Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Tourism on Local Residents: Environmental and Socioeconomic Effects

An increasing number of countries, among them many within the Mediterranean, have turned to tourism as a way of providing employment, increasing national income, and avoiding current account deficits. As resorts developed, a realization began to grow in some of the more developed areas that tourism was a mixed blessing, and that, for some people at least, the benefits of tourism might be outweighed by the costs. Results from a larger comparative study of the impacts of tourism on two communities: Ayia Napa/Paralimni in the southern part of Cyprus (among Greek Cypriot residents), and Kyrenia in the northern part (among Turkish Cypriots). Evidence suggests that the prevailing attitude is that socio-economic and environmental costs of development must be accepted for the greater overall wealth of both local residents and of Cyprus as a whole. In view of the economic advantages of tourism, and the lack of awareness of the less-evident environmental costs, it is not surprising that there is little concern over any negative effects of tourism development, even if these may jeopardize the longterm viability of the economic development of the island. Given that the possibilities for sustainable, alternative tourism have yet largely to be explored, the need to change attitudes is paramount, if Cyprus is not to end up as yet another over-developed Mediterranean island.
Essays on financial analysts and broker-hosted conferences

This thesis consists of three chapters that explore sell-side analysts’ attribute, the new regulation on them, and the research service provided by them on the capital market. Chapter 1 (co-authored with Peter Pope and Ane Tamayo) studies the impact on sell-side analysts and the stock market of separating research payments from dealing commissions. We exploit an exogenous shock to sell-side analysts’ research income in Sweden, caused by several of Sweden’s largest asset managers’ adoption of the unbundling model (the RPA model) to pay for the equity research purchased from the sell-side. Using a hand-collected dataset revealing analyst location, we find that the introduction of the RPA model coincides with a reduction in the supply of sell-side research services. The RPA model is associated with a reduction in analysts’ coverage lists, with some firms losing analyst coverage. This reduction is greater for firms with lower institutional ownership and with lower market value of equity, as well as firms that are not in the Benchmark index. Moreover, we find that, after controlling for changes in analyst coverage, the adoption of the RPA model is associated with an overall improvement in analysts’ research quality, as evidenced by superior earnings forecast ability in the post adoption period. Lastly, we find that the market reacts more strongly to forecast revisions in the post RPA adoption. Overall, our results suggest that unbundling research payment is associated with an improvement in the information environment for firms with analyst coverage, but some firms suffer a loss of analyst coverage. In Chapter 2 (co-authored with Peter Pope and Ane Tamayo), we investigate the effects of broker-hosted credit conferences on the corporate bond market. We find that firms with a greater probability of financial distress, more public debt, and lower timeto-maturity of bonds are more likely to attend credit conferences. Next, we find that the bond market mainly reacts to credit conferences, rather than non-credit conferences. In addition, we document a greater market reaction to credit conferences when bonds have speculative grade credit rating and short time-to-maturity. Furthermore, we find that firms attending credit conferences experience a reduction in the cost of debt in the subsequent months. Lastly, we document an increase in institutional investor ownership of bonds after the credit conference participation; this increase is mainly attributable to mutual fund investors. None of these results hold for non-credit conferences. Finally, in Chapter 3 (solo-authored), I investigate the role of analysts’ educational backgrounds in the analysis of RD but when analysts have matching technological degrees this alleviates the negative association.
HUBUNGAN PAJANAN DEBU DENGAN KAPASITAS PARU PADA PEKERJA DI AREA BOILER PT. MAKASSAR TENE

Batubara merupakan bahan bakar fosil yang jumlahnya paling melimpah sehingga sering digunakan sebagai bahan bakar mesin ketel uap (boiler) di industri. Penggunaan batubara sebagai bahan bakar tersebut menghasilkan debu batu bara, semen, kapas, asbes, zat-zat kimia, gas beracun, dan lain-lain yang menjadi salah satu sumber polutan udara di kawasan industri. Sehingga paparan debu tersebut dapat mengakibatkan gangguan pernafasan akut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara pajanan debu dengan kapasitas paru pada pekerja di area boiler PT Makassar Tene. Jenis Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Observasional dengan pendekatan cross sectional study. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah 57 orang yang merupakan pekerja pada bagian produksi PT. Makassar Tene. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik total sampling, artinya jumlah populasi seluruhnya dijadikan sampel. Analisis data yang dilaukan adalah analisis univariat dan bivariat dengan menggunakan uji Mantel Haenszel. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 26 pekerja yang mengalami gangguan paru tidak normal. Adapun uji statistik menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan antaran pajanan debu (p=0,001) dengan kapasitas paru (p=0,001) dan tidak terdapat hubungan antara pajanan debu dengan kapasitas paru berdasarkan umur,masa kerja kebiasaan merokok dan penggunaan APD. Saran kepada pekerja yang berumur tua agar dapat menjaga kondisi kesehatannya dengan mengurangi kebiasaan merokok atau berhenti mengkonsumsi rokok dan menggunakan alat pelindung diri secara lengkap.
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in Canada: Changes over the Last Decade

The development of awareness of the teaching and learning process in postsecondary education has a mottled history in Canada. Generally, at the university level, responsibility for learning is assigned to students rather than professors or the university itself. This highly reasonable perspective has had the effect of limiting investigation into postsecondary teaching and learning processes. The university assumes that its students are selected on the basis of their capability to learn. The university further expects that its professors are experts in their fields. Being an expert in one's field, however, does not ensure that one possesses an overview or consciousness of how one's discipline is organized. Indeed, doubt exists in some quarters as to whether a discipline can be organized or perceived. In such an environment the instruction process could not be expected to garner great attention. This view is reflected in a recent report on the reform of education in the United States. Universities are described as striving "to hire highly qualified academic specialists, who know their subjects well and do distinguished research. But few of these specialists know how to teach well, and many seem not to care. The undergraduate education that intending teachers and everyone else receives is full of the same bad teaching that litters American high schools" (The Holmes Group, 1986, p. 16).
Expo 2020 and sustainability: luxury hotel properties challenges and future outlook

Purpose The purpose of this study is to know about the recent environmental changes that have impacted society worldwide have led to increased interest in and attention to the topic of sustainability. A good example of this new trend is provided by the Expo 2020, which is focussing on sustainability as one of the key sub-themes of the event. Design/methodology/approach This study explores guests’ and employees’ perspectives on the deployment of sustainable practices in hotels. Particular attention is placed on the identification of challenges and drivers of sustainable practices in luxury hotel properties in Dubai. Findings The discoveries made during the study hold meaningful implications for industry professionals and provide insightful recommendations for the upcoming Expo 2020, which can be leveraged as a tool to increase awareness and drive education on effective sustainable practices. Originality/value With 35 different nationalities contributing to the data collection, the present study provides a diverse sample, enabling the researcher to shed light on the previously identified literature contradictions.
Datafication, development and marginalised urban communities: an applied data justice framework

ABSTRACT The role of data within international development is rapidly expanding. However, the recency of this phenomenon means analysis has been lagging; particularly, analysis of broader impacts of real-world initiatives. Addressing this gap through a focus on data’s increasing presence in urban development, this paper makes two contributions. First – drawing from the emerging literature on ‘data justice’ – it presents an explicit, systematic and comprehensive new framework that can be used for analysis of datafication. Second, it applies the framework to four mapping initiatives in cities of the global South. These initiatives capture and visualise new data about marginalised communities: residents living in slums and other informal settlements about whom data has traditionally been lacking. Analysing across procedural, rights, instrumental and structural dimensions, it finds these initiatives deliver real incremental gains for their target communities. But it is external actors and wealthier communities that gain more; thus, increasing relative inequality.
Effects of water magnetic treatment on seed germination and seedling growth of wheat

Abstract In this research, effects of magnetic field strength (400, 500 and 600 mT) and type of water (distilled and saline water) was studied on germination and growth characteristic of wheat seeds. Results showed that the magnetic field intensity and type of treated water had significant effects on germination and growth characteristic of wheat seeds. The morphological properties of treated plants were improved compared with controlled ones. Experimental results showed that germination rate of the seeds treated by 400 mT using distilled water had the highest amount (53.3%) and it was the lowest (20%) for control seeds using groundwater. Distilled water affected in 400 mT field and control groundwater resulted in the highest and lowest amounts of root length (155.3 and 20.0 mm, respectively). Seedling fresh weight had the highest amount for treated distilled water with 600 mT magnetic field.
Sorption of Metribuzin and Metolachlor in Alaskan Subarctic Agricultural Soils

Adsorption and desorption of metribuzin and metolachlor were studied for 0- to 15- and 30- to 45-cm soil depths and at 5 and 28 C temperatures for two subarctic Alaskan agricultural soils. Surface soils had five to eight times the organic carbon content of deeper soils and had lower Freundlich isotherm slopes (1/n) for both herbicides. Surface soil Freundlich coefficients (Kf) were affected by both soil type and equilibration temperature, with soil type accounting for greater than 80% of the variation in Kf. Surface soil mean Kf values ranged from 1.5 to 2.4 for metribuzin and 4.4 to 9.2 for metolachlor. For soils from the 30- to 45-cm depth, neither soil type nor temperature affected Kf. Isotherm slopes for desorption were less than adsorption, indicating hysteresis. Regressions between desorption Kf and maximum herbicide adsorbed prior to desorption were highly significant with coefficients of determination (r2) between 0.50 and 0.99.
Analysis of the degree of acceptance of illness among older adults living in a nursing home undergoing rehabilitation – an observational study

Introduction: The factors that influence the rehabilitation process among older adults remain unclear. The aim of the study was to assess the acceptance of illness and related factors (socio-demographic data, cognitive status, depression symptoms and functional status) among patients living in a nursing home who are undergoing rehabilitation. Sample and methods: A total of 119 elderly patients were examined, of whom 96 were included in the research project. All participants were assessed using the following tests: Mini Mental State Examination, Acceptance of Illness Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale and Barthel Index. Tests were conducted at two time points, the first upon admission to the ward and the second after 3 months of regular rehabilitation. Results: The study group showed relatively low scores for illness acceptance. After 3 months of rehabilitation, the acceptance of illness had significantly improved, but still remained at a low level. The results showed a relationship between acceptance of illness and patients’ depression symptoms, functional status and cognitive status. Conclusions: The results suggest that assessment of the acceptance of illness among patients living in Nursing Home is important during treatment and rehabilitation process; however, further studies are necessary.
Excessive Internet use and self-esteem among Internet users in Egypt

Abstract Several psychological comorbidities are thought to be associated with excessive Internet use. This study aimed to assess the relation between excessive Internet use and self-esteem among Internet users in Egypt. In this cross-sectional study, a Google form questionnaire, composed of three sections, was used to assess participants’ sociodemographic characteristics and daily Internet use. Self-esteem was evaluated using the Arabic version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Only people ≥18 years who reported having a stable Internet access and were residing in Egypt were included. Our results indicated that 25.3% of the 407 participants reported excessive Internet use (>4 h/day) and 29.5% had low self-esteem. Logistic regression showed that age ≤ 25 years and being unmarried were risk factors of excessive Internet use; (OR 2.85, 95% CI: 1.44–5.66; p value = 0.003) and (OR 2.64, 95% CI: 1.20–5.80; p value = 0.015), respectively. Low self-esteem associated with excessive Internet use by the univariate analysis (OR 1.68, 95% CI: 1.05–2.69; p value = 0.022), yet after adjustment for other covariates, the association attenuated (OR 1.44, 95% CI: 0.86–2.41; p value = 0.162). In participants ≤ 25 years, the association between self-esteem and excessive Internet use remained significant after adjustment for the covariates (Before: OR 2.04, 95% CI: 1.08–3.85; p value = 0.020 vs. After: OR 2.12, 95% CI: 1.11–4.08; p value = 0.015). In conclusion, excessive Internet use is a common finding among Internet users in Egypt. Young and unmarried people are more susceptible to use the Internet excessively. Low self-esteem in young people is associated with excessive Internet use.
FJRW rings and Landau-Ginzburg Mirror Symmetry

In this article, we study the Berglund--H\"ubsch transpose construction W^T for invertible quasihomogeneous potential W. We introduce the dual group G^T and establish the state space isomorphism between the Fan-Jarvis-Ruan-Witten A-model of W/G and the orbifold Milnor ring B-model of W^T/G^T. Furthermore, we prove a mirror symmetry theorem at the level of Frobenius algebra structure for G^max. Then, we interpret Arnol'd strange duality of exceptional singularities W as mirror symmetry between W/J and its strange dual W^SD.
Platelet-derived vesicles: diagnostic and predictive value in cardiovascular diseases

There is emerging evidence that endogenous microvesicles released by platelets may play a pivotal role in pathogenesis of numerous diseases including stable and unstable ischemic heart disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension, idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation/flutter, acute and chronic heart failure, as well as systemic vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, transplant rejection, diabetes-induced angiopathy. Microvesicles that leased from the platelets exist as cargo for a large of number biological-active molecules including regulatory peptides, hormones, growth factors, active molecules coordinating cell-to-cell cooperation. Moreover, platelet-derived microvesicles are concerned about a conspicuous component in regulating angiogenesis, cardiac protection, and vascular repair. Recent animal and clinical studies have shown that the number of circulating platelet-derived microvesicles may sufficiently increase in accelerating atherosclerosis, acute atherothrombotic events, i.e., recurrent ischemia, myocardial infarction, thrombosis, hypertension, and stroke, microvascular inflammation. It is suggested that exaggerating levels of circulating platelet-derived microvesicles is strongly associated with endothelial dysfunction. The review is discussed the role of platelet-derived vesicles in the pathogenesis of the cardiovascular disease, as well as diagnostic and predictive capabilities of platelet-derived vesicles as biomarkers of a natural evolution of the diseases.
Impregnation of silver in zeolite–chitosan composite: thermal stability and sterility study

Abstract The solvent-casting method was used to synthesize a silver–zeolite–chitosan (AgZ-Ch) composite from Philippine natural zeolites. X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet–visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, optical emission spectroscopy (OES), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermogravimetry (DTG) were used to investigate the different properties of the composite before and after plasma treatment. The major phase of the zeolite is Na-clinoptilolite with trace amounts of mordenite, feldspar and quartz. UV-Vis and OES analyses confirmed the presence of Ag and zeolite on the chitosan matrix. The decrease in the transmittance signal at 290 nm and the emission spectra of the discharge showed the presence of Ag I, Al I and Si I signals at 705–852 nm. The TGA and DTG curves revealed the thermal stability of the natural zeolites after ion exchange and after incorporation in the chitosan matrix, where the onset of degradation was observed to occur above ~37°C, the human body temperature. Bacterial count showed minimal growth of colonies on all samples, both pristine and plasma-treated, suggesting that the surface of the composites does not influence bacterial habitation. The fabricated composites meet the minimum requirements for biomedical application such as thermal stability with respect to the average human body temperature and absence of bacteria.
Analysis of Digital Divide in Mastery of ICT in Palangka Raya City

This study aims to measure the digital divide by analyzing the influencing factors of the divide (gap) and the effectiveness of ICT public services in Palangka Raya City. The method used for measuring the digital divide in this study was the SIBIS method, the result of the activities of the European Commission which is used for analyzing and comparing different indicators and adapted to environmental conditions. The SIBIS GPS (General Population Survey) indicator was used in this study included the availability of ICT access, ICT utilization, and levels of ICT and e-government capability. The population in this study was the people of Palangka Raya City with a sample of 399 respondents. The results of digital divide measurement in this study showed that the level of digital divide as seen from the aspects of access availability, utilization and level of ICT capability was at medium category, the level of digital divide as seen from the aspect of e-government was in low category, and the level of digital divide as seen from the aspect of demography showed a clear distinction to the digital divide in Palangka Raya City
Clinical Potential of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics against Pancreatic Cancer

Although there is a several array of diagnostic and therapeutic choices for pancreatic cancer in recent years, a crucial medical approach for the refractory disease is still needed. Oligonucleotide therapeutics, such as those based on antisense RNAs, RNA interference, aptamers and decoys, are promising agents against pancreatic cancer because they identify a specific nucleotide sequence or protein and interfere with gene expression as molecular-targeted agents. Within just the past quarter-century, the diversity and feasibility of these drugs as diagnostic or therapeutic tools have dramatically increased. Actually, there have been several clinical and preclinical studies of oligonucleotides for patients with pancreatic cancer so far. To support the discovery of effective diagnostic or therapeutic options by using oligonucleotide-based strategies in the absence of satisfactory therapies for long-term survival and the rising trend of diseases, we summarize the current clinical trials of oligonucleotide therapeutics for pancreatic cancer patients with underlying preclinical or scientific data and focus on the possibility of oligonucleotides to target pancreatic cancer in clinical implications.
IWRM through WFD Implementation? Drivers for Integration in Polycentric Water Governance Systems

This paper uses an empirical approach to explore what motivates the adoption of integrated water resources management (IWRM). The study compares cases of local implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) from five German federal states representing various types of local policy addressees. Data were collected using policy analysis methods, including participatory observation and interviews with planners who had implemented WFD measures and conducted integration attempts of various types throughout the planning processes. The planning narratives on integration were analysed iteratively and its characteristics, drivers, and hampering factors were identified. It was found that policy addressees attempt integration due to the incentives for reaching their goals rather than according to their paradigms. Depending on the power relations, incentives result in the integration of different actors during different planning phases. The findings suggest that in order to strategically induce integration, it would be necessary to enhance the incentives based on a detailed knowledge of power relations. The WFD as a general regulatory framework was found not to be a driver for local integration, but the WFD did induce increased integrated management through setting goals.