Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Duality of matrix-weighted Besov spaces

We determine the duals of the homogeneous matrix-weighted Besov spaces Ḃ p (W ) and ḃ αq p (W ) which were previously defined in [5]. If W is a matrix Ap weight, then the dual of Ḃ p (W ) can be identified with Ḃ −αq′ p′ (W −p/p) and, similarly, [ḃ p (W )] ∗ ≈ ḃ−αq ′ p′ (W −p/p). Moreover, for certain W which may not be in the Ap class, the duals of Ḃ p (W ) and ḃ αq p (W ) are determined and expressed in terms of the Besov spaces Ḃ−αq ′ p′ ({A −1 Q }) and ḃ −αq′ p′ ({A −1 Q }), which we define in terms of reducing operators {AQ}Q associated with W . We also develop the basic theory of these reducing operator Besov spaces. Similar results are shown for inhomogeneous spaces.
FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF SELECTED SEA CUCUMBER SPECIES FROM MATARAM-LOMBOK, INDONESIA

Sea cucumber is an important food and remedies in Eastern hemisphere. However, less study have been performed to identify health benefit effects of sea cucumber from tropical region. In this study, radical scavenging activity of sea cucumber from Mataram - Lombok [ Holothuria leucospilota , Holothuria atra , Holothuria fuscocinerea , and Holothuria excellens ] were studied. Compared to other species at concentration of 0.1 mg mL –1 , H. atra extract showed strongest scavenging activity in 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) (13.14 ± 2.17) % and absorbance value of β -carotene linoleic acid model at 180 min was (3.32 ± 1,12). H. atra extract were further fractionated, and ethyl acetate fractions (fr. 6) significantly inhibit radical activity at 180 min with the absorbance value of 2.84 ± 0.2. It can be concluded that H. atra is an important sea cucumber from tropical region.
Evaluating the impact of different types of stabilized bases on the overall performance of flexible pavements

v List of Figures . ix List of Tables . x Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 Background . 3 Problem Statement . 5 Significance of Study . 5 Hypothesis . 6 Goal & Objectives . 6 Research Approach . 7 Research Scope . 8 Chapter 2: Literature Review . 10 Performance of Stabilized Bases . 10 Calcium Chloride Stabilized Base. 10 Portland Cement Stabilized Base. 13 Geogrid Stabilized Base. 15 Bituminous Stabilized Base. 19 Background of Testing and Analysis Procedures . 22 Falling Weight Deflectometer Testing. 22 Backcalculation. 23 The Kenlayer Software. 24 AASHTOware Pavement ME Software. 25
BECOMING MR ETHICAL - NOTES ON THE REFLEXIVE STUDY OF ETHICS AND ORGANISING

Ethics is, without a doubt, in fashion: I can dress ‘ethically’, I can shop ‘ethically’, I can bring up my kids ‘ethically’, I can travel ‘ethically’, I can bank ‘ethically’, and I can choose to work ‘ethically’. Despite these developments we lack finely grained accounts, which aim to add specificity to contemporary ‘ethical’ practices in modern organisations. In line with tentative attempts to theorise ethics as practice, the paper puts forward the analytic notion of ‘ethicising’ as a way of understanding organising and ‘ethics’ under the same rubric. Informed by empirical studies in two explicitly ‘ethical’ companies, the second part of the paper takes as its subject the practices of organisations and researchers ‘becoming’ ‘ethical’. Namely, it, examines how qualitative analyses may be brought to bear on playful research strategies, and in turn what these may have to offer to contemporary debates over reflexivity within organisation studies.
Estimation of an Ergodic Diffusion from Discrete Observations

We consider a one‐dimensional diffusion process X, with ergodic property, with drift b(x, θ) and diffusion coefficient a(x, σ) depending on unknown parameters θ and σ. We are interested in the joint estimation of (θ, σ). For that purpose, we dispose of a discretized trajectory, observed at n equidistant times tni = ihn, 1 ≤i≤n. We assume that hn← 0 and nhn←∞. Under the condition nhnp← 0 for an arbitrary integer p, we exhibit a contrast dependent on p which provides us with an asymptotically normal and efficient estimator of (θ, σ).
Revisiting the birth locations of pulsars B1929+10, B2020+28, and B2021+51

We present new proper motion and parallax measurements obtained with the European VLBI Network (EVN) at 5 GHz for the three isolated pulsars B1929 + 10, B2020 + 28, and B2021 + 51. For B1929 + 10 we combined our data with earlier VLBI measurements and confirm the robustness of the astrometric parameters of this pulsar. For pulsars B2020 + 28 and B2021 + 51 our observations indicate that both stars are almost a factor of two closer to the solar system than previously thought, placing them at a distance of 1.39(-0.06)(+0.05) and 1.25(-0.17)(+0.14) kpc. Using our new astrometry, we simulated the orbits of all three pulsars in the Galactic potential with the aim to confirm or reject previously proposed birth locations. Our observations ultimately rule out a claimed binary origin of B1929 + 10 and the runaway star zeta Ophiuchi in Upper Scorpius. A putative common binary origin of B2020 + 28 and B2021 + 51 in the Cygnus Superbubble is also very unlikely.
Situation Awareness in Virtual Environments: A Theoretical Model and Investigation with Different Interface Designs

The aim of this research is to propose a model of SA and interaction in virtual environments of the relationship among immersion, presence, situation awareness, and performance. The research presents an experiment to examine presence, task/user performance and SA with different VE interface designs (hybrid 2D&3D, 3D nonnaturalistic, 3D naturalistic) and head tracking system (non-tracking, tracking). The interrelationship among immersion, presence, SA, and performance is also investigated. The results from VRSARM and VRSAGAT indicated that the participants, who felt present and immersed, exposed to hybrid 2D&3D were more situationally aware than those who exposed to 3D nonnaturalistic and 3D naturalistic. By using sickness questionnaire, the participants who exposed to 3D nonnaturalistic experienced higher sickness symptom than those who exposed to hybrid 2D&3D and 3D naturalistic. There were no significant main effects on recall measure, VRSAGAT, or presence. VRSARM indicated that there was a significant correlation between immersion and presence (r = 0.66, ρ < 0.000), presence was positively correlated with SA (r = 0.373, ρ < 0.003), and immersion was positively correlated with SA (r = 0.532, ρ < 0.000). However, there was no significant correlation between presence and performance or SA and performance. It was therefore concluded that presence does not lead to enhance performance, and the relation between SA and performance is not apparent. Nevertheless, this experiment is used to generate design implications for future directions for SA in VE in which associations between variables might be found based on the IPSAP model presented here.
Valuing diversity: a group‐value approach to understanding the importance of organizational efforts to support diversity

Using Leventhal’s rules as well as the group-value model of procedural justice, we first examined how the negative effects of perceived racial discrimination on procedural justice judgments can be attenuated by perceived organizational efforts to support diversity. Secondly, we examine how these effects ultimately impact affective commitment and organizational citizenship behavior. We found that employees who believe some individuals in the workplace are discriminating against them on the basis of race tend to report lower levels of procedural justice from the organization. However, this negative relationship was attenuated when employees perceived that their organization was making efforts to support diversity. Results suggest that individuals’ perceptions of organizational efforts to support diversity can help restore perceptions of procedural justice for employees who experience racial discrimination at work. Improving procedural justice also positively impacts affective commitment and organizational citizenship behavior directed at the organization.
Whom Should I Talk To? Emerging Adults’ Romantic Relationship Work

This exploratory study examined how often young adults discussed their romantic relationship problems with their social networks: partners, friends, mothers, and fathers (“relationship work” or RW). Using a sample of 82 heterosexual, romantically involved young adults, we found that participants engaged in RW most frequently with partners, followed by friends and mothers, and least with fathers. Suggesting that young adults vary in their disclosure patterns, cluster analyses revealed three groups: disclosers, who shared romantic challenges with all parties examined; selectives, who primarily discussed romantic problems with partners and mothers; and discretes, who engaged in low RW overall. Although RW with mothers was not concurrently associated with partners’ love and conflict, RW with fathers was associated with less love and greater conflict. Moreover, when looking at a subsample of 56 participants who remained together over the course of a year, greater reported romantic love at Time 1 predicted less RW with fathers 1 year later at Time 2. Findings suggest that romantic and social dynamics in emerging adulthood may determine the extent to which young adults confide in their mothers and fathers about romantic problems, but that both parents play important roles. Scholars need to consider the influence of the social network, including parents, on romantic relationship functioning, particularly in young adulthood. Practitioners may also benefit from discussing appropriate and helpful ways of actively involving the social network in romantic challenges.
Human Resource practices and organizational performance, incentives as moderator

It has become clear that firm performance has important implications for employees and organizations as confirmed by past researchers. This study examines human resource practices and the impact of incentives on manufacturing companies in the Malaysia context. Three types of human resource practices namely, performance appraisal, training, and information technology have been chosen as the focus of this research with the presence of incentives as moderator on organizational performance. This is imperative in order to ensure the successful management of employees and also to improve productivity and achievements of an organization. The research uses a sample of eighty-five firms in Sarawak, Malaysia, voluntarily participated in this study. The results have indicated that the two components of human resource (HR) practices namely, training and information technology have direct impact on organizational performance. It was found that incentive is positively related to organizational performance but did not moderate the relationship between both HR practices and organizational performance. Implications of the findings, potential limitations of the study, and directions for future research are suggested.
Socially Responsible Investing: Moral and Optimal?

I evaluate the performance of static and dynamic strategies involving socially responsible investments (SRI). I show that although the average SRI fund underperforms a market index, a portfolio that accounts for time variation in the number of SRI funds available to investors, actually outperforms the market index. An examination of the dynamic performance of the SRI portfolio shows that returns to SRI funds are less sensitive to unanticipated shifts in the business cycle than the returns to a market portfolio. I show that a sector rotation strategy which involves timing business cycle shifts by reallocating between the CRSP index and the SRI portfolio earns a positive and statistically significant return. Finally, I find weak evidence that an SRI investment represents a flight to quality during periods of high relative risk aversion.
Organizational Wellness Programs: Who Participates and Does it Help?

ORGANIZATIONAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS: WHO PARTICIPATES AND DO THEY HELP? DUMOND, JUSTIN M. , M.A. Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2012 Several research questions exist concerning the effectiveness of employee wellness programs. Do Theory of Reasoned action components such as health attitudes and intentions lead to wellness program involvement? Does wellness program involvement moderate the relationships between occupational stress, turnover, and job performance, such that wellness involvement mitigates the negative impact of occupational stress? Additionally, does wellness involvement moderate the relationships between work/life imbalance, turnover, and job performance, such that wellness involvement mitigates the negative impact of work/life imbalance? Data from 10,430 employees of an organization with an optional wellness program was analyzed. Hypotheses relating to TRA and the work/life imbalance-job performance relationship were supported. Components of TRA predicted wellness participation and behavioral intentions mediated the relationship between attitudes and involvement. Wellness involvement moderated the relationship between work/life imbalance and job performance, such that employees who experienced work/life imbalance and were involved in the wellness program outperformed other employees. Additionally, the turnover hypotheses had striking results. Out of the 4,265 wellness program participants, only one instance of turnover occurred within a year of the wellness program’s initiation. The lack of variance in turnover of wellness participants prohibited statistical analyses, yet the results suggest a main effect of wellness on
Evaluation of Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation Project Daily Precipitation Estimates over the Chinese Mainland

Two versions of Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) products (GSMaP-V4 and GSMaP-V5) are validated both in a single grid scale and in contiguous China by comparing to gauge-based rainfall analysis dataset. GSMaP products can capture spatial patterns and magnitude of rainfall in daily mean precipitation. They perform better in summer than in winter over the Chinese Mainland. They also have better estimation over the southeast than over the northwest of the Chinese Mainland. An apparent system underestimate is detected in both GSMaP products. The underestimation existing in the GSMaP-V4 has been largely improved in GSMaP-V5. The impacts of snow cover and vegetation fraction are also investigated. The result indicates that snow cover deeply impacts the POD and FAR of GSMaP products. NDVI may result in overestimated precipitation in sparse vegetation regions. These results implicate that it is useful to use some auxiliary data from other sensors (e.g., MODIS) to improve the quality of precipitation product.
A multi‐year study of sea breezes in a Mediterranean coastal site: Alicante (Spain)

Using 6‐year data collected in a high‐resolution network of 19 stations in the province of Alicante (Spain), the characteristics of sea breezes for the period 2000–2005 were studied. This study attempts to develop a multi‐year climatology of sea breeze flows focusing on a Western Mediterranean coastal site. We used half‐hourly meteorological records from a reference station in Alicante and sea surface temperature measurements at Albufereta beach to identify past sea breeze episodes, on the basis of an objective selection technique. A total of 475 sea breeze events during the 6‐year period were identified and the following parameters were determined: mean time of onset, mean wind speed and direction at the time of onset, mean time of cessation, mean temporal dimension (duration), mean maximum velocity, mean time of maximum velocity and mean wind path of the sea breeze. The mean onset and cessation times are 0940 UTC and 2009 UTC (local standard time = UTC + 0100 h, or + 0200 h with daylight‐saving time), respectively, with a mean duration of 1029 h. The mean wind speed at the time of the passage of sea breeze fronts is low (2.07 m s−1), but sea breeze gust intensities range from 3.6 to 11.6 m s−1 and they generally occur during 1200–1300 UTC. Southerly and southeasterly onset flows dominate in winter, whereas more easterly onsets occur in spring and summer. The mean inland directed wind path of the sea breezes is 97.7 km with noteworthy differences throughout the year; a case study showed onshore wind peaks of 11.1 m s−1, 50‐km inland of the Vinalopó river valley in the late afternoon. The spatial and temporal change in wind speed and direction were also analysed, using multi‐year wind hodographs for the 19 stations and eight well‐defined synoptic patterns favouring the development of sea breezes. Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society
FORMULATION OF A SOY–COFFEE BEVERAGE BY RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY AND INTERNAL PREFERENCE MAPPING

ABSTRACT Coffee consumers (n = 60) tasted and rated samples of a new soy–coffee beverage made from instant coffee, soymilk powder and sugar. Ingredient concentrations (independent variables) varied according to a 23central composite design for overall degree of acceptance. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA), least square difference and response surface methodology, followed by internal preference mapping (IPM) with cluster analysis. ANOVA from the consumers' acceptance data revealed that samples differed significantly (P ≤ 0.05). Although soymilk content did not influence significantly the consumers' acceptance in the tested range, IPM with cluster analysis indicated that at least part of the acceptance differences was based on the soy beverage consumption habit. The final beverage formulation was evaluated cold and hot for overall acceptability (9-point structured hedonic scale) by 112 coffee consumers and the cold beverage reached a good acceptability mean score (6.2) among the participants. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS The consumption of soy products has been reported to reduce the risk of several diseases and a number of recent studies have found beneficial health properties attributed to coffee. Considering the current consumer trend for healthier alternatives in food products, we decided to combine the health benefits of these two important Brazilian commodities in a functional beverage. In order to optimize the formulation and maximize sensory acceptance, we performed consumers' tests using response surface methodology. Internal preference mapping and cluster analyses were also applied to provide information on the variability of the consumer individual opinions and segment them in groups of similar preference criteria.
The Dynamics Of Agricultural Biotechnology Adoption: Lessons From Rbst Use In Wisconsin, 1994-2001

This paper explores the dynamics of rBST adoption using panel data from Wisconsin dairy farmers that span the period from its commercial introduction in 1994 to 2001. The panel data allow an examination of a broader range of adoption behavior that includes disadoption, early and late adoption, as well as persistent non-adoption. The data also permit attention to endogeneity concerns that arise in cross-sectional analyses of technology adoption, where potential predictors are also choice variables. Differences in both complementary technology use and farm size are identified as key predictors of adoption behavior, as are farmer attitudes toward this controversial technology.
Adaptability and stability of corn hybrids grown for high grain yield.

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the adaptability and stability of corn hybrids for grain yield in environments with high crop management standards. Ten corn hybrids were evaluated for grain yield in 48 environments, consisting of 12 locations over a period of four years in South Brazil. A complete experimental, random block design with two repetitions was used. Adaptability and stability were analyzed according to the bi-segmented discontinuous model with measurement errors in the variables. The behavior of hybrids was studied as a function of the average yield in the inferior and/or superior environments, the estimates of the parameters of the equation, and the quality of the fit. The 30F36 hybrid behaved better in the superior environments and it is indicated for farmers who adopt the highest technological standards for crop management, whereas the 30F53 hybrid was classified as close to ideal; that is, it is indicated for cultivation under various environmental conditions. The 30R50 and 32R48 hybrids are appropriate only for average environments. There is a very good phenotypic stability in simple hybrids associated with high potential yield.
Developing a Reflective Mind: From Core Metacognition to Explicit Self-Reflection

Metacognition is the ability to monitor and control cognition. Because young children often provide inaccurate metacognitive judgments when prompted to do so verbally, it has long been assumed that this ability does not develop until late childhood. This claim is now challenged by new studies using nonverbal paradigms and revealing that basic forms of metacognition—such as the ability to estimate decision confidence or to monitor errors—are present even in preverbal infants. This new line of evidence suggests that young children adapt to their environment not only by considering their physical and social surroundings but also by reflecting on their own cognitive states.
Evaluation of distillers dried grains with solubles in combination with glycerin in broiler diets.

2 Abstract: An experiment was conducted to evaluate the use of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) combined with glycerin in broiler diets. In a 3×2 factorial arrangement, 600 one-day-old commercial strain Cobb 500 broilers were randomly assigned to experimental diets with 0, 15 and 30% DDGS of know n composition; within each level of DDGS the diets contained 0 or 5% glycerin, respectively, from 0-42 days of age. Diets were formulated to meet digestible amino acid requirements and were fed in pelleted form. Each dietary treatment was replicated 4 times. Body weight gain and feed consumption were measured and carcass characteristics were evaluated at 42 days of age. Inclusion of 30% DDGS had no adverse effect on body weight of chicks; however birds fed diets with 30% DDGS had greater feed intake and poorer feed conversion than birds fed the control diet at most age periods. This was highly correlated to the reduced pellet quality of diets containing the high levels of DDGS. Birds fed diets with 30% DDGS also had significantly reduced dressing percentage compared to birds fed the control diet with no DDGS. However, there was no adverse effect on breast meat yield related to the higher levels of DDGS inclusion. Addition of 5% glycerin from biodiesel production to the diets had no significant effect on body weight, feed intake, or feed conversion. There was no significant effect of the addition of glycerin on dressing percentage or yield of various carcass parts. With one minor exception, there was no significant interaction between addition of glycerin and level of DDGS in the diet, even though pellet quality declined when glycerin was added to the diets. Overall, the results of this study demonstrates that 15% DDGS of known nutritional quality can be utilized in diets for growing broilers with no adverse effects provided diets are formulated on a digestible amino acid basis and meet the nutritional requirements of the broiler. Higher levels may be tolerated but there may be a loss in feed conversion unless pellet quality can be improved. A loss in dressing percentage at higher levels of DDGS has been consistently noted in this and previous studies. Incorporation of 5 % glycerin from biodiesel production as a source of energy appears satisfactory.