Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Role of the Eclectic Method in Teaching and Learning English in Public Primary Schools, in Eldoret East Sub County, Kenya

The study sought to investigate the use of the eclectic method in enhancing the teaching and learning of English in Primary Schools, in Eldoret East Sub County. It, therefore, sought to establish the role of the use of the eclectic method in teaching and learning English. This study was based on Krashens,' Theory of Second Language Acquisition which support the best means of learning and instruction in English are those that supply comprehensive input to the learner. The study was carried out in Eldoret East Sub County of Rift Valley province. Stratified random sampling was used to select 39 schools out of 131 registered Primary Schools in the Sub County. Simple random sampling was used to select the teachers of English in the sampled schools. Purposive sampling technique was used to select key resource teachers of English from the selected schools. Data was collected by means of classroom observation and interviews. Descriptive statistics (frequency and percentages) and inferential statistics (t-test) was used to compare the use of the eclectic method in teaching of English in both public and private primary schools. The study established EM in teaching of English was important as it made teaching innovative and enjoyable and learning objectives easily achieved. The EM makes the teaching of English to be practical as it facilitates retention and builds confidence in learners. Private school teachers identified that EM increases the achievement of teaching English and stimulate language development and aids in knowledge retention. Public school teachers identified that EM builds various skills in reading and speaking English as it helps in attaining objectives. It also builds a good relationship between teachers and pupils in teaching English. There is a need for provision of eclectic learning resources in all the schools to facilitate teaching of English. Keywords: Role, Eclectic Method, Teaching and Learning, English
POTENTIAL ROLE OF P-SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND -1 IN HAEMATOLOGICAL DISEASES

Summary: PSGL-1 is a major counterreceptor of all three types of selectins that is expressed in several leukocyte subsets. Data presented, here prove that this mucin may be implied in haematological disorders. We established on normal peripheral blood and in samples derived from 20 AML patients that PSGL-1 is differently expressed in various leukocyte subsets. Myeloblasts appearing in acute myeloid leukaemia patients express significantly less PSGL-1 (12 000 ± 5300) than mature neutrophils (p< 0.001). In monocytic leukaemias, however, the amount of PSGL-1 on monocytic precursors is displayed in a fairly broad range which was not significantly different from that of mature monocytes (p=0.084). Monoblasts/promononocytes possess more PSGL-1 than myeloblasts and the expression pattern is completely non-overlapping. This would imply a differential expression of PSGL-1 during myeloid haemopoietic development and suggests, that the quantitation of surface PSGL-1 may help in differentiating myeloblasts from monoblasts by immunophenotyping in different AML subsets. PSGL-1 has also a certain role in the generation of procoagulant microparticles (MP) as in the PSGL-1 knockout mouse the MP number failed to increase with age and the MP contained significantly less tissue factor than wild type mice. Since PSGL-1 P-selectin interaction is crucial in generating a procoagulant effect we tested the hypothesis that the administration of a P-selectin IgG chimera (Psel-Ig) corrects bleeding tendency in a murine haemophilia model and in human haemophilic blood. The addition of Psel-Ig resulted in significant improvement of the bleeding tendency in mice and in the generation of MP in human hemophilic blood. Thus, the Psel-Ig can become an alternative route to control bleeding tendency in coagulopathies.
Effects of fat supplementation in early lactation dairy cows

Twenty-four cows were fed with 0 (NF), 3.5 (MF) or 7 (HF) % of calcium salts of palm fatty acids in the concentrate for 8 weeks after calving. The increase of total DMI in group MF tended to be slower than in the other groups during lactation weeks 1 to 4. Fat supplementation increased milk fat content linearly during lactation weeks 1 to 4. Liveweight and fat depth changes and concentration of plasma NEFA suggest that tissue mobilization was greater in MF than in other groups. Treatment did not signifi cantly affect plasma hormone concentrations.
Drivers of changes in stratospheric and tropospheric ozone between year 2000 and 2100

Abstract. A stratosphere-resolving configuration of the Met Office's Unified Model (UM) with the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols (UKCA) scheme is used to investigate the atmospheric response to changes in (a) greenhouse gases and climate, (b) ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and (c) non-methane ozone precursor emissions. A suite of time-slice experiments show the separate, as well as pairwise, impacts of these perturbations between the years 2000 and 2100. Sensitivity to uncertainties in future greenhouse gases and aerosols is explored through the use of the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios. The results highlight an important role for the stratosphere in determining the annual mean tropospheric ozone response, primarily through stratosphere–troposphere exchange (STE) of ozone. Under both climate change and reductions in ODSs, increases in STE offset decreases in net chemical production and act to increase the tropospheric ozone burden. This opposes the effects of projected decreases in ozone precursors through measures to improve air quality, which act to reduce the ozone burden. The global tropospheric lifetime of ozone (τO3) does not change significantly under climate change at RCP4.5, but it decreases at RCP8.5. This opposes the increases in τO3 simulated under reductions in ODSs and ozone precursor emissions. The additivity of the changes in ozone is examined by comparing the sum of the responses in the single-forcing experiments to those from equivalent combined-forcing experiments. Whilst the ozone responses to most forcing combinations are found to be approximately additive, non-additive changes are found in both the stratosphere and troposphere when a large climate forcing (RCP8.5) is combined with the effects of ODSs.
Hydro-Gravitational-Dynamics Interpretation of the Tadpole VV29 Merging Galaxy System: Dark-Matter-Halo-Planet Star-Cluster Wakes

Hubble Space telescope (HST) images of merging galaxy system VV29 reveal the 0.3 Mpc baryonic-dark-matter (BDM) halo composed of primordial protoglobularstarcluster (PGC) clumps of planets. Star-cluster-wakes trace the merger by formation of stars from the planets. Aligned young globular star clusters (YGCs), star-wakes and dust-trails show the frictional, spiral passage of galaxy fragments VV29cdef in a long tail-like galaxy (VV29b) as the fragments merge on the accretion disk plane of the central spiral galaxy VV29a. The observations confirm the hydro-gravitational-dynamics (HGD) prediction of Gibson 1996 and quasar microlensing inference of Schild 1996 that the dark matter of galaxies is dominated by planets (PFPs) in million-solar-mass clumps. Globular star clusters (YGCs, OGCs, PGCs) preserve the density of the plasma epoch 30,000 years after the big bang when viscous supercluster-fragmentation began. Tadpole images show linear galaxy clusters reflecting turbulent vortex lines of protogalaxy fragmentation at the 0.003 Mpc Kolmogorov-Nomura scale of the plasma before transition to gas. The halo size indicates strong diffusion of PGC primordial-planet-clumps from a cooling protogalaxy as its planets freeze.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STOCK RETURN AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA

This study examines the long-run relationships and dynamic interactions between stock returns and inflation in Nigeria using monthly data of the All Share Price Index from the Nigerian Stock Exchange and Nigerian Consumers Price Index from January 1997 to 2010. The analytical technique of Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bound test as proposed by Pesaran and Pesaran (1997); and Pesaran et. al. (2001) was exploited. From the results, it is evident that there is the existence of a long run relationship between stock returns and inflation. The short run dynamic model also reveals that the speed of convergence to equilibrium is moderate implying that there is a short run relationship between stock returns and inflation. This is attributable perhaps to the instability of prices of stocks noticed over time.
Leaders can learn to change; some do: a qualitative study

The behaviour of organisational subordinates is significantly affected by the attitudes and actions of their supervisor. By changing themselves, leaders can therefore have a crucial impact not only on the behaviour of their subordinates but also on the extent to which those subordinates perceive that they are achieving their organisational potential. This paper presents a conceptual model of the process through which organisational leaders can attempt to change themselves with the objective of changing the behaviour of their subordinates. Using a grounded methodology, data has been collected and analysed from a large Australian public sector bureaucracy by means of participant observation, document analysis, personal interviews. The model gives further support to the role of cognitive processes in social learning theory. The key focus of this paper is on the evidence of leadership competencies being learnt, and in particular how leaders can learn to change their own behaviours.
Characterisation of Intensity Values on Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Recording Enhancement

Abstract. Mapping surveys based on terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) are common nowadays for different purposes such as documentation of cultural heritage assets. The chance to extract relevant information from TLS surveys depends not only on the fast acquisition of XYZ coordinates, but also on the meaningful intensity values of the fired objects. TLS behaviour depends on several known factors such as distance, texture, roughness, colour and albedo. This paper seeks to find out the mathematical relationship between the TLS intensity values and the colorimetric data using a colour chart. In order to do so, objective colour specification based on well-known colour spaces is needed. The approach used here started with scanning a colour chart containing a number of colour patches with known chromatic and reflection characteristics. After several transformations, the results allowed us to characterise the intensity behaviour of a time-of-flight laser scanner. The characterisation of the intensity values are tested indoor on the colour chart and outdoor on an archaeological shelter. Promising results are obtained to enhance the behaviour of the intensity values coming from the TLS.
Solitary Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura: Report of Eight Cases and Literature Review

Primary pleural tumors have been classified as diffuse or localized types. The diffuse type or malignant mesothelioma (MM) is the most frequently encountered lesion. Localized variety is less frequent and defined. Although its hystogenesis is not well established, new histological and immunohistochemical techniques are giving us a better understanding of it. Now, the common consensus is that this tumor origins from a primitive submesothelial mesenchymal cell (16,17,18,19). Concerning the advances done during the last decade in the understanding, imaging, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to this rare tumor, we decided to conduct a retrospective study of the cases seen at our institution and a review of the available English literature.
Globalization, Import Prices and Producer Prices in Austria

The growing theoretical and empirical literature suggests that globalization may have reduced inflation, particularly in high-income countries. Austria’s integration in the world economy has made a quantum leap over the past decade. Has this development dampened inflation in Austria? This paper first offers a broad overview of six channels through which one could expect globalization to reduce inflation. Then, two specific channels are investigated empirically for Austria. First, the effects from the increasing share of imports from low-cost countries on import prices are estimated. It is found that overall import prices were slightly dampened by the rising, and meanwhile substantial, share of imports from the new EU Member States. By contrast, China and other emerging economies play a negligible role for Austrian import price developments. Second, the effect of global competition on producer prices in Austria is studied. It is found that globalization has moderately dampened relative producer prices in the Austrian manufacturing sector, while increases in labor productivity had a larger effect. A rationale for the rather modest globalization effects on import and producer price inflation in Austria is that the country’s foreign trade and FDI links are still – despite the surge of links with central and eastern European countries – mainly with other high-income European countries. :
RANKIT: Designing Interactive Tools for Personalized Ranking Analysis

Rankings are commonly used to evaluate everyday decisions. However, constructing rankings can be difficult because building a ranking requires extensive knowledge about the observed dataset. To overcome this problem, we present RANKIT, an online ranking application that provides solutions for analyzing and exploring rankings. The system uses machine learning to automatically construct rankings based on partial input from users. Users can then inspect the weights and attributes of their overall ranking. Intuitive interfaces allow for the effective building and exploring of rankings. The system was evaluated with a comprehensive two part user study consisting of online surveys and in-person interviews. Results reveal that RANKIT succeeds at both informing users and sparking their interest about personalized rankings. Future improvements have also been identified to make RANKIT even better. © 2017-2018 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Root biomass and root fractal analyses of an open Eucalyptus forest in a savanna of north Australia

Below-ground biomass of a Eucalyptus savanna forest was estimated following trenching to depths of 2 m around 16 mature trees in a tropical savanna of north Australia. Correlations among below-ground and various components of above-ground biomass were also investigated. In addition, root morphology was investigated by fractal analyses and a determination of an index of shallow-rootedness was undertaken. Total root biomass was 38.4 t ha–1, including 1 t ha–1 of fine roots. About 77–90p of total root biomass was found in the upper 0.5 m of soil. While fine-root biomass density was approximately constant (0.1 kg m–3) in the top soil, irrespective of distance from a tree stem, coarse-root biomass showed large variation with distance from the tree stem. Significant positive correlations among total root biomass, total above-ground biomass, diameter at breast height, leaf biomass and leaf area were obtained. It is likely that total root biomass can be reasonably accurately estimated from aboveground biomass and fine-root biomass from tree leaf area. We present equations that allow the prediction of belowground biomass from above-ground measures of tree size. Root morphology of two evergreen and two deciduous species was compared by the use of three parameters. These were the fractal dimension (d), which describes root system complexity; a proportionality factor (α), which is the ratio of the cross-sectional area before and after branching; and two indices of shallow-rootedness (ISR). Roots were found to be amenable to fractal analyses. The proportionality factor was independent of root diameter (Dr) at any branching level in all tree species examined, indicating that branching patterns were similar across all root sizes. The fractal dimension (d) ranged from 1.15 to 1.36, indicating a relatively simple root structure. Mean d was significantly different between E. tetrodonta (evergreen) and T. ferdinandiana (deciduous); however, no significant differences were found among other pairs of species. Terminalia ferdinandiana had the highest ISR, while Planchonia careya (deciduous) had the lowest. In addition, differences in ISR between P. careya and the other three species were significant, but not significant among E. miniata, E. tetrodonta and T. ferdinandiana. There were clear relationships among above-ground tree stem diameter at breast height, stem base diameter, and horizontal and vertical proximal root diameter. By the use of mean values of and stem diameter, we estimated the total crosssectional area of root and root diameter-class distribution for each species studied.
Machine Tool Behavior Improvement Using Vibration Neutralizer and Absorber

The article proposes an approach to computation of parameters of dynamic vibration neutralizer and absorber in order to suppress machine tool vibrations during machining process. The approach is based on multi-body model of the machine tool in a state space form and additionally attached passive absorber in a parametric state space form. Such a representation is suitable for fast optimizations of the absorber parameters and other numeric experiments with the model. The article presents comparison of optimized dynamic vibration absorber and neutralizer. There were also compared two approaches to the build of the objective function for the balanced improvement of the behavior in both X and Y axis.
Estimating Consumers' Willingness-To-Pay for Country-Of-Origin Labels in Fresh Apples and Tomatoes: A Double-Hurdle Probit Analysis of American Data Using Factor Scores

Data are collected from primary shoppers in Gainesville Florida, Atlanta Georgia and Lansing Michigan using a Vickrey (fifth-priced sealed bid) experimental auction and a survey questionnaire to provide a sample of 311 observations useable for analysis. The average willingness to pay (WTP) for country of origin labeling (COOL) "Grown in the U.S." in apples and tomatoes are calculated then tested for equivalence to assess if WTP is produce specific. A double-hurdle probit model is then estimated to ascertain the prominent determinants of WTP for COOL. Independent variables include demographics, food safety and factor scores derived from a factor analysis of food quality and food preference variables. Results show that on average consumers are willing to pay $0.49 and $0.48 for COOL in apples and tomatoes respectively with 79% of the consumers willing to pay more than $0.00 for apples labeled "Grown in the U.S." and 72% in the case of tomatoes. Premiums are found to be statistically equivalent suggesting that WTP for COOL is not produce specific. The double hurdle probit estimation finds most independent variables insignificant with the exception of the food quality factor scores and consumer trust levels for information they receive from U.S. government agencies. Location, age and income also turn out to be significant factors in the case of the truncated part of the estimation as do food quality and food safety concerns.
Glutathione S-Transferase Enzyme Gene Polymorphisms and Cardiovascular Diseases

Ozet Dunyada olum sebepleri arasinda kardiyovaskuler hastaliklar hala ilk sirada yer almaktadir. Kardiyovaskuler hastaliklarin patogenezinde cevresel ve genetik faktorler birlikte rol oynamaktadir. Kardiyovaskuler hastaliklarin ortaya cikisinda etkili olabilecegi one surulen genetik degisimlerden birisi de son yillarda sikca arastirilan Glutatyon S-Transferaz (GST) ailesidir. Antioksidan sistem enzimlerinden olan GST gen polimorfizmlerinin, kardiyovaskuler hastaliklarin risk faktorleri arasinda sayilan etmenlerin her biriyle iliskisi bulunmaktadir. Sonuc olarak soyleyebiliriz ki; gerek bu risk faktorleri uzerinden gerekse direk olarak kardiyovaskuler hastaliklarin olusumunda GST genlerinin polimorfizmleri etkili olmaktadir.
“The Italian Project “COPD 270°”: A Collaborative Approach for Identifying Patients with Undiagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) In Primary Care

Aim: The aim of this study was to improve the primary care setting the management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), restoring a synergistic relationship of cooperation between general practitioners (GPs) and pulmonologists. Methods: In November 2009, a project called “COPD 270° “was undertaken by a group of GPs, concerning the diagnosis of COPD in patients aged between 35 and 65 years and at risk due to their smoking status. The involved group consisted of eight GPs, a nurse, three secretaries and two graduates in medicine. The study was carried out in November 1st 2010-October 31st 2011. Based on the acknowledged critical issues in the approach to the diagnosis of COPD in general practice in Italy, an operative model, suitable for the general practice setting, was designed. This included readily available diagnostic tools, quick to use, and low cost (audit, medical history, “screening”, minimal advice, collaboration with pulmonologists). Results: At the end of the follow-up year, 3,751 patients (61.5%) were evaluated and had the full set of data. 724 (19.3%) active smokers were identified. Within those with a pack-year >10, 657 examinations were performed with Piko 6 (170 patients with borderline Piko (70/79) (25.9%) and 72 patients (10.9%) with values of Piko <70). GPs required 206 spirometry. The “minimal advice” has been bestowed and recorded in 412 patients. At the end of the observational year, the overall data demonstrated a significant increase of new diagnoses of COPD (+65 cases), a good efficiency in recording the “smoke habit” data (88.7% versus 71.5% initial), and an increase in the number of spirometry prescribed. Another significant data obtained from the “270o COPD” study concerns the intervention on smoking habit; in fact, after more than one year by the end of the study, half of the patients with newly COPD diagnosed (stage I) persisted in smoking cessation. Conclusions: This study showed a greater awareness on the part of GPs of the problem “COPD”; an increase in the number of early GOLD stage diagnosed cases of COPD; and a productive professional synergy between GPs and pulmonologists.
Placement and Implementation of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Virtual Inertia and Fast Frequency Response

The electric power system is witnessing a shift in the technology of generation. Conventional thermal generation based on synchronous machines is gradually being replaced by power electronics interfaced renewable generation. This new mode of generation, however, lacks the natural inertia and governor damping, which are quintessential features of synchronous machines. The loss of these features results in increasing frequency excursions and, ultimately, system instability. Among the numerous studies on mitigating these undesirable effects, the main approach involves virtual inertia (VI) emulation to mimic the behavior of synchronous machines. In this paper, explicit models of grid-following and grid-forming VI devices are developed for inertia emulation and fast frequency response in low-inertia systems. An optimization problem is formulated to optimize the parameters and location of these devices in a power system to increase its resilience. Finally, a case study based on a high-fidelity model of the South-East Australian system is used to illustrate the effectiveness of such devices.