Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Non-Traditional Choices: The C onstruction of Masculine Identity Among Male Nursing Students

This purpose of this project was to examine the experiences of five male nursing students, to uncover the challenges involved with reconciling the perceived feminine nature of their occupation with the demands of a traditional masculine gender regime. The research was based within a social constructionist epistemological paradigm, employing a critical theory interpretation and grounded theory methodology. Conducted through semi-structured interviews, the participant’s accounts demonstrated the ways in which they modified, rejected and generally re-conceptualised dominant masculinities within the non-traditional setting. Their experiences were captured through three dominant themes; script assessment, self-authorship and authenticity. Emerging from these themes was a grounded theory of developmental gender authenticity, an iterative process of masculine identity construction that was similar for all of the men as they increasingly distanced themselves from the normative gender discourses with which they were formerly familiar. Traditional masculine practices lost most if not all legitimacy for the participants, as they committed themselves to authentic ongoing personal projects to reconstruct their gender identity to produce a progressively socialised self. Running Head: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINE IDENTITY 3
Some Techniques for Increasing Energy Efficiency in a Cloud Data Center

Today the cost of consumed energy from computer systems occupies a considerable part of the total operating cost of a corporation. Consequently there is a need for finding and implementing techniques for saving consumed energy by these systems as much as possible. In this paper will be shown the efficiency of Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) and VM migration techniques for energy saving in a cloud data center.
Intra-annual oxygen isotope variations in central Indian teak cellulose: possibility of improved resolution for past monsoon reconstruction.

A clear seasonal cycle has been detected in the intraannual oxygen isotope variations (I´18O) of cellulose from several annual growth rings of teak trees that grew in central India. This persistent cycle is marked by higher I´18O values at the ring boundaries and lower I´18O values at intermediate parts. The amplitude of this seasonal cycle varies up to 6.8°. Based on the pattern of teak growth reported in the literature and a plant physiological model that interprets the I´18O of plant cellulose, it seems possible to identify subsections of a ring that formed during pre-monsoon, peak-monsoon and post-monsoon. Comparison of the I´18O profile of a ring (year AD 1971), analysed with the highest resolution, and a model profile based on concurrent local meteorological data indicates the possibility of achieving a ~20 day resolution in monsoon reconstruction by intra-annual I´18O measurements.
Monetary policy with non-homothetic preferences

This paper studies the role of non-homothetic preferences for monetary policy from both a positive and a normative perspective. It draws on a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model characterized by preferences with a variable elasticity of substitution among goods and with price adjustment costs a la Rotemberg. These preferences have remarkable implications for monetary policy. Three main results stand out from a comparison of models with an increasing and a constant elasticity. First, an increasing elasticity induces novel intertemporal substitution effects that amplify the propagation of monetary and technology shocks. Second, it weakens the ability of a simple Taylor rule to attain a given level of macroeconomic stabilization. Third, the smallest welfare losses can be attained by stabilizing both inflation and output, in contrast to the prevailing view - based on models with a constant elasticity - that the best thing the monetary authority can do is to control inflation only.
A Tale of Two Cities: Competing Logics and Practice Variation In the Professionalizing of Mutual Funds

This article examines practice diffusion in an environment where competing logics exist, specifically investigating how trustee and performance logics that were rooted in different locations (Boston and New York) led to variation in how mutual funds established contracts with independent professional money management firms. This focus on competing logics redirects institutional research away from isomorphism and the segregation of institutional and technical forces and toward an appreciation of how multiple forms of rationality underlie change in organizational fields. Implications for the dominant two-stage institutional model of diffusion and for research on institutions, organizations, and professions are discussed.
Low-Power Implantable Device for Onset Detection and Subsequent Treatment of Epileptic Seizures: A Review

Over the past few years, there has been growing interest in neuro-responsive intracerebral local treatments of seizures, such as focal drug delivery, focal cooling, or electrical stimulation. This mode of treatment requires an effective intracerebral electroencephalographic acquisition system, seizure detector, brain stimulator, and wireless system that consume ultra-low power. This review focuses on alternative brain stimulation treatments for medically intractable epilepsy patients. We mainly discuss clinical studies of long-term responsive stimulation and suggest safer optimized therapeutic options for epilepsy. Finally, we conclude our study with the proposed low-power, implantable fully integrated device that automatically detects low-voltage fast activity ictal onsets and triggers focal treatment to disrupt seizure progression. The detection performance was verified using intracerebral electroencephalographic recordings from two patients with epilepsy. Further experimental validation of this prototype is underway.
Effect of propionic and formic acid mixtures on the fermentation, fungi development and aerobic stability of maize silage

The aim of the performed investigations was to de- termine the impact of preparations containing mixtures of propi- onic and formic acids (KP, KPM, KM) on yeast and mould fungi cell counts, chemical composition and aerobic stability of maize (Zea mays L.) FAO 250 (PIONEER) silages with 33% dry matter content in the fi rst year and 35% dry matter content in the sec- ond and third years of experiments. Analyses were carried out at two dates: fi rst, after opening the foil sleeve and then following a 7-day aerobic stability test. The performed chemical analyses included: determination of dry matter (DM), water soluble car - bohydrates (WSC), crude protein (CP), lactic acid (LA), acetic acid (AA), butyric acid (BA), pH and deoxynivalenol (DON). The applied preservatives reduced signifi cantly (P<0.01) the de- velopment of yeasts from log cfu 5.81 in the control (CCS) to log cfu 5.10 in the KM combination and also of moulds from log cfu 3.85 in the control to log cfu 3.1 1 in the KP sample. In addition, they also exerted a signifi cant effect (P<0.01) on the DM increase from 320.5 g kg -1 in th e control to 340 g kg -1 in the KM sample as well as on a signifi cant (P<0.01) increase in WSC concentrations from 41 g kg -1 DM in th e control to 48.5 g kg -1 DM in the KM sample. The employed chemical preparations also increased sig- nifi cantly (P<0.01) concentrations of crude protein, and reduced signifi cantly (P<0.01) levels of lactic, acetic, and butyric acids and pH in comparison with the control. Last but not least, they re- duced DON content in silages from maize and improved aerobic stability of silages subjected to 7-day oxygen exposure.
Balancing in dreams: Effects of playing games on the Wii balance board on dream content

Based on the continuity hypothesis of dreams, elements of waking life should be incorporated into nocturnal dreams. The purpose of the current research is to build upon previous studies and investigate the effect of a gross motor balancing task on dream content. Thirteen (13) university students played balancing games on the Wii balance board for two hours. They were then monitored in the laboratory during their sleep using polysomnography. Dream reports were collected from the participants’ second REM-phase onwards. A total of 36 dreams were collected. Of those, seven dreams (19.4%) were subjectively reported to contain elements of balance, but only two of them (5.6%) were confirmed by external judges. In contrast, 17 dreams (47.2%) contained laboratory references. Additionally, as an exploratory analysis, task performance before sleep and task performance after sleep were compared. The seven participants who reported dreams containing elements of balancing did not perform better than the other participants. Thus, the results obtained imply that the motor task had some influence on participants’ dreams (7 dreams), and in total, consolidation effects were limited.
Extracting Factors Positively Correlated with Stock Returns from Economic Time-series Data

The great improvement of the computer performance in recent years enabled large-scale data to be treated, so the research to obtain return in financial market using Neural Network, Genetic Programming, Genetic Network Programming, Support Vector Machine, and Q-Learning has been done. But the conventional engineered research has the problem that it specializes in forecasting the stock price of a single stock too much and the test term is too short. We propose the methodology for extracting factors positively correlated with stock returns from long-period economic time-series data using Genetic Programming specialized in financial data in this study. In the proposal methodology, we use a long-term economic time series data of stock prices and financial statements. Moreover, the factors extracted by proposal methodology makes possible the screening of the stocks more positively correlated with stock returns than conventional factors. Keyword factor, financial statement, stock return, Genetic Programming
Developing pedagogical strategies to promote structural thinking in early mathematics

The Pattern and Structure Mathematical Awareness Program (PASMAP) is an early mathematics program designed to promote structural thinking. PASMAP pedagogy removes the structure commonly provided for students in order to challenge them to construct their own, focusing student attention on spatial and numerical patterns and leading them to formulate their own generalisations. In this paper, we give some examples of Kindergarten PASMAP tasks that develop and link the themes of grid patterns, number patterns, multiplication and base ten numeration. Work samples drawn from a recent evaluation study are used to illustrate the range of students’ structural development.
THE EFFECT OF AREA AND ISOLATION ON INSULAR DWARF 1 PROBOSCIDEANS 2 3

Aim We investigated the hypothesis that insular body size of fossil elephants is directly related to isolation and surface area of the focal islands. Location Palaeo-islands worldwide. Methods We assembled data on the geographical characteristics (area and isolation) of islands and body size evolution of palaeo-insular species for 22 insular species of fossil elephants across 17 islands. Results Our results support the generality of the island rule in the sense that all but one of the elephants experienced dwarfism on islands. The smallest islands generally harbour the smallest elephants. We found no support for the hypothesis that body size of elephants declines with island isolation. Body size is weakly and positively correlated with island area for proboscideans as a whole, but more strongly correlated for Stegodontidae when considered separately. Average body size decrease is much higher when competitors are present. Main conclusions Body size in insular elephants is not significantly correlated with the isolation of an island. Surface area, however, is a significant predictor of body size. The correlation is positive but relatively weak; c. 23% of the variation is explained by surface area. Body size variation seems most strongly influenced by ecological interactions with competitors, possibly followed by time in isolation. Elephants exhibited far more extreme cases of dwarfism than extant insular mammals, which is consistent with the substantially more extended period of deep geological time that the selective pressures could act on these insular populations. Disciplines Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences Publication Details van der Geer, A. A. E. , van den Bergh, G. D. , Lyras, G. A. , Prasetyo, U. W. , Awe Due, R. , Setiyabudi, E. & Drinia, H. (2016). The effect of area and isolation on insular dwarf proboscideans. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (8), 1656-1666. Authors Alexandra A. E van der Geer, Gerrit D. van den Bergh, George A. Lyras, Unggul W. Prasetyo, Rokus Awe Due, Erick Setiyabudi, and Hara Drinia This journal article is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow. edu.au/smhpapers/4015
Investigation of half-metallic and magnetic phase transition in Co2TiZ (Z = Al, Ga, In) Heusler alloys

ABSTRACT The half-metallic and ferromagnetic properties of Co2TiZ (Z = Al, Ga, In) Heusler alloys are investigated. The structural stability is analyzed among the two possible structures, namely, L21 (Cu2MnAl phase) and XA (Hg2CuTi phase) structures. It is found that these alloys are stable in L21 (Cu2MnAl phase) structure. The electronic structure of Co2TiZ reveals that these alloys exhibit half-metallic ferromagnetism with small spin-flip gap at the minority spin state. As the pressure is increased, ferromagnetic to non-magnetic phase transition is observed at the pressures of 380.9, 363.0 and 317.8 GPa for Co2TiAl, Co2TiGa and Co2TiIn, respectively. Half-metallic to metallic phase transition occurs in Co2TiAl, Co2TiGa and Co2TiIn at the pressures of 76.5 GPa, 73.1 GPa and 63.9 GPa respectively.
Are embryonic and larval green frogs (Rana clamitans) insensitive to road deicing salt

—Deicing agents have been used to control ice build-up on roads in winter for at least five decades in North America and Europe. This legacy of contamination of streams and wetlands threatens the availability of fresh water in these regions. The issue is of interest because amphibian skin and membranes of amphibian eggs are highly permeable, rendering amphibians particularly sensitive to chemical contaminants. In addition, saline solutions can travel nearly 200 m from roads and into wetlands, thereby contaminating amphibian habitats. The objective of this study was examine the effects of road salt on an amphibian that breeds in permanent wetlands, the Green Frog (Rana clamitans), for comparison with prior research on vernal pool-breeding species. Survival in all five ecologically-relevant treatment levels was > 93% in embryos and > 87% in larvae. However, when accounting for malformations, survival at the highest treatment level (3000 μS conductivity) dropped to 80% and 82%, respectively. Larval growth was unaffected by road salt, but 15% of larvae were malformed at the highest conductivity level. Rana clamitans appears to be relatively tolerant to road salt at low and moderate concentrations and less sensitive than other North American amphibians. At conductivity levels observed in the field, it is unlikely that road salt currently impacts populations of R. clamitans.
Influence of the Organic Matter Content on the soil water retention characteristics of a reconstituted kaolinitic clay

An experimental study using kaolinitic clay was performed in order to understand the unsaturated behavior of soils with high organic matter content (OMC). Reconstituted samples of kaolinitic clay were prepared with different OMC. Soil Water Retention Curves (SWRC) were obtained after drying and wetting processes and volume changes were also measured. Matrix suction was measured by the filter paper technique. Results show that for a constant value of suction, the higher the OMC the higher the water content. The Higher the OMC, the lower the Air Entry Value and the slope of the SWRC. OMC showed to have a different influence in the Volume Change behaviour (VC) in the drying and wetting process. Experimental results suggest possible engineering applications for the evaluation of volume change due to suction changes on kaolinitic soils with relatively high OMC.
Adsorption Process and Properties Analyses of a Pure Magadiite and a Modified Magadiite on Rhodamine-B from an Aqueous Solution

The result of an adsorption experiment indicated that the pure magadiite (MAG) and the modified MAG via cetyltrimethylammonium-bromide (CTAB-MAG) possessed pronounced affinity to the Rhodamine-B (Rh-B) dye molecules. CTAB-MAG was synthesized with an ion-exchange method between MAG and cetyltrimethylammonium-bromide (CTAB) in an aqueous solution. The adsorption capacities of CTAB-MAG and MAG on Rh-B were 67.19 mg/g and 48.13 mg/g, respectively; while the pH and the time were 7 and 60 min, respectively; however, the initial concentration of Rh-B was 100 mg/L, and adsorbent dosage was 1 g/L. Whereas, the adsorption capacity of CTAB-MAG was increased by 40% over MAG which indicated that CTAB-MAG can be used as an efficient low-cost adsorbent. Adsorption kinetics were consistent with the pseudo-second-order kinetic equation; the adsorption processes were dominated by film diffusion process which belonged to monomolecular layer adsorption.
A Radio and Optical Polarization Study of the Magnetic Field in the Small Magellanic Cloud

We present a study of the magnetic field of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), carried out using radio Faraday rotation and optical starlight polarization data. Consistent negative rotation measures (RMs) across the SMC indicate that the line-of-sight magnetic field is directed uniformly away from us with a strength 0.19 ± 0.06 μG. Applying the Chandrasekhar-Fermi method to starlight polarization data yields an ordered magnetic field in the plane of the sky of strength 1.6 ± 0.4 μG oriented at a position angle 4°± 12°, measured counterclockwise from the great circle on the sky joining the SMC to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We construct a three-dimensional magnetic field model of the SMC, under the assumption that the RMs and starlight polarization probe the same underlying large-scale field. The vector defining the overall orientation of the SMC magnetic field shows a potential alignment with the vector joining the center of the SMC to the center of the LMC, suggesting the possibility of a “pan-Magellanic” magnetic field. A cosmic-ray-driven dynamo is the most viable explanation of the observed field geometry, but has difficulties accounting for the observed unidirectional field lines. A study of Faraday rotation through the Magellanic Bridge is needed to further test the pan-Magellanic field hypothesis.
Peer-to-peer Object Relational Database System

This master thesis presents PORDaS, the Peer-to-peer Object Relational Database System. It is a continuation of work done in a project of fall 2005, where the foundation for the thesis was laid down. The focus of the work is on distributed query processing between autonomous databases in a structured peer-to-peer network. A great deal of effort has gone into compiling the theoretical foundation for the project, which served as a basis for assessing alternative approaches to introducing a query processor in a peer-to-peer database. The old PORDaS version was extended to include a simplified, pipelined query processor capable of joining tables. The query processor had two different execution strategies, the first was performing join operators at the requesting node and the second was performing join operators parallel among the nodes participating in the query. Experiments which ran PORDaS on a cluster of 36 computers showed that there are room for improvements even though the system was able to perform all the tests.
Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Babesia orientalis Rhoptry Neck 2

Babesiosis caused by Babesia orientalis is one of the most prevalent infections of water buffalo transmitted by Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides causing a parasitic and hemolytic disease. The organelles proteins localized in apical membrane especially rhoptries neck and microneme protein form a complex called moving junction important during invasion process of parasites belonging to apicomplexan group, including Babesia species. A truncated fragment coding a 936 bps fragment was cloned in pMD-19T and subcloned into pET32 (a) expression vector, expressed in E. coli BL21. Purified recombinant BoRON2 was used to produce polyclonal antibody against BoRON2. Here, we identified the full sequence of gene encoding the rhoptry neck 2 protein that we named BoRON2 which is 4035 bp in full-length open reading frame without introns, encoding a polypeptide of 1345 amino acids. Western blot of rBoRON2 probed with buffalo positive serum analysis revealed a band of around 150 kDa in parasite lysates, suggesting an active involvement during invasion process. These findings most likely are constructive in perspective of ongoing research focused particularly on water buffalo babesiosis prevention and therapeutics and globally provide new information for genes comparative analysis.
Title MHC class I-related chain A and B ligands are differentially expressed in human cervical cancer cell lines

Background: Natural killer (NK) cells are an important resource of the innate immune system directly involved in the spontaneous recognition and lysis of virus-infected and tumor cells. An exquisite balance of inhibitory and activating receptors tightly controls the NK cell activity. At present, one of the best-characterized activating receptors is NKG2D, which promotes the NK-mediated lysis of target cells by binding to a family of cell surface ligands encoded by the MHC class I chain-related (MIC) genes, among others. The goal of this study was to describe the expression pattern of MICA and MICB at the molecular and cellular levels in human cervical cancer cell lines infected or not with human papillomavirus, as well as in a non-tumorigenic keratinocyte cell line. Results: Here we show that MICA and MICB exhibit differential expression patterns among HPV-infected (SiHa and HeLa) and non-infected cell lines (C33-A, a tumor cell line, and HaCaT, an immortalized keratinocyte cell line). Cell surface expression of MICA was higher than cell surface expression of MICB in the HPV-positive cell lines; in contrast, HPV-negative cells expressed lower levels of MICA. Interestingly, the MICA levels observed in C33-A cells were overcome by significantly higher MICB expression. Also, all cell lines released higher amounts of soluble MICB than of soluble MICA into the cell culture supernatant, although this was most pronounced in C33-A cells. Additionally, Real-Time PCR analysis demonstrated that MICA was strongly upregulated after genotoxic stress. Conclusions: This study provides evidence that even when MICA and MICB share a high degree of homology at both genomic and protein levels, differential regulation of their expression and cell surface appearance might be occurring in cervical cancer-derived cells.