Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Identification of Intangible Assets in Knowledge‐Based Organizations Using Concept Mapping Techniques

This paper proposes a procedure for identifying the intangible assets that generate value to knowledge‐intensive organizations using concept mapping techniques. Concept mapping is a form of structured conceptualization that incorporates and processes the opinion of a set of experts. A double statistical treatment consisting of a multidimensional scaling analysis and a cluster analysis is applied to a set of data provided by experts to obtain the results, which are presented in the form of maps. As a case study, the social and legal departments in a Spanish university were analyzed. As a result, 60 items referring to different intangible assets of these departments were identified and grouped into 10 clusters, and they were in turn grouped in regions corresponding to the three basic components of intellectual capital: human capital, structural capital and relational capital. The evaluation of the relative importance of each of them leads to the preeminent position of the structural capital.
Opportunities of the Akabane Test for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Background: In view of its prevalence, type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a socially significant disease, which affects millions of patients. Despite the significant advances in modern medicine, there are problems with early diagnosis and effective treatment of this disease, especially at home. In this regard, it would be interesting to pay attention to the possibility of diagnosing and treating this disease from reverse the viewpoint of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Methods/Design: In order to assess patterns of heat sensitivity thresholds of acupuncture channels (AC) in patients with T2D, the Akabane test was carried out on with 116 men and 190 women. For comparison, a group of healthy subjects made up of 112 men and 277 women was also used.Results: Simple effects of paired comparisons between healthy subjects and T2D in groups of men and women, showed significant differences. The most significant differences are seen in the AC connected with the digestive system. In this case, the greatest diagnostic value is the level of asymmetry between the right and left branches of these AC, which varies in proportion to the level of glycaemia. Changes in the AC are stable and precede the manifestation of the functional and organic disorders inherent in this disease. This dependence allows for early T2D diagnostics and individual monitoring.Conclusion: The combination of the Akabane test with the use of mathematical analysis in patients with T2D makes it possible to trace the entire chain of carbohydrate metabolism at an individual level and to identify regulatory violation and the compensatory mechanisms for more effective therapeutic effects.
Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Their Effect on Learning Style in the Creative Design Process.

Research has shown that user characteristics such as preference for using an interface can result in effective use of the interface. Research has also suggested that there is a relationship between learner preference and creativity. This study uses the VARK learning styles inventory to assess students learning style then explores how this learning preference affect the use of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in the creative design process.
Effect of Inventory Control Strategies on Inventory Record Accuracy in Kenya Power Company, Nakuru

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of inventory control strategies on inventory record accuracy in Kenya Power Nakuru. The study looked at three inventory control strategies; cycle counting, inventory coding and computerized inventory accuracy. The three variables were individually and collectively related with inventory records accuracy. The study adopted a descriptive survey. The target populations for the study were the employees in Kenya Power Nakuru working in procurement, stores and finance departments. Since there are only 42 employees in the departments, all the employees were involved in the study as respondents. The researcher conducted a pilot study to test for validity and reliability of the research instruments before the actual study. Data was then collected through structured questionnaires that were self-administered by the researcher. Collected data was analyzed both descriptively and inferentially. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the study variables while correlation and regression analysis was used to relate the research variables. Single tailed t-test was used to test the hypotheses in the study. The study established that inventory control practices have significant positive influence on inventory records accuracy. The study recommends that public companies as well as private companies adopt inventory control practices as they are likely to experience enhanced efficiency and effectiveness in inventory records. The study suggests that further study is conducted to assess the role of management in implementing inventory control practices and whether inventory control practices can enhance operational performance of an organization.
Investigation of the influence of thermal effects in the dynamic coefficients of a tilting pad journal bearing

This work aims to evaluate the dynamic coefficients of the tilting pad journal bearing through the thermohydrodynamic and hydrodynamic analysis, investigating the influence of thermal effects in the dynamic coefficients. The dynamic coefficients of the tilting pad journal bearings are obtained by numerical simulation, solving the Reynolds equation iteratively with the energy equation by finite volume method. In doing so, this work presents the influence of the thermal effects in the dynamic coefficients when considering both the full and the reduced damping and stiffness matrices, discussing the relevance of the thermal effects in the dynamic coefficients in both approaches.
Observational calibration of the projection factor of Cepheids - I. The type II Cepheid κ Pavonis

Context. The distance of pulsating stars, in particular Cepheids, are commonly measured using the parallax of pulsation technique. The di erent versions of this technique combine measurements of the linear diameter variation (from spectroscopy) and the angular diameter variation (from photometry or interferometry) amplitudes, to retrieve the distance in a quasi-geometrical way. However, the linear diameter amplitude is directly proportional to the projection factor (hereafter p-factor), which is used to convert spectroscopic radial velocities (i.e., disk integrated) into pulsating (i.e., photospheric) velocities. The value of the p-factor and its possible dependence on the pulsation period are still widely debated. Aims. Our goal is to measure an observational value of the p-factor of the type-II Cepheid Pavonis. Methods. The parallax of the type-II Cepheid Pav was measured with an accuracy of 5% using HST/FGS. We used this parallax as a starting point to derive the p-factor of Pav, using the SPIPS technique (Spectro-Photo-Interferometry of Pulsating Stars), which is a robust version of the parallax-of-pulsation method that employs radial velocity, interferometric and photometric data. We applied this technique to a combination of new VLTI/PIONIER optical interferometric angular diameters, new CORALIE and HARPS radial velocities, as well as multi-colour photometry and radial velocities from the literature. Results. We obtain a value of p = 1:26 0:07 for the p-factor of Pav. This result agrees with several of the recently derived Periodp-factor relationships from the literature, as well as previous observational determinations for Cepheids. Conclusions. Individual estimates of the p-factor are fundamental to calibrating the parallax of pulsation distances of Cepheids. Together with previous observational estimates, the projection factor we obtain points to a weak dependence of the p-factor on period.
Implementing Dynamic Root Optimization in Noah‐MP for Simulating Phreatophytic Root Water Uptake

Widely distributed in arid and semiarid regions, phreatophytic roots extend into the saturated zone and extract water directly from groundwater. In this paper, we implemented a vegetation optimality model of root dynamics (VOM‐ROOT) in the Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah‐MP LSM) to model the extraction of groundwater through phreatophytic roots at a riparian site with a hyperarid climate (with precipitation of 35 mm/yr) in northwestern China. VOM‐ROOT numerically describes the natural optimization of the root profile in response to changes in subsurface water conditions. The coupled Noah‐MP/VOM‐ROOT model substantially improves the simulation of surface energy and water fluxes, particularly during the growing season, compared to the prescribed static root profile in the default Noah‐MP. In the coupled model, more roots are required to grow into the saturated zone to meet transpiration demand when the groundwater level declines over the growing season. The modeling results indicate that at the study site, the modeled annual transpiration is 472 mm, accounting for 92.3% of the total evapotranspiration. Direct root water uptake from the capillary fringe and groundwater, which is supplied by lateral groundwater flow, accounts for approximately 84% of the total transpiration. This study demonstrates the importance of implementing a dynamic root scheme in a land surface model for adequately simulating phreatophytic root water uptake and the associated latent heat flux.
Paleodynamics and organic carbon characteristics in a thermokarst affected landscape in West Alaska

Global warming will continue to warm the Arctic resulting in the degradation of permafrost soils which leads to large-scale ground subsidence. Vast regions of the Arctic are covered with ice-rich silts, known as yedoma, containing large ice wedges. The formation of thermokarst lakes is one of the most important forms of permafrost degradation. Consequently, large amounts of previously freeze-locked organic carbon (OC) can be mobilized and released, which is of global significance for the carbon cycle. The aim of this research was to reconstruct the late Quaternary depositional environment and organic carbon characteristics of a thermokarst affected landscape, to better understand the processes involved in thermokarst development and identify the vulnerability of the organic carbon. Fieldwork was conducted on Baldwin Peninsula during the summer expedition in 2016 in West Alaska. Yedoma and drained thermokarst lake basin (DTLB) exposures were sampled and a thermokarst lake core was taken. Sedimentological and biochemical parameters, as well as lipid biomarkers were analyzed. A land cover classification map was made from the peninsula using Landsat imagery and a digital terrain model. By extrapolation of the field data, an estimation of the OC quantity on the peninsula and the loss since the Late Pleistocene was made. Yedoma deposition started > 50 cal ka BP whereas the DTLB deposits and thermokarst lake sediments originate from the Holocene. The grain size distributions show that the yedoma and DTLB deposits accumulated in a dominantly aeolian, stable regime. Yedoma was deposited in a drier and colder climate than the DTLB, as indicated by the lower BIT index (mean BIT: 0.94 for yedoma and 1.00 for DTLB) and MBT index. About 53 Mt of OC is stored in the frozen deposits on Baldwin Peninsula and it is estimated that the net loss since the Late Pleistocene is 3 Mt OC. The frozen DTLB deposits contain the largest share of OC (36 Mt, 70%). However, the yedoma deposits contain the most labile OC, as has been shown by the CPI (mean: 11.6 for yedoma and 8.8 for DTLB). This OC has been freeze-locked and not or barely altered by microbial degradation. The OC is terrestrially derived for the yedoma and DTLB deposits. The thermokarst lake shows a lacustrine input (mean δ13C -28.5‰). Because of the high ice content of the deposits on the Baldwin Peninsula, the deposits are highly susceptible and vulnerable to permafrost thaw. The high quality of the stored OC in the yedoma deposits makes these carbon pools an important source for microbial alteration. This poses an important input of carbon to the carbon cycle.
A new category of "future planning" in the activity card sort: Continuity versus novelty in old age

The Activity Card Sort (ACS) is a widely used measure for assessing participation in instrumental, leisure, and social-cultural activities. The ACS addresses previous and current activities but not future activity plans. The purpose of the study was to extend the ACS to include future planning. Previous research indicates that participation in activities and future planning is positively related to life satisfaction, and increased well-being and that these positive effects were most pronounced for adults 60 years and older. The current study participants were 60 Israeli adults aged 55 - 74 years. The research finds future planning to be widespread, common and significant among older adults. Moreover, it was found that older people planned to continue previous activities more that they planned new activities for the future, indicating more continuity than innovation among the participants in this study. Participants with higher current or past activity levels planed a greater number of future activities. Construct validity using known group method showed the extended ACS to have discriminant validity with respect to age (younger participants were more active) and gender (highly physical activities were favored by men). MANOVA repeated measures and Pearson correlations demonstrated moderate-high test-retest reliability for the extended ACS.
Population size, dynamics and reproduction success of the lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina) in Latvia

Abstract We analysed the population size, population dynamics and reproduction success of the lesser spotted eagle in Latvia from 1988 to 2014. While the overall population did not show a statistically significant trend during any of the periods analysed (long, medium and short term), the populations in the individual study areas changed differently: of five research plots, populations were stable in two, increased in one, and decreased in two research plots. Using the existing research plots as samples of breeding numbers in areas of different breeding density classes based on forest management units, the total breeding population in Latvia was estimated. The overall number of breeding pairs in 2012-2014 was between 3700-4000. During the period 1988-2014, 65.62% of all pairs recorded as present on their home range, made a breeding attempt and laid eggs. The reproductive success ratio was 0.49 young per occupied territory with an adult pair of birds and 0.74 young per breeding pair which laid eggs. Overall, during the 21 -year research period there was a stable long-term trend in reproductive success (young per pair present on home range). Rarely, indeed only in 1 . 89% of all cases did two young fledge. The total number of young (young per 100 km2) shows stable long-, medium- and short-term trends with an average value of 5.1 young per 100 km2. Abstrakt Analyzovali sme velkost populácie, populacnú dynamiku a reprodukcnú úspešnost orla kriklavého v Lotyšsku od roku 1988 do roku 2014. Kým velkost populácie ako celku nevykazovala štatisticky významný trend v priebehu žiadneho z analyzovaných období (dlhé, stredné a krátke), velkost populácií v jednotlivých monitorovacích plochách varírovala: z piatich študijných plôch boli populácie stabilné v dvoch, nárast na jednej a pokles na dvoch študijných plochách. Na odhad poctu hniezdiacich párov v Lotyšsku sa použili údaje zo študijných plôch zaradených do tried podla hustoty hniezdnych párov pre lesné hospodárske celky. Celkový pocet hniezdnych párov bol tak v rokoch 2012 - 2014 približne 3700 - 4000. V rokoch 1988 - 2014 zahniezdilo 65,62 % zaznamenaných teritoriálnych párov. Reprodukcná úspešnost bola 0,49 mládata na teritórium obsadené adultným párom a 0,74 mládata na hniezdiaci pár, ktorý zniesol znášku. Celkovo bol pocas 21 rokov výskumu zistený stabilný trend reprodukcnej úspešnosti (t.j. pocet mládat na teritoriálny pár). Hniezdo opustili 2 mládatá len pri 1.89 % hniezdení. Celkový pocet mládat (na 100 km2) vykazoval stabilný dlho-, stredno- a krátkodobý trend a dosahoval hodnotu 5,1 mládata na 100 km2.
The Effectiveness of Couple Therapy

Abstract Most theories and methods about couple dierapy are developed and tested in Anglo-Saxon countries. In this clinical study, we tested these theories and methods within a Swedish public health context. We assessed the outcomes of 131 couples (262 individuals) using the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) and the Family Climate (FC) survey. Initially, the couples displayed severe marital distress and a dysfunctional family climate. Both marital satisfaction and family climate improved considerably, which confirmed the effectiveness of these methods in a Swedish context.
The Economic Sustainability of Snow Tourism: The Case of Ski Resorts in Austria, France, and Italy

The purpose of this article is to analyse whether ski resorts in Europe are economically viable. Data originates from the financial statements of the 61 largest ski lift operators in Austria, France, and Italy. Descriptive statistics reveal that these operators are characterized by positive and relatively high returns, and by having little debt in general terms. The results show that the most economically profitable ski operators are also the largest. The elevation of the ski area is not relevant. Ski lift operators in Austria have a higher profitability than those in France and Italy. Overall, larger ski resorts are better prepared for the future investment needed to adapt to the new conditions in the industry, such as climate variability.
High performance graphene oxide/polyacrylonitrile composite pervaporation membranes for desalination applications

As an emerging technology, pervaporation (PV) has shown great promise in fresh water production from salty water. However, the low separation efficiencies of the present membranes hinder their practical applications. Here, thin graphene oxide (GO) films with 2D nanochannels were fabricated on polyacrylonitrile (PAN) ultrafiltration membranes using a vacuum filtration-assisted assembly method. The GO/PAN composite membrane exhibits a high water flux of up to 65.1 L m−2 h−1 with high rejection (about 99.8%) for desalination by pervaporation at 90 °C. It is noteworthy that the composite membranes show high performances in treating high-salinity water, even at salt concentrations of up to 100 000 ppm. This makes it possible to use GO-based membranes for seawater desalination, brackish water desalination and reverse osmosis concentrate treatment.
Applications of stable isotope analyses to avian ecology

In the past 20 years the use of stable isotope analysis has become increasingly common in ecological studies. In fact, in some instances these techniques have yielded remarkable insights into the foraging preferences and migrations of birds. Despite these advances and the potential of the approach, it is possibly still not as widely used as might be expected. In this paper we aim to illustrate the potential of the approach in the hope of encouraging more avian ecologists to think again about how these techniques might provide insights in the systems on which they work. We discuss some of the principles behind the approach, and review some of the more recent ornithological studies that have used stable isotope techniques to trace trophic pathways or infer migratory origins. We follow this by discussing some of the latest ideas on how stable isotopes may be used to generate community metrics and close by detailing the important assumptions and caveats that should be considered before undertaking any studies using this technique.
Burns: Definition, Classification, Pathophysiology and Initial Approach

Burns are the most devastating form of trauma that has afflicted mankind since ancient times, its short- and longterm consequences leave severe squeal in the patients affected by them, the costs they generate to health systems are very high and it is counted At present with few hospital centers specialized in the treatment of these affections. The initial approach of the burned patient is fundamental in the survival of the patients, but also in the morbidity that they cause so it is essential to have a multidisciplinary team for its proper management. The main pillars in the treatment of burns are adequate water therapy, airway management and comprehensive surgical treatment of the patient as a final resolution, the following pages addresses the definition and general epidemiology of burns, pathophysiology and the initial approach.
Nonresonant Detection of Terahertz Radiation in Field Effect Transistors

We present an experimental and theoretical study of nonresonant detection of subterahertz radiation in GaAs/AlGaAs and GaN/AlGaN heterostructure field effect transistors. The experiments were performed in a wide range of temperatures (8–300 K) and for frequencies ranging from 100 to 600 GHz. The photoresponse measured as a function of the gate voltage exhibited a maximum near the threshold voltage. The results were interpreted using a theoretical model that shows that the maximum in photoresponse can be explained by the combined effect of exponential decrease of the electron density and the gate leakage current.
Portfolio Responses to Taxation Evidence from the End of the Rainbow

The past fifteen years include three tax reforms that substantially changed the tax environment confronting wealthy households. This paper uses comprehensive wealth data from the Surveys of Consumer Finances to analyze the effects of tax changes on the portfolio holdings of households, particularly those at the top of the wealth distribution. Although marginal tax rates are shown to have explanatory power for cross-sectional differences in portfolio allocations, the role of tax changes in determining the observed changes in household portfolios relative to the market portfolio over time is more limited. Evidence on the changes in portfolio allocations by marginal tax rate also fails to support an important time-series role for marginal tax rates. Prepared for the Office of Tax Policy Research Conference, “Does Atlas Shrug? The Economic Consequences of Taxing the Rich,” held on October 24-25, 1997, in Ann Arbor. I thank Jim Hines, Jim Poterba, Joel Slemrod, Ed Wolff, and conference participants at Michigan and Dartmouth for helpful comments. Arthur Kennickell provided assistance with the Survey of Consumer Finances data. Financial support from the Nelson Rockefeller Fund at Dartmouth College for my ongoing research on taxation and portfolio choice is gratefully acknowledged. Any errors are my own.