Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Intellectual Capital, Firm Value and Ownership Structure as Moderating Variable: Empirical Study on Banking Listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2009-2012

Intellectual capital has been known since the issue of the failure of traditional accounting reporting real asset values and the presence of an integrated reporting standard requiring disclosure on capital employed in the creation of corporate value. This study aims to determine the effect of intellectual capital on firm value by ownership structure as a moderating variable. Intellectual capital is measured by using a model of Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (VAICTM) while the value of the company is measured by using Tobin's Q. The ownership structure as a moderating variable is represented by the percentage of managerial ownership and institutional ownership. This study’s population is banking companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) from 2009 to 2012. Based on purposive sampling method, the sample is obtained by 27 companies. The analytical method used is multiple regression equation for overall and path analysis for testing residual moderating variables. The results of this study indicate that intellectual capital has a positive and significant effect on firm value. This study also proves that managerial ownership is moderating variable that negatively affect the relationship of intellectual capital on firm value. While institutional ownership does not moderate the effect of intellectual capital on firm value.
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anxiety among Female Governmental Secondary Schools Students in Al-madinah, Saudi Arabia

Aim: The study aimed to measure the prevalence and risk factors of Anxiety among Female Governmental Secondary schools students, in Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: Cross sectional study was conducted in Al-Madinah city in 2014. Only Female secondary school students were included for study. Multistage sampling technique was used for student’s inclusion. The researcher used a self-administered questionnaire containing socio-demographic data and anxiety questionnaire developed by AL-Taif Mental Health sector. 10 students were given this questionnaire as a pilot study. All data has been entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21. Results: The present study indicates the prevalence and risk factors of anxiety among female governmental secondary school students of Al-Madinah city. Overall 64.6% of students showed symptoms of anxiety. High morbid anxiety was reported among 25.5% of secondary school girls whereas high not morbid anxiety was reported among 39.1% of them. Association between students believing that school`s examinations increase anxiety symptoms and anxiety was observed. Students who did not believe that anxiety symptoms increase by school`s examinations reported higher rate of high morbid anxiety compared to those who believe that anxiety symptoms increase by school`s examinations (56% versus 23.4%). The present study did not reveal significant association between anxiety and socio-demographic characteristics of the school girls. Conclusion: The present study indicates anxiety is prevalent among secondary school girls as almost one-fourth of them reported high morbid anxiety and more than one third reported high but not morbid anxiety. Socio-demographic characteristics of the school girls were not significantly associated with anxiety.
Corporate governance practice for tourism small and medium-sized enterprises in Malaysia

The Tourism Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (TSMEs) make a significant portion of entrepreneurial enterprises in Malaysia, and as a matter of fact play a big role as the backbone in the Malaysian tourism industry. Good corporate governance has been proven as a mechanism to increase companies' performance and since corporate governance also plays a vital role in the small firms including entrepreneurial, this study intends to examine the corporate governance practices in TSMEs namely ownership and board structure, conflict of Interest, stakeholders, social responsibility, remuneration and transparency. A number of 229 respondents consisted OF board of directors and top management of TSMEs were asked to indicate the importance of corporate governance practices and to determine the component of best practices for the TSMEs. The findings highlight that all the six corporate governance practices significantly derived as important component for the TSMEs. At present, there has been limited study on corporate governance in TSMEs. Hence. these findings would contribute towards considering these best practices as a vital role in managing TSMEs in achieving their strategies and objectives.
Stroke Caregiving Networks in Bangkok: Patterns of Social Exchange Behavior

บทคดยอ การศกษาครงนมวตถประสงคเพออธบายรปแบบการชวยเหลอทางสงคมของเครอขาย ผดแลผปวยอมพาตจากหลอดเลอดสมองในกรงเทพ แนวคดเครอขายทางสงคมนำมาชวยในการศกษาเครอขายความสมพนธระหวางกน และทฤษฎการแลกเปลยนทางสงคมนำมาชวยในการศกษาการแลกเปลยนความชวยเหลอในเครอขายผดแลผปวยอมพาตจากหลอดเลอดสมองจำนวน 18 เครอขาย ผปวยอมพาตสงอายในกรงเทพมหานคร ผใหขอมลสำคญจำนวน 42 คนคอผดแลหลกจำนวน 22 คน และสมาชกเครอขายจำนวน 20 คน การศกษาครงนเปนการวจยเชงชาตพนธวรรณา (Ethnographic study) เกบขอมลโดยการสงเกต การสมภาษณแบบเจาะลกและการพดคย การบนทกและวเคราะหเครอขายระหวางเดอนมกราคมถงเดอนกนยายน 2551 การวเคราะหบรบทของขอมลตามขนตอนของ Lecompete และ Schensul โดยใช Nvivo software program. ผลการศกษาพบรปแบบการชวยเหลอทางสงคมในเครอขายผดแลผปวยอมพาตจากหลอดเลอดสมองในบรบทกรงเทพฯเปน 3 รปแบบคอ การแบงกนดแล (Sharing care) การรวมกนดแล (Dual care) และการสนบสนนการดแล (Supplementary care) ปจจยทเกยวของประกอบดวยการสอสาร ขนาดเครอขาย ระยะเวลา เวลาทใหในการดแล การเงน สมพนธภาพและความพงพอใจ คำสำคญ : เครอขายการดแล, อมพาตจากหลอดเลอดสมอง, การแลกเปลยนการชวยเหลอทางสงคม Abstract This exploratory, descriptive, ethnographic study of 22 primary caregivers and 20 non-primary caregivers, who comprised 18 caregiving networks, sought to describe stroke caregiving networks and patterns of caregivers’ social exchange behaviors that influenced stroke caregiving. The concept of social network, in conjunction with social exchange theory, was used to describe relationships within the caregiving networks. Data were collected, January-September 2008, through a demographic data sheet, in-depth interviews and observations, household assessment, geographic mapping and network analysis. Data analyses were carried out via descriptive statistics and context analysis, using the method outlined by Lecompte and Schensul. The findings revealed factors associated with the caregiving networks were: size (structural); communication (informational); duration and time (social); finances (financial); and, relationships and satisfaction (psychological). In addition, three major patterns of social exchange behavior were noted: (a) sharing care, in which care functions were divided among the primary caregiver and non-primary caregivers; (b) dual care, wherein care functions were delivered by two primary caregivers, along with non-primary caregivers; and, (c) supplementary care, whereby the primary caregiver, often a spouse, performed caregiving alone or with occasional support from non-primary caregivers. Keywords : Caregiving network, Stroke caregiving, Social exchange
Socio-ethnic segregation in the metropolitan areas of Lithuania

One of the specific features of many post-Soviet cities is their multi-ethnic structure, which was strongly influenced by internal migrations within the Soviet Union. Political and economic reforms in the 1990s led to changes in ethnic composition, and the attention given to the processes of ethnic-segregation has started to increase. While most studies focus on capital cities, much less is known about second-tier cities. This article examines the interrelationships between ethnic and social segregation in the metropolitan areas of Lithuania (Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda). The authors use Lithuanian census data from the years 2001 and 2011 to obtain insight into the recent changes in the socio-spatial differentiation of the largest ethnic groups: Lithuanians, Poles, and Russians. The results show a clear relationship between the socio-economic and ethnic status of the residents of metropolitan areas and, therefore, suggest that ethnic segregation is strongly linked to the general processes of social segregation. The findings also show that the higher the proportion of a certain ethnic minority group in an area, the higher the proportion of lower (social) status residents in this group. In addition, in such cases, ethnic minorities often tend to concentrate in particular areas within the cities.
Application and Evaluation of the SWAP Model for Simulating Water and Solute Transport in a Cracking Clay Soil

In Sicily, the increasing scarcity of quality water is leading to irrigation with saline water in soils having a considerable susceptibility to cracking. Irrigation systems involving high application rates are used in these irrigated areas, and bypass flow during irrigation is thus prevalent. Adoption of management practices accounting for cracking is therefore necessary to prevent salinization and land degradation. In this paper, water flow and solute transport in a Sicilian cracking soil irrigated with saline water was simulated by using the soil-water-atmosphere-plant environment (SWAP) model, and the simulated results compared with measured values of soil moisture and salinity. The soil hydraulic parameters were obtained by inverse method based on multi-step outflow experiments, adopting two different sets of hydraulic parameters/functions, that is, (i) the van Genuchten-Mualem, (VGM model) and (ii) the Brutsaert retention equation coupled with the hydraulic conductivity model proposed by Gardner (B-G model). The results obtained using field measurements from four soil profiles of a cracking clay soil showed that SWAP provided accurate predictions of water content, θ, when the soil hydraulic properties were expressed according to the B-G model. Using the B-G hydraulic parameters/functions, the model was calibrated with reference to the dispersivity (L d i s ). A calibration value of about 20 cm was found for the four different profiles. In the conditions occurring in the Sicilian area where we are focusing our attention, the predictive errors associated with the simulated EC s a t , can be considered acceptable if the purpose of application is to predict the influence of salinity on crop yield.
Breadmaking potential and proteolytic activity of wheat varieties from two production years with different climate conditions

The wheat flour represents a complex system whose quality is influenced by several factors such as genotype, growing conditions and the complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. In recent years, wheat quality fluctuation has become a major issue for millers and bakers. Requirements of bakery industry for providing wheat flour of uniform quality impose the need for further investigation in direction of monitoring/improving wheat flour quality. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to evaluate wheat varieties, grown in different locations, by breadmaking potential and proteolytic activity in dependence of climate conditions. Wheat flour of four wheat varieties (Pobeda, Zvezdana, Gordana and Apache), from seven locations in Serbia characterized by different climatic conditions in two production years, were used in this study. The analyses included a determination of proteolytic activity and the rheological properties of dough. Rheological properties of wheat flour dough were determined by Gluten index and Brabender equipment (Farinograph, Extensograph and Amylograph). The studies ended with a trial baking and estimation of textural properties of obtained bread. Large variability for all attributes evaluated was observed, with wider ranges in quality parameters across varieties than among growing locations. Wheat flour samples from 2012 production year were characterized by inferior quality parameters. Proteolytic activity and bread specific volume values for 2012 production year were significantly lower compared to 2011. These results indicate that level of proteolytic activity was under optimum for obtaining bread with higher specific volume.
Analyses of Verb Tense and Voice of Research Article Abstracts in Engineering Journals

This paper seeks to analyze the research article abstracts among native English speakers and non-native (Iranian) speakers in the field of Electronic engineering. The analysis mainly focuses on the rhetorical structure, i.e. the constituent Moves/Sub-Moves. In addition, Verb choices and the voice and tense of the verbs in Move 2 and Move 4 respectively were examined. To this end, 25 published abstracts from each field (a total of 50 abstracts), all appearing in established, ISI journals, were selected. The model proposed by Santos (1996), composed of 5 moves along AntMover software was employed as a general guideline in order to identify Moves/SubMoves. The results compared and contrasted the dominant move patterns of each field, their unique Move/SubMoves, and the typical voice and tense of verbs employed in Move 4. It was also found that there were some variations between the abstracts written by native English speakers and nonnative speakers of English. It is hoped that with detailed analyses of abstracts, the results of this study may serve as a complement to the guidelines for novice writers to construct a proper research article abstract in electronic engineering.
Classifying Work in the New Economy

Alternatives to the archetypal model of full-time regular employment are now both prevalent and wide-ranging. Over a fifth of U.S. workers, and even more globally, now perform economic work under arrangements that differ from full-time regular employment. Yet most of our management and social science notions about economic work are based on the full-time employment model. We know relatively little about the operation and consequences of alternative arrangements in part because while these arrangements vary considerably, they are commonly grouped together for research purposes using existing classification systems. We outline an inclusive classification system that distinguishes clearly between employment and its alternatives. It also distinguishes among the alternatives themselves by grouping work arrangements into categories that share common properties and that are distinct from each other in ways that matter for practice and for research. The classification system is based on distinctions about the sou.
Comparison of OMI NO2 tropospheric columns with an ensemble of global and European regional air quality models

Abstract. We present a comparison of tropospheric NO2 from OMI measurements to the median of an ensemble of Regional Air Quality (RAQ) models, and an intercomparison of the contributing RAQ models and two global models for the period July 2008–June 2009 over Europe. The model forecasts were produced routinely on a daily basis in the context of the European GEMS ("Global and regional Earth-system (atmosphere) Monitoring using Satellite and in-situ data") project. The tropospheric vertical column of the RAQ ensemble median shows a spatial distribution which agrees well with the OMI NO2 observations, with a correlation r=0.8. This is higher than the correlations from any one of the individual RAQ models, which supports the use of a model ensemble approach for regional air pollution forecasting. The global models show high correlations compared to OMI, but with significantly less spatial detail, due to their coarser resolution. Deviations in the tropospheric NO2 columns of individual RAQ models from the mean were in the range of 20–34% in winter and 40–62% in summer, suggesting that the RAQ ensemble prediction is relatively more uncertain in the summer months. The ensemble median shows a stronger seasonal cycle of NO2 columns than OMI, and the ensemble is on average 50% below the OMI observations in summer, whereas in winter the bias is small. On the other hand the ensemble median shows a somewhat weaker seasonal cycle than NO2 surface observations from the Dutch Air Quality Network, and on average a negative bias of 14%. Full profile information was available for two RAQ models and for the global models. For these models the retrieval averaging kernel was applied. Minor differences are found for area-averaged model columns with and without applying the kernel, which shows that the impact of replacing the a priori profiles by the RAQ model profiles is on average small. However, the contrast between major hotspots and rural areas is stronger for the direct modeled vertical columns than the columns where the averaging kernels are applied, related to a larger relative contribution of the free troposphere and the coarse horizontal resolution in the a priori profiles compared to the RAQ models. In line with validation results reported in the literature, summertime concentrations in the lowermost boundary layer in the a priori profiles from the DOMINO product are significantly larger than the RAQ model concentrations and surface observations over the Netherlands. This affects the profile shape, and contributes to a high bias in OMI tropospheric columns over polluted regions. The global models indicate that the upper troposphere may contribute significantly to the total column and it is important to account for this in comparisons with RAQ models. A combination of upper troposphere model biases, the a priori profile effects and DOMINO product retrieval issues could explain the discrepancy observed between the OMI observations and the ensemble median in summer.
Local velocity variations for a drop moving through an orifice: Effects of edge geometry and surface wettability

We investigate velocity variations inside of and surrounding a gravity driven drop impacting on and moving through a confining orifice, wherein the effects of edge geometry (round- vs. sharp-edged) and surface wettability (hydrophobic vs. hydrophilic) of the orifice are considered. Using refractive index matching and time-resolved PIV, we quantify the redistribution of energy in the drop and the surrounding fluid during the drop's impact and motion through a round-edged orifice. The measurements show the importance of a) drop kinetic energy transferred to and dissipated within the surrounding liquid, and b) the drop kinetic energy due to internal deformation and rotation during impact and passage through the orifice. While a rounded orifice edge prevents contact between the drop and orifice surface, a sharp edge promotes contact immediately upon impact, changing the near surface flow field as well as the drop passage dynamics. For a sharp-edged hydrophobic orifice, the contact lines remain localized near the orifice edge, but slipping and pinning strongly affect the drop propagation and outcome. For a sharp-edged hydrophilic orifice, on the other hand, the contact lines propagate away from the orifice edge, and their motion is coupled with the global velocity fields in the drop and the surrounding fluid. By examining the contact line propagation over a hydrophilic orifice surface with minimal drop penetration, we characterize two stages of drop spreading that exhibit power-law dependence with variable exponent. In the first stage, the contact line propagates under the influence of impact inertia and gravity. In the second stage, inertial influence subsides, and the contact line propagates mainly due to wettability.
Factors Affecting Radon Concentration in Houses

The dangers to the human health upon exposure to radon and its daughter products is the main motivation behind the vast number of studies performed to find the concentration of radon in our living environment, including our houses. The presence of radon and its daughter products in houses are due to various sources including building materials and the soil under the houses. Many factors affect radon concentration in our houses, the elevation above ground level, ventilation, building materials and room usage being among these factors. In our paper, we discuss the effect of elevation above ground level, room usage and ventilation on the Radon concentration in houses. The faculty residences of the Mu’tah University (Jordan) were chosen in our study. Our results showed that the concentration of radon decreases with elevation. Ventilation rate was also found to affect radon concentration, where low concentrations observed for areas with good ventilation.
Waste mixing and diluent selection for the planned retrieval of Hanford Tank 241-SY-102: A preliminary assessment

This preliminary assessment documents a set of analyses that were performed to determine the potential for Hanford waste Tank 241-SY-102 waste properties to be adversely affected by mixing the current tank contents or by injecting additional diluent into the tank during sludge mobilization. As a part of this effort, the effects of waste heating that will occur as a result of mixer pump operations are also examined. Finally, the predicted transport behavior of the resulting slurries is compared with the waste acceptance criteria for the Cross-Site Transfer System (CSTS). This work is being performed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in support of Westinghouse Hanford Company`s W-211 Retrieval Project. We applied the equilibrium chemical code, GMIN, to predict potential chemical reactions. We examined the potential effects of mixing the current tank contents (sludge and supernatant liquid) at a range of temperatures and, separately, of adding pure water at a volume ratio of 1:2:2 (sludge:supernatant liquid:water) as an example of further diluting the current tank contents. The main conclusion of the chemical modeling is that mixing the sludge and the supernate (with or without additional water) in Tank 241-SY-102 dissolves all sodium-containing solids (i.e., NaNO{sub 3}(s), thenardite, NaF(s), and halite), but does not significantly affect the amorphous Cr(OH){sub 3} and calcite phase distribution. A very small amount of gibbsite [Al(OH){sub 3}(s)] might precipitate at 25{degrees}C, but a somewhat larger amount of gibbsite is predicted to dissolve at the higher temperatures. In concurrence with the reported tank data, the model affirmed that the interstitial solution within the sludge is saturated with respect to many of the solids species in the sludge, but that the supernatant liquid is not in saturation with many of major solids species in sludge. This indicates that a further evaluation of the sludge mixing could prove beneficial.
FDI theories. A location-based approach

Given the importance of FDI for the economic growth of both home and host countries, the aim of this paper is to assess the importance granted to location advantages during the development of FDI theory. We start with the earliest theoretical directions as regards FDI location issues and extend our study to describing less debated theories, but of a particular importance for this theme. In this way, we have the opportunity to emphasize the changes in FDI location determinants. We find that a direction of the FDI theories’ expansion is due to the incorporation of new variables on location, although the location advantages are barely mentioned in the first explanations regarding the international activity of the firms