Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
IoT-based safety monitoring from the perspective of construction site workers

Occupational safety and health is traditionally a challenging area in the labor-intensive construction industry as accidents at work and non-ergonomic work conditions lead to absences and premature retirement of construction workers. Recently, the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its accompanying technologies (e.g. wearable technologies) has enhanced interest in the occupational safety and health of construction work. The level of technology acceptance among construction workers is a crucial element in the adoption of these technologies. The main objectives of this study are to enhance understanding about construction workers’ attitudes towards IoT-based data-intensive work safety and wellbeing solutions and to identify factors that can promote technology adoption. Data for the study was collected through an online survey of 4385 construction workers. Based on the survey data it seems that construction workers would accept the sharing and utilizing data collected from them in the worksite environment if it could help identify employee personal health risks or promote personal and colleagues' occupational safety. Respondents were most concerned about privacy and security regarding wearables in the workplace. It can be concluded that user acceptance and trust building are key components in the adoption of IoT-based occupational safety and health solutions. Future studies should investigate methods for actively involving construction workers in the design and development process of IoT-based work safety solutions and examine technological solutions that promote trust building among construction workers.
Regulation of organelle transport: Lessons from color change in fish

Organelles transported along microtubules are normally moved to precise locations within cells. For example, synaptic vesiceles are transported to the neruronal synapse, the Golgi apparatus is generally found in a perinuclear location, and the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum are actively extended to the cell periphery. The correct positioning of these organelles depends on microtubules and microtubule motors. Melanophores provide an extreme example of organized organelle transport. These cells are specialized to transport pigment granules, which are coordinately moved towards or away from the cell center, and result in the cell appearing alternately light or dark. Melanophores have proved to be an ideal system for studying the mechanisms by which the cell controls the direction of its organelle transport. Pigment granule dispersion (the movement away from the cell center) requires protein phosphorylation, while pigment aggregation (the movement towards the cell center) requires protein dephosphorylation. The target of this phosphorylation and dephosphorylation event is a protein that interacts with the microtubule motor protein, kinesin. Thus, the direction of organelle transport along microtubules may be regulated by controlling the activity of a microtubule motor.
Effect of genotypes and pre-sowing treatments on seed germination behavior of jatropha

The objective of the study was to explore the effects of pre-sowing seed treatments on germination behaviour and to assess the possibilities of increasing the germination rate of Jatropha curcas. Seeds of twenty jatropha accessions obtained from seven different sources were subjected to three pre-sowing treatments viz., control (T0): unsoaked seeds directly sown in the polybag and apply water up to saturation; T1: seed placed on filter paper in the petridis and moistened once with the water; and T2: seeds kept under stone sand and moistened once with the water. Seeds in T1 and T2 were kept for 72 h before sown in the polybag. The study was conducted in the Glass House of Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Study revealed that pre-sowing treatments significantly (p<0.01) enhanced seed germination parameters of Jatropha. Seed germination started 5 days after sowing and continued up to 12 days. The highest germination percentage (95.85%) was observed in T2 and 100% germination was observed in the genotypes viz., UKM-JC-011, UKM-JC-012, UKM-JC-014, UKM-JC-016 and UKM-JC-020 in T1 and T2. None of the genotypes showed 100% germination in T0. The highest Germination Index (GI) and Seedling Vigor Index (SVI) was found in T2 and the lowest in T0. T2 was found more effective in respect to faster germination, high germination percentage, germination index, seedling vigor index, speed and energy of germination. Five accessions viz., UKM-JC-012, UKM-JC-014, UKM-JC-016, UKM-JC-017 and UKM-JC-019 were found suitable in all the treatments including control.
Enhancing students’ engagement on using Blackboard as an online learning community tool in Clinical Biochemistry

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background and aim of the study: Proper online students’/teacher communication and awareness of the use of Blackboard as an online learning community could result in the improvement of student academic achievement. So, the aim of the current project was directed to encourage students and faculty for using Blackboard as an online learning community tool. Moreover, it aimed to measures their perceptions. Subjects and Methods: The study was directed to the second year Medical students during teaching of Clinical Biochemistry. We started by pre-implementation survey, followed by orientation workshop, engaging students for Blackboard implementation then ended in post-implementation survey to evaluate how come students are engaged and satisfied. Results: The first questionnaire group indicated the students’ perceptions of Blackboard use and usefulness as an online learning community tool. The second questionnaire group was related to the Interest & Enjoyment of using Backboard. While Blackboard Tools are presented in the third questionnaire questions group. The comparison regarding the total perception of the three groups of the questionnaire between pre-implementation versus post-implementation survey results showed significant improvement of students’ perception in the post-implementation phase. By correlating grades in Clinical Biochemistry and total GPA to the questionnaire groups, total perceptions showed a non-significant correlation between all studied parameters in the pre-implementation phase while significant positive correlations were detected in the post-implementation phase. Conclusion: Based on the presented second-year medical students’ perception and satisfaction, we could confirm that the Blackboard online platform is a very successful online line learning community tool. Blackboard together with face to face classroom-based learning methods helps students for better learning achievement. Moreover, the online learning community is considered a complementary tool to that of classroom-based learning as it facilitates students/students and students’/faculty communication and minimizes the time required for physical contacts.
In Attention to Pain: Governance and Bodies in Brazil

ABSTRACT Ethnographies of bodies have become entry points for understanding the sensorially rich ways that worlds are generated and lived. Here, I adduce a slow-paced ethnographic mode that centers how bodily pain and touch orient attention, with a focus on gendered and racialized violence in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. In doing so, I make explicit the expectation in Rio’s urban governance that resilience means toughening through pain. In turn, I detail how Pentecostal practices of ‘healing touch’ link pain and hope together, demonstrating the religious work, care, and governance involved in producing and maintaining hope under conditions of violence.
Precisão experimental de ensaios de feijão analisada pelo método de Papadakis

The objective of this work was to verify whether the use of the Papadakis method in the analysis of the results of common bean cultivar trials modifies the assumptions of the mathematical model and the experimental precision indicators. Common bean yield data obtained from 26 cultivar trials carried out in randomized complete block design were used. For each trial, with or without the use of the Papadakis method, the assumptions were verified, the analysis of variance and the hypothesis tests were carried out, and statistics were calculated in order to identify experimental precision. The assumptions were not violated by either method (with or without the Papadakis method). The Fasoulas index increased from 5.9 to 13.9, and the selective accuracy from 0.82 to 0.89 with the Papadakis method. This method allowed the identification, with 80% precision, of superior common bean cultivars regarding grain yield using only four replicates, while seven replicates were necessary to maintain 80% precision in the analysis without the Papadakis method. The Papadakis method improves the indices of experimental precision and reduces the number of replicates necessary to predict the performance of common bean cultivars regarding grain yield.
Growth and carcass characteristics of ram, cryptorchid and wether Border Leicester x Merino lambs: effects of increasing carcass weight.

The growth and carcass characteristics of first-cross Border Leicester x Merino ram, cryptorchid and wether lambs were compared over a range of slaughter weights (35-55 kg). Lambs were offered feed ad libitum after weaning. The growth rate of wether lambs (221 g/day) was less (P< 0.01) than that of rams and cryptorchids (308 and 280 g/day respectively, P = 0.076). The dressed carcasses of the wether lambs were approximately 2 percentage units heavier than those of the ram and cryptorchids, but this difference was partly due to the weight of the testes. Across all sex groups, dressing percentage increased by 0.46 percentage units per kg increase in carcass weight. The carcasses of rams and cryptorchid lambs tended to be leaner than those of wethers. Fat score distributions, based on export standards, were such that wethers scored higher (fatter) than rams and cryptorchids (P< 0.05). There was a significant sexx carcass weight interaction with GR tissue depths. Above 17 kg carcass weight, tissue depth of wether lambs was greater than those of the other sex types. Of 12 families assessing consumer acceptability (taste, smell, size, fatness and tenderness) of leg roasts, the majority showed no preference for any of the sexes.
Depth Distribution and Abundance of Northern Adriatic Littoral Rocky Reef Blennioid Fishes (Blenniidae and Tripterygion)

Species' depth distributions and abundances were visually assessed along 24 transects in a northern Adriatic assemblage of blennioid fishes (14 species of Blenniidae, 1 species of Triptery-giidue). Total abundance of blennioids was highest in 0.5-1 m depth, decreasing upwards and downwards. Species diversity (Shannon-Wiener) is highest at the shallowest depth (0-0.5 in). The curybathic species Parablennius incognitus, Lipophrys dalmatinus, Tripterygion tripteronotus, and Parablennius tentacularis were most abundant at all depths (relative to the species investigated). All stenobathic species were most abundant at 0-0.5 m. Depth distribution patterns and abundance ranks of species were similar at western, eastern, southern, and northern transects.
RCS: a fast path planning algorithm for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Path planning is a major problem in autonomous vehicles. In recent years, with the increase in applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), one of the main challenges is path planning, particularly in adversarial environments. In this paper, we consider the problem of planning a collision-free path for a UAV in a polygonal domain from a source point to a target point. Based on the characteristics of UAVs, we assume two basic limitations on the generated paths: an upper bound on the turning angle at each turning point (maximum turning angle) and a lower bound on the distance between two consecutive turns (minimum route leg length). We describe an algorithm that runs in $O(n^2 \log n)$ time and finds a feasible path in accordance with the above limitations, where $n$ is the number of obstacle vertices. As shown by experiments, the output of the algorithm is much close to the shortest path with this requirements. We further demonstrate how to decompose the algorithm into two phases, a preprocessing and a query phase. In this way, given a fixed start point and a set of obstacles, we can preprocess a data structure of size $O(n^2)$ in $O(n^2 \log n)$ time, such that for any query target point we can find a path with the given requirements in $O(n \log n)$ time. Finally, we modify the algorithm to find a feasible (almost shortest) path that reach the target point within a given range of directions.
SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG MALE UNDERGRADUATES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Although researchers have conducted multiple studies on social support among male undergraduates, a gap was identified in the lack of systematic reviews of literature synthesizing their findings. The purpose in this systematic review was to obtain an understanding of recent findings on social support among male undergraduates. To identify relevant literature, a search strategy was developed consisting of six criteria for inclusion, which yielded a total of 30 studies from multiple databases. Findings showed an overall positive impact of social support on psychological outcomes, academic achievement, and technology use among male undergraduates. The findings also revealed a diverse range of sources of social support as well as variations based on gender. In addition to addressing the identified gap in the research, findings from the review may help teachers, educational policymakers, educators, and scholars identify relevant patterns that could be used to note important dimensions within which possible interventions could be introduced to promote desired outcomes.
Mathematical Models of Consciousness

In recent years, promising mathematical models have been proposed that aim to describe conscious experience and its relation to the physical domain. Whereas the axioms and metaphysical ideas of these theories have been carefully motivated, their mathematical formalism has not. In this article, we aim to remedy this situation. We give an account of what warrants mathematical representation of phenomenal experience, derive a general mathematical framework that takes into account consciousness’ epistemic context, and study which mathematical structures some of the key characteristics of conscious experience imply, showing precisely where mathematical approaches allow to go beyond what the standard methodology can do. The result is a general mathematical framework for models of consciousness that can be employed in the theory-building process.
LOCUS OF CONTROL: TEACHERS’ NEGLECTED ATTRIBUTE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT SCORES IN FACING DIVERSE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

Irony of humans’ resiliencies to grasp life achievements has been remaining one of the important debates since long ago. Controversy prolongs when few report it destiny, whereas remaining claim individual’s endless effort. Origin of social learning theory stoppage caused entire debate and declared that teachers’ psychological attribute; locus of control is a key construct that actively affects students’ success / failure. Present research was conducted to explore the effect of teachers’ locus of control on students’ achievement scores in facing diverse socioeconomic status enrolled in public sector secondary schools of District Kasur; Punjab-Province. Researchers followed quantitative research adopting ex-post-facto design to investigate a burning dilemma on the sample of conveniently selected 1100 respondents. After ensuring ethical considerations from the respondents, researchers collected data from teachers through administering Rose and Medway (1981) Teacher Locus of Control Scale after obtaining unfettered and unrestricted permissions from the authors. Researchers obtained students’ achievement scores and their family socioeconomic status from parents, teachers and head teachers respectively. Researchers’ pilot tested scale on the sample of 100 respondents to confirm Cronbach’s Alpha reliability statistics is . 850. Results of regression analysis reported that teachers’ locus of control has affected 66%, teachers’ demographic variables 84.30% and parental socioeconomic status have affected 74.70% of students’ achievement scores. Research recommends that Govt. provide in-service training to secondary school teachers on their neglected psychological attribute; locus of control that confirms worth-seeing importance in obtaining students’ achievement scores and grants monthly stipend to passed ninth grade students having 85% marks in annual examinations focusing their parental socioeconomic status. Keywords: locus of control, social learning theory, teachers’ locus of control, students’ achievement scores, socioeconomic status.
Two new triterpenoid saponins from Pulsatilla cernua (Thunb.) Bercht. et Opiz

Two new triterpenoid saponins, named cernuaside C and D, have been isolated from Pulsatilla cernua (Thunb.) Bercht. et Opiz. The structures of the two new triterpenoid saponins were elucidated as 3-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl(1 → 2)-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1 → 3)]-α-L-arabinopyranosyl oleanolic acid 28-α-L–rhamnopyranosyl(1 → 4)-β-D-glucopyranosyl(1 → 6)-β-D-glucopyranoside. (1) and 3-O-α-L–arabinopyranosyl (1 → 3)-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1 → 2)-α-L-arabinopyranosyl oleanolic acid 28–O–β-D-glucopyranoside (2) by 1D, 2D-NMR techniques, ESI-MS analysis as well as chemical methods.
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging ultrasound-guided fusion biopsy during active surveillance: A single-centre study

ABSTRACT Objective To analyse the role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) ultrasound (US)-guided fusion biopsy (FB) in patients with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) under active surveillance (AS). Patients and methods Our retrospective study included 47 patients under AS who consecutively underwent both FB and standard biopsy (SB), from May 2015 until November 2017. We defined FB as a transrectal US-guided biopsy based on mpMRI. The primary endpoint was to assess the rate of concordance between FB and SB in terms of diagnostic yield, as well as the rate of Gleason Score upgrading/downgrading between the two techniques. Cohen’s kappa coefficient (κ) was applied to test the concordance between FB and SB. Results The median (interquartile range [IQR]) follow-up was 20 (13–37) months. The median (IQR) number of cores taken was 13 (12–14) at SB and 4 (4–6) at FB. Overall, FB missed 12/47 (26%) PCa diagnoses compared to SB. There was concordance between SB and FB in 64% of the patients. The showed a perfect agreement between SB and FB for the detection of PCa with Gleason Score 4 + 4 and a weak concordance for negative biopsies ( : 0.46) and for PCa with a Gleason Score 4 + 3 ( : 0.54). There was Gleason Score upgrading at FB in two of 47 (4%) patients, whereas there was downgrading in three of 47 (6%) patients. Conclusion In our present study, FB showed no superiority over SB for the detection of PCa. On the contrary, FB had a high rate of missed PCa compared to SB. Further studies are required to ascertain the role of FB in AS. Abbreviations AS: active surveillance; FB: fusion biopsy; IL: index lesion; IQR: interquartile range; mpMRI: multiparametric MRI; (cs)PCa: (clinically significant) prostate cancer; PI-RADS: Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System; PRIAS: Prostate Cancer Research International Active Surveillance; ROI: region of interest; SB: standard biopsy
Detecting Developers’ Task Switches and Types

Developers work on a broad variety of tasks during their workdays and constantly switch between them. While these task switches can be beneficial, they can also incur a high cognitive burden on developers, since they have to continuously remember and rebuild the task context–the artifacts and applications relevant to the task. Researchers have therefore proposed to capture task context more explicitly and use it to provide better task support, such as task switch reduction or task resumption support. Yet, these approaches generally require the developer to manually identify task switches. Automatic approaches for predicting task switches have so far been limited in their accuracy, scope, evaluation, and the time discrepancy between predicted and actual task switches. In our work, we examine the use of automatically collected computer interaction data for detecting developers’ task switches as well as task types. In two field studies–a 4h observational study and a multi-day study with experience sampling–we collected data from a total of 25 professional developers. Our study results show that we are able to use temporal and semantic features from developers’ computer interaction data to detect task switches and types in the field with high accuracy of 84 percent and 61 percent respectively, and within a short time window of less than 1.6 minutes on average from the actual task switch. We discuss our findings and their practical value for a wide range of applications in real work settings.
Cloning of 87 k D a outer membrane protein gene of Pasteurella multocidaP 52

Abstract Pasteurella multocida serotype B :2 is the causative agent of haemorrhagic septicaemia, a fatal disease of cattle and buffaloes. Formalin inactivated whole cell bacterin is used to prepare vaccines in India. However, outer membrane proteins ( OMP s) of P multocida were reported to be potential immunogens. The 87-k D a OMP of P multocida P 52, serotype B :2 has been identified as one of the major antigens because this protein reacted with serum of vaccinated animals. The gene omp87, encoding an 87-k D a OMP was amplified and cloned into pBluescript SK (–) vector. This gene was found to localise in a 9·0 kb Hind III fragment of P multocida genome.
Reduced Switch Count Based Single Source 7L Boost Inverter Topology

The new inverter topologies based on switched capacitor concept with voltage boosting ability are attractive for the low voltage applications. Such low voltage requirements allow a single-stage dc-ac power conversion, improving overall system performance, reliability and power density. This brief proposes a new multilevel inverter topology based on the switched-capacitor (SC) with a single source of dc voltage. The proposed topology is ideal for low voltage renewable energy applications. Seven-level (7L) output voltage is accomplished with triple voltage gain using two switched capacitors and 10 switches. Other major features of the proposed topology are self-voltage balancing of capacitor voltages, reduced number of switches with lower voltage stress and generation of negative voltage levels without using backend H-bridge. To show the advantages of the proposed topology, a detailed comparison with other similar topologies with seven-level single-source configuration has been accomplished in this brief. The proposed topology has been tested using the traditional level-shifted sinusoidal pulse width modulation (LS-PWM) technique. This brief includes various experimental results with different operating conditions to prove the performance of the proposed topology.