Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Faith and Finitude: Exhuming the Death-Denying Function of Religious Belief

From the earliest evidence of human activity, religion has emerged as a cultural centerpiece. The present chapter contends, from the perspective of terror management theory (TMT), that to suffi ciently understand religion, we must consider its role in dealing with the pervasive human awareness that life must ultimately end. Rather than being an epiphenomenal outgrowth of other pressures, TMT argues that a major reason religious beliefs systems have been so persistently appealing is because they directly address the problem of death through the promise of literal immortality. The awareness of death has been shown to enhance the appeal of religious notions of eternal spiritual realms, including myths about divine creation and afterlife, spiritual intermediaries, and supernatural agency. Research also shows that when people become aware of mortality, a cascade of neurophysiological cognitive and behavioral processes helps implement religious strivings for eternal life. In addition to the major functions and themes common to the world’s religions, the present chapter also examines individual differences in the ways religious faith is used as a terror management strategy, as well as how those strategies can infl uence personal and social benefi ts and/or costs. In sum, a large body of research suggests that the consistent motivator behind a vast majority of religious phenomena is the awareness of mortality.
Enhanced Filter-based SIFT Approach for Copy-Move Forgery Detection

Image forgeries are applied to give the digital images other meanings or to deceive the viewers. Image forgeries appear in many cases such as judges in courts, cybercrimes, military and intelligence deception, or defamation of important characters. There are many different types of image forgeries such as copy move forgery, image retouching, image splicing, image morphing, and image resampling. Copy move forgery is the widest type and easy to apply between all digital image forgeries. Scale Invariant Features Transform (SIFT) algorithm is used strongly to detect copy move forgeries due to its efficiency in digital image analysis. SIFT algorithm is extracting image features, which are invariant to geometrical transformations such as scaling, translation, and rotation. These features are used in performing the matching between different views of a scene or an object. This paper enhances the efficiency of using SIFT algorithm in detecting copy move forgery by two ways. Firstly, it enhances the image itself by applying different types of digital filters to reinforce the image features giving the ability to detect forgeries. Butterworth low-pass filter, a high-pass filter, and the combination of them are applied to this task. Secondly, the matching strategy is adapted based on a new thresholding approach to increase the true positive rate and decrease the false positive rate. Experimental results show that the proposed approach gives better results compared with traditional copy-move detection approaches. In addition, it gives Menoufia J. of Electronic Engineering Research (MJEER), Vol. 28, No. 1, Jan. 2019 ____________________________________________________________ 160 better stability and reliability to different copy-move forgery conditions.
Design of Multi-particulate Regioselective Drug Delivery System of Moxifloxacin using Curdlan Gum

A multi-particulate buoyant alginate beads with extended gastroretentive time were designed in the present investigation. The floating alginate beads were prepared by ionic cross-linking technique, using sodium bicarbonate as a gas former. More than 95% of the beads remained buoyant after 10 hr. The controlled release floating drug delivery system of moxifloxacin hydrochloride was prepared using 3 2 factorial design method using a blend of curdlan gum and sodium alginate. The scanning electron microscopy confirmed the grossly spherical structure and the size of the beads was in the range of 789.49–1004 μm. The drug entrapment efficiency was found to be in the range of 54.76–64.43%. The in-vitro percent drug release for prepared formulations was found to be in the range of 74.92–97.33% in 12 hr. Therefore, the present investigation reveals the leading application of floating alginate beads for the delivery of moxifloxacin hydrochloride in stomach.
Taste and Symbolic Boundaries in the Context of China

Since Bourdieu (1984), the function of taste as a status marker has been widely recognized in western societies, but the investigations on the relationship between taste and symbolic social boundaries in China seem to be very limited, most of the studies failing to address the function of taste as a means of making social distinction. As the cultural market has rapidly developed since the Chinese Consumer Revolution (Davis, 2000), it is necessary to gain a better understanding of cultural consumption patterns and cultural taste of Chinese citizens. Therefore, this research focuses on highly educated Chinese who grow up during the initial rising period (i.e. the 1990s) of the cultural market in China and looks into how they distinguish themselves through cultural taste. With the research question "how do highly educated Chinese born after the Consumer Revolution describe their cultural consumption preferences, and what boundary drawing strategies can be observed in their discourse on cultural taste? ” and a sub-question is “to what extent are their practices of cultural distinction in line with the findings of American and European researches? ”, I collected data from 10 in-depth interviews, and looked into their diverse cultural consumption pattern. Most of the participants can be defined as cultural omnivores. A variety of cultural resources like ‘omnivorousness', 'openness’, ‘authenticity’, ‘uniqueness’, and other forms of cultural capital can be observed in young highly educated Chinese' discourse on cultural taste. These cultural resources they use can generally be linked to previous western scholars’ findings, but some particular variation can still be observed in the context of China.
Development and Evaluation of a Drip Irrigation System in Southeastern Nigeria

Extreme climatic factors (temperature, precipitation etc) which at times lead to drought and flooding affect crop yield negatively. In this study, a PVC drip irrigation was developed and the irrigation parameters were evaluated in a farmland with three tillage methods (conventional tillage, conservative tillage and no tillage). The irrigation treatments comprised of three levels of irrigation (50% Management allowable depletion, 30% management allowable depletion and 10% management allowable depletion). Different irrigation parameters were evaluated for different crop growth stages, different soil treatments and different soil depths (0-25 cm, 25-50, 50-75 and 75100 cm depths). The field capacity was determined at -0.01MPa, from the result, the field capacity was minimum at no tillage (0.07 cm/cm, 0.11 cm/cm, 0.12 cm/cm, and 0.14 cm/cm) for soil depths 0-25 cm, 25-50 cm, 50-75 cm and 75-100 cm respectively, for conservative tillage (0.11 cm 3 /cm 3 , 0.11 cm 3 /cm 3 , 0.11 cm 3 /cm 3 , 0.14 cm 3 /cm 3 ) for 0-25 cm, 25-50 cm, 50-75 cm and 75-100 cm soil depths respectively and conventional tillage (0.09 cm/cm, 0.13 cm/cm, 0.15 cm/cm, 0.17 cm/cm) for 0-25 cm, 25-50 cm, 50-75 cm and 75-100 cm soil depths respectively. Original Research Article Nwachukwu et al.; JERR, 8(4): 1-9, 2019; Article no.JERR. 51614 2 The permanent wilting point was determined at -1.5MPa, from the result, permanent wilting point increased with increase in soil depth in conventional tillage and no tillage with PWP of 0.01 cm/cm, 0.05 cm/cm, 0.09 cm/cm and 0.11 cm/cm at 0-25 cm, 25-50 cm, 50-75 cm and 75100 cm soil depths respectively for conventional tillage and PWP of 0.02 cm 3 /cm 3 , 0.05 cm 3 cm 3 , 0.05 cm/cm and 0.08 cm/cm at 0-25 cm, 25-50 cm, 50-75 cm and 75-100 cm soil depths respectively for no tillage. The average net irrigation was found to be 1.2 cm, 1.56 cm and 1.95 cm for conventional tillage, conservative tillage and no tillage respectively, while the average gross irrigation was found to be 1.7 cm, 1.7 cm and 2.1 cm for conventional tillage, conservative tillage and no tillage respectively. Statistical analysis of net and gross irrigation gave a coefficient of determination of 0.99 and pvalue at 0.05 was significant with a value of 0.00007.
Filamentous fungi in wrapped forages

Wrapped forages of higher dry matter (DM) concentrations (> 50 %), also referred to as haylage are common in Sweden and Norway. Such forages are preserved by a combination of semi-drying and anaerobic storage leading to an environment that may affect the composition of filamentous fungi differently than in hay or silage. The aim of this research was to identify fungal species in wrapped forages with higher DM concentration in relation to forage production and management factors. In the first study, the effect of plant maturity at harvest on microbial composition of forage was investigated. The microbial composition of fresh herbage and conserved haylage was compared for three different harvest times (June, July and August) of the first cut of the season. The fungal load increased with later harvest dates in haylage, but fungal species detected in the herbage were not detected in the haylage. In the second study, bales from 124 farms were sampled, and data on production factors, chemical composition and mycotoxin presence included. Samples for analysis of fungi were taken from patches with visible fungal growth on the bale surfaces, and from drilled samples from the forage. Results showed a higher risk of fungal presence with increasing DM concentration, or if less than eight layers of polyethylene stretch film were used for wrapping. Presence of mycotoxins and their respective fungal species were not correlated (P>0.05). However, higher fungal counts were positively correlated with presence of mycotoxins. Ocular inspection and cultivation for identification of fungal species is timeand labour consuming and has inherent difficulties. Therefore, identification of fungal species by extracting fungal DNA directly from forage samples is of interest. A study on three new primers in the fungal ITS (internal transcribed spacer) region for 454-sequencing was performed. Results showed that not all fungal species can be identified in the ITS-region and therefore other DNA regions are of interest.
Testing File System Implementations on Layered Models

Generating high-quality system call sequences is not only important to testing file system implementations, but also challenging due to the astronomically large input space. This paper introduces a new approach to the workload generation problem by building layered models and abstract workloads refinement. This approach is instantiated as a three-layer file system model for file system workload generation. In a short-period experiment run, sequential workloads (system call sequences) manifested over a thousand crashes in mainline Linux Kernel file systems, with 12 previously unknown bugs being reported. We also provide evidence that such workloads benefit other domain-specific testing techniques including crash consistency testing and concurrency testing.
Pre-proof Iron oxide ( Fe 2 O 3 ) nanoparticles modified carbon paste electrode as an advanced material for electrochemical investigation of paracetamol and dopamine

Electrochemical behaviors of paracetamol (PA) and dopamine (DA) have been investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), differenti al pulse voltammetry (DPV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV) using a selective and sensitive i ron oxide (Fe2O3) nanoparticle modified carbon paste electrode (IOCPE). The PA and DA showe d anodic peak potential at 0.458 V and 0.247 V and cathodic peak potential at 0.088 V and 0.11 V (vs Ag/AgCl), respectively. In DPV mode PA and DA gave linear response over the concen tration range of 2 to 150 μM ( R = 0.998) and 2 to 170 μM ( R = 0.989), respectively. The limit of detection (LOD = 3s/m) for PA and DA were found to be 1.16 and 0.79 μM, respectively. IO CPE possess excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the determination of PA and DA. Th e proposed method could be successfully validated for the simultaneous and individual deter mination of PA and DA present in pharmaceutical and real samples.
Development of a new improved model of the ITIL V3 framework for the information system of Telecom operator

Management of IT services is of particular importance for every organisation. ITIL is the most populary framework for the management of IT services. Previous researches showed that are needed some improvements of this framework. This paper describes improved model for ITIL V3 framework which is a result of integration of this framework with CobiT framework. Measurements are done in the information system in one Telecom operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Measurements showed that the improved model for ITIL V3 framework is better in its performances than the old model. This paper has a scientific value because it introduces one new model for ITIL V3 framework. Key-Words: ITIL, CobiT, Provisioning system, Third-party services Management, Performance and Capacity Management, Continuous Service Management, Systems Security Management, Costs Management.
The Relationship Between Demographic Factors and Prevalence of 10 Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Seçilmiş 10 Sağlıklı Yaşam Davranışın Görülme Sıklığı ve Demografik Faktörlerle İlişkisi

1 Mahmut Kılıc1, Fevziye Çetinkaya2, Huseyin Ede3 1Department of Public Health Nursing, Bozok University, Health School, Yozgat, 2Department of Public Health, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, 3Department of Cardiology, Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors The Relationship Between Demographic Factors and Prevalence of 10 Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors
New Evidence on Disability Benefit Claims in the UK: The Role of Health and the Local Labour Market

During the 1980s and 1990s there was a steep rise in disability benefit claims in the UK, especially among older male workers, and the debate centred on the relative generosity of these benefits as well as the effects of deindustrialisation and job destruction. Since that time the disability benefit system has been subject to a series of reforms all largely aimed at reducing the number of claims and targeting benefits more closely to those with the greatest health need. At the same time the UK labour market has also evolved and in particular now has an historically low level of unemployment, accompanied by falling real earnings. In this paper we use individual longitudinal data from 2009 to 2018 in a dynamic panel framework to explore the relative importance of health status, benefit generosity and local labour market conditions for disability benefit claims in the modern UK labour market. We focus particularly on spatial variation in claims, and find that, in line with older evidence, while health status is clearly important, geographic variation in labour market conditions and benefit generosity still influence the propensity to claim those disability benefits that are conditional on not working. In addition, local benefit work capability re-assessment rates, which reflect the stringency that new procedures are being implemented locally, are an important factor. The average effects also mask important heterogeneity by sex, age, education level, income and across regions.
Knowledge Base Quality Assessment Using Temporal Analysis

Knowledge bases are nowadays essential components for any task that requires automation with some degrees of intelligence. The quality of such knowledge bases can drastically affect the decisions being taken by any algorithm, thus, for instance, affecting the classification of an email or the final policy maker choice. Establishing checks to ensure a high-level quality of the knowledge base content (i.e. data instances, relations, and classes) is at utmost importance. In this paper, we present a novel knowledge base quality assessment approach that relies on temporal analysis. The proposed approach compares consecutive knowledge base releases to compute quality measures that allow detecting quality issues. In particular, we considered four quality characteristics: Persistency, Historical Persistency, Consistency, and Completeness. The approach has been assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively on a series of releases from two knowledge bases, eleven releases of DBpedia and eight releases of 3cixty Nice. In particular, a prototype has been implemented using the R statistical platform. The capability of Persistency and Consistency characteristics to detect quality issues varies significantly between the two case studies. The Completeness characteristic is extremely effective and was able to achieve 95% precision in error detection. The proposed approach delivered good performances. The measures are based on simple operations that make the solution both flexible and scalable.
Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of Ag2WO4/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalysts for tetracycline degradation

Heterogeneous photocatalysis has become one of the most potential technologies due to its ability to alleviate energy shortages and environmental pollution. In this work, a heterojunction photocatalyst of Ag2WO4/g-C3N4 was synthesized via simple deposition method. The as-prepared samples were characterized by SEM, HRTEM, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV–vis, photoluminescence, and photocurrent measurements. The photocatalytic performance of the heterojunction photocatalyst for the degradation of tetracycline under visible light was investigated. It is demonstrated in our experiment that by loading a small amount of Ag2WO4 nanoparticles onto g-C3N4, the photocatalytic activity can be improved for tetracycline degradation. The as-prepared heterojunctions have fast interfacial charge transfer speed and exhibit enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity for tetracycline degradation. Under the irradiation of visible light, the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of TC (tetracycline) by using Ag2WO4/g-C3N4 heterojunction (3AW-CN) prepared under optimized conditions is 1.08 and 0.63 times higher than that by using pure g-C3N4 and pure Ag2WO4, respectively. The significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity is mainly due to the fact that silver nanoparticles could act as reservoirs and donors for electrons, thereby effectively regulating electron transfer and promoting charge separation.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION: EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO BECOME ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENS

: In this paper, I introduce environmental justice as an important component of social justice education. I argue that there is a need to integrate environmental justice education into the P-12 curriculum. While there is a need to include environmental justice education in all schools, the focus of this article is an emphasis on urban school environments due to the predominant instances of environmental injustice in urban settings. This article will review the history and important concepts of the environmental justice movement for the purpose of educating pre-service and in-service teachers. The power of the environmental justice movement lies in grassroots neighborhood organizations that have worked for change. Therefore, a focus of this work is empowering individuals in urban environments to build communities that stand for environmental justice. Teachers have a unique opportunity to empower children living within impacted neighborhoods to take a stand for justice. However, teachers also have a responsibility to educate children outside of urban areas to stand up for global environmental justice.
The Development of Digital Archives Management Tools for iRODS

The amount of digital data in today’s society is both enormous and constantly growing. Unfortunately, existing digital archives are often fragile and susceptible to data loss. Thus, as the amount of digital information continues to grow almost exponentially, it is increasingly important to develop new ways to manipulate this data and minimize the risk of data loss after hardware failures. In this paper, we create an improved data preservation system by working with iRODS, a distributed data management system suitable for data grids, digital libraries, and persistent archives. We develop a user interface, called UrSpace, provide a corresponding Sync Package, and also create a monitoring system (call SIMS) that can check iRODS for errors and monitor the system independently. These tools and system are currently used for the TELDAP program in Taiwan. Index Keyword Terms—TELDAP, Data Preservation.
Unistack: An Interoperable Runtime Environment for Exascale Systems

Computing research has produced a rich variety of mature parallel programming models and their associated runtime systems, each with its individual set of capabilities and advantages demonstrated on DOE applications. Different programming models provide differing idioms for expressing parallelism, managing the work of a computation, and operating on distributed and shared data structures. Their associated runtime systems provide the low-level capabilities needed to support these high-level models as well as a layer of abstraction needed to efficiently harness increasingly complex hardware systems. Message-passing programming models, such as MPI [10, 15], provide a portable mechanism to exchange data between pairs or groups of processes. Data space models, such as Global Arrays (GA) [17] and partitioned global address space (PGAS) languages [18], have addressed the requirements of applications by allowing them asynchronous access to globally distributed data. Compute or tasking models such as the MADNESS runtime [9, 11], ADLB [13], Scioto [7, 8], and Charm++ [12], on the other hand, have addressed the requirements of applications such as NAMD [2], NWChem [4], Green’s function Monte Carlo (GFMC) [13], and MADNESS using loadbalancing techniques, including work-stealing. While each programming model provides unique capabilities, the utility and potential for widespread adoption of each model is still limited by the inability of applications to use multiple models together. Despite the variety and broad availability of models and runtime systems, today’s application developers must limit themselves to a single model in order to achieve reliable application behavior, performance, and portability.