Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors Influencing E-Filing Usage Among Malaysian Taxpayers: Does Tax Knowledge Matters?

ABSTRACT The present study investigates whether tax knowledge influences the level of intention of individual taxpayers to use E-filing after four years of its implementation (2006 to 2009) in Malaysia. The study examines factors that might influence taxpayers’ level of intention to use E-filing based upon the theoretical framework of technology acceptance model (TAM); the theory of planned behavior (TPB); and the concept of tax knowledge. The survey was conducted on 228 individual taxpayers within the city of Kuala Lumpur in 2011 and shows that respondents have a high level of intention to use E-filing (4.34 out of 5). Empirical findings show that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and perceived subjective norms are positively associated, but perception on behavioral control and tax knowledge are not significantly associated with taxpayers’ intention to use E-filing. Since the Inland Revenue Board Malaysia (IRBM) is currently promoting the use of E-filing, the results may assist the IRBM to plan a more effective strategy of promoting E-filing usage among individual taxpayers in Malaysia. Keywords: E-filing; technology acceptance model; theory of planned behavior; tax knowledge ABSTRAK Kajian ini bertujuan mengenalpasti sama ada pengetahuan cukai boleh mempengaruhi tahap kecenderungan pembayar cukai individu untuk menggunakan E-filing setelah empat tahun pelaksanaannya (2006 hingga 2009) di Malaysia. Berdasarkan kerangka teori model penerimaan teknologi (TAM), teori tingkahlaku terancang (TPB), dan konsep pengetahuan cukai, kajian ini menyelidik faktor-faktor yang mungkin mempengaruhi tahap kecenderungan pembayar cukai untuk menggunakan E-filing. Kajiselidik terhadap 228 pembayar cukai individu di bandaraya Kuala Lumpur pada tahun 2011 menunjukkan responden mempunyai tahap kecenderungan yang tinggi untuk menggunakan E-filing (4.34 daripada 5). Dapatan empirikal menunjukkan tanggapan kebergunaan, tanggapan mudah digunakan dan tanggapan norma subjektif berhubung secara positif, namun tanggapan kawalan tingkahlaku dan pengetahuan cukai tidak menunjukkan hubungan signifikan, dengan kecenderungan pembayar cukai untuk menggunakan E-filing. Memandangkan Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Malaysia (LHDNM) sedang giat mempromosi penggunaan E-filing, dapatan kajian mungkin boleh membantu LHDNM untuk merancang strategi yang lebih efektif untuk meningkatkan penggunaan E-filing dalam kalangan pembayar cukai individu di Malaysia. Kata kunci: E-filing; model penerimaan teknologi; teori tingkahlaku terancang; pengetahuan cukai
Tailoring energy-saving advice using a unidimensional Rasch scale of conservation measures

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A new compression algorithm for fast text search

We propose a new compression algorithm that compresses plain texts by using a dictionary-based model and a compressed string-matching approach that can be used with the compressed texts produced by this algorithm. The compression algorithm (CAFTS) can reduce the size of the texts to approximately 41% of their original sizes. The presented compressed string matching approach (SoCAFTS), which can be used with any of the known pattern matching algorithms, is compared with a powerful compressed string matching algorithm (ETDC) and a compressed string-matching tool (Lzgrep). Although the search speed of ETDC is very good in short patterns, it can only search for exact words and its compression performance differs from one natural language to another because of its word-based structure. Our experimental results show that SoCAFTS is a good solution when it is necessary to search for long patterns in a compressed document.
Mobile Learning in the Theater Arts Classroom.

Mobile learning (m-learning) challenges the traditional definition of teaching and learning. M-learning concept is gaining popularity because it enables learning across multiple contexts and disciplines by using portable mobile devices. In recent years, it has attracted increasing attention at the tertiary level as some institutions adopt Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) in classrooms. While m-learning is becoming ubiquitous as educators often hear about it at conferences and encounter it in literature, one might assume that many educators know about and use it in teaching. It is not, especially in theater arts classrooms. In Dance and Drama education, for instance, the use of mobile teaching and learning is extremely limited both in literature and in practice. This study looks at 146 undergraduate students in three General Education (GE) classes (two Drama and one dance) over fourteen weeks at a comprehensive university in Southern China. During lectures, in class and online, smartphones were integrated in learning and they were used in a variety of class related activities including ZOOM, virtual presentations, online polls, and video making to further engage students in deep learning. This study finds that though challenges exist, the fusion of the multichannel teaching approach (m-learning, blended learning, in class/online lectures) has enhanced teaching and learning experiences among theatre arts students.
Migration Matters in South Asia: Commonalities and Critiques

textabstractMigration within and out of south Asia has been a practice steeped in historical processes. This article identifies commonalities such as the significant macroeconomic role of migration and similar main destinations for south Asia’s mobile populations. It critiques popular themes in the discourse on migration, like the focus on economic benefits of moving populations and the nation state as a reference point. The article questions the existing views of what it means for people to move from their homes, many times (but not only) across international borders.
Song structure, not high‐frequency song content, determines high‐frequency auditory sensitivity in nine species of New World sparrows (Passeriformes: Emberizidae)

Summary The evolution of vocal signals can be constrained by a host of factors including habitat effects on sound propagation, morphology of sound-producing structures and phylogenetic relationships among species. Here, we asked whether auditory sensitivity over a broad range of frequencies correlates with the spectral content of conspecific vocalizations, or whether it is constrained by the overall structure of vocalizations, habitat effects on sound propagation or relatedness among species. We studied nine New World sparrows (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) including three open-habitat species, three scrub-like habitat species and three forest species. For each habitat, one species had pure-trilled songs, another had tonal songs and another had complex songs with tones, trills and amplitude-modulated buzzes. As predicted by the acoustic adaptation hypothesis, song spectral properties (specifically frequency and entropy) had the highest values in open-habitat species and the lowest values in forest species. Based on our results from song analyses, and the sender–receiver matching hypothesis, we predicted that open-habitat species would be more sensitive to high-frequency sounds compared to forest species. Contrary to this prediction, habitat and high-frequency song content had little effect on audiogram shape. Song type, however, had a strong effect, with species that produce complex songs showing higher sensitivity to high-frequency sounds than all other species. Our results suggest that the use of song frequency by receivers depends on song structure and not necessarily on song spectral content. Therefore, our current understanding of how signal-processing mechanisms should match signal properties appears to be too simple. When thinking about the evolution of signal-processing mechanisms, the multidimensionality of signals, and how the different dimensions can interact, should be considered.
Factors Associated with Early Weaning According to the Report of Mothers in a Child Friendly Hospital Initiative

Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with early weaning according to the report of mothers in a Child Friendly Hospital Initiative. Material and Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional study with a sample of 252 mother/child binomials, participants in a maternal and childcare program, in a Child Friendly Hospital Initiative in Teresina, Brazil. A semi-structured questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument, administered to the mothers in individual interviews, with questions about socioeconomic conditions, breastfeeding, period, reason and way of weaning; and non-nutritive sucking habits. Early weaning was considered when the supply of breast milk was interrupted before the six months of life. For data analysis, descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed (Pearson's Chi-Square Test and Fisher's Exact Test), with a level of significance of 5%. Results: The prevalence of early weaning was 11.9%. The reasons given for interrupting breastfeeding by the mothers were: 23,% attributions of the mother; 46. % attributions of the infant; 23.3 % organic deficiency of the mother; 6.7% influence of others; and 4.8% of the mothers were still breastfeeding. The finger and/or pacifier sucking habits (p=0.002), and the use of a bottle (p=0.003) were associated with early weaning. A significant association between the total weaning period and the socioeconomic variables was not observed (p>0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of early weaning was low. The main factors were related to “infant attributions”, associated to children with non-nutritive sucking habits, bottle use, first tooth erupted with less than 6 months and whose mothers had formal employment.
Health and social well-being among different religious community in Indian prospective

The aim of the study to understand the status of social well-being in various religious communities. This study was also planned to examine his psychological & physical dimension of health, the study was conducted in Allahabad Utter Pradesh and Metro city Delhi India sample of the study include 100 participants. Participants were taken from Hindu community, Muslim community, Christens & Sikh community each community n= 25 Participants was taken in order to receive the objective social wellbeing scale was used as tools for the data collection. The result were discussed in impact of Health and social well-being on the different – different religious community. Other findings have reported that styles of emotional and social expression are related with health as individuals who repress their emotional symptoms exhibit poor health outcomes. While the Individuals, who feel emotions with greater intensity, differentiate among them and regulate them properly, show better health outcomes in their health related issues and well-being.
Designing and validating a language teacher attribution scale: a structural equation modeling approach

Causal attributions constitute one of the most universal forms of analyzing reality, since they fulfill basic functions in motivation for action. As a theory of causal explanations for success and failure, attribution research has found a natural context in the academic domain. Despite this, it appears that teacher attribution, in particular language teacher attribution, is an unchartered territory that awaits further research. Having attributed this gap to the scarcity of a standardized instrument for assessing teacher attributions, the researchers of the present article set out to design and validate a scale for measuring English language teacher attributions with the prospect of initiating further research on teacher attributions. Based on Weiner’s attribution model, a five-factor scale with 50 items was proposed. Confirmatory factor analysis resulted in a more refined version of the scale comprising four attributions and 40 items. The resultant model had acceptable fit indices and satisfactory reliability estimates. To further validate the scale, its association with a closely related construct, i.e. teacher efficacy, was examined using structural equation modeling analysis. The results demonstrated that the proposed model is acceptable. It was concluded that the scale is a valid and reliable tool for assessing language teachers’ attributions.
Predictors ofMarital Adjustment : Are ThereAnyDifferencesBetweenWomen and Men ?

Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore if there are differences between women and men in relationships among family-of-origin, romantic attachment, and marital adjustment. Two hundred and forty-nine participants filled out four self-reported measures: The Differentiation in the Family System Scale, Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale, Experiences in Close Relationship Scale, and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale. In order to analyze the data, multiple-group analysis with AMOS 16.0 was used. There was no difference between women and men in all observed variables. Regardless of gender, only the romantic attachment was a significant predictor of marital adjustment. Only in women, family-of-origin significantly predicted their romantic attachment. Across gender groups, the configural model fitted satisfactorily the observed data. When measurement and structural weights, as well as residuals were constrained to be equal across gender groups, the invariance of the model was also supported. The results suggest women and men could be similar when it comes to the relationships among constructions they both have regarding family-of-origin experiences, romantic attachment patterns, and marital adjustment. Some implications for research and clinical practice with marital couples are briefly discussed.
Clast imbrication in coarse-grained mountain streams and stratigraphic archives as indicator of deposition in upper flow regime conditions

Abstract. Clast imbrication is one of the most conspicuous sedimentary structures in coarse-grained clastic deposits of modern rivers but also in the stratigraphic record. In this paper, we test whether the formation of this fabric can be related to the occurrence of upper flow regime conditions in streams. To this end, we calculated the Froude number at the incipient motion of coarse-grained bedload for various values of relative bed roughness and stream gradient as these are the first-order variables that can practically be extracted from preserved deposits. We found that a steeper energy gradient, or slope, and a larger bed roughness tend to favor the occurrence of supercritical flows. We also found that, at the onset of grain motion, the ratio ϕ between the critical shear stress for the entrainment of a sediment particle and its inertial force critically controls whether flows tend to be super- or subcritical during entrainment. We then mapped the occurrence of clast imbrication in Swiss streams and compared these data with the hydrologic calculations. Results indicate that imbrication may record supercritical flows provided that (i) ϕ values are larger than ca. 0.05, which is appropriate for streams in the Swiss Alps; (ii) average stream gradients exceed ca. 0.5 ± 0.1°; and (iii) relative bed roughness values, i.e., the ratio between water depth d and bed sediment D84, are larger than ∼ 0.06 ± 0.01. We cannot rule out that imbrication may be formed during subcritical flows with ϕ values as low as 0.03, as demonstrated in a large number of flume experiments. However, our results from Alpine streams suggest that clast imbrication likely reflects upper flow regime conditions where clasts form well-sorted and densely packed clusters. We consider that these differences may be rooted in a misfit between the observational and experimental scales.
Finite Permutation Groups with a Transitive Minimal Normal Subgroup

A finite permutation group is said to be innately transitive if it contains a transitive minimal normal subgroup. In this paper, we give a characterisation and structure theorem for the finite innately transitive groups, as well as describing those innately transitive groups which preserve a product decomposition. The class of innately transitive groups contains all primitive and quasiprimitive groups. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification 20B05, 20B15.
THE IMPACT OF NEMATODES ON SUGARCANE CULTIVARS

The susceptibility of sugarcane cultivars to a nematode community comprised of Mesocriconema xenoplax, Paratrichodorus minor, and Tylenchorhynchus annulatus was evaluated in greenhouse and microplot experiments. In greenhouse tests, across years (1995 and 1996) and cultivars (CP 65-357, CP 70-321, LCP 82-89, HoCP 85-845, and LCP 86-454), plant height, shoot length, shoot and root dry weight, and the number of tillers per plant were suppressed by nematodes. Growth parameters for the LCP cultivars were most affected by the nematodes, and those of cultivars HoCP 85-845 and CP 65-357 were least affected. In microplots, across years (1995, 1996, and 1997) and cultivars (CP 70-321 and LCP 82-89), nematodes reduced shoot and root dry weights and numbers of tillers per plant. LCP 82-89 supported higher nematode community levels and sustained the greatest amount of root damage. The results suggest that the commonly occurring nematode community is adversely affecting sugarcane productivity in Louisiana.
EFFECIENCY OF BORON AND MAGNESIUM LEVELS ON PRODUCTIVITY OF CAULIFLOWER (BRASSICA OLERACEA L.)

1. Horticulture College, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 59 Mucai Street Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150030, China 2. Department of Horticulture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan 3. Horticulture College, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China 4. Department of Agronomy, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 5. Department of Agronomy, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Frontal subduction of a cool surface water mass in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico

The southward wind events in the Gulf of Tehuantepec generate large warm eddies and strong offshore current jets that produce entrainment of subsurface waters into the upper ocean resulting in cool (dense) water masses. Strong frontal features occur at the boundary between warm eddies and cool patches. An important fraction of the cool water is subducted beneath these eddies as intrapycnocline ‘lenses’ (eddies) within the boundary of a larger eddy. These small eddies are stable and interact with the larger one. Observational evidence of two such lenses is presented. Qualitative arguments based on observed flow and density fields, as well as vorticity arguments, confirm the existence of subduction processes. The magnitude of the subduction rate is estimated as large as 80 m d -1 . A revised conceptual scheme of the eddy generating process is summarized as: a) during the event the wind-induced offshore current entrains subsurface water in the central gulf, thus establishing the initial density gradient; b) also during the event, the horizontal density gradient is maintained by horizontal warm water advection; c) after the event a coastal jet separates from the west coast reaches the central gulf and spins up to form an anticyclone; d) subduction due to intense convergence occurs where the warm coastal jet meets the cool water; e) the ‘mature’ warm eddy propagates offshore carrying a lens of cool subducted water within its boundary.
The Relationship between Plasma Levels of Large Neutral Amino Acids and Leptin in Women with or Without Obesity

Obese subjects usually have hyperaminoacidemia. Because leptin can affect the metabolism of amino acids, the relationship between them in obesity was investigated. The results showed obese women had significant elevation of plasma large neutral amino acids, which was positively correlated with the values of leptinemia and HOMA-IR.
Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride as a Potential inhibitor of Copper Corrosion in 1M HNO3

Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride has been tested as an inhibitor of copper corrosion in 1.0 M nitric acid, using mass loss technique and DFT (Density Functional Theory) calculations. The experimental studies have been performed in the concentration range of 0.05 mM to 1 mM and the temperature range of 308 K to 328 K. The results show that the inhibition efficiency of the studied molecule is concentration and temperature dependent. The fractions of surface coverage and the related concentrations were used to fit adsorption isotherms including, Langmuir, El-Awady, Temkin, Freundlich and Flory Huggins. Though the Langmuir isotherm was found to be the best isotherm, it could not be applied strictly because of deviation from the assumptions used to derive this isotherm. So, the appropriate isotherm was the modified Langmuir isotherm. To solve the ambiguity usually associated with the characterization of the adsorption processes of organic compounds, the Dubinin-Radushkevitch isotherm and that of Adejo-Ekwenchi were used. Furthermore, DFT calculations based on B3LYP functional and 6-31G (d) basis set were used to derive the molecular properties of ciprofloxacin. The relationships between the inhibition efficiency and some molecular descriptors have been discussed. The Fukui functions were calculated and used to locate the sites of electrophilic and nucleophilic attacks via the dual descriptor. Quantum chemical studies corroborate experimental results.
Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from the Ghanaian Public Service

The satisfaction of human need is an important objective organizations strive to achieve. The present study sought to examine service quality and customer satisfaction in the Ghanaian public service. Using correlational research design and a purely quantitative research approach, the researcher collected data from 304 participants using questionnaire. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson product-moment correlation test. The result showed that service quality significantly and positively related with customer satisfaction. In addition, customer perception and expectation significantly and positively related with customer satisfaction. The implications of the findings have been presented. Keywords: Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Public Service, Ghana
Avaliação de qualidade de vida em laringectomizados totais

Introducao: O câncer de laringe corresponde a aproximadamente 25% dos tumores malignos de cabeca e pescoco, tendo na laringectomia total uma de suas principais armas de tratamento. Essa cirurgia, alem de trazer o impacto do traqueostoma definitivo, traz alteracoes na degluticao, respiracao, olfato e fonacao; assim, atividades sociais e profissionais podem ficar enormemente prejudicadas. Neste contexto, avaliar a qualidade de vida e importante, visando melhor planejar estrategias de tratamento e de reabilitacao. Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida, atraves de questionario especifico traduzido e adaptado para a lingua portuguesa do Brasil, de pacientes submetidos a laringectomia total. Metodos: Estudo prospectivo em que foram selecionados 12 pacientes submetidos a laringectomia total ha pelo menos um ano, para aplicacao do questionario de qualidade de vida UW – QOL v.4 (University of Washington Quality of Life). A qualidade de vida global dos pacientes foi analisada somando-se os pontos (0-100) de cada dominio (n=12) do questionario. Resultados: A maioria dos pacientes entrevistados era de homens, com media de idade de 59,5 anos, portadores de carcinoma espinocelular da laringe ou hipofaringe, estadios clinicos III ou IV e realizaram como tratamento cirurgia associada ou nao a radioterapia e/ou quimioterapia. A qualidade de vida global dos pacientes foi, em media, 900,25 (0