Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ADAPTATION STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP SOCIAL COMPARISON SCALE

Anahtar kelimeler İlişkide sosyal karşılaştırma, algılanan ilişki kalitesi, ilişkide sosyal karşılaştırma ölçeğinin (İSKÖ) adaptasyonu, güvenirlik, ayırt edici geçerlik Abstract Current study was aimed to translate Relationship Social Comparison Measure (RSCM) into Turkish and test psychometric properties of the Turkish version. RSCM was originally developed as a one factor scale by LeBeau and Buckingham (2008) in order to assess the frequency of relationship social comparison and circumstances under which comparison occur. However, principal component factor analyses suggested two factor solutions, namely General Tendency (= .94) and Partner Attributions (= .86), showing the presence of two constructs tapping different aspects of relationship social comparison. Suggested factor structure of RSCM was also tested with a confirmatory factor analysis, and results supported the two-factor solution (SB χ 2 (167) = 275.13, p = . 00, S-B χ2/df = 1.65, CFI = . 95, RMSEA = . 05, 90% CI [. 04, . 06]). The Turkish version of RSCM has high internal reliability as its original form (= .94). Moreover, the results strongly supported convergent validity with relationship satisfaction, investment, and quality of alternatives. Adaptation of RSCM in Turkish will provide an important tool for studies related to RSC in Turkey with strong psychometric properties. By doing so, it was expected to make scientific contributions to the studies related to romantic relationships in Turkey.
Verilog PNG Encoder

—In recent times the quality of images has greatly increased and so did the amount of memory needed to store them. The Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is a reliant and powerful image format that allows us to compress raw images to decrease their storage size while not losing any of their excellent quality. As such, this thesis objective is to develop a system that can achieve 30 Frames Per Second (FPS) for Video Graphics Array (VGA) in a System On Chip (SoC)-Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) while sacriﬁcing as little compression ratios as possible. To achieve this, an Intellectual Property (IP) hardware core that comprises the pre-compression process and the Lempel-Ziv Coding 1977 (LZ77) algorithm has been developed. This system was implemented in a Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA board and the software runs in a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)-V Central Processing Unit (CPU) developed by the IObundle team. After the program was executed with no hardware acceleration, the time results showed that the IP would have to greatly decrease the process execution time. Even though the system was able to decrease, on average, the total run time by 10 times, it still was not possible to achieve the ﬁnal objective of 30 FPS but was able to achieve an equal compression ratio or better. From these results, it was concluded that the communication between the software and the hardware still needs further optimizations and that the IP needs to include more operations that are being performed by the software.
Rethinking National Security Strategies in Africa

The delivery of security to state and citizens will continue to be the daunting task facing nation states in Africa. Many African countries are becoming increasingly unable to deliver security to their citizens and in some instances; states themselves have become sources of insecurity. This is attributed less to the evolving security threats exacerbated by megatrends but more to the governance deficit manifested in weak social contract and strategic leadership that are short supply in many African countries. Despite a well-articulated security and defense policy of the African Union with a call for its member states to do the same, there is a dearth of national security strategies in most African states. This is largely attributed not only to the lack of effective implementation mechanisms of such policy but importantly to the absence of tools to help member states to craft and implement their national security strategies. There is a convincing wealth of evidence that shows a well-designed and inclusive process of developing national security strategies enables decision-makers to better confront the security threats and improve effective delivery of security to all citizens and state. Such a process provides an invaluable opportunity as well for forging a new social contract between state and its people. This article is an attempt to contribute to rethinking of how security could be perceived, planned, and delivered to the citizens in Africa.
The influence of yeasts and copper sulphate addition on the aroma of Riesling wines

The influence of two yeast strains and the addition of copper sulphate on the aroma of Riesling wines was monitored. Two commercially available yeast strains, Zymaflore VL3 and X-Pure, were applied. General composition, volatile thiols, norisoprenoids, free terpenes, aroma fermentation, sulphur compounds and copper content were determined, and the sensory attributes were assessed by 22 tasters in a balanced incomplete block design (BIBD). The VL3 yeast produced a higher concentration of thiols than the X-Pure yeast. Wines treated with copper sulphate showed a higher concentration of 3MH than the wines produced without copper sulphate addition for both yeast strains. Yeast strain and copper sulphate addition both influenced the amount of β-damascenone in Riesling wines significantly, but they showed no significant influence on the level of terpenes. Five out of eight rated sensory attributes showed significant differences. Yeast strain and copper sulphate addition were decisive factors for the sensory profile of experimental wines.
DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF LEUKOCYTE PARAMETERS IN THE PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Background. Inflammation is one of the key players in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). One of the ways to evaluate it indirectly is to analyze leukocyte parameters of complete blood count (CBC), which is a routine and affordable method of diagnosis. Leukocyte counts can provide additional information about the course, as well as a potential prognosis for complications of AMI. We suggest that the dynamic changes of CBC during the treatment of the patients with AMI may be of value to assess the prognosis of the course of the disease, and therefore require further study. Objective. The aim of the study to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic potential of leukocyte indexes of CBC, in particular the levels of leukocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils and N/L, WBC/MPV, PLT/L ratios in the patients with AMI at the time of hospitalization and on the 7th day of hospital stay. Methods. The study involved 204 individuals: 152 patients with AMI (Group 1), 30 patients with stable coronary heart disease (Group 2) and 24 healthy volunteers (Group 3). Hemogram parameters and their ratios, in particular the levels of leukocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils, ESR, as well as the ratios of N/L and PLT/L were studied. Results. Levels of leukocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes, as well as N/L, WBC/MPV, MPV/L ratios were significantly higher in the patients with AMI compared to other groups. The best diagnostic value had such indicators as the total number of leukocytes (sensitivity 71.7%, specificity 69.7%, AUC 0.794), the absolute number of granulocytes (sensitivity 81.7%, specificity 77.4%, AUC 0.803), the N/L ratio (sensitivity 75.0%, specificity 71.7%, AUC 0.791) and the WBC/MPV ratio (sensitivity 76.7%, specificity 62.3%, AUC 0.760). The PLT/L ratio calculated on the 7th day of hospital stay correlated with the risk of in-hospital (r=0.369, p=0.002) and 6-month mortality (r=0.338, p=0.004) according to the GRACE score. Conclusions. Leukocytes, granulocytes, N/L and WBC/MPV ratios had a fairly high diagnostic value for the patients with AMI. Regarding the prognostic potential assessment, only the PLT/L ratio on the 7th day of hospitalization correlated with the risk of in-hospital and 6-month mortality. This proves the importance of assessing CBC parameters not only at the time of hospitalization, but also in the dynamics of AMI. KEyWoRdS: inflammation; acute myocardial infarction; complete blood count; leukocytes.
De-radicalization Program: The Case Study of Indonesia

Deradicalization program has emerged since 2012 by Indonesian Government due to the fact of increasing number of terrorism act happened in Indonesia. Indonesian government imposed the soft approach in order to be able to rehabilitate terrorist, its group, and family from radical mindset effectively. The ex-convicted terrorist is expected to disengage from their previous group and mindset and ready to rejuvenate as a new person with a moderate mind so that they can mingle back to the society. The program that applied by BNPT is comprehensively for all ages the only differences is when encountered the youth so the approach is slightly different. The purpose of this study is to describe and explaining the formulation of Indonesian deradicalization program in detail. This study uses a social identity theory in explaining the formulation and implementation of BNPT de-radicalization program. In this study, the author used qualitative methods with explanatory research type, followed by collecting data through literature. Based on existing findings, the deradicalization program, which rooted in social identity basic assumptions, is comprehensively established without discrediting certain religious values. And the de-radicalization program in Indonesia can be regarded as successful if the number of people turning back to the radical acts is low. So that to create a sustainable effort BNPT should promote the program more harmoniously, to ensure the effectiveness of the rehabilitation program.
Environment of the professional Nursing practice in Latin American countries: a scoping review

Riboldi CO, Gasparino RC, Kreling A, Júnior Oliveira NJ, Barbosa AS, Magalhães AMM. Environment of the professional Nursing practice in Latin American countries: a scoping review. Online Braz J Nurs [Internet]. 2021 Mês [cited year month day]; 20:e20216473. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17665/1676-4285.20216473 Environment of the professional Nursing practice in Latin American countries: a scoping review
Influence of adjustable front ballast on tractor fuel consumption at winter wheat stubble harrowing

Ordinarily a tractor works under variable draft, what brings unavoidably mass transfer of the tractor, which negatively affects the front and rear wheel cohesion with soil and pull. This situation causes discrepancy when loaded MFWD (mechanical front wheel drive) tractor under draft in four-wheel drive regime mode, and this leads to the increase of the front wheel slip. The gross traction ratio developed by the dynamic weight on the powered wheel is different than it should be. The cohesion of the front wheels is changed from maximum, when the draft is minimal, to minimum, when the draft is the highest. The cohesion of the rear wheels is changed contrarily. Mass transfer changes the load of the tractor axles, with the implement draft towards mass position to the rear wheel, the slip of the front wheels becomes unstable. For solving such impact of mass transfer a special attachment of the front ballast with a possibility to change its forward distance was made. The aim of the research was to establish how much the adjustable front ballast can adjust the slip of the tractor, maintain a constant reaction on axles and reduce the fuel consumption. The investigative tractor “Ford 8340” and a compact disc harrow were used in this research. Mathematical method was applied for the search potential of ballast that can generate an appropriate weight transfer of the front and rear axis load. A field test for evaluating of the front ballast adjustable position to wheel slip and fuel consumption was performed. The correlation of the adjustable front ballast, the tractor axle load balance and wheel slip during the disc harrowing operation was developed. The results show that the adjustable front ballast can compensate the draft load on the front and rear axis and improve the wheel-pull distribution by 11% and to reduce the fuel consumption by 5% in the field conditions compared to the case when the front ballast was used by default.
Connection status report generator

Received Sep 20, 2020 Revised Mar 21, 2021 Accepted Mar 30, 2021 This paper presents “Connection Status Report Generator” which is an auto executable application and it generates a detailed textual and pictorial representation of the network connectivity status of a particular computer and sends the generated reports to the concerned party. The features developed in this paper aim to constantly monitor the network connectivity status as well as ease the troubleshooting process of finding the major cause of call-drops which is a popular problem in every industry. This paper is divided into three major sub-categories of real-time connection status tracker, report generator, and the image viewer interface. The proposed executable application is coded in Java and designed to run as a background application with minimal system prerequisites.
Applying Ibn Khaldun’s Theory Into The Islamic Preaching’s Movement in The Period of Demak Empire: Reflection for the Contemporary Muslim Society

Ashabiyah and Mulk are positioned as a driving force in the big frame of Ibn Khaldun’s theory about the Rise and Fall of Dynasty. Although many studies on Ashabiyah and Mulk have been carried out, there have been very few attempts to apply them into the empirical phenomena in various society. This paper intends to apply Ashabiyah and Mulk’s theory of Ibn Khaldun in the history of the role of saints’ da’wa and their alliances with the rulers in the period of Demak’s Empire. The research was compiled using literature studies, with the main source of Muqaddimah and various related research articles. The analysis results show that Ibn Khaldun’s theory is suitable for explaining the essence of the end of Demak's Empire, namely the weakening of the Ashabiyah. Furthermore, Ashabiyah and Mulk are proven to be still relevant in analyzing the socio-religious phenomenon both in the empirical history and in the contemporary muslim’s society.
A Multilevel Approach for Event-Based Dynamic Graph Drawing

The timeslice is the predominant method for drawing and visualizing dynamic graphs. However, when nodes and edges have real coordinates along the time axis, it becomes difﬁcult to organize them into discrete timeslices, without a loss of temporal information due to projection. Event-based dynamic graph drawing rejects the notion of a timeslice and allows each node and edge to have its own real-valued time coordinate. Nodes are represented as trajectories of adaptive complexity that are drawn directly in the three-dimensional space-time cube (2D + t). Existing work has demonstrated clear advantages for this approach, but these advantages come at a running time cost. In response to this scalability issue, we present MultiDynNoS , the ﬁrst multilevel approach for event-based dynamic graph drawing. We consider three operators for coarsening and placement, inspired by Walshaw, GRIP, and FM 3 , which we couple with an event-based graph drawing algorithm. We evaluate our approach on a selection of real graphs, showing that it outperforms timeslice-based and existing event-based techniques.
Coupled effects of hydrophilic nano silica oxide and anatase nano titanium oxide on strengths of oilwell cement

The life of oilwells depends on the stability of cement sheath and bond strength with the formation and casing. Extreme subsurface conditions cause substantial stresses on the cement sheath resulting in a serious impact on well integrity. The recommended API cement for oilwell fails to provide the required durability of the cemented well due to such conditions. Supplementary cementitious materials such as nanoparticles are added to improve the cement for long-lasting zonal isolation. In this study, the compressive and shear bond strengths of oilwell cement containing nano-SiO2 and nano-TiO2 were studied at 80 °C for 3, 7, 14, and 28 days of hydration. The XRD, TG, and DSC were used for the analysis of cement hydration products. The results revealed that both nano-SiO2 and nano-TiO2 increased strength evolution. A ternary system made with 2% nano-SiO2 and 2% nano-TiO2 improved compressive strength by 22.6 and 48.4%, while the shear bond strength increased by 110.6 and 55% at age of 3 days and 28 days, respectively, compared to their corresponding binary systems. Therefore, these results remark the potential of replacing an appropriate proportion of oilwell cement with coupled nano-SiO2 and nano-TiO2 to ensure cement sheath structure durability in the annular and long-lasting zonal isolation.
Entrepreneurial Training and Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Mediated Mediation Analysis of Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy and Attitude of Undergraduate Finalists in Uganda

Implications – the study provides maiden evidence that Entrepreneurial Training and Entrepreneurial Intentions are significantly and serially mediated by Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Attitude. Managers and policymakers may use this study results to further student’s entrepreneurial competencies. Society may also use our results to support entrepreneurial ventures as a vehicle for creating jobs for graduates
Genetic and phenotypic effects of hybridization in independently introduced populations of the invasive maize pest Diabrotica virgifera virgifera in Europe

The North American western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) was introduced into Europe several times during the end of the 20th century. Outbreaks in north-western Italy (NW Italian) and central and south-eastern Europe (CSE European) have merged in 2008 and insects interbreed since then. This study compared the genetic diversity (multi-locus genotype analyses at 13 microsatellites markers) and ten phenotypic traits among the CSE European and NW Italian populations as well as their hybrid offspring. All insects were reared under standardised laboratory conditions. Neutral genetic polymorphism appeared moderate in parental and hybrid populations, compared to North American populations. Some increase in neutral genetic variability was detected in the hybrids` expected heterozygosity and allelic richness compared to parental populations when family structures were considered. In 70% of the assessed phenotypic traits, the population type (CSE European, NW Italian, hybrids) influenced a trait, but averages in hybrids never exceeded those in their parents. Population type did not influence fecundity or adult lifespan (reflecting fitness) and not the proportion of adults flying (reflecting dispersal capabilities). There was no evidence yet that hybridization influences variability of phenotypic traits. In conclusion, there are only few indications that hybrids between the two overlapping invading European populations may in the longer term, take advantage through higher neutral genetic diversity and subsequent phenotypic adaptability.
Initial education evaluation of a Physical Education program: Perceptions of graduates from a public university in the state of Santa Catarina

This mixed-methods study investigated the perceptions of Physical Education (PE) graduates on their education obtained at a public university in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. An online questionnaire was applied to collect information regarding the initial education of 94 graduates (50 bachelors and 44 teachers) trained under the new curricular proposal implemented in 2008 at the institution. Extension (8.35±1.51) and research activities (8.24±1.66) achieved the highest scores, with emphasis on the diversity of structures and options offered. The graduates’ classmates (7.45±1.73), due to the lack of dedication and commitment to the program, and the curricular structure (7.64±1.59), due to the problems in the courses’ semiannual organization, received the lowest ratings. Teachers evaluated their course higher than the bachelors, especially ISSN: 1984-6444 | http://dx.doi. org/10.5902/1984644441376 Educação | Santa Maria | v. 46 |2021 Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsm. br/reveducacao 2 in the components of faculty (T = 8.55±1.02; B = 7.28±1.37), classmates (T = 7.91±1.60; B = 7.04±1.76), physical infrastructure (T = 8.30±1.69; B = 7.64±1.34), supervised internships (T = 8.61±1.45; B = 7.72±1.73), and overall program evaluation (T = 8.64±1.10; B = 7.82±1.35). Factors such as supervised internships, curricular structure, faculty, and extension activities explained 59.0% of the variance of the overall program evaluation. Considering these results, those responsible for structuring the PE program can consolidate the practices and components that have been well evaluated, as well as think of alternatives to reduce the weaknesses and negative aspects perceived by the graduates.
Factors influencing Nigerians to invest in Sukuk for infrastructure development

Article history: Received 23 April 2021 Accepted 26 May 2021 Published 31 May 2021 This study investigates the factors influencing the intention to invest in Sukuk towards infrastructural development in Nigeria. In this study, a quantitative research approach is used to obtained data through survey method and online questionnaires. Data were obtained in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, from 163 investors and potential investors in Sukuk. The result showed that attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and religiosity have a positive significant relationship with intention to invest in Sukuk. In addition, the finding of the study showed that the amount of information has a negative significant relationship with intention to invest in Sukuk. Therefore, the result of this study may help Sukuk issuers in identifying the factors that influence the intention to invest in Sukuk among the potential investors. This study contributes to the Islamic financial institutions by confirming the factors that may influence the intention of Nigerian to invest in Sukuk for infrastructural development.
Numerical Study of Blowing-Suction Ventilation Systems Performance

Received Mar 17, 2021 Revised Apr 29, 2021 Accepted May 28, 2021 In most industrial processes, toxic pollutants and vapors are produced and released, which cause various diseases in people working in industry and irreparable damage to the environment. Industrial ventilation systems are considered as one of the most effective methods of reducing and controlling gaseous pollutants and dust particles. One of the effective systems in industrial ventilation is blowing -suction ventilation systems. In this study, the effect of flow ratio (ratio of blowing flow to suction flow) and direction of blowing jet air on the performance of blowing-suction ventilation system was investigated numerically. The mixing parameter has been used as an indicator to measure the performance of the ventilation system. The results showed that the performance of the ventilation system blowing-sucking by reducing the current ratio improved exponentially. It was also found that one of the ways to improve the performance of the blowing – suction ventilation system is to reduce the direction of the blowing angle. Keyword: