Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
To What Extent Can Pre-service Teachers Turn Theoretical Knowledge They Have Acquired into Practice?

Article History: Received 20.12. 2014 Received in revised form 08.04. 2015 Accepted 27.04. 2015 Available online 04.05. 2015 This study examined to what extent pre-service teachers can turn into practice theoretical knowledge and principles they have acquired throughout their 4-year pre-service training during teaching practice. The study was designed on the basis of the qualitative research model and the data was collected through an interview form prepared by using the standardized open-ended interview technique. The sample of the study consisted of 42 senior year students from different departments of the faculty of education at a university in Middle Anatolia, Turkey. The findings of the study showed that teacher candidates couldn’t completely put into practice their theoretical knowledge they have learned in the faculty. It is also found that while the subjects participants have turned into practice best were "communication with students" and "classroom management", they generally had some difficulties in turning into practice their theoretical knowledge on the subjects including “the subject area knowledge”, “assessment and the monitoring of students' progress” and “planning and the implementation of the teaching-learning process”. © 2015 IOJES. All rights reserved
Reflective Experiential Learning: Using Active Video Watching for Soft Skills Training

Learning by watching videos has become the dominant way of learning for millennials. However, watching videos is a passive form of learning which usually results in a low level of engagement. As the result, video-based learning often results in poor learning outcomes. One of the proven strategies to increase engagement is to integrate interactive activities such as quizzes and assessment problems into videos. Although this strategy increases engagement, it requires changing existing videos and therefore substantial effort from the teacher. We have developed the Active Video Watching (AVW) system that enables the teacher to use existing videos from YouTube without modifications. The teacher is required to define a set of aspects for videos, which serve as reflective scaffolds in order to increase engagement and focus learners’ thinking. AVW provides a Personal Space for individual learners to link their personal experiences while watching videos. The comments collected can be used by the individuals to reflect on their own thoughts or to be shared with other learners in the Social Space. We conducted a study with postgraduate students on presentation skills. The results show that the level of engagement with AVW was high, and that the aspects were effective as reflection prompts. We plan to conduct further studies related to other types of soft skills, and also to further extend AVW to provide individualized feedback to students.
Microsurgical nuclear transfer by intraooplasmic karyoplast injection as an alternative embryo reconstruction method in somatic cloning of pigs and other mammal species; application value of the method and its technical advantages: a review

The introduction of cell nuclei into enucleated recipient cells, beyond enucleation, is the most sig- nificant stage of somatic cloning procedure. Microsurgical transfer of somatic nuclei can be an alternative method of clonal nuclear-cytoplasmic hybrid reconstruction towards cell fusion induced in the electric field, not only from the aspect of molecular mechanisms of nuclear chromatin rearrangement, advantageously influencing epigenetic reprogramming and structural remodelling of exogenous genetic material but also because in recent studies on pig cloning it was proved that the effectiveness of piezo-driven microinjection of ear-derived fibroblast karyoplasts measured by the percentage of oocytes preserving vitality after the cell nuclei transplantation operation did not differ significantly from the survival rate (viability) of clonal cybrids reconstituted by an electrofusion method. An intraooplasmic injection system of karyoplasts prepared from cells at G0/G1 or G2/M stages of cell cycle could also increase considerably the total efficiency of somatic cloning technique in pigs and in other mammal species.
DanteSources: a Digital Library for Studying Dante Alighieri’s Primary Sources

We present DanteSources, a focused Digital Library that aims at building innovative services supporting scholars in creating, evolving and consulting a digital encyclopaedia of Dante Alighieri’s works. DanteSources is endowed with Web services that allow extracting and visualizing data about Dante Alighieri’s primary sources, i.e. other authors’ works which Dante referred to in his own works. The heart of the digital library is a knowledge base built on an ontology that was developed in the RDF/S language, representing Dante’s works and the knowledge about them, extracted from some authoritative commentaries. Finally, on top of this graph, we developed DanteSources, which allows users to extract and display the knowledge stored in the knowledge base in the form of charts and tables. The methodology and the tool we developed are easily reusable to represent the knowledge about primary sources of other authors of the Italian or the international literature.
EVALUATION OF BLOOD HEMODYNAMICS IN PATIENTS WITH CEREBRAL ANEURYSM

Background: Aneurysm is a blood-filled bulge in the wall of vessels that occurred in abdominal aortic and cerebral vessels. The dilation of artery leads to aneurysm. Methods: Three dimensional modelling was utilized for a patient with cerebral aneurysm and a normal subject, and additional fluid-structural interaction simulation was performed. We consider pulsatile blood velocity as inlet, and blood pressure as outlet of flow. Results: The main results including blood velocity, wall shear stress (WSS) of vessel and displacement of wall of vessel. The maximum velocity in normal subject has been 0.2 m/s, that this value in a patient has increased into 0.27 m/s. Blood flow in normal subject and patient remained in limitation of laminar flow and occurrence of aneurysm, has not lead into the turbulent flow. The results showed, WSS in the of vessel after occurrence of aneurysm has increased into 6.3 times greater than normal, which this difference revealed that this parameter was proper index for evaluation of aneurysm. Also, the phase lag of WSS between the normal subject and patient has been 98o that this phase lag was significant in two cases. Due to occurrence of aneurysm, the thickness of the wall decreased during the disease by up to 10% which the continuation of disease progress result in rupture of vessel. Conclusion: To help the physician, besides analysing hemodynamic parameters of blood flow through non-invasive method, the effective numerical indices (WSS magnitude and WSS phase lag between patient and normal subject) introduced in order to evaluation cerebral aneurysm conditions.
Intensive care unit organisation and nurse outcomes: A cross-sectional study of traditional and “hot-floor” structures

Aim: To explore the relationship between the practice environment and nurse outcomes in two Intensive Care Unit (ICU) models. Background: Internationally the demand for intensive care is increasing. A large capacity multi-specialty integrated critical care service, the “hot-floor”, is emerging as the preferred organisational model. Benefits include resource consolidation and improved utilisation, operational synergies, operational flexibility and demand management. A large clinical workforce with commensurate frontline management, education and support positions are required. The association between these factors, within the ICU hot-floor work environment, and nurse outcomes is not known. Methods: Registered nurses (RNs) working in two ICUs, one a hot-floor model and one traditional ICU, completed a structured questionnaire. Nurse perceptions of work-life and organisational factors, and dimensions of burnout were examined using the Practice Environment Scale-Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) and Maslach’s Burnout Inventory (MBI). Results: Units matched on service level characteristics, training accreditation, patient casemix, operational and clinical care processes. Nurses in had similar demographic characteristics, professional attributes and experience. Workforce structures were also similar though the hot-floor had relatively less dedicated resources for frontline nurse management and clinical education positions. Hot-floor nurses worked more paid overtime and were redeployed less frequently to external wards. Nurse manager leadership and support was less effective, and nurses expressed lower personal accomplishment. Conclusions: Improved demand management achieved through greater operational flexibility is a key driver for the hot-floor model. Planning for enhanced organisational effectiveness requires corresponding improvements in the work environment to optimise nurse retention to ensure organisational sustainability.
Design, Control Simulation and Energy Evaluation of a DC Offshore Wind Park

Abstract This thesis investigates the control capabilities and energy production of a 200MW DC wind park, placed 300km offshore. The design as well as the torque and speed control of the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) is done for three converters: the boost converter, the full bridge, and the Active Three-phase Rectifier (ATR). The voltage and current control is explained for the Voltage Source Converter (VSC) onshore that delivers power to the grid. Simulations are made using MATLAB/Simulink. Loss calculations are done for all wind speeds operable. The response time for the boost converter is 8ms, for the ATR is 5ms and 20ms for the full bridge. Using 12kV as output voltage, the converter with less losses is the ATR followed by the boost converter (both around 1%). Using 60kV as output voltage the best converter is the full bridge using duty cycle control (1.62% at rated power). The current control of the VSC onshore is done by decoupling Id and Iq to control the voltage in the DC submarine cable and the reactive power to the grid independently. The system responds fast and able to withstand small and large perturbations. The best topology for the DC grid is connecting 5 turbines in parallel to 12kV, then to 60kV and then to 200kV, where a submarine cable transports the energy to shore.
Association between human papillomavirus infection and atypical cervical squamous cells

Introduction. The aim of the study was to confirm the association between human papillomavirus infection and atypical cervical squamous cells. Material and Methods. This cross-sectional study, conducted in the period from January 2016 to June 2017, included 128 sexually active women, aged 20 to 59 years with squamous cell abnormalities of the cervical cytology, who came to their annual gynecological exam at the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Skopje. All patients underwent human papillomavirus testing and colposcopy cervical biopsy with endocervical curettage for histopathological analysis. Results. Data analysis showed an increase in the human papillomavirus infection alongside with cytological (p = 0.029296) and histopathological (p = 0.029443) increasing grades of cervical lesions. It showed an association between the oncogenic potential of the virus and the cytological (p = 0.000086) and histopathological (p = 0.00001) grades of cervical lesions. A human papillomavirus infection was detected in 75.00% of the examined women. The relationship between the prevalence of high-risk and low-risk human papillomavirus genotypes was 56.25%: 10.94%. Mixed human papillomavirus infection was detected in 32.03% of all patients, in 42.71% of human papillomavirus positive patients. The most common human papillomavirus genotypes, in descending order, were human papillomavirus-16 (43.75%), human papillomavirus-31 (15.62%), human papillomavirus-18 10.4%), human papillomavirus-45 (9.37%), human papillomavirus-33 (7.29%), etc. Conclusion. This study has confirmed an association between human papillomavirus infection and squamous cell abnormalities of the uterine cervix. Young women under 30 years of age were the most affected group.
Study of C-Repeat Binding Factors (CBF) structural elements conferring stability under adverse conditions

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. iv LIST OF FIGURES. vii LIST OF TABLES. viii APPENDIX. ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. x CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Wheat and the Canadian Prairies. 1 1.2 Low temperature tolerance. 1.2. 1 Role of vernalization and CBF for cold tolerance. 1.2. 2 Challenges in studying CBF. 2
Leaf Morphological Characteristics of Leaf Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) as Affected by Different Colored Plastic Mulch

Looseleaf and Romaine lettuce were grown in a vegetable experimental station in the University of the Philippines Los Banos to determine the effect of the different colored plastic mulch on the leaf morphological characteristics of the two lettuce varieties. A split plot following the Randomized Completely Block Design was used. Results of the study showed that red plastic mulch exhibited better response in terms of the different leaf morphology of the leaf lettuce. Lettuce leaf length, leaf diameter, leaf fresh and dry weight were higher when grown with red plastic mulch compared with the other colored plastic mulch. The result of the study showed that the color of the mulch had significant effect on the leaf morphological characteristics of the leaf lettuce.
Testing for asymmetry in Okun's law: A cross-country comparison

Most specifications of Okun's law assume a symmetric relationship between changes in unemployment and real output. We test this assumption for seven OECD countries (Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States). We find that failure to take account of asymmetries would see a rejection of the hypothesis that there exists a long-run relationship between unemployment and output in countries such as the United States and New Zealand. We also find that short-run output and unemployment adjustments to disequilibrium usually differ according to whether up-turns or down-turns in the business cycle are considered. These results could not have been obtained using standard estimates of Okun''s law based on a symmetric approach.
TURBULENT THERMAL CONVECTION IN

Convection in a rotating spherical layer in the Boussinesq approximation is considered. A free rotating solid concentric inner sphere is included. The problem of developed turbulence is solved using the shell model approach. Two sets of equations are used. The Navier–Stokes equation and the thermal flux equation are solved on a large scale due to a coarse grid. The small-scale solution is described by the shell model, which generates another set of equations. This enables us to estimate the spectral energy flux on small scales. The turbulent coefficients, depending on the radial direction, are then calculated and used in the large-scale solution. The behavior of other characteristics (spectra, helicity) is also studied in time and space. The stabilized solution of the largescale convection is obtained for the Rayleigh number Ra = 10 and the Ekman number E = 10−6 based on the molecular values of viscosity and thermal diffusivity. The results correspond to the Reynolds number Re ∼ 10.
The Relationship between Moral Maturity and Sense and Behaviors of Responsibility in Gifted Children

The main objective of the present study is to investigate the relationship between moral maturity and sense and behaviors of responsibility in gifted children. The secondary objective of the study is to compare the levels of moral maturity, sense of responsibility and behaviors of responsibility of gifted students (GS) and those of students with average intelligence level (SWAIL). The relational survey model has been employed in the study. The data was collected from 200 SWAIL attending the 6 th and 7 th grades in primary education schools in Ankara and 200 GS attending ‘Science and Art Centers’ (Turkish: BILSEM). The Scale for the Moral Maturity and the Sense and Behaviors of Responsibility was used as the data collection tool. In determining the differences between variables, the Independent samples t-Test was used for the variables which demonstrate normal distribution depending on the Kolmogorov Smirnov coefficients being insignificant at the p<. 05 level. The correlation analysis was used in order to determine the correlations between the variables. At the end of the study, GS were found to be more mature in moral terms and to have a higher sense of responsibility compared to SWAIL. In the study, a statistical significant positive correlation (p<.01) was observed between moral maturity and sense and behaviors of responsibility in GS. In addition, a positive correlation (p<.01) was determined between the sense of responsibility and the behaviors of responsibility.
L'influence publicitaire en l'absence de souvenir des messages : les effets implicites de la simple exposition ; The influence of advertising without message recall: the implicit effects of brand mere exposure

L'experience cherche a reproduire les conditions propres a l'influence publicitaire lorsque les consommateurs au moment d'acheter ne se souviennent pas des messages vus tres rapidement, plusieurs jours auparavant. En mobilisant les concepts de memoire et d'attitude implicites, cette recherche etudie, sept jours apres, les effets implicites de simple exposition a des nouvelles marques lorsque les sujets ont oublie d'avoir ete prealablement exposes. Quand les sujets pensent qu'ils voient les marques pour la premiere fois, la simple exposition rend positives les evaluations initialement moyennes. Elle rend plus accessible l'attitude, qu'elle soit initialement positive ou negative. Quand les sujets pensent qu'ils ont deja vu les marques au cours de publicite, ces effets disparaissent. La discussion montre que le modele de mesattribution de la fluidite perceptive ne peut expliquer a lui seul les resultats puisque ceux-ci semblent mettre en evidence une memorisation implicite des evaluations negatives.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FIRM VALUE: AN APPLICATION OF ISE-LISTED COMPANIES

The aim of present investigation is to study the effects of corporate governance factors on firm values of companies listed in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). Data from 60 companies listed in ISE in time interval of 2008-2012 were used. Their corporate governance index was graded by firms such as ISS, SAHA, Kobirate and JCR-ER. Moreover data related to firm value were analyzed by Q-Tobin ratio which is considered as measurement criteria of firm value. Research method of present study is descriptiveanalytical based on analysis result obtained from panel data. Multivariate regression method was used in panel data analysis. Results obtained from present study indicated that cooperate governance factors has positive significant relationship with firm value of ISE-listed companies. ROE controlling variables has positive and significant relationship with dependent variables. This is while the relationship of two other controlling variables (Size and Leverage) is not significant statistically.
The effects of the illumination of buildings on house-dwelling bats and its conservation consequences

ABSTRACT As the illumination of buildings at night increases, light pollution and negative impacts on wildlife also increase. In order to assess the effect of direct lighting on house-dwelling bats, we examined colonies of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Myotis emarginatus and M. oxygnathus in illuminated and non-illuminated buildings found in close proximity to each other. We investigated the onset and timing of nocturnal emergence and measured the body mass and the forearm length of juvenile bats. Results show that bright artificial lighting delays the onset or significantly prolongs the duration of emergence and, in the worst cases, may destroy the whole colony. Juveniles are significantly smaller in illuminated buildings than in non-illuminated ones. The differences in length of the forearm and in body mass may suggest that the parturition time starts later and/or the growth rate is lower in bats living in illuminated buildings. Thus, the illumination of buildings could have serious implications for the conservation of house-dwelling bat colonies.
CPS Security Assessment using Automatically Generated Attack Trees

Over the last decades, cyber-physical systems have evolved from isolated to complex interconnected systems that are remotely accessible. This made them easier to attack, especially since they often contain legacy components with known vulnerabilities. This paper presents a methodology to assess the security of a cyber-physical system. It automatically generates attack trees based on the system architecture. The generated attack trees are processed to provide both technical and non-technical feedback. The assessor can deﬁne different attacker models to asses the security of the system with respect to different types of attackers. The methodology is validated by providing tool support and applying it to an example ICS.
Hyper-dimensional percolation in nanoporous gold and the Principle of Universality

Percolation in nanoporous gold can be achieved with as little as 8% by volume of gold. Samples of nanoporous gold of various morphologies are analysed with a combination of electrical and optical data. Growing thin films and complex multiply-connected 3-dimensional networks both display non-universal character. Growing films have 2-dimensional morphology but a 3dimensional percolation threshold and non-universal critical coefficients, yet similar silver films percolate as expected with universal coefficients. Growing gold however regresses to 2dimensional resistive behaviour between 65% to 100% gold, and this regime lies along a single power law curve shared by the hyper-dimensional networks of gold, suggesting underlying symmetry governed by diffusion limited aggregation. Models of data imply either hyperdimensionality or major internal property changes as density shifts. The distinctive flat spectral signature found near the percolation threshold is common to all highly porous samples and is explained quantitatively in terms of effective plasmonic response. Parameters from fits of effective medium models to optical and resistivity data are in close agreement, especially at the highest porosities. They imply an effective dimension which increases continuously as porosity grows via the increased branching needed for structural integrity.
Investigating different methods of vehicle detection from aerial images

Superpixel segmentation method designed for aerial images for controlling segmentation with low failure rate is suggested for detecting vehicles from aerial maps with high resolution and accuracy. For greater efficiency of practice and recognition, significant areas are extracted based on segmented superpixel centers. After segmentation, iteration strategy of sample selection based on scattered provision is used to provide a small and complete training subset of the original set. Selected training subset is a method that has the ability to distinguish and differentiate to detect vehicles. Training and detection for the features network of histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) is used to extract features.