Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ACCELERATING STUDENTS’ CAPABILITIES IN ACCOMPLISHING FINAL PAPERS: AN EVALUATION

This paper aimed at evaluating such aspects as self-efficacy, research methodology, types of supervisor, and academic writing ability in accelerating students accomplishing final papers. 214 students of bachelor and master programs at Universitas Riau - Indonesia were selected through purposive sampling technique as the participants. This research used Context, Input, Process, and Product Evaluation Model to evaluate those variables. The research findings revealed that (a) there was no significant difference in self-efficacy on the aspects of gender ((sig. 0.219 > p 0.05) and learning support facilities ((sig. 0.073 > p 0.05); (b) in research methodology on the aspect of gender ((sig. 0.508 > p 0.05); (c) in academic writing ability on the aspects of gender (sig. 0.939 > p 0.05); and (d) in types of supervisors on the aspects of gender (sig.0.618 > p 0.05), sources of educational cost (sig. 0.474 > p 0.05), and learning support facilities (sig. 0.773 > p 0.05). However, (a) there was a significant difference in self-efficacy on the aspects of profession (sig. 0.000 < p 0.05), and sources of educational cost (sig. 0.014 < p 0.05); (b) in research methodology on the aspects of profession (sig. 0.000 < p 0.05), sources of educational cost (sig. 0.004 < p 0.05), and learning support facilities (sig. 0.001 < p 0.05); (c) in academic writing ability on the aspects of profession (sig. 0.013 < p 0.05 ), sources of educational support (sig. 0.014 < p 0.05), and learning support facilities (sig. 0.000 < p 0.05); and (d) in types of supervisors on the aspect of profession (sig. 0.022 < p 0.05). Partially, self-efficacy contributed 59.7%; research methodology (10.4%) and types of supervisor (0.1%) ---- which is totally 70.2% towards the students’ academic writing ability in accelerating students accomplishing final papers.
Nanobioremediation of heavy metals: Perspectives and challenges

Sustainable agriculture and humanity's civilization rest upon valuable natural resources such as earth and water, which have gone maximal exploitation and have been deteriorated by human activities. Heavy metals are natural components and one of the major pollutants of our environment, with a high atomic number and five times the density of water. The conventional physicochemical treatments for metal removal being cost‐intensive, have naturally paved the way for bioremediation, which is an attractive and economical alternative. Over the last few years, bionanotechnology has emerged as a useful tool in the remediation of heavy metals. The elimination of heavy metals continues to be a burning issue in research, and nanomaterials provide a particular affinity as well as high surface area for heavy metal adsorption. A chemically engineered nanoparticle can be expensive and also requires the use of toxic agents which may be undesirable for the environment. To cut the cost and produce clean, ecofriendly nanoparticles, biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles can be accomplished with the help of different microorganisms as well as plants, which can be further exploited for heavy metal remediation.
Geomechanical aspects of induced microseismicity during CO2 injection in Illinois Basin

Carbon sequestration activities are increasing in a global effort to mitigate the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the climate. Injection of wastewater and oil-field fluids is known to induce seismic activity. This makes it important to understand how that risk relates to CO2 injection. Injection of supercritical CO2 into the Cambrian Mt. Simon sandstone in Illinois Basin induced microseismicity that was observed below the reservoir, primarily in the Precambrian crystalline basement. Geomechanical and flow properties of rock samples from the involved formations were measured in the laboratory and compared with geophysical log data and petrographic analysis. The controlling factors for induced microseismicity in the basement seem to be the hydraulic connection between the reservoir and basement rock and reactivation of pre-existing faults or fractures in the basement. Additionally, the presence of a laterally continuous low-permeability layer between reservoir and basement may have prevented downward migration of pore pressure and reactivation of critically stressed planes of weakness in the basement. Results of the geomechanical characterization of this intermediate layer indicate that it may act as an effective barrier for fluid penetration into the basement and that induced microseismicity is likely to be controlled by the pre-existing system of faults. This is because the intact material is not expected to fail under the reservoir stress conditions.
PROPOSING SAMR FOR PLANNING K12 SYLLABUS BASED ON STUDENT VIEWS ON LEARNING USING TECHNOLOGY

Learning is always a lifelong process, and this is unavoidable in today’s world. From books to the invention of computer technology, the way that we learn and share information with others has also evolved. There are many assumptions made regarding the way technology is impacting the learning capability for students. Still, information technologies have always held great promise for transforming our teaching, thinking and learning(Halverson, 2010). Though the internet allows students easier access to learning materials through their Mobile computing device, it will be useful to know how technology really helps learners enhance their learning experience, notwithstanding that the lack of technological knowledge often hinders learning via technology. Thus, this paper further seeks to determine the acceptance levels and identify key issues faced by students when learning through technological platforms. Data is collected via questionnaires administered to almost 700 students. Key findings included a drastic drop in using technology to learn when faced with National-Level examinations and the differences in the level of understanding between learning online versus conventional methods. From the results attained, recommendations are made on how SAMR can be used for technology learning to improve the effectiveness and experience of learning for students. A customised 6-stage cycle SAMR model is developed and proposed as a planning methodology for educators to use when designing a Technology Learning tool for students.
Absolute Stability of Disturbance Observer Based Altitude Control for Multirotor Flying Vehicles

Although altitude control of multirotor flying vehicles has been studied for years, it is still required to design and analyze the system by a practical-oriented procedure. The most challenge is due to the nonlinearities and uncertainties of thrust force characteristics. To overcome the aforementioned issues, this paper proposes a systematic approach for altitude control using disturbance observer. In particularly, this paper shows that the overall system can be equivalently modelled as a multi-agent system with rank-1 physical interaction and sector bounded nonlinearities. Thanks to this modelling, a condition for absolute stability is derived. The condition is independent of the number of propeller actuators, and hence, considerably reducing the complexity of system design. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated by both numerical simulations and experiments using a quadrotor vehicle system.
Detection of blaOXA-10 and blaOXA-48 Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates by Multiplex PCR

© The Author(s) Introduction: The rapidly increasing extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a threat to health. This study aims to detect the rpoD gene and blaOXA-10 and blaOXA-48 genes in imipenem-resistant P. aeruginosa clinical isolates simultaneously by multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Methods: Eighty-five culture plates were collected from patients suspected of Pseudomonas spp infection in Ghaem Hospital and Shahid Shourideh Clinic in Mashhad from January to February 2021. After biochemical identification of P. aeruginosa isolates and the measurement of antibiotic resistance, blaOXA-10, blaOXA-48, and rpoD genes were investigated by multiplex polymerase chain reaction in the imipenem-resistant isolates. Results: Of 82 P. aeruginosa isolates, 38 (46.34%) were resistant to imipenem, with the highest percentage to carbenicillin (69.5%). All imipenem-resistant P. aeruginosa isolates were confirmed by multiplex PCR using the primers that targeted the rpoD gene. Also, in multiplex PCR, among imipenem-resistant isolates, 10 (26.3%) and 9 (23.6%) had blaOXA-10 and blaOXA-48 genes, respectively. Conclusion: In addition to molecular identification of P. aeruginosa, the present study simultaneously detected blaOXA-10 and blaOXA-48 genes by multiplex PCR. Application of this multiplex PCR, rapid identification of patients, and timely treatment can reduce the β-lactamase gene prevalence in P. aeruginosa clinical isolates.
Kangaroo mother care practices for low birthweight newborns in a district hospital in Indonesia

Purpose Kangaroo mother care (KMC) was introduced in Indonesia 30 years ago, but the extent of its use has not been fully documented. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the use of KMC and evaluate the characteristics of infants who received KMC at Koja District Hospital in North Jakarta, Indonesia. This retrospective cohort study recorded the characteristics of infants with birthweights less than or equal to 2,200 g at the above-mentioned hospital. Methods Data collected from infant registers included gestational age, birthweight, Apgar score, number of complications, history of neonatal intensive care unit treatment, and KMC status. Cox regression analysis was conducted. Results This study found that 57.7% of infants received KMC. Infants with birthweights over 1,500 g were 2.16 times (95% CI: 1.20-3.89) more likely to receive KMC. Conclusion Efforts to promote KMC are recommended, specifically for infants with birthweights greater than 1,500 g. KMC for infants with other conditions can also be considered based on the infants' stability.
An assessment of health information literacy among women in rural Lake Zone, Tanzania

This article presents the results from a descriptive cross-sectional survey that was conducted to assess the health information literacy skills of women of childbearing age in rural Lake Zone, Tanzania. A total of 349 women were involved in the study. The study found that most rural women in the study area have low levels of health information literacy. The aggregate scores of health information literacy indicate a mean of 42.86% with a normal distribution curve, and estimated close-to-zero skewness (0.172) and kurtosis (−0.297) measures. The causal relationships between health information literacy and women’s socio-demographic factors indicate a positive and statistically significant effect (p < .01) of women’s level of education, income, ownership of means of communication and access to health facilities on their level of health information literacy. The women’s inadequate ability to access, read, understand, appraise and use health information is a barrier to their acquisition of relevant health information. Enhancing the health information literacy skills of these women is most likely to improve their health outcomes.
Media Development VS Human Development: The Case of Pakistan

The twentieth century was characterized by the evolution of media whereas the twenty-first century is witnessing its rapid development. An opportune manifestation of this can be found in its massive expansion in Pakistan. The pace at which electronic media in Pakistan has expanded, especially after the establishment of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), is enviable, to say the least. A brief analysis of the facts and figures reveals that, there has been an increase of whopping 3744per cent in the number of electronic media (radio stations and television channels) outlets while that for print media (dailies, weeklies, fortnightlies, monthlies, quarterlies and others) has been recorded at 46per cent. This means that as a whole there has been an increase of 134per cent in the number of media outlets. The electronic media of Pakistan records tremendous growth in short period of time but reputation of Pakistani media has violated due to its failure in comprehensively understanding the affairs, as media contributes toward crispy issues and crisis rather than addressing the real facts and causes of societal and human developmental issues.
A novel decision making technique based on spherical hesitant fuzzy Yager aggregation information: application to treat Parkinson's disease

The concept of spherical hesitant fuzzy set is a mathematical tool that have the ability to easily handle imprecise and uncertain information. The method of aggregation plays a great role in decision-making problems, particularly when there are more conflicting criteria. The purpose of this article is to present novel operational laws based on the Yager t-norm and t-conorm under spherical hesitant fuzzy information. Furthermore, based on the Yager operational laws, we develop the list of Yager weighted averaging and Yager weighted geometric aggregation operators. The basic fundamental properties of the proposed operators are given in detail. We design an algorithm to address the uncertainty and ambiguity information in multi-criteria group decision making (MCGDM) problems. Finally, a numerical example related to Parkinson disease is presented for the proposed model. To show the supremacy of the proposed algorithms, a comparative analysis of the proposed techniques with some existing approaches and with validity test is presented.
QUASISPECIES FEATURE IN SARS-CoV-2

Since the identification of the SARS-CoV-2, genus Beta- Coronavirus, in January 2020, the virus quickly spread in less than 3 months to all continents with a susceptible human population of about a 7.9billion, and still in active circulation. In the process, it has accumulated mutations leading to genetic diversity. Regular emergence of variants of concern/significance in different ecology shows genetic heterogeneity in the base population of SARS-CoV-2 that is continuously expanding with the passage of the virus in the vast susceptible human population. Natural selection of mutant occurs frequently in a positive sense (+) single-stranded (ss) RNA virus upon replication in the host. The Pressure of sub-optimal levels of virus-neutralizing antibodies and also innate immunity influence the process of genetic/ antigenic selection. The fittest of the mutants, that could be more than one, propagate and emerge as variants. The existence of different lineages, clades, and strains, as well as genetic heterogeneity of plaque purified virus population, justifies SARS-CoV-2 as ‘Quasispecies’ that refers to swarms of mutant sequences generated during replication of the viral genome, and all mutant sequences may not lead to virion. Viruses having a quasispecies nature may end up with progressive antigenic changes leading to antigenic plurality that is driven by ecology, and this phenomenon challenges vaccination-based control programs.
APPLICABILITY OF UPPSALA MODEL OF INTERNATIONALIZATION IN THE MODERN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

The recent technological advancements have played an essential role in enhancing globalization and internationalization. As a result, many firms are investing to leverage these technological advancements to expand their target audience and ultimately access foreign markets. It is important to explain that different organizational entities tend to have different approaches to internationalization. However, this report aims to examine how modern firms are using the Uppsala model during the internationalization process. It wishes to determine the efficacy of the Uppsala model, as well as the impacts of the Uppsala model on international entrepreneurship. This conceptual research can be helpful to the managers and policy makers (Huo & Hung, 2015) when they are planning to expand business globally by using appropriate Uppsala model. Keyword: Uppsala model, international entrepreneurship, internalization process theory, business network theory.
Emergency Autonomous Steering Control Research Based on Receding Horizon H∞ Control and Minimax Criteria

Aiming at the problems of model uncertainty, external interference of road conditions, and inherent nonlinearity of lateral movement of autonomous driving vehicles, this paper proposes an effective control technology for an automatic steering system, namely, the receding horizon <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_{\infty }$ </tex-math></inline-formula> control, which has good path tracking performance and can overcome external interference. First, a two-degree-of-freedom vehicle model and a road model are established. Then, the Hamilton equation is established using Pontriagin’s minimum principle, and the optimal control solution and the most serious disturbance are solved based on the minimax principle. Finally, in order to evaluate the receding horizon <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_{\infty }$ </tex-math></inline-formula> autonomous steering control method, lane change simulation and hardware in the loop simulation are developed to describe the effect of receding horizon <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_{\mathrm {\infty }}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. The simulation results show that the model predictive control (MPC) and linear matrix inequality (LMI) controller will exhibit oscillation and instability under the condition of external interference. To improve the stability, the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_{\infty }$ </tex-math></inline-formula> controller reduces part of the performance, while the rolling horizon <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_{\mathrm {\infty }}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> strategy can ensure the robustness of automatic steering and has a certain anti-interference performance.
Growth Performance and Nutrient Digestibility in Broiler Chickens Fed with an Encapsulated Blend of a Phytogenic Feed Additive

Phytogenic Feed Additives (PFAs) from herbs, spices, and derived natural or corresponding synthetic chemically defined flavorings have gained momentum due to the rising worldwide ban of Antibiotic Growth Promoters (AGPs) in food animals. The present study evaluated the efficacy of a PFA in broiler chickens diets on growth performance and digestibility parameters. A total of 880 male one-day-old broiler chickens (Ross 308) were randomly assigned to two dietary treatments, each with 20 replicates and 22 chickens per replicate. A corn-soybean-based diet was fed for 42 days as a control diet without PFA, and a treatment diet containing a blend of Carvacrol, Thymol, Carvone, Methyl salicylate, and Menthol encapsulated (as PFAs) at 65 g/ton of feed. Chickens supplemented with PFA had a 3.6% higher Body Weight Gain (BWG) during the starter phase (0 to 14 days) than those in the control group (25.9 versus 25.0 g/d) and a 2.9% reduced Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) during the same period, compared to the control group (1.34 versus 1.38). Improved FCR (1.95 versus 2.01) was recorded in the PFA supplemented broiler chickens during the finisher phase (35 to 42 days) as well as throughout the experimental period from 1 to 42 days, compared to the control group (1.60 versus 1.62). In addition, the apparent ileal protein digestibility improved by 3.9% during 42 days, compared to the control group (74.3 vs 71.5%; P = 0.0428). Enhanced ileal protein digestibility and a reduced FCR suggested a cost-effective potential of PFA to improve broiler chickens’ production performance.
Formation of Surface Topography During Turning of AISI 1045 Steel Considering the Type of Cutting Edge Coating

The paper presents evaluation of the surface topography obtained after turning of AISI 1045 steel with the use of cemented carbide tools diversifi ed in terms of applied titanium-based coatings. During the research, three types of coatings deposited with the PVD method on a P25 sintered carbide insert were compared: nitride-titanium TiN, nitride-aluminum-titanium TiAlN and carbon-titanium TiC in a wide range of variable cutting speeds 125–325 m/min and variable feeds 0.05–0.25 mm/rev. The quality of the machined surface was assessed on the Sensofar S neox System optical profi le meter using the confocal method. The paper presents the results of 3D parameters, contour maps, isometric views and material ratio curves. The surface topography analysis showed that for the TiAlN coated insert, lower surface roughness parameters were observed in the range of lower cutting speeds and higher feeds, while for higher cutting speeds, lower values of the selected 3D parameters were found for the insert with TiC coating. For the insert with TiC coating, the most even distribution of the valleys and ridges of the machined surface roughness was also observed. The research results determined the range of cutting parameters that allow the selection of the appropriate type of titanium-based coating when machining AISI 1045 steel.
The Free-of-Charge Phenomena in the Network Economy - A Multi-Party Value Exchange Model

The long-standing economic model is one where customers receive and pay for goods and services. However, in today’s modern network economy, why are vendors willing to provide free services and goods to free-riders at an apparent loss? The objective of this study is to provide a theoretical framework explaining why free network services emerge and how they work. This study adopted the multi-case study method, summarized 28 types of revenue model patterns from 51 indicative free network services, and inferred the causes for the antecedent conditions of each revenue model with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), in order to confirm the causal relationship between the various antecedent conditions, configurations, and revenue models as conclusive evidence. In addition, this study established seven conditional propositions via their links with related theories, which were taken as the basis for providing in-depth explanations of the revenue model of the free network service, and expanded the demonstration of the original network economy.
Saddle‐Point Excitons and Their Extraordinary Light Absorption in 2D β‐Phase Group‐IV Monochalcogenides

In 2D materials, saddle‐points in the electronic structure give rise to diverging density of states, which leads to intriguing physical phenomena useful for applications, including magnetism, superconductivity, charge density wave, as well as enhanced optical absorption. Using first‐principles calculations, monolayer β‐phase group‐IV monochalcogenides (MX, M = Ge or Sn; X = S or Se) are shown to be a new class of 2D materials that possess saddle‐points in both the lowest conduction band and the highest valence band as well as in the joint density of states. Due to the existence of saddle‐points, a remarkable absorption peak within the fundamental gap is found in these materials when the light polarization is along the armchair (y) direction. The properties of saddle‐point excitons can be effectively tuned by both the strain and thickness of these materials. Importantly, the strong optical absorbance induced by saddle‐point exciton absorptions and the appropriate bandgap give ideal power conversion efficiencies as large as 1.11% for monolayer β‐SnSe, significantly higher than reported high‐performance ultrathin solar cells using transition metal dichalcogenides. These results not only open new avenues for exploring novel many‐body physics, but also suggest β‐phase MXs could be promising candidates for future optoelectronic devices.