters, N, P and K percentages, chlorophyll a, b and total chlorophyll in leaves under study were obtained with increasing NPK level from 0 up to 50% of the recommended dose (RD) during both seasons. The highest significant values of the aforementioned parameters were recorded with spraying plants by seaweed extract (2.5 ml/L.) followed by spraying yeast extract (5 g/L.). These increases were true in the two seasons of the study. The study showed that the best results of vegetative growth parameters and N, P and K percentages in the leaves, chlorophyll a, b and total chlorophyll were recorded with adding 6 ton/fed. chicken manure + bio fertilizer mixture with 50% NPK from recommended dose and spraying seaweed extract during both seasons.
Impact of AM Fungi and Azotobacter in the Alleviation of Cd-Induced Growth Reduction and Activity of Antioxidants in Coriandrum Sativum L

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and Azotobacteron growth, oxidative effect and antioxidant defense mechanisms under cadmium (Cd) stresses in Coriandrum sativum L. (Coriander). Treatments consisted of mycorrhizal and Azotobacter treatments and threeconcentrations of cadmium treatments (0,50and 100 mg Cd kg -1 of soil). Metal induced oxidative damage through increased lipid peroxidation. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POX) increased under stress and it was found that there was a direct correlation between root length, shoot length, plant fresh weight and plant dry weight and the activity of these enzymes in concentration dependent manner. The activity of antioxidants and growth increased in mycorrhizal and Azotobacter stressed plants. However, the combination of mycorrhiza (AMF) and Azotobacteracted synergistically and significantly arrested lipid peroxidation and led to increased growth as well as activity of activity of antioxidants. The interactions of cadmium and biofertilizers proved to be synergistic and the antioxidant activities further increased indicated the positive role of biofertilizers in increasing the antioxidant activity thereby decreasing oxidative stress and stimulating growth. Therefore, biofertilizers are advisable to enhance the tolerance to cadmium stress in medicinally important coriander.
Successful treatment with home care during the second half of a twin pregnancy complicated by a short cervix: A case report

Introduction: Twin pregnancies are associated with a risk of premature delivery. Case presentation: A 34-year-old primiparous female patient with twin pregnancy presented in the 26th week of pregnancy with a cervical length of 11 mm, with prolapse of membranes. The patient received specialized bed rest and support, and the pregnancy was successfully completed at 36 weeks and 5 days. Conclusion: In the second half of the pregnancy, due to the risk of emergency cervical cerclage, expectant management seems an appropriate and safe approach.
Noisy Signaling through Open Market Share Repurchase Programs and Information Production by Institutions

We use transaction-level institutional trading data and the data on US firms' actual repurchases made available by the 2003 revisions to the Exchange Act to analyze the ability of institutional investors to create an information advantage for themselves around open market share repurchases. We document several results new to the literature. First, institutional trading prior to an open-market share repurchase (OMR) announcement has significant predictive power for the magnitude of the abnormal return to the repurchasing firm’s equity around OMR announcements. Second, institutional trading immediately after an OMR announcement has significant predictive power for the firm’s subsequent stock return performance: the larger the net buying by institutions, better the subsequent long-run stock returns. Third, institutional trading immediately after an OMR announcement has significant predictive power for the actual repurchases by the firm: a larger amount of net buying of the firm’s equity by institutions is associated with a larger actual repurchase by the firm in the subsequent period. Fourth, institutional trading has predictive power for the change in the firm's information asymmetry from before the OMR announcement to after: a larger amount of net buying by institutions is associated with a larger decrease in the degree of information asymmetry facing the firm in the equity market. Finally, institutions are able to realize significant abnormal profits (net of commissions and trading costs) by trading in the equity of firms undergoing open-market repurchases. Overall, our results are consistent with the notion that institutional investors are able to generate a significant information advantage for themselves about firms undertaking OMR programs.
High Hopes and Disappointment

Recursive Utility models generalize von Neumann-Morgenstern preferences by giving agents preference over the timing of resolution of uncertainty. These preferences have been given an axiomatic foundation by Kreps and Porteus [1978, 1979] and theoretical and empirical development by L. Seldon [1978], Epstein and Zin [1989, 1991], and others. We provide a generalization of these models which does not have the recursive structure. In recursive models, preferences looking forward do not depend on past consumption or beliefs. In our model, preferences looking forward also do not depend on past consumption, but they can depend on past beliefs, or perhaps more generally and more accurately on what was expected to happen on other branches of the tree. Preferences in our model are not defined recursively, which avoids the questions of existence that can be difficult in settings with continuous time and/or an infinite horizon. We use our new model of preferences to derive optimal consumption and investment strategies, which can still be solved using dynamic programming but with an extra state variable.
To what extent does job quality influence organizational commitment across countries?

Organizational commitment has shown strong and consistent relationship with positive outcomes for companies such as a reduction of organizational withdrawal behaviors and an increase in individual efforts at work. This research investigates the relationship between job quality and organizational commitment and the role of country in shaping the two variables and their relationship. The hypotheses have been tested through the dataset of the 2015 International Social Survey Programme on work orientations. Two countries have been taken into consideration for making the comparison: Norway and France. They exhibit differences according to the variety of capitalism theory’s clusters. The statistical analysis shows that a positive and significant relationship exists between job quality and organizational commitment. In addition, differences among Norway and France are observed in the mean level of both constructs. However, no significant evidence has been found to support a moderating role of country in the relationship between job quality and organizational commitment. Results of the study suggest that the relationship between them is the same regardless the country. Overall, this research has proven that institutional regimes differences account for the higher values of job quality and organizational commitment in Norway compared to France. However, the country element does not influence the strength and direction of the relationship.
Characterization of Long-term Cold Storage Effects on Platelet Hemostatic Function and GPIbÎ± Glycan Composition

2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS . 5 INTRODUCTION . 6 Platelets . 6 Platelet hemostatic function . 6 Platelet storage practice and complications . 10 Platelet cold storage . 12 Characterizing platelet long-term cold storage effects . 16 MATERIALS AND METHODS . 17 Reagents . 17 Instruments . 17 Antibodies . 17 Platelet concentrate preparation . 17 Platelet concentrate storage . 18 Light transmission platelet aggregometry . 19 Flow cytometric analysis . 19 Platelet surface P-selectin, GPIbα, and activated GPIIbIIIa . 19 Platelet derived microparticles (PDMPs) and procoagulant platelet surface . 20 Platelet GPIbα galactose exposure . 20 Platelet GPIbα β-N-acetyl-glucosamine exposure . 20 Platelet surface and total Neuraminidase 1 (NEU1) expression . 21 Data processing and analysis . 21 RESULTS . 21 Development of flow cytometric glycan exposure detection assays . 21 Development of flow cytometric platelet Neuraminidase 1 (NEU1) expression detection assay . 26 GPIbα galactose and NAG exposure increases in RT and cold stored platelets . 29 Total and surface expression of Neuraminidase 1 (NEU1) is static in RT and cold stored platelets . 29 Surface A-GPIIbIIIa and surface P-selectin expression of RT and cold stored platelets . 31 Surface A-GPIIbIIIa of baseline platelets . 32 Surface A-GPIIbIIIa of agonist stimulated platelets . 32 Surface P-selectin of baseline platelets . 34 Surface P-selectin of agonist stimulated platelets . 35 Annexin V positive PDMP and Annexin V positive procoagulant surface production . 38 Cold stored platelets better preserve aggregate formation ability as compared to RT stored platelets . 40 DISCUSSION . 43 Concluding remarks . 48 REFERENCES . 49
"Enable or Disable Gamification?" Investigating the Effect of Choice in a Gamified Setting

While the effects of tailoring gamification to users’ preferences are found to be largely positive, customizing a gamification setup often takes time and effort on the user’s part. Therefore, in this bachelor thesis, a very simple form of customization was explored: With only a single press of a button users chose whether or not they want to use game elements at all. In a study, the effectiveness of this approach was investigated. Within the context of an online image tagging platform, based on previous work, one half of the participants chose to enable or disable gamification for their task after having seen both options in a tutorial. The other half did not have this choice and was assigned randomly to either the gamified or the non-gamified version of the task instead. To gain insights on how user performance and intrinsic motivation were impacted by having this choice, the overall tag quality and the amount of generated tags were compared between participants who deliberately chose to enable gamification and participants who were randomly assigned to this version, as well as between participants who chose to disable gamification and those randomly assigned to the non-gamified version. The results indicate that, while having a choice did not have an effect on people who found the gamification setup to be appealing, it motivated those who did not want to use the game elements and, as a result, disabled gamification: they provided significantly more tags than participants who completed the same non-gamified task but without having a choice, demonstrating that the option to disable gamification poses an easy but useful customization approach.
DATE PALM WASTE IN STARTER-GROWER DIETS AND IMPACT ON PRODUCTIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF BROILERS

The current study was designed to evaluate growth performance, carcass characteristics and some blood plasma parameters on unsexed Hubbard broiler chicks fed different levels of protein and Mid-rib of date palm (MDP) up to five weeks of age. Four dietary treatments, using 160 chicks, each group comprised of 40 chicks in 5 replicates of 8 chicks each. Two levels of crude protein (required level; control) and (low [-2% crude protein]; T1) and two levels of MDP (5%; T2 and 10%; T3) were used to replace yellow corn grains found in control diet. At the end of experimental period at 5 weeks of age, 3 birds from each treatment were randomly selected and slaughtered for carcass, tibia and some plasma parameters. Obtained results indicated that chicks fed required protein diet (control) showed the highest live body weight and best feed conversion ratio compared with those fed low protein diet (T1). Moreover, chicks fed MDP (T2 or T3) diets reflected the lowest live body weight and worse feed conversion ratio compared with other dietary treatments. In regard to carcass characteristics parameters; carcass weight, total edible parts and abdominal fat % and carcass parts % (wing and drumstick %), recorded insignificant figures were observed when chicks fed different dietary treatments. However, liver, giblets, thigh and breast percentages recorded significant differences within dietary treatments. Additionally, tibia bone measurements (wet tibia weight, tibia length, tibia width and tibia Seeder index) showed insignificant differences within dietary treatments. Also blood plasma parameters [total protein, albumin, globulin, uric acid, total lipids, triglycerides, cholesterol and alanine transaminase (ALT)] were not altered, while; plasma aspartate transaminase (AST) concentration was increased by feeding low protein diets (T1). In conclusion, feeding broiler chickens on balanced diets is more successful in regard to growth performance, feed conversion ratio and carcass characteristics.
Supplementary Material for Exploring Data Aggregation in Policy Learning for Vision-based Urban Autonomous Driving

In this supplementary document, we ﬁrst study the common failure cases of behavior cloning in dense urban scenarios. We then provide implementation details of the architecture and the training procedure used in the main paper. Further, we present a theoretical analysis of the proposed approach and provide additional results paired with a more in-depth analysis of the ﬁndings from the main paper. Finally, we bring to light several limitations in the NoCrash benchmark and evaluation protocol for the CARLA simulator. The supplementary video contains qualitative comparisons of our approach (DA-RB + ) against CILRS + in different weather conditions and trafﬁc scenarios
Numerical investigation of the effect of divergent hot tube on the energy separation in a vortex tube

The vortex tube is a simple device, without any moving parts, that separates a pressurized flow of air (or any inert gas) into hot and cold streams. Compressed air enters tangentially into the vortex tube, where it splits into two lower pressure streams, the peripheral vortex and the inner vortex. The hot stream rotates near the outer radius of the tube while the cold stream flows at the center of the tube. The hot, outer shell of the compressed gas escapes through the conical valve at the end of the tube. The remaining gas returns in an inner vortex and leaves through the cold exit orifice located at the other end of the tube near the inlet. This behavior is schematically illustrated in Fig. 1. There are various explanations for this behavior of the vortex tube. One explanation is that, owing to centrifugal force, the outer air is under higher pressure than the inner air. The temperature of the outer air is, therefore, higher than that of the inner air. Another explanation is that as both vortices have the same angular velocity and direction, the inner vortex loses angular momentum. This decrease in angular momentum is transferred to the outer vortex as kinetic energy, resulting in separated flows of hot and cold gas.