Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior

There is a long tradition in psychology, the social sciences and, more recently though, economics to hypothesize that religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is barely any evidence for Germany. This study adds to this literature by exploring data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), which provides both attitudinal (importance of helping others, of being socially active) and behavioral components of prosociality (volunteering, charitable giving and blood donations). Results from analyses that avoid issues of reverse causality suggest mainly for moderate, positive effects of individuals' religious involvement as measured by church affiliation and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ substantially.
Consumption Inequality over the Last Half Century: Some Evidence Using the New PSID Consumption Measure

This paper contributes to the debate regarding trends in consumption inequality in the United States. We present a new measure of consumption inequality based on the redesigned 1999–2011 PSID. We impute consumption to the families observed before 1999 using the more comprehensive consumption data available from 1999 onward. One advantage of this procedure is in sample verification of the quality of the imputation procedure; another is that it yields a long time series (1967–2010). Consumption inequality was stable in the 1970s, as was income inequality. It increased significantly after 1980. The Great Recession was associated with a decline in consumption inequality.
Quantitative trait loci (QTL) for cowpea resistance to flower bud thrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom)

Cowpea flower bud thrips causes about 80% yield losses in cowpea. Host plant resistance is the most easy and durable solution to the damaging effects caused by this insect. However, resistance to thrips is quantitatively inherited, thus less amenable through conventional breeding. The objective of this study was to identify QTL associated with resistance to cowpea flower bud thrips in a bid to facilitate the improvement of cowpea resistance to thrips. A mapping population consisting of 150 F2 plants derived from cross between the highly resistant SANZI (female) and the highly susceptible VYA (male) was screened under artificial infestation in the screen house. Thrips damage scores were used as the parameter for resistance. A total of 232 polymorphic Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers were used for genotyping of F2 and the parents. Three significant QTLs for thrips resistance Fthp28, Fthp87 and Fthp129were detected on chromosomes 2, 4 and 6 accounting for 24.5, 12.2 and 6.5 % of the total phenotypic variation respectively. Transgressive segregation was observed towards the susceptible phenotype. Both additive and non-additive QTL effects were observed with additive effects being predominant. Further studies to validate these QTL for their useful exploitation in marker-assisted breeding programme are essential.
Boom-Bust Cycles in Housing: The Changing Role of Financial Structure

Why are housing markets so prone to boom-bust cycles? The mortgage market structureprior to the Savings and Loan crisis contributed to the volatility in real housing activity which, in turn, amplified the volatility in housing prices. The subsequent development of a national, market-based system of securitized mortgage finance has damped this boom-bust cycle. We test whether deviations of actual housing prices from values forecast by a model based on economic fundamentals have responded to the change in financial structure and find that pricing errors have fallen significantly since the mid-1980s. Tests of the relative importance of the change in financial market structure versus the reduction of inflation over this period indicate a primary role for market structure in improving pricing efficiency.
Clustering and redshift-space distortions in interacting dark energy cosmologies

We investigate the spatial properties of the large-scale structure of the Universe in the framework of coupled dark energy (cDE) cosmologies. Using the public halo catalogues from the Coupled Dark Energy Cosmological Simulations (codecs) simulations – the largest set of N-body experiments to date for such cosmological scenarios – we estimate the clustering and bias functions of cold dark matter (CDM) haloes, both in real space and redshift space. Moreover, we investigate the effects of the dark energy (DE) coupling on the geometric and dynamic redshift-space distortions, quantifying the difference with respect to the concordance CDM model. At , the spatial properties of CDM haloes in cDE models appear very similar to the CDM case, even if the cDE models are normalized at last scattering in order to be consistent with the latest cosmic microwave background (CMB) data. At higher redshifts, we find that the DE coupling produces a significant scale-dependent suppression of the halo clustering and bias function. This effect, which strongly depends on the coupling strength, is not degenerate with at scales . Moreover, we find that the coupled DE strongly affects both the linear distortion parameter, , and the pairwise peculiar velocity dispersion, . Although the models considered in this work are found to be all in agreement with presently available observational data, the next generation of galaxy surveys will be able to put strong constraints on the level of coupling between DE and CDM exploiting the shape of redshift-space clustering anisotropies.
UNDERSTANDING CREATIVE BEHAVIOR AMONG INDONESIAN RADIO STATION MANAGERS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

The main purpose of the article is to increase understanding in some personal characteristics affecting creative performance among Indonesian radio station managers‟ leadership context. Organizational researchers and managers alike have long held the view that individual creativity is critical for organizational success. The first element of improvement creativity, that is, the „person‟, is obvious. New ideas are not generated or implemented by organizations or technology, but come into being through efforts of dedicated people. Thus, it is important to understand people‟s personality, motivations, skills, level of experiences, and psychological preferences. A number of propositions for future research in relational of individual creativity model are also suggested.
Consistent Atomic Geometries and Electronic Structure of Five Phases of Potassium Niobate from Density-Functional Theory

We perform a comprehensive theoretical study of the structural and electronic properties of potassium niobate () in the cubic, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and rhombohedral phase, based on density-functional theory. The influence of different parametrizations of the exchange-correlation functional on the investigated properties is analyzed in detail, and the results are compared to available experimental data. We argue that the PBEsol and AM05 generalized gradient approximations as well as the RTPSS meta-generalized gradient approximation yield consistently accurate structural data for both the external and internal degrees of freedom and are overall superior to the local-density approximation or other conventional generalized gradient approximations for the structural characterization of . Band-structure calculations using a HSE-type hybrid functional further indicate significant near degeneracies of band-edge states in all phases which are expected to be relevant for the optical response of the material.
Drug Utilization Study of Psychotropic Drugs among Psychiatric Outpatients in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Availability and utilization of a wide variety of psychotropic drugs is associated with a wide spectrum of adverse drug reactions. To ensure the rational use of psychotropic drugs, it is imperative to monitor their pattern of use. The present study mainly focuses on the pattern of utilization of psychotropic drugs among psychiatric outpatients in a tertiary care hospital. A hospital based cross sectional study was carried out in the psychiatry outpatient department from January to December 2012. A total of 600 cases were studied. Demographic and drug related information was collected. With respect to the psychotropic drug utilization, sedative-hypnotics (42.9 %) were the most commonly prescribed group of psychotropic drugs followed by antidepressants (31.8 %), antipsychotics (19.6 %) and mood stabilizers (5.6 %). Among the sedative hypnotics, clonazepam (51.1 %) and amongst antidepressants, sertraline (28.9 %) and fluoxetine (17.3 %) were the most frequently utilized. The prescription of atypical antipsychotics like risperidone (41 %) and olanzapine (39.8 %) was predominant (95.4 %) over the typical ones. Valproate (54.7 %) was observed to have surpassed the use of lithium (32 %) as a mood stabilizer in bipolar disorders. A substantial increase in the use of anticonvulsants as mood stabilizers was observed. The use of the psychotropic drugs for different indications was in accordance to the current recommendations and guidelines. Newer drugs were being prescribed more often as compared to the conventional medications owing to their better safety and tolerability profiles. The psychotropic drug use in the health facility was a combination of rational and effective practice.
Informed watermarking and compression of multi-sources

Les avancees technologiques qu’ont connu les telecommunications, le multimedia et les systemes mobiles ont ouvert la porte a l’emergence, puis au developpement de nouveaux services tels que le partage de bases de donnees multimedia, la video- conference ou la protection des contenus, tout en utilisant des systemes a faible puissance. D’ou la necessite de disposer de nouvelles techniques de codage a complexite reduite. Les techniques de codage exploitant la presence d’une information parallele peuvent constituer une solution potentielle permettant de deporter la complexite de codage vers le decodeur. Celles-ci s’appliquent notamment a deux principes de codage : 1) Le codage de source distribue (Distributed Source Coding DSC) pour compresser un signal donne, sachant qu’un autre signal correle a celui d’origine est disponible au niveau du decodeur. 2) La dissimulation de donnees informee (Informed Data Hiding IDH) permettant d’inserer un message dans un signal hote, ce dernier n’etant connu qu’au codeur. Pour chacune de ces deux techniques, nous proposons des solutions qui approchent les limites theoriques. Nous combinons pour cela des techniques performantes tant de codage canal, de type LDPC, que de quantification de type Treillis (TCQ). Par ailleurs, nous etudions les limites theoriques pouvant etre atteintes par IDH, dans le cas ou une version bruitee du signal hote est disponible au decodeur. Enfin, exploitant la forte dualite qui existe entre DSC et IDH, nous proposons un schema pratique hybride complet mettant en oeuvre les deux techniques, ainsi qu’une etude theorique de la fonction debit / distorsion et de la capacite d’un tel systeme.
THERMAL PHASES OF EARTH-LIKE PLANETS: ESTIMATING THERMAL INERTIA FROM ECCENTRICITY, OBLIQUITY, AND DIURNAL FORCING

In order to understand the climate on terrestrial planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars, one would like to know their thermal inertia. We use a global climate model to simulate the thermal phase variations of Earth analogs and test whether these data could distinguish between planets with different heat storage and heat transport characteristics. In particular, we consider a temperate climate with polar ice caps (like the modern Earth) and a snowball state where the oceans are globally covered in ice. We first quantitatively study the periodic radiative forcing from, and climatic response to, rotation, obliquity, and eccentricity. Orbital eccentricity and seasonal changes in albedo cause variations in the global-mean absorbed flux. The responses of the two climates to these global seasons indicate that the temperate planet has 3× the bulk heat capacity of the snowball planet due to the presence of liquid water oceans. The obliquity seasons in the temperate simulation are weaker than one would expect based on thermal inertia alone; this is due to cross-equatorial oceanic and atmospheric energy transport. Thermal inertia and cross-equatorial heat transport have qualitatively different effects on obliquity seasons, insofar as heat transport tends to reduce seasonal amplitude without inducing a phase lag. For an Earth-like planet, however, this effect is masked by the mixing of signals from low thermal inertia regions (sea ice and land) with that from high thermal inertia regions (oceans), which also produces a damped response with small phase lag. We then simulate thermal light curves as they would appear to a high-contrast imaging mission (TPF-I/Darwin). In order of importance to the present simulations, which use modern-Earth orbital parameters, the three drivers of thermal phase variations are (1) obliquity seasons, (2) diurnal cycle, and (3) global seasons. Obliquity seasons are the dominant source of phase variations for most viewing angles. A pole-on observer would measure peak-to-trough amplitudes of 13% and 47% for the temperate and snowball climates, respectively. Diurnal heating is important for equatorial observers (∼5% phase variations), because the obliquity effects cancel to first order from that vantage. Finally, we compare the prospects of optical versus thermal direct imaging missions for constraining the climate on exoplanets and conclude that while zero- and one-dimensional models are best served by thermal measurements, second-order models accounting for seasons and planetary thermal inertia would require both optical and thermal observations.
In sacco degradation characteristics of energy feed sources in Brahman-Thai native crossbred steers

In sacco degradability were determined in some commonly used energy feed sources in ruminant rations. Ingredients evaluated were; cassava chip, ground corn, broken rice, rice bran and rice pollard. In sacco studies were conducted in two rumen fistulae Brahman-Thai native crossbred steers. The steers were fed at 0.5% body weight of concentrate and rice straw on ad libitum. Nylon bags containing 5 g (as fed basis) of each feed was immersed in duplicate at each time point in the ventral rumen of each steer for 2, 4, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours. The data were fitted to the equation P = a+b (1-e) and effective degradability’s were calculated using a theoretical rumen out flow rate of k = 0.05/hour. It was found that the rapid soluble fractions (a) of DM (75.08%), OM (77.79%) and CP (60.06%) were highest (P<0.01) in cassava chip. The potentially degradable fraction (b) of DM (86.65%), OM (86.98%) and CP (82.56%) were highest (P<0.01) in broken rice. The rate c of DM (0.182 h) and OM (0.178 h) were fastest (P<0.01) in rice bran. The effective degradability of DM (83.82%), OM (81.59%) and CP (77.23%) were highest in cassava chip (P<0.01). It was concluded that energy sources vary in rumen degradability. This would provide information on combinations of energy and protein sources with similar ruminal degradation, and thus improve ruminant feeding values.
Daily precipitation concentration and the rainy spells in the Canary islands: two risk factors

The analysis of rainfall, to characterize its danger to different spatial and temporal scales, is of interest due to its effects on geo-hydrological processes and on the analysis of erosion and soil loss. Many authors warn, in the current context of global warming, of a change in precipitation patterns towards a greater frequency of extreme weather events (Karl et al., 1998, Houghton et al., 2001, Zhai et al., 2005, Zhang et al., 2009, Li et al. 2011; IPCC, 2012; Coscarelli and Caloiero, 2012). In this sense, the increase in days with heavy rains, which provide large amounts of water to the annual total, means an increase of risk to the local populations and their activities, especially in areas with steep slopes and little vegetation cover, such as those of the Atlantic archipelagos (Marzol et al., 2006; Dorta, 2007). It is therefore necessary to know the structure of the daily precipitation scale in these places. To do this, Martin Vide (2004) proposed a Daily Concentration precipitation Index (CI) which has been applied in different regions with very different results. Thus, in the case of the Iberian Peninsula CI spatial patterns show two clearly differentiated areas: a) the regions closest to the Mediterranean with higher concentration ratios, around 0.70, and b) inland regions of the peninsular and regions near the Atlantic coast with values of 0.55. In the first case, 25% of the rainiest days contribute almost 80% of the annual total, while in the second case this percentage drops to 65% (Martin Vide, 2004). The same differences in the CI values can be seen in other Mediterranean regions. Coscarelli and Caloiero (2012) obtained values between 0.62 and 0.45 in the region of Calabria in southern Italy. In the Canary Islands, where the irregularity and torrential nature of the rain are two of its main features, this type of analysis is critical because damage associated with rainfall has increased in recent decades due to increased levels of construction in vulnerable areas near to or in the same water channels of the ravines (Horcajada et al., 2000; Romero et al., 2004; Marzol et al., 2006; Mayer and Perez Chacon, 2006; Dorta, 2007; Mayer, 2011). Boletin de la Asociacion de Geografos Espanoles N.o 65 2014, pags. 463-468
Correlations between basic physical parameters of nuts and the weight of common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seeds

Selected physical attributes of common beech nuts harvested from four tree stands in northern Poland were determined. Seeds were manually extracted from every nut. Seeds and nuts were weighed, and the results were used to determine the ratio of seed weight to nut weight, which described the degree of nut filling. Physical parameters and the calculated coefficients were compared by the t-test for independent samples, analysis of variance, correlation analysis and linear regression analysis. The following ranges of variation were reported in the physical attributes of nuts and the coefficients of common beech seeds: critical transport velocity of nuts – from 6.33 to 11.28 m s –1 , nut thickness – from 4.76 to 9.86 mm, nut width – from 6.46 to 13.54 mm, nut length – from 12.63 to 21.62 mm, angle of sliding friction of nuts – from 15.67 to 26.67 o , nut weight – from 93.0 to 513.7 mg, coefficient of sliding friction of nuts – from 0.28 to 0.50, seed weight – from 11.0 to 374.8 mg, and ratio of seed weight to nut weight – from 0.08 to 0.88. The majority of nuts contained one seed (average weight of 195.36 mg), and only 2.3% of nuts contained two seeds (average weight of 103.11 mg). The attribute that was most highly correlated with the ratio of seed weight to nut weight was seed weight (0.685), followed by critical transport velocity (0.527) and weight of nuts (0.493). The results indicate that common beech seeds would be processed most effectively in vibration-pneumatic separators or, alternatively, in pneumatic separators where nut fractions obtained with the use of mesh screens can be sorted separately.
Designing and construction a DNA vaccine encoding the fusion fragment of cfp10 and ag85a immunodominant genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Background: Pathogenic mycobacteria are one of major causes of human morbidity and mortality. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) is an etiological agent of human tuberculosis. Designing new vaccines including DNA vaccines may be considered as new approaches for preventing of TB. Materials and Methods: M. tuberculosis H37Rv was grown on Lowenstein Jensen medium for 4 weeks at 37oC and then DNA was extracted. The cfp10 gene was amplified by PCR. After digesting the PCR product and the plasmid, cfp10 fragment was ligated into the vector using T4 DNA ligase. Then, Ag85A was subcloned into pcDNA/cfp10. Escherichia coli strain JM109 bacteria were transformed by the desired construct. Clone confirmations were performed by colony PCR, restriction enzyme digestion and DNA sequencing. Recombinant vector was transfected into HeLa cells and total RNA was extracted, then cDNA was synthesized using oligo-dT. Finally PCR was performed by cfp10 primers. Results: The cfp10 was amplified by PCR method and the PCR products were visualized by agarose gel electrophoresis. The cfp10 fragments showed 303 bp in length. The cfp10 cloned into pcDNA. Then, Ag85Awas ligated into pcDNA/cfp10 after digestion correctly. Colony-PCR and restriction enzyme digestion and sequencing confirmed the cloning the fusion Ag85A/cfp10 fragment. Finally, after cDNA synthesis, expression of vector was confirmed in eukaryotic system. Conclusion: Cloning of Ag85A/cfp10 genes of M. tuberculosis were performed correctly. It can use as a DNA vaccine for investigation the immune responses in animal models in future studies. K e y w o r ds: DNA vaccine, cfp10 , A g85A , Mycobacterium tuberculosis
The relationship between Independent Non Executive Directors' and Audit Committee on Firm Performanc

Various literature have discussed about various influences of corporate governance elements in firm performance The general assessment is corporate governance act as an instrument to support management’s to achieve its desired goals with the stakeholder value especially in increase financial performance.Despite the broad studies of corporate governance there is still a different argument in the view of the influence of corporate governance on financial performance. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify the influence of two corporate governance variables on firm performance. The corporate governance measurement was measured by the Independent non executive director and audit committee as independent variables and firm performance is measured by return on equity (ROE) and earnings per share (EPS) as dependent variables. This study is purely quantitative whereby data were collected from secondary source such as published in journals and Annual Reports of the companies. This study discovered that, there is a significant influence of corporate governance on firm performance. Therefore, the results show that good corporate governance practiceinfluence firm performance. Finally, it’s hoped that this study provides current corporate governance set-up in Malaysia that can be used to improve the development of corporate governance.
Studies on Physio Chemical Properties of Fly Ash for their Effective Alkali Activation

SEM: Scanning Electron Microscopy; XRD X-Ray Diffraction; EDAX: Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy; EDXRF Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence; FT-IR: Fourier Transform-Infra Red Spectroscopy ; SP: Super Plasticizer; AAS: Alkali Activator Solution; ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials; FA: Fly Ash; CTM: Compression Testing Machine; GSM: Geo polymer Source Materials; FAGP: Fly Ash Based Geo polymer
Specific Situations or Specific People? How Do Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors Interact in Cultivation Research?

Based on the rationale of dual process models, processing strategies influence the cultivation of first-order beliefs. Dual process models predict two key prerequisites for processing systematically: motivation and ability, which in turn can be influenced by intrinsic as well as extrinsic factors. Yet most research has concentrated on extrinsic factors by varying characteristics of the situation. The interaction between intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics, however, has not been researched to date. We present a field study testing for this kind of interaction. Results of a general population study indicate that intrinsic (education) as well as extrinsic (survey mode) factors moderate cultivation. Additionally, we found a person-situation interaction, indicating that cultivation is influenced by extrinsic factors in different ways, depending on an individual’s intrinsic characteristics.