Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Does Work-Family Conflict Affect the Auditor's Performance?: Examining the Mediating Roles of Emotional Exhaustion and Job Satisfaction

This paper examines whether the work-family conflict (related to both work-interfering-family and family-interfering-work) of auditors affects their performance and if so, whether the effect is mediated by emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction. A mail survey is used to deliver a questionnaire to 151 auditors from ten CPA firm in Indonesia. The result shows that emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction fully mediates the relationship of work-family conflict with job performance. The result also demonstrates that Work-Interfering-Family (WIF) has significant effects on emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction, but Family-Interfering-Work (FIW) has no significant influence on either emotional exhaustion or job satisfaction. This study suggests that maintaining a regular training program for auditors, having flexible working arrangements, and encouraging a healthy lifestyle may help to reduce the work-family conflict and will increase the job satisfaction and performance of auditors.
RESTRICTIONS ON THE PARTICIPATION OF DEBTOR-RELATED CREDITORS IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS: IS THERE A NEED FOR A NEW APPROACH IN ESTONIAN LAW?

In bankruptcy proceedings, creditors have three main active procedural rights: 1) to submit a proof of claim; 2) to vote at a general meeting of creditors; 3) to satisfy the claim. However, some countries have adopted regulations that specify which creditors are allowed to participate in the proceedings. Such creditors are debtor-related persons, especially shareholders with subordinated loan claims. The Estonian Bankruptcy Act does not provide any regulations governing the participation of debtor-related creditors in the proceedings. Therefore, debtor-related creditors could control the bankruptcy proceedings and the activities of the trustee during a bankruptcy, which harms the rights and interests of non-related creditors. The article aims to find answers to the questions: Should the law provide restrictions on the participation of the debtor-related creditors in bankruptcy proceedings in order to ensure the protection of the parties’ rights and interests, and should shareholders have a right to active participation in bankruptcy proceedings with a subordinated loan claim? This article attempts to find answers to these questions by comparing Estonian, German, Latvian and Lithuanian law.
Efficacy of botanicals, bio-agents and fungicides against FusariumOxysporum F. Sp. Ciceri, in chickpea wilt sick plot

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the most important pulse crop grown all over India. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri cause chickpea wilt is one of the major diseases on Chickpea in Vidharbha region, which is soil and seed borne. Heavy inoculum in soil and favorable environment condition results in the death of infected plant and therefore total yield loss. In this study, two antagonists, two fungicides and two botanical extract were studied against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri causing Chickpea wilt. Field studies found that Carbendazim seed treatment (@ 2g/ kg seed) gave minimum wilt incidence (26.38%) and maximum yield (13.47 qt/ha) followed by T. viride + Carbendanzim, T. viride + Thiram and Trichoderma viride alone. Bio-agents Bacillus subtilis and aqueous plant extracts of Azadirachta indica and Lantana camara seed treatments were also significant in reducing wilt incidence and more yield as compared to control
A Canonical Analysis on the Relationship between Banking Sector and Stock Market Development in Bangladesh

This study examines the structural dependency between the developments of banking sector and stock market of Bangladesh using canonical correlation analysis. The main objective is to check whether the developments of these two financial sectors independently behave in the economic activities of Bangladesh using monthly data from 2006 to 2015. The development of banking sector is measured by a set of four indicators or variables, private sector credit, total number of branches of scheduled banks, interest rate spread and non-performing loan. Similarly another set of indicators, stock market capitalization, number of listed companies, turnover ratio and stock price volatility are used to explain the development of stock market. The multivariate time series of the two set of indicators are ensured first to be the stationary one. Then the canonical correlation analysis between the two set of indicators show that private sector credit, total No. of branches of scheduled banks are the first set of variables contribute more to construct the first canonical variate of banking sector. Market capitalization and number of listed companies are the second set of variables contribute more to construct the first canonical variate of stock market development. Finally, the correlation between the first pair of canonical variates is 0.293. Since the correlation is positive but not significant, banking and stock market developments do not significantly complement each other. Thus it is concluded that the developments of the two financial systems have been independently running during the period in financing economic activities of Bangladesh from 2006 to 2015.
The geometric stochastic resonance and rectification of active particles

This thesis describes the work of three research projects, the background research that motivated the work, and the resultant project findings. The three projects concerned: (i) Geometric stochastic resonance in a double cavity, (ii) Synchronisation of geometric stochastic resonance by a bi-harmonic drive, and (iii) Rectification of Brownian particles with oscillating radii in asymmetric corrugated channels. In the project 'Geometric stochastic resonance in a double cavity', we investigated synchronisation processes for the geometric stochastic resonance of particles diffusing across a porous membrane and subject to a periodic driving force. Non-interacting particle currents were driven through a symmetric membrane pore either parallel or perpendicular to the membrane. Then, harmonic mixing spectral current components were generated by the combined action of parallel and perpendicular drives. The role of the repulsive interaction of particles as a controlling factor with potential applications to the transport of colloids and biological molecules through narrow pores was also investigated. In 'Synchronisation of geometric stochastic resonance by a bi-harmonic drive', we simulated the stochastic dynamics of an elliptical particle using the Langevin equation. The particle was simultaneously driven by low and high frequency harmonic drives across a porous inter-cavity membrane. It was observed that the particle oscillated out of phase with the low frequency drive. This effect was due to the absolute negative mobility the particle would have exhibited if the low frequency drive had been replaced by a dc static force. It was also observed that the magnitude of this out-of-phase stochastic resonance depends on how the combined action of the driving forces and noise fluctuations affect the particle orientation, and as such was shown to be sensitive to the particle shape. This emphasises the importance of particle geometry, in addition to chamber geometry, to the realisation and optimisation of geometric stochastic resonance. In the project 'Rectification of Brownian particles with oscillating radii in asymmetric corrugated channels', we simulated the transport of a Brownian particle with an oscillating radius freely diffusing in an asymmetric corrugated channel over a range of driving forces for a series of temperatures and angular frequencies of radial oscillation. It was observed that there was a strong influence of self-oscillation frequency upon the average particle velocity. This effect can be used to control rectification of biologically active particles as well as for their separation according to their activity, for instance in the separation of living and dead cells. The background research is described in Chapter One and the research findings are described along with their related projects in Chapters Two and Three.
Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring for Energy-based Fatigue Life Prediction

USING ACOUSTIC EMISSION MONITORING FOR ENERGY-BASED FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION SEPEHR NESAEI 2014 The study of fatigue and fracture mechanics is crucial to the health monitoring and overall safety of aerospace and civil structures. The materials used to manufacture these industry parts have inherent anomalies that eventually grow under cyclic loadings during regular operation. The ASTM and/or military testing guidelines used to analyze and qualify structures and materials for use are costly and time consuming. Therefore, any additional methods or knowledge that can be used to reduce the number of tests will be useful to the industry to avoid unnecessary costs. Acoustic emission (AE) monitoring is currently used in many applications to assess the structural health and remaining useful life in various civil and mechanical applications. Its capability to assess smaller crack growth well before any strain monitoring system can help for early structural lifetime estimation. The main goal of this thesis was to develop a method using acoustic emission monitoring for fatigue life predictions similar to a strain energy-based fatigue life prediction method. Experiments were conducted to determine acoustic energy parameters and patterns at various stress levels during constant stress fatigue testing. This information was used to make life predictions which were then compared to experimentally obtained data. Statistical evaluation of the correlation assured the dependencies between the energy variables.
External Debt and Economic Growth in Vietnam: A Nonlinear Relationship

Most countries in the world are engaged in lending and borrowing activities regardless of their being rich or poor. For Vietnam, external loan is one of the important financial sources for investment because Vietnam’s savings are still lower than investment. In the past 10 years, economic growth of Vietnam has slowed down while compared to areas, external debt still goes up continuously. This situation has raised the question whether a developing country like Vietnam should continue to borrow external resources. An empirical evidence to determine the tendency relationship between external debt and economic growth in Vietnam is necessary to decide the external debt policy in the future. This study finds out the relationship between external debt and economic growth in Vietnam between 2000Q1 and 2012Q4. Using OLS (Ordinary Least Square) method associated with the ECM model (Error Correction Model) of Johansen-Juselius, the research calculates the threshold of external debt as well as estimates the relationship between external debt and economic growth in Vietnam. The findings support the existence of non-linear (inverted U-shaped) relationship between external debt and economic growth with the threshold level of 28%. In addition, the study also quantified the effect level of external debt to economic growth if the government continues to borrow and exceed this threshold.
Knowledge of Emergency Contraception among Married Women of Reproductive Age in a Rural-based Teaching Hospital of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Objective: To assess the awareness and level of knowledge toward emergency contraception among married women in the reproductive age group. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted employing prestructured questionnaire, which included information about age, occupation, income, education, obstetric profile, knowledge and use of emergency contraception. Results: The average age of women included in the study was 24.6 years. About 33% of women knew about emergency contraception. They mainly belonged to educated category, working class and with income group more than ` 5000 per month. There are about 5% of women who know about emergency contraception and have used it in the past. Conclusion: There is a need to popularize emergency contraception in India for its better usages among women to avoid unwanted pregnancies and abortions.
Exploring circular polarization in the CMB due to conventional sources of cosmic birefringence

The circular polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is usually taken to be zero since it is not generated by Thomson scattering. Here we explore the actual level of circular polarization in the CMB generated by conventional cosmological sources of birefringence. We consider two classes of mechanisms for birefringence. One is alignment of the matter to produce an anisotropic susceptibility tensor: the hydrogen spins can be aligned either by density perturbations or CMB anisotropies themselves. The other is anisotropy of the radiation field coupled to the non-linear response of the medium to electromagnetic fields: this can occur either via photon-photon scattering (non-linear response of the vacuum); atomic hyperpolarizability (non-linear response of neutral atoms); or plasma delay (non-linear response of free electrons). The strongest effect comes from photon-photon scattering from recombination at a level of ∼ 10−14 K. Our results are consistent with a negligible circular polarization of the CMB in comparison with the linear polarization or the sensitivity of current and near-term experiments.
Elmoslemany, A. and Whyte, S. K. and Revie, C. W. and Hammell, K. L. (2013) Sea lice monitoring on Atlantic salmon farms in New Brunswick, Canada : comparing audit and farm staff counts. Journal of fish

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Tactical and shooting variables that determine win or loss in top-Level in water polo

The aims of this study were: 1) determine if there is a difference in the efficacy and velocity of shots between winning and losing teams 2) analyse the relationship between efficacy values according to the particular microsituations (even, power play, transition and penalty) and between winners and losers in disputed games. Seventy-two male games that formed part of the 2008 European Championship and the 2009 World Championship have been analysed. Efficacy coefficients were used to assess all of the microsituations of the game that ended with a shot to obtain efficacy values. The results presented significant differences between winning and losing teams in terms of the coefficients of definition and resolution of shots, and in the coefficient of resolution and detention of shots to goal in both championships. It could be said that the efficacy values that determine the difference between winning and losing teams are those that make reference to the accuracy of the shot. The penalty microsituation of reference is not a determining factor in the winner or loser status of a team. No differences exist in the speed of shot between winning and losing teams within the same championship but they do exist between championships.
A Survey Study on the Profile of Human Smugglers in Turkey

Illegal migration is an impalpable phenomenon with complicated dimensions. Thousands of people leave their homelands every year due to a number of reasons such as civil wars, terrorism, economic difficulties, and social oppressions. With their flexible modus operandi, migrant smugglers benefit from individuals or groups that wish to immigrate for a more comfortable life. In order to reach a complete perception of illegal migration one needs to draw an accurate profile of migrant smugglers. At this end, data collection from both smugglers as perpetrators and illegal migrants as the object of the smuggling process provides important information for a holistic definition of “smugglers”. In this study researchers interviewed 262 illegal migrants and 174 smugglers captured in Istanbul from 2007 to 2013 in order to identify and develop a profile of migrant smugglers and understand the operating methods of illegal migration organizations. The collected data were analyzed and important results on illegal migrant smugglers were reached.
Mobilization and Radicalization Through Persuasion: Manipulative Techniques in ISIS’ Propaganda

This paper explores the recent findings of some empirical research concerning Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s (ISIS’) communication and tries to synthesize them under the theoretical frame of propaganda’s concept and practices. Many authors demonstrated how ISIS propaganda campaigns, in particular those deployed on cyberspace, proved to be effective in recruiting new members in both western and Muslim countries. However, while most of the researches focused on ISIS’s communication contents and narratives, few works considered other methods and techniques used for actually delivering them. This is a regrettable missing point given the fact that communication’s and neurosciences’ studies demonstrate that not only what is communicated but also the techniques adopted bear important consequences on the receiver’s perceptions and behavior. Therefore, this article analyzes in particular the findings of researches carried out by communication scholars, social psychologists, and neuro-cognitive scientists on ISIS’ persuasive communication techniques and demonstrates their importance for security studies’ analysis of ISIS’ propaganda. It argues that ISIS’ success in mobilizing people and make them prone to violent action relies on—among other factors—its knowledge and exploitation of sophisticated methods of perceptions’ manipulation and behavior’s influence. This, in turn, demonstrates ISIS’ possession of state-like soft power capabilities effectively deployed in propaganda campaigns and therefore calls for a more complex understanding of its agency.
Organization Sustainability through Human Resource Capital: The Impacts of Supervisor Incivility and Self-Efficacy

The hotel business is globally acknowledged to significantly contribute to the tourism industry. Over time, supervisor’s incivility continues to be a serious issue where cases of the uncivil act are known to be costly to the organization and creating negative effects on employees’ health and organizational continuity. Human capital has also been highlighted as one of the key variables to organizational sustainability. Using convenience sampling method, this study adopted a total of 329 respondents’ perception to test the study variables. The effect of supervisor’s incivility was assessed against employee’s self-efficacy, turnover intention, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction. The study employed data gathered from four and five stars hotels in Nigeria using Analysis of a moment structures (IBM AMOS) software to analyze the hypothesized relationships. Empirical evidence shows that self-efficacy mediates the relationship between supervisor incivility, turnover intention, and job satisfaction. The results show that evidence of supervisor’s incivility negatively affects hotel employee.
Quarkonium Masses in the N-dimensional Space Using the Analytical Exact Iteration Method

The N - dimensional radial Schrodinger equation with an extended Cornell potential is solved. The analytical exact iteration method (AEIM) is applied. The energy eigenvalues are calculated in the N –dimensional space. The charmonium meson, the bottomonium meson and the meson masses are calculated in the N-dimensional space. The special cases are obtained from the general case. The study of the effect of dimensionality number is studied. The mean value of the radius and the mean square velocity of charmonium meson, bottomonium meson, and meson are calculated. The present results are improved in comparison with other recent studies and are in good agreement with the experimental data. Therefore, the present method with the present potential gives successfully description of heavy quarkonium properties.
FEMINISM AND PERSONALITY OF WOMEN IN JOURNALISM

The aim of this article is to demonstrate few common hypothetical and methodological perspectives related media and journalism which is again viewed from feminist’s standpoint. The feminist researchers and scholars related to media and journalism have opened up some important perspectives that are not just restricted to the position and responsibility given or born by the women journalists and media persons but extended too many other aspects like women as audiences, their own experience in this industry, and many other important aspects. The article is based on a case-study. It tries to answer the question: whether there exists any gender discrimination in the newsroom of the mentioned Australia newspaper and whether there are different working conditions existing between the female and male journalists in the newsroom? The case-study takes into account qualitative methodologies that include the observations of the participants and in-depth interviews with the participants. The study tries to explore the question whether there is any visible difference existing as mentioned above. As a whole, the central investigation is to examine whether Australian female journalists in the concerned newsroom follow the same male-centric journalism or they have their own ways of working?
Global Free Tropospheric NO2 Abundances Derived Using a Cloud Slicing Technique Applied to Satellite Observations from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

We derive free-tropospheric NO2 volume mixing ratios (VMRs) and stratospheric column amounts of NO2 by applying a cloud slicing technique to data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Aura satellite. In the cloud-slicing approach, the slope of the above-cloud NO2 column versus the cloud scene pressure is proportional to the NO2 VMR. In this work, we use a sample of nearby OMI pixel data from a single orbit for the linear fit. The OMI data include cloud scene pressures from the rotational-Raman algorithm and above-cloud NO2 vertical column density (VCD) (defined as the NO2 column from the cloud scene pressure to the top-of-the-atmosphere) from a differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) algorithm. Estimates of stratospheric column NO2 are obtained by extrapolating the linear fits to the tropopause. We compare OMI-derived NO2 VMRs with in situ aircraft profiles measured during the NASA Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment Phase B (INTEX-B) campaign in 2006. The agreement is generally within the estimated uncertainties when appropriate data screening is applied. We then derive a global seasonal climatology of free-tropospheric NO2 VMR in cloudy conditions. Enhanced NO2 in the free troposphere commonly appears near polluted urban locations where NO2 produced in the boundary layer may be transported vertically out of the boundary layer and then horizontally away from the source. Signatures of lightning NO2 are also shown throughout low and middle latitude regions in summer months. A profile analysis of our cloud slicing data indicates signatures of uplifted and transported anthropogenic NO2 in the middle troposphere as well as lightning-generated NO2 in the upper troposphere. Comparison of the climatology with simulations from the Global Modeling Initiative (GMI) for cloudy conditions (cloud optical thicknesses > 10) shows similarities in the spatial patterns of continental pollution outflow. However, there are also some differences in the seasonal variation of free-tropospheric NO2 VMRs near highly populated regions and in areas affected by lightning-generated NOx. Stratospheric column NO2 obtained from cloud slicing agrees well with other independently-generated estimates, providing further confidence in the free-tropospheric results.