Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Riverside Situational Q-sort

Social psychology studies the impact of situational variables on behavior but has developed few methods to describe these variables. The Riverside Situational Q-Sort (RSQ; Funder, 2016; Wagerman & Funder, 2009) is the first validated tool developed to assess the psychological characteristics of situations. The RSQ allows for the quantification and comparison of a broad range of situations and has as such been used to examine laboratory situations, situations experienced in daily life, situational similarity, and the experience of situations across cultures. Situational descriptions can be provided by self-report (i.e., construal) or detached observers, and these situational ratings can be associated with aspects of personality or used to predict behavioral outcomes. Theoretically derived RSQ templates can also be used to describe idealized types of situations to which experienced or reported situations can be compared. The RSQ continues to undergo development and refinement as its use is extended into ever-broader applications.
An atypical pulmonary presentation of Sjögren’s Syndrome

Sjogren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disease characterized by exocrine glands lymphocytic infiltration. However, some manifestations can happen outside the secretory glands affecting multiple organs. We report a 63-year-old man without previous history of any rheumatologic disease and negative arthralgias, mucosal or ocular dryness, in which findings of chest CT scan were consistent with interstitial lung disease prompting further diagnostic workup. Given the serological results, Sjogren's syndrome was highly suspicious in our diagnosis for which a lip biopsy was performed revealing the etiology of our patient's interstitial lung changes. To our knowledge, respiratory symptoms are rarely the initial presentation of this disease, heightening a more thorough workup for a patient with interstitial lung disease with an unclear clinical association requiring a biopsy.
Changing the Spanish arts curriculum for secondary school: the case for digital geometry and screencasting

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A systematic review: the application of virtual reality on the skill-specific performance in people with ASD

ABSTRACT Given the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the demand for treatment, there is a continuous seeking and uncertainty of effective interventions for people with ASD. As technology continues to advance, the application of Virtual Reality is emerging in clinical settings. This systematic review summarised findings to evaluate the application of virtual reality (VR) on the skill-specific performance in people with ASD. The purpose is to determine (1) if VR is an effective treatment for people with ASD in skill-specific performance and (2) can Occupational Therapists employ VR in their practice. Eight databases were systematically searched for peer-reviewed articles that were published from January 2012 to February 2018. Eight articles met the inclusion criteria. The measurements of specific skills were categorised into three main domains: job interviewing, driving, and other ADLs. A diverse range of outcome measures were utilised and provided various results. Despite the consistent positive results reported in the studies, the current evidence base lacks justification of sample sizes, reliability and validity of the findings. Although VR shows potential as an effective intervention, limitations and bias of studies should be considered. Results of studies must be interpreted with caution if Occupational Therapists are interested in employing VR in their practice.
IGNORE: A Policy Server to Prevent Cyber-Attacks from Propagating to the Physical Domain

We present the intelligent governor for the smart grid system (IGNORE) to limit the success of attacks when a grid’s cyber system has been compromised and leveraged by an adversary to mount attacks on the physical system. IGNORE is based on the concept of the security reference monitor. It is a component that serves to protect a system from attacks that are more severe and frequent than is acceptable by enforcing security policies on the actions of the system’s higher-level functions. It enforces security and safety policies by ignoring commands issued by a system’s higher-level functions if by executing those commands may cause violations of its security and safety constraints. The underlying principle for generating security policies is the requirement and safety property that evaluates whether commands issued by a cyber system are required and safe in/for the physical system. Our key contribution is to present the methodology to design a governor for a grid’s higher-level function, that is, demand response. We define a set of attacks prevented by the governor, a set of rules that define the governor, and demonstrate its effectiveness through empirical results. This work sheds light upon how a higher-level functionality of a smart grid system is protected by analyzing the system’s cyber and physical aspects even when some parts of the cyber system are compromised.
Three instances of reptile ticks parasitising humans

All ticks are haematophagous, and many exhibit some level of host specificity as adults, usually parasitizing only certain types of hosts. Amblyomma limbatum and Bothriocroton hydrosauri are generally accepted to be ectoparasites of reptiles. Herein, three instances of parasitism on humans by these ticks are reported. The observations confirm that these species will parasitize humans and provide new information about life stages and attachment sites.
Allocating outreach resources for disease control in a dynamic population with information spread

Abstract Infected individuals must be aware of disease symptoms to seek care, so outreach and education programs are critical to disease control. However, public health organizations often only have limited resources for outreach and must carefully design campaigns to maximize effectiveness, potentially leveraging word-of-mouth information spread. We show how classic epidemiological models can be reformulated such that identifying an efficient disease control resource allocation policy in the context of information spread becomes a submodular maximization problem. This means that our framework can simultaneously handle multiple, interacting dynamic processes coupled through the likelihood of disease clearance, allowing our framework to provide insight into optimal resource allocation while considering social dynamics in addition to disease dynamics (e.g., knowledge spread and disease spread). We then demonstrate that this problem can be algorithmically solved and can handle stochasticity in input parameters by examining a numerical example of tuberculosis control in India.
Endocranial morphology of the extinct Antillean shrew Nesophontes (Lipotyphla: Nesophontidae) from natural and digital endocasts of Cuban taxa

This paper documents and describes fossil microbial structures inferred to be of algal/bacterial origin in the Upper Cretaceous Agua Nueva Formation in the Xilitla area (San Luis Potosi, Mexico), located in the southern part of the Tampico-Misantla basin. The sequence consists of alternating decimeter-thick beds of limestone with occasional brown shale and green bentonite layers. The limeston also include intermittent beds of black chert. The sedimentary succession shows two calcareous facies: 1) dark laminated limestones containing fossil remains of holosteans, teleosteans and shark teeth, as well as lenticular layers of sedimentary pyrite, and high content of organic matter (Corg 1 ‒ 8 wt%); and 2) gray, non-laminated, bioturbated limestones with low content of organic matter (Corg < 1.0 wt%). Petrographic and scanning electron microscope analyses of the laminated limestone reveal a micritic matrix with sub-parallel wavy lamination, continuous and discontinuous folded laminae with shreds of organic matter, as well as different kinds of filaments, coated grains and planktonic foraminifera. On the other hand, the non-laminated, bioturbated limestone comprises infrequent filaments and pyrite. Both textures and biomorphic structures are very similar to those previously described for ancient and recent sediments representative of microbial origin. Furthermore, the occurrence of filaments embedded in the organic-matter-rich laminae suggests in situ production related to benthic microbial activity. Concurrence of lamination due to the absence of bioturbation, pervasive framboidal pyrite, and the high concentration of organic matter in the laminated limestones are consistent with persistent dysoxic/anoxic conditions, whereas the bioturbated limestones might represent recurrent relatively well-oxygenated episodes. The presence of the planktonic foraminifera Rotalipora cushmani concomitant with Inoceramus labiatus indicates a time interval from the Late Cenomanian to the Earliest Turonian for the Agua Nueva Formation at Xilitla, thus indicating that this interval of intermittent severe oxygen deficient conditions is coeval with the global Oceanic Anoxic
Stigma and Discrimination of Covid19 Affected factory workers of Kashmir and their lived experiences.

The occurrence of health-related stigma can manifest in specific places such as the workplace and beyond especially during the pandemic. The covid19 affected workers are not only discriminated in the place of work but also in the community and at the place where the factory is situated. Thus the stigmatization of the worker affected by covid19 has both social and economic consequences for the workers. Thus present study attempts to understand the process of stigmatization of covid19 affected factory workers. This paper addresses stigma associated with covid19 affected factory workers and their lived experiences thereof.
Using a board game to teach protein synthesis to high school students

Abstract The present work aimed to investigate the contribution of the board game ‘Synthesizing Proteins’ to the understanding of protein synthesis by high school students, based on the socio-interactionist theory of Vygotsky. Fifteen students (six from a public school and nine from a private school) participated in the research, which had three stages: diagnosis and pre-interview, game execution, and post-interview, with collection of written and audiovisual data. The data were organised and interpreted according to a qualitative content analysis, in which we evaluated the predominant concepts, the conceptual gains and type of interactions promoted by the game in the understanding of target themes. The results indicated that the game contributed to the improvement (or construction) of a protein synthesis model by the students, providing a symbolic representation of the process through interactions guided by the rules of the game (in the game, students played the roles of molecules, and simulated mechanisms and processes). These interactions, especially of cooperative and competitive nature, may promote a meaningful, prospective learning.
Impact of somatic cell count and lameness on the production and composition of ewe's milk

High somatic cell count (SCC) in milk and lameness are two very serious problems on the farms. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of lameness, SCC, month and order of entry into the milking parlour on the milk production and its composition. The relationship between lameness and SCC and their impact on the order of entry was also evaluated. The experiment was carried out at the farm, located in northern Slovakia. The farm keeps sheep crossbred of Improved Valachian and Lacaune. Milking was performed two times a day in milking parlor 1x24. Samples of milk were taken once a month by evening milking: May, July. In May, individual milk samples were taken from 214 random sampling ewes with milk yield minimum 300 mL per milking. In July, only from selected ewes in May, the milk samples, milk yield and lameness were recorded. Order of ewes entry into the milking parlour in milking row (one milking row is 24 animals) was recorded in both months. In total 23 milking rows were recorded. Ewes was divided by lameness (non-lame, slightly lame, strong lame), by SCC (A1 = to 2x10 5 cells, A2 = from 2x10 5 to 4x10 5 cells, A3 = from 4x10 5 to 7x10 5 cells, A4 = from 7x10 5 to 10x10 5 cells, A5 = over 10x10 5 cells.mL -1 ) and by the order of entry of ewes into the milking parlour (in first group of ewes were milked in 1-5 rows, second 6-11, third 12-17, fourth 18-23 ones). No effect of lameness was found out on milk yield. Lameness in July affected the order of entry into milking parlour in July as compared with their order of entry recorded in May. The strong lame ewes entered 4.19 ±1.07 milking rows later in July than in May. Only 11.2% and 4.2% of milk samples were found out in a group with SCC >10x10 5 cells.mL -1 during May and July respectively. In both months, the production of lactose was lower in groups with higher SCC. Ewes entering into the milking parlour earlier had higher SCC as ewes entering into milking parlour later in July but no effect was seen in May. In conclusion the studies under practical conditions deserve continuous research attention to identify risk factors of management affecting lameness and udder health for further improvement of sheep breeding.
Enhanced output performance of flexible piezoelectric energy harvester by using auxetic graphene films as electrodes

We demonstrate an effective approach to enhance the output performance of a flexible piezoelectric energy harvester by using flexible electrodes with negative Poisson's ratio (NPR). The relationship between open-circuit voltage and Poisson's ratio of electrodes is established theoretically by deriving the analytical expression. It reveals a continuous increasing trend in open-circuit voltage with the decrease in Poisson's ratio of the electrodes. Further, graphene-assembled macro-film (GAMF), an NPR material with excellent flexibility and high conductivity, is used as the electrodes to fabricate flexible piezoelectric energy harvesters. Compared with the energy harvesters using silver electrode, the harvesters made by GAMF electrodes, with an NPR of −0.39, achieve nearly 1.7-times enhancement in open-circuit voltage and 1.6-times in short-circuit current for output performance. The experimental results are highly consistent with the simulation results, indicating that the GAMF has great prospects in developing flexible piezoelectric energy harvesters with enhanced electrical output performance.
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles Of Bacteria From The Respiratory Tract Of Camels In Samburu, Nakuru And Isiolo Counties, Kenya

xi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Background information . 1 1.2 Objectives . 3 1.2.1 General objective.3 1.2.2 Specific objectives . 3 1.3 Justification of study . 4 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW . 5 2.1 Global distribution of camels . 5 2.2 Significance of camels . 5 2.3 Respiratory tract infections in camels . 6 2.4 Camel production and its challenges in Kenya . 7 2.5 Camel nasal flora . 9 2.6 Bacterial isolation and identification . 11 2.7 Antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance . 13 2.7. 1 General information . 13 2.7. 2 Antimicrobial resistance situation in the world . 15 2.7. 3 Multi drug resistance . 17 2.8 Antimicrobial susceptibility testing . 17
World Population Variability and Heat Bias Prediction: An Approach to Global Heat Disaster Management

This study examined world population variability and heat bias prediction as an approach to global heat disaster management. Heat bias data were generated from population records of United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Review and U.S. Census Bureau and International Database using population simulated mathematical model. The world has population of 7,794,798,739 and heat bias of 7.2 0 C and continental mean of 5.4 0 C. Asia had the highest heat bias of 7 0 C, Africa 6. 0 C, North America 6.4 0 C, Europe 5.7 0 C, South America 5.5 0 C Australia/Oceania 4.8 0 C and the Antarctica had the least heat bias of 2.2 0 C ranging 4.8 0 C. All continents exceeded the recommended +0.5 o C-2.5 o C human comfort threshold. Countries within the humid tropics had increased heat load. Countries within the subtropics up to the middle latitude had relatively lower heat stress. Population density does not have significant association with heat bias. Heat bias is important in global environmental planning and management. Contribution/Originality: This study “world population variability and heat bias predic tion: an approach to global heat disaster management” contributed to the understanding of the global thermal environment using mathematical population prediction model resulting from limited available studies. Findings showed, Asian continent had highest heat bias of 7 0 C exceeding +0.5 o C-2.5 o C human comfort threshold.
Productive and Reproductive Performances of Primi-parous Friesian Cows Treated with Yeast Culture

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation of dairy cows with yeast culture (YC) on productivity and reproduction of primi-parous cows. Animals in the 1st group were fed the control ration (G1), while those in G2 and G3 were fed control ration with 20 and 40 g/h/d yeast culture (n=5 in each) during experimental period of 90 days prepartum and 90 days postpartum. Results show that CF digestion pre- and post-partum, body weight (30 and 90-d postpartum), body condition score (one-d prepartum and 90-d postpartum), daily actual and 4% FCM milk yield, milk fat, total solids and solids not fat contents were higher (P<0.05) in G2 and G3 than in G1, being the highest in G3. Uterine involution was earlier (P<0.05) by 7.6 d and calf performance parameters was better in G3 than in G1. Postpartum 1st estrus interval, days open, P4 at estrus, service period and number of services/conception reduced (P<0.05) in G3 with best conception rate. Serum immunoglobulins (IgG, IgM and IgA) at 0 and 24 h post-calving, RBCs and WBCs counts, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and serum biochemicals in cows and their calves in G3 were the highest (P<0.05), whilst ALT and AST activities were the lowest in cows and calves in G3. The current study may conclude that dietary supplementation pre- and post-partum with yeast culture (40 g/h/day) can enhance productive and reproductive performances of primi-parous cows, and immune response, healthy status of cows and their offspring.
A Two-Stage Customer Journey Analytical Model in Single House Business

The single housing industry is currently experiencing a continuous expansion in demand for housing. Addressing the needs of different customer groups is the key to increasing the sales rate. The objective of this research is to propose a single house customer journey analytical model that consists of two stages. The first stage concerns the customer journey between registration and reservation processes. The second one identifies the customer loyalty from the reservation to the transfer stage. We experimented with four classification data mining techniques. The experimental results include comparison of the accuracy and F-Measure. We also performed statistical testing. The Artificial Neural Network with 1 hidden layer presented the highest accuracy and F-measure of 0.970 and 0.958 in the stage of reservation and 0.882 and 0.862 in the stage of transference, compared to other algorithms. This model analyzes the probability of the customer progressing through the stages to the conclusion of purchase by learning the customer’s characteristics and the factors involved in the customer’s decision. The model displays the reservation and transfer result for customers who have achieved the respective reservation and transference steps according to their registration profile. Experiments showed that the proposed two-stage models could predict customer loyalty, thereby enhancing relationship management between customers and organizations. It also confers a competitive advantage within the industry.
Temporal genetic structure of feral honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a coastal prairie habitat of southern Texas: impact of Africanization

Temporal Genetic Structure of Feral Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Coastal Prairie Habitat of Southern Texas: Impact of Africanization. (December 2003) Maria Alice da Silva Pinto, B.S., Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro; M.S., Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Co-Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. J. Spencer Johnston Dr. Robert N. Coulson The goal of this study was to examine the impact of Africanization on the genetic structure of the Welder Wildlife Refuge feral honey bee population by scoring mtDNA and microsatellite polymorphisms. Adult honey bee workers, collected between 1991 and 2001, were screened for mtDNA using the cytochrome b/BglII, ls rRNA/EcoRI, and COI/HinfI PCR-based assays. The procedure allowed identification of four mitotypes: eastern European, western European, A. m. lamarckii, and A. m. scutellata. The relative frequencies of the four mitotypes changed radically during the 11-year period. Prior to immigration of Africanized honey bees, the resident population was essentially of eastern European maternal ancestry. The first colony of A. m. scutellata mitotype was detected in 1993. Between 1995 and 1996 there was a mitotype turnover in the population from predominantly eastern European to predominantly A. m. scutellata. From 1997 onward, most colonies (69 %) were of A. m. scutellata mitotype. The temporal change in mtDNA was paralleled by nuclear DNA. The 12 microsatellite loci analyzed indicated (1) the mechanism of Africanization of the Welder
Regex matching with counting-set automata

We propose a solution to the problem of efficient matching regular expressions (regexes) with bounded repetition, such as (ab){1,100}, using deterministic automata. For this, we introduce novel counting-set automata (CsAs), automata with registers that can hold sets of bounded integers and can be manipulated by a limited portfolio of constant-time operations. We present an algorithm that compiles a large sub-class of regexes to deterministic CsAs. This includes (1) a novel Antimirov-style translation of regexes with counting to counting automata (CAs), nondeterministic automata with bounded counters, and (2) our main technical contribution, a determinization of CAs that outputs CsAs. The main advantage of this workflow is that the size of the produced CsAs does not depend on the repetition bounds used in the regex (while the size of the DFA is exponential to them). Our experimental results confirm that deterministic CsAs produced from practical regexes with repetition are indeed vastly smaller than the corresponding DFAs. More importantly, our prototype matcher based on CsA simulation handles practical regexes with repetition regardless of sizes of counter bounds. It easily copes with regexes with repetition where state-of-the-art matchers struggle.