Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
How Employment Offering Enhances Employees’ Intentions to Recommend the Organization as an Employer? The Role of Social Identity and Communications Distinctiveness

Despite the interest for employer branding among practitioners, academic research on the topic is still limited. The purpose of the present research was to study the influence of the employment offering diffused by an organization through its communications on its employees’ intentions to recommend the organization. More precisely, the present study aimed at examining the effect of the interaction between employment offering and communications distinctiveness on employees’ recommendation intentions and the mediating role of social identity, i.e. organizational identification and pride, in this relationship. One-hundred eighty-seven employees of a large international group of the bank industry responded to the questionnaire. Results indicated that, when the employment offering depicts favorable employment conditions and these communications are perceived as distinct from other organizations’ communications, employees are more proud of their organization and consequently more willing to recommend it as an employer. By contrast, organizational identification did not mediate the influence of the interaction of employment offering by communications distinctiveness on recommendation intentions. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Department of Social Systems and Management Discussion Paper Series No . 1241 Constant Rebalanced Portfolio Optimization under Nonlinear Transaction Costs

In this paper, we study a multi-period portfolio optimization where conditional value-atrisk (CVaR) is controlled as well as expected return, and the so-called constant rebalancing strategy is employed under nonlinear transaction costs. In general, the optimization of this strategy itself is, however, difficult to attain a globally optimal solution because of the nonconvexity. In addition, nonlinearity of the transaction cost and CVaR functions makes things worse, and even a locally optimal solution may not be reached via a state-of-the-art nonlinear programming solver when the size of the problem is large. In order to provide a practical solution to the highly complex problem, we propose a local search algorithm where linear approximation problems and nonlinear equations are iteratively solved. Computational results are presented, showing that the proposed algorithm attains a good solution in practical time even when a revised version of an existing global optimization approach cannot return any feasible solutions.
Effective factors on child maltreatment on security of infant-Adult attachment

The developmental consequences of child maltreatment deserve empirical inquiry. Thirty-two maltreated (abused and/or neglected) children (M = 18.4 months of age) were observed with their biological or foster mothers in a laboratory procedure designed to allow assessment of the security of infant-adult attachment. They were compared with 32 children and no maltreating mothers matched on sex, age, ethnic background, parental occupation, and parental education. Maltreatment by the mothers was associated with a marked increase in the number of insecure, particularly insecure-avoidant relationships, even toward foster mothers, but especially toward the maltreating biological mothers. By contrast, maltreatment by someone other than the mothers appeared not to affect the security of attachment between infants and mother-figures
Dynamic Diversification in Corporate Credit

We characterize diversification in corporate credit using a new class of dynamic copula models which can capture dynamic dependence and asymmetry in large samples of firms. We also document important differences between credit spread and equity return dependence dynamics. Modeling a decade of weekly CDS spreads for 215 firms, we find that copula correlations are highly time-varying and persistent, and that they increase significantly in the financial crisis and have remained high since. Perhaps most importantly, tail dependence of CDS spreads increase even more than copula correlations during the crisis and remain high as well. The most important shocks to credit dependence occur in August of 2007 and in August of 2011, but interestingly these dates are not associated with significant changes to median credit spreads. JEL Classification: G12
A Novel Approach of High Resolution Imaging using Modified Excitation Signal for Ground Penetration Radar ( GPR ) Applications

─ In this paper a modified Gaussian pulse stimulus is employed to improve the accuracy of underground pipe localizing for 2D visualization of GPR results. This pulse shaping puts more energy at higher frequencies in contrast with conventional Gaussian in GPR. Hence, a wider bandwidth is available to achieve higher accuracy for precise spatial localization. Two dimensional simulations of GPR profiles over ground surface with and without conduits run with the finitedifference time-domain (FDTD) program GPRMAX are presented to validate the accuracy of the proposed method. Results from these surveys showed decent structural recovery of a small pipe similar in structure to that of the modeled ones. Finally, the dense surveys served as a benchmark to compare interpretations taken with the same surveys at lower spatial resolutions and profiles with 2D-only processing methods in order to understand errors in analysis and interpretation that are possible from 2D surveys. Index Terms ─ Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD), Gaussian Pulse, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Pulse Shape Modulation (PSM).
The Significance of Pleistocene Psilonichnu. at Willapa Bay, Washington

Abstract Two types of ichnofossils from Pleistocene outcrop at Willapa Bay are described. Because both trace fossils are characterized by an inclined to horizontal tunnel, are unlined, have an exaggerated J-shaped morphology, rarely branch, and have an unconstricted apertural opening, they have been classified as Psilonichnus upsilo. Type A and B. Psilonichnus upsilo. Type A is generally 1 to 3 cm in diameter and is infilled with laminated sediment. In general, P. upsilo. Type A is observed in ancient point-bar deposits. It has an extremely simple architecture that is almost identical to that produced by the crab Hemigrapsus oregonensi. in modern tidal flats at Willapa Bay. Psilonichnus upsilo. Type B normally exceeds 10 cm diameter and is infilled with laminated sediment. The passive infill commonly is deposited in couplets and may be delivered to the burrow network by tide-generated currents. Psilonichnus upsilo. Type B is observed in intertidal flat deposits. The overall morphology of this trace fossil is most similar to burrows generated by large crustaceans such as crabs, stomatopods, and lobsters. The occurrence of these traces leads to four findings: (1) Psilonichnus upsilo. has a more variable architecture than discussed in the literature. The size and angle of the tunnel are variable, and Psilonichnu. may aggrade, forming Teichichnu. -like structures. (2) In the modern bay, burrowing shrimp dominate subtidal, point-bar, and intertidal deposits. The Pleistocene record indicates that burrowing crabs sometimes occupied similar niches in the ancient bay. (3) Laminated, heterolithic burrow fills provide evidence of rhythmic sedimentation. These laminae represent tidal or episodic sedimentation and provide the only evidence of such processes in otherwise muddy deposits. (4) A large burrowing crab that might make P. upsilo. Type B may not be present in the modern bay. However, such a trace maker was present when these Pleistocene deposits accumulated.
Improvement of Critical Current Density and Flux Trapping in Bulk High-Tc Superconductors

the new the texture growth can be from a high- T p pellet to a low- T p pellet, may be for extending the growth and processing large bulk superconductors. single the holes’ does not the domain perforated samples a single domain character by a single dome trapped-field distribution and neutron diffraction studies. This new structure has great potential for many applications, with improved performances in place of Y123 hole free bulks, since it should be easier to maintain at liquid nitrogen temperature and/or to improve thermal conductivity during application, avoiding the appearance of hot spot. It is the Y123 bulks with an artificial pattern of holes are useful for evacuating porosity from the bulk and assisting the uptake the oxygen. The ability of the Y123 material with multiple holes to trap a high field has been demonstrated. Using high pressure oxygenation, the trapped field increases up to 0.8 T at 77 K for the thin wall pellet, corresponding to 50% more than the bulk material without holes. Using pulse magnetization, the trapped fields increases by up to 60% for the drilled pellet with respect to the plain one. Superconducting bulks with an artificial array of holes can be filled with metal alloys or high strength resins to improve their thermal properties without any important decrease of the hardness [50], so as to overcome the built-in stresses in levitation and quasi-permanent magnet applications. The thin wall bulks superconducting on extruded shapes for portative permanent magnets are development for the introduction at the large scale of this innovative approach of by design”.
A Critical Review on the Plants Used for the Treatment of Ulcer in Kerala

Peptic ulcer disease and its complications remain the cause of significant morbidity worldwide, representing a major burden for health care resources. Although potent anti-ulcer drugs are available, most of them produce several toxicities, thus emphasizing the need to search for new alternatives. As high as 80% of the world population depends on plantderived medicines for the first line of primary health care, reinforcing the theory that plant extracts can be good sources of new drugs. This review focuses to consolidate the evidence-based information on antiulcer plants used in Kerala accumulated in databases (Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct and Web of Science) upto January 2019. Plants like Acacia nilotica L. , Achyranthes aspera Linn. , Aegle marmelose L. , Alillum sativum L. , Aloe barbadensis Miller, Annona muricata L. , Bacopa monnieri Linn. , Carica papaya Linn. , Centella asiatica Linn. , Curcuma longa Linn. , Elatoria cardamom L. , Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. , Mangifera indica L. , Mimosa pudica L. , Moringa oleifera L. , Ocimum sanctum Linn. , Piper nigrum L. , Phyllanthus embilica L. , Terminalia chebula Retz. , and Zingibera officinalis Roscoe. are available in Kerala, reported with antiulcer property. The secondary metabolites present in the plants like alkaloids, flavanoids, terpenoids, tannins, glycosides, terpines, and resins also have an important role in reliving ulcers due to its antisecretory, antioxidant, and cytoprotective properties. This review summarizes the botany, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and mechanism of action of antiulcer plants.
Impact of assimilating a merged sea-ice thickness from CryoSat-2 and SMOS in the Arctic reanalysis

Abstract. Accurately forecasting the sea-ice thickness (SIT) in the Arctic is a major challenge. The new SIT product (referred to as CS2SMOS) merges measurements from the CryoSat-2 and SMOS satellites on a weekly basis during the winter. The impact of assimilating CS2SMOS data is tested for the TOPAZ4 system – the Arctic component of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Services (CMEMS). TOPAZ4 currently assimilates a large set of ocean and sea-ice observations with the Deterministic Ensemble Kalman Filter (DEnKF). Two parallel reanalyses are conducted without (Official run) and with (Test run) assimilation of CS2SMOS data from 19 March 2014 to 31 March 2015. Since only mapping errors were provided in the CS2SMOS observation, an arbitrary term was added to compensate for the missing errors, but was found a posteriori too large. The SIT bias (too thin) is reduced from 16 to 5 cm and the standard errors decrease from 53 to 38 cm (by 28 %) when compared to the assimilated SIT. When compared to independent SIT observations, the error reduction is 24 % against the ice mass balance (IMB) buoy 2013F and by 12.5 % against SIT data from the IceBridge campaigns. The improvement of sea-ice volume persists through the summer months in the absence of CS2SMOS data. Comparisons to sea-ice drift from the satellites show that dynamical adjustments reduce the drift errors around the North Pole by about 8 %–9 % in December 2014 and February 2015. Finally, using the degrees of freedom for signal (DFS), we find that CS2SMOS makes the prime source of information in the central Arctic and in the Kara Sea. We therefore recommend the assimilation of C2SMOS for Arctic reanalyses in order to improve the ice thickness and the ice drift.
Black Holes in Pseudobulges: demography and models

There is mounting evidence that a significant fraction of Black Holes (BHs) today live in late-type galaxies, including bulge-less galaxies and those hosting pseudobulges, and are significantly undermassive with respect to the scaling relations followed by their counterpart BHs in classical bulges of similar stellar (or even bulge) mass. Here we discuss the predictions of two state-of-the-art hierarchical galaxy formation models in which BHs grow via mergers and, in one, also via disk instability. Our aim is to understand if the wealth of new data on local BH demography is consistent with standard models. We follow the merger trees of representative subsamples of BHs and compute the fractional contributions of different processes to the final BH mass. We show that the model in which BHs always closely follow the growth of their host bulges, also during late disk instabilities (i.e., bars), produces too narrow a distribution of BHs at fixed stellar mass to account for the numerous low-mass BHs now detected in later-type galaxies. Models with a looser connection between BH growth and bar instability instead predict the existence of a larger number of undermassive BHs, in better agreement with the observations. The scatter in the updated local BH-bulge mass relation (with no restriction on galaxy type) appears to be quite large when including later-type systems, but it can still be managed to be reproduced within current hierarchical models. However, the fuelling of BHs during the late bar-instability mode needs to be better quantified/improved to properly fit the data. We conclude discussing how the possibly large number of BHs in later type galaxies demands for an in-depth revision of the local BH mass function and its modelling.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Absorption of immigrants in European labour markets . The Netherlands , United Kingdom and Norway

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An Allozyme Electrophoretic Study of Populations of Spiders of the Genus Corasoides (Araneae: Stiphidiidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea

Allozyme electrophoresis was used to delineate the boundaries of the spider genus Corasoides , clarify the identity of C. australis Butler, 1929, and identify putative new species within the genus. Fixed gene differences, together with similarity and distance trees, showed that C. australis was widespread across much of southern Australia while eight new species were differentiated that had comparatively narrow distributions in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Wagner trees were used to show phylogenetic relationships between these species.
Accounting for pairwise heterogeneity in bilateral trade flows: a stochastic varying coefficient gravity model

This paper suggests an alternative way for estimating the gravity equation that takes into consideration country-pair heterogeneity in bilateral trade flows. Specifically, a stochastic varying coefficient gravity model based on Hildreth and Houck's (1968) random coefficient regression is proposed, that eliminates heterogeneity bias inherent in standard econometric methods. The results indicate that the standard gravity estimates can differ substantially from what is obtained when heterogeneity is accounted for.
Analysis of the silicon solar cells efficiency. Type of doping and level optimization

The theoretical analysis of photovoltaic conversion efficiency of highly effective silicon solar cells (SC) has been performed for n-type and p-type bases. Considered here is the case when the Shockley–Read–Hall recombination in the silicon bulk is determined by the deep level of Fe. It has shown that, due to asymmetry of recombination parameters inherent to this level, the photovoltaic conversion efficiency is increased in SC with the n-type base and decreased in SC with the p-type base with the increase in doping. Two approximations for the band-to-band Auger recombination lifetime dependence on the base doping level are considered when performing the analysis. The experimental results are presented for the key characteristics of SC based on a-Si:H–n-Si heterojunctions with intrinsic thin layer (HIT). A comparison between the experimental and calculated values of the HIT cell characteristics has been made. The surface recombination velocity and series resistance are determined from it with a complete coincidence of the experimental and calculated SC parameters’ values. Apart from the key characteristics of SC, surface recombination rate and series resistance were determined from the results of this comparison, in full agreement with the experimental findings.
HIGH SALINITY VARIABILITY DURING THE EARLY MESSINIAN REVEALED BY STABLE ISOTOPE SIGNATURES FROM VERMETID AND HALIMEDA REEFS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

The early Messinian deep-water record of the Mediterranean region reveals increasing evidence of significant salinity stress prior to the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC). In shallo w reef environments such a pattern has not yet been documented, however, the paleoecological interpretation of some sedimentary components, such as stromatolites in coral reef frameworks, has remained ambiguous. We present data from open and semi-restricted reef settings of southern Italy and Greece (Crete), where stable isotope analyses have been made on early marine carbonate cements from vermetid reefs and Halimeda bioherms. δ18O compositions of marine cements translate into sea surface salinity (SSS) peaking at 50 to 60‰, certainly too high for most shallow water biota (i.e. zooxanthellate corals). It seems, therefore, that recurrent events of high salinity have occurred causing events of community replacement eventually ending up in "abiotic" episodes. These events, however, were too short to be recorded as discrete beds in 4th order depositional sequences. Because the cements reflecting high salinity occur equally in the platform margin and reefal slope facies, salinity build-up was not linked to evaporative draw-downs of sea level. Such a scenario fits concepts of the MSC starting synchronously over great part of the Mediterranean as a deep brine pool.
Prevalence of depression and its risk factors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a tertiary level hospital in West Bengal, India

In recent years, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has increased several folds in the developing coun-tries and the disease is accompanied with several co-morbidities among which depression is a major one. Still now there is a lack of data regarding the prevalence and risk factors of depression among the patients with COPD in In-dia. The aim of the study is to assess the prevalence of depression and associated risk factors in patients with COPD in Kolkata, India. In this cross-sectional study, 214 COPD patients were selected by purposive sampling at OPD of Pulmonary Medicine, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India. The patients were diagnosed and grouped into dif-ferent stages of COPD by clinical examination and spirometry. A questionnaire was administered among the respon-dents to collect the data regarding their socio-demographic conditions followed by Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) to measure the level of depression. The mean age of the respondents was 59.37 ± 11.37 years and 99% were male. The proportion of depression among patients with COPD was 86%. Among the respondents, 36.9% had mod-erately severe depression, 32.2% had moderate depression and 6.1% had severe depression. The risk factors of de-pression among COPD patients were urban residence (OR=4.79, p =0.02), income group of 5000-9999 Rupees per month (OR=18, p =0.38), teetotalers (OR=8.36, p=0.02), Stage 2 COPD (OR= 83, p =0.001) and onset of COPD ? 70 years of age (OR=20, p =0.02). The study showed that more than 8 out of 10 COPD patients and it can be considered very high proportion. The study highlight the importance of routine screening for depression of all COPD patients in all healthcare settings and implementation of effective strategies for proper prevention and management of depres-sion in those patients. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.3329/seajph.v2i2. 15942 South East Asia J Public Health | Jul-Dec 2012 | Vol 2 Issue 2 | 34-40
Poleward migration of eddy‐driven jets

Poleward migration of eddy‐driven jets is found to occur in the extratropics when the subtropical and eddy‐driven jets are clearly separated, as achieved by simulations at high‐rotation rates. The poleward migration of these eddy‐driven baroclinic jets over time is consistent with variation of eddy momentum flux convergence and baroclinicity across the width of the jet. We demonstrate this using a high‐resolution idealized GCM where we systematically examine the eddy‐driven jets over a wide range of rotation rates (up to 16 times the rotation rate of Earth). At the flanks of the jets, the poleward migration is caused by a poleward bias in baroclinicity across the width of the jet, estimated through measures such as Eady growth rate and supercriticality. The poleward biased baroclinicity is due to the meridional variation of the Coriolis parameter, which causes a poleward bias of the eddy momentum flux convergence. At the core of the jets, the poleward biased eddy momentum flux convergence relative to the mean jet deflects over time the baroclinicity and the jets poleward. As the rotation rate is increased, and more (narrower) jets emerge the migration rate becomes smaller due to less eddy momentum flux convergence over the narrower baroclinic zones. We find a linear relation between the migration rate of the jets and the net eddy momentum flux convergence across the jets. This poleward migration might be related to the slow poleward propagation of temporal anomalies of zonal winds observed in the upper troposphere.