Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of the JOBS Program on Mother-Child Relations during the Early Months of Program Participation.

The Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS) is intended to enhance welfare recipients' employability through education, training, and job placement activities, and provision of Medicaid benefits and child care subsidies. The JOBS Observational Study compared outcomes findings to those from the New Chance Observational Study to examine whether the contrasting programs pose differing implications for mother-child interaction. The JOBS Observational study examined 370 families, using data collected in the JOBS Child Outcomes Study supplemented with detailed measures of the mother-child relationship derived from direct observation and interviews. Findings of the JOBS Observation showed mothers participating in the program exhibiting negative parenting behaviors and reactions to parenting as a result of the stress of participation. Findings were similar in the New Chance Observation, with some group differences. (Includes seven tables charting a comparison of selected features of JOBS and New Chance programs; baseline characteristics of the JOBS Observational Study sample; and statistical data.) (JPB) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************************
Identification and Validation of the Lactate Threshold Velocity using the Y-Intercept and Slope of the Fit Curve (YIS Method)

Purpose: To present a new method for determining the individual Lactate Threshold velocity (LTv) in trained swimmers using the intercept and slope (YIS) of the Lactate-Velocity curve (La-V). Methods: Forty-two national-level swimmers undertook a 7 × 200 m discontinuous incremental swimming step test. The LTv was determined by a mathematical formula that calculated the Lactate Threshold (LTv) as a function of the y-intercept and slope of the Lactate-Velocity curve (YIS method, where LTv = -0.217 x [y-intercept (La-V)/slope (LaV)] and compared to an existing Fixed Slope (FSM) Method, which had been seen to be the most consistent of 4 methods and used a similar slope protocol. Subsequently, on three occasions over a six-week period, using twelve different swimmers, the method of determining LTv was compared to three practical methods of validating the LTv: a 2000 m time trial, 24 × 100 m, and 10 × 300 m swim sets. Results: The slope of the La-V curve for Freestyle was significantly different between YIS and FSM (p = 0.03). The mean lactate at LT with the YIS method (3.2 ± 0.4 mM) was significantly lower than FSM (3.4 ± 0.3 mM). Swim velocity at LT was not significantly different between YIS and the FSM, p = 0.40. Conclusions: The YIS method for determining the LT and LTv, derived from the 7 × 200 m incremental step test, provides an objective means of quantifying the lactate threshold in swimmers.
Interaction with Mobile Devices

The focus of this report is on how to interact on mobile devices and why it is necessary to embrace a paradigm shift in terms of interaction techniques for mobile devices which allow a user to communicate with mobile technology using as little visual attention as possible to access the effectiveness of such paradigms. The literature covered is on current input and output methods, and the advantages and disadvantages of each method with a view to answering the question “What is the best input-output method for mobile devices? ”, and could be used as guidelines for input and output methods for mobile devices. This report will contribute to the RGI-149 project, of which the main focus is to push a proper amount of geo-information to the mobile user’s device. Generally speaking, the user of this project application is an environmental officer responsible for environmental protection. Their job specification requires them to always be moving from one point to another, dependent on their tasks. The application of ‘Buiten Beter’ is to support surveillance for environmental officers, to obtain information on rubbish dumping, pollution and other happenings, for example. In order to carry out inspections, for instance, they should be supported with suitable maps. The key problem here is how to present this amount of information within the limitations of a small screen size. A previous report on Cartographic Representation in Small Display Screens mentioned applying a contextaware technology to this application. This report attempts to explain how to interact with a mobile device and why it is necessary to embrace a paradigm shift in terms of interaction techniques for mobile devices that could be used by dedicated users with as little visual attention as possible to access information efficiently and effectively based on their profile, identity, location and behaviour.
Program and Services to Improve the Nutrition of Pregnant Women, Infants and Young Children

Pregnancy, infancy and early childhood are periods of rapid physiological growth and development. Insufficient nutrition during these critical growth and developmental periods places infants and children at risk of impaired emotional and cognitive development and adverse health outcomes. As a result, many programs and services educate pregnant and postpartum women about the importance of good nutrition and encourage them to feed their children and families healthy and nutritious foods.
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Grenada

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical Desde 1967 / Ciencia para cultivar el cambio T he climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand. CSA initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience, and reduce/remove greenhouse gases (GHGs), and require planning to address tradeoffs and synergies between these three pillars: productivity, adaptation, and mitigation [1]. The priorities of different countries and stakeholders are reflected to achieve more efficient, effective, and equitable food systems that address challenges in environmental, social, and economic dimensions across productive landscapes. While the concept is new, and still evolving, many of the practices that make up CSA already exist worldwide and are used by farmers to cope with various production risks [2]. Mainstreaming CSA requires critical stocktaking of ongoing and promising practices for the future, and of institutional and financial enablers for CSA adoption. This country profile provides a snapshot of a developing baseline created to initiate discussion, both within countries and globally, about entry points for investing in CSA at scale. The identification of suitable CSA options can be enhanced by development and access to Integrated Decision Support Systems that compile and analyze weather, agronomic, and market information, and deliver results to a range of stakeholders and decision makers.
AUTOMATED COARSE REGISTRATION OF POINT CLOUDS IN 3D URBAN SCENESUSING VOXEL BASED PLANE CONSTRAINT

Abstract. For obtaining a full coverage of 3D scans in a large-scale urban area, the registration between point clouds acquired via terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is normally mandatory. However, due to the complex urban environment, the automatic registration of different scans is still a challenging problem. In this work, we propose an automatic marker free method for fast and coarse registration between point clouds using the geometric constrains of planar patches under a voxel structure. Our proposed method consists of four major steps: the voxelization of the point cloud, the approximation of planar patches, the matching of corresponding patches, and the estimation of transformation parameters. In the voxelization step, the point cloud of each scan is organized with a 3D voxel structure, by which the entire point cloud is partitioned into small individual patches. In the following step, we represent points of each voxel with the approximated plane function, and select those patches resembling planar surfaces. Afterwards, for matching the corresponding patches, a RANSAC-based strategy is applied. Among all the planar patches of a scan, we randomly select a planar patches set of three planar surfaces, in order to build a coordinate frame via their normal vectors and their intersection points. The transformation parameters between scans are calculated from these two coordinate frames. The planar patches set with its transformation parameters owning the largest number of coplanar patches are identified as the optimal candidate set for estimating the correct transformation parameters. The experimental results using TLS datasets of different scenes reveal that our proposed method can be both effective and efficient for the coarse registration task. Especially, for the fast orientation between scans, our proposed method can achieve a registration error of less than around 2 degrees using the testing datasets, and much more efficient than the classical baseline methods.
Generalized Meir-Keeler Type ψ-Contractive Mappings and Applications to Common Solution of Integral Equations

The goal of the present article to introduce the notion of generalized Meir-Keeler type ψ-contractions and prove some coupled common fixed point results for such type of contractions. The theorems proved herein extend, generalize and improve some results of the existing literature. Several examples and an application to integral equations are also given in order to illustrate the genuineness of our results.
Trademarks as an Indicator of Product and Marketing Innovations

Non-technological innovation is a major factor of competitiveness and productivity growth in the economy, notably in the service industries. However, the measurement of non-technological innovation and of innovation in the service industries is currently very poor, as traditional data sources like RD they are present in almost every sector of the economy. Trademark data are then likely to convey information on two key (overlapping) aspects of innovation that are not well covered by traditional indicators: innovation in the service sectors and marketing innovation. This paper aims at presenting trademarks, their potential link with innovations and their main statistical properties, to see if they may actually serve as an innovation indicator. Les marques comme indicateur d'innovations de produit et de commercialisation L’innovation non technologique est un facteur majeur de croissance et de competitivite, notamment dans les industries de services. Neanmoins, la mesure de l’innovation non technologique et de l’innovation dans les services est a l’heure actuelle tres insuffisante, les indicateurs traditionnels tels que les depenses de R&D ou les brevets ne s’appliquant pas a ce type d’innovation. Ce document presente un candidat de poids pour quantifier l’innovation non-technologique: les donnees de marques. Les marques constituent une source de donnees riche et facilement accessible. Par ailleurs, plusieurs etudes ont montre une forte correlation entre les marques et differentes variables d’innovation (brevets, part de ventes liees a l’activite innovante). De plus, le perimetre d’application des marques est tres etendu, elles sont presentes presque dans tous les secteurs de l’economie. Les marques sont ainsi susceptibles de fournir de l’information sur deux aspects importants de l’innovation (se superposant en partie) que les indicateurs traditionnels couvrent mal: les innovations dans les services et les innovations de commercialisation. Ce document vise a presenter les marques, leur lien potentiel avec l’innovation et leurs principales proprietes statistiques, de maniere a determiner si elles peuvent effectivement servir d’indicateur d’innovation.
Ubiquitous Environment Control System: An Internet-of- Things–Based Decentralized Autonomous Measurement and Control System for a Greenhouse Environment

A low-cost and flexible system for environmental measurement and control in green - houses based on decentralized autonomous technics, Ubiquitous Environment Control System (UECS), was proposed in 2004. The UECS is composed of autonomous nodes as the minimum units of measurement and control. The nodes can connect with each other through Ethernet or Wi-Fi and can communicate information regardless of manufacturer or model. To realize automation and efficiency of protected horticultural production, two consortia for UECS development and extension were established. During the last 10 years, the UECS has been used to apply environment control in large-scale greenhouses and plant factories. The stability and utility of the UECS have been demonstrated and verified in these practical cultivations. Current research and development are being car ried out to install information and communication technology (ICT) systems to improve productivity in existing small- to medium-scale greenhouses in Japan. The flexibility and concept of the UECS have been very effective to enable sophisticated environmental con - trol technology to be applied to small- and medium-scale greenhouses. In this chapter, self-fabricated UECS, the renewal of old environmental control systems using the UECS, and Sub-GHz radio band use for communicating UECS nodes among distributed green houses are discussed.
The impact of cognitive and metacognitive strategies on self-esteem and self-efficacy in students

Self-esteem and academic self-efficacy are the key variables in educational systems that provide the field of growth and cognitive improvement, students’ attitudes and skills; therefore, conducting the programs that provide the flourishing field of these variables are with great importance. Academic achievement is influenced by many variables. Some of the most important are cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies, self-efficacy, creativity and emotional intelligence, etc. This study aimed to investigate the effects of cognitive and metacognitive strategies on self-esteem and self-efficacy in students. The method to conduct the study was quantitative and from the branch of descriptive-survey study, and the group of applied studies. The statistical population of the study was first grade high school students in Tehran in 2015-2016 school year that due to the nature of the study, 60 students were selected. The main tools of the study were the questionnaire of cognitive and metacognitive strategies, self-esteem and academic self-efficacy. The results showed that cognitive and metacognitive strategies have significant and positive effects on students’ self-esteem and academic self-efficacy.
Acute effects of passive static stretching on the vastus lateralis muscle architecture of healthy young men

The aim of the study was to investigate the acute effects of passive static stretching (PSS) on the fascicle length (FL) and fascicle angle (FA) of the vastus lateralis muscle (VL) in two different joint positions. Twelve physically active men (26.9 ± 7.5 years, 178.6 ± 7.0 cm, and 82.5 ± 16.8 kg) were placed in the prone position for the acquisition of ultrasound images (US) of VL, registered with extended and totally flexed knee up to the heel contact with the gluteus, before and after a PSS routine comprised of three 30-s repetitions maintained in the maximal discomfort position as reported by the participant. Results of the paired t-test indicated an increase in FL (16.2%; p = 0.012) and reduction in FA (15.5%; p = 0.003) in pre vs. post stretching comparisons for the extended knee position. There was also a significant increase in FL (34%; p = 0.0001) and reduction in FA (25%; p = 0.0007) when compared the extended knee vs. flexed knee positions. There were no significant differences in muscle architecture variables for the flexed knee position. The results showed high and moderate correlation of FL and FA for the extended (r = -0.89 and r = -0.74) and flexed knee (r = -0.76 and r = -0.78) position, pre and post stretching, respectively. It was concluded that the static stretching acutely affects the vastus lateralis muscle architecture only in the extended knee position, but not in the flexed knee position.
A λ2 mm molecular line survey of the C-star envelope IRC+10216

The mm-wave spectrum of the C-star envelope IRC+10216 has been continuously surveyed between 129.0 and 172.5 GHz with the IRAM 30-m telescope. 380 lines are detected, of which 317 have been identied. The iden- tied lines arise from 30 dierent molecules and radicals which, in their vast majority, are not observed in hot and dense interstellar clouds such as Orion A or W3(OH). Actually, half of the molecular species identied in the mm-wave spectrum of IRC+10216 were rst observed in the course of this spectral survey. The new species include several carbon-chain molecules and radicals, as well as silicon and metallic compounds. They also include molecules containing rare isotopes of C, Mg, Si, S and Cl, whose elemental abundance ratios in the envelope are redetermined. We observe, in particular, four 13 C isotopomers of C4H, three of C3 Na nd HC 3N, and four doubly-substituted isotopomers of SiS and CS. 63 lines remain unidentied. Probably, a large fraction of those are rotational transitions inside the excited bend- ing states of the abundant species NaCN, C5H, and C6H. We can also expect some lines to be ground state transi- tions of poorly known silicon and metal compounds, such as the slightly asymmetrical top molecule SiCSi.
The mix of research methods in the leading tourism journals: 2000-2009

The issue of method is central to tourism research. Over the past two decades, the call for greater quality tourism research has turned its focus on to the methods adopted by researchers – and the need to redress a perceived imbalance between the amount of quantitative research published and that based on qualitative, mixed method and theoretical approaches. The purpose of this article is to determine the mix of research methods published in the three leading tourism journals. This study involved a content analysis of 1617 articles published between 2000 and 2009 in three most prominent tourism journals (i.e. Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research, and Journal of Travel Research). It was found that 53.9 per cent of articles employed purely quantitative methods, 19 per cent of articles used purely qualitative methods, 11.2 per cent employed a mixed qualitative/quantitative method, and 15.9 per cent were conceptual in nature. An increase was observed in the amount of qualitative research published over this period; however there was a continued dominance of quantitative research. This paper offers guidance to both tourism researchers and leading tourism journals about their role in answering the call for more, and better quality articles based on qualitative and mixed method research.
Electrostatic activation of prebiotic chemistry in substellar atmospheres

Abstract Charged dust grains in the atmospheres of exoplanets may play a key role in the formation of prebiotic molecules, necessary to the origin of life. Dust grains submerged in an atmospheric plasma become negatively charged and attract a flux of ions that are accelerated from the plasma. The energy of the ions upon reaching the grain surface may be sufficient to overcome the activation energy of particular chemical reactions that would be unattainable via ion and neutral bombardment from classical, thermal excitation. As a result, prebiotic molecules or their precursors could be synthesized on the surface of dust grains that form clouds in exoplanetary atmospheres. This paper investigates the energization of the plasma ions, and the dependence on the plasma electron temperature, in the atmospheres of substellar objects such as gas giant planets. Calculations show that modest electron temperatures of ≈1 eV (≈104 K) are enough to accelerate ions to sufficient energies that exceed the activation energies required for the formation of formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide and the amino acid glycine.
Revealing the Footsteps of Apostles in the Book of Acts in the New Testament of the Bible*

The book of Acts documents the apostles of Christ Jesus being empowered and guided by the Holy Spirit to bear witnesses for Him from Jews to Gentiles first in Jerusalem, then in Judea and Samaria, and finally throughout the Roman Empire. It records the establishment and growth of the early church and the spread of the good news of salvation through Jesus in spite of strong oppositions. Acts serves as a critical link that connects the gospel of Christ as seen in the four Gospels with its applications as presented in the letters of the New Testament, thereby providing a historical framework for the epistles. In this study a sequence of social networks was constructed from the interactions between the characters including Peter, James, John, Paul, Stephen, Philip, and Barnabas and their locations in Acts. A computational approach was applied to discover the community structures in these networks, which sequentially revealed the roles of chief apostles and their locations in each important period of Acts.
Theoretical calculation for determine the stability of two different geometrical isomers in stable phosphorus ylides derived from 5-methyl benzotriazole

Stable crystalline phosphorus ylides were obtained in excellent yields from the 1:1:1 addition reactions between triphenylphosphine and dialkylacetylenedicarboxylates, in the presence of NH-heterocyclic compound, such as 5-methyl Benzotriazole. These stable ylides usually exist in solution as a mixture of two geometrical isomers as a result of restricted rotation around the carbon-carbon partial double bond resulting from conjugation of the ylide moiety with the adjacent carbonyl group. In the recent work, stability of the Zand the Eisomers were undertaken for the two rotamers of phosphorus ylides involving 5-methyl Benzotriazole by natural population analysis (NPA) and atoms in molecules (AIM) methods.  2015 Trade Science Inc. INDIA
MINING RULES IN THE ONTO4AR FRAMEWORK FOR UPDATING DOMAIN ONTOLOGIES

A reflection plate is provided which includes a reflection film having a flat reflection surface, and an optical film provided thereon. The optical film serves to converge and emit light which has entered therein, in a direction toward an observer. The optical film has first optical interfaces, which are provided to be inclined to a first direction with respect to a normal line of the reflection surface and to reflect or refract entering light, and second optical interfaces, which are provided to be inclined in a direction opposite to the first direction and to reflect or refract entering light. In addition, the optical film has an emission surface from which reflection light from the reflection surface and reflection light and/or refraction light from the first and second optical interfaces are emitted. A groove having a triangular cross-section is formed in the back surface side defined by the first and second optical interfaces. A liquid crystal display element is further provided on the reflection plate, thus constructing a liquid crystal display apparatus.