Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PERSONNEL SELECTION AS A SIGNALING GAME 1 Personnel Selection as a Signaling Game

Personnel selection involves exchanges of information between job market actors (applicants and organizations). These actors do not have an incentive to exchange accurate information about their ability and commitment to the employment relationship unless it is to their advantage. This state of affairs explains numerous phenomena in personnel selection (e.g., faking). Signaling theory describes a mechanism by which parties with partly conflicting interests (and thus an incentive for deception) can nevertheless exchange accurate information. We apply signaling theory to personnel selection, distinguishing between adaptive relationships between applicants and organizations, among applicants, and among organizations. In each case, repeated adaptations and counteradaptations between actors can lead to situations of equilibrium or escalation (arms races). We show that viewing personnel selection as a network of adaptive relationships among job market actors enables an understanding of both classic and underexplored microand macro-level selection phenomena and their dynamic
Radio Access Technologies for Sustainable Deployment of 5 G Networks in Emerging Markets

The fifth generation (5G) mobile-enabled digital transformation, which promises unprecedented high data rates and mobility, improved broadband access, and low latency in cloud services, has huge potential for alleviating poverty, ensuring universal broadband access, and making the transition to a low-carbon economy more feasible in emerging telecommunication markets. However, the operating environment of emerging economies is characterized with majority low-ARPU (Average Revenue per User) multi-SIM subscriber base, diverse settlement patterns ranging from low density rural areas to rapidly expanding ultra-dense urban informal settlements, highly unreliable power grid networks, pure mobile networks built without existing wired infrastructures and rigid regulatory frameworks that stifle business and innovations. In this paper, current research activities on key radio access technologies of 5G are reviewed to evaluate their considerations for the unique attributes and ecosystem of emerging economies. The survey includes ultradensification of multi-tier heterogeneous networks, millimeter wave (mmWave) communications, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), spectrum sharing networks, and dynamic backhaul sharing. The contribution of this paper will ensure an inclusive implementation of the on-going 5G standardization towards achieving the envisioned 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
A CASE FOR CRAFTY BEER NAMES : BOTTLING THE CULTURAL IMAGE OF PENNSYLVANIA ’ S BREWERIES

Imaging and branding of consumer products is fastidiously marketed by businesses, allowing consumers to identify commodities with social groups. Beer has been an important commodity in the United States, and strong marketing campaigns by large companies have created household names and products. The history of their marketing tactics reflects changes in consumer culture, and it is currently adapting because of the growth of craft breweries and their ability to attract a small but desirable demographic of young, educated, and affluent beer drinkers. The craft beer industry has exploded since the 1980s, and at the time of this study, a total of 156 registered breweries are open and operating in Pennsylvania. Data collection of the brewery’s image, names of beers, stories of local legends and events, pictures, supporting artwork, and label designs were acquired from site visits, brewery websites, and social media. Although the small craft breweries do not have the large marketing expenditures of the large mass produced beer, they still market and target specific consumers and develop a consumption culture. Twothirds of the craft breweries in Pennsylvania either create unique and memorable names or local idiosyncratic names drawing on neolocalism to enhance their beers. Environmental, historical, and industrial images are the most pervasive themes conveyed by the Pennsylvania’s breweries.
NEW CHECKLIST OF FRESHWATER FISHES OF DISTRICT BUNER , KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA , PAKISTAN

The present survey was conducted to identify the Ichthyofauna of River Barandu, District Buner from November 2012 to October 2013. A total of 13 fish species were collected belonging to 4 orders, 5 families and 10 genera. The richest family of the fish was Cyprinidae represented by 8 species viz. Barilius pakistanicus, Crossocheilus diplocheilus, Crossocheilus latius, Gara gotyla, Puntius sophore, Puntius ticto, Schizothorax plagiostomus and Tor macrolepis. Schistura punjabensis and Triplophysa naziri from family Nemacheilidae, Mastacembelus armatus from family Mastacembelidae, Channa gachua from family Channidae and Glyptothorax punjabensis from family Sisoridae were also collected from the river. A very important observation is the absence of exotic fishes from the river. The most important contribution of the present study is that it adds two (2) new records from District Buner namely Crossocheilus diplocheilus and Puntius ticto.
EFFICIENCY OF SOME SOIL MICROORGANISMS IN DEGRADATION OF DIAZINON PESTICIDE

A pot experiment was carried out to study the efficiency of Bacillus polymyxa, Pseudomonas fluorescens and/or Streptomyces aureofaciens on biodegradation of the pesticide diazinon in sterilized and non-sterilized soil, either non-cultivated or cultivated. The obtained results showed that disappearance rate of diazinon was higher in the non-sterilized soil than in the sterilized one. Inoculation of soil with mixture of Bacillus polymyxa + Streptomyces aureofaciens and Pseudomonas fluorescens + Streptomyces aureofaciens exhibited higher dissipation rate of diazinon in either sterilized or non-sterilized soil, as compared with the soil inoculated with each microorganism individually. When the soil was cultivated with tomato plants and inoculation was made, biodegradation of diazinon increased, compared to the uncultivated and inoculated soil. The metabolites produced from biodegradation of diazinon by the tested microorganisms were 1,3-dimethy-2-nitrobenzene, diethylphosphate, 2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-hydroxypyrimidine (IMHP) and 2-(1hydroxy-1-methyl)-6-methyl-4 (IH)-pyrimidine (HMMP).
China : where will the contest for regional leadership end?

Economic growth in China in the last two decades has been most spectacular. With annual growth of about 9 per cent, China has attracted tremendous attention worldwide. Few would dispute that China is now one of the important engines of growth in the world economy. Perhaps less well known is the fact that China had been the most powerful and biggest state in the world for nearly two millenniums. Until the nineteenth century, China’s share of world GDP was higher than that of all of Western Europe combined. China accounted for about a quarter of the world GDP from the beginning of the first millennium and has remained as dominant player until Western Europe caught up in the midnineteenth century (Figure 10.1). Western Europe started its rapid catchup with China from the fifteenth century and surpassed China in the eighteenth century. In fact, China was a victim of its own success, as it indulged itself in its technological prowess and demonstrated no interest at all in the rapid technological development of Western Europe since the fifteenth century. According to Angus Maddison: 10 CHINA: WHERE WILL THE CONTEST FOR REGIONAL LEADERSHIP END?
Avoiding Point Data Aggregation Issues When Defining Vernacular Regions From Flickr Data

We argue that vernacular geographies offer a more intuitive way of interacting with geographic information because they accord with our sense of place and how we refer to the geographies around us. Analysis of geolocated flickr tags have formed the basis for automatically defining vernacular regions. Various efforts have sought to filter our spurious regions and to discern meaningful regions at a range of levels of detail. In this comparative paper we present refinements to the traditional tf-idf approach. By adjusting search criteria governing the document size, more meaningful and defensible solutions can be produced at different granularities.
The in fl uence of non-uniform blockages on transient wave behavior and blockage detection in pressurized water pipelines

Blockages in piping systems are formed from potentially complex combinations of bio-film build up, corrosion by-products, and sediment deposition. Transient-based methods seek to detect blockages by analyzing the evolution of small amplitude pressure waves. In theory, such methods can be efficient, nearly non-intrusive and economical but, thus far, studies have only considered symmetrical blockages, uniform in both the radial and longitudinal directions. Laboratory experiments are described here that involve pipe blockages with various levels of irregularity and severity; the way the transient response is affected by a non-uniform blockage is investigated. The differences between uniform and non-uniform blockages are quantified in terms of the rate that wave envelopes attenuate and the degree that phases are shifted. Two different methods for modeling these impacts are compared, namely through an increase in pipe roughness and through a wave scattering model. Wave scattering is shown to play a dominant role in explaining both wave envelope attenuation and phase shift. The accuracy of existing transient-based methods of blockage detection in the frequency domain is also examined, and is found that the predictions of rough blockage locations and sizes by current method are in good agreement with data, with relatively larger discrepancies for rough blockage lengths.
Temperature-dependent egg development rates , hatchability and fry survival rate of Lake Malawi Tilapia ( Chambo ) , Oreochromis karongae ( Pisces : Cichlidae )

A study was conducted to assess the effect of temperature on egg development in an attempt to improve hatching success and fry production in Oreochromis karongae. Temperature-dependent development rates and hatching period for fertilized eggs stripped from O. karongae, a mouth brooder, were determined in a recirculating system set up in a hatchery at the National Aquaculture Center, Domasi, Malawi. Three treatments namely; 25, 27 and 29 ̊C, were replicated thrice in 2-L Macdonald type incubation jars stocked with 265 fertilized stage 1 eggs of O. karongae, at water flow rate of 0.15 L/s. There was a curvilinear relationship between temperature and egg development, which was best described by a logarithm regression function. Hatching period decreased with increase in incubation temperature. The shortest hatching period was 7.3 days, which was observed at the highest incubation temperature (29°C) while the longest hatching period was 14.7 days, observed at the lowest temperature (25°C). Hatchability and fry survival were higher at higher temperatures. The study has, for the first time, ably described O. karongae egg development rates which suggest that increasing incubation temperature holds the potential to increase fry production, which is currently a bottleneck.
sativa ) EFFECT OF NEEM ( AZADIRACHTA INDICA A . JUSS ) LEAF EXTRACT ON THE GROWTH OF ASPERGILLUS SPECIES ISOLATED FROM FOLIAR DISEASES OF RICE ( ORYZEA SATIVA ) 1

Rice blast is probably the most frequent and most destructive rice disease caused by fungi. This study was carried out to determine effect of Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) leaf extract on the growth of Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from foliar diseases of rice. The fungal isolated from foliar part of rice were revealed as Aspergillus spp out of 30 samples collected after a disease field survey. Ethanol and aqueous extracts of Neem leaf were tested against the fungal isolates. The efficacy of the extracts was studied and determined by applying in different concentrations of 5, 10 and 15ml/L. Effect of the extracts was determined by measuring radial growth (mm) of the isolated fungi on potato dextrose agar in petri-dishes. Resulted obtained shown that statistically, the ethanolic extract was more effective than aqueous extract in all cases. However, the effectiveness of the extracts was dependent on the concentration used. The phytochemical analysis of revealed the present of alkaloids, saponins, tannins, phenols, flavonoids, and terpenoids while anthraquinone, phalabatonine and steroids were not detected. Therefore, uses of Azadirachta indica could be recommended to control the foliar diseases (Aspergillus spp) of rice which help to increase the grain yield of that crop.
Baseline water quality of the Jurien Bay Marine Park : a benchmark for warm temperate Western Australia ?

Spatial and seasonal nutrient dynamics were examined at three locations in the coastal waters of the Jurien Bay Marine Park (JBMP), to establish a quantitative baseline for water quality in this park. Nutrient concentrations were typically low across all sampling periods. Differences between locations were apparent for some variables, while few differences were found between nearshore, lagoonal and offshore sampling sites. Concentrations of most nutrients tended to be highest during autumn and lowest during spring, but there were significant interactions between season, location and site for almost all parameters measured, suggesting an inconsistent effect of these factors. The findings reported here are likely to be a result of two major processes: 1) the onset of autumn/winter storms that detach macroalgae and seagrass and transport it onshore, where it decays and releases nutrients back into the water column; and 2) the synergistic effects of reduced nutrient supply during spring and increased macroalgal growth assimilating significant quantities of nutrients during this period. The JBMP represents a relatively unimpacted example of marine water quality in warm temperate Western Australia. Given that there are mechanisms for actively managing inputs into these waters into the future, these data could provide a suitable benchmark for assessing water quality management targets for biogeographically similar coastal waters where water quality may have been degraded from anthropogenic activities.
NEW GLOBAL MEAN DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY FROM A GOCE GEOID MODEL , ALTIMETER MEASUREMENTS AND OCEANOGRAPHIC IN-SITU DATA

The use of recent GOCE geoid models together with an altimeter Mean Sea Surface significantly improves the estimate of the ocean Mean Dynamic Topography at 100 km resolution compared to the use of previous GRACE geoid models. However, at scales shorter than 100km, the combined effect of geoid omission and commission errors prevents from directly using such models to estimate the ocean MDT and additional information is needed. In this study, the methodology used by [1] to estimate the CNES-CLS09 MDT is applied to include the shortest scales provided by in-situ measurements of current velocities and dynamic heights and compute a new, high resolution Mean Dynamic Topography for the global ocean. Improvements over the previous CNES-CLS09 MDT are quantified through comparison to independent insitu velocities.
Environmental and Social Disclosures and Firm Risk ( CSR Disclosures and Firm Risk )

We examine the link between a firm’s environmental (E) and social (S) disclosures and measures of its risk including total, systematic, and idiosyncratic risk. While we do not find any link between a firm’s E and S disclosures and its systematic risk, we find a negative and significant association between these disclosures and a firm’s total and idiosyncratic risk. These are novel findings and are consistent with the predictions of the stakeholder theory and the resource based view of the firm suggesting that firms which make extensive and objective E and S disclosures promote corporate transparency that can help them build a positive reputation and trust with its stakeholders, which in turn can help mitigate the firm’s idiosyncratic/operational risk. These findings are important for all corporate stakeholders including managers, employees, and suppliers who have a significant economic interest in the survival and success of the firm.
The Drivers of Household Repayment Difficulties and Mortgage Loan Pricing

This paper investigates the main determinants of households’ delinquencies on mortgage loans in Italy. Using a sample-selection ordered choice model, we assess the impact of socio-demographic factors, loan characteristics and institutional variables on the probability of delinquency in mortgage repayments and on the amount of arrears. Our results, based on microdata from the Italian component of the EU-SILC survey, allow to identify which types of households are more financially vulnerable and show the relevance of institutional and credit market factors in affecting the conditional intensity of arrears. Based on the predicted probabilities of arrears, we further analyse the relationship between interest rates on mortgage loans and observed borrowers’ riskiness. Results point out that Italian banks have accounted for household credit risk and have increasingly used risk-based pricing strategies in the process of mortgage loan granting.
ABCC 11 expression is regulated by estrogen in MCF 7 cells , correlated with estrogen receptor a expression in postmenopausal breast tumors and overexpressed in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells

ABCC11 (Multidrug resistance protein 8; MRP8), a plasma membrane ATP-binding cassette transporter, has been implicated in drug resistance of breast cancer by virtue of its ability to confer resistance to fluoropyrimidines and to efflux methotrexate, and by its expression in this tumor. Expression of ABCC11 in breast, a hormonally regulated tissue, as well as the pump’s ability to transport estrogen conjugates, suggest the possibility that expression of ABCC11 may be susceptible to regulation by estrogen. However, nothing is currently known about regulation of this gene. In this study, estradiol (E2) treatment reduced expression of ABCC11 mRNA in estrogen receptor (ER)-a-positive MCF7 cells, and E2 antagonists such as ICI 182 780 and tamoxifen (TAM) abrogated E2-mediated downregulation. ABCC11 expression was positively correlated with ER-a expression in both breast cell lines, and two independent series of tumors from postmenopausal patients. In addition, expression of ABCC11 was upregulated in MCF7 cells exposed to TAM for 72 h, and was overexpressed in TAM-resistant cell lines. Drug sensitivity analysis of the TAM-resistant cells indicated that they were also resistant to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), consistent with the reported ability of ABCC11 to confer resistance to this agent. These studies indicate that ABCC11 expression is negatively regulated by E2, but that ABCC11 expression is high in high-expressing ER-a breast cancers. Our findings support the notion that expression of ABCC11 in ER-a-positive breast cancers may contribute to decreased sensitivity to chemotherapy combinations that include 5-FU. ABCC11 may be a potential predictive tool in the choice of anticancer therapies in ER-positive breast cancers resistant to TAM. Endocrine-Related Cancer (2008) 15 125–138 Endocrine-Related Cancer (2008) 15 125–138 1351–0088/08/015–125 q 2008 Society for Endocrinology Printed in Great Britain DOI: 10.1677/ERC-07-0189 Online version via http://www.endocrinology-journals.org Downloaded from Bioscientifica.com at 08/14/2019 06:02:48AM via free access M Honorat, A Mesnier et al.: ABCC11, a new estrogen-regulated gene
MODELING DISPATCHABILITY POTENTIAL OF CSP IN SOUTH AFRICA

We present a new method to quantify the dispatchability potential of CSP as part of a broader project to determine the value of CSP in the future South African energy mix. The method uses a fast solving plant model that includes all key parameters of a CSP plant including thermal inertia and thermal storage. A spatial grid of solar and weather is used as inputs and the result is hourly power potential on the same spatial grid. For 1 year of data, 28 million inputs are required and 9 million outputs generated with solve times of approximately 30 minutes per run. Results show that CSP plants with significant storage can deliver dispatchable power throughout the year regardless of weather when highly distributed. This new method will be enhanced with further refinement, features and validation in order to optimize CSP plant locations in a renewable system.
To : Infected Blood Inquiry re : Submission by “ Rethinking AIDS ”

I am writing as the President of “Rethinking AIDS”, the leading organization for scientific inquiry of the current dogma that HIV is the sole cause of AIDS. The group was founded in the 1990s by a large group of critics of the rush to endorse HIV=AIDS dogma as fact. The board of this organization includes biologists, chemists, MDs, journalists and others who are knowledgeable in the field. Our membership includes many HIV-positive people, including haemophiliacs. For privacy reasons we cannot name our HIV-positive members.
A Meta-Model-Based Approach for Semantic Fault Modeling on Multiple Abstraction Levels

Technology scaling has led to devices which are increasingly susceptible to faults arising from manufacturing variations or environmental radiation. Hence, identifying critical weaknesses in SoCs is essential to maintain product quality and robustness. Taking emerging cross-layer dependability approaches into consideration, we propose a new fault-modeling concept for fault injection at the register transfer and system level by adding a new layer of semantic information. The new domain specific models are based on a common meta-model and allow for fault injection with respect to functionality rather than structure. During experimental evaluation of exemplary fault models on a 32-bit processor architecture full coverage was achieved.
Evaluation and analysis of 226 Ra , 232 Th and 40 K and radon exhalation rate in the soil samples for health risk assessment

The measurements of radium, thorium and potassium using gamma spectrometry and radon exhalation rates using solid-state nuclear track detectors (LR-115, Type-II plastic) are carried out in the soil samples collected from some parts of western districts of Haryana, India. The activity concentrations of Ra, Th and K range from 13.93 to 142 Bq kg, 35.95 to 91.78 Bq kg and 299.57 to 1056.77 Bq kg, respectively. The values of total absorbed dose and annual effective dose (indoors and outdoors) were found to vary from 42.12 to 140.05 nGy h, 0.22 to 0.69 mSv y and 0.05 to 0.17 mSv y respectively. The radium equivalent activity (Raeq) in all the soil samples varies from 92.51 to 287.08 Bq kg with an average of 184.15 Bq kg. The radium values are lower than the recommended safe limit of 370 Bq kg hence there is no radiological risk to the residents of the studied area.