Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modeling the Relationship between Work Motivation and Employees’ Organizational Citizenship Behaviors of Youth and Sport Offices in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province

This research was performed to consider the effects of work motivation on organizational citizenship behaviors of Youth and Sport Office employees in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. All Youth and Sport Office employees in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province (N=152) completed the The Motivation Sources Inventory (Barbut, 2004) and direct managers of these employees evaluated the organizational citizenship behaviors of them by using the Organizational Citizenship Behaviors Scale (Podsakof et al, 1990). A total 152 questionnaires were distributed, 140 of them (92.5 %) were considered as sample. A positive and significant relationship was found between dimensions of work motivation and organizational citizenship behaviors (r=0.29 and p<0.01). Also the results of multiple regression indicated that two dimensions of Self-Concept Internal Motivation and Instrumental Motivation are eligible in order to anticipating organizational citizenship behaviors. Modeling structural equations indicates that 24 % of changes in organizational citizenship behaviors can be defined by work motivation. These results indicated that each dimension of work motivation partially defines organizational citizenship behaviors and it is required that managers upgrade their organization by identification and amplification of work motivation dimensions specially, Self-Concept Internal Motivation and Instrumental Motivation for incidence of organizational citizenship behaviors and finally the effectiveness of their organizations.
Determining Ecoregional Reference Conditions for Nutrients, Secchi Depth and Chlorophyll a in Kansas Lakes and Reservoirs

Abstract Baseline environmental conditions are a critical consideration in the development of scientifically defensible aquatic nutrient criteria. We applied three methods to ecoregionally stratified data to determine reference conditions in Kansas lakes and reservoirs with respect to total phosphorus, total nitrogen, Secchi depth, and planktonic chlorophyll a (chl a). First, minimally developed lake/watershed units were identified based on existing geographical databases and visual basin surveys. Lakes and reservoirs in these watersheds were considered minimally-to-least impacted “reference” waters. Second, median nutrient, Secchi depth, and chl a values were determined for the best one-third of lakes and reservoirs and applied as indicators of reference condition (trisection). Third, a regression-based extrapolation method was applied to estimate water quality conditions in the absence of anthropogenic influences. The first method suggested no ecoregional effect on the trophic status of minimally impacted reference water bodies, whereas the other two methods indicated some significant ecoregional differences. Lack of ecoregional effect in reference bodies could indicate that differences were driven by anthropogenic influences rather than natural regional characteristics. Reference conditions, as determined by these three methods, broadly agreed for all parameters and were generally at or less than literature values for the mesotrophic-eutrophic threshold for lakes and reservoirs worldwide. Reference values for total phosphorus were primarily less than levels commonly associated with cyanobacterial blooms. Overall, the data suggest that multiple methods can be used to determine reference condition, and that in Kansas lakes and reservoirs reference condition corresponds to mesotrophic state.
Far ultraviolet remote sensing of the isotropy boundary and magnetotail stretching

[1] Several studies have attempted to identify the isotropy boundary (IB) defining the limit between the adiabatic and nonadiabatic trajectories of the trapped protons along closed magnetic field lines. This boundary is an indicator of the amount of magnetic field line stretching in the magnetotail. Previous studies were based on in situ measurements, resulting in spatially and temporally restricted samples. To overcome these limitations, we propose to use global data obtained with the FUV spectrographic proton auroral imager (SI12) on board the IMAGE satellite. We determine at each magnetic local time the position of an optical boundary related to the IB and thereby to the stretching of the magnetic field lines. We show that the correspondence between the latitude of the maximum proton precipitation observed by SI12 and the IB measured by Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites is statistically established and depends on the magnetic local time. The relation between the position of the maximum proton precipitation as well as the intensity of this maximum and the magnetic field distortion is determined by comparison with GOES 8 data. We suggest that SI12 images can be used as a tool to globally determine the isotropy boundary and to monitor the level of stretching in the magnetotail.
Interaction of large scale flow structures with gyrokinetic turbulence

Shear flows have a profound influence on turbulence-driven transport in tokamaks. The introduction of arbitrary initial flow profiles into the code ORB5 [Jolliet et al., Comput. Phys. Commun. 177, 409 (2007)] allows the convenient study of how flows on all length scales both influence transport levels and self-consistently evolve. A formulation is presented which preserves the canonical structure of the background particle distribution when either toroidal or poloidal flows are introduced. Turbulence suppression is possible above a certain shearing rate magnitude for homogeneous shear flows, and little evolution of the shearing rate is seen. However, when a flow with a zone boundary, where the shearing rate reverses at mid-radius, is introduced, the shear flow evolves substantially during the simulation. E × B shear flows with a zone boundary of a positive sign decay to a saturation amplitude, consistent with the well known saturation of turbulently generated zonal flows. Unlike the E × B flow, the parall.
Gemini Follow-up of Two Massive H i Clouds Discovered with the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder

Using the Gemini Multi Object Spectrograph (GMOS) we search for optical counterparts of two massive (∼109 M⊙) neutral hydrogen clouds near the spiral galaxy IC 5270, located in the outskirts of the IC 1459 group. These two H i clouds were recently discovered using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). Two low surface brightness optical counterparts to one of these H i clouds are identified in the new Gemini data that reaches down to magnitudes of ∼27.5 mag in the g-band. The observed H i mass-to-light ratio derived with these new data, , is among the highest reported to date. We are also able to rule out that the two H i clouds are dwarf companions of IC 5270. Tidal interactions and ram pressure stripping are plausible explanations for the physical origin of these two clouds.
Individual and Group Cheating Behavior: A Field Experiment with Adolescents

Dishonest activities with negative consequences for others and society are often undertaken by individuals as well as groups of people. In this paper, we use a field experiment among students aged 11-16 years to study whether there is a difference between individual and group cheating behavior. We find that students cheat, but not to the maximum extent possible. On average, groups are more inclined to cheat than individuals, but there are important differences across age. While there is no evidence of dishonesty among younger individuals, older individuals as well as younger and older groups cheat and do so to a similar extent. The way in which groups are formed does not seem to matter.
Classification of EFL Students: EFL Teachers’ Criteria and a Case Study

Language learners have frequently been classified according to individual difference variables such as aptitude, personality, cognitive style, and motivation. However, a language teacher’s view seems to have been missing from such classifications. This exploratory research investigated whether and by which criteria Iranian EFL teachers classify their students. Based on preliminary interviews with 29 high-expertise Iranian EFL teachers, 21 criteria were identified and included in a questionnaire that was completed by 175 Iranian EFL teachers. The respondents almost unanimously agreed that they did classify their students according to their understanding of the character type, behavior patterns, and achievement patterns of their students. Then they rated the 21 criteria on a scale from 0 to 4 according to how important each classification criterion was for them. Factor analysis of questionnaire responses revealed six major classification criteria. Subsequently, in a case study, 26 EFL students in a typical Iranian high school class were asked to rate their classmates according to the six major criteria. Only five of the criteria were found to predict English achievement and Grade Point Average (GPA). A cluster analysis of the students’ peer ratings using the five criteria generated three clusters. An ANOVA revealed that the three clusters were accurately differentiated not only on the clustering criteria but also on the two non-clustering variables: EFL Achievement and GPA.
RICE: remote method invocation in ICN

Information Centric Networking has been proposed as a new network layer for the Internet, capable of encompassing the full range of networking facilities provided by the current IP architecture. In addition to the obvious content-fetching use cases which have been the subject of a large body of work, ICN has also shown promise as a substrate to effectively support remote computation, both pure functional programming (as exemplified by Named Function Networking) and more general remote invocation models such as RPC and web transactions. Providing a unified remote computation capability in ICN presents some unique challenges, among which are timer management, client authorization, and binding to state held by servers, while maintaining the advantages of ICN protocol designs like CCN and NDN. In this paper we present a unified approach to remote function invocation in ICN that exploits the attractive ICN properties of name-based routing, receiver-driven flow and congestion control, flow balance, and object-oriented security while presenting a natural programming model to the application developer.
Friction-induced Vibrations in an Experimental Drill-string System for Various Friction Situations

Friction-induced limit cycling deteriorates system performance in a wide variety of mechanical systems. In this paper, we study the way in which essential friction characteristics affect the occurrence and nature of friction-induced limit cycling in flexible rotor systems. This study is performed on the level of both numerical and experimental bifurcation analysis. Hereto, an experimental drill-string set-up is used. The synthesis of these numerical and experimental results confirms that friction-induced limit cycling is due to a subtle balance between negative damping at lower velocities and viscous friction at higher velocities. Furthermore, we also show that the level of positive damping in the friction at very small velocities in relation to the level of negative damping appearing for slightly higher velocities determines whether torsional vibrations with and/or without stick-slip can appear. Finally, it is shown how these essential friction characteristics depend on physical conditions such as temperature, normal forces or the type of material in the frictional contact in the experimental set-up.
Evaluating Factors Contributing to Misalignment of the South African National Cybeersecurity Policy Framework

: This paper evaluates factors contributing to misalignment of the South African National Cybersecurity Framework (SA-NCPF) and suggest better ways to align the national policy framework to national, regional and global cyberlaws. The SA-NCPF is designed to mitigate, address and provide the regulatory guidelines relating to escalating cybercrimes, however, the complexity and interplays of factors contributing to misalignment make it difficult to achieve and measure alignment of national cyberlaws. The SA-NCPF recognises the complexities, inconsistencies, fragmentation and poor coordination of e-legislation, thus, it is imperative to recommend the removal of hindrances. By reviewing various literature, we were able to discuss and integrate a number of theoretical works that explain inconsistencies/misalignments in law. We synthesised literature to produce an integrated theoretical framework, which is a major innovation of this study. The integrated theoretical framework provides a broader perspective of the influencing factors and their interplay resulting in complex relationships which are difficult to understand. The researchers used the integrative theoretical framework and the configuration approach to develop a conceptual model. This model guides the measurement of the extent of alignment of the influencing factors and the identification of that combinations of these factors that yields an effective Cybersecurity Policy Framework. The conceptual model will be validated in a later study.
Abandoned housing: Exploring lessons from baltimore

Abstract Population loss and economic decline have resulted in thousands of abandoned homes in major U.S. cities. Although abandoned homes are symptomatic of other problems, they also contribute to neighborhood decline and frustrate revitalization. This article provides an overview of the national scope of abandoned housing and profiles Baltimore's strategy for addressing this problem. Challenges in Baltimore's revitalization planning include the necessity of and financial requirements for a comprehensive approach and the difficulty of reaching consensus. Widespread property “flipping” hampers prevention. Efforts to acquire and demolish units are constrained by difficulties in tracking ownership, felons’ ownership of derelict units, and a shortage of staffing to process takings. Challenges in rehabilitating and marketing row houses include the need for subsidies to make units affordable to the most likely buyers, the omnipresence of lead paint, and the lack of foreign immigration. The article proposes a more strategic approach to the city's revitalization planning.
PROBING THE HYDROXYMETHYLATED RESORCINOL COUPLING MECHANISM WITH STRESS RELAXATION

The isothermal stress relaxation of dry wood is well described by the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts relationship. This provides a direct measurement of the relaxation time and cooperativity for amorphous wood-polymer segments. The insights afforded by this approach are demonstrated for wood treated with hydroxymethylated resorcinol, HMR, coupling agent. HMR significantly stiffens wood against stress relaxation as revealed by large increases in the measured relaxation time and coupling parameter. In contrast, phenol impregnation has no effect on the coupling parameter or the relaxation time. This reveals that the simple bulking of the wood cell wall does not explain the action of HMR. Instead, this suggests that HMR chemically crosslinks the cell wall. Consequently, one aspect of the HMR coupling mechanism may involve covalent crosslinking and stabilization of amorphous regions against water swelling and other mechanical stresses.
The Quest for Healing in South Africa's Age of AIDS

Abstract Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) is the most effective means of extending the lives of people living with AIDS – yet only 25% of those in South Africa estimated to need it are receiving HAART. Those who cannot access HAART (or choose not to take it) may opt to use ‘traditional’ healing instead. Some people will do both. This article reviews the emerging South African literature exploring the interface between biomedical and traditional healing in this age of AIDS. It includes a discussion of recent relevant biographies and books. Particular attention is paid to the contrasting experiences of Edwin Cameron who took HAART and continues to live a productive life, and Fana Khaba, who rejected HAART in favour of untested substances. The paper notes how the diagnosis of AIDS as being caused by witchcraft may have psychological benefits (it shifts blame and responsibility to others) it can also exacerbate social tensions and undermine the health of those living with AIDS. It is argued that the state has an obligation to provide information to AIDS patients about the best scientifically tested medications.
Revisiting the Relationship between Targeting and Program Performance

An important public policy question is whether improved targeting of public spending will necessarily result in more or more cost-effective poverty reduction. In an important and influential study, Ravallion (2009) shows that targeting measures perform poorly as indicators of the poverty impact and cost- effectiveness of an urban cash transfer program across China’s provinces, and warns on this basis against reliance on assessments of targeting performance to inform policy choices in relation to poverty alleviation programs. The lack of a correlation between targeting and cost-effectiveness in reducing poverty is surprising, as it is unsupported by the theoretical literature and contradicts other empirical work. We suggest that this result arises because the comparison is across programs and income distributions. Through simulations, we confirm that the targeting and poverty performance of different programs, or even the same program, implemented across different distributions might be only weakly or even negatively correlated. But a more relevant, policy-oriented concern is to compare the performance of two or more programs in relation to the same distribution. In this case, we find, again through simulations, that the link between targeting and poverty impact depends on the changes made to the underlying targeting errors, but that there is a strong and positive correlation between targeting performance and cost-effectiveness. When the distribution of interest is different to the distributions in which the targeting performance is observed – that is, when assumptions of external validity are made – the correlation is weaker, but some targeting measures still perform well. Overall, targeting results need to be interpreted with care, but do provide useful information on the cost-effectiveness of transfer programs.
Association Rule Mining and Blind Turing Machine Based Privacy-Preserving Outsourced In Vertically Partitioned Databases

Data mining is a concept of extracting useful information from the raw data in the large data collection. In some cases the data are splitted among different parties. Privacy anxieties may prevent the parties from directly sharing the data and it also prevents some types of information about the data. A partition is defined as division of logical database into discrete independent parts and the division may be either vertical partitioning or horizontal partitioning. The horizontal partitioning divides the table into multiple tables and vertical partitioning is divides a table into multiple tables but it contains only fewer columns. In this paper, privacy preserving mining on vertically partitioned database is concentrated. In some cases, from a collective dataset data owners want to learn the frequent data items and association rules. It discloses some sensitive information to third parties or other data owners. So it is more important to provide data privacy for collective dataset. A cloud aided frequent itemset mining solution provides better security in vertically partitioned database. But it used fully homomorphic encryption scheme, it is more difficult to implement and it is inefficient practically. So in this paper a concept named as Blind Turing Machine is introduced that utilizes simple homomorphic encryption scheme. It achieves the total privacy by processing a ciphertext as a standard Turing machine. In addition to that it provides an equality check to improve the privacy of vertically partitioned database. Thus the proposed work provides better security than the other techniques. The experimental results are conducted to prove effectiveness of the proposed technique.
The awareness of diabetic patients to HbA1c as a predictive test for diabetic retinopathy

Maintain glycemic control can aid in the prevention of diabetic retinopathy so, the American diabetic Association (ADA) recommended HbA1c test should be less than 6.5 % as a target for good glycemic control. Higher level of HbA1c test was associated with micro and macro vascular complication [5]. Despite the high number of diabetic patients, data about the association between the awareness of HbA1c test and diabetic retinopathy are not available in many countries.
Brand management in mergers and acquisitions

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on emerging market companies that internationalize into advanced economies by means of acquisitions and to investigate brand management during post-acquisition integration from a multi-level perspective and to identify how a brand management strategy can be constructed. It takes into account the influences of country-of-origin image, corporate brand and brand portfolio to obtain a granular view of post-acquisition brand management. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study approach was adopted. By using case studies and storytelling qualitative research methods, the empirical setting was related to the acquisitions undertaken by Chinese companies in Germany. Findings The authors identified three mechanisms for brand management in the post-acquisition integration of emerging market companies – namely, transferring, dynamically redeploying and categorizing – that underpin the interconnection and combined influence of country-of-origin image at the national level, corporate brand at the organizational level and brand portfolio at the product level. Practical implications Brand has been viewed as a strategic asset in Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Brand management is a dynamic process that involves learning and interaction between the acquirer and target. The research offers a practical guideline for both acquirers and targets in managing brand in the context of acquisitions undertaken by emerging market companies in advanced economies. Originality/value The findings provide important insights into the brand management strategies adopted in Chinese cross-border M&As in particular, and emerging market companies venturing into advanced economies in general. The interlinking of country, company and product levels introduces new ideas to the brand literature related to acquisitions, and the setting of Chinese companies acquiring German ones constitutes an important contribution to the understanding of the different ways in which companies from emerging economies may pursue branding strategies in the context of cross-border M&As.