Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Self-Control Demands and Job Strain in Nursing and Care: The Moderating Role of Boundary Conditions

Recent theoretical developments and findings in basic research suggest that, self-control demands are a unique job stressor. A series of studies among healthcare workers are reported corroborating this view. The results of literature review show that different forms of self-control demands such as impulse control, resisting distractions, overcoming inner resistances contribute significant portions of unique variance to the prediction of various indicators of job strain and interact with other forms of self-control demands. Furthermore, the relationship between self-control demands and strain is moderated by various resources like self-control capacity, affective organizational commitment, and job control. The identification of those resources offers promising starting points for the development of preventive interventions.
Evaluation of four pasture legumes species as forages and cover crops in oil palm plantation

Pasture legumes is a very high quality of forage. The limited land is the problem of its development. Integration with oil palm plantations is one of the potentials for its development. This study was aimed to investigate the productivity of several legumes (Arachis glabrata, Stylosanthes guianensis, Clitoria ternatea, and Chamaecrista rotundifolia) as forages and cover crop. The potential tests were conducted in oil palm area of 4608 m 2 , in a complete block design with four treatments (legume species) and three replications. Parameters observed were: Legum production, leaf/stem ratio, chemical composition of legume, concentration of N, P in the soil, microbes in the soil, leguminous digestibility and palm fruit production. Results showed that the highest legume production (DM) was (P 0.05) ranged from 33.75 to 35.75%, the organic matter (OM) varied greatly (P 0.05). The lowest ADF concentration (P 0.05) ranged from 16.52-19.21 tons ha -1 year -1 . It is concluded that Clitoria ternatea is the best species of legume tested as forage and cover crop in oil palm plantations.
Inward FDI skilled labour, and product differentiation in the CEEC

Das Verhaltnis fur Ausgaben fur R&D, Werbung und Marketing zu den Verkaufen wurden als direkte Determinanten fur den Grad der vertikalen und horizontalen Produktdifferenzierungen genutzt. Das Model wurde mit direkten Regressionen und einem System simultaner Regressionen verifiziert welches mit grosen Firmen Untersuchungen mit sector level? Daten von UNCTAD fur 13 Zentral- und Osteuropaische Lander. Die wirtschaftlichen Resultate zeigen das die steigende Nachfrage nach ausgebildeten Arbeitskraften (menschliches Kapital) groser als jeder FDI-induzierte Arbeitsmarktuberschuss.Wie erwartet, fuhrte dies zu weniger Differenzierung was kostenintensiver wurde. Standig stellten auslandische Firmen mehr hochqualifizierte Angestellte ein aber sie reagierten auf groseres auslandisches Investment ahnlich wie inlandische Firmen (so reduzierten sie das Niveau der Differenzierung).
Fiscal Insurance and Debt Management in OECD Economies

Assuming the role of debt management is to provide hedging against fiscal shocks we consider: (i) what indicators can be used to assess the performance of debt management? (ii) how well historical debt management policies have performed (iii) how performance is affected by variations in debt issuance, using OECD data between 1970 and 2000. We propose performance indicators for debt management, which we evaluate using Monte Carlo analysis. Those based on the relative persistence of debt perform best. There is only limited evidence that debt management has helped insulate policy against unexpected fiscal shocks. The degree of fiscal insurance achieved is not well connected to cross-country variations in debt issuance patterns.
Interpreting Brightness Asymmetries in Transition Disks: Vortex at Dead Zone or Planet-carved Gap Edges?

Recent submillimeter observations show nonaxisymmetric brightness distributions with a horseshoe-like morphology for more than a dozen transition disks. The most-accepted explanation for the observed asymmetries is the accumulation of dust in large-scale vortices. Protoplanetary disks’ vortices can form by the excitation of Rossby wave instability in the vicinity of a steep pressure gradient, which can develop at the edges of a giant planet–carved gap or at the edges of an accretionally inactive zone. We studied the formation and evolution of vortices formed in these two distinct scenarios by means of two-dimensional locally isothermal hydrodynamic simulations. We found that the vortex formed at the edge of a planetary gap is short-lived, unless the disk is nearly inviscid. In contrast, the vortex formed at the outer edge of a dead zone is long-lived. The vortex morphology can be significantly different in the two scenarios: the vortex radial and azimuthal extensions are ∼1.5 and ∼3.5 times larger for the dead-zone edge compared to gap models. In some particular cases, the vortex aspect ratios can be similar in the two scenarios; however, the vortex azimuthal extensions can be used to distinguish the vortex formation mechanisms. We calculated predictions for vortex observability in the submillimeter continuum with ALMA. We found that the azimuthal and radial extent of the brightness asymmetry correlates with the vortex formation process within the limitations of α-viscosity prescription.
Copper affects composition and functions of microbial communities in marine biofilms at environmentally relevant concentrations

Cu pollution in coastal areas is a worldwide threat for aquatic communities. This study assesses the effects of Cu exposure on microbial diversity, community structure and functions of microbial communities in marine periphyton biofilms at environmental relevant concentrations. Periphyton was exposed for 18 days to five Cu concentrations, between 0.01 and 10 μM, in a semi-static test. Diversity and community structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms were assessed by 16S and 18S amplicon sequencing, respectively. Community function was studied as impacts on algal biomass and primary production. Additionally, we studied Pollution-Induced Community Tolerance (PICT) using photosynthesis as the endpoint. Sequencing results detected an average of 9504 and 1242 OTUs for 16S and 18S, respectively, reflecting the huge biodiversity of marine periphytic biofilms. Eukaryotes represent the most Cu-sensitive kingdom, where effects were seen already at concentrations as low as 10 nM. The structure of the prokaryotic part of the community was impacted at slightly higher concentrations (60 nM), which is still in the range of the Cu concentrations observed in the area (80 nM). The current environmental quality standard for Cu of 70 nM therefore does not seem to be sufficiently protective for periphyton. Cu exposure resulted in a more Cu-tolerant community, which was accompanied by a reduced total algal biomass, increased relative abundance of diatoms and a reduction of primary production. Cu exposure changed the network of associations between taxa in the communities. A total of 23 taxa, including species within Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Stramenopiles and Hacrobia, were identified as being particularly sensitive to Cu. DNA metabarcoding is presented as a sensitive tool for community-level ecotoxicological studies that allows to observe impacts simultaneously on a multitude of pro- and eukaryotic species, and therefore to identify particularly sensitive, non-cultivable species and taxa.
Relaxation time assessment in nanoparticle containing bimodal and mono-disperse shear thickening fluids

When an applied shear to a fluid results in steep rise in its viscosity, it is referred to as Shear Thickening Fluid (STF). In this study, we investigate rheological response of bimodal against mono-dispersed nano sized silica particles in an STF system. Two sizes of nano-silica particles (50 nm fumed silica and 12 nm colloidal silica) were dispersed in polyethylene glycol in various compositions and were compared with monodispersed STF. Results showed lower critical shear rate for shear thickening in bimodal nanoparticle containing STF than mono-dispersed STF. Higher viscosities were also observed in di erent compositions of bimodal system. Examination of both STF systems under oscillatory stress condition revealed faster response by the bimodal system. Results also indicated that the storage and loss modulus for the bimodal STF system had low critical angular frequency compared to mono-dispersed STF. Study of relaxation time spectrum diagram for the two STFs showed that relaxation time for mono-dispersed STF was faster than that for bimodal STF system.
Value for money? Neoliberalism and New South Wales prisons

Abstract The NSW prison sector has undergone considerable reform over the last ten years. The NSW governmentnow oversee the operation of publicly managed prisons, one privately managed prison and a number of newpublic prisons operating under the new ‘Way Forward’ management model. In order to establish whichapproach to prison management offered the best value for money, the NSW government undertook a ‘valuefor money’ assessment in 2005. In this paper, we argue the cost accounting information used in theassessment process was limited and partial, and provided a poor basis on which to form policy. Even so, theNSW government has proceeded on this basis. In order to explain this, we position the report within thewider neoliberal turn in policy-making. Keywords Prison privatization; neoliberalism; new public management; public sector reform; public accountability Publication Details This article was originally published as Andrew, J, Cahill, D, Value for Money? Neoliberalism and New SouthWales Prisons, Working Paper Series, University of Wollongong, 16, 2007. The original version is availablehere.
Microsite Displacement of Terrestrial Lichens by Feather Moss Mats in Late Seral Pine-Lichen Woodlands of North-central British Columbia

Abstract Pine-lichen woodlands in north-central British Columbia show a long period of successional development where reindeer lichens (Cladina spp.) dominate plant cover at the forest floor surface. However, in mid- to late-successional stands lichen cover is replaced in a mosiac of surface microsites by feather moss mats (largely Pleurozium schreberi), with moss mats often burying lichen mats that previously had occupied these microsites. We have compared moss and lichen dominated microsites at this stage of stand development, looking at the influence of canopy structural variables and development of forest floor plant communities on microsite expression. Microsites with high feather moss mat cover had greater canopy leaf area index values, compared to microsites where lichen cover predominated. Leaf area index values were highly correlated with stand level structural variables, including basal area, total volume, and biomass of the dominant canopy tree species Pinus contorta. Changes in stand architecture were further associated with the accumulation of litter and organic matter at the forest floor surface. These factors suggest that the manipulation of stand structure in managed forests, for instance through partial-cut harvesting, may delay successional changes and promote continued lichen growth in these forest types. This is an important consideration in the management of pine-stands in northern B.C., where lichen mats provide significant forage values for caribou populations.
A stochastic multicloud model for tropical convection

A stochastic model for representing the missing variability in global climate models due to unresolved features of organized tropical convection is presented here. We use a Markov chain lattice model to represent small scale convective elements which interact with each other and with the large scale environmental variables through convective available potential energy (CAPE) and middle troposphere dryness. Each lattice site is either occupied by a cloud of a certain type (congestus, deep or stratiform) or it is a clear sky site. The lattice sites are assumed to be independent from each other so that a coarse-grained stochastic birth-death system, which can be evolved with a very low computational overhead, is obtained for the cloud area fractions alone. The stochastic multicloud model is then coupled to a simple tropical climate model consisting of a system of ODEs, mimicking the dynamics over a single GCM grid box. Physical intuition and observations are employed here to constrain the design of the models. Numerical simulations showcasing some of the dynamical features of the coupled model are presented below.
Paulamys , a Replacement Name for Floresomys Musser , 1981 ( Muridae ) , and New Matenral of that Taxon from Flores , Indonesia

Paulamys, a new name, is proposed to replace Floresomys Musser (1981), the generic name for a species of long-nosed murid known by subfossil fragments from the island of Flores in Nusatenggara, Indonesia. New specimens of the species are listed and describcd and their significance to understanding the native Floresian murids discussed.
Turbulent boundary-layer noise: direct radiation at Mach number 0.5

Abstract Boundary layers constitute a fundamental source of aerodynamic noise. A turbulent boundary layer over a plane wall can provide an indirect contribution to the noise by exciting the structure and a direct noise contribution. The latter part can play a significant role even if its intensity is very low, explaining why it is difficult to measure. In the present study, the aerodynamic noise generated by a spatially developing turbulent boundary layer is computed directly by solving the compressible Navier–Stokes equations. This numerical experiment aims at giving some insight into the noise radiation characteristics. The acoustic wavefronts have a large wavelength and are oriented in the direction opposite to the flow. Their amplitude is only 0.7 % of the aerodynamic pressure for a flat-plate flow at Mach 0.5. The particular directivity is mainly explained by convection effects by the mean flow, giving an indication about the compactness of the sources. These vortical events correspond to low frequencies and thus have a large lifetime. They cannot be directly associated with the main structures populating the boundary layer such as hairpin or horseshoe vortices. The analysis of the wall pressure can provide a picture of the flow in the wavenumber–frequency space. The main features of wall pressure beneath a turbulent boundary layer as described in the literature are well reproduced. The acoustic domain, corresponding to supersonic wavenumbers, is detectable but can hardly be separated from the convective ridge at this relatively high speed. This is also due to the low frequencies of sound emission as noted previously.
Is English Our Lingua Franca or the Native Speaker’s Property? The Native Speaker Orientation among Middle School Students in Japan

This paper reports the first empirical study to date that sought to examine the native speaker orientation among middle school EFL students in Japan. To this end, this preliminary study measured their language attitudes in this respect addressing age-stratified and gender variations. The data was elicited from an attitude survey with 318 eighth and ninth graders at a public middle school. The findings suggest that the students gave significantly more positive evaluations to native than to nonnative varieties of English. Second, they opted for learning English for its currency and utility in the English as a native language setting, rather than for its transnational function as a lingua franca. Lastly, the finding indicated a possible developmental trajectory of their native speaker orientation.
How Domestic Firms Absorb Spillovers: A Routine-Based Model of Absorptive Capacity View

ABSTRACT Extant spillover literature explains domestic firms' productivity change mainly by the presence and attributes of foreign direct investment. In contrary, this paper, by adopting a routine-based model of absorptive capacity, intends to explore how domestic firms absorb spillovers over time. Based on a qualitative study of a domestic firm in China's silicone adhesive industry, the findings show that unbounded by geographical constraints, domestic firms enact their external absorptive capacity routines to actively search for spillovers from multinational enterprises (MNEs) at both national and international levels. Moreover, rather than searching for what is available, domestic firms are selective for spillovers that are coherent with their business strategies. The most unexpected finding is that domestic firms diligently acquire spillovers from MNEs and from local competitors in combination. Spillovers acquired from local competitors are used to increase the inferential accuracy of spillovers acquired from MNEs about strategic successes. Further, instead of absorbing spillovers from MNEs which pose moderate technology gaps, domestic firms target at MNEs which exhibit wider technology gaps, and undertake organizational learning and develop complementary assets to enhance their internal absorptive capacity routines. Socially enabling mechanisms are found to facilitate domestic firms' absorption of spillovers by employee turnover.
The Flow of Information in English and Persian Academic Texts

The present paper focused on the status of thematic progression patterns in academic texts between English and Persian languages. To this end, following McCabe (1999) and North (2005), the first three pages of the first chapter of 8 books in terms of Linguistics (4 in English, as source texts and 4 in Persian, as translated texts) were selected and analyzed regarding thematic progression patterns. The obtained results showed that there were significant differences between the languages in focus concerning how information are introduced in texts especially in case of linear and constant patterns. The main concluding remark taken from this study is that not only authors but also translators should be vigilant of such cohesive devices as thematic progression in creating more cohesive text since, as Hatim and Mason (1990) mentions, we know little about what patterns there are and how equivalence could be achieved between different languages. This is an aspect of texture which should be of crucial importance to the translator (p. 220).
Decoupled black hole accretion and quenching: the relationship between BHAR, SFR and quenching in Milky Way- and Andromeda-mass progenitors since z = 2.5

We investigate the relationship between the black hole accretion rate (BHAR) and star formation rate (SFR) for Milky Way (MW) and Andromeda (M31)-mass progenitors from z = 0.2 to 2.5. We source galaxies from the K-s-band-selected ZFOURGE survey, which includes multiwavelength data spanning 0.3-160 mu m. We use decomposition software to split the observed spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of our galaxies into their active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and star-forming components, which allows us to estimate BHARs and SFRs from the infrared (IR). We perform tests to check the robustness of these estimates, including a comparison with BHARs and SFRs derived from X-ray stacking and far-IR analysis, respectively. We find that, as the progenitors evolve their relative black hole-galaxy growth (i.e. their BHAR/SFR ratio) increases from low to high redshift. The MW-mass progenitors exhibit a log-log slope of 0.64 +/- 0.11, while the M31-mass progenitors are 0.39 +/- 0.08. This result contrasts with previous studies that find an almost flat slope when adopting X-ray-/AGN-selected or mass-limited samples and is likely due to their use of a broad mixture of galaxies with different evolutionary histories. Our use of progenitor-matched samples highlights the potential importance of carefully selecting progenitors when searching for evolutionary relationships between BHAR/SFRs. Additionally, our finding that BHAR/SFR ratios do not track the rate at which progenitors quench casts doubts over the idea that the suppression of star formation is predominantly driven by luminous AGN feedback (i.e. high BHARs).
The Influence Of Different Wake Profiles On Losses In A Low Pressure Turbine Cascade

Large eddy simulations were carried out in order to investigate the influence of unsteady incoming wakes with different profiles on the loss mechanisms of the high lift T106Alinear low-pressure turbine (LPT) cascade. Bars placed upstream of the LPT blade were set into rotation around their axis, thus generating circulation, as well as asymmetrical wake profiles. Three different rotation rates were simulated, yielding different wake parameters that were then compared to an actual turbine blade wake profile. Whereas the commonly-used non-rotating bars generated wakes with turbulent kinetic energy levels several times higher than that of an actual blade wake, the case with counter-clockwise rotation led to more rapid wake mixing. All three wakes were able to trigger boundary layer transition and thus intermittently prevent separation on the suction surface. However, the weaker the wakes, the larger and longer lasting the separation bubbles became, and an increase in profile losses could be observed. Interestingly, the configuration with the weakest wake and the largest separation bubble resulted in a reduction of the overall LPT loss.
Hidden sector dark matter and the Galactic Center gamma-ray excess: a closer look

Stringent constraints from direct detection experiments and the Large Hadron Collider motivate us to consider models in which the dark matter does not directly couple to the Standard Model, but that instead annihilates into hidden sector particles which ultimately decay through small couplings to the Standard Model. We calculate the gamma-ray emission generated within the context of several such hidden sector models, including those in which the hidden sector couples to the Standard Model through the vector portal (kinetic mixing with Standard Model hypercharge), through the Higgs portal (mixing with the Standard Model Higgs boson), or both. In each case, we identify broad regions of parameter space in which the observed spectrum and intensity of the Galactic Center gamma-ray excess can easily be accommodated, while providing an acceptable thermal relic abundance and remaining consistent with all current constraints. We also point out that cosmic-ray antiproton measurements could potentially discriminate some hidden sector models from more conventional dark matter scenarios.
Inequivalent Berry Phases for the Bulk Polarization

We address the widespread confusion in characterizing the polarization for insulators under the periodic boundary condition in terms of the Berry phase. The Berry phase can be formulated in terms of the Bloch function and the the lattice momentum for band insulators. More generally, in the presence of interactions or disorders, one can instead use the many-body ground state as a function of the flux piercing the ring. However, the definition of the Bloch function and the way describing the flux are not unique. As a result, the value of the polarization and its behavior depend on how precisely it is defined. We demonstrate this by formulating different definitions of the polarization in terms of Berry phases, and elucidating their mutual relations. The total charge transported during a Thouless pumping process is independent of the definition, reflecting its topological nature.