Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Barriers to leading youth victims of violence towards wellness at a community in the Western Cape province of South Africa

Youth violence is one of the key contributors to the burden of disease and injuries in South Africa. This article is aimed at describing the barriers experienced by healthcare professionals with regards to leading youth victims of violence to wellness. The findings presented are part of a larger qualitative study investigating healthcare professionalsâ€™ leadership experiences with youth victims of violence at a selected community in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was adopted. Data collection was done using unstructured individual interviews among all of the seven healthcare professionals (two professional nurses, three medical doctors and two social workers) who provide healthcare services for youth victims of violence in the community. Trustworthiness was ensured throughout data collection and collected data were analysed by means of open coding. Ethical clearance was received from anÂ ethical review committeeÂ prior to the conduct of the study.Barriers encountered by healthcare professionals while supporting the youth victims included environmental, relational, structural and procedural barriers. Environmental barriers encompassed prevalent violent behaviours; drug and substance abuse among the youth in the community while relational had to do with attitudes of staff. Structural barriers involved inadequate structures and human resources and procedural barriers comprised of the challenging process of guiding the youth victims to wellness.This study demonstrated that healthcare professionals experience challenges in leading youth victims of violence to wellness in their community. Useful information on how they can lead them to wellness is required particularly in resource-poor settings. Â
The competence gap in community care: Imbalance between expected and actual nursing staff competence

Research that examines nursing staff competence that is necessary in order to provide safe community care is called for. This literature review examines Norwegian policy documents and international research with the aim to assess whether there is a match between expected and actual nursing staff competence in community care. Twelve policy documents and ten research articles were included in the review, of which key themes were identified. The Norwegian government expects a wide range of competence ranging from specific tasks in medical management to adhering to safe practice and care guidelines. Major discrepancies were identified between the advanced competence expected in policy documents and the actual competence as described by the research literature, which was mainly concerned with assistance with activities of daily living, medical knowledge, and personal abilities. There is a general lack of opportunities for competence development in the sector, implying that a general development of nursing staff competence is a pressing need in community care.
SHARI’AH NON-COMPLIANCE RISK MANAGEMENT IN TAKAFUL INDUSTRY

Business and risk are not separable. Rather they come as a package. Takaful is not exceptional. Both Takaful and insurance industries face operational risks, legal risks, business risk etc. These are common to both industries. However, the Takaful industry has an additional risk, i.e. Shari’ah compliant risk since it is required to abide with the Shari’ah in all aspects of its business activities. Shari’ahcompliance is essential since it is the principal element that distinguished Takaful from conventional insurance. A lot of research has been conducted on risk management. However, there is limited study in Shari’ah risk management of the Takaful industry. Thus, the aim of this paper is to highlight on the importance of non-Shari’ah risk management in Takaful. This paper is written based on a thorough review of the relevant literature. It underscores the importance of Takaful operators to manage non-Shari’ah compliant risk. This paper will be an eye opener for the Takaful operators, investors, Takaful participants and regulators.
Contextualized worksheets focused on tasks for two oral communication micro-skillls

This qualitative action research study explores the contribution of developing and implementing contextualized worksheets, centered on the Task Based Learning (TBL henceforth) approach on two oral micro-skills to enhance communicate functions and body language in a seventh-grade class at Diego Gómez de Mena a Public Rural School. The data gathered emerged through students‟ artifacts (worksheets), teacher‟s field notes and video recordings. The participants were twenty-three graders from a rural zone in Rio Frio, Tabio. The findings evinced that the use of contextualized worksheets made the process of speaking, pleasant, easier and fun, as they included their daily routines and learning styles in context. Furthermore, the results also suggested that the use of students‟ mother tongue, pair and group work fostered communication about their likes, feelings and thoughts to describe their experiences and situations within their rural context, in favor of their learning environment and their motivation towards the oral communication in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL, hereafter) class. Regarding some pedagogical implications, it was evident that students were aware of their active role in the class while learning and expressing themselves in English joyfully and confidently since the topics were related to meaningful tasks in the rural context. Additionally, EFL teachers in the institution and I as a teacher-researcher-text developer realized the advantages that contextualized tasks offer students to communicate orally while having fun.
Educational Policy Theory and Practice: Designing Comprehensive Frameworks for Evaluating and Managing Changing Educational Environments

Educational institutions at all levels of the education system can make positive contributions to social change in global society by effectively bridging the gap between educational theory and practice to create optimum learning environments and outcomes for students. A clear understanding of educational policy theories and practices can allow educational policy makers to design effective frameworks for evaluating and addressing major factors affecting education systems, including social norms, political pressures, and other key variables (Plaut, 2003). School leaders may view educational policy through an ideological, organizational, political, or practical lens and analyze and interpret educational policies employing positivistic or interpretive theories. Positivist theories employ a scientific approach in examining the structural aspects of organizations, systems, and the relationships between specific interest groups, while interpretive theories may be more ideological in nature and view reality as a social construct rather than as an objective form of absolute truth (Cooper, Fusarelli, & Randall, 2004). Educational policy theory can form the basis of sound management decisions and classroom practices, leading to coherent and effective educational programs and systems. Multiple dimensions and theories can provide school leaders with new insights and perspectives on various aspects of educational policy. Policy evaluation helps to improve educational effectiveness by systematically examining the structure of the curriculum, instruction, assessment processes, and the benefits to stakeholders (Diamond, 1997). Evaluative frameworks based on educational policy theory can add clarity to the evaluation and management of complex and evolving social, political, and educational environments in the era of
Causal Model of Oral Health Care Expenditure in the Surveyed Households of Dharwad, Karnataka State, India: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

The purpose of this study is to examine the contributory relationships among factors determining demand of oral health care by utilizing the applications of structural equation modelling (SEM). A systematic random sample of 1,381 persons was interviewed from 280 households, in which 208 persons were reported with various oral health problems during reference period of study, and data were collected through direct personal interview method. The causal relationships were established by SEM method using SPSS and AMOS statistical software. All factors have significant positive relationship with oral health care (p < 0.05), except the distance of care from the residence (in km) and total number of living persons in the household have a significant negative relationship with oral health care (p < 0.05). The SEM fitted to the oral health care data adequately. The results indicated that the age of sick person, duration of illness episode (in days) and the total number of visits made to source of health care during the reference period had significant effect on oral health care expenditure (p < 0.05). The duration of illness episode (in days) and the total number of visits made to source of health care during the reference period are the main contributors to oral health care expenditure in surveyed households of Dharwad, Karnataka, India. It is proposed that to meet the increase the demand for health care, efforts should be made to reduce the duration of illness, the distance travelled by the sick person or patient and also, the number of visits to health care providers.
Cancer Pain Management: Implications for Psychologists

Aim: Pain is a common and a complex experience among patients with cancer. The purpose of this review is to provide a rational for a psychologist’s role in cancer pain management and a guide for doing so based on an examination of the current cancer pain literature. Method: A literature review was conducted using the search terms: “cancer pain” AND “nonpharmacological interventions”, “cancer pain”, and “pain management” AND “cancer pain”. Peer-reviewed articles (published between 2000-2015) in which the authors had access to the full-linked text, books, and websites were included. Results: A total of 451 hits were returned of which 53 were relevant and considered for this review. These were then organized into the following topics: complex cancer pain syndromes, current cancer physiological therapies, the multifactorial model of cancer pain, psychosocial assessment and interventions, barriers to treatment, and clinical implications that impact the future of behavioural interventions as part of cancer treatment. Conclusion: Each patient with cancer has a unique pain experience that is shaped by biopsychosocial factors. Because of this, using a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach is needed to optimize treatment outcomes. To maximize their role, psychologists need to help facilitate this process and to address any attitude and/or knowledge shortcomings they may have.
Strategic Decisions for Becoming a Multi-Sided Platform: A Case Study

of master's thesis Author Cia-Christine Korjus Title of thesis Strategic Decisions for Becoming a Multi-Sided Platform: A Case Study Master’s programme Industrial Engineering and Management Thesis supervisor Professor Timo Seppälä Major or Minor/Code SCI3049 Department Operations and Service Management Thesis advisor(s) Professor D. Sc. Timo Seppälä, M. Sc. Jussi Ahtikari Date 23.10. 2017 Number of pages 73 + 8 Language English Abstract There is growing interest towards platform economy in businesses in all industries. There has been recognized features which help platform to become more successful. This thesis is based on literature review and interviews within the context of this case study. I complemented my interviews by case company. The case company is small innovative start-up company that operates in seven countries, mainly in Europe. The case industry is in electrical industry. Even though electrical industry is old, platform industry in it is quite new. Hence business environment is in early stage and there are hundreds of different sides which work together. These cause some friction and problems.There is growing interest towards platform economy in businesses in all industries. There has been recognized features which help platform to become more successful. This thesis is based on literature review and interviews within the context of this case study. I complemented my interviews by case company. The case company is small innovative start-up company that operates in seven countries, mainly in Europe. The case industry is in electrical industry. Even though electrical industry is old, platform industry in it is quite new. Hence business environment is in early stage and there are hundreds of different sides which work together. These cause some friction and problems. As a result, I concluded suggestions of strategic decisions which should be thought to get the platform more platform-like and create more value with it. Goal is to help platform owners to improve design, pricing, openness and governance of case company’s platform and make it multi-sided. The result is case specific, but can be applied to other same kind of cases in similar industries.
Geometric Verification of Image Copy Detection Results

Many current image recognition methods are based on identifying interest points in images and considering images a match if they share similar interest points. This does not consider the locations of the interest points, so to reduce the number of false positives, geometric verification is used to identify and reject image pairs that do not fit into an expected geometric pattern. Designing a good geometric verification requires finding a balance between false positives and false negatives, while being time efficient. The current method used by Videntifier Technologies is based on comparing the angles between interest points. It works well but handles certain transformations incorrectly and is not very efficient. This report details an attempt to replace it with a method based on the RANSAC algorithm, which involves searching for an underlying transformation between the images that fits most of their matching interest points. After adding some improvements, using the RANSAC method resulted in fewer false negatives, without increasing the number of false positives or reducing time efficiency.
The Protective Role of Friendship: Cross-group Friendship Mediates the Effect of Ideological Quest for Significance on Commitment to A Radical Group

On the basis of the Quest for Significance theory, a person’s sense of meaning and personal significance may be obtained from ideological narratives. The more a radical ideology gives a person a sense of meaning, the less likely it is that he or she will engage in interpersonal relations and friendships with out-group members. In this study, we hypothesized that ideological quest for significance would predict commitment to a radical group and that this association would be mediated through cross-group friendship. This research was based on interviews with 241 prisoners at 59 Indonesian prisons, who were serving sentences for terrorism offenses. Mediation analysis found that higher scores on ideological quest for significance significantly predicted lower scores on cross-group friendship, and lower scores on cross-group friendship significantly predicted higher scores on commitment to a radical group. There was a significant direct effect of ideological quest for significance on commitment to a radical group and a significant indirect effect using the bootstrapping method. This suggested that the effect of ideological quest for significance on commitment to a radical group was partially mediated by cross-group friendship.
Big Data Analysis using Distributed Actors Framework

The amount of data generated by sensors, machines, and individuals is increasing exponentially. The increasing volume, velocity, and variety of data places a demand not only on the storage and compute resources, but also on the analysts entrusted with the task of exploiting big data. Machine analytics can be used to ease the burdens on the analyst. The analysts often need to compose these machine analytics into workflows to process big data. Different parts of the workflow may need to be run in different geographical locations depending of the availability of data and compute resources. This paper presents a framework for composing and executing big data analytics in batch, streaming, or interactive workflows across the enterprise.
A New Minimize Matrix Computation Coding Method for Distributed Storage Systems

With the number of nodes increasing in scale, the requirements of storage space enlarge sharply in distributed storage systems. Failure-tolerance schemes such as Reed–Solomon codes (RS codes in short) and Cauchy Reed–Solomon codes (CRS codes in short) are used to save storage space. However, these failure-tolerance schemes severely degrade the system performance. In this paper, we propose optimal RS codes (OptRS codes in short) based on RS codes and CRS codes that can offer better performance for encoding and decoding as well as maximizing the utilization of storage space. OptRS codes can speed up the matrix computation which is regarded as the most important factor to impact the efficiency of coding by transferring the matrix computation from the Galois field mapping to the XOR operation. OptRS codes employ an algorithm called row elimination scheme (RE scheme in short), which can eliminate the same XOR operation to minimize the number of XOR operations. We analyze optimal matrices (OM in short) in theory, which prove the optimal performance of OptRS codes over the Galois field. Our method is implemented on the top of the distributed storage system, and code parameters were carefully chosen. The test result shows that OptRS codes can improve the performance in different data block numbers, parity block numbers, block size, normal reading, and degraded reading, compared with RS codes and CRS codes.
A fault-based testing approach for VR applications

Technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) have emerged, allowing the development of three-dimensional environments with real-time interaction. VR systems lack similarities between traditional programs, which makes it ineffective to apply traditional software testing criteria in then. Considering this motivation and the acceptance between researchers and engineers that quality is an essential factor in software development, in this paper we examine software testing practices available for the VR domain and present the possibilities for improvement to provide an automated software testing approach that can contribute to the quality assurance of VR applications.
Breeding bird community of the Montagne della Duchessa ( Latium , central Italy )

Abstract – During 2014 spring we studied the breeding bird community of ‘Montagne della Duchessa’ Regional Nature Reserve (Latium, Italy). In the study area (5870 ha; altitude range: 800-2239 m a.s.l.) we performed 127 point counts (10 min long) among four macro-habitat types (arable crop, oak wood, beech wood, bushes and alpine meadow) distributed proportionally to their respective area. We found 88 breeding species (79 detected during point counts). Most abundant species were: Erithacus rubecula, Sylvia atricapilla and Corvus cornix. Most widespread species were Erithacus rubecula, Fringilla coelebs, Sylvia atricapilla, Turdus merula, Phylloscopus collybita and Cyanistes caeruleus. In arable crops we detected a total of 54 species (Passer italiae, Sturnus vulgaris, Corvus cornix and Passer montanus the most abundant); in oak woods 34 species (Erithacus rubecula, Turdus merula, Cyanistes caeruleus, Sylvia atricapilla, Parus major, Phylloscopus collybita, Poecile palustris and Fringilla coelebs the most abundant); in beech woods 37 species (Erithacus rubecula, Fringilla coelebs, Sylvia atricapilla, Poecile palustris, Cyanistes caeruleus, Sitta europaea and Phylloscopus collybita the most abundant); in bushes and alpine meadows 33 species (Oenanthe oenanthe, Anthus spinoletta, Alauda arvensis, Carduelis cannabina and Anthus campestris the most abundant). In bushes and alpine meadows Richness, Abundance and Diversity were lowest. The collected data showed the important role of this Protected Area for some species of conservation concern.
More Than Simply “Letting Go”: Stakeholder Perspectives on Parental Roles in Health Care Transition

The transfer from pediatric to adult health care for youth with special health care needs (YSHCN) is a vulnerable period. Parents play a pivotal role in the transition process, however, little is known about the specific ways they may support YSHCN in negotiating the transition to adult services. A qualitative supplementary secondary data analysis was conducted to explore stakeholders’ perceptions about parents’ roles in health care transition. Thematic analysis was used to analyze individual and focus group interviews. Four themes were identified: 1) Parents are crucial; 2) Changing roles; 3) Interdependence rather than independence; 4) One of many transitions. These themes may serve as the basis for planning future intervention studies directed at parents of YSHCN.
SPATIAL LOCALISATION STRATEGIES OF IMMIGRANTS IN SPAIN

This paper presents a study of the distribution of immigrants in Spain and the particular features of the main immigrant communities. In addition to the traditional description of the geography of immigration there is a description that enables the use of spatial statistical analysis techniques. Different national communities of immigrants have been found to follow different residential patterns in relation to migration typology and employment specialisation, The main difference is due to migrants' purchasing power but the major cultural differences of economic migrants are also reflected in their choice of residence.
GREEN SYNTHESIS OF PLANT-MEDIATED METAL NANOPARTICLES: THE ROLE OF POLYPHENOLS

The use of metal nanoparticles (MNPs) in various fields is increasing day-by-day leading to a genuine concern about the issues related to their environmental and biological safety. The major approaches for the synthesis of NPs include physical and chemical methods which are expensive and hazardous to health in addition to being toxic to the environment. This review highlights the potential of plant extracts to carry out the synthesis of MNPs with a special emphasis on the role of flavonoids in nanosynthesis. This green and clean approach have been actively utilized in recent years as an alternative to conventional hazardous approaches. It has proved as cost-effective, non-toxic, less time and labor consuming, efficient, and eco-friendly method for the synthesis of MNPs with specific biological actions. This review also focuses on the role of polyphenols, including the flavonoids as bioreductants of metal salts for the synthesis of NPs along with their biomedical applications. Various examples of the MNPs, along with their biological actions, have also been summarized.
A comprehensive approach to double inverted pendulum modelling

The problem of mathematical modelling and indication of properties of a DIP has been investigated in this paper. The aim of this work is to aggregate the knowledge on a DIP modelling using the Euler-Lagrange formalism in the presence of external forces and friction. To indicate the main properties important for simulation, model parameters identification and control system synthesis, analytical and numerical tools have been used. The investigated properties include stability of equilibrium points, a chaos of dynamics and non-minimum phase behaviour around an upper position. The presented results refer to the model of a physical (constructed) DIP system.