Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Provoked Emotion In Student Stories Reveal Gendered Perceptions Of What It Means To Be Innovative In Engineering

Why do emotions and motivation matter in any discussion about engineering students and innovation? Whether it is a feeling of comfort or discomfort, our students show us that emotion is a tangible ingredient in their work. Modern students discuss emotion regularly. We have heard students identity with extraordinary achievement and worry about it at the same time, “I cannot help but feel inadequate and behind. ” Or, they wonder if the daunting process of starting up something new is their downfall to maintaining relationships. Student comments parallel research suggesting millennials prioritize interactions and relatability while leading new work projects [1]. Thus, it is important for them as creators and innovators to understand how they feel and respond as they go about science and engineering work. It is also important they understand the emotion that becomes embedded with the work product itself. Moreover, for faculty and engineering educators, these emotional components pose a challenge with regards to expectations students have for learning in engineering classroom environments, and for professional and personal well-being. Surfacing what motivates students to select and study engineering and natural sciences has always been one of the fundamental concerns in STEM. The authors believe that understanding how college students characterize a new graduate’s entrepreneurial action [34] adds to the discourse of engineering education and is crucial for expanding a path to innovation. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the role of emotions and motivation in the storyline expectations to a prompt of the engineer/founder who decided to step down as CEO with two measures: validated coding of the projective storytelling and the positive and negative affect (PANAS) scale.
Low-cost industrial technologies of crystalline silicon solar cells

Approximately 2 billion people, mainly in Third World countries, are not connected to an electric grid. The standard, centralized grid development is too expensive and time consuming to solve the energy demand problem. Therefore, there is a need for decentralized renewable energy sources. The main attractiveness of solar cells is that they generate electricity directly from sunlight and can be mounted in modular, stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) systems. Particular attention is paid in this paper to crystalline silicon solar cells, since bulk silicon solar-cell (mono and multi) modules comprise approximately 85% of all worldwide PV module shipments. Energy conversion efficiency as high as 24% has been achieved on laboratory, small-area monocrystalline silicon cells, whereas the typical efficiency of industrial crystalline silicon solar cells is in the range of 13-16%. The market price of PV modules remains for the last few years in the range of $3.5-4.5/watt peak (Wp). For the photovoltaic industry, the biggest concern is to improve the efficiency and decrease the price of the commercial PV modules. Efficiency-enhancement techniques of commercial cells are described in detail. Adaptation of many high-efficiency features to industrially fabricated solar cells. The latest study shows that increasing the PV market size toward 500 MWp/y and accounting for realistic industrial improvements can lead to a drastic PV module price reduction down to $1/Wp.
The Influence of Work Environment on Job Performance : A Case Study of Engineering Company in Jordan

This study aims to investigate the influence of work environment on job performance. An engineering company was taken as a case study with a sample size of 85 employees. A quantitative methodology implying a cross-sectional survey was used to satisfy the study objectives in addition to the literature review. Different dimensions were examined in relation to the work environment factors, including noise; temperature; air; light and colour; space and employers’ satisfaction. The collected data was analysed using (SPSS, Version 22). Findings revealed that the situational constrains constituted of factors such as noise, office furniture, ventilation and light, are the major work environment conditions that have negative impact on job performance and should gain more attention. It is suggested that employers should take initiatives to motivate employees by improving their work environment. As employees are motivated, their job performance will increase, and they will achieve the desired outcomes and goals of the job. Thus, increasing the employers’ satisfaction.
Response of Marigold (Tagetes erecta l.) to Different Levels of Nitrogen at Bagh E Naran Park Peshawar

An experiment on “Response of marigold to different levels of nitrogen” was carried out at Bagh-e-Naran Park Peshawar, during 2013. Seedling of Marigold cultivar “Pygmy” were raised and transplanted on flat beds on 10 October 2013 at 30 cm Plant to Plant distance, while row to row distance was kept 60 cm. The seedlings were subjected to four different levels of nitrogen i.e., 0 (control), 70 kg ha, 90kg ha and 110 kg ha. Data were collected on plant height, number of branches, number of leaves, days to flowering, number of flowers and flower weight. Different level of nitrogen had significantly affected most of the studied attributes. It is concluded from the findings of the research that application of Nitrogen at110 kg ha resulted in tallest plants (22.80 cm) with maximum number of branches plant (15.47), early flowering (22.33), maximum number of flowers plant (23.22) and highest flower weight (20.66gm) that was statistically at par with the application of nitrogen at 90 kg ha.
PRESIDENTIAL VOICE Helping to Alleviate Trauma Around the World NEWS

Coping with traumatic events have been at the forefront, both globally and nationally, resulting in much needed work by those trained to help in such dire situations. Globally, in August and September more than 650,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar due to ethnic persecution resulting in killing of families, rape, and burning of villages. The Rohingya still continue to flee their dangerous environment. It is unfathomable to think about so many people fleeing their country in such a short period of time. An imploding economy has driven almost half-a-million Venezuelans to live in Colombia. Gangs and violence resulting in families fleeing Central America are also examples of the trauma of forced migration.
VEGFR 2 Gene Polymorphisms and Response to Anti e Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Purpose: A previously published study demonstrated a pharmacogenetic association between the minor alleles of 2 VEGFR2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and greater improvement in visual acuity (VA) to treatment with ranibizumab, an antievascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drug, in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We evaluated whether this association was replicated among patients who participated in the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (CATT) or the Alternative Treatments to Inhibit VEGF in Patients with Age-Related Choroidal Neovascularisation (IVAN) trial. Design: Cohort studies within randomized clinical trials. Participants: Eight hundred thirty-five patients participating in CATT and 512 patients participating in IVAN. Methods: Each patient was genotyped for the SNPs rs4576072 and rs6828477 in the VEGFR2 gene. Main Outcomes Measures: Mean change in VA from baseline to 1 year after initiation of treatment with ranibizumab or bevacizumab. Differences in VA response between the patient group homozygous for the minor allele of each SNP and the other genotype groups were evaluated with analysis of variance. Differences in VA response by the number of minor alleles present for either SNP or both combined were evaluated with tests of linear trend. Analyses were conducted separately for CATT and IVAN participants and with both the studies combined. Results: No statistically significant difference in mean change in VA was identified between genotypes of either SNP (P 0.05). Furthermore, a stepwise analysis failed to show a significant interaction for either SNP based on the number of minor alleles present. The lack of association was similar in both the CATT and IVAN cohorts and whether the analysis combined patients treated with either ranibizumab or bevacizumab or when restricted to patients treated with ranibizumab only. Conclusions: The CATT and IVAN data do not support a pharmacogenetic association between the 2 VEGFR2 SNPs, rs4576072 and rs6828477, and change in VA in response to anti-VEGF therapy in patients with neovascular AMD. Ophthalmology 2015;122:1563-1568 a 2015 by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
SALES EFFORT AND PERFORMANCE : DARK SIDE OF CUSTOMER PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE

While customers remain the “lifeblood” (Gupta and Lehmann, 2005, p. 2) of firms, the traditional passive role of customers is giving way to a more active, involved, and consultative one. Moreover, customers come to the buying process more educated and prepared than ever before, often with their desired solution already mapped out (Adamson, Dixon, and Thomas, 2012). Consequently, salespeople confront the increased complexity that comes from managing customers with different levels of market knowledge. While factors influencing sales performance lie at the heart of decades of scholarship in sales force management (e.g., Brown and Peterson, 1994; Churchill et al., 1985; Murshed and Sangtani, 2016; Schmitz and Ganesan, 2014), studies explicitly linking customer product knowledge to sales performance are notably lacking. As an important exception, DeCarlo, Laczniak, and Leigh (2013) examine how subjective customer product knowledge moderates the role of suspicion in sales call attributions and outcomes in the context of financial services selling. The current research is an attempt to improve understanding of how the effect of customer product knowledge bears upon sales performance. To that end, we investigate how salesperson effort and salesperson perceived customer product knowledge (hereafter, perceived customer product knowledge) jointly affect sales performance. Specifically, we provide a systematic conceptual and empirical integration on how customer product knowledge attenuates the positive effect of salesperson effort on performance.
Building the business case for group support technology

As groupwork gains recognition, emerging group support technologies raise questions about the merits of these systems relative to group performance and return on investment. Business case variables of efficiency, quality, effectiveness, customer satisfaction and decision-making are useful in measuring the potential contribution that group support technologies offer. The author presents findings from a recent field study that used business case concepts as its design approach. He explores the infrastructure development requirements for building a business case study. Such a framework is useful to business decision-makers and researchers interested in the deployment of these technologies in complex business environments. <<ETX>>
A class of observers for the observable part of linear systems with commensurate delays

The present congressarticle deals with the observer design conditions for two particular classes of linear systems with commensurate delay. The first one is for systems with known inputs and the second one for systems affected by unknown inputs. The use of a Kalman-like decomposition is proposed, as well as the application of a Luenberger-like observer only for the observable part of the system decomposed. The conditions proposed for the observers are considered based on the definition of invariant factors of the original system.
Device 1 Labels Tracestrain Classification Algorithm Device 2 Traces Labelhypothesis Classification Algorithm Secret Key Reality Expected Profiled Model Profiling Phase Attack Phase Tracestest

Profiled side-channel attacks represent a practical threat to digital devices, thereby having the potential to disrupt the foundation of e-commerce, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and smart cities. In the profiled side-channel attack, adversary gains knowledge about the target device by getting access to a cloned device. Though these two devices are different in real-world scenarios, yet, unfortunately, a large part of research works simplifies the setting by using only a single device for both profiling and attacking. There, the portability issue is conveniently ignored in order to ease the experimental procedure. In parallel to the above developments, machine learning techniques are used in recent literature demonstrating excellent performance in profiled side-channel attacks. Again, unfortunately, the portability is neglected. In this paper, we consider realistic side-channel scenarios and commonly used machine learning techniques to evaluate the influence of portability on the efficacy of an attack. Our experimental results show that portability plays an important role and should not be disregarded as it contributes to a significant overestimate of the attack efficiency, which can easily be an order of magnitude size. After establishing the importance of portability, we propose a new model called the Multiple Device Model (MDM) that formally incorporates the device to device variation during a profiled side-channel attack. We show through experimental studies, how machine learning and MDM significantly enhances the capacity for practical side-channel attacks. More precisely, we demonstrate how MDM is able to improve the results by > 10×, completely negating the influence of portability.
ABUNDANCE OF SEAMOUNTS IN THE AZORES AND THEIR EFFECT ON AGGREGATING VISITING SPECIES

It has been suggested that seamounts hold higher abundances of some “visiting” animals, such as tuna, sharks, billfishes, marine mammals, sea-turtles and even seabirds, but this has been based on sparse records, warranting further examination. In this paper we (1) characterized the seamount distribution of the Economic Exclusive Zone of the Azores and (2) examine whether the predicted higher abundances of tuna, marine mammals, sea turtles and seabirds actually occur around those mapped seamounts. Our algorithm showed that peaks and seamounts are common features in this region of the North Atlantic. Sixty three large and 398 small seamount-like features are mapped and described in the Azorean EEZ. Our results indicate that some marine predators (skipjack and bigeye tuna, common dolphin and Cory's shearwater) were significantly more abundant in the vicinity of some mapped shallow-water seamount summits. Our methodology, however, failed to demonstrate a seamount association for bottlenose dolphins, spotted dolphin, sperm whale, terns, yellow-legged gull, and loggerhead sea turtles. Not all seamounts, however, seemed to be equally important for these associations. Only seamounts shallower than 400 m depth showed significant aggregation effects. These seamounts may be considered hotspots of marine life in the Azores and a special effort should be made in order to ensure a sustainable management of these habitats. This paper describes the major findings of Morato et al. (2008a, b).
EFFECT OF CREATIVE TOURIST EXPERIENCE AND LEISURE ENJOYMENT TO BEHAVIORAL INTENTION ON MARINE TOURISM DESTINATION

This paper aims to review variables that affect behavioral intentions of environmental concerns tourist segment on marine destination tourism. The role of creative experience to improve behavioral intention has already been discussed by many scholars before, but the one that related to marine tourism destination in remote area such as Sabang, the reference is limited. Of the six hypothesis tested, all of them were accepted, hypothesis no 6 the effect of Creative Tourist Experience to Behavioral Intention has been rejected because it has Critical Ratio value <1.96 and P value > 0.005. Meanwhile, when viewed from estimate coefficient, the variable that has bigger contribution to increase behavioral intention of tourist is Tourist Satisfaction. The contribution is up to 40,6%
Macroeconomics Determinants of Sovereign Credit Ratings : Panel Data Analysis

In this study, it is investigated that relation between sovereign credit ratings determined by Credit Rating Agencies and macroeconomic variables. Within this framework, 105 countries graded by S&P, one of three well known Credit Rating Agencies, were analyzed by using Econometric Analysis of Panel Data. Ordered Probit and Ordered Log it were used as an econometric estimation technique and the countries were categorized as low and middle income countries and high income countries in the study. According to the estimation results, it was reached a conclusion that, Per Capita Income, Growth Rate, Inflation Rate, Government Debt, Budget Balance, Current Account Balance, are significant macroeconomic variables in terms of determining sovereign credit ratings for low income and middle income countries while they, Per Capita Income, Inflation Rate, Unemployment Rate, Government Debt, are significant macroeconomic variables in terms of determining sovereign credit rating for high income countries. On the other hand, it was reached a systematic relation between credit rating and neither Unemployment Rate for low income and middle income countries nor Growth Rate, Budget Balance, Current Account Balance for high income countries. In the analysis of 105 countries for all the common results of both estimation methods indicate that Per Capita Income, Inflation Rate, Budget Balance and Government Debt are key determinants of Sovereign Credit Ratings.
Does inequality benefit growth? New evidence using a panel VAR approach

This paper aims to investigate the dynamic relationship between economic growth and income inequality, an issue that has not found a clear consensus in the literature. ,The paper uses a Panel VAR approach, using state-level data for Brazil, to assess the dynamic effects of inequality on economic growth and vice versa. ,The paper shows that inequality shocks lead to higher economic growth, therefore supporting the view that, in poor countries, higher inequality does benefit economic growth. The paper also presents evidence that higher growth leads to lower income inequality. The results are robust to different inequality measures and when a measure of human capital accumulation is included in the estimation. ,Recent evidence has favored the idea that higher inequality hurts economic growth. This paper shows that this might not be the case when the dynamic relationship between growth and inequality is examined in a developing country with high inequality and capital market imperfections.
A Study on Evaluation of kV-CBCT-image-based Treatment Planning using Anthropomorphic Phantom

Kilovoltage cone-beam computed tomography (kV-CBCT) based on flat-panel technology is primarily used for patient positioning. It can also be used for re-planning and dosimetric verification in adaptive radiotherapy by validating the accuracy of CBCT-image-based treatment planning. This study evaluates the accuracy of dose calculation based on CBCT images using an anthropomorphic phantom. The Hounsfield unit (HU) – electron density calibration curves for full-fan and half-fan modes of CBCT are obtained using a Catphan® 600 phantom and compared with the conventional CT curve. The stability of the CBCT calibration curve with time is also studied over a period of 8 weeks. CT and half-fan CBCT imaging of the anthropomorphic phantom was obtained. The isodose distributions of a single direct field and wedge fields are compared for CTand CBCT-image-based dose calculations. Simulated identical targets and organs at risk are delineated in CT and CBCT images for which conformal radiation therapy (CRT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plans were generated. The percentage dose differences and dose-volume histograms (DVHs) of CTand CBCT-based plans are compared. It is found that the maximum difference in HU between half-fan CBCT and CT is 40 HU. No significant change is observed in the calibration curves over a period of 8 weeks. The isodose distributions computed based on CBCT and CT for a single direct field and wedge fields agrees to within 1%. For head and neck and pelvis IMRT plans, the dose calculated using CT agrees with that of CBCT-based calculation to within ± 1.0%, respectively. However, for the thorax, there is a pronounced discrepancy at the 100% isodose line and the dose difference is within ± 3%. It can be thus concluded that CBCT images can be used for dose calculation, but it is necessary to validate the dosimetric data for inhomogeneous tissue regions.
Measuring the Time-Varying Risk-Return Relation from the Cross-Section of Equity Returns

We use the structure imposed by Mertons (1973) ICAPM to obtain monthly estimates of the market-level risk-return relationship from the cross-section of equity returns. Our econometric approach sidesteps the speci cation of time-series models for the conditional risk premium and volatility of the market portfolio. We show that the risk-return relation is mostly positive but varies considerably over time. It covaries positively with counter-cyclical state variables. The relationship between the risk premium and hedge-related risk also exhibits strong time-variation, which supports the empirical evidence that aggregate risk aversion varies over time. Finally, the ICAPMs two components of the risk premium show distinctly di¤erent cyclical properties. The volatility component exhibits a counter-cyclical pattern whereas the hedging component is less related to the business cycle and falls below zero for extended periods. This suggests the market serves an important hedging role for long-term investors. We thank Jules van Binsbergen, seminar participats at the Vienna Symposium on Asset Management, and an anonymous referee for helpful comments. yFuqua School of Business, 1 Towerview Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA. email: mbrandt@duke.edu. zSilver Spring Capital Management Limited, Level 69, Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Hong Kong. email: leping.wang@silverspringfunds.com.
Ameliorative effect of ascorbic acid on rectal temperature and live weight of pigs transported by road for eight hours during the harmattan Season

Ameliorative effect of ascorbic acid on rectal temperature and live weight of pigs transported by road for eight hours during the harmattan Season 1*Adenkola, A.Y. , 2Ayo, J.O, 3Sackey, A.K. B. , 4Adelaiye, A.B. 1* Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Department of Surgery and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria. Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria. Corresponding Email: aadenkola@yahoo.com, Tel +2348054977696 ABSTRACT