Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Positive Psychology Effectiveness on the Life Quality of Workers in Shipping Companies

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of positive psychology on the life quality of workers in Bandar Abbas shipping companies because positive psychology includes the field of optimization functions. Methodology: This is an experiment based on pretest-posttest. The statistical population included all employees of shipping companies. 24 people were selected as the sample by random sampling method divided into two groups of test and control. Pretest was taken in both groups and after 8 sessions of positive thinking to the test group, the posttest was taken of both test group who were educated and the control group who were not educated. 26-item questionnaire of quality of life was the tool for data collection. The data were analyzed using UNVARITE covariance analysis in spss-18 software. The results showed that positive thinking has significant impacts on the quality of life of employees especially for physical, psychological and social health.
Driver Parking Behaviour: An Observational and Experimental Intervention Study

Illegal parking has become a major problem in Malaysia especially in urban area due to the increased traffic volumes and limited parking space. When the parking facilities are limited, driver factor thus has a significant effect on the formation of traffic congestion. Extensive work has been conducted to address this issue, however most studies did not incorporate the impact of driver behaviour at limited parking condition whereas it is understood that “cruising for parking” at limited parking facilities has a very strong influence on the road traffic jams. Thus, objectives of this study are to analyse drivers’ personality traits which focus on consideration and selfishness traits; and to investigate drivers’ personality traits and their impact on driver parking behaviour in Kuching, Sarawak. Analyzation of driver parking behaviour was based on observational study of driver, vehicle, and situational variables. Experimental intervention then conducted to different age groups of drivers. They were asked to respond to questions that related to the driver parking behaviour characteristic. Analyses of the data reported in this study revealed that most of the drivers are considerate enough but they become a selfish person when confront with difficult situation at the parking space and their action sometimes are susceptible to illegal parking. The findings significantly beneficial to the traffic engineer, policy maker and researcher in enhancing parking control and management system.
A critical systems thinking approach to empower refugees based on Maslow's theory of human motivation

The life of a refugee is hard. We show how Maslow's theory of motivation can be utilized to better understand the situation of refugees in the Netherlands. Our aim is to formulate guidelines for the authorities in terms of logistical support. From a methodological position, we motivate the use of critical systems thinking to be used in wicked problems. The popular account of Maslow's work undermines key aspects from the original work, namely, preconditions for need satisfaction and the role of information. As we analysed stories told by refugees, it is these lesser known aspects of his theory that provided most insights. Freedom in host countries is gained on different levels. Contrasting Maslow's view, we propose that freedom is an “end” and hierarchical. Without information, the refugee cannot experience freedom. Because the stories of the refugees follow Maslow's needs hierarchy, we argue that information provided should be according to this hierarchy.
TEACHER MODELING AND TEACHING GOOD CHARACTER IN SHAPING THE CHARACTERS OF CHILDREN

This study will depict or describe the implementation of the curriculum used in character building and the implementation of waste management, developing children's responsibility in the early life of children. The research took place in Bayyinah Pre School Play Group & Kindergarten, Aceh. Indonesian, with two teachers of early childhood and 20 Children, ages between five to six. This research activity as a whole was implemented for one month at the kindergarten. Survey and observation were conducted prior to compiling documents for this study. The data were recorded using digital cameras for motion pictures or for still pictures. The results showed that there are various factors that influence the character in waste management. Among those are family, environment, and education that setting children characters. However, the major finding from this study concerns teachers competencies which comprise their attitude, skills, and knowledge to facilitate the development of children character at waste management. Teachers in this study demonstrate their competencies in the teaching and learning process. Teachers expand their instructional strategy and make active attempts to include all of their students by incorporating multiple teaching instruction techniques which include group work, individual assignment, and practices. To acquire knowledge and skills in enhancing teaching and learning or instructional strategy, the teachers need to equip themselves with the latest information about the waste management issue and the curricula. Finally, recommendations are aimed at parents who should provide more examples in getting children to throw garbage in the right place and to increase the motivation of children in participating in waste house program activities Keywords: Characters, Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, School Culture
Genetische Grundlagen der Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Die Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS) zeigt eine hohe Erblichkeit in formalgenetischen Studien. Auch im Vergleich zu anderen psychiatrischen Erkrankungen ist die Heritabilität mit fast 80 % sehr hoch. Die Symptomatik der ADHS scheint jedoch graduell in der Normalbevölkerung vorzukommen. Neuere Arbeiten schätzen den Anteil der auf Einzelnukleotidvarianten beruhenden Heritabilität auf 22 %. Welcher Bereich der molekularen Genetik diese Differenz erklärt, ist unklar. In dem vorgelegten Übersichtsartikel geben wir einen Überblick über die Analyse häufiger und seltener Varianten. Während häufige Varianten in ersten Megaanalysen mit vielen tausend Patienten erste genomweite Ergebnisse bringen, die jedoch nur wenig Varianz erklären, zeigen sich die methodisch immer noch schwierigeren Analysen von seltenen Varianten erst in ihren Anfängen. Sie erklären in einigen wenigen individuellen Fällen jedoch eine beträchtliche Varianz. Hierzu werden Beispiele gegeben und diskutiert. Für die Praxis ist die kritische Kenntnis der Genetik der ADHS weder für Therapie noch Diagnostik zwingend. Möglicherweise werden in Zukunft auch seltene Varianten häufiger diagnostiziert werden. Um eine kompetente Beratung zu gewährleisten, ist die Kenntnis des aktuellen Forschungsstandes jedoch auch für den Praktiker von Belang.
An 8-Element Dual-Band MIMO Antenna with Decoupling Stub for 5G Smartphone Applications

An 8-element dual-band multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) antenna operating in the 5G New Radio band n77 (3300–4200 MHz) and 5 GHz band (4800–5000 MHz) in mobile handsets is presented. The 8-element MIMO antenna is formed by employing four sets of dual-antenna arrays (DAAs) that are symmetrically printed along the two long side–edge frames of the smartphone. Each DAA is composed of two double-branch monopoles and a T-shaped decoupling stub, in which good mutual coupling reduction can be realized via the decoupling structures. Furthermore, the decoupling structures can also aid in improving the impedance matching of the array units for achieving wideband operation.
Stable immunosuppression under low-dose Tacrolimus monotherapy is dependent upon immunological regulation

Allograft acceptance in solid organ transplantation might not be determined by mechanisms unique to the tolerant state but rather by the balance between the effector and regulatory immune response. In consequence, this quantitative view of tolerance implies the existence of marginal states, wherein regulatory responses are just insufficient to prevent rejection, or in which regulatory responses are just sufficient to prevent rejection but are readily disturbed. The presence of low-dose immunosuppression might be supportive in both scenarios and thus, allograft acceptance is promoted. This work aims to formally show that marginal states of allograft acceptance under low-dose immunosuppression exist and are dependent on regulation. Thus, a low-dose Tacrolimus monotherapy was combined with a weak regulation-inducing protocol in the fully mismatched BALB/c-to-C57BL/6 skin transplantation model. Orally administered Tacrolimus in doses of 150 mg per kg food was therapeutic and prevented allograft rejection when administered before or at the time of transplantation. Tacrolimus at 75 mg/kg proved subtherapeutic when administered in monotherapy. The combination of costimulatory blockade with anti-CD154 antibody and a donor-specific transfusion (DST) led to moderate prolongation of allograft survival. The combination of anti-CD154 + DST and Tacrolimus at 75 mg/kg was not more effective than anti-CD154 + DST treatment alone, when Tacrolimus therapy was started 7 days prior to transplantation. However, when Tacrolimus was introduced seven days post transplantation, a remarkable synergism between the induction therapy and the low-dose immunosuppression could be observed and allograft survival was significantly enhanced. This finding was supported by in vitro T reg suppression assays, where effector T cell division is additionally suppressed in the presence of low doses of Tacrolimus. In line with our hypothesis, it was further demonstrated that in the model of low-dose Tacrolimus in combination with weak-regulation induction, allograft acceptance can be broken. This was done by 1) withdrawal of immunosuppression, 2) enhancing the effector response and 3) disrupting the regulatory response. Thus, it was proven that stable immunosuppression in marginal states of allograft acceptance depends upon the balance of regulatory and effector responses. The findings of this work have far-reaching implications for patient management, interpretation of immunomonitoring studies and clinical tolerance-induction studies.
Learning to Drive: End-to-End Off-Road Path Prediction

Autonomous driving is a field currently gaining a lot of attention, and recently ? end to end? approaches, whereby a machine learning algorithm learns to drive by emulating a human driver, have demonstrated significant potential. However, recent work has focused on the on-road environment, rather than the more challenging off-road environment. In this work we propose a new approach to this problem, whereby instead of learning to predict immediate driver control inputs, we train a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) to predict the future path that a vehicle will take through an off-road environment visually, addressing several limitations inherent in existing methods. We combine a novel approach to automatic training data creation, making use of stereoscopic visual odometry, with a state-of-the-art CNN architecture to map a predicted route directly onto image pixels, and demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach using our own off-road data set.
Regulation and functional significance of ATP binding cassette transporters in human placenta

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Two-Converter-Based Frequency-Sharing Operation and Control of a Brushless Doubly Fed Reluctance Motor Drive

This article investigates a novel two-converter-based operation of a brushless doubly fed reluctance machine (BDFRM). The BDFRM has a ducted rotor, and the stator is wound with two distributed windings, which are fed from two separate power converters. Operation theory with frequency sharing between the two windings is introduced. The prototype BDFRM design, machine assembly, and the corresponding motor drive implementation processes are discussed. The control strategy for frequency sharing mode of operation with two variable winding frequencies is discussed. Subsequently, the BDFRM drive is tested in frequency sharing mode at varying speed levels and loads.
Caring for the mental health of humanitarian volunteers in traumatic contexts: the importance of organisational support

ABSTRACT Background: Humanitarian workers operate in traumatic contexts, putting them at an increased risk of adverse mental health outcomes. The quality of the support they receive from their organization, their supervisor, and team members are proposed as determinants of mental illness and well-being, via the stress-appraisal process. Objective: Grounded in organizational support theory, we sought to understand the relationship between organizational factors, including perceived organizational support, supervisor support, and team support, and indicators of both adverse mental health and mental well-being among humanitarian volunteers. This relationship is hypothesized to be mediated by the perceived psychological stress. Methods: A sample of 409 humanitarian volunteers from the Sudanese Red Crescent Society completed an online, anonymous, survey comprised of the Perceived Supervision, Perceived Organizational Support, Team Support, and Perceived Psychological Stress scales, as well as the Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Patient Health Questionnaire scales, (GAD-7 and PHQ- 8), and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Study objectives were tested using structural equation modelling (SEM) procedures. Results: Perceived helplessness (PH) and perceived self-efficacy (PSE), as measures of psychological stress, were both found to fully mediate the relationship between perceived organizational support and mental health outcomes. Perceived organizational support was associated with PSE and inversely with PH. PH was associated with adverse mental health and inversely related to mental well-being. PSE was only associated with mental well-being. Perceived supervision was negatively associated with PSE. Conclusions: Perceived organizational support is a key determinant of the mental health of humanitarian volunteers, with greater perceived support associated with lower distress symptomology and greater mental well-being. Humanitarian agencies should take actions to improve their internal organization support systems to mitigate the stress associated with working in traumatic contexts. Specifically, more attention should be paid to the organizational support of the volunteers as front-line workers in humanitarian settings. HIGHLIGHTS • Perceived organizational support is associated with both negative and positive aspects of humanitarian volunteers’ mental health. • Perceived psychological stress factors, including perceived helplessness and perceived self-efficacy, mediate the relationship between perceived organizational support and mental health. • Supervision and team support, as key components of managerial systems, are essential contributors to perceived organizational support within the humanitarian sector. • Organizational support theory is a useful framework to understand how organizational factors contribute to the well-being of humanitarian workers, especially volunteers.
The Impact of Training Activities on Quality of Service, Customer Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention

Hotels industry is a labor-intensive industry, the human element is crucial in this industry; where all hotels activities and services are based on the human elements. The hotels industry is distinguished, among other services industry, by an everlasting competitiveness, market globalization, continual technological advances and changes in work organization; therefore, the survival of hotels in fierce competition markets require sustainable competitive advantages over other hotels in the marketplace. Consequently, the need for wellqualified and well-trained employees becomes a strategic objective. In turn, an organization’s human resource training system is a key factor in ensuring the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to achieve competitive advantage. The present study aims to measure the effects of training activities conducted in hotels on quality of service, customer satisfaction level and customer behavioral intention. Data were collected from both employees and customers in different hotels. Using simple and multiple regressions analysis, the emerged findings illustrated a great value for training activities. More precisely, the results suggested that training activities has a positive influence on quality of service, generating higher level of customer satisfaction, which boosts customers' behavioral intention.
El aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera en adolescentes del instituto Aismer International a través del método experiencial de Kolb

In order to solve daily and immediate problems, the transformation of a social reality was sought, specifically, the learning of English as a foreign language. This research presents the results obtained after applying the experiential method of Kolb (2015), in the English classes of adolescent students of the Aismer International Institute. The objective of this work was to favor the progress in the proficiency level of English language of the students of this Institute of languages and in a precise way to strengthen the level of development of their reading comprehension ability. A pedagogical implementation was then realized that warns a different way of doing the planning of the classes within said institute. Kolb's experiential method consists of a learning process based on reflection through experiences, that is, the cognitive processes associated with the approach and the processing of experiences are involved. A series of activities were proposed in which the students had to reflect on a specific topic and thereby generate a change in their behavior. The work is based on the quantitative approach with characteristics in the descriptive design, taking into account that the main topic is defined, measured and submitted to an analysis by means of information gathering. Thus, it can be concluded that the application of Kolb's experiential learning method in the Institute was favorable for students' learning of English and in particular it favored the development of reading comprehension skills in this language.
Salient features of established interdisciplinary teams for assessment and management of feeding, swallowing, and nutrition in pediatric populations

The incidence of feeding disorders in the US is estimated to be between 25-45% in typically developing children and 33-80% for children with developmental disabilities. Pediatric feeding and swallowing populations require interdisciplinary evaluation and management due to their critical developmental timelines. Yet, few such interdisciplinary teams exist. A survey was developed based on factors identified by Carey (2008) for successful development and function of a longstanding role model interdisciplinary team (RMT) of this type known worldwide for its excellence. The purpose of this study was to test the accuracy of the salient factors identified by Carey (2008) for the RMT and to determine whether respondents from other interdisciplinary teams (OIT) agreed with these factors as important for establishing and continuing such a team. The survey was administered electronically to members of the RMT and 25 other OIT members across the US. The findings determined that Carey (2008) accurately identified all of the important factors for establishing and maintaining an interdisciplinary team of this type. The original model required small adjustments as to which of the factors remained salient by each respondent group. Of interest was the similarity in importance placed on factors important to maintaining this type of team.
"I don't know if I can talk about that": An Exploratory Study on the Experiences of Care Workers Regarding the Sexuality of People with Intellectual Disabilities

This exploratory study examined the attitudes and experiences of a small sample of direct care workers' experiences of addressing the sexual expression and practices of their clients with intellectual disabilities. Drawing on in-depth interviews with direct care workers in Alberta, Canada, we use Foucault's work to examine the way power is exercised through organizational policies, personal values, and employment contexts. Altogether, the accounts of direct care workers seem to illuminate a culture that commonly sees disability and sexuality as antithetical and a topic to be avoided for fear of reprisal.
Contradicciones en torno a las innovaciones y certificaciones en el sector de la bioenergía en Argentina

El artículo se propone indagar en las innovaciones ocurridas en el sector de la bioenergía en Argentina, a fin de analizar su contribución a la modernización del agro y a la expansión del régimen de acumulación, su relación con los impactos territoriales/socioambientales y las contradicciones que genera. Con foco en casos particulares, se consideran innovaciones y estrategias empresariales en el sector de la bioenergía, mediante el análisis del discurso. Se indaga en las concepciones de sustentabilidad, en el contexto del relato de modernización ecológica, se identifican sus argumentos estructurantes, se reconstruye su trama conceptual y las narrativas asociadas, y se exploran sus fisuras, contradicciones y silencios. Se reflexiona sobre el sentido que asumen estas propuestas de innovación en el sector de la bioenergía en Argentina, observándolas como mecanismos que contribuyen al acaparamiento verde, dado que la apelación a lo ambiental sirve de excusa para la generación de nuevos mercados y la expansión del capital.
Digital Coaching among University Students with Low Levels of Physical Activity: A Quantitative Intervention Study on Exercise Self-efficacy

University aged people have been found to be at a high risk of disengagement of physical activity. They also belong to a generation where technology is strongly integrated into most parts of their lives. Therefore, using technology also in physical activity promotion has potential. This exploratory study investigates the perceived effects of a sport and wellness technology digital coach among physically inactive university students during a 10-week intervention. The perspective for the research came from exercise psychology focusing on the effects of the use of a digital coach on self-efficacy related to physical activity and exercising. The results indicate that a digital coach can increase the user’s self-efficacy and awareness regarding their own exercising. However, the results also show that further development could be done for digital coaching to reach its full potential. These results give more insight to sport technology companies as well as to coaches and trainers about the effects and possibilities of digital coaching among physically inactive people.
STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVITY THROUGH DIGITAL GAMES

The interest in creativity has grown steadily in the last decades. Amidst this surging interest is the question of whether it is possible to aid the development of creativity. This study investigates the possibility of developing a digital game with just such objective. Therefore the game Luovus was created, utilizing previous research on the subject of creativity and digital games as learning aids. The game has been tested with a group of users and seems to be an effect on the player's self perceived creative capabilities and society's impact on their creativity.