Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND REGIONAL. DYNAMICS IN SPAIN

Depending on the country or region, the amount of entrepreneurial activity differs greatly. In order to appreciate these differences, a general supply and demand scheme has been suggested (Verkeul et al. 2001) to measure the rate of entrepreneurship of an economy in the long term. This rate can be seen to depend on the level of development (Belso, 2004), the economic growth (Audretsch et al., 2002) and the unemployment rate (Thurik and Verheul, 2002). However, the degree of competitive creativity linked to the entrepreneurial activity in its early, commencing and establishing stages, particularly from a regional perspective, is not so well known. This is calculated using various indicators based on entrepreneurial decisions derived from the timing, sector and location opportunity when starting a business (GEM, 2006), as well as others that assess the commitment to innovation in dynamic markets generating emerging products. This paper analyses entrepreneurial activity from this completely new perspective, applying this to the Spanish regions (NUTS-1), with the intention of providing some useful results for research in this area.
Influence Of Ga Doping On The Structural, Optical And Electrical Properties Of Ba0.6Sr0.4tio3 Thin Films

The effects of Ga doping on the structural, optical and electrical properties of sol-gel routed Ba0.6Sr0. 4TiO3 thin films on quartz and silver coated quartz substrates have been investigated. XRD analysis indicates that the crystallite size decreases with increase in dopant concentration and the strain in the film is compressive in nature. SEM analysis reveals that the surface smoothness improves with dopant concentration. EDX analysis reveals the presence of gallium in the doped material. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss decrease with dopant concentration whereas the tunability and figure of merit increase with dopant concentration. The UV-Vis transmission spectrum analysis shows that the transmittance and the refractive index of the film decrease with dopant concentration. The band gap of the film increases with dopant concentration. Keyword: BST, Dielectric properties, Optical properties, Structural properties, Sol-gel, Thin film, Tunability. ————————————————————
BAYESIAN SPLINE METHOD FOR ASSESSING EXTREME LOADS ON WIND TURBINES

This study presents a Bayesian parametric model for the purpose of estimating the extreme load on a wind turbine. The extreme load is the highest stress level imposed on a turbine structure that the turbine would experience during its service lifetime. A wind turbine should be designed to resist such a high load to avoid catastrophic structural failures. To assess the extreme load, turbine structural responses are evaluated by conducting field measurement campaigns or performing aeroelastic simulation studies. In general, data obtained in either case are not sufficient to represent various loading responses under all possible weather conditions. An appropriate extrapolation is necessary to characterize the structural loads in a turbine’s service life. This study devises a Bayesian spline method for this extrapolation purpose, using load data collected in a period much shorter than a turbine’s service life. The spline method is applied to three sets of turbine’s load response data to estimate the corresponding extreme loads at the roots of the turbine blades. Compared to the current industry practice, the spline method appears to provide better extreme load assessment.
LEAF-WATER RELATIONS OF A NATIVE AND AN INTRODUCED GRASS SPECIES IN THE MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE UNDER CATTLE GRAZING

Both the native Pascopyrum smithii and introduced Poa pratensis are dominant plants in the mixed-grass prairie. Knowledge of leaf-water relations and water use strategies in these two grasses under animal grazing and drought is needed for understanding responses of the prairie to future climate change. We studied leaf-water relations traits of Pascopyrum and Poa by combined use of information from the pressure-volume analysis, leaf structural characteristics and leaf stomatal conductance as a function of leaf water status. Fieldwork was done in three grazed pastures and three exclosures in 2002 and 2003. With growing season drought, available soil water became lower in the grazed pastures than in the nongrazing exclosures. This had a more negative impact on leaf water status of the shallow-rooted Poa than the deep-rooted Pascopyrum. In both grasses, a significant decrease in leaf stomatal conductance occurred near the turgor loss water potentials of -2.42 MPa for Poa and -3.5 MPa for Pascopyrum, respectively. Both Poa and Pascopyrum responded to grazing with more negative osmotic potentials (and thus more concentrated cell solution) in months of peak growth. Specific leaf area and its two components, i.e., leaf density and thickness, had minimum responses to grazing for Pascopyrum, while in Poa, less dense leaves accompanied by a higher specific leaf area was observed, suggesting that long-term grazing encourages a higher potential growth rate but also a higher susceptibility to drought stress in Poa than in Pascopyrum.
Mass accretion rates from multiband photometry in the Carina Nebula: the case of Trumpler 14

We present a study of the mass accretion rates of pre-main sequence (PMS) stars in the cluster Trumpler 14 (Tr 14) in the Carina Nebula. Using optical multiband photometry we were able to identify 356 PMS stars showing Hα excess emission with equivalent width EW(Hα) > 20 A. We interpret this observational feature as an indication that these objects are still actively accreting gas from their circumstellar medium. From a comparison of the HR diagram with PMS evolutionary models we derive ages and masses of the PMS stars. We find that most of the PMS objects are younger than 10 Myr with a median age of ∼3 Myr. Surprisingly, we also find that ∼20% of the mass accreting objects are older than 10 Myr. For each PMS star in Trumpler 14 we determine the mass accretion rate ( u Macc) and discuss its dependence on mass and age. We finally combine the optical photometry with near-IR observations to build the spectral energy distribution (SED) for each PMS star in Tr 14. The analysis of the SEDs suggests the presence of transitional discs in which a large amount of gas is still present and sustains accretion onto the PMS object at ages older than 10 Myr. Our results, discussed in light of recent recent discoveries with Herschel of transitional discs containing a massive gas component around the relatively old PMS stars TW Hydrae, 49 Ceti, and HD 95086, support a new scenario n which old and evolved debris discs still host a significant amount of gas.
Where Did the Trade Liberalization Drive Latin American Economy: A Cross Section Analysis

The institutional reforms towards trade liberalizations in Latin America during the 1980s and the 1990s have introduced a good measure of import competition, but trade policies alone are not sufficient to create a competitive environment in an economy. The countries in Latin America have not had much experience with competition policies in the past. Combined with restrictive trade policies, the absence of competition policies has often led to monopolized domestic markets. The balance of payments crisis shocks have also contributed significantly to differences in growth performance and associated with a large decline of growth rates and develops into another crisis in the future. The trade competitiveness among the countries of Latin American region have revealed higher export sensitivity to world commodity prices, domestic absorption and economic activity combined with a high income elasticity of imports. This paper attempts to analyze the extent of trade competitiveness and its impact on the economic welfare measures in the Latin American countries. The analysis concentrates on the total factor productivity and exports in the countries of the region in reference to the economic growth pattern emerged during 1950-2003. The Cobb-Douglas function has been used to measure the total factor productivity and Nash equilibrium has been calculated to measure the economic welfare gains among the trading blocs in the Latin American region. The results of the study determine that international liquidity, financial soundness, real exchange rate depreciation and monetary policy play a critical role in reducing output losses and increasing the economic welfare gains.
Distinguishing between primary and secondary callous-unemotional features in youth: The role of emotion regulation

Background: Research on youth with callous-unemotional features (CU features; e.g., lack of empathy) has historically categorized these behaviors as biologically-driven and homogeneous across development. However, an early model proposed that two subtypes of CU features exist with different etiological factors. The first, or ‘primary’ group, has a genetically based deficit in emotion processing, resulting in a diminished sensitivity to others’ emotional cues. The ‘secondary’ CU group is conceptualized as an adaptation to environmental factors such as maltreatment and are characterized by an affective deficit produced by these powerful environmental factors. Secondary youth are typically classified or grouped based on the presence of co-occurring anxiety symptoms. Understanding the presentation of regulation strategies among CU variants may give us further insight into the different pathways to their development. In addition, due to the high number of samples that have relied on justice-involved males, there is a paucity of research on gender differences across the variants. Purpose: The aim of the current study was to evaluate whether distinct groups of youth may be identified in a clinical sample by using measures of affect dysregulation and suppression, anxiety symptoms and experience of maltreatment. It was also to examine whether these distinct groups were consistent across males and females. Method: Participants (N = 418; 56.7% female) ranged in age from 12 to 19 (M = 15.04, SD = 1.85) and were drawn from the baseline of a large clinical sample. Results: A Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was conducted using five indicators including affect regulation, suppression, anxiety, CU features, and maltreatment. The best fitting model, a 4-class solution, had a significant Lo-MendellRubin (p= .003), an acceptable entropy score (.78), and classification probabilities that suggested accuracy and good separation. The four groups to emerge included a low, anxious, primary CU, and secondary CU group . Gendered LPAs found a 4-class model fit for both males and females (entropy= .866). Gender did not moderate other outcomes of interest. Discussion: This study extends previous literature by including the underlying process of dysregulated affect to the model in identifying primary and secondary subgroups and examining gender. Clinical implications are discussed.
Experiential contacts with green infrastructure's diversity and well-being of urban community

The study explores the significance of residents’ experience with an array of green infrastructure in Taiping, a small town in central Peninsular Malaysia. It argues that the existence of a composite of greenery and open spaces in a town that has diversity contributes to sense of well-being of residents. Green infrastructure network is a composite of various types of greenery and open spaces linked by streets, waterways and drainages encircling and connecting urban areas, at all spatial scales. In Taiping, the green infrastructure network consists of a town park, street planting, open spaces of public buildings, pocket spaces between shop-houses, school playfields, neighbourhood open space, home gardens, and river corridors. Questionnaires (n=335) and semi-structured interviews (n=33) explored the diversity of the green infrastructure in the town and the causal relationship to well-being—physical, cognitive and social. The data suggested that green infrastructure afford residents diversity of experience. Diverse experiences of green infrastructure network, physically and visually attract residents to participate in active activities, to socialize and to perform other transactional activities outside their homes. Therefore, the effects from the participation trigger many positive moods such as serenity, relaxation, comfort and satisfaction. Moreover, in physical and social terms, experiencing urban green spaces such as parks and gardens afford town residents active living, and community participation and harmony. There were modest relationships between the dimensions of diversity with the well-being dimensions, suggesting that residents felt diversity affect their sense of well-being. Hence, the results implicate that urban green spaces are essential amenity for towns and cities that afford an individual and a community physical, cognitive and social well-being.
Examining Board Composition and Firm Performance

This paper investigates the relationship between key factors of board composition and firm performance. We find that listed companies in Taiwan are suffered from the divergence between stock-control rights and earnings distribution rights, and the divergence of rights is negatively associated with firm performance, as predicted. Besides, consistent with the viewpoint of Agency Theory that the controlling interests of CEO may induce them to enhance company performance, we find that, CEO internalization is significantly positively associated with firm performance. In addition, the results of the influence of board structure document that, the more outside independent directors of a company, the better performance the company has. Our findings provide strong support for the notion that corporate ownership structure and board compositions are key factors in determining the corporate governance efficiency and play important roles in enhancing firm performance.
Assessment of compost for suppression of Fusarium oxysporum and improving Zea mays and Hibiscus sabdarriffa resistance to wilt diseases

The present research was conducted to evaluate the compost effectiveness on Zea mays and Hibiscus sabdarriffa under Fusarium wilt disease. Compost physical, chemical and biological characters were monitored weekly during the ripening process. Both coliform and nematode were tested. Finally, the effect of compost on pathogenicFusarium was examined within Z. mays and H. sabdarriffa in soil amended with 10% compost. Biochemical tests and antioxidant enzyme activities were determined for all the treated plants. The values of organic carbon recorded a percentage of 3.8%, while nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) values recorded 1.7, 4.6 and 5.6% higher than the commercial compost. The concentrations of nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in compost were below the threshold standard values. The compost is free of nematodes and coliform bacteria at maturity stage. Microbial population densities were usually high for Bacillus sp.compared to other microorganisms. In infected Z mays with compost, shoot height, fresh and dry weight increased significantly (62, 248 and 130%) and H. sabdarriffa also recorded increase in the same plant criteria. In infected Z. mays, a significant increase in catalase (CAT) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activities was recorded (162 and 150%). For H. sabdarriffa there was a significant decrease in APX activity (35%) with compost, while no significant differences in peroxidases (PODs) activity for both plants. In case of infection, a significant decrease was observed for both Z. mays and H.sabdarriffa compared to infected plants without compost. The observed disease suppression in compost-amended soil was associated with the reduction in soil pathogen population and increase in microbial activity of composts. Moreover, diversification of different organic materials in compost enhanced the activation of the microbial population in soil that eventually increases disease suppressiveness and effectively controlling Fusarium wilt. Key words: Antioxidant enzymes, compost, Hibiscus sabdarriffa, Zea mays.
UK Political Cycle and the Effect on National House Prices: An Exploratory Study

Over the last two decades, many developed countries have experienced notable changes in house prices. This exploratory study considers if house price movements in the UK can be linked to the political cycle as governments realise homeowners represent a large portion of the voter base and their voting decisions could be influenced by the magnitude and direction of house price changes. Specifically, the study investigates whether house prices behave differently before and after elections and under different political regimes. To examine this relationship, the study analyzed quarterly UK national house price data since 1960, along with data on the results of UK parliamentary elections during the same period. Over this period, real UK house prices increased by an average of 2.83% per annum. While there is no evidence that house prices in the UK behave significantly differently under different political parties, it is evident that house prices perform much better in the last year before an election, compared to the first year after an election. House prices increased by 5.2% per annum, on the average, in the last year before an election compared to 1.0% per annum in the first year following an election. As this research clearly identifies major variations in house price performance around election times, residential property investment decisions should take into consideration the political cycle.
On the Optimal Allocation of Prizes in Contests

We characterize the optimal structure of prizes in contests, when the contest designer is interested in the maximization of either the expected total ef- fort or the expected highest effort. The all-pay auction framework in the present paper makes it possible to derive most of the results in Moldovanu and Sela's (2001, American Economic Review, 542-558; 2006, Journal of Economic The- ory, 70-96) incomplete-information model of contests in a particularly simple fashion, as well as to obtain new results.
Seasoned Equity Offerings as Technical Market Anomalies: Long-Term Temporal Trading Functionalities

The main goal of this paper is to approach the Seasoned Equity Offerings (SEO) trading opportunities as technical market anomalies and under the prism of a number of temporal (time-based) long-term trading functionalities (long-term TTF) introduced for the first time in corporate finance literature. The long-term is defined, for the purposes of this paper, as the 3-year time period, traded usually with daily, weekly and monthly time-frames. Trading is a temporal (i.e. time-based) historical living system with a number of functions, like: SEO, IPO, stock (instrument) price action Gaps, Breakouts, etc. In this domain, a number of warning long-term and short-term dynamics timing functionalities is available, like: candlestick patterns breaks, price action patterns pivotal-lines breaks, on open gup-ups (ooGUp), on open gup-downs (ooGDn), morning breakouts (mB), etc. All these time-based functionalities are regarded as 2nd level functions (i.e. functions of functions; because of the timing involved) with great trading opportunities, and they are defined ¨Cfor the first time in the corporate finance literature- by this paper as temporal (timing) trading functionalities. In particular, the SEOs with the embedded long-term TTF functionalities are great trading opportunities for the institutions, the individual (non-commercial) market investors, the swing traders, and the speculators. Data analysis shows that during the seasoned equity offerings time, shareowners significantly increase their share-holding, including offerings that would be classified as overpriced at that time; hence, the involved trading volatility is increased resulting in great trading and profit opportunities. This paper contributes to corporate finance literature by examining the SEOs functions and define and document their inherit TTF functionalities. For this purpose, four categories of share-holders are regarded: The long-term institution & non-commercial traders (investors), the swing momentary institution traders (institutions), the short-term non-commercial traders (speculators) and the intraday non-commercial traders (speculators). Paper concludes that, in SEO/long-term TTF trading, apart from the insiders, the swing traders (usually the smart-money and the institutions) are more benefited, at the expense of momentary short-term and intraday speculators, while the long-term investors are not affected by the SEO offerings.
Declared by medical students actions towards of people in emergency situations – mixed assessments as a basis for analysis of simulation studies

Background and Study Aim: Results of the research on the willingness to assist people in various health or life-threatening situations can be considered as an objective indicator of mental health (individuals) and social health (conjunction social groups). The aim of this study is knowledge about declared by medical students actions towards of people in emergency situations. Material and Methods: The group of 111 students of the second and third year from the department of the medical university from central Poland (48 female, 63 male) were being examined. The average age of the respondents was 21.4 years (the oldest 27 years and the youngest 20 years). Only 8% of students declared sport and social activity and participation in solving difficult situations in microscale. Lack of such experience stated the 10% of respondents. The largest group (63%) are students who did not engage in social activities. The authors used questionnaire KK’017 based on mixed assessments („efficiency – ethical”) of 12 simulated actions. Diagnosis based on declared actions in 3 situations: the need to help others; a serious accident on the road when the respondent is in a hurry for an important meeting; jump into the water to save the browning. Results: Ethical actions in each simulated situation are declared by 65% students. Stability of „efficiency – ethical” in each of the three simulated situations revealed 35% of the respondents. This indicator in relation to the two declarations (a dangerous accident on the road when the respondent is in an emergency meeting, jumping into the water to save the drowning) is 57%. The closest social expectations are the declarations of students cumulating three activities: sport, social and participation in solving difficult situations in the microscale (ethical actions 75%; stability of „efficiency – ethical” in two specific simulations of threats to health or life 62.5%). The op opposite is the declaration of students who lack these experiences (respectively: 72%; 36%). Conclusions: Applied questionnaire KK’017 based on mixed assessments turned out to be a synthetic tool for diagnosing mental health and predicting the effectiveness of rescue operations. The questionnaire KK’017 results associated with rescue skills and swimming tests of particular social groups (especially students, teachers, educators and candidates for on-demand and uniformed public services) may be the basis of an educational strategy and promotion of social health.
The Unexplainable Nature of Momentum Portfolio Returns

We find that momentum portfolio returns are still unexplainable after addressing two major concerns in the “Investment Manifesto” of Lin and Zhang [1]: lack of economic basis in risk factor models and aggregate data measurement error. Our model represents a synthesis of the exchange economy model of Lucas and closed economy exogenous growth model of King and Rebelo. We mitigate data measurement error by utilizing firm-level financial data and production functions rather than macroeconomic data and utility functions. Although our results fail to completely explain momentum, they are consistent with the “Investment Manifesto” suggestion that firm-level market-to-book and productivity are important factors in describing returns.