Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PERSPECTIYE AND PRODUCTION : STRUCTURING COI { VERSATIONAL PARTICIPATION ACROSS CULTURAL BORDERS 1

Many analyses of intercultural communication are based on a Gumperzian model of mismatch. According to this view, conversation between speakers of different cultural backgrounds is seen to often go awry because of contrasting discourse styles and the mismatched interpretation of contextualization cues, or framing conventions of talk. What to a speaker from one cultural background implies anger, for example, may suggest simply foregrounding emphasis to a speaker from another cultural background. The result is that both speakers may misinterpret the metacommunicative cues of how to frame the surface-level inguistic signals of conversation. If the misunderstanding multiplies, the speakers can become sucked into a progressively discordant and potentially acrimonious spiral of inadvertent miscommunication that serves to reinforce negative stereotypes about cultural groups and contribute to racial discrimination against minorities. This approach to intercultural and interethnic communication has been widely influential in pragmatic analyses of native speaker (NS)-nonnative speaker (NNS) conversation, especially in institutional contexts. The model is significant in part because it specifically addresses issues of discrimination in language use, seeking to create a more tolerant awareness of different cultural styles of speaking, and in part because it recognizes the sociolinguistic grounding of language and how culturally situated background knowledge informs the way speakers talk. Nevertheless, in spite of its widespread theoretical acceptance and common-sense appeal, there are serious problems with an approach to NS-NNS interaction which assumes that culturally specific discourse conventions (and culturally determined interpretive processes) generate misunderstanding. An overemphasis on this type of analysis not only slights the mediated character of interaction, but also tends to obscure discriminatory social attitudes and practices which unfairly marginalize NNSs. In this paper, I want to challenge the Gumperzian analysis of mismatch and miscommunication in cross cultural conversation, particularly in terms of
Development and optimisation of a novel 3D fiber-based mesh for POP repair and regeneration

Hypothesis / aims of study Monofilament polypropylene meshes are the most frequently used devices for the repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). However, given the serious complications associated with their use, such as mesh erosion and shrinkage, pain, dyspareunia and infection, they are currently under the investigation of US Food and Drug Administration, which have also released multiple warnings [1]. To overcome the still open challenges in POP repair, natural polymers have been proposed in the recent literature. However, the clinical application of this class of polymers is also limited because of their rapid degradation rate [2]. Hence, the aim of this study was i) the optimisation of a needleless electrospinning technology toward ii) the development of a novel 3D mesh, based on the combination of a natural and a synthetic polymer, with appropriate mechanical strength, controlled degradation rate and customable antibacterial properties, for the repair of human pelvic floor.
Distinguishing cap and core contributions to the photoconductive terahertz response of single GaAs based core–shell–cap nanowire detectors

GaAs nanowires are promising candidates for advanced optoelectronic devices, despite their high surface recombination velocity and large surface-area-to-volume ratio, which renders them problematic for applications that require efficient charge collection and long charge-carrier lifetimes. Overcoating a bare GaAs nanowire core with an optimized larger-bandgap AlGaAs shell, followed by a capping layer of GaAs to prevent oxidation, has proven an effective way to passivate the nanowire surface and thereby improve electrical properties for enhanced device performance. However, it is difficult to quantify and distinguish the contributions between the nanowire core and cap layer when measuring the optoelectronic properties of a nanowire device. Here, we investigated the photoconductive terahertz (THz) response characteristics of single GaAs/AlGaAs/GaAs core–shell–cap nanowire detectors designed for THz time-domain spectroscopy. We present a detailed study of the contributions of the GaAs cap layer and GaAs core on the ultrafast optoelectronic performance of the detector. We show that both the GaAs cap and core contribute to the photoconductive signal in proportion to their relative volume in the nanowire. By increasing the cap volume ratio to above 90% of the total GaAs volume, a quasi-direct-sampling type photoconductive nanowire detector can be achieved that is highly desirable for low-noise and fast data acquisition detection.
Distance-driven species turnover in Bornean rainforests: homogeneity and heterogeneity in primary and post-logging forests

Selective logging is practiced extensively within tropical rainforests of south-east Asia, and its impact on local biodiversity is well documented. Little is known, however, about the impact of selective logging on patterns of spatial heterogeneity of species. We set out to test the hypothesis that selective logging will lead to a homogenization of the associated faunal assemblages, using moths (Lepidoptera) as our subject taxa. Large-scale transects were established within primary and post-logging lowland mixed dipterocarp rainforests around the Danum Valley Conservation Area and surroundings, Sabah, Malaysia (4൰'N-5ర'N and 117೵'E-117വ'E). Five study sites were located within each habitat with geometrically increasing inter-site distances. Macro-moths plus Pyraloidea were sampled by light trapping in 2007 and 2008. Vegetation state was also measured at each site. A clear distance-decay relationship (decreasing assemblage similarity with increasing geographic distances) was observed in primary forest but was absent in the post-logging forest. Large, comparable numbers of macro-moth species were found in both primary and post-logging forests. There were no significant differences in moth assemblage composition between primary and post-logging forests. There are important structural differences between primary and post-logging forests reflected in the moth assemblages. A two-stage hypothesis combining both neutral and niche concepts is probably the most parsimonious explanation of these results. First, the composition of the moth assemblage is almost certainly determined locally by the variety of plant-hosts available to larvae, with the plants representing important niche dimensions for the moth species. Second the turnover (or lack of same) in the underlying plant assemblage probably reflects clumping and, in turn, dispersal capacity of the commoner plants in each forest type. Although the impact of selective logging may be subtle, this study suggests that selective logging results in the spatial homogenization of macro-moth assemblages.
Conjoint Analysis Of Deer Hunting

This paper develops a logit-based conjoint analysis of willingness to pay for individual attributes of deer-hunting trips. Since deer-hunting success is uncertain, willingness to pay for enhanced likelihood of bagging a deer, rather than for certain success, is evaluated. Implicit costs of recreational travel time are also evaluated from hypothetical trade-offs between travel time and trip expenditures. The valuation of travel time derived here appears to reflect more the opportunity cost of foregone hunting than the opportunity cost of foregone work. This implies that travel-cost analyses of recreational demand, which impute costs of recreational travel solely from wage data, can yield biased valuations of recreational amenities.
Epistatic interactions on chromosome 14 influencing stillbirth in Fleckvieh cattle

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data of 7384 Fleckvieh bulls was analyzed to identify epistatic interactions influencing stillbirth. Deregressed breeding values were used as phenotypes. The epistatic effects were identified as significant interaction terms from pairwise linear regressions performed for each SNP after accounting for multiple testing. Majority of the detected epistatic effects were located in the 9-31Mb region of chromosome 14, corresponding to the most significant region from the genome wide association. Additional epistatic SNPs at 50.5Mb and 80.5 Mb at the same chromosome were detected. The region around 25 Mb contained genes connected to height and body size such as PLAG1, CHCHD7, LYN, RDHE2 (SDR16C5) and PENK. The other interesting region at 50.5Mb contained the TRPS1 gene influencing bone malformations. Both regions have been identified as candidates influencing stillbirth.
Factors Afficting Students Achievement at Jordanian Community Colleges

The present study aims to identify the most important factors that affect the academic achievement of the community colleges students, the original study was conducted as a requirement to get a doctorate degree in education from the University of Bucharest - Romania ( prepared in English). The academic achievement consider one or the most important tasks of the academic institution , community colleges in Jordan as a higher education institutions, which is entrusted with the task of preparing skilled and qualified graduates to an moderate level of skill to be a link graduates academics and workers with limited skills or education, and this attention was always focused on the outputs of these colleges. But relatively Almtdn level of graduates of these colleges raised its educators and Associates as well as the recipients of the service of economic institutions and various social this research is trying to identify some of the factors that affect academic achievement of the graduates of Jordanian community colleges Jordanian the main question of the study was what are the main factors that affecting the academic achievement of students in Jordanian community colleges and sub-questions were are there a relationship between the GBA average obtained by the students enrolled in college on their academic achievement at colleges? Does the environment affect academic achievement of the students? In order to achieve the objective the researcher designed three questionnaires respectively allocated for students, teachers, deans dealing with the assumed range of factors from the standpoint of the researcher and randomly distributed on a sample of college students, teachers, deans of colleges It was used simple statistics as percentages and x2 to find the results. The results showed that students, teachers and deans agreed that low GPA for students enrolled in community colleges was one of the important factors affecting the academic achievement as it was showed by the link between the rate of students in high school and their grades in college, and the results also showed that the academic environment and curriculum taught in colleges and qualifications for faculty members have a significant impact on student achievement as the results also showed their responses on their questionnaire. Researcher recommends raising acceptance rates at community colleges or the work of a special rehabilitation courses for students enrolled with low GPA at school, also stresses the need for a suitable learning environment for students and teaching strategies styles and update the curriculum to be adequate with the requirements of the labor market.
Genetic parameters for stillbirth in the Netherlands

Stillbirth in dairy cattle is one of the functional traits that receives more and more attention. In Sweden the rate of stillbirth has gradually increased during recent years due to the introduction of American Holstein Friesian genes (Berglund, 1996). Research in the USA did not show any trend in the rate of stillbirth in recent years. The overall mean was 6.7%. Stillbirth was higher in heifers (10.1%) as opposed to cows (5.0%) (Berger et al., 1997).
Oyenusi EE Hypoglycaemia in children : Review of the literature

Hypoglycaemia is a common metabolic condition in children. It often presents urgent and therapeutic challenges and it has been documented to affect many childhood conditions. Its clinical presentation is not classical and requires a high index of suspicion for an early diagnosis and prompt management. Undiagnosed or undertreated hypoglycaemia has been found to increase mortality in children when it is present. This review sought to review the subject of hypoglycaemia in children and calls for testing for it in all sick and admitted children.
Biological Degradation of Pyrene and Fluoranthene in Porous Media and Attached Growth Systems by Biosurfactant Producing Bacteria

The dissolution and degradation of higher ring-number polycyclic aromatic compounds were tested in batch and attached growth medium using soil biopile and fixed-film bioreactor systems. Bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) decreases with increasing ring-number. This means high ring-number compounds will survive longer in the environment and will therefore have a longer-term impact. In the current study, pyrene and fluoranthene were degraded using a biosurfactant producing culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown in fixed-bed and soil biopile experiments. High ring-number PAHs prove to be recalcitrant in nature due to their hydrophobicity and poor partitioning to soil media fixed biomass in biofilm reactors. The use of biosurfactant could facilitate faster dissolution of the PAH and thus would increase bioavailability of the PAH compounds to PAH degrading bacteria. The culture used in this study was obtained from engine oil contaminated soil, that grow on HMW PAHs and are capable of degrading PAHs were enriched, isolated and characterize. The isolated microbial cultures were further characterised 16S rDNA gene sequencing and genotype fingerprinting. During baseline study, over 90 % fluoranthene was degraded as a model compound in biofilm reactor system. Over 88 % pyrene was degraded in soil biopiles. In both cases, increased biosurfactant dose improved degradation rate up to the point where the PAH concentration became inhibitory to biomass growth and PAH degradation.
Security Schemes for Sharing Secret Data and Key Distribution in Cloud Storage

Secret sharing refers to methods for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of whom is allocated a share of the secret. The secret can be reconstructed only when a sufficient number, of possibly different types, of shares are combined together; individual shares are of no use on their own. In one type of secret sharing scheme there is one dealer and n players. The dealer gives a share of the secret to the players, but only when specific conditions are fulfilled will the players be able to reconstruct the secret from their shares. The dealer accomplishes this by giving each player a share in such a way that any group of t (for threshold) or more players can together reconstruct the secret but no group of fewer than t players can. Such a system is called a (t, n)-threshold scheme (sometimes it is written as an (n, t)-threshold scheme). In this paper we are sharing various secret sharing methods.
A general framework for the analysis and design of tubular linear permanent magnet machines

A general framework for the analysis and design of a class of tubular linear permanent magnet machines is described. The open-circuit and armature reaction magnetic field distributions are established analytically in terms of a magnetic vector potential and cylindrical coordinate formulation, and the results are validated extensively by comparison with finite element analyses. The analytical field solutions allow the prediction of the thrust force, the winding emf, and the self- and mutual-winding inductances in closed forms. These facilitate the characterization of tubular machine topologies and provide a basis for comparative studies, design optimization, and machine dynamic modeling. Some practical issues, such as the effects of slotting and fringing, have also been accounted for and validated by measurements.
Active control of near-field coupling in conductively coupled microelectromechanical system metamaterial devices

We experimentally report a structurally reconfigurable metamaterial for active switching of near-field coupling in conductively coupled, orthogonally twisted split ring resonators (SRRs) operating in the terahertz spectral region. Out-of-plane reconfigurable microcantilevers integrated into the dark SRR geometry are used to provide active frequency tuning of dark SRR resonance. The geometrical parameters of individual SRRs are designed to have identical inductive-capacitive resonant frequency. This allows for the excitation of classical analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) due to the strong conductive coupling between the SRRs. When the microcantilevers are curved up, the resonant frequency of dark SRR blue-shifts and the EIT peak is completely modulated while the SRRs are still conductively connected. EIT modulation contrast of ∼50% is experimentally achieved with actively switchable group delay of ∼2.5 ps. Electrical control, miniaturized size, and readily integrable fabrication process of the proposed structurally reconfigurable metamaterial make it an ideal candidate for the realization of various terahertz communication devices such as electrically controllable terahertz delay lines, buffers, and tunable data-rate channels.
Acceptance Test of Blondo, Snakehead Fish Flour and Brown Rice Flour based Biscuit Formulation

Potential nutrients contained in blondo (coconut protein produced by coconut oil production process), snakehead fish flour, and brown rice flour can be utilized to create biscuit. The biscuit is expected to help improving nutritional status among children under five years old, particularly in South Sulawesi Province. The aim of this study was to create nutritious blondo , snakehead fish flour and brown rice flour based formulated biscuit which can be accepted by children aged 3-5 years. The stages of the study were biscuit formulation, acceptance test to the mothers of children under five years in Pare-Pare City, and nutrient analysis. The result of the study showed that the formulated biscuit was preferred based on organoleptic test with 6 g blondo substitution (50% of margarine), 12 g snakehead fish flour, 40 g brown rice flour and 10 g wheat flour. Proximate analysis conducted to the formulated biscuit (biscuit added by blondo, snakehead fish flour and brown rice flour) obtained energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, fiber, ash and water content which was 438 kcal, 16.3 g, 11.5 g, 67.3 g, 3.5 g, 1.5 g and 3.4 g, respectively. The result from acceptance test showed that the blondo, snakehead fish flour and brown rice flour based formulated biscuit was accepted by the panelists with category of “like extremely”.
Quality aspects of African salad

The proximate and microbiological quality of African salad a special salad recipe native to Nigeria was investigated in order to provide scientific, research based information on the nutritional and micro floral composition of this exotic delicacy. Samples of salad were purchased from six food vending sites which serve as the major business and residential area in Owerri. The predominant bacterial isolates from African salad belong to Bacillus spp, Staphylococcus spp, Escherichia coli, Enterococci and Serracia. The fungal spp isolated include Saccharomyces, Mucor, Rhizopus, Penicillium and Aspergillus. The mean total aerobic plate count range from 7.7x1011 to 4.8x1012, coliform count range from 8.5x1010 to 3.5x1011 and fungal count range from 6.6x109 to 4.7x1010. Based on the specifications by International Commission for Microbiological Specification for Foods (ICMSF), the level of contaminations was unacceptable and could pose health challenge. The chemical composition of the African salad samples consist of carbohydrate (21.07%), protein (4.38%), fat (7.80%), fiber (3.29%), and moisture (62.72%). Energy value of 169.30 kcal and minerals were recorded. African salad as seen from this report is a nutritious food, fit for all age groups. Special care however, has to be taken in its preparation as contaminants could be introduced through the ingredients. Education of food handlers and the general public on food safety measures, effective Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) application and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) implementation is imperative
Does Regional Education Inequality Affect China's Economic Growth

The research results of this paper show that: educational inequality would have negative impact to the economic growth. If the education inequality rises by 1%, the China's economic growth rate would decline by 0.066%. And education inequality also really has important influence to economic divergence and convergence. Education inequality enlarged the regional economic disparities on during 1997-2002, however education inequality decreased the regional economic disparities at the period of 2003-2008 because China's educational investment system has been the reconstructed, education equality has been improved greatly and the convergence rate of economic disparities has also been prompted. Therefore, improving education equality is the important measure which would be conducive to develop economy in cooperativeness and promote economic convergence.
Brand promotion antecedents, customer attitudes, and brand preference in Egyptian hyper-markets

This study aimed to investigate the potential relationship between brand promotion (built on its antecedents) and brand preference. The results indicated that brand loyalty, value consciousness, store loyalty, and smart shopper self-perception increased the attitude toward brand promotion. In addition, the study demonstrated that brand promotion increased consumer brand preference. These findings suggested that the use of promotions on the basis of their antecedents (i.e. brand loyalty, value consciousness, store loyalty, and smart shopper self-perception) would enhance brand preference. Accordingly, the study provided evidence against the idea that brand promotion had a negative effect on brand preference.