Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Removal of chromium(vi) from aqueous solutions using mango leaf powder : Process optimization with Response Surface Methodology

: In the present work, a naturally available mango leaf, was investigated for removal of Cr VI from aqueous solution. In a series of batch experiments, kinetics and equilibrium of sorption process were studied with respect to pH, initial Cr VI concentration, adsorbent concentration, time, particle size and temperature. External mass transfer model and intra-particle diffusion models were used to predict the rate limiting step. Both had contribution in adsorption process but the internal diffusion was the rate controlling step. Numerical values of the coefficients indicated that the adsorption was quite fast. The kinetics was best described by pseudo second order model. Langmuir monolayer adsorption model was the best fitted one among the four isotherm models used. Sorption energy estimation by using Dubinin-Radushkevich model predicted the process was chemisorptions. The high temperature was found favourable, and the thermodynamic study suggested that the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous. A two-level two-factor full-factorial central composite design with the help of DESIGN EXPERT 7.0 statistical software, was used to optimize the process conditions for the maximum removal of Cr VI from aqueous solution. model, Response Surface
Caractérisation d'une oxydase terminale plastidiale impliquée dans la biosynthèse des caroténoi͏̈des et dans la réponse au stress

Le mutant immutans d'Arabidopsis presente un phenotype panache et accumule du phytoene, precurseur des carotenoides. Le gene IMMUTANS code une proteine plastidiale, homologue a l'oxydase alterne mitochondriale, et loacalisee dans les lamelles stromatiques du thylacoide et dans les membranes achlorophylliques des chromoplastes. Son expression chez E. coli permet l'etablissement d'un transport d'electrons resisatn au KCN et inhibe par le n-PG. Cette proteine apparait etre une oxydase terminale plastidiale (PTOX), dont l'activite depend de la presence de PQ et de fer. PTOX semblerait eglaement etre l'oxydase terminale de la chlororespiration; exprimee chez le tabac, elle accelere la re-oxydation non photochimique des PQ, et entraine un flux d'electrons vers l'O2, evitant ainsi la sur-reduction des PQ. La forte expression de PTOX chez le plante d'altitude Ranunculus glacialis pourrait indiquer un role particulierement actif de PTOX dans les mecanismes de resistance a la photoinhibition.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC APPROACH IN TEACHING WRITING: TEACHER’S TEACHING PERFORMANCE AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

This study aims at finding out how the English teacher trainee of Teacher Profession Education (PPG SM-3T) implemented scientific approach in teaching Writing, her teaching performance and students writing achievement. The descriptive qualitative method was employed in which the subjects of the research were the English teacher trainee of PPG SM-3T and 28 students of X IS 1 MAN Rukoh Banda Aceh. The instruments used were observation, document, interview and video recording. The research was conducted in six meeting hours. The results of the research show that the teacher implemented scientific approach in teaching writing by integrating semantic mapping and TPS (Think Pair Share). The teacher applied thinking step (of TPS) in Observation step and semantic mapping in Questioning step. In Experimenting and Associating steps, the teacher integrated semantic mapping and Pair step (of TPS). And in associating step the teacher implemented Share step (of TPS). The teacher’s teaching performance increased from the first observation to the second observation, they were, from 73.44 (Fair) to 90.63 (Very Good). In addition, the students writing achievement increased after they were taught by the teacher who integrated semantic mapping and TPS. In the first meeting, the average score was 70.83 in which 71% of them passed the Minimum Learning Mastery (KKM: 80) while in the second meeting, the average score of students writing was 86.73 in which 88.89 % students reached the Minimum Learning Mastery (KKM: 80). However, of six writing aspects examined three aspects: structure, vocabulary and mechanics still need more serious attention since the students’ achievements are not satisfactory yet.
Lies have long legs Cheating, scrutiny and loyalty in teams∗

Do people cheat more if this helps their team? And what if their actions are disclosed to their peers? To answer these questions, we run a lab-in-the-field experiment with girl and boy scouts during their summer camps. Scout troops are organized in patrols: these are thus naturally occurring and persistent teams who pledge loyalty and which undertake many different activities and own common goods. These teams differ in many respects from the minimal groups typically used in the lab. While we find a very low overall level of cheating, our results show that subjects cheat more frequently when their decision is disclosed to peers in their team. This is in contrast with findings from other studies analyzing different forms of scrutiny. On the other hand, no significant difference is observed when cheating rewards the team rather than the individual.
Executive functions and the role of dieting: A comparison between English and Greek females

Introduction: This study investigated and compared the effect of dieting status and culture on executive functions (EFs) between English and Greek females. The moderating role of restrained eating, preoccupying cognitions, depressed affect and IQ was also investigated to provide further evidence of the nature of this effect. Methods: A between-subjects design was employed, where 192 females were recruited from UK (n =45) and Greek (n =147) Universities; 99 were current dieters and 93 were non-dieters. The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF-A) was used to assess Executive Functions (EFs). Participants also completed the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire-Restraint (DEBQ-R), Preoccupying cognitions, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CESD), Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices-Set I, and a questionnaire acquiring demographic information. MANOVA and MANCOVA analyses were carried out. Results: There was a significant multivariate main effect for dieting status (P < 0.05) and nationality (P < 0.001). Specifically, dieters self-report greater difficulty on inhibit (P < 0.001), self- and task-monitor, organisation of materials and working memory (P < 0.01), and shift, emotional control, initiate and plan/organise (P < 0.05). A significant univariate effect was found for nationality, in terms of emotional control (P < .0.01), whereby a higher mean T-score was revealed for Greek (M = 62.12; SD = 11.01) compared to English females (M = 59.28; SD =13.95). With DEBQ-R and preoccupying cognition scores entered as covariates, the effect of nationality, on emotional control, remained significant (P < 0.001). However, none of the main effects for dieting status remained significant (P > 0.05). Discussion and Conclusion: Greek females self-report greater difficulty in controlling their emotions. Dieters found to have a poorer ability on the components of EFs; nationality also found to have an effect on EFs. Outcomes of this research provide fruitful implications on the association between dieting, culture and EFs.
An Investigation into the Sociolinguistics of Asu Personal Names in Same, Tanzania

Many Ethnic Community Languages (ECLs) in Tanzania are demographically and socioculturally pressured mainly by Kiswahili and English to a lesser extent. The ECLs which were previously used in elementary education, local administration and religious activities currently do not have any place in any official domain and thus are limited to home and other few immediate domains. Due to this unequal coexistence of the languages, many ECLs are considered endangered, calling for efforts from stakeholders to prevent the death of such a precious cultural heritage. By documenting the social aspects of Asu personal names, this paper is a contribution to such initiatives like The Languages of Tanzania Project aiming at documenting Tanzanian ECLs in every possible area and means. The paper used participant observation, in-depth interview and self-intuition to investigate personal names of a Bantu speaking people called Vaasu (Asu) of Northern Tanzania, considering naming as an important aspect of the society. The paper looked at Asu names within the purview of linguistic anthropology considering names as not being arbitrary labels but sociocultural tags that have sociocultural functions and meanings. By using thematic analysis technique, the paper analysed and discussed the typology of the names including family names, circumstantial names, theophorous names, flora and fauna names, to mention but a few. The paper further examined the changing nature of Asu naming system and practice as dictated by cultural contact mainly with Swahili and Christian/ western culture. The paper eventually recommends for further investigation on issues surrounding naming practices and strategic measures to prevent this important African cultural resource.
From stance to identity: Stancetaking in contemporary English risk discourse

V. Ushchyna. From stance to identity: Stancetaking in contemporary English risk discourse. The study focuses on stancetaking – an intersubjective and context-bound discursive activity that unites microand micro-properties of discursive interaction. The purpose of this work consists in discovering discursive ways of situational identities construction in contemporary English risk discourse as a result of stancetaking on risk. The theoretical background for this research comprises post-structuralist and socio-constructionist approaches to discourse analysis, establishing a new, socio-cognitive, direction in discourse studies. Contemporary English risk discourse serves a situational environment for investigating stancetaking in this work. It is approached as a discursive phenomenon of two types – a risk discourse proper (communicative situation of risk) and a discourse about risk (metacommunicative situation of risk). Discursive framework of communicative situation of risk reveals cognitive, pragmatic, and interactional dynamics of stancetaking in the conditions of in situ discussion of eventual stances (decisions) on risks. The inquiry resulted in determining the stance-takers’ situational identities, ranging from risk-averse to risk-taking subjects. Investigation of conversational patterns and discursive dynamism of stance alignment enabled identification and characterization of interactional mechanisms of stancetaking in situations of risk. Explorations of stancetaking in ex situ discursive conditions of metacommunicative situations of risk shed light onto sociosemiotic potential and pragmatic-rhetorical patterns of stancetaking. Complex analysis of the stance-takers’ language output provided a basis for establishing a typology of their situational identities, constructed in mediated discourse situations – layman, expert, mediator whose strategic speech behavior depends upon the balance of epistemic and affective components in their respective stances.
ENHANCEMENT OF EMPLOYEE INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR THROUGH PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

ABSTARCT: Psychologically empowered people feel a positive change in their attitude, behavior and cognition which leads them towards innovative ideas. Organizational culture can be an inhibitor or activator for process of innovation. In Pakistan both factors are neglected to a great extent. The focus of this paper is to study the impact of psychological empowerment of employees and organizational culture on innovative work behavior. Random sampling technique was used to study 302 employees from branches of public sector banks of Pakistan (located in Faisalabad and Lahore). Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics, correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The findings showed that organizational culture and psychological empowerment has significant positive relationship with innovative work behaviour .
Effect of Water Temperature on The Growth Performance of Labeo Rohita

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of different water temperature on growth performance, of Labeo rohita. Water temperature is the most important factor for the fish growth and it affects all metabolic and physiological activities of fish and plankton. Water temperature plays an important role in influencing the periodicity, occurrence and abundance of phytoplankton as it had a direct relationship with total plankton (Mohapatra et al., 2002). Generally in low temperature, fish growth hampers due to less metabolic activities. Therefore, water temperature is a driving force in the fish life because its effects are more than any other single factor. Growth and livability in fish are optimum within a defined temperature range (Gadowaski and Caddell, 1991). During winter, temperature falls, thus influencing biological functions in fish. Labeo rohita is an important freshwater fish cultured in India, Therefore, growth rate of this fish and other cultured freshwater carps decreased during the low water temperature period. Therefore, to investigate the effect of different temperature ranges on the growth performance of Labeo rohita.
Sexual Identity Development and the Coming out Process of Self-Identified Gays: A Qualitative Study

The search for one’s sexual identity is a significant process of human development and experiencing some difficulty in developing a positive sexual identity is normal and expected; however, when this process is entangled with a minority status, it becomes more complex to handle. Gay youth need to cope with being part of a minority group that is commonly stigmatized and discriminated for being different. This study was conducted to explore on the experiences of gay youth during their coming out process and sexual identity development. The study utilized a narrative inquiry approach which includes in-depth semi-structured interviews to capture individual narratives of self-identified gays with ages ranging from 19 to 24 years old. Findings reveal that visible gay figures in their immediate environment and frequent interaction with female figures reinforced their gay identity development. Gays compensate sexual identity by proving oneself to parents to earn their recognition and acceptance; however, parental acceptance typically involves articulated conditions. It was also found out that verbal abuse is a common form of discrimination experienced by these gays in the society. The findings provided a rich and deep understanding of the experiences of gay youth which can serve as bases for helping professionals to develop a more inclusive program that will address to the needs of this population.
A review of laser corneal refractive surgery

Laser corneal refractive surgery is the method for refractive error correction, with wide clinical applications. In a history of more than 20 years, more options for safer surgery have gradually become available, from photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) , laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and sub-Bowman's keratomileusis (SBK) , to more recent procedures by the ″knife″ to ″femtosecond″ transformation, femtosecond laser assisted-LASIK, small incision lenticule exeraction. More attention is now focused on corneal biomechanical stability. This is especially true for excimer laser TransPRK, which is gradually replacing LASEK. There are now good clinical results with more precise, focused and personalized techniques. Post-operative focus used to be mainly on the problem of corneal structure, complications and visual acuity. Recently there has been greater focus on monocular corneal aberrations, topographic maps and the relationship between binocular vision, personalized visual requirements and long-term stability of the corneal structure. This shift in focus has even included the psychological and spiritual needs of the patients. Key words: Laser; Cornea; Refractive surgical procedure; Femtosecond laser
The Persuasive Power of Digital Personal Assistants

there is a difference between the three persuasive principles, where each of the three principles has its own strengths and weaknesses. Third, we outline the design implications and future research directions that emerged throughout the study, for the area of persuasive digital assistants. Our study took the first steps of exploring and understanding this new area, however, future work is required to fully understand the potentials and pitfalls of persuasive digital assistants.
Recognising intraplate seismogenic faults and associated seismic hazard: examples from Western Australia

The location of past earthquake activity is a parameter required in assessments of seismic hazard. In intraplate regions such as Western Australia (WA), establishing the characteristics and location of past seismicity is difficult due to: (i) the long recurrence intervals between large events (ii) the subtle nature of the earthquake activity surface expression and (iii) the potential occurrence of earthquakes over vast areas (with unclear tectonic mechanisms). In recent years, various tools have been used to improve the understanding of past earthquake activity in WA, placing emphasis on recognising and characterising potentially seismogenic faults. These tools include: • analysis of digital elevation models (DEMs) to recognise fault scarp morphology • analysis of tectonic geomorphology associated with potential fault scarps • drainage analysis to infer tectonic deformation • use of shallow geophysical surveys such as GPR and magnetic surveys to confirm faulting and geological context The above, relatively inexpensive, tools are used to recognise potentially seismogenic faults before carrying out paleoseismologial studies, which are expensive and time consuming. Applying these tools resulted in the recognition of tens of potentially seismogenic scarps across WA. Here we describe work on two fault scarps that have been analysed in this fashion: the Lort River Fault and the newly recognised Dumbleyung Fault. The evidence exposed by trenching of these structures during the paleoseismological investigations confirmed their association with faulting and revealed their recent earthquake history. Both structures show recurrent earthquakes, separated by thousands of years, with magnitudes up to 7.0.
An Analysis of Prehospital Care System Implementations in Developing Countries

Formal prehospital care systems have been implemented to various degrees across the developing world and have been shown to be potentially effective at reducing trauma-related mortality. The WHO report Prehospital Trauma Care Systems established consensus guidelines for organizing basic prehospital care systems in developing countries, noting a number of key elements of successful system implementation. This paper reviews the literature with respect to these key elements, identifying 3 basic types of interventions relating to the generation of local support, system formalization, and expansion and standardization. Background Across the globe, over 5 million deaths per year can be attributed to physical injury, 90% of which occur in Lowand Middle-Income (LMIC) countries. (1) Road traffic injuries alone are the second largest single cause of death among individuals 5-44 after HIV/AIDS. (2) A portion of these mortalities are preventable given the timely application of relatively simple trauma care procedures, and prior research suggests that Prehospital trauma care systems are effective at reducing traumarelated mortality. (3) Prehospital care systems exist in many forms across the developing world and are implemented formally to varying degrees related to the overall economic and political development of the nation or region in question. In Sub-Saharan Africa for instance, most areas lack formal prehospital care systems, and formally classified levels of care are non-existent. This region is characterized by the prevalence of informal methods for accessing emergency care; typically transport to a fixed healthcare facility by relatives or bystanders. (4,5) In regions with somewhat higher income, prehospital care remains largely informal, and what services exist are typically locally organized by hospitals, NGOs or local governments with varying degrees of centralized organization. Uppermiddle income countries such as China and Mexico are characterized by relatively mature EMS systems seeking to expand, standardize and centralize their services to bring higher-quality care to their patient populations. (6)
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Malaria is still endemic in Sarawak and Sabah. Numerous studies have indicated that patients with malaria are commonly co-infected with helminthes particularly in endemic regions. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection among malaria patients using microscopy and multiplex real-time PCR at two district hospitals in Sarawak. A total of 94 patients who were clinically-suspected to have malaria were confirmed to be infected by both microscopy and multiplex real-time PCR. By the molecular method, 23.4%, 74.5% and 2.1% of the samples were positive for Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax and mixed P. falciparum and P. vivax, respectively. Among the malaria patients, 48.9% were found to be co-infected with STHs. In comparison, microscopic examinations showed that 6.4% of the malaria patients were infected with STHs. From the real-time PCR positive samples, 31.9% had single helminth infections while 17% had mixed infections. In conclusion, this study showed that almost half of the malaria patients at the two Sarawak hospitals were co-infected with helminth. Future studies should be specifically designed to determine if there is any correlation between the two infections in terms of incidence and intensity.
Process Intensification in Distillation Systems: Main Trends for Improving Petrochemical Process Performance

Economic and environmental considerations have encouraged studies on distillation processes, which play an outstanding role among other thermal separation processes in the petrochemical industry, focused on processintensification-based innovative engineering solutions. Various techniques, such as dividing wall columns, reactive distillation, internal heat-integrated distillation, HiGee distillation column, and cyclic column have been studied and reported. This mini review highlights the current status of these techniques, their applicability, main limitations and challenges and perspectives in the field of petrochemical engineering.
Discriminating Drivers’ Fear and Frustration through the Dimension of Power

The goal of this study was to investigate changes in body temperature as indicators for the emotional dimension of power during driving. Therefore a driving simulator experiment with 18 participants was conducted, in which two emotions with different characteristics in the dimension of power (fear with low power, and frustration with high power) were induced using events in the driving scenarios. Changes in finger temperature, which was supposed to represent emotional dimension of power, increased significantly (t (17) = 1.8, p < . 05*, Cohen’s d = 0.6) more after frustration events than after fear. In contrast, there was no difference in skin conductance level, which indicates emotional arousal, between fear and frustration. Additionally, a preliminary analysis of face temperature points in the direction of the finger temperature. Together, the results of this study suggest that body temperature as an indicator for the emotional dimension of power can help to discriminate between fear and frustration and thus aid reliable in-vehicle emotion recognition.