Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS EXPERIENCED BY PRINCE GEORGE PARENTS IN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING: A MEN’S HEALTH PARENTS PERSPECTIVE

The purpose of this study is to investigate the challenges and successes experienced by parents in provid-ing children with opportunities for healthy living. Focus group interviews were conducted with parents of children 0-6 years to discuss challenges and successes in healthy eating, active living and being screen smart. The focus group interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed. Three main themes emerged from transcripts which include: Barriers to Healthy Living; Parent Involvement; and Child Involvement. It is recommended that the Healthy Families Prince George committee design community initiatives to support families in the Prince George area to achieve optimal healthy living, based on the study results. Upstream social policies are warranted in order to support low socio-economic status (SES) male parents and their families to achieve healthy lifestyle including healthy eating and active living.
2 Causal Link between Central Government Revenue and Expenditure : Evidence for India 1

This paper attempts to analyze the causal relationship between central government revenue and expenditure for India using annual data over the period 1970-2008. The Johansen cointegration test suggests that there is a long-run relationship between central government revenue and expenditure. The result from Granger causality test based on Vector Error Correction Models (VECM) suggests bidirectional causality between central government revenues and expenditures in the long-run supporting Fiscal Synchronization hypothesis. Under this hypothesis, our finding indicates that the fiscal authority of India should try to raise revenue and cut expenditure simultaneously in order to control the respective fiscal deficit. The short-run Granger causality test based on WALD test restriction suggests unidirectional causality from expenditure to revenue supporting “Spend-and-Tax” hypothesis. This hypothesis suggests that the unsustainable fiscal imbalances can be mitigated by policies that adjusted government expenditure.
The Language of Advertising: Analysis of Advertising Slogans in Fast Food Industry

Diplomova prace se zabýva jazykem reklamy, zejmena jazykem reklamnich sloganů spolecnosti tzv. rychleho obcerstveni. Teoreticka cast se věnuje otazce reklamy obecně, co je to reklama, historii reklamy, rovněž vysvětluje druhy reklamni komunikace. Zejmena se vsak zabýva nejcastějsimi jazykovými jevy, ktere se v reklamnim jazyce objevuji. Hlavnim cilem prakticke casti je analýza jazykových prostředků, ktere se objevuji v reklamnich sloganech vybraných ctyř spolecnosti rychleho obcerstveni. Dale se prace zabýva porovnavanim jazykových prostředků v jejich sloganech a způsoby, kterými tyto slogany vstupuji do běžne konverzace rodilých mluvcich.
A Quantum-Inspired Morphological Approach to Solve the Random Walk Dilemma for Financial Forecasting

The financial forecasting is considered a rather difficult problem due to many complex features present in these time series. Several linear and nonlinear techniques have been proposed in the literature to solve this problem. However, a dilemma arises from all these techniques, known as random walk dilemma, where the forecasts generated show a characteristic one step delay regarding the real time series data, that is, a time phase distortion in the reconstruction of phase space of financial phenomena. In this sense, this work presents a quantum-inspired evolutionary learning process with automatic phase adjustment to design the dilation-erosion perceptron (DEP) in order to overcome the random walk dilemma for financial forecasting. Furthermore, an experimental analysis is presented using the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index, where five well-known performance metrics and an evaluation function are used to assess forecasting performance.
The effects of task complexity on Chinese learners’ language production: A synthesis and meta-analysis

The present meta-analysis was conducted to provide a quantitative measure of the overall effects of task complexity on Chinese EFL learners’ language production. Based on the strict inclusion criteria, 12 primary studies were synthesized according to key features. Eleven of them were meta-analyzed to investigate effects of raising the resource-directing task complexity. Results revealed that (a) there was an assortment of treatments and measures, (b) there was a small to medium positive effect for syntactic complexity (d=0.64) and small effect for lexical complexity (d=0.20), which lends support to the Cognition Hypothesis; there was a small negative effect for accuracy (-0.18) and a close to negative effect (0.01) for fluency in writing, which partly confirms Skehan’s Trade-off effects, and (c) task modality (oral or written) did not make a significant difference on the overall effects on complexity and accuracy, while make a significant difference on fluency.
Model of Reversible Breakdown in HfO2 Based on Fractal Patterns

We propose a model of the kinetics of reversible breakdown in metal-insulator-metal structures with afnia based on the growth of fractal patterns of defects when the insulator is subject to an external voltage. The probability that a defect is (or is not) generated and the position where it is generated depend on the electric field distribution. The new defect moves accordingly to fractal rules and attach to another defect in a tree branch. When the two electrodes sandwiching the insulating film are connected a conductive filament is formed and the breakdown takes place. The model is calibrated with experiments inducing metastable soft breakdown events in Pt/HfO2/Pt capacitors.
STUDY OF SOME HEAVY METALS AND TRACE ELEMENTS

This study provides an overview of the measurements of trace elements and heavy metals in table salt in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study is to investigate the heavy metal concentration in different type of salt samples consumed in Riyadh Saudi Arabia and comparing the concentrations of such elements with the limits recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES) has been used for sample measurement. The result showed that the concentration of heavy metals Cd, Pb, As and Al and trace elements Cr, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Se and V fall far below the maxim permissible level set by the WHO and Food and FAO. It can therefore be concluded from this study the table salt, which are sold in Riyadh safe, healthy and free of any metal contaminants.
Low and lowest-low fertility in Europe: causes implications and policy options.

This paper analyzes the causes and implications of and potential policy responses to low and lowest-low fertility in Europe. Our portrait of contemporary European fertility patterns identifies a systematic pattern of lowest-low fertility that is characterized by a rapid delay of childbearing a low progression probability after the first child a "falling behind" in cohort fertility at relatively late ages (in Southern Europe). The emergence of lowest-low fertility during the 1990s has also been accompanied by a disruption or even a reversal of many well-known patterns that have been used to explain cross-country differences in fertility patterns. The policy options in response to lowest-low fertility however are limited. The existing empirical evidence provides mixed conclusions as to the effects of various policies on fertility behavior and on balance that the evidence supports only a weak positive relation between reproductive behavior and a variety of policies. (authors)
Developing Career through Community Engagement: The Nigerian University Experience

So far, there has been no serious correction awareness aimed at addressing and promoting career development through community engagement practice in Nigeria, especially in academic settings. No research has been carried out to examine faculty members, particularly professors’ experiences in developing career through community engagement activities in the Nigerian universities. To address this gap, this article presents the perspectives of professors on how faculty members can be attracted to community engagement as a strategy to develop career and boost the reputation of their respective institutions that has been dominated by teaching and research. This article employed the qualitative method, interviewing nine professors from diverse academic disciplines in a leading conventional university in Nigeria. From the analysis, community engagements were found to foster academic career development of the professors in their areas of expertise. More specifically, participatory community engagement outreach helped in expansion of knowledge through solving practical problems, career growth through promotion earned, and increased job satisfaction. The study concludes with implications for human resource development practice and suggestions for future research.
Fire-Excluded Relict Forests in the Southeastern Klamath Mountains, California, USA

The rare relict ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa C. Lawson) mixed-conifer forests of northern California’s Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (WNRA), USA, present a classic example of fire exclusion. Altered fire regimes in this biologically unique area have been documented, but the resulting changes in forest composition and structure have not previously been described. A fully randomized, park-wide sampling of relict forest structure at WNRA reveals a high degree of topographic variability in tree species composition, but strikingly similar changes in recent structural development. A distinct cohort of encroachment trees initiated approximately 64 yr to 67 yr ago with little age variation (2 yr SE), with distinct strata now distinguishing the relict and encroachment cohorts. Over the past five decades, the average periodic annual basal area growth of relict trees has remained at a virtual constant of 24 cm2 to 27 cm2 per tree. In contrast, the annual basal area increment of encroachment trees has been steadily increasing, from 3 cm2 per tree in 1955 to 16 cm2 per tree in 2005. Whereas relict trees are comprised primarily of pine species (76%), they represent just 17% of encroachment trees. In contrast, white fir, Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco.), and tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus [Hook. & Arn.] Rehder) are rare among relicts (16%) but are the most predominant species among encroachment trees (64%). This study’s findings should inform the planning of restoration activities to reduce threats to relict forests at the WNRA as well as similar forests in the southeastern Klamath Mountains.
BINARY TREE STRUCTURE APPROACH BASED DIGITAL WATERMARKING

A watermarking technique embeds information into a image with virtually imperceptible modification of the image. In this,we propose a new lossless data hiding method where distortion occurs due to data embedded can be completely removed from the watermarked image after the watermark has been extracted and an binary tree structure approach to solve the problem of communicating pairs of peak points in histogram is used. Distribution of pixel differences is used to achieve large hiding capacity while keeping the distortion low. We adopt a histogram shifting technique to prevent overflow and underflow. Performance comparision with other existing schemes are provided to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed scheme. KeywordsImage authentication, Histogram modification, Reversible Data Hiding
Premium Calculation by Transforming the Layer Premium Density

Abstract This paper examines a class of premium functionals which are (i) comonotonic additive and (ii) stochastic dominance preservative. The representation for this class is a transformation of the decumulative distribution function. It has close connections with the recent developments in economic decision theory and non-additive measure theory. Among a few elementary members of this class, the proportional hazard transform seems to stand out as being most plausible for actuaries.
Properties of the Dominant Behaviour of Quadratic Systems

Abstract We study the dominant terms of systems of Lotka-Volterra-type which arise in the the mathematical modelling of the evolution of many divers natural systems from the viewpoint of both symmetry and singularity analyses. The connections between an increase in the amount of symmetry possessed by the system and the possession of the Painlevé Property are noted. For specific values of the parameters of the system we see that possession of the Painlevé Property is characterised by a Left Painlevé Series rather than the more standard Right Painlevé Series.
From Fibonacci to Catalan permutations

It is well known that permutations avoiding any 3-length pattern are enumerated by the Catalan numbers. If the three patterns 123, 132 and 213 are avoided at the same time we obtain a class of permutations enumerated by the Fibonacci numbers. We start from these permutations and make one or two forbidden patterns disappear by suitably "generalizing" them. In such a way we find several classes of permutations enumerated by integer sequences which lay between the Fibonacci and Catalan numbers. For each class, we provide the generating function according to the length of the permutations. Moreover, as a result, we introduce a sort of "continuity" among the number sequences enumerating these classes of permutations.
Could or should, ought or nought? Ethical, methodological and technical considerations of cancer screening

NORSK SAMMENDRAG Denne artikkelen identifiserer tre aspekter som bor vurderes for man innforer et masseundersokelsesprogram mot kreft. Disse aspektene er av etisk, metodologisk og teknisk art. Den etiske balansegangen mellom positive og negative effekter er helt og holdent av subjektiv karakter, og det er ingen grunn til a anta at medisinske eksperter noensinne vil komme til enighet pa dette punktet. Med hensyn til de metodologiske og tekniske aspekter skulle, og burde, det vaere mulig a bli enige om fremgangsmater for a etablere medisinsk kunnskap ved korrekt applisering av anerkjente vitenskapelige prinsipper. De medisinske kriteriene som ligger til grunn for man iverksetter en masseundersokelse er det generell enighet om. Studier som vurderer masseundersokelsesprogram bor ta hensyn til de disse kriteriene, og estimere effekten i to trinn. Forst ma det undersokes i hvilken grad sykdommen blir oppdaget i et tidligere stadium fordi man tester for usymptomatisk sykdom, som dermed forer til en stadiemigrasjon. Deretter ma det undersokes om denne stadiemigrasjonen medforer en redusert dodelighet av sykdommen. Dette medforer at vurdering av effekt av masseundersokelser fortrinnsvis gjores med deskriptive studier. Studier som vurderer effekt ved a sammenligne ulike grupper (med og uten intervensjon), som f.eks. en randomisert kontrollert studie, er mindre egnet til a vurdere effekt av masseundersokelser.
Discussion of the article "Bayesian cluster analysis: point estimation and credible balls" by Wade and Ghahramani

We present a discussion of the paper "Bayesian cluster analysis: point estimation and credible balls" by Wade and Ghahramani. We believe that this paper contributes substantially to the literature on Bayesian clustering by filling in an important methodological gap, by providing a means to assess the uncertainty around a point estimate of the optimal clustering solution based on a given loss function. In our discussion we reflect on the characterisation of uncertainty around the Bayesian optimal partition, revealing other possible alternatives that may be viable. In addition, we suggest other important extensions of the approach proposed which may lead to wider applicability.
Comparing pollination control bag types for sorghum seed harvest.

Efficacy of pollination bags made of new nonwoven fabrics was compared with the traditional paper bags in sorghum during 2015 using three cultivars comprising BR007B (red seeded), SC283 (white seeded) and 1167048 hybrid with tannin (brown seeded). The five pollination bag treatments were: no bagging, traditional paper bag, paper bag plus plastic screen bag for extra bird protection, duraweb®SG2 polypropylene bag and duraweb®SG1 polyester bag. There was no bird damage on tannin hybrid but birds damaged bags to access grains of the other two varieties. Varieties and bag types differed significantly, and also showed significant interactions for panicle weight (at P<0.06), seed weight and average seed weight per panicle. The tannin hybrid was consistently a better performer for all traits regardless of bag type. The paper bags were the worst for bird damage. Duraweb® SG1 was the best performer for all traits including bird damage followed by duraweb®SG2. The joint regression analysis showed that BR007B performed consistently under all bag types with average response. On the other hand, SC283 improved its response with the increasing quality of bag type at an above average rate for panicle weight and seed traits. It was concluded that new nonwoven fabric bags could replace paper bags in providing better seed production potential and greater protection against bird damage.
Family Policy in France

Over the last two decades, contrary to the pension system, the family policy branch of the Social security system has been immune to cutbacks in provision and no retrenchment measures have been implemented. This mirrors the salience of family-related issues in the social and political agenda. This also reflects the fact that the family branch and its large network of Local Allowance Funds (CAFs) are responsible for the management of welfare state provisions. The family branch is a transfer-heavy system which aims at reducing social inequalities and fighting against poverty. It also provides families with a rich array of universal cash benefits which aim to lighten the financial burden for families irrespective of their income. These measures are successful in reducing the poverty rate among families, in particular lone parent families. Since the seventies, family policy has progressively integrated the ‘working mother model' and the range of measures to help working parents has recently been expanded yet again.
Power and Trust in Reverse Logistics Systems for Scraptires and its Impact on Performance

A reverse logistics system (RLS) involves all players, their activities and relationships in theprocess of recovering value from end-of-life products. This article describes and analyzes the influenceof power and the trust among players over performance (effectiveness and efficiency) of RLSs. Two caseswere developed describing RLSs for scraptires. The main conclusions show a forward relation betweentrust and effectiveness and efficiency of RLSs. However, regarding power, no forward evidence overperformance was found.
The Impact of Procedural Justice (Pj), Distributive Justice (Dj) and Ethical Climate (Ec) on Continuous Professional Development (Cpd): The Role of Work Related Stress (Wrs) Mediation

This study focuses on the measurement of teacher's performance or often called as Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in Indonesia, which aims to improve teacher's competency. The purpose of this study is to examine and analyse the influence of ethical climate, distributive justice and procedural justice that affect teacher’s CPD mediated by Work-Related Stress. The study is done by collecting data through questionnaires to teacher respondents by purposive sampling technique. The statistical techniques using Partial Least Square. The analysis results concluded that ethical climate, distributive justice and procedural justice have a significant negative effect on work-related stress. Similarly, work-related stress has a significant negative effect on CPD. Work-related stress acts to mediate the ethical climate influence, distributive justice and procedural justice on CPD.
Bioinformatic Identification of Genomic Alterations in Breast Cancer

8 biological characteristics of fusion genes were identified. Most prominently, fusion genes were frequently associated with DNA copy number transitions, particularly high level amplifications, suggesting that most of them are not generated by balanced rearrangements. siRNA knock-down studies furthermore provided evidence for the functional importance of the VAPBIKZF3 fusion gene in the BT-474 cell line. In the final study, we used aCGH to characterize the size distribution of the ERBB2 amplicon across 71 amplicon carrying tumors and 10 cell lines. The minimal common region of amplification in the tumors was 78.61kb, and included the genes STARD3, TCAP, PNMT, PERLD1, ERBB2 and MIEN1 (C17orf37). To study the possible contribution to cancer of other coamplified genes in the amplicon, 23 genes amplified in 60% of tumors were selected for siRNA screening in two trastuzumab sensitive, two insensitive and one control cell line. In addition to single gene siRNA silencing experiments, PPP1R1B, STARD3, PERLD1, GRB7 and PSMD3 were knocked-down together with ERBB2 to identify synergistic effects. In all ERBB2 positive cell lines, for instance, simultaneous silencing of ERBB2 and PPP1R1B led to a synergistic inhibition of the Akt pathway, as measured by phosphorylated AKT (pAKT) and phosphorylated S6-kinase (pS6K). Silencing of PPP1R1B alone had no effect on pAKT or pS6K in any of the cell lines. Silencing of several other genes, either alone or in combination with ERBB2, was also found to have an effect on several endpoints. These results suggest that cancer cells may be dependent on a number of genes in an amplicon besides the primary driver oncogene, a phenomenon termed non-oncogene addiction.
MODELLING AND OPTIMISATION OF A BIOMIMETIC FAÇADE BASED ON ANIMAL FUR

Biomimicry offers opportunities to advance the development of flexible, adaptive facades. This paper focuses on fur heat transfer and translates the distinctive performance characteristics of animal fur to building envelopes. A time -dependent mathematical model is developed to describe the application of fur to a facade. An optimised ‘fur’ layer was shown to have a thermal conductivity of 0.055 W/mK, compared with deer fur at 0.091 W/mK. When an optimised, fur-lined facade was compared with a conventional lightweight facade under sunny summer conditions, heat gains reduced by up to 50%. During a winter scenario, heat losses to the external environment were reduced by at least 50%.
Relating CCN activity, volatility, and droplet growth kinetics of β-caryophyllene secondary organic aerosol

Abstract. This study investigates the droplet formation characteristics of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formed during the ozonolysis of sesquiterpene β-caryophyllene (with and without hydroxyl radicals present). Emphasis is placed on understanding the role of semi-volatile material on Cloud Condensation Nucleus (CCN) activity and droplet growth kinetics. Aging of β-caryophyllene SOA significantly affects all CCN-relevant properties measured throughout the experiments. Using a thermodenuder and two CCN instruments, we find that CCN activity is a strong function of temperature (activation diameter at ~0.6% supersaturation: 100±10 nm at 20°C and 130±10 nm at 35°C), suggesting that the hygroscopic fraction of the SOA is volatile. The water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) is extracted from the SOA and characterized with Kohler Theory Analysis (KTA); the results suggest that the WSOC is composed of low molecular weight (