Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE INFLUENCE OF PERCEIVED USEFULNESS, SOCIAL INFLUENCE, INTERNET SELF-EFFICACY AND COMPATIBILITY ON USERS’ INTENTIONS TO ADOPT E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY ENVIRONMENT: INVESTIGATING THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF CULTURAL VALUES AT INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL

The current study has been inspired by two significant issues: (1) The proliferation of e-technologies such as e-learning have dramatically motivated global research intended to advance our knowledge of the dynamics of these technologies in varying environmental contexts and settings, and (2) the importance of cultural values at individual-level analysis in technology adoption merits greater level of attention and interests from researchers and practitioners, particularly in relation to developing country contexts. This study intends to investigate the significance of highly influential adoption factors acknowledged as relevant in prior literature in predicting user’s behavioral intention to adopt new technologies. These potentially important factors were drawn from highly popular technology adoption and social theories including perceived usefulness (Technology Acceptance Model), social influence (Theory of Planned Behavior), Internet self-efficacy (Social Cognitive Theory) and perceived compatibility (Innovation Diffusion Theory). Further, the present study examines the moderating impact of both individualism-collectivism and uncertainty avoidance cultural dimensions at individual-level on the hypothesized relationships linking these highly influential adoption factors with behavioral intention to adopt e-learning environment in order to facilitate and enhance learning processes and in an effort to achieve value maximization and waste minimization requirements in the context of e-learning technology. The empirical data which consists of 262 valid datasets was collected from undergraduate university students in Jordan via self-administered paper-based questionnaire. The questionnaire was developed from previously accepted and validated a set of measurements items. The empirical data was numerically assessed and analyzed with the help of WarpPLS 5.0. The findings of this study demonstrate that perceived usefulness, social influence, Internet self-efficacy and perceived compatibility are important predictors of individuals’ behavioral intention to adopt e-learning technology. Further, the current findings provide adequate empirical evidence to support all hypotheses involving moderating effects with one exception whereby both individualism-collectivism and uncertainty avoidance cultural values have little statistical significance on the relationship linking perceived usefulness with behavioral intention to adopt e-learning technologies. Interestingly, the proposed model explains a substantial amount of variance (63%) which signifies that the model fits the data well. Research findings are discussed and contribution to theory and practice are presented.
The Role of Human Values on Teachers’ Well-Being in the UK

Struggling with mental health is said to be most prevalent in teachers than any other occupation. The mental health and well-being of teachers can be affected by an array of issues. These include: changes in policy, budget cuts in total school spending, bigger staff to student ratio and higher burnout rates. As a consequence, this hinders the effectiveness of teaching and can negatively impact children and young people’s education. Rather than just stating the macro factors that affect teachers ’ mental health, this study seeks to explore the relationship between human values and depressive symptoms in individuals, using data from the European Social Survey (ESS-7). Using a sample of 105 teaching professionals in the UK. The human values scale (Schwartz 2012) was used to measure in dividuals’ human values, and the depression scale - the shorter version of Centre for Epidemiologic Studies- Depression (CES-D) (Radloff 1977; ESS 2014) was used to measure individuals’ depressive symptoms in terms of happiness and depression. Findings from the study show that teachers with higher levels of self- transcendence values are more likely to report being happy. Although, there was a significant relationship between openness to change and happiness, the correlation was not in the direction hypothesised.
PATTERNS OF BREAST FINE NEEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOOGY RESULT AMONG PATIENTS WITH BREAST COMPLAINTS ATTENDING JIMMA UNIVER- SITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL, SOUTHWESTERN ETHIOPIA

Aims/purpose: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and the incidence of breast cancer has been increasing. In Africa, it is currently the most common cancer in women. Objective: This study has sought to investigate the incidence of breast cancer in Jimma University specialized hospital , which is the sole provider for pathology services in southwestern Ethiopia serving around 20 million people Methods: Results of patients who underwent a diagnostic procedure of fine needle aspiration cytology over a period of five years from September 2013 to July 2018 specifically for a breast complaint were reviewed. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire, compiled and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Results: A total of 698 patients underwent Fine needle aspiration cytology fine needle aspiration cytology for breast complaints during the study period. Fifteen cases were excluded due to incompleteness of data. From the remaining 683 cases, 598 (89%) and 75 (11%) were females and males respectively. The age of the participants ranged from 8 to 80 years with a mean age of 32 years (standard deviation ± 13 years). Diagnostic outcome was classified into five categories: benign without atypia in 447(65.5%) cases, benign with atypia in 6 (0.9%) cases, inflammatory lesions in 142(20.8%) cases, suspicious for malignancy in 3(0.4 %) of the cases and malignant in 73 (10.7%) cases. The records of the remaining 11(1.6%) cases were deemed to be non-conclusive. Conclusion: We have noted that there was an increasing trend of breast cancer in the study area over subsequent years. The highest prevalence of breast cancer was noted in women who were in their sixth and seventh decade of life. We have also noted that patients with breast cancer wait a significant amount of time before seeking health care and more than half of the cases come with features of locally advanced cancer.
Using a qualitative and quantitative validation methodology to evaluate a drone detection system

Drones are gradually becoming commodities. This is a positive evolution, as these tools have many positive uses, and the affordability of the current systems means that new business opportunities arise. However, we cannot also be blind to the negative aspects that these novel tools may induce into our society. Indeed, next to the many airspace infringements, where uneducated hobbyists inadvertently enter potentially dangerous airspace (e.g. near airports, manned aviation), we also see an increasing use of drone technology by criminals [1], [2]. Most countries have now established rules for access to airspace by unmanned aerial vehicles/drones/Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPASs). The challenge is now to enforce these rules, as law enforcers lack the means to automatically detect airspace infringements. Indeed, something like a car traffic speed camera for the air does not really exist yet, but it seems to be an essential tool if one wants to ensure safe airspace operations for everyone.
Factors influencing consumers’ choices of oral hygiene products: A cross-sectional study

Background: Environment, peer-groups, and salespersons influence consumers’ purchasing decisions regarding oral hygiene products. Other influences include various cultural, social, demographic, and socioeconomic factors. This study was designed to determine factors motivating and influencing consumers while choosing oral hygiene aids. Methods: 410 patients (age, 10–70 years), who visited the outpatient department of Sheikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore, Pakistan, were subjected to a close-ended questionnaire survey. Factors investigated included cost, packaging, media advertisement, perceptions, and previous experiences. Results: The cost of oral-hygiene products (82%) were the biggest influence. Advertisements influenced 55% of consumers in their purchase decisions regarding oral hygiene products. Reason for product use was disease prevention (58.7%) and freshness of breath (31%). Logistically, females were significantly 0.66 times less likely to be affected by media advertisements. Low income and occupations were 2.27 times more likely to be influenced by advertisements. Price was not significant meaning all categories were influenced by price equally. Conclusion: Consumers’ choices of oral hygiene products were influenced by information available through mass media and the products’ cost-effectiveness. Dentists should be aware of these influences and should accordingly advise their patients considering their needs and influencing factors.
WORK BASED LEARNING IN THE INTER-REGIONAL AREA BETWEEN SLOVENIA AND NORTH-EASTERN ITALY

This paper aims to investigate the development of Work based learning (WBL) programmes in higher and professional education in Slovenia and Italy. Albeit challenging the wrong assumption that WBL is the solution to the problem of youth unemployment, the paper evaluates the opportunity to develop exchange programmes of education mobility between Slovenia and North-Eastern Italian regions (such as Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto). Similar economic environments and shared cultural values in the cross-border area should stimulate the development of such programmes, which may be beneficial to young students not only in terms of future economic benefits (e.g. better positioning within the labour market) but also in terms of rising multicultural awareness and active citizenship.
The Effect of the Business Climate on a Firm's Inventory Performance: A Cross-Country Analysis

In recent years, the business climate effects on firm performance and profitability started gaining increasing attention in both developed and developing economies. However, most of the past studies have been limited to investigating the possible effects of industrial policy and overall business climate on overall firm performance without questioning how the relationship is built. This thesis aims to bring a new, and much needed, perspective on this macro-micro economic relationship. The study aims to answer this important research question by analyzing and understanding to which extent to business climate, a macro level variable, can have a direct effect on inventory performance of a firm, a micro level firm operation. We hypothesize that the aggregate inventory level of a firm would be positively associated with the perceived obstacles in "infrastructure", "bureaucracy", and "finance". At the country level, we hypothesize that the country’s development level would moderate that relationship and increase that positive effect. Cross-country analysis is performed on the Eastern European and Central Asian region using the data from 2013. Empirical analysis techniques are used utilizing the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys’ database as well as The Heritage Foundation’s annual reports on 14,000 firms in 24 countries. A Hierarchical Linear Model is developed using IBM SPSS R © statistical software, and seven business climate indicators are used as proxy for constraints realized in "infrastructure", "bureaucracy", and "finance" variables. Days of inventory is used as an indicator of the inventory performance of a company, and as our response variable. Significant relationships between business climate and inventory performance are signaled by this study, and the results confirm our hypotheses in general. The results prompt improvements in the business climate to raise competitiveness by directing firms’ operational efficiency. This study can primarily help firms to understand how their operations are consciously or unconsciously related to the business environment of the country. On a macro level, correctly directed operational policies can lead to an increase in firm-level performance, provide a sustainable growth outlook through higher efficiency, and diminish the severe unemployment problems of a country by encouraging both domestic and foreign investments.
Individual, Family, Peer, and School Risk Factors for Teacher Victimization

In recent years, bullying and cyberbullying against teachers by students have been recognized as problems affecting educators teaching in different grades. Few studies to date have addressed explanatory risk factors related to the perpetrators (students) rather than the victims (teachers) in a longitudinal design, in order to establish the possible causes of this antisocial behavior to better develop prevention and intervention programs to reduce teacher victimization. The main aim of the present study is to analyze the effect on teacher victimization of individual and interpersonal risk factors, including empathy, moral disengagement, peer and parent support, awareness of online risks, and school climate. A total o251 Italian students (aged 11-19) participated in a longitudinal study. The results showed that, for girls, high moral disengagement, low awareness of online risks and poor school climate were risk factors for later teacher victimization. For boys, high moral disengagement and low awareness of online risks were also risk factors, in addiction to low parental support and high peer support. The findings are discussed along with possible applications for prevention and intervention.
Management of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infesting fig under field conditions

A statistically designed field experiment with ten treatments including an untreated control replicated thrice in Randomized Block Design was conducted in root- knot nematode infested fig (cv. Poona fig) orchard. All the treatments were significantly superior over an untreated control in reducing root- knot nematode population, number of root galls and egg masses and increasing the yield of fig. However, soil application of carbofuran 3G at 2 kg a.i./ha was found to be most effective in reducing root-knot nematode population (53.66%), number of root galls (50.19%) and number of egg masses (45.36%) at intermediate stage and increasing the fruit yield of fig (37.85%) with 1:17.79 ICBR at termination. This treatment was followed by the treatment of phorate 10 G at 2kg a.i./ ha. The reduction in root- knot nematode population, number of root galls and egg masses and increase in fruit yield recorded in this treatment were 49.46, 50.11, 42.31 and 28.19%, respectively with 1: 33.64 ICBR. While, at termination stage, the treatment of Phule Trichoderma plus at 20 kg/ha was found to be most effective in reducing nematode population (40.36%), number of root galls (37.08%) and number of egg masses (41.02%) and increasing the fruit yield of fig (13.54%) with 1: 11.20 ICBR. This was followed by the treatments with rest of the biocontrol agents. The reduction in root- knot nematode population, number of root galls and number of egg masses and increase in fruit yield of fig recorded in these treatments ranged from 32.03 to 38.50, 29.31 to 36.00, 31.90 to 35.97 and 11.54 to 20.75%, respectively with 1: 9.80 to 1: 20.04 ICBR.
Earnings multifactor process, residual income valuation, and long-run risk

In this paper, we extend the residual income valuation model by incorporating the long-run sensitivity of earnings to various economic factors. Our valuation procedure integrates the multidimensionality of uncertainty, as well as the long-run concept of risk (recently proposed in finance and accounting). Our extension model begins with an earnings multifactor process, uses an intertemporal equilibrium version of the residual income valuation method, and sums over many periods. In this manner, we demonstrate that the abnormal earnings growth rate of a firm is linearly and positively related to N sensitivity coefficients, given by the long-run sensitivity between abnormal earnings and economic factors. We then reveal that the corresponding equity value of the firm is a function of the current book value, abnormal earnings, and N long-run risk parameters. In the context of the residual income valuation approach, these findings suggest that earnings sensitivity to several factors represents an additional technique to estimate risk (in the long run).
Association of Polyomavirus BK Virus with Chronic Renal Failure patients

Background: Patients in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were considered immunocompromised, especially those on hemodialysis (HD) procedure which seemed to produce alterations of the immune status. BK polyomavirus (BKV) was found to be an aggravating factor of renal failure, and interest in immunosuppression has increased due to BKV infection. Objective:This study aimed to investigate thepossible association between BKV with ESRD with and without dialysis. Subjects and Methods:A case-control study included 150 serum samples collected from 50 patient with ESRD on dialysis,50 without dialysisand50 apparently normal subjects with normal renal function as control.Quantitative Real time PCR(RT-PCR) was done for detection of BKV viral load. Results: twenty (40%) out of the 50 dialysis patients were positive for BKV by RT-PCR and, eight (16%) were positivein patients without dialysis, while none of the controls was positive. There were highly significant differences (p<0.001)on comparing between the mean viral load in patients who had dialysis was 2.16X10 5 copies/ml of BK viralDNA, and those without dialysis1 22X10 3 copies/ml of BK viralDNA. Conclusion: These results strongly indicated the role of BKV infection (quantitatively and qualitatively) in ESRD particularly in patients with dialysis; this put dialysis as a potential risk factor for BKV infection in those patients.
Secondary school headteachers’ leadership styles and teachers’ organizational commitment in Tororo Municipality

The commitment and maximum utilization of an organization’s human resource among others accelerates the achievement of the organizations’ vision, goals, and values. The organization’s leadership plays a critical part in mobilising, motivating and focussing the employees to achieving its tasks. This study aimed at investigating how secondary school headteachers’ leadership styles affects teachers’ organizational commitment in Tororo Municipality. Using a cross-sectional survey, 178 teachers, were selected using stratified and simple random sampling, with 10 deputies, and 10 headteachers having been selected on account of the selection of their schools. The participants completed the Bass and Avolio (1997) Multifactor Leadership Scale and Allen and Meyer (1996) Organizational Commitment Scale, which considered leadership styles as comprising of transformational, transactional, and laissezfaire leadership. Using SPSS 20, descriptive statistics and bivariate correlation coefficients were computed. The results revealed that all the leadership styles had non-significant effect on overall organizational commitment, and its dimensions. However, laissez faire leadership style significantly specifically affected affective component of commitment (0.186**). On the other hand transformational leadership had a significant negative effect on, affective commitment (0.145*). In conclusion, it was recommended that Headteachers, School Board, and Higher education officials foster transformational and transactional leadership styles to elicit high level of commitment among teachers.
Effect of Photoperiod on the Egg Production, Plasma Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, Gonadal Hormones, and Mrna Levels of Lh and Fsh in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis of Pigeons

We investigated the egg production, changes in luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), gonadal hormones, and their mRNA levels in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis of White King pigeons submitted to different photoperiods. The treatments consisted of three photoperiods (8 h light (L):16 h dark (D), 12L:12D, and 16L:8D), with three replicates of twelve pairs of adult pigeons. The birds were exposed the photoperiods for 45 days. Egg production performance was recorded daily. Six pigeon pairs per replicate were selected for plasma collection, and six pigeon pairs per replicate for the resection of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. Egg production was significantly improved by long-day lighting (16L:8D), while no differences in egg shape index were detected. Higher average egg weight was obtained in 16L:8D group, whereas broken egg percentage was higher in the 8L:16D group. Female LH level was significantly higher in long-day lighting, and the FSH level significantly lower in short-day lighting. The females in the 16L:8D group had higher estrogen level. The photoperiods had a minor effect on plasma LH and testosterone in males, whereas the FSH level was significantly higher in the 16L:8D group. The level of LH mRNA expression was higher in both females and males of the 16L:8D group. Similar trends in FSH mRNA expression observed in both females and males. The 16L:8D photoperiod not only improved egg production, but also stimulated plasma LH, FSH, gonadal hormones, and promoted LH and FSH mRNA expression in pigeons.
REPEATABILITY ESTIMATES AND MINIMUM NUMBER OF EVALUATIONS FOR SELECTION OF ELEPHANT-GRASS GENOTYPES FOR FORAGE PRODUCTION ESTIMATIVAS DE REPETIBILIDADE E NÚMERO MÍNIMO DE AVALIAÇÕES PARA SELEÇÃO DE GENÓTIPOS DE CAPIM-ELEFANTE PARA PRODUÇÃO DE FORRAGEM

In forage-plants breeding, the selection of superior genotypes has been undertaken through successive harvests in previously established intervals. However, this process involves many steps, the evaluation of many traits, and a great spending with costs and labor. Thus the estimate of the repeatability is essential in improvement of perennials, it allows predicting genotypic value of the individual, the minimum number of evaluations in the selection of genotypes and minimizes resources and time in the selection of promising individuals. The objective of this study was to estimate the repeatability coefficient for morphological traits in elephant grass and determine the number of evaluations needed for phenotypic selection more efficient. The experimental randomized block design with 53 genotypes and two replications. The repeatability coefficients were estimated for variables plant height, number of tillers, stem diameter and dry matter yield, using the methods of Anova, Principal Components and Structural Analysis. We observed significant differences between genotypes (P <0.01) for all variables. The main components provide larger estimates of repeatability when compared to other methods. Estimates of the repeatability coefficients are of high magnitude average for the variables plant height (0.44) number of tillers (0.44) and stem diameter (0.63) and low magnitude for dry matter production (0.27). The Principal Components method requires five, five, two and eleven measurements for plant height, number of tillers, stem diameter and dry matter yield, respectively, with 80% reliability.