Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Time reclaimed: temporality and the experience of meaningful work

The importance of meaningful work has been identified in scholarly writings across a range of disciplines. However, empirical studies remain sparse and the potential relevance of the concept of temporality, hitherto somewhat neglected even in wider sociological studies of organizations, has not been considered in terms of the light that it can shed on the experience of work as meaningful. These two disparate bodies of thought are brought together to generate new accounts of work meaningfulness through the lens of temporality. Findings from a qualitative study of workers in three occupations with ostensibly distinct temporal landscapes are reported. All jobs had the potential to be both meaningful and meaningless; meaningfulness arose episodically through work experiences that were shared, autonomous and temporally complex. Schutz’s notion of the ‘vivid present’ emerged as relevant to understanding how work is rendered meaningful within an individual’s personal and social system of relevances.
DANCING OUR WAY TO COLLEGE: A CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY BASED FOLKLÓRICO FOSTERING COMMUNITY CULTURAL WEALTH TO INFLUENCE THE POST SECONDARY ASPIRATIONS, PATHWAYS AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS OF LATINAS

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . iv LIST OF TABLES . ix LIST OF FIGURES . x CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 1 Problem Statement . 5 Purpose Statement . 6 Research Questions . 6 Significance of the Study . 7 Theoretical Underpinnings . 8 Delimitations . 13 Definitions of Key Terms . 14 Summary . 15 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction . 16 Representation of Latinas/Chicanas in Higher Education . 17 College Aspirations of Latinas/Chicanas . 18 K-12 School Experiences of Latina/Chicana Students . 29 Community Programs Creating a Bridge to College . 36 Folklórico . 47 Summary . 52
Soil-water-plant relationship and fruit yield under partial root-zone drying irrigation on banana crop

Climatic uncertainties have compromised water resources, which influences irrigated agriculture. Irrigation is an important alternative to mitigate the effects of water scarcity. Partial root-zone drying (PRD) is a rational use of irrigation water. This study aimed to evaluate PRD for irrigation management of banana crop, cv BRS Princesa, under semi-arid conditions in Brazil. A field experiment was carried out with five treatments: one control (full irrigation) and four with 50 % reduction of water irrigation depth (WID) and frequencies alternating the side to be irrigated of the plant row of 0, 7, 14 and 21 days. Stomatal conductance, growth, yield and soil water status were evaluated. Results indicated that banana crop cv. BRS Princesa shows shoot physiological regulation for 50 % reduction of soil water and vapor pressure deficit between 1.92 and 2.25 kPa. Decrease in yields of treatments with WID reduction compared to full irrigation is due to the reduction of root uptake rate, which is related to vapor pressure deficit and soil water availability. Partial root-zone drying saves 50 % of irrigation water and increases water use efficiency of banana cv. BRS Princesa crop by 78 %.
Language Patterns and Cognitive-Sentient Reality

This chapter explores correlations between modern and ancient science as they apply to cognitive-sentient reality. The ancient wisdom and worldviews were based on a combination of reason and introspection—the frontier between certainty and uncertainty. This exploration was paramount in Egyptian, Greek, Chinese, Indian, and other cultures and philosophies. This contemplation is actually universal, and virtually all culture has contributed to the structuring of fundamental sentient patterns of cognitive reality. Taking into account some recent scientific discoveries at micro/macro levels, the concepts of certainty/uncertainty, and information science, the chapter argues the coincidence between the ancient model of chakras and a newer cognitive-informational model. Based on these correlations, a new model of cognitive-sentient exploration of reality (CSER) is discussed relative to its use as in analytical/synergistic model for research on cosmic sentience.
Enhanced time‐slotted channel hopping

With the development of technology for the Internet of Things (IoT), a large number of mobile, intelligent sensors are being connected to the Internet. The IoT is a heterogeneous environment. In industrial environments, wireless technologies coexist on the same frequency and generate different kinds of traffic. The use of different wireless technologies that are not designed to be compatible with each other causes an external interference problem, which degrades the system performance. The medium access control (MAC) sublayer protocols must be carefully designed to overcome such a problem. The time‐slotted channel‐hopping (TSCH) mode, which is dedicated for industrial applications, can mitigate such a problem because it uses the channel‐hopping technique. Because these channels are subjected to different levels of interference, this may greatly degrade the system performance when wireless sensors with mobility devices hop blindly from one channel to another. This paper improves the reliability of communications of the TSCH MAC sublayer protocol, proposed by the IEEE 802.15. 4e standard, in wireless sensor networks, by applying a new, dynamic blacklisting technique. The technique selects and uses only high‐quality channels and blacklists those with low quality. The proposed solution has been simulated using Network Simulator 3. The results show significant improvements in terms of throughput, energy, and reliability.
Using Soil Water to Control Ammonia Emission from Acid Soils with and Without Chicken Litter Biochar

Although urea use in agriculture is on the increase, increase in pH at soil microsite due to urea hydrolysis which causes ammonia emission can reduce N use efficiency. Among the interventions used to mitigate ammonia loss include urease inhibitors, clinoptilolite zeolite, coated urea, and biochar but with little attention to the use of soil water levels to control ammonia volatilization. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of soil water levels on ammonia volatilization from soils with and without chicken litter biochar. Dry soils with and without chicken litter biochar were subjected to 0%, 25% 50%, 75%, 100%, and 125% soil water. There was no urea hydrolysis in the soil without water. Chicken litter biochar as soil amendment effectively mitigated ammonia loss at 1% to 32% and 80% to 115% field capacity. However, urea used on soil only showed lower ammonia loss at 33% to 79% and 116% to 125% field capacity compared with the soils with chicken litter biochar. At 50% field capacity ammonia loss was high in soils with and without chicken litter biochar. Although chicken litter biochar is reputed for improving soil chemical properties, water levels in this present study affected soil chemical properties differently. Fifty percent field capacity, significantly reduced soil chemical properties. These findings suggest that timely application of urea at the right field capacity can mitigate ammonia emission. Therefore, whether soils are amended with or without chicken litter biochar, urea application should be avoided at 50% field capacity especially in irrigated crops.
Chiral Spin Textures in Magnetic Nanostructures

The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is investigated in thin film heterostructures with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The DMI is influenced by the atomic arrangement at the interface. Also, the DMI is insensitive to the antiferromagnetic spin order. Ta/CoFeB/MgO heterostructures were annealed at different temperatures ranging from 210-280 °C to bring about changes in the atomic arrangement at the interfaces. DMI fields were then measured using a field-driven creep regime domain expansion technique. The DMI peaks at D = 0.057 +/- 0.003 mJ/m^2 at an annealing temperature of 230 °C. The DMI field and the anisotropy field follow a similar trend as a function of annealing temperature. These experiments allow the conclusion that the underlying mechanisms for the behaviour of the DMI and the anisotropy are related to interfacial crystal ordering and B expulsion out of the CoFeB layer and consequent accumulation at the interfaces as the annealing temperature is increased. The DMI was also explored in systems containing an antiferromagnet (AFM) layer. Trilayers of Pt/Co/IrMn and Pt/Co/FeMn were fabricated which exhibit large perpendicular exchange bias of 40 mT and 140 mT, respectively, in the as-grown state. Different phases of the antiferromagnetic IrMn and FeMn layers were accessed by varying the thickness. The magnetic domain morphology of the ferromagnetic Co layer is influenced by the spin order of the AFM layers. These variations in domain texture are related to the ferromagnet-antiferromagnet (FM-AFM) inter-layer exchange coupling and the anisotropy energy of the AFM layer. In contrast, the DMI remains unchanged, within experimental uncertainty, for different phases of the AFM layers. The DMI was measured by Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy. From these experiments, it is inferred that the DMI is insensitive to both AFM spin order and exchange bias, in agreement with theory. The DMI is different in the two systems: D = -1.14 +/- 0.05 mJ/m^2 for Pt/Co/IrMn and D = -1.50 +/- 0.08 mJ/m^2 for Pt/Co/FeMn; this is when IrMn and FeMn layers are paramagnetic. The difference in DMI is due to different Mn concentration at the FM/AFM interface of the two systems, and also due to Fe segregation from the FeMn layer.
Influence of Bentazon on the Phytotoxicity of Paraquat to Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) and Associated Weeds

Bentazon reduced paraquat phytotoxicity to Texas panicum, sicklepod, Florida beggarweed, and peanut. Bentazon applied alone had minimal effect on these species. Smallflower morningglory was more sensitive to bentazon than to paraquat; the interaction of paraquat and bentazon varied from antagonistic to synergistic depending upon the specific combination of rates. Antagonism with tank-mixed combinations was also obtained by applying bentazon prior to paraquat, but not with the reverse. Studies with 14C-labeled herbicides revealed that each herbicide inhibited foliar penetration of the other. In field studies, adding bentazon to paraquat reduced crop injury. However, except for smallflower morningglory, weed control was also reduced.
Poland and Japan: The Imagined Communities?

According to historical literature about Japan and Poland, the XIX Century was a turning point in defining those two countries ––nationhood. Poland was shaping its nationhood in the times of great strife the loss of independence in 1795, the period of “Spring of the Nations” and finally liberation in 1918. In Japan, respectively revolutionary changes had occurred that impacted the core of polity and society. The Shogunate system had been abolished, and in a political vacuum, the Emperor regained seat of his power with the strong notion and necessity for “Westernization”. This paper will attempt to shift the discussion from the Western-centric debate of the nation; that is undoubtedly vast in literature and at the same time accenting modernity as the motor of western nations evolution; into the territory of newly established nations (Japan and Poland) and their unprecedented, corresponding growth.
Services Liberalization and Global Value Chain Participation: New Evidence for Heterogeneous Effects by Income Level and Provisions

Participation in global value chains (GVCs) is a key element in the industrialization strategies of many developing nations. This paper investigates the role of services liberalization in promoting participation in GVCs. Using the gravity framework, I examine the impact of services trade agreements on gross trade and GVC trade (backward and forward participation) in goods. I find that services trade agreements promote both, but especially GVC trade, although the effects are heterogeneous: the impact is bigger for developing nation exporters. Moreover, services agreements that allow the export of services without local presence (nonestablishment rights) are particularly important in fostering GVC participation.
Diameters and Velocities of Droplets Emitted From the Cu Cathode of a Vacuum Arc

The cathode spots of vacuum arcs emit material in the form of plasma as well as droplets. Generated by arcs burning at the first wall of fusion devices, the droplets may effectively contaminate the fusion plasma. Essential characteristics of the droplets (diameter, velocity, and emission direction) and their interrelations are poorly known so far. In this paper, a new approach of optical droplet investigation is presented. Emitted from a pulsed vacuum arc, the droplets fly vertically inside a drift tube against gravity, finally passing two consecutive light beams. The time-of-flight and the detected intensity of scattered light allow a simultaneous determination of droplet velocity and size. Different solid angle directions have been realized by turning the cathode with respect to the flight tube axis. Using this technique, the parameters of droplets emitted from a Cu cathode into different directions were obtained. Two distinct groups could be identified at smaller (<20°) and larger (>20°) angles between the surface plane and emission direction, respectively. They exhibit different velocity distributions and different relations between the particle diameter and the emission velocity.
Success Factors for Product Innovation in China’s Manufacturing Sector: Strategic Choice and Environment Constraints

Abstract This study examines what factors contribute to firm innovation performance as a result of successful launch of new products in China. Rather than simply applying theories of product innovation often developed in the West, this study takes an indigenous perspective to explore what product strategies and which environment factors, defined by Chinese managers, contribute to the improved firm performance. With the data of Chinese firms from over 40 cities across the country, this study surveys more than 700 manufacturing firms that have introduced new products to the market. The result shows that while a defensive product strategy is negatively related to a firm’s patent application, a prospector strategy helps increase its market share in China. In addition, innovation policy and total R&D investment drive a firm to sell more products overseas and increase its new product sales across the globe. Local talent market can also help improve a firm’s patent application but often drive the firm to focus more on domestic markets. Implications of the results for theory and practice are discussed.
Pengaruh Quality of School Life terhadap perilaku disiplin pada siswa SMA A. Wahid Hasyim

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh quality of school life terhadap perilaku disiplin. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian korelasional dengan menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data berupa skala likert dengan skala yang digunakan adalah skala quality of school life dan skala perilaku disiplin. Skala quality of school life menghasilkan reliabilitas sebesar 0,878 sedangkan untuk skala perilaku disiplin menghasilkan reliabilitas sebesar 0,843. Subjek dalam penelitian berjumlah 75 siswa dari jumlah populasi keseluruhan sebanyak 285 siswa. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu dengan menggunakan teknik probability sampling. Sedangkan untuk teknik analisis datanya digunakan analisis regresi linier sederhana. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh quality of school life terhadap perilaku disiplin siswa dengan nilai signifikansi sebesar 0,000 < 0,05. Dalam tabel model summary pada analisis regresi linier sederhana, pengaruh quality of school life didapatkan hasil sebesar 56,6% terhadap perilaku disiplin. Sedangkan pada tabel correlation, terdapat nilai koefisien korelasi sebesar 0,669 yang artinya bahwa semakin tinggi quality of school life maka akan semakin tinggi pula perilaku disiplin siswa di sekolah.
CARDIOVENTILATOR EFFECfS OF TRH IN ANAESTHETIZED RATS: ROLE OF TUE BRAIN STEM

I. PAAKKARI, M. -L. NURMINEN and A. -L. SIREN, Cardioventilator effects of TRH in anaesthetized rats: rote of the brain stem, European J. Pharmacol. 122 (1986) 131-134. Cardioventilator responses were studied in anaesthetized rats after injections of TRH into either the lateral (i.c.v. lat) or the fourth (i.c.v. IV) cerebral ventricles. TRH induced a morerapid hypertensive effect i.c. v. IV than i.c. v. lat. Blocking of the cerebral aqueduct abolished the hypertensive and tachypnoeic effects of TRH i.c. v. lat but not those of TRH i.c. v. IV. It is concluded that TRH increased blood pressure and ventilation rate via brain stem structures close to the fourtli ventricle.
PENGARUH DISIPLIN KERJA DAN STRES KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN MELALUI MEDIASI KEPUASAN KERJA PADA KARYAWAN INDOMOBIL NISSAN-DATSUN SOLOBARU

The study aims to analyze and prove the hypothesis regarding the effect of work discipline and work stress on employee performance through mediating job satisfaction. Case studies were carried out on Indomobil Nissan-Datsun Solobaru employees. Sampling uses census sampling techniques. All respondent populations were sampled with 55 people. Data analysis technique using PLS with WarpPLS 6.0 program. The findings of this study, namely work discipline and work stress have a significant influence on the positive direction of job satisfaction. Job stress and job satisfaction have a significant effect on the positive direction of employee performance. Work discipline does not have a significant effect on employee performance. Job satisfaction is able to be a mediator variable in perfect influence of work discipline on employee performance. Job satisfaction is able to become a variable mediator partially the influence of work stress on employee performance. Keywords: work discipline, work stress, job satisfication and employee performance.
Potassium fixation capacity of some highly calcareous soils as a function of clay minerals and alternately wetting-drying

ABSTRACT The current research was done to investigate the effect of wetting-drying cycles, time, and clay mineralogy on K fixation capacity of highly calcareous soils. In order to conduct the study, eight soil samples were collected. The samples were treated with different concentrations of K including 200 (K1), 400 (K2) and 800 mg kg−1 (K3) and 8 different incubation time including 6 h (t1), 24 h (t2), 72 h (t3), one week (t4), two weeks (t5), one month (t6), two months (t7) and three months (t8). Also, a wetting-drying treatment was done (td) in order to simulate the effect of irrigation and soil drying on K fixation. The results showed that for all K levels addition, the percentage of fixed K was increased with time. The K fixation content was increased with the increase in the added K from K1 to K3, while K fixation percentage was decreased. The results also showed that there was a significant difference between soils with wetting-drying treatment (td) and soils with three-month incubation (t8) in K fixation capacity, so that the fixation of K by the soils was increased with wetting-drying cycles.
Light-Induced Subpicosecond Lattice Symmetry Switch in 
MoTe2

Recent development of ultrashort laser pulses allows for optical control of structural and electronic properties of complex quantum materials. The layered transition metal dichalcogenide MoTe2, which can crystalize into several different structures with distinct topological and electronic properties, provides possibilities to control or switch between different phases. In this study we report a photo-induced sub-picosecond structural transition between the type-II Weyl semimetal phase and normal semimetal phase in bulk crystalline MoTe2 by using ultrafast pump-probe and time-resolved second harmonic generation spectroscopy. The phase transition is most clearly characterized by the dramatic change of the shear oscillation mode and the intensity loss of second harmonic generation. This work opens up new possibilities for ultrafast manipulation of the topological properties of solids, enabling potentially practical applications for topological switch device with ultrafast excitations.
Women’s gender role attitudes and fertility intentions of having a second child: survey findings from Shaanxi Province of China

ABSTRACT China is a country with a unique history of gender traditions and birth-control regulations. Traditional gender role attitudes, closely related to son preference, exert entrenched influence on the fertility intentions and behaviours of women in China. In recent years, despite the fact that employment characteristics and educational attainment of women have caught up with men, China has witnessed a resurgence of patriarchal Confucian tradition. Gender relations in the private sphere are increasingly regulated by traditional gender norms. Considering the declining fertility in China and recent fertility policy adjustments, this paper analyses the varying effects of gender role attitudes on fertility intentions of women under different birth control policies, utilising data from 1,422 questionnaires conducted in 2015 in the Shaanxi Province in northwestern China and using the Multinomial Logistic Model. Our findings imply that the relationship between women’s gender role attitudes and fertility intention differs between women affected by different birth control policies. We find that among married women with one child who are restricted to one child, the more egalitarian the gender role attitude, the more likely they intend to have a second child. Among married women who have had one child and are allowed to have two children, the more egalitarian the gender role attitude, the less likely they intend to have a second child. The results also indicate that traditional gender role attitudes and norms still play an important role in Chinese women’s fertility intentions.
Homeobox B7 accelerates the cancer progression of gastric carcinoma cells by promoting epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and activating Src–FAK pathway

Aim: To study the carcinogenetic mechanism of HOXB7 in gastric cancer (GC) remains. Methods: Two human GC cell lines — SGC7901 and SNU1 — were used for this study. SGC7901 cells were transfected with siRNA-HOXB7 (siHOXB7) to knock down HOXB7 expression, whereas, SNU1 cells were transduced with pCDNA3.1-HOXB7 to overexpress HOXB7. After transfection, cancer progression was assessed by determining cell proliferation, wound-healing process, cell cycle, apoptosis, invasion, and migration. The effect of HOXB7 on epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) was measured by observing changes in F-actin cytoskeleton and evaluating the expression of EMT markers. p-Scr and p-FAK were evaluated to assess the mechanism. Results: Knockdown of HOXB7 suppressed cell proliferation, alleviated the wound-healing process, inhibited cell migration and invasion, and arrested the cell cycle while promoting cell apoptosis, suggesting the tumor-suppressive effect of siHOXB7 in human GC cells. On the contrary, HOXB7 overexpression showed a tumor-promoting effect on human GC cells. Moreover, we confirmed an inhibitory effect of siHOXB7 on the EMT process by preventing epithelial cells from acquiring a mesenchymal phenotype and downregulating mesenchymal markers (vimentin, β-catenin, N-cadherin, Twist) while upregulating epithelial markers (E-cadherin). Our data revealed that HOXB7 was associated with Src/FAK and favored the activation of the Src–FAK pathway in human GC cells. Conclusion: HOXB7 accelerated the malignancy of GC, by facilitating EMT and regulating the Scr–FAK pathway.