Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Non-Exercise Based Estimation of the Critical Running Velocity and Anaerobic Running Capacity in Competitive Runners

OF THESIS A NON-EXERCISE BASED ESTIMATION OF THE CRITICAL RUNNING VELOCITY AND ANAEROBIC WORK CAPACITY IN COMPETITIVE RUNNERS This study examined: 1) if estimated performance times (ETcom) at four different distances can be used to accurately define the parameters of the critical velocity (CV) test [CV and anaerobic running capacity (ARC)]; and 2) if those parameters can be used to predict time to completion (PTcom) of distances performed at velocities greater than CV. Twelve subjects provided an ETcom for maximal-effort runs at 400m, 800m, 1600m, and 3200m. The CV and ARC were derived from the total distance (TD) versus ETcom relationship. The equation: PTcom = ARC / (velocity-CV) was used to determine the PTcom for runs at 200m, 600m, and 1000m. The PTcom was validated against the actual time to complete (ATcom) runs at the same three distances. The TD versus ETcom relationship was highly linear and indicated a close relationship between running distance and time. The PTcom overestimated the ATcom at 200m, but was not different from ATcom at 600m and 1000m. The PTcom and ATcom were not related at any of the three distances. The CV model could be applied to estimated performance times to derive the CV and ARC parameters, but the parameters of the test did not accurately estimate performance times above CV. ____Jonathan Robert Switalla_______ ________August 29, 2016__________ A NON-EXERCISE BASED ESTIMATION OF THE CRITICAL RUNNING VELOCITY AND ANAEROBIC WORK CAPACITY IN COMPETITIVE RUNNERS By Jonathan Robert Switalla ________Dr. Haley Bergstrom_________ Director of Thesis ________Dr. Heather Erwin __________ Director of Graduate Studies _________August 29, 2016 ___________ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This manuscript would not have been possible without the guidance, direction, and support of my advisor, professors, classmates, friends, and family. I express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Haley Bergstrom for her guidance and investment in this project. Next, I wish to thank my other two committee members: Dr. Mark Abel and Dr. Bradley Fleenor for their support and contributions to this project. A special thank you to my fellow academic scholars and friends for their support and encouragement throughout my master’s degree and this project. My wife, Jessica, for her support and encouragement throughout the completion of this process. To my parents, especially my mom, for helping me to stay grounded and keep my head clear through the hard times. I am so blessed to have this educational opportunity and I thank God for all the blessings and challenges in my life.
An Empirical Study on Public Service Motivation and the Performance of Government Employee in China UNE ÉTUDE EMPIRIQUE SUR LA MOTIVATION DU SERVICE PUBLIQUE ET LA PERFORMANCE DES EMPLOYÉS DU GOUVERNEMENT EN CHINE

Perry and Wise (1990) summarized the potential behavioral implications of PSM. Then more researches tried to explore and test the propositions suggested by them. Inspired by these researches, a research was conducted to elaborate the relationship between PSM and government employee’s performance by empirical data collected in Chinese government agencies. The study offered the evidence that the levels of PSM of government employees and their job satisfaction were the efficient predictors of their performance. PSM can explain more variance of performance than job satisfaction. But organizational commitment is not. There is no relationship between continuance commitment and PSM as well as performance. The indirect effects of organizational commitment on performance are achieved by job satisfaction. Key words: public service motivation, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, performance Resume: Perry et Wise (1990) ont recapitule les implications comportementales potentielles du PSM. Alors on a entrepris beaucoup de recherches pour explorer et examiner les propositions suggerees par elles. Inspire par ces recherches, une etude a ete conduite pour etablir le rapport entre le PSM et la performance des employes du gouvernement par des donnees empiriques rassemblees dans les organismes gouvernementaux chinois. L'etude demontre que les niveaux de PSM des employes du gouvernement et leur satisfaction professionnelle etaient les facteurs predictifs efficaces de leur performance. Le PSM peut expliquer plus le desaccord de performance que la satisfaction professionnelle. Mais c’est n’est pas le cas de l'engagement organisationnel. Il n'y a aucun rapport entre l'engagement de continuation et le PSM ainsi que la performance. Les effets indirects de l'engagement d'organisation sur la performance sont realises par la satisfaction professionnelle. Mots-Cles: motivation du service public, satisfaction professionnelle, engagement organisationnel, performance
Overconfidence and Excessive Trading Behavior: An Experimental Study

The main objective of the research is to examine the excessive trading hypothesis, investors who have higher overconfidence shown by high miscalibration levels will tend to practice aggresive and excessive trading strategy. It is an experimental research which combines both between and within subject design. The participants are undergraduate students who have already taken financial management course but have not yet invest in real capital market. The result of the research shows that high overconfidence investors have higher trading activity than low overconfidence investor. The other result shows that among high overconfidence investors, there is no trading activity differences between pre and post bad news, whereas among low overconfidence investors, the existence of bad news cause trading activity to decrease in the post bad news period. Then, the investment returns of high overconfidence investors is significantly lower than that of the low overconfidence investors.
Title Distinct memory circuits composing the hippocampal region Permalink

The very different anatomical designs of the adjacent circuitries of the cortico-hippocampal pathway, along with their somewhat different synaptic plasticity mechanisms, suggest a nearly serial pathway of distinct memory circuits each contributing its own specialized processing operation to overall hippocampal function. Modeling and formal theoretical analysis of the prominent anatomical design features of particular circuits (piriform/entorhinal cortex; hippocampal field CA3; hippocampal field CA1) are found to identify potential emergent function not readily arrived at in the absence of these formal models, and yet which once derived can be seen potentially to confer unique capabilities to an integrated hippocampal mechanism for processing memories during behavior. r 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
CORRECT BODY POSTURE IN NURSES: AN APPLICATION OFMOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

According to the importance of correct posture as one of the preventive strategies of low back pain and given the importance of approaches such as motivational interviewing for encouraging people to adopt healthy behaviors; this study was performed to determine the effect of motivational interviewing based on Transtheoretical Model (TTM) to adopting correct body posture in operating room nurses. In this quasi-experimental study, 82 nurses who were in the contemplation and preparation stages for adopting correct body posture were selected and randomly assigned into intervention and control groups. Instruments for gathering data were a questionnaire based on the TTM and a checklist for assessing adopting correct body posture. Two groups were completed questionnaires before the intervention. Five sessions of group motivational interviewing was conducted to the intervention group. Two groups were followed-up one-month after intervention. The results showed that 45.2% of nurses in the intervention group were in contemplation stage and 54.8% were in preparation stage before the intervention. One month after the intervention, more percentage of participants in the intervention group moved into the action stagecompared to the control group. Following the intervention, perceived benefits, all cognitive and behavioral processes, self-efficacy and also adopting correct body posture were significantly higher in the intervention group compared to the control group. There was a significant reduction in perceived barriers in the intervention group compared to the control group after the intervention. It can be concluded that implementing motivational interviewing based on TTM is an effective method for encouraging nurses to adopt correct body posture.
The influence of pallets on the behaviour and design of drive-in steel storage racks – Part II: Design

This paper analyses the influence of the horizontal restraints provided by pallets on the ultimate capacity of drive-in racks. The paper is based on the assumption that one can accurately determine the coefficient of friction between the rail beams and the pallets or can design a device that restrains the pallets from sliding on the rail beams. Thirty-six drive-in racks representing the global sale of an Australian manufacturer over three years are analysed for all possible loading scenarios. For the sake of computational efficiency, the simple 2D model introduced in the companion paper is used for the study. The load case(s) governing the structural design is(are) also clarified and the friction coefficient or strength of a restraining device required to prevent the pallets from sliding is determined.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION IN THE DESIGN STUDIO

Based on the authors teaching experience, this essay presents an example of how the traditional design studio might be modified so as to foster democratic participation and egalitarian communication between the participating students and instructors. Open communication in the studio is seen as the key to incorporating important values such as collaboration, community and respect for the every day environment into the studio's hidden curriculum. The essay begins by discussing the potentials for and obstacles to meaningful communication in the studio. This discussion is followed by a description of a modified studio project that included continuous role-playing on the part of the students. The final discussion outlines and evaluates how these modifications enabled students to use previous knowledge and everyday language and permitted the discussion of topics not usually debated in the studio. The students, in their assumed roles, became critics, clients and members of a team of designers. Hence these changes influenced the distribution of power in the studio and the students gained more control over their learning experience.
Newly developed Learning and Verbal Memory Test (TAMV-I): Normative data for Spanish-speaking pediatric population.

OBJECTIVE To generate normative data for the Learning and Verbal Memory Test (TAMV-I) in Spanish-speaking pediatric populations. METHOD The sample consisted of 4,373 healthy children from nine countries in Latin America (Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Puerto Rico) and Spain. Each participant was administered the TAMV-I as part of a larger neuropsychological battery. Free recall, memory delay and recognition scores were normed using multiple linear regressions and standard deviations of residual values. Age, age2, sex, and mean level of parental education (MLPE) were included as predictors in the analyses. RESULTS The final multiple linear regression models indicated main effects for age on all scores, such that scores increased linearly as a function of age. Age2 had a significant effect in all countries except Cuba, and Puerto Rico for free recall score; a significant effect for memory delay score in all countries except Cuba and Puerto Rico; and a significant effect for recognition score in in all countries except Guatemala, Honduras, and Puerto Rico. Models showed an effect for MLPE in Chile (free recall), Honduras (free recall), Mexico (free recall), Puerto Rico (free recall, memory delay, and recognition), and Spain (free recall and memory delay). Sex affected free recall score for Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Spain, memory delay score for all countries except Chile, Paraguay, and Puerto Rico, and recognition score for Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Spain, with girls scoring higher than boys. CONCLUSIONS This is the largest Spanish-speaking pediatric normative study in the world, and it will allow neuropsychologists from these countries to have a more accurate way to interpret the TAMV-I with pediatric populations.
Psychophysiological states and motivation in elite judokas

Background Examine the effects of different level combination of motivation to achieve success and motivation to avoid failure on psychophysiological states in elite judokas. Material/Methods: Neuropsychological evaluation methods as simple (SRT) and choice reaction-time (CRT) tests, heart rate variability (HRV) measurements, psychological questionnaires. To explore obtained data methods of statistical analysis were used. Results: Obtained data show that different combinations of levels of motivation to achieve success and motivation to avoid failure provoke different psychophysiological states. Conducted experiment revealed that combination of high levels of both motivation to achieve success and motivation to avoid failure provides better psychophysiological state in elite judokas compared to other groups with different combinations of motivational variables. It was shown that motivation to avoid failures had been formed as a personality formation, which compensates excessive tension, caused by high level of motivation to achieve and regulates the psychophysiological state. This phenomenon can be viewed as an effect of training in judokas. Conclusions: Consideration of motivation as a complex multilevel functional system with integrated affective and cognitive processes allows considering this psychic process to regulate activity of a person in actual situation. Obtained data show that different combinations of levels of motivation to achieve success and motivation to avoid failure provoke different psychophysiological states. Conducted experiment revealed that combination of high levels of both motivation to achieve and motivation to avoid provides the high level of the psychophysiological state in elite judokas (psychophysiological state which maintains high level of efficient activity during trainings and competitions). The process of forming of the psychophysiological states in subjects is characterized by the cognitive-regulatory functional system.
Testing Einstein gravity with cosmic growth and expansion

We test Einstein gravity using cosmological observations of both expansion and structure growth, including the latest data from supernovae (Union2.1), cosmic microwave background (WMAP7), weak lensing (CFHTLS) and the peculiar velocity of galaxies (WiggleZ). We fit modified gravity parameters of the generalized Poisson equations simultaneously with the effective equation of state for the background evolution, exploring the covariances and model dependence. The results show that general relativity is a good fit to the combined data. Using a Pade approximant form for the gravity deviations accurately captures the time and scale dependence for theories like f(R) and DGP gravity, and weights high and low redshift probes fairly. For current observations, cosmic growth and expansion can be fit simultaneously with little degradation in accuracy, while removing the possibility of bias from holding one aspect fixed.
Ecological Stoichiometric Characteristics of Soil
at Different Depths in a Karst Plateau Mountain
Area of China

The study of soil ecological stoichiometry has mainly focused on surface soils. Exploring the nutrient content and stoichiometric characteristics of deep soils in karst areas helps us to understand the intrinsic relation mechanism and provides scientific evidence for making full use of fractured soil. We analyzed soil nutrient content, nutrient supply intensity, stoichiometric ratios, and their inter-relations at different soil depths in a karst plateau mountain area of China. Soil nutrient supply capacity was relatively low in the study area. The nitrogen and potassium supply capacity was highest in the surface layer, while phosphorus supply capacity was highest in deep soil. Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium made varying contributions to the ecological stoichiometric ratios. Soil nitrogen and phosphorus were found to be deficient in the karst plateau mountain area of China. There was certain coordination between nutrient supply intensity and ecological stoichiometric ratios.
Study on pollen germination regulated by dynamics of actin cytoskeleton

The formation of the polarity of Lilium davidii Duch pollen protoplast and the dynamics of actin cytoskeleton were observed by non-fixation, Alex-phalloidin probing and confocal laser scanning microscopy. The results showed that the protoplast obtained from stored pollen contained the numerous crystalline fusiform bodies to constitute a storage form of actin. When stored pollen was hydrated, the actin cytoskeleton in the protoplast formed a fine network spreading uniformly. In the process of polarity formation and germination of pollen protoplast, actin filaments marshaled slowly to the brim, and then formed multilayer continuous actin bundles surrounding the cell. Furthermore, during the process of pollen germination, pollen was not sensitive to genistein, the inhibitior of tyrosine kinases, but another inhibitor of tyrosine phosphatase, phenylarsine oxido (PAO), can effectively disturbed pollen germination. When the pollen protoplast was treated with PAO, the actin gathered into a little mass at actin filaments junction, the pollen germination was inhibited. The results show that some tyrosine phosphatase is involved in pollen germination.
EFFECT OF USING THYME (THYMUS VULGARIS L) AND CITRIC ACID FOR IMPROVING THE UTILIZATION OF LOW PROTEIN LOW ENERGY BROILER DIETS

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of using thyme (Thymus vulgaris L; TH) or citric acid;(CA) either alone or in combination (at level 0.2 % of each) to improve the utilization of the low protein low energy broiler diets (LPLE), containing 4% lower protein and 200 Kcal /Kg lower energy than those of control diets at starter, grower and finisher periods. Control diets contained 21, 19 and 18% CP and 2988, 3083 and 3176 kcal ME/kg diet at starter, grower and finisher periods, respectively. It was supplied with required nutrients to satisfy the recommended requirements of Cobb broilers. A total number of 180, seven days-old of unsexed Cobb broiler chicks were distributed into 6 treatments of 30 chicks each in three replicates. Main results obtained can be summarized as follows: -There were significant differences between values of weight gain in different growth periods while there were insignificant differences between values of feed conversion ratio except for total growth period (7-42d.). -All over growth period, the LPLE diet decreased weight gain and degraded feed conversion ratio by 23.24 and 19.47% compared to control diet. In general, it seemed that addition of TH or CA either alone or in combination to the LPLE diet improved weight gain compared to LPLE diet and recorded the better feed conversion ratio compared to low protein (LP) or LPLE diet. The combination of such feed additives improved weight gain and feed conversion ratio by 10.46 and 10.13%, respectively compared to LPLE diet. -There were insignificant differences between treatments for carcass characteristics and values of ash and nitrogen retention percentage. The LPLE diet decreased daily nitrogen excretion by 25.92% compared to control diet. The LPLE diet increased plasma globulin level by 32.75 % compared to control diet. In conclusion, the addition of TH or CA either alone or in combination to LPLE broiler diet improved weight gain and feed conversion ratio, decreased plasma globulin and increased total plasma antioxidants capacity compared to LPLE broiler diet.
Factors influencing job performance among police personnel: An empirical study in Selangor

Article history: Received: April 27, 2018 Received in revised format: June 21, 2018 Accepted: June 21, 2018 Available online: June 23, 2018 This study examines the predictive factors of job performance involving work stress, social support and emotional intelligence. Using two stage cluster random sampling, data were collected from 424 police in Selangor, who responded to Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ), Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ), Emotional Intelligence Self-Description Inventory (EISDI) and Formal Performance Appraisals. The findings show that work stress, social support and emotional intelligence were significantly correlated with police job performance. In addition, regression analysis reveals that emotional intelligence was the most significant predictor of job performance. Implication of this study indicates the important of emotional intelligence in enhancing job performance among police personnel in Selangor. The paper concludes by highlighting future research directions which can offer a more comprehensive study in predicting job performance particularly in the context of Malaysia.
Self-confidence and its Relationship with Motivation for Achievement among Female Students at King Abdul- Aziz University

The research aims to identify the level of self-confidence among the students of King Abdul Aziz University and its relationship to the motivation for academic achievement and to identify the relationship in self-confidence according to (year, specialization) variables. The sample of the study consisted of (400) students who were chosen randomly and to identify self-confidence, the researcher prepared a questionnaire to measure the level of self-confidence among the students of the Faculty of Education, the researcher used the scale (Latif, 2002) to measure motivation to achievement . The validity of the two instruments has been verified by apparent validity by presenting it to the experts and the stability has been verified using test/ retest technique. The data was statistically treated using the Pearson correlation coefficient and the T-test for one sample and two independent samples. The results show that students have a good level of self-confidence as well as the existence of a relationship between self-confidence and motivation for academic achievement, it did not show significant differences in self-confidence according to the variables (year, specialization) as the researcher recommended the need to strengthen and enhance the level of self-confidence among college students through lectures by professors. Keywords: Self-confidence, Motivation for Achievement
Phytosociological Survey of Weeds in Areas of Crop-Livestock Integration

The dynamics of the weeds in the areas of crop-livestock integration is constantly changing depending on the various uses of the area. This study identified and quantified the floristic composition of weeds in areas of integration of maize for silage with Urochloa ruziziensis cv. Common at different densities of grass (0, 4 and 10 kg·ha-1) to grazing of beef cattle. The experimental design was completely randomized. A square of side0.5 m(0.25 m2area) was launched 24 times in each study area. The survey was conducted at the grain filling stage of maize. The specie contained in each frame were identified and counted. The phytosociological survey identified 9 families of weeds in areas assessed, with 7 families in every area of integrated cultivation maize with Urochloa ruziziensis at densities of 10 kg·ha-1 and 4 kg·ha-1 and 8 families in the area of maize cultivated alone. The Asteraceae family was the most represented in number of species. Sida spp (Malvaceae) showed greater potential to cause damage to maize. Urochloa ruziziensis at planting density of 10 kg·ha-1 provided greater competition with weeds in the integration with maize.