Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Defining and assessing enterprise capability in schools

This paper describes the development of an instrument for assessing enterprise capability in schools. The approach to assessing enterprise capability builds on previous work by including three dimensions: self-efficacy, aspirations and knowledge and awareness. We find significant but weak associations between these three constructs suggesting that that, whilst they can be considered as providing a coherent description of enterprise capability they can also be regarded as distinct dimensions. The instrument also distinguishes between aspiration towards not-for-profit and for-profit enterprise and also between self-efficacy towards two broad enterprise capabilities: (i) project planning and (ii) working with people and information and two specific, market related capabilities: (iii) market risk and (iv) price and profit. We found only modest associations between students’ sense of enterpriser self-efficacy and their enterprise knowledge and awareness.
Fragility of Money Markets

We provide the first comprehensive theoretical model for money markets encompassing unsecured and secured funding, asset markets, and central bank policy. In our model, leveraged banks invest in assets and raise short-term funds by borrowing in the unsecured and secured money markets. We derive how funding liquidity across money markets is related, explain how a shock to asset values can lead to mutually reinforcing liquidity spirals in both money markets, and show how borrowers' flight-to-safety and risk-seeking behavior impacts their liability structure. We derive the socially optimal leverage ratio and funding structure, and show which combination of conventional and unconventional monetary policies and regulatory measures can reduce money market fragility.
Studying the Effect of Food Quality Dimensions (Physical Environment, Food and Services) on Mental Image of the Restaurant and Customers' Satisfaction and Intentions based on Kisang's Model

The present paper explores the effect of food quality dimensions (physical environment, food, and services) on mental image of the restaurant and customers' satisfaction and intentions based on Kisang's model (2012). In order to test the hypotheses, Kisang's questionnaire was used whose validity was measured via face validity and reliability was evaluated by means of Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The statistical sample included 208 customers of restaurants in Isfahan province who were selected via simple sampling. The hypotheses were tested by means of structural equations modeling at confidence level 0.95%. One primary hypothesis and ten secondary hypotheses were proposed through which the effect of qualitative dimensions on mental image, perceived value, and finally customers' satisfaction and intentions was evaluated. The findings disclosed that quality dimensions (physical environment quality, food quality, and service quality) have a positive and significant effect on customer's mental image with regard to the restaurant and customer perceived value. Also, customer's mental image has a reverse effect on customer satisfaction. Other results revealed that the effect of customer's mental image on perceived value is positive and significant. Moreover, given to the findings, perceived value has a direct effect on customer satisfaction which has a positive and significant effect on customer's after-purchase behavior.
Does membership in mutual health insurance guarantee quality health care? Some evidence from Ghana

Access to health care and quality of health care are inextricably linked. Not merely is access to health care important, but also its quality: hence the apparent increasing demands for health care services where they are perceived by citizens to be offering quality services. The inverse situation also seems to exist, that is, when health systems are perceived to deliver health services that are of 'poor' quality, attendances at such facilities tend to be low. In light of this, this study seeks to examine the nascent National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana (NHIS) and how the NHIS addresses the issue of quality health care delivery for its patients. Using mixed methods research; focus group discussions and household surveys, the study compares two groups (insured and non-insured) with respect to the quality of health each group receives in attempt to providing reliable information to policy and decision-makers about the areas that need attention for improvement in quality of healthcare in the Kassena-Nankana District in Northern Ghana. While the household survey results do not establish any difference in the quality of health received by either the insured or uninsured, findings from the FGDs strongly suggest that the uninsured received better quality care than the insured. These findings provide a fertile ground for policy action. It is thus, recommended amongst other things, that health authorities investigate further alleged illegal extortions of monies by some nurses from uninsured patients.
SUPRAVALVAR AORTIC STENOSIS IN CHILDREN REPORT OF THIRTEEN CASES

During 15 years from 1975 to 1990, thirteen cases of supravalvar aortic stenosis were admitted at the pediatrics department of Shahid Rajai Heart Hospital, Tehran. All patients were subjected to cardiac catheterization and a angiocardiography. Patients ranged in age from 3.5 years to 14 years with a mean of 8.7 years. Seventy seven percent of childen were male. Eight cases (61.5%) had Williams' syndrome. Hourglass type of supravalvar aortic stenosis was the most common variant (70%), followed by hypoplastic type (15%) and membranous type (5%). Peripheral pulmonary stenosis was the most common associated anomaly and was observed in 23% of patients. The main purpose of this investigation is to report the results of the study on supravalvar aortic stenosis and its association with Williams' syndrome in a group of Iranian children. M.lJRJ, Vol. 6, No.4, 241-244, 1993.
Identifying reverse 3 PL performance critical success factors

The reverse and third party logistics operational process is now well known and established to be a vital component of modern day supply chain and product / service-based organizations (Marasco, 2007). Apart from being a vital component of such enterprises, many researchers and practitioners have also been noting the importance of this approach and its impact on customer service, satisfaction, profitability and other key performance indicators (Autry et al., 2001). However, studies relating to reverse 3PL performance are still limited. This research attempts to examine the factors that influence the reverse logistics performance within 3PL, within a specific case study organization in Thailand, which aims to add to work carried out relating to such operations in this part of the world such as by Bhatnagar et al. (1999). This research uses a combination of a qualitative case study along with a quantitative approach (Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping) to model and analyse the constructs which underpin the dynamics involved within a 3PL scenario. As such, both the combined approaches are based upon the development and testing of a hypothesis via empirical primary and computational data. Hence, using extant literature, and combined qualitative and quantitative research approaches, the paper identifies significant and pertinent critical success factors for reverse 3PL performance (centred around the indogenous/exogenous relationship between information systems, resource commitment and organizational structure). The paper also explores the deep inter-relationships involved within 3PL operations using the Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping technique, contributing to the existing literature on reverse 3PL and performant supply chains, and identifying critical success factors and underlying determinants of reverse 3PL of use to those industry and investigating the area from an academic perspective.
Using Financial Management Techniqueswith in Public Sector Organizations, Does Result Control Matter? A Heterogeneous Choice Approach

Using a principal-agent framework and multi-country survey data of over 400 public sec-tor organizations, this article examines the effect of result control on the use of fnancial manage-ment techniques in public sector organizations. In order to avoid invalid conclusions, we test for heteroskedasticity and model residual vari-ance using a heterogeneous choice model. This model yields important insights into the effect of result control that would be overlooked in a mis-specifed ordered logit model. Our fndings reveal that result control matters, although size and pri-mary task of the organization also prove to be determinants of the use of fnancial management techniques. Within the context of the continuous attempts being made to improve public sector performance, policy makers should thus devel-op different strategies for different (individual) agencies, while relying on a strong ex-post result control, when they want to stimulate the use of fnancial management techniques.
Preparing Principals for a Changing World: Lessons From Effective School Leadership Programs

Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter One: Developing School Leadership: The Current Challenge. Chapter Two: Studying Exemplary Programs. Chapter Three: Preparing New Leaders: What Successful Programs Do. Chapter Four: Sustaining School Leaders: Supports for On-the-Job Learning. Chapter Five: Evaluating Programs: What Well-Prepared Principals Know and Are Able to Do. Chapter 6: Supporting Exemplary Programs. Chapter 7: Creating Policy for Leadership Development. Chapter 8: Pulling it All Together: Conclusions and Implications. Appendix A: Research Methods. Appendix B: Survey Instruments. Appendix C: Cross-State Comparisons of Principals' Survey Data. References.
Fatty Acid Profiles and Sensory Properties of Longissimus dorsi, Triceps brachii, and Semimembranosus Muscles from Korean Hanwoo and Australian Angus Beef

The study compared the fatty acid profiles of 3 muscles (Longissimus dorsi, LD, Triceps brachii, TB and Semimembranosus, SM) obtained from Korean Hanwoo (18 steers, 24 months old) and Australian Angus beef (18 steers, 24 months old) and assessed their role in sensory perception. The samples of each carcass were prepared in the same manner, and cooked both as traditional grilled steaks and Korean BBQ style. A total of 720 Korean sensory panelists evaluated the beef samples for tenderness, juiciness, flavor, and overall liking. Oleic acid (18:1) was significantly (p<0.05) higher in TB than that in LD and SM. The essential linoleic acid (C18:2) was significantly (p<0.05) higher in TB and SM than that in LD. For LD muscle, the proportion of saturated fatty acids was significantly (p<0.05) highest, while that of polyunsaturated fatty acids was lowest among the three muscles. Australian Angus beef had significantly (p<0.05) higher n-3 PUFA than that of the Korean Hanwoo for the three muscles, while the latter contained significantly (p<0.05) higher n-6 PUFA than that of the former. The clustering analysis showed that there a was significant difference in fatty acids such as C16:0, C16:1n7, C18:0, C18:2n6, C18:3n3, C20:3n6, C20:4n6, C22:4n6, and C22:5n3 for sensory perception (tenderness, juiciness, flavor and overall likeness) of the beef from two origins (p<0.05) among three clusters. Especially, C14:0 had a significant effect on sensory perception only for Korean Hanwoo beef; while C20:5n3 had a significant (p<0.05) effect only for Australian Angus beef based on clustering with the sensory variables. (Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2005. Vol 18, No. 12 : 1786-1793)
Update on Psychotherapy Case Formulation Research

Recent decades have seen a significant increase of interest in and research on psychotherapy case formulation. This trend can be traced to at least three factors. First is the continued emphasis on briefer and briefer treatments. As treatments shorten, therapists must be increasingly active in identifying a focus early in treatment, which in turn requires a quick case formulation.1,2 The second factor is the move away from an etiological nosology to one that is primarily descriptive. This change has created an “explanatory gap” between diagnosis and treatment that a case formulation may fill. The third factor is the recognition among many psychotherapy researchers that a prerequisite for empirically studying individual cases is that those cases be reliably and validly formulated. Formulation has been considered a core clinical skill and can aid the practitioner in multiple ways. A good formulation helps organize complex and sometimes contradicting information about patients. It facilitates understanding of the patient and consequently may increase empathy. Ideally, a formulation guides treatment, increases the consistency of one's interventions, and serves as a marker for change. It is best considered a “work in progress” that is altered as new information emerges and as the patient responds to interventions based on a preliminary formulation. In the past several years, although primarily in the 1980s, more than 15 structured formulation methods were developed, several of which have been tested for reliability and validity. Characteristics these methods share are that 1) the formulation process is broken down into separate components; 2) they are based on clinician judgment rather than patient self-report; 3) inferences are relatively low-level; and 4) the methods include both cognitive and cyclical dynamic aspects. The first and most researched of these methods is Lester Luborsky's Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT). 3 It focuses on identifying a patient's central relationship pattern by examining narratives, out of which are extracted a wish of the patient, an imagined or actual response from an other, and a response of the self. Examples of research findings based on the CCRT are that 1) interventions based on a patient's CCRT predict psychotherapy outcome; 2) gaining mastery of the CCRT is associated with successful outcome in therapy; and 3) CCRTs derived from dreams and from narratives elicited in structured interviews are similar to those derived from psychotherapy transcripts. In this set of research abstracts, I summarize and comment on recent research on psychotherapy case formulation. Of the six studies reviewed, three investigate the CCRT. One investigates another approach called the Plan Formulation Method.4 The remaining two examine patients' own formulations and a cognitive-behavioral case formulation method.
An Observational Study of Teachers’ Affiliation and Control Behaviors Towards Kindergarten Children: Associations With Teacher-Child Relationship Quality

This paper investigates whether teachers’ observed interactions can be predicted by their perceptions of relationships with kindergarten children. The sample consisted of 48 teachers and 179 children (95 boys). Teachers’ relationship perceptions were described with dimensions originally derived from attachment theory (i.e., closeness, conflict, and dependency). Teachers’ interactive behaviors were observed in a small-group setting and meticulously categorized on two observation scales based on interpersonal theory (i.e., affiliation and control). Results of multilevel regression analyses showed that conflict had a negative influence on teacher affiliation, whereas dependency had a positive effect. As expected, control was not significantly predicted by any of the relationship dimensions. In addition, significant associations with children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors provided support for the validity of the observation scales.
Thermo‐kinematic evolution of the Annapurna‐Dhaulagiri Himalaya, central Nepal: The Composite Orogenic System

The Himalayan orogen represents a “Composite Orogenic System” in which channel flow, wedge extrusion, and thrust stacking operate in separate “Orogenic Domains” with distinct rheologies and crustal positions. We analyze 104 samples from the metamorphic core (Greater Himalayan Sequence, GHS) and bounding units of the Annapurna‐Dhaulagiri Himalaya, central Nepal. Optical microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analyses provide a record of deformation microstructures and an indication of active crystal slip systems, strain geometries, and deformation temperatures. These data, combined with existing thermobarometry and geochronology data are used to construct detailed deformation temperature profiles for the GHS. The profiles define a three‐stage thermokinematic evolution from midcrustal channel flow (Stage 1, >700°C to 550–650°C), to rigid wedge extrusion (Stage 2, 400–600°C) and duplexing (Stage 3, <280–400°C). These tectonic processes are not mutually exclusive, but are confined to separate rheologically distinct Orogenic Domains that form the modular components of a Composite Orogenic System. These Orogenic Domains may be active at the same time at different depths/positions within the orogen. The thermokinematic evolution of the Annapurna‐Dhaulagiri Himalaya describes the migration of the GHS through these Orogenic Domains and reflects the spatial and temporal variability in rheological boundary conditions that govern orogenic systems.
Resilience and psychological well-being: differences for affective profiles in italian middle and late adolescents

This study was focused on the differences for affective profiles on dimensions of resilience and factors of psychological well-being in a sample of Italian middle and late adolescents. We used the Italian Resiliency Attitudes and Skills Profile (De Caroli & Sagone, 2014a), the Psychological Well-Being Scale (Ryff & Keyes, 1995), and the Positive (PA) and Negative (NA) Affect Scale (Di Fabio & Bucci, 2015). We obtained four different combinations of affective profiles: self-fulfilling (high PA and low NA), low affective (low PA and low NA), high affective (high PA and high NA), and self-destructive profile (low PA and high NA). Results: adolescents with self-fulfilling profile reported higher resilience (in detail, sense of humor, competence, adaptability, and engagement) and psychological well-being (that is, autonomy, purpose in life, self-acceptance) than the others. Additionally, boys had greater self-fulfilling profile and scored higher in sense of humor and adaptability than girls, while girls had greater high affective and self-destructive profiles and scored higher in control and engagement than boys. Future developmental and educational research could deepen other protective factors of self-fulfilling profile in adolescence, as self-efficacy and optimism.
Draft Clearwater scour evolution at dual bridge piers

Journal: Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering Manuscript ID cjce-2016-0053.R2 Manuscript Type: Article Date Submitted by the Author: 29-Sep-2016 Complete List of Authors: Yilmaz, Meric; Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, Civil Engineering Yanmaz, Melih; Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, Koken, Mete; Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, Civil Engineering Keyword: bridge, pier group, clear-water scour, sediment pickup
Role of erythrocytes in short-term rewarming kidney perfusion after cold storage.

Short term normothermic reconditioning by machine perfusion after cold storage has shown beneficial effects in renal transplantation models. Systematic investigations concerning the inclusion of washed erythrocytes as oxygen carriers are lacking in this context. Porcine kidneys were subjected to 20 h of static cold storage. Prior to reperfusion, grafts were put on a machine for 2 h of oxygenated (95% O2 ; 5% CO2 ) rewarming perfusion. In one group (n = 6) washed erythrocytes were added to the perfusate after temperature has reached 20°C; the other group (n = 6) was run without additives. Control kidneys (n = 6) were immediately reperfused without treatment. Upon reperfusion in vitro, a more than twofold improvement of renal clearance of creatinine, urinary protein loss, fractional excretion of sodium, efficiency of oxygen utilization (TNa/VO2 ) and a significant reduction of innate immune activation (HMGB1, tenascin C, expression of TLR4) was seen after machine perfusion, compared with the controls. However, no advantage could be obtained by the addition of erythrocytes and inner cortical tissue pO2 always remained above normal values during cell-free machine perfusion. Our data strongly argue in favor of a rewarming perfusion of cold stored donor kidneys but do not substantiate an indication for adding oxygen carriers in this particular setting.
Hydrogeophysical assessment of some parts of Anambra basin, Nigeria

An electrical resistivity investigation has been carried out in thirteen communities within the Anambra Basin in order to determine the depth to the water table and groundwater flow in the area. Vertical electrical sounding (VES) curves were obtained across the area using the Schlumberger configuration. Both manual and computer interpretations of the resistivity data show basically three to five geo-electric units within the study area. The lowermost layer with the resistivity range of 144 - 1500 Ohm-m and depth of 14.9 – 166.41 m represents the aquifer. The water table map indicates multi flow direction and correlates favourably with the topography of the area. It was observed that the hydraulic conductivity obtained ranges from 6.67 x 10-4 to 6.944 x 10-3 m/day while the transmissivity ranges from 0.048 to 0.590 m2/day within the study area.
Concept-based Instruction and Teaching English Tense and Aspect to Iranian School Learners

The present study examines the role of Gal’perin’s Concept-based Instruction (CBI) as a pedagogical approach in teaching cognitive grammar-based (CG-based) concepts of tense and aspect to EFL students. Following the sociocultural theory of L2 Acquisition (SCT), arming L2 learners with scientific concepts can lead to L2 development by deepening their understanding and raising awareness of L2 structures. To this end, over the course of eight weeks 28 third grade middle school students (14 years old) received the concepts in the CBI framework and 30 third grade middle school students received a traditional type of instruction. There were three sets of data including definition of the concepts of tense and aspect before and after CBI, concept verbalization data during CBI, written discourse performance plus responses to a set of grammatical questions before and after CBI. It was found that although both groups improved significantly after receiving the instruction, the students who received CBI performed significantly better than those in the traditional group. The students who received CBI also produced a significant definition of the concepts and their written discourse performance and responses to the grammatical questions improved after CBI. The result provides insight into the application of scientific concepts in L2 instruction.
Non-specific cell-mediated immunity in Nigerian children with uncomplicated malaria

Non-specific cellular immunity was determined in 59 Nigerian children aged between 1-9 years with uncomplicated malaria and 93 age-matched uninfected controls using percentage migration index (%M.I) and Mantoux tuberculin skin test. The mean %M.I (using malaria Pf 155 antigen) was significantly lower in malaria subjects compared with the controls (p < 0.05) while the mean diameter of tuberculin skin reaction (using Purified Protein Derivative of Mycobacterium butyricum) was significantly lower in children with uncomplicated malaria compared with the controls (p < 0.05). The mean total white blood cell count (TWBC) was also significantly reduced in the malaria subjects when compared with the controls (p < 0.05). The results show that leucocytes of children with uncomplicated malaria exhibited effective adaptive immune response. This may help to combat initial contact with malaria parasites. (authors)