Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predictors of Smartphone Addiction in Teacher Candidates: Self-Control and Communication Skills

In this study, the predictive role of self-control and communication skills on smartphone addiction levels of teacher candidates was examined. The research was conducted based on the relational survey model. The research group consisted of 378 teacher candidates, 181 (45.9%) males and 197 (54.1%) females. The average age of the research group is 15.82. “Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version”, “Brief Self-Control Scale”, “Communication Skills Scale”, and “Personal Information Form” were used as data collection tools. The data obtained in the study were analyzed by the multiple linear regression analysis (stepwise) method. As a result of the research, it was determined that the variables of self-control and communication skills significantly predicted smartphone addiction.
Analyzing theAnalysts : Career Concerns and Biased Earnings Forecasts

We examine security analysts’career concerns by relating their earnings forecasts to job separations. Relatively accurate forecasters are more likely to experience favorable career outcomes like moving up to a high-status brokerage house. Controlling for accuracy, analysts who are optimistic relative to the consensus are more likely to experience favorable job separations. For analysts who cover stocks underwritten by their houses, job separations depend less on accuracy and more on optimism. Job separations were less sensitive to accuracy and more sensitive to optimism during the recent stock market mania. Brokerage houses apparently reward optimistic analysts who promote
A Study on the Current Situation of Positive Psychological Quality of Student Leader in Colleges and Universities: A Case Study of Guangxi a Vocational Education College

: As the strong core of the student body, student leaders in colleges and universities originate from and represent students, and their unique centripetal and rallying power, cultivating positive psychological qualities of student leaders in colleges and universities is conducive to giving full play to the pioneering role of role models and infecting other students with their own personality and moral values, and teaching them by example. In the late 20th century, the American psychologist Martin Seligman founded the positive psychology, which emphasizes the positive perspective of psychology and believes that discovering and giving full play to human strengths and virtues is an important means to stimulate individual motivation and improve happiness. This reveals that in the management process of student leaders, we should change our perspective to investigate the current situation of positive psychological qualities of college students, and propose a targeted and reasonable cultivation path to promote the cultivation of creative talents with sound personality according to their abilities. In this study, by using the Positive Psychological Quality Scale for Chinese College Students developed by Chinese scholars, Prof. Meng Wanjin and Guan Qun, 303 student leaders of different majors were selected from the author's university to conduct a questionnaire survey, and 301 valid samples were obtained. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) The overall positive psychological quality of student leaders was good, and the scores of all six dimensions were higher than the Chinese norm. The highest scores among the six dimensions of positive psychological quality were 3.80 for the interpersonal dimension and 3.80 for the transcendence dimension (both scores were the same), the last ranked mean score was 3.58 for the moderation dimension, and the scores of other dimensions were 3.64 for the awareness dimension, 3.79 for the emotion dimension, and 3.74 for the justice dimension, with an overall comprehensive mean score of 3.72. (2) The interpersonal dimension was significantly higher for male student leaders than for female student leaders, and there were no significant differences in other dimensions. (3)There were minor differences in the dimensions across grades among this group of student leaders surveyed, but none of them were significant.
Retrograde talon intramedullary nails versus distal locking plates in the management of extra-articular distal femoral shaft fractures

Introduction: Distal femoral shaft fractures are characterized by their increasing incidence and complexity, presenting a significant challenge in management. The objective of this retrospective study was to compare the clinical and radiological results of patients with extraarticular distal third femoral shaft fractures treated using either retrograde Talon Distal Fix nail or a distal femur locking plate. Material and Method: The study comprised 40 patients aged >18 years who presented at our hospital with a distal third femoral shaft fracture between January 2017 and January 2023. The patients were divided into two groups: Group TDN, treated with retrograde Talon Distal Fix nailing (n=18), and Group DLP, treated with a distal locking plate (n=22). Demographic data, follow-up period, operating time, time to union, range of motion (ROM), mechanism of injury (traffic accident, fall from height, workplace accident, gunshot injury), fracture type, complications, and surgical method were retrospectively recorded. Clinical evaluation included deformity, knee ROM, pain, and the knee total score (KSS) for walking and knee stability. Results: The mean age of the patients was 48.03±12.31 (min-max: 23-69) years, and the mean follow-up time for all patients was 15.88±2.32 (12-21) months. The mean time to union was 25.55±1.86 (22-30) weeks. Delayed union and non-union rates were similar between the research groups (P=1.000, P=0.673, respectively). Union time (weeks) and mean ROM were not significantly different between the groups (P=0.881, P=0.892, respectively). The mean operation time of the TDF group (48.78±3.94 minutes) was significantly lower than that of the DLP group (62.45±3.33 minutes) (P<0.001). The mean blood loss values of the TDF group (267.5±32.4) were significantly lower than those of the DLP group (324.1±20.2) (P<0.001). Conclusion: This study demonstrated that both retrograde talon nails and locking plates provided satisfactory clinical and radiological results in the management of distal third femoral shaft fractures. Moreover, the retrograde talon nail offered the advantages of a shorter operating time and less intraoperative blood loss.
The Study of Irony in Chinese by Relevance Theory

: This essay is mainly devoted to the relevance theory to explain the phenomenon of irony in Chinese. Firstly, the author introduces the definition of relevance theory and two principles of relevance theory (The cognitive principle of relevance and The communication principle of relevance). Then the focus is given to the application of relevance theory to irony. Next the author studies specific aspects of irony in Chinese by selecting them. It includes ironic expressions in internet phrases, literature works and cartoons. Finally, the authors summarize the use of irony in Chinese with relevance theory.
Surgical Approach of Substernal Goiter

Substernal goiters are quite common; their diagnosis is mainly based on the CT scan which must be performed systematically in case of suspicion of intrathoracic extension of the goiter. The diagnosis of thoracic goiter requires surgical excision, most often by cervicotomy, more rarely by sternotomy. The arguments in favor of this surgical treatment are twofold: on the one hand the inevitable evolution towards phenomena compression; on the other hand, the risk of malignant transformation.
Incidental graphical perception: How marks and display time influence accuracy

Incidental visualizations are meant to be perceived at-a-glance, on-the-go, and during short exposure times, but are not seen on demand. Instead, they appear in people’s fields of view during an ongoing primary task. They differ from glanceable visualizations because the information is not received on demand, and they differ from ambient visualizations because the information is not continuously embedded in the environment. However, current graphical perception guidelines do not consider situations where information is presented at specific moments during brief exposure times without being the user’s primary focus. Therefore, we conducted a crowdsourced user study with 99 participants to understand how accurate people’s incidental graphical perception is. Each participant was tested on one of the three conditions: position of dots, length of lines, and angle of lines. We varied the number of elements for each combination and the display time. During the study, participants were asked to perform reproduction tasks, where they had to recreate a previously shown stimulus in each. Our results indicate that incidental graphical perception can be accurate when using position, length, and angles. Furthermore, we argue that incidental visualizations should be designed for low exposure times (between 300 and 1000 ms).
Effect of iron oxide nanoparticles on the growth of maize sprouts cultivated under drought stress and on the activity dynamics of NADP-ISDH enzyme

The effect of iron oxide nanoparticles (FeNPs-Fe 2 O 3 ) on the growth of maize sprouts ( Zea mays L. ) cultivated under drought conditions and on the activity dynamics of the NADP-ISDH enzyme in the root and leaf cells of the plant has been studied. In the conducted experiments, it has been observed that nanoparticles have a stimulating effect on the samples of the maize plant cultivated under both control and drought conditions. Thus, in 15-day-old sprouts, compared to the control, in the sprouts developed from seeds treated with nanoparticles, the root has advanced by 27.8%, and stem 32.7%. In the samples cultivated under drought conditions, the sprouts developed from seeds treated with nanoparticles, the root has progressed by 21.5% and the stem by 25.9% compared to the other option (only drought). The induction of NADPH-ISDH enzyme has been recorded in root and leaf tissues in all variants related to the growth of sprouts during the first 10 days of the experiment. The highest value of enzyme activity
Benign Intracranial Hypertension: A Rare Manifestation of Neurosarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis is an immune-mediated disease that can involve multiple systems. Sarcoidosis of the nervous system or neurosarcoidosis may present as cranial mononeuropathy, hypothalamic involvement, aseptic meningitis, granulomatous inflammation in the brain parenchyma or spinal cord, peripheral neuropathy, and, in rare cases, as myopathy and benign intracranial hypertension. The most common cranial nerve involvement is the facial nerve, which can present as unilateral or bilateral facial nerve palsy, often with recurrent episodes. Involvement of other cranial nerves such as the second and eighth cranial nerves has also been reported. Granulomatous inflammation in the spinal cord presents as myelopathy or radiculopathy. Peripheral neuropathy can manifest as mononeuropathy, mononeuritis multiplex, or generalized sensory-motor neuropathy. Carpal tunnel syndrome is more common in patients with sarcoidosis compared to the general population. Here, we describe the case of a 40-year-old female who presented with heaviness of the head and blurred vision, with a prior history of left-sided Bell's palsy. Bilateral papilledema was observed during the fundus examination. MRI of the brain revealed signs suggestive of benign intracranial hypertension. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure was measured at 40 cmH2O. Biopsy of bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy indicated granulomatous inflammation consistent with sarcoidosis. The patient was started on steroids and acetazolamide, and she had a dramatic improvement in symptoms.
Intrinsic Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modes of the Asian Summer Monsoon: A Re-assessment of Monsoon-ENSO Relationships

Using global rainfall and sea surface temperature (SST) data for the past two decades (1979-1998), we have investigated the intrinsic modes of Asian summer monsoon (ASM) and ENSO co-variability. Three recurring ASM rainfall-SST coupled modes were identified. The first is a basin scale mode that features SST and rainfall variability over the entire tropics (including the ASM region), identifiable with those occurring during El Nino or La Nina. This mode is further characterized by a pronounced biennial variation in ASM rainfall and SST associated with fluctuations of the anomalous Walker circulation that occur during El Nino/La Nina transitions. The second mode comprises mixed regional and basin-scale rainfall and SST signals, with pronounced intraseasonal and interannual variabilities. This mode features a SST pattern associated with a developing La Nina, with a pronounced low level anticyclone in the subtropics of the western Pacific off the coast of East Asia. The third mode depicts an east-west rainfall and SST dipole across the southern equatorial Indian Ocean, most likely stemming from coupled ocean-atmosphere processes within the ASM region. This mode also possesses a decadal time scale and a linear trend, which are not associated with El Nino/La Nina variability. Possible causes of year-to-year rainfall variability over the ASM and sub-regions have been evaluated from a reconstruction of the observed rainfall from singular eigenvectors of the coupled modes. It is found that while basin-scale SST can account for portions of ASM rainfall variability during ENSO events (up to 60% in 1998), regional processes can accounts up to 20-25% of the rainfall variability in typical non-ENSO years. Stronger monsoon-ENSO relationship tends to occur in the boreal summer immediately preceding a pronounced La Nina, i.e., 1998, 1988 and 1983. Based on these results, we discuss the possible impacts of the ASM on ENSO variability via the west Pacific anticyclone and articulate a hypothesis that anomalous wind forcings derived from the anticyclone may be instrumental in inducing a strong biennial modulation to natural ENSO cycles.
Research on the Resilience Governance of Tourism Security Risks

: In today’s Risk Society, risks exist everywhere, so human beings face great uncertainty challenges. In the new era, with the rapid changes of international and domestic environment and the rapid development of tourism, tourism security risks become more severe and complex, testing the ability and level of human risk management. Only by preventing and resolving all kinds of tourism security risks, can human beings promote the development of high-quality tourism and enhance happiness index and sense of gain. On the basis of explaining the connotation of tourism security risk resilience governance, this paper analyzes the present situation and the outstanding problems in governance, and puts forward the optimization path of strengthening the performance of tourism security risk resilience governance in risk society. The paper holds that: (1) Tourism security risk refers to the possible risk factors in tourism activities with the characteristics of superposition, uncertainty and extreme consequences; (2) The tenacity governance is different from the traditional governance model in understanding, focusing on the key points, goals and using the power. (3) In the contemporary society, the tourism security risk has the characteristics of more diverse and complicated sources, stronger uncertainty, wider dissemination area and greater destructiveness. (4) The traditional disaster risk and emergency management model is backward in concept, inexperienced, imperfect in system and mechanism, unable to respond effectively to new situations and needs, so our human beings should carry out resilient governance based on the overall situation to improve the capacity and level of tourism security administration. (5) The important ways to strengthen tourism resilience include forming a new concept of tourism security, strengthening the study of tourism security risks, improving the resilience governance mechanism of tourism security, and ensuring multi-dimensional security of tourism destinations. This paper establishes a basic framework for tourism security risk governance and has a high theoretical reference for enhancing understanding and practical guiding value for the development of tourism security risk management system and capacity building
A Conspectus of Euvolemic Hyponatremia, Its Various Etiologies, and Treatment Modalities: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Hyponatremia is the most prevalent electrolyte imbalance encountered among hospitalized patients, athletes, the elderly, patients with chronic ailments, postoperative patients, and a few asymptomatic individuals. Clinical manifestations of hyponatremia can be diverse, with characteristic neurological symptoms. Depending on in-depth medical history, physical examination (including volume status assessment), laboratory investigation, and drug history, patients can be classified broadly as undergoing hypervolemic, euvolemic, or hypovolemic hyponatremia. However, patients with hypervolemic hyponatremia often present with distinctive signs such as edema or ascites, and the clinical presentation of hypovolemic and euvolemic hyponatremia poses significant challenges for clinicians. The convolution in clinical manifestations of patients is due to the varied etiologies of euvolemic hyponatremia, such as syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH), adrenocortical insufficiency, hypothyroidism, psychogenic polydipsia, different classes of drugs (chemotherapeutics, antipsychotics, antidepressants), endurance exercise events, and reset osmostat syndrome (ROS). The management of hyponatremia depends on the rate of hyponatremia onset, duration, severity of symptoms, levels of serum sodium, and underlying comorbidities. Over the last decade, the clinical understanding of hyponatremia has been scattered due to the introduction of innovative laboratory markers and new drugs. This article will be a conspectus of all the recent advancements in the field of diagnosis, investigations, management, and associations of hyponatremia, along with traditional clinical practices. Subsequently, a holistic overview has been laid out for the clinicians to better understand and identify knowledge deficiencies on this topic.
A multidimensional journal evaluation framework based on the Pareto‐dominated set measured by the Manhattan distance

Journal evaluation is a multifaceted issue, and multidimensional information cannot be conflated into one metric due to the inability of a single indicator to reflect the quality of a journal. The goal of this paper is to develop a multidimensional journal evaluation framework based on the Pareto‐dominated set through integrating information measured by the Manhattan distance related to article performance, academic communities, and publishing platforms. This paper identifies 29 related indexes to form a three‐dimensional (3D) journal evaluation framework with metrics involving stakeholders in journal publication. To reduce multicollinearity among related indexes, a factor analysis‐based entropy weight method is proposed to integrate the multidimensional information into five aggregated indicators and then transform them into a 3D‐weighted influence factor coordinate system. A journal evaluation framework is defined based on the Pareto‐dominated set of a journal in the 3D‐coordinate system measured by the Manhattan distance to assess journal impact. A case study has been implemented based on 124 journals selected from the “Statistics & Probability” category in the 2019 Journal Citation Report to demonstrate the validity of the proposed method.
Silent pauses and disfluencies in consecutively interpreted Hungarian speech

Research into fluency in interpreted target language texts has received considerable research attention in Interpreting Studies for two reasons: first, fluency plays a key role in the evaluation of interpreter performance in training and by the target audience, and, second, it contributes to a better understanding of the covert processes of speech planning during interpreting. The aim of this paper is to map the frequency of occurrence of silent pauses, filled pauses and lengthenings in the consecutively interpreted Hungarian target language output of interpreter trainees. As part of a longitudinal study, recordings were made of the students’ consecutive interpreting performance at the end of the second, third and fourth semesters of a 4-semester master’s program in translation and interpreting. Our results indicate that there were no significant changes in the frequency of occurrence of disfluencies in the target language output of students in the recordings made at different stages of interpreter training. However, the average duration of filled pauses in the interpreted target language texts decreased significantly as students progressed in their training.
Water hyacinths and alligator weeds for removal of lead and mercury from polluted waters

Removal of lead and mercury by water hyacinths (Eichhornia crassipes) (Mart.) Solms and alligator weeds (Alternanthera philoxeroides) (Mart.) Griesb. was investigated. Water hyacinths demonstrated the ability to remove 0.176 mg of lead and 0.150 mg of mercury per gram of dry plant material from distilled water and river water in a 24-hour period. One acre of water hyacinths is potentially capable of removing 105.6 grams of lead and 90.0 grams of mercury per day. Alligator weeds removed 0.101 mg of lead per gram of dry plant material in a 24-hour period. This same plant also demonstrated the ability to remove a minimum of 0.153 mg of mercury per gram of dry plant material in a six hour period. (STAR)
Practice and Explore of the Application of Visualization in College English Teaching

: This study aims to explore the research and practice of visual teaching in college English classrooms. Visual teaching is a kind of teaching method that helps students understand and remember knowledge by using visual media tools such as charts, pictures and videos. In today’s information age, students are more and more receptive to visual information, so the application of visual teaching in college English classroom can improve students’ learning effect. This study will explore the advantages of visual teaching, common visual teaching tools
Combined CEEMDAN-CNN-BiLSTM-ATT Model for Forex Forecasting

: With the deepening of economic globalization and the expanding scale of the foreign exchange market, the study of the volatility characteristics and forecasting of foreign exchange has received widespread attention.In this paper, a new forex portfolio forecasting model is proposed, which uses fully integrated empirical modal adaptive noise decomposition (CEEMDAN) to decompose the original forex price into sub-layers of different frequencies; then, convolutional neural network, bi-directional long and short term memory and attention mechanism module (CNN-BiLSTM-Attention) are used to combine the forecasting of each sub-layer; finally, the forecasting results of different frequency sub-layers are summed Reconstructed as the final prediction value. The forex series of USD, EUR, JPY and HKD against CNY were selected for empirical analysis, and based on the results of both evaluation metrics and DM tests, it was concluded that the CEEMDAN-CNN-BiLSTM-Attention model performed better in the forex market and had higher accuracy in exchange rate forecasting compared to the single model and other combined models.