Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Development and Evaluation of a Blog as the Virtual Interaction Medium for Physics Teachers

This study was conducted to develop a blog for the physics’s teacher based on KBSM Physics Curriculum Specification. The blog was developed as an alternative medium to facilitate the virtual interaction and information sharing among teachers. The blog was developed based on the ADDIE Model using multimedia software. Blog evaluation was conducted on a total of 146 physics teachers from Kedah. The instrument used was a set of questionnaires, which consist of 18 items. The value of the Realibility Index obtained was 0.973. Results showed that the physics teachers possessed a positive evaluation toward the blog on content aspect (Mean=3.39, S.D=0.380) and the design aspect (Mean=3.25, S.D=0.465). The implication is that the developed blog is suitable as an alternative medium to facilitate the virtual interaction and information sharing among teachers.
Response to reviewer comments on “ The INALT family-a set of high-resolution nests for the Agulhas Current system within global NEMO ocean / sea-ice configurations ” by Franziska U . Schwarzkopf

The Agulhas Current, the western boundary current of the South Indian Ocean, has been shown to play an important role in the connectivity between the Indian and Atlantic oceans. The greater Agulhas Current system is highly dominated by mesoscale dynamics. To investigate their influence onto the regional and global circulations, a family of high-resolution ocean general circulation model configurations based on the NEMO code has been developed. Horizontal resolution refinement is achieved by embedding "nests" covering the South Atlantic and the western Indian oceans at 1/10° (INALT10) and 1/20° (INALT20) within global hosts with coarser resolutions. Nests and hosts are connected through two-way interaction, allowing the nests not only to receive boundary conditions from their respective host, but also to feed back the impact of regional dynamics onto the global ocean. A double-nested configuration at 1/60° resolution (INALT60) has been developed to gain insights into sub-mesoscale processes within the Agulhas Current system. Large-scale measures such as the Drake Passage transport and the strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation are rather robust among the different configurations indicating the important role of the hosts in providing a consistent embedment of the regionally refined grids into the global circulation. The dynamics of the Agulhas Current system strongly depend on the representation of mesoscale processes. Both, the southward flowing Agulhas Current and the northward flowing Agulhas Undercurrent increase in strength with increasing resolution towards more realistic values, which suggests the importance of improving mesoscale dynamics as well as bathymetric slopes along this narrow western boundary current regime. The exploration of numerical choices such as lateral boundary conditions and details of the implementation of surface wind stress forcing demonstrates the range of solutions within any given configuration. ∗ The name INALT was introduced by Durgadoo et al. (2013) as an acronym for "inaliti" meaning needle in isiXhosa. "Agulhas" is Portugese for needles. INALT can also be read as "INdian-AtLanTic". Copyright statement. TEXT
Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedure Lateral Pressure and VAS Pain Score Analysis for the Lateral

Background The lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) procedure is a minimally invasive procedure that has become widely utilized. The LLIF procedure typically involves bending the table to access the disc spaces of interest due to anatomical constraints. It is unknown if this bending process is painful or what pressures are exhibited on the downside part of the body. The goal of the study was to determine whether sex, height, weight, body mass index, bed angle, or positioning relative to the break of the bed affects the downside skin pressures and VAS pain scores in awake volunteers. Methods Fifty-six volunteers were placed in the lateral decubitus position and pressure sensors were placed at the downside part of their anatomy (shoulder, T10 rib , iliac crest, and greater trochanter). The pressures were checked with the iliac crest or greater trochanter at 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 degree bed angles. VAS scores were checked when the iliac crest or greater trochanter were at the maximum bed break angles. Results A significant positive association was found between increased bed angle and pressure at all five areas on the downside body locations (p<0.0001). The greatest pressures were located at the iliac crest and greater trochanter when these specific locations were centered over the break of the bed (p<0.0001). When the iliac crest was placed at maximal bed break, each unit increase in BMI increased the VAS pain by 0.13 (p<0.0001)and men had 1.96 (p=0.0009)higher VAS scores then women. When the greater trochanter was placed at the maximal bed break, each unit increase in BMI decreased VAS pain by 0.19 (p<0.0001) and women had 1.55 (p=0.0002)higher VAS pain scores then men. Conclusions In awake volunteers, the pressure at the iliac crest or greater trochanter at the break of the bed increases by increasing the bed angle. Women with a lower BMI had high VAS pain scores when their greater trochanter was at maximal bed break. Men with higher BMI had high VAS pain scores when their iliac crest was at maximal bed break. An awareness of the iliac crest or greater trochanter at the break of the bed should be considered to prevent pain and increased pressure based on the patient's sex and BMI. keywords: lateral lumbar interbody fusion, lumbar surgery complications, lumbar pressure analysis, lumbar visual analog pain scores Volume 9 Article 48 doi: 10.14444/2048
Supplementing yeast culture ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) for late lactating dairy cows fed diets varying in starch content

Thirty-six lactating Holstein cows averaging 258 days in milk were used to study the supplementation of yeast culture (Levucell SC20 – Lallemand) in dairy diets with two starch contents (22 vs. 32%). The lowest starch content was obtained by partial (50:50) replacement of finely ground corn by dried citrus pulp. A replicated 4 x 4 Latin square design was used with four periods of 24 days each. The first 20 days were used for diet adaptation and the last four for data collection. The following variables were evaluated: dry matter intake, milk yield and composition, and plasma glucose and urea nitrogen. Yields of milk, fat corrected milk, protein, lactose, and total solids as well as concentration of plasma glucose were not affected by treatments. Milk fat content tended to increase by feeding yeast culture and high starch diets while milk fat yield tended to be highest only when yeast culture was fed together with the high starch diet. Partially replacing corn with dried citrus pulp reduced both milk urea nitrogen and plasma urea nitrogen in the present trial.
University of Dundee Comparing machine learning classifiers and linear/logistic regression to explore the relationship between hand dimensions and demographic characteristics Miguel-Hurtado,

Understanding the relationship between physiological measurements from human subjects and their demographic data is important within both the biometric and forensic domains. In this paper we explore the relationship between measurements of the human hand and a range of demographic features. We assess the ability of linear regression and machine learning classifiers to predict demographics from hand features, thereby providing evidence on both the strength of relationship and the key features underpinning this relationship. Our results show that we are able to predict sex, height, weight and foot size accurately within various data-range bin sizes, with machine learning classification algorithms out-performing linear regression in most situations. In addition, we identify the features used to provide these relationships applicable across multiple applications.
Improved Algorithm of Boundary Integral Equation Approximation in 2 D Vortex Method for Flow Simulation Around Curvilinear

The problem of the accuracy improving is considered for vortex method. The general Galerkin-type approach is considered for the numerical solution of the boundary integral equation. It is shown that the airfoil surface line representation as a polygon consisting of rectilinear panels can lead to incorrect behavior of the numerical solution of the boundary integral equation with respect to unknown vortex sheet intensity, especially in case of considerably different lengths of the neighboring panels. However, in this case, the exact analytical formulae are derived for the coefficients of the linear algebraic system, which approximate the integral equation. The approach is developed which makes it possible to take into account explicitly the curvature of the airfoil surface line. The approximate analytical formulae are derived for the coefficients of the linear system, which are expressed through the integrals of the fractions, which denominators can be equal to zero. Numerical example is considered for the elliptic airfoil in the incident flow at its essentially non-uniform discretization. The suggested algorithm has acceptable numerical complexity, however it permits to obtain rather good numerical results.
Acute kidney injury , a study of function markers THESIS FOR DOCTORAL DEGREE ( Ph . D . )

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is defined as a sudden decrease in the kidneys' ability to filtrate waste products and excrete excess water. Detecting AKI primarily relies on measuring the increased concentration of function markers (i.e., creatinine and cystatin C) and even measuring urine output. This thesis aimed to investigate the performance of kidney function markers in patients during critical illness. To study the variations of the function markers in an ICU population and to examine the performance of the most commonly used estimated glomerular filtration equations. In addition, to investigate the associations between creatinine and cystatin C and long-term mortality and to identify factors predictive of renal dysfunction after ICU discharge. Both creatinine and cystatin C are within the normally acceptable limits of daily variation which means that changes in function markers between sampling-times during the day are likely to indicate a change in the biomarker levels due to the disease or treatment. Combination of both creatinine and cystatin C enables the best agreement between estimated and measured glomerular filtration rate. Levels of cystatin C after critical illness is strongly associated with 90-day and 1-year mortality in both AKI and non-AKI patients. Creatinine, on the other hand, has little value as a prognostic marker in the majority of patients. The incidence of CKD (eGFR<60) in ICU patients three months after AKI was 25.8% when using creatinine-based eGFR and 63.7% using cystatin C-based eGFR. Creatinine-defined CKD at follow-up was predicted by age, discharge cystatin C, discharge creatinine, and female sex. Cystatin C-defined CKD at follow-up was predicted by age, discharge cystatin C, CRRT in ICU, and diabetes. LIST OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS I. Intra-day variability of cystatin C, creatinine and estimated GFR in intensive care patients. Ravn B, Larsson A, Martensson J, Martling CR, Bell M. Published: Clin Chim Acta 2016;460:1-4 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca. 2016.06. 014 II. Superiority of Serum Cystatin C Over Creatinine in Prediction of LongTerm Prognosis at Discharge From ICU. Ravn B, Prowle JR, Martensson J, Martling CR, Bell M. Published: Crit Care Med 2017;45(9):e932-e40. DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002537 III. Creatinine versus cystatin C based glomerular filtration rate in critically ill patients. Ravn B, Rimes-Stigare C, Bell M, Hansson M, Hansson L O, Martling CR, Larsson A, Mårtensson J DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc. 2019.04. 007 IV. Creatinineand Cystatin C-Based Incidence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Acute Kidney Disease in AKI Survivors. Rimes-Stigare C, Ravn B, Awad A, Torlén K, Martling C-R, Bottai M, Mårtensson J, Bell M. Published: Critical Care Research and Practice 2018;2018:1-8. DOI: 10.1155/2018/7698090
Growth performance of Monosex Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) juveniles at different stocking densities in cages at Lake Bunyonyi in South Western Highland Agro-Ecological Zones (SWHAEZs)

Stocking density is among the critical factors affecting fish growth. Although cage culture is gravely being promoted by the government, information regarding the impact of stocking density on fish growth performance of juveniles in cages in Uganda is limited. This study examined the growth performance of Monosex Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) juveniles at various stocking densities in cages. The fish of mean wet weight and total length of 1.1±0.1g and 1.3±0.1cm respectively were transferred from nursing ponds in aerated containers to experimental cages at three stocking densities (1000, 1250 and 1500 juveniles/m3). The fish were fed on 45% crude protein formulated diet and total length and wet weight were determined weekly for eight weeks. During each sampling event, water quality parameters (temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH) were measured at the surface and 1.5-2.0 meter depth, before, within and after cages to assess the effect of cages on the water quality in and around the farming area. Results indicate that juveniles stocked at 1000/m3 were significantly heavier and larger than those in higher stocking densities which, in turn were not different from each other. Better performance of fish at lower stocking density could be attributed to availability of space which reduces crowd-related stress, less competition for food and less loss of energy due to the antagonistic behavioral interactions, among others. Likewise, the survival rate was higher (74.0%) at 1000/m3 stocking density than 69.8% at 1250/m3 and 63.1% at 1500/m3 because of reduced mortalities at lower densities. Further, the cage system appeared not to affect water quality parameters measured probably because of low production level and the high circulating nature of water around the farming area. The study demonstrates that increasing stocking density of Nile tilapia juveniles in cages reduces growth and survival rate, hence, growth and survival of O. niloticus juveniles in cages are density-dependent. Thus, culture of Monosex tilapia juveniles at a density of 1000 fish/m3 cages can be considered ideal for augmented production of the fish under South Western Highland Agro-Ecological Zone’s context. However further studies at increased feeding rates are recommended for improved survival and growth rates and thinning of juveniles to avoid wastage of resources.
Titanium And Iron Analysis In Eye Shadows And Blushes By Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Technique

O objetivo desse trabalho foi estimar a densidade superficial de titânio e ferro em sombras e blushes utilizando Fluorescência de Raios X por Dispersão em Energia e determiner outros elementos presentes em amostras de sombras e blushes de três marcas diferentes. Um sistema portátil de EDXRF foi utilizado para analisar 36 amostras de sombras e 7 amostras de blushes. A quantificação foi por meio de curvas com padrões de titânio e ferro, com densidade superficial de 47,9 mg/cm2, do tipo filme fino, depositados em membranas de policarbonato, ambas da MicroMatter Inc. A densidade superficial do titânio e do ferro foi medida em todas asamostras analisadas, a razão titânio/ferro foi calculada e outros elementos, além desses, foram determinados.
Interactive comment on “ Nitrous oxide and methane in two tropical estuaries in a peat-dominated region of North-western Borneo ” by D

We thank Anonymous Referee 1 for his helpful comments and suggestions. Our detailed answers can be found below. This paper describes CH4 and N2O distributions in two tropical estuaries. Current literature for estuarine CH4 and N2O concentrations is still limited, and this type of study is significant for our scientific understanding and relevant to BG. The paper is well written and reads easily. However, there are several issues that need to be addressed prior to publication. 1) The dataset of CH4 and N2O concentrations does not cover the region of low
J 1 . 2 LINKAGES BETWEEN EL NIÑO AND RECENT TROPICAL WARMING

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon (ENSO) is the most important source for interannual climate variability. It originates from tropical coupled air-sea interactions in the Pacific but encompasses weather patterns globally with severe impacts [Cane, 1983; Rasmusson and Wallace, 1983] for both societies and ecological systems. Recently the possibility has been discussed [Collins, 2000; IPCC, Climate Change 2001; Knutson et al., 1997; Timmermann, 2001; Timmermann et al., 1999] that an anticipated anthropogenic greenhouse warming might have an influence not only on the climate mean state of the tropical Pacific, but also on its variability. The linkages between ENSO and global warming [Trenberth and Hoar, ] is still unclear despite the great progress made in understanding [Neelin et al., 1998] and predicting [Latif et al., 1998] ENSO.
Pride Star wars Halloweenie Autumn Festive 2016 Halloween Summery Valentines 17 Springy Positivity Creativity Surprise Affection Fear Anger Happiness Feelings Sadness

The continuous and increasing use of social media has enabled the expression of human thoughts, opinions, and everyday actions publicly at an unprecedented scale. We present the Vent dataset, the largest annotated dataset of text, emotions, and social connections to date. It comprises more than 33 millions of posts by nearly a million users together with their social connections. Each post has an associated emotion. There are 705 different emotions, organized in 63 “emotion categories”, forming a two-level taxonomy of affects. Our initial statistical analysis describes the global patterns of activity in the Vent platform, revealing large heterogeneities and certainly remarkable regularities regarding the use of the different emotions. We focus on the aggregated use of emotions, the temporal activity, and the social network of users, and outline possible methods to infer emotion networks based on the user activity. We also analyze the text and describe the affective landscape of Vent, finding agreements with existing (small scale) annotated corpus in terms of emotion categories and positive/negative valences. Finally, we discuss possible research questions that can be addressed from this unique dataset.
MODELING AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY OF ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS OF FIRM IN THE COMPETITIVE

In this article, a dynamic model of the company's sales dependence on advertising costs is constructed. In a competitive market, advertising is not only a means of increasing demand, but also a competition tool at a level with the price. Advertising allows you to increase sales, but the dependence of increasing demand from increased advertising costs is not linear. If you increase your advertising costs after a certain value, their efficiency will decrease. This model takes into account the dependence of advertising efficiency on the change in the market share of advertising costs of the firm. It is shown that the complexity of capturing a new audience will grow geometrically, and therefore the efficiency of advertising will decrease geometrically. Together with the saturation of advertising, this is reflected in the parameter . Advertising does not work instantly, since its inception, the information is accumulated in the minds of people with each meeting with advertising and reaches the peak after a certain time. If the ads become smaller, then people will forget it more quickly than they will be reminded of it, and the peak of their knowledge of the product will fall. When ads appear to people, it takes some time until their knowledge of the product reaches a peak above which they will not be able to assimilate advertising, because they will forget its details at the same speed. As a rule, this requires about two weeks of advertising. The second manifestation of the delay is related to knowledge of the product as a whole. This requires a relatively long period of time. The model reflects the effect of delayed ad exposure, which is expressed in the so-called “inertial sales”. They can form the bulk of the sales, due to advertising. That increases the importance of promotional investments in the long run, so that real-time advertising may not pay off itself, but eventually turns into profit. In the model, the delay associated with knowledge of the product as a whole is taken on average about a year. So it takes into account seasonality of sales volumes. And given the dynamics of market change over the past period, their corresponding change is taken into account. In the model, “inertial sales” are calculated in proportion to the parts from the required time, where changes take place. General sales consist of “inertial sales” and those are caused by short-term advertising influence.
DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY ( DMT ) AS AN EFFORTS TO INCREASE LEARNING CONCENTRATION ON ELEMENTARY

The purpose of this study is to obtain information on the benefits of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) to increased the learning concentration of students at MIN 1 elementary school in Mersi Village, East Purwokerto. This research used a direct survey qualitative method and literature study. Based on the results research, it shows that administration of DMT to elementary students helped in: (1) increased integration of cognition, affection, and physical experience; (2) expressions of competence; (3) increase self-awareness; (4) as a form of coping in an effort to overcome the problem of pressure/stress, mood, emotion; (5) helping to improve self-efficacy (6) DMT is a form of social support. When cognitive integration, affection, self-awareness and happy conditions are achieved, students can improve their concentration in the learning process. The results can be used as a strong basis for the importance of providing DMT therapy in schools of students to assist in the process of improving the results of the learning process.
VENTURE CAPITAL INTERNATIONALIZATION : SYNTHESIS AND FUTURE RESEARCH

Abstract. Research on venture capital (VC) internationalization has expanded rapidly over the last decade. This paper reviews the extant literature on VC internationalization and highlights gaps in our knowledge. We identify three major research streams within this literature, which revolve around the following questions: (1) which VC firms invest across borders and what countries do they target; (2) how do VC firms address liabilities of foreign investing; and (3) what are the real effects of international VC investments? We provide an overview of the contributions in these research streams, discuss the role of public policy, and suggest avenues for future research. Specifically, we call for a deeper understanding of: (1) the functioning and impact of VC firms’ modes of internationalization; (2) micro-level processes such as the functioning and decision making of international investment committees, or the development of international human and social capital; (3) the role of country institutions in VC internationalization and its real effects; and (4) the interplay of international VC with alternative financing sources.
Chapter 9 The Conceptual Structure of Information Space

In this chapter we examine how people think about the information space of the World Wide Web. We provide empirical evidence collected in interviews with beginning and experienced web users to show that much of people's conceptual experience of the web is metaphorical and understood through the process of conceptual integration. We argue that designers of tools for navigation and collaboration in information space should consider how people experience web space, including the natural tendency to metaphorically construe information space in terms of physical space.