Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Phase Structure of Four-dimensional Simplicial Quantum Gravity with a U(1) Gauge Field

The phase structure of four-dimensional simplicial quantum gravity coupled to U (1) gauge ﬁelds has been studied using Monte-Carlo simu-lations. The smooth phase is found in the intermediate region between the crumpled phase and the branched polymer phase. This new phase has a negative string susceptibility exponent, even if the number of vector ﬁelds ( N V ) is 1. The phase transition between the crumpled phase and the smooth phase has been studied by a ﬁnite size scaling method. From the numerical results, we expect that this model (coupled to one gauge ﬁeld) has a higher order phase transition than ﬁrst order, which means the possibility to take the continuum limit at the critical point. Furthermore, we consider a modiﬁcation of the balls-in-boxes model for a clear under-standing of the relation between the numerical results and the analytical one.
The concept of reflection: a systematic review and thematic synthesis across professional contexts

ABSTRACT Reflection is widely endorsed by professional bodies and practitioners are required to document professional learning to evidence standards of professionalism. Due to the lack of a consensual definition for reflection, there is confusion regarding ‘what reflection is’. Prior to the development of an empirical evidence base that explores reflection, it is important to develop a consensually agreed concept and definition to guide experimental research. The aim of this systematic review is to understand the concept of reflection by performing a synthesis of existing conceptually oriented qualitative studies. Fourteen sources were included in a thematic synthesis that resulted in the construction of four analytical themes: cognitive, integrative, iterative and active. These themes were explored in relation to existing research and a novel definition of reflection was proposed. It is hoped that this review will encourage further enquiry into the concept and process of reflection.
Leadership and Organizational Culture in the Sustainability of Subsistence Small Businesses: an Intellectual Capital Based View

The concept of leadership is complex and has been studied from multiple approaches, especially from the psychological field and from the field of management. Small businesses created as way of subsistence for the entrepreneur and their family present a limited leadership. The cultural traditions of the forestry industry are based on the culture and indigenous know-how of the territory, especially affecting small timber businesses, the small businesses working in timber activities. This paper analyzed the interrelation between culture and leadership in the process of generating performance from sustainable competitive advantages using partial least squares (PLS) techniques. The results show that culture and leaderships are sources of competitive advantage in subsistence small businesses, but culture does not generate competitiveness directly; an organizational culture needs to act through entrepreneurial leadership.
THE CONTRIBUTION OF VILLAGE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS TO THE FINANCIAL INCLUSION OF WOMEN: A CASE STUDY OF ZIIKA WOMEN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN WAKISO DISTRICT

The study investigated the contribution of ziika women integrated development association (zwida) as a village savings and loan association (vsla) towards the financial inclusion of women in ziika community, wakiso district in uganda. Zwida is an evolution of a small women association established way back in 2001 with an objective of supporting and promoting the enhancement of community household incomes and related sustainability through mobilizing community savings. The study was guided by three objectives: to establish the types of products and services offered by zwida; to establish the requirements for accessing the products and services offered by zwida, and to investigate how the products and services are used as a tool for the financial inclusion of the members of zwida. Data was collected using questionnaires and interviews. A total of 52 respondents participated in the study. Data was analyzed using frequencies and percentages alongside themes and narrations. The study found out that zwida offers three key products and services namely: loans, savings and financial education programs. Members are required to make compulsory savings once a month. For one to access the services of zwida, she must be a paying member who has undergone training on the financial matters of the association. The majority of the respondents of zwida have been able to open up bank accounts which have enabled them to access the services of the formal financial institutions. The study concludes that vslas like zwida can be effective tools for financial inclusion.
What is Different About Family Businesses?

Family businesses make up forty percent of the Fortune 500 companies in the US, generate about two-thirds of the German GDP, employ about one-half of the labor force in Britain, and account for the majority of the private economies in developing countries. This paper develops a theory of family business that brings market forces and the family, as a nonmarket institution, under one rubric. The paper highlights and analyzes important factors, including product market competition, trust, and succession, which allow family businesses to thrive and to successfully compete with other businesses.
The Application of Extended LBP Texture in High Resolution Remote Sensing Image Classification

High-resolution remote sensing images have rich texture information,and combined texture information and image spectral information can improve the recognition accuracy of surface feature.In this paper,a new extended Local Binary Patterns(LBP) texture was applied to the high-resolution images classification in comparison with classifications using spectral data only and using combined spectral data and LBP texture features.The results show that the extended LBP has a good anti-noise performance,and the classification of image including the extended LBP texture can achieve a higher accuracy than the classifications using spectral data alone and using combined spectral data and LBP texture features.
Extending School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) with Emotional Support Systems: A Non-Randomized Study Testing the Effectiveness of a School-Wide Health Care Policy TIME-IN in Special Education

Children’s readiness for school is often threatened by the occurrence of both externalising (EP) and internalising (IP) problems. In search for solutions, research has shown that School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) is particularly effective for fostering children’s behavioural skills and reducing EP. However, whether SWPBS can enhance children’s emotional skills and reduce IP is less clear. Therefore, TIME-IN was developed, which extends SWPBS by also including emotional support systems. It will be tested whether TIME-IN is effective for (a) improving emotion regulation (ER) and (b) reducing depressive symptoms. Furthermore, it will be tentatively explored whether TIME-IN is accompanied by more than natural fluctuations in both children’s EP and IP. The effectiveness of TIME-IN will be evaluated in a non-randomized study, in which an intervention group will be compared with a matched control group. Both research questions will be addressed in a sample consisting of children between 8 and 12 years of age with special educational needs (SEN), who have been argued to benefit most from school readiness interventions. Questionnaires for teachers, children, and their parents will be administered at the beginning (T0) and the end of the school year (T1) using multi-informant assessment. Practical implications, strengths, and limitations were discussed. ISCRTN registry 54456609.Registered on 28 March 2017. Ethical requirements were fulfilled.
Holistic face processing is penetrable … depending on the composite design

ABSTRACT Holistic processing (HP) of faces is usually measured by the composite effect. While Weston and Perfect [2005. Effects of processing bias on the recognition of composite face halves. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 1038–1042. doi:10.3758/BF03206440] found that priming at the local level speeded recognition of components of faces, Gao et al. [2011. Priming global and local processing of composite faces: Revisiting the processing-bias effect on face perception. Attention Perception & Psychophysics, 73, 1477–1486. doi:10.3758/s13414-011-0109-7] found that only global priming had an effect on HP of faces. The two studies used different versions of the composite task (the partial design, which is considered to be prone on bias, and the complete design). However, the two studies also differed in other respects and it is difficult to know to what extent issues with the partial design contributed to the differing conclusions. In the present study, the HP indexed by the complete design measure was augmented by global priming. In contrast, no effect was observed in the partial design index. We claim that the partial design index reflects other factors besides HP, including response bias, and conclude that HP can be understood within the context of domain-general attentional processes.
A VIEW INTO RECIPROCITY: LITERATURE REVIEW, MEASUREMENT DESIGN, AND EXPERIMENT

The purpose of this paper is to discuss reciprocity and the role it plays in helping us understand interactions between parties in accounting settings. The concept of reciprocity states that individuals will reward kind behaviors and punish unkind behaviors. (Fisher et al. 2015; Fehr and Gächter 2000; Fehr and Gächter 1997). When trying to trace the origins of the theory of reciprocity, it is useful to track the initial constructs on which it is built from various literary sources. This process contributes to developing an understanding of how reciprocity is used to explain behaviors in the workplace. The notion of reciprocity has a long history and is defined in many iterations of social literature dating back to ancient philosophers. Roman politician Cicero, for example, stated: “there is no duty more indispensable than that of returning a kindness” and “all men distrust one forgetful of a benefit” (Gouldner 1960). This early philosophical sentiment exemplifies the integral role positive reciprocity plays in society and the potential avarice an individual may encounter when not returning positive actions with displays of positive
STRENGTHENING VILLAGE AND VILLAGE GOVERNMENT TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF INCREASING COMMUNITY WELFARE

The enactment of Law Number 6 Year 2014 in the course of government in Indonesia requires the Head of Sub-District, Village Head, Village Head and village / urban village apparatus as leaders, who deal directly with village / urban village communities to work together in an integrated and integrated manner to guard and implementing Law Number 6 Year 2014 and other laws and regulations in order to realize prosperity. This research is a type of research library using secondary data. This research is conducted by using qualitative methods and is done through an inductive approach, namely an approach that departs from things specifically for conclusions or general matters. The results of this study indicate that the Village Government is the administration of government affairs and interests of the local community in the system of government of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. The Village Authority is the implementation of the Village Government, the application of Village Development, Village community development, and community empowerment. Village income comes from the village's original income, the allocation of the State Revenues and Expenditures, part of the results of regional taxes and retribution from the Regency / City, Village fund allocation from the Regency / City balance fund, assistance finance from Regency / City and Province APBD, grants and donations, as well as other legitimate village income. They are building positive relationships between the sub-district head and the village head and village head in welcoming fiscal to village decentralisation and empowerment strategies and building public trust as an effort to strengthen village governance in improving community welfare.
Klasifikasi Berita Online Menggunakan Metode Support Vector Machine dan K-Nearest Neighbor

Teknologi informasi merupakan salah satu hal yang tidak akan lepas dari kehidupan manusia. Tanpa adanya teknologi, manusia akan kesulitan dalam berkomunikasi dan menyampaikan informasi. Perlu adanya sistem yang secara otomatis yang dapat mengelompokkan berita sesuai dengan kategori berita dengan menggunakan text mining. Dalam penelitian ini , metode yang digunakan dalam klasifikasi adalah SVM dan KNN. KNN memiliki kelebihan dalam hal data training yang cukup banyak. Sebagai komparasi, dalam penelitian ini juga menggunakan SVM karena metode ini merupakan salah satu metode yang banyak digunakan untuk klasifikasi data, khususnya data teks. Kedua metode ini akan dibandingkan untuk mengetahui hasil ketepatan klasifikasi yang paling baik. Hasil dari penelitian ini bahwa SVM kernel linier dan kernel polynomial menghasilkan ketepatan klasifikasi yang paling baik adalah kernel polynomial. Apabila dibandingklan dengan KNN maka SVM lebih baik daripada KNN dengan hasil nilai akurasi, recall, precision dan F-Measure sebesar 93.2%, 93.2%, 93.63% dan 93.14%.
Empowering change for sustainable agriculture: the need for participation

ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural development (SAD) requires empowerment and engagement of all actors in the agricultural production and supply chain to enable change. This paper proposes a novel framework for Participatory Sustainable Agricultural Development (PSAD) that distinguishes four main classes of factors that influence participation in SAD: environmental, economic, social and governance-related. The factors in each of these classes are analysed in relation to their effect over time, on the basis of 49 SAD programmes reported in the literature. Findings show that the social factors of engagement and empowerment, not often addressed in existing SAD programmes, are of significant influence to effect over time, as are the environmental factors of food safety, and the economic factors of production and capacity development. As such this paper shows that in in addition to the well-acknowledged need for knowledge and skills related to food safety, production and capacity development, SAD programmes also need to address the social factors of engagement and empowerment to enable sustainable change over time for SAD through participation.
A change impact analysis tool for software development phase

Accepting too many software change requests could contribute to expense and delay in project delivery. On the other hand rejecting the changes may increase customer dissatisfaction. Software project management might use a reliable estimation on potential impacted artifacts to decide whether to accept or reject the changes. In software development phase, an assumption that all classes in the class artifact are completely developed is impractical compared to software maintenance phase. This is due to some classes in the class artifact are still under development or partially developed. This paper extends our previous works on developing an impact analysis approach for the software development phase in automating the approach which we call it CIAT (Change Impact Analysis Tool). The significant achievements of the tool are demonstrated through an extensive experimental validation using several case studies. The experimental analysis shows improvement in the accuracy over current impact analysis results.
Commit-Level vs. File-Level Vulnerability Prediction

Helping software development teams find and repair vulnerabilities before they are released and exploited can prevent costs due to loss of data, availability, and reputation. However, while general defect prediction models exist to help developers find bugs, vulnerability prediction models currently do not achieve high enough prediction performance to be used in industry [43]. Prediction of vulnerabilities in commits and files has been explored by previous work, and while commit-level prediction, at a finer granularity, may offer more useful results, there exists no clear comparison in predictive performance to justify this assumption. To inform further research in vulnerability prediction, we compare commit and filelevel prediction, across 7 projects, using 6 classifiers, for 8 different training dates. We evaluate the performance of each prediction model using ‘online prediction’ for ensuring an evaluation in line with practical usage of the prediction model. We evaluate each model using four different metrics, which we interpret as representing two different practical usage scenarios. We also perform an analysis of the data and techniques for evaluating prediction models. We find that despite achieving a low absolute prediction performance, file-level prediction generally tends to outperform commit-level prediction, but in a few outstanding cases, commit-level performs better.
MESLEĞE YENİ BAŞLAYAN ÖĞRETMENLERİN EĞİTİM FAKÜLTELERİNDE ALMIŞ OLDUKLARI ÖĞRETMENLİK EĞİTİMİNE İLİŞKİN GÖRÜŞLERİ

Bu calismanin amaci ogretmen adaylarinin universitelerde almis olduklari ogretmenlik egitimine iliskin goruslerinin neler oldugunu; universitelerde ne tur bir ogretmenlik egitimi almak istediklerini belirlemek ve ogretmen adaylarinin bu egitiminin daha basarili olabilmesi icin onerilerinin neler oldugunu ortaya koymaktir. Bu calismada nitel bir arastirma yontemi izlenmis olup, veri toplama surecinde standartlastirilmis acik uclu gorusme teknigi kullanilmistir. Arastirmanin calisma grubunu, Şanliurfa Ili’nde 2012 yilinda goreve baslamis 60 aday ogretmen olusturmaktadir. Arastirma sonuclari gore; egitim fakultelerinin ogretmen adaylarini, meslege hazirlama konusunda yetersiz oldugu yonunde bulgulara ulasilmistir. Meslege yeni baslamis aday ogretmenler; ogrencilerle daha cok vakit gecirebilecekleri uygulamaya donuk bir egitim almak istedikleri, egitim fakultelerinde ders veren ogretim elemanlarinin ogretmenligi bilen, taniyan ve kendini iyi yetistirmis kisilerden olmasi gerektigi, ogretmenlik uygulamasina yonelik ders suresinin uzatilmasi gerektigi ve Kamu Personeli Secme Sinavinin (KPSS) kaldirilmasi gerektigi yonunde onerilerde bulunmuslardir.
The Dynamic Effects of Personal and Corporate Income Tax Changes in the United States: Comment

Mertens and Ravn (2013) estimate impulse response functions (IRFs) from income tax changes in a structural vector autoregression (SVAR) by using narrative accounts of tax liability changes as proxy variables. To produce confidence intervals for their IRFs, they use a residual-based wild bootstrap, which has subsequently become popular in the proxy SVAR literature. We argue that their wild bootstrap is not valid, producing confidence intervals that are much too small. Using a residual-based moving block bootstrap that is proven to be asymptotically valid, we reestimate confidence intervals for Mertens and Ravn’s (2013) IRFs and find no statistically significant effects of tax changes on output, labor, and investment. (JEL E23, E62, H24, H25, H31, H32)
Attachment Identity as a Predictor of Relationship Functioning Among Heterosexual and Sexual-minority Women

Abstract Limited research examines the impact of attachment on variables reflecting relationship functioning (i.e., relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and relationship commitment), especially among sexual-minority women (SMW). Given that such research utilizes a heterocentric lens, it is difficult to discern whether prior findings would also extend to SMW. Additional research is, therefore, warranted to identify if the theoretical foundation of attachment is relevant in understanding the relationship functioning of SMW. This study, therefore, sought to examine attachment dimensions (i.e., anxiety and avoidance) as predictors of relationship functioning variables and to assess for what, if any, differences exist between two groups: (a) heterosexual women and (b) SMW. An online survey was distributed to 166 women currently within relationships. There were no significant differences in relationship functioning variables nor in attachment dimensions between groups. Attachment anxiety explained over 31% of the variance in relationship satisfaction, over 39% of the variance in sexual satisfaction, and over 33% of the variance in relationship commitment between both groups. Conversely, attachment avoidance explained almost 18% of the variance in sexual satisfaction, but not did predict relationship satisfaction nor relationship commitment. These findings are further discussed in the context of limitations and clinical implications for practice.
An Inquiry into Exchanges Rate Misalignments As a Cause of the Major Global Trade Imbalances

In the context of debate on the competitive devaluation and trade imbalances, this study investigates the role of exchange rate misalignments as a determinant of trade imbalances in selected major trade surplus (Germany, China, Japan, Russia & KSA) and major trade deficit countries (USA, UK, France, India & Turkey). It does so by investigating whether the exchange rate has been misaligned from its equilibrium values (competitive devaluation) and whether there is some nexus between the real exchange rate misalignments and trade imbalances in under analysis economies. Employing a Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) Model on data from Q1 2000 to Q1 2016, findings suggest that exchange rate misalignment from equilibrium may have some implications for the current account balance for the surplus and deficit countries. However, the effects observed were very mild and transitory. There was a heterogeneity in the response of the current account position to exchange rate misalignments in each country, concomitantly; the exchange rate misalignments shall not be seen as the sole responsible factor in the debate on global trade imbalances.
The Impact of Sustainable Development Report on Firm Performance in Thailand

This paper examines the impact of sustainable development report (hereafter called SDR) on firm performance (hereafter called FP) in the Stock Exchange of Thailand on the year 2016. The questionnaires of Global Report Initiative are used for evaluation of SDR, while the FP is measured by both market and accounting performances. This paper finds that the relationship between SDR and FP is significantly positive for excellent corporate governance firms. The results are useful to regulators since they could make decisions about adjust regulations or give some incentives to encourage listed firms to perform better corporate governance and sustainable development practices
Short-Run Pain, Long-Run Gain: The Effects of Financial Liberalization (Abstract )

Kaminsky and Schmukler examine the short-and long-run effects of financial liberalization on capital markets. To do so, they construct a new comprehensive chronology of financial liberalization in 28 developed and emerging economies since 1973. The authors also construct an algorithm to identify booms and busts in stock market prices. The results indicate that financial liberalization is followed by more pronounced boom-bust cycles in the short run. But financial liberalization leads to more stable markets in the long fun. Finally, the authors analyze the sequencing of liberalization and institutional reforms to understand the contrasting short- and longfun effects of liberalization.