Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH FAKTOR INTERNAL DAN EKSTERNAL TERHADAP MINAT BERWIRAUSAHA MAHASISWA FAKULTAS EKONOMI DAN BISNIS UNIVERSITAS UDAYANA

Berwirausaha merupakan tindakan untuk menciptakan lapangan pekerjaan dan menyerap tenaga kerja. Agar mahasiswa memiliki minat berwirausaha yang tinggi, maka faktor-faktor internal seperti toleransi terhadap risiko, keberhasilan diri, dan kebebasan dalam bekerja serta faktor eksternal lingkungan keluarga harus diperhatikan. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Udayana. Ukuran sampel yang digunakan adalah sebanyak 100 mahasiswa yang sudah menempuh mata kuliah kewirausahaan, dengan probability sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui penyebaran kuesioner. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah teknik analisis regresi linear berganda. Berdasarkan hasil analisis toleransi terhadap risiko, keberhasilan diri, kebebasan dalam bekerja, dan lingkungan keluarga secara parsial berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap minat berwirausaha. Untuk menumbuhkan minat berwirausaha mahasiswa yang tinggi maka toleransi terhadap risiko, kebebasan dalam bekerja, keberhasilan diri, dan lingkungan keluarga ditingkatkan melalui pengarahan dari pihak Fakultas Ekonomi dan Binsis Unversitas Udayana mengenai pembelajaran diri dan rasa untuk selaku mengambil kesempatan-kesempatan yang ada.
Alleviation of obsessive symptoms in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder using acceptance and commitment-based therapy

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an acceptance and commitment-based therapy (ACT) for three patients with treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Materials and Methods: A single case-design was carried out on three patients with treatment-resistant OCD. Data were collected using a Yale Brown obsessive compulsive scale, Beck depression inventory-II, Beck anxiety inventory and a processing measure. Results: Results showed a significant alleviation in obsessive symptoms, scores of anxiety and depression, believability and distress of obsessions and need to response to them in post-test among three patients and the alleviation continued for 1-month follow-up. Conclusion: Results of this study show that the acceptance and commitment-based therapy can be an effective treatment for patients with treatment-resistant OCD.
Fundamental frequency coupling between HVAC and HVDC lines in the Quebec-New England multiterminal system-comparison between field measurements and EMTDC simulations

Fundamental frequency coupling between HVAC and HVDC lines has been investigated through actual field measurements in the Quebec-New England multiterminal HVDC power system. These are the first field measurements which clearly exhibit the fundamental frequency coupling. The measurements covered the sections of interaction located along the Radisson-Des Cantons part (approximately 1120 km long) of the HVDC transmission line. In these sections, the distances between the AC and DC lines do not exceed 1.5 km. During the field measurements, the recorded fundamental frequency currents in the DC line ranged between 1.05 and 1.20 A RMS. An EMTDC computer model of the coupling phenomenon has been developed and validated based on these measurements. This article presents the computer model and the results of the validation.
The effect of using collaborative technology on the banking knowledge management: case of Tunisian banks with mixed capital

This study examines the influence of using collaborative technology (Groupware) on knowledge management (KM) process (capture, storage, dissemination and reuse of knowledge). Based on a survey of 272 front office Tunisian agents working in Tunisian banks with mixed capital, this study uses a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach to investigate the research model. The results showed that the adoption of Groupware in Tunisian banks with mixed capital is influenced by the facilitating conditions, the social influence and the expected performance. In addition, results revealed that the usage of this technology, by the front office agents, was significantly associated with capture, storage and the reuse of knowledge. However, the Groupware use did not significantly influence the knowledge dissemination. Given the importance of Groupware implementation as a knowledge management system, the findings of this study are designed to help bank managers or policy-makers in formulating appropriate organizational policies enabling them to enhance knowledge management implementation.
Measurement equivalence of extraversion and conscientiousness items and scale across four countries

Using IRT and MACS approaches, we examined measurement equivalence of the Extraversion and Conscientious Scales of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) between the US and China, Australia and Spain. The results showed 1-4 items of each scale to have measurement nonequivalence in each pair of comparison, although the effect sizes were not large. The mean differences in Extraversion and Conscientious between the US and the three other countries were consistent with previous findings based on cultural similarity. The study showed the feasibility of administering a personality inventory in English to non-native speakers with English proficiency as an alternative to translation.
PREVALENCE OF TRICHOMONIASIS IN DOMESTIC AND WILD PIGEONS AND ITS EFFECTS ON HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of trichomoniasis and its effect on some blood parameters in pigeons. A total of 100 samples from the pigeons (50 wild and 50 domestic) were collected during the months of March and April 2005. Higher prevalence (P<0.05) was recorded in wild pigeons (60%) than in domestic pigeon (26%). The overall prevalence recorded was 43%, being non significantly higher in April (56%) than in March (30%). In infected pigeons, there was significant (P<0.05) decrease in hemoglobin concentration number of monocytes packed cell volume, body weight, than healthy birds. Likewise, the values of total leukocyte count, lymphocytes and eosinophils were higher significantly (P<0.05) in infected pigeons than the healthy ones. While, no significant difference was observed for heterophils count when infected and healthy birds were compared. It was concluded that trichomonad infection is quite common in wild, as well as in domestic, pigeons under the prevailing cage system.
Live Trap Preference Among Grassland Mammals

In two independent studies, small mammals of glassland communities in eastern Kansas, when given a choice, preferred Fitch to Sherman live traps. Except for the harvest mice in the demographic study, the type of preferred trap and magnitude of selection was remarkably comparable, with microtines showing slight, and cricetines strong, preferences overall. Dwoma niezaleznymi metodami, wylawianiem oraz znakowaniem i wypuszczaniem porownano ze sobą dwa rodzaje pulapek zywolownych: Typu Sherman i typu Fitch (Tabela 1). Porownano wydajnośc lowienia i mozliwośc otrzymania tą drogą ssakow w dobrej kondycji, we wszystkich sezonach i w roznych warunkach pogodowych.
Impact of Monetary Policy on Economic Growth: A Case Study of South Africa

This paper explores the role played by monetary policy in promoting economic growth in the South African economy over the period 2000-2010. The study employs the Augmented Dickey-Fuller and Phillips Perron unit root tests to test for stationarity in the time series. The Johansen co-integration and the Error Correction Mechanism are employed to identify the long-run and short-run dynamics among the variables. The study shows that a long run relationship exists among the variables. Also, the core finding of this study shows that money supply, repo rate and exchange rate are insignificant monetary policy instruments that drive growth in South Africa whilst inflation is significant. The study therefore recommends that monetary policies should be used to create a favourable investment climate that attracts both domestic and foreign investments thereby promoting a sustainable economic growth. The government should also increase government spending on the productive sectors of the economy so as to promote economic growth as monetary policy alone is unable to effectively spur economic growth. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014. v5n15p76
Tacit Collusion with Price Matching Punishments

Tacit collusion is explored under a strategy in which, loosely speaking, firms match the lowest price set by any firm in the previous period. Conditions are provided under which this strategy supports collusive outcomes in a subgame perfect equilibrium. In contrast to traditional results, the highest collusive price is always lower than the monopoly price. It corresponds to the unique Nash equilibrium price when upward and downward price deviations are matched. Our paper provides a game theoretic interpretation of the old kinked demand curve theory which unlike earlier attempts does not depart from standard timing assumptions to do so.
Comparative Study of Antibacterial Susceptibility Patterns of the Bacteria Isolated from Patients' Blood Samples over Two Periods

Problem statement: Due to continuous changes in the frequencies and antibacterial susceptibility patterns of nosocomial pathogens, periodical surveillance of these fluctuations could help the clinicians to treat hospitalized patients more efficiently whenever empirical therapies need to be considered. This study was conducted to compare the prevalence of the bacteria recovered from bloodstream samples by Bactec 9240, over the two periods of 2001-2004 and 2005-2008 and to evaluate their antibacterial susceptibility patterns. Approach: Totally, 3622 culture positive blood samples were analyzed over the periods. Antibacterial susceptibility patterns of the isolates were determined by standard disk diffusion (Kirby-Bauer) method. The data were compared in terms of quantity and quality of the pathogens and based on their distributions in three main wards. Results: Changes were observed in bacterial composition and frequencies of them, between the two periods. Compared with the first pried, increased frequencies of antibiotic resistant bacteria such as S. aureus, enterococci, acintobacter and pseudomonas were noticed in the second period. Most patients were admitted to pediatrics, followed by adults and neonates wards. Increased antibiotic resistance of the majority of the bacteria in the second period indicates the decreased efficacy of corresponding antibiotics. However, overall efficacy of some antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin and amikacin against Gram positive bacteria preserved. Conclusion: Trend of composition of the bacteria from first to second period could suggest the domination of antibiotic resistant bacteria over the sensitive ones. Appropriate strategies including strict control measures and rational prescription of the effective antibiotics may retard the trend accordingly. Vancomycin and imipenem were the most active antibiotics against Gram positive and negative bacteria. Combination of these two antibiotics is highly recommended for empirical therapy.
Rumen degradability of dehydrated beet pulp and dehydrated citrus pulp

The rumen degradation of dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP) of 10 samples of dehydrated beet pulp (DBP) and 2 samples of dehydrated citrus pulp (DCP) were studied in three rumen cannulated wethers using nylon bag and rumen outflow rate techniques. The animals were fed with a mixed diet of prairie hay and concentrate (2:1 on DM) at an intake level of 40 g DM⋅kg BW -0.75 . The effective degradability (ED) values of all feeds of each group were estimated from the rumen outflow rate determined on a sample of each kind of pulp; no significant differences (P > 0.05) were observed between these values (4.66 and 3.52%⋅h -1 , for DBP and DCP, respectively). The samples of DBP showed a great variability for the chemical composition as well as for both DM and CP degradation. Thus, the ED values of DM ranged from 41.0 to 70.8% and those of CP from 34.3 to 73.1%. Both values were correlated (r = 0.874; P < 0.001). A good prediction of the ED of DM (R2 = 0.933) was obtained from the contents of neutral detergent fibre and acid detergent fibre as the first and second predictive variables. In the same manner, the best prediction (R 2 = 0.954) of the ED of CP was derived from the concentrations of CP and neutral detergent fibre. For DCP samples, mean values of ED of DM and CP were 81.0 and 74.2%, respectively. The equation obtained from DBP to predict the ED of DM also allowed a close prediction in these last samples, which seems to indicate that DM degradation is conditioned by the same factors in both kinds of pulps. On the contrary, this fact was not observed for CP degradation.
Relation between the craniocervical cephalometric analysis and class I, II and III skeletic patterns in young subjects Relação entre a análise cefalométrica crânio-cervical e padrões esqueléticos classes I, II e III em indivíduos jovens

The skull posture on the spine is an important factor for the diagnosis of craniomandibulars functional disorders in children, as well as in adults. Alterations in biomechanics may be evidenced in common x-rays. The aim of this study was to relate of craniocervical analysis with skeletal pattern Class I, II, III in individuals from 7 to 12 years old. X-rays of 92 individuals were taken by NHP method and digitalized for computerized analysis of skeletic patterns and craniocervical analysis. Descriptive analysis was used to relate craniocervical analysis values with the type of skeletal pattern presented by individuals. For skeletal pattern Class I, II and III, nasopharyngeal soft tissue percentage and oropharyngeal soft tissue linear quantity were above normality value; nasopharyngeal cervical plot was normal and hyoid triangle was positive for the majority of the individuals. The angular relationship between skull and cervical spine show values lower than those considered normal for skeletal pattern class I and II. It was concluded that in the majority of the individuals with skeletal pattern Class I, II and III had high values of airway blockage, head posterior rotation, nasopharyngeal cervical plot with normal values and positive hyoid triangle.
Relationships between District Size, Socioeconomics, Expenditures, and Student Achievement in Washington

The purpose of this article is to describe the relationship between district size, socioeconomic status, actual levy percentages, and their predictive influence on the 2003 Washington Assessment of Student Learning results for 4th and 7thgrade students in Reading and Mathematics. The convenient sample was 82 Washington State 2nd-Class school districts with enrollments between 500-2,000 students. The results indicated: (a) no significant correlations between achievement anddistrict size; (b) socioeconomic status was the best predictor of achievement; and (c) actual levy percentages and student outcomes were significantly correlated in the positive direction.
Determinants of childhood obesity among basic school children aged 6 - 12 years in Tamale Metropolis

This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity and its associ-ation with type of school (private vs. public), parental education and other lifestyle factors among school-aged children (6–12 years) in the Tamale Metropolis. This cross-sectional school-based study was conducted from November 2012 to June 2013 in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana. Using multi-stage random sampling, 400 children aged 6-12 years were selected from 4 schools. Anthro-pometric measurements of age, height and weight were measured with appropriate tools. Cut-off points for BMI defining obese and overweight for gender and age were calculated in accordance with the CDC growth charts. Percentage body fat (%BF) of the studied children was also calculat-ed using appropriate formulas. The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity were 9.8% and 7.5% respectively. Significantly, obese children were more likely to have parents who had attained high educational level compared to normal weight children (83.3% vs. 46.8%). As 76.7% of obese children went to school by means car/motor bike, 64.4% of normal weight children went to school by means of walking/riding a bicycle. A significant proportion of overweight and obese children compared to normal weight children played computer games, took food to school and ate food at the school’s canteen. The prevalence of overweight (15.0% vs. 4.5% p= 0.0006) and obesity (12.5% vs. 2.5%, p=0.0002) as determined by BMI was higher in children from the private schools than children from the public schools. By %BF more children in the private schools than in the public schools were obese (14.5% vs. 3.0%, p<0.0001). High prevalence of obesity/overweight was associ-ated with attending a private school, high level of parental education, playing computer/video games and eating food at the school canteen. Keywords: Adiposity, BMI, children, physical activity, educational level, Tamale, Ghana
Educationally Resilient Adolescents' Implicit Knowledge of the Resilience Phenomenon.

For many years, the resilience phenomenon in populations at-risk has been a major focus in trying to understand and explain why some people who experience challenging and stressful experiences are able to overcome these negative adversities and adapt competently. Resilience has been found to consist of different protective factors that are essential for an adolescent to respond to stress and adversity in competent ways. By taking a qualitative approach, this study focuses on educational resilience and the protective factors that resilient adolescents implicitly know are necessary to stay academically successful during the transition to high school. Participants were adolescents from urban, low-income, minority groups. Findings show nine different protective factors identified by resilient students as being important factors for ones' academic success: (1) individual aspirations; (2) personal factors; (3) academic behaviors; (4) family support; (5) academic environmental factors; (6) other support factors; (7) positive social behaviors; (8) negative social behaviors; and (9) spirituality. (Contains 22 references.) (Author/JDM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Educationally Resilient Adolescents I Educationally Resilient Adolescents' Implicit Knowledge of the Resilience Phenomenon Kimberly A. Gordon Rouse Ohio State Universiiy Mayra Y. BLriaca-Gomez University of Illinois
FACTORS THAT FACILITATE OR LIMIT THE INCORPORATION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CLASSROOM

This study explores the perceptions of the teachers from the District Education Secretariat (Bogota-Colombia) on the factors that facilitate or limit the incorporation of Emerging Technologies in the classroom. The sample used for this research was based on 241 teachers from different educational institutions. The data were collected through an anonymous survey with quantitative and qualitative questions. Open and axial coding was used to identify the different factors in contextual levels, such as microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem and macrosystem. It was found that sociodemographic variables do not influence the incorporation of technology in the classroom, in addition, there are three necessary and basic conditions for teachers to begin to incorporate technology in the classroom: motivation, infrastructure and information and communication technologies skills, but for any processes to be successful the teacher must be aware of what he is doing but any attempt to incorporate technology will fail. On the other hand, government entities must be responsible to generate policies or strategies in order to improve infrastructure, as well as design training plans according to the needs of each teacher and each institution.
Can transparency hurt? An experiment on whether disclosure of audit policy details reduces tax compliance

Tax authorities around the world often are reluctant to disclose audit policy details. In particular, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has the practice of releasing broad statistics like the audit rate of each income class but resists pressures demanding details on how different circumstances might result in a higher audit probability to taxpayers. This paper experimentally examines whether disclosing such details can reduce tax compliance. We compare a Flat-rate treatment, where taxpayers are told about the average audit probability, with a Bounded treatment, where taxpayers are fully informed of the contingent audit probability structure. Our findings do not support the potential concern against disclosing details. In an additional Bounded-hi-q treatment where multiple equilibria exist, the compliance level is even higher under full disclosure of the probability structure.
Beauty as a Confounding Variable: Refining Measure of Viewing Time

Beauty as a Confounding Variable: Refining Measures of Viewing Time Rachael Caryn Pinkerman Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education, BYU Doctor of Philosophy Current research on viewing time measures of sexual attraction fail to explore potential confounding variables of viewing time. One viewing time measure, the LOOK, has been shown to be reliable over time and generally correlated with self-reported sexual orientation but has been unable to differentiate between a non-offending group and an offending group of individuals. This study utilizes the LOOK to examine the relationship between viewing time and a potential confounding variable of viewing time, beauty, using two constructs of beauty (facial beauty and full-body beauty). Facial beauty scores were created by measuring the degree of adherence to four universal standards of beauty shown to correlate with subjective estimates of attractiveness (Schmid, Marx, & Samal, 2006). Given the subjective nature of beauty when viewing the whole body, participants of the study rated the beauty of each LOOK image in its entirety. No significant correlation was found between facial beauty scores and beauty ratings, suggesting these are unrelated constructs. Significant correlations were found between facial beauty scores and male viewing time, and between male beauty ratings and male viewing time. These correlations suggest that further research exploring the extent to which estimates of beauty confound measures of viewing time may increase their discriminative ability and could aid in the development of a norm-referenced procedures for screening and diagnosis.
Evaluating the Efficacy of Using Predifferentiated and Enriched Mathematics Curricula for Grade 3 Students

Despite the potential of differentiated curricula to enhance learning, limited research exists that documents their impact on Grade 3 students of all ability levels. To determine if there was a difference in achievement between students involved in 16 weeks of predifferentiated, enriched mathematics curricula and students using their district’s curricula, we conducted a multisite cluster-randomized control trial with 43 schools in 12 states. A series of three-level models, using pre- and postachievement test data, failed to show a main effect for treatment, but the results suggested a treatment by achievement-level interaction that was moderated by the achievement level of the school. As a result, the highest achieving students in the lower achieving schools seemed to receive the greatest benefit from the treatment curricula. An analysis of researcher-developed unit tests revealed that treatment students successfully learned and applied the curricula’s challenging mathematics. Thus, using the predifferentiated and enriched mathematics curricula with heterogeneous ability students appeared to “do no harm”—students who completed the treatment curricula did as well as their control counterparts, on average. Evidence of its achievement-related benefits is more ambiguous; however, the findings do suggest some benefits for the highest achieving students in lower achieving schools.