Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Study of the Relationship between Transformative Leadership and Individual Creativity of Staff in Organizations

This research aims to investigate the relationship between transformative leadership and individual creativity of staff in governmental organizations of Kerman city. This research is descriptive and correlational. To collect data, two questionnaires including Albrecht organizational intelligence questionnaire with 49 questions and Randsepp creativity questionnaire with 50 questions. The collected data was analyzed using spss software in two parts of descriptive statistics including central indicators and inferential dispersion and statistics in the form of Kendall and Spearman correlation coefficient on a population including 2286 people and a sample with 330 people. The results of the research show that there is a direct and significant relationship between transformative leadership and its components for individual creativity. According to the results it can be deduced that the transformational leaders encourage the staff to behave beyond their task (individual creativity). The greater the desire for change of managers, the higher their individual creativity and the higher the spirit of managers their individual creativity will be increased. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016. v7n4S1p234
The XXL Survey - X. K-band luminosity – weak-lensing mass relation for groups and clusters of galaxies

Galaxy clusters and groups are important cosmological probes and giant cosmic laboratories for studying galaxy evolution. Much effort has been devoted to understanding how and when baryonic matter cools at the centre of potential wells. However, a clear picture of the efficiency with which baryons are converted into stars is still missing. We present the K-band luminosity-halo mass relation, L-K,L-500 - M-500,M- WL, for a subsample of 20 of the 100 brightest clusters in the XXL Survey observed with WIRCam at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). For the first time, we have measured this relation via weak-lensing analysis down to M-500,M-WL = 3.5 x 10(13) M-circle dot. This allows us to investigate whether the slope of the L-K - M relation is different for groups and clusters, as seen in other works. The clusters in our sample span a wide range in mass, M-500,M-WL = 0.35-12.10 x 10(14) M-circle dot, at 0 \textless z \textless 0.6. The K-band luminosity scales as log(10)(L-K,L-500 = 10(12) L-circle dot) log(10)(M-500,M-WL = 10(14) M-circle dot) with beta = 0.85(-0.27)(+0.35) and an intrinsic scatter of sigma ln (LK vertical bar M) = 0.37(-0.17) (+0.19). Combining our sample with some clusters in the Local Cluster Substructure Survey (LoCuSS) present in the literature, we obtain a slope of 1.05(-0.14)(+0.16) and an intrinsic scatter of 0.14(-0.07)(+0.09). The flattening in the L-K - M seen in previous works is not seen here and might be a result of a bias in the mass measurement due to assumptions on the dynamical state of the systems. We also study the richness-mass relation and find that group-sized halos have more galaxies per unit halo mass than massive clusters. However, the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) in low-mass systems contributes a greater fraction to the total cluster light than BCGs do in massive clusters; the luminosity gap between the two brightest galaxies is more prominent for group-sized halos. This result is a natural outcome of the hierarchical growth of structures, where massive galaxies form and gain mass within low-mass groups and are ultimately accreted into more massive clusters to become either part of the BCG or one of the brighter galaxies.
Understanding the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) performance in plant alternative cropping systems

The diamondback moth (DBM) (Plutella xylostella) (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is one of the most widespread and harmful insect pests almost exclusively targeting plants belonging to the Brassicaceae family. Understanding of DBM’s behaviour and ecology is therefore crucial to develop novel, economically and environmentally friendly methods of control. One of the main objectives of this study was to determine whether the amount of time (# of generations) spent on a particular host plant by the DBM 4 instar larvae influences their preference, when exposed to and reared on alternative host plants. Experiments included rearing three lineages of DBM on three different plant species for three generations and exposing 4 instar larvae from each generation to the test plant species in a choice experiment. Results indicated that the amount of time spent on a particular host plant had no effect on food selection. The 4 instar larvae prefer turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa) the most and kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) is the least preferred plant. Another major objective of this is to examine the response of DBM to intercropping as an integrated pest management strategy and whether intercropping changes the sinigrin concentration in kale leaves. Two DBM males and females were exposed to either kale or kale grown with onions (Allium cepa) in controlled conditions to assess their performance and kale damage. Results indicated that fewer 4 instars and pupae were present in the intercropping. There was no change in the sinigrin content between the two treatments. Results suggested that the physical presence of onions may be necessary for the decreased larval numbers observed in the intercropping system. It is hypothesized that onions may release repellent volatiles rendering the environment less suitable for DBM. Our study shows the complexity of DBM’s interaction with its host plants and adds to the mounting amount of evidence towards the effectiveness of an intercropping system in controlling pest infestation.
A Knowledge Review: Implications For Future Research and Practical Application

Knowledge has evolved from being an abstract concept that resides within the human mind to a manageable resource that is capable of contributing to organisational competitive advantage. Research in the field is largely divergent, both in methodological execution and in objective, resulting in potential for a widening of the gulf between scholastic endeavour and practical value. A ‘Knowledge Matrix’ based upon Tranfield and Starkey’s (1998) social and cognitive dimensional conceptualisation is used to depict the theory-practice gaps that exist in the knowledge management literature.
The Impact of Self-Control Depletion on Social Preferences in the Ultimatum Game

We study the interaction of different motives and decision processes in determining behavior in the ultimatum game. We rely on an ego-depletion manipulation which consumes self-control resources, thereby enhancing the influence of default reactions, or in psychological terms, automatic processes. Experimental results provide evidence that proposers make higher offers under ego depletion. Based on findings from a closely related dictator game study, which shows that depleted dictators give less than non-depleted ones, we discard the possibility that other-regarding concerns are the default mode. Instead, we conclude that depleted proposers offer more because of a strategic ‘fear of rejection’ of low offers, consistent with self-centered monetary concerns. For responders, ego depletion increases the likelihood to accept offers, in line with unconditional monetary concerns being more automatic than affect-influenced reactions to reject unfair offers.
Caractérisations phénotypiques des populations de pintades (Numida meleagris) locales élevées au Bénin

9 Résumé . 10 Introduction . 11 Origin and environmental requirements of Guinea fowls . 12 Morphology and genotype of Guinea fowls . 13 Traditional rearing system in West Africa . 16 Feeding . 16 Animal performances in traditional systems of West-Africa . 16 Growth . 16 Reproduction performances . 17 Causes of mortality . 18 Conclusion. 19 Recommendation . 20 References . 20 PRÉSENTATION DES RÉSULTATS . 25 ARTICLE I: PHENOTYPIC, SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND GROWTH FEATURES OF GUINEA FOWLS RAISED UNDER DIFFERENT VILLAGE SYSTEMS IN WEST AFRICA. 31 Abstract . 31. 3
Comparative Evaluation of Stool Antigen Immunoassay and Blood Antibody Test Methods for the Screening of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Asymptomatic Adult Population in Delta State, Nigeria

Aim: To compare the H.pylori positivity between stool antigen and blood antibody test methods and to determine the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity of the stool antigen and IgG serology tests as well as sex, age and geographical area variations with the rate of H. pylori positivity. Methods: 408 asymptomatic volunteers (aged 32.55 ± 11.98 years) participated in this study. Stool and serum samples were obtained and assayed quantitatively using the stool antigen Accu-Diag H. pylori Antigen and Accu-Bind antibody ELISA Kits respectively. The stool samples were also assayed qualitatively using the monoclonal fecal H. pylori antigen rapid test kit (Aria H. Pylori Ag Combo Rapid Test. Results: The overall positivity rate of H. pylori stool antigen test (28.2%) was significantly lower (P=0.02) compared to that of the serology test (48.3%). No statistical differences were observed between genders and among age groups and geographical areas in both the stool and serology tests. The positivity in age group of ≥ 60 yrs in the IgG antibody test was significantly (p<0.05) greater compared with age groups 18-39 years and 40-59 years respectively. The stool antigen test had a higher sensitivity (100% vs. 59.8%), specificity (98.7% vs. 57.9%), accuracy (99% vs. 60%) and area under the Receiver Operator Characteristic curve (99.3% vs. 61.4%) compared with the IgG serology test. Conclusion: The present study suggests that H. pylori stool antigen test would be a more appropriate and reliable first-line routine test for diagnosis of H. pylori infection in Delta region of Nigeria. The rate of positivity was not affected by sex and geographical areas, but high prevalence rate of H. pylori infection was observed within the oldest population.
Experimenting with Behavior Based Pricing 1

Many purchases of differentiated goods are repeated, giving sellers the opportunity to engage in price discrimination based upon the shopper’s previous behavior by either offering loyalty discounts to repeat buyers or introductory rates to new customers. Recent theoretical work suggests that loyalty discounts are likely to be implemented when customer preferences are not stationary and sellers can pre-commit to prices for repeat buyers, but otherwise repeat buyers can be expected to pay the same or more than new buyers. This paper reports the results of a series of controlled laboratory experiments designed to empirically test the impact of these factors on pricing strategies, seller profit and total cost to consumers. Absent price pre-commitments, sellers in the lab engage in poaching when it is optimal to do so, but the ability to pre-commit leads to prices being relatively more favorable to loyal customers. Customer poaching increases seller profit and increases total consumer costs in the case of stable consumer preferences without price pre-commitment.
Analysis of real-world treatment patterns in a matched rheumatology population that continued innovator infliximab therapy or switched to biosimilar infliximab

Purpose This study compared treatment patterns of Turkish patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were treated with innovator Remicade® (infliximab [IFX]) and either continued IFX or switched to CT-P13. Materials and methods Adult RA patients with ≥1 IFX claim were identified from the Turkish Ministry of Health database. Eligible patients initiated and continued IFX treatment (continuers cohort [CC]) or initiated IFX and switched to CT-P13 (switchers cohort [SC]) during the study period. The initial IFX claim date was defined as the index date. The switch/reference date was defined as the CT-P13 switch date for the SC or a random IFX date during the period of CT-P13 availability for the CC. Cohorts were matched by age, sex, and number of IFX prescriptions during baseline. Patient demographics, discontinuation, and switching were summarized. The baseline period was defined as the period from the index date to the switch/reference date. The follow-up period ranged from the switch/reference date to the end of data availability. Results After matching, 697 patients were selected: 605 patients for the CC and 92 patients for the SC. Mean IFX duration for the baseline period was 422 days in the CC and 438 days in the SC. Median time on any infused tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonist therapy was 1,080 days in the CC and 540 days in the SC during the study period. During the follow-up period, discontinuation was lower in the CC (CC=33.9% vs SC=87.5%; P<0.001). The mean time to discontinuation was longer in the CC (CC=276 days vs SC=132 days; P<0.001). A switch to another biologic medication during the follow-up period was observed in 19.0% of patients in the CC (n=115) and 81.5% of patients in the SC (n=75; P<0.001). Conclusion Treatment patterns differed between patients prescribed IFX and CT-P13. In Turkey, RA patients maintained on IFX had greater treatment persistence (ie, fewer and later discontinuations) than those who initiated IFX and switched to CT-P13.
theory of differential forms on manifolds

In this paper, we establish a Hodge-type decomposition for the LP space of differential forms on closed (i.e., compact, oriented, smooth) Rieman- nian manifolds. Critical to the proof of this result is establishing an LP es- timate which contains, as a special case, the L2 result referred to by Morrey as Gaffney's inequality. This inequality helps us show the equivalence of the usual definition of Sobolev space with a more geometric formulation which we provide in the case of differential forms on manifolds. We also prove the LP boundedness of Green's operator which we use in developing the LP theory of the Hodge decomposition. For the calculus of variations, we rigorously verify that the spaces of exact and coexact forms are closed in the LP norm. For nonlinear analysis, we demonstrate the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the A-harmonic equation.
Towards trajectory prediction and optimisation for energy efficiency of an aircraft with electrical and hydraulic actuation systems

As part of the CleanSky programme, this paper investigates the power consumption characteristics of standard hydraulic actuation systems against the two main power by wire alternatives; electro-hydrostatic and electromechanical actuators. Mathematical models are constructed for each technology which simulates the position response and power consumption of the actuators. The models are dynamic and designed with execution speed as a primary concern. The difficulty with aircraft primary flight control actuator simulation is obtaining input command and load force data. One solution is to record the data from flight tests but this is costly, another solution is to use a 6 degree of freedom (6-DOF) aircraft dynamics model (ADM). This technique is much more accessible and with today's high performance computers it is easily achievable; the computing power of modern desktop PC's already accommodates the concurrent simulation of a 6-DOF aircraft with high fidelity models of subsystems.
Limits of Limits of Arbitrage: Theory and Evidence

We present a model where arbitrageurs operate on an asset market that can be hit by information shocks. Before entering the market, arbitrageurs are allowed to optimize their capital structure, in order to take advantage of potential underpricing. We find that, at equilibrium, some arbitrageurs always receive funding, even in low information environments. Other arbitrageurs only receive funding in high information environments. The model makes two easily testable predictions: first, arbitrageurs with stable funding should experience more mean-reversion in returns, in particular following low performance. Second, this larger mean-reversion should be lower, if many other funds have stable fundings. We test these predictions on a sample of hedge funds, some of which impose impediments to withdrawal to their investors.
THE FORMATION OF THE MASSIVE GALAXIES IN THE SSA22 z = 3.1 PROTOCLUSTER

We study the properties of K-band-selected galaxies (KAB < 24) in the z = 3.09 SSA22 protocluster field. 430 galaxies at 2.6 < zphot < 3.6 are selected as potential protocluster members in a 112 arcmin2 area based on their photometric redshifts. We find that ≈20% of the massive galaxies with stellar masses >1011 M☉ at zphot ∼ 3.1 have colors consistent with those of quiescent galaxies with ages >0.5 Gyr. This fraction increases to ≈50% after correcting for unrelated foreground/background objects. We also find that 30% of the massive galaxies are heavily reddened, dusty, star-forming galaxies. Few such quiescent galaxies at similar redshifts are seen in typical survey fields. An excess surface density of 24 μm sources at zphot ∼ 3.1 is also observed, implying the presence of dusty star-formation activity in the protocluster. Cross-correlation with the X-ray data indicates that the fraction of K-band-selected protocluster galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is also high compared with the field. The sky distribution of the quiescent galaxies, the 24 μm sources, and the X-ray AGNs show clustering around a density peak of z = 3.1 Lyα emitters. A significant fraction of the massive galaxies have already become quiescent, while dusty star-formation is still active in the SSA22 protocluster. These findings indicate that we are witnessing the formation epoch of massive early-type galaxies in the centers of the predecessors to present-day rich galaxy clusters.
A self-learning fuzzy controller

A learning scheme for the fuzzy control systems is proposed. The scheme can find proper control actions in the rule-base of a fuzzy controller for a number of different dynamic systems, including the cart-pole system. The learning scheme, which involves the ideas of temporal difference and fuzzy control, can construct a fuzzy controller, which can serve the control purpose on its own after the learning process. A number of different plant dynamics have also been tested, and the results suggest that the method is universal enough to control processes other than the commonly seen inverted pendulum. <<ETX>>
An occurrence of a fully-oxidized natural titanomaghemite in basalt

Abstract Titanomaghemite occurs in a relatively fresh doleritic intrusion in an area of Precambrian gneiss in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It hosts exsolution lamellae of ilmenite and contains more than 90% of the iron in the ferric form. It is more resistant to weathering than the ilmenite and is inherited virtually unaltered by the resulting soils. Titanomaghemite, extracted as grains from a weathered rind of the rock, has lattice parameter a 0 = 0.8348(3) nm and has a canted spin structure due to substitution of non-magnetic ions on tetrahedral and octahedral sites of the spinel structure. The average canting angle is 32 ± 3° and canting occurs predominantly on the octahedral iron sublattice. Its formula, based on microprobe analysis and Mössbauer spectroscopy may be expressed as: where [] and {} denote ions on tetrahedral and octahedral sites, respectively. The spontaneous magnetization of the mineral is 36(3) J/T/kg.
Foreign Investor Heterogeneity and Stock Liquidity Around the World

This article examines whether foreign investor heterogeneity plays a role in stock liquidity in a sample of 27,828 firms from thirty-nine countries worldwide. Foreign direct ownership is negatively associated with stock liquidity, while foreign portfolio ownership is positively associated with stock liquidity. Consistent with theoretical predictions, foreign ownership explains stock liquidity through both trading activity and information channels. The value-enhancing benefits of foreign direct investors’ monitoring efforts outweigh their liquidity costs and high adverse selection premium. However, the positive impact of foreign portfolio ownership on firm performance becomes negative and is not robustly significant after controlling for liquidity.
Organizational Commitment, Psychological Contract Fulfillment and Job Performance: A Longitudinal Quanti-qualitative Study

The goals of this study are to contribute to the understanding of the development of organizational commitment and to explore the relations among psychological contract fulfillment, organizational commitment, and job performance. This paper reports the findings of a longitudinal quanti-qualitative study conducted with newcomers over three years. We identified four trajectories of commitment development: Learning to Love, High Match, Honeymoon Hangover and Learning to Hate. The last one is originally proposed in this study, and it is represented by individuals who began work highly committed to the organization, but then their commitment levels decreased dramatically over time. We discuss some characteristics associated with these trajectories. Our results corroborate the assumption that psychological contract fulfillment is positively related to commitment. Nevertheless, our findings about the relationship between commitment and job performance were different according to the trajectories. The trajectories Learning to Love and Learning to Hate support the assumption that higher commitment levels would lead to better performance, and vice versa; however, the trajectories High Match and Honeymoon Hangover contradict it. We offer and discuss some possible explanations for these findings.
Nitrogen requirement and critical N content of stevia grown in two contrasting soils of Bangladesh

Nitrogen is recognized as one of the most limiting nutrient for crop growth in Bangladesh and can be supplemented with inorganic fertilizers like urea. The experiment was conducted in the net house of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University during March to July 2012. The objective was to examine the effects of different levels of N on the growth, leaf biomass yield, N content and to estimate minimum N requirement and critical N content of stevia. The treatments included six N rates (0, 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 kg ha -1 ). Plant sampling was done at 15, 30, 45 and 60 days after planting (DAP) to measure plant height, number of branches and leaves, fresh and dry weight of leaves, leaf area and N concentration. The results revealed that all the characters were significantly affected by different N rates. The highest values of all parameters except plant height and N concentration were obtained from 250 kg N ha -1 and the lowest values from N control. Nitrogen application at all levels increased leaf dry yield at harvest by 99 to 505% in acid soil and 69 to 438% in non-calcareous soil, respectively over control. The growth of most parameters was rapid at the later stages (30 to 60 DAP). Leaf N content proportionately increased with the increasing rates of N. The highest N concentration was obtained from its highest application (300 kg N ha -1 ). The minimum amount of N for maximum leaf biomass production in the plants grown in acid and non-calcareous soils was estimated to be ca 273 and 257 kg ha -1 , respectively. The critical N concentration to achieve 80% of the maximum production of stevia leaf was also estimated to be ca 1.43 and 1.50% in the leaves of stevia plants grown in acid and non-calcareous soils, respectively Res. Agric. , Livest. Fish.3(1): 87-97, April 2016