Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of Parenting Styles on Self-Regulated Learning Behavior Mediated By Self-Efficacy and Intrinsic Value

The main objective of the current study was to investigate the direct and indirect influences of parenting styles on self-regulated learning behavior, being mediated by self-efficacy and intrinsic value. In order to meet this objective, a quantitative study with correlational research design via path analysis was utilized to establish statistical associations between the core variables. The participants of the study consisted of 206 male and female high school students from a selected international school in Bangkok, Thailand. The Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) was employed as the research instrument to test parenting styles while the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) was the research instrument chosen to measure intrinsic value, self-efficacy, and self-regulation. The results revealed the following major findings: (1) authoritative parenting style had a significant direct influence on self-regulated learning behavior; (2) permissive and authoritarian parenting styles did not have a significant direct influence on self-regulated learning behavior; (3) authoritative parenting has a significant indirect influence on self-regulated learning, being mediated by self-efficacy and intrinsic value; (4) permissive and authoritarian parenting styles did not have a significant indirect influence on self-regulated learning, being mediated by self-efficacy; (5) permissive parenting style did not have a significant indirect influence on self-regulated learning behavior, being mediated by intrinsic value; and (6) authoritarian parenting has a significant indirect influence on self-regulated learning behavior, being mediated by intrinsic value.
A Study of Carbon Dioxide Emission in Different Types of Peatland Use in Kalimantan

Study of carbon dioxide emissions in different types of peatlands use in Central and West Kalimantan has been conducted in January-June 2006 and January-April 2007. The study represents 4 types of land use in Central Kalimantan as treatment: 5 years for chinesse cabbage, 10 years for chinesse cabbage, 5 years for sweet corns, and 10 years for sweet corns. As for the treatments in West Kalimantan, they include corn field, Aloe vera field, oil palm plantation, and rubber plantation. Carbon dioxide was measured using infrared gas analysis (model EGM-4, PP systems, Hitchin, UK). In Central Kalimantan, the highest CO 2 is emitted from sweet corn plants (arable land for 10 years) by 0.79 g CO 2 /m 2 /hour, chinesse cabbage plants (for 5 years) by 0.73 g CO 2 /m 2 /hour, chinesse cabbage plants (for 10 years) by 0.67 g CO 2 /m 2 /hour and, the least, sweet corn plants (for 5 years) by 0.41 g CO 2 /m 2 /hour. The highest CO 2 emission from West Kalimantan is released from rubber plants at 1.22 g CO 2 /m 2 /hour, followed by palm oil plants by 0.96 g CO 2 /m 2 /hour, Aloe vera plants by 0.68 g CO 2 /m 2 /hour and corn plants by 0.35 g CO 2 /m 2 /hour. Groundwater table depth are the most important factors among other factors that influence CO 2 emissions. Groundwater table depth indicated a positive correlation with CO 2 emissions in all types of peatlands use. C-organic production of sweet corn plants at 11.66 t C/ha/year is higher than that of chinesse cabbage plants at 1.64 t C/ha /year. Corn plants produce organic-C was 11.66 t C/ha/year, equivalent to the amount of loss of C through CO 2 emissions by 11.29 t C/ha/year. Keywords : peat, types of land use, carbon, CO 2 emission
The Public Health Costs of Unemployment

This paper studies how unemployment affects public health costs. We use plant closure as an instrument for unemployment because bankruptcy is unlikely to be caused by deteriorating health but has a strong impact on workers' subsequent employment. The empirical analysis is based on an extremely rich data set with comprehensive information on various types of health care costs and day-by-day work history of individual workers. Our central findings are (i) expenditures on medical treatments are not strongly affected by joblessness, (ii) lack of employment reduces mental health for men but not for women, and (iii) sickness benefit payments strongly increase due to job loss. Our results also show that OLS estimates strongly overestimate the causal effect of unemployment on public health costs.
Can self-managed superannuation fund trustees earn the equity risk premium?

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to determine whether self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees earn: the equity risk premium or any premium to the riskless rate of interest. Design/methodology/approach - Using a sample of 100 SMSFs, the average annual returns since inception of the funds in the sample are compared with: the average annual equity risk premium since that time and the average yield of Commonwealth Government Securities since that time. Findings - The investigation reveals: the SMSFs in the sample do not earn the equity risk premium and the SMSFs in the sample did not earn a premium to riskless rate of interest. This leads to the conclusion that the SMSFs have borne risk without commensurate reward. Practical implications - For SMSF trustees, a simple portfolio that divides assets between (unmanaged) index funds and risk-free securities on the basis of trustees' risk aversion may generate better results than the existing portfolios. For policy makers, the relatively poor performance of SMSFs implies that the superannuation system as currently structured may not be generating returns that will maximize retirement incomes. Originality/value - The paper provides the first comparison of SMSF returns with the equity risk premium and the riskless rate of interest measured at appropriate horizons.
Effects of three Chinese herbal crude polysaccharides on immunoglobulin A secreting cells and serum antibody titers in vaccinated chickens

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of three Chinese herbal crude polysaccharides on immunoglobulin A secreting cells and serum antibody titers in vaccinated chickens. A total of 450 14-day-old chickens were randomly assigned to nine equal groups and all chickens were vaccinated. Concurrent with the first vaccination, chickens in groups 1 to 8 were intramuscularly injected with four crude polysaccharides among which the astragalus polysaccharide (APS) was selected as positive control at high and low doses, and group 9 (control group) with saline once a day for three successive days. The numbers of positive immunoglobulin A (IgA) secreting cells and the serum specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody were determined by immunohistochemistry and micro method. The results showed that the individual administration of any of the three crude polysaccharides could significantly increase the number of IgA secreting cells, and the maximum numbers of increased IgA secreting cells in the cecum tonsil and duodenum in the three polysaccharides groups were 37.7 and 33.5 when compared with the controls, and those of the APS groups were 33.9 and 32.7. These three crude polysaccharides at appropriate doses also significantly enhance anti-Newcastle disease virus antibody titers, and the maximum antibody titerincrease in the three polysaccharides groups was 1.6 log2 when compared with the control group, and those of the APS groups was 1.7 log2. These findings indicated that the appropriate doses of the three crude polysaccharides possess significant immune enhancing properties of mucosa and humoral immune responses, which have similar effect with astragalus polysaccharide, and may be useful as a new type of immune potentiator during vaccination. Key words: Chinese herbal crude polysaccharides, vaccine, immunity, chickens.
Life cycle theory and dividend payout policy: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange

Article history: Received May 12, 2013 Received in revised format 12 August 2013 Accepted 4 September 2013 Available online September 6 2013 This paper investigates the effect of the life cycle theory on explanation of dividend payout policy in Tehran Stock exchange listed companies over the period 2006-2011. For measuring the firm’s life cycle, two criteria namely retained earnings to equity ratio and retained earnings to assets ratio have been used as proxies of firm’s life cycle. The findings of this research show that only retained earnings to assets ratio has a meaningful and positive effect on dividend payout policy; In the companies that are growing, retained earnings to assets ratio is low; Whereas this ratio is high in the more mature companies and these firms have abundant retained earnings, hence they are good candidates to pay dividends. However, there was no meaningful relationship between another life cycle criteria namely retained earnings to equity ratio and dividend payout policy. © 2013 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Combining Ability in Maize Lines for Agronomic Traits and Resistance to Weevil (Sithophilus zeamais Motschulky)

In Ethiopia, heavy losses to stored maize are infli cted by various insect pests including Sitophilus weevils and Sitotroga cereallela. This s tudy was conducted to determine the combining ability of five introduced inbred lines itraits and maize weevil resistance by crossing them with three testers usin g line ◊ tester mating system. These crosses were then evaluated in tri-plicated randomi zed complete blocks at Bako Agricultural Research Center in 2003. Samples (50 g ) of the F 2 full-sib grain of the genotypes were further tested for weevil resistance under a no-choice laboratory environment. Mean squares due to general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining ability were significant for most of the agronomic traits. However, GCA mean squares predominated in all weevil resistance traits. The l ines varied in their GCA effects for the various agronomic traits considered. However, all othem were found to be poor general combiners for grain yield, although certain crosses gave acceptable yield. The lines SZSYNA99-F 2-133-2-3, SZSYNA99-F 2-33-4-1, SZSYNA99-F 2-33-4-2 and SZSYNB99-F 2-98-4-3 exhibited desirable GCA effects for most of the resistance traits. Overall, this study suggested the existence of heri table weevil resistance quantitative traits that can be used in weevil resistance breedi ng programs.
A cross-cultural study of the development of face expertise in autism

Atypicalities with face processing have been suggested to underlie some of the social impairments in Autism. These atypicalities are characterised by a lack of expertise with face processing and may provide insight into the development of this neurodevelopmental disorder. One way to probe face expertise is by testing the Own-Race Effect (ORE). Evidence (or lack thereof) of the ORE between children with and without autism can reveal fundamental information about the development of face perception in autism. Children with autism and typically developing children from the UK and Japan completed a two-forced choice alternative face recognition task across which contained Asian and Caucasian faces, in four different conditions (identity change, easy eyes, hard eyes, hard mouth). Attention to faces was measured during the task using eye-tracking. In terms of accuracy, there were cultural group differences (Japanese children more accurate, different pattern across conditions) but no developmental group differences - children with and without autism showed a typical ORE. There were cultural differences in face scanning during encoding and recognition - both UK groups showed a bias to eyes and mouths of own-race compared to other-race faces, whereas the opposite was found for the Japanese groups. Although culture has an influence on how children attend to faces, children with autism in Japan and the UK show a typical ORE. This has implications for theory around social development and face processing in autism.
Gravity tide measurements with a feedback gravity meter

We have analyzed gravity tide data obtained using a calibrated gravity meter with electrostatic feedback. We find good agreement between the measured amplitude and phase of the major semidiurnal components and the correspond- ing values to be expected using current earth models and ocean load calculations. Both local and global barometric pressure changes make sig- nificant contributions to the power in the tidal bands and are included in the fitting function. The admittance estimates at diurnal frequencies can be used to determine the frequency and to set a lower bound on the dissipation of the nearly diurnal resonance in the tidal response. These estimates are in reasonable agreement with re- sults obtained by other methods but are somewhat different than the values to be expected on the basis of theoretical considerations.
Investor Sentiment and Chinese A-Share Stock Markets Anomalies

This paper creates an investor sentiment index for the Chinese A-share stock market. We document the details of this index and use it to explain about asset pricing anomalies in the Chinese stock markets. We test the effect of investor sentiment on 13 asset pricing anomalies in the Chinese stock markets. Out of the 13 anomalies, 9 of them are significantly affected by investor sentiment. In particular, the factors of firm size (Size), total risk (Sigma), stock issuance growth (Issue), total accruals (Accruals), net operating assets (Opa), profit premium (Profit), growth of assets (GA), return on assets (ROA), and return on equities (ROE) are significantly positive, which mean that there are positive relations between market abnormal returns with lagged investor sentiment. Therefore, following high investor sentiment, the profits from a long-short strategy will be more and short leg portfolios will mostly provide gains at the same time. We consider the findings of this study to be not only an important supplementary of the Chinese A-share stock market to the existing theories on global investor sentiment, but also efficient strategies for investors to determine the movement of stock returns and make their investing decisions.
Investigation of Canine Hamstrings and Quadriceps Muscle in Cases of Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture

Injury to the cranial cruciate ligament is the most commonly diagnosed orthopedic condition of the stifle joint in dogs [1]. Cranial cruciate ligament rupture is a complex multifactorial problem that requires a thorough understanding of the biomechanics of the stifle joint, with reference to functional anatomy, patient conformation, and gait analysis, if it is to be solved [2]. Notwithstanding the numerous publications in the veterinary literature on the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of cranial cruciate ligament injury, there is a lack of knowledge about the involvement of the muscles of the cruciate-deficient canine stifle joint.
Roggianite: revised chemical formula and zeolitic properties

Abstract The holotype roggianite from Alpe Rosso (Novara, Italy) has been chemically re-analysed using modern analytical procedures (microprobe, atomic absorption spectrophotometer, TG analyses) and tested for its zeolitic behaviour. When compared with that given in the original description, the new chemical composition shows an appreciable amount of Be and a different Si/Al ratio. On the basis of its structural data, the chemical formula here proposed for roggianite is: (Ca14.24Sr0.01Na0.37K0.56)Σ15. 18[(Be5.29Al14.92Si27.79)Σ48O89. 96(OH)14](OH)2·33.68H2O An accurate powder pattern, index taking into account the structural factors, is also given. Since the mineral showed an almost complete rehydration after heating to 750°C and an appreciable ion exchange capacity, it must be considered as belonging to the zeolitic group of minerals, and, in this frame, it represents the first and up to now the only zeolite with Be as fundamental constituent and, like partheite, with OH groups in the framework.
Exploring strategies for nanoflagellates living in a ‘wet desert’

We investigated the survival strategies and the competitive strength of pigmented and colourless bacterivorous flagellates using 2 model organisms, the bacterivorous chrysophytes Poteri- oochromonas malhamensis and Spumella sp. , fed small ultramicrobacteria (0.044 µm 3 ) and large bac- teria (0.38 µm 3 ). The numerical responses indicated that small bacteria are not such a good food source as large bacteria, even when bacterial cell volume was taken into account. The growth rates of the heterotrophic Spumella sp. exceeded those of the mixotrophic P. malhamensis at high bacter- ial concentrations of both sizes of bacteria. At very low prey abundances, P. malhamensis grew bet- ter than Spumella sp. , mainly because the mortality rate of the latter was very high. At bacterial bio- volumes encountered in oligotrophic/mesotrophic lakes, the growth curves of the 2 flagellates intersected. Although P. malhamensis possesses a chloroplast, growth of cultures incubated in the light and the dark did not differ even at very low prey concentrations, indicating that photosynthesis plays a minor role for this chrysophyte. Experiments carried out with mixed flagellate cultures showed that P. malhamensis ingested Spumella sp. cells. Applying our data to natural abundances of small and large bacteria as well as pico/nanoplankton we could demonstrate that P. malhamensis is a K-strategist. Large bacteria made up the major portion of its carbon uptake, but small bacteria, pico-nanoplankton and (to a minor extent) photosynthesis also contributed to its gross carbon uptake, indicating a broad use of different resources by this species. Spumella sp. is more of an r-strategist and relies mainly on large bacteria for growth although small bacteria can contribute significantly to its diet.
Effect of calcium propionate and monensin on in vitro digestibility and gas production

ABSTRACT An evaluation of the effects of monensin and calcium propionate on the in vitro kinetics of gas production, digestibility, carbon dioxide, and minor gas production on different days was performed using the ruminal fluid from eight Suffolk lamb donors, after receiving additives for 1, 10, and 20 days. Treatments consisted of a control ration of 40% grain; 30 mg/kg of monensin in a diet with 40% grain; 10 g/kg calcium propionate in a diet with 30% grain; and the [. ]
Identification and Development of Key Talents through Competency Modelling in Agriculture Companies

The necessity of identification of key talents in company is known in all sectors of economy. Therefore the aim of the paper is based on competency analysis to define key factors leading to talent identification and internalization through competency modelling. Paper characterizes areas of necessary competencies on specific job positions in companies. Their targeting on employee and teams in talent management is revealed. The objective is based on analysis of primary survey conducted on 101 agriculture companies. The data were obtained through manager surveys for which a single manager represented the given company. One-dimensional and multi-dimensional statistics were used to evaluate the data. Based on statistical analyses of required competencies five factors characterizing area of key employee and team development were identified. Those factors are inclusive approach, management support, strategic development, leadership development and integrity. The resultant factors create competency models usable in specified job positions. Limits of the paper is narrow focus on primary sector companies. The results may help surveyed companies in primary sector to set required and necessary competencies for specific areas to identify and develop employees, talents and teams.
Financial Information Influencing Commercial Banks Profitability

The paper investigates the influence of bank capital ratio, size and loans on the profitability of a commercial bank in Jordan. It also evaluates whether returns on Assets (ROA) or returns on equity (ROE) is the better indicator that reflects bank profitability. Two Multiple regression models are used to test the influence of capital ratio, size and loans of a commercial bank on its profitability indicators measured by ROA and ROE and to detect the superiority between the two indicators for 13 Jordanian commercial banks for the period 2005-2013. The results of the study showed that capital ratio, size and loans have insignificant influence on ROA, but not on ROE except bank size. Regarding ROE, significant negative and positive influence for capital ratio and loans respectively are concluded. Although the small number of commercial banks in Jordan and some variables have not been well researched in literature, the paper presents a sight to associate bank performance/profitability proxied by ROA and ROE with its capital ratios, size and loans. Our results might assist bank management to capitalize the factors that could improve banks performance and hedge against the adverse factors.
Sterile Surfaces of Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) in Bacterial Suspension—A Key to Invasion Success?

Seawater is a dense microbial suspension with >106 prokaryotic and >104 eukaryotic propagules per milliliter. Hence, submerged surfaces get immediately covered by biofilm-forming colonizers upon contact with seawater. Since biofilms may reduce individual fitness through decreasing mo- tility and attractiveness or increasing shearing stress by water currents and infection risk by pa- thogens, marine organisms have evolved countermeasures to regulate the number of surface-co- lonizers; alternatively they tolerate settlement and biofilm-formation. Antimicrobial defense me- chanisms co-evolved with potentially colonizing microbes. By contrast, non-native animals (neo- zoa) are confronted with novel microbial colonizers upon colonizing a new habitat, and are ex- pected to be less well protected against surface-colonization. Here we present results of a tho- rough screening of the epithelial surface of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, being non-native in European marine environments, for epithelial bacteria and archaea. Neither light- and electron- microscopic inspection nor PCR-screening for bacterial and archaeal DNA of 134 adult specimens from different collection sites in the Western Baltic revealed any presence of prokaryotes on the surface epithelium of comb jellies in a recently invaded environment. A limited number of bac- terial associates became evident from whole-body extracts of both juvenile and adult comb jellies. Their taxonomic diversity, however, was significantly lower in adult than in juvenile specimens, suggesting a maturation of anti-microbial defense upon ontogenetic development. The mechan- isms underlying the effective defense of Mnemiopsis against microbial colonization, however, re- main unknown. Based on our findings, we propose 1) to make use of invasion events as natural space-for-time experiments on how symbiotic interactions change upon environmental change; and 2) to study basal metazoan animals, such as ctenophores, to understand the evolutionary ba- * Corresponding author.
ASES – Proc . Solar 2010 , Phoenix , AZ HIGH PERFORMANCE MSG SATELLITE MODEL FOR OPERATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS

We present a new version of model for high-performance calculation of global and direct irradiances from Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite data covering Europe, Africa and Middle East. The full spatial and temporal resolutions of MSG data are used. The model philosophy is based on the principles of Heliosat-2 calculation scheme and the model by [1]. The advancements of the model enabled to enhance spatial resolution and to decrease Bias and RMSE in hilly terrain, high mountains, coastal and arid zones, and for periods with snow coverage.