Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Technological Change and Its Impact on the Labor Market in Egypt

The current study aims at analyzing the impact of technological change and innovations on the labor market in Egypt. Using the panel data of Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) 1998, 2006, and 2012 as well as the initial year of ELMPS 1988, a quadratic form of equation for employment is estimated and two approaches were applied. The first one is collaborated by applying the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) estimation method and taking the difference between the rounds of the ELMPS database; three regressions were estimated for the following, namely total labor force (males and females), a regression for male workers as well as another regression for female workers on wage and wage squared. The second approach is estimated by applying the panel model techniques using the Fixed Effects Model as well as the Random Effects Model to analyze the impact of technological change on the Egyptian labor market. Results of the study reveal that the impact of technological change on employment is evident in the years 2006 and 2012 causing job polarization in the Egyptian labor market as revealed in the first approach. Moreover, the findings show that in the second approach there exists a J-shaped relationship between employment growth and wage and wage squared as control variables. The present study provides an overview of the related literature; moreover, it addresses and analyzes the impact technological change has on the labor market. Finally, the paper provides policy recommendations for forward-looking labor market policies in Egypt.
Configurational demographic predictors of work–nonwork satisfaction

Whereas contemporary work-life balance research tends to treat demographic variables as moderators, grouping variables or control variables influencing work and nonwork satisfaction, earlier theories were premised on the assumption that they are, in fact, predictors of work and nonwork satisfaction. However, those assumptions have not yet been tested empirically. Drawing on an Australian study comprising 798 white-collar employees and using Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis technique, we investigate demographic variables as potential configurational predictors affecting work-nonwork satisfaction defined as a combination of work satisfaction and nonwork satisfaction. The analysis revealed different scenarios and specific patterns between configurational solution terms leading to work-nonwork satisfaction. Employment status and age of children (specifically age differences between children) were the most important demographic variables influencing employees’ work-nonwork satisfaction.
Odometry Method and Rotary Encoder for Wheeled Soccer Robot

The purpose of the study was to odometry method and rotary enconder for wheeled soccer robot. There are several methods to determine the accurate position of soccer robot movement in a room where the other is the best chosen odometry method. The method of determining the position of the wrong movement is used on the soccer robot. The researchers of soccer robot keep doing research and development, including the researchers from Indonesia. In Indonesia, there is a robot contest that is called Kontes Robot Indonesia (KRI) which has five categories, one of them is a Kontes Robot Sepak Bola Indonesia. In KRSBI there are 2 division. That are Humanoid robot and wheeled robot. Wheeled Soccer Robot has many ability such as searching ball, searching goal keeper, avoid the enemies, control the wheel’s speed and define the robot coordinate. In this research focused to determine the position of wheeled robot in the room. In previous research, previous authors used the Global Positioning System (GPS) and only know the position of robots outdoors. If a wheeled robot is applied indoors with the GPS method having an error (0.18%). Base on that condition, author use 3 Omni-wheels as the movement tool and use odometry method to define the position of the robot. This robot used Arduino as it main controller. Besides, rotary encoder is used to produce pulse for indicating movement, position, and direction of the robot which will go to the target of the ball. The author is expected to be able determine the coordinates of the robot in accordance with the actual robot position in the room and implement the odometry method to adjust the speed of the motor. Results from this research is position of odometry method (0.13%). Conclusion of this research odometry method more higher accuracy then GPS method.
Sarcomere Shortening Velocity in Pressure Overload Hypertrophied Rabbit Right Ventricular Myocardium at Physiological Sarcomere Lengths

Earlier we noted the importance of internal loads for sarcomere shortening in heart muscle. Internal loading may change with hypertrophy and influence sarcomere shortening velocity. Therefore, we force clamped trabeculae from normal rabbit right ventricles and those hypertrophied due to pulmonary artery constriction. Diffraction of a laser (λ = 632.8 nm) by a trabecula was used to measure sarcomere length (SL) in isotonic twitches. Resting SL was set at 2.36 ± 0.17 μm in the normal (n = 5)and 2.23 ± 0.08 μm in the hypertrophied (n = 5) (± S.E.M.) muscles. The relationship of total stress with log10 sarcomere shortening velocity was linear. In the normals, log(SL/s) = 0.39 - 1.32(Ptotal/Pisom), and in hypertrophy, log(SL/s) = -0.16 - 0.57 (Ptotal/Pisom). SL/s is sarcomere shortening velocity in μm/s divided by SL at the onset of constant force. Ptotal is isotonic plus resting stress and Pisom is peak total isometric stress. The hypertrophy (Ptotal/Pisom) - (SL/s) relationship is depressed below normal at low loads (P < 0.001). Estimated unloaded SL/s in the normals was 2.47 and 0.69 in hypertrophy. Paired stimulation had no effect on normal SL/s. In hypertrophy, paired stimulation increased SL/s at low loads to normal levels. Thus, depressed sarcomere shortening velocity at low loads in hypertrophy at physiological sarcomere lengths disappeared when myoplasmic [Ca2+] increased. The results suggested that internal loading was greater than normal during shortening of hypertrophied myocardium. Increased myoplasmic [Ca2+] increased the number of crossbridges and reduced the load per crossbridge. This was likely mechanism for the increase of sarcomere shortening velocity to normal levels.
A Study Investigating Teachers Competitiveness Michael Porters Five Forces Model as Theoretical Basis

Within a competitive society, an institution with no competitiveness is easy to be knocked out. Especially in a low-birthrate society, private preschools struggle to survive by improving their competitiveness. Teachers are important human resource assets in schools, and schools’ competitiveness is subject to teachers’ competitiveness. Therefore, school teachers that possess advantageous competitiveness are so important to a preschool. However, how is teachers’ degree of competitiveness measured? What competitiveness abilities are the most important? Because there is a lack of relevant studies, this study intends to investigate this theme. This study used Porter’s five forces model as the framework to develop teachers’ competitiveness, integrated relevant studies to develop the components of teachers’ competitiveness, and used teachers’ efficacy as the criterion variable. After OLS and SEM statistical analysis of the data of 1,454 preschool teachers, the results of this study are as follows: (1) teachers’ competitiveness can be analyzed to five dimensions and thirteen sub-dimensions. The five dimensions include ability to fight against incumbent competitors, ability to fight against future competitors, irreplaceable ability, preschool principal’s satisfaction with teacher, and parents’ satisfaction with teacher, and they can significantly predict teachers’ efficacy; (2) to improve teachers’ efficacy, six of the thirteen competitiveness sub-dimensions are important: traits of good teachers, course arrangement and teaching ability, impression management ability, transcendence and leadership abilities, special expertise, and parents’ satisfaction with teachers. It is necessary to pay particular attention to cultivate such six abilities to be a teacher with competitiveness and efficacy in the modern society.
Scutellarin Suppresses Patient-Derived Xenograft Tumor Growth by Directly Targeting AKT in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Scutellarin is a flavonoid compound that is found in Scutellaria barbata. It has been reported to exhibit anticancer and anti-inflammation activities. However, the anticancer properties of scutellarin and its molecular targets have not been investigated in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). In the current study, we report that scutellarin is a potential AKT inhibitor that suppresses patient-derived xenograft ESCC tumor growth. To identify possible molecular targets of scutellarin, potential candidate proteins were screened by an in vitro kinase assay and Western blotting. We found that scutellarin directly binds to the AKT1/2 proteins and inhibits activities of AKT1/2 in vitro. The AKT protein is activated in ESCC tissues and knockdown of AKT significantly suppresses growth of ESCC cells. Scutellarin significantly inhibits anchorage-dependent and independent cell growth and induces G2 phase cell-cycle arrest in ESCC cells. The inhibition of cell growth by scutellarin is dependent on the expression of the AKT protein. Notably, scutellarin strongly suppresses patient-derived xenograft ESCC tumor growth in an in vivo mouse model. Taken together, our data suggest that scutellarin is a novel AKT inhibitor that may prevent progression of ESCC.
Associations and young people during the Tunisian transition: pluralism, socialisation, and democratic legitimation?

ABSTRACT In Tunisia, during the initial years of the democratic transition, the number of registered associations has doubled. The few studies available point out that a significant proportion of the new associations’ membership is made up of young people. This specific participation of young people in the network of associations that emerged from 2011 onwards is not very well-known either. In this article, we wish to contribute primarily to providing information that facilitates understanding of the changes that have taken place in the associative sector and in the participation of young people in it. Furthermore, we believe that Tunisia is, in a way, a ‘laboratory’ in which civic participation in contexts of democratic consolidation can be explored. Specifically, using data obtained from two surveys conducted in 2015 and 2016 we propose, first, to examine the profile of the young people active in the associations and the areas in which their associations intervene, in order to see to what extent the argument regarding the plural representation of the heterogeneity of young people can be verified through the network of associations. Second, we aim to evaluate the contribution of socialisation through associations to the inculcation of a democratic culture that would be verified in the electoral behaviour of young association activists. Third, we aim to open a debate about the possible ‘macro’ or systemic effects of these data; that is to say, about the representation of pluralism and diversity in Tunisian society, as well as the legitimation of democratic institutions.
A Qualitative Investigation of Swimming Experiences of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Families

Objective: To understand the swimming experience from the perspective of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. Methods: We interviewed 12 diverse families using a semi-structured interview with follow-up probing questions related to their swimming experiences. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded by researchers. Results: Themes included family water activities, safety, characteristics of ASD, instructional methods, swim skills, swimming preferences, barriers/challenges, and benefits of swimming. Findings indicate positive experiences and skill acquisition were prevalent when instructional methods matched a child’s unique needs. Parents revealed they were more confident in safety as their children’s swimming competence improved. Individualized instructional methods and unique characteristics of ASD may influence perceived safety.
A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experiences Gained During Pre-Service Music Teacher Preparation of Black Urban Band Directors

This study was designed to be an exploration of the pre-service experiences of 10 Black urban band directors. The focus of this study was on the experiences of the individual teachers. This study was loosely based on Fitzpatrick’s (2008) study of urban instrumental music teachers in the Chicago Public Schools. This phenomenological study utilized Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework to frame the participants stories. There were two phases of data collection: Phase I: phone interviews and Phase II: In-person interviews. The participants consisted of Black band directors selected from middle and high schools located in one urban school district in the Southeastern part of the United States. The following research questions framed this study: 1) How have experiences during preservice music teacher preparation programs supported Black urban band director’s capacities to teach in the urban setting? 2) How have the experiences from pre-service music teacher preparation programs impacted the teaching practices of Black urban band directors? and 3) How do in-service Black urban band directors who have been teaching for five years or more describe their experiences as a teacher? The following seven themes emerged: 1) teaching experiences needed; 2) managing the classroom; 3) overcoming challenges; 4) mentoring; 5) building relationships; 6) establishing sense of worth; and 7) rewarding experiences. The findings from this study offers a counter-narrative of the deficit laden views of teaching band in urban settings. Implications and suggestions for future research address preand in-service teachers and music teacher educators. INDEX WORDS: Urban music teacher preparation, urban education, culturally relevant pedagogy, pre-service music teacher preparation, Critical Race Theory, Black urban band directors, Blackness A PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF THE EXPERIENCES GAINED DURING PRESERVICE MUSIC TEACHER PREPARATION OF BLACK URBAN BAND DIRECTORS by Gregory Lamar Denson
La force de la mémoire collective dans la mémoire autobiographique

Resume En neuropsychologie, la memoire autobiographique fait reference aux evenements personnellement vecus situes dans le temps et dans l’espace qui donnent au sujet un sentiment d’identite et de continuite. Meme si des interactions entre memoire individuelle et memoire collective ont ete soulignees, son evaluation porte essentiellement sur la dimension personnelle et subjective. Depuis la fin du xxe siecle, ce qui est appele en psychologie et en neurosciences le « tournant social » a conduit progressivement a la reconnaissance des aspects sociaux de la memoire et il est maintenant admis que les souvenirs se situent a l’interface de l’identite personnelle et des representations collectives. Cet article rend compte de cette evolution en citant les principales contributions au domaine de la memoire autobiographique. Enfin, il evoque le programme « 13-Novembre » elabore specifiquement pour mieux comprendre les interactions entre memoire individuelle et memoire collective, dans le contexte d’un evenement traumatique a grande echelle. L’approche transdisciplinaire qui y est formalisee necessite des developpements methodologiques et theoriques majeurs. Au-dela de son interet manifeste pour comprendre le trouble de stress post-traumatique, ce cadre nouveau pourrait permettre une autre lecture de differentes pathologies de la memoire.
Existential anxiety and religiosity

Analysis of the psychological processes involved in generating the sense of supernatural agency, as well as social scientific research into the factors most directly associated with the prevalence of religious belief and practice (religiosity), both support a common finding: the direct correlation between levels of existential anxiety and the prevalence and intensity of religiosity (religious belief and practice). All functional elements of religion (beliefs, rituals, prayers) involve efforts to invoke, activate, and deploy supernatural causal agency of one sort or another. But religiosity varies throughout the world. This paper reviews psychological evidence that existential anxiety is the core factor activating the intra-psychic mechanisms that give rise to and constitute the nature of religiosity, and that variations in physical and socio-cultural pressures impinging on the individual give rise to variations in anxiety. This combination of intrinsic psychological mechanisms driven though existential anxiety by extrinsic physical, economic, and social pressures indicates that religiosity is best understood as a social–psychological process: socio-cultural factors activating anxiety which in turn drives the intra-psychic mechanisms generating the sense of supernatural agency expressed in belief and practice. By the same token, for analytical purposes, religions are most effectively viewed as social–psychological organisms: social organisms driven by intra-psychic mechanisms that constitute religious convictions and practices in the way that we find them—dedicated to and engaged with supernatural agency in its various forms.
Digital Possessions, Extrinsic Aspirations, and The Role of Gender

Bu makale, dissal isteklerin ve cinsiyetin dijital varliklara verilen degere etkisini incelemektedir. Bu makalenin diger bir amaci da bu iliskide oz-uzanim egiliminin arabulucu etkilerini incelemektir. Bulgular, dissal isteklerin (materyalist) dijital varliklara verilen degere etkisinin cinsiyete bagli oldugunu gostermektedir. Kadinlar, sevdikleri dijital varliklara karsi daha fazla hisler beslemektedirler. Dissal istek puanlari yuksek olan kadinlarin puanlari dusuk olanlara gore dijital urun icin odeme isteklerinin daha fazla oldugu bulunmustur. Oz-uzanim egilimi, urune atfedilen degerin ara bulucusudur. Bu etkiler erkekler icin gecerli degildir. Dissal istekler yuksek duzeylerdeyse kadin tuketiciler dijital urune erkek tuketicilerden daha fazla deger atfetmektedirler. Dissal istekler dusuk duzeylerdeyse, erkek tuketiciler dijital urune kadinlara gore daha fazla deger atfetmektedirler.
Ozone effects on blood biomarkers of systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, endothelial function, and thrombosis: The Multicenter Ozone Study in oldEr Subjects (MOSES)

The evidence that exposure to ozone air pollution causes acute cardiovascular effects is mixed. We postulated that exposure to ambient levels of ozone would increase blood markers of systemic inflammation, prothrombotic state, oxidative stress, and vascular dysfunction in healthy older subjects, and that absence of the glutathione S-transferase Mu 1 (GSTM1) gene would confer increased susceptibility. This double-blind, randomized, crossover study of 87 healthy volunteers 55–70 years of age was conducted at three sites using a common protocol. Subjects were exposed for 3 h in random order to 0 parts per billion (ppb) (filtered air), 70 ppb, and 120 ppb ozone, alternating 15 min of moderate exercise and rest. Blood was obtained the day before, approximately 4 h after, and approximately 22 h after each exposure. Linear mixed effect and logistic regression models evaluated the impact of exposure to ozone on pre-specified primary and secondary outcomes. The definition of statistical significance was p<0.01. There were no effects of ozone on the three primary markers of systemic inflammation and a prothrombotic state: C-reactive protein, monocyte-platelet conjugates, and microparticle-associated tissue factor activity. However, among the secondary endpoints, endothelin-1, a potent vasoconstrictor, increased from pre- to post-exposure with ozone concentration (120 vs 0 ppb: 0.07 pg/mL, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.01, 0.14; 70 vs 0 ppb: -0.03 pg/mL, CI -0.09, 0.04; p = 0.008). Nitrotyrosine, a marker of oxidative and nitrosative stress, decreased with increasing ozone concentrations, with marginal significance (120 vs 0 ppb: -41.5, CI -70.1, -12.8; 70 vs 0 ppb: -14.2, CI -42.7, 14.2; p = 0.017). GSTM1 status did not modify the effect of ozone exposure on any of the outcomes. These findings from healthy older adults fail to identify any mechanistic basis for the epidemiologically described cardiovascular effects of exposure to ozone. The findings, however, may not be applicable to adults with cardiovascular disease.
A framework for conceptualising and managing brand identity and reputation in higher education; an exploratory case approach

Finland, the country from which our sample was selected, is one of the Nordic countries with 14 universities that conduct scientific research and provide undergraduate and postgraduate education based on it. In addition, six university consortia, which are networked organisations linking regional activities among the branch units of parent universities, operate in areas with no university (Ministry of Education and Culture 2014).
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Consonance perception beyond the traditional existence region of pitch

Abstract: Some theories posit that the perception of consonance is based on neural periodicity detection, which is dependent on accurate phase locking of auditory nerve fibers to features of the stimulus waveform. In the current study, 15 listeners were asked to rate the pleasantness of complex tone dyads (two note chords) forming various harmonic intervals, and bandpass filtered in a high frequency region (all components > 5.8 kHz), where phase locking to the rapid stimulus fine structure is thought to be severely degraded or absent. The two notes were presented to opposite ears. Consonant intervals (minor third, and perfect fifth) received higher ratings than dissonant intervals (minor second, and tritone). The results could not be explained in terms of phase locking to the slower waveform envelope, because the preference for consonant intervals was higher when the stimuli were harmonic, compared to a condition in which they were made inharmonic by shifting their component frequencies by a constant offset, so as to preserve their envelope periodicity. Overall the results indicate that, if phase locking is indeed absent at frequencies greater than ~5 kHz, neural periodicity detection is not necessary for the perception of consonance.
Oro-Pharyngeal Dysphagia in Parkinson’s Disease and Related Movement Disorders

Oro-pharyngeal dysphagia is a common symptom in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and related disorders, even in their early stage of diseases. Dysphagia in these patients has been underdiagnosed, probably due to poor the self-awareness of the conditions and the underuse of validated tools and objective instruments for assessment. The early detection and intervention of dysphagia are closely related to improving the quality of life and decreasing the mortality rate in these patients. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the characteristics of dysphagia, including the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical symptomatology, in patients with PD compared with other parkinsonian disorders and movement disorders. The management of dysphagia and future research directions related to these disorders are also discussed.