Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modernizing Training in Psychotherapy Competencies With Adaptive Learning Systems: Proof of Concept

Purpose: This proof-of-concept study assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) as a classroom adjunct to improve training bachelor of social work (BSW) students in client engagement strategies. Methods: We codeveloped the ITS with 11 undergraduate students and pilot tested it with six BSW students enrolled in a class on telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy (tCBT). Student competencies in tCBT were assessed by expert review of role-plays. We also examined time spent using ITS and relation with competency. Results: The majority of students (81.8%) in Wave 1 and all of the students who submitted role-plays in Wave 2 passed the clinical skills role-play. Students advancing through the ITS more quickly had better tCBT competency ratings than those progressing more slowly. Discussion: One of the most challenging aspects of training is how to competently deliver evidence-based practices. ITS has the potential to streamline and scale such training.
Type 1 diabetes genome-wide association analysis with imputation identifies five new risk regions

Type 1 diabetes genotype datasets have undergone several well powered genome wide analysis studies (GWAS), identifying 57 associated regions at the time of analysis. There are still many regions of smaller effect size or low frequency left to discover, and better exploitation of existing type 1 diabetes cohorts with meta analysis and imputation can precede the acquisition of new or larger cohorts. An existing dataset of 5,913 case and 8,828 control samples was analysed using genome-wide microarrays (Affymetrix GeneChip 500K and Illumina Infinium 550K) with imputation via IMPUTE2 with the 1000 Genomes Project (phase 3) reference panel. Genotyping coverage was doubled in known association regions, and increased by four fold in other regions compared to previous studies. Our analysis resulted in new index variants for 17/57 regions, an expanded set of plausible candidate SNPs for 17 regions, and five novel type 1 diabetes association regions at 1p31.3, 1q24.3, 1q31.2, 2q11.2 and 11q12.2. Candidate genes for the new loci included ITGB3BP, FASLG, RGS1, AFF3 and CD5/CD6. Further prioritisation of causal genes and causal variants will require detailed RNA and protein expression studies, in conjunction with genome annotation studies including analysis of physical promoter-enhancer interactions.
Türkiye’de İhracat ve Yatırım Teşvikleri Arasındaki İlişki: ARDL Sınır Testi

Kuresel ekonomiyle bagli olarak, ulkeler ekonomik kalkinma ve refah duzeylerini arttirmak icin sosyal, politik ve ekonomik alanlarda faaliyet gostermektedir. Bu baglamda, ulkelerin hangi sektorlere, nasil ve ne olcude mudahale etmesi gerektigi tartisma konusudur. Genellikle devlet tesvikleri olarak adlandirilan bu mudahaleler, ulkelerin piyasa uzerinde ekonomi politikasi araclarini kullanarak stratejik hedeflerine ulasmalari icin kullandiklari en onemli araclardir. Turkiye’de uretim ve ihracat potansiyelini arttirmayi hedefleyen yatirim tesvikleri, uluslararasi rekabet ortaminin olusturulmasi ve katma degerli ihracat vasitasiyla rekabet avantajinin saglanmasi icin buyuk onem arz etmektedir. Calisma kapsaminda Turkiye’de 2001-2019 yillari arasinda Turkiye’de gerceklestirilen yatirim tesvikleri ile ihracat hacmi arasindaki iliskiler hem genel hem de sektorel olarak analiz edilmistir. Analizler kapsaminda kisa ve uzun donemli iliskileri degerlendirmek amaciyla ARDL sinir testi, nedensellik iliskilerini incelemek icin ise Toda-Yamamato nedensellik testi kullanilmistir. Analizler sonucunda, genel ve sektorel yatirim tesviklerinin ihracat hacmini uzun donemde olumlu yonde etkiledigi tespit edilmistir. Buna ek olarak, toplam ihracat ve hizmet sektoru ihracatindan yatirim tesviklerine dogru tek yonlu bir nedensellik iliskisini bulundugu gorulurken, tarim sektorunde gerceklestirilen yatirim tesvikleri ile tarim ihracati arasinda iki yonlu bir nedensellik iliskinin oldugu tespit edilmistir.
Examination of Gamma-irradiated Calcium Silicate Hydrates. Part II: Mechanical Properties

Mechanical properties of calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H) with C/S ratios of 0.75, 1, and 1.33 were examined with nanoindentation after gamma-adsorbed doses of 0.145, 0.280, 0.500, and 0.784 MGy, and were compared with control samples. Young’s modulus and stress relaxation tests showed no apparent trend with irradiation dose. Qualitatively, most of the irradiated samples were found to relax more than their respective controls, but not always in a statistically significant manner. Most of the Young’s modulus irradiated–control pairs showed marginally higher stiffness in the irradiated samples, but overall trends with irradiation dose were not obvious. Creep compliance was obtained for the samples irradiated at the highest dose and their respective controls. Two of the three irradiated samples exhibited less creep than their respective controls, but only one of which was statistically significant. The lack of clear changes in mechanical properties for these samples correlates with separate chemical analyses that showed no loss of interlayer water by exposure to irradiation or changes in the mean silicate chain length. Further research evaluating higher doses (25 and 200 MGy) representative of those received by concrete structures in nuclear power plants at prolonged operation is being carried out to complement the present study.
The role of rootstocks and mineral nutrition in the quality of 'Hass' avocado fruit

Consumers are concerned about the quality of the avocados they purchase, since fruit on the retail shelf can contain rots and physiological disorders. Previous studies have shown that high fruit calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg), and low potassium (K), concentrations are related to less internal disorders and rots. Several pre-harvest factors such as rootstocks and pruning systems can reduce rots and disorders, and these may exert their effect partly through improving fruit mineral concentrations. This thesis examined the scion/rootstock characteristics that might affect the movement of cations from the soil to the roots, and from the rootstock to the scion, as well as the effect of leaf to fruit ratio on distribution to the fruit and the partitioning of cations between the fruit tissues. Four seedling rootstock cultivars (Velvick, Hass, Duke 7 and Fuerte) were grown from 6 weeks of age under adequate and marginal Ca nutrition in inert growing medium in the glasshouse to determine the potential of the rootstock to affect cation uptake. There were no significant cultivar effects on total root and suberised root Ca concentrations. However, there was a strong trend for higher Ca concentrations in Velvick leaves compared with Hass, Duke 7 and Fuerte leaves. In contrast, Velvick had significantly lower leaf K and higher root K concentrations, compared with the other cultivars. As a result, Velvick had the lowest ratios of K/Ca, Mg/Ca and (K+Mg)/Ca in the leaves. This suggests that Velvick may be better able to increase Ca and decrease K concentrations in the leaves, which could be related to the higher Ca concentrations in fruit from Hass scions on Velvick rootstock trees. ; Submitted in the fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast, 2015.
Tourists’ perceptions of green building design and their intention of staying in green hotel

Hotel developers incorporate green building design to save on capital and operation cost. Hotel operators adopt green practice to affect tourists’ intention of staying (IoS). This paper recognises the important contribution of green building design and eco-service provision to green hotels. It investigates the internal relationships of tourists’ environmental concern (EC), their perceived importance of green building design (PIGBD) and their IoS in green hotels. A moderating regression analysis was adopted to validate the proposed tourists behavioural pattern based on a survey sample of 161 tourists from Hong Kong. The results reveal tourists’ EC positively affects their IoS, and their PIGBD is proved to be a moderating factor of the EC-IoS relation. It implies that tourists’ IoS in green hotels is influenced by the level of their awareness and perceptions of green building design attributes. Given that green building design is often an omitted element in the previous hospitality literature, this paper highlights its potential role and implications in facilitating sustainable practices in the hospitality industry. Identifying the potential moderating factors of tourists’ EC-IoS relation can assist the development of green marketing strategy, which adds value to the tourism and hospitality industry. From a social interest perspective, it is crucial to raise tourists’ eco-literacy in all the ‘green ends’ including green building design of hotels.
The challenges we face: A professional identity analysis of learning technology implementation

ABSTRACT Institutionally implemented learning technologies are often not adopted or are underused by academic staff. We aimed to better understand this problem by drawing on the notion of professional identity to explore the challenges academic staff experienced when they were to adopt a replacement learning management system (LMS). We describe a single case study approach in which focus group discussions, workshop evaluation data and documents are analysed. We found that challenges academic staff faced lay in the technology being a threat to professional identity, in the sense-making process, and in the diverse and individually distinct nature of teachers’ professional identities. Institutional support offered to facilitate staff adoption appeared not to fully address these challenges. The implications for academic development and technology implementation are explored.
Forecasting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is inherently ambiguous given the current state of virus research

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic many researchers and health advisory institutions have focused on virus spread prediction through epidemiological models. Such models rely on virus- and disease characteristics of which most are uncertain or even unknown for SARS-CoV-2. This study addresses the validity of various assumptions using an epidemiological simulation model. The contributions of this work are twofold. First, we show that multiple scenarios all lead to realistic numbers of deaths and ICU admissions, two observable and verifiable metrics. Second, we test the sensitivity of estimates for the number of infected and immune individuals, and show that these vary strongly between scenarios. Note that the amount of variation measured in this study is merely a lower bound: epidemiological modeling contains uncertainty on more parameters than the four in this study, and including those as well would lead to an even larger set of possible scenarios. As the level of infection and immunity among the population are particularly important for policy makers, further research on virus and disease progression characteristics is essential. Until that time, epidemiological modeling studies cannot give conclusive results and should come with a careful analysis of several scenarios on virus- and disease characteristics.
Prospection, morphological and Pomological identification of olive ecotypes (Olea europaea. L.) in the Degache oasis (Tozeur, Tunisia)

The exploration of the olive tree in the oasis of Degache (Tozeur, Tunisia) performed during the years 2009 and 2010 has enabled us to identify 53 ecotypes. The characterisation of the ecotypes in the region was interested the pomology and the morphology of the fruit, the endocarp and the leaf during three years (2010 to 2012). In total, 17 characters have been notes. The characters of the leaf is slightly variable since the diversity indices of Nei and Shannon and Weaver are lower than 0.08. The characters of the fruit and the endocarp are more variables with higher indices than 0.20 with the exception of the summit of the fruit and the mucro of the endocarp (indices lower than 0.17). The two indices of diversity are closely correlated with a coefficient of determination of 0.94. The pomological characterization indicates that the weight of the fruit varies from 2 to 9.6 g and the weight of the endocarp from 0.25 to 1.15 g, while the weight ratio flesh/endocarp varies from 4.03 to 11.46. These characters are more variable than the characters of the length and the width and their ratio with coefficients of variation greater than 19.75 %. The hierarchical classification of the ecotypes allows distinguishing several groups which proved the broad existing variability. The factorization analysis has identified two main components which are positively correlated with the characters of the fruit and the endocarp.
A model for digital development of SMEs: an interaction-based approach

PurposeE-business maturity models have been widely used to guide the process of digital transformation of business. However, these models have been criticized for their predominantly technocentric approach, which is poorly suited for SMEs. The purpose of this paper is to produce a holistic, nonlinear e-business development model for SMEs that takes into account the interactions of the organization in the pursuit of its business objectives.Design/methodology/approachBased on the literature review, this paper proposes a nonlinear digital development model for SMEs that factors in the interactions between digital technologies and organizational processes. The model is applied to three cases using a qualitative research approach.FindingsThe analysis of the cases demonstrates how the model recognizes that SMEs have an agile and flexible operating structure and reduces the role of technology in order to refocus the entrepreneurs on the relationship among business goals, organizational capabilities and communication requirements.Practical implicationsThe proposed model helps the business owners to clarify and better understand what kind of interaction levels exist between the relevant actors in the pursuit of the firm's goals and to identify the best mix of digital and nondigital communication methods to support their work. It also assists policymakers to overcome technological bias when assessing the current state of play of e-business development in the SME universe and formulate actions that support the development of digitally oriented SMEs.Originality/valueThis paper proposes a novel, nonlinear, interaction-based development model for SMEs in order to complement previous technocentric models focusing mainly on a mechanist perspective of e-business maturity models.
Bending performance enhancement by nanoparticles for FFF 3D printed nylon and nylon/Kevlar composites

Fused filament fabrication (FFF) has been a major 3D printing technique for making thermoplastic products for decades. However, FFF printing for thermoplastic composites with aligned continuous fibers has been reported with limited success for only several years. In this study, we introduce an enhanced FFF-based approach by incorporating nanoparticles to the thermoplastic composites with continuous fibers. Our investigation focuses on the bending properties of FFF-printed fiber reinforced composites with and without nanoparticles. With Nylon 6 (PA 6) being the matrix material, nanocomposite filaments are obtained by adding carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene nano platelets (GNPs), or amino (NH2-) functionalized GNPs. Various PA 6 matrix nanocomposite filaments are prepared through mixing and filament extrusion process. The nanocomposite filaments are then 3D printed with or without continuous Kevlar fiber prepreg filaments. For 3D printed pure PA 6, the addition of 1 wt% GNP-NH2 increases the flexural strength and bending modulus by 334% and 315%, respectively. For 3D printed PA 6/Kevlar composite, the addition of 1 wt% GNP-NH2 increases the flexural strength and bending modulus by 195% and 35%, respectively. However, the addition of CNTs or GNPs (up to 1 wt%) is less effective as compared with GNP-NH2. The underlying mechanisms are discussed based on the matrix/fiber interfacial analysis.
The utility of rbcl and matk regions for dna barcoding analysis of the genus suaeda (amaranthaceae) species

The genus Suaeda (Forssk.) belongs to the family Chenopodiaceae. Identification of Suaeda species based on morphological data is quite difficult due to high phenotypic plasticity, few distinguishable and many overlapping characters. In current research, the efficiency of rbcL and matK (plants core barcode regions) for species identification of the genus Suaeda was assessed. The determination of intraspecific and interspecific divergence, assessment of barcoding gap, reconstruction of phylogenetic trees and evaluation of barcode regions for species identification (based on best match and best close match) were carried out. The results revealed that rbcL showed comparatively less overlapping for the distribution of interspecific and intraspecific divergence. In addition, the highest discriminating ability for correct species identification was also observed in this region. Therefore, rbcL was found to be a significant barcode region for the identification of Suaeda species.
Morphological features of the gorgonian Paramuricea macrospina on the continental shelf and shelf edge (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea)

ABSTRACT Morphological variability in gorgonians is frequent and commonly associated with habitat variability, often resulting in segregated morphotypes. Paramuricea macrospina is an endemic Mediterranean gorgonian species found on rocky bottoms between 40 and 160 m depth and has recently been reported as one of the most abundant species in continental shelf and shelf edge environments. Three different chromatic forms of P. macrospina were observed in the Menorca Channel: a yellow form and a light purple form occurring on maërl beds of the continental shelf, and a dark purple form occurring on rocky substrates of the shelf edge. The objective of the present work is to verify if these P. macrospina forms may represent distinct taxonomic units by analysing differences in colony morphology and sclerite size and shape of the three chromatic forms. No significant differences were found in colony shape, suggesting that environmental variability between the continental shelf and the shelf edge is not influential enough to significantly alter colony morphology. Significant differences in sclerite size and shape were found amongst all forms, suggesting that sclerites may be influenced by environmental conditions. However, the co-occurrence of the yellow and light purple forms side by side on the continental shelf may indicate a certain degree of genetic differentiation.
Multiple perpetrator sexual assault: correlates of PTSD and depressive symptoms in a sample of adult women

ABSTRACT While most sexual assaults are committed by a sole perpetrator, multiple-perpetrator assaults (MPSAs) still occur. However, less is known about their post-assault impacts. This study examined demographic, assault, and post-assault characteristics as correlates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms in a community sample of adult sexual assault survivors who experienced MPSA (N = 350) in the Chicago area. This study also included demographic and assault characteristics of perpetrators as reported by survivors. Backward regression analysis showed that stressful life events, more violent assaults, post-assault maladaptive coping and characterological self-blame, and receiving acknowledgement without support (e.g. acknowledging the assault happened, but giving inadequate support) reactions were related to greater PTSD symptoms. Older age and greater perceived control over recovery were associated with fewer PTSD symptoms. Greater violence, maladaptive coping, and characterological self-blame were related to greater depressive symptoms, whereas more education and greater perceived control over recovery correlated with fewer depressive symptoms. This study adds to research on MPSA and findings have implications for clinical treatment, intervention, and prevention with survivors.
The Perception and Culture of Operational Risk in the Banking Sector: Evidence From Northern Cyprus

This study aims to analyze the attitudes toward and the perception of the risk culture with regard to operational risk (OR) among Northern Cyprus (TRNC) banking sector employees working in related departments. Although most previous studies have concentrated on the measurement and management of OR, the research remains extremely limited on the perception side as well as the formation of cultural background by human resources departments. The novelty of this study lies in the fact that it investigates OR from the perspective of human perceptions and cultural development in the context of a small banking industry. In addition, via addressing the relationship between personnel structure and the prevention of ORs in small banking sectors, this study fills an important gap in the literature. For this purpose, a survey was designed and the collected data has been analyzed by using Factor Analysis. The results are gathered under eight factors where both OR perception and cultural formation were analyzed under these eight factors. The sensitivity of perception and cultural development were then analyzed by taking into account the demographic information of the respondents. The results indicate that employees working in the treasury department are strongly sensitive toward OR. Furthermore, older staff who have experienced a banking crisis are more sensitive compared with their younger counterparts. Other findings include that developments in the financial sector increase the OR, senior management appropriation decreases the OR, and an effective OR database is required. The findings of this study can potentially serve as a guide for senior executives in the banking sector in terms of policy development and applications related to internal systems, particularly in small economies.