Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Knowledge sharing behavior among flood victims in Malaysia

During a disaster, knowledge sharing plays an important role in helping save lives, delivering immediate relief, supporting victims and minimizing the effect of the disaster. This study investigates the determinant factors of individuals’ knowledge-sharing intentions during a disaster. Social cognitive theory (SCT) is used as the underlying theory to predict victims’ knowledge-sharing behavior. This study used a survey as its data collection technique. The respondents were victims who had shared knowledge during a flood. The data was analyzed using structural equation modeling with SmartPLS. The findings show that self-efficacy, social support, and social recognition significantly influence knowledgesharing intention. However, reciprocity was not found to significantly influence knowledge-sharing intention. The findings suggest the flood victims’ knowledge-sharing behaviors are strongly influenced by social recognition. Through this research, an initial conceptual model of the determinants of knowledge-sharing behavior is proposed.
Factors Contributing to Diarrheal Diseases among Children Less than Five Years in Nyarugenge District, Rwanda

Background: The burden of diarrheal diseases among children is by far more in low and middle-income countries where it is the second leading cause of deaths in children under 5 years. In Rwanda, it is a third leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality where it counts 15% of deaths. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with diarrheal diseases among children less than five years in Nyarugenge district, Rwanda. Methodology: The study was descriptive cross-sectional. Multi stage sampling technique whereby in the first stage 6 health facilities were selected randomly and in the second stage 359 respondents were selected systematically. A Structured pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data. Pearson’s chi-square test (p<0.05) and odds ratio with corresponding 95% confidence interval were used to establish the association between the dependent variable and independent variables. Results: The 2 week period prevalence of diarrhea among less than five children was 26.7%. Factors independently associated with diarrheal diseases occurrence were: children whose mothers/caretakers had never attended school (aOR=3.76; 95%CI=1.26-11.24; p=0.018) and attended primary (aOR=2.94; 95%CI=1.04-8.28; p=0.042) compared to those who attended tertiary level of education; children who had not vaccinated for Rota virus (aOR=8.11; 95%CI: 1.84-35.70; p=0.006); mothers/caretakers who reported presence of feces around their houses (aOR=2.02; 95%CI=1.22-3.35; p=0.006) and children living in earthen floor houses (aOR=1.76; 95%CI: 1.05-2.96; p=0.031) compared to those living in a cement floors. Conclusion: The prevalence of diarrhea was high compared to national level. Children whose mothers/ caretakers had never attended and attended primary school; children who were not vaccinated for Rota virus; children living around houses where feaces present and children living in earthen floors were significantly associated with diarrhea. Therefore, we recommend that health education on hygiene. Rota virus vaccination and awareness on environment sanitation should be strengthened to reduce childhood diarrhea.
Seafloor Compliance Observed by Long-Period Pressure and Displacement Measurements

Ocean surface waves with periods longer than 30 s create periodic, horizontally propagating pressure fields at the deep seafloor. Seafloor displacements resulting from these pressure fields depend on the density and elastic parameters of the oceanic crust. The displacement to pressure transfer function, the seafloor compliance, provides information about ocean crustal density and elasticity, and we outline a linearized inversion method to determine ocean crustal shear velocity from the compliance. By computing compliance partial differences with respect to changes in ocean crust shear velocity, we provide estimates of inversion stability and of the compliance sensitivity to crustal properties. Seafloor compliance, measured from pressure and acceleration spectra, is presented for two different sites: Axial Seamount on the Juan de Fuca Ridge and the West Cortez Basin in the California continental borderlands. The compliances and inverted structure for these two sites show significant differences; in particular, a zone of low shear strength is observed at depth within Axial Seamount, suggesting the presence of at least 3% partial melt within the upper 2500 meters of the ediface. These results suggest that the method provides a useful new geophysical prospecting tool.
Benefits of a registration policy for microenterprise performance in India

This paper evaluates the effects of a voluntary registration policy with government authorities on financial performance of urban microenterprises in the Indian manufacturing sector. Using data from the 2006 World Bank survey of Indian microenterprises and applying the semi-parametric propensity score matching technique, we find that being registered leads to significant gains in sales per employee and value added per employee. Large gains are also noted for male-owned firms, those operating with or without paid labor and those operating outside of the owner’s home.
ANTIBACTERIAL SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF EXTRACTS OF THE ORGANS OF CAPPARIS SPINOSA AND IN COMBINATION WITH ANTIBIOTICS.

Fatima-Zahra Ennacerie, Fouzia Rhazi Filali, Najia Moukrad and Abdelaziz Ed-Dra. Department of Biology, Team Microbiology and Health, Laboratory Chemistry Biology Applied to the Environment, Faculty of Science, University Moulay Ismail, PB 11201, Zitoune, Meknes, Morocco. Manuscript Info Abstract . Manuscript History
Are owners redundant

This paper explores empirically how firms with different stakeholder structures choose their assets and liabilities and how they perform as economic entities. Our sample includes not just firms owned by stockholders, but also the much less analyzed ownerless firms, where no stakeholder has residual cash flow rights and the control rights are shared by customers, employees, and the community. This setting allows us to study whether owners are needed in the first place rather than the more secondary issue of efficient ownership structures, which has been explored extensively in the governance literature. We find that as expected, ownerless firms are smaller and less risky than firms owned by stockholders. More surprisingly, firms owned by stockholders do not outperform ownerless firms as measured by returns to capital invested. This evidence questions the critical governance role of residual claimants posited by agency theory and is consistent with the notion that owners can be replaced by other disciplining mechanisms. We dismiss several regulatory candidates for this role and suggest that by disciplining all firms regardless of their stakeholder structure, competition mitigates the governance drawback of ownerless firms by making owners redundant in owned firms. Recent evidence on how governance interacts with product market competition in firms owned by stockholders supports this claim.
The Reality of Life During Floods

The aim of the article is to assess the variability of the risk of flood risk with the use of distributions maximum values. The copyright research is hydrological data in the form of daily water levels from the period 1981-2011. The collected data are derived from the hydrological station Bystrzyca Klodzka for the Nysa Klodzka river and the hydrological station Lesna for the Kwisa river. For the purpose of estimating flood risk from the collected data has been selected quarterly maxima of daily water levels. As a measure of the flood risk authors accepted the likelihood of exceeding the alarm condition in the test sections of the rivers. This risk is calculated by using the theoretical cumulative distribution distribution of quarterly highs water levels. The study was used Gumbel distribution. At the same time the article was paid significant attention to the possibility of using the solutions for integrated flood risk management process in accordance with applicable national legislation and European.
The Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa : a proxy for past climate fluctuations ?

Sclerochronology was applied to recent, Holocene and Pleistocene samples of Cladocora caespitosa. Late Pliocene samples were recrystallised and thus unsuitable for sclerochronology. Quaternary samples showed a clear, alternating banding pattern as in the living coral, confirming a marked seasonality of past climate. The computed mean annual growth rates ranged from 2.1 to 6.9 mm year , with highest growth rates during the warmer phase (isotope stage 5e) of the first climate cycle. It is hypothesised that the largest fossil banks of C. caespitosa grew in a coastal environment with considerable alluvial inputs and warmer temperatures than today. D 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Elevated service offering in service value networks: Building dynamic capability

Elevated service offering in service value networks: Building dynamic capability Renu Agarwal, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, renuagarwal@bigpond.com, +61 2 9837 3540, +61 419 463 953 Willem Selen, Institute for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Victoria University, VIC 8001, willem.selen@vu.edu. au, +61 3 9919 6252 POMS 18th Annual Conference Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. May 4 to May 7, 2007 Abstract: Service organisations create new service offerings that are the result of collaborative arrangements operating on a value network level. This leads to the notion of “elevated service offering”, implying new or enhanced service offerings which can only be eventuated as a result of partnering, and one that could not be delivered on individual organisational merits. Thus, organisations are faced with important challenges and opportunities which require strategic focus.
Evaluation of Additional Carboxy Methyl Cellulose and k-Carrageenan Gums on the Qualitative Properties of Gluten- Free Toast Breads

In this research, after carrying out chemical tests measuring the moisture, protein and ash contents on rice flour according to standard methods, gluten- free breads were prepared from rice flour combined with 0.5% Carboxy Methyl Cellulose (CMC) and 1% �� -Carrageenan gum. A sample lacking gum was also produced as control. Rice breads (with gum and without gum) were then produced by semi-industrial method. Dough and bread yield assays as well as voltmeter were carried on the obtained breads. The results showed that the addition of two gums led to the improvements of dough and bread yield properties as well as specific volume as compared to the control sample with 1% CMC that resulted in a more specific volume and 1% k-carrageen that gave a better dough and bread yields. Chemical tests measuring the moisture, ash and protein contents were performed on all bread samples followed by the determination of staling rate through instrumental method (Instron machine) according to the standard methods. The results of chemical tests carried on wheat flour and rice flour showed that consumed flour was suitable for toast bread making. The results of chemical tests carried on produced bread sample showed that K2 treatment had the highest moisture content; KC treatment had the most ash content; control treatment 1(W) showed the highest protein followed by KC treatment and rice control treatment (C) had the lowest amount of moisture, ash protein. The results obtained from staling rate test instrumentally at time intervals of 24, 48 and 72 hours after baking showed that at three time intervals C treatment had the highest staling rate, and W, K2 and C2 treatments had the lowest staling rate respectively. The obtained rice breads were presented to a group of panelists to assess the sensory properties including porosity and granular appearance of the bread crumb, aroma, color of crumb, chewiness and texture as well as staling property. The results obtained from the sensory analysis indicated that the addition of two gums led to improvement of sensory properties of gum containing samples as compared to the control- of among gum- containing samples, bread with 1% CMC had the best sensory properties.
The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Achievement Motivation in Adolescents: A Moderated Mediating Model of Self-Identity and Hope

Background: Adolescents were the critical period of physical and mental development, in terms of positive psychology, some internal psychological factors may accelerate the development, given the importance of achievement motivation--the essence of development for adolescents in school and span of life, it may be the key variables to change the trace of the growth, combined with other factors, such as self-efficacy, self-identity, many researchers had explored the association each other, but few authors tested the interaction mechanism of them, especially, hope, the core factor of positive psychology, may be the another variable to affect the mentioned relationship. It was urged to find the interaction mechanism. Objective: The study examined the relation of self-efficacy and achievement motivation, more precisely, the current research estimated mediated effect of self-identity and the moderated effect of hope in the relationship between self-efficacy and achievement motivation. Methods: To fulfil the goal, 473 adolescents participated in the investigation by completing multiple scales in China and diverse analysis methods were used to deal the data. Results: The results showed that self-efficacy significantly linked with achievement motivation, and the self-identity partially mediated the relation between self-efficacy and achievement motivation in adolescents, and the hope moderated the mediating paths. Conclusion: From what mention above, the self-identity and hope, the mediating role and moderator, respectively, were the underlying mechanism of the relationship between self-efficacy and achievement motivation. The strengths and weaknesses based on the study were discussed.
Monstrilloida (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Beagle Channel, South America

Monstrilloid copepods were collected during zooplankton surveys in the Beagle Channel at the southernmost end of South America. These specimens represent two species of Monstrillopsis, one of them undescribed, and one new species of Monstrilla. Monstrillopsis igniterra n. sp. is related to forms of the M. dubia species group, and particularly to M. ferrarii and M. chilensis. It differs from these species in the relative length of the antennules, the shape and relative size of the genital double and anal somites, details of the antennular armature, and the possession of a short inner caudal seta. The other species of Monstrillopsis, M. chilensis, was previously known only from the Southeast Pacific off Chile, and was originally described from female specimens only. Male individuals found in the Beagle Channel are described and assigned herein to this species. These are the first records of Monstrillopsis from high latitudes of South America. The new species Monstrilla patagonica n.sp. is represented by males. It is characterized by the structure and relative size of the genital lappets, details of the antennular structure, armature, relative size and the number (6) of caudal setae. It belongs to a small group of species with highly modified, pectinate male antennules. A female specimen identified as M. helgolandica 35 years ago from southern Argentina is tentatively reidentified as the female of this new species, based on its differences from M. helgolandica and the rarity of this species group in the region.
Molecular characterization of norovirus, sapovirus and astrovirus in children with acute gastroenteritis from Belém, Pará, Brazil

The importance of norovirus (NoVs), sapovirus (SaVs) and human astrovirus (HAstVs) as causes of gastroenteritis outbreaks is already well-defined, but a few studies have described sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis caused by these viral entities. The aim of this study was to determine the role of these viruses in the etiology of acute gastroenteritis in children enrolled to participate in hospital – and emergency department – based intensive surveillance carried out in Belem, Brazil, from March to September 2003. A total of 305 stool specimens from patients with severe gastroenteritis were collected and screened by reverse transcription followed by polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), using the specific primers Mon 269 and Mon 270 for HAstVs, p289 and p290 for human calicivirus (HuCVs), and Mon 431/433 and Mon 432/434 for NoVs. Sequencing of RTPCR HAstV, HuCV and NoV amplicons was carried out using the same primers. Of the 305 samples tested, 96 (31.5%) were positive, with 51 diagnosed as HuCVs, 40 as HAstVs and five as mixed infections. Of the 56 (18.4%) HuCVs sequenced, 30 were NoVs (9.8%) of genogroups GI-4 and GII-4, and 15 (4.9%) were SaVs of types GI-1, GI-2 and GII-1. HAstVs, including genotypes 1, 8 and 2, were detected in 45 (14.7%) samples. This study has highlighted the importance of these viruses as causes of acute gastroenteritis and established the circulation of different genotypes during the study period. These results reinforce the need for establishing an intensive surveillance for gastroenteritis caused by these viruses to assess the burden of disease and to monitor the circulation of genotypes.
Investigating Collaborative R&D Using Patent Data: The Case Study of Robot Technology in Japan

The growing trend of collaborative RD they are objective and are particularly appropriate for analyzing the benefits of collaboration. As the identification of the institutions to which individual inventors are affiliated is a particularly time consuming task, we focus on robot technology in Japan since the beginning of the 1990s. Our results are as follows. First, although the level of RD however, we show that there are significant spillover effects of collaboration, which imply an indirect effect on quality. Third, the determinants and motives which encourage firms to decide to engage in collaborative research differ depending on the partner they are collaborating with. In the case of collaboration with other firms, IO theories hold, as the existence of spillovers acts as an incentive. Regarding the collaboration with universities and public research institutes, the validity of capability theory, which emphasizes the quest for complementary knowledge and capability, is confirmed by our empirical investigation.
Social Capital, Public Spending and the Quality of Economic Development: The Case of Italy

This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and the quality of economic development in Italy. The analysis draws on a dataset collected by the author including about two hundred variables representing different aspects of economic development and four “structural” dimensions of social capital. The quality of development is measured through human development and indicators of the state of health of urban ecosystems, public services, gender equality, and labour markets, while social capital is measured through synthetic indicators representing strong family ties, weak informal ties, voluntary organizations, and political participation. The quality of development exhibits a strong positive correlation with bridging weak ties and a negative correlation with strong family ties. Particularly, the analysis shows a strong correlation between informal ties and an indicator of “social well-being” (synthesizing gender equality, public services and labour markets) and between voluntary organizations and the state of health of urban ecosystems. Active political participation proves to be irrelevant in terms of development and well-being. Finally, the role of public spending for education, health care, welfare work, and the environment protection is analysed, revealing a scarce correlation both with social capital and development indicators.
Mitochondria Are Naturally Micro Robots - A Review

The mitochondrion is a natural robot (cell) with a length of about one micron. Between organisms (plant, animal or human) with its organs and the atomic and molecular components are positioned based cells, which are building all the necessary organs body. Years ago, medical specialists who are studying organ disease have considered that is caused by impaired organ or related to other organs. For example, it was considered that all nerve diseases have started from stress due to disorder of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (adrenal glands). Today one knows that psychological stress triggers some metabolic, inflammatory and transcriptional perturbations that ultimately dispose to malady in cellular energetics, involving mitochondrial energy production respiratory stress. Future research on mitochondrial can lead to the elucidation of great issues of life (including the generation of illness, aging and death bodies). The main idea of this paper is that mitochondria are independent cells, flexible, essential for complex life.
Evaluating Production Performance of Tigray Highland Sheep Supplemented with Air Dried Foliages of African Wild Olive and Red Thorn: A Case Study of Carcass Production

An experiment was conducted at Wukro St. Mary Agricultural, Technical, Vocational Education and Training College to determine effect of feeding foliages from African wild olive and Red thorn on growth performance and carcass production of Tigray Highland sheep and to assess their economic benefits. Chemical composition and supplementation effect of foliages of these indigenous multipurpose tree species on growth performance of Tigray Highland sheep is available on line www.global academic research journals.org . Including air dried foliages of the multipurpose trees as protein supplement to grass hay improved carcass production. Supplemented sheep had significantly (P < 0.05) higher slaughter weight, empty body weight, hot carcass weight and dressing percentage on slaughter weight basis than the control treatment. It was economically feasible to poor smallholder sheep owners in the area, but supplementing T4 (mixed air dried foliages) was found as cost-effective with its high net income. The results obtained indicate that feeding foliages from the multipurpose trees alone or mixing at different proportions had potential as a protein supplement with less expense.
The decisive future of inflation

How much more will we learn about single-field inflationary models in the future? We address this question in the context of Bayesian design and information theory. We develop a novel method to compute the expected utility of deciding between models and apply it to a set of futuristic measurements. This necessarily requires one to evaluate the Bayesian evidence many thousands of times over, which is numerically challenging. We show how this can be done using a number of simplifying assumptions and discuss their validity. We also modify the form of the expected utility, as previously introduced in the literature in different contexts, in order to partition each possible future into either the rejection of models at the level of the maximum likelihood or the decision between models using Bayesian model comparison. We then quantify the ability of future experiments to constrain the reheating temperature and the scalar running. Our approach allows us to discuss possible strategies for maximising information from future cosmological surveys. In particular, our conclusions suggest that, in the context of inflationary model selection, a decrease in the measurement uncertainty of the scalar spectral index would be more decisive than a decrease in the uncertainty in the tensor-to-scalar ratio. We have incorporated our approach into a publicly available python class, foxi,1 that can be readily applied to any survey optimisation problem.