Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Using visual images to enhance perspectives of children’s experiences: a musical case study

ABSTRACT This research focuses on using digital photography to record observations of young children. The observations discussed are young children engaging with music as a communicative language. Digital media has become an inexpensive method to collect research data to communicate children’s activities in early learning settings. Like all technologies, there is a question of efficacy. Using our own research, we unpack visual methods we have employed to record and analyse children’s musical knowledge. Photographs were selected for analysis. We examine messages in detail to explore how visual images can add value to observations. We were interested in examining the implications of using visual images as an observational tool for research and to support pedagogy. The concluding discussion suggests that technology has not offered a quick and easy support for pedagogical practice and research of young children but can be a rich resource to promote relevant and stimulating pedagogical content if used purposefully and carefully analysed.
Anxiety, Coping, and Stress: Counseling Parents of Children With a Rare Disease

Rare diseases affect an estimated 300 million individuals worldwide, and ∼30 million Americans. One of these diseases, FOXG1 syndrome, is a severe neurological condition that causes medical complications and developmental delays. The majority of those diagnosed with the genetic condition are children, making parenting a challenging experience. The purpose of this investigation was to explore the relationship between anxiety, coping, and stress among parents of children with FOXG1 syndrome, (N = 84). The objective was to identify how these constructs relate and contribute to one another to best treat parents who are seeking counseling services. Results indicated significant relationships between these constructs. Study implications, limitations, and areas for future research are discussed.
Private Parking Space Sharing Intention in China: An Empirical Study Based on the MIMIC Model

The shared parking scheme improves the utilization rate of existing parking resources and contributes to the sustainable development of cities, but many private parking spaces that are not included in the shared parking scheme have a low utilization rate in China. In order to better promote the shared parking scheme, it is necessary to study the intention of the owners of private parking spaces to share their parking spaces. Therefore, this paper used the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and Benefit-Risk Analysis Model (BRA) as the combined theoretical framework (C-UTAUT-BRA). Hypothesis testing using the Multiple Indicators and Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model was performed using an empirical assessment of the shared parking scheme in China. The results show that (1) the sharing behavioral intention (BI) is directly affected by perceived benefit (PB), perceived risk (PR), social influence (SI), and facilitating condition (FC) and indirectly affected by effort expectancy (EE), of which the total effect of PB is the largest; (2) exogenous variables have an indirect effect on BI through other psychological latent variables; among them, different sociodemographic and economic characteristics have a significant influence on different latent variables, while the built environment has no significant effect on latent variables. This research contributes to theory building in shared parking participation intention and informs business and government leaders on how to promote the shared parking scheme through the action mechanism of influencing factors on BI.
Effect of Heat Stress on the Relationship between SPAD and Chlorophyll Content in Indian Mustard Genotypes

Aims: To find the relationship between the non-destructive and destructive methods for the evaluation of photosynthetic pigments under field condition concerning heat stress conditions. Study Design: The crop was sown in factorial randomized block design in three replication. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted during the (2016-2018) rabi crop season for two years. The crop was sown under timely and late sown condition in the research farm of Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana Methodology: In the present investigation forty-nine advanced breeding lines of Indian mustard were sown under two planting conditions. The data recorded for photosynthetic pigments by calorimetric method by non-destructive methods at three crop stages i.e vegetative, flowering and siliquing. The relationship between these parameters was carried out by correlation and regression analysis. Results: Regression analysis indicated a non-linear relationship at vegetative stage under both sowing conditions, but at flowering stage, slope of the relationship increased with increasing SPAD and a linear relationship was observed (R2= 0.0362) as compared to vegetative stage. A significant and strong correlation was observed between total chlorophyll (siliquing stage) and SPAD value (flowering stage) in timely sown crop. Positive correlation existed between SPAD value and total chlorophyll at flowering stage and carotenoid content at siliquing stage. Conclusion: The variation in the SPAD value and chlorophyll value is strongly related with the species, distribution of chlorophyll in leaf and hence chloroplast also. The lower value of regression coefficient and insignificant values of correlation might due to non-destructive SPAD values under field condition and sampling for calorimetric estimations.
Towards Reconstruction of Complex Flow Fields Using Unit Flows

Many complex turbulent flows in nature and engineering can be qualitatively regarded as being constituted of multiple simpler unit flows. The objective of this work is to characterize the coherent structures in such complex flows as a combination of constituent unitary flow structures for the purpose of reduced-order representation. While turbulence is clearly a non-linear phenomenon, we aim to establish the degree to which the optimally weighted superposition of unitary flow structures can represent the complex flow structures. The rationale for investigating such superposition stems from the fact that the large-scale coherent structures are generated by underlying flow instabilities that may be reasonably described using linear analysis. Clearly, the degree of validity of superposition will depend on the flow under consideration. In this work, we take the first step toward establishing a procedure for investigating superposition. Experimental data of single and triple tandem jets in crossflow are used to demonstrate the procedure. A composite triple tandem jet flow field is generated from optimal superposition of single jet data and compared against ‘true’ triple jet data. Direct comparisons between the true and composite fields are made for spatial, temporal, and kinetic energy content. The large-scale features (obtained from proper orthogonal decomposition or POD) of true and composite tandem jet wakes exhibit nearly 70% agreement in terms of modal eigenvector correlation. Corresponding eigenvalues reveal that the kinetic energy of the flow is also emulated with only a slight overprediction. Temporal frequency features are also examined in an effort to completely characterize POD modes. The proposed method serves as a foundation for more rigorous and robust dimensional reduction in complex flows based on unit flow modes.
Strengths and weaknesses of forensic accounting: an implication on the socio-economic development

PurposeThis review aims to provide an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of forensic accounting education and profession.Design/methodology/approachThis paper reviews published forensic accounting studies to explore forensic accounting strengths and weaknesses.FindingsThe strengths of forensic accounting are its benefits to students and accounting professionals, the significant need and increasing demand, the new career channels and the reduction of fraud. The weakness factors are the lack of regulation, the lack of control over the profession entry, the lack of agreement on how to teach forensic accounting, the lack of specialized research journals, the misconception of its intrinsic aim, the lack of highly qualified practitioners and educators and the lack of public recognition and occupation reputation.Practical implicationsIt is hoped that this structured investigation of the factors relevant to the current and future status of forensic accounting education and profession will provide a sufficient overview of the critical issues and concerns that are important to be known for understanding and advancing the vital application of forensic accounting on the Socio-Economic Development. It is anticipated that this paper has an impact on future policy that ultimately contributes to improving business and limit fraud incidents, thus, it can contribute to business and socio-economic development.Originality/valueThe literature on forensic accounting is extensive and varied. However, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of forensic accounting. This study provided policymakers with a comprehensive understanding of forensic accounting.
MVDC Railway Traction Power Systems; State-of-the Art, Opportunities, and Challenges

Advances in voltage-source converters (VSCs), as well as their successful application in VSC-HVDC systems, have motivated growing interests and research in medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) traction power systems (TPSs) for high-speed rail (HSR) applications. As an emerging power-converter-based infrastructure, this study reviewed developments that shape two key evolving pieces of equipment—namely, high-power traction substation (TSS) converters, and power electronic transformers (PETs)—for MVDC TPS as well as prospects for smart grid (SG) applications in the future. It can be deduced that cost-effective and robust high-power TSS converters are available from hybrid modular multilevel converters (MMCs) for enhanced performance and fault-tolerance capability. In addition, silicon carbide (SiC) MMC-based PETs with input-series-output-parallel (ISOP) configuration are present for greater weight/size reduction and efficiency for MVDC rolling stock design. Finally, the implementation of a smart MVDC TPS incorporating a sophisticated railway energy management system (REM-S) based on the smart grid principles is feasible in the future, with numerous benefits. However, there are related challenges, like knowledge gaps on these technologies, the high costs involved, and lack of standardization to overcome to realize widespread future commercial deployment.
Evolution of Storm Surges over the Little Ice Age Indicated by Aeolian Sand Records on the Coast of the Beibu Gulf, China

The Wutou section, hereinafter referred to as “WTS”, lies in Jiangping, Guangxi Province, China (21°32′8.25″ N, 108°06′59.9″ E; thickness of 246 cm) and consists of fluvial-lacustrine facies and dune sands of the Late Holocene. This study reconstructed the evolution of storm surges along the coast of the Beibu Gulf, Guangxi over the Little Ice Age, based on three accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS)-14C, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating ages, and the analyses of grain size and heavy minerals. The analysis results indicated that the storm sediments interspersed among aeolian sands, lagoon facies, and weak soil display a coarse mean grain size and poor sorting. The storm sediments also show high maturity of heavy minerals and low stability resulting from rapid accumulation due to storm surges originating from the land-facing side of the coastal dunes. Records of seven peak storm surge periods were recorded in the WTS over the past millennium and mainly occurred after 1400 AD, i.e., during the Little Ice Age. The peaks in storm surges, including the 14Paleostrom deposit (hereinafter referred to as “Pd”) (1425–1470AD), 10Pd (1655–1690AD), 6Pd (1790–1820AD), and 4Pd (1850–1885AD) approximately corresponded with the periods of minimum sunspot activity, suggesting that the periods of storm surge peaks revealed by the WTS were probably regulated to a great extent by solar activity.
Quad Sector HMSIW Tapered Slot Antenna Array for Millimeter-Wave Applications

In this paper, a slot antenna array based on a half-mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) is presented, integrating a series of linearly tapered slots for wireless broadband applications in millimeter-wave frequencies. The slots are etched on the upper layer of HMSIW, which radiates the energy from the open side of HMSIW, exhibiting a near broadside radiation pattern. Two identical sets of back-to-back printed antenna arrays are cross-lap joined to form a quad sector antenna providing 360° coverage. The proposed antenna occupies a volume of 20 × 20 × 70 mm3. The measured bandwidth is 1.81 GHz (6.53%) for Voltage to Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) 3:1 from 26.8 to 28.6 GHz, while the peak measured gain and efficiency of single antenna array were 14.2 dB and 71.3%, respectively, at 27.5 GHz. Furthermore, the sidelobe level in the azimuth plane was observed to be 17.75 dB. The performance of the proposed antenna is measured, and a good agreement between simulation and measured results is observed over the frequency range of 27.5–28.35 GHz for millimeter-wave 5G applications.
Investigating Degree of Blending Between Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Virgin Binder Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Focused Ion Beam

Adding reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) into asphalt mixes is a common practice and has many merits such as reducing costs and emissions. In recent decades, many state highway agencies have embarked on investigating asphalt mixes with high RAP content. As the RAP content increases, understanding how well the RAP binder blends with virgin binder becomes more crucial. Lack of knowledge on how much of the residual RAP binder actively blends with virgin binder during production is one of the reasons preventing full exploitation of RAP materials. Obviously, the amount of aged RAP binder blending into virgin binder affects the properties of asphalt mixes. A study was undertaken to investigate the degree of blending, that is, the amount of RAP binder blended with virgin binder, through atomic force microscopy (AFM) and focused ion beam (FIB). The AFM measurements were conducted on both binder samples and RAP aggregate samples; the former consisted of extracted and recovered RAP binder, virgin binder, and blended binder, while the latter covered blended RAP aggregate and virgin binder samples. AFM measurements on binders indicated that blended RAP and virgin binder, at the blending zone between RAP and virgin binder, has moduli between that of pure RAP binder and pure virgin binder. AFM was also explored to investigate the degree of blending using RAP aggregate and virgin binder, but preparation of acceptable samples for such work was not possible, in spite of extensive work in preparation of such samples through mechanical polishing and FIB.
Youth Violence and Human Security in Nigeria

The failures of governance and statehood in Nigeria breed an anarchical or disruptive system in the state and provide a platform for youth violence and justification for disruptive behaviour against the state systems and structures. Contributing to the available research, this study shifts its focus to understand and address the linkage of disruptive behaviour by studying and discussing Human Security through the lens of youth violence in Nigeria. In doing so, this study adopts a mixed method approach of quantitative and qualitative data with Ted Robert Gurr’s theory of relative deprivation to investigate, analyse and discuss the issues herein. From the findings, cultism and ethnic factors were identified as major causes of youth violence among others. Thus, effective institutions, quality education, economic and security regional or geopolitical zones programs is noted as a means to address youth violence in Nigeria.
A clustering‐based anonymization approach for privacy‐preserving in the healthcare cloud

Today, modern healthcare systems rely on advanced computational technologies, including cloud‐based systems, to gather and examine personal health data on a large scale. The use of advanced cloud services technologies, such as software as a service, application as a service, is challenging for end‐users of cloud systems to protect sensitive data in their health applications. According to the importance of publishing data in the cloud, the information should be recorded and handled somehow so that any individuals' identity remains hidden. Therefore, one of the critical privacy challenges is protecting the quality of published data and privacy‐preserving on the healthcare cloud simultaneously. The K‐anonymity technology is one of the prevalent methods used for privacy‐preserving. In this article, we suggest a novel approach based on the clustering process using the K‐means++ method to achieve an optimal k‐anonymity algorithm. Also, we use the normal distribution function to delete data that is less frequent, which can be improved the quality of anonymized data. Extensive experiments show the proposed method has been able to reduce information loss 1.5 times and execution time 3.5 times compared to AKA and GCCG algorithms. Also, it is highly scalable than others.
Mid-Infrared Polarization Beam Splitter based on Square/circular Hybrid Air Holes with Wide Bandwidth and Ultrashort Length

A novel mid-infrared polarization beam splitter (PBS) based on GaS is proposed. The high birefringence is achieved by using the cladding structure of alternating arrangement of square and circular air holes as well as introducing double elliptical air holes. The finite element method (FEM) is utilized to investigate the mode coupling characteristics in the proposed PBS. The results show that the highest extinction ratio of 115 dB and shortest length of only 40 µm can be realized at a wavelength of 4 µm. A wide bandwidth of 200 nm ranging from 3. 9µm to 4. 1µm is obtained.
A raciolinguistic analysis of the neoliberal promotion of dual language education in a new Latinx South state

ABSTRACT Dual language (DL) programs in the United States are increasingly promoted as a promising model that serves both language majority and minoritized children. However, many researchers also question whether the programs are truly serving the language minoritized students, or are these programs only treating their language as a resource to serve the already privileged group. Using structural topic modeling and critical discourse analysis, this study employs a raciolinguistic perspective to unpack the ideologies underlying the discourses in over 200 DL programs in a new Latinx South state of the United States. Our findings show that DL programs are promoted as a model that brings cognitive and employment benefits to its students. Moreover, private corporate power has a strong existence and influence on the establishment, staffing, and promotion of DL programs. The benefits to English speaking students are highlighted, while the interests of language minoritized children are largely ignored in the discourse.
The impact of intolerance on young people’s online political participation

This article investigates the impact of intolerance on online political participation among young Europeans. Based on the theoretical insights of (in)tolerance, political participation, youth, and media studies, we explore whether and to what extent intolerant attitudes drive young people’s online political participation. In doing this, we draw on original survey data with booster samples for young people, covering nine European countries. Our results show that intolerance leads to more online political activities among young people. However, these individuals are not socially isolated and marginalised; in fact, the effect of intolerant attitudes on online political engagement is reinforced by participation in offline unconventional forms of participation and social capital. Our findings bear important consequences for the understanding of intolerant attitudes, youth politics, and (online) political participation.
Formation the Project Maturity of Public Administration in implementation of Digital Transformation Projects

The purpose of this study is to substantiate the basic principles and prerequisites for the formation of project maturity of public administration for the successful implementation of digital governance projects. The relevance of this study is due to the need to implement the task of digital transformation of Ukraine by solving the problem of modernization of public administration on the basis of constant increase of project maturity of the organizations.The study proved the existence of a direct dependence of prospects for the implementation of digital transformation projects on the level of project maturity of public management. A variant of the project maturity model adapted to the local self-government body is being developed. The model assumes three levels of maturity of local governments. It has established that the majority of the created united territorial communities of Ukraine were characterized by the first two levels of maturity. The implementation of the maturity model makes it possible to assess the current state of the system, choose adequate tools for staff training, create conditions for continuous improvement and realization of the potential of the local community for the implementation of digital transformation projects.
Price transmission and supply response: the case of Indian small cardamom

Market price volatility, the major challenge faced by the cardamom exporters greatly hinders the investment and destabilizes the earning of small holders. The present study attempted to analyse the price transmission between Indian and international markets and study the supply response of small cardamom to changes in price. The co-movement of prices of small cardamom exist between the Indian and international markets after trade liberalisation and the price transmission has been from the international market to the Indian market. The short-run disequilibrium has been found between the Indian and international prices of cardamom, which got corrected with varying speed of adjustment. The positive and significant elasticity of supply of small cardamom with respect to its own two year lagged price has been established. Crop specific price stabilization mechanism would help to overcome the wide fluctuations in prices of small cardamom.
X-ray diffraction study of distorted perovskites R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 (R = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho)

The crystal structure and powder patterns were prepared for the distorted perovskite series R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 (R = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho). The R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 members are isostructural with each other and are crystallized in the orthorhombic crystal system with space group Pnma, Z = 4. From R = La to Ho, the lattice parameters a range from 5.4614(3) to 5.5368(2) Å, b range from 7.7442(4) to 7.4859(2) Å, and c range from 5.5046(3) to 5.2170(2) Å. The unit-cell volumes, V which range from 232.81(2) to 216.237(11) Å3 follow the trend of “lanthanide contraction”. The structure distortion of these compounds is evidenced in the tilt angles θ, ϕ, and ω, which represent rotations of an octahedron about the pseudo-cubic perovskite [110]p, [001]p and [111]p axes. All three tilt angles increase across the lanthanide series (for R = La to R = Ho: θ increases from 8.34° to 17.00°, ϕ from 6.24° to 8.53°, and ω from 10.41° to 18.96°), indicating a greater octahedral distortion as the ionic radius of R 3+ [r(R 3+)] decreases. The bond valence sum values for the (Co/Ti) site and the R site of R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 reveal no significant bond strain in these compounds. X-ray diffraction patterns of the R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 samples were submitted to the Powder Diffraction File.