Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Multiliteracies and Multiple Literacies within Ontario (Canada) Health and Physical Education

The primary research question asked: What is multiliteracy and how is this accomplished in elementary schools in Ontario, given the new directives within the 2019 Health and Physical Education curricular document? The qualitative research uncovered an understanding of multiliteracies that was examined via summative latent content analysis of the current Ontario provincial government positions arising from the recent release of 2019, Ontario Health and Physical Education curricular document. The 320-page document prompted ancillary queries which asked: What are the multiple literacies and how should these be achieved in Health and Physical Education? What level of multiple literacy should Ontario Physical Educators and students reach for at the elementary level? What are the existing literacy guidelines and orientations impacting Ontario teachers? Multiple literacy is viewed as a priority and necessary for healthy growth and development of teachers, students and the wider community. The ideas, concepts and themes relating to literacy surface in the curriculum analysis, revealing a tacit and broad base of knowledge which constitutes the theoretical underpinning of required literacies. Several are expected and taught, including health, physical, media, financial, and critical literacies.
Organizational Values Scale: Development, Validity and Reliability Study

With globalization, the changes in societies have affected organizations and brought the “human” factor to the fore. Since educational institutions are human oriented organizations, values have become an indispensable element of schools. Therefore, it is thought that determining teachers’ perceptions of organizational values will be useful in related researches. The aim of this study is to develop a scale that allows teachers to measure their perceptions of organizational values. The study sample was composed of 49 items and 232 teachers working in secondary schools. After performing Explanatory Factor Analysis, 5 sub-scales and 43 items were obtained. The total variance of the scale was explained by 60.683 %. The total Alpha rate of the scale was found to be . 946. The structure of the scale, revealed by Explanatory Factor Analysis, was confirmed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis. It can be said that the scale is a valid and reliable data collection tool.
Complete chloroplast genome of an endangered plant, Hopea hainanensis

Abstract Hopea hainanensis is an endangered species with scattered occurrence, and it is one of the representative species of tropical rainforest in Hainan Island. In this paper, we reported and characterized the complete chloroplast genome sequence of the species assembled from short reads generated by Illumina sequencing. Total chloroplast genome size was 151,795 bp, including inverted repeats (IRs) of 26,098 bp, separated by a large single copy (LSC) and a small single copy (SSC) of 84,419 bp and 19,520 bp, respectively. A total of 136 genes, including 45 tRNA, 8 rRNA, and 83 protein-coding genes, were identified. The GC content of H. hainanensis is 37.3%. Phylogenetic analysis using the maximum likelihood algorithm showed that H. hainanensis is sister to a clade with five species in the order Dicotyledoneae.
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY AMONG IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS WITH IMPAIRED HEARING

Purpose of the study: This study determined incidences of depressive symptoms and associated causative contextual factors among in-school adolescents with impaired hearing in South West, Nigeria. The study determined symptoms of depression exhibited by in-school adolescents with impaired hearing vis-a-vis some associated intrapersonal causative (age, religion, gender, the onset of hearing loss, satisfaction with the home environment, and family type) variables. Methodology: Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Data were collected from 236 adolescents who are either prelingually (39.1%) and postlingually (60.9%) hearing impaired with the Depressive Symptomatology Questionnaire (α = .89). Data collected over a period of 10 weeks were analysed with both descriptive and inferential statistics via SPSS version 23. Main Findings: 58.8% of the participants scored higher on the depression scale, which is mostly characterized by loss of appetite and fearfulness. There is a significant difference (F = 7.61; p < 0.05) in the expression of depressive symptoms between gender and across variants in the onset of deafness (F = 3.59; p < 0.05) and family type (F = 23.14; p < 0.05). Academic stressor and lack of access to information were found to be the major source of their depression. Applications of this study: This study is of importance to counselling psychologist and mental health practitioners for the development of strategic therapeutic approach geared towards positive psychosocial development of individuals with impaired hearing Novelty/Originality of this study: The study confirms the manifestation of moderate to a high level of depressive symptoms among those in-school adolescents with impaired hearing. Academic anxiety/low grade, communication difficulties, and negative societal attitude were the major source of depression for adolescents with impaired hearing in high schools.
Omnidirectional Dual-Polarized Low-Profile Textile Rectenna With Over 50% Efficiency for Sub-μW/cm2 Wearable Power Harvesting

Despite the recent advances in textile antennas, in complete systems such as a rectenna, the efficiency of fully textile solutions has been over 46% lower than hybrid textile/rigid implementations. This article presents a fully textile rectenna for ultralow-power sub-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>/cm<sup>2</sup> applications. A dual-polarized omnidirectional low-profile textile antenna is presented. The rectenna is based on a compact inductively matched rectifier. The textile-based rectifier occupies 0.22 cm<sup>2</sup> and achieves a state-of-the-art power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 41.8% at −20 dBm, at 820 MHz, despite its lossy substrate. A triple-band rectifier is then designed and fabricated to show the scalability of the matching approach. The rectifier is characterized using a new figure of merit “average PCE” over a time period while charging a capacitor. Time-varying S-parameters are used to quantify the impact of the capacitor’s charge on the impedance matching. The rectifier directly charges a 1.32 mF capacitor up to 1 V in 0.41 and 4.5 s from 10 and 0 dBm, respectively. Wireless testing of the proposed rectenna demonstrates over 50% and 40% (PCE) below <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1~\mu \text{W}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>/cm<sup>2</sup> in space and on-body, respectively. The rectenna efficiently receives power from mismatched polarization and with a 360° half-power beamwidth.
Deep Learning on Chaos Game Representation for Proteins

Classification of protein sequences is one big task in bioinformatics and has many applications. Different machine learning methods exist and are applied on these problems, such as support vector machines (SVM), random forests (RF), and neural networks (NN). All of these methods have in common that protein sequences have to be made machine-readable and comparable in the first step, for which different encodings exist. These encodings are typically based on physical or chemical properties of the sequence. However, due to the outstanding performance of deep neural networks (DNN) on image recognition, we used frequency matrix chaos game representation (FCGR) for encoding of protein sequences into images. In this study, we compare the performance of SVMs, RFs, and DNNs, trained on FCGR encoded protein sequences. While the original chaos game representation (CGR) has been used mainly for genome sequence encoding and classification, we modified it to work also for protein sequences, resulting in n-flakes representation, an image with several icosagons. We could show that all applied machine learning techniques (RF, SVM, and DNN) show promising results compared to the state-of-the-art methods on our benchmark datasets, with DNNs outperforming the other methods and that FCGR is a promising new encoding method for protein sequences.
Gallium Nitride Ultraviolet Optical Modulators

In narrower band gap semiconductors researchers have exploited the ability to manipulate the exciton resonance via the Quantum Confined Stark Effect to make a variety of different types of optical modulators at infrared wavelengths. In this thesis, the large exciton binding energy of Gallium Nitride is used as the basis for ultraviolet optical modulators without the need for quantum confinement. A 5x5 array of UV optical modulators at 360 nm was fabricated. The modulators operated in a transverse geometry and consisted of a GaN active layer surrounded by transparent AlGaN insulating and electrical contact layers. The typical thickness of the GaN layer was 0.4 um so the effects of the electric field on the exciton resonance could be directly observed. A hydrogenic model for the bulk exciton was assumed. The applied electric field opposed the attractive coulomb potential between the electron and hole and broadens the exciton resonance. This results in more or less light through the device depending on the spectral position. To understand the magnitude of the applied field within the device structure a 1D Poisson Solver was used. Spontaneous polarization and piezoelectric effects due to lattice strain between the AlGaN and GaN layers were included in the model and were found to have influence on the device at lower operating voltages. In the electric field modulated devices a contrast ratio of about 20 percent was obtained. In thermally modulated devices, at low frequencies less than 200 Hz large shifts in the band edge led to large contrast ratios as expected. The temperature dependence of the device followed the Varshni relationship and allowed the magnitude of the temperature shift to be quantified. At higher frequencies from 1kHz to 120 kHz an optical modulation of ~ 5 percent was readily observed and was attributed to electronic effects. The limitation of 100 kHz was equipment related and it is conjectured that the modulation bandwidth would extend into the MHz.
Oligocene primates from China reveal divergence between African and Asian primate evolution

Climate filters dominant species The transition between the Eocene and Oligocene periods was marked by distinct cooling. Because primate species are particularly susceptible to cold, this change in climate drove a retraction of primates globally. After this transition, anthropoid primates were dominant in Afro-Arabian regions, but little has been known about primate reestablishment in Asia. Ni et al. describe 10 previously unknown primates found in Yunnan Province in China that show that primates took a different path in Asia. Instead of anthropoids, strepsirrhine (lemur-like) primates were dominant. It is still unknown whether this difference was due to the environment or chance. Science, this issue p. 673 Fossil evidence suggests that primate evolution followed different paths in Asia and Africa. Profound environmental and faunal changes are associated with climatic deterioration during the Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT) roughly 34 million years ago. Reconstructing how Asian primates responded to the EOT has been hindered by a sparse record of Oligocene primates on that continent. Here, we report the discovery of a diverse primate fauna from the early Oligocene of southern China. In marked contrast to Afro-Arabian Oligocene primate faunas, this Asian fauna is dominated by strepsirhines. There appears to be a strong break between Paleogene and Neogene Asian anthropoid assemblages. Asian and Afro-Arabian primate faunas responded differently to EOT climatic deterioration, indicating that the EOT functioned as a critical evolutionary filter constraining the subsequent course of primate evolution across the Old World.
Studying General Agents in Video Games from the Perspective of Player Experience

Research actively explores and advances the play strength of general agents, which are able to play video games without having specific knowledge about them. However, how general agents impact player experience and motivation when implemented in commercially viable games is largely unexplored. In this paper, we investigate this relationship as initial work towards linking general agent behaviour and player experience as a step towards making general agents applicable to commercial video games. Specifically, we created two versions of a simple competitive human-versus-agent game having two general Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) agents with different behaviours. These agents, without having specific knowledge about the game, have two unique goals: i) maximising score; and ii) exploring (more suitable for the game we chose). We integrated these agents into a ’capture the flag’ game and conducted a study to investigate the effects on several player motivation components of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) and Player Experience of Need Satisfaction (PENS) scale. Enquiry in this direction opens up the possibilities to start analysing general agents from the perspective of the player’s journey.
Do Innovative Firms Pay Higher Wages?: Micro-Level Evidence from Brazil

Several studies have documented a positive and causal relationship product or process innovation -- and labor productivity. Given the links between labor productivity and wages, a likely implication of this positive relationship is that innovation is associated with higher wages of more productive firms. This paper explores the relationship between innovation and wages using Brazil's employer-employee census and a novel measure of innovation derived from the share of technical and scientific occupations of workers in the firm. The results show a robust and positive wage premium associated with innovative firms. The decomposition of this innovation-related wage premium suggests a series of important stylized facts: (i) the innovation wage premium is larger for manufacturing but also positive and significant for agriculture and services; (ii) it is larger for large firms, but also positive and significant for all firm size categories including micro firms; and (iii) it is larger for medium- and low-skill occupations, although this depends on the use of firm fixed effects. More importantly, the paper explores the causality between innovation and wages and finds empirical support for the ideas that â€œself-selectionâ€ â€”firms that innovate already pay higher wages before becoming innovators -- and increases in wages associated with starting innovation activity, which are persistent for three years after firms start innovating.
A "New" View of Proof-of-Concept Practices Through the Lenses of Activity Theory and Hermeneutics

In this study, the authors acknowledge Proof-of-Concept (PoC) as an activity with a set of practices performed by its practitioners and consumed by organizations that aim to explore new products or technologies and achieve knowledge production and consumption. PoC practices are poorly explored and characterized in the scientific literature. The motivation of this research is the clarification of an approach to PoC. This article introduces a “new” and different view of PoC practices using Activity Theory and Hermeneutics. The authors debate that it is not possible to understand the whole PoC until its constituent parts and context have been understood. Therefore, the process of appropriation of knowledge in PoC occurs in social interaction between one practitioner and another, through an activity that is mediated in the relations between those practitioners, and an activity between the triad—subject (practitioner), object of learning (outcome), and mediating artifacts—with the aim of improving PoC practices.
Effects of lifestyle activity modification on insulin resistance and pancreatic β-cells function in obese men with insulin resistance

Introduction: Pancreatic β-cells function and insulin sensitivity resistance were impaired in type 2 diabetes. The effect of lifestyle activity modification (LAM) on these parameters is unclear. The aim of present study was to examine the effect of 8 weeks LAM on pancreatic β-cells function and insulin resistance in middle aged men with insulin resistance. Material & Methods: Sixteen obese and overweight middle aged men (age, 35-50 years) with insulin resistance participated in this study. The subjects were randomly assigned to LAM group (n=8) or control group (n=8). The subjects in LAM group walked 2 miles in 30 minutes on a treadmill on 4 days per week for 12 weeks according to the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and American College of Sports Medicine. Results: The results indicated that fasting blood sugar, fasting insulin and insulin resistance index decreased and pancreatic β-cells function increased significantly after the intervention. Conclusion: In summary, it seems that LAM improves insulin resistance and pancreatic β-cells function in obese men with insulin resistance.
Dynamic Hybrid Precoding Relying on Twin- Resolution Phase Shifters in Millimeter- Wave Communication Systems

Hybrid analog/digital precoding in millimeter-wave (mmWave) multi-input multi-ouput (MIMO) systems is capable of achieving the near-optimal full-digital performance at reduced hardware cost and power consumption compared to its full-RF digital counterpart. However, having numerous phase shifters is still costly, especially when the phase shifters are of high resolution. In this paper, we propose a novel twin-resolution phase-shifter network for mmWave MIMO systems, which reduces the power consumption of an entirely high-resolution network, whilst mitigating the severe array gain reduction of an entirely low-resolution network. The connections between the twin phase shifters having different resolutions and the antennas are either fixed or dynamically configured. In the latter, we jointly design the phase-shifter network and the hybrid precoding matrix, where the phase of each entry in the analog precoding matrix can be dynamically designed according to the required resolution. This method is slightly modified for the fixed network’s hybrid precoding matrix. Furthermore, we extend the proposed method to multi-user MIMO systems and provide its performance analysis. Our simulation results show that the proposed dynamic hybrid precoding method strikes an attractive performance vs. power consumption trade-off.
The Effect Of Tax Examination Effectiveness On Tax Avoidance With Political Connection Moderation

The self-assessment system in which the taxpayer performs the calculation, payment, and tax reporting by the taxpayer itself risks tax avoidance practices. To minimize this risk, the Directorate General of Taxation carries out law enforcement in the framework of supervision through tax audit activities. This study aims to analyze the effect of the effectiveness of the inspection on tax avoidance practices by using a moderated political connection because it is suspected that companies with a political link tend to be more aggressive in terms of tax planning. This study uses panel data of companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2016 to 2018. The study results conclude that tax audits effectiveness has a significant effect on tax avoidance practices, which means that the more influential the tax audit activities are, the lower the tax avoidance level.
NEW STARCHES FROM IMPROVED YELLOW COLORED CASSAVA: ENZYMATIC AND ACID STURDINESS AND POTENTIAL OF INDUSTRIAL UTILIZATION

Native and gelatinized starches from eight improved cassava varieties were extracted and subjected to enzymatic and acid hydrolysis in order to highlight their potential of industrial application. The enzymatic hydrolysis showed that native starches were less hydrolyzed (8.40–15.80 10 -2 UI/mg of proteins) than the gelatinized ones with values ranged from 1.14. 10 2 UI (V 23 ) to 6.93 10 2 UI/mg of proteins (V 54 ). Thin layer chromatography analysis showed glucose and a high molecular mass maltodextrin as the common products released from both starches. Maltose and another low molecular mass maltodextrin were in addition observed when gelatinized starches were used. The hydrochloric acid solution had showed predominant conversion of V 4 , V 54 and V 55 with maximum values of reducing sugar products of about 70, 62, and 82 µmol, respectively. The starch variety V 52 recorded the lowest value (36.23 µmol of reducing sugar). Due to the relatively high degrees of hydrolysis and the wide range of industrial application of modified starches products (glucose, maltose and maltodextrins), V 4 , V 54 and V 55 could constitute new exploring sources of starch for the food and pharmaceutical industry while V 52 could be suggested as a raw material for the paper industry and for biofuel production.
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF GERBILLUS ANDERSONI, G. CAMPESTRIS AND G. AMOENUS FROM EGYPT

Despite a significant number of studies on the taxonomy of small mammals, very little of this work has been conducted on species in Egypt. External, cranial and dental morphometric analysis of the closely related Gerbillus andersoni, G. campestris and G. amoenus from different ecogeographical regions of Egypt were studied. Statistical analyses of cranial and dental variability allowed us to discriminate three morphological groups which are congruent with the three clusters suggested by previous morphological studies. Higher similarity is observed between G. andersoni populations in the Sinai and Western Mediterranean Coastal Desert despite the fact that they are separated from each other by about 200 km of the Nile Delta. Cluster and principal component analysis, show higher degree of divergence between the subgenus Dipodillus and the other two subgenera Gerbillus and Hendecapleura. This fact suggests that the morphometric differences observed among species within the genus Gerbillus are not mainly related to its phylogeny
Development of a centrifugal microfluidic system for rapid on-site analysis of environmentally important species

Micro-total analysis systems (aeTAS) have enabled the miniaturization and simplification of environmental contaminant detection methods. Reduced reagent and sample consumption, speed of analysis, and field portability are only a few of the advantages aeTAS systems provide. Centrifugal microfluidics have the added advantages of using centrifugal force for moving liquids, thereby avoiding solvent and filtration problems encountered with the electroosmotic flow typically used in aeTAS manifolds. These properties suggest that centrifugal aeTAS systems may offer many advantages as analysis platforms for the on-site analyses of a variety of important environmental pollutants. A model instrument has been developed and characterized for rapid, classical spectrochemical reactions. The system is designed for the determination of nitrite, nitrate and hexavalent chromium, three common pollutants. The system uses a single disc that requires 100ael of sample per analyte using a centrifugal disc that filters the water sample which is then mixed with the appropriate reagents in one or two steps using capillary valves, and is detected on-disc with a pathlength of 1.04 mm. Using a multi-wavelength technique for the precise determination of the reference signal, the detection limits for these three systems are 0.008, 0.6, and 0.03 mg*L -1 for NO 2 - -N, NO 3 - -N, and Cr 6+ respectively. A comparison between this technique and several conventional techniques highlights the strengths and limitations of the system.