Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gender Influence And Use Of Mobile Payment Services In Kenya

Over the last five years, Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced the highest growth in both mobile subscription and connection globally (World Economic Forum, 2014). According to the (Mobile Payments Readiness Index, 2015), there were 329 million mobile subscribers which is about 38% of the entire population in sub-Saharan Africa using mobile phones and with the adoption of smart phones rapidly increasing driven by increasing affordability and spread of high speed networks, GSMA (2015) indicate that approximately 50% of all mobile connections in sub-Saharan Africa will be on Smartphone by the year 2020. The region has also experienced a mobile revenue growth of 7% in the last five years making it the fastest growth in any region and contributing 5.4% of the total GDP by year 2014. The impact according to (GSMA, 2015) include overall direct contribution from mobile operators of 1.9% of the total GDP and from Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of gender on the drivers that influence the use of mobile payment services in Kenya. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study developed a conceptual framework of gender influence on the use of mobile payment application in Kenya. The research model was tested empirically using data collected from 532 mobile payment users situated in four towns located in Kenya. A regression analysis was used to test the research hypothesis. Findings: The study findings revealed that R 2 change was 0.1% from 44% to 44.1% when gender was included in the model with all the tested factors. Effort expectancy, Performance expectancy, perceived enjoyment and perceived security reported significant influence on mobile payment use in Kenya. Although gender influence was reported to be insignificant in the model, gender differences were reported in factors namely effort expectancy (E.E) and perceived security while on performance expectancy (PE) and perceived enjoyment gender had insignificant influence on their relationship Research Limitations: The research was limited to gender influence from a Kenyan perspective alone and therefore its generalization may not represent a true picture of what happens in other parts of the world. Practical implications: With a huge gender disparity in the use of technological innovations being reported globally, a study focusing on Kenya which according to the latest mobile consumer readiness reports is the global leader in mobile payment use will help understand the drivers behind this success and how demographic factors such as gender influence these factors. Originality: Previous studies have focused on the drivers influencing the use of mobile payment services in Kenya. This study goes further to focus on the moderating effect of gender on these factors that influence the use of mobile payment services in Kenya.
THE VALUE OF CAPABILITIES AND NETWORKS IN TECHNOLOGY START-UPS

Empirical evidence suggests that an organization’s set of capabilities is a resource that influences performance. Similarly, firms seek out alliance partners to access information and other complementary assets. Most empirical studies confirm that a firm’s network characteristics impact its performance. However, both the capabilities and networks literatures tend to explore these issues independently and often focus on the static impact of internally-developed capabilities and externally-sourced network resources on performance. We examine the temporal changes in the relative impact of these resources by investigating the dynamic relationship between capabilities, networks and firm valuation with panel data from 156 biotechnology start-ups and a minimum distance estimation technique. We find that the marginal effect of network characteristics on firm valuation decreases while internal capabilities become more critical over time.
Decreasing Aggression through Team Communication in Collegiate Athletes

Researchers have been interested in the topic of aggression in sports, and research shows it may not only hinder team success but also cause serious injuries (e.g., career-ending injuries) to athletes. Previous studies found that variables (e.g., communication, coaches, and efficacy) increased or decreased aggression in athletes; however, no studies have been conducted to investigate a model including these variables and aggression. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to simultaneously examine the relationships among communication, coach–athlete relationship, team efficacy, and aggression in team sports. After 294 collegiate athletes playing in team sports completed the battery of questionnaires, the data were analyzed for descriptive statistics and the structural equation modeling. The bootstrapping method was utilized to test the mediation effects. The results showed that communication was positively related to the coach–athlete relationship and team efficacy. The coach–athlete relationship was positively related to team efficacy which was negatively related to aggression. The bootstrapping results indicated a significant indirect effect from communication to aggression through coach–athlete relationship and team efficacy. The current study suggests that coaches should improve their communication skills to help athletes to have positive perceptions in the relationships with their coaches, to increase team efficacy, and to reduce aggressive behaviors.
THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMES IN ZIMBABWE

The role of universities in promoting Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) development has attracted much interest among researchers worldwide. These Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) constitute several governments’ grand strategies of promoting the development of small businesses. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in promoting the development of SMEs in Zimbabwe. Interpretivism was adopted as a philosophy to guide the study. The study adopted a qualitative approach in which data collection was conducted through in-depth interviews. Respondents were drawn from six state universities through convenience and purposive sampling. Data analysis was conducted through content analysis. The results of the study revealed that the HEIs are promoting the development of SMEs through technology transfer, workshops on SMEs, short courses for small businesses and providing consultancy services. Furthermore, HEIs also provide skilled manpower for SMEs, and Entrepreneurship courses in the curriculum to create an entrepreneurial spirit among students. The study recommends that sector-specific training programmes must be provided for manufacturing, retail and services sectors. Additionally, the curriculum needs to be reviewed such that Entrepreneurship becomes a core module in all degree programmes to further promote an entrepreneurship culture among students and produce graduates that have an entrepreneurial mindset. Incubation centres also need to be established at universities to reduce the risk of failure among SMEs. Universities should partner with government ministries and the industry to effectively support the development of SMEs in Zimbabwe.
EFFECT Of CALCIUM CONCENTRATION IN NUTRIENT SOLUTION AND ITS APPLICATION TIME ON TOMATO FRUIT COMPOSITION .

A greenhouse experiment was conducted at Fac. of Agric. , Mansoura University during the two summer successive seasons of 2010 and 2011 aimed to investigate the effect of Ca concentration ( 0.0, 5.0, 10.0 and 20.0 meq / l) in nutrient solution and its application time (pre flowering and post flowering) on tomato fruit composition. Combination between the studied factors levels comprise eight treatments which were arranged in a split block design with 3 replicates . All treatments were studied in the presence of N – concentration at rate of 150 ppm . The obtained results can be summarized in the following :Total calcium content of tomato fruit was increased by 19.64 % in the first season and 6.06 % in the second season as a result of postflowering application of calcium . Relatively higher increases were found in Etha-Ca ( 8.01 % ) and H2OCa ( 7.99 % ) in the first season compared with that of the second season ( 1.87 for Etha-Ca , 1.93 for H2OCa) due to pre flowering Ca application . Pre – flowering calcium application reduced Na ClCa (6.82 and 5.94%) ,HACCa (6.38 and 11.54 %) and HClCa (3.19 and 9.34 %) in tomato fruits in both seasons. Increasing calcium levels up to 10.0 meq /l significantly increased total calcium of tomato fruits, while rising calcium level from 10.0 to 20.0 meq /l significantly decreased total calcium content of tomato fruitsin the first season . In the second season, increasing calcium levels up to 10.0 meq /l increased total calcium of tomato fruits but the difference in that trait between treatments of 5.0 and 10.0 meq /l is not detectable . So calcium level of 20.0 meq /l reduced total calcium content by 9.21 % compared with treatment of 10.0 meq /l in the second season . Post-flowering application of Ca at a rate of 5.0 meq/l have the highest value of total Ca in tomato fruits( 4446.9 and 3895.5 ppm in the first and second seasons). Appling 5.0 meq / l treatment achieved the highest values of EthCa in both seasons ( 155.2 and 169.4 ppm for the firs and second season , respectively ). Increasing Ca level above 5.0 meq /l significantly decreasd Eth – Ca in bothseason in tomato fruits . In spite of increasing H2O – Ca form significantly by adding 5.0 meq / l than that of control (60.0 and 65.455 increase in the first and second season ) . Significantly decrease ( comparing to 5.0 meq / l treatment ) with increasing Ca level behind that was found . NaCl – Ca in tomato fruits refer to Ca in pectate form which caused fruit hardness have a strongly increasing trend by increasing Ca level in nutrient solution from 0.0 Ca addition to 5.0 meq /l in nutrient solution) . Na Cl – Ca represent the large portion of Ca in tomato fruit . Post-flowering application of 5.0 meq Ca/l maximize of NaClCa , where 3440 and 2884 ppm Ca were found in this form in the first and second season, respectively . HAC-Ca {Calcium phosphate and Calcium carbonate} in tomato fruits have a strongly increasing trend by increasing Ca level in nutrient solution from 0.0 Ca
Effect of processing methods on antinutrients and oligosaccharides contents and protein digestibility of the flours of two newly developed bambara groundnut cultivars

The effects of malting and autoclaving on the levels of antinutrients and oligosaccharides and protein digestibility of newly developed Bambara groundnut seeds compared to Bambara groundnut commercial (BGC) seeds were investigated. The newly developed seeds (Accessions No: TVSU 5-Bambara Groundnut White (BGW) and TVSU 146-Bambara Groundnut Brown (BGB)) were obtained from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria, planted for 160 days and harvested. Autoclaving lowered (p < 0.05) the level of antinutritional factors of the samples. Malting was more effective in reducing the level of antinutrients with BGC exhibiting the greatest reduction values compared with that of BGB and BGW. The oligosaccharides contents of the samples were reduced (p < 0.05) after malting and autoclaving. Greatest loss in raffinose and stachyose content was observed after malting of BGB (82 and 71%, respectively) compared with that of BGW (76 and 56%, respectively) and BGC (67 and 64%, respectively) after malting. Also, processing methods improved the in vitro protein digestibility (IVPD) of the samples with BGB (92.31%) having the higher IVPD value than that of BGC (90.52%) and BGW (89.59%) after malting (p < 0.05). Malting and autoclaving was thus found to be an effective technique in improving the nutritional values of the newly developed Bambara groundnut seeds.
Cost Effective Design of High Voltage Impulse Generator and Modeling in Matlab

Quality of the power system depends upon the reliability of its components such as transformer, transmission lines, insulators, circuit breakers and isolators. The transient voltage due to internal or external reasons may affect the insulation level of the components. The insulation level of these components must be tested against these conditions. Different studies, testing of different electrical components against high voltage impulses and different industrial applications rely on the international manufactures for pulsed power generation and testing, that is quite expensive and large in size. In this paper a model of impulse voltage generator with capacitive load of pin type insulator is studied by simulation method and by an experimental setup. A ten stage high voltage impulse generator (HVIG) is designed and implemented for different applications. In this proposed model, the cost has been reduced by using small and cheap capacitors as an alternative for large and expensive ones while achieving the same effectiveness. Effect of the distributed capacitance in each stage is analyzed to prove the effectiveness of the model. Different values of front and tail resistances have been used to get IEC standard waveforms. Results reveal the effectiveness at reduced cost of the proposed model.
IMPACT THE FOLIAR APPLICATION OF SILICON AND B WITH OR WITHOUT COMPOST ON SOIL FERTILITY AND PEANUT PRODUCTIVITY UNDER NEWLY RECLAIMED SOIL CONDITIONS

Two field experiments were carried out in a private farm at El-Quntra Shark east Suez Canal, Egypt during the two successive summer seasons of 2011 and 2012. Both experiments were conducted to study the influence of spraying on soil surface of Silicon i.e. 0, 50, 100 and 150 ppm and boron i.e. 0, 25, 50 and 100 ppm with or without compost on soil fertility and yield, yield components, oil %, protein, proline, chlorophyll content as well as nutritive status of peanut plants grown on sandy saline soil. The soil is irrigated with Sprinkler from El-Salam canal water (Nile water mixed with agriculture drainage water 1:1). The cultivar of seeds peanut was Gregory. Plant samples were taken at maturity stage to estimate the yield and the chemical composition of seeds. The results showed significant increase in all studied parameters of peanut as compared with the treatment of without compost in both seasons. The highest values of yield and yield components were obtained from plants received foliar spraying with 150 ppm Si and 100 ppm B alone or with compost. Also different rates of Si and B increased significantly the concentration of N, P, K, Si, Zn and B in seeds of peanut in both seasons as compared without compost treatments. The highest values of N, P, K, Si, Zn and B concentrations in seeds of peanut plants were obtained by using (150 ppm of Si and 100 ppm of B combined with compost in both seasons. The highest values of oil (%), protein (%) and chlorophyll contents in peanut seeds in both of seasons were attained when the highest level of Si (150 ppm) and B (100 ppm) alone or combinated with compost. addition as foliar application. The different rates of Si and B led to decreases of proline in both seasons as compared with control. The highest values of proline in both seasons were obtained by using foliar spraying with the low rates of Si or B, under high soil salinity. Soil salinity (EC) was decrease when soil treated with compost combined with highest rates of Si 150 ppm and B 100 ppm. Soil pH decreased with increasing Si and B combined with compost . The highest values of N, P, K, Si, B and Zn were obtained from soil receiving foliar spraying with 150 ppm Si and 100 ppm B alone or with compost. It could be concluded that foliar spray Si and boron at (100 and 150 ppm Si) and (50 and100 ppm B) in combination with compost led to improve soil fertility, enhanced plant growth and peanut yield and its components.
Pseudogapping in Japanese*

This paper aims to develop Funakoshi’s (2016) claim that Japanese has an equivalent of the pseudogapping (PG) construction in English. English PG is exemplified by the but-clause in (1), where the main verb and its direct object are elided. We refer to a constituent XP immediately following the elided verb as a remnant (e.g. Mary) and to its counterpart in the antecedent clause as a correlate (e.g. Tom).
Popular and smart? A cross-cultural study of students’ perspectives on their peers

The present study aimed to investigate adolescents’ expectations of successful peers in three different school subjects with particular consideration of the effects of gender and country. We investigated whether students from three different countries, namely China, Germany, and Russia, held different expectations of their successful peers in the school subjects of mathematics, languages and sports. Gender differences were studied with regard to participants’ gender and the gender of the successful peer. Participating students were asked to imagine a fictitious female/male classmate who was the highest achieving student in the respective school subject in the previous year. Students indicated their expectations about the new classmate in relation to social status and eagerness. The results clearly demonstrate for all three subjects of mathematics, languages, and sports that the premise that it is possible to be “successful and still popular” is true for Chinese students but not for German and Russian students.
Efficiency and productivity in transfer units of scientific research results in Mexico

The objective of this work is to evaluate and determine the levels of efficiency and productivity among the academic units involved in the technological transfer of scientific research between 2012 and 2013. The empirical research is based on the survey applied to 21 research and higher education centers in Mexico. Two complementary models were designed, a linear data envelopment analysis (DEA method) model and a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA method) model. The results obtained using parametric and non-parametric methods show a strong initial heterogeneity in higher education institutions and public research centers that participate since 2011 in these processes in Mexico. In contrast to other more developed countries, productivity is limited in factors such as number and income from licenses, number of notifications of inventions, expenditure on intellectual property, and experience of technology transfer offices. Finally, a dynamic panel data model was designed in a second sample to evaluate the continuity of the preliminary results for the period between 2014 and 2016; the results show that public expenditure on R&D and the number of academia-industry agreements continue to have a positive impact on the productivity of academic entities. dependent and three independent variables: (a) disclosure of inventions, (b) number of personnel in the TTO, and (c) amount of legal expense associated with patents. In another study carried out by Siegel et al. (2008), using SFA, 120 TTOs are evaluated in the United Kingdom and the United States, corroborating a lower efficiency in universities in the United Kingdom with respect to those in the United States. sigma value a gamma value close 2 OLS
Development of Nb3Sn Coatings for Superconducting RF Cavities at Fermilab

Nb3Sn is a promising alternative material for superconducting RF cavities, with proven high quality factors at medium fields and predictions for increased superheating field as well. In this contribution, we describe the latest results from the Fermilab Nb3Sn SRF program. Early experiments have been focused on single cell 1.3 GHz cavities. We briefly review efforts to bring the parameters used in the coating process into a range where they produce uniform surfaces without regions showing signs of excess tin or thin/uncoated areas. We then present the latest cavity results, after modifications to the coating recipe based on feedback from film appearance and RF performance. These results show high Q0 at medium fields and a maximum field of ~18 MV/m.
Isolation and Identification of the Highly Cellulolytic and P-Solubilizing Fungi

Rice Straw (RS) is one of the most important agrowaste worldwide. There are variations in mycobiota inhabiting RS in cellulolytic profile. This study aims for isolation and screening of some fungal species from rice straw, and test them for the production of cellulose and P-solubilization. In this work, 14 fungal species from different localities in Dakhalia Province in Egypt were recovered. The initial screening of fungal growth on the carboxy-methyl cellulose (CMC) as a carbon source, showed that 12 isolates were able to grow and degrade CMC substrate with different degrees, where they showed maximum zones of hydrolysis with the highest enzymatic indices. Therefore, they were tested for the production of cellulases. Cellulase activity was determined by using carboxy-methly cellulase assay (CMC-ase) and filter paperase assay (FP-ase). Penicillium purpurgnium and Aspergillus niger were the most active strains for producing CMC-ase with values: 180.00 U mL RS and 172.40 U mL gm RS and FP-ase with values: 38.12U m gm RS and 20.21 U mL gm RS, respectively. Furthermore, the solubilization of Phosphate Rock (PR) was carried out by using 25 mg P 2 O 5 from PR and 5% (v/w) fungal inoculum. The results showed that, Aspergillus niger has the maximum phosphorus solubilization with value of 40.37 mg mL-1 followed by Penicillium purpurgnium with value of 37.11 mg mL-1 . Therefore, they were the most active cellulolytic strains for degrading stored RS and PRsolubilization. Article Info
Rumor Detection on Social Media: Datasets, Methods and Opportunities

Social media platforms have been used for information and news gathering, and they are very valuable in many applications. However, they also lead to the spreading of rumors and fake news. Many efforts have been taken to detect and debunk rumors on social media by analyzing their content and social context using machine learning techniques. This paper gives an overview of the recent studies in the rumor detection field. It provides a comprehensive list of datasets used for rumor detection, and reviews the important studies based on what types of information they exploit and the approaches they take. And more importantly, we also present several new directions for future research.
Liquidity constraints and farm household technical efficiency. Evidence from South Africa

This paper provides an analysis of household technical efficiency using a sample of farm households in the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa. The analysis has been conducted at household level and off farm activities has been considered as additional outputs of production in the non-parametric estimation of technical efficiency. This approach better captures the jointness between farm and non-farm activities induced by the presence of market imperfections and technical interdependencies. An important source of liquidity for South African households is the receipt of a pension. Its effect on household technical efficiency is identified exploiting the age eligibility criteria adopted by the South Africa Old Age Pension program. The results show that access to liquidity and income diversification have a positive effect on household technical efficiency suggesting that institutional reforms to improve access to labor and credit markets can allow a more efficient use of farm household resources.