Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Use of Information Systems in Aqaba Hotels: An Integration of TAM with Task Technology Fit and Self-Efficacy

Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between hotel information system (HIS) users’ personal perceptions and beliefs of the given system and their daily routine usage intention via the technology acceptance model (TAM), considering the two external variables (motivational variables) of the model - ‘task technology fit’ (extrinsic motivation, system feature) and ‘self-efficacy’ (intrinsic motivation, personal feature). Design: Data were collected using a self-administrated questionnaire from employees of seven upscale hotels in Aqaba, Jordan, and path analysis was utilized to test structural model and hypotheses.Results: The findings revealed that Task-Technology Fit and Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU) affected Perceived Usefulness which the latter influenced HIS Intention to Use. However, Perceived Ease of Use did not influence Attitude towards Use although the latter affected Perceived Ease of Use. In addition, while Self-Efficacy influenced Perceived Ease of Use HIS, it did not affect the Intention to Use.Originality: This study is the first research that extends the Technology Acceptance Model by incorporating two additional factors namely; task technology fit and self-efficacy to study the use of Information Systems in Aqaba Hotels. Keywords: Information systems, Technology acceptance model, Task technology fit, Self-efficacy, Structural equation modeling, Hotel management, Jordan
The impact of training of transactional analysis on Psychological well-being of the married women in Tehran city

Present study was aimed at investigating the impact of training of transactional analysis on Psychological well-being of the married women in Tehran city in 1991. Procedure was semi-experimental with pre-test & post- test with control group. Research society consisted of the entire married women of Tehran City who had been referred to Education and training counseling center; seeking counseling services. Sampling ( 30 subjects) were randomly selected from among qualified volunteers and were randomly assigned in experimental and control groups. Training sessions were done in 10 sessions. At the end of sessions, both groups were asked to take the test again. A tool was: questionnaire of Ryff’s Psychological well-being with 18 questions. The coefficient of internal consistency test was. /50. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and ANOVA was used. The results of this study showed training of transactional analysis has increased Significantly Psychological well-being in women in post- test and follow up ( p<./001). Taking into consideration the survey’s data, it could be concluded that training transactional analysis can be implemented to increase Psychological well-being of the married women.
Late neogene elasmobranch fauna from the Coquimbo formation, Chile

− Neogene marine sediments from Chilean geological formations contain a diverse marine fossil fauna. In Chile, the “Norte Chico” (27°S to 32°S) is composed of two important sedimentary marine deposits, the Bahía Inglesa and Coquimbo formations. Diverse vertebrate taxa including ﬁ sh, birds, mammals and abundant chondrichthyans have been described from Bahía Inglesa Formation. However, the vertebrate fauna from Coquimbo Formation has been poorly documented. Based upon ﬁ eld trips and the analysis of collections from the Coquimbo Formation, the elasmobranch fossil fauna is composed of at least nine taxa, two of which are extinct ( Carcharocles megalodon and Carcharodon plicatilis ). The rest of the taxa are related with living elasmobranch species that are inhabitants of the Eastern Paci ﬁ c Ocean and Tropical America coast.
Diversity of Edible Mollusc (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) at Selected Divison of Sarawak, Malaysia

Diversity of edible mollusc was studied at eight divisions of Sarawak from August 2010 to May 2011. At each division, diversity and number of species were collected from road site selling out lets and local wet markets. Total number of mollusc was comprised of 29 species namely Solen regularies, S. lamarckii, Pharella acutidens, Anadara granosa, Pholas orientalis, Gluconome virens, Circe scripta, Anodonta woodina, Paphia undulata, Amusium pleuronectes, Meretrix meretrix, M. lyrata, Polymesoda bengalensis, P. erosa and P. expansa for bivalve and Cerithidea rizophorarum, C. obtusa, Telescopium telescopium, Clithon retropictus, Nerita articulate, N. chamaeleon, N. albicilla, Ellobium aurisjuda, Trochus radiates, Planaxis sulcatus, Monodonta labio, Turbo crasus, Thais aculate and Melo melo for gastropod. The species number of bivalve was recorded highest (15 species) in mollusc group from Sarawak. Mollusc diversity was found highest (14 species) in Bintulu and lowest (1 species) in the division of Sarikei. From this study, there is a wide chance of research to further explore both on the possibility of commercial value and ecosystem conservation.
Efeitos genéticos e de ambiente sobre os escores visuais de conformação, precocidade e musculosidade em bovinos Nelore ao sobreano

Os escores visuais de conformacao (C), precocidade (P) e musculosidade (M) sao usados para acessar indiretamente caracteristicas relacionadas a terminacao e composicao de carcaca. Neste estudo, objetivou-se analisar como a idade da vaca ao parto (AC), idade (YA) e peso do animal ao sobreano (YW) influenciam os escores de bovinos da raca Nelore, alem de estimar suas herdabilidades. Foram estimadas funcoes de regressao dos efeitos de AC, YA e YW sobre os escores C, P e M, apos a absorcao do efeito de grupo de contemporâneos (CG). As herdabilidades foram estimadas por maxima verossimilhanca restrita, considerando-se quatro diferentes modelos que incluiram o efeito genetico aditivo de animal como aleatorio, e diferentes covariaveis (AC, YA e YW) como efeitos fixos. Nas analises de regressao, as covariaveis, tanto linear como quadratica, influenciaram significativamente os escores C, P e M. Os coeficientes de determinacao dos modelos para YA e AC foram de pequena magnitude, provavelmente devido a absorcao do efeito de CG. As estimativas de herdabilidade para os escores variaram de 0,13 a 0,36 para C, de 0,32 a 0,36 para P, e de 0,35 a 0,38 para M, considerando todos os modelos utilizados, indicando que C, P e M respondem a selecao direta. A classificacao dos animais de acordo com seus valores geneticos, principalmente em relacao a C, variou de acordo com os efeitos de ambiente incluidos nos modelos. s.
Incidental environmental anchors

Three studies examined whether potential anchor values that are incidentally present in the environment can affect a person's numerical estimates. In Study 1, estimates of an athlete's performance were influenced by the number on his jersey. In Study 2, estimates of the proportion of sales in the domestic market were influenced by a product's model number. In Study 3, participants' estimates of how much they would spend at a restaurant were influenced by whether the restaurant was named “Studio 17” or “Studio 97. ” These effects were not qualified by participants' expertise in the relevant domain (Study 1) or by their ability to subsequently recall the anchor value (Study 3). These findings document the existence of a new form of “basic anchoring” and suggest that not all basic anchoring effects are as fragile as the existing anchoring literature suggests. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Effect of organic amendment on organic metabolites in root knot nematode (Meloidogyne Incognita) infested spinach

The Nematodes are roundworms that are found in every environment of the earth. While some species are harmful parasites, others play a vital role in nutrient cycle and medical research. Nematode infestation in the fields is poly-specific; however, depending on the agro-climatic conditions, one or two species are dominant over the rest. The present studies attempts to observe and control the root knot infestation on spinach (Spinacea oleracea), which belong to Chenopodiaceous family and is extensively cultivated in India for its nutritious leaves. Various organic metabolites have been estimated in root knot nematode infested spinach, including chlorophyll, total carbohydrates, and total free amino acids. Spinach plants, infested with root knot nematode, have been treated with peels of lemon, which proved beneficial in terms of increased chlorophyll content. Altered total carbohydrate and total free amino acid content have been found with S/4 of lemon-peel-treated spinach plants. It has been found that the infested spinach shows 137.5% carbohydrate content over the normal plants. The kaghzi neemboo amended spinach contains lower carbohydrate than normal-control. Rate of carbohydrate contents has been found to be inversely proportional to the rate of extracts concentrations as S/4, S/2, and S show 92.5%, 55%, and 37.5% increase over normal-control spinach. The bio-amendment of citrus aurantifolia, (kaghzi neemboo) helps controlling root knot nematodes, which is more beneficial than using chemicals to control the same, as the chemical fertilizer causes pollution, exerting negative impacts on flora and fauna.
The Ordering Distribution of Main and Adverbial Clauses: A Typological Study

This article examines the ordering distribution of main and adverbial clauses in crosslinguistic perspective. Using a representative sample of forty languages, the author shows that the ordering of main and adverbial clauses correlates with the position of the subordinator in the subordinate clause. In languages in which adverbial clauses have a final subordinator, adverbial clauses tend to precede the main clause, whereas in languages in which adverbial clauses are marked by an initial subordinator, adverbial clauses commonly occur in both sentence-initial and sentence-final position. In the latter language type, the position of an adverbial clause varies with its meaning or function: conditional clauses precede the main clause more often than temporal clauses, which in turn are more often proposed than causal, result, and purpose clauses. The distributional patterns are explained in terms of competing motivations; it is suggested that they arise from the interaction between structural and discourse-pragmatic factors.
Business Cycle Dependent Unemployment Benefits with Wealth Heterogeneity and Precautionary Savings

In the wake of the financial and economic crisis the discussion about social insurance and optimal stabilization policies has re-blossomed. This paper adds to the literature by studying the effects of a business cycle dependent level of unemployment benefits in a model with labor market matching, wealth heterogeneity, precautionary savings, and aggregate fluctuations in productivity. The results are ambiguous: both procyclical and countercyclical unemployment benefi? ts can increase welfare relative to business cycle invariant benefits. Procyclical benefits are beneficial due to countercyclicality of the distortionary effect (on job creation) from providing unemployment insurance, whereas countercyclical benefits facilitate consumption smoothing.
A study of validity for psychometric evaluation using Attitude toward Loss of Hearing Questionnaire (ALHQ) for the hearing impaired

A study of validity for psychometric evaluation using Attitude toward Loss of Hearing Questionnaire (ALHQ) for the hearing impaired. Byung Hae Jo, Eun Yeong Shin and Jin Sook Kim Audiology, Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Public Health, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea Graduate Program in Audiology, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea Division of Speech Pathology & Audiology, Audiology & Speech Pathology Research Institute, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea Attitudes toward Loss of Hearing Questionnaire (ALHQ) designed by Brooks(1989) was interpreted to Korean in order to provide Korean psychometric evaluation data. For validating the results and possibility of clinical utilization, the analysis method was adapted from Saunders & Cienkowski(1996) who divided five reliable scales of 24-questions version of ALHQ: 1) Social Emotional Impact of Hearing Loss (SEI), 2) Lack of Acceptance/Adjustment to Hearing Loss (LAA), 3) Perceived Absence of Support from Significant Others (PASSO), 4) Hearing Aid Stigma (HAS), 5) Awareness of Hearing Loss (AHL). 104 hearing impaired Korean participated and completed the questionnaire. Scoring method 1 and 2, giving 1 and 2 for the positive response, respectively, were used. All five scales were scored such that a positive response, and consequently a higher score, means a poor attitude toward hearing loss. Cronbach's α were . 471~ . 693 and . 368~ . 628, for scoring method 1 and 2, indicating somewhat low reliability. The correlation of the scales were statistically significant for all scales. Pure tone audiometric data explained little about the variance in scores. Right ear pure tone averages of 0.5~4 kHz were significantly correlated with SEI scores and SEI scores were significantly correlated with total ALHQ score, LAA and SEI. Demographic factors such as gender, age, marital status, period of wearing hearing aid did not give any influence over the scores. Conclusively, the interpreted ALHQ is a potentially useful clinical tool for aural rehabilitation and counseling, if the personality data are added and more studies are conducted with more participants. However, it is suggested to develop Korean questionnaire to overcome interpreted English questionnaire.
Modelling self-similar appearance of galaxy clusters in X-rays

Context. The largest uncertainty for cosmological studies using clusters of galaxies is introduced by our limited knowledge of the statistics of galaxy cluster structure and the related scaling relations between observables and cluster mass. A large effort has therefore been made to compile global galaxy cluster properties, in particular those obtained through X-ray observations, and to study their scaling relations. However, the scaling schemes used in the literature differ. Aims. The present paper aims to clarify this situation by providing a thorough review of the scaling laws within the standard model of large-scale structure growth and to discuss various steps in practical approximations. Methods. We derived the scaling laws for X-ray observables and cluster mass within the pure gravitational structure growth scenario. Using N-body simulations we tested the recent formation approximation used in earlier analytic approaches. It involves a redshiftdependent overdensity parameter. We find this approximation less precise than using a fiducial radius based on a fixed overdensity with respect to critical density. Results. Inspired by the comparison of the predicted scaling relations with observations, we propose a first-order modification of the scaling scheme to include the observed effects of hydrodynamics in structure formation. This modification involves a cluster-mass dependent gas-mass fraction. We also discuss the observational results of the reshift evolution of the most important scaling relations and find that a redshift dependence of the gas mass to total mass relation also has to be invoked within our modification scheme. Conclusions. We find that the current observational data are, within their uncertainties, consistent with the proposed modified scaling laws.
Maximal and Potential Operators in Variable Exponent Morrey Spaces

Abstract We prove the boundedness of the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator on variable Morrey spaces 𝐿𝑝(·), λ(·)(Ω) over a bounded open set Ω ⊂ ℝ𝑛 and a Sobolev type 𝐿𝑝(·), λ(·) → 𝐿𝑞(·), λ(·)-theorem for potential operators 𝐼 α(·), also of variable order. In the case of constant α, the limiting case is also studied when the potential operator 𝐼 α acts into BMO space.
Structuring Perceived Quality Attributes For Use In The Design Process

Perceived quality has received much attention the last decade, mainly in the automotive industry. The focal drivers are the competitiveness within the premium segment, and customers’ high demands. The existing definitions of perceived quality found in the literature are fuzzy. Methods for assessing perceived quality do exist, however the attributes need to be incorporated into existing design support systems to be efficiently used in the design process. This paper is a first attempt to merge a new terminology framework of perceived quality with an apparent problem, observed at an automotive company, of incorporating perceived quality in the product design process. A case study was conducted at an automotive company to depict the current state of managing information. It was uncovered that information is scattered across systems and that the way to package information is assorted. A new framework, introducing Value Based Perceived Quality and Technical Perceived Quality is presented. To better incorporate the attributes into the design process, a platform system model is proposed. In this way, perceived quality attributes can be reused for various design applications.
ON THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY SHOCKS AS A SOURCE OF BUSINESS CYCLES: SOME NEW EVIDENCE

I provide some new evidence that reinforces the conclusion in Gali (1999) that exogenous variations in technology play a very limited role, if any, as sources of the business cycle. First, I provide evidence that supports the identification of technology shocks proposed in that paper. Second, I show that similar findings obtain when the same approach is implemented for the Euro area, using a newly available data set. (JEL: E32, E24) Copyright (c) 2004 The European Economic Association.
New Inequalities in Fractional Integrals

In this paper, we use the Riemann-Liouville fractional integral to present recent results on fractional integral inequalities. By considering the extended Chebyshev functional in the case of synchronous functions, we establish two main results. The first one deals with some inequalities using one fractional parameter. The second result concerns others inequalities using two fractional parameters.
Le marché des credit default swaps : effets de contagion et processus de découverte des prix durant les crises.

Cette these etudie la dynamique du marche des credit default swaps (CDS), instruments financiers de transfert du risque du credit, et de ses relations avec les autres marches, en particulier durant les episodes de crise. Le marche des CDS a connu un developpement vigoureux depuis son emergence, au milieu des annees 90. Les volumes de contrats de CDS echanges ont augmente a un rythme rapide, ce marche a ainsi connu le developpement le plus rapide parmi les derives negocies de gre-a-gre (over-the-counter – OTC). Les participants de marche, principalement les grandes banques, ont su tirer parti des possibilites offertes par les outils de transfert de risque qui leur ont permis tout d'abord, de disposer d'instruments novateurs de protection contre le risque de credit, mais aussi d'assurer l'expansion de leur activite d'intermediation du credit tout en optimisant les exigences en capital. Bien que le fonctionnement du marche des CDS ait connu une amelioration depuis le debut des annees 2000, plusieurs elements mettent en doute l'hypothese d'un marche efficient et resilient aux periodes de crise. A travers cinq articles empiriques, cette these se penche sur deux episodes de crises durant lesquels le fonctionnement de ce marche a pu etre perturbe : d'une part la crise de mai 2005, provoquee par la degradation en categorie speculative de deux entreprises americaines majeures, General Motors et Ford, par les principales agences de notation ; d'autre part la crise financiere ayant debute en 2007 et qui a evolue en crise de la dette souveraine dans le cas des Etats europeens a partir de fin 2009. L'etude de ces deux phases de crise montre que le developpement du marche des CDS a participe a modifier les relations entre marches, les investisseurs ayant fait des primes de CDS une source d'information privilegiee pour evaluer le risque de credit. En effet, les travaux empiriques menes tout au long de la these concluent que ce marche est devenu progressivement le lieu ou tendait a se derouler le processus de decouverte des prix. Ces travaux mettent egalement en lumiere les vulnerabilites du marche des CDS, renforcees par des effets de contagion deja a l'œuvre lors de l'episode de crise de 2005, et incitent a une meilleure regulation des outils de transfert du risque de credit et, d'une maniere plus generale, des derives OTC.
Re-thinking agrarian reform, land and territory in La Via Campesina

Transformations in the model of economic development in Brazil have forced changes in the nature of the struggle for land and agrarian reform. There is no longer room to call for a classic bourgeois agrarian reform, supported by an industrial bourgeoisie or by nationalist forces. Nevertheless.agrarian reform is ever more urgent and necessary. Today the struggle for agrarian reform has become a class struggle against the model of agriculture dominated by Capital. This means that the peasants’ struggle for land rights and a new model of agriculture face a new correlation of forces – with powers of coercion and consensus building that are stronger than those of traditional landowners in the past – and new social actors arrayed against them: capitalized landowners, financial capital, and transnational corporations. Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) of Brazil
A NORM TRUST FRAMEWORK FOR NORMS ADOPTION IN NORMATIVE MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS

Researchers in normative multi-agent systems have emphasized the importance of equipping agents with the ability to detect and learn the norms of a new environment. They propose active learning approaches and prove that agents are capable of detecting norms using these approaches. However, most of their works entail agents that detect one norm in an event. We argue that these approaches do not help agents to decide in cases of norms coexistence is detected in an event. To solve this problem, we introduce the concept of norms trust to help agents decide which detected norms are credible in a new environment. In this paper, we propose a conceptual norms trust framework by inferring norms trust through two-tier assessment; credible agent evaluation and norms trust assessment. Norms trust assessment is based on filter factors of norm adoption ratio, norm adoption risk, and norms salience. The framework assesses norms trust value for each detected norm. This value is then used by the agent to decide either to only emulate or fully internalize the detected norms.