Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Entrepreneurial attributes of undergraduate business students: a three country comparison revisited

In 2001/2002 a study was undertaken to establish whether significant differences existed between the levels of development of several entrepreneurial attributes, as perceived by undergraduate business students from three universities in three different countries. The rationale was that, if entrepreneurial attributes could be identified as more developed in one country than in another, solutions could be provided for developing these attributes in others. The primary objective of this study is to investigate and compare the levels of development of entrepreneurial attributes of undergraduate business students in the present study (2010) to the levels of development reported by undergraduate business students in the 2001/2002 study. Cronbach alpha coefficients were calculated to assess the reliability of the measuring instrument and ttests to establish significant differences. Cohen’s d statistics were calculated to establish practical significance. The findings suggest that the educational environment and entrepreneurship education policy of the Dutch university participating in this study could provide solutions as to how entrepreneurial attributes among students could be developed further.
Frequent Job Changes Can Signal Poor Work Attitude and Reduce Employability

This paper exploits variations in the timing of telecommunications reforms across Europe to analyze the relationship between the rise of alternative work arrangements and the emergence of the Internet. The paper evaluates whether sectors that are technologically more dependent on information and communications technologies experienced disproportionately larger changes in their employment outcomes after telecommunications reforms were introduced. The main results point to a disproportionate increase in total employment, part-time work, and home-based work among information and communications technologies–intensive sectors after the implementation of telecommunications reforms. The analysis does not find a link between the incidence of temporary employment, self-employment, second job holding, and telecommunications reforms. The main results are robust to several specifications.
Effect of cytochrome P 450 2 C 19 * 17 allelic variant on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular outcomes in clopidogrel ‐ treated patients : A systematic review and meta ‐ analysis

antiplatelet activity of clopidogrel. [3] Clopidogrel monotherapy or in combination with aspirin is widely used in the antiplatelet therapy of CCVD patients to reduce the occurrence of ischemic cardiovascular events, but it could also lead to an increased bleeding risk. [4,5] Common CYP2C19 polymorphisms are detected to influence pharmacodynamic response to clopidogrel, and loss‐of‐function CYP2C19 polymorphisms could result in reduced exposure to the active metabolite of clopidogrel. [6] This could decrease patient responsiveness to clopidogrel, and a low responsiveness is tied up with increased risk of ischemic events. [7] Stent thrombosis INTRODUCTION
Organizational crises and reactions from a legitimacy perspective: Results from two multiple-case studies

Organizational crises can be conceptualized as interactions between organizations and stake-holders around the breach and reestablishment of common norms and social codes, i.e. per-ceptions of legitimacy. This paper contributes to the understanding of organizational crises by exploring the roles of dimensions of legitimacy in organizational crises as well as the role of different reactions in the resolution of crises. Results of two qualitative multiple-case studies based on analyses of media reports are presented. They suggest that crises are indeed charac-terized by a loss in legitimacy, the specific dimensions depending on the type of crisis. More-over, results support the notion that the type as well as the timing of organizational reactions to crises is relevant to the effective handling of threatening events.
Encrustation and bioerosion on late Sheinwoodian (Wenlock, Silurian) stromatoporoids from Saaremaa, Estonia

A shallow shelf carbonate platform (pelletal limestone facies) stromatoporoid association from the late Sheinwoodian of Saaremaa (Baltica) contains a diverse assemblage of sclerobionts (both epi-and endobionts). The studied stromatoporoids vary from low domical to extended domical shapes. Cornulites sp. aff. C. stromatoporoides, Conchicolites sp. , Anticalyptraea calyptrata, microconchids, tabulate (Aulopora sp., Catenipora sp. and favositids) and rugose corals, sheet-like trepostome bryozoans, and discoidal crinoid holdfasts encrust the stromatoporoids. The dominant sclerozoans were tabulate and rugose corals, which is significantly different from several analogous Silurian sclerobiont communities. There may have been taxonomic polarity between an upper surface and a cryptic sclerozoan community. Bioerosion occurs as macroborings in 45.5 % of studied (N=22) stromatoporoids. Endobionts were represented by Trypanites and Palaeosabella borings, as well as embedded symbiotic rugose corals and Cornulites stromatoporoides.
The Shadow Economy and Shadow Labor Force: A Survey of Recent Developments

This survey presents the various methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy, their strengths and weaknesses and the estimation results. The purpose of the survey is threefold. Firstly, it demonstrates that no ideal method to estimate the size and development of the shadow economy exists. Because of its flexibility, the MIMIC method used to get macro-estimates of the size of the shadow economy is discussed in greater detail. Secondly, the paper focuses on the definition and causal factors of the shadow economy as well as on a comparison of the size of the shadow economy using different estimation methods. Thirdly, estimations of the size of the shadow economy and shadow labor force are presented and discussed.
Atitudes dos docentes de educação infantil em situação de acidente escolar

Objetivo: este estudo teve como objetivo investigar as atitudes dos docentes de uma escola de educacao infantil perante um acidente escolar. Metodo: trata-se de estudo descritivo e exploratorio, com abordagem qualitativa, desenvolvido em uma escola privada, situada no interior do estado de Sao Paulo, com dez professores de ensino fundamental I (1o ao 4o ano). Resultados: todos estes tem conceito amplo sobre acidente escolar, seis declaram ter em sua formacao instrucoes de atuacao em primeiros socorros e todos revelaram que a instituicao na qual trabalham nao forneceu preparo ou capacitacao para atuacao em acidentes escolares. Quatro informaram atuacao direta nas situacoes de acidentes, sendo que os principais acidentes vivenciados foram: convulsoes, cortes profundos, fraturas de membros superiores e inferiores expostas ou nao, entorses, cortes extensos com muito sangramento, quedas e engasgamentos. Conclusao: faz-se necessaria uma atuacao intersetorial, criando parcerias com a Estrategia de Saude da Familia local para implementar acoes que visem capacitar, promover e assistir os estudantes e os docentes no âmbito do Programa de Saude na Escola, pois “Quando se trabalha com crianca o risco e permanente”.
The Selection of Antidumping Cases for ITC Determination

2.1 Introduetlon One of the most remarkable changes in international trade during the past two decades has been the emergence of nontariff barriers (NTBs) as the new form of protectionism (Bhagwati 1988; Page 1987). Voluntary export restraints, orderly marketing arrangements, countervailing duty complaints, and antidumping actions are the most commonly used weapons of the new protectionism. Of specific interest for this paper is the widespread popularity of antidumping actions. While it is generally agreed that countervailing duty and antidumping laws have a legitimate role in maintaining "free and fair" trade, there is growing fear that such laws have been used to unfairly impede trade and harass rival foreign suppliers. Bhagwati (1988) argues that the design and implementation of antidumping law have encouraged its strategic use. For instance, the Commerce Department’s procedures for calculating dumping margins can lead to positive margins even though the average sales price across countries is the same. Domestic industries are not penalized for filing "frivolous" cases, and therefore are more likely to file with the intent to harass their rivals. Most importantly, since many actions are settled (i.e., involve some type of price or quantity agreement), merely analyzing the incidence of antidumping duties greatly under,rates the true trade distortion. Messerlin (1988, 1989) and Prusa (1988) have ~hown that on average withdrawn cases are at least as restrictive as cases that actually result in duties. This is an important result, implying that in practice
The Influence of Profitability, Solvability, Asset Growth, and Sales Growth Toward Firm Value (Empirical Study on Mining Companies Which Listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange)

This research was conducted to determine what factors may affect the firm value in the mining companies, because the company has a main objective to increase the firm value. Factors examined are internal factor. This research uses Profitability, Solvability, Asset Growth, and Sales Growth as independent variable and firm value as dependent variable. The results show that: Profitability, Solvability, Asset Growth, and Sales Growth simultaneously effect the firm value. Individually, Profitability and Sales Growth have no significant effect to Firm Value with regression coefficient (B) for Profitability is 0.19 and Sales Growth is 0.003, while Solvability and Asset Growth have significant effect to the Firm Value with B of Solvability is 0.463 and Asset Growth is -0.022. Keywords: Firm Value, Profitability, Solvability, Asset Growth, and Sales Growth
EFFICACY OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM THREE MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS IN CONTROLLING WILT DISEASE OF ROSELLE (HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA L.)

Prof. Dr. M.S. Hanafy, Cairo Univ. ABSTRACT: Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) is one of the most important medicinal plants. Root rot and wilt diseases of roselle attack either seedlings or adult plants. In this study, the isolation and identification of the pathogen associated with root rot and wilt symptoms of roselle in Assiut were studied during the seasons 20122014. The efficacy of essential oils from three plants i.e., sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum var. basilicum L.), marjoram (Majorana hortensis L.) and peppermint (Mentha piperita L.), at three concentrations (0.5, 1 and 2%) were tested against the most aggressive Fusarium isolate in vitro, as well as evaluation in vivo. Results showed that all tested isolates, Fusarium moniliform, F. solani and three isolates of F. oxysporum (No. 1, 2 and 3) were pathogenic to roselle plants while the highest pathogenicity was caused by F. oxysporum No. 3 followed by No. 1. In vitro, the three tested oils were found to have an inhibitory effect against the growth of the pathogenic fungus, the highest inhibition was observed at 2% of marjoram and peppermint (2.23 and 2.00 cm inhibition zone, respectively). Under open greenhouse conditions, results of seed coating with the three essential oils under study suppressed infection with pathogenic F. oxysporum. Marjoram and peppermint were the most effective oils in reducing disease incidence, 0.5% concentration demonstrate the best protection of roselle seeds against F. oxysporum. Growth characteristics ie. , plant height, No. branches and fruits/plant, fresh and dry weights of sepals were significantly higher at all treatments. Also, acidity and total anthocyanin increased significantly. Marjoram and peppermint oil at 0.5% and basil oil at 2% were the most effective concentrations in decreasing disease incidence in addition to increasing the quantity and quality of roselle yield.
The relation among ramal width and length with some cervical and cranio-facial measurements in different skeletal classes

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the relation among the ramal length and width with various cervical and cranio-facial measurements for a sample of Iraqi adults with different skeletal classes. Materials and method: The sample composed of 71 Iraqi adults (36 females and 35 males) with an age ranged between 17-30 years and had different skeletal mal-relations using SNA, SNB and ANB to differentiate between them and assorting them into CL.I, CL.II and CL.III mal-relation. Each individual was subjected to clinical examination and digital true lateral cephalometric radiograph that had been analyzed using AutoCAD 2007 software computer program to determine sixteen linear and ten angular measurements. Descriptive statistics were obtained and independent samples t-test was performed to evaluate the gender differences in different classes. ANOVA test as used to compare the measurements among the skeletal classes in each gender, while Pearson’s correlation coefficient test was used to determine the relations among ramal length and width with other measurements in all classes. Results and Conclusions: All of the linear measurements were significantly higher in males than females. On the other hand, the angular measurements showed non-significant gender difference except for SN-PP angle in class II group. ANOVA test showed statistically significant difference in upper gonial angle, Y-axis angle and the mandibular length. Ramal length and width correlated significantly with PFH, SN-MP angle and Co-Gn.
ESO VERY LARGE TELESCOPE OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF BL LACERTAE OBJECTS. IV. NEW SPECTRA AND PROPERTIES OF THE FULL SAMPLE

We present the last chapter of a spectroscopy program aimed at deriving the redshift or a lower limit to the redshift of BL Lac objects using medium-resolution spectroscopy. Here we report new spectra for 33 BL Lac object candidates obtained in 2008–2009, confirming the BL Lac nature of 25 sources and obtaining new redshifts for 5 objects. These new observations are combined with our previous data in order to construct a homogeneous sample of ∼70 BL Lac objects with high-quality spectroscopy. All these spectra can be accessed at the Web site http://www.oapd. inaf.it/zbllac/. The average spectrum, beaming properties of the full sample, discussion of intervening systems, and future perspectives are addressed.
Zinc Supplementation and its Effect on Thermal Stress Resistance in Carassius auratus Fry

Goldfish (Carassius auratus) fry (80 mg) were fed purified diets based on casein as a protein source and containing different levels of supplementary zinc (0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 mg Zn/kg diet) for nine weeks. There were overt signs of zinc deficiency (suppressed growth, high mortality) in fish fed the zinc-deficient control diet, while the highest growth was obtained in fish fed the 60 mg Zn/kg diet. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in the muscle and super-oxide dismutase (SOD) activity in the liver were highest in fish fed the 60 mg Zn/kg diet and did not significantly improve beyond this level. Muscle and whole body zinc concentrations increased proportionately with the dietary zinc supplementation but iron and copper concentrations in fish tissue were not affected by the supplementary zinc. After the 9-week trial, twelve fish were subjected to thermal stress (28-32°C) for another four weeks to observe growth and the physiological response of the stress enzyme, SOD. After thermal stress, growth improved with the increase in zinc. Likewise, SOD activity in the fish liver increased, indicating that fish utilize more zinc in high temperatures to counteract stress.
High-resolution analysis of radial growth and wood density in Eucalyptus nitens, grown under different irrigation regimes

Wood density is the most important determinant of wood quality and a critical factor in short rotation forestry. Daily radial growth of six-year-old Eucalyptus nitens trees were monitored on a two hectare plantation in south-eastern Tasmania using point dendrometers, under dif- ferent irrigation regimes. At the end of the second growing season 12-mm cores were extracted from the trees and processed for high-resolution wood density using SilviScan-2. The dendrometer measurements were utilized to rescale wood density on a time axis. In general, lower density was formed early in the growing season, and higher wood density later. The irrigated-droughted trees showed an obvious relationship between wood density and soil water deficits with the density decreasing in response to water stress releases. The density decrease was accompanied by acceleration in daily increment. With the presented approach the annual level is no longer the basis of analysis. This opens new opportunities for genotype × environmental interaction studies of trees, which is of particular importance in clonal forestry.
An Effective Solution Based on Genetic Algorithm for Virtual Network Functions Placement

Network functions virtualization (NFV) is a new design paradigm for network architecture. It is a potential technology to solve the current issues that the traditional networks face, such as excessive expenditure, complex configuration and waste of resources. NFV can decouple the network functions from physical dedicated hardware and virtualized them as software. Therefore, these virtualized functions, called as virtual network functions (VNF), can be managed flexibly in a cost-effective way. One of the most interesting topics is how to place VNFs in physical networks efficiently. In this work, we investigated this VNF placement problem and explained it in detail. Then we proposed an effective solution based on the genetic algorithm (GA) to cope with it. In order to obtain the expected economic benefits when processing service function chains (SFC), the objective of our solution is minimizing the number of VNF instances implemented. This objective can also help prevent over-provisioning or under-provisioning and achieve reasonable physical resource allocation. The simulation results show that the proposed solution has a good performance in resources utilization. It can process SFC requests effectively by instantiating not too many VNF instances. The delay of the end-to-end service delivery is also controllable when searching for the optimal solution.
Mate guarding, intrasexual competition and mating success in males of the non-territorial lizard Lacerta schreiberi

Schreiber's green lizard Lacerta schreiberi showed a high degree of overlap in individual home ranges which the males did not actively defend. The number of mates and estimated mating success of males were not related to the size of male home ranges. The population sex ratio was skewed towards males and a promiscuous mating system was detected; individual males mated with 0–4 females. Mating frequency, number of mates, and mating success of males were positively correlated with snout-vent length. Moreover, there was assortative mating by size. Males guarded individual mated females for several hours, keeping in physical contact with them, and attacking approaching males. Male contest success was related to body size, but not to home range size. The winning males mated more often with more females and probably had higher reproductive success. However, males could not guard more than one female simultaneously and they rarely monopolized individual females which were polyandrous.
Duration of Fipronil and Imidacloprid Gel Baits Toxicity against Blattella germanica Strains of Iran

The current study was conducted to investigate the duration of fipronil and imidacloprid gel baits toxicity against Ger-man cockroach strains in Iran during 2003-2004. In order to conduct this study, nine German cockroach strains were used. Newly emerged adult male German cockroaches starved for one scotophase (12 h), and ingested fipronil and imidacloprid gel baits for 2 h. After the given time was over, the bait was removed and replaced with mouse pellet. Mortality was re-corded at 12 intervals for 144 h (6 days). Mortality data of the replicates were pooled and was tested using probit analysis. Both gel baits were toxic to adult male German cockroaches. In the ingested bait method, the susceptible strain showed LT50 of 47.1 and 11.3 h for fipronil and imidacloprid gel baits, respectively, and the average LT90 was 74.2 and 19.3 h, respec¬tively. LT50 of the feral German cockroach strains varied 14.9 h from 30.5 to 45.4 h and 4.4 h from 12.4 to 16.8 h for fipronil and imidacloprid gel baits, respectively. All German cockroach strains showed a similar susceptibility to fipronil and imidacloprid gel baits, compared with the susceptible laboratory strain. The steep slopes of ingested bait mortality curves indicated that the feral German cockroach strains were homogenous to fipronil and imidacloprid ingested gel baits. These results suggest that fipronil and imidacloprid gel baits appear to have considerable potential as a bait for insecticide-resistant strains of German cockroach.
Unsupervised Antonym-Synonym Discrimination in Vector Space

SUMMARY. Automatic detection of antonymy is an important task in Natural Language Processing (NLP). However, currently, there is no effective measure to discriminate antonyms from synonyms because they share many common features. In this paper, we introduce APAnt , a new Average-Precision-based measure for the unsupervised identification of antonymy using Distributional Semantic Models (DSMs). APAnt makes use of Average Precision to estimate the extent and salience of the intersection among the most descriptive contexts of two target words. Evaluation shows that the proposed method is able to distinguish antonyms and synonyms with high accuracy, outperforming a baseline model implementing the co-occurrence hypothesis . RIASSUNTO. Sebbene l'identificazione automatica di antonimi sia un compito fondamentale del Natural Language Processing (NLP), ad oggi non esistono sistemi soddisfacenti per risolvere questo problema. Gli antonimi, infatti, condividono molte caratteristiche con i sinonimi, e vengono spesso confusi con essi. In questo articolo introduciamo APAnt, una misura basata sull'Average Precision (AP) per l'identificazione automatica degli antonimi nei Modelli Distribuzionali (DSMs). APAnt fa uso dell'AP per stimare il grado e la rilevanza dell'intersezione tra i contesti piu descrittivi di due parole target. I risultati dimostrano che APAnt e in grado di distinguere gli antonimi dai sinonimi con elevata precisione, superando la baseline basata sull'ipotesi della co- occorrenza